Here's the next installment! This is the part where doubt and strong stubborness comes in play...don't kill me! Just read! R&R!
~Visions Come True~
~*Namida No Sora*~
"Let me go with you," Allan pleaded as Van boarded the repaired Escaflowne.
Van looked down at Allan's desperate face. He never saw the knight so insistent before, but that didn't matter to him; he was more concerned of Hitomi at the moment than to worry whether Allan was desperate to come or what. After all, Allan did say some pretty nasty things to him. "Why?" he demanded a little too harshly.
"I want to help you," he said, his face in visible recoil. "You can't just go around scouting for Hitomi. What if you run into trouble? Then what? You can't defeat them all---even you know that. With a knight like me by your side, I can help you---"
"Do what? Drive me insane?" Van snapped.
Allan blinked. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You know what I'm talking about, so don't play stupid," Van said coldly. "You think I'm just some figurehead in Fanelia, where you can just shout at and I won't notice? I'm human too, Allan! Only I'm not fifteen anymore...so why don't you just bug someone else...like Dryden...and leave me alone!" Van shut his faceguard and started to stomp towards the exit.
"Van...Van! Get back here! Van!"
Suddenly, Meruru appeared from behind Allan, her cat eyes wide open when she saw Van in Escaflowne's cockpit marching towards the open exit which Dryden's men had prepared. She gritted her teeth before yelling, "Lord Van! Lord Van! What are you doing?! Does she mean that much that you'd walk right into a suicide?!"
Allan pressed a grin. Smart girl.
Van stopped and turned around to face his best friend with a peculiar gaze. Meruru sighed; she made him stop to think logically. But the triumph was short-lived. "Yes," he said before continuing to march towards the exit of the docking area.
"Lord Van!" Meruru shouted.
"King Van! Don't do anything stupid!" Allan shouted with her before whirling around to see Millerna and Dryden watching them scream and wail at Escaflowne's rear. "Dryden! Do something!" he hissed.
Dryden shrugged. "Too late...it's his decision."
"It's you ship!" Allan reasoned desperately.
"That dosen't mean I put Van under confinement on my ship," he said coolly.
Allan growled before stomping off towards his guymeluf.
"Where are you going, Allan Schezar?!" Meruru shrieked.
"To make sure Van doesn't do anything stupid." He hauled himself onto his gray guymeluf and gunned up the engines. A moment later, he followed Escaflowne out the cargo doors and into the open sky.
Dryden shook his head. "That baka...I think he's just as obsessed in Van as Van is about Hitomi," he remarked snidely. "It's a never ending cycle."
Millerna folded her arms. "I just hope they don't do anything stupid," she sighed heavily.
Dryden looked down at Millerna. "Don't worry, Millerna," he cooed softly, trying to soothe her concern of the knight of Asturia and the king of Fanelia. "Just pray that they don't kill each other before they reach Hitomi and they'll be just fine."
She looked up at Dryden. "Okay, Dryden. I'll try."
They locked gazes.
Meruru sighed, turning her attention away from the princess and the merchant. Love, she thought. Lord Van and Hitomi are like, meant to be. They can't live without each other---they are virtually inseperable. I can tell Allan isn't pleased about the thought---I think he still is after Hitomi. And now Millerna and Dryden are rekindling what they had---it's intoxicating me.
She turned back to see the two lock lips.
Sweatdrop. Now she was getting intoxicated. She stomped off and left, leaving the couple necking each other and hoping Lord Van would be okay.
"You're crazy,Allan, for coming!" Van shouted.
"You're a nut case yourself, Van!" Allan yelled back.
Oh, that is the final straw! he thought. This guy is worse than before. He triggered the button and Van turned to guymeluf-form and faced Allan. "That is it, Allan Schezar, this is the final straw!" he shouted angrily. "We settle this once and for all!"
Allan drew out his sword. "That's fine by me!"
Swords clanked.
Van and Allan engaged in a heated attack of jabs and swordsmanship. Allan jabbed the sword forward, but Van whirled around and blocked it with his sword. He then danced back before lunging froward with the sword, but Allan pushed it aside.
He's gotten better, Allan thought.
