OK chapter 2, not much happens but tell me if you like it or what anyways!

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Chapter 2

That afternoon after Hitomi had her pizza, she went home and packed a few
little things in her bag. "Mom, Dad I'm going now I'll see you Monday!"
Hitomi yelled at the door on her way out.

"Excuse me? Where do you think your going missy?" her mother replied.

"Mom? Mom I told you I'm going to see Van for the weekend! Remember?" Hitomi
asked a little forceful.

"Oh no your not!" her mother explained. Hitomi gasped in total shock.
"Ha not with out giving you mother a kiss and a hug before going" her mother
smiled.

'few. That was to close' Hitomi said over in her mind while giving her mother
a kiss and a hug.

"Bye then have fun, be careful! And don't do anything foolish!" her mother
called from the doorway.

"Don't worry I wont." Hitomi called running down the street. Finally she
reached her school, she went to the back out onto the tracks, this is where
she usually came to go to Gaea. There usually wasn't anyone there to see her
come or go. 'Van I'm ready' she called him in her mind. All of a sudden a
blue cylinder of light came down and picked up Hitomi and her bag. the light
was so warm so comforting Hitomi could stay there all day but she wouldn't
she wanted to see Van. Before Hitomi could say 'lets go then' she was washed
away up into the sky.

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"Come on Hitomi where are you?" Van was now walking back and forth in front
of the Escaflowne. All of a sudden a blue light came down from out of nowhere.

"Van!" Hitomi was now on the ground running towards him.

"Hitomi!" Van ran to Hitomi embarrassing her in his arms. She was warm and
smelled sweet like flowers. "Hitomi I didn't think you would be this long
it's almost dark now" Van asked a little worried.

"Ha it's all because of that silly Amono and Yukari!" Hitomi laughed looking
up into Van's eyes. They were so warm and comforting.

"Ha, oh really? Now what were they doing to my Hitomi here?" Van asked with
a snicker. He had meat Amono and Yukari a few times when Hitomi had taking
him to the Mystic Moon.

"Oh Van! It was horrible!" Hitomi again threw herself into Van's arms
pretending to sob in his shirt. "First the picked me up and brought me to a
pizza parlor and then they made me eat two pieces of pizza and THEN Amono
payed for it!!" Hitomi's false crying was now more like a giggle.

"Oh my Hitomi that is absolutely horrible! I'll now go a pay them a visit
they'll never forget! Where's my sword!?" by now they were both laughing.

'LORD VAN!!!! LORD VANNNN!"

"Van was that Merle?" Hitomi asked with a bit of worry. "She sounds horrible
what happened to her?"

"Oh Merle" Van shook his head and started walking to wards the door "come on
Hitomi you can see for your self." Hitomi and Van finally reached where Merle
was Van opened the door and there was Merle, in bed and with a face cloth on
her head.

"Merle? Oh merle you got the flu!" Hitomi said careful not to get to close.

"Flu? -COUGH- this is no flu!" Merle was almost crying you could see the
tears in her eyes.

"Yes it-" Hitomi got cut off

"Did you want something Merle?" Van asked as sympathetically as he could when
you could tell he was annoyed.

"Lord Van I want some juice, please" Merle dragged that last 'ease' out a
little to long.

"Merle I told you, you can just ask the servants for little things." Van said
with a little of a 'I'm tiered but I'm trying to be nice' look on his face.

"Yes but Lord Van this is not a little thing!" Merle said like it was of
great importance. "Your the only one who know's how to make it like I like it!"
Merle said a little to fast.

"Ok Merle but don't ask for anything else today ok?" Van said with a sweet
smile.

"But Lord Van this could BE my last day!" Merle started to protest.

"Ok Merle if you need something don't ask me then ask a servant ok?" Van was
still very gentle talking to her but you could her him starting to giggle,
but Merle didn't seem to notice.

"Ok Lord Van." Merle then started at her hands witch were on the beds top
blanket.

"Try to get some sleep now Merle." Van said while him and Hitomi left the
room.

"Sorry I cut you off in there" Van smiled while they started towards the
kitchen.

"Oh that's ok." Hitomi smiled a sweet forgiving smile. "But what was that all
about?" Hitomi asked in confusion.

"Ha well you see," Van coughed to clear the laughter coming up in his throat.
"-COUGH- well Merle thinks she's dying" Van just couldn't help it he started
to laugh. Hitomi just stared in shock 'dying?' ha that silly cat she thought.

"Van did you try to tell her it was only the flu?" Hitomi asked with a little
giggle.

"Yes, but she still thinks she's dying. She says it's to horrible to be the
flu" Van said while they entered the kitchen. "Anyway would you like
anything?" Van asked.

"Um yeah I'll have some Orange juice too," Hitomi just realized how dry her
mouth had been. While Van was poring the juice Hitomi was looking around she
rarely came in the kitchen.

"Here you go" Van handed her a big glass of Orange juice with pulp. Good
thing she didn't mind pulp cause that's all they had on Gaea. Van had poured
himself up a glass too and was now sipping it. "Excuse me" he said to a maid
who had just walked in.

"Yes your highness?" she bowed in front of him.

" Lady Merle is ill and asked if I would bring her this," he passed her the
juice. "I was wondering if you would bring it up to her?" she then nodded and
walked away. After they drank there juice it was Hitomi who came up with an
idea.

"Van?" Hitomi asked looking out a window.

"Is something wrong Hitomi?" Van had a sudden change in his face he was
worried now.

"No haha nothings wrong, I was just wondering if we could go for a walk,
maybe in the gardens out back. The gardens look so nice when the moons are
shining on them" Hitomi looked away from the window and was looking his way
with a bright smile that Van couldn't ignore.

"Sure" Van said with a bit of relief that everything was ok. And with that
they both started out the door hand in hand out into the gardens.

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Hey! That was chapter 2! What did yeah think? Please R&R, tell me what you
think before I post the rest of the chapters up, cause I already have most
of the chapters written (up to chapter 16 actually!) But don't go to hard on
me cause this is my first fanfic and I'm trying I really am! :)

Ok then, cya
emi