Ohayo!
Watashi wa Hoshino Yukino! I do not own Escaflowne or any of its characters; I
am just using some of their characters and guymelves for my story. By the way,
I am shifting the POV of the story temporarily to a 3rd person view.
Hope you enjoy this!!! Reminder: Please R&R!!!! Read and Review! Send me
your comments even if they are flames, I don't care! I love reading your
comments!!! Well, here it is…
Vocabulary
of Esca Words for non-Esca fanatics:
1) guymelef
– some sort of mechanized
robot the people of Gaea uses
2) Alsedies – Zaibach's normal type guymeleves
"…sugu
teni hairu yume nante yume zya naiyo…"
~ A dream
that can be easily realized is no dream ~
- Martian Successor
Nadesico
Chapter 2B: Baptism
Dark clouds began to loom
over the flying city, covering the once continuous flow of sunlight. Rubble
surrounds almost every corner of the city as silence overcomes the place. A
shout shatters the silence, a shout that came from Van's mouth. His mouth
slowly arched into the shape of an o, as the word 'no…' was ejected from his
lips. He quickly boarded the huge guymelef in front of him, tears falling from
the side of his eyes. He quickly wiped away those tears as his eyes were
overwhelmed with pure rage and hate for the pilot of the purple Alsedies in
front of him. In his mind, there was nothing else but his desire for revenge,
vengeance and in his heart, he knew that nothing else could ease the pain but
the blood of the pilot in his very hands. Hitomi and the others stared blankly
at Van. They did not know what they should do but knew that no one can stop Van
now. Merle tightened her hold on Hitomi's right hand as Van's Escaflowne began
to move. Hitomi on the other hand, stood behind Kyosuke and grasped the back of
his shirt tightly. Kyosuke's mind began to fill with uncertainty. He knew he
had to protect them but how was he going to?! He had no special skills or a
guymelef to use. Heck! He didn't even know how to use one. {Duh! He came from
the Mystic Moon where there were no guymeleves to pilot} The only thing he knew
that could help him defend them is his knowledge of Kendo but how was Kendo
going to help them in a situation like this; the guymeleves were ten times
bigger than he was. He was determined to protect them and so he stretched out
his arms to protect them at his own risk…
"Shit!" Kyosuke said to
himself as he prepared for the worst.
Van had started attacking
the first of the five Alsedies in front of him, saving the purple one last. For
some strange reason the other Alsedies did not attack Van all at the same time.
'Maybe they want him and Escaflowne not that badly damaged and alive' Kyosuke
thought, trying to make some sense out the scenario in front of him. He looked
confused and dazed then suddenly it struck him. 'Or is it because they believe
that they need not use more than one Alsedies to destroy him… NO! That CANNOT
happen! And MUST NOT happen' Kyosuke thought quivering at the fact that this
was Van's first attempt in battle using Escaflowne while the Alsedies pilots
must be more experienced in combat already.
Van raised the massive
sword that was equipped in Escaflowne and managed to maneuver it properly. It
was a huge sword measuring about half the height of Escaflowne, about an
average man's height wide and as thick as the walls of a well-constructed abode
building. It literally could destroy anything it touches with its massive size
but there was only thing it could not destroy in just one hit and the weirdest
thing is that this substance could be found in the swords of all the guymeleves
and the Crima Claws of the Alsedies.
Van rushed at the Alsedies
in front of him knocking it down on impact. He then raised his massive sword
(katana, if you like to call it that way) above his head and prepared to slash
the Alsedies in half. He used both of his hands to grip the massive sword,
doubling the force of impact that would occur accompanied by the force of
gravity pulling down the massive sword. The Alsedies looked terrified and was
trembling underneath the Escaflowne. His comrades just stood there and watched.
Never caring to help him but what hurt him the most was the fact that Dilandau
did not face him. Dilandau stood there facing backwards on the battle scene. He
knew that he was being left behind, "outcast"-ed by the rest of his comrades
and that they would only help him if he would show them that he was not going
to defeated that easily. He aimed his left hand at Van and shot his Crima Claws
directly for the cockpit at point blank range. But it was too late; Van shifted
his position after seeing him aim his left hand at him and slashed him from
behind. The Alsedies was cut into two before finally blowing up in a massive
explosion that covered the Escaflowne in smoke and soot. Oil, debris and blood
fell from the heaven above and baptized the first battle of the guymelef
Escaflowne. The baptism of blood as they would call it…
'What has happened of
Escaflowne?' Hitomi thought, 'Was Van hurt by the explosion?'
The smoke cleared up and
the Escaflowne seemed to be unfazed by the explosion that had just occurred.
Red aura surrounded the Escaflowne and a gleaming white light surrounded its
sword.
"Men, it's now time to
attack! Chesta and I will take him later. You two go and destroy him and his
friends now!" shouted Dilandau, as Escaflowne stood still awaiting for their
next move.
Shesta's and Dilandau's
Alsedies soon vanished from sight using the cloaking technology Folken
developed. The first of the two Alsedies shot at Van with his Crima Claws but Van
deflected his attack by using his sword. He rushed at the Alsedies and was
about to slash it in half when the other Alsedies shot his Crima Claws at him.
Van maneuvered the Escaflowne and escaped from being hit by the Crima Claws
narrowly.
"I almost had him! That son
of a *bitch* is really going to get it now!" shouted the second of the two
Alsedies pilots.
"Thanks, for saving my life
but I believe that I should have the honors of killing him…" said the first
Alsedies pilot.
"Very well, you may have
him but if you are unable to destroy him, I will!" said the second Alsedies
pilot.
"Terms accepted," said the
first Alsedies pilot flatly as he rushed towards the Escaflowne then vanishing.
