Rated for safety by the way, enjoy this chapter, a lot shorter than the last one!
Chapter 2: In the beginning there was...love
Hitomi let out a yawn and rubbed her eyes. She looked above her and wondered where she was for a moment, curled up in the soft warm thick sheets. Then the many events from the day before re-turned to her. She rolled over and saw her angel asleep on the window ledge. His hair hanging forward across his eyes. She was just about to say his name when she felt a sharp pain in her mind and saw flash in her head, a sword coming down and striking Van
"VAN!" she shouted but just as she opened her mouth, he jumped from the window ledge. They both saw a sword then someone followed coming through the window.
"Hand her over!" The voice said followed by a insane laugh. When the intruder showed his face, they both gasped "Dilandau!" Van shouted with anger.
"but how..." Hitomi said with astonishment...but he was Celena! This made no sense to Hitomi but Van was about to attack, she had to do something. It was Allen's little sister. "Van don't!" She said grabbing his arm to stop him.
"Hitomi?" Van asked confused while Dilandau advanced slowly towards them. He grabbed Hitomi with a twisted smile upon his face, she screamed as he dragged her to the window, holding the sword to her throat. Van was upset, for now Hitomi had been captured and all for what? To not kill another's sister, when the split had happened a year ago and Dilandau cast out into the world, banned to return but of course Hitomi knew none of this.
She looked up at them above her, she was strapped to a table, unable to move or escape in any way possible even if someone broke the locks that held her. Dilandau was stood above with 3 other men whom Hitomi suddenly noticed she remembered them, the mages that twisted Celena in the first place had returned, never seeming to be really killed after all. She wondered how this had happened but then she saw a helmet come down over her eyes. She started screaming and bucking, trying to get her arms free to get out and take it off.
"get it off!" she screamed shaking her head trying to get it off or break it. Something flashed before her eyes and she stopped...my memories...
Hitomi stared at what she was seeing, she was 4 years old with her grandma, in her grandma's old house before she had died a year later. Why don't i remember any of this? Tears started welling in her eyes at the look of her mother and grandmother stood together.
"Grandma..."She whispered
"This is so boring..." Dilandau said tapping his fingers on his glass of red wine. He watched the memories on the screen like apparatus in front of him with the mages. Suddenly something caught his interest and he heard her gasp as well "She is one of THOSE!?" he roared, dropping the glass and to hear it smash on the floor.
"Hitomi, now you must never show anyone" Her grandmother had said, and Hitomi suddenly realised what it was that should never show
"It can't be!" She knew she had suppressed the memories of before her grandmother died but this was unreal
"It seems she will be more use to us than we planned" one of the mages said, with the others agreeing before floating down to surround Hitomi.
Van stood on the roof and held out the pendent, trying to visualise her face. The pendant began to swing and it pointed forwards and up slightly and van saw it. It used clocking technology so it had to be Dilandau, a massive floating fortress. Maybe i should... Van had a quick thought then dismissed it, he did not want to fight another war, not yet. He didn't want to see Hitomi hurt or killed and this was all his fault.
He spread his wings and took a leap of the roof to sore into the air. He didn't see another gust of wind behind him happen, as he was followed.
He landed on docking of the floating clocked castle and ran inside and he was greeted by warriors. He looked behind him as well. He was surrounded. Could he take this many on his own...he drew his sword anyway. He would rather die trying that to die doing nothing at all.
"Can you take them all on?" A voice whispered to him, it sounded almost like Hitomi. He turned for a second, seeing no-one
"YES! I'll save you Hitomi!" Van shouted as he charged forwards towards the warriors with a battle cry, his cry had slightly confused them. He stuck down quite a lot of them quickly and skilfully with his sword as they charged at him. Soon he noticed that one was charging from each side, he could take both their attacks. He got ready to try and block one attack and kill the other when he heard the one behind him gurgle and fall with a thud to the ground. He struck the one charging before him and turned as he fell to the ground. Behind him stood a young girl, maybe about the age of 14 Van thought to himself.
She looked at him, her long black raven hair falling free behind her, going down to her lower back and her maroon eyes looked at his dark brown flecked red eyes. Her face was that of seriousness
"We must move fast" She stated, her expression not changing. Van pointed his sword at her "Who are you?" He asked, not very kindly. She glared at him "Don't you point that sword at me Van de'Fanel," She said "If i was sent to kill you, you would be dead by now. I am no enemy of yours King" She said.
