In the last chapter… the Escaflowne was damaged and had not much power left. The people were going for Hitomi, but would Van protect Hitomi and would he have enough power to defeat his enemies? It's all here in the second chapter of this Escaflowne fanfiction.

The Escaflowne actually didn't have enough power to defeat his enemies, but enough power to walk. Van went over right in front of Hitomi and protected her. But the Zaibach warriors had no mercy and using his sword and destroyed the Escaflowne. They thought the Escaflowne was in for a total shutdown, but they thought wrong. It was still activated, but lots of damage had been laid.

The Zaibach warriors spared Hitomi's life because Van went and protected her and he died. Also, they were so happy that they defeated Van so easily and didn't want to fight anymore. So, they left to tell Folken about the good news that they had destroyed Van.

*At the invisible floating base in the air where Zaibach's base is*

He was so delightful that they had defeated him.

"How did you manage to even get a sword onto the Escaflowne?"

"Maybe I couldn't even touch him or the Escaflowne."

"Well… We caught him off guard. Some girl came in the battle area and he just went off-guard."

"Off-guard!? It's not like Van to be like that." Folken said surprised.

"Yeah. We were lucky that he was off-guard."

"We spared a life of a girl that we were going to go for because Van went and protected her."

"Tell me the whole story from the beginning, please. I'd to hear this story."

*Goes into the library*

*Sits down on couch*

"When we arrived at Fanellia and not for long, we saw the Escaflowne coming our way. We started fighting because we said that we wanted Fanellia. About three minutes into the battle, a girl came into the battle area and then Van lost his concentration on us, so I attacked him. From what I saw, I think the Escaflowne had not much power left and Van went over to protect the girl because we were going to kill her. So, we finished him off while he was protecting the girl. We spared the girl's life because we were so happy to tell you the news, so we didn't kill her also."

"Sounds like a great adventure you had out there"

"We sure did"

"Now… We're going to take over Fanellia with the Escaflowne down."

*Meanwhile, back in Fanellia*

*Van is in the hospital*

"His body is very weak" the nurse said to Hitomi.

"It was all because of me that Van had to suffer" Hitomi blaming herself.

*Hitomi remembers the blurs in her dreams now*

"It was just like in my dreams!"

"Van had to suffer to protect me."

"How can I predict these kinds of things?"

"Am I psychic or something?"

Van's body is getting weaker by the minute. The repair people didn't want to repair the Escaflowne in that kind of shape. It was in a very bad condition that it will take ages to repair. (A/N: If the Escaflowne doesn't get repaired, Van will die soon because Van and the Escaflowne linked to each other.)

*8 hours later*

Van might not make it to tomorrow. It depends on how strong and how long Van could hold. The nurse said to Hitomi that she had heard something that had been going through before. She told Hitomi that the Escaflowne and its master are linked to each other, so if the Escaflowne is not repaired, Van will die. Once Hitomi heard this, he told the repairers to repair the Escaflowne. They told them the story that the nurse told her and they quickly started repairing the Escaflowne.

*The time is 1 am in the morning*

The repairers had to work their fastest and hardest for their king's sake. By the damage that the Escaflowne had, they estimated that it would take longer and would be past morning when they finish it. Hitomi pleaded them to work as fast as they can because she blamed all the trouble on herself. They had agreed to work and would try their best to repair the Escaflowne as soon as possible.

*Hitomi was waiting impatiently and went over to the room where Van lies*

"I'm sorry for what I caused. All the trouble… I hope that you're not mad at me for this. Please forgive me Van."

There were tears coming out of Hitomi's eyes.

Will the repairers repair and get the job done the Escaflowne in time before their king dies? Please wait for the next chapter. Once I get five or more reviews for this chapter, I will post up the next chapter.