Chapter 14
Viole became a dragonslayer quite quickly. Folken ordered Dilandau not to burn the village down though how much he had wanted to Dilandau obeyed.
They were on their way to Fanelia; they had gotten word that they were to capture the Ispano Guymelef Escaflowne.
The Dragonslayers were preparing for their first fight. They were told by Folken to keep casualty down. Dilandau promised he would try. But heaven couldn't stop him. Dornkirk maybe but not heaven.
"Can you believe it Lord Dilandau is sending us out on our first battle by ourselves. We shouldn't let him down." Chesta said.
Lilly was kinda upset, she wasn't able to join them this time only five were to go. Gatti, Chesta, Viole, Guimel, and Dallet were the only ones going. Folken wanted her to stay behind this time but she would go in soon.
"Don't get too excited Chesta or it might show." Dallet said. Gatti and Miguel laughed.
"Dallet the pervert of the month strikes again." Guimel said.
"Oh hush up sheep boy were only playing with Chester." Miguel said giving Chesta a noogie.
"Right Miggles I could have sworn you were giggling you and Gatti over there." Lee said.
Gatti was about to say something but Lilly popped in. "You mean Gurtti right??" She said.
"What ever Lillian, I almost for got your full name."
"You are better off with out knowing it." She said. Some of the Dragonslayers howled at this she gave him a look that said "better off next time".
"The one who has the last word always wins." Lee said
**
Gatti and the others were now leaving, the other Dragonslayers including Dilandau watched them leave Dilandau told them not to damage the Alsedise to much and to kill anyone in the way.
Upon arrival to Fanelia Gatti opened the door. He smiled at the country. This was going to be fun especially because they couldn't see the enemy.
Flash backs of that show came to mind. But he now saw a dragon being eaten by the hungry wolves and he actually enjoyed it.
Chesta watched as Gatti pretty much took lead. "Watch this men." Dilandau's voice had came over. Chesta couldn't see the country any more. Only blackness.
The same happened with the others. Then they saw the same thing that Gatti had seen in the flash back.
"Destroy Fanelia, it is our utmost enemy." Dilandau's voice came again.
Chesta and the other followed Gatti in destroying every thing in sight, they had forgotten Folken's words not to cause too many casualties.
After a while they had gotten rid of the samurai of Fanelia and burned down half the place. they started heading toward what looked like a shrine.
"The Escaflowne is in there. Destroy it." Dilandau said again.
"Forward to the shrine. Escaflowne should be in there." Gatti said.
Chesta and Gatti entered first with their stealth cloaks activated. They attacked the Escaflowne skillfully. But some how he was predicting all their moves and easily cut Chesta's guymelef arm off. Dallet went in and pointed his crima claw at Escaflowne. He heard a girl's scream then a war yell then a man with a big sword cut off his Guymelef arm. The man then stabbed right above Dallet's head just cutting off a lock of hair.
"Viole, get this flea off of me!" Dallet yelled. Viole aimed and got the man. He fell. The Escaflowne bent down to the old man. All of the Alsedise units surrounded the Escaflowne. But a column of light emitted from the sky and picked the Escaflowne up.
***
Back on the Vione Dilandau was informed of the failure.
Chesta and Dallet were kneeling really low and the others Guimel, Gatti, and Viole stood rigid bowing to Dilandau.
"What are these two doing here?" He asked. "So am I to understand that you let those bumpkin samurai damage two of my alsedise units??
"Forgive us." Chesta and Dallet both said in unison.
"Step forward." Dilandau had slapped Chesta and Dallet. Both hit the floor.
"You had stealth cloaks, how could you let this happen, are you trying to ruin my name??"
"For- forgive us" They both got up and bowed down.
"I am going to only say this once, I wont tolerate incompetence in my Dragonslayers. Do you understand." He said walking away.
"Yes sir." They said again.
"As you were." Dilandau said before he walked out the door.
When Dilandau was out of the room. There was much commotion.
"Can we say suck up." Lee asked.
"Jeez Lee you could go a little nicer on us we did get slapped.
Later on that day every one had said sir, or bowed when Dilandau passed by, they had only said sir when they passed him, but now since the little incident with the alsedise.
The next day they had arrived in Asturia's border. They had stopped at a fort for provisions. It was near the estate of Allen Shezar, a Knight of Calie and a playboy to women is what was rumored in Zaibach.
Once they landed Dilandau had Chesta and Gatti hold Zaibach ensigns. The others were lined up. Lilly got in the row almost in the back, she let her hair down. She wanted to be up in the front when they entered anything to get away from the men that were poking fun at her.
"I cant believe that Zaibach has to have a woman in their elite, is all their men afraid so they send out their girls?" one man said.
