HitomiFanel: This chapter is dedicated to all who reviewed. I thank you all!
Zakyra: This is also the longest chapter of the story. 5 pages. Why does your story have such short chapters Hito?
HitomiFanel: Hehe, well, I'm bringing the story out in its almost original format.
Zakyra: Meaning…?
HitomiFanel: Meaning that the chapters are the same size as when I originally brought them out at escaflownefanfiction at Yahoogroups. The only difference it that I revised the story a little to make it more descriptive.
Zakyra: Oh.
HitomiFanel: Anyways, go ahead and read my favorite chapter in this series. I really liked typing it out when I first did. It has a lot of different things happening.
Zakyra: ^_^ The ending of this chapter is especially cool.
HitomiFanel: Yeah. So go ahead and read what happens.
The New Kid
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne
Hitomi sat up from her bed as the sunlight shined through her window. She glanced at her clock and discovered it was only four o'clock. A time good to go to the mall.
'Good thing I didn't over sleep or else I would have missed going to the mall' Hitomi thought as she walked out of her room. She entered the living room and discovered that no one was home. The house was completely silent.
She looked around the living room until her eye caught a note on the sofa (nice place to leave a note huh?). It was from her mom.
Dear Hitomi,
I know you are still napping so I left some money for you.
It should be enough to be able to buy some food at the mall since you told me
you were going. Don't worry about us, we decided to go to the new movie theater
downtown. We should be back by eight.
Love, mom
Hitomi found some money next to the note and bent down to pick it up. 'Thanks mom' she thought with slight annoyance. 'But 20 dollars won't be enough to buy anything.'
She head out the door and walked towards the mall, enjoying the warm day as she walked.
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Once she got there, she went into McDonald's and stood in line. At least she could buy something to eat.
She hadn't even been standing very long in the line when "Excuse me," someone from behind said. Hitomi turned around and gasped. Standing right in front of her was the cutest guy she had ever seen. He had long blonde hair, the bluest eyes in the world, really peachy skin, and a kind face. 'Forget Amano, this guy is really cute' Hitomi thought. "Yes?"
He looked around through the crowds and didn't once look at her. He seemed to be searching for someone. "Have you seen a young man by the name of Van around here?" He looked back at her. "I'm looking for him. He has unruly black hair and reddish-brown eyes," the blonde guy asked.
'How does he know Van?' Hitomi wondered. "I haven't seen him now. How do you know Van? He goes to my school."
He smiled which made him even more attractive. "He's my best friend. I've known him for a little while now. You know he just moved here. He lives right next door to me."
Hitomi frowned at that statement. 'Lucky Yukari. This guy lives pretty close to her house.'
"What's your name?" the guy asked, changing the subject since it didn't seem Hitomi knew where Van was.
Hitomi blushed a pale pink color. "I'm Hitomi. You?"
"My name is Allen Schezar."
'What a perfect name' Hitomi thought dreamily with star glazed eyes.
"Hey Allen!" they heard someone shout. Both Allen and Hitomi turned towards the voice. Hitomi didn't know who it was but Allen did. She was quite a curious little girl who looked around 12. She had shoulder length pink hair and a girlish aura around her.
"Merle. Where's Van?" Allen asked.
"He's waiting for you at Macy's. Come on," Merle called.
Allen turned towards Hitomi. "Well, if you'll excuse me."
Hitomi only stood there and watched his retreating form. She had to ask Van about this guy at school tomorrow. She wanted to know more about this Allen.
She ordered her food, excited about tomorrow.
The next day:
After Hitomi's run in with Allen, she desperately wanted to talk to Van and ask questions about Allen. Maybe with Van's help, Hitomi could snag a date with that cuttie.
Hitomi spotted Van hanging out with his friends. She walked up to him. "Van, can I talk to you?"
Van looked at her and smiled. "Sure. (turns to friends) I'll be right back."
Van and Hitomi walked an inaudible distance from those guy's Van was hanging out with.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Van asked. He looked really happy to talk to her, although Hitomi didn't notice it.
Hitomi decided to be blunt. "Well, yesterday I was at the mall and I met this guy who said was your best friend. His name was Allen Schezar. I just wanted to know some stuff about him," Hitomi responded.
As soon as Hitomi mentioned Allen, a frown grew on Van's face. He obviously didn't like the idea of talking about another guy with her.
