I just gotta say something before you read this next chapter I know that in the beginning it's kind of the same text over again but that's kinda the point here. That you can read exclusively what Dilandau, Ryuu or the DragonSlayers are doing without knowing what's happening with the others. And if you read them all just please bear with it. I'll try to avoid this happening again. Have a good time reading Oh.. and don't forget to review ^_^
In the eyes of Ryuu: Who am I?
I stood in a room filled with swords and armors.
- "Choose your sword!"
- "Hmmm"
I looked around but there was only one sword I recognized. A Katana sword.
- "I choose that one!"
The browned haired man picked it up end we walked along a long hall. We stopped by the last door and went in. Inside the silvery haired man waited with three young men standing in the background. And the two that had held me joined them.
- "You're finally here!"
- "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Like I have any choice.
- "Good lets begin!"
He started to attack my throat at once. That was the most stupid move he could do! Well he didn't hit me cause I blocked it with my sword. And then he tried to hit my legs. I wasn't fast enough so he got a shot on my ankle that started to bleed. In anger I throw all of my strength at him in one blow against his face. He blocked it. He's fast so I had to think of something else. I blocked every hit at me. He's very careful about his face. So I'll try to hit the legs. I kicked at them and managed to get him on his back.
- "Now tell me your name!"
He just smiled but said nothing. Someone walked trough the door. If I turned to se I would lose my grip on him. So I waited to se what happened not the best thing to do I guess. As he walked around to the other guys I kept my eyes on my opponent all the time.
- "Ryuu? Is that you Ryuu?
What he knew my name? I turned around and I saw…
- "Chesta??? I… What… ah"
- "Ryuu… I… So long ago…"
- "I thought you were dead."
The silvery haired man raised and grabbed me from behind.
- "I'm not done with you yet!"
- "Dilandau-Sama please let her go. She won't do us any harm."
- "SHE? He's a GIRL?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama."
He lets me go and I look at the boy that had known from so long ago.
- "Chesta…"
- "Chesta you know this girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama. We grew up together."
- "WHAT?"
- "We grew up together in a house in the mountains. But suddenly one day she disappeared."
He looked at me all the time. And I watched him. I lived on this planet?
- "But I don't come from here. I live on the earth. Or the mystic moon for you I guess."
- "You come from that cursed place? Just like that girl…"
The silvery haired mans eyes twitched at the thought of some girl. I turned over to him.
- "If Chesta trust you so do I. Let's not fight anymore."
I threw away the sword and put out my hand to shake his. He looks over at Chesta and he nods. So he takes my hand.
- "Dilandau-Sama with your promition, I need to talk to Ryuu alone."
- "Not yet I'll talk to her first. Leave us alone."
They all bow to him Chesta to. And then they leave.
- "How do you know Chesta?"
- "Like he said. We grew up together."
- "But you said you come from the mystic moon."
- "That's what I remember. But I have a big hole where everything is black."
I sit down on a bench and look at the man. His eyes spoke so loud.
- "I remember Chesta and I climbing the mountains again. Then I fall and I see a light. When I waked up I didn't now where I was."
- "How did you get here?"
- "That's a mystery to me to... Who was the guy you where fighting yesterday?"
- "Van."
He frowned at the name.
- "He's the king of Fanelia. Witch I burned to the ground. And now he tries to kill me for it."
He got a smile on his face. I also smiled. Something in his eyes…
- "Did you get caught by him?"
- "How could I avoid it…"
- "What did you tell them?"
- "Nothing. How could I say anything. I didn't even know what I was doing."
- "Good."
- "Look… if you don't mind I want to talk to Chesta. I hasn't seen him in years."
He looked at me and walked out. Soon after Chesta walked in. He looked at me and hugged me. After all these years.
- "I missed you so much Ryuu. You just disappear and now you just appear."
- "I know… I'm not the same anymore Chesta."
- "Nobody is. It's been what? 8 years now?"
- "You still look so sweet… What are you doing in a place like this anyway?"
- "I'm a DragonSlayer for Dilandau-Sama. We protect and serve him."
- "Yeah yeah but... I mean… WHY are you here, not what…"
- After you disappeared I started to train in a guymelef we had hidden in the mountains I became quite good. One day a soldier came and offered me to become a DragonSlayer."
- "And as a lost soul you said yes… I don't blame you! I kind of did the same myself. But I don't understand. I lived on this planet?"
- "Yes. Why is that so hard to see?"
- "From the earth, or the mystic moon, we don't even se this planet. And we haven't had any visitors from other planets either."
He was going to respond but suddenly something rocked the whole Vione. After a few seconds the door was opened and the silvery haired man, not Dilandau but the other one, stepped in
- "Chesta! You must come quickly something is attacking the Vione."
- "What has happened? Dilandau-Sama isn't hurt is he?"
- "Not what we know of. He's on his way to the lower hangar. We believe its Van and the others getting in by their guymelefs."
- "Lets move then!"
As he starts running he turns his head around and scream.
- "Just stay here, we'll talk later!"
The both boys disappears behind the doors…
- "No way I'm staying here when the action is somewhere else!"
