ETERNITY BREAKS II
AN: Here's chapter TWO! Hoo ha! Because of some other stuff going on and my laziness it took a while to get this out. Well, Rona, Myst-Lady and Lynne-chan here's more strange stuff in MS Word!
Disclaimer: I don't own SM or Esca-chan! Hoo ha!
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Chapter Two: I Didn't Do It!
Usagi found out how much she hated hospitals on this trip. Although her friends were reported to be in stable condition, Usagi got lost trying to find a place in the hospital called "1st East." She had to ask someone, as it turned out it was right around the corner. There was a sign on that corner that said "Radiology."
"So, First East is right down he hall there miss. That nurses station there will assist you." A young doctor pointed down the long hall.
"Uhh, thanks." Usagi and the doctor parted ways. "By the way," he turned back to listen, "what does radiology mean?"
"It means X-ray."
"Oh, thanks!" Usagi laughed nervously. Mainly for not knowing that radiology was something she knew all along. She continued walking down. While the emergency staff was taking care of Ami and Hitomi, they had Usagi wait in a room until they were sure they were safe. That was an hour or so ago. Usagi lost count of the time in the waiting room, she was staring out the window into the darkness until a nurse came in a told her to go to 1st East. First East, as Usagi learned, as a cancer unit, but the hospital was full and no place to put them. Usagi waited in their room until they would awake.
For safety reasons Usagi wanted them to remain anonymous. When the nurses asked why Usagi simply said they were attacked by personal enemies. Which in one case they were. The whole point of that, however, was so their parents wouldn't be contacted right away, as Luna advised. She sighed in her chair, just sitting between the two beds. It was late now, about midnight. The room was dark and the curtains furled to let the city lights in. The city sparkled like a diamond with all the lights. Usagi caught her reflection in the window momentarily, recalling the fight hours earlier. Usagi settled back down. She couldn't go home yet she had to see them wake up and then tell them how much she screwed up by getting them secret protection. Their reaction would be just as fun as seeing Chaos Galaxia for the second time. She was going to have to think of a REALLY good reason for it and then find a way to escape the hospital.
It was about three in the morning when Hitomi came to. Throughout her sleep she had disturbing images of the future and what Ultra Bob would to them. There was also another very disturbing part of her dream. There were no images but a very, very annoying sound.
"Am I awake?" Hitomi pinched herself to confirm it. She jumped, not from the pain but from the surprise of knowing that she was awake and that awful sound was still there. She glanced over at Usagi. "Oh, she's snoring. . ." She looked over to her right, Ami was asleep in the bed next to the window. Usagi was snoring and sleeping in a chair across the room.
Hitomi had difficulty getting out of bed with an I.V. in her arm. She had to drag the whole stand with the I.V. bag over to Usagi in order to wake her up. She had a most difficult time doing that without trying to alert the attention of the nightshift-nurses.
"Usagi!" Hitomi whispered. No response. "Usagi!" She whispered a bit more harshly tapping on her shoulder. Usagi stirred a little, but still no real response.
Hitomi thought for a moment. What would be the best way to wake up someone who slept like a rock? Then it came to her. Of course! It was so simple! She would startle her awake and this was how to do it!
"Usagi wake up! You're late for school!" Hitomi hissed in her ear. As was predicted, Usagi jumped out of her seat, wide awake.
"Huh?! What?!?" After a second or so of total shock Usagi came back to her senses. "Oh, Hitomi you're awake." Usagi whispered.
"Yes, but Ami's still asleep." Hitomi informed Usagi so they would keep quiet.
"Oh yeah. Maybe we should wake her up, I have something important to tell you both."
"Right now?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes." And so, Usagi proceeded to wake Ami. If Ami is like most people, waking her up would be a big mistake! Anyway, with a couple of taps on her shoulder and a nice morning shower, courtesy of a cup of water sitting on the nightstand, Ami was fully awake and very displeased.