"What? Where is that
*fucking bastard* hiding?" shouted Van angrily.
"I want to help him! I want
to but-… What can I do? I want to…" said Hitomi sobbingly.
"Lord Van!!!! BE CAREFUL! I
do NOT want you to DIE in front of ME!!!" shouted Merle.
Hitomi kneeled down and
stared at the heavens above and whispered slowly, "Give me the strength to help
him! I want to help him! I want to…" Hitomi's pendant began to glow and swing
to the left.
'Could it be? Could my
request have been answered by the being above? Or is it just a premonition? Am
I getting better at this fortune telling thing?' thought Hitomi.
'Well, here goes nothing…'
thought Hitomi before finally shouting, "Van, he's at your left!"
Van quickly swung his sword
to his left slicing off the Alsedies left hand.
"How the hell did that
*bastard* find me?" shouted the first Alsedies pilot.
Van rushed towards the
Alsedies and was about to slash him when he was hit by a flamethrower.
"HA! You seem to have
forgotten that my right hand was a flamethrower! Serves you right, *bastard*!"
shouted the first Alsedies pilot.
Van was temporarily stopped
by the flamethrower before finally cutting off the head of the Alsedies.
"How the hell, did you
believe that I would be defeated by a flamethrower that quickly?!" shouted Van
as he sliced the remainder of the Alsedies in two.
Once more, the Alsedies
blew up and showered the place with oil, debris, and blood.
"Two down, three to go…"
Van said as he rushed to the second of the Alsedies pilots.
"Not so fast *bastard*!"
shouted the second Alsedies pilot as he shot his liquid metal Crima Claws at
Van.
Van deflected it in a blink
of the eye but that was all the pilot needed to cloak himself.
"Damn it! Where is that
pilot?!" Van shouted.
Hitomi's pendant began to
glow once more and swing to the back.
"Behind you!" Hitomi
shouted.
'So the girl is the one who
can see through our cloaks' thought Dilandau as he watched the battle, 'we must
get rid of her first…'
"Chesta, after this one is
defeated. I'll fight Van but kill that girl for me," said Dilandau.
"Yes, Lord Dilandau…" replied
Chesta in a very flat tone of voice.
Van quickly sliced the
Alsedies behind him. Leaving only rubble around the spot.
"YOU! The pilot of the
purple Alsedies come out and face me now!!!" shouted Van.
"Where is he, Hitomi?" said
Van demandingly.
"I don't know. I can't feel
his presence…" said Hitomi.
Dilandau suddenly appeared
in front of Van and said, "Please call me DILANDAU, your highness. I was the
one who led the destruction of Franelia if you would like to know."
Van was enraged more and began
to rush towards Dilandau.
"Pitiful move," said
Dilandau as Van rushed towards him.
Dilandau aimed his
flamethrower at Van and flames were ejected from it, surrounding Van in a
circle of fire.
"Burn! BURN! BURN! HA! HA!
HA! HA! DIE in the FIRES OF HELL!!!!" shouted Dilandau as Van got trapped in
the blazing circle of fire.
Van suddenly felt the
intense heat that surrounded him. It was a different flame than the other
Alsedies used on him. It was if the flames actually were alive and responded to
Dilandau's voice. He struggled to get out but the more he struggled the more he
got trapped then it struck him. He twirled the sword around his head and
created a small wind tunnel that smothered the flames away.
"Darn it!" said Dilandau as
he cloaked himself, "Chesta now!"
Chesta's Alsedies suddenly
materialized and shot her Crima Claws directly at Hitomi, Kyosuke and Merle.
"I want to protect them! I
need to protect them!" shouted Kyosuke as he pushed Hitomi and Merle away, "I
will not let anything hurt you because I…"
'...love you, Hitomi. I
always had and always will' was the thought in Kyosuke's mind but the words,
"…care for you", came out of his mouth instead.
Just about when the Crima
Claws were about to hit them, a purple light surrounded Kyosuke and he
levitated from the ground. A purple ray of energy came out his hands and
destroyed the Crima Claws, the right and left hand of the Chesta's Alsedies.
"Chesta!" shouted Dilandau
as he came by her side.
"Lord Dilandau. I'm sorry,"
said Chesta.
"Don't worry! Let's retreat
now. You're hurt!" said Dilandau.
"I will fight you again
Van!!! I will not forget what you did to my men and my dear Chesta!" shouted
Dilandau as he and Chesta vanished and ran away.
"Come back here! Dilandau!"
shouted Van.
Kyosuke fell to the ground
and became unconscious. He spat out some blood and then stopped moving. Hitomi
checked his pulse; it was weakening. Van was torn between a friend or a desire
for revenge. Van quickly jumped down of his Escaflowne and rushed to Kyosuke's
side.
******
A hand came out of the
rubble in the control tower and out came a woman with wings and she approached
the Escaflowne…
******
"Finally, the power of
human will has been awakened!" said this old man as he watched what had just
happened in the battle.
"Folken! Prepare for the
peace treaty with the city of Freid and talk to your brother…" said the old man
dressed in a black coat with hair stretching up to his chest.
"Yes, Lord Dorinkirk,"
replied a man as he walked away from the room.
"Soon! The time of the
reckoning shall come once more!" said the old man.
owari - {for now}
~ To be Continued… ~
~ God in his Heaven, all is right with the world ~
- Evangelion
~ The Fallen
angel will save the world but take everyone with his death ~
- Escaflowne
Ending Notes:
Gomen! If I delayed writing this fic for so
long! I am also so sorry that this fic is shorter than my regular chapters but
hey hope you like it. I also decided to change my writing style a bit by
incorporating a few bad words and such. The next chapter would come out
sometime soon and would be called The Fate of the Man with the Yellow
Hair. Ja ne!