Disclaimer: I don't own esca blah blah blah....I do own the characters I made up. The main character is NOT Hitomi, but my character Miaka Tikochi and her name is pronounced my-ah-ka tea-ko-chi.
Chapter 1: Out With the Old, In With New
Miaka was your typical 18 year old. She wasn't the best student, but she wasn't the worst either. Her best friends are Hitomi and Yukari. She moved to Japan earlier the pervious year. Her strongest abilities lie in the visual arts and the martial arts.
"Hey Miaka!" Yukari shouted as she made her way down the crowded school hall way.
"Oh hey Yukari!" she replied as she tied her long straight ebony hair into a pony tail. "Where's Hitomi?" she asked still fixing her hair.
"Miaka, you know where she is." Yukari answered very sarcastically.
"Um, no, where is she?" Miaka had no clue what Yukari meant when she said it in that way.
"You mean you don't know?" she paused for a moment. "Oh my God!" she yelled. Everyone turned and stared at her. She quickly began to blush.
"Just tell me all ready!" Miaka begged.
"Hitomi and Tai are going steady!" she said with much enthusiasm.
"You got to be kidding! I thought she was all gaga over that Van guy!" Miaka remarked as she closed her locker and picked up her duffel bag.
"Not anymore. She called me up last night, er, I called her up last night like I usually do. Then she told me her and Tai hocked up together. I asked her about that Van guy but she was like 'oh, him, well I'm over him. I think it's time for me to move on' I was just like 'Wow! You've finally grown up Hitomi!'" she answered as the two teens headed to their class.
"I can't believe it, she gave up on him!" Miaka yelled in anger and got strange looks from other students walking down the hall. Yukari gave her a strange look too, but as if to say 'what are you talking about?'
"So, why do you say that?" Yukari finally asked still giving Miaka that look.
"Well, she said that it was true love and no matter what, you should never give up on love!" she pointed out as they entered their home room class. Miaka was disappointed in her friend for two reasons, one being she loved hearing Hitomi talk about Gaea and the Destiny War that she was apart of and secondly, she always looked up to Hitomi when it came to love. Now she would probably never hear those stories again or be able to look at her friend as an example of true love because it was all a lie.
Hitomi walked into class shortly after Miaka and Yukari and she was locking lips with Tai. Sure he was the captain of the football team and also the hottest guy in the entire school, but he was also a dumb jock, just like the rest of the football team. Miaka turned her face away from the disgusting sight in her words of Hitomi and Tai kissing.
After their morning classes, Miaka pulled Hitomi away from Tai to speak with her privately. "Hey! Why did you do that for?" Hitomi complained to Miaka.
"What do you think you're doing?" she calmly asked, she didn't want to loose her temper.
"I was about to make out with Tai-"
"Ya, I know that!" she barked. "But what about Van?"
"Van? Oh him, well I figured that he would have wanted me to move on by now." Miaka lightly slapped her friend across the face. She was angry at herself from slapping Hitomi, but she deserved it.
Van sat alone in his study thinking about her. It had only been three years and not being able to see her was driving Van insane. Merle just stood at the entrance to his study. Poor Lord Van, he misses her so much, she thought to herself as she let out a loud sigh.
Van heard some sort of noise from the doorway, placed his hand on the hilt of his sword which hung from his belt and turned to see it was just Merle. "Oh Merle, what do you want?" he asked as he took his seat at his desk by a window in his study and began to just stare up at the two moons in the sky.
Merle didn't know if she could bear to see her king, no, friend like this anymore. It hurt her to see him so depressed. "Go to her." she began. Van turned his head to her and looked at the young cat women, his loyal companion, very shocked. It had been the first time he had ever heard her suggest something like that. He just smiled at her and looked back at the blue moon. He clutched the pendent that was around his neck, in his hand. He knew what he had to do. He had to go there, go to the Mystic moon and see his love.
Back at Miaka's school, she sat among her friends and ate lunch with them outside the school by the race track. Yukari walked up to Miaka and had a very angry expression on her face. She tapped Miaka on the shoulder and motioned to Miaka to co with her. She quickly sat up and walked away with her friend.
"What is it?" she asked trying to study her friends face.
"You know what Miaka!" she yelled. She must of heard about what had happened between me and Hitomi, she thought to herself.
"So, you heard." she answered quietly. "Look, I know I shouldn't have slapped Hitomi, but, I was really angry at her." she admitted.
