A.N-Sorry this toke so long to get out, i've been a bit busy lately.
Dedication-*Mouse, Lady Yuki, Sara, Liz, ~Dilandra~, Chrissy Yuy, Vanessa St. Cloud, Koki-San, Satar, Sakura, and Sabby. THANKYOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS^_^_^_^_^
Its funny how we always think that once you belive you've found love that nothing can ever change the way you feel about them. Even if time, space, water or land seperat you, you always swear that no matter what
happens they'll always be the only one to ever touch your heart, the only one you'll ever care about. Nothing you learn about them can ever change that, they say that true love passes all boudrise.
But at the momment these things where not the thoughts that where traveling through Aya's mind. Was Dilandau just a cold blooded killer? She'd finnly worked up her courage to ask Migel if it was true. Did they
destroy an innocent counrtys. Had they shed the blood of innocent men and women. Aya had both feared and louthed his response.
It was 'Yes, but we had our resones.' He'd rambled on for a few momments about Emperour Dornkirk's vision for a perfect world, about their fate changing planes, how the Dragon, what Aya now knew was the
Gyemilth Escaflowne and its pilot Van Fannel, stood in the way of all that. After that he'd been taken away by Freds gaurds, probbly to be interrgated.
Once left alone, Aya saw the world of Gaea in a new light. Their where actually simulartys between it and her own world. In that past had many men not tried to change the world in the way they saw fit? True maybe
Dornkirk was actually trying to make a world where happyness was evedint, but the fact still remained that they'd taken lives.
Maybe to them that fact didn't really matter, as long as they achived the goal they had set for themselves. But life was more preciouse then gold itself. Though many didn't see it as that, and always plunged their
souls into battle regaurdless of the concquses. Regaurdless of the fact that the very person whom sword they impaled into might have a wife or a child or someone waiting at home for them; praying that the one
they loved would make it home in one peice.
Did she still care for Dilandau? Yes without questin she did. But did she still love him? To that Aya didn't know. Can one love someone who has killed so many? Whos hands carry the blood of many? Aya relized
then that she didn't care when he'd killed Allen Shizar, but then Allen had attacked her and most likely would have killed her. But still, what if Allen had been loved by someone, somewhere? What if?
These thoughts plauged her mind as she sat their in the shadows. Her deep eyes glazed over with the thought of how she'd thought she'd found a haven here on Gaea. Thought that she was safe here. Thought how
honorble and so close to perfect Gaea had seemed. But now.....but what?
Where was she to go from here? What was she going to say to Dilandau when she saw him? Whos side was she on? Tears welled up in Aya's eyes and she allowed them to fall. It was as though everything she'd
come to belive in on this world had been a lie. An illosion. All that comfort she'd felt from the momment she'd arrived on this world was gone like leaves on the wind.
The sound of a door opening jerked Aya away from her thoughts. She raised her eyes slowly to meet the emerild ones of a girl near her own age. Aya could tell emidetly that she too was from earth, the Mystic
Moon. Noone on Gaea wore those clothes. Her hair was sandy blound and cut boyishly. She looked about 15.
Furiously Aya whiped away her tears with the back of her hand. She wouldn't allow anyone to see her tears. She needed noones pitty!
She touched the bars gently, brushing her hand agenst the cold metel,"I'm Hitomi Kanzaki, are you okay?"
Aya stayed silently for a long momment before finnly speaking,"Aya, my name is Aya Black."
She nodded and silence between them streached. Aya stared at Hitomi who stared right back. After a mommentarl battle of wills it was suprisingly Aya who looked away. Hitomi's eyes where peircing in their own
way. They seemed so old and wise, then so calculateing the next momment. The girl's eyes showed she'd seen more then an averege girl, but then so had Aya.
But then its our experinces in life that add to our maturty and teach us. The more Aya thought about Dilandua the sadder she felt. She wasn't sure if she could love someone who had killed so many. She thought of
throwing those faults out the window and leaveing everything as they where, but she wasn't so sure she could forgive herself if she where to do that.
Why did her life seem to be so cursed? Was she doomed to never be happy? Where was her knight in shining armer? Why did it have to be this way? Why? What did she do to deserve this? Aya felt tears sting her
eyes, closeing her eyes briefly she forced herself to not let them fall. Opening her eyes once more she saw the same ageless eyes of the girl Hitomi stareing back at her.