I forgotten how good he was, Van thought. "What's your problem, Schezar?! Why the hell have you been making my life a living hell since the enemy has been appearing?!" he demanded.
Clank.
Block. "Because you were acting like a fool!" Allan shouted.
"A fool? I was protecting my country!" Van shouted. "I am still a senshi, despite all the nice fixations as king. I'm still a fighter, and I will always be! That dosen't justify your actions all the way---you're hiding something, something that's related to me in a way!" He caught Allan off guard, his sword damaging Allan's metal.
Allan danced back. "You want to know, Fanel? I'll tell you!" he spat.
"Hitomi!"
Van stopped. "What about Hitomi?"
"Oh, don't lie, Van," he mocked bitterly. "Running off like that...the way she was so worried about your well-being that she pushed everyone aside for you. Dammit, Van, it ached me to see her again! It ached me to see how absolutely naive you made her about the world...about love..."
Van finally got the message. "You still love her," he realized.
"Of course, you baka," Allan said snidely.
Van was shocked. Allan, still in love with Hitomi? His world was crashing down on him. What if, what if Hitomi would choose Allan over him? Of course, everyone chose Allan over Van. Van was scrawny, dark-haired and still naive in many ways. Allan was built, blonde and galant. Of course she would choose the knight over him, no matter what title he could place on himself; he would always be worthless beside Allan Schezar.
He didn't see Allan do a major blow to his faceplate. Van came crashing to the ground, to reality, to darkness. He plundged into such a chaotic darkness of his own selt doubt that he did not hear Allan shout his name before yelping as dark guymelufs appeared, surrounding them....
Escaflowne crashing to the ground.
Hitomi's eyes widened. Van? She could sense Van's cloud of self-doubt along with the striking blows to Escaflowne. A chilling tingle went up her spine and goosebumps formed on her arms. What was going on with him? Why did he suddenly fall as such?
A vision of Allan and Van's guymelufs surrounded by the dark ones.
Of course, Allan and Van fighting, what's new? she wondered. But wait a minute, Van's on the ground...what did Allan say or do to Van to cripple him as such?
Allan...Van...
Hitomi looked up at her captor. "You're sick," she spat. "How could you?!"
Her captor finally pondered before facing her for the first time. She was astound; he had a thin face with dark hair and a dark beard, trimmed. He had a scar on his right cheek and his eyes were such a startling green. He was in many ways like his predecessor yet had his own unique qualities; curiousity, striking appearances and a sense of evil. Emperor Talonn was certainly an imposing man. Incredibly imposing.
"How could I?" he mocked. "How could I not? The dragon is in the way of our destiny...of my destiny...I must get rid of whatever is in my way," he stated sternly, turning around again to his work, his garments taking a swing with his pivot.
I have to save Van, she thought. And Allan. And everyone in Gaia...from this madman. "But my destiny is interlinked with Van's," she pleaded. "So I am in the way as he is. You kill him...you'll still deal with me. Either way, we'll take you down together."
He pondered for a moment. "Interesting," he mused. "The Lovers card...so I was correct. You and the Dragon are interlinked...nonetheless...I'll tell them to kill his companion...no wait, better yet, both of them...it's you that is the key."
Hitomi was thunderstuck. "How---why---?"
"Because you are of the Mystic Moon, are you not?"
Hitomi was silent.
"I'll take that as a yes," he said, continuing. "Since you are of the Mystic Moon, what better yet than to hold on to you. You have the capabilities to transport people from Gaia to the Mystic Moon and back. You are special...it is your gift that allows you to live in this sect..."
"I will never use my powers for your own personal self-serving plans."
Emperor Talonn smiled crudely, facing that smile at him. "But you must," he stated. "And you will. You will take me to the Mystic Moon after I have conquered Gaia as Emperor and Lord Dornkirk wished or I will burn both Gaia and the Mystic Moon with the powers that be."
***Travelling down this road/
Watching the signs as I go/
I think I'll follow the sun/
Isn't everyone just/
Travelling down their own road/
Watching the signs as they go/
I think I'll follow my heart/
It's a good place to start***
~"Sky fits Heaven", Madonna
~End of Chapter~
~Visions Come True~
~*Namida No Sora*~
"Let me go with you," Allan pleaded as Van boarded the repaired Escaflowne.
