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Part 1: The Reunion
"My name is Hitomi Kansaki and I'm 17 years old. Two years ago a pillar of white light appeared before me. A man appeared Van, King of Fanelia. The next thing I knew I was in a strange world and a giant knight (later learned was a guymelif) Escaflowne. I had been brought to the world of Gaea. I fought with Van and other new friends to defeat the evil empire of Zaibach, who wanted to use the power of Atlantis to create a perfect existence. Dornkirk the ruler of Zaibach came from the mystic moon (Earth) just like me. Near the end of the war I realized my true feeling for Van. Sadly I had to return to Earth before anything could evolve between us."
Hitomi gazed at Gaea through her bedroom window. She was the only person on Earth who could actually see it. She wondered if Van was looking up at Earth through his own window. She blushed at the thought of Van. It was so hard to apart from him for so long. They only got to see each other for 3 hours every month. That's the longest the pendant's power could keep Van on Earth without terrible repercussions befalling Gaea and Earth. Tomorrow night Van was coming and Hitomi decided that she would tell Van that she wanted to go back to Gaea with him.
"I'm sick of these monthly flashes when we see each other. When he comes tomorrow night I'll tell him I'm going back to Gaea with him, forever." Hitomi thought
Hitomi had a plan all set out. Van was coming at 9. So, she'd tell him she wanted to go back to Gaea with him. She knew he'd agree, if he was feeling an ounce of the emptiness she felt of course he'd say yes. They'd go back to her house and Hitomi would call Yukari and ask her to come over right away. It would be easier for Hitomi to tell Yukari and her mom at the same time that she was leaving forever. She'd wait with Van in her room until Yukari came over and her mom returned from work. She'd pack everything she'd need.
Even when Hitomi looked back on it she couldn't understand how the day went by so fast. Before she knew it she was waiting on the beach for Van to show up.
"Okay 5 more minutes. I'd better practice what I'm going to say. Umm...Van, I've given it a lot of thought and.... I want to go back to Gaea with you. No that won't work! Uh, Van" "What?"
Hitomi turned around to see a startled Van behind her. How could she have been so stupid? She'd been so busy thinking of what to say to Van that she'd been oblivious to Van standing right behind her.
"Hitomi, what is it?" Van asked.
"Oh, nothing" Hitomi answered.
Van gave Hitomi a suspicious look for a minute. He forgot about it and gave her a kiss. Hitomi pulled Van closer deepening their connection. When they separated Van looked at his clothes.
"Am I underdressed?" Van asked.
"Why? You dress the same all the time. Besides it's fine for where we're going." Hitomi answered.
"You do have a point. Where are we going?" Van asked.
"Here. It's the perfect place for us to talk in private." Hitomi answered.
Van gave another suspicious look. He took her hand and they began to walk. Fifteen minutes went by in silence. Van wasn't talking because he knew Hitomi was hiding something. He wasn't sure what is was, did Hitomi find someone else? The mere thought of that made Van's heart sink.
Hitomi was afraid to talk. She still couldn't find the right words yet. A twinge of doubt began to creep up in her mind. What if he says no? You can't be 100% positive that he's going to say yes. Her grip on Van's hand grew tighter and she shook her head.
"Hitomi, what's wrong?" Van asked
Damn it! He noticed. She had no choice but to tell him.
"Van. I want to go back..... with you." Hitomi explained
"What do you mean?" Van asked.
"I mean, I want to be with you on Gaea from now on." she answered.
Van didn't say anything he just looked at her. she figured that since she started explaining it was best if she just kept going.
"I'm so sick of us never being together. Everyone is always talking about Yukari and Amano. There together because it's fate that there soul mates. Why does destiny have them together but us apart?" Hitomi asked with a tinge of anger in her voice.
Van noticed Hitomi's eyes glittering with tears as she went on. She was crying. Even when his feeling for Hitomi were hidden Van couldn't stand to see her cry.
"When we're apart I feel empty inside my hear. Then when your with me my heart fills with love and happiness. I thought when the destiny war was over that there would be no more sad fates. Maybe I'm being punished for all the sadness and destruction I brought in Gaea." Hitomi shouted, her face streaming with tears now.
