Author's Notes: I think I lost some of you on the last chapter so I'll review. Both Hitomi and Van have awakened as The Angel of Light and The Protector. It's kinda of like they have another entity inside them. Half of them has magical powers and know what they have to do. Since Folken has the Rhinestone of Death, which is like the Rhinestone of Life's evil twin, he has immense power. No doubt he'll use it to help the Ziaboch Empire. When Hitomi was captured, the part of Van that was the Protector was awakened. Then as Hitomi jumped off to save Merle, The angel of Light inside of her was awakened. So now that they know who they are, they also know what they have to do. They must destroy the Rhinestone of Death, so Folken can't use it in a bad way. On the other hand, Folken want the two halves of the Rhinestone of Life, to increase his power. Both Hitomi and Van have one half of the stone inside them, which is what Folken was trying to get out of Hitomi. All caught up? Okay. Now onto the final chapter, if you have more questions, e-mail me at Digicrazy54@hotmail.com.
Draconian Chronicles:
Part Six Two Become One
Hitomi and Van were now opposite Folken in the air. Each side tempting the other to make a move. Van was in a glaring test with Folken as Hitomi tried to think of a plan.
There has to be something I'm forgetting. We can't destroy Folken, but we have to get the stone away from him. There's more to that prophecy, if I can just remember!!
Hitomi shook her head. "Enough of this! Wind!!" She shot her hands forward and shot a whirlwind at Folken. The blast hit Folken by surprise and he was blown back into one of the castle walls.
Van joined the fight. "Earth!!" He attacked with rocks and small boulders. They mixed in with the wind and blasted Folken against the wall. He has bruised in several places.
The wind died down as Hitomi and Van seized their attacks. Folken looks up and smiled. "Is that the best you have?" He flew up and pulled his hand back. "Black hole!!" He threw two black balls of energy at Hitomi and Van, who saw it coming.
"Power shield!" Hitomi cried.
"Wall of Fire!" Van said.
A pink shield formed in front of Hitomi and a circular firewall formed in front of Van. Folken's attacks bounced harmlessly away. They lowered their shields. Folken sneered. "You're more resourceful than I thought."
Van growled deep in his throat and made ready another attack. "Fire!!" Out of Van's hand came a fire blast. It flew at Folken, who did not waver from his spot.
Hitomi opened her mouth in shock. It's not supposed to be like this. It shouldn't end in hate. Hitomi attacked with her own power. "Water!!"
Her attack hit Van's right before it would have toasted Folken. Van looked at her in shock. "Van, we can't destroy him. We shouldn't. We only need to destroy the stone." She reminded him.
He nodded and turned to Folken. "Brother. I know how you feel about mother, but we don't need to fight. Mother loved both of us and I'm sure she wouldn't want us fighting like this."
Folken growled. "You have no idea what I feel!! My only mother loved her country more than her own son!! YOU!!!" Folken attacked again, this time he drained power from the Rhinestone of Death.
Hitomi saw the stone glow under Folken's cloak as he attacked Van. "Darkest Night!" Folken threw what seemed to be another black hole at Van.
"Wall of Fire!" Van cried and made his shield of fire.
The black ball of energy came towards Van, but instead of hitting his shield, it spread out like a net and enveloped Van. Soon the darkness encased Van and soon the ball began to shrink.
"Van!" Hitomi cried as she flew to his side. The ball twirled and then suddenly spit Van out again. He fell to the ground and made a small crater underneath him.
Hitomi felt anger fill her body as Folken laughed at his brother's misfortune. Hitomi powered up and attacked. "Pandora's Dungeon!!" She called as a Frisbee-like light came forth from her hands. It flew at Folken who easily dodged it.
It stopped behind him, and glowed brightly. Then, just as Folken's attack had before, it sent a net like thing around him. Sending bars under him, behind him, in front of him, and all around him. They formed a magical cage.
Folken attacked the sides, but it wouldn't break. Hitomi looks down at Van who had Merle by his side. She flew down and landed besides Van. Hitomi tried to not cry, but felt cold tears fall from her cheeks, anyway. "Van." She whispered.
He moaned and looked up weakly at her. "Hitomi. Don't worry. I'm fine. The attacked…just drained me…that's all." He gave a weak smile.
Hitomi shook her head. "Van. I can't do it without you, I…" Hitomi stopped as something occurred to her.
'The Rhinestone will not be fused by the forces of hate, but by love. Love will bind two halves into one again. Two soul mates will be reunited.'