Van looked down at Allan's desperate face. He never saw the knight so insistent before, but that didn't matter to him; he was more concerned of Hitomi at the moment than to worry whether Allan was desperate to come or what. After all, Allan did say some pretty nasty things to him. "Why?" he demanded a little too harshly.
"I want to help you," he said, his face in visible recoil. "You can't just go around scouting for Hitomi. What if you run into trouble? Then what? You can't defeat them all---even you know that. With a knight like me by your side, I can help you---"
"Do what? Drive me insane?" Van snapped.
Allan blinked. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You know what I'm talking about, so don't play stupid," Van said coldly. "You think I'm just some figurehead in Fanelia, where you can just shout at and I won't notice? I'm human too, Allan! Only I'm not fifteen anymore...so why don't you just bug someone else...like Dryden...and leave me alone!" Van shut his faceguard and started to stomp towards the exit.
"Van...Van! Get back here! Van!"
Suddenly, Meruru appeared from behind Allan, her cat eyes wide open when she saw Van in Escaflowne's cockpit marching towards the open exit which Dryden's men had prepared. She gritted her teeth before yelling, "Lord Van! Lord Van! What are you doing?! Does she mean that much that you'd walk right into a suicide?!"
Allan pressed a grin. Smart girl.
Van stopped and turned around to face his best friend with a peculiar gaze. Meruru sighed; she made him stop to think logically. But the triumph was short-lived. "Yes," he said before continuing to march towards the exit of the docking area.
"Lord Van!" Meruru shouted.
"King Van! Don't do anything stupid!" Allan shouted with her before whirling around to see Millerna and Dryden watching them scream and wail at Escaflowne's rear. "Dryden! Do something!" he hissed.
Dryden shrugged. "Too late...it's his decision."
"It's you ship!" Allan reasoned desperately.
"That dosen't mean I put Van under confinement on my ship," he said coolly.
Allan growled before stomping off towards his guymeluf.
"Where are you going, Allan Schezar?!" Meruru shrieked.
"To make sure Van doesn't do anything stupid." He hauled himself onto his gray guymeluf and gunned up the engines. A moment later, he followed Escaflowne out the cargo doors and into the open sky.
Dryden shook his head. "That baka...I think he's just as obsessed in Van as Van is about Hitomi," he remarked snidely. "It's a never ending cycle."
Millerna folded her arms. "I just hope they don't do anything stupid," she sighed heavily.
Dryden looked down at Millerna. "Don't worry, Millerna," he cooed softly, trying to soothe her concern of the knight of Asturia and the king of Fanelia. "Just pray that they don't kill each other before they reach Hitomi and they'll be just fine."
She looked up at Dryden. "Okay, Dryden. I'll try."
They locked gazes.
Meruru sighed, turning her attention away from the princess and the merchant. Love, she thought. Lord Van and Hitomi are like, meant to be. They can't live without each other---they are virtually inseperable. I can tell Allan isn't pleased about the thought---I think he still is after Hitomi. And now Millerna and Dryden are rekindling what they had---it's intoxicating me.
She turned back to see the two lock lips.
Sweatdrop. Now she was getting intoxicated. She stomped off and left, leaving the couple necking each other and hoping Lord Van would be okay.
"You're crazy,Allan, for coming!" Van shouted.
"You're a nut case yourself, Van!" Allan yelled back.
Oh, that is the final straw! he thought. This guy is worse than before. He triggered the button and Van turned to guymeluf-form and faced Allan. "That is it, Allan Schezar, this is the final straw!" he shouted angrily. "We settle this once and for all!"
Allan drew out his sword. "That's fine by me!"
Swords clanked.
Van and Allan engaged in a heated attack of jabs and swordsmanship. Allan jabbed the sword forward, but Van whirled around and blocked it with his sword. He then danced back before lunging froward with the sword, but Allan pushed it aside.
He's gotten better, Allan thought.
