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SabineballZ- Really sorry about that, I just couldn't help it!
Dezert Rose- Thanks for the suggestion!
Onigiri Momoko- I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry! Read to find out why, I'm so sorry.
Yugismpuzzle- How are you doing?
A Blessing From the Sky
Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne
Chapter 13: The Girl From the Mystic Moon
A man with unruly raven black hair passed through the hallway. Van had had a sleepless night. He was too worried about Hitomi to sleep. He stopped in front of an oak door. He knocked and waited.
The door opened. It was an old woman who opened the door.
"Good morning Van. Please come in."
Van merely nodded and went in. He sat down on the coach. He motioned Mel to sit down beside him.
The old woman did as instructed and quietly sat down.
"Mel, I need to talk to you about Hitomi."
"What do you want to know?"
Van looked at Mel with confusion in his eyes. He had thought that Mel wouldn't ask him that question.
Mel looked at Van.
"Surprised? Allen came in yesterday. He told me everything that happened and tried to get something out of me. But I didn't tell him anything. I wanted to tell you everything."
"Why me? Why not Allen?"
"Because Hitomi seems to trust you."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Women's intuition. You can actually see it in her eyes."
"Thanks Mel."
"No problem. So what do you want to know?"
"Everything."
Mel told Van everything she knew including about the pink light. When Mel finished with her story, she excused herself and went out of the room. She knew that Van needed to be alone.
Van was shocked at what he had just heard. He had been right. Mel and Hitomi were from the mystic moon.
If Mel wasn't lying, and they were from the mystic moon, was it possible that Hitomi was the one he was supposed to help? If that is so, he had already failed, twice. He searched his back pocket for something.
When he took his hand out, it was already holding something. It was Hitomi's pendant. He looked at the tear shaped crystal. He took the liberty of having the latch fixed. He nodded and wore the pendant.
He will not fail her this time. He would save her no matter what.
Outside, Mel was smiling. She recalled what she had overheard yesterday.
Merle and Allen were talking about something along the corridor. The two had decided to talk in the princess' room.
She sighed. What was she up to?
She walked along the corridors until she spotted Hitomi and Van on the balcony talking. Hitomi seemed very annoyed but Mel had already seen through her. Inside Hitomi really didn't mind Van talking to her even though she still didn't notice.
That's when she decided to leave the two alone.
That was how she got the conclusion that Hitomi trusted Van. The door opened and out came Van. He had a determined look on his face.
"Van, are going to save her?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"What?"
"Why do you want to save Hitomi? You barely know her, so why are you going to save her?"
". I. I don't know. I just have this feeling that I need to help her. Don't you feel that way too sometimes Mel?" He lied.
". You're not a very good liar you know?"
Van smiled at the old woman. She really was knowledgeable.
" How'd you know?"
"Women's intuition. Now, why do you want to save Hitomi?"
"It's because. "
"Because?"
"Sorry Mel, I don't think I'm ready to admit it yet."
"Admit what?"
"I can't tell you."
"You're doing the same thing as I did with Merle."
"?"
"Never mind."
With that, Mel walked off leaving a confused Van in the hallway.
Van looked at the way Mel had gone. He was arguing with himself if he should go and follow her or if he should just go to the secret place. He paused for a while and then started to go out of the palace and into the gardens.
He was going to the secret place that Hitomi had shown him.
After a while, he arrived at the special place that he had shared with his angel. He made his way toward the lone tree. Funny, it reminded him of Hitomi. While the flowers were all together, the tree was all alone on the hill.
He frowned. Hitomi was always alone. He never saw her with somebody except for Mel. He wondered what would make her lose her trust in people. Not that he was complaining, she did trust him. Well, at least that was what Mel told him. Still, he liked to believe that Hitomi really did trust him.
He looked up at the mystic moon. He smiled. That was where Hitomi was from. He often wondered what it was like there. Perhaps he would ask Hitomi. He frowned. He was worried. There was no denying that fact. It just didn't feel right without him knowing where or how she was doing.
He closed his eyes and lay on the grass. Not soon after he shut his orbs, sleep took over him. No one could blame him. He was exhausted, physically, mentally, and emotionally. This is just one of those times when he needed someone to lean on like the love of his life.
The darkness was overwhelming yet, he didn't feel frightened. In fact, he felt a sense of familiarity within the darkness.
"Van."
He turned around, alarmed that someone had invaded his dream.
"Mother?"
"Van, she's scared. Help her."
"Who? Hitomi?"
"Yes. Look."
