Dreams Of War
It may had been six years since she had first come to Gaea, but she could still remember the route from that field to Fanelia. Fanelia had been so beautiful when she had first come, then just as soon as she got there Dilandau came and burned the place down; the first attack of The First Great War Of Fanelia.
She was scared that her coming was because of a second. However, she hadn't had any visions that told of the 'Second Great War'. So she would just have to way in curiosity as she walked down the long road to Fanelia.
It didn't take long, maybe five hours to walk there, and no, that wasn't very long at all. Especially seeing she was wearing high heals. In fact, she was also wearing a black mini-skirt and a black tank top that had one of those shall sweaters over top.
She was on a date after all; she even had the whole make-up going for her, the whole thing made her absolutely gorgeous.
Of course all this managed to slip her mind after the whole returning to Gaea and the out of body incident. She thought that perhaps she had almost died there, she wasn't too sure how though. She'd have to tell Van about that.
The sun was rising and Hitomi was breathless as she could see the palace in the distance. The city itself was quite impressive; they had gone a long way since when they began re-building everything, almost five years ago. Fanelias' will to live was inspirational.
She slightly smiled and brushed her still short hair out of her eyes seeing the wind was so casually playing with it like it was welcoming her back or something. Her smile grew, she had forgotten how amazing this place, how much she missed it… how much she missed Van.
*
Van looked out his window and smiled at Fanelia, it was so grand in the morning. People began to move about, with construction, school, errands, work or just playing around. Seeing Fanelia alive and happy was enough for Van to be content forever. Even with Hitomi gone, he was content.
Of course, something was bugging him. It must have happened during the night, but when he woke up this morning Hitomi's pendant had been glowing a soft pink, as the hour went by the light got brighter and brighter.
He was scared that it meant something very bad was going to happen, he had this bad feeling trapped in the pit of his stomach, ever since last night. He didn't have any weird visions; then again, he wasn't Hitomi. He didn't exactly get those…
"VAN-SAMA!" The yell came and Van almost fell over at Merles' screams.
"Na… nani?" Van asked as he got back on his feet shaking. He may have been used to Merle, but this early sneaking behind him business always got him.
"Van-Sama, there's something you HAVE to see," she said excitedly, and Van got very curious very fast.
It had been five years after all, and Merle was 18 years old, very different from the hyper child everyone knew so well. She had hyper and perky tendencies, but she matured a lot… in many ways.
She was wearing a simple form fitting dark purple dress and her hair was down to her shoulders now. Her smile was almost devious, but in a good way, and her blue eyes light up with happiness and anticipation.
Seconds later the two were walking, almost running, down the halls and stairs to get to the front entrance. It was true that most of the palace was under construction, but the main hall and some surrounding rooms were fine and so Van, Merle and a few servants and samurai lived there.
Housing was, and still is, the most important thing to work on. After that comes the stores and other things likes schools and libraries. Soon the population would rise and give her or ten years, Fanelia could even be like it once was. He hoped… he wished, he prayed every damn day.
As he walked in the main hall he stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes wide open and jaw nicely rested on the floor. Merle leaned on his shoulder smiling deviously.
"Thought you'd like it, Van-Sama…" She said quietly and then her attention went back to the other girl standing in the mist of samurai.
Merle smiled once more at Van and then ran forward leaping forward and wrapping her arms around the woman's neck.
"HITOMI!!!" She yelled in glee.
Hitomi stumbled back a few steps but then caught herself and smiled recognizing Merle. Before she hadn't been so sure seeing she had grown so much and looked like a different person, of course, the ears, tail and pouncing gave Merle away.
Then she noticed Van, fully recovered from seeing Hitomi again, a little smile on his face. As soon as she de-clung Merle, she began walking forward.
"Hitomi… it's good to see you again," he said almost in a shy like manner, maybe he wasn't fully recovered…
"Van…" She said, he held out his hand and she smiled then hugged him. The act made him blush a bit, but he soon recovered. He was 20 years old now, he shouldn't blush when some girl hugged him… of course she wasn't just some girl.
"Hitomi, what are you… how did you?" He asked stumbling over his words and sudden confusion. How did she get here? He had her pendant.
Hitomi pulled away burrowing her brown in a sudden sense of confusion as well.
"What do you mean? Didn't you call me here?" The two stood staring at each other in confusion, their arms still intertwined, Merle stared on from behind continuously looking from on to the other.
