Kings and Traitors: Chapter 3
Disclaimers: I do not own Escaflowne
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"I
wish I was on the mystic moon! With Hitomi!!" Van screamed. A blue light
surrounded him suddenly and carried him away through the stars.
Erebos
watched from the shadows. "So, he had the Heart Stone all along…and it seems he
knows how to use it. It doesn't matter, though, just a minor set back, that's
all."
"Erebos!
Erebos!! Is that you?" called the cat boy running towards him.
"What
is it, Tiger?" asked Erebos, faking concern.
"It's
Merle!!…*pant*…She's gone!!…*gasp*…..I can't find her anywhere!!!" said Tiger
while trying to catch his breath.
"Well
she's got to be around here somewhere! How about we split up and look for her?"
"OK,
if you say so, Erebos. I'll look around the castle, k? We can meet back here in
an hour or so."
"Yeah,
sure." Said Erebos as he watched Tiger run off towards the castle. Once he was
out of earshot, Erebos muttered, "No matter how hard you look, you'll never
find her. Not unless you're a psychic or something!" he laughed.
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"Hitomi,
you really expect me to believe that?!" said Yukari. "Don't you trust me enough
to tell me what happened?!?!"
"That
is the truth, Yukari! I knew you wouldn't believe me!"
Hitomi
looked around. They had somehow wandered to the school track while walking as
Hitomi told Yukari her story. 'It must be fate or something,' thought Hitomi. 'I
wish Van were here…to take me back to Gaia, or at least so I could warn him
about my vision.
There
was a sudden flash of blue light in the distance.
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Van
was thankful as he finally felt his feet touch solid ground again. He was still
a little queasy, though. He then looked around and panic overcame him. 'Where
am I? Oh no! What if the beam of light took me to another part of the moon? It
could take me years to find Hitomi! What am I gonna do?!'
He
looked around closer and found that perhaps he did vaguely recognize his
surroundings. 'I'm not sure, but I think this is where I fought the dragon!'
He
quickly followed the stone arches down the steps and out of the forest.
'I
hope I'm right'
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Hitomi
saw the pillar of light land somewhere near the shrine. "Oh my gosh! What if it's
Van?" was all she said before she started sprinting towards the shrine.
She
and Van met halfway.
"Van!!"
"….Hitomi?!"
"Oh
Van!! I've missed you so much!! I have so much to tell you!! And I had another
vision!! I think Gaia's in trouble again! And I think you might be in danger!!
I had this dream and there was this creepy voice and--"
"Hey!
It's okay! Calm down Hitomi! I missed you, too, k? I came because I thought
that if Gaia was in trouble, we'd need you, so maybe, you know…umm…if you want
to come back…then…umm…"
"I'd
love to come back with you, Van! You know you can't win a war without me!"
Hitomi teased.
They
both hugged and Hitomi felt tears of happiness in her eyes.
The
whole time, Yukari was standing to the side with her mouth hanging open in
shock.
Van
finally noticed her.
"Hey,
you're that friend of Hitomi's, right?"
Yukari
could merely nod.
"Umm…Yukari,
as you've probably guessed, this is Van. Van, this is Yukari."
"H-hi,"
Yukari stuttered.
"Is
she always like that?" asked Van.
Before
Hitomi could answer, the beam of blue light suddenly swallowed them and
transported them back to Gaia.
AN:
Sorry, that seemed kinda short. I'll write more soon if you guys want. PLEASE
REVIEW!!
Also, like I said before, I'm making this up
as I go along, so if you have any ideas/suggestions/requests for which way you
want the story to go, feel free to tell me in the review or by e-mail.
Thanx
4 reading (and reviewing! *hint hint!)
Merle
Vanz_cat@yahoo.com