Standing up Aya leaned agenst the wall as she spoke,"Why are you here?"
Hitomi smiled slightly, it was a genuine smile reveling her perfect white teeth,"I just wanted to see if you where o.k. Van's pretty hot-headed, just wanted to make sure he didn't hurt you emotinaly or anything."
Aya downcasted her eyes, he had in a way. He'd shattered her little plight of fantasy belife. Forceing herself to remeet the eyes of Hitomi she responed,"I'm fine. Where is Migel?"
"His being intterated by Plactoe."(a.n.-is that how you spell it?)
Aya's eyes widened,"Is he being physcly interraged or....."
Hitomi shook her head her brow furrowed,"Of course not!"
Aya sighed relived,"Good."
Hitomi smiled agine,"Are you hungry? I can get you some food if you like."
Aya started to protest but a rumbling in her belly stopped protests, smileing sheepishly she nodded,"Yes, please."
Hitomi nodded hurridly,"Great, i'll be back in a sec."
With that she was gone, leaveing Aya alone. Alone. Thats what she always seemed to be. Noone their for her at home. Did she belong on earth? Or Gaea? Did she belong on any planet? In truth she had no desire what
so ever to return to her old world, Earth; but what did she have here? Dilandau? The Slayers?
What did she have? She lowerd herself to the bench and allowed the tears to fall freely. Nights of life she spent with Dilandau came to her mind. How he'd held her so close. How his lips had fit so perfectly onto hers.
The way he'd glanced at her when noone was looking. His smile so kind, noone had ever seen him smile. Their are so many words for a broken heart, its hard to see them in a crimson love
She felt her tears fall more freely as their nights of laughter and loveing kisses came rushing back. How wild and free their loved seemed. How untouchble she felt in his arms that had seemed to be molded to hold her
and no outher. An endless love it seemed to be to her. But this new information seemed to bring her back to reality and away from the small world Dilandau and herself had created. She thought of escape then. But
where would she go? Where do you run to when theirs no place to go?
She cried silently. Her tears cassading gently down her face as she sat their, her knees drawn up to her chest. Suddenly Aya felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to meet the emerild eyes of Hitomi Kanzaki.
"What is it?"she asked softly.
Aya tried to calm down,"N-n-nothing. I-I'm F-fine."she stuttered out in shakey breaths.
Hitomi frowned, concern shining in her depthless eyes,"Yes their is."
Aya looked up at her and asked softly,"Hitomi, is it possible to love someone even if they've done something that may seem unforgiveble in outhers eyes?"
Hitomi looked away,"I-I don't know......."she paused then Hitomi returned her eyes to Aya's,"Maybe, but only if you where able to live with that fact of what they had done. True love passes all boundrise. If you really
love that person with all your heart and soul then it shouldn't matter."
Aya looked away,"I see.....H-Hitomi, why are you being so kind to me?"
Hitomi slipped her arm over her shoulder,"Becouse, I don't really think that in a way where both really alike, we both turned up on this world at the wrong time, and we both are trapped playing parts in a war that really
isn't our fight, but we've no choice but to fight, even if we've no blade to weild."
Aya frowned slightly how had she known she wasn't from Gaea? Aya glanced down, she was wearing a typ of clotheing that deffently didn't come from Gaea. Aya opened her mouth to say something but didn't get a
chance for one of them burly gaurds walzed right in.
"What do you think your doing!? That girl is a prisoner! And so are you, now though you should be in your own cell!"
With that he marched in and grabed Hitomi angrly by the arm. The girl winced in pain. Aya felt immedet anger surge through her entire being. She shot up from her defensless position and punched the man hard in
the stoamke. He let go of Hitomi emidetly.
"And that is no way to treat a lady, sir."she said coldly. She looked at Hitomi calmly,"T-t-thankyou...goodbye Hitomi Kanzaki. Maybe you and I will meet agine, though we might be fighting on different sides then."
With that Aya rushed from her cell. She opened the door to be face to face with anouther gaurd. Thinking quickly she punched the man hard in the mouth and kicked him hard in the gut. Needless to say he fell down
like a sack of potatoes. She grabed the gaurds sword holding it precautiously as she walked through the door, pauseing only once to glanced back at Hitomi. Turning her gaze away Aya toke off running down the corridor.
