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Disclaimer: I do not own Escaflowne, I do own Sai, and Tsumura.



Chapter 8: A Soul's Scar

Hitomi woke up to find herself in Van's arms. She smiled sadly remembering the day she left Geia, waking up like this. She slipped out of his arms, and flew to the top of a near by tree.

Van woke up, and found Hitomi was not in his arms. Then, he heard a voice, and looked up to see Hitomi sitting at the top of a tree. He heard her singing the song she sung the day before.

"Win dain a lotica
En val tu ri
Si lo ta Fin dein a loluca
En dragu a sei lain
Vi fa-ru les shutai am
En riga-lint

Win chent a lotica
En val turi
Silota
Fin dein a loluca
Si katigura neuver
Floreria for chesti
Si entina

Lalala...
Fontreria Blu Cent
De cravi esca letisimo
Lalala...
De quantian
La finde reve

Win dain a lotica
Ev vai tu ri
Si lo ta
Fin dein a loluca
En dragu a sei lain
Vi fa-ru les shutai am
En riga-lint."

By the time Hitomi finished the song, Van had made it to the branch next to Hitomi, "Hitomi are you alright?"

"Yeah, I've been thinking about what you said yesterday. While I am partly responsible for Fanelia's destruction, I think Sai would have done it anyway."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because every time on Green 12th moon she's done something that will scar my soul for the rest of my life. That song that I've been singing is a lullaby I used to sing Tsumura every night before she went to sleep. She was such a good little girl I wish you could have met her." Hitomi said sadly.

"Me too. We'll get Sai for what she's done. But, how did she become the Empress of Ziback?"

"That I do not know. We need to gather our forces, if we're going to beat Ziback again." Hitomi said, gazing at Van. Van realized then just how much Hitomi had changed as far as her personality, "I think we should head for Austuria."

Hitomi moved over to the branch Van was on, "I think that's a good idea. I'm sorry about not telling you the truth when I came back. But I knew Sai wouldn't know about our past history. I hope you can for give me for diseving you."

"Hitomi, I love you too much not to forgive you. I would have done the same thing. One question, why did you pick the name Starcross?"

"Starcross is my middle name."

"What was Tsumura's?"

"Her full name was Tsumura Seri Vari Kanzaki-Fanel."

Van smiled, and brushed a stay lock of Hitomi's hair out of her eyes. Hitomi smiled back, and they started to lean toward each other.



They stopped, and starred each other in the eye, "Uh-oh." They said in unison.



The branch broke under them, and they started to fall. Hitomi quickly wrapped her tail around Van's waist, and spread her wings, taking to the sky.

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There's Chapter 8, I hope you all enjoyed it. I should have Chapter 9 & 10 posted soon.

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