On Wings Of Love

By: Lady Venom

E-mail: diabla_devil@hotmail.com

A/N: Well, I really hope you enjoyed the reviesed edition of my first escaflowne story. A tad bit longer, and for your enjoyment, as soon as this is posted chapter three and four will all be merged together. And so forth, I really want to finish this story and once again sorry for the delay. Once again my thanks and praise goes out to Rory, whom I'm solely writing and continuing this for. Enjoy. Thank you thank you to all my reviewers, your opinions mean a lot to me.

Warnings: The usual, mind my spelling and grammatical errors. Rated for violence, death, torture to characters, and a attempt at a angst/romance once again.

Disclaimer: Nope, Never, Unfortunately, and I love Van so much too. . .so much for claiming him.

Key

// // thoughts

* ~ * ~ * flashback

* * * * same time, different place, and/or different person.

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Chapter Two

The young king fell to the ground beside the bleeding Hitomi with a thud and didn't move. At that point servants came rushing in with all the necessary tools and medicine for the mysterious girl in the King's room. Some servants dropped all the things in their possesiong the minute they saw the sight in front of them. Most of them gasped in horror while others just turned pale and fainted. They had to be removed from the king's chambers. The carpeted floor was soaking wet and stained with blood. Van was right beside Hitomi, his facial expression, a pained one. Two servants gently picked up Hitomi and took her to the healer's ward, while another went for the half awaken Catgirl, Merle.

"Mistress Merle, his majesty King Van is ill, we have come in need of your presence and aid!," The servant yelled hysterically. The half awaken Merele jumped outof her bed and quickly put on some robesand on all fours' ran to Van's room. She looked at her surroundings and tried her hardest not to lose her midnight snack. The room had an awful stench of blood and the blood on the carpet made her dizzy. With a swift slape she gave herself across the face, the young cat snapped back into reality.

"I wish to have two servants in my presence, with water and all the nesessary tools, and also send for a healer," She demanded, keeping a straight face. The servant ran out of the king's chambers immediately, Merle's words repeating over and over in his mind.

"Lord Van ,what has happened to you?," Merle whispered softly to the unconcious Van. She placed her hand on his forehead, sighing.

//He does have a high fever, but it's not that bad. It's just exhaustion// She thought to herself relieved that he wasn't as ill as she had thought.

Now all Merle could do now was wait and waiting was not one of Merle's favourite past times. She stroked Van's hair and covered him with the silk green blankets. She decided that three minutes was too long. She grabbed a cloth, which was on his desk and soaked it with cold water placing it on his forehead. He flinch at the coldness, and started murmuring Hitomi's name. Merle rushed over to him and smiled.

//Good, at least he's just dreaming, he should be fine for the night but I'll send Akina down to watch him just in case, I hope it's not too much trouble.// Merle walked out of the room just as the servant was walking in with all the necessary things Merle orederd. He almost dropped his things but luckily the cat like girl grabbed most of them before they hit the floor and disturbed Lord Van. She ushered the servant out of Van's chamber and sent him to find Akina. . .

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In the haalers' ward, all the healers and priests were running around in circles. The young woman that had been found in the king's chambers had caused a lot of susipicion and gossip, but once they saw the shape she was in, they quickly forgot and rushed to her aid. Some men had alrady given up on the young girl, while others skimmed through books to find a way to cease the bleeding.

Akina had just come in to the ward only to find it in chaos. She straightened her skirt and decided that a woman was needed to take charge. She whistled loudly, only to find herself ignored. Akina saw that she wasn't going to get any attention with the elders so she yelled as loud as she could, but not as loud so the young lady would not awaken.

"The Zaibach Army is about to attack!," She yelled. The reaction from all the healers brought a small smile on the tiny girl's face. They had all stopped their chatting and yelling and running and dropped everything they had in their possesion and just stared at her. She then started giving orders.

"Now that I have the attention of all the elders, we can finally get organized. First I would like someone to go and send word to Queen Mallerna, telling her to come as soon as she can we can use her experiance. Second I would like a few people actually paying attention to the wounded girl. Third I would like this group over here.."

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Merle peeked into the healers ward and gasped at the sight in fornt of her. Akina was actually ordering the healers and the elders? Merle felt a smile appearing on her face. This tiny but beautiful young woman making the elders quiet and obediant? How she envied that girl. Her thick long chestnut hair and violet eyes. What a combination. She was stunning in beauty and in character as well. Her eyes averted from Akina giving orders to Hitomi.

//Wow she sure has changed over the past three years.// The cat thought to herself walking closer to where the uncncious girl lay. It was true. Hitomi had changed, she now looked like a a woman. He featuers look less childish and more feminine. She had a slender body and nice curves. Her hair was a light as ever, only it was a little longer like at least a bit under her neck. Merle looked at her with amazement.