I picked up the sword again and started run out. I ran against the sound but somehow I think I took a wrong turn and stand in the entrance to a gigantic hangar. In the end I saw two giant mechas. One white with a red mantel, and one gray with a blue mantel. Then I felt it again… I saw Dilandau walking towards the mechas. I heard steps behind me and I knew it was going to be that girl. I turned around with my sword against her.
- "Freeze!"
- "Ryuu?"
- Yes its me!"
- "Why are you pointing your sword towards me?"
- "I… I don't know…"
I lowered it and suddenly I saw a flash picture of Dilandau lying slayed on the ground. I turn around to se the dark haired boy sneaking against Dilandau.
- "Oh no you don't!
- "No Ryuu let them be!
I ran as fast as I could without being heard. Just when he was about to attack Dilandau I manage to face his sword with mine.
- "What the hell are you doing girl?
- "What???"
Dilandau had turned around and walked up beside me and smiled at him.
- "Look who we have here if not Van!"
- "Curse you Dilandau!"
In the corner of my eye I saw the other DragonSlayers lining up. The brown haired boy held Hitomi. She was screaming after Van. Allen appeared behind Van.
- "Van!"
- "Allen? Get Hitomi out of here!"
Allen looked over to the DragonSlayers and moved fast against them. I must do something…
- "Dilandau take care of this one!"
- "What? You just can't AahH!"
I left his side to defend my old friend. Not a good ting I guess. The fight between them started again. I got in front of Allen before he got to the DragonSlayers.
- "If you whish to save the girl you need to go trough me first!"
- "Ryuu?"
- "Yes that is still my name."
- "This is not your battle to fight!"
He lowered his sword and looked at me.
- "Take her away. He won't charge me."
Van slammed his sword against Dilandau and managed to strike him right in his face.
- "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Unable to do anything Van and Allen got away.
- "My-m-my-my-y-my fa-fac-face…"
Oh man… I started to walk away. I don't know were though…
- "Ryuu… Where's Dilandau-Sama?"
I look up and se Chesta.
- "Inside the hangar."
I never stopped walking. I didn't feel like talking to him right now. My thoughts were on the girl. Why Allen didn't charge me. And who that other man was…
- "Hey how are you doing there?"
- "Huh?"
I looked up and to my surprise I didn't se Chesta, but another DragonSlayer.
- "My name is Viole."
- "Oh hi…"
- "You don't seem too good."
- "I have a lot of thinking on my mind… Can you take me to the girl from the mystic moon?"
- "Sure… Right this way…"
We started to walk.
- "So you know Chesta?"
- "Yes…"
- "In what way?"
- "We lived together in the mountains."
- "Wow… Who would guess that about Chesta…"
- "What? No! Not like that! We were friends, taking care of each other…"
- "Oh… ok. But"
- "Look! I have too much to think of right now. And I don't feel like explaining everything all over again. So are we there soon or what?"
He smiled at me and stopped. He gave me a key.
- "Go along this corridor. In the end you can find the cell where the girl you're looking for is in."
- "Thank you."
I started to walk along the corridor as he told me. It was like in a horror movie. A long hallway, dark and quiet. I was just waiting for something to jump at me. But nothing happened. And I got to the end. I looked at the key I held in my hand. Slowly I put in the lock and turned it. When I walked in she sat in a corner hugging her knees. I sat down on the bed and starred at the ground.
- "Leave me alone!"
- "Hitomi I… I didn't mean for this to happen…"
- "Ryuu?"
- "I have a lot on my mind…"
- "I don't understand you Ryuu. You get to totally different planet and the first thing you do is to side with the bad guys."
I glared over at her. What does she mean with the bad guys…?
- "Who are you to decide what's good and evil? Beside I'm really from this planet."
- "What? I don't…"
Suddenly she stared out in the air. When I called her she didn't answer.
- "Hitomi!"
I walked over and grabbed her. But something happened. I stood in the middle of nowhere in the mountains.
- "Where… am I?"
Hitomi walked up and stood beside me.
- "In your past I would guess."
- "What? How can that be?"
- "Sometimes I can se past and future."
- "So this is a dreamworld of my past…"
- "Oh come on Chesta don't be so afraid!"
I looked over and by a cabin I saw Chesta and myself as small children.
- "That-that's me!"
- "And one of the DragonSlayers"
She frowned at him and I glared at her again.
- "They aren't some kind of monster you know. They all have names!
- "But Ryuu… We shouldn't climb in the mountains…"
- "How are we ever going to se the world if we can't even get out of these mountains?"
- "Guess you're right…"
- "So come on then!"
The two kids leave and start walking up towards the top of the mountain.
- "I remember this… This is the day I disappeared…"
- "You disappeared?"
- "Yes… I lived here. But something took me away. Look!"
I saw us, me and Chesta, on the top of the mountain. A pillar of light was slowly coming from above.
- "RYUU GET OUT OF THERE!"
I was holding my hand up against it. Curious of it I guess. I just stood there and let the light surround me. After a while the light was all around and started to lift me up. The pillar disappeared with me in it.
- "So that what's truly happened…"
Everything fades away and we sit in the cell again. Hitomi faints and someone opens the door.
- "Ryuu?"
- "Yes?"
I turn around and se Chesta.
- "Dilandau-Sama wants to se you."
- "Uhm…Ok I'll just get the girl to bed and then I'll be there!"