Lee was behind her. He looked at the man for the remark and his eyes glowed bright yellow at them, the two men immediately backed off.
"We request weapons food and water. We are engaged in urgent military maneuvers." Dilandau said.
"Of course, we will do everything in our power." Allen Shezar said.
"By the way Sir Allen you haven't seen a strange guymelef around her have you?" Dilandau asked.
"Why no it wouldn't have anything to do with the maneuvers of the Zaibach floating fortress would it?" Allen now asked.
"Mmmm…Possibly."
"Would it have anything to do with Fanelia being attacked?"
"What that run down little country, maybe its leaders were eaten by the dragons that seem to wander around that valley it's a fitting end to such a backwards country… at any rate it was a country full of cowards, led by a king that had went into hiding." Dilandau snickered.
"Becoming invisible during a battle is cowardly." Said a voice at Dilandau's side. He looked over. The first thing that had caught his eye was a girl. She had strange clothing.
"Ive never seen clothing like yours before, where are you from little girl?" He asked her after coming up to her. She just stood there.
"Her name is Hitomi, she is lovely wouldn't you agree."
Dilandau turned. "You live up to your reputation Allen Shezar, I hope you put as much effort as our provisions." Dilandau turned and left.
Lilly was about to kill some of the men on her side. But when Gatti passed her he shot her a glare that meant you can hurt them later.
She smiled and left when it was her turn. Asturian jerks.
**
On the Vione, Lilly was complaining about the Asturians.
"Gods why do they have to be so…blah!" She said.
"Hey watch it. Asturian on board." Gatti said.
"No wonder I want to poison you so much…oops did that just get out? Stupid blond git probably didn't even hear me." Lilly said.
"I did hear it so watch it." He started to walk in circles around the common room.
"Gatti is just mad because we will crush them tonight and that prick Allen." Dallet said.
" No I could care less about Allen or Asturia, my family was killed there and I was raised there by a drunk and whores so you can pretty much go by why I want to destroy the place."
Lilly looked at Gatti. She didn't know that he had a side like that to just pour his guts out. She looked at his eyes as they stared out the window. They looked grief stricken. Like it was a something he didn't want to remember, she had a lot of those times. Especially with her sister.
***
Dilandau was talking to Folken, they had just gotten done talking to Emperor Dornkirk and now talking to each other about the upcoming battle that night.
"Folken what was it you wanted to see me about??" Dilandau asked.
"I want you to put Lilly in battle." He said.
"No that is unaceptable, I wont be the laughing stock of Zaibach if I do put her in." Dilandau said.
"She wont let you down. I have done a test on her she has a high physical capasity. You should be more worried over Chesta."
"What...why??"
"All the pressure you put on him alone has risin his blood pressure. Most of it is stress, I am sure you know how to deal with this."
"I do not deal, I take care of it. He is a minor soldier, can be easily replaced."
"I wouldnt do that, Chesta is a whole lot quicker than the others and he is the only one who recieves orders better. I wouldnt get rid of your key player or you might lose."
"Why should I put that girl in?"
"Because she wants revenge on Asturia quote "squashing them could be easy" unquote. And you shouldnt have any trouble with Gatti. He may be Asturian but he is more loyal to us than anyone else."
"Ok whatever Ill let the girl play but she will only be under my orders. Deal? And if she surprises me then I'll let her come to more battles." Dilandau said leaving.
He left Folken to his thoughts. 'Dilandau dont do anything rash.'
***
Dilandau went to the common room. He knew that girl would be there. It was the end of the day and they were now on their own time.
The common room door slid open. All the Dragonslayers lined up in a row.
"These are the people who are going into battle today. Gatti, Miguel, Voru, Dallet, Hotaru, Jano, Lee, and.... upon request of Folken, Lilly." Dilandau said.
Lilly's spirits heightend. She was happy she was able to go out into the battlefield.
Dilandau left the room. Everyone was wondering why Dilandau actually allowed a girl in a battle. Chesta was sorta relived he was tired not only did he not get any sleep last night he had to carry that huge flag for about half an hour, or to Chesta seemed like a decade of never being able to let it hit the floor and plus the fact he had been running errands for Folken and Dilandau all day. Lee was skiping and hopping around the room he was finally going into battle. Dilandau must of had a BIG brain fart or something, Or he just didnt care about his own physical well being.
**
A couple hours later they were about to head out. Dilandau was heading toward the red alsedise, him being upset about the ealier battle he took the liberaty not to let Gatti lead any more.
"Men... and girl...we are to compleatly destroy the fort and leave no survivors. Got it." Dilandau said in the intercom. All the units headed out.