"Look, I don't know all that much about him myself. If you want to get to know him then you should talk to him yourself," Van responded rather coldly.
"Why are you being so mean? I just wanted to know about him," Hitomi responded rather hotly.
"Look, I got to go. I'll catch you later." With that, he walked off with his friends, leaving Hitomi just standing there, puzzled as to why he acted that way.
'What's his problem? Now I do have to talk to Allen or else I'll never get to know him' Hitomi thought.
She walked to class and didn't bother to talk to Van again, just as he didn't bother to talk to her.
Later:
Hitomi didn't have a track meet today, so she walked home, unaware of the surprise she was going to get.
Once Hitomi turned a corner, she saw Allen, but he wasn't alone. He was walking with a girl, both of them holding hands.
The girl was shorter than Allen, yet taller than Hitomi. She had long blonde hair that was lighter than Allen's. She had peachy skin and purple eyes. She was really beautiful.
Hitomi decided to find out who this girl was. "Allen!"
She saw the both of them turn around. Allen had a smile on his face as he saw her.
"Hitomi, how nice to see you," Allen greeted.
The girl turned towards Allen. "Allen, who is this girl?" You could tell that she was jealous and thought that Allen was maybe seeing this girl behind her back.
"I met her yesterday at the mall. She goes to Van's school. I was looking for Van at the mall and asked her if she knew him and if she saw where he was," Allen explained.
The girl looked pleased now. She turned towards Hitomi. "My name is Millerna Aston. Please to meet you Hitomi-"
Hitomi knew what she wanted. "Kanzaki."
The girl nodded and turned towards Allen again. "Allen, we should go. My father will be worried if I get home on time."
"You're right. See ya later Hitomi."
They walked off, leaving Hitomi standing there. Hitomi was really sad to find out that Allen already had a girlfriend. She began to walk home, not being able to get what had happened out of her head.
On the way, she bumped into a familiar person.
"Hey! Watch where your going!" the girl yelled as both of them fell to the ground.
"Sorry. Aren't you Merle, that girl from yesterday?" Hitomi asked.
"Yeah. And you must be Hitomi, the one who was talking with Allen."
Hitomi nodded sadly at the mention of Allen. Then curiosity struck Hitomi. "How do you know Van anyway?"
"I'm his little sister," Merle responded as she got up. Hitomi also got up.
"You know, I heard a lot about you from Van," Merle said as she dusted herself off.
"What did he say about me?" Hitomi wondered.
Merle paused for a moment before she answered. "He only said that you were a girl who went to school with him."
"Umm, can I ask you a question?" Hitomi asked, rather shyly. 'It this is Van's little sister, than she might know Allen.'
"What about?"
"Do you know Allen well? I asked Van about him but he didn't want to tell me anything. He said he didn't know all that much."
"Yeah, I do know him and Van's a liar. He talked all day with Allen yesterday, asking him questions."
"The why didn't he want to tell me anything?"
Merle shrugged. "I don't know. I guess he just didn't."
Hitomi got hopeful glints in her eyes. "Well anyways, could you tell me what you know about him?"
Merle smiled a mischievous smile. "Only if you buy me ice cream."
Hitomi smiled and nodded. Merle shouted in excitement and they walked to the ice cream parlor.
Once there, they sat on some stools and ordered. Hitomi asked for a chocolate single while Merle took advantage of the situation and ordered a hot fudge sundae with everything. Hitomi sighed in amused annoyance.
"So, what do you know about Allen?" Hitomi asked as they finished ordering.
"Well, from what Allen told me, he's a student at the local college. He's studying to be a police officer I think. He lives next door to us and he has a girlfriend named Millerna Aston who goes to college with him," Merle responded. (note: When I wrote this story, I thought that Millerna was 18 or so, so I put it that she went to college with Allen. Later, someone told me that she was actually 15. She doesn't look 15 and I doubt that she is. I haven't visited any Escaflowne info websites in a while so I forgot how old she ACTUALLY is.)
She felt the tears threatening to come out at the mention of that fact. She wiped the away while Merle wasn't looking.
"Is that all you know?" Hitomi asked.