- "Ok... I'll wait in the end of the corridor."
He closes the door and I pic up Hitomi from the corner and lay her on the bed.
- "Thank you Hitomi. I'll repay you."
I met up with Chesta I didn't give him the key. I kept in it my pocket.
- "What does he want?"
- "I don't know. Dilandau-Sama hardly ever asks for us. There must be something special about you."
- "Or he just wants to eat me because I left his side…"
In the eyes of Dilandau: Stupid boy or courageous girl?
In Dilandaus delight the stranger walks in.
- "You're finally here!"
- "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Dilandau would never let him miss it either. All his thoughts are now on wining this fight. To prove to his DragonSlayers that he's better. And also to prove his ability for himself.
- "Good lets begin!"
He notices that his skills aren't like ant others. He fights different, thinks different and acts different. Dilandau is forced to focus everything to his own protection. But at last he falls and he gets a grip he can't get out of.
- "Now tell me your name!"
His eyes meet with his. He sees an ignition in them that's just waiting to come out. And he smiles at it. He remembers that feeling. The feeling he himself gets every time he does battle. Suddenly the man rises. Dilandau, after a few seconds, gets up and grabs him. Believing they are still fighting.
- "I'm not done with you yet!"
- "Dilandau-Sama please let her go. She won't do us any harm."
Dilandau immediately pick up at the sentence.
- "SHE? He's a girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama."
The image of a stupid and non-thinking man disappears in Dilandaus head. And gets replaced with a courageous girl. And the answer to his next question will confuse him just as much.
- "Chesta you know this girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama. We grew up together."
- "WHAT?"
- "We grew up together in a house in the mountains. But suddenly one day she disappeared…"
- "But I don't come from here. I live on the earth. Or the mystic moon for you I guess."
- "You come from that cursed place? Just like that girl…"
'The mystic moon? That's the place that the girl by Vans side comes from.' That's the thought that goes on in Dilandau's head. Together with other questions that he needs an answer to. The girl breaks his concentration.
- "If Chesta trust you so do I. Let's not fight anymore."
He takes her hand after an insuring nod from Chesta.
- "Dilandau-Sama with your promotion, I need to talk to Ryuu alone."
- "Not yet I'll talk to her first. Leave us alone."
After they leave, Dilandau is quiet for a while. Choosing his questions.
- "How do you know Chesta?"
- "Like I said. We grew up together."
- "But you said you come from the mystic moon"
Dilandau hates everything about that place. Especially you-know-who…
- "That's what I remember. But I have a big hole where everything is black. I remember Chesta and I climbing the mountains again. Then I see a light, and reach to it. When I woke up I didn't now where I was."
- "How did you get here?"
- "That's a mystery to me to... Who was the guy you where fighting yesterday?"
He glares at her. Her lack of respect of him is annoying him pretty much.
- "Van. He's the king of Fanelia. Witch I burned to the ground. And now he tries to kill me for it."
The memory of that day makes him smile.
- " Did you get caught by him?"
- "How could I avoid it…"
- "What did you tell them?"
A stupid question maybe. But it IS better to be on the safe side.
- "Nothing. How could I say anything. I didn't even know what I was doing.
- "Good."
- "Look… if you don't mind I want to talk to Chesta. I hasn't seen him in years."
He looks at her in somewhat odd way. He walks out and look at Chesta. Signing him to go in. He himself starts to just walk around. Thinking of what to do next. And especially of what to do with the girl. His lips form a little smile. A girl that is about his age dares to save him, challenge him and almost ignore him. He hates it but still... Something in his mind is telling him not to let this girl escape him. Suddenly he feels something rocking the whole Vione. The surprising movement gets him off his feets. The thought about that it could be Van gets him on his feets and he runs against the hangar. Well there he sees the guymelef he hates so much. The Escaflowne. He walk towards it in his mind only one thing is existing… How can he destroy the damn thing. Then suddenly he hears a sound of metal hitting metal. And then the voice of the boy he hates so much.
- "What the hell are you doing girl?
- "What???"
He turns around and se that the girl is once more holding Van off.
- "Look who we have here if not Van!"
- "Curse you Dilandau!"
- "Van!"
- "Allen? Get Hitomi out of here!"
- "Dilandau take care of this one!"
- "What? You can't AahH!"
And without knowing he's fighting with Van again. He swings his sword towards him but Van blocks and throws a counter attack at him. And their fight goes on until Van gets a blow straight on Dilandaus face.
- "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Seconds that feels like long hours go by.
- "My-m-my-my-y-my fa-fac-face…"
Dilandaus rage is increasing. Chesta helps him to the infirmary. His hate blocks every thought. When he finally calms down he walks to the thrown, sit down and call at the girl...
- "Chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku"
In the eyes of a DragonSlayer: Longing for home
We where summoned by Dilandau again. I wish I didn't get up today. I hate this kind of days. Dilandau is furious at some girl that we picked up today. Well actually he thinks she's a man. Everybody thinks she's a man. Except for me. But if you look at her eyes you can se that her soul belongs to a woman. In the study Guimel, Dalet and myself are waiting. Migel and Gatti bring the girl in that has chosen a one-hand katana sword to fight with. But where's Chesta?
- "You're finally here!"
- "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
- "Good lets begin!"