"Van-Sama, what's going on?"
Van and Hitomi quickly retired to the garden to talk about things. Mostly, why she was there. Van told her that he had a bad feeling to which Hitomi said she had as well, then things just went on from there.
"Do you think another war is coming?" Van asked as they upon the Fanels' tomb.
"I'm not too sure. The last time it was because of a war, but I didn't have any visions this time, of course that could be because you had my pendant," Hitomi hurriedly explained.
"Oh that reminds me," Van said and grabbed for a chain around his neck, her removed it and handed the necklace to Hitomi.
She looked at her pendant gleam in the sunlight and felt a magic wash over her body. She looked up at the motionless Escaflowne beside the tomb as she remembered what the pendant was.
"I figured seeing you were here, you might as well have it," he explained.
She nodded and almost reluctantly put it on. She almost expected to have a sudden vision once she had it around her neck, but nothing happened.
Van watched on as she put the necklace back on. She looked so beautiful in what she was wearing, hell; she always looked but beautiful… but especially right now. He looked the same, just older. Hitomi put her arms down and stared back at Van, the two simply got lost in each others eyes and then…
Nothing. The two just continued to walk in the gardens.
*
A woman with short brown hair and blue eyes walked through the forest. It was alien to her, everything was. She had no memories. She just suddenly woke up that morning confused and bewildered.
Much to her annoyance she has wearing a mini-skirt, a tank top and some sweater and high heels that she had long since ditched. She knew the names of the objects, but she had no actual memories of them. It was confusing.
She was in a forest, there were trees and leaves and sticks and bushes and shadows and sky and birds and-
Her naming has cut of when she heard something snap, like a twig. She froze, fear creeping up her spine. Someone was out there…
*
Die…
Hitomi woke up with a start and looked around glad that nobody was in her room. The dream, more like nightmare, had been an odd one. Everything was dark, and then she heard the voice of the devil, the voice of Dilandau Albatou.
But what did she have to worry about him anymore? He was no longer a he and she was good. Dilandau was a crazy murderer who nobody would ever have to put up with again.
Either way, she felt like there was something on Gaea worth fearing and therefore she had decided to wait in Fanelia until it came.
A year went by very quickly. For a month Hitomi stayed in Fanelia. Everyday she woke up fearing another attack of some sort, the bad feeling stayed and only got worse. Until one day though, a month after arriving, it just went away, same with Vans'.
So that was that, no more bad feeling. A week later a decision was made. She had a life back on the 'Mystic Moon' and she could only avoid it for so long, so she kept the necklace and returned to Earth promising to return if the feeling came back.
Van promised he'd call upon her if something came up as well. So she said goodbye to him, Merle and other townsfolk who remembered her and she was on her way.
When she got back she went back to her boring life and was depressed. She had wanted to stay with Van so badly, and yet she knew she couldn't Her life here was every bit important. She loved Van, and she really did miss him, but they just couldn't be together.
It wasn't fait, if only he wasn't a King, if only she wasn't from Earth.
If only, if only…
Her wishes in a way came true one night a year later. While she was sleeping which surprised her a lot. If anything were to come to her she expected it to be a vision, but it came in a dream.
The beginning was the same she had had back at Fanelia, with Dilandau speaking. So she took that into account, could mean something about Celena. Then there was chaos. She could see many familiar faces, and there was a war. Fight was everywhere. Fire burned the grounds of the battlefield.
She was in two different places. She was with one man. He was dying. And then she was also standing by another man with a scared face…
Hitomi sat up in bed; a sweat had gone come over her and her breathing doubled. Her heart was racing a mile a minute. What had all that meant anyway?
Before she could get out of bed the feeling came again. A dark evil feeling that spread through her stomach and heart and seemed to kill all her senses. Something was coming, something evil.
She quickly jumped out of bed and grabbed the nearest T-Shirt, then she flung a white sweater on, she with her blue jeans on she took out her pendant and began to concentrate of Fanelia and Van.
She had to return to save them, to warn them, to warn Allen.
Suddenly a pillar of light surrounded her and she could feel gravity being lifted and taken away, and then she was floating up through the air with her eyes closed. When she opened them again she found herself in very unfamiliar territory.
She was in a tall dark and cold forest, she was very thankful for her sweater suddenly. She looked around and began concentrating again, the bad feeling was still there, but she could barely feel Van.