"This is going to be fun, finally those Asturian are going to pay for making fun of their doom." Lilly said to noone in earshot. The units finally came to a land and activated the stealth cloaks.
Voru was making silent prayer to himself. Miguel was looking around where every thing was to see what would go down easier. Gatti was picking dirt out under his nails with the same hand. Lee was turning his stealth cloak on and off, which was making Dilandau very unpaitient with him. Lilly was looking through the veiwfinder at the fort. Jano was resting his eyes or he was asleep no one knew for sure. Hotaru was just staring at the small fort and how many ways to get rid of it.
Dilandau let a signal out to head forward.
The battle went slowly at first, Lilly was smashing all the sheild thingys which was easy to do for they were slanted. Lee and Voru were taking out small builings. Gatti and Dilandau were burning the castle, well more Dilandau, Gatti was just making sure that nothing got in his lord's way. Jano and Miguel were taking out guymelefs one by one.
"How long are you going to continue with this sencless slauter?" Folken asked Dilandau.
"This is the best way to destroy any evidence. All we have to do now is capture the Escaflowne... once its smoked out." Dilandau said.
"Do you think that this Allen Shezar of Asturia will let himself be hearded by a fire?" Folken asked.
"What are you getting at??" Dilandau asked.
"The water falls behind the castle they say that birds build nest behind the falls to prevent them being attacked you see."
"Gyyyaaa! They're behind the castle!!" Dilandau yelled. "Gatti, Miguel, Lilly, Jano come with me. The rest of you stay report if you see Escaflowne."
The four followed him toward the end of the castle.
"Not bad you povintail pipsqueeks. Im going to swat you out of the sky, so get ready!!" Dilandau said.
"Yes, but sir you realize that we cant use our stealth cloaks in flight mode." Gatti said.
"Well then kill anyone who see's you." Dilandau knocked him back, Miguel caught his guymelef.
"Y-yes sir." Gatti said.
"Good, lets go."
They got closer to the crusade at lightning speed.
"Gatti come with me the rest of you fall back and wait." Dilandau said.
Dilandau, right above the crusade got in ground mode and he fell right on top of the crusade. "WATCH OUT!" He yelled.
Gatti came down on Sherazad. He got knocked out of the way and he skimmed the river water and came back up and crashed up against the crusade's sails.
"Gatti this ones yours." Gatti heard Dilandau say, Gatti watched the Escaflowne fly off. It was now a dragon. He tried to fight Allen, but with no avail he hit the water again. only this time to sink.
**
With the other Dragonslayers and Dilandau they were on the chase after the Escaflowne.
"I havent hunted Dragons in a long time, this is going to be such fun." Dilandau said.
"What is he talking about?" Lilly asked.
"Dilandau used to hunt dragons in Fanelia before even Guimel came. He has only gotten three down." Miguel said.
"Come one now, if you dont fly any faster were going to catch up." Dilandau said.
"Try this on for size, Van."Dilandau shot blasts of fire at the dragon.
Escaflowne landed and turned back into a guymelef. Dilandau and the others landed also and turned on stealth cloaks.
Dilandau silently told Jano to grab a hold of Escaflowne from behind. Jano did as told.
"Gotcha Van... you set yourself up as a decoy so the others could get away...well you know I just cant stand HEROICS!!" Dilandau yelled. He started to punch the Escaflowne in the stomach. "In fact I hate them!" Dilandau hit him one more time harder than ever. "What he's down already?" Dilandau asked himself.
"Dilandau, I thought i told you he was to be taken alive?" Folken asked over the intercom.
"I was just having a little fun strategos."
**
There was much rejoicing amongst the Dragonslayers the next morning and the whole day.
"My first battle and we are already done." Lilly said.
"No now we have to deliver the Escaflowne to Dornkirk and then take over Gaea." Gatti said taking another drink of his wine.
"Yeah but what will happen to us when they dont need us any more??" Guimel asked.
"Dont know I guess we go home or work for someone else." Miguel said rubbing his finger around the rim of the glass making a sharp sound.
Lee was trying to do the same thing but almost spilled his glass a couple of times. "Too bad Hotaru, Voru, and Takero, and Biore had to go and be search and destroy team. I mean why not have Hotaru at least stay."
"Am I getting that your gay??" Miguel asked.
"No I am not gay, I would wonder about Hotaru, he sleeps, eats, and walks like a girl. Trust me Lilly and him walk the same."
"And how is that??" Lilly asked.
Lee tried to act it out but was unsuccesful for the amount of wine he had.
Lilly hadnt had that much.
Dallet just watched the others he took another drink. He had this weird feeling that Dilandau was going to get into trouble. Just as if on cue the whole Vione shook. Seconds passed no one said anything then it shook again, but much more violently.
