Hitomi and Van-Fateful Destiny

by Feathers of the wind

**Complete story is up!** Ack... I hate writing summaries..This story takes place about 3 months after the original ending of Escaflowne. Van and Hitomi miss each other so much, it's making them miserable. They find out it's better to live your hopes, not

7. Escalamis

~* A/N Konnichiwa Minna!! I'm back.... wow! Got lots o good reviews, so I'm gonna write hopefully a chapter a day. Enjoy! Please R&R Thanx! BTW, I DO NOT OWN ESCAFLOWNE!!!!! Boy I wish I could...

~Feathers of the Wind*~

Note: Ok, you may think this chapter is a bit... uh crazy....

Hitomi and Van- Fateful Destiny

Chapter 7: Escalamis

Chapter 6 recap: Hitomi and Van's wedding is crashed by a girl by the name of Takita. A fight has broken out, as Hitomi and Van rush to Escaflowne, Allen and the castle samurai were holding off Takita and her armies.
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Running into the hangar deep inside the castle, Van stopped panting for breath. Hitomi was wishing the dress had been shorter so she could run faster, but other than a few gasps here and there, she was ok.

"Van, what are we going to do?" Hitomi asked. Van stood up, and looked her straight in the eye, holding her shoulders he answered,

"I'm going to fight using Escaflowne." He just said, knowing what Hitomi would say.

" But Van! You can't! They'll destroy Fanelia! They'll destroy everything you've worked so hard on!" Hitomi was nearly crying. "Van I might lose you!" Hitomi flung her arms around Van, whose arms automatically went around her waist, as she began to gently cry into his chest. As her tears touched the pendant around her neck, it began to glow.

" Huh? What's happening?" Hitomi asked, as the light became brighter, until it flashed so brilliantly Hitomi and Van had to shut their eyes. The bright light contained itself into a bright ball, and floated near Escaflowne. Another bright flash filled the room.

When the light dimmed away, Hitomi almost fainted. Van stood there with his eyes wide in shock. There standing next to the Escaflowne was the legendary Ispano guymeleph; Escalamis. Escalamis and Escaflowne looked almost exactly the same, except that the gem colors were reversed. (Escaflowne: Shoulder gems=green, energist crystal=pink; Escalamis: Shoulder gems=pink, energist crystal= green.) As Hitomi stepped forward, Escalamis' energist crystal glowed, and changed Hitomi's wedding gown into the kind of clothes Van wore before. She was now wearing tan pants, an emerald green backless halter top (You'll find out why, later), an emerald green peasant shirt over top, a sword and an energist. The sword, was much like Van's, except that hers was green and gold at the hilt (Van's is red and gold), was a bit lighter in weight too, but was just as deadly. Van ran up to her, and he changed from his royal garments into the clothes he normally loved to wear, the tan pants, and the red shirt.( Oh and the gloves... can't forget the gloves.)

"Hitomi... is this.. the second Escaflowne?" Van stared up at the giant look-a-like mecha, holding Hitomi's hand.

"Yes... but this one is called Escalamis. It- It wants me to pilot it." (AN, ok here's where you may be thinking; what the hell?! just keep reading.) Without hesitation, she took her sword with the crest of Fanelia on it, and made a little cut on her thumb. Wiping a little blood onto the energist she had, and stuck it through the green energist crystal. This shocked Van a little.

"Hitomi... are you sure about this?" Looking at Van, Hitomi kissed him gently.

"Yes Van, I'm sure. WE have to work together, Escalamis and Escaflowne to destroy Takita. She has an Ispano guymeleph too... Alkemis. " Hitomi sounded serious.

"Alright then, let's do this." Van walked over to Escaflowne, and opened the pilot seat chamber with a simple thought of his command, Hitomi followed suit. They both jumped into their pilot seats and soon the gentle humming of gears filled the room.

"Hitomi... do you know how to pilot it?" Van feared for her safety.

"Strangely enough, yes I do. I feel as if I've always known how." To prove her point, she drew Escalamis' sword, and began sparring with the air. Van was amazed, she was almost as good as he was!

"Hitomi, I want you to promise me you'll be careful. I don't want to lose you, I love you." Van said. Hitomi stopped her swordplay, and answered,

"I love you too Van. I don't want to lose you either, so you'd better come back in one piece!" She added with a smile. Van smiled too, then heard a voice in his head,

* Van?* It was Hitomi, communicating with her mind.

*Hitomi? What are you doing?*

* I'm going to re-establish our mind link... we'll be able to communicate better this way. Just like how you can feel what Escaflowne feels, we can speak to one another just by thinking.* Just then, Hitomi had a terrible vision. Allen was in his guymeleph, while Takita was in hers. It seemed that Allen was winning in the fight against her, but she surprised him, and was about to cut him in half....

"Van! Allen's going to be in trouble!" Hitomi in Escalamis ran outside and arrived just in time to save Allen. Allen was fighting Takita and almost got killed.

"Thanks Van." Allen panted, then realized that this guymeleph wasn't Escaflowne. It looked like it... but something was different about it.

"Who is that?" Allen asked, then gasped as the visor of the mighty guymeleph opened to reveal...Hitomi?

~*A/N: hey hey! What did you think? Hmm... rather interesting, ne? Heehee.. ok. If you thought this chapter was weird, just wait till Chapter 8! oops.. I've said too much already. Ok, till next time! ~Feathers of the wind