"Great, you're awake!" Usagi exclaimed quietly. "I have something important to tell you. Luna and I made sure the hospital put you both in anonymous protection because of what happened earlier. She thinks we need to face down this thing once and for all so we couldn't have your parents coming by. Now we have to escape the hospital because Luna said Pluto would be waiting for us to take us all to some strange world called Gaea! Whatever that is." She finished her explanation quickly.
"Where is Pluto waiting for us?" Ami asked calmly.
"In the park. We have to move quickly." Usagi got up and walked over to a little cabinet. She took two plastic bags and threw them on Hitomi's bed. She dug in them and came up with Hitomi's school uniform, socks, and shoes and threw them in Hitomi's direction. Likewise with Ami. In a matter of minutes they were able to strip themselves of the I.V. bandage the mark left behind by the needle and dress. They opened the window and climbed out. If the area of the hospital such as 1st East has any significance at all in this chapter it is that 1st East is on the 1st floor. After they were clear of the room they hastily made their way through the parking lot and off hospital grounds.
The three girls were approaching on dawn as they made their way to the park. Luna joined them at the bus terminal and walked with them to the park. Sailor Pluto was waiting for them, as expected, but in an area so discret that they had a hard time finding her.
"Well, this was poorly planed." Hitomi said. Ami only nodded in response. Usagi tripped over a root lying in her way and nearly fell on Luna, who was leading the group.
"Glad you could make it." Sailor Pluto said.
"Oh yeah, Gaea is the vacation spot of the year!" Hitomi said sarcastically.
"Don't push me, Kanzaki." Pluto warned. "Anyway, maybe Hitomi should do the honors in taking you to Gaea. I'm just going along for the ride."
"What?! Wait, I don't really know how." Hitomi protested.
"You do to, even Folken knew you could get that stupid column of light to follow you around wherever you go! That's why you always had your duffel bag with you." Pluto argued. It was true, Hitomi may have not known it very well, but she did know how to get to where she wanted to go. Folken had talked about that briefly before he died in Zaibach, and it was as interesting as it was terrifying that her duffel bag DID follow her everywhere she went.
"Ok, but I'm a little out of practice."
"A little?" Ami scoffed, but then remembered that her comment had no place at the moment. She felt very self conscious when everyone stopped to look at her. "Never mind!"
Hitomi closed her eyes and tried to think of Gaea and how much she wanted to go back. It was difficult at first because she was actually having a really good time at home. Then she remembered Van. She also recalled the creature that had attacked them and landed her and Ami in the hospital. She conjured the light forth once again and the three Senshi, Hitomi, and Luna were Gaea bound once again.
(AN: Has anyone heard of the video game Earth Bound? Well, this is the spin off called Gaea Bound. Instead of the psychic Ness you get the Psychic Hitomi and a whole new world of gory fun. That is in reference to the Escaflowne series. I've never actually played Earth Bound.)
Arriving on Gaea, near the village of Arzas, Hitomi proceeded in the direction of Fanelia. Usagi was a little confused, Ami and Luna were just happy for a smooth landing. To combat Usagi's confusion Pluto hit her in the head with her staff.
"Itai! What the fuzzy was that for?" Usagi wailed.
"For your confusion."
"Oh." Usagi's confusion had been cleared up, for the most part. She now concentrated on the pain in her head rather than where they were going.
(AN: Itai is Japanese for Ow.)
For once, they would not rely on Ruhm to take them back to Fanelia. It was probably around eight in the morning when they arrived on foot. Usagi was tired and begging for some rest. They agreed to let her rest, Hitomi told them she would continue on to the castle alone. The Senshi complied and Hitomi was off.
Something about Fanelia was different. It was very solemn feeling. Hitomi couldn't find anyway to explain why she felt that, other than she just could. As she neared the castle she noticed that there were double the guards than last time.