The Dragonslayers were looking frantically for Dilandau.
Dallet, Chesta and Gatti ran into each other.
"Where's Lord Dilandau?" Chesta asked.
"I dont know." Dallet said.
"Well we cant act with out our orders so let find him. Come on lets go." Chesta said.
The three took off in different directions.
Gatti almost ran into a running girl with weird clothes. He paid no heed to her.
Dallet had decided to go back to the common room and forget about Dilandau.
Chesta ran down the hall he saw a man, Allen Shezar! "Hey you draw!" Poor Chesta he was quickly disarmed.
"Freeze...if you wanna live." Allen said. "Lead me to Van Fanel's chamber."
Chesta gulped. Lord Dilandau wouldnt be happy with this.
**(minuets later)
Dilandau saw Van through the smoke. He unsheathed his sword. He attacked. He heard a scream.
"I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!!! YOUR GOING TO DIE!! I HATE YOU!!" Dilandau was now attacking out of hate not skill. Then Van got an attack.
Dilandau felt his face sting so badly. He lifted a hand to his cheek. "MY FACE!!!" Dilandau fell to the floor, he didnt even pay much attention to the two forms leaving. Minuets later he found himself going to the opening of the ship.
"Youll pay, you damaged my beautiful face." Dilandau said.
**(two days later)
Dilandau had grown more meaner after the cut.
"Why must it sting so much. Cheek, cheek, cheek, cheek, cheeeeek."
"Lord Dilandau, maybe it would be better if you didnt touch the wound like that." Gatti said.
"WHAT. So you understand the pain I'm feeling do you??" Dilandau punched him then grabbed him by the collar and actually picked Gatti up where Gatti would have to strain to touch the ground.
"Forgive me!" Gatti said. Dilandau threw him to the ground.
"My face he cut my beautiful face!"
"Lord Dilandau," said a voice.
"WHAT IS IT!!"
"Lord Folken he told me to tell you that he went down to talk to the castle and talk to King Aston. And hopefully to see his brother." It was Chesta.
Chesta ran after Dilandau's guymelef.
"Lord Dilandau, Lord Folken ordered us not to leave the anchorage, please stop, Lord Folken would be most angry."
"Who said anything about leaving the Vione." Dilandau aimed his crimma claw out toward the city. "Van." He said when he saw the king.
"Lord Dilandau! Lord Dilandau is setting his energist to maximum to shoot out a crimma claw?!" Chesta said.
"BYE BYE VAN!!" Dilandau said. "Reach it my claw tear Van to pieces!"
It missed.
"LORD DILANDAU!" Chesta yelled as the alsedise fell apart. "Lord Dilandau, are you alright??"
"GRRR thant girl."
**
Everyone had heard about the accident with Dilandau's alsedise. Though there was spares for him it was odd that he had lost this one so quickly.
Dilandau was playing with a glass bottle. More like figuring how many times he scratched it with his dagger it would finally drive Folken up the wall.
"GYYAAA, Folken I hate it when people make me wait! Well we should go over there and take the thing Folken, that would make Emperor Dornkirk very happy!"
Gatti came in. "Excuse me,"
"What is it."
"Sir, I bring you a message from General Adelfos."
"From General Adelfos. Well read it."
"Sir: The emperor has ordered the conquest of Freid. I am on route to Asturia with our forces."
"Well the Emperor has finally found what he's been searching for?"
"The Destiny Prodnostication Engine has detected the Dragon's shadow, capture it."
"Yes!"
"PS: Dont get carried away. That is a-" Dilandau slapped him.
"That is all sir."
Folken told Dilandau what Adelfos was saying and not to make haste.
"Ill ocupy the stupid harbor then. All i want to do is get Van back."
"If it is revenge you want then you can get it when you have captured him."
"What? Your going to give me your little brother? You dont care about him."
"I am a man who had betrayed my country." Folken said.
**
Later that night Dilandau couldnt sleep. He got up out of bed and looked out of the window. He then grabbed his binoculars from the bedside table. He saw Escaflowne. He knew the Dragonslayers would be all asleep.
Dilandau headed toward the hangar and got into his guymelef.
"I didnt know that you were such a light sleeper." Folken asked when he was already halfway to ground.
"I am still dreaming and its getting better, I am dreaming of Van!"
"That is an urban area, do not involve the citezenry."
"Ill try my best."
**
Gatti got up he had heard something and it made him wake up.
Miguel was already at the window.
"Lord Dilandau, is out there." Miguel said.
**
When Dilandau got back, he was not in a good mood, he had missed the Dragon compleatly, he had now a severe hatred for Allen Shezar.
****
Well that is that chapter. It is much longer. I made my outline and plus i am out of school now so expect a lot out from now on so read and review.
