A/N: Well, mom was infected with a strain of the h1 n1 virus, so I'm writing to take my mind off of it for the moment. This story is hereby dedicated to my sick mama. Love you!

Just to let you all know, I felt completely jipped when I watched The Vision of Escaflowne. Indeed, they made me fall in love with the series, but the ending was one of the worst I've ever seen. It's worse that Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke COMBINED! This story proves the theory that, when you want something done right you've got to do it yourself. So, for all of you who found the ending of both the series and the movie completely atrocious, you may join me in considering this the ACTUAL ending of the story!

Love y'all!

Hitomi Kanzaki couldn't describe the feeling in the pit of her stomach as she looked into the brown eyes of her love. His black hair was mussed as usual, his wings spread out like that of an angel's making him look like an ethereal god. She was happy, of course, to see him... it had been a long time, after all. They had promised to see one another again, but she hadn't expected that he would actually come to Earth... or the Mystic Moon as he called it.

"Hitomi," he said her name, his voice coming out as a chuckle as he smiled at her from his perch in the tree behind her house, "Long time no see."

"I-I..." she stammered for words but was unable to comprehend the meaning of the words running through her mind. "I... V-Van..."

His warm smile broke out into a wide grin and he hopped down from the branch, allowing his wings to disappear once again. He had her attention, so they were no longer necessary. "I was in the area, thought I'd pay you a visit."

She snorted at that obvious lie and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right, you were not in the area... unless twenty million light-years away could be considered 'in the area'."

He shrugged his shoulders, dismissing the point. "I just... I felt you and I needed to see you."

She nodded in understanding. She did understand. She had also felt so much closer to Van than ever before despite their distance and it made her want more and more to see him again, to feel his strong arms wrapped around her, to hear that honey smooth voice whispering in her ear. She had dreamed about him, hoping that he did the same and now... here he was, in her backyard, grinning that familiar grin at her.

"Merle says hi," Van said, rubbing his neck sheepishly, "She had begged me to let her come along, but..." He paused, letting out a sigh as he dropped his head to hide his flushed cheeks. "But I needed to come alone. T-To see you by myself. Merle... she just..."

"I know," she replied, trying to keep herself from jumping on him then and there. "I've missed you just as much as you've missed me and, for our first time seeing each other for so long, I'm glad it's just us."

He raised his head a little to look at her through the bangs that veiled his beautiful eyes and Hitomi just wanted to run to him and kiss him then and there. He looked so much more handsome than he had in her memories and the way his facial expressions were inadvertently seducing her was making her crazy. And he'd only been here a matter of minutes!

"How are Celena and Allen? And Millerna, how is she?"

"She and Dryden are back together," he informed her with a sly grin, "The crazy merchant was right, he really could make her fall in love with him. They had a daughter together and she's going to be..." He paused again, but this time to do the math in his head. "Three, I think. And Allen and Celena are fine, but Allen's rather overprotective of her."

She nodded. It was only to be expected. If Celena were to turn back into Dilandau, not only would Gaea be in trouble once again, but Allen would be crushed and Van would be stuck in another battle. She sighed, dismissing those dismal thoughts. That wasn't something to think about during her first reunion with Van in six years.

"You're twenty-one now, correct?" her love queried, pursing his lips in thought, once again trying to do the math.

She nodded. "I am."

He nodded, seeming thoughtful. Then, he squared his jaw, clenched his fists and looked her straight in the eye as he said, "I didn't just come here to catch up, Hitomi. I know I said that I needed to see you and, though that's correct, it's not the full truth."

"Then... what is the full truth?"

He bowed his head again, his fists clenching and unclenching, his teeth marring his lower lip. "I wanted to know if..."

"If...?"

"If you, um..." He raised his head again, a glint of determination in his eyes as he said without any reluctance whatsoever, "I wanted to know if you would come back to Gaea with me and be my queen."

Hitomi blinked, trying to comprehend what it was he had said. Back... Gaea... queen... his... come back to Gaea and be his queen?

Tears welled in her eyes and she rushed forward, throwing her arms around her love, burying her face in the crook of his neck as she cried. "Your queen... your queen. I-I would gladly be your queen, Van!"

Then, an alarm sounded, startling her. She tightened her grip on her fiance and shouted in his ear, "What's happening?!"

"It's time to wake up!"

"What?"

"Hitomi, it's time to--"

"... wake up."

Hitomi jolted awake, sitting up in her bed with a start. "Van!" she cried, reaching out only to find her mother standing at her bedside with a tray in her hands. "M-Mom? Wh-What happened? Where am I? Where's Van?"

"You must have had a wonderful dream, sweetheart," Mrs. Kanzaki told her instead of answering her daughter's questions, "You looked so at peace sleeping there."

A... A dream? Well, she supposed it was obvious. Though it had felt like six years since she'd last seen Van, it had only been one and she was only sixteen, not twenty-one. Great, she'd dreamed of him again. It seemed to be happening much more often lately. "It..." she didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell her mother that she'd dreamed of her boyfriend, the king of Fanelia. She couldn't say that she'd dreamed of going back to a planet she'd visited after passing out during Track. "I... It... was a good dream." Until you had to go and wake me up, she wanted to add but thought better of it.

"Yukari called," Mrs. Kanzaki said, setting the tray of food down on the nightstand beside the bed, "She wanted me to ask you to call her later. She said something about a boy she wants you to meet and a double date?"

Hitomi groaned and fell back onto her bed. "Not this again."

"Still, you should call her, she said that this boy is the perfect guy for you."

"He won't be," she all but growled at her mother, tugging the pillow from under her head and burying her face under it.

"And how would you know that?"

I know that because the perfect guy for me is on a whole other planet! Again, she thought better of saying that out loud. She wasn't exactly feeling up to being taken away to the funny farm by the nice young men in their clean white coats. "Yukari's vision of the right man for me is some preppy jock that knows more about hair gell than anything of any use to society. Thanks, but not thanks, Mom."

Mrs. Kanzaki sighed but didn't argue. "Just try not to sleep in too late, alright, Hunny? It may be a weekend, but if you sleep all day today, you won't be able to rest for school."

"I know. I'm up." She found it much easier to keep herself from exploding on her mother's over-protective attitude by using cut-off sentences. It was also a good indicator for Mrs. Kanzaki to see that she was annoyed and had best flee before it was too late.

"Just bring the tray and dishes down when you're done."

"Yup."

"I love you."

"Me, too." With a sigh, Mrs. Kanzaki left the room, closing the door softly behind herself. Alone once again, Hitomi looked out her window and up into the sky, picturing her beautiful Van with his angelic wings spread out. Her angel... her guardian angel. "Oh, Van... I miss you."

A/N: First off, yes, I did make a reference to the Funny Farm song. Second of all, yes, I realize it's a horrible first chapter. Thirdly, yes, this is my first VoE fanfic. Lastly, no, you may not flame because flaming is nothing but a corporate slogan that supports The Man. Okay, that last one made no sense, but I don't really care because I'm tired. My sister dragged me around clothes shopping and I HATE clothes shopping.

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