Oh yes, that good old disclaimer. I don't own any part of Escaflowne, the charcters, place, story or anything at
all. All I own is my own wild (and sometimes twisted) imagination.
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"Well, what is it old man!" Van snapped, finally cracking from his worrying
"She'll be fine." Breathed out the old man, as he hobbled away.
"What does that mean! What can we do!" Van said frantically, pacing around the room.
"Van, relax." Comforted Merle, "Just let Hitomi sleep. She'll wake up soon."
Well," said Van with a pouty expression on his face, as he sunk into the chair beside Hitomi's bed, "alright."
So for 4 days and and 4 nights never once did Van leave Hitomi's bedside.

Hitomi slowly awoke, taking in her new surrondings. She looked to her left to see Van's face, him staring at her
passionately.
"Van..." Hitomi and Van both blushed, and Van looked away.
"Was I umm.. sleeping for long?"Hitomi said uneasily
"Yes, you were asleep for four days" Silence
"So.. umm.. what has happened since I went back to Earth?"
"Well, I returned to Fanelia to rebuild the castle, and.." and Van and Hitomi continue to make small talk as Merle
listened outside the door.
"Uggh!" Merle thought, frustrated."Why do they alwaysh have to act so weird around eachother! They're all lovey
dovey and sweet on eachother- but only when the other person is unconscious!!!! Why can't they just tell each other
how they feel?!? Uggh!!!" The last 'ugghh' turned out to be quite vocal, alarming several castle attendents.

By that night, several of Hitomi's former companions had arrived to welcome their friend 'home'. Allen came,
along with Gadeth from the Crusade Crew. (Celena remained at home, it just seemed that it would prove too
uncomfortable to have her there). Millerna camed, accompanied by only a lady in waiting, for Dryden was on
a trading expedition. Even Prince Chid came.
"Hitomi!!!! How are you!!!!" excalimed Millerna when she arrived. Hitomi's face regained color when she caught sight of
Millerna, for she looked forward to seeing her companion oce more. They spent quite a few hours alone in Hitomi's
room discussing 'girl things'.
When Allen arrived, things were a bit uncomfartable. It was assumed that he and Hitomi would of course spend
time together, for they also had not seen each other for months. But Van was jealous and Merle was curious, so
Gadeth ended up having to practically stand guard at Hitomi's doorl, preventing Merle from 'accidentally popping in'
every five seconds. Van ended up in his room the whole time, worrying about what the two fo them might be
doing.
"Oh Van, you are such a worrier."said Merle, "they are just talking, like Hitomi was with Millerna just two minutes ago."
Merle leaned over and gave him a big lick, and although it did make Van's face turn bright red, it helped with his mood.
Prince Chid arrived a bit after Allen and spent some time with Hitomi laughing and talking. When Chid and Hitomi were
called for dinner, they were both in glorious moods.
Dinner, of course, was an elaborate affair. With all the visitors, a banquet had to be prepared, and of course Hitomi
needed something to wear, and Allen couldn't find his hair gel, and Merle kept popping up in the kitchen to
annoy the cooks, and other chaos. But everyone did look beautiful (even if Allen's hair didn't look quite as god like
as usual ^^) and the meal was delicious. Even after dinner was finished, the whole gang stayed at the table
talking and laughing'till all hours of the night.
In fact, they were so preoccupied with the good time they were having, nobody noticed when Van left the table,
and quietly left the dining room, accompanied by Hitomi of course....

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Oo hoo hoo, what could those two be doing???? Tune in next week - oh wait, this isn't a soap opera. ^^
Keep checking for the next chapter, and if you leave ur email when u review
Oh yeah~ I just reread the chapter, and it's not quite as good as the others @@. Sorry, but this is just a filler,
don't worry some (hehehehheh) 'good' stuff should start happening soon ^^