It was like he was on the other side of Gaea…
*
She had come to call herself Nanashi. 'No Name'.
After all, she had no name right? She had no past, or memories of her past anyway. She was an outcast and traveller of this world Gaea.
After living her own personal hell, she had begun to travel, she taught herself to hunt and from memories she couldn't remember, built fires and mostly made her living off stealing trinkets and selling them in the next town.
Hey, it was a living.
Her present town victim, a new place called Fanelia. The place was being rebuilt from the Great War thingy that had happen like six years ago, none of her concern, either way, the pickings were easy and she was making a killing.
Until she got caught, obviously getting too careless with it all being so easy to steal. No big problem though, they hadn't found her stash and the second she was out she'd take it, leave this place and never return.
But they were being very odd, the second the captain of whatever their law enforcement saw her, he seemed shocked. Maybe she had been a known criminal or something before hand. Who knows?
He asked for her name and she gave it.
"Nanashi."
"Are you sure?" He asked not sure of himself anymore.
"Yes."
"Positive?"
"Yes," she said almost grinding her teeth. How could she not be sure?
"Perhaps I should get the King down… or at least Me-"
"KING!?!" She asked/screamed wondering why a King would be brought over on something like a petty thief.
"Although… I can't see her wearing such rags…"
"Rags!?! Hey mister! I happen to like what I'm wearing!" She defended her black slacks, tunic and raged cloak, nothing fancy, but perfect for travelling and those cold nights in the forest.
"But she… you maybe…"
"Slow down! Who the hell is she!?!" This was getting so damn confusing.
"If I recall correctly she had short hair," he said referring to her long hair. She never really thought to cut it after waking up that night a year ago, it had been short, but she liked it long tied up in a ponytail.
"She!?!" Nanashi asked once again beyond frustrated.
"Yes, Hi-" The commander stopped talking and stood at attention, Nanashi turned around lazily in her chair and watched the now opening door, her face looked bored and expressionless.
Then Van walked into the room followed by Merle, they looked on with a bit of shock written on their faces.
"Hitomi?" Van asked wondering why the change in her looks and wondering that if she had come back it was because of the might be war. He was getting that dreadful feeling again.
"Hitomi? Look mister, you've all got the wrong girl and-" she looked down at her legs, her eyes wide in shock, her mouth twitching. There was Merle sniffing her. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!"
Merle flew back, ears going back, tail up and claws extended.
"Just making sure you really are Hitomi, you look so different, but it's definitely your smell-"
"WHO IS HITOMI!?!" She yelled finally loosing it completely, she was tired and frustrated, and she'd be taking heads off soon.
"Don't you… Don't you remember any of us? Of yourself? Of anything?" Van asked, his voice drowning with concern for the girl.
Amnesia was a word she had acquainted herself with quite frequently. She had no memory of anything.
"No…" she mumbled out silently, her temper had flown out the window.
"She has amnesia…" Merle stated suddenly, her eyes wide with shock and fear.
(I forgot my writers comment
in my last chapter, how damn odd of me. I guess I was just in such a hurry to
put the story up, I'm really exited about it. The idea suddenly came to me when
Sony_Mouse and her friend started talking about a Esca/GW crossover… either
way, I got thinking about why I had never written one before, especially seeing
I had seen the entire series and then could write a lovely sequel. So I got
thinking. I had to bring Dilandau back and Allen had to go, sorry Allen fans,
he was ok, but Sony_Mouse puts it best: "I liked him at first because he caused
as a jealousy factor in the Van/Hitomi relationships… but then he started
winning over Van." And that sums up my feelings pretty well, so he was killed
(I hate Celena too, but bringing Dilandau back obviously kills her). Now, I
didn't even have to think of a plot because once I get a basic idea the story
just starts writing itself. And then the plot come to be, it was confusing and
I could barely follow it, I wrote down a small outline of the beginning, I know
the end, and the middle will be an adventure for the writing process. Hopw you
guys are following so far, ask question in the reviews, if the next chapter doesn't
explain it or if the answer doesn't ruin the ending, I'll answer it in my next
little 'Authors' note'. Anyhoo, arigatou gozaimasu for reading, dunno when the
next chapter will be up or how long it will be, but hopefully it'll be good,
and I'm sure the angst will be getting back *this chapter was far too romantic
for my taste and it was barely romantic…*. Ok, thanx for reading, please
review, sayonara)