//She doesn't look like the Hitomi I know, could it really be her?// She thought to herself. She pushed those thoughts aside and looked at her face. She looked like she was in a lot of pain. Her eyes then drifted to herabdomen, it was dripping with blood all over the table.

"Akina! pleae come over here," Merele yelled, trying to hide the panic that was rising up inside her.

"I beg your pardon, Mistress Merle I did not see you there, I apaologize but they weren't concentratingon the girl and. .," She was about to go on but was then abruptly cut off by Merle.

"Nonesense, I'm glad that there was a woman here to get everything organized. Thank you for looking after Hitomi, but the bleeding won't stop," Merle said, her eyes looking at the ground.

"I've already sent word to Queen Mallerna about the girl, and as far as I've been taught you need to clean the woundout and add a mixture of herbes," She answered, violet eyes never leaving Hitomi's unconcious state.

"Good can I trust you to look after Hitomi and make the mixture? while I shall attend Lord Van?," Merle asked heading out the door.

"Mistress Merle, How is his Majesty?, is he alright?" Akina asked worriedly walking over to the row of shelves grabbing, a basin and fillingit up with water.

"All he has is a bit of a fever, but other than that, it just physical exhaustion," She answered and walked away. Akina watched her go and resumed to the task at hand.

//So you're the girl form the Phantom Moon, the one that saved Gaea, it is a pleasure, healing a legend// She thought to herself and began cleaning the girl up. Time was of the essence, especially to save Hitomi's life.

"Get more bandaged and herbs of everykind to me now!," She demanded her eyes focused, on the deep wound.

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Van was sleeping peacefully in his chambers, unaware of Hitomi's condition. Drenched in sweat and panting heavily he tossed once and woke up abruptly (A/N: so much for peaceful sleep huh?) He heard commotion all over the halls. The tired King thought about streaching his muscles but an abrupt move caused him to wince and moan in pain. He slowly got up and shivered slightly. Van slicked his raven hair back, and limped slowly out the door. His ankle protested and as a result throbbed and sent sharp needles up his leg. He was under the catagory of pain. He opened th door and headed out to the healers' ward.

//I hope you can make it Hitomi// He thought to himself tiredly. Van then began panting heavily with every step he took, he body protested in pain and in exhaustion.

"Lord Van, you are not suppose to be out of bed, your body needs rest," Merle yelled angrily in Van's ear.

"Merle I wish to see Hitomi," Van pleaded in agony.

//You might over exhaust your body even more than it is at this moment// Merle thought to herself with a sigh. She then loooked at Van's eyes. They were looking as difiant and hard headed as usual, only with a hint of worry. She sighed inwardly

"Alright Lord Van, but you will let me help you get there, Even if I tried to argue, you would never listen anyways," She said with a small grin.

"Thank you Merle," The King said with a weak smile before almost falling oto the ground.

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Akina concentrated on stopping any more blood that forced its' way out of Hitomi. She brushed her black hair back, her ebony eyes concentrated o the wound. The girl was trying to heal her with every medical procedure she knew but Hitomi body was not responding to the medicine. She forced herself to keep trying, until her higness Quen Mallerna arrived.

"Akina I have found the book you asked for," A fellow servant said walking towards the girl.

"Thank you Gin, now please turn to the page about deep wounds, and pray to all the Gods and Goddesses you know, now read everything it says about deep wounds," Akina said coldly, her every moscle and gaze forced onto the wounded and dying girl, Gin nodded and took a deep breath and began reading everything word by word, Akina taking all the information in slowly and nodding when she wanted him to stop.

"Now Gin go and get lots of water and all the herbs and whatever the book lists, understood?,"

"Yes Akina," Gin said and ran quickly out the door, the book in hand.

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Van walked into the healers' ward to notice it wasn't n commotion but following every word that a servant said. It wasn't just any servant it was Akina. He slowly walked over to her and stopped when he saw Hitomi.

"How is she Akina?," Van whispered kneeling down besdie Hitomi

"I've managed to stop the bleeding, and Queen Mallerna has been notified she will arrive by air in the next fow hours. All I can do now is wait to see if the wound will start bleeding again.," She answered, looking down.

"Will she be alright," He asked

"All we can do now is wait for the medicine I have given her to take effect and for Queen Mallerna,"

"Thank you Akina," Merle said to the girl

"Your Welcome Lady Merle," Was the soft simple answer. Van stood up and walked painfully slow to Hitomi. He grabbed her lifeless had and placed a soft kiss on her cheek.

//I hope and pray that you'll be alright// Van thought to himself.

"Let me take you back to your chambers," Merle told Van and extended her hand out to the King. He took it silently and began walking slowly back to his room. And expression of fear and worry on his face.

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A/N: So.. . . ? I know this was a pointless and a bit sappy chapter but was it a good chapter? R/R. . .Should I continue??