Van pulled her into his arms and let Hitomi bury her face in his shirt as she began to shake from her sobbing. He ran his hand over her head to calm her down. It wasn't working, so Van told her what he was thinking.
"We're together now." Van comforted.
"No we're not !" she argued back.
"Why not?" Van asked soothingly.
"Because this is borrowed time. By midnight you'll be gone again. Then I'll have to wait another month to see you again. I don't think my heart can take you leaving again. Please don't leave me alone." Hitomi sobbed. She couldn't continue it was to painful. Van started to cry, why couldn't he see sooner how sad she was? He held her closer and realized he felt the same way. He hated it when the pillar of light came because he had to leave Hitomi alone. Maybe Hitomi was right, Van couldn't deny that the thought of Hitomi living with him on Gaea hadn't crossed his mind.
"Your right" Van whispered in Hitomi's ear.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Hitomi asked.
"I mean I want you to come live with me on Gaea" Van replied.
Hitomi squealed with delight and kissed Van.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"So this is your room?" Van asked.
"Yea. I know it's a closet compared to the bed chambers in the Asturian Palace. I've got to call Yukari I'll be right back okay" Hitomi replied.
Van nodded and she left the room. He looked around the room and found a book. Picking it up he read aloud a little.
Dear Diary, I can't stop thinking about Van. I miss him so much. I've decided that I'm going to go back to Gaea with him. I know it's the right decision because an apparition of my grandmother has been appearing for a week now, telling me to go with my instincts. That's what my hearts telling me to do.
"This is dated three days ago. Hitomi you love me so much, I wish you had told me how miserable you were before now. No more, from now on your heart won't have any room for sadness and I'll die before you ever feel miserable again." Van thought.
Hitomi came back into the room. As she started to pack she realized that she wasn't that upset about leaving. She thought she would be a little upset that she was leaving Earth forever, but she didn't feel at all sad. Instead she started to concentrate on how she was going to explain to Yukari and her mother that she was leaving forever.
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"Okay Van. My mom and Yukari just showed up. You wait here, I need to tell them alone" Hitomi explained.
She walked into the living room. Hitomi's mother and Yukari shared looks of worry and concern. Hitomi sat down, she took a deep breathe and looked right at them.
"Mom, Yukari I have something to tell you. Remember 2 yrs. ago when I disappeared? Well, I went to a land called Gaea. It was created by the Atlanteans after their land was destroyed by a fate alteration machine." Hitomi explained.
Hitomi began to talk about Gaea, Zaibach and Allen. She told them about the pendant and the powers it gave her. About guymelifs, Escaflowne, and Van. She told them about the love her and Van shared. Yukari and Hitomi's mother looked at Hitomi then each other. They had looks of disbelief and were looked to see if was crazy. However, their looks turned to shock and horror when she finished.
"Anyway, Van and I have been together ever since I left Gaea. He uses the pendant I gave him to visit but it only has enough power to keep him here for 3 hrs. So, I've decided to leave and live with him on Gaea." Hitomi replied.
"What! Hitomi you can't be serious. I mean you must be crazy. You probably made all this up so you could get some attention." Hitomi's mother shrieked.
"No Yoko" a voice called.
Suddenly the room filled with a thick fog. Van, afraid for Hitomi's safety rushed over and held her in a protective embrace. When the fog cleared they found themselves in the mystic valley. Yukari saw Hitomi in the arm's of a strange man.
"Hitomi look out!" Yukari called.
Yukari ran to save her friend. Suddenly two transparent figures appeared, blocking Yukari. They were Hitomi's grandmother and Van's mother.
"Hello Van, Hitomi" the queen greeted.
"Hitomi you know these people?" Yukari asked.
"Yes. That's Van's mother, and this is Van. Did you bring us here to the mystic valley grandma?" Hitomi answered.
"Uh-huh, but Varie helped me" grandma answered.
Then Hitomi's grandmother turned to her daughter.
