Escaflowne
Chapter I
AN: There are things that can be linked with the events in my Gundam-Wing Fic Gundam-Soldiers, that I've wrote, with some things that happened in this Escaflowne fic. You'll see, how it all connects. This is another saga that takes place before my Gundam-Wing Series, and tells about the past of my characters in the AC timeline that exsists in my fic and where their pasts history came from. The following intro would be confusing to those that had not fully read my Gundam-Wing Series and the sequels that follows them. If you don't care, then read on. But I advise you that it would be more logical to read the present before knowing the past. Thank you for understanding, enjoy the fic.
PN: This is a rewrite of the Escaflowne storyline be in mind. Most of the things that you read should have happened, but a lot of things were added and changed. One thing is for sure, the ending is as intresting as the original one. To those of you that knows Gundam-Wing, the person that speaks in the intro should be familiar to you.
intro
Duchess Mariemeia Khushrenada Fanel writes from her private diary.
Date: December 11, After Colony 225,
History is written in the endless stars of Space...and like it, there are no true beginnings...and there are no true ends....To fully understand some of the complex history of House Fanel, and its originance, we must first look into the past. Through history, through time into the legends and myths, most ancient. Decades, even centuries even before the birth of Jacen Fanel...In a World called Giaea, my husband's family orginated. In a time where, magic and legends rule across this land that is not of our world, but another. How the fate of one girl from Earth, changed the course of History in this world. How the legendary Jayson Fanel, the second prince of the kingdom of Fanelia, rose to power to defeat an empire and fell. Whom the one in which my husband's name is from, Van Fanel, and how he crossed destined paths with this girl from Earth. This is where it truly all began...
The year is 1999 of the old calendar. This is a time when the skies are the limit to humanity. They have not developed Space technology for living in Space, yet. But, slowly, the World will become different in the decades to come.
On the planet called Giaea, a mystical planet, that is shroud in mysteries. Where in its point of view, Earth is its next-door neighbor. But it is invisible to Earth's sight. There, is where some of Earth's famous legends and myths, have fled to and originated from.
Within this Giaea, there is...war...and conflict...The evil Zaibach Empire, lead by their ruler, Dornkirk, seeks control of the world and change the destiny of all men...very few challenge their power. And those who have...died. They seek a power that will change the future...and the fate of Giaea. The freedom...future...and fate of the people of Giaea....rest solely on one person in their world....and another...from our world...
Fated Events
"In the Name of honor, in the face of battle, in the heart of one man, lives the soul of a warrior"
Location: A Japan high school Date: Sometime around the year 2000 AD, Time: 3:16:02
It was a typical afternoon at the high school. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happens here, but soon all that will change.
"Goodbye," a girl said
"Bye," another responded
"See you later," a guy said as he walked away.
It was a usual afternoon, everyone was starting to go home. At the track, they teams started practice. The team captain gets everyone to ready for the next trial.
"Get set!" the captain said as he readies to start up people.
Somewhere near the field, a young girl about the age of 15 was running toward the track and seem to be in a big hurry.
"Hitomi, can you tell my fortune?!" a friend shouted as Hitomi passed by.
"Later!" she shouted back as she dashed passed one of her friends.
Back at the track, a girl, Yukari and the captain waits for Hitomi.
"Geez, what the hell is she doing?" Yukari said, she sees that the boy next to her is not listening to her, "Hey Jason, are you hearing me!"
"Huh? Sorry, yeah Hitomi better get here soon." Jason said
Back with the running Hitomi.
"Hitomi, practice has already started." Another classmate shouted as she passed her by.
"I know!"
Hitomi jumps over a set of stairs and makes it to the track.
"Alright, next." Jason said
"Hitomi... ...you're late." Yukari said, "Late...soooo late! When you're late for practice, I'm blamed because I'm the manager."
"Sorry, Yukari, I had trouble finishing my report. Anyway, are the guys' time trials over yet?"
"Just one more group left...and he's in it too." Jason said
Hitomi watches one of the runners get set.
"Amano..." She said
"Get set." Jason said, "Go!"
They watch the boys do their last track meet and pay close attention to Amano, the attractive star of the team. Amano finishes in under 11 seconds, to the amazement of the 2 girls, except Jason, because he's a guy, and it seems to be annoying him and he rolled his eyes.
"10... 10.64...!" Yukari said and hugs Hitomi, "Hitomi, great, he's great! He's beaten eleven flat! He's awesome!"
"Next, let's start the girls' time trials." Jason shouted
"Okay!" someone said and the girls walk to the track. Hitomi remains there in some sort of daze.
"Hitomi." Yukari pulls Hitomi's pants down revealing her running shorts. Hitomi covers herself for shock of her exposed legs.
"What're you doing?"
"Get going." Yukari pushes Hitomi to the starting positions.
"I know." Hitomi removes her jacket and heads to the track. "Alright."
Hitomi gets on the track and puts her pendant out of her shirt. She looks at Amano and Yukari, who are talking to each other. They wave back. Hitomi smiles.
"Get set," Jason said
They start running.
"Go for it Hitomi!" Yukari said,
"Go!"
Hitomi starts running. She's in the lead. Suddenly she sees an armored boy in front of her. She was in such a shock that she didn't remember to slow down. She runs right through him as if he was not there at all and screams out in shock. She falls and passes out. She then wakes up into a weird dream.
"What is it? It's hot. The wind's hot." she said to herself.
Hitomi opens her eyes and sees three mechanical giants walking through a flaming area. She then sees some sort of storehouse. An older man walks up to the boy she saw before. There standing next to the boy was someone who looked very familiar. He seemed a lot older than the boy that she saw, and from the looks of both of them, they seem to be related.
"Lord Van, are you ready?" the old guy asked
"I am."
"I'm sure you can kill the dragon." the other guy said, "Our brother's disgrace..."
"It's alright, Jayson! I won't show my back to the enemy!"
"Jason?" she said to herself, but this Jason that looked alike to her older senior cousin seemed a few years older and looks a lot different, such as he has dark brown hair instead of the Jason she knew with black hair, but the resembles are uncanny,
Hitomi watches the sun set as a large bone collored giant defeats one of the other giants with a sword. She looks up at it. A tower in front of her cracks and the top falls off. She saw armies of more of these giants walking through flames that is engulfing a city. The ground beneath her collapses and she falls. A winged boy flies down and saves her. Hitomi wakes up with Amano looking over her.
"Amano..." Hitomi was still confused from the dream.
"You'd better stay in bed."
"Thank you." Hitomi goes into a sitting position.
"It was fortunate that you didn't get hurt."
"Right."
"Your form's getting better. It's probably because you've been training so hard since junior high."
"Not really. I can't even beat thirteen seconds. I wish I could run like you."
"The first step at the start...take courage, and step forward as far as you can."
"Take courage...?"
Amano notices her pendant. It seems to look mysical when it scattered the sunlight coming from the window. The pendent looked like a big teardrop
"You have a beautiful pendant."
"This thing?" Hitomi takes the pendent and shows it, "This is a memento of my grandmother. It's interesting, though. When I sway it, it keeps swinging once every second like a clock's pendulum, and it doesn't even seem to be able to stop unless you want it to."
"Let me see it." She gives it to him and he starts swinging it.
"One..." Hitomi started to count off.
"Two...Three...Four..." Amano said, "Five...Six...Seven..."
"Eight...Nine...Ten..." Both said, "Eleven...Twelve...Thirteen..."
"Fourteen...Fifteen...Sixteen...Seventeen..." She was going to continue on, but Amano stopped to say something.
"-Hitomi. To tell you the truth..." Amano leans towards her, "I...."
Then, Yukari and Jason enters the room.
"Hitomi. Your bag..." Yukari said then she and Jason stares at them shocked.
Later, Yukari, Jason and Hitomi walks home together.
"Yukari, Hey Yukari. Say something, Yukari." Hitomi said
"Strawberry cake at Yugetsudo...Kamakuraya's cheesecake...Shonan Honpo's pancake... Jerrat Classico's peppermint ice cream...and one desert everyday. That'll be enough to forgive you."
"I didn't pass out on purpose."
"I wonder." Jason said, "You're thinking that something...intresting might've happened if we hadn't showed up, aren't you?"
"Knock it off, Jason,"
Later, as they pass under a bridge.
"Hitomi..." Jason asked, "...have you ever read the future between you and Amano?"
"No."
"Why not?" Yukari asked
"If it turns out bad..."
