Chosen One

By: Kin'iro Hi-Torii

Chapter Six

"So this is Turoshina?" Chi asked as they arrived in a large city, resting in a sort of crater.

"Yes. This is Turoshina…" Said Dilandau. "There are the city stables over there, we can keep our horses there until we come back… and remember, try not to attract too much attention!"

"Yes oh oneness!" Chi rolled her eyes and followed Dilandau to the stables. There was a large fat man waiting for them.

"Well hello there!" said the man. "Welcome to Turoshina!" Dilandau dismounted his horse and led his horse up to the man.

"Here are my horses, we will be back in two hours for them…"

"That will be 5 gold pieces then sir…" Dilandau handed the man five gold pieces. "Now then… if I could just have the other horse…"

"Uh.. Dilly? I need your help!" came Chi's voice from the other side of the horse.

"What is it?" Dilandau snarled in a very annoyed tone.

"Come here!" Chi barked.

"Yes oh oneness!"

"Bite me!"

Dilandau walked around the horse and nearly died laughing when he saw what was wrong. Chi's large combat boot had gotten stuck in the stirrup of her saddle, and she was standing with her knee up to her chin because of it.

"Quit laughing and help me, Bakayarou!" Chi snarled. Dilandau walked over to her and slipped his arm around her waist and used his other hand to free Chi's foot. Chi lost her balance when her foot was freed and Dilandau had to catch her before she fell. Dilandau stared into her eyes for a brief moment. Chi shoved him away and dusted herself off indignantly. She cleared her throat. "I hate horses, and their saddles…" Chi stuck her nose into the air and started to walk away. Dilandau looked back at the fat man, who now had both horses. He was grinning from ear to ear. Dilandau shook his head and went after Chi.

"Hey Chi wait up!" Dilandau called. Chi stopped and turned around, waiting for him.

"You are too god damned slow for your own good!"

"Just shut up…" Dilandau caught up to her and as she started to walk away, Dilandau slipped his arm around her waist. Chi looked down at his arm then up at his face, as if to say 'How dare you'…

"What the hell are you doing?" She asked.

"We have to pretend that we're together… we'll attract funny looks otherwise…"

"Ok now I know you're making this up!" Chi scoffed.

"Just do what I tell you to… and by the way… I'm officially changing your name!"

"Why? What's wrong with 'Chi'?"

"It's an odd name… it'll-"

"Attract attention!" Chi rolled her eyes.

"Precisely, now, we'll call you… Sazuka!"

"Sazuka?"

"Yeah… that's a good name…" said Dilandau. He tightened his grip on her waist and started to walk. Chi rolled her eyes and put her arm around his waist too.

'It ain't gonna kill me…' she thought to herself.

(Author's note: from now on I'm going to refer to Chi as Sazuka, because that's what she is know as… on Gaea!)

"It's great to see you all again!" Hitomi squealed as she was reunited with her old friends from the Abaharaki.

"I'm glad to see you Hitomi!" said Millerna. Allen, Mole Man and Gaddes were there too. Van had brought Hitomi to the tavern to see all of the people she had come to know in the Abaharaki.

"What brings you back?" Asked Allen.

"Well I never really left, Allen-san… After I left that cliff, I woke up in a forest. I had no idea where I was, and I lived there for I don't even know how long!"

"Well it's good that you found Van… and that you're safe."

"There's something I need to talk to you guys about that's been nagging my mind for quite some time…" said Van, out of the blue.

"What is it?"

"A few days ago, the Dragon Cavalry came to Adom, they took the lives of two village men and a six year old girl… They took a girl with them, which Merle had found in a field. She claimed she came from the Mystic Moon, and when the cavalry came, their commander kept calling her 'Messiah'…"

"Hmmm…" said Mole Man. "I can recall of an ancient legend… of the Messiah of the Phoenix…"

"Could that be it?" asked Millerna.

"I don't know… continue!" said Allen.

"Well… the legend says that the Messiah would come after Escaflowne lay waste to Gaea, and she would give new life to our world… but if the Tsubasa no Kami failed to destroy Gaea, she too had the power to summon the Escaflowne, and make sure that once and for all, Gaea was no more…" Mole Man said morbidly.

"So the Messiah will come… if I had failed…" said Hitomi.

"The Messiah will not fail to destroy all of Gaea… she never has. She calls upon the wrath of the Great Phoenix, and together they destroy everything, with Escaflowne."

"So in a way… the Messiah is a lot like me… she summons Escaflowne, and the Phoenix uses it to destroy the world…"

"Basically yeah… only she's much more bad-ass, and she certainly means business." Said Allen.

"So… if Escaflowne is summoned again…" Hitomi stuttered.

"Gaea is gone…"

Dilandau and Sazuka entered the Tavern, with their arms still around each other. "Charming…" Sazuka muttered under her breath as she watched two huge men arm wrestle.

"Isn't it though? Come on, this way…" He led her to a table and sat down. Sazuka spun her chair around and sat in it backwards. "Charming…" Dilandau muttered.


"Isn't it though?"

Dilandau looked around. The tavern was packed, people were everywhere. "I'll be right back… I'm gonna see what I can find out. Just try and listen in on people's conversations…"

"Yes Dilly-pickle…" Sazuka smiled broadly. Dilandau just rolled his eyes and walked away. Sazuka just sat there, staring off into space as she listened to two men talking. One was talking about how he had gotten caught by his wife with another woman. She rolled her eyes and buried her face in her hand.

"Hey there cutie…" came a deep voice. Sazuka looked up and saw a fairly good looking young man, a little older than her, standing beside her, giving her a dashing smile.

"This can't be happening…" She muttered and looked down, hiding her face from view. The man pulled out a chair and sat next to her.

