All righty people! Here's chapter 4. maybe some questions will be answered about Van. LOL. Or maybe not. Read and find out!
Chapter 4 Earlier then planned
Hitomi paces her room thinking. She had a small duffel bag packed with the few normal clothes she owned and all she had to do now was find a way out of the house undetected. Her parents had locked her room door but she had the window that looked out over the street. She just had to find a way to climb down without being noticed by the guards her father had set up around the house.
Shouting is heard from outside as Hitomi paces by the window and she looks out to see the guards running and shouting at each other. Gun shots are heard and several of the guards bend over dead. What the hell is going on? Hitomi thinks as she hears footsteps pounding down the hall past her door.
Sitting on her bed, Hitomi tries not to be too concerned with the commotion until the shooting is right outside her door. "Hitomi!" She hears a familiar voice yelling and she shouts back. "I'm in here!"
A blast takes her door off its hinges and she takes cover behind her bed. Peeking out through the smoke a tall figure emerges carrying a large machine gun. "Van?" She says a bit hesitantly wondering why he was in possession of such a dangerous gun.
"There you are. We're leaving now! Pack a bag and follow me." Van says and Hitomi notices that he had a smirk on his face like he was actually having fun. She rushes to her duffel bag and follows Van down the hall stepping over bloody bodies on their way.
He yanks her to the side of the house where she sees his Skyline parked. They were almost there when a shot blasts from behind them and a searing pain enters Hitomis left thigh making her cry out and fall to the ground. "Fuck." Van growls and stands in front of her blasting off a clip at the offending person. She hears a yell and then a thud as the man falls to the ground dead.
She feels Vans strong arm wrap around her waist and haul her to her feet. Hitomi looks up at his face and she notices his eyes glinting dangerously. His smirk was gone and a frown graced his lips for once.
He dumps her carefully into the passenger seat and shuts the door. Shots are fired at him and a bullet pieces his right shoulder. He didn't even seem to notice as he fires another clip annihilating the perpetrator. Van climbs into the drivers' seat and the engine roars to life. The car zooms out of the yard and hauls ass down the street leaving the disheveled manor abandoned.
Van doesn't say anything while they drive and Hitomi could only watch the blood from his shoulder wound drip down his arm. What was happening? How did Van know how to use a machine gun? Why did he even have a machine gun? These questions spiral through Hitomis mind the whole ride back to Vans place.
Van carries Hitomi into his house that she had just left that same morning. He still hadn't said anything about his sudden act of destruction towards her home and Hitomi didn't know how to start a conversation so she sat quietly on the couch that Van had set her on and watched him leave the room.
He comes back a couple minutes later without the gun and clips and he carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol, a handful of cotton balls and a large roll of gauze. "I'll have to take your pants off so I can clean the wound so you can wear these." He holds out a pair of jean shorts that must've been his since they looked a bit big.
With the help of Van, Hitomi slipped off the bloodied pants with little pain and turned on her unharmed side so the thigh wound was easily visible. The site of all the blood made Hitomi nauseas and she turns her head away and looks at Vans face instead.
"The bullet is still in there. I'll have to take it out." Van mutters mainly to himself as he leaves and returns with a pair of long tweezers. "Now this will defiantly hurt like hell so grab onto the couch and clench your teeth." He says as he plunges the tweezers into her thigh making her scream in agony before clenching her mouth shut.
"Damn it's really deep. Hold on babe." Van growls out as another wave of pain sears through her leg before she felt something removed from her leg. "Got it." Van sighs and Hitomi looks at him through watery eyes. "Van…" She tries to start saying all the questions on her mind but another pain interrupts her as Van dumps rubbing alcohol over the wound.
She watches him dab the wound with the cotton balls and then wrap up her thigh tightly with gauze. "That should numb the pain for a little while. How do you feel?" His blood red eyes look at her for the first time and she feels herself melt under that concerned gaze. "I'm ok now." Hitomi says with a slight smile as she feels her thigh start to numb up from the rubbing alcohol.
"Good now I'll be right back. I must take care of my own scratch." He smirks at her and turns around towards the bathroom. Hitomi could see the huge blood stain on his shirt and she grimaces at the wound.
While he was gone, Hitomi had time to think of what to say to him. She was a little scared of the fact that he had a gun but she was also concerned with the way he took down the noble house. Surely someone lived and would go to the police and they would come after Van. She wasn't really concerned with the fact that her parents were probably dead. They never cared about her and she returned the feelings so that fact didn't faze her at all.
He walks back in shirtless and she saw the gauze expertly wrapped around his shoulder. "Do you want a beer?" He asks with a smirk. He didn't seem fazed at all! Wasn't he worried about the police being after his ass? Hitomi nods slowly and keeps her eyes plastered on him as he gets two beers and walks back over to her sitting on the table across from her. She sips the offered beer and waits for him to start explaining himself.
Van cocks his head at her smirking and then he laughs suddenly startling her. "I guess you want an explanation huh." He states and quiets down when she doesn't say anything. "I thought you'd be happy that I rescued you. Why don't you look happy?" Van asks curiously.
Hitomi sighs. "Van…why do you have a machine gun? How do you know how to use it? Why aren't you even worried about the police after you?" Hitomi asks all these questions in a worried voice. Maybe she shouldn't have trusted him so easily.
Van smiles softly at her and then looks down at his almost empty bottle thinking. He should just tell the truth but he didn't want to scare her into not going to the south with him. He'd say enough to satisfy her for now. He looks up and chooses his words carefully as he says, "I have a machine gun for protection. I know how to use it because well why have a gun if you don't know how to operate it? I'm not worried because they have no proof that I did it and they don't have any idea on where I live." Van says and he watches Hitomis face go from afraid to thoughtful and then to understanding.