Viole became a dragonslayer quite quickly. Folken ordered Dilandau not to burn the village down though how much he had wanted to Dilandau obeyed.
They were on their way to Fanelia; they had gotten word that they were to capture the Ispano Guymelef Escaflowne.
The Dragonslayers were preparing for their first fight. They were told by Folken to keep casualty down. Dilandau promised he would try. But heaven couldn't stop him. Dornkirk maybe but not heaven.
"Can you believe it Lord Dilandau is sending us out on our first battle by ourselves. We shouldn't let him down." Chesta said.
Lilly was kinda upset, she wasn't able to join them this time only five were to go. Gatti, Chesta, Viole, Guimel, and Dallet were the only ones going. Folken wanted her to stay behind this time but she would go in soon.
"Don't get too excited Chesta or it might show." Dallet said. Gatti and Miguel laughed.
"Dallet the pervert of the month strikes again." Guimel said.
"Oh hush up sheep boy were only playing with Chester." Miguel said giving Chesta a noogie.
"Right Miggles I could have sworn you were giggling you and Gatti over there." Lee said.
Gatti was about to say something but Lilly popped in. "You mean Gurtti right??" She said.
"What ever Lillian, I almost for got your full name."
"You are better off with out knowing it." She said. Some of the Dragonslayers howled at this she gave him a look that said "better off next time".
"The one who has the last word always wins." Lee said
**
Gatti and the others were now leaving, the other Dragonslayers including Dilandau watched them leave Dilandau told them not to damage the Alsedise to much and to kill anyone in the way.
Upon arrival to Fanelia Gatti opened the door. He smiled at the country. This was going to be fun especially because they couldn't see the enemy.
Flash backs of that show came to mind. But he now saw a dragon being eaten by the hungry wolves and he actually enjoyed it.
Chesta watched as Gatti pretty much took lead. "Watch this men." Dilandau's voice had came over. Chesta couldn't see the country any more. Only blackness.
The same happened with the others. Then they saw the same thing that Gatti had seen in the flash back.
"Destroy Fanelia, it is our utmost enemy." Dilandau's voice came again.
Chesta and the other followed Gatti in destroying every thing in sight, they had forgotten Folken's words not to cause too many casualties.
After a while they had gotten rid of the samurai of Fanelia and burned down half the place. they started heading toward what looked like a shrine.
"The Escaflowne is in there. Destroy it." Dilandau said again.
"Forward to the shrine. Escaflowne should be in there." Gatti said.
Chesta and Gatti entered first with their stealth cloaks activated. They attacked the Escaflowne skillfully. But some how he was predicting all their moves and easily cut Chesta's guymelef arm off. Dallet went in and pointed his crima claw at Escaflowne. He heard a girl's scream then a war yell then a man with a big sword cut off his Guymelef arm. The man then stabbed right above Dallet's head just cutting off a lock of hair.
"Viole, get this flea off of me!" Dallet yelled. Viole aimed and got the man. He fell. The Escaflowne bent down to the old man. All of the Alsedise units surrounded the Escaflowne. But a column of light emitted from the sky and picked the Escaflowne up.
***
Back on the Vione Dilandau was informed of the failure.
Chesta and Dallet were kneeling really low and the others Guimel, Gatti, and Viole stood rigid bowing to Dilandau.
"What are these two doing here?" He asked. "So am I to understand that you let those bumpkin samurai damage two of my alsedise units??
"Forgive us." Chesta and Dallet both said in unison.
"Step forward." Dilandau had slapped Chesta and Dallet. Both hit the floor.
"You had stealth cloaks, how could you let this happen, are you trying to ruin my name??"
"For- forgive us" They both got up and bowed down.
"I am going to only say this once, I wont tolerate incompetence in my Dragonslayers. Do you understand." He said walking away.
"Yes sir." They said again.
"As you were." Dilandau said before he walked out the door.
When Dilandau was out of the room. There was much commotion.
"Can we say suck up." Lee asked.
"Jeez Lee you could go a little nicer on us we did get slapped.
Later on that day every one had said sir, or bowed when Dilandau passed by, they had only said sir when they passed him, but now since the little incident with the alsedise.
The next day they had arrived in Asturia's border. They had stopped at a fort for provisions. It was near the estate of Allen Shezar, a Knight of Calie and a playboy to women is what was rumored in Zaibach.
Once they landed Dilandau had Chesta and Gatti hold Zaibach ensigns. The others were lined up. Lilly got in the row almost in the back, she let her hair down. She wanted to be up in the front when they entered anything to get away from the men that were poking fun at her.
"I cant believe that Zaibach has to have a woman in their elite, is all their men afraid so they send out their girls?" one man said.