"Yoko, Hitomi is telling the truth. She came to Gaea just as I did. Thousands of years ago foresaw a time of war that would be ended with the love between the white dragon and the girl from the mystic moon. Then the Golden Age of Gaea would be brought about. That is why I came, to obtain the knowledge on how to get to Gaea. Also to get the pendant from...Leon. The information laid dormant in your subconscious and was then passed to Hitomi. The Atlanteans told me through a dream that my time on Earth was drawing to an end and I must give the pendant to Hitomi." grandma explained.
"But why Hitomi mother? "Yoko asked.
"Because she is the cleanser, she has the mark. You have it as well Yoko had it not been for your disbelief you would have been the one to save Gaea." Queen explained.
"Disbelief mother?" Van asked.
"Yoko does not believe in fortune,tarots or destiny. Even when I told her about my time on Gaea she thought it was just a fairy tale." grandma explained.
"Mom just because you don't believe in this stuff doesn't mean it isn't there. Even if you don't believe in Gaea, you need to believe in me. You need to trust that I'm making the right choice." Hitomi pleaded.
"Oh Hitomi. If you got hurt no one could help you. What if your heart changes, or his turns away? Is your love that strong?" Yoko asked.
"I assure you Mrs.Kansaki I will protect Hitomi with my life." Van reassured.
"Besides our love saved Gaea from war. If that isn't a good reason then, I love Van the same way you love Dad." Hitomi added.
"You must understand, they have already decided. So their going to be together no matter what you two say." grandma explained.
Yoko and Yukari looked at Hitomi. She looked so happy in Van's arms. Happier than she'd been for a while. Maybe everybody was right. Van, whoever he was seemed to have the same happiness in his eyes when he looked at Hitomi.
"My son if you really love Hitomi then you know what you must do." Queen explained.
Van nodded to his mother. He drew his sword, he looked at it then to Hitomi. Van's look was hard to figure out. It looked like fear mixed with worry. He took her hand and whispered something in her ear, at one point the same look crept over Hitomi's face. When he finished he looked into her eyes trying to calm her. It must have worked because she nodded her head and extended her hands.
In one swoop her hands were cut ina straight line. Hitomi took the sword and cut Van's hands in the same fashion. She dropped the sword to the side. Van layed his hands on top of Hitomi's and gave her a comforting smile. A bright light enveloped the pair. Van sprouted his beautiful white wings and Hitomi saw that she now had wings of her own.
"I Van Fanel, king of Fanelia name Hitomi Kansaki as my wife and Queen of Fanelia by blood oath. Let her triumphs and tragedies be my own." Van declared.
"I Hitomi Kansaki accept the duties and title of Queen of Fanelia. I name Van King of Fanelia as my husband by blood oath. Let his triumphs and tragedies be my own. " Hitomi declared.
The couple kissed and while they finished the ritual their hands glowed. AS they broke the kiss the light disappeared along with the cuts on their hands. Van's mother looked at her son, her eyes were filled with joy.
"It is done Mrs. Kansaki your daughter is now bound to Gaea. She will never be able to return to the mystic moon. I know all to well the pains of loosing a child. So I want you to have this." Queen explained.
A small silver box appeared in Yoko's hands. It has four spheres representing Gaea, the moon, mystic moon and mystic valley.
"This box will help you keep in contact with your daughter, but only through letters and pictures. Van Hitomi, Congratulations. I bid you farewell my son. "Queen explained.
"Good bye mother" Van replied.
"Yoko, Hitomi farewell." grandma said
"Good bye" Yoko and Hitomi responded.
Yukari came forward and looked right at Van.
"If you hurt her I'll come back and kick you ass!" Yukari threatened.
She hugged Hitomi and wished her a happy marriage, then surprisingly she hugged Van as well.
The beam of white light embraced Yukari and Yoko. The two teary-eyed women waved good bye and were gone.
The mystic valley faded away and the landscape changed to the hill over looking Fanelia.
"Welcome home princess" Van replied.
Hitomi shook her head in disagreement, walked over and held him. After closing her eyes she remarked.
"Now I'm home"
Well, what did ya think? I don't have the review icon up yet so e-mail me with your comments but please leave the bad criticism constructive.