She looks a little insecure. But as they start fighting it's clear that she fight like I've never seen before. And after a while she has him locked down on the floor.
- "Now tell me your name!"
But Dilandau keeps his mouth shut. When Chesta suddenly walks in you can se that the girl want's to know who came in. But if she turns she looses the grip. So she stay put. Chesta gets a weird look on his face as he sees the girl.
- "Ryuu? Is that you Ryuu?"
What? He knows the girl? She turns around and sees him and get just as shocked to see Chesta.
- "Chesta??? I… What… ah"
- "Ryuu… I… So long ago…"
- "I thought you were dead."
I don't understand. Chesta knows her? When I see the eyes of Chesta he looks like he just found an old friend. And the girl… She just watches him. Unaware of Dilandau that's sneaking up behind her. And grabs her.
- "I'm not done with you yet!"
- "Dilandau-Sama please let her go. She won't do us any harm."
He must know her. Or else he wouldn't call her 'She'.
- "SHE? He's a GIRL?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama."
To our surprise he let her go. Her eyes… They are so hard to read.
- "Chesta…"
- "Chesta you know this girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama. We grew up together."
- "WHAT?"
Surprise after surprise. What I recall Chesta hasn't had any girlfriends.
- "We grew up together in a house in the mountains. But suddenly one day she disappeared."
- "But I don't come from here. I live on the earth. Or the mystic moon for you I guess."
- "You come from that cursed place? Just like that girl…"
- "If Chesta trust you so do I. Let's not fight anymore."
She's taking a risk by throwing away her sword. But I guess that she trust him. In some odd kind of way. Her courage is great. And Dilandau takes her hand. There is something special about this girl.
- "Dilandau-Sama with your permission, I need to talk to Ryuu alone."
- "Not yet I'll talk to her first. Leave us alone."
As we leave I can't avoid taking a look at the girl again. Her eyes are still impossible to read. Steady, without batting an eyelid, without at single movement. When we get out Chesta pulls away from us. Trying to be ignored. But he kwon he can't escape me.
- "Chesta?"
- "Just leave me alone this time Viole. Please."
He turns away from me. But I just can't let him be.
- "No I wont! I want to know. Who is that girl?"
- "An old friend."
- "You know I know you to good Chesta."
He sights as he looks at me. I know I'm kind of cruel here but. I need to know.
- "Her name is Ryuu."
- "And?"
- "I'm… I'm worried."
- "Of what?"
- "This is the first time I've ever seen her in years. I didn't think I would ever se her again. The thought that she's here worries me… I don't know how she is now but… She isn't the kindest soul."
I have a hard time seeing Chesta live with an evil person. He's just too kind himself.
- "What do you mean?"
- "She's not evil… Well... Yes she was my best friend. My only friend. But inside her laid an energy ah… I can't explain it."
Nothing more was said. I'm trying to understand this new person. Ryuu… I recalled reading 'Be aware of the dark one' on her jacket. It reminded me of home. Home… it is a long time since I've been there. And all of Chestas talk about childhood gets my thoughts back to my old home. I start to walk of towards my quarter. The reason why I want to know who she is… is that she looks a lot like my sister. I lay down on the bed staring at the roof. All my thoughts are back home. When I close my eyes I can almost smell my moms cooking. I remember my home. It was an old house built with bricks. Two floors. I lived on the top floor with my younger brother. My bed was so comfy. A smile breaks out on my face as I remember how my brother and me used to always fight on my bed. It was fun… Now the game has become serious. That's why I appreciate Chestas company. He's so tender. Not like anything else in this world we are living in. When I got here everything became immediately strict and hard. Suddenly I hear a boom and the entire Vione rocks. My thoughts move to the hangar and so do I. When I get there Miguel Is moving out with that brown haired girl that always seem to be with Van. I help him to put her into prison without knowing what has been going on.
- "Miguel what's happening?"
- "That girl helped us catch the girl from the mystic moon."
- "What?"
- "It's odd you know… To think Chesta used to live with her. It make no sense to me."
- "Yeah I know… Uhm… Did Dilandau-Sama notice that I wasn't there?"
- "I don't think so… He was standing beside that strange girl when we came in. She was holding a sword against Van."
- "What?"
- "Yeah… Then she actually challenged Allen. Well here's the key. I have to go and make a report on this."
He gave me the key to the cell and walked away. The girl had kept quiet the whole time. On my way back I meet this new strange girl.
- "Hey how are you doing there? My name is Viole."
Surprised she looked up at me.
- "Oh hi…"
- "You don't seem to good."
- "I have a lot of thinking on my mind… Can you take me to the girl from the mystic moon?"
I told her okay. This was my chance to get to know her a little better. Who know what Dilandau-Sama will do to her later…
- "So you know Chesta?"
- "Yes…"
- "In what way?"
She seems a little far off. Like she's thinking of something.
- "We lived together in the mountains."
Well… That confirmed everything… Kind off…
- "Wow… Who would guess that about Chesta…"
- "What? No! Not like that! We were friends, taking care of each other…"
- "Oh… ok. But"
- "Look! I have too much to think of right now. And I don't feel like explaining everything all over again. So are we there soon or what?"