After some searching she found what she searched for, an exite. She ran out quickly and into the streets of freid. She held the sword down and glanced around weary for any soliders. She was surprised not really see any.
Something wasn't right. From the way Migel had described this place she was sure their would be gaurds everywhere. Yet their where none.
She walked quickly comeing to a quick halt, however, when she saw the legendary Gyemilth Escaflowne battleing a badly damaged Zeibock Gyemilth.
"Migel."she whispered as she ducked into cover in the shadows. She wached captivated as the battle between the Ispano Gyemilth Escaflowne battled agenst the Zeibock one. It wasn't long before Migel shifted into his
invisble cloak. I couldn't help but grin slighly. The outher Gyemilth had to be defeated now. He couldn't fight an enemy he couldn't see.
But to her chargin Escaflowne wirled around impaleing Migel's Gyemilth in a flick of a wrist. Aya gasped horrified. Migel.......just then she watched as he climbed out the ruined Gyemilth. Her eyes widened as Escaflowne
started to attack him for what was sure to be the finnly blow, but was stoped as Fried's Gyemilths surrounded him and captured him. Swallowing hard Aya ran toward the shadows where Migel had ran to.
It was then she saw it. It looked like a man and yet not. It was ungodly pale with tattoos painted all over its body. Its eyes where a wide unearthly green. It lifted its arms to attack Migel. Aya gasped and threw her sword at
the creature. It was a direct hit. It slumped to the ground, dead. She ran to Migel he looked suprised at her.
"Hey, Migel i'm glad your O.K."she said sincerely.
"How did you escape?"he asked as I reached him.
I shook my head,"Its a long story i'll tell ya later.....whos he?"Aya asked as she gestering toward the....thing she'd just killed.
"A doppleganger...thanks for the help, though i'm not sure if it was needed....come on, we gotta get back to the Vione."
As she passed the now dead Doppleganger, she relized what she had done. She'd just taken a life.
A.N-What did you think? Too corny? Please review^_^_^_^_^
Dedication-*Mouse, Lady Yuki, Sara, Liz, ~Dilandra~, Chrissy Yuy, Vanessa St. Cloud, Koki-San, Satar, Sakura, and Sabby. THANKYOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS^_^_^_^_^
Its funny how we always think that once you belive you've found love that nothing can ever change the way you feel about them. Even if time, space, water or land seperat you, you always swear that no matter what
happens they'll always be the only one to ever touch your heart, the only one you'll ever care about. Nothing you learn about them can ever change that, they say that true love passes all boudrise.
But at the momment these things where not the thoughts that where traveling through Aya's mind. Was Dilandau just a cold blooded killer? She'd finnly worked up her courage to ask Migel if it was true. Did they
destroy an innocent counrtys. Had they shed the blood of innocent men and women. Aya had both feared and louthed his response.
It was 'Yes, but we had our resones.' He'd rambled on for a few momments about Emperour Dornkirk's vision for a perfect world, about their fate changing planes, how the Dragon, what Aya now knew was the
Gyemilth Escaflowne and its pilot Van Fannel, stood in the way of all that. After that he'd been taken away by Freds gaurds, probbly to be interrgated.
Once left alone, Aya saw the world of Gaea in a new light. Their where actually simulartys between it and her own world. In that past had many men not tried to change the world in the way they saw fit? True maybe
Dornkirk was actually trying to make a world where happyness was evedint, but the fact still remained that they'd taken lives.
Maybe to them that fact didn't really matter, as long as they achived the goal they had set for themselves. But life was more preciouse then gold itself. Though many didn't see it as that, and always plunged their
souls into battle regaurdless of the concquses. Regaurdless of the fact that the very person whom sword they impaled into might have a wife or a child or someone waiting at home for them; praying that the one
they loved would make it home in one peice.
Did she still care for Dilandau? Yes without questin she did. But did she still love him? To that Aya didn't know. Can one love someone who has killed so many? Whos hands carry the blood of many? Aya relized
then that she didn't care when he'd killed Allen Shizar, but then Allen had attacked her and most likely would have killed her. But still, what if Allen had been loved by someone, somewhere? What if?