"Ya, and you better go and apologize to her before Tai finds out!" she yelled. Miaka knew that Tai would kick the shit out of anyone who hurt any of his girlfriends. He didn't even care if it was a scrawny little girl. But she also knew he wouldn't stand a chance against her because she was a black belt in karate.
A large shadow loomed over Miaka. She knew that it could only be one person, Tai. She turned around to see him standing with a bunch of other football jocks all staring her down and with their arms crossed.
"So Miaka, I heard you slapped Tai's girlfriend. Is that true?" one of the jocks asked her. Miaka just gave him a fake smile and tried to giggled to lighten things up.
"Um, about that." she began still trying to giggle. The football jocks walked towards her and Tai walked right up to Miaka. Whoa, he's tall, she thought to herself.
"I'm gonna pound the shit out of you little GIRL!" he yelled. Miaka was enraged.
"I am not LITTLE!" she yelled back at him. He got a smirk across his face.
"Fine then, you're small!" he yelled at her. Now Miaka was ready to kick some serious ass.
"You know, I'm not afraid of you Tai." she snarled. He couldn't do anything but laugh.
"You know, I don't think I've ever heard anything more hilarious!" he just stood there laughing out of control.
Miaka could no longer control her anger, she punched Tai right in the face. Blood slowly began to trickle down his face from his nose. He licked his lips and could taste the blood. Miaka was shocked at her own strength. Miaka slowly backed away and got ready to run. She could feel a suspension from school coming on.
"Now I'm gonna kill YOU! You broke my nose you BITCH" he yelled as he began to run after Miaka.
She ran back into the school and hoped that would stop him. She looked back and he was still running after her. She ran into a crowd of people hope she would loose him. She squeezed her way through, the large crowd. Once she made it out, she took a deep breath. She could see he was still following her. She looked for a place to hide. She then saw the girls washroom and ran into it. She knew Tai didn't have the guts to go in there. She quickly ran to the door and went in. Tai, being a stupid jock, went in too. All the girls in there screamed as loud as they could. Tai quickly ran out and his face turn a bright red.
Miaka waited a few minutes then open the door a crack peered through the small opening and saw Tai and the other jocks waiting for her to come out. She couldn't stay in the washroom all lunch hour, she had to leave sometime. She closed the door and walked back and forth trying to come up with a plan. Then out of the corner of her eye, she saw the window. She opened it and jumped out. Once she landed on the damp grass, she looked at her watch and classes were about to start in less than 2 minutes. She dashed to the front doors of the school and ran to her locker on the second floor than quickly made her way to class room.
After school, Miaka quickly walked to her car, making sure she couldn't see Tai or any other the other jocks. She sighed in relief as she sat down in her deep blue jeep. She then began to drive out of the school parking lot. Why did I have to go and pull something like this on a Monday? She thought to herself. Why couldn't I have done this on a Friday? At least then I would have the weekend to prepare myself. She turned the music on full blast and sped down the roads. She couldn't wait to get home.
As she was driving, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a bright pillar of light land in a forest near her school. What was that? She wondered as she turned her car around and headed for it. She had to know what that was. She parked her car on the side of the road and began to walk into the forest. She then came across some guy that looked about her age. He was wearing a red sleeveless top, beige pants, brown boots and a sword. What kind of person wears a sword? She wondered.
"Um, are you lost or something?" she asked the man. He turned and saw that she was wearing the same strange clothing that Hitomi wore.
"Uh, well, sort of. I'm looking for someone named Hitomi and she wears the same type of clothing as you." oh my God, don't tell me this guy is Van. She thought to herself.
"Um, what's your name?" she asked blushing as she stared as his nice body.
"It's Van Slanzar de Fanel." oh my God! This is the guy! Oh no, what's he gonna do when he see's Hitomi with Tai. Miaka thought.
"You're Van?" she asked. She didn't know what else to say to him.
"Ya, so, do you know where I can find Hitomi?" he asked.
"I don't know if you want to see her." she said very quietly. He seemed rather confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Miaka took a deep breath and gulped. How am I going to tell him? She wondered.
"Well, uh, you see, um. . ."shit! How should I tell him? She wondered.
"Well, do you or don't you know where she is?" he asked..