"I see. If you love-" Yukari continued
"What's wrong, Yukari?"
"She's just upset as well over the news," Jason said, "I overheard a conversation between the seniors. Amano is going abroad. He may not participate in the prefecture track meet. So...so you should tell him. Otherwise, you'll regret it...You'll regret it if you don't."
Later that night at Hitomi's house...
"Hitomi! Hitomi," Hitomi's mom said, "The bath's ready! Hitomi?!"
Hitomi is looking at the Tarot Cards.
"Falling Tower, the card of distant separation. C'mon...Amano's going abroad and I can no longer see him."
She looks at the Serpent Card.
"Serpent Ace? Courage?!"
Later, Amano is saying goodbye to his friends.
"I'm sorry that I can't participate in the prefectual meet...but I'm sure you'll post good results. I'll be waiting for good news there."
"Amano, make sure you write to us." Jason said
"Don't forget about us." another friend said
"Amano..." one said and left
"Amano..." another said and also left
"...Amano..." then the last left except Jason.
"Well, time for me to go to my training. My classmates would be too happy if I don't show up to show off again." Jason was carrying a duffel bag with a katana sticking out of it.
"That sword of yours must have cost alot." Amano said
"Oh this old thing?" Jason brings it out. The sword's blade is a bit wider than typical katana blades. It was a very simple looking weapon, "This was a gift from my master as a symbol of me being one of her best students."
Jason unsheaths the sword to show Amano the design on the blade. It was a serpant dragon that was engraved on the blade.
"Nice design there,"
"This was passed down from one warrior to another at my school's clan."
"And what is the name of this clan you speak of? You never told me."
"It is the Dragon clan. The current grand master is Long."
"That sounds chinese."
"Yes it is. The Dragon Clan is a group that involves all of the people in Asia. Most of the members of the clan are chinese and japanese, but there are a few that are from other parts of this part of the world."
"Well good luck to you. Though I don't really see the gain in learning all this if you want to lead a modern life."
"It's not that. I live like everyone else. But we have to keep in mind what we were, and how things were like. Concepts like honor and justice are vital to live a more moral life. Though we modernize our life styles we have to remember other things that define us."
"That's sounds pretty intresting Jason, I hope that you can keep the tradition alive."
"Well, I guess I'll be going."
Jason leaves and Amano stands alone on the track with his suitcase in hand.
"Amano!" Hitomi runs up to him, "...I, umm... I want to ask you a favor...If I can...run 100 meters before this pendant sways thirteen times...if I can punch through the thirteen second wall...I ask you to be my first kiss."
Amano takes the pendant.
"Don't regret it, okay."
"Thank you very much! "
"Hitomi, are you ready?!"
"Yes, on your call..."
The lights turn on. It's Yukari, who waves. Jason stops and watches from a distance.
"Yukari...Jason," She gets ready to run.
"Take courage and step foward. Get set!"
"Take courage!"
"Go!" Hitomi starts running.
"Seven...Eight..."
Suddenly, a light appears on the track and there's a large burst of energy. The two boys Hitomi saw before appears on the track. Hitomi runs into one of them and falls over.
"Who the hell are you? Where am I?" one of the figure said. For a moment, the langauge that the boy said was jiberis, but then, the words became recognizable in Hitomi's ears as her langauge.
"Hitomi!" Amano runs to her. So does Yukari and Jason.
"Hitomi!"
They run up to see if she's alright.
"Are you alright, Hitomi? Hitomi...?" Jason asked
"He's...He's the boy from my dream."
"Hey you!" Amano shouted and the one that looked like Jason turned in surprised.
"Allen?" the guy said to himself.
"Demons begone!" the younger boy shouted in the strange tongue again, which sounded like, "Al guém qual é diabo"
"That's....a form of elvish?! No...it's Gaian...Can it be...No, we're not people from the demon world." Jason shouted back in the same langauge and ran to the two, "Who are you? Identify yourselves!"
Jason reached for his sword.
"I'm Van of Fanelia. Is this place...Jayson!"
"This is the Mystic Moon brother, be careful. When the dragon comes, I am not allowd to assist you."
"I know!" Then the two sees Jason walking toward them.
"You people are from the other world...Giaea...welcome to Earth...or what you people would call it, the Mystic Moon." Jason said in their tongue,
"You are-" Van said
"You look like me..." the other Jayson said, "how?"
"Hitomi, can you understand what they're saying?" Yukari asked
"It's also coming. Girl, get out of here! A dragon is coming."
"Dragon...?"
"Hurry! Do you want the dragon to eat you?"
"Hey, you..." Amano said, but Van pushes him aside. Another bolt of energy comes from nearby.
"Again,"
"What? What's gonna happen..." Yukari asked Hitomi grabs her mouth. "Hitomi?"
"I feel sick. I think I'm gonna puke."
"It's here." Van said and a dragon appears from nearby and walks out in the open.
"What's that?"
"Hitomi..."
The dragon looks at them.
"Over here! I'm your opponent." Van shouted, "What's wrong?! You're hungry, aren't you?! Come and eat me!"
The dragon breathes fire. Van puts up a shield and blocks it. He pulls out a crossbow and shoots the dragon in the eye. It falls over.
"Did I do it?"
"Careful Van. Expect the unexpected!"
The Dragon swings it's tail, knocking him over. Van spit up some blood. The dragon looks at the earthlings.
"Going after the easy ones first, huh? If you want to live, run! Hurry and run!"
"Okay! Amano, let's go to the mountain!"
Van grabs his sword and slashes at it, doing no damage. Amano and the others ran. Yukari trips and falls over.
"Yukari!"
"It hurts. My leg."
"You twisted your ankle. Get on my back!" Amano helps her up.
"Let's go!" Jason shouted and unsheathed his sword.
"Okay!"
They run. The Dragon sees them and heads after them.
"Dammit!" Van and Jayson chases after the dragon.
They run underneath a tunnel like structure. The dragon follows.
"I won't let you get away!" Van shouted
He grapples on to it. The Dragon runs over the tunnel.
"I guess this is far enough." Amano said
The Dragon jumps near them. Van falls down to the ground.
"Hey, over here!" Van shouted as he gets back up.
"Hitomi!" Amano shouted
"Right"
They run to shelter. The dragon breathes fire again. Van attacks but the Dragon knocks him over again.
"My sword can't penetrate it's scales."
"Will he be alright?" Jason asked
Hitomi has a vision of Van being stabbed from behind by the dragon's tail.
"He's... he's going to be killed!" Hitomi runs to him
"Hitomi....Hitomi!" Jason ran after,
She runs down the stairs. The Dragon charges Van and raises it's tail up.
"Look out! Behind you!"
Van jumps back and the tail tears his armor off.
"Got You!"
Van jumps on it's back and slides his sword down the dragon's back. He runs to the front and stabs it in the chest. Blood pours all over him. The Dragon falls over, dead. Van cuts through its chest and takes out a glowing stone. The Dragon crumbles into dust and it's blood disappears.
"Umm...are you alright?" Hitomi asked
"This wasn't so serious that I need help from a woman. Do you want thanks? If so, then come to my castle, but don't be conceited. I'll repay you for involving you in the dragon hunt. It doesn't mean that I defeated the dragon due to your help."
Hitomi slaps him.
"What's the matter with you?! I thought you were gonna get killed...I thought you were gonna get killed...so...I was scared so scared! Why don't you say thanks or something? I shouldn't have saved a guy like you! You shouldn've been eaten by that dragon!"
Hitomi starts crying. Then, the stone starts glowing.
"The Energist..." Jayson said
"An energist?" Jason said and looks up and then down onto Hitomi, "Hitomi get away from there!"
The ground lights up underneath them.
"Whats that?" Amano said
A pillar of light appears bringing Van, Jayson, and Hitomi up. Amano runs up to it.
"Hitomi! Hitomi!"
"Amano my hand!" but when Amano reaches out only the pendent flies up and he was unable to reach her. "Amano!"
"Hitomi!" Jason shouted and jumps up at the light and also gets engulfed by it.
"Jason!" Amano shouted but Jason disappeared into the light.
"Hitomi?! Jason?! They're all gone." Amano said
"Hitomi? Jason?"
The pillar of light deposits them in the woods. Van looks around him and notices Hitomi.
"We're safe." Van said and looks over to his brother, "Jayson you alright?"
Jayson gets up and helps Hitomi up as well.
"Man, you better watch that first step..." Van looks closer to see that Jayson looked a lot different.