Her frankness surprised me a little bit. But I smiled at her and gave her the key and explained the way. My steps now lead towards the study. As I train all I can think of is if we can trust this girl or if she is an enemy. Oh man… I wish I were home.
In the eyes of Ryuu: Who am I?
I stood in a room filled with swords and armors.
- "Choose your sword!"
- "Hmmm"
I looked around but there was only one sword I recognized. A Katana sword.
- "I choose that one!"
The browned haired man picked it up end we walked along a long hall. We stopped by the last door and went in. Inside the silvery haired man waited with three young men standing in the background. And the two that had held me joined them.
- "You're finally here!"
- "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Like I have any choice.
- "Good lets begin!"
He started to attack my throat at once. That was the most stupid move he could do! Well he didn't hit me cause I blocked it with my sword. And then he tried to hit my legs. I wasn't fast enough so he got a shot on my ankle that started to bleed. In anger I throw all of my strength at him in one blow against his face. He blocked it. He's fast so I had to think of something else. I blocked every hit at me. He's very careful about his face. So I'll try to hit the legs. I kicked at them and managed to get him on his back.
- "Now tell me your name!"
He just smiled but said nothing. Someone walked trough the door. If I turned to se I would lose my grip on him. So I waited to se what happened not the best thing to do I guess. As he walked around to the other guys I kept my eyes on my opponent all the time.
- "Ryuu? Is that you Ryuu?
What he knew my name? I turned around and I saw…
- "Chesta??? I… What… ah"
- "Ryuu… I… So long ago…"
- "I thought you were dead."
The silvery haired man raised and grabbed me from behind.
- "I'm not done with you yet!"
- "Dilandau-Sama please let her go. She won't do us any harm."
- "SHE? He's a GIRL?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama."
He lets me go and I look at the boy that had known from so long ago.
- "Chesta…"
- "Chesta you know this girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama. We grew up together."
- "WHAT?"
- "We grew up together in a house in the mountains. But suddenly one day she disappeared."
He looked at me all the time. And I watched him. I lived on this planet?
- "But I don't come from here. I live on the earth. Or the mystic moon for you I guess."
- "You come from that cursed place? Just like that girl…"
The silvery haired mans eyes twitched at the thought of some girl. I turned over to him.
- "If Chesta trust you so do I. Let's not fight anymore."
I threw away the sword and put out my hand to shake his. He looks over at Chesta and he nods. So he takes my hand.
- "Dilandau-Sama with your promition, I need to talk to Ryuu alone."
- "Not yet I'll talk to her first. Leave us alone."
They all bow to him Chesta to. And then they leave.
- "How do you know Chesta?"
- "Like he said. We grew up together."
- "But you said you come from the mystic moon."
- "That's what I remember. But I have a big hole where everything is black."
I sit down on a bench and look at the man. His eyes spoke so loud.
- "I remember Chesta and I climbing the mountains again. Then I fall and I see a light. When I waked up I didn't now where I was."
- "How did you get here?"
- "That's a mystery to me to... Who was the guy you where fighting yesterday?"
- "Van."
He frowned at the name.
- "He's the king of Fanelia. Witch I burned to the ground. And now he tries to kill me for it."
He got a smile on his face. I also smiled. Something in his eyes…
- "Did you get caught by him?"
- "How could I avoid it…"
- "What did you tell them?"
- "Nothing. How could I say anything. I didn't even know what I was doing."
- "Good."
- "Look… if you don't mind I want to talk to Chesta. I hasn't seen him in years."
He looked at me and walked out. Soon after Chesta walked in. He looked at me and hugged me. After all these years.
- "I missed you so much Ryuu. You just disappear and now you just appear."
- "I know… I'm not the same anymore Chesta."
- "Nobody is. It's been what? 8 years now?"
- "You still look so sweet… What are you doing in a place like this anyway?"
- "I'm a DragonSlayer for Dilandau-Sama. We protect and serve him."
- "Yeah yeah but... I mean… WHY are you here, not what…"
- After you disappeared I started to train in a guymelef we had hidden in the mountains I became quite good. One day a soldier came and offered me to become a DragonSlayer."
- "And as a lost soul you said yes… I don't blame you! I kind of did the same myself. But I don't understand. I lived on this planet?"
- "Yes. Why is that so hard to see?"
- "From the earth, or the mystic moon, we don't even se this planet. And we haven't had any visitors from other planets either."
He was going to respond but suddenly something rocked the whole Vione. After a few seconds the door was opened and the silvery haired man, not Dilandau but the other one, stepped in
- "Chesta! You must come quickly something is attacking the Vione."
- "What has happened? Dilandau-Sama isn't hurt is he?"
- "Not what we know of. He's on his way to the lower hangar. We believe its Van and the others getting in by their guymelefs."
- "Lets move then!"
As he starts running he turns his head around and scream.
- "Just stay here, we'll talk later!"
The both boys disappears behind the doors…
- "No way I'm staying here when the action is somewhere else!"
I picked up the sword again and started run out. I ran against the sound but somehow I think I took a wrong turn and stand in the entrance to a gigantic hangar. In the end I saw two giant mechas. One white with a red mantel, and one gray with a blue mantel. Then I felt it again… I saw Dilandau walking towards the mechas. I heard steps behind me and I knew it was going to be that girl. I turned around with my sword against her.
