My first Escaflowne fic!

I Don't own Escaflowne, prabably won't own it anytime soon either
Pairing:Van+Hitomi This turned out fluffy! It wasn't my intent but it did!

Destroyers of Atlantis
Part 1

By Stargurl117



Van promised himself he'd return Hitomi to the Mystic Moon, and he would, some how some way. He would return her to the people she loved so much. And keep her away from Allen, the knight. It wasn't that Allen was a bad person, Van secretly admired him. But if Allen asked Hitomi to stay in Gaea..... If she stayed in Gaea for Allen&...It would break Van's heart....

Don't get so attached, Van told himself, because when she goes...it'll be forever. She needs to be with her own people...People that ware strange clothes..did strange things..Could finish a glass of Vino in one gulp.... Were all people from the Mystic Moon as amazing as she was?

Van looked at Hitomi and Merle, asleep at the base of a tree, a mass of human girl and cat-girl. It had taken them forever, but they almost got along now. What would Merle do when Van found a way to return Hitomi home? Hitomi was the only friend Merle had besides Van, because few people got to know cat-girls very well. Would Merle be glad to see Hitomi go? Would she be glad to have things back the way they were? No, things would never be the way they were. Fanelia had been burned to the ground. It was Van's responsibility as Fanelia's king to rebuild it. How would he mange that? He wasn't even sixteen yet.

Van tried to clear his mind as he returned to his sword practice. Focus he told himself. He had to become stronger. He had to protect Hitomi and Merle if the challenge ever arose.

The silver sword sliced through the night air making a whistling noise as it did so. With one fluid motion Van cut through the tall yellow grass that surrounded him. He paused and looked back at Escaflowne sitting at the base of a mass of tall trees. If we're connected by my blood....Why am I not as strong as you? He mused to the towering Guymelef. Its shollow eyes and human like shape offered no reply.

Hitomi awoke with Merle flopped out practically on top of her, she treats me like a teddy bear she thought. If something like this would have happened a month ago, she would have screamed. But she smiled down at the sleeping Merle, gently patting the light red-pink hair on top of her orange head. She heard the sound of a sword slice though something. She knew the sound well since slicing through objects was one of Van's strong suits.

She looked up and saw Van standing not very far away in a small patch of tall yellow grass, which he had obviously used his sward on a couple of times. She watched the silhouette of the boy practicing his sward techniques against the purple night sky. Van and his sword seemed to become one as Hitomi watched him. She became entranced by the rhythm of his movement, the purple sky filled with stars behind him and the glow they set upon his figure.

She looked past him to the moons hanging in the sky. The first was the same as Earth's moon. The second WAS Earth, except here it was referred to as the 'Mystic Moon.' Earth... How she missed it... Amano...Yukari... were they all right? She wondered.

Slice. She returned her attention to Van and his repetition of movements again. Turn, charge, slice, turn. He was certainly getting better. He looked so graceful and handsome as she watched him. Too bad his personality wasn't more charming. All though... He did have his sweet moments...but he would never be as kind or sweet as Allen or Amano.He's just not capable of it, Hitomi's mind spat bitterly.

Van paused and glanced around. He didn't see Hitomi watching him. After deciding the coast was clear, he took his shirt off.

Oh geez I shouldn't be watching this! Hitomi screamed at herself. Shut your eyes! She commanded herself. But she couldn&rsquot move, she was too enthralled. Hitomi shut your eyes damn it! Oh God I am such a perv! She told herself.

Van stretched his arms out in front of him and allowed his wings to stretch from his shoulder blades. It felt so good to stretch them. Lately he'd had this need to stretch them, this desire to touch the sky like never before. The feeling grew stronger every day, it engraved its self in the back of his mind and never left. It haunted him. He'd always thought he was human, with the exception of the Draconian angel-like wings he'd inherited from his mother. Obviously that was not the case, he was half-human, half-Draconian, not just a human with Draconian wings. There was no sense in denying it, the Draconian race coursed through his veins, along with their demon heritage and their cursed history.

He flapped his wings, and prepared to fly. If he could only fly.. just for a moment... Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something glitter. He turned his head to see a very wide-eyed Hitomi staring at him, her olive green eyes littered with embarrassment.

"Hitomi, did I wake you or something?"

"Um... I just sort of woke up and saw you practicing and then..." Hitomi knew she should choose her words carefully because Van didn't like to discuss his wings. sorry...I didn't mean to snoop..." she stammered to a finish.

"Van-sama!" Merle shrieked as she jumped up to hug him, wrapping her arms around his waist protectively. "Van-sama you can't show your wings!" Merle sobbed "It's bad! Someone might see you ~~!" she buried her face in his chest.

"It's OK Merle...I was being careful," he sighed softly and ran his hand through her soft hair.

"Van-sama! If anything ever happened to you..! Please Van-sama you're all I have left! Be careful!"

He looked down at the sobbing cat-girl clinging to him and touched her soft black ears. "Merle I'll be careful....I promise..." he pushed her away, forced his wings into his back, picked his shirt up off the ground and walked away. "I"ll be back in a little while," he said over his shoulder.

The sobbing Merle covered her face as she walked him walk away and collapsed in a puddle of her own salty tears.

Hitomi rushed to Merle's side. She rubbed her back. "Merle I know you don't like me..but if you need me....I'll be there for you," She whispered near her ear.

Merle looked up through her teary blue eyes at Hitomi, and broke into hysterics. "Liar! No You won't Not for long anyway CauseVan he said he promised to send you home! You won't be here much longer you know cause Van always keeps his promises! He prabably found a way to send you home so now he's sad and doing stupid things!!"

"Van promised....to do that for me?...." Hitomi stammered.Maybe he did care after all.

Merle looked at the grass below her watching her tears drape to the ground. "I'm sorry....Hitomi...thank you....Go talk to him...

"Merle I can't leave you like this..." Hitomi reasoned.

"Van is more important right now...."

Hitomi watched Merle's tears touch the ground. "Merle I..."

"Go!! Before he does something stupid!" Merle commanded, and Hitomi took off running after Van.

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Hitomi looked everywhere, she couldn't find Van. She took her pendant out from under her shirt, and let it dangle from her fingers. She pictured Van, His young face with those kind brown eyes, and the way the moonlight would reflect off his messy, short, black hair. Oh God, she had a crush on Van....Shocked Hitomi dropped her pendant letting it hang from the gold chain around her neck.

"Hitomi?"

That was Van's voice Hitomi thought. She turned around she didn't see anyone. Something told her to look up so she did.

Above her was a cliff, sitting on it was none other than Van, his legs dangling over the edge. His wings were out. They etched themselves across the night sky glowing a brilliant white.

Van stood up and dove off the cliff. Hitomi screamed and covered her eyes. Idiot, she scolded herself. He can't die like that, he can fly.

Hitomi opened her eyes. Van was right in front of her. So Close. Hitomi stared into his dark amber eyes as they seemed to burn into her soul. She felt the slight breeze across her face, the same breeze that caused a few of Van's feathers to waft in her direction.

Van smiled, "C'mon I want to show you something Hitomi." He extended his hand to her.
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Good Lord! I fixed the typos (hopefully) I think my pc makes the words run together when I save in HTML, but I'm surpised I got so many good reveiws cause there were a lot of typos in there!I'll try and do a better job of fixing things like that before I post...Thank you all who reveiwed the eariler version (with all the typos!)

I think this is a personal best for me.....
How do think I did? Please reveiw...You'd prabably make my day!!! *^_~*