"I see. I guess that makes sense." Hitomi says but on the inside she had seen his face. He wasn't telling the whole truth. Maybe what he said was true but it wasn't the whole truth. His wording had meant something greater then what he led on to. She felt an uneasy stirring in her stomach but she squashed the thoughts of him having bad intentions for her. She knew he wasn't about that.
Van sees her having a debate inside her mind but then her body visibly relaxes and her face holds a cute smile. He sighs inwardly at the small victory and looks at her thigh to notice they hadn't put those shorts on yet. "Here let me help you with your shorts and then I'm going to make some phone calls." Van slips the shorts on and then looks around for his cell phone.
"You destroyed it. Remember?" Hitomi says with a laugh and Van feels a slight red tinge come to his cheeks at his violent behavior. "Oh yeah I forgot." He goes to the back of the room and comes back with another cell phone. "It seems to happen a lot." He says with a smirk making Hitomi laugh.
"So…have you decided about coming with me?" Van asked even though he knew the answer. He just wanted to double check after everything that's happened. Hitomi nods with a smile and says, "Yes! Defiantly." Van dials some numbers and leaves the room.
Hitomi sits back on the couch and tries to hear what Van is saying but she couldn't make out any words. Now that she had gotten some answers and concluded that she would just have to watch him more closely she finally relaxed against the couch. Who cares what he was saying. She sighs and gets more comfortable.
"She's coming. Yes I know that it's early but some things came up and I had to assassinate the manor. Yes everyone. Mmhmm. Yes. Ok. See you in a couple of days." Van clicks the call end button and sighs. Did he really want to do this? Dammit! He couldn't let his personal feelings get in the way of his job. Van walks back into the room with his trademark smirk on his face and sees Hitomi sleeping on the couch.
Looking at the clock, he realized it was almost ten at night. What a long day. He thinks as he grabs a blanket from his closet and tucks Hitomi in so she was nice and warm. He then grabs a pillow and another blanket and sets up on the floor next to her. He wasn't going to let her out of his site for a second. Getting comfortable, Van clears his minds and slips off into a dreamless sleep.
The morning sun shown in through the living room window right onto Hitomis face. She groans and cracks her eyes open to find her not in her room. Bolting up she whimpers as a sharp pain shoots up her thigh. Then all of yesterday came rushing back to her. She was in Vans house. He had killed everyone and she had gotten shot. They were leaving to the south soon. Hitomi lays back and tries to ease the pain in her thigh by finding a more comfortable position.
A loud knocking from the front rouses her fully alert and she panics wondering what to do when a figure darts to the door. It was Van and he looked wide awake holding his machine gun to his body closely and peeking through the tiny peep hole. He looks to her and shakes his head telling her to be quiet.
The knocking continues and Hitomi gets more frightened. Is it the police? Did someone find out where Van lived this quickly? She watches as Van growls softly and puts the gun down out of site from the visitor and cracks the door open. "Who is it?" He growls angrily and a female voice answers, "Hey sweety did you want to have some fun with me today? I don't charge very much if the guy is hot." Hitomi smacks her face and tries to keep from sighing in relief. It was just some stupid prostitute. She looks up to see Van growl louder. "No I don't want to have fun today or any other day. Now please never come here again!" He slams the door in the woman's face and turns to see Hitomi looking at him.
"Women are so troublesome." He says and smirks as he watches Hitomi get slightly annoyed. "I didn't ask you to come rescue me ya know." She says in a huff and Van laughs and kneels down next to her taking her stubborn chin in his hand.
"I didn't say you were troublesome baby. I rescued you on my own free will. It was worth it just to be able to see you again." He says softly and Hitomi practically melts in his hand. He didn't like to use his manly charm to his advantage but he needed her to trust him fully so he could complete his job without any hassle.
Van smiles and stands up. "Our plane leaves around five in the afternoon so we have time to pack up and get over to the airport in plenty of time." Van says and Hitomi makes an annoyed noise. "You have packing to do. All my stuff is in this bag." She says and points to the duffel bag on the ground.
"You're right as always. Not to fear thought because I want take very long to pack." With that said, Van leaves the room and proceeds to pack up everything in his room minus the machine gun and a clip. He would need this later.
Hitomi drifts back to sleep while Van is packing and is woken a couple hours later to a pizza being held under her nose. "What the…" She starts but Van interrupts her. "Finally you wake up. You've been sleeping for hours now." Van says in a slightly annoyed voice. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to go to sleep." Hitomi takes the offered slice of pizza and looks around the room amazed to find it bare.
"You're really fast." She says through a mouth full of pepperoni and cheese. "I told you it wouldn't take me long now how does your thigh feel?" He asks and slips the baggy shorts down her hips to inspect the wound. The bandage was bloody and it stung when he unwrapped it. Pouring the dreaded rubbing alcohol over it again he cleans it and wraps it up in fresh gauze.
"There now all better." Van says in satisfaction. "How's your shoulder?" Hitomi asks noticing he had it covered with a long trench coat. "Oh it's fine. No need to worry about me." Van says with a wink and swallows down another slice of pizza. "We will go as soon as you're done eating. I hate to say this but I don't have a pair of crutches so I'll give you support while you're walking. Is that ok?" He asks and Hitomi nods with a smile. Like she'd care!
A/N: Well how was it? I guess i didn't really say anything about Van but now you know something is going on! Hehe. Anyways review and i'll update as soon as i'm able. I've been neglecting my other stories so i need to update them too. Don't forget that i want 5 reviews!!!