- "Freeze!"
- "Ryuu?"
- Yes its me!"
- "Why are you pointing your sword towards me?"
- "I… I don't know…"
I lowered it and suddenly I saw a flash picture of Dilandau lying slayed on the ground. I turn around to se the dark haired boy sneaking against Dilandau.
- "Oh no you don't!
- "No Ryuu let them be!
I ran as fast as I could without being heard. Just when he was about to attack Dilandau I manage to face his sword with mine.
- "What the hell are you doing girl?
- "What???"
Dilandau had turned around and walked up beside me and smiled at him.
- "Look who we have here if not Van!"
- "Curse you Dilandau!"
In the corner of my eye I saw the other DragonSlayers lining up. The brown haired boy held Hitomi. She was screaming after Van. Allen appeared behind Van.
- "Van!"
- "Allen? Get Hitomi out of here!"
Allen looked over to the DragonSlayers and moved fast against them. I must do something…
- "Dilandau take care of this one!"
- "What? You just can't AahH!"
I left his side to defend my old friend. Not a good ting I guess. The fight between them started again. I got in front of Allen before he got to the DragonSlayers.
- "If you whish to save the girl you need to go trough me first!"
- "Ryuu?"
- "Yes that is still my name."
- "This is not your battle to fight!"
He lowered his sword and looked at me.
- "Take her away. He won't charge me."
Van slammed his sword against Dilandau and managed to strike him right in his face.
- "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Unable to do anything Van and Allen got away.
- "My-m-my-my-y-my fa-fac-face…"
Oh man… I started to walk away. I don't know were though…
- "Ryuu… Where's Dilandau-Sama?"
I look up and se Chesta.
- "Inside the hangar."
I never stopped walking. I didn't feel like talking to him right now. My thoughts were on the girl. Why Allen didn't charge me. And who that other man was…
- "Hey how are you doing there?"
- "Huh?"
I looked up and to my surprise I didn't se Chesta, but another DragonSlayer.
- "My name is Viole."
- "Oh hi…"
- "You don't seem too good."
- "I have a lot of thinking on my mind… Can you take me to the girl from the mystic moon?"
- "Sure… Right this way…"
We started to walk.
- "So you know Chesta?"
- "Yes…"
- "In what way?"
- "We lived together in the mountains."
- "Wow… Who would guess that about Chesta…"
- "What? No! Not like that! We were friends, taking care of each other…"
- "Oh… ok. But"
- "Look! I have too much to think of right now. And I don't feel like explaining everything all over again. So are we there soon or what?"
He smiled at me and stopped. He gave me a key.
- "Go along this corridor. In the end you can find the cell where the girl you're looking for is in."
- "Thank you."
I started to walk along the corridor as he told me. It was like in a horror movie. A long hallway, dark and quiet. I was just waiting for something to jump at me. But nothing happened. And I got to the end. I looked at the key I held in my hand. Slowly I put in the lock and turned it. When I walked in she sat in a corner hugging her knees. I sat down on the bed and starred at the ground.
- "Leave me alone!"
- "Hitomi I… I didn't mean for this to happen…"
- "Ryuu?"
- "I have a lot on my mind…"
- "I don't understand you Ryuu. You get to totally different planet and the first thing you do is to side with the bad guys."
I glared over at her. What does she mean with the bad guys…?
- "Who are you to decide what's good and evil? Beside I'm really from this planet."
- "What? I don't…"
Suddenly she stared out in the air. When I called her she didn't answer.
- "Hitomi!"
I walked over and grabbed her. But something happened. I stood in the middle of nowhere in the mountains.
- "Where… am I?"
Hitomi walked up and stood beside me.
- "In your past I would guess."
- "What? How can that be?"
- "Sometimes I can se past and future."
- "So this is a dreamworld of my past…"
- "Oh come on Chesta don't be so afraid!"
I looked over and by a cabin I saw Chesta and myself as small children.
- "That-that's me!"
- "And one of the DragonSlayers"
She frowned at him and I glared at her again.
- "They aren't some kind of monster you know. They all have names!
- "But Ryuu… We shouldn't climb in the mountains…"
- "How are we ever going to se the world if we can't even get out of these mountains?"
- "Guess you're right…"
- "So come on then!"
The two kids leave and start walking up towards the top of the mountain.
- "I remember this… This is the day I disappeared…"
- "You disappeared?"
- "Yes… I lived here. But something took me away. Look!"
I saw us, me and Chesta, on the top of the mountain. A pillar of light was slowly coming from above.
- "RYUU GET OUT OF THERE!"
I was holding my hand up against it. Curious of it I guess. I just stood there and let the light surround me. After a while the light was all around and started to lift me up. The pillar disappeared with me in it.
- "So that what's truly happened…"
Everything fades away and we sit in the cell again. Hitomi faints and someone opens the door.
- "Ryuu?"
- "Yes?"
I turn around and se Chesta.
- "Dilandau-Sama wants to se you."
- "Uhm…Ok I'll just get the girl to bed and then I'll be there!"
- "Ok... I'll wait in the end of the corridor."
He closes the door and I pic up Hitomi from the corner and lay her on the bed.
- "Thank you Hitomi. I'll repay you."