"Umm. . . Could you help me?" she asked one of the guards. They didn't move. Hitomi felt annoyed that they didn't even acknowledge that there was another human being present. "I would like to speak to the king." She said more sternly. The guard still didn't move. "Look you stupid bucket of bolts! I'm talking to you!" She yelled. No reaction. "Is this a manican?" She asked aloud. Still no reaction. She decided that if she was going to get anywhere that she should use physical force. She punched the guard.
He screeched in pain! His nose was bleeding and Hitomi's fist hurt a little from the blow.
'This guy's made of rock or something.' She thought to herself.
"What the hell did you do that for?!" He drew his sword with his free hand.
"I asked you a few times about the King and you didn't answer." She stated.
"Well, you can't see him!"
"Why not?" Hitomi demanded.
"Because the King is injured." He answered.
"Wha? How did that happen?" Hitomi was shocked.
"Some girl claiming to be Hitomi Kanzaki came and attacked him! He could have been killed but a Knight of Ceili arrived in time to stop the attacker. She got away and now there's a warrant for her arrest."
Hitomi was very shocked. She hadn't been to Gaea since that last time and she would never want Van dead. "Umm...does this girl have a different name that she goes by or is her real name Hitomi Kanzaki?"
"That would be her name, Miss. Why? Do you have any information on the whereabouts of this assassin?" The guard asked.
"Umm. . . no, I'm just so shocked to hear that this has happened." Hitomi said, trying to keep her emotions straight so the guard wouldn't suspect anything.
"You look familiar." A second guard came up. "What's your name?"
Hitomi froze. She couldn't tell them her name, she would be in so much trouble. "Uhh. . . my name?"
"Yes, your name!" He said.
"It's Kurama." She stupidly said. 'Kurama? Why the heck did I pick that name?'
(AN: Kurama means Car in Japanese. I also couldn't think of anything else to put for a name.)
"Well, I'll probably see you later. Bye bye!" Hitomi left quickly. Some impostor was trying to kill Van and some how she would pay for it.
"Hey! Why did you let her go?" A third guard ran up to the first two.
"She's just some traveler who wanted to meet the King, apparently." The first guard said.
"That's Hitomi Kanzaki!" He told the two.
"That's why she looked so familiar!" The second one said. "Kurama indeed!"
"Get her!" Another man said. Unfortunately, Hitomi hear them all and bolted to where Usagi and the others were waiting. When she got there they had left.
"Where did they go?!?" Hitomi said frantically.
In another part of Fanelia . . .
"Hey, the food is actually pretty good." Usagi commented. Ami and Setsuna made a face. Luna dug in with her. They got tired of waiting for Hitomi and found a tavern that was having a "Free Day" and decided to have some breakfast.
"I didn't do it! It was an impostor!" They heard someone scream off in the distance.
"What was that?" Ami asked.
"Probably just some poor sap who got caught with some other person in their bed." Usagi laughed at her own joke.
"Usagi-chan, get your mind out of the gutter." Ami said with a sour look on her face.
"Eat quickly, we have to go back and see if Hitomi is waiting for us." Setsuna said.
"Yes Ma'am!" The two inners replied.
'I hate baby-sitting the inner Senshi.' Setsuna thought a little bitterly.
Hitomi was thrown into the dungeon. The guards slammed the door shut on her. She was about to say something but was cut off.
"Your presence will be notified to the King and your sentence will be carried out at dawn." He turned and left, leaving two very mean looking guards to watch after her.
"You have to believe me, I would never want Van dead." Hitomi pleaded.
One of the guards drew a bow and arrow and pointed straight for Hitomi's heart. "Another word from you, traitor," the guard said bitterly, "and you will die now." Hitomi didn't say anything further. The guard has made a very convincing argument.
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End Chapter Two
Well, that was strange, wasn't it? So, I guess you wanna know why Hitomi is treated like a no body at first and then as a traitor right? Well, it's simple. Hitomi is the famous heroine of Gaea, but not everyone knows exactly who she is or what she looks like outside of her name. Okie dokie, I'll try to explain all of this better without this being any worse than the original!
