SEEKING TRANQUILITY

" D-Dilandau?" Hitomi was just as surprised as Chesta to see the silver haired dragonslayer walking heatedly toward them.

" Chesta!" Hitomi cried on instinct, watching in horror as Dilandau sent a hard slap to the boy's face that threw him to the floor.

" D-Dilandau-sama--"

Hitomi stepped protectively in front of Chesta when Dilandau approached him threatingly, hand raised and ready to slap him again, only to have his hand collide with her face.

Dilandau's right eye gave an infuriated twitch. " You idiot! Get out of the way." Motioning to shove her aside, Hitomi stood firm, arms stretched out.

" Leave him alone Dilandau! He didn't do anything to you!"

He glared at her. " Get out of my way." He hissed, taking another step forward.

Hitomi frantically shook her head. " I won't let you hurt him anymore! It isn't right!" She gasped in shock when her body was slammed into the wall, Dilandau's hand clenched dangerously around her throat. Frightened by this sudden change in him, she shut her eyes tightly. He's going to kill me for good!

His fingers tightened, and the breath was knocked out of her, making her feel woozy and lightheaded. She struggled to keep her vision focused, but it was becoming more blurred by the second.

She faintly heard Chesta's voice shouting frantically in the background somewhere. " Let go of her Dilandau! You're going to kill her!"

The pressure around her neck vanished, and Hitomi found herself coughing on the floor. With wide, disbelieving eyes, she stared up at Dilandau, her right hand pressed lightly over her burning neck. Did he really just try to strangle her? What if Chesta hadn't been there? Would he have killed her?

Hitomi lowered her head, unable to face those red eyes that burned into her soul with such power.

" I told you never to interfere." He hissed, kneeling down, and forcing her to face him. A wild, psychotic smirk curled the edges of his lips, and his irises had shrunk, looking scarcely frightening and un-human.

"So, tell me little moon bitch, what were you and Chesta doing?" He tugged her hair harder, and Hitomi cried out, almost positive she heard her hair tear.

" T-That's none of your business." She snapped, looking furiously up at him.

An infuriated look crossed his face, and before Hitomi knew it, he slapped her roughly across her left cheek. She staggered from the hit, but didn't move or say a word. With her cheek stinging and red, he hauled her up roughly by a chunk of her hair, making her cry out again in agony as several were ripped from her scalp in the process. What was wrong with him? Why was he being so cruel?

Hitomi willed away the tears and stared him head on when her feet finally managed to find the ground.

With his right hand digging into her shoulder, he pinned her against the wall, and Hitomi felt her back collide painfully into the hard surface, forcing her to arch forward with a hiss.

" You're my business, got that little moon bitch?" He hissed, so dangerously low Hitomi was startled by the new tone of his voice, one she hadn't heard him use before. And why was he calling her by that name again?

" D-Dilandau-sama--" Chesta started, trying to calm the crazed teen, but he was silenced by a hard punch to the face that nearly knocked him unconscious.

" Shut up." Dilandau sneered, before he gave one brief glare at the boy. Dilandau's warning was loud and clear to Chesta, and despite how much he hated himself for leaving Hitomi alone with him, he reluctantly took off down the hall, disappearing around the corner.

Swallowing hard, Hitomi watched his eyes focus back on her. The crazed look in his eyes had passed, but the cruel, almost sinful smirk was still plastered on his face.

" You will speak to no-one but me, is that understood." And he wasn't asking.

Hitomi stared in shock. " Wh--" But before the word was out her mouth he slapped her again, making her left cheek throb more and swell in pain.

" IS THAT UDNERSTOOD?" He screeched, getting so close their noses almost touched.

Hitomi frantically nodded.

He laughed airily. " Good, it's about time you started obeying me." His eyes hardened, and his expression was completely serious again. He playfully twirled a strand of her golden-brown hair in his index finger.

" I'm tired of youR ignorance." He said, almost sighing out the words in boredom fashion. " I believe a punishment is in order…." The smirk returned. " Don't you?" He laughed.