This is the first story i've uploaded on to ff.net so bear with me till I work out all the kinks. Anyway, enjoy reading
Part 1: The Reunion
"My name is Hitomi Kansaki and I'm 17 years old. Two years ago a pillar of white light appeared before me. A man appeared Van, King of Fanelia. The next thing I knew I was in a strange world and a giant knight (later learned was a guymelif) Escaflowne. I had been brought to the world of Gaea. I fought with Van and other new friends to defeat the evil empire of Zaibach, who wanted to use the power of Atlantis to create a perfect existence. Dornkirk the ruler of Zaibach came from the mystic moon (Earth) just like me. Near the end of the war I realized my true feeling for Van. Sadly I had to return to Earth before anything could evolve between us."
Hitomi gazed at Gaea through her bedroom window. She was the only person on Earth who could actually see it. She wondered if Van was looking up at Earth through his own window. She blushed at the thought of Van. It was so hard to apart from him for so long. They only got to see each other for 3 hours every month. That's the longest the pendant's power could keep Van on Earth without terrible repercussions befalling Gaea and Earth. Tomorrow night Van was coming and Hitomi decided that she would tell Van that she wanted to go back to Gaea with him.
"I'm sick of these monthly flashes when we see each other. When he comes tomorrow night I'll tell him I'm going back to Gaea with him, forever." Hitomi thought
Hitomi had a plan all set out. Van was coming at 9. So, she'd tell him she wanted to go back to Gaea with him. She knew he'd agree, if he was feeling an ounce of the emptiness she felt of course he'd say yes. They'd go back to her house and Hitomi would call Yukari and ask her to come over right away. It would be easier for Hitomi to tell Yukari and her mom at the same time that she was leaving forever. She'd wait with Van in her room until Yukari came over and her mom returned from work. She'd pack everything she'd need.
Even when Hitomi looked back on it she couldn't understand how the day went by so fast. Before she knew it she was waiting on the beach for Van to show up.
"Okay 5 more minutes. I'd better practice what I'm going to say. Umm...Van, I've given it a lot of thought and.... I want to go back to Gaea with you. No that won't work! Uh, Van" "What?"
Hitomi turned around to see a startled Van behind her. How could she have been so stupid? She'd been so busy thinking of what to say to Van that she'd been oblivious to Van standing right behind her.
"Hitomi, what is it?" Van asked.
"Oh, nothing" Hitomi answered.
Van gave Hitomi a suspicious look for a minute. He forgot about it and gave her a kiss. Hitomi pulled Van closer deepening their connection. When they separated Van looked at his clothes.
"Am I underdressed?" Van asked.
"Why? You dress the same all the time. Besides it's fine for where we're going." Hitomi answered.
"You do have a point. Where are we going?" Van asked.
"Here. It's the perfect place for us to talk in private." Hitomi answered.
Van gave another suspicious look. He took her hand and they began to walk. Fifteen minutes went by in silence. Van wasn't talking because he knew Hitomi was hiding something. He wasn't sure what is was, did Hitomi find someone else? The mere thought of that made Van's heart sink.
Hitomi was afraid to talk. She still couldn't find the right words yet. A twinge of doubt began to creep up in her mind. What if he says no? You can't be 100% positive that he's going to say yes. Her grip on Van's hand grew tighter and she shook her head.
"Hitomi, what's wrong?" Van asked
Damn it! He noticed. She had no choice but to tell him.
"Van. I want to go back..... with you." Hitomi explained
"What do you mean?" Van asked.
"I mean, I want to be with you on Gaea from now on." she answered.
Van didn't say anything he just looked at her. she figured that since she started explaining it was best if she just kept going.
"I'm so sick of us never being together. Everyone is always talking about Yukari and Amano. There together because it's fate that there soul mates. Why does destiny have them together but us apart?" Hitomi asked with a tinge of anger in her voice.
Van noticed Hitomi's eyes glittering with tears as she went on. She was crying. Even when his feeling for Hitomi were hidden Van couldn't stand to see her cry.