STC
AN: Here's chapter TWO! Hoo ha! Because of some other stuff going on and my laziness it took a while to get this out. Well, Rona, Myst-Lady and Lynne-chan here's more strange stuff in MS Word!
Disclaimer: I don't own SM or Esca-chan! Hoo ha!
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Chapter Two: I Didn't Do It!
Usagi found out how much she hated hospitals on this trip. Although her friends were reported to be in stable condition, Usagi got lost trying to find a place in the hospital called "1st East." She had to ask someone, as it turned out it was right around the corner. There was a sign on that corner that said "Radiology."
"So, First East is right down he hall there miss. That nurses station there will assist you." A young doctor pointed down the long hall.
"Uhh, thanks." Usagi and the doctor parted ways. "By the way," he turned back to listen, "what does radiology mean?"
"It means X-ray."
"Oh, thanks!" Usagi laughed nervously. Mainly for not knowing that radiology was something she knew all along. She continued walking down. While the emergency staff was taking care of Ami and Hitomi, they had Usagi wait in a room until they were sure they were safe. That was an hour or so ago. Usagi lost count of the time in the waiting room, she was staring out the window into the darkness until a nurse came in a told her to go to 1st East. First East, as Usagi learned, as a cancer unit, but the hospital was full and no place to put them. Usagi waited in their room until they would awake.
For safety reasons Usagi wanted them to remain anonymous. When the nurses asked why Usagi simply said they were attacked by personal enemies. Which in one case they were. The whole point of that, however, was so their parents wouldn't be contacted right away, as Luna advised. She sighed in her chair, just sitting between the two beds. It was late now, about midnight. The room was dark and the curtains furled to let the city lights in. The city sparkled like a diamond with all the lights. Usagi caught her reflection in the window momentarily, recalling the fight hours earlier. Usagi settled back down. She couldn't go home yet she had to see them wake up and then tell them how much she screwed up by getting them secret protection. Their reaction would be just as fun as seeing Chaos Galaxia for the second time. She was going to have to think of a REALLY good reason for it and then find a way to escape the hospital.
It was about three in the morning when Hitomi came to. Throughout her sleep she had disturbing images of the future and what Ultra Bob would to them. There was also another very disturbing part of her dream. There were no images but a very, very annoying sound.
"Am I awake?" Hitomi pinched herself to confirm it. She jumped, not from the pain but from the surprise of knowing that she was awake and that awful sound was still there. She glanced over at Usagi. "Oh, she's snoring. . ." She looked over to her right, Ami was asleep in the bed next to the window. Usagi was snoring and sleeping in a chair across the room.
Hitomi had difficulty getting out of bed with an I.V. in her arm. She had to drag the whole stand with the I.V. bag over to Usagi in order to wake her up. She had a most difficult time doing that without trying to alert the attention of the nightshift-nurses.
"Usagi!" Hitomi whispered. No response. "Usagi!" She whispered a bit more harshly tapping on her shoulder. Usagi stirred a little, but still no real response.
Hitomi thought for a moment. What would be the best way to wake up someone who slept like a rock? Then it came to her. Of course! It was so simple! She would startle her awake and this was how to do it!
"Usagi wake up! You're late for school!" Hitomi hissed in her ear. As was predicted, Usagi jumped out of her seat, wide awake.
"Huh?! What?!?" After a second or so of total shock Usagi came back to her senses. "Oh, Hitomi you're awake." Usagi whispered.
"Yes, but Ami's still asleep." Hitomi informed Usagi so they would keep quiet.
"Oh yeah. Maybe we should wake her up, I have something important to tell you both."
"Right now?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes." And so, Usagi proceeded to wake Ami. If Ami is like most people, waking her up would be a big mistake! Anyway, with a couple of taps on her shoulder and a nice morning shower, courtesy of a cup of water sitting on the nightstand, Ami was fully awake and very displeased.