I met up with Chesta I didn't give him the key. I kept in it my pocket.
- "What does he want?"
- "I don't know. Dilandau-Sama hardly ever asks for us. There must be something special about you."
- "Or he just wants to eat me because I left his side…"
In the eyes of Dilandau: Stupid boy or courageous girl?
In Dilandaus delight the stranger walks in.
- "You're finally here!"
- "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Dilandau would never let him miss it either. All his thoughts are now on wining this fight. To prove to his DragonSlayers that he's better. And also to prove his ability for himself.
- "Good lets begin!"
He notices that his skills aren't like ant others. He fights different, thinks different and acts different. Dilandau is forced to focus everything to his own protection. But at last he falls and he gets a grip he can't get out of.
- "Now tell me your name!"
His eyes meet with his. He sees an ignition in them that's just waiting to come out. And he smiles at it. He remembers that feeling. The feeling he himself gets every time he does battle. Suddenly the man rises. Dilandau, after a few seconds, gets up and grabs him. Believing they are still fighting.
- "I'm not done with you yet!"
- "Dilandau-Sama please let her go. She won't do us any harm."
Dilandau immediately pick up at the sentence.
- "SHE? He's a girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama."
The image of a stupid and non-thinking man disappears in Dilandaus head. And gets replaced with a courageous girl. And the answer to his next question will confuse him just as much.
- "Chesta you know this girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama. We grew up together."
- "WHAT?"
- "We grew up together in a house in the mountains. But suddenly one day she disappeared…"
- "But I don't come from here. I live on the earth. Or the mystic moon for you I guess."
- "You come from that cursed place? Just like that girl…"
'The mystic moon? That's the place that the girl by Vans side comes from.' That's the thought that goes on in Dilandau's head. Together with other questions that he needs an answer to. The girl breaks his concentration.
- "If Chesta trust you so do I. Let's not fight anymore."
He takes her hand after an insuring nod from Chesta.
- "Dilandau-Sama with your promotion, I need to talk to Ryuu alone."
- "Not yet I'll talk to her first. Leave us alone."
After they leave, Dilandau is quiet for a while. Choosing his questions.
- "How do you know Chesta?"
- "Like I said. We grew up together."
- "But you said you come from the mystic moon"
Dilandau hates everything about that place. Especially you-know-who…
- "That's what I remember. But I have a big hole where everything is black. I remember Chesta and I climbing the mountains again. Then I see a light, and reach to it. When I woke up I didn't now where I was."
- "How did you get here?"
- "That's a mystery to me to... Who was the guy you where fighting yesterday?"
He glares at her. Her lack of respect of him is annoying him pretty much.
- "Van. He's the king of Fanelia. Witch I burned to the ground. And now he tries to kill me for it."
The memory of that day makes him smile.
- " Did you get caught by him?"
- "How could I avoid it…"
- "What did you tell them?"
A stupid question maybe. But it IS better to be on the safe side.
- "Nothing. How could I say anything. I didn't even know what I was doing.
- "Good."
- "Look… if you don't mind I want to talk to Chesta. I hasn't seen him in years."
He looks at her in somewhat odd way. He walks out and look at Chesta. Signing him to go in. He himself starts to just walk around. Thinking of what to do next. And especially of what to do with the girl. His lips form a little smile. A girl that is about his age dares to save him, challenge him and almost ignore him. He hates it but still... Something in his mind is telling him not to let this girl escape him. Suddenly he feels something rocking the whole Vione. The surprising movement gets him off his feets. The thought about that it could be Van gets him on his feets and he runs against the hangar. Well there he sees the guymelef he hates so much. The Escaflowne. He walk towards it in his mind only one thing is existing… How can he destroy the damn thing. Then suddenly he hears a sound of metal hitting metal. And then the voice of the boy he hates so much.
- "What the hell are you doing girl?
- "What???"
He turns around and se that the girl is once more holding Van off.
- "Look who we have here if not Van!"
- "Curse you Dilandau!"
- "Van!"
- "Allen? Get Hitomi out of here!"
- "Dilandau take care of this one!"
- "What? You can't AahH!"
And without knowing he's fighting with Van again. He swings his sword towards him but Van blocks and throws a counter attack at him. And their fight goes on until Van gets a blow straight on Dilandaus face.
- "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Seconds that feels like long hours go by.
- "My-m-my-my-y-my fa-fac-face…"
Dilandaus rage is increasing. Chesta helps him to the infirmary. His hate blocks every thought. When he finally calms down he walks to the thrown, sit down and call at the girl...
- "Chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku chiku"
In the eyes of a DragonSlayer: Longing for home
We where summoned by Dilandau again. I wish I didn't get up today. I hate this kind of days. Dilandau is furious at some girl that we picked up today. Well actually he thinks she's a man. Everybody thinks she's a man. Except for me. But if you look at her eyes you can se that her soul belongs to a woman. In the study Guimel, Dalet and myself are waiting. Migel and Gatti bring the girl in that has chosen a one-hand katana sword to fight with. But where's Chesta?
- "You're finally here!"
- "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
- "Good lets begin!"
She looks a little insecure. But as they start fighting it's clear that she fight like I've never seen before. And after a while she has him locked down on the floor.
- "Now tell me your name!"
