Disclaimer: Don't own it, and never will unfortunately, because if I owned it, the ending would definitely NOT have been the same, and Allen would NOT have fallen in love with Hitomi, so there!
AN: This story is written after the end of Escaflowne and contains some spoilers..... Please do not read if you do not want the end to be spoiled. Thankee..... Ps- This is my first time in this section, so you people tell me what you think!
Van Fanel sighed heavily in his kingly chambers at the royal palace in Fanelia. He ran his hands through his blackhair in frustration. It had been 5 years since Hitomi had left Gaea for her home on the Mystic Moon. Five years since he had seen her beautiful smiling face. Five years since he had held her in his arms; his one and only beloved. After five years, he wanted her back in his arms again, he wanted to caress her face lovingly and smell her pleasant airy smell one more time. He fingered the ruby stone that hung around his neck, a painful reminder of the source of his hurt.
Van looked out his window, his brown-eyed gaze falling upon the one thing that he did not want to see at that moment. A monument to the girl from the Mystic Moon named Hitomi Kanzaki had been erected in the town square, a daily reminder of the lonliness and despair that he experienced when he thought of those times. Over those five miserable years of separation, Fanelia had been rebuilt to its former glory and its surviving people had come home to start a new kingdom. Escaflowne had remained in a state of hibernation ever since that last battle in the Zaibach Empire, and it lay in the temple, safeguarded by stoic monks once again. Fanelia and Asturia had both signed an alliance pact with other countries, forming a sort of United Nations as Hitomi had described it. It had been her last act on Gaea.
Van sighed again as he turned back to his chambers, answering the beckon of a knock on his door.
"Yes?" he asked softly, his voice still hoarse from the public speech he had orated yesterday.
A pink-haired head poked its way around the door, smalll ears pricking up at the sound of a baby's squall from the open window.
"Van-sama, Allen-san wants to see you," Merle informed him rather unhappily. "I told him that you were busy, but he said that it was really important, so I came to get you."
Van sighed for the hundredth time that day. "Inform my guest that I will be arriving as soon as I am decent enough to hold council with him," he replied, watching as Merle shut the door and hurried off to deliver the message. He walked over to his bed and pulled on the ceremonial cloaks that he typically wore as King of Fanelia. 'I hate wearing these,' he thought ruefully, 'but it is only the respect due to Allen-san as official envoy of Asturia.' He walked out of his chambers slowly, his usually quick gait hampered by the extra weight.
Van walked into the meeting room, a large, domed room of marble with a crystal arch doorway.
"What is it this time Allen?" he asked tiredly, staring at the Knight of Caeli, who seemed to be hiding something very amusing from Van.
"Well," Allen started, an unbidden smile creeping across his face, "I think I have something that you might want to see."
Van, interested, stepped towards the older man, when he saw Merle unconscious on the ground. "Merle!" he yelled, running over to her limp form, clothed in a short gown upon the insistence of Millerna-hime. "What did you do the Merle?!" he asked Allen angrily, subconsciously noticing that Allen had shifted his entire body so that his back was hidden from Van.
"Nothing that I won't do to you," Allen responded, the smile on his face growing wider.
Van glared at the man, standing up with the unconscious cat girl in his arms. "You will be dead before this day is over," he spat, his hoarse voice not helping to support the threat.
"Will I now?" Allen asked, stepping to the right to reveal what had been behind him.
Van's mouth fell open and he gaped at her, the one he had been waiting for for five years. All it took was the sight of light brown hair and soft, loving green eyes for him to pass out.
Hehe..... Who do you think Van saw? Could it have possibly been...... Hitomi? Anyways, next chapter will be up soon, and it's already written...... Please R&R!!!!
AN: This story is written after the end of Escaflowne and contains some spoilers..... Please do not read if you do not want the end to be spoiled. Thankee..... Ps- This is my first time in this section, so you people tell me what you think!
Van Fanel sighed heavily in his kingly chambers at the royal palace in Fanelia. He ran his hands through his blackhair in frustration. It had been 5 years since Hitomi had left Gaea for her home on the Mystic Moon. Five years since he had seen her beautiful smiling face. Five years since he had held her in his arms; his one and only beloved. After five years, he wanted her back in his arms again, he wanted to caress her face lovingly and smell her pleasant airy smell one more time. He fingered the ruby stone that hung around his neck, a painful reminder of the source of his hurt.
Van looked out his window, his brown-eyed gaze falling upon the one thing that he did not want to see at that moment. A monument to the girl from the Mystic Moon named Hitomi Kanzaki had been erected in the town square, a daily reminder of the lonliness and despair that he experienced when he thought of those times. Over those five miserable years of separation, Fanelia had been rebuilt to its former glory and its surviving people had come home to start a new kingdom. Escaflowne had remained in a state of hibernation ever since that last battle in the Zaibach Empire, and it lay in the temple, safeguarded by stoic monks once again. Fanelia and Asturia had both signed an alliance pact with other countries, forming a sort of United Nations as Hitomi had described it. It had been her last act on Gaea.
Van sighed again as he turned back to his chambers, answering the beckon of a knock on his door.
"Yes?" he asked softly, his voice still hoarse from the public speech he had orated yesterday.
A pink-haired head poked its way around the door, smalll ears pricking up at the sound of a baby's squall from the open window.
"Van-sama, Allen-san wants to see you," Merle informed him rather unhappily. "I told him that you were busy, but he said that it was really important, so I came to get you."
Van sighed for the hundredth time that day. "Inform my guest that I will be arriving as soon as I am decent enough to hold council with him," he replied, watching as Merle shut the door and hurried off to deliver the message. He walked over to his bed and pulled on the ceremonial cloaks that he typically wore as King of Fanelia. 'I hate wearing these,' he thought ruefully, 'but it is only the respect due to Allen-san as official envoy of Asturia.' He walked out of his chambers slowly, his usually quick gait hampered by the extra weight.
Van walked into the meeting room, a large, domed room of marble with a crystal arch doorway.
"What is it this time Allen?" he asked tiredly, staring at the Knight of Caeli, who seemed to be hiding something very amusing from Van.
"Well," Allen started, an unbidden smile creeping across his face, "I think I have something that you might want to see."
Van, interested, stepped towards the older man, when he saw Merle unconscious on the ground. "Merle!" he yelled, running over to her limp form, clothed in a short gown upon the insistence of Millerna-hime. "What did you do the Merle?!" he asked Allen angrily, subconsciously noticing that Allen had shifted his entire body so that his back was hidden from Van.
"Nothing that I won't do to you," Allen responded, the smile on his face growing wider.
Van glared at the man, standing up with the unconscious cat girl in his arms. "You will be dead before this day is over," he spat, his hoarse voice not helping to support the threat.
"Will I now?" Allen asked, stepping to the right to reveal what had been behind him.
Van's mouth fell open and he gaped at her, the one he had been waiting for for five years. All it took was the sight of light brown hair and soft, loving green eyes for him to pass out.
Hehe..... Who do you think Van saw? Could it have possibly been...... Hitomi? Anyways, next chapter will be up soon, and it's already written...... Please R&R!!!!