Hitomi was remembering the prophecy. She knew what she had to do. She looked down at Van. "Lord Van of Fanelia. I love you." She bent down and kissed him passionately on the lips. Hitomi felt her chest start to glow, and looked down to see Van's chest, too, started to glow with his blue aura.
Merle watched in fascination, as the two halves of the Rhinestone of Life came out of its holders. They spun around each other in front of Hitomi and Van, before coming together. There was a bright flash and they had to shield their eyes.
When they looked again, the Rhinestone of Life had fused together again. It was now whole and glowed with a bright pink hue. The light enveloped Hitomi and Van and when the light dissipated, Van was healed. He smiled and hugged Hitomi. "I love you Hitomi." He pulled back and kissed her again.
Just then, Folken finally escaped his cage, and yelled in fury. "I will not let you win! The rhinestone of mine!! He flew forward, but the Rhinestone of Life's glow grew brighter. It sent out a ray of light at Folken, and it acted like a tractor beam, pulling the Rhinestone of Death from Folken's pocket. It powered up and shot a blast at the stone, shattering it into thousands of pieces.
"No!!! My power!!!" Folken cried. He growled at Hitomi and Van. "This is not over!! I will have that stone!! You haven't won yet!!" Folken flew away towards his throne room.
The Rhinestone of Life, once again split into two pieces and floated into Hitomi and Van. It will hide there until needed again. Also, with it went the powers of the Angel of Light and The Protector. They too will lay dormant until called forth.
Merle looked up to see soldiers coming for them. "We have to get out of here!"
Van nodded. Taking Merle in his arms, he jumped off the floating castle, followed by Hitomi. They flew down and landed on Escaflowne. Van and Hitomi retracted their wings and were shocked to see, there was no pain. They felt no agony at the transformation.
Van grabbed Escaflowne's controls. "Merle, get down!! Hitomi!" He smiled at her. "Hang on!" She nodded and wrapped her arms around her waist as he transformed Escaflowne into a dragon. They took off as some guymelifs gave chase. They quickly left them behind.
Hitomi looked back at the floating fortress. At least one problem's out of the way.
The next night, Merle was up in a tree taking a catnap. Van was lying against the base of the tree, a sleeping Hitomi resting her head in his chest. He looked down at her and smiled. He took a deep sigh of relief. I'm so glad you safe. He thought.
Hitomi's eyes fluttered open and she smiled and Van leaned down and gave her a kiss. She sat up and stretched. It was almost dawn.
Van stood up, and offered his hand to Hitomi. She took it and he helped her up. "Come on. I want to show you something." He said.
He took a deep breath and felt his wings burst from his back. Again he felt no pain. Hitomi followed him and brought out her wings. He flew up, taking Hitomi's hand, and they flew to a nearby hill and landed on the top. Van wrapped his arms around Hitomi and together they watched the sun, peak over the Eastern Mountains. Hitomi was stuck with awe in its beauty.
Van turned Hitomi to face him. She smiled. "That was beautiful."
Van smiled. "That's not what I wanted to show you." Van brought his hands closer together and between them, energy began to build. A ball of blue energy formed and floated in between his hands.
Van looked up at her. "Place your hands around mine." He instructed.
Hitomi frowned, but did as she was told. Suddenly, a pink ball formed in between her hands. She smiled.
"Now concentrate." Van said. Hitomi closed her eyes and did so. Then the two balls came together and the colors started to swirl. When Hitomi opened her eyes and say the most amazing thing.
Floating there, in between her hands and Van's was a heart. It glowed with both a blue and pink light. She smiled and Van looked at her. "This represents my love for you Hitomi. I will never stop loving you, as long there stars in the sky. The heart flew up out of their hands and into the morning sky.
Even though it was morning, the star still shown brightly in the sky. No. Not the star, their star. Hitomi smiled and kissed Van deeply. "I love you." She said.
"I love you too." Van replied and they stayed there watching the sun continue to rise. They had nowhere to be, so they simply enjoyed each other's company. For now they were safe, at least until Folken tries to get the Rhinestone of Life. But that was later and this was now. Love brought these two souls together. And nothing was going to take them apart.
Author's Notes 2: If any of you want a sequel, you can e-mail me or write so in the review. What I want to know is what do you want? More romance? More guts and gore? More philosophy? Tell me!!! If I get enough e-mails, or reviews, I'll start the sequel. It'll probably be Van and Hitomi, still with their wings, and Folken making another plan to get the Rhinestone of Life. But Please. Give me you input.
Oh yah! Thank you all for reading my first Escaflowne fic. I've written some Digimon ones and some Cardcaptors, but this is my first Escaflowne! It was fun while it lasted and I hope I can continue!!