"Jayson, your face."
"What's wrong Van?" Jacen got up.
Jayson and the Earth Jason had fused together. They are now this combo version of both. Jayson now has black hair and blue eyes. Hitomi looks up and sees the new Jayson.
"You're..." she looks up to see the Earth and the moon. "Earth...why...? Why can I see the Earth?"
"We're near the village of Urthas." Jayson said, "If the locals have seen us, they'll be here soon."
"Urthas...?" She hears growling. A group of standing wolves surround them. "Distant seperation and Serpent Ace...I realized the true meaning. A mysterious place where Earth and Moon appear in the sky...Giaea...that's this planet's name."
"Welcome to Gaea, Hitomi." Jayson said. He knows her name now with the combined memories of his original self and his Earth counterpart. "A place where legends are made of."
"We're surrounded." Van said, but Jayson remained calm
The leader notices who they are. Van and Jayson smiles.
Later they ride on a wagon pulld by a yak.
"Y...you two went to the Mystic Moon? So, that girl is..." the wolfman said
"Yeah, she's a resident of the Mystic Moon.?" Jayson said
"Whadda ya know..."
"Umm, what is the Mystic Moon?" Hitomi asked
Jayson smiles and then turns to her, then points up at the sky where the Earth and the moon is.
"It's that blue moon where you and my other half came from." Jayson said, "Your friend is within me and I know almost everyhing about the Earth, because of him."
"You...Jason...where is he?"
"I am Jason in my heart....When he jumped into that column of light, he and I fused together and now I am the combination of the two, though most of me remains on the surface. I am speaking as both. I can't really explain it, but I'll find a way of changing us back."
"I see. Mystic Moon.......(gasp)" Hitomi has a vision of people being killed in a town street by metal claws.
"What's wrong?" Van asked
"N...nothing."
"The Mystic Moon shines brighter than usual these days." The wolf man said
Later, they reach a city, it is now daylight.
"Eh...? Van and Jayson has returned?!" a gate guard shouted. "Open the gate!"
The yak heads through the gate. Everyone is around, cheering. Van jumps off the yak.
"Lord Van!" a girl shouted and runs through the crowd and jumps to hug Van.
"Merle!" Van shouted and accepts the hug
"What! no welcome hug for me?" Jayson asked sarcasticly.
"S...stop it, Merle. Everyone's watching."
"But I'm so glad."
"Stop it, Merle. You're making a scene."
"First wolfmen, now a catgirl." Hitomi said
"Yeah, Giaea is a very intresting place...you'll find some of Earth's greatest myths and legends from here." Jayson said as he walked up to Hitomi.
"Lord Van! Lord Van!" someone called out, A group of tough looking men step out from the crowd. Merle backs off, "Lord Van..."
Van holds the energist in his hands and lifts it up above his head.
"I, Van Fanel, third prince of Fanelia has finished hunting the dragon under the witness of my brother, and returned with a Dragu-Energist."
"That stone is undoubtedly..." one of the four men said
"...a Dragu-Energist." another one said. The 4 men bow.
"The four leaders of the Fanelia Samurai confirm it." Jayson said, "Congratulation my brother, or maybe I should start calling you my king."
"Thank you, everyone." Van said
"He's a prince?" Hitomi said in her head.
Later, men prepare for an event in guymelefs. Guymelefs are huge giant suits, about twenty feet in height typically. They are mostly made of melted stones, a form of ceramic, and metal gears. Only a few of Fanelia's high honor guards such as Jayson's small unit of six suits is nearly completely made of metal. A new type of guymelef technology. Jayson's melef is called, Excalibur. It is an Ispano type and is black and silver in color. Its equipment is a long sword and a small shield on its left arm. It has two holes at the bottom of its backpack, what its for is unknown. It also has arm guards and on each have three small holes that seem to hide hidden secret weapons. And to top it off, it has a long black cape. Under the cape appears to be dragon wings.
Other Melefs of Fanelia's small army is the following: Azrael, a dark blue colored melef with two long curved swords. Instead of a long cape. It has two long fins on the back and also a small backpack looking device with two holes at the bottom of it. Every one of Jayson's forces' suits has one of these devices. They are yet to be tested in true battle. On its forearms it has arm guards with two holes on each that launches giant metal arrows at opononents, and on its sides it has reloads for them. This suit is piloted by Jayson's second in command, Kyle.
Another one is called, Narita. It is dull white and blue color, but on special ocasions, the pilot polishes it and it shines its color brightly. It has two short jagged blades, but the blades can unfold into fans and a jagged blade on each segment of the fans. It also has claws that it can pop out to replace the blade fans. Also, instead of a cape, it has from the back of its head down to the top of the legs is a long piece of brown fur, that seems to resemble hair if seen at a distance. This suit is piloted by the one called Alexandra.
Another suit is the Dragoon. It is green and its head it suppose to resemble the head of a dragon. It has a tritan. The tritan is built for more than just stabbing. The outer horns are one edged blades, which is ment for slicing as well as stabbing. Its left arm has a huge claw-like weapon, which is attached to the arm, it is attached to a long extension of the arm that is fed from the shoulder. It can launch this spring loaded weapon at an enemy melef and impales an enemy whole from the torso area or any part of of the body and simplely crush its opononents. This one is piloted by Darson.
The fourth one is called Seth. Its only weapon is a huge, long hammer and a shield attached to each forearm. It has huge shouulder pads and knee pads. Which increases its defense, but even so, its attacks can be swift and deadly. It also has a large cannon looking weapon hanging on its back. It is most likely a primative cannon. It fires its shots semi-automaticly, and after one shot, a new shell drops down from the clip that is attach to it. It can fire up to nine shells and then that is all it can use, and it has only two extra clips.This one is piloted by Rayner.
The fifth one is called, Palidan. It had a huge whip like weapon attached to its left arm, but the whip seems to be divided into small sections, and each looked like dragon scales, and it neither resembles the usual cable like whip. This whip can also be heated and the result will be that is can cut through enemy armor more effectively this way. The whip can be retracted and stored by rolling into a coil around its left shoulder and then can be launched out to stab enemies. It also has a huge, long and wide bladed sword. This one is piloted by Lance.
The sixth suit is called the Dracos. It has an axe-sword like weapon as its main weapon and many smaller axes that he uses to throw at enemies, which are stored in his back. This one is piloted by Marcus.
A Samurai walks around in his old melef.
"This feeling...I like the Melef. There's been no war lately, so it's been a while since we were equipped like this." He gets out of the cockpit. "I can't wait for the match before the coronation."
"Boss, an old man like you shouldn't push yourself too hard." an assistent said
"Right," the Samuri walks up to Kyle, "You ready to get beaten, Kyle? You might have an fancy Melef, but do you have the skills?"
Kyle turned around and smiled.
"We'll just have to see."
Meanwhile, Hitomi gets dressed in a room nearby. She opens the window and leans on the window sill.
"What am I doing ?" She has a flashback of back on earth
Flashback
"Hitomi! Hitomi," Yukari said, "Keiko wants you to read the tarot, and is looking for you. Hitomi."
End of Flashback
Hitomi looks at her pendant.
"Amano..." Suddenly, Merle comes in. Hitomi falls off her chair. "Hey, watch where you come in! W...what?"
"Don't be too familiar. Don't get too close to Lord Van. I don't want a foreigner like you taking liberties with him."
"No, of course I won't." Merle starts going through Hitomi's stuff. "Hey! Hey, stop that!"
Merle notices Hitomi's pendant and grabs it.
"Hey, beautiful stone...I think I'll keep this." Merle runs out. Hitomi chases her.
"Hey! Give that back! Damn cat burglar! Don't underestimate an athlete! Come back here!"
She runs by a room with Van inside and stops. Inside, Van is having a sword fight with Jayson and Balgus watches. Van tried to slash at Jayson's face, but was quickly blocked. This made Van agitated and mad.
"Never submit to anger, Van," and readies to defend another attack
Van charges, and makes a stab at Jayson's face, but was blocked easily and his sword was quickly deflected off his hand, and it went flying and landed on the other side of the room. Van's sword stabds into the wodden floor of the dojo.
"You didn't charged aggressively enough, Lord Van." Balgus said, "Attack him as if you are trying to kill him."
"You need to concentrate more." Jayson said, "Feel, don't think. Let your heart guide you in the right direction."
"...I guess I'm not in the mood to fight today."
