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Hitomi dozed against Van's arm. Waiting room chairs were made to be uncomfortable. At least Hitomi thought so. If people were uncomfortable then they would try to get out of there quicker or at least go to the cafe for food. Her dreams were a mix of what was happening around her while she slept and the fog that usualy plagued her dreams.
She woke, feeling Van's tension and turned to find her father standing there staring at them.
"I just spoke to Pennin." He said as he took the seat across from his daughter, "He didn't know what I was talking about when I asked if they had health coverage."
"Of course he didn't understand you." Hitomi growled, "He's from a different world."
"So who will pay the bill?" Hitomi's father leaned forward in his chair, "You two?"
"I grabbed this from the palace." Van dug into his pocket and produced a lovely ruby ring, "It should be more than enough but if it isn't I can always bring more."
Hitomi watched as her father took the ring and looked it over.
"Take it to a pawn shop." Hitomi said in a flat voice, already knowing that her father was thinking it was fake, "Or better yet take it to a jeweler. It's worth more than just a hospitol bill. If you'd like you could probably take a vacation on whats left over. A gift from us."
"Not that you deserve it for the stress you've caused my wife." Van pointed out, "We could go with you to have someone look at it. If it's not enough there's plenty more back home."
"I don't need you to go with me." Hitomi's father said too quickly.
In half a second he was across the room, gripping the arms of his chair. To him it was like his chair decided to slide as fast as it could, seeing if it's occupant managed to hold on.
"As soon as Rosie is able we will be leaving." Hitomi stood up and placed a hand on her stomack, feeling queasy, "And then you can go on beilieving that your daughter has lost her mind and run off."
Hitomi turned and left, leaving Van still sitting there. He looked at his father-in-law and shook his head, "You do know that sooner or later she will just stop trying and then you'll have lost her or at least the part that matters most?"
"She's crazy."
"She loves you." Van got up and walked away slowly.
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Hitomi paced in front of Rosie's door, knowing better than to go in and bother the new parents and their baby with her bad mood.
"It's not just your father bothering you." Van said walking up to her and forcing her to hold still, "What's wrong?"
"I feel like we're being watched." Hitomi looked past Van, feeling her mother headed their way, "But I know we're not. I mean, I disabled the camera's in the entire building while we were still 3 minutes away. They still can't get things working right."
Van didn't know what a camera was but felt now wasn't the best time to ask.
"So what else?" he asked.
"My skin feels like it's crawling." Hitomi looked at her husband, "The sooner we leave the better."
They both turned as Uchida came around the corner holding out bags of chips, "I know it's not much but you should try to eat."
Hitomi felt her heart freeze as she saw the dark haired woman not four steps behind her mum.
"What?" Van asked, feeling his wife's fear.
"That woman, Van...I can't feel her."
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Tar lifted his head slowly, hearing the aproach of two men in deep conversation. They had no idea he was there and they were being careless. Hoenstly, what type of idiots start talking about Zaibach while in the throne room? The room itself was designed to let sound travel easily.
"...the battle won't be far off. Not with how distracted the King and Queen have been. The Master was most interested to learn that the Queen had been ill..."
Tar flexed his wings and glided down towards the men. These two were truely stupid. They didn't even look up as the dragon drew near.
"The spies should be moving as we speak if all went as planned."
Tar backflapped to stop his attack. These men had a foul air around them as though they had just stepped out of a room full of tainted power. With a flick of his tail Tar tapped each once on the back of their heads. Both men fell to floor dead.
Unsteadily Tar made his way back to the top of the King's throne. That had taken alot of his strength.
He didn't know if he should go after the royals. It all felt too set up. Why had these men started talking about their betrayal while in the palace of their prey? There were too many ears who could have overheard them and gone running to the King and Queen.
But what if this 'master' already knew that King and Queen were gone and was hoping to get him out of the palace aswell?
Growling Tar spun and launched himself out of the room. He had to find Merle.
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Hitomi, in her fear had forgotten about her powers and lept forward to pull her mother away from the woman who, according to Hitomi's senses, wasn't there.
Van reached for his sword only to remember that he hadn't brought it with him to the the Mystic Moon. Ever the warrior Van turned his reaching motion into a swing and struck the woman as she brought her hand up to strike at Hitomi's face.
The dark haired woman fell back, blinking at Van as though she had just noticed him and gave the King a respectfull nod before vanishing.
"Zaibach." Hitomi said as she looked at the spot where the woman had been, "They've found away to follow us."
"We have to leave, now." Van strode past his wife and into Rosie's room.
"What just happened?" Uchida asked as her husband came running around the corner.
"I don't have time to explain. We aren't safe here, and neither are you." Hitomi looked through the door to see Van pulling the curtain around Rosie's bed.
"They will be ready to leave in a few moments." Van's eyes took in the entire hall before glancing at his wife's parents, "They have to come with us."
"I know, but we have to go get Chiro first." Hitomi felt every nerve in her body stretching.
"Rosie can't just leave." Hitomi's father said as though everyone around him was insane, "She just had surgery. She has to stay untill the doctors say she can leave."
"She's in danger here." Van said without looking at the older man, "We have no choice but to leave."
Hitomi didn't think her father would let them just walk out but her mother sent him a look and he quickly shut his mouth.
No one asked where they were going or why the new mother was walking out instead of being wheeled out by nerse. It seemed there was a problem elsewhere that needed all their attention.
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Hitomi stood in the middle of her parent's living room and watched as Chiro and her father argued over whether or not they were going to Hitomi's 'imaginary' world. Uchida ignored the men in her family and grabbed a bag which she had quickly stuffed with an outfit or two for the 'men' yelling in her home. For herself she grabbed only a toothbrush and few cleans pairs of underwear. She wasn't fond of the Fanelian style of undergarmets.
"Are we ready?" Uchida asked in a tone that shut her family up.
"You are all mad!" Mr. Kanzaki yelled as Chiro moved to stand next to Van. He was willing to believe what they told him.
"Just give it a try." Rosie pleaded as her son cried.
"Yea, what can you loose just by trying?" Van asked, forcing a friendly smile when in all truth her was ready to gag the man and force him to come.
"Dad, just hold my hand." Hitomi held her small hand out and the light in the room seemed to reflect off her silver palms.
Giving her daughter a most unbelieving look Mr. Kanzaki took his daughters hand as Hitomi grabbed onto Van. If there was trouble on Fanelia she couldn't leave her father alone while she returned to get the others.
Chiro yelled in surprise as he watched his father, sister and brother-in-law disappeared from the room.
"It's ok." Uchid said gently, "She'll be right back for us."
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A/N: I ment to get this out sooner, sorry all. Scott is a huge distraction. Blame him for my lateness. :)
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