His mother pointed to her right. There, in the darkness, he saw Hitomi. However, this darkness was different from his. He felt a foreboding feeling emitting from where Hitomi was. 'It must be that man Hitomi was talking to in the forest,' he thought.
He shouted her name but she didn't seem to hear him. Instead, she just kept looking around unaware that he could see her. Suddenly, her legs gave way and she collapsed on the ground. She was already losing hope.
"Hitomi!"
She curled up into a ball. Her breaths were in gasps. It was as if she had been walking for hours, which she must have, he guessed.
He could see her but when he tried to come near to her, an invisible wall blocked him. He growled. He knew what it was that was blocking him from reaching his destination. It was that man again.
He saw her curl up into a ball. Slowly, her shoulders began to shake. He knew. He knew that she was already crying.
"Van, she's afraid of being alone even though she doesn't know it."
"How can I help her?"
"Use her pendant my son."
"Her pendant?"
"Yes. Her pendant has a duty to protect its master. If you could get it to work, you will be able to save her."
"I'll save her."
Van opened his eyes and sat up. It was already dusk. He had been sleeping for that long. He looked down at Hitomi's pendant. He was still trying to figure out if what he dreamt of was true. He closed his eyes as he clutched it. It wouldn't hurt to try right?
"Please, please help me save Hitomi."
He opened his eyes. To his surprise, the pendant glowed. However, just as fast as it glowed, it dimmed and it vanished. He blinked. What his deceased mother told him was true. He could save Hitomi with the help of her pendant.
"Where's Hitomi?"
Suddenly, the pendant glowed. The pink light surrounded Van. He closed his eyes as he saw the light getting much more intensified.
When he opened his eyes, all he saw was the palace. Yet, somehow, it seemed different. It seemed . less real. He walked through the corridor trying to figure out what had happened. He came to a halt in front of Hitomi's bedroom. He entered it.
He looked around. There were no signs of life. It was . empty. He closed the door and walked around a bit more. In every door he passed, he would take a moment and look inside it. No one was there. No maids, no soldiers, no knights, no pesky advisers. It was empty. The whole palace was empty.
"What happened?" He asked himself as he walked to the garden. It was quiet. It was too quiet. He didn't hear his people talking. He didn't hear the songs of the birds. It was as if the life was drained from the place.
He walked towards the clearing where Hitomi led him. It was still the same. Nothing had changed. The flowers, the grass, the view of the mystic moon, and the tree on the hill. Nothing had changed at all.
" Hitomi's friend I presume?"
Van looked at where the voice came from. There, standing a few strides from him, was the man that was talking to Hitomi that night she disappeared. He was wearing a black armor that matched his cold blue eyes. His long white hair danced perfectly well with the whispering wind.
"What did you do to Hitomi?"
" I just put her to sleep. Is it so wrong to put someone who is tired to rest?"
" Release her."
" Why should I?"
" Because I'll kill you if you don't."
" Don't say things that you don't mean."
This made Van's eyes narrow at the man. The guy did not know that Van was serious. He was getting annoyed with this gesture. He wanted Hitomi back. She was all that he wanted and he would most likely kill this guy to get her.
" What if I told you that she doesn't want to go back?"
This made Van look directly at the man in black armor. The look of utter disbelief was imprinted in his face. Why? Why wouldn't Hitomi want to go back? He thought it over but still didn't get an answer. A minute ago, his deceased mother had told him that his beloved Hitomi was scared. What was he hearing this time? That Hitomi was happy wherever she was? No! It couldn't be! He was lying! He just had to be!
" You're lying!"
" It's time for you to leave this sacred place. Only I, Croix Fatima, am allowed to enter Hitomi Kanzaki's mind."
With that, the man mad a gesticulation with his hand and immediately Van began to fade away. He looked at the man. Croix was looking elsewhere now. Van looked at where he was looking. His eyes widened at the site.
Van's eyes suddenly opened and ruby orbs met the world. He sat up and looked around. He was back in the special place. The only difference being it was nighttime. He looked at the pendant and saw it slightly glowing. He grasped it and let out a huge sigh. H
He couldn't believe what he saw. There, sitting beside the tree was Hitomi with three other people. They seemed to be talking and were happy. He wondered who those people were. How is it that they were able to make her talk? How is it that they could wipe away the sorrow in her eyes? HOW?!
Van walked toward the castle whilst the thoughts 'how' and 'why' triumphed over his head.
Okay! I'm sorry to you all! Especially to Onigiri Momoko. I know I told you all that explanations would be in this chapter but I couldn't find the right time to put them there. HOPEFULLY, I will be able to put the explanation in the next chapter.
Next chapter: Van uses the pendant again in order to get Hitomi back but does she want to go back?