But Dilandau keeps his mouth shut. When Chesta suddenly walks in you can se that the girl want's to know who came in. But if she turns she looses the grip. So she stay put. Chesta gets a weird look on his face as he sees the girl.
- "Ryuu? Is that you Ryuu?"
What? He knows the girl? She turns around and sees him and get just as shocked to see Chesta.
- "Chesta??? I… What… ah"
- "Ryuu… I… So long ago…"
- "I thought you were dead."
I don't understand. Chesta knows her? When I see the eyes of Chesta he looks like he just found an old friend. And the girl… She just watches him. Unaware of Dilandau that's sneaking up behind her. And grabs her.
- "I'm not done with you yet!"
- "Dilandau-Sama please let her go. She won't do us any harm."
He must know her. Or else he wouldn't call her 'She'.
- "SHE? He's a GIRL?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama."
To our surprise he let her go. Her eyes… They are so hard to read.
- "Chesta…"
- "Chesta you know this girl?"
- "Yes Dilandau-Sama. We grew up together."
- "WHAT?"
Surprise after surprise. What I recall Chesta hasn't had any girlfriends.
- "We grew up together in a house in the mountains. But suddenly one day she disappeared."
- "But I don't come from here. I live on the earth. Or the mystic moon for you I guess."
- "You come from that cursed place? Just like that girl…"
- "If Chesta trust you so do I. Let's not fight anymore."
She's taking a risk by throwing away her sword. But I guess that she trust him. In some odd kind of way. Her courage is great. And Dilandau takes her hand. There is something special about this girl.
- "Dilandau-Sama with your permission, I need to talk to Ryuu alone."
- "Not yet I'll talk to her first. Leave us alone."
As we leave I can't avoid taking a look at the girl again. Her eyes are still impossible to read. Steady, without batting an eyelid, without at single movement. When we get out Chesta pulls away from us. Trying to be ignored. But he kwon he can't escape me.
- "Chesta?"
- "Just leave me alone this time Viole. Please."
He turns away from me. But I just can't let him be.
- "No I wont! I want to know. Who is that girl?"
- "An old friend."
- "You know I know you to good Chesta."
He sights as he looks at me. I know I'm kind of cruel here but. I need to know.
- "Her name is Ryuu."
- "And?"
- "I'm… I'm worried."
- "Of what?"
- "This is the first time I've ever seen her in years. I didn't think I would ever se her again. The thought that she's here worries me… I don't know how she is now but… She isn't the kindest soul."
I have a hard time seeing Chesta live with an evil person. He's just too kind himself.
- "What do you mean?"
- "She's not evil… Well... Yes she was my best friend. My only friend. But inside her laid an energy ah… I can't explain it."
Nothing more was said. I'm trying to understand this new person. Ryuu… I recalled reading 'Be aware of the dark one' on her jacket. It reminded me of home. Home… it is a long time since I've been there. And all of Chestas talk about childhood gets my thoughts back to my old home. I start to walk of towards my quarter. The reason why I want to know who she is… is that she looks a lot like my sister. I lay down on the bed staring at the roof. All my thoughts are back home. When I close my eyes I can almost smell my moms cooking. I remember my home. It was an old house built with bricks. Two floors. I lived on the top floor with my younger brother. My bed was so comfy. A smile breaks out on my face as I remember how my brother and me used to always fight on my bed. It was fun… Now the game has become serious. That's why I appreciate Chestas company. He's so tender. Not like anything else in this world we are living in. When I got here everything became immediately strict and hard. Suddenly I hear a boom and the entire Vione rocks. My thoughts move to the hangar and so do I. When I get there Miguel Is moving out with that brown haired girl that always seem to be with Van. I help him to put her into prison without knowing what has been going on.
- "Miguel what's happening?"
- "That girl helped us catch the girl from the mystic moon."
- "What?"
- "It's odd you know… To think Chesta used to live with her. It make no sense to me."
- "Yeah I know… Uhm… Did Dilandau-Sama notice that I wasn't there?"
- "I don't think so… He was standing beside that strange girl when we came in. She was holding a sword against Van."
- "What?"
- "Yeah… Then she actually challenged Allen. Well here's the key. I have to go and make a report on this."
He gave me the key to the cell and walked away. The girl had kept quiet the whole time. On my way back I meet this new strange girl.
- "Hey how are you doing there? My name is Viole."
Surprised she looked up at me.
- "Oh hi…"
- "You don't seem to good."
- "I have a lot of thinking on my mind… Can you take me to the girl from the mystic moon?"
I told her okay. This was my chance to get to know her a little better. Who know what Dilandau-Sama will do to her later…
- "So you know Chesta?"
- "Yes…"
- "In what way?"
She seems a little far off. Like she's thinking of something.
- "We lived together in the mountains."
Well… That confirmed everything… Kind off…
- "Wow… Who would guess that about Chesta…"
- "What? No! Not like that! We were friends, taking care of each other…"
- "Oh… ok. But"
- "Look! I have too much to think of right now. And I don't feel like explaining everything all over again. So are we there soon or what?"
Her frankness surprised me a little bit. But I smiled at her and gave her the key and explained the way. My steps now lead towards the study. As I train all I can think of is if we can trust this girl or if she is an enemy. Oh man… I wish I were home.