Demona:Hello everyone

Demona:Hello everyone! Miss me?

Daemonar: Like they would miss your big mouth.

Demona: That was my cousin. Correction. Half-cousin Daemonar, unfortunately.

Daemonar: You should be honored to be in my presence.

Demona: (mumbles)Yeah, as honored as I would be if I was about to be exiled.

Daemonar: Then you should be. Kaeleer would ever be so peaceful.

Demona: Then why don't you leave? After all it's your idea. Well, nice knowing you, good bye! (Demona shoves Daemonar out of mansion.) And don't come back! (Slams door.)

Luthvian: Do you really think that's going to keep my brother out?

Demona: If it doesn't than I could always throw him out again.

Luthvian: (sighs) You two are impossible. The both of you fight more than Daemonar and I have ever fought in our entire lives.

Demona: (grumbles)You probably don't have him as your bodyguard who follows you almost everywhere. Now read on people. No flames unless they are constructive criticism. Oh yes. Review!!!! I only got about 2 reviews for the last chapter. After all, it was you guys who were pestering me to write the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne TV series or A Girl in Gaea the Escaflowne movie.

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*It can't be, Hitomi…* Van thought as he stared into the girl's green eyes. "Hit…Hit…Hitomi?"

*What? How come he remembers her and not me? Has he already forgotten me? How could he have forgotten already?* The girl wondered with the same amazement. "Who are you?"

*How could this girl have not figured out who I am? Doesn't she recognize me? After all, a pair of huge white wings on one's back is kinda hard to miss?* "I am Van Slanzar de Fanel."

*Lair! How could he be Van Fanel? He's been dead for years now.* "You're lying."

Van arched an eyebrow. "Oh, really?"

"Yes, really."

"Well now that I have told you who I am, why don't you tell me your name."

"All right, wiseguy. It's Hope."

"That's a strange name."

"Hey! Don't look at me. I didn't pick it. In fact, I'm quite a little pessimist." She grinned.

"You're not from around here, are you?" Van asked as his wings disappeared into his back.

"What? How can you tell?"

"Well for one thing: Your accent and…"

"Excuse me. It's not my fault I talk the way I talk." Hope interrupted.

"…and your clothes. You practically stick out like a sore thumb."

"So I dress the way I dress." Hope answered indignantly as she turned and continued walking.

"Do you even know where you are going?"

"Well…to tell you the truth…not a clue." She smiled sheepishly.

"You can come with me."

"Sure, why not?"

Silence.

"Mind if I ask you something personal, Hope?"

"All right. Shoot."

"When…when I said the name Hitomi, you looked really surprised. Did you know Hitomi? Are you from the Mystic Moon?"

Hope's face shadowed, [AN:You know how anime characters, their hair shadows part of their face when they are sad, lonely, upset, secretive etc.] and silence filled the air. "Um, Van…" She said as she started to back away. "There's something I've been meaning to tell you. You see, I've been telling you half of the truth. Yes I am not from around here, and yes I do know Hitomi Kanzaki."

"How do you know her?"

Hope lifted up her face so Van could see her face, her deep green eyes. "I'm…I'm her daughter." And then she was off like a shot.

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Demona: Now please review or I'll stop writing. And if you want hints, think about what Hope said.

Daemonar: Like they will ever figure out your hints.

Demona: How did you get back in here?

Daemonar: The back door. Oh yes, by the way my dear cousin, you forgot something else.

Demona: WHAT?!

Daemonar: You don't have to yell at me!

Demona: I did not!

Daemonar: Did too!

Demona: Did not!

Daemonar: Did too!

Demona: Did not!

Daemonar: Did too!

Demona: Did not!

Daemonar: Did too!

Demona: Did not!

Luthvian: Now stop it, both of you!

Neither cousin lightens up.

Luthvian: (Rubs her forehead)Now I know how Grandpa feels whenever he has to referee squabbles.

Daemonar: Did too!

Demona: Did not!

Daemonar: Did too!

Demona: Did not!

Luthvian: (Throws arms up)I give up!

Shanis: Don't waste your breath. Believe me they won't listen, and I'm speaking from experience. (Pats Luthvian on the back)

Lirpa: Join the club.

Cyberkitty: You'll get used to it. (Thinks for a moment.) Eventually.

Lirpa: If there is an eventually.