"Heh, not in the mood are you," Jayson said in a tone that is angered and sarcastic all at once, "Mood is a thing for class and for women, little brother. Mood is not for fighting, especially when piloting a melef. Sometimes I wish I did not give up my birthright as heir to the throne and train you to become a powerful king, in both the battlefield with a sword and as a politicians. To become a great king, you must have four things. The mind, the body, the soul, and the heart. One is not without the other."
"I've heard this lesson before Jayson."
"Lord Van, you're going to be the King of Fanelia..I want you to get rid of your timidness."
"I'm not going to be the King because I want to."
"Lord Van."
"Hey, didn't you say it yourself that you will succeed over father and even take my place as well...or was that just spur of the moment talk?"
But before Jayson continued he noticed Hitomi.
"We seem to have a guest." Jayson said as he put his sword away.
"I didn't mean to peep."
"Oh, it's you." Van said, Merle pops up behind her
"That's why I don't like strangers, because they don't know etiquette." Merle said
"Hey, you! Where's my pendant ?" Merle throws it back at her. "You brat..."
Merle runs in the room and hugs Van."Lord Van!"
Balgas walks up to Hitomi.
"I heard the story. You saved Lord Van. As soon as the coronation's over, we'll do our best to find a way back to the Mystic Moon."
"Really?"
"A samurai of Fanelia never lies." Hitomi smiles a bit and met Jayson's gaze at her and she sees a little part of the Jason she knew back on Earth.
"I just hope by that time, I am able to find a way to seperate me from your friend."
"Am I...able to talk to him?"
"Well, yes you can, but it will appear that I have multiple personality disorder, but..." Jayson closed his eyes and then opened them and they were brown like the ones Jason had,
"Well, that was...intresting," Jason said
"Are you alright?" Hitomi asked
"Yeah, never been better," Jason looks outside a bit, "I think we should start the ceremony."
Meanwhile, at the city gates. A guard stops his pacing and thought her saw something flickering in the distance.
"Stop, stop. It's strange. I thought I saw something...but I might be mistaken."
There's a strange object in the woods. A camera is coming out of the top of it. It and several others like it flickers in and out of visablity.
Later in the day, crowds of people try to watch the ceremony. Merle tries to see through the crowd.
"I wanted to see how great Lord Van looks."
Van is then presented with the royal sword. A high priest gives it to him. The priest pulls the sword out a little, exposing the family seal.
"King of Fanelia, Van Fanel. I present this sword to you as a symbol of kingship."
Later, at a tower near the edge of town...
"I'm looking forward to the festival tonight." a guard said
"Are you going to ask her to go out?"
"Of course." then he sees something in the horizon. "a shimmer...? What is that?! Hey Darson, go check it out!"
The Dragos moved forward for a closer look.
"There's nothin here..."
Suddenly, a arm appears out of thin air and shoots them with some sort of metal claw, barely missing Darson, who jumps back into the city. The arm then slices through the wall. and vanishes. Footsteps start heading to the city.
"Those can't be what I think they are!" Darson said to himself, and retreats, because he couldn't see anything, but foot inprints.
"What's happening ?!" a soldier asked
"What...?! What's coming?!" a bystander shouted. He is stepped on by the invisible things in front of them.
"A...demon...?!" a soldiers said
Meanwhile, back at the temple.
"Hey, what's that?"
"It's smoking over there."
"A fire...?"
A troop rides up on a horse.
"An attack! It's an attack! Women and children, escape to the mountains in the back! All men, prepare for battle! Let me through!"
"Invisible enemy...?!" Balgas said
"Invisible?" Jayson said as he looks out at the fire."That sounds very familiar."
"Stop the enemy with your Melefs. Luva, Asona, Yurizen, Jayson go and protect Lord Van...I'm counting on you all."
"Yes, sir!" All said
"Come on Van to the temple, I'll get in my guymelef." Jayson said
"Lord Van!" Balgus shouted, "If the worst happens, please escape with Escaflowne."
"Escaflowne?"
"Escaflowne? But that thing hasn't been used since the last great war." Jayson said, and rans toward the Melef hanger where is comrades were. "Everyone ready?"
"Yes," Kyle said and draws his two swords.
"Ready when you are Jayson," Alex said as she draws her sword.
"Alright, let's move out!" Jayson's team moved in front of the castle and readies to fight, while he goes into the temple to wait on Van.
Atthe battlefield, the invisable giants took out many troops.
"You coward! Show yourself ! Where...where are you?! How dare you...?!" Kyle shouted and attacks blindly with some suits following, but one was knocked out down from behind, "Attack from behind! How cowardly!"
Kyle turns around and deflects some shots from the invisable enemies. He was then backed up by lance mates. Another samurai charges and dies from an attack. Balgas, watching, takes out a large sword. Jayson jumps out and swings blindly at where an enemy was, but missed.
"Damn it, I hate these things! Why are they here!?" Jayson shouted as he spun around to block a shot of metal things. "Are they after Escaflowne?"
Meanwhile, in the temple, Van and Hitomi stand. Van cuts his finger on his sword and lets blood go into the energist. He holds it up.
"I am the new King of Fanelia, Van Fanel! With my blood, I'm willing to make a bond with you, Escaflowne. Sleeping dragon, awaken!"
The room lights up, and a rock above him cracks, revealing a Guymelef.
"That's the one from my dream..." Hitomi said
The Guymelef falls to the ground. Van places the energist in a jewel on its chest. The cockpit opens and he gets in.
"Good." Van said
"Hey! What're you going to do ?!"
"I'm gonna fight in Escaflowne." He gets ready to go. "Alright. It's the same as that ancient book described it. I can pilot it."
"That's Escaflowne..."
"What're you doing?! Hide yourself now!" Then, one of the invisible enemies enters the shrine."There you are."
Van starts walking in Escaflowne and draws his sword. Then sword then extends to its full length.
"Where...? Where is it?" She closed her eyes and concentrated, then saw where it is."Van, to your left!"
"What?!"
"Look out!"
Van is shot at with metal claws, but knocks them out of the way and chops them apart. Jayson enters the temple as well.
"You can't escape!" Van swipes at the enemy, revealing it to be a Guymelef. "A Guymelef...!"
"That's the other giant from my dream."
The Guymelef forms a sword with its liquid metal weapon. Van swipes off it's entire arm. Hitomi notices another behind him. The thing forms a word and was about to attack Van. But he was too busy with the one in front of him.
"Van, behind you!" Balgas arrives and chops off the Guymelef's arm.
Then, from the forearms of Jayson's suit, he fired the same metal claws from the holes at the enemies. He impales one and throws him out of the temple.
"Balgus! Jayson!" Jayson ran toward the one in front of Van with full force and knocks it through a wall.
"Lord Van, escape with the girl now!"
"I won't show my back to the enemy!"
"Van, Go!" Jayson shouted as he and friend fend off more enemies.
Van attacks another one, then blocks its attack. The second Guymelef swipes at him, but Balgas blocks it. Jayson then formed blades from his claw weapons and parried with his enemies. Then lobs off one of his opononent's arm and swipe another in the head.
Balgas knocks it over and stabs the cockpit with his sword. Van knocks over the enemy and picks up Hitomi.
"Let's go! Hang on!" Van heads outside and sees the whole city burning.
"It's over, Balgas! Withdraw!" Jayson shouted out, "We need to escape!"
"You go, protect your brother! Your king!"
"Watch out, Balgas!" Hitomi sees another Guymelef shoots at Balgas and kills him. He falls to the ground.
"Balgas!" Van shouted
"Balgas!" Hitomi shouted as well.
"Bastards!!" Jayson charged and knocked over an enemy.
Van goes to Balgus and picks him up.
"Lord Van...get out of here with Escaflowne...And someday, revive Fanelia...the people of Fanelia..." and he dies.
"Balgas!" Van holds his master in his giant hands.
Another group of Guymelefs surround Van.
"No...No...No!" Hitomi's pendant glows strangely and a pillar of light envelops Escaflowne.
"Van!" Jayson shouted and then retreats with his forces, plowing through the enemy guymelefs. "Everyone let's move! We might not be able to save this country, but...as long as one of us still breathes, we will get them back for this!"
The survivors on the mountain range watches the kingdom burn.
"Lord Van... Lord Van!" Merle shouted but he couldn't hear her.
To Be Continued......
Foreword: Any questions, ask me the author of this fic, my email is Excailibur01@aol.com. feel free, and ask about anything in my fic.