"When we're apart I feel empty inside my hear. Then when your with me my heart fills with love and happiness. I thought when the destiny war was over that there would be no more sad fates. Maybe I'm being punished for all the sadness and destruction I brought in Gaea." Hitomi shouted, her face streaming with tears now.
Van pulled her into his arms and let Hitomi bury her face in his shirt as she began to shake from her sobbing. He ran his hand over her head to calm her down. It wasn't working, so Van told her what he was thinking.
"We're together now." Van comforted.
"No we're not !" she argued back.
"Why not?" Van asked soothingly.
"Because this is borrowed time. By midnight you'll be gone again. Then I'll have to wait another month to see you again. I don't think my heart can take you leaving again. Please don't leave me alone." Hitomi sobbed. She couldn't continue it was to painful. Van started to cry, why couldn't he see sooner how sad she was? He held her closer and realized he felt the same way. He hated it when the pillar of light came because he had to leave Hitomi alone. Maybe Hitomi was right, Van couldn't deny that the thought of Hitomi living with him on Gaea hadn't crossed his mind.
"Your right" Van whispered in Hitomi's ear.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Hitomi asked.
"I mean I want you to come live with me on Gaea" Van replied.
Hitomi squealed with delight and kissed Van.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"So this is your room?" Van asked.
"Yea. I know it's a closet compared to the bed chambers in the Asturian Palace. I've got to call Yukari I'll be right back okay" Hitomi replied.
Van nodded and she left the room. He looked around the room and found a book. Picking it up he read aloud a little.
Dear Diary, I can't stop thinking about Van. I miss him so much. I've decided that I'm going to go back to Gaea with him. I know it's the right decision because an apparition of my grandmother has been appearing for a week now, telling me to go with my instincts. That's what my hearts telling me to do.
"This is dated three days ago. Hitomi you love me so much, I wish you had told me how miserable you were before now. No more, from now on your heart won't have any room for sadness and I'll die before you ever feel miserable again." Van thought.
Hitomi came back into the room. As she started to pack she realized that she wasn't that upset about leaving. She thought she would be a little upset that she was leaving Earth forever, but she didn't feel at all sad. Instead she started to concentrate on how she was going to explain to Yukari and her mother that she was leaving forever.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Okay Van. My mom and Yukari just showed up. You wait here, I need to tell them alone" Hitomi explained.
She walked into the living room. Hitomi's mother and Yukari shared looks of worry and concern. Hitomi sat down, she took a deep breathe and looked right at them.
"Mom, Yukari I have something to tell you. Remember 2 yrs. ago when I disappeared? Well, I went to a land called Gaea. It was created by the Atlanteans after their land was destroyed by a fate alteration machine." Hitomi explained.
Hitomi began to talk about Gaea, Zaibach and Allen. She told them about the pendant and the powers it gave her. About guymelifs, Escaflowne, and Van. She told them about the love her and Van shared. Yukari and Hitomi's mother looked at Hitomi then each other. They had looks of disbelief and were looked to see if was crazy. However, their looks turned to shock and horror when she finished.
"Anyway, Van and I have been together ever since I left Gaea. He uses the pendant I gave him to visit but it only has enough power to keep him here for 3 hrs. So, I've decided to leave and live with him on Gaea." Hitomi replied.
"What! Hitomi you can't be serious. I mean you must be crazy. You probably made all this up so you could get some attention." Hitomi's mother shrieked.
"No Yoko" a voice called.
Suddenly the room filled with a thick fog. Van, afraid for Hitomi's safety rushed over and held her in a protective embrace. When the fog cleared they found themselves in the mystic valley. Yukari saw Hitomi in the arm's of a strange man.
"Hitomi look out!" Yukari called.
Yukari ran to save her friend. Suddenly two transparent figures appeared, blocking Yukari. They were Hitomi's grandmother and Van's mother.
"Hello Van, Hitomi" the queen greeted.
"Hitomi you know these people?" Yukari asked.
"Yes. That's Van's mother, and this is Van. Did you bring us here to the mystic valley grandma?" Hitomi answered.
"Uh-huh, but Varie helped me" grandma answered.
Then Hitomi's grandmother turned to her daughter.