SabineballZ- Really sorry about that, I just couldn't help it!
Dezert Rose- Thanks for the suggestion!
Onigiri Momoko- I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry! Read to find out why, I'm so sorry.
Yugismpuzzle- How are you doing?
A Blessing From the Sky
Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne
Chapter 13: The Girl From the Mystic Moon
A man with unruly raven black hair passed through the hallway. Van had had a sleepless night. He was too worried about Hitomi to sleep. He stopped in front of an oak door. He knocked and waited.
The door opened. It was an old woman who opened the door.
"Good morning Van. Please come in."
Van merely nodded and went in. He sat down on the coach. He motioned Mel to sit down beside him.
The old woman did as instructed and quietly sat down.
"Mel, I need to talk to you about Hitomi."
"What do you want to know?"
Van looked at Mel with confusion in his eyes. He had thought that Mel wouldn't ask him that question.
Mel looked at Van.
"Surprised? Allen came in yesterday. He told me everything that happened and tried to get something out of me. But I didn't tell him anything. I wanted to tell you everything."
"Why me? Why not Allen?"
"Because Hitomi seems to trust you."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Women's intuition. You can actually see it in her eyes."
"Thanks Mel."
"No problem. So what do you want to know?"
"Everything."
Mel told Van everything she knew including about the pink light. When Mel finished with her story, she excused herself and went out of the room. She knew that Van needed to be alone.
Van was shocked at what he had just heard. He had been right. Mel and Hitomi were from the mystic moon.
If Mel wasn't lying, and they were from the mystic moon, was it possible that Hitomi was the one he was supposed to help? If that is so, he had already failed, twice. He searched his back pocket for something.
When he took his hand out, it was already holding something. It was Hitomi's pendant. He looked at the tear shaped crystal. He took the liberty of having the latch fixed. He nodded and wore the pendant.
He will not fail her this time. He would save her no matter what.
Outside, Mel was smiling. She recalled what she had overheard yesterday.
Merle and Allen were talking about something along the corridor. The two had decided to talk in the princess' room.
She sighed. What was she up to?
She walked along the corridors until she spotted Hitomi and Van on the balcony talking. Hitomi seemed very annoyed but Mel had already seen through her. Inside Hitomi really didn't mind Van talking to her even though she still didn't notice.
That's when she decided to leave the two alone.
That was how she got the conclusion that Hitomi trusted Van. The door opened and out came Van. He had a determined look on his face.
"Van, are going to save her?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"What?"
"Why do you want to save Hitomi? You barely know her, so why are you going to save her?"
". I. I don't know. I just have this feeling that I need to help her. Don't you feel that way too sometimes Mel?" He lied.
". You're not a very good liar you know?"
Van smiled at the old woman. She really was knowledgeable.
" How'd you know?"
"Women's intuition. Now, why do you want to save Hitomi?"
"It's because. "
"Because?"
"Sorry Mel, I don't think I'm ready to admit it yet."
"Admit what?"
"I can't tell you."
"You're doing the same thing as I did with Merle."
"?"
"Never mind."
With that, Mel walked off leaving a confused Van in the hallway.
Van looked at the way Mel had gone. He was arguing with himself if he should go and follow her or if he should just go to the secret place. He paused for a while and then started to go out of the palace and into the gardens.
He was going to the secret place that Hitomi had shown him.
After a while, he arrived at the special place that he had shared with his angel. He made his way toward the lone tree. Funny, it reminded him of Hitomi. While the flowers were all together, the tree was all alone on the hill.
He frowned. Hitomi was always alone. He never saw her with somebody except for Mel. He wondered what would make her lose her trust in people. Not that he was complaining, she did trust him. Well, at least that was what Mel told him. Still, he liked to believe that Hitomi really did trust him.
He looked up at the mystic moon. He smiled. That was where Hitomi was from. He often wondered what it was like there. Perhaps he would ask Hitomi. He frowned. He was worried. There was no denying that fact. It just didn't feel right without him knowing where or how she was doing.
He closed his eyes and lay on the grass. Not soon after he shut his orbs, sleep took over him. No one could blame him. He was exhausted, physically, mentally, and emotionally. This is just one of those times when he needed someone to lean on like the love of his life.
The darkness was overwhelming yet, he didn't feel frightened. In fact, he felt a sense of familiarity within the darkness.
"Van."
He turned around, alarmed that someone had invaded his dream.
"Mother?"
"Van, she's scared. Help her."
"Who? Hitomi?"
"Yes. Look."