"No. He also told us that both his parents died in a car accident a couple of years back so he's living off money that his grandparents send him all the time. Allen comes from quite a rich family. The last thing I know is that he has a sister who lives with him. She goes to a private High school so I don't think you know her. Her name is Celena Schezar and she's 15 like you." (Note: There's still that debate going on, on how Allen's sister spells her name: Serena, Cerena, or Celena. :))
"Wow, I didn't know he was a rich guy?"
Merle nodded as their orders came. "His father used to own some kind of big company that now belongs to his grandparents. When his grandparents die, the company will finally belong to him." Merle took a big bite of her sundae.
Hitomi licked her chocolate single as she listened.
"What about Van?" Merle asked out of the blue.
"What ABOUT Van?" Hitomi asked, wondering why Merle mentioned him.
"Don't you want to know about him?"
"I don't see the reason for me to want to know Van. Unless there's something I should know."
Merle suddenly freaked out and waved both of her hands in front of her. "Oh no. I was just wondering if maybe you wanted to get to know him."
Hitomi shook her head. They decided to get to know each other instead. Hitomi learned though that Van had yet another sibling named Folken who lived back in Hokkaido. He was living on his own and had his life over there so he would only come for holiday visits.
Once they were done, Merle thanked her for the sundae and left to hang out with her friends. Hitomi also had to go home since she had homework to do.
As she turned a corner, she heard someone whistle to her in that perverted way (Note: later I discovered that it's called a catcall. You learn something new everyday :)). She decided to ignore that person and she continued to walk. She could hear footsteps behind her.
Hitomi walked faster but her pursuer caught up with her. "Where do you think you're going cutty?" he asked in a rough voice as he held onto her hand. He was tall, maybe 6'2" with no hair. He looked around 25 and he was dressed in poor clothes. He was sorta buff and he had black eyes and brown skin.
"Let me go!" Hitomi shouted as she tried to struggle and wiggle her arm free from his grasp. "HELP ME!!!!" she screamed out. Sadly, she realized that no one would probably hear her in that part of town. She decided to scream for help anyways.
The guy smacked her across the face to shut her up but that only caused Hitomi to cry.
Her eyes were closed so she only heard a punch sound that didn't hit her, but someone else. Her eyes full of tears, she opened them and discovered the guy on the floor, unconscious. Hitomi looked at who had saved her and gasped.
"Van!" she yelled.
Concern was all over his face but he managed to smile, showing relief. "Hitomi, thank God you're okay. I heard your yelling and ran here as fast as I could."
Hitomi looked at his hands and saw a huge piece of wood (the kind you use to build). It was broken in half.
Van chuckled nervously. "I was going to use it to build something but I decided to use it to knock the crap out of that guy."
Hitomi began to cry as she sat there. Van kneeled in front of her and Hitomi cried on him instead.
"Come on, let's get you home," Van said in a comforting voice.
Hitomi nodded and got up. They walked to her home.
To be continued…
HitomiFanel: Yeah! Part 3 is now done! I love this part for some reason!
Zakyra: It's a cool part.
HitomiFanel: I hope people weren't disappointed in what happened. I wrote at the end of part 2 that certain things were going to happen but I'm not sure if it turned out the way people wanted it to.
Zakyra: I doubt people are thinking that. Have faith in what you write. You aren't supposed to be writing to get reviews anyway.
HitomiFanel: I'm not! I'm writing because I love it and because I want everyone to enjoy my story. I want to share it with everyone.
Zakyra: That's good.
HitomiFanel: Well, please review! I want to know if you liked this part as much as I do.
Zakyra: Yeah. Besides, sending in your comments will help to get the next chapters out sooner. She at least wants the reviews so she knows that people are reading this story.
HitomiFanel: Yup, why write a story if no one reads it and enjoys it? I also want to say right now that a couple of chapters later, there will be cliffhangers that will last until the end of the series.
Zakyra: Uh oh. People don't really like cliffhangers.
HitomiFanel: Yeah but they make the story more exciting. Besides, it's not like they're going to wait a long time before the next chapter comes out. As I've said before, I have the whole story done. Each chapter just needs a little bit of revising and I'm already working on the next few chapters so I can have the chapters sent out in days apart at most.
Zakyra: Yeah! That means that you send one part one day and one part the next.
HitomiFanel: Exactly.
HitomiFanel and Zakyra: PLEASE REVIEW, BEGGING FOR THE NEXT PART!!! ^_^(HF) ^_~(Z)
