Here is chapter three everyone. I hope you enjoy. When I get the next chapter out I do hope to have a title for the story out as well (please email me any suggestions) Well, here's the story

Chapter Three

Van ran forward and knelt beside Hitomi. "Hitomi!" Van said quietly but with a strong urgency in his voice. Van shook her shoulders gently but firmly and said her name again, this time a quiet wistful whisper "Hitomi." When he still got no answer he scooped her up in her arms and carried her back to the village.
Van-sama was cutting it close. The bonfire was about to start and he was no where in sight. It was terribly upsetting. Merle was upset and when Merle got upset bad things happened to certain Van-samas. Although underneath the cat girls mad exterior there was a very worried interior. It was true that Van had kind eyes and happy spirits ever since he had met that weird girl, Hitomi, but when she had left he had closed in on himself. He was still kind and generally happy but Merle could tell her van-sama was lonely. That was what was really upsetting her.
"Merle! Go to Ruhm's hut and make sure there is a clear bed!" Merle looked up when she heard Van yelling at her these weird instructions and there she was. Van was carrying an unconscious Hitomi in his arms. A part of Merle rejoiced, her friend was back but another deeper part of her worried, the Tsubasa no Kami must have been called back to Gaea for a reason and it probably wasn't a good reason. "Merle, hurry up," Van's words jerked Merle out of her reverie and she ran off towards Ruhm's hut receiving strange looks from everyone on the way.
Van ran into the hut a few minutes after Merle had got there and found her standing beside a clean empty bed as if she were guarding it with her life. He had forgotten that Merle and Hitomi had become good friends in the short time they had all been together here in Adon. Van put Hitomi down on the bed and stared at her peaceful face for a few seconds before he realized that the people of Adon were crowding around in total silence, demanding an explanation with their eyes. An explanation was the very thing van didn't have, he was as confused as they were. He didn't know why Hitomi was here or did he? Had he not been feeling that dread that screamed of coming terror and destruction? Did he not clutch in his hand the very pendant that had once turned into Escaflowne right before his eyes? Van looked down at Hitomi again, looked down at the beautiful face that had saved him in so many ways, the face he had come to love.
Merle watched as her precious Van-sama went through so many emotions in such a short time and somehow she knew that things weren't going to be quiet and peaceful anymore. Merle was definitely upset.
"I want to stay close to you." Hitomi was dreaming again. She did that a lot lately, mostly because in her dreams she would always be right next to him.
"You are close to me." Van was in this dream and he was trying to tell her something but couldn't seem to get the right words out. "All you have to do is look around and you'll see that I'm right next to you, I always will be."
"Look around?" Hitomi was staring right into Van's eyes, he was right in front of her. What did he mean by 'look around.'?
"Yes, but first you have to open your eyes." This statement was even more confusing. Her eyes were open; she was looking right at him. "Remember where you are."
Then it made sense, "Right, I'm dreaming. I forgot for a second." Van smiled at this and seemed to read her mind.
"Don't worry, I'll be there when you wake up."
"Do you promise?"
"Of course. I'm right here Hitomi, I'll always be here."
Van had finally gotten the crowd to disperse. He had even got Merle to leave him alone with Hitomi's unconscious body. Everybody had gone back to the bonfire and it sounded like they were all having a good time. But, he was here watching Hitomi. Somehow he felt like he had promised her he would be. He looked at her face again, he loved doing that, just staring at the face that he always carried around with him in his mind.
What was going on? Why had she come back? What was about to happen? As these thoughts plagued Vans mind he looked up at the ceiling and thought more about his feelings on Hitomi's return. He wanted to be more worried about what it could mean for Gaea but mostly he just felt... happy. There was no other word to describe what he felt when he looked at her, when he smelled her, when he touched her. Van was happy he could hardly remember the last time he was truly happy. Van looked back down at the face Hitomi and saw that her eyes were open. He stared into her green eyes for what seemed like an eternity before either one of them made a sound
Hitomi opened her eyes and saw that the ceiling above her was made of some sort of animal skin. Such a weird thing to notice considering her present condition. Then she looked around her and saw him sitting beside her. He had kept his promise. Van was also looking up at the ceiling and he had this look on his face, this look that suggested he was contemplating the meaning of life. Then he looked down at her and her eyes met his. The eyes that said so much yet so little, the eyes that she could loose herself forever in, Van's eyes. She must have stared into his eyes for eternity before one of them spoke.
"The Tsubasa no Kami and the Dragon have been reunited. What are the next steps." The voice from the dark seemed to growl in frustration before answering.
"We send her companions to her, we want them out of the way."
"What shall I do?"
"Send some troops to Freid and kill everyone there. The Abaharakis' will make their way to the Tsubasa no Kami and then they will make their way to Torushina where everything will go down as planned." This time the voice sounded pleasantly pleased.
"Yes Master."
Merle looked in a window at Van and Hitomi. They were talking very quietly and looked to serious considering the fact that they had just been reunited with each other after six months apart. Merle turned around and walked back to the bonfire that she had been roasting her dinner on. She picked up the stick that the dead animal had been skewered on and poked at it to see if it was done. Nope. She stuck it back in the fire and walked back to the hut where Van and Hitomi were. They were still talking. The whole situation was upsetting. Merle was upset.