Chapter I
AN: There are things that can be linked with the events in my Gundam-Wing Fic Gundam-Soldiers, that I've wrote, with some things that happened in this Escaflowne fic. You'll see, how it all connects. This is another saga that takes place before my Gundam-Wing Series, and tells about the past of my characters in the AC timeline that exsists in my fic and where their pasts history came from. The following intro would be confusing to those that had not fully read my Gundam-Wing Series and the sequels that follows them. If you don't care, then read on. But I advise you that it would be more logical to read the present before knowing the past. Thank you for understanding, enjoy the fic.
PN: This is a rewrite of the Escaflowne storyline be in mind. Most of the things that you read should have happened, but a lot of things were added and changed. One thing is for sure, the ending is as intresting as the original one. To those of you that knows Gundam-Wing, the person that speaks in the intro should be familiar to you.
intro
Duchess Mariemeia Khushrenada Fanel writes from her private diary.
Date: December 11, After Colony 225,
History is written in the endless stars of Space...and like it, there are no true beginnings...and there are no true ends....To fully understand some of the complex history of House Fanel, and its originance, we must first look into the past. Through history, through time into the legends and myths, most ancient. Decades, even centuries even before the birth of Jacen Fanel...In a World called Giaea, my husband's family orginated. In a time where, magic and legends rule across this land that is not of our world, but another. How the fate of one girl from Earth, changed the course of History in this world. How the legendary Jayson Fanel, the second prince of the kingdom of Fanelia, rose to power to defeat an empire and fell. Whom the one in which my husband's name is from, Van Fanel, and how he crossed destined paths with this girl from Earth. This is where it truly all began...
The year is 1999 of the old calendar. This is a time when the skies are the limit to humanity. They have not developed Space technology for living in Space, yet. But, slowly, the World will become different in the decades to come.
On the planet called Giaea, a mystical planet, that is shroud in mysteries. Where in its point of view, Earth is its next-door neighbor. But it is invisible to Earth's sight. There, is where some of Earth's famous legends and myths, have fled to and originated from.
Within this Giaea, there is...war...and conflict...The evil Zaibach Empire, lead by their ruler, Dornkirk, seeks control of the world and change the destiny of all men...very few challenge their power. And those who have...died. They seek a power that will change the future...and the fate of Giaea. The freedom...future...and fate of the people of Giaea....rest solely on one person in their world....and another...from our world...
Fated Events
"In the Name of honor, in the face of battle, in the heart of one man, lives the soul of a warrior"
Location: A Japan high school Date: Sometime around the year 2000 AD, Time: 3:16:02
It was a typical afternoon at the high school. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happens here, but soon all that will change.
"Goodbye," a girl said
"Bye," another responded
"See you later," a guy said as he walked away.
It was a usual afternoon, everyone was starting to go home. At the track, they teams started practice. The team captain gets everyone to ready for the next trial.
"Get set!" the captain said as he readies to start up people.
Somewhere near the field, a young girl about the age of 15 was running toward the track and seem to be in a big hurry.
"Hitomi, can you tell my fortune?!" a friend shouted as Hitomi passed by.
"Later!" she shouted back as she dashed passed one of her friends.
Back at the track, a girl, Yukari and the captain waits for Hitomi.
"Geez, what the hell is she doing?" Yukari said, she sees that the boy next to her is not listening to her, "Hey Jason, are you hearing me!"
"Huh? Sorry, yeah Hitomi better get here soon." Jason said
Back with the running Hitomi.
"Hitomi, practice has already started." Another classmate shouted as she passed her by.
"I know!"
Hitomi jumps over a set of stairs and makes it to the track.
"Alright, next." Jason said
"Hitomi... ...you're late." Yukari said, "Late...soooo late! When you're late for practice, I'm blamed because I'm the manager."
"Sorry, Yukari, I had trouble finishing my report. Anyway, are the guys' time trials over yet?"
"Just one more group left...and he's in it too." Jason said
Hitomi watches one of the runners get set.
"Amano..." She said
"Get set." Jason said, "Go!"
They watch the boys do their last track meet and pay close attention to Amano, the attractive star of the team. Amano finishes in under 11 seconds, to the amazement of the 2 girls, except Jason, because he's a guy, and it seems to be annoying him and he rolled his eyes.
"10... 10.64...!" Yukari said and hugs Hitomi, "Hitomi, great, he's great! He's beaten eleven flat! He's awesome!"
"Next, let's start the girls' time trials." Jason shouted
"Okay!" someone said and the girls walk to the track. Hitomi remains there in some sort of daze.
"Hitomi." Yukari pulls Hitomi's pants down revealing her running shorts. Hitomi covers herself for shock of her exposed legs.
"What're you doing?"
"Get going." Yukari pushes Hitomi to the starting positions.
"I know." Hitomi removes her jacket and heads to the track. "Alright."
Hitomi gets on the track and puts her pendant out of her shirt. She looks at Amano and Yukari, who are talking to each other. They wave back. Hitomi smiles.
"Get set," Jason said
They start running.
"Go for it Hitomi!" Yukari said,
"Go!"
Hitomi starts running. She's in the lead. Suddenly she sees an armored boy in front of her. She was in such a shock that she didn't remember to slow down. She runs right through him as if he was not there at all and screams out in shock. She falls and passes out. She then wakes up into a weird dream.
"What is it? It's hot. The wind's hot." she said to herself.
Hitomi opens her eyes and sees three mechanical giants walking through a flaming area. She then sees some sort of storehouse. An older man walks up to the boy she saw before. There standing next to the boy was someone who looked very familiar. He seemed a lot older than the boy that she saw, and from the looks of both of them, they seem to be related.
"Lord Van, are you ready?" the old guy asked
"I am."
"I'm sure you can kill the dragon." the other guy said, "Our brother's disgrace..."
"It's alright, Jayson! I won't show my back to the enemy!"
"Jason?" she said to herself, but this Jason that looked alike to her older senior cousin seemed a few years older and looks a lot different, such as he has dark brown hair instead of the Jason she knew with black hair, but the resembles are uncanny,
Hitomi watches the sun set as a large bone collored giant defeats one of the other giants with a sword. She looks up at it. A tower in front of her cracks and the top falls off. She saw armies of more of these giants walking through flames that is engulfing a city. The ground beneath her collapses and she falls. A winged boy flies down and saves her. Hitomi wakes up with Amano looking over her.
"Amano..." Hitomi was still confused from the dream.
"You'd better stay in bed."
"Thank you." Hitomi goes into a sitting position.
"It was fortunate that you didn't get hurt."
"Right."
"Your form's getting better. It's probably because you've been training so hard since junior high."
"Not really. I can't even beat thirteen seconds. I wish I could run like you."
"The first step at the start...take courage, and step forward as far as you can."
"Take courage...?"
Amano notices her pendant. It seems to look mysical when it scattered the sunlight coming from the window. The pendent looked like a big teardrop
"You have a beautiful pendant."
"This thing?" Hitomi takes the pendent and shows it, "This is a memento of my grandmother. It's interesting, though. When I sway it, it keeps swinging once every second like a clock's pendulum, and it doesn't even seem to be able to stop unless you want it to."
"Let me see it." She gives it to him and he starts swinging it.
"One..." Hitomi started to count off.
"Two...Three...Four..." Amano said, "Five...Six...Seven..."
"Eight...Nine...Ten..." Both said, "Eleven...Twelve...Thirteen..."
"Fourteen...Fifteen...Sixteen...Seventeen..." She was going to continue on, but Amano stopped to say something.
"-Hitomi. To tell you the truth..." Amano leans towards her, "I...."
Then, Yukari and Jason enters the room.
"Hitomi. Your bag..." Yukari said then she and Jason stares at them shocked.
Later, Yukari, Jason and Hitomi walks home together.
"Yukari, Hey Yukari. Say something, Yukari." Hitomi said
"Strawberry cake at Yugetsudo...Kamakuraya's cheesecake...Shonan Honpo's pancake... Jerrat Classico's peppermint ice cream...and one desert everyday. That'll be enough to forgive you."
"I didn't pass out on purpose."
"I wonder." Jason said, "You're thinking that something...intresting might've happened if we hadn't showed up, aren't you?"
"Knock it off, Jason,"
Later, as they pass under a bridge.
"Hitomi..." Jason asked, "...have you ever read the future between you and Amano?"
"No."
"Why not?" Yukari asked
"If it turns out bad..."
