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By Yuki Fanel

 

Van stared at the kingdom he rebuilt with awe. The buildings were no longer charred from the fires. There was no rubble in sight. The people were all alive once more.

 

"They must've forgotten about it..." he said absently to himself.

 

He walked through the palace gardens and sat underneath the shade of an old tree. Its branches seemed to bow unknowingly to his presence and the leaves graced its form with fullness and life.

 

He spread his angel white wings and brought it about his cuddled form. There was something wrong. He felt longing for something yet he couldn't identify it. Why was it that he felt that something was missing?

 

The peace was there. Fanelia has been rebuilt. The people have lived normal lives once again. Allen and Celena were together again in their home. Millerna became queen. Merle stayed with him in the palace as his official companion... now he knows.

 

The one missing was... Hitomi.

 

The girl from the mystic moon... he hugged his knees tight to his body. Warmth crept through his huddled form but it wasn't sufficient to warm the cold in his heart. It wasn't enough.

Hitomi...please come back... I need you.

 

Tears unwillingly flowed from his dark eyes. It trailed down his face slowly, reminding him of how long it had been since he had last cried...of how long it had been since the last time he had seen her...

 

He could still hear her voice echoing in his troubled mind...

"I'll come back, Van."

Visions of her came back to him as if it was just yesterday... her mysterious green eyes... her silky blond hair... Why was it that he couldn't forget her? Why was it that her memories haunt him endlessly?

 

He didn't know. No matter what he did, he wouldn't find the answer...

 

Perhaps, not until she came back...