"Yoko, Hitomi is telling the truth. She came to Gaea just as I did. Thousands of years ago foresaw a time of war that would be ended with the love between the white dragon and the girl from the mystic moon. Then the Golden Age of Gaea would be brought about. That is why I came, to obtain the knowledge on how to get to Gaea. Also to get the pendant from...Leon. The information laid dormant in your subconscious and was then passed to Hitomi. The Atlanteans told me through a dream that my time on Earth was drawing to an end and I must give the pendant to Hitomi." grandma explained.
"But why Hitomi mother? "Yoko asked.
"Because she is the cleanser, she has the mark. You have it as well Yoko had it not been for your disbelief you would have been the one to save Gaea." Queen explained.
"Disbelief mother?" Van asked.
"Yoko does not believe in fortune,tarots or destiny. Even when I told her about my time on Gaea she thought it was just a fairy tale." grandma explained.
"Mom just because you don't believe in this stuff doesn't mean it isn't there. Even if you don't believe in Gaea, you need to believe in me. You need to trust that I'm making the right choice." Hitomi pleaded.
"Oh Hitomi. If you got hurt no one could help you. What if your heart changes, or his turns away? Is your love that strong?" Yoko asked.
"I assure you Mrs.Kansaki I will protect Hitomi with my life." Van reassured.
"Besides our love saved Gaea from war. If that isn't a good reason then, I love Van the same way you love Dad." Hitomi added.
"You must understand, they have already decided. So their going to be together no matter what you two say." grandma explained.
Yoko and Yukari looked at Hitomi. She looked so happy in Van's arms. Happier than she'd been for a while. Maybe everybody was right. Van, whoever he was seemed to have the same happiness in his eyes when he looked at Hitomi.
"My son if you really love Hitomi then you know what you must do." Queen explained.
Van nodded to his mother. He drew his sword, he looked at it then to Hitomi. Van's look was hard to figure out. It looked like fear mixed with worry. He took her hand and whispered something in her ear, at one point the same look crept over Hitomi's face. When he finished he looked into her eyes trying to calm her. It must have worked because she nodded her head and extended her hands.
In one swoop her hands were cut ina straight line. Hitomi took the sword and cut Van's hands in the same fashion. She dropped the sword to the side. Van layed his hands on top of Hitomi's and gave her a comforting smile. A bright light enveloped the pair. Van sprouted his beautiful white wings and Hitomi saw that she now had wings of her own.
"I Van Fanel, king of Fanelia name Hitomi Kansaki as my wife and Queen of Fanelia by blood oath. Let her triumphs and tragedies be my own." Van declared.
"I Hitomi Kansaki accept the duties and title of Queen of Fanelia. I name Van King of Fanelia as my husband by blood oath. Let his triumphs and tragedies be my own. " Hitomi declared.
The couple kissed and while they finished the ritual their hands glowed. AS they broke the kiss the light disappeared along with the cuts on their hands. Van's mother looked at her son, her eyes were filled with joy.
"It is done Mrs. Kansaki your daughter is now bound to Gaea. She will never be able to return to the mystic moon. I know all to well the pains of loosing a child. So I want you to have this." Queen explained.
A small silver box appeared in Yoko's hands. It has four spheres representing Gaea, the moon, mystic moon and mystic valley.
"This box will help you keep in contact with your daughter, but only through letters and pictures. Van Hitomi, Congratulations. I bid you farewell my son. "Queen explained.
"Good bye mother" Van replied.
"Yoko, Hitomi farewell." grandma said
"Good bye" Yoko and Hitomi responded.
Yukari came forward and looked right at Van.
"If you hurt her I'll come back and kick you ass!" Yukari threatened.
She hugged Hitomi and wished her a happy marriage, then surprisingly she hugged Van as well.
The beam of white light embraced Yukari and Yoko. The two teary-eyed women waved good bye and were gone.
The mystic valley faded away and the landscape changed to the hill over looking Fanelia.
"Welcome home princess" Van replied.
Hitomi shook her head in disagreement, walked over and held him. After closing her eyes she remarked.
"Now I'm home"
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