"Great, you're awake!" Usagi exclaimed quietly. "I have something important to tell you. Luna and I made sure the hospital put you both in anonymous protection because of what happened earlier. She thinks we need to face down this thing once and for all so we couldn't have your parents coming by. Now we have to escape the hospital because Luna said Pluto would be waiting for us to take us all to some strange world called Gaea! Whatever that is." She finished her explanation quickly.
"Where is Pluto waiting for us?" Ami asked calmly.
"In the park. We have to move quickly." Usagi got up and walked over to a little cabinet. She took two plastic bags and threw them on Hitomi's bed. She dug in them and came up with Hitomi's school uniform, socks, and shoes and threw them in Hitomi's direction. Likewise with Ami. In a matter of minutes they were able to strip themselves of the I.V. bandage the mark left behind by the needle and dress. They opened the window and climbed out. If the area of the hospital such as 1st East has any significance at all in this chapter it is that 1st East is on the 1st floor. After they were clear of the room they hastily made their way through the parking lot and off hospital grounds.
The three girls were approaching on dawn as they made their way to the park. Luna joined them at the bus terminal and walked with them to the park. Sailor Pluto was waiting for them, as expected, but in an area so discret that they had a hard time finding her.
"Well, this was poorly planed." Hitomi said. Ami only nodded in response. Usagi tripped over a root lying in her way and nearly fell on Luna, who was leading the group.
"Glad you could make it." Sailor Pluto said.
"Oh yeah, Gaea is the vacation spot of the year!" Hitomi said sarcastically.
"Don't push me, Kanzaki." Pluto warned. "Anyway, maybe Hitomi should do the honors in taking you to Gaea. I'm just going along for the ride."
"What?! Wait, I don't really know how." Hitomi protested.
"You do to, even Folken knew you could get that stupid column of light to follow you around wherever you go! That's why you always had your duffel bag with you." Pluto argued. It was true, Hitomi may have not known it very well, but she did know how to get to where she wanted to go. Folken had talked about that briefly before he died in Zaibach, and it was as interesting as it was terrifying that her duffel bag DID follow her everywhere she went.
"Ok, but I'm a little out of practice."
"A little?" Ami scoffed, but then remembered that her comment had no place at the moment. She felt very self conscious when everyone stopped to look at her. "Never mind!"
Hitomi closed her eyes and tried to think of Gaea and how much she wanted to go back. It was difficult at first because she was actually having a really good time at home. Then she remembered Van. She also recalled the creature that had attacked them and landed her and Ami in the hospital. She conjured the light forth once again and the three Senshi, Hitomi, and Luna were Gaea bound once again.
(AN: Has anyone heard of the video game Earth Bound? Well, this is the spin off called Gaea Bound. Instead of the psychic Ness you get the Psychic Hitomi and a whole new world of gory fun. That is in reference to the Escaflowne series. I've never actually played Earth Bound.)
Arriving on Gaea, near the village of Arzas, Hitomi proceeded in the direction of Fanelia. Usagi was a little confused, Ami and Luna were just happy for a smooth landing. To combat Usagi's confusion Pluto hit her in the head with her staff.
"Itai! What the fuzzy was that for?" Usagi wailed.
"For your confusion."
"Oh." Usagi's confusion had been cleared up, for the most part. She now concentrated on the pain in her head rather than where they were going.
(AN: Itai is Japanese for Ow.)
For once, they would not rely on Ruhm to take them back to Fanelia. It was probably around eight in the morning when they arrived on foot. Usagi was tired and begging for some rest. They agreed to let her rest, Hitomi told them she would continue on to the castle alone. The Senshi complied and Hitomi was off.
Something about Fanelia was different. It was very solemn feeling. Hitomi couldn't find anyway to explain why she felt that, other than she just could. As she neared the castle she noticed that there were double the guards than last time.