Lee was behind her. He looked at the man for the remark and his eyes glowed bright yellow at them, the two men immediately backed off.
"We request weapons food and water. We are engaged in urgent military maneuvers." Dilandau said.
"Of course, we will do everything in our power." Allen Shezar said.
"By the way Sir Allen you haven't seen a strange guymelef around her have you?" Dilandau asked.
"Why no it wouldn't have anything to do with the maneuvers of the Zaibach floating fortress would it?" Allen now asked.
"Mmmm…Possibly."
"Would it have anything to do with Fanelia being attacked?"
"What that run down little country, maybe its leaders were eaten by the dragons that seem to wander around that valley it's a fitting end to such a backwards country… at any rate it was a country full of cowards, led by a king that had went into hiding." Dilandau snickered.
"Becoming invisible during a battle is cowardly." Said a voice at Dilandau's side. He looked over. The first thing that had caught his eye was a girl. She had strange clothing.
"Ive never seen clothing like yours before, where are you from little girl?" He asked her after coming up to her. She just stood there.
"Her name is Hitomi, she is lovely wouldn't you agree."
Dilandau turned. "You live up to your reputation Allen Shezar, I hope you put as much effort as our provisions." Dilandau turned and left.
Lilly was about to kill some of the men on her side. But when Gatti passed her he shot her a glare that meant you can hurt them later.
She smiled and left when it was her turn. Asturian jerks.
**
On the Vione, Lilly was complaining about the Asturians.
"Gods why do they have to be so…blah!" She said.
"Hey watch it. Asturian on board." Gatti said.
"No wonder I want to poison you so much…oops did that just get out? Stupid blond git probably didn't even hear me." Lilly said.
"I did hear it so watch it." He started to walk in circles around the common room.
"Gatti is just mad because we will crush them tonight and that prick Allen." Dallet said.
" No I could care less about Allen or Asturia, my family was killed there and I was raised there by a drunk and whores so you can pretty much go by why I want to destroy the place."
Lilly looked at Gatti. She didn't know that he had a side like that to just pour his guts out. She looked at his eyes as they stared out the window. They looked grief stricken. Like it was a something he didn't want to remember, she had a lot of those times. Especially with her sister.
***
Dilandau was talking to Folken, they had just gotten done talking to Emperor Dornkirk and now talking to each other about the upcoming battle that night.
"Folken what was it you wanted to see me about??" Dilandau asked.
"I want you to put Lilly in battle." He said.
"No that is unaceptable, I wont be the laughing stock of Zaibach if I do put her in." Dilandau said.
"She wont let you down. I have done a test on her she has a high physical capasity. You should be more worried over Chesta."
"What...why??"
"All the pressure you put on him alone has risin his blood pressure. Most of it is stress, I am sure you know how to deal with this."
"I do not deal, I take care of it. He is a minor soldier, can be easily replaced."
"I wouldnt do that, Chesta is a whole lot quicker than the others and he is the only one who recieves orders better. I wouldnt get rid of your key player or you might lose."
"Why should I put that girl in?"
"Because she wants revenge on Asturia quote "squashing them could be easy" unquote. And you shouldnt have any trouble with Gatti. He may be Asturian but he is more loyal to us than anyone else."
"Ok whatever Ill let the girl play but she will only be under my orders. Deal? And if she surprises me then I'll let her come to more battles." Dilandau said leaving.
He left Folken to his thoughts. 'Dilandau dont do anything rash.'
***
Dilandau went to the common room. He knew that girl would be there. It was the end of the day and they were now on their own time.
The common room door slid open. All the Dragonslayers lined up in a row.
"These are the people who are going into battle today. Gatti, Miguel, Voru, Dallet, Hotaru, Jano, Lee, and.... upon request of Folken, Lilly." Dilandau said.
Lilly's spirits heightend. She was happy she was able to go out into the battlefield.
Dilandau left the room. Everyone was wondering why Dilandau actually allowed a girl in a battle. Chesta was sorta relived he was tired not only did he not get any sleep last night he had to carry that huge flag for about half an hour, or to Chesta seemed like a decade of never being able to let it hit the floor and plus the fact he had been running errands for Folken and Dilandau all day. Lee was skiping and hopping around the room he was finally going into battle. Dilandau must of had a BIG brain fart or something, Or he just didnt care about his own physical well being.
**
A couple hours later they were about to head out. Dilandau was heading toward the red alsedise, him being upset about the ealier battle he took the liberaty not to let Gatti lead any more.
"Men... and girl...we are to compleatly destroy the fort and leave no survivors. Got it." Dilandau said in the intercom. All the units headed out.
"This is going to be fun, finally those Asturian are going to pay for making fun of their doom." Lilly said to noone in earshot. The units finally came to a land and activated the stealth cloaks.
