Hiya and welcome back! Just to let you know, school is killing me and I don't have much time to write the chapters. But that won't stop me. I'll even try to do 2 chapters at a time if I have to but I can't make any promises. I like where the story is going and I have some good ideas for the intro's of the other main characters. Here is chapter 6!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Oof!"

"Ow!"

"Get of me girl!"

The blue pillar of light vanished and the travelers that it carried was dumped on the ground. Shane, Mina, Hitomi and Allen were tangled in a big heap and Hitomi and Mina were growling at the two boys to get off them. Once they were untangled, the group headed into a forest, mist seen in the distance.

"Just where are we going Allen?" asked Hitomi

"To the horses. If we succeeded in bringing you here, you would need some transportation so..." Trailed the knight.

"Ok, um where are headed, like what country? Austria? Freid? Where?"

"Hitomi...you should know by now."

The women looked at her friend, his face stern. Usually she had the urge to at least make him smirk but now, it was harder. She felt a bit farther from him then when she was younger. Finally the small city came into her mind. The last she saw of it was when Van had visited his brothers grave, Folken. It was protected by a guymelef called Escaflowne and only the king may be able to operate it.

"Fanelia..."

"Meow!"

Two cat girls were walking through the royal garden of Fanelia. One had curly pink hair and striped skin while the other was much younger and had two big braids that went down to her waist. Her hair was the color of the sun and had red highlights. Finally the two stopped walking and the younger cat girl sat on a near by bench.

"Well, what did you invent this time? Riaka?"

Riaka looked at her friend and looked down again. Finally she search in her dress pockets until she had two small book like gadgets. The older girl looked stern but she was far from that.

"Sorry Merle, I'll stop, I promise!"

"No Riaka, You should see that your inventions are okay but that someone will take advantage of that. Someone not good and try and hurt you just to-"

"Merle! No one is going to hurt me or you! Everyone should know that our masters are Lord Van and Lord Shane. No many would try to stand up to either one."

The pink haired cat girl looked at her friend in defeat. Although Riaka was only ten years old, she had a sharp mind, and a cute master but then lots of girls would fall for Shane. Older women would go For Allen Schezar. Now that the current captain of the guard was gone, Merle took the privilege in taking care of Riaka for Shane, although neither had any special ties.

"Um, Merle can I confess something to you?"

"Sure, shoot away!"

"Well, it's about Lord Shane, he..."

Soon, birds were flying away, scared at the out burst that made them scarce.

"He did WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!"

"Um, Hitomi?"

"Hmm? Oh, what Mina?"

"What's Fanelia?"

"It's a country here on Gaea. They even have a name for Earth, Mystic Moon. Another planet that hangs in the sky. Oh, but your going to love it there, the palace is beautiful, right Allen?"

"Are you sure it was the right time to tell her that?"

Hitomi looked over at Allen, his face was looking behind them. Tilting her head to one side, she looked at him questionably.

"Why?"

"Look behind you." Said the knight.

The women looked behind her to find a disheveled Mina. He mouth was twitching at one side and Hitomi saw her just in time to see her fall off her horse (Anime style).

"You alright Mina?" asked Hitomi.

"Yeah, I just know I'm dreaming! Earth can't be in the sky! That would mean that I'm on another planet. Hitomi do say it isn't true!"

"Sorry to disappoint you but-"

"Just get on your dang horse and lets go! Your slowing us down, girl. If you got at the pace of a bug, we might reach Fanelia by two days. So hurry up!" shouted Shane.

Shane didn't look at the girl to see her reaction. Mina's ace changed from shock to pure anger. Completely forgetting her other companions she clenched her hands at Shane's retreating form. Quickly, Mina jumped on her horse and ran over to Shane and intercepted his horse, stopping in front of him.

Shane quietly smirked and started to ride around her from behind but the angry girl brought her horse backwards and stopped him again. Now Shane was getting irritated. Bringing his hand up, Mina face turned from anger to fright. But instead of slapping her he spanked her horses flank. Wildly the horse started to buck. Hitomi, scared that Mina would get hurt, yelled at Shane to stop the horse.

"Well, she should learn manners for those above her rank."

"That doesn't matter right now. Allen, do something!" wailed Hitomi.

Just as the knight was going to go into action, Shane had already stopped the horse. Mina's hair was a mess, then met the eyes of her now new rival. If someone observed hard enough, they could have seen electricity between the two but only those who make it would be able to see it. Do you understand that?

Finally tearing the his eyes away from her, Shane said calmly that they move on. Soon the four would reach the city of Fanelia, in a couple of hours.

Mahogany doors bust open to reveal a throne room. Merle was fuming. Now that she knew the truth, Lord Van wasn't going to be happy when Shane comes back. Why did he have to leave? Right when Lord Van had the ancient scrolls. As the teenage cat girl was stomping over to her king, little Riaka was trailing behind her.

"Lord Van! I know where-"

"Shhhhh!"

Merle stopped dead in her tracks. Two elderly priests were sprawled over a long table in front of Lord Van. Riaka watched eagerly as the men were translating the ancient writing. Finally the two men sighed in total defeat. Kneeling to their king, their face showed it all.

"Well, did you find anything?"

"Sorry my lord. The texts are to complicated for us to read. I hate to disappoint you."

"well, get out of here! Your a failure to Gaea!"

Soon, the two men were gone and the frustrated king pouted in his chair. Rubbing his temples, the young king growled to his companion.

"what is it Merle? You were angry a miet ago."

"Well, thanks to little Riaka here, I learned something about Lord Shane."

Van looked up. Raising an eyebrow, Merle had his full attention.

"You see, he lied in the note. He didn't go to Irini. He went to..."

"He went where!"

"the Mystic Moon."

"He did what?"

TBC!

Well, that's it for this chapter. Hope you liked it. Another cliffhanger but let your ideas sore and try and predict what might happen. Will Van be able to translate these mysterious texts? Will Hitomi and Van ever be reunited? Also, what will become of Ms. Mina Haiyaki? Review and maybe if enough people accept, I'll probably continue.

~Kitani