"Ok, um, I'll give you a ride to her house, she can tell you everything herself." Miaka offered. I'll just let her explain things to him! She thought. Why should I be the one to have to tell him? He's not MY boyfriend. She motioned him to follow her to her car. She then started up the jeep.
"What is this thing?" he asked. Miaka just laughed.
"This is a car. I guess it's like a carriage but without horses." Miaka tried to explain. Van just nodded even thought he still didn't understand. Miaka drove Van to Hitomi's place. In a way she didn't want to take him there, but in a way she wanted to.
"Well, here it is." Miaka stated. Van got out of the jeep and walked up to the front door and softly knocked on it three times. Miaka then drove away and parked her jeep a block away from Hitomi's house after she saw Tai's corvette in the drive way and knew if he saw her, he would go after her again like he did at school.
Young woman answered the door. She was tall and had straight brunette hair that went past her shoulders and emerald green eyes. She looked at the young man standing in front of her. She gasped at the sight. She would have never expected to see him again.
"Hitomi! Whose at the door?!" a young sounding man yelled to Hitomi. Hitomi turned her head away from Van.
"It's no one Tai!" she yelled. Tai, who was on the couch in the living room, got up and walked to the door. He saw his Hitomi, talking to some other guy his age. He put his arm around Hitomi's waist and held her close to him.
"Whose he Hitomi?" Van asked. She looked at Tai then back at Van. She had no choice but to tell him. She adverted her eyes from Van's and stared at the ground.
"Um, Van, I've kind of moved on." he didn't understand what she was talking about. What does she mean by moved on? He wondered. She looked at his face and saw how confused he looked. "Van, I'm in love with someone else now." she blurted out. Van felt as if she had torn out his heart and ripped it apart.
"Well, I hope you live a happy life," he said as he left. Why did I ever listen to Merle? He thought.
Miaka was leaning on the side of her jeep, and when she looked towards Hitomi's house she saw Van walking away from it with his head hanging low.
"Hitomi who was that guy?" Tai demanded. Hitomi just walked over the couch and told him it was no one important. Just an old love that left her 3 years ago. Tai took this information in the wrong way, he thought that he left her heart broken and he felt that he had to teach this Van guy a lesson. He quickly put on his shoes and ran outside to go after Van. As he followed him, he saw Miaka and forgot about Van. He felt like kicking her ass for breaking his nose.
Van walked right past Miaka. He was too depressed to acknowledge that anyone else was alive. To him, this was the end of the world. I guess it's a good thing I came here alone. that way no one could see what happened. He thought to himself.
Miaka's eyes just followed Van. May be it would have been better if she had of told him. But would he have believed her? She wondered. She looked back towards Hitomi's place again and saw Tai. He was right in front of her. His first raised and was clenched. Before she knew it he had slammed her head into the jeep. Her body went limp and she fell to the ground. Tai was satisfied that he had gotten his revenge and calmly walked away.
Van turned back and saw that girl that took him to Hitomi's place lying on the ground. Why would she be lying on the ground? He wondered and walked back to see why. He bent down beside her. As he did so, he saw a trail of blood go down the side of what she called a jeep and there was blood dripping down her pale face. Who would do such a thing to a woman? He thought aloud. He then helped Miaka as she began to stir.
Tai looked back and saw that Van guy helping Miaka. He then remembered he was gonna kick his ass for leaving Hitomi. He turned around and quickly walked back towards Van. He walked right up to Van. They both seemed to be the same height.
"Can I help you?" Van asked trying to hold up Miaka.
"I am so gonna kick your ass!" he yelled. Van sat Miaka back down on the ground against her jeep and grabbed the hilt of his sword. Tai threw a punch at Van but missed. Van then drew his sword. Tai for once was actually scared. He quickly backed away and ran off back to Hitomi's place.
Van put his sword back and picked up the young woman. He had to find her a healer and soon. Suddenly, both Van and the woman in his arms were surrounded by a bright pillar of light.
Tai saw the bright light from the corner of his and stopped running. He turned around to see this column of light going up into the evening sky. He then saw that Van guy and Miaka being lifter up in that column of light.
A/N: Ok there ya go! There's chapter one! It took me a while to get this chapter done cuz it's longer than most of my other chapters from other fics. And yes I know I'm writing like THREE other fics right now! But the idea just popped in my head and I thought it would have made a great fic! Well anyways, please R&R! I'll try to get up ch2 asap and ch8 for my fic "For the Love of a Dragon" asap too!