"I asked you a question, who are you?" He repeated
"I cannot tell you" She said before turning and walking further into the castle. Van followed, reluctantly. They walked on in silence before they went into the what looked like the main room of the castle, it was empty but both felt something odd and were on their guard, swords out. Van went in first and saw stood up high was Dilandau with...
"HITOMI!" He yelled seeing the small figure of the girl from the mystic moon. Her face was held down but when she looked up, Van saw her eyes were glazed over, her bright emerald eyes a dull shade now. "Something isn't right" He muttered to himself and the girl next to him. She nodded and kept her focus on the woman above her.
Next thing they knew, Hitomi had jumped over the side of the barrier in front of Dilandau and herself. Van shouted and set off to run forward but the girl grabbed the back of his shirt with amazing power he wasn't expecting. He turned his head, his eyes set a blaze "What the fuck are you doing!" He shouted and she just pointed forwards and Van turned his head quickly to see Hitomi land perfectly and stand again, she had a sword in her hand. This looks bad... Van thought. He was just contemplating what to do as the girl walked forward.
"What are you doing!" He shouted at her as she stopped half way between Van and Hitomi. She ignored him and looked the woman in front of her
"Look at me!" She commanded and Hitomi did, not taking any particular interest. "Tell me! She shouted "Tell me you remember me!" Van looked blankly for a moment Hitomi knows this girl? Thought watching silently. Hitomi stared for a moment before her eyes flew wide and flashed emerald for a second. She returned to the dull blank eyes and snarled at the girl "Your the one from that dream!"
Van was very taken aback by the way Hitomi spoke the girl. Instead of the calm quiet voice of Hitomi, it was a snarling hysterical voice that made Van worry that he had lost her forever. The girl raised her sword and Hitomi did too.
"If the only way to get you to come to your senses is to fight then i shall give you that honour" The girls voice spoke out, calmly. Before Van had any chance to protest, the two had charged, swords pointing at each other, ready to strike. Van wanted to move but couldn't, why, he didn't know why he couldn't. His mouth wouldn't move either.
CLASH
The two women had run at such a force at each other that if they had not collided swords, one would have been dead in the first slash. Then Van noticed something happen, something that worried him and made him fall into himself. Black wings.
Not just any two black wings, two big feathery wings coming from Hitomi's back.
"Surprised Van?" A voice snarled from above and Van looked up "I sure was, but it works to my advantage" Dilandau said with sure victory in his voice "That girl stands no chance but I'm surprised you wont fight her or cant you bare to hurt your loved on, Van" He said, spitting out Vans name. Van just glared at him, ignored him and returned to watching the battle.
The girl was matching Hitomi's every move. Nether seemed to be gaining any ground over the other. Which was good as Van didn't want either hurt, Hitomi was his only love and the girl was just innocent, she should never have been involved. A Sudden flash of lightening caught everyone's eye and they all heard Dilandau scream insanely.
"Folken!" He screamed. Even Van saw it, floating slightly transparent image of his brother, his giant white wings behind him, flapping to support his image
"Enough is enough!" Folken's voice boomed out sending Dilandau backwards with much force, he hit the wall, red blood pouring from his head as he lay, not moving.
The image moved round to face them and flew towards Hitomi who looked scared, and backed off, shouting "Your dead! What's going on!?" He sighed and looked at her.
"Yes but my spirit is one of those whose is always around as i guard Fanelia! Be free Hitomi! He said with soft tones which washed over Hitomi, sending a breeze through her short hair and through her wings which turned a softer tone of red. She looked up and blinked, tears coming to her eyes as she sank to the floor, Van finally able to move, running to Hitomi's side as he saw her collapse to her knee's. Folken's image faded as Van thanked him.
No-one saw the girl, as she fell back, clutching her arm, blood oozing between her fingers as she tried to stop it while she rolled in agony, her hair getting matted with blood, her eyes swimming with tears that just fell. This was it it was over and she was going to die. She had never been told about this when she as sent here. This made her think about the people who had sent her here, her parents and siblings to do a service to the king.
Something suddenly made her snap up, she saw it. She moved quickly.
Hitomi saw it too "VAN!" She shouted looked at what was coming and he covered her, there was no time to move. Hitomi clung to him, sobbing "I love you Van" She whispered and he smiled down at her "I love you too, Hitomi" She looked up at him and sobbed more. Now it was out in the open, they were going to die at the hand of a thunderbolt arrow, just as she told him how she had felt all this time.
Blood.
He felt it on is hands...but it was not his own...
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OMGCLIFFHANGER!
The next chapter will explain all if you haven't figured it out yet