Kings
and Traitors: Chapter 7
AN: Sorry about the long wait, I was grounded x_x n e wayz, I'm back now, so without further adu (did I spell that right?) here's chapter 7.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Escaflowne.
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Hitomi
was the first to regain consciousness. Slowly, she tried to sit up.
"Owwww!
Where am I?"
She
carefully looked around as she held her head. She was in the middle of a forest
somewhere. As she looked around, piece-by-piece, as if trying to remember a
dream, the events of the previous night came back to her.
"Where
are the others?!"
She
quickly stood up, and soon regretted it as she almost fell over.
"Owwwwww…."
She
slowly walked over through the trees and soon came across an unconscious Merle,
slightly injured, and still clutching to Tiger for dear life. Hitomi kneeled
down and gently shook Merle's shoulder.
"Hnnn?
What? Where am I? Hitomi? What happened?"
"I
think the pendant transported us here, away from Erebos. We're safe now. Let's
go find the others, k?"
"Ok.
You go look, I'll wake up Tiger."
"Alright."
So
Hitomi set off into the forest, consulting her pendant first for direction. As
she wandered through the forest, she began to worry more and more. What if the pendant
hadn't been able to rescue all of them? What if something had happened to Van?
She shivered as she remembered the large gash Erebos had left in Van's arm. She
began to walk faster.
Finally
she saw him. He was kneeling under a large tree clutching his arm. Apparently
he had already regained consciousness.
"Van!"
"Hitomi?
You're ok!!" he said, standing up to greet her. This movement caused him to
clutch his arm in pain. Hitomi looked and noticed fresh blood seeping through
the wound.
"Van!
Are you ok?!"
"I'll
be fine, don't worry. It's just a little cut."
"Just
a little cut?! More like a bloody gash! Oh, Van."
Hitomi
took off her jacket and tore one of the sleeves into strips.
"This
will have to do for now, I guess."
"Thanks
Hitomi," Van said as she bandaged his arm.
"C'mon,
let's go meet up with the others," she said when she finished.
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"Tiger,
wake up!!"
"Huh?
What? Merle!! You're ok!"
"What'd
you expect?" she snapped as she stuck her tongue out at him.
"Well
I was worried!"
"…you
were?"
Tiger
blushed. "Yeah. When we couldn't find you, I thought that something bad would
happen to you and…," Tiger trailed off.
Suddenly
Hitomi and Van burst through the bushes.
"We're
back," said Hitomi.
"So
everyone's ok now, right?" asked Van.
"I'm
not sure. You probably didn't notice Van, but Yukari had come into the room
right before my pendant brought us here. That means she's probably in this
forest somewhere, too. Hopefully," Hitomi added in a worried tone, afraid to
think about what might have happened if the pendant had left her with Erebos.
"Yukari.
You mean Hitomi's friend? I know her scent. I can help you find her," said
Tiger.
"Let's
get going, then."
Tiger
sniffed the air then walked in circles a few times before choosing a direction.
"This
way."
They
followed, Van keeping up surprisingly well against two cat-people and a track
star. Finally Tiger stopped by a tree.
"She's
somewhere nearby. I'm not sure exactly where, there's too many smelly plants
blocking her scent, but she's definitely near," Tiger said as he began to look
through the brush. Merle and Hitomi joined him, but Van stood back and looked
around. Then he looked up.
"Hitomi,
look! In the tree!"
Lying
in the highest branch of the giant tree was Yukari, still unconscious.
"Huh?
Yukari!! How'd she get up there?"
"Apparently
your pendant has pretty bad aim," Merle muttered.
Tiger
walked around the tree looking for footholds.
"There's
no way to get up. And the moss is to wet to use claws."
"Van,
you're the only one who can get her down."
Van
looked at Hitomi, then at Merle. He nodded, and Merle walked over to Tiger.
"Umm…we
need to talk…"
Van
took off his shirt and spread his wings. Tiger 'eep'-ed, but Merle hushed him.
Van carefully glided up to Yukari's branch, dodging other branches in the
process. He gently lifted her up and floated back down to the ground. Yukari
began to stir. As Van landed and he set her on the ground, she opened her eyes
and screamed.
"Aaah!
An angel! I'm DEAD?!?!"
Hitomi
shook her head.
"I've
got a feeling this is going to be one long adventure…"
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