Voru was making silent prayer to himself. Miguel was looking around where every thing was to see what would go down easier. Gatti was picking dirt out under his nails with the same hand. Lee was turning his stealth cloak on and off, which was making Dilandau very unpaitient with him. Lilly was looking through the veiwfinder at the fort. Jano was resting his eyes or he was asleep no one knew for sure. Hotaru was just staring at the small fort and how many ways to get rid of it.
Dilandau let a signal out to head forward.
The battle went slowly at first, Lilly was smashing all the sheild thingys which was easy to do for they were slanted. Lee and Voru were taking out small builings. Gatti and Dilandau were burning the castle, well more Dilandau, Gatti was just making sure that nothing got in his lord's way. Jano and Miguel were taking out guymelefs one by one.
"How long are you going to continue with this sencless slauter?" Folken asked Dilandau.
"This is the best way to destroy any evidence. All we have to do now is capture the Escaflowne... once its smoked out." Dilandau said.
"Do you think that this Allen Shezar of Asturia will let himself be hearded by a fire?" Folken asked.
"What are you getting at??" Dilandau asked.
"The water falls behind the castle they say that birds build nest behind the falls to prevent them being attacked you see."
"Gyyyaaa! They're behind the castle!!" Dilandau yelled. "Gatti, Miguel, Lilly, Jano come with me. The rest of you stay report if you see Escaflowne."
The four followed him toward the end of the castle.
"Not bad you povintail pipsqueeks. Im going to swat you out of the sky, so get ready!!" Dilandau said.
"Yes, but sir you realize that we cant use our stealth cloaks in flight mode." Gatti said.
"Well then kill anyone who see's you." Dilandau knocked him back, Miguel caught his guymelef.
"Y-yes sir." Gatti said.
"Good, lets go."
They got closer to the crusade at lightning speed.
"Gatti come with me the rest of you fall back and wait." Dilandau said.
Dilandau, right above the crusade got in ground mode and he fell right on top of the crusade. "WATCH OUT!" He yelled.
Gatti came down on Sherazad. He got knocked out of the way and he skimmed the river water and came back up and crashed up against the crusade's sails.
"Gatti this ones yours." Gatti heard Dilandau say, Gatti watched the Escaflowne fly off. It was now a dragon. He tried to fight Allen, but with no avail he hit the water again. only this time to sink.
**
With the other Dragonslayers and Dilandau they were on the chase after the Escaflowne.
"I havent hunted Dragons in a long time, this is going to be such fun." Dilandau said.
"What is he talking about?" Lilly asked.
"Dilandau used to hunt dragons in Fanelia before even Guimel came. He has only gotten three down." Miguel said.
"Come one now, if you dont fly any faster were going to catch up." Dilandau said.
"Try this on for size, Van."Dilandau shot blasts of fire at the dragon.
Escaflowne landed and turned back into a guymelef. Dilandau and the others landed also and turned on stealth cloaks.
Dilandau silently told Jano to grab a hold of Escaflowne from behind. Jano did as told.
"Gotcha Van... you set yourself up as a decoy so the others could get away...well you know I just cant stand HEROICS!!" Dilandau yelled. He started to punch the Escaflowne in the stomach. "In fact I hate them!" Dilandau hit him one more time harder than ever. "What he's down already?" Dilandau asked himself.
"Dilandau, I thought i told you he was to be taken alive?" Folken asked over the intercom.
"I was just having a little fun strategos."
**
There was much rejoicing amongst the Dragonslayers the next morning and the whole day.
"My first battle and we are already done." Lilly said.
"No now we have to deliver the Escaflowne to Dornkirk and then take over Gaea." Gatti said taking another drink of his wine.
"Yeah but what will happen to us when they dont need us any more??" Guimel asked.
"Dont know I guess we go home or work for someone else." Miguel said rubbing his finger around the rim of the glass making a sharp sound.
Lee was trying to do the same thing but almost spilled his glass a couple of times. "Too bad Hotaru, Voru, and Takero, and Biore had to go and be search and destroy team. I mean why not have Hotaru at least stay."
"Am I getting that your gay??" Miguel asked.
"No I am not gay, I would wonder about Hotaru, he sleeps, eats, and walks like a girl. Trust me Lilly and him walk the same."
"And how is that??" Lilly asked.
Lee tried to act it out but was unsuccesful for the amount of wine he had.
Lilly hadnt had that much.
Dallet just watched the others he took another drink. He had this weird feeling that Dilandau was going to get into trouble. Just as if on cue the whole Vione shook. Seconds passed no one said anything then it shook again, but much more violently.
The Dragonslayers were looking frantically for Dilandau.