"I see. If you love-" Yukari continued
"What's wrong, Yukari?"
"She's just upset as well over the news," Jason said, "I overheard a conversation between the seniors. Amano is going abroad. He may not participate in the prefecture track meet. So...so you should tell him. Otherwise, you'll regret it...You'll regret it if you don't."
Later that night at Hitomi's house...
"Hitomi! Hitomi," Hitomi's mom said, "The bath's ready! Hitomi?!"
Hitomi is looking at the Tarot Cards.
"Falling Tower, the card of distant separation. C'mon...Amano's going abroad and I can no longer see him."
She looks at the Serpent Card.
"Serpent Ace? Courage?!"
Later, Amano is saying goodbye to his friends.
"I'm sorry that I can't participate in the prefectual meet...but I'm sure you'll post good results. I'll be waiting for good news there."
"Amano, make sure you write to us." Jason said
"Don't forget about us." another friend said
"Amano..." one said and left
"Amano..." another said and also left
"...Amano..." then the last left except Jason.
"Well, time for me to go to my training. My classmates would be too happy if I don't show up to show off again." Jason was carrying a duffel bag with a katana sticking out of it.
"That sword of yours must have cost alot." Amano said
"Oh this old thing?" Jason brings it out. The sword's blade is a bit wider than typical katana blades. It was a very simple looking weapon, "This was a gift from my master as a symbol of me being one of her best students."
Jason unsheaths the sword to show Amano the design on the blade. It was a serpant dragon that was engraved on the blade.
"Nice design there,"
"This was passed down from one warrior to another at my school's clan."
"And what is the name of this clan you speak of? You never told me."
"It is the Dragon clan. The current grand master is Long."
"That sounds chinese."
"Yes it is. The Dragon Clan is a group that involves all of the people in Asia. Most of the members of the clan are chinese and japanese, but there are a few that are from other parts of this part of the world."
"Well good luck to you. Though I don't really see the gain in learning all this if you want to lead a modern life."
"It's not that. I live like everyone else. But we have to keep in mind what we were, and how things were like. Concepts like honor and justice are vital to live a more moral life. Though we modernize our life styles we have to remember other things that define us."
"That's sounds pretty intresting Jason, I hope that you can keep the tradition alive."
"Well, I guess I'll be going."
Jason leaves and Amano stands alone on the track with his suitcase in hand.
"Amano!" Hitomi runs up to him, "...I, umm... I want to ask you a favor...If I can...run 100 meters before this pendant sways thirteen times...if I can punch through the thirteen second wall...I ask you to be my first kiss."
Amano takes the pendant.
"Don't regret it, okay."
"Thank you very much! "
"Hitomi, are you ready?!"
"Yes, on your call..."
The lights turn on. It's Yukari, who waves. Jason stops and watches from a distance.
"Yukari...Jason," She gets ready to run.
"Take courage and step foward. Get set!"
"Take courage!"
"Go!" Hitomi starts running.
"Seven...Eight..."
Suddenly, a light appears on the track and there's a large burst of energy. The two boys Hitomi saw before appears on the track. Hitomi runs into one of them and falls over.
"Who the hell are you? Where am I?" one of the figure said. For a moment, the langauge that the boy said was jiberis, but then, the words became recognizable in Hitomi's ears as her langauge.
"Hitomi!" Amano runs to her. So does Yukari and Jason.
"Hitomi!"
They run up to see if she's alright.
"Are you alright, Hitomi? Hitomi...?" Jason asked
"He's...He's the boy from my dream."
"Hey you!" Amano shouted and the one that looked like Jason turned in surprised.
"Allen?" the guy said to himself.
"Demons begone!" the younger boy shouted in the strange tongue again, which sounded like, "Al guém qual é diabo"
"That's....a form of elvish?! No...it's Gaian...Can it be...No, we're not people from the demon world." Jason shouted back in the same langauge and ran to the two, "Who are you? Identify yourselves!"
Jason reached for his sword.
"I'm Van of Fanelia. Is this place...Jayson!"
"This is the Mystic Moon brother, be careful. When the dragon comes, I am not allowd to assist you."
"I know!" Then the two sees Jason walking toward them.
"You people are from the other world...Giaea...welcome to Earth...or what you people would call it, the Mystic Moon." Jason said in their tongue,
"You are-" Van said
"You look like me..." the other Jayson said, "how?"
"Hitomi, can you understand what they're saying?" Yukari asked
"It's also coming. Girl, get out of here! A dragon is coming."
"Dragon...?"
"Hurry! Do you want the dragon to eat you?"
"Hey, you..." Amano said, but Van pushes him aside. Another bolt of energy comes from nearby.
"Again,"
"What? What's gonna happen..." Yukari asked Hitomi grabs her mouth. "Hitomi?"
"I feel sick. I think I'm gonna puke."
"It's here." Van said and a dragon appears from nearby and walks out in the open.
"What's that?"
"Hitomi..."
The dragon looks at them.
"Over here! I'm your opponent." Van shouted, "What's wrong?! You're hungry, aren't you?! Come and eat me!"
The dragon breathes fire. Van puts up a shield and blocks it. He pulls out a crossbow and shoots the dragon in the eye. It falls over.
"Did I do it?"
"Careful Van. Expect the unexpected!"
The Dragon swings it's tail, knocking him over. Van spit up some blood. The dragon looks at the earthlings.
"Going after the easy ones first, huh? If you want to live, run! Hurry and run!"
"Okay! Amano, let's go to the mountain!"
Van grabs his sword and slashes at it, doing no damage. Amano and the others ran. Yukari trips and falls over.
"Yukari!"
"It hurts. My leg."
"You twisted your ankle. Get on my back!" Amano helps her up.
"Let's go!" Jason shouted and unsheathed his sword.
"Okay!"
They run. The Dragon sees them and heads after them.
"Dammit!" Van and Jayson chases after the dragon.
They run underneath a tunnel like structure. The dragon follows.
"I won't let you get away!" Van shouted
He grapples on to it. The Dragon runs over the tunnel.
"I guess this is far enough." Amano said
The Dragon jumps near them. Van falls down to the ground.
"Hey, over here!" Van shouted as he gets back up.
"Hitomi!" Amano shouted
"Right"
They run to shelter. The dragon breathes fire again. Van attacks but the Dragon knocks him over again.
"My sword can't penetrate it's scales."
"Will he be alright?" Jason asked
Hitomi has a vision of Van being stabbed from behind by the dragon's tail.
"He's... he's going to be killed!" Hitomi runs to him
"Hitomi....Hitomi!" Jason ran after,
She runs down the stairs. The Dragon charges Van and raises it's tail up.
"Look out! Behind you!"
Van jumps back and the tail tears his armor off.
"Got You!"
Van jumps on it's back and slides his sword down the dragon's back. He runs to the front and stabs it in the chest. Blood pours all over him. The Dragon falls over, dead. Van cuts through its chest and takes out a glowing stone. The Dragon crumbles into dust and it's blood disappears.
"Umm...are you alright?" Hitomi asked
"This wasn't so serious that I need help from a woman. Do you want thanks? If so, then come to my castle, but don't be conceited. I'll repay you for involving you in the dragon hunt. It doesn't mean that I defeated the dragon due to your help."
Hitomi slaps him.
"What's the matter with you?! I thought you were gonna get killed...I thought you were gonna get killed...so...I was scared so scared! Why don't you say thanks or something? I shouldn't have saved a guy like you! You shouldn've been eaten by that dragon!"
Hitomi starts crying. Then, the stone starts glowing.
"The Energist..." Jayson said
"An energist?" Jason said and looks up and then down onto Hitomi, "Hitomi get away from there!"
The ground lights up underneath them.
"Whats that?" Amano said
A pillar of light appears bringing Van, Jayson, and Hitomi up. Amano runs up to it.
"Hitomi! Hitomi!"
"Amano my hand!" but when Amano reaches out only the pendent flies up and he was unable to reach her. "Amano!"
"Hitomi!" Jason shouted and jumps up at the light and also gets engulfed by it.
"Jason!" Amano shouted but Jason disappeared into the light.
"Hitomi?! Jason?! They're all gone." Amano said
"Hitomi? Jason?"
The pillar of light deposits them in the woods. Van looks around him and notices Hitomi.
"We're safe." Van said and looks over to his brother, "Jayson you alright?"
Jayson gets up and helps Hitomi up as well.
"Man, you better watch that first step..." Van looks closer to see that Jayson looked a lot different.
