Demona: Did not!
Daemonar: Did too!
Luthvian: Are the both of you still arguing over the samething?
Demona: Did not!
Daemonar: Did too!
Shanis: I would take that as a yes.
Demona: Did not!
Daemonar: Did too!
Lirpa: Don't they have anything better to do in their spare time?
Demona: Did not!
Daemonar: Did too!
Cyberkitty: Apparently not. I think their life revolves around arguing.
Demona: Did not!
Daemonar: Did too!
Luthvian: You're right. But be grateful, at least you don't live with them.
Shanis, Luthvian, Lirpa, and Cyberkitty: *Sigh*
Demona: By the way I do not own Escaflowne, the TV series or the movie A Girl in Gaea. Did not!
Daemonar: If she did, the ratings would go down. Did too!
Demona: Enjoy the chapter and please review! Did not!
Daemonar: Did too!
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*She must be Hitomi's daughter. She's fast but not fast enough.* Van though as he continued to follow Hope from up in the air. *Not good. She's heading deeper into the forest. There's not going to be enough room for my wings to spread out soon. But, she's not going to lose me that easily.*
Down on the ground…
*Doesn't that guy ever give up? Well, he won't be behind me for long.* Hope thought to herself as she went deeper and deeper into the brush. *You've found the wrong person to make an enemy of, Van Fanel.*
Up in the air…
*Where is she? She couldn't have gotten very far if she is on foot. But why now? Why has the daughter of Hitomi come now? Could she be here to give me a message? A warning? No. That can't be it. If she was, she would have told me by now, wouldn't she? And the reason why she won't tell me anything more can't be because she might be shy, judging by her attitude. [AN: I couldn't agree more.] Maybe Hitomi is ill. But it must be fatal to have been able to have caused enough energy to bring Hope here to Gaea. Could Hitomi be dying? Could she already be dead? No Van! Don't think like that! Maybe Hope, if that's really her name, was lying. But her eyes, that look on her face...they were so much like Hitomi's…*
"GRRR…GRRR…" The noise came from down below. Suddenly, a huge black dragon charged at Van from below. *What the?* Angling his right wing, he managed to maneuver away just in time. Of course, the force created by the dragon managed to knock Van a few feet down. *That's strange. Dragons don't usually come out at this hour, especially not to hunt. Besides, they usually prefer to hunt their prey on the ground. Not to mention the fact that it would be easier for them to avoid being captured or hunted. Hmmm…something's not right…maybe it's just me, but there's something strange about that girl. I just can't put my finger on it.*
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"Here you go." Hitomi said as she handed over the bag of prescription pills to the elderly man in front of her.
"Thank you very much." The man replied with a smile as he left the counter and exited the pharmacy.
"Next customer, please."
"Hello. Here is the prescription from my doctor." The woman who was next in line explained as she handed Hitomi the piece of paper.
"All right. Let's see…mmm…it will take us at the most an hour to get your medicine ready."
"Okay, thanks. I'll come back later for my prescription."
And on and on Hitomi's job went. After she had come home from Gaea, Hitomi had continued on with her life. She finished high school and went on to university to get her Ph.D. in medicine, a master's degree in pharmacology, not to mention a diploma as a mechanic since she wanted to try something new among the many other professions she had tried out were economics, law, politics, accounting, and psychology. But even in all the work she had tried to drown herself in, Hitomi still found that her memories of Gaea, of Van, would not stop haunting her. Now they were just more than memories, they were now also part of her dreams and visions of which she did not understand.
It was nearly midnight when Hitomi's shift had finally ended. Instead of taking the bus home, she decided to walk since the place she worked at wasn't that far away from the house she grew up in and still lived in. *Why now? Why now? How come visions are coming to me now and not before? What could that dream have meant? Danger is coming? There is great sadness and anger? Someone's death is coming?* Hitomi wondered as she let out a deep sigh. *There are so many unanswered questions, and so many possible answers. Maybe I'm just hallucinating. Maybe I've finally lost it. They say overworking can cause stress. Maybe I should start taking Yukari's advice and get out more, take a vacation. After all, I haven't taken one in six, seven years.*
Hitomi stopped walking to stare up at the moon, knowing that Gaea was right behind it. There were so many things, so many people she left behind. But, there was no point in regretting something that she couldn't change. *I wonder who could be in trouble. I mean, that's usually what my visions about Gaea foretell. And who were those children? Who was the boy and the…*
"Ouch."
"Uumph."
"I'm sorry miss. Excuse me."
Hitomi looked up to find a teenage girl, who was probably 15 or 16-years-old, lending out her hand to help her. "Thank you. I'm sorry too. I guess I wasn't watching what I was doing or where I was going."
"It's all right. Well, bye." The girl said as she walked away.
*Hmmm…there's something wrong here. Why would a girl her age be walking around outside at this hour of the night. She must have been outside for quite sometime, judging by what she is wearing. [AN: Which by the way was a school uniform. Think Tenshi Muyo in Love: The Movie. What? Okay so I'm being picky about the sailor outfit uniform. But consider how many variations there, and besides I like being specific about the little details. Then again I could just be crazy about nit picking about this minor detail. I just happen to like that version of the sailor outfit. So sue me for being picky. And now back to the show…uh, story.] She shouldn't be outside all alone; she could get hurt.* "Um…excuse me, wait up." Hitomi called out as she ran to catch up to the teenager.
"Hmm…yes?"
"You know, you shouldn't be outside at this hour and all alone. Shouldn't you be getting home?"
"Well yes, but…"
"But?"
"I was on my way home when…I needed sometime to think."
"By why out this late?"
"I must have lost track of time."
"Care to talk about what's bothering you?"
"Ummm…"
"Don't worry. It's not like I can tell anyone. After all, we just met."
"Okay, sure. But do mind if we sit down?"
"Sure. How about there?" Hitomi asked as she pointed to a park bench. The girl nodded her answer and the two went to sit down. "Oh, and by the way, my name is Hitomi Kanzaki. What is yours?"
"My name is…Sola…"
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Demona: Okay, for those of you who have watched A Girl in Gaea you will know what this name means. For those of you who haven't you'll just have to wait and see. Now if you'll excuse me. Did not!
Daemonar: Did too. I heard you.
Demona: Did not. There must be something wrong with your ears.
Daemonar: There is nothing wrong with ears. There is something wrong with yours!
Demona: There is not!
Daemonar: Is too!
Demona: Is not!
Daemonar: Is too!
Demona: Is not!
Daemonar: Is too!
Demona: Is not!
Daemonar: Is too!
Demona: Is not!
Daemonar: Is too!
Demona: Is not!
Luthvian: Just what we need. A new argument.
Cyberkitty: Isn't that a good thing?
Lirpa: Depends on how you look at it. The good thing is that they started using a new vocabulary…
Shanis: The bad thing is that they are still arguing.