"You're too damned cute to be here all alone… wanna come home with me?" he reached out and pushed some of her hair out of the way of her face. He smiled at her again. Sazuka's eyes widened.

"Hey baby…" came an all too familiar voice. Sazuka looked up to see Dilandau standing over her. He put his hands on both sides of her face, leaned down, and kissed her, a seemingly deep passionate one.

'I'm never gonna hear the end of this…' Sazuka grimaced. 'but it has to be done…' She raised her hand and ran her fingers through his white hair. Dilandau pulled away and sat down in a chair right next to her, his arm around her wais. Sazuka leaned against him.

"Sorry…" she said to the man. "I'm already taken!"

"Better luck next time, kid… buhbye!" Dilandau said, seemingly irritated. The man grumbled something and stalked away. When he was gone, Sazuka whimpered and let her head fall to the table, her head landing with a dull thud. "We seemed to make it out of that in one piece." Sazuka whimpered in response. "Hey… you're a good kisser!"

"SHADDUP!" Sazuka looked up and pointed at him, her finger inches from his face. "You have no idea how much I want to chew your nose off right now!" She hung her head. "I hate you…"

"Well you're welcome!" Dilandau said defensively. He pulled on her waist a bit, repositioning her so her back was toward him, she was in such a bad mood she didn't care. "I thought I was doing you a favor!"

"Well… you… did, actually…" Sazuka sighed, he was right. It was a favor.

"Well then what are you worried about, huh? Kissing me won't kill you…" Dilandau gently kissed the back of her shoulder. "And you have to admit, you kind of liked it, didn't you?" a HUMONGOUS sweatdrop floated on Sazuka's head.

"NO!! I was acting! BAKAYAROU!!!!" Sazuka hissed, turning many shades of red.

"Ah you know you liked it… in fact," he kissed her neck. "You would want to do it again wouldn't you?" he tightened his arms around her waist as she tried to get away.

"NO!!!!" Sazuka was able to pry herself from his grasp and she spun around in her chair to face him. She was about to say something else when Dilandau just interrupted.

"Just kiss me once more and I'll never say another word about it!!" He said quickly, his eyes sparkling. Sazuka's eyes narrowed.

"Promise?"

"Cross my heart…"

"What heart?" Sazuka said sardonically.

"Work with me!" Dilandau's eyes were gleaming in anticipation. Sazuka's eyes softened. She leaned closer to Dilandau and he did the same. She took a deep breath and then… gave him a quick little peck and pulled away. When Dilandau's eyes opened he seemed angry. "That doesn't count!"

"Why?! You told me to kiss you so I did… what more do you want from me?" said Sazuka, throwing her arms in the air.

The Phoenix glows brighter Their hearts elucidate

Their moment of passion

Fuels the great bird…

"This…" Dilandau reached out and put his hand on the back of her neck, pulling her close to him. Sazuka was pulled out of her chair and was on her knees on the floor in front of Dilandau, with one of his legs on either side of her. There was a lot more tongue action in this kiss than the last one, on both their parts. Dilandau slipped his hand under her arm and placed it in the middle of her back, pulling her even closer. Dilandau was the first one to pull away; he looked up and saw that just about everyone in the entire tavern was staring at them, almost all of them grinning broadly.

"Oh my god…" Sazuka turned red and buried her face in his chest. Dilandau just laughed and kissed her on top of the head, his arms around her. Everyone in the tavern laughed and went back to their own conversations. Sazuka continued to hide her face in Dilandau's chest.

"Sazuka… it's ok… no one's looking."

"I don't care!" came Sazuka's muffled voice. She sounded like she was on the verge of tears.

"Are you crying?" Dilandau asked her.

"No, I never cry…"

"Then what's wrong?"

"That was the best kiss of my entire life and everyone just had to be watching…" she pushed away from him. "Did I say that out loud?"

Dilandau giggled. "Yes you did…" He grabbed her hands and pulled her up, but he still sat in the chair. Sazuka started to sit down but Dilandau just wrapped his arms around her, resting his head on her stomach.

"Um… Dilandau? Don't you have to scamper off now and pick people's brains?"

"No… wait 'til the guys get a load of this!"

"Oh no! You're not telling them any of this!"

"Who are you to stop me?!" said Dilandau, not letting Sazuka go, even though she was starting to fight him off.

"I'm serious! If you breathe a word of this to anyone else I will hurt you!"

The Phoenix grows dimmer

Their hatred extinguishes it

It shrieks in pain as the

Chosen Ones bicker

"Why don't you want anyone to know?!"

"Why do you WANT people to know?!"

"You can be a real bitch at times you know that?!" Dilandau said, releasing her and raising his voice.

"Like you're any better?!?!?!?!"

Dilandau stood up, knocking his chair over in his haste. "Don't you raise your voice at me!" Dilandau got really close to her, trying to threaten her. Sazuka just shoved him away.

"You think you scare me?!" Sazuka yelled. "I've had enough of this… I'm leaving!" Everyone was in the Tavern was staring wide-eyed at what they thought was a happy couple, now screaming like they were mortal enemies.

Sazuka turned to leave, but Dilandau grabbed her arm. "You're not going anywhere!!!!" Sazuka pulled her hand back and…

Everyone grimaced as the slap echoed through the tavern "Fuck you Monkey Boy…" Sazuka spat acidly. Dilandau let go of her and held a stinging hand to his stinging cheek. He got angry.

"Why you…"

To be continued…

AHAHAHA!!!! Cliffhangers!!! Gomen nasai… All I have to say is that there's gonna be some fighting in the next chap, but I ain't sayin no more!!!! I'll get chap 7 us as soon as possible… it's not like I don't have enough time with my boring summer life and all… JA NE!!!!! please R/R….