A/N: Sorry for the late update .

Chapter 2 Knights, Melef's and Zaibach!

"Hey Ashi-Chan you okay?" I asked as we both sat in the shallow waters of the lake.

"Yeah I'm fine…MY BOOTS!" Nanashi shot out of the water, fearing the condition of her boots almost in tears as they were caked in mud…the fact she was now soaking wet didn't seem to bother her.

"Nice to see you have your priorities straight." I said standing up with a slight moan, I two was soaked but my leather trousers now clung to me making it hard to move and uncomfortable, my hair was also wet which was frustrating.

As Nanashi cleaned her boots I stood looking around us, the area seemed different somehow. I then noticed someone stood in the shadows behind Nanashi.

"Ashi-Chan!" Nanashi looked up at me as I reached in my back pocket for my extending staff which was a gift from my grandfather. Nanashi let out a small squeal and in a flash was stood her two switch blades out in hand.

"My blades! No! They're wet! They'll rust" I sighed.

"They're stainless steal!" I looked back at the figure that had moved closer. I recognized it but it was impossible. "Nanashi!" I pointed to the dark figure behind her.

"It's Shits-hard." Nanashi turned wondering who I was on about blades in hand still.

"Who?" The figure moved into the light his sword drawn. "Oh! Schezar from Escaflowne." Nanashi and I were taken aback as Allen Schezar raised his sword.

"How do you two know of the Escaflowne? Who are you?"

"What us? We're no one really!" Nanashi tried to explain swinging her blades around in a panic.

"Put your weapons down!" The Knight ordered. "Are you Spies from Zaibach? Well are you men?" I looked towards Nanashi as I noticed the angered look on her face.

"Who are you calling a man!?!" She yelled. "Don't you know a woman when you see one you pompous, pnnoying, prissy boy, prat!" I stood back amazed at my friends out burst then started laughing.

"Hahaha! Prissy Boy! It's 'Prissy Boy Allen'!" Nanashi also started laughing at her own words. Our laughter was stopped as the 'prissy boy's' sword came closer to our heads.

"You two are coming with me."

We were walked to Allens Castle on the borders of Asturia and locked in a room.

"Hey Esca Freak!" Ashi was stood at a window. "I thought this place burnt down?"

"It did." I answered noticing my friend looking for a way out. "We are either her after the series or before Dilandau burns down this shitty little fort. I take that we are here before everything goes up in flames since Shits-hard made a big deal that we said Escaflowne." Nanashi Nodded. "So got any plans." I asked.

"Yeah you flutter your eyelids and ask prissy boy to let us go." She answered sitting on the window sill.

"Why me!"

"Erm because you can act better then me, and besides I saw him checking out your arse in those trousers and how come he did your pat down?" Nanashi laughed as I clenched my fists.

"That damn pervert I am so going to castrate him, but how come they didn't check your backpack?" I asked reminded that they only checked if we had any weapons physically on us, thankfully they missed my staff thinking it was nothing.

"They took my beloved switch blades they were not taking my backpack and any way isn't it a good thing they didn't check in here. I do have your Folken plushie try explaining that one." We both laughed at the thought.

"I don't see why you two are laughing? The boss is talking with the King of Fanelia right now on what to do with you. Since Zaibach burnt down Fanelia you can only have in mind what he will plan to do." Gaddess had walked into the room with out us realising.

"So what I guess they want to talk to us?" Nanashi said in an arrogant sort of way.

"Naturally." Gaddess led us to Allen's office were he was sat with Van by his side…he was also shorter than we expected although we did have heels on. . (Note:

Van is about 5'4 which is still shorter than Nanashi anyway)

"So you are the girls Allen found?" Van walked up closer to us, "They defiantly look different. I have never seen these types of clothing before…especially on women." Nanashi clenched her fists to save from punching the New King.

"Erm…Excuse me but why are you keeping us here?" I asked sheepishly.

"We need to determine where you young ladies are from and why you were in the lake." Allen answered.

"Well we're not from Zaibach or what ever you call it." Nanashi said.

"Yes I doubt they are, I've never heard of them using women in Zaibach as spies and these two don't seem very useful." Nanashi launched herself at the black haired King's neck infuriated too much, luckily I grabbed her and held her back.

"Let me go Kari! That Punk needs an arse kicking!" I tried as hard as I could to keep hold of my friend.