"Umm. . . Could you help me?" she asked one of the guards. They didn't move. Hitomi felt annoyed that they didn't even acknowledge that there was another human being present. "I would like to speak to the king." She said more sternly. The guard still didn't move. "Look you stupid bucket of bolts! I'm talking to you!" She yelled. No reaction. "Is this a manican?" She asked aloud. Still no reaction. She decided that if she was going to get anywhere that she should use physical force. She punched the guard.
He screeched in pain! His nose was bleeding and Hitomi's fist hurt a little from the blow.
'This guy's made of rock or something.' She thought to herself.
"What the hell did you do that for?!" He drew his sword with his free hand.
"I asked you a few times about the King and you didn't answer." She stated.
"Well, you can't see him!"
"Why not?" Hitomi demanded.
"Because the King is injured." He answered.
"Wha? How did that happen?" Hitomi was shocked.
"Some girl claiming to be Hitomi Kanzaki came and attacked him! He could have been killed but a Knight of Ceili arrived in time to stop the attacker. She got away and now there's a warrant for her arrest."
Hitomi was very shocked. She hadn't been to Gaea since that last time and she would never want Van dead. "Umm...does this girl have a different name that she goes by or is her real name Hitomi Kanzaki?"
"That would be her name, Miss. Why? Do you have any information on the whereabouts of this assassin?" The guard asked.
"Umm. . . no, I'm just so shocked to hear that this has happened." Hitomi said, trying to keep her emotions straight so the guard wouldn't suspect anything.
"You look familiar." A second guard came up. "What's your name?"
Hitomi froze. She couldn't tell them her name, she would be in so much trouble. "Uhh. . . my name?"
"Yes, your name!" He said.
"It's Kurama." She stupidly said. 'Kurama? Why the heck did I pick that name?'
(AN: Kurama means Car in Japanese. I also couldn't think of anything else to put for a name.)
"Well, I'll probably see you later. Bye bye!" Hitomi left quickly. Some impostor was trying to kill Van and some how she would pay for it.
"Hey! Why did you let her go?" A third guard ran up to the first two.
"She's just some traveler who wanted to meet the King, apparently." The first guard said.
"That's Hitomi Kanzaki!" He told the two.
"That's why she looked so familiar!" The second one said. "Kurama indeed!"
"Get her!" Another man said. Unfortunately, Hitomi hear them all and bolted to where Usagi and the others were waiting. When she got there they had left.
"Where did they go?!?" Hitomi said frantically.
In another part of Fanelia . . .
"Hey, the food is actually pretty good." Usagi commented. Ami and Setsuna made a face. Luna dug in with her. They got tired of waiting for Hitomi and found a tavern that was having a "Free Day" and decided to have some breakfast.
"I didn't do it! It was an impostor!" They heard someone scream off in the distance.
"What was that?" Ami asked.
"Probably just some poor sap who got caught with some other person in their bed." Usagi laughed at her own joke.
"Usagi-chan, get your mind out of the gutter." Ami said with a sour look on her face.
"Eat quickly, we have to go back and see if Hitomi is waiting for us." Setsuna said.
"Yes Ma'am!" The two inners replied.
'I hate baby-sitting the inner Senshi.' Setsuna thought a little bitterly.
Hitomi was thrown into the dungeon. The guards slammed the door shut on her. She was about to say something but was cut off.
"Your presence will be notified to the King and your sentence will be carried out at dawn." He turned and left, leaving two very mean looking guards to watch after her.
"You have to believe me, I would never want Van dead." Hitomi pleaded.
One of the guards drew a bow and arrow and pointed straight for Hitomi's heart. "Another word from you, traitor," the guard said bitterly, "and you will die now." Hitomi didn't say anything further. The guard has made a very convincing argument.
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End Chapter Two
Well, that was strange, wasn't it? So, I guess you wanna know why Hitomi is treated like a no body at first and then as a traitor right? Well, it's simple. Hitomi is the famous heroine of Gaea, but not everyone knows exactly who she is or what she looks like outside of her name. Okie dokie, I'll try to explain all of this better without this being any worse than the original!
STC