I forgotten how good he was, Van thought. "What's your problem, Schezar?! Why the hell have you been making my life a living hell since the enemy has been appearing?!" he demanded.
Clank.
Block. "Because you were acting like a fool!" Allan shouted.
"A fool? I was protecting my country!" Van shouted. "I am still a senshi, despite all the nice fixations as king. I'm still a fighter, and I will always be! That dosen't justify your actions all the way---you're hiding something, something that's related to me in a way!" He caught Allan off guard, his sword damaging Allan's metal.
Allan danced back. "You want to know, Fanel? I'll tell you!" he spat.
"Hitomi!"
Van stopped. "What about Hitomi?"
"Oh, don't lie, Van," he mocked bitterly. "Running off like that...the way she was so worried about your well-being that she pushed everyone aside for you. Dammit, Van, it ached me to see her again! It ached me to see how absolutely naive you made her about the world...about love..."
Van finally got the message. "You still love her," he realized.
"Of course, you baka," Allan said snidely.
Van was shocked. Allan, still in love with Hitomi? His world was crashing down on him. What if, what if Hitomi would choose Allan over him? Of course, everyone chose Allan over Van. Van was scrawny, dark-haired and still naive in many ways. Allan was built, blonde and galant. Of course she would choose the knight over him, no matter what title he could place on himself; he would always be worthless beside Allan Schezar.
He didn't see Allan do a major blow to his faceplate. Van came crashing to the ground, to reality, to darkness. He plundged into such a chaotic darkness of his own selt doubt that he did not hear Allan shout his name before yelping as dark guymelufs appeared, surrounding them....
Escaflowne crashing to the ground.
Hitomi's eyes widened. Van? She could sense Van's cloud of self-doubt along with the striking blows to Escaflowne. A chilling tingle went up her spine and goosebumps formed on her arms. What was going on with him? Why did he suddenly fall as such?
A vision of Allan and Van's guymelufs surrounded by the dark ones.
Of course, Allan and Van fighting, what's new? she wondered. But wait a minute, Van's on the ground...what did Allan say or do to Van to cripple him as such?
Allan...Van...
Hitomi looked up at her captor. "You're sick," she spat. "How could you?!"
Her captor finally pondered before facing her for the first time. She was astound; he had a thin face with dark hair and a dark beard, trimmed. He had a scar on his right cheek and his eyes were such a startling green. He was in many ways like his predecessor yet had his own unique qualities; curiousity, striking appearances and a sense of evil. Emperor Talonn was certainly an imposing man. Incredibly imposing.
"How could I?" he mocked. "How could I not? The dragon is in the way of our destiny...of my destiny...I must get rid of whatever is in my way," he stated sternly, turning around again to his work, his garments taking a swing with his pivot.
I have to save Van, she thought. And Allan. And everyone in Gaia...from this madman. "But my destiny is interlinked with Van's," she pleaded. "So I am in the way as he is. You kill him...you'll still deal with me. Either way, we'll take you down together."
He pondered for a moment. "Interesting," he mused. "The Lovers card...so I was correct. You and the Dragon are interlinked...nonetheless...I'll tell them to kill his companion...no wait, better yet, both of them...it's you that is the key."
Hitomi was thunderstuck. "How---why---?"
"Because you are of the Mystic Moon, are you not?"
Hitomi was silent.
"I'll take that as a yes," he said, continuing. "Since you are of the Mystic Moon, what better yet than to hold on to you. You have the capabilities to transport people from Gaia to the Mystic Moon and back. You are special...it is your gift that allows you to live in this sect..."
"I will never use my powers for your own personal self-serving plans."
Emperor Talonn smiled crudely, facing that smile at him. "But you must," he stated. "And you will. You will take me to the Mystic Moon after I have conquered Gaia as Emperor and Lord Dornkirk wished or I will burn both Gaia and the Mystic Moon with the powers that be."
***Travelling down this road/
Watching the signs as I go/
I think I'll follow the sun/
Isn't everyone just/
Travelling down their own road/
Watching the signs as they go/
I think I'll follow my heart/
It's a good place to start***
~"Sky fits Heaven", Madonna
~End of Chapter~