"Please calm down Ashi-Chan… you will only get us into more trouble!" Van who had moved faster then I thought possible to get away from the raving girl cowered slightly behind Allen.

"You should listen to your friend, as least she seems to have some intelligence." Allen remarked. Nanashi stopped her struggle but I gladly let her go so she could direct her anger on to the prissy boy. She hurdled over the table to reach the blonde and chased him around the room yelling 'I'll show you how intelligent I am when I castrate you and remove your insides' I simply stood by the wall and watched as Allen tried to fend himself off, unsure what to do.

About ten minutes later when Nanashi had calmed down we were both locked in the same room as before.

"Yeah, Yeah I know I screwed up…" Nanashi said after we had sat in silence for too long.

"You're telling me, you let Shits-hard get away… not even a broken nose." I sighed then we both burst out in laughter again.

After a small meal we were left alone again but not for long as Mr. Mole man dug a hole into the room in which we were kept. After a few moments and Nanashi threatening him with possible castration and steel toecaps in the face he agreed to show us a way out of the fort.

"Just a little further ladies."

"Better be you damned Mole Man you know how hard it is to crawl in these boots!" Nanashi moaned.

"What about me? I could hardly walk in these trousers!" I said wishing I had worn them in more since they were like new shoes.

"Here we are." The Mole man announced climbing out of the tunnel. "It seems I made a wrong turn." He said as soon as he had left.

"What are you talking about?" I asked as I too climbed out followed by Nanashi.

"Oh cool!" Nanashi ran up to the Escaflowne as the Mole man had directed us to the Guymelef hold. "It's Huge! I wonder how you open it?" Nanashi walked up the steps to reach the cockpit of the famous Ispano Guymelef. I looked around to see several plain looking Melef's when Allen's Melef Scheherazade caught my eye.

"Yo! Esca Freak how you open this thing?" Nanashi shouted towards me. "I wanna see that jerk Van's face when I pilot his beloved little Escaflowne." I turned to see Nanashi try and pull open the cockpit and look for some sort of leaver or button to open the damn thing… I didn't have the heart to ruin her fun and tell her you needed to be of Van's blood to open it.

"Damn thing Open up!" Nanashi yelled and slipped, her hand grabbing the energist holder thing in an attempt to stop herself falling. As soon as her hand touched the energist the cockpit opened.

I stood there gob-smacked as my friend jumped into the seat and began to move the Escaflowne.

"Wow this is just like a video game." Nanashi crashed through the doors to the open court yard. "You coming Kari-Chan?" Nanashi knelt down so I could climb onto the hand of Escaflowne; she lifted me up so I went to stand on the Guymelef's shoulder.

Nanashi easily walked through the court yard leaving all bystanders in the destruction she made.

"Nanashi-Chan do you have to make so much trouble?" I asked looking back.

"Yes." She answered plainly.

After about five minutes we had covered a lot of ground although I was sure Allen would be after us.

"Don't worry Kari -Chan I can defeat the prissy boy, just you sit down and relax." I knew things would not be alright, Nanashi was too confident all the time but I did sit not wanting to get into an argument.

"Yo! White dragon!" Nanashi turned as she heard someone call Escaflowne. "That Melef will belong to Zaibach." Nanashi tried to see where the voice was coming from but there was no one there.

"The stealth cloaks! It must be Zaibach." I said to Nanashi.

"What should we do Kari? I can't fight what I can't see." I sighed there was only one thing to do.

"We have to fight Nanashi; I know my dowsing isn't as good as Hitomi's but Zaibach can't get their hands on Escaflowne just think what they will do to us." Nanashi gulped.

"Where do I go Kari-Chan? I'm trusting you." I closed my eyes and thought of the dragon slayers and their Guymelef's. I saw one just in font.

"Straight ahead Nanashi-Chan." I clung on to the Escaflowne as Nanashi drew its sword and charged, she managed to get an arm off. "To the right!" I yelled, this time the poor dragon slayer was slow to react shocked that she had managed to hit his friend. She plunged the sword right the Guymelef disabling the stealth cloak, she cut at the large armour again watching it as the liquid metal overheated, setting the thing on fire.

"Cool." Nanashi commented.

"Behind us!" Nanashi quickly spun round but it was not fast enough and we were hit. "You okay Ashi-Chan." I looked around as the dragon slayers came out of hiding all forming spikes with their liquid metal ready to kill us if we moved.

"Oh shit!"