These thoughts plauged her mind as she sat their in the shadows. Her deep eyes glazed over with the thought of how she'd thought she'd found a haven here on Gaea. Thought that she was safe here. Thought how
honorble and so close to perfect Gaea had seemed. But now.....but what?
Where was she to go from here? What was she going to say to Dilandau when she saw him? Whos side was she on? Tears welled up in Aya's eyes and she allowed them to fall. It was as though everything she'd
come to belive in on this world had been a lie. An illosion. All that comfort she'd felt from the momment she'd arrived on this world was gone like leaves on the wind.
The sound of a door opening jerked Aya away from her thoughts. She raised her eyes slowly to meet the emerild ones of a girl near her own age. Aya could tell emidetly that she too was from earth, the Mystic
Moon. Noone on Gaea wore those clothes. Her hair was sandy blound and cut boyishly. She looked about 15.
Furiously Aya whiped away her tears with the back of her hand. She wouldn't allow anyone to see her tears. She needed noones pitty!
She touched the bars gently, brushing her hand agenst the cold metel,"I'm Hitomi Kanzaki, are you okay?"
Aya stayed silently for a long momment before finnly speaking,"Aya, my name is Aya Black."
She nodded and silence between them streached. Aya stared at Hitomi who stared right back. After a mommentarl battle of wills it was suprisingly Aya who looked away. Hitomi's eyes where peircing in their own
way. They seemed so old and wise, then so calculateing the next momment. The girl's eyes showed she'd seen more then an averege girl, but then so had Aya.
But then its our experinces in life that add to our maturty and teach us. The more Aya thought about Dilandua the sadder she felt. She wasn't sure if she could love someone who had killed so many. She thought of
throwing those faults out the window and leaveing everything as they where, but she wasn't so sure she could forgive herself if she where to do that.
Why did her life seem to be so cursed? Was she doomed to never be happy? Where was her knight in shining armer? Why did it have to be this way? Why? What did she do to deserve this? Aya felt tears sting her
eyes, closeing her eyes briefly she forced herself to not let them fall. Opening her eyes once more she saw the same ageless eyes of the girl Hitomi stareing back at her.
Standing up Aya leaned agenst the wall as she spoke,"Why are you here?"
Hitomi smiled slightly, it was a genuine smile reveling her perfect white teeth,"I just wanted to see if you where o.k. Van's pretty hot-headed, just wanted to make sure he didn't hurt you emotinaly or anything."
Aya downcasted her eyes, he had in a way. He'd shattered her little plight of fantasy belife. Forceing herself to remeet the eyes of Hitomi she responed,"I'm fine. Where is Migel?"
"His being intterated by Plactoe."(a.n.-is that how you spell it?)
Aya's eyes widened,"Is he being physcly interraged or....."
Hitomi shook her head her brow furrowed,"Of course not!"
Aya sighed relived,"Good."
Hitomi smiled agine,"Are you hungry? I can get you some food if you like."
Aya started to protest but a rumbling in her belly stopped protests, smileing sheepishly she nodded,"Yes, please."
Hitomi nodded hurridly,"Great, i'll be back in a sec."
With that she was gone, leaveing Aya alone. Alone. Thats what she always seemed to be. Noone their for her at home. Did she belong on earth? Or Gaea? Did she belong on any planet? In truth she had no desire what
so ever to return to her old world, Earth; but what did she have here? Dilandau? The Slayers?
What did she have? She lowerd herself to the bench and allowed the tears to fall freely. Nights of life she spent with Dilandau came to her mind. How he'd held her so close. How his lips had fit so perfectly onto hers.
The way he'd glanced at her when noone was looking. His smile so kind, noone had ever seen him smile. Their are so many words for a broken heart, its hard to see them in a crimson love
She felt her tears fall more freely as their nights of laughter and loveing kisses came rushing back. How wild and free their loved seemed. How untouchble she felt in his arms that had seemed to be molded to hold her
and no outher. An endless love it seemed to be to her. But this new information seemed to bring her back to reality and away from the small world Dilandau and herself had created. She thought of escape then. But
where would she go? Where do you run to when theirs no place to go?