"Jayson, your face."
"What's wrong Van?" Jacen got up.
Jayson and the Earth Jason had fused together. They are now this combo version of both. Jayson now has black hair and blue eyes. Hitomi looks up and sees the new Jayson.
"You're..." she looks up to see the Earth and the moon. "Earth...why...? Why can I see the Earth?"
"We're near the village of Urthas." Jayson said, "If the locals have seen us, they'll be here soon."
"Urthas...?" She hears growling. A group of standing wolves surround them. "Distant seperation and Serpent Ace...I realized the true meaning. A mysterious place where Earth and Moon appear in the sky...Giaea...that's this planet's name."
"Welcome to Gaea, Hitomi." Jayson said. He knows her name now with the combined memories of his original self and his Earth counterpart. "A place where legends are made of."
"We're surrounded." Van said, but Jayson remained calm
The leader notices who they are. Van and Jayson smiles.
Later they ride on a wagon pulld by a yak.
"Y...you two went to the Mystic Moon? So, that girl is..." the wolfman said
"Yeah, she's a resident of the Mystic Moon.?" Jayson said
"Whadda ya know..."
"Umm, what is the Mystic Moon?" Hitomi asked
Jayson smiles and then turns to her, then points up at the sky where the Earth and the moon is.
"It's that blue moon where you and my other half came from." Jayson said, "Your friend is within me and I know almost everyhing about the Earth, because of him."
"You...Jason...where is he?"
"I am Jason in my heart....When he jumped into that column of light, he and I fused together and now I am the combination of the two, though most of me remains on the surface. I am speaking as both. I can't really explain it, but I'll find a way of changing us back."
"I see. Mystic Moon.......(gasp)" Hitomi has a vision of people being killed in a town street by metal claws.
"What's wrong?" Van asked
"N...nothing."
"The Mystic Moon shines brighter than usual these days." The wolf man said
Later, they reach a city, it is now daylight.
"Eh...? Van and Jayson has returned?!" a gate guard shouted. "Open the gate!"
The yak heads through the gate. Everyone is around, cheering. Van jumps off the yak.
"Lord Van!" a girl shouted and runs through the crowd and jumps to hug Van.
"Merle!" Van shouted and accepts the hug
"What! no welcome hug for me?" Jayson asked sarcasticly.
"S...stop it, Merle. Everyone's watching."
"But I'm so glad."
"Stop it, Merle. You're making a scene."
"First wolfmen, now a catgirl." Hitomi said
"Yeah, Giaea is a very intresting place...you'll find some of Earth's greatest myths and legends from here." Jayson said as he walked up to Hitomi.
"Lord Van! Lord Van!" someone called out, A group of tough looking men step out from the crowd. Merle backs off, "Lord Van..."
Van holds the energist in his hands and lifts it up above his head.
"I, Van Fanel, third prince of Fanelia has finished hunting the dragon under the witness of my brother, and returned with a Dragu-Energist."
"That stone is undoubtedly..." one of the four men said
"...a Dragu-Energist." another one said. The 4 men bow.
"The four leaders of the Fanelia Samurai confirm it." Jayson said, "Congratulation my brother, or maybe I should start calling you my king."
"Thank you, everyone." Van said
"He's a prince?" Hitomi said in her head.
Later, men prepare for an event in guymelefs. Guymelefs are huge giant suits, about twenty feet in height typically. They are mostly made of melted stones, a form of ceramic, and metal gears. Only a few of Fanelia's high honor guards such as Jayson's small unit of six suits is nearly completely made of metal. A new type of guymelef technology. Jayson's melef is called, Excalibur. It is an Ispano type and is black and silver in color. Its equipment is a long sword and a small shield on its left arm. It has two holes at the bottom of its backpack, what its for is unknown. It also has arm guards and on each have three small holes that seem to hide hidden secret weapons. And to top it off, it has a long black cape. Under the cape appears to be dragon wings.
Other Melefs of Fanelia's small army is the following: Azrael, a dark blue colored melef with two long curved swords. Instead of a long cape. It has two long fins on the back and also a small backpack looking device with two holes at the bottom of it. Every one of Jayson's forces' suits has one of these devices. They are yet to be tested in true battle. On its forearms it has arm guards with two holes on each that launches giant metal arrows at opononents, and on its sides it has reloads for them. This suit is piloted by Jayson's second in command, Kyle.
Another one is called, Narita. It is dull white and blue color, but on special ocasions, the pilot polishes it and it shines its color brightly. It has two short jagged blades, but the blades can unfold into fans and a jagged blade on each segment of the fans. It also has claws that it can pop out to replace the blade fans. Also, instead of a cape, it has from the back of its head down to the top of the legs is a long piece of brown fur, that seems to resemble hair if seen at a distance. This suit is piloted by the one called Alexandra.
Another suit is the Dragoon. It is green and its head it suppose to resemble the head of a dragon. It has a tritan. The tritan is built for more than just stabbing. The outer horns are one edged blades, which is ment for slicing as well as stabbing. Its left arm has a huge claw-like weapon, which is attached to the arm, it is attached to a long extension of the arm that is fed from the shoulder. It can launch this spring loaded weapon at an enemy melef and impales an enemy whole from the torso area or any part of of the body and simplely crush its opononents. This one is piloted by Darson.
The fourth one is called Seth. Its only weapon is a huge, long hammer and a shield attached to each forearm. It has huge shouulder pads and knee pads. Which increases its defense, but even so, its attacks can be swift and deadly. It also has a large cannon looking weapon hanging on its back. It is most likely a primative cannon. It fires its shots semi-automaticly, and after one shot, a new shell drops down from the clip that is attach to it. It can fire up to nine shells and then that is all it can use, and it has only two extra clips.This one is piloted by Rayner.
The fifth one is called, Palidan. It had a huge whip like weapon attached to its left arm, but the whip seems to be divided into small sections, and each looked like dragon scales, and it neither resembles the usual cable like whip. This whip can also be heated and the result will be that is can cut through enemy armor more effectively this way. The whip can be retracted and stored by rolling into a coil around its left shoulder and then can be launched out to stab enemies. It also has a huge, long and wide bladed sword. This one is piloted by Lance.
The sixth suit is called the Dracos. It has an axe-sword like weapon as its main weapon and many smaller axes that he uses to throw at enemies, which are stored in his back. This one is piloted by Marcus.
A Samurai walks around in his old melef.
"This feeling...I like the Melef. There's been no war lately, so it's been a while since we were equipped like this." He gets out of the cockpit. "I can't wait for the match before the coronation."
"Boss, an old man like you shouldn't push yourself too hard." an assistent said
"Right," the Samuri walks up to Kyle, "You ready to get beaten, Kyle? You might have an fancy Melef, but do you have the skills?"
Kyle turned around and smiled.
"We'll just have to see."
Meanwhile, Hitomi gets dressed in a room nearby. She opens the window and leans on the window sill.
"What am I doing ?" She has a flashback of back on earth
Flashback
"Hitomi! Hitomi," Yukari said, "Keiko wants you to read the tarot, and is looking for you. Hitomi."
End of Flashback
Hitomi looks at her pendant.
"Amano..." Suddenly, Merle comes in. Hitomi falls off her chair. "Hey, watch where you come in! W...what?"
"Don't be too familiar. Don't get too close to Lord Van. I don't want a foreigner like you taking liberties with him."
"No, of course I won't." Merle starts going through Hitomi's stuff. "Hey! Hey, stop that!"
Merle notices Hitomi's pendant and grabs it.
"Hey, beautiful stone...I think I'll keep this." Merle runs out. Hitomi chases her.
"Hey! Give that back! Damn cat burglar! Don't underestimate an athlete! Come back here!"
She runs by a room with Van inside and stops. Inside, Van is having a sword fight with Jayson and Balgus watches. Van tried to slash at Jayson's face, but was quickly blocked. This made Van agitated and mad.
"Never submit to anger, Van," and readies to defend another attack
Van charges, and makes a stab at Jayson's face, but was blocked easily and his sword was quickly deflected off his hand, and it went flying and landed on the other side of the room. Van's sword stabds into the wodden floor of the dojo.
"You didn't charged aggressively enough, Lord Van." Balgus said, "Attack him as if you are trying to kill him."
"You need to concentrate more." Jayson said, "Feel, don't think. Let your heart guide you in the right direction."
"...I guess I'm not in the mood to fight today."