Dallet, Chesta and Gatti ran into each other.
"Where's Lord Dilandau?" Chesta asked.
"I dont know." Dallet said.
"Well we cant act with out our orders so let find him. Come on lets go." Chesta said.
The three took off in different directions.
Gatti almost ran into a running girl with weird clothes. He paid no heed to her.
Dallet had decided to go back to the common room and forget about Dilandau.
Chesta ran down the hall he saw a man, Allen Shezar! "Hey you draw!" Poor Chesta he was quickly disarmed.
"Freeze...if you wanna live." Allen said. "Lead me to Van Fanel's chamber."
Chesta gulped. Lord Dilandau wouldnt be happy with this.
**(minuets later)
Dilandau saw Van through the smoke. He unsheathed his sword. He attacked. He heard a scream.
"I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!!! YOUR GOING TO DIE!! I HATE YOU!!" Dilandau was now attacking out of hate not skill. Then Van got an attack.
Dilandau felt his face sting so badly. He lifted a hand to his cheek. "MY FACE!!!" Dilandau fell to the floor, he didnt even pay much attention to the two forms leaving. Minuets later he found himself going to the opening of the ship.
"Youll pay, you damaged my beautiful face." Dilandau said.
**(two days later)
Dilandau had grown more meaner after the cut.
"Why must it sting so much. Cheek, cheek, cheek, cheek, cheeeeek."
"Lord Dilandau, maybe it would be better if you didnt touch the wound like that." Gatti said.
"WHAT. So you understand the pain I'm feeling do you??" Dilandau punched him then grabbed him by the collar and actually picked Gatti up where Gatti would have to strain to touch the ground.
"Forgive me!" Gatti said. Dilandau threw him to the ground.
"My face he cut my beautiful face!"
"Lord Dilandau," said a voice.
"WHAT IS IT!!"
"Lord Folken he told me to tell you that he went down to talk to the castle and talk to King Aston. And hopefully to see his brother." It was Chesta.
Chesta ran after Dilandau's guymelef.
"Lord Dilandau, Lord Folken ordered us not to leave the anchorage, please stop, Lord Folken would be most angry."
"Who said anything about leaving the Vione." Dilandau aimed his crimma claw out toward the city. "Van." He said when he saw the king.
"Lord Dilandau! Lord Dilandau is setting his energist to maximum to shoot out a crimma claw?!" Chesta said.
"BYE BYE VAN!!" Dilandau said. "Reach it my claw tear Van to pieces!"
It missed.
"LORD DILANDAU!" Chesta yelled as the alsedise fell apart. "Lord Dilandau, are you alright??"
"GRRR thant girl."
**
Everyone had heard about the accident with Dilandau's alsedise. Though there was spares for him it was odd that he had lost this one so quickly.
Dilandau was playing with a glass bottle. More like figuring how many times he scratched it with his dagger it would finally drive Folken up the wall.
"GYYAAA, Folken I hate it when people make me wait! Well we should go over there and take the thing Folken, that would make Emperor Dornkirk very happy!"
Gatti came in. "Excuse me,"
"What is it."
"Sir, I bring you a message from General Adelfos."
"From General Adelfos. Well read it."
"Sir: The emperor has ordered the conquest of Freid. I am on route to Asturia with our forces."
"Well the Emperor has finally found what he's been searching for?"
"The Destiny Prodnostication Engine has detected the Dragon's shadow, capture it."
"Yes!"
"PS: Dont get carried away. That is a-" Dilandau slapped him.
"That is all sir."
Folken told Dilandau what Adelfos was saying and not to make haste.
"Ill ocupy the stupid harbor then. All i want to do is get Van back."
"If it is revenge you want then you can get it when you have captured him."
"What? Your going to give me your little brother? You dont care about him."
"I am a man who had betrayed my country." Folken said.
**
Later that night Dilandau couldnt sleep. He got up out of bed and looked out of the window. He then grabbed his binoculars from the bedside table. He saw Escaflowne. He knew the Dragonslayers would be all asleep.
Dilandau headed toward the hangar and got into his guymelef.
"I didnt know that you were such a light sleeper." Folken asked when he was already halfway to ground.
"I am still dreaming and its getting better, I am dreaming of Van!"
"That is an urban area, do not involve the citezenry."
"Ill try my best."
**
Gatti got up he had heard something and it made him wake up.
Miguel was already at the window.
"Lord Dilandau, is out there." Miguel said.
**
When Dilandau got back, he was not in a good mood, he had missed the Dragon compleatly, he had now a severe hatred for Allen Shezar.
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Well that is that chapter. It is much longer. I made my outline and plus i am out of school now so expect a lot out from now on so read and review.