His mother pointed to her right. There, in the darkness, he saw Hitomi. However, this darkness was different from his. He felt a foreboding feeling emitting from where Hitomi was. 'It must be that man Hitomi was talking to in the forest,' he thought.
He shouted her name but she didn't seem to hear him. Instead, she just kept looking around unaware that he could see her. Suddenly, her legs gave way and she collapsed on the ground. She was already losing hope.
"Hitomi!"
She curled up into a ball. Her breaths were in gasps. It was as if she had been walking for hours, which she must have, he guessed.
He could see her but when he tried to come near to her, an invisible wall blocked him. He growled. He knew what it was that was blocking him from reaching his destination. It was that man again.
He saw her curl up into a ball. Slowly, her shoulders began to shake. He knew. He knew that she was already crying.
"Van, she's afraid of being alone even though she doesn't know it."
"How can I help her?"
"Use her pendant my son."
"Her pendant?"
"Yes. Her pendant has a duty to protect its master. If you could get it to work, you will be able to save her."
"I'll save her."
Van opened his eyes and sat up. It was already dusk. He had been sleeping for that long. He looked down at Hitomi's pendant. He was still trying to figure out if what he dreamt of was true. He closed his eyes as he clutched it. It wouldn't hurt to try right?
"Please, please help me save Hitomi."
He opened his eyes. To his surprise, the pendant glowed. However, just as fast as it glowed, it dimmed and it vanished. He blinked. What his deceased mother told him was true. He could save Hitomi with the help of her pendant.
"Where's Hitomi?"
Suddenly, the pendant glowed. The pink light surrounded Van. He closed his eyes as he saw the light getting much more intensified.
When he opened his eyes, all he saw was the palace. Yet, somehow, it seemed different. It seemed . less real. He walked through the corridor trying to figure out what had happened. He came to a halt in front of Hitomi's bedroom. He entered it.
He looked around. There were no signs of life. It was . empty. He closed the door and walked around a bit more. In every door he passed, he would take a moment and look inside it. No one was there. No maids, no soldiers, no knights, no pesky advisers. It was empty. The whole palace was empty.
"What happened?" He asked himself as he walked to the garden. It was quiet. It was too quiet. He didn't hear his people talking. He didn't hear the songs of the birds. It was as if the life was drained from the place.
He walked towards the clearing where Hitomi led him. It was still the same. Nothing had changed. The flowers, the grass, the view of the mystic moon, and the tree on the hill. Nothing had changed at all.
" Hitomi's friend I presume?"
Van looked at where the voice came from. There, standing a few strides from him, was the man that was talking to Hitomi that night she disappeared. He was wearing a black armor that matched his cold blue eyes. His long white hair danced perfectly well with the whispering wind.
"What did you do to Hitomi?"
" I just put her to sleep. Is it so wrong to put someone who is tired to rest?"
" Release her."
" Why should I?"
" Because I'll kill you if you don't."
" Don't say things that you don't mean."
This made Van's eyes narrow at the man. The guy did not know that Van was serious. He was getting annoyed with this gesture. He wanted Hitomi back. She was all that he wanted and he would most likely kill this guy to get her.
" What if I told you that she doesn't want to go back?"
This made Van look directly at the man in black armor. The look of utter disbelief was imprinted in his face. Why? Why wouldn't Hitomi want to go back? He thought it over but still didn't get an answer. A minute ago, his deceased mother had told him that his beloved Hitomi was scared. What was he hearing this time? That Hitomi was happy wherever she was? No! It couldn't be! He was lying! He just had to be!
" You're lying!"
" It's time for you to leave this sacred place. Only I, Croix Fatima, am allowed to enter Hitomi Kanzaki's mind."
With that, the man mad a gesticulation with his hand and immediately Van began to fade away. He looked at the man. Croix was looking elsewhere now. Van looked at where he was looking. His eyes widened at the site.
Van's eyes suddenly opened and ruby orbs met the world. He sat up and looked around. He was back in the special place. The only difference being it was nighttime. He looked at the pendant and saw it slightly glowing. He grasped it and let out a huge sigh. H
He couldn't believe what he saw. There, sitting beside the tree was Hitomi with three other people. They seemed to be talking and were happy. He wondered who those people were. How is it that they were able to make her talk? How is it that they could wipe away the sorrow in her eyes? HOW?!
Van walked toward the castle whilst the thoughts 'how' and 'why' triumphed over his head.
Okay! I'm sorry to you all! Especially to Onigiri Momoko. I know I told you all that explanations would be in this chapter but I couldn't find the right time to put them there. HOPEFULLY, I will be able to put the explanation in the next chapter.
Next chapter: Van uses the pendant again in order to get Hitomi back but does she want to go back?