She cried silently. Her tears cassading gently down her face as she sat their, her knees drawn up to her chest. Suddenly Aya felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to meet the emerild eyes of Hitomi Kanzaki.
"What is it?"she asked softly.
Aya tried to calm down,"N-n-nothing. I-I'm F-fine."she stuttered out in shakey breaths.
Hitomi frowned, concern shining in her depthless eyes,"Yes their is."
Aya looked up at her and asked softly,"Hitomi, is it possible to love someone even if they've done something that may seem unforgiveble in outhers eyes?"
Hitomi looked away,"I-I don't know......."she paused then Hitomi returned her eyes to Aya's,"Maybe, but only if you where able to live with that fact of what they had done. True love passes all boundrise. If you really
love that person with all your heart and soul then it shouldn't matter."
Aya looked away,"I see.....H-Hitomi, why are you being so kind to me?"
Hitomi slipped her arm over her shoulder,"Becouse, I don't really think that in a way where both really alike, we both turned up on this world at the wrong time, and we both are trapped playing parts in a war that really
isn't our fight, but we've no choice but to fight, even if we've no blade to weild."
Aya frowned slightly how had she known she wasn't from Gaea? Aya glanced down, she was wearing a typ of clotheing that deffently didn't come from Gaea. Aya opened her mouth to say something but didn't get a
chance for one of them burly gaurds walzed right in.
"What do you think your doing!? That girl is a prisoner! And so are you, now though you should be in your own cell!"
With that he marched in and grabed Hitomi angrly by the arm. The girl winced in pain. Aya felt immedet anger surge through her entire being. She shot up from her defensless position and punched the man hard in
the stoamke. He let go of Hitomi emidetly.
"And that is no way to treat a lady, sir."she said coldly. She looked at Hitomi calmly,"T-t-thankyou...goodbye Hitomi Kanzaki. Maybe you and I will meet agine, though we might be fighting on different sides then."
With that Aya rushed from her cell. She opened the door to be face to face with anouther gaurd. Thinking quickly she punched the man hard in the mouth and kicked him hard in the gut. Needless to say he fell down
like a sack of potatoes. She grabed the gaurds sword holding it precautiously as she walked through the door, pauseing only once to glanced back at Hitomi. Turning her gaze away Aya toke off running down the corridor.
After some searching she found what she searched for, an exite. She ran out quickly and into the streets of freid. She held the sword down and glanced around weary for any soliders. She was surprised not really see any.
Something wasn't right. From the way Migel had described this place she was sure their would be gaurds everywhere. Yet their where none.
She walked quickly comeing to a quick halt, however, when she saw the legendary Gyemilth Escaflowne battleing a badly damaged Zeibock Gyemilth.
"Migel."she whispered as she ducked into cover in the shadows. She wached captivated as the battle between the Ispano Gyemilth Escaflowne battled agenst the Zeibock one. It wasn't long before Migel shifted into his
invisble cloak. I couldn't help but grin slighly. The outher Gyemilth had to be defeated now. He couldn't fight an enemy he couldn't see.
But to her chargin Escaflowne wirled around impaleing Migel's Gyemilth in a flick of a wrist. Aya gasped horrified. Migel.......just then she watched as he climbed out the ruined Gyemilth. Her eyes widened as Escaflowne
started to attack him for what was sure to be the finnly blow, but was stoped as Fried's Gyemilths surrounded him and captured him. Swallowing hard Aya ran toward the shadows where Migel had ran to.
It was then she saw it. It looked like a man and yet not. It was ungodly pale with tattoos painted all over its body. Its eyes where a wide unearthly green. It lifted its arms to attack Migel. Aya gasped and threw her sword at
the creature. It was a direct hit. It slumped to the ground, dead. She ran to Migel he looked suprised at her.
"Hey, Migel i'm glad your O.K."she said sincerely.
"How did you escape?"he asked as I reached him.
I shook my head,"Its a long story i'll tell ya later.....whos he?"Aya asked as she gestering toward the....thing she'd just killed.
"A doppleganger...thanks for the help, though i'm not sure if it was needed....come on, we gotta get back to the Vione."
As she passed the now dead Doppleganger, she relized what she had done. She'd just taken a life.
A.N-What did you think? Too corny? Please review^_^_^_^_^