Hitomi swallowed. " Dilandau pl--"

" Begging?" He laughed, but his eyes remained cold and hard like steel. "Don't forget who you belong to, and who's in charge." He pulled back, and despite him being only several inches taller than her, she felt the full weight of his intimidating eyes and posture.

" What does it matter who I talk to? Ever since I came back you've been doing your hardest to avoid me." She squeezed out from between him and the wall, preparing to walk off, but his hand on her wrist stopped her.

" You're an idiot." Was all he said, before Hitomi angrily pulled her hand from his hold and turned around to face him, tears in her eyes.

She didn't care anymore what he thought of her. Let him think of her as a big, crying baby!

"I've done nothing but try and understand you Dilandau! For you to open up to me but you just won't will you! All you do is act like some high and mighty king when you're nothing but a frightened boy whose afraid to be alone, but you don't know how to show it any other way then treating everyone around you like dirt!" She turned and stormed off.

" Let go of me!" She screamed, when she felt his hand on her wrist again, but this time the pressure wasn't as hard.

" I won't let you go." He snapped, keeping his head lowered. " I won't let anyone take you from me… Not Chesta and especially not Fanel!" He bellowed.

" You don't care about me Dilandau. All you're worried about is Van beating you at something." She said, then turned and walked off down the hall.

Was she right? Was all this some competition game to him? Was beating Fanel all he cared about?

He laughed shakily and ran a hand through his hair. So what if it was? Gritting his teeth, he angrily stalked off down the hall after her. Where had she gone, damn it! How long had he been standing there for?

He was shaken from his thoughts when one of his slayers came running up to him.

" Dilandau-sama! Dilandau-sama!"

He glared. " What?"

" The mystic moon girl! She escaped!"

" WHAT?" Shoving the slayer aside, he quickly raced down the stairs and out of the building. He skidded to a stop when he saw Hitomi standing there, her back facing him, staring up at the sky blankly.

" Hitomi!" He shouted, watching her turn to face him.

There was a serene look on her face, a kind smile, gentle eyes. Why was she so calm? Happy?

And that's when it happened, the green light shot down from the sky and enveloped her in its light.

Dilandau recognized this….

" I'm going back Dilandau…" She said, almost sadly, before the smile returned. " I won't be coming back this time."

She shut her eyes. " I'm sorry for everything Dilandau, and I hope one day you can find peace."

Dilandau stared at her in horror. Why was she talking like that! Why was she talking like she was going…forever…

He watched her body begin to rise off the floor.

No..

NO…

"NO!" With a surge of strength, he leapt into the green light and grabbed her around the waist, ready to take her back before he felt his own body levitating.

Hitomi stared in shock. He wasn't supposed to be able to come too…. " Dilandau let go!" She insisted trying to push him off, but he held her tight.

" Why?" He demanded.

" You can't come with me! You don't belong in my world….You can't…"

" I can and I will. You're not going to leave me again. I won't let you leave me again." He buried his head into her shoulder and pulled her tighter against him.

Hitomi shook her head sadly. " Dilandau you have people here who need you…"

" I don't care!" He snapped.

" You don't want to come with me, Dilandau, please just listen to me before its too late." They were being pulled up slowly, and now they stood several feet above the ground.

" You're not leaving me!" He bellowed.

And before they knew it, they were being sucked up into the light and into the sky, till they were just a speck.

" Dilandau-sama! Hitomi!" Chesta shouted, running out, only to seem them vanish into the sky with a ray of green light.

A/N: Bum Bum BUUMMMM. Sorry for the SHORT CHAPTER GUYS! And gah, did Dilandau catch them and get jealous? And does Dilandau care for Hitomi? Or is he really just using her as bait? Who knows, you'll have to find out in the next chappy!

Anyways . read and review

;; think of the poor children! Erhm….heh well REVIEW. If ya do, Dilandau will have TEN HOURS OF HOT STEAMY SEX WITH HITOMI IN THE NEXT CHAPPY. Lol not really but…we can all dream.

Dilandau: Indeed….--pounces Hitomi--

Hitomi: EEEP!