"Heh, not in the mood are you," Jayson said in a tone that is angered and sarcastic all at once, "Mood is a thing for class and for women, little brother. Mood is not for fighting, especially when piloting a melef. Sometimes I wish I did not give up my birthright as heir to the throne and train you to become a powerful king, in both the battlefield with a sword and as a politicians. To become a great king, you must have four things. The mind, the body, the soul, and the heart. One is not without the other."
"I've heard this lesson before Jayson."
"Lord Van, you're going to be the King of Fanelia..I want you to get rid of your timidness."
"I'm not going to be the King because I want to."
"Lord Van."
"Hey, didn't you say it yourself that you will succeed over father and even take my place as well...or was that just spur of the moment talk?"
But before Jayson continued he noticed Hitomi.
"We seem to have a guest." Jayson said as he put his sword away.
"I didn't mean to peep."
"Oh, it's you." Van said, Merle pops up behind her
"That's why I don't like strangers, because they don't know etiquette." Merle said
"Hey, you! Where's my pendant ?" Merle throws it back at her. "You brat..."
Merle runs in the room and hugs Van."Lord Van!"
Balgas walks up to Hitomi.
"I heard the story. You saved Lord Van. As soon as the coronation's over, we'll do our best to find a way back to the Mystic Moon."
"Really?"
"A samurai of Fanelia never lies." Hitomi smiles a bit and met Jayson's gaze at her and she sees a little part of the Jason she knew back on Earth.
"I just hope by that time, I am able to find a way to seperate me from your friend."
"Am I...able to talk to him?"
"Well, yes you can, but it will appear that I have multiple personality disorder, but..." Jayson closed his eyes and then opened them and they were brown like the ones Jason had,
"Well, that was...intresting," Jason said
"Are you alright?" Hitomi asked
"Yeah, never been better," Jason looks outside a bit, "I think we should start the ceremony."
Meanwhile, at the city gates. A guard stops his pacing and thought her saw something flickering in the distance.
"Stop, stop. It's strange. I thought I saw something...but I might be mistaken."
There's a strange object in the woods. A camera is coming out of the top of it. It and several others like it flickers in and out of visablity.
Later in the day, crowds of people try to watch the ceremony. Merle tries to see through the crowd.
"I wanted to see how great Lord Van looks."
Van is then presented with the royal sword. A high priest gives it to him. The priest pulls the sword out a little, exposing the family seal.
"King of Fanelia, Van Fanel. I present this sword to you as a symbol of kingship."
Later, at a tower near the edge of town...
"I'm looking forward to the festival tonight." a guard said
"Are you going to ask her to go out?"
"Of course." then he sees something in the horizon. "a shimmer...? What is that?! Hey Darson, go check it out!"
The Dragos moved forward for a closer look.
"There's nothin here..."
Suddenly, a arm appears out of thin air and shoots them with some sort of metal claw, barely missing Darson, who jumps back into the city. The arm then slices through the wall. and vanishes. Footsteps start heading to the city.
"Those can't be what I think they are!" Darson said to himself, and retreats, because he couldn't see anything, but foot inprints.
"What's happening ?!" a soldier asked
"What...?! What's coming?!" a bystander shouted. He is stepped on by the invisible things in front of them.
"A...demon...?!" a soldiers said
Meanwhile, back at the temple.
"Hey, what's that?"
"It's smoking over there."
"A fire...?"
A troop rides up on a horse.
"An attack! It's an attack! Women and children, escape to the mountains in the back! All men, prepare for battle! Let me through!"
"Invisible enemy...?!" Balgas said
"Invisible?" Jayson said as he looks out at the fire."That sounds very familiar."
"Stop the enemy with your Melefs. Luva, Asona, Yurizen, Jayson go and protect Lord Van...I'm counting on you all."
"Yes, sir!" All said
"Come on Van to the temple, I'll get in my guymelef." Jayson said
"Lord Van!" Balgus shouted, "If the worst happens, please escape with Escaflowne."
"Escaflowne?"
"Escaflowne? But that thing hasn't been used since the last great war." Jayson said, and rans toward the Melef hanger where is comrades were. "Everyone ready?"
"Yes," Kyle said and draws his two swords.
"Ready when you are Jayson," Alex said as she draws her sword.
"Alright, let's move out!" Jayson's team moved in front of the castle and readies to fight, while he goes into the temple to wait on Van.
Atthe battlefield, the invisable giants took out many troops.
"You coward! Show yourself ! Where...where are you?! How dare you...?!" Kyle shouted and attacks blindly with some suits following, but one was knocked out down from behind, "Attack from behind! How cowardly!"
Kyle turns around and deflects some shots from the invisable enemies. He was then backed up by lance mates. Another samurai charges and dies from an attack. Balgas, watching, takes out a large sword. Jayson jumps out and swings blindly at where an enemy was, but missed.
"Damn it, I hate these things! Why are they here!?" Jayson shouted as he spun around to block a shot of metal things. "Are they after Escaflowne?"
Meanwhile, in the temple, Van and Hitomi stand. Van cuts his finger on his sword and lets blood go into the energist. He holds it up.
"I am the new King of Fanelia, Van Fanel! With my blood, I'm willing to make a bond with you, Escaflowne. Sleeping dragon, awaken!"
The room lights up, and a rock above him cracks, revealing a Guymelef.
"That's the one from my dream..." Hitomi said
The Guymelef falls to the ground. Van places the energist in a jewel on its chest. The cockpit opens and he gets in.
"Good." Van said
"Hey! What're you going to do ?!"
"I'm gonna fight in Escaflowne." He gets ready to go. "Alright. It's the same as that ancient book described it. I can pilot it."
"That's Escaflowne..."
"What're you doing?! Hide yourself now!" Then, one of the invisible enemies enters the shrine."There you are."
Van starts walking in Escaflowne and draws his sword. Then sword then extends to its full length.
"Where...? Where is it?" She closed her eyes and concentrated, then saw where it is."Van, to your left!"
"What?!"
"Look out!"
Van is shot at with metal claws, but knocks them out of the way and chops them apart. Jayson enters the temple as well.
"You can't escape!" Van swipes at the enemy, revealing it to be a Guymelef. "A Guymelef...!"
"That's the other giant from my dream."
The Guymelef forms a sword with its liquid metal weapon. Van swipes off it's entire arm. Hitomi notices another behind him. The thing forms a word and was about to attack Van. But he was too busy with the one in front of him.
"Van, behind you!" Balgas arrives and chops off the Guymelef's arm.
Then, from the forearms of Jayson's suit, he fired the same metal claws from the holes at the enemies. He impales one and throws him out of the temple.
"Balgus! Jayson!" Jayson ran toward the one in front of Van with full force and knocks it through a wall.
"Lord Van, escape with the girl now!"
"I won't show my back to the enemy!"
"Van, Go!" Jayson shouted as he and friend fend off more enemies.
Van attacks another one, then blocks its attack. The second Guymelef swipes at him, but Balgas blocks it. Jayson then formed blades from his claw weapons and parried with his enemies. Then lobs off one of his opononent's arm and swipe another in the head.
Balgas knocks it over and stabs the cockpit with his sword. Van knocks over the enemy and picks up Hitomi.
"Let's go! Hang on!" Van heads outside and sees the whole city burning.
"It's over, Balgas! Withdraw!" Jayson shouted out, "We need to escape!"
"You go, protect your brother! Your king!"
"Watch out, Balgas!" Hitomi sees another Guymelef shoots at Balgas and kills him. He falls to the ground.
"Balgas!" Van shouted
"Balgas!" Hitomi shouted as well.
"Bastards!!" Jayson charged and knocked over an enemy.
Van goes to Balgus and picks him up.
"Lord Van...get out of here with Escaflowne...And someday, revive Fanelia...the people of Fanelia..." and he dies.
"Balgas!" Van holds his master in his giant hands.
Another group of Guymelefs surround Van.
"No...No...No!" Hitomi's pendant glows strangely and a pillar of light envelops Escaflowne.
"Van!" Jayson shouted and then retreats with his forces, plowing through the enemy guymelefs. "Everyone let's move! We might not be able to save this country, but...as long as one of us still breathes, we will get them back for this!"
The survivors on the mountain range watches the kingdom burn.
"Lord Van... Lord Van!" Merle shouted but he couldn't hear her.
To Be Continued......
Foreword: Any questions, ask me the author of this fic, my email is Excailibur01@aol.com. feel free, and ask about anything in my fic.