His Kindness
His Kindness
Well please enjoy and Please Read and Review once more.A Reminder on the Characters...
Kanzaki Hitomi is Sakaguchi Alice (Arisu)
Van de Fanel is Kobayashi Rin (Ring)
Allen Schezar is Ogura Jinpachi
Millerna ? is Nishikiori Enju (OK, so the original name was Nishikiori Issei, but that was a guy, so I'm changing it. His past life name was, Enju, and YES he was a women reborn as a MAN!)
Sakamoto Ken - Exchange student that staying with Alice along with his sister Chiyo
Sakamoto Chiyo - Exchange student staying with Alice, she and Ken are twins, she is the younger
(writing) - things in parentheses are my notes and thoughts
writing - words in italics are what the characters thinking or flashbacks
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne or anything of Please Save My Earth for that matter.
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She steps out of the shower and begins to towel off, her short wet hair clinging to the sides of her face. Suddenly the knob on the other side of the bathroom begins to twist, but Alice doesn't notice as she's preoccupied with her thoughts. "Wonder what would Enju say..." Suddenly the door opens and Ken is standing in the doorway with nothing but a little towel to cover his body. Alice turns around to this new sound that came into the bathroom and turned around. "AHHHH!" Alice screams and runs into her room trying to cover as much of her body as she could, but she has to take a little time to unlock her door (let's just say she locked the wrong door)."Hmph, my Alice, you are quite easily shaken aren't you?" Ken said to himself in the bathroom staring at her door, "so timid over a little show of skin. Alice... or should I say Hitomi?"
Chapter 5: Proof of Love"Eh?!" Rin was in his room reading when he heard Alice scream. "That's Alice's voice! Oh no, I bet it's that bastard! If he lays one hand on Alice...!"
He rushes over to the balcony to see what's happening, the light is off in her room and he can see her figure huddled by the door, "Alice!" he calls."Rin!?" she looks out the window and there he is on his own balcony."Are you Ok? I heard you scream, did that bastard do anything to you?" he asked, he was starting to move over onto her own balcony to see if she's Ok. "I'm Ok..." she said, stepping out of the shadows. "It's just that he surprised me that's all."Rin could now see her and her hair was still wet and in disarray, her towel wrapped around her naked body. Now, seeing her like this, he expected the worst."WHAT DID THAT PERVERT DO TO YOU?!?! I swear I'll hurt him-""No, it's not that! He just walked in on me and surprised me.""Oh... Well at least you weren't raped or anything, but I'm sure that etchi got a good look at you." he sounded mad now. "Calm down, it was my fault for locking the wrong door," she said to him."I told you to be careful!" he cried."Gommen, but you don't have to shout, people can hear you!" she hushed.Rin relaxed a little and both were just silent for awhile, looking at each others faces. Then Alice shivers and starts to sneeze and sniffle. He then remembers she's only wearing a bath towel outside on the balcony and there may be peeping tom's. "My god, you must be freezing, get inside and put something on, people might be looking." he said, he was now starting to get a bit embarassed by how little her towel covered. She moves into her room and he stays out on the balcony. She draws her curtains and puts on some clothes. She drys her hair with a towel and puts on some slippers and walks back out onto the balcony. She then invites him onto her balcony, feeling awkward and unsure of what to do or say around Sakamoto-kun."So... Did he see you?" Rin asked uncomfortably."No, thank god! I'm so embarassed now though.""Will you be Ok? Do you need anything?" he said attentively."No, but please don't leave right now, stay for a little longer. You can have dinner with us..." she said desperately, holding onto him as she leaned against his warm body. He hugs her and says Ok. She can feel his warm body and against hers and feels safe in his arms. He can feel her shiver a bit against him and tightens his hold on her, resting his head over her shoulder. "It feels so comfortable and right holding her..." he thinks to himself. Suddenly there's a knock on the door, it's Sakamoto Ken."Alice, I'm sorry I walked in on you, it was an accident, the door was unlocked so I thought no one was there," he said from behind the door.Alice seemed to hold onto Rin tighter when she heard his voice, "I understand, let's just forget it...""Alright... By the way..." Ken pauses for a moment and smiles slyly to himself. "...You look really cute and sexy in only a towel." Rin's temper rose when he heard this and he went to the door and flung it open, "Hey! Keep yourself away from Alice, do you hear me!? And keep you're perverted thoughts in your own head!""Oh, so you're here too?" he said to Rin. "Must have climbed over from the other room, so you must have gotten a good look at her too. I'm right aren't I? Really sexy and vulnerable, huh?""Shut up, you pervert, and don't come near her or I'll hurt you," he yelled."Rin..." Alice thought, she was surprised by how protective of her he was."What's all this racket?" Chiyo stepped out of the guest room with a towel wrapped around her hair."Nothing." Ken said, and stared hard at Rin. Rin stared back with daggers in his eyes. Ken then left and went back into the guest room, followed by Chiyo. "What's up with him?" Chiyo thought.Alice trembled and Rin grit his teeth. "That sleez ball..." Rin grumbled."Please, can I stay with you for awhile. I don't want to be alone with him. Okkasan went to the store to buy food for dinner and now... I'm a bit scared," she begged."Don't worry, I'll stay with you as long as you want me to and as long as I can... I won't let him touch a hair on your head!" Rin told her. Not wanting to have to confront Ken again, they left a note on the table saying Alice had gone for awhile to stay at Rin's place to help him with something. "I definately know now that I can't even like him, he's a pig!" Alice said to herself. Her eyes drooped, she was getting sleepy, she leaned against Rin as he opened the door to his place. They walked over to the couch and sat down."Do you need anything?" he asked.She shakes her head against his shoulder and just lays there with her head on his shoulder. In another situation, it would have made Rin blush that she was so close, but in this case his mind was somewhere else. She started to drift off to sleep, she was stressed now so sleep came easily. She was still laying on Rin's shoulder and he took a blanket from the side an wrapped it around him and her. She snuggled closer to him, and only then did the intamacy of the situation hit Rin. Now he was a bit uncomfortable. He could hear and feel her breath against his skin. He was also sleepy, so he lay his head against the couch and fell asleep to the sound of Alice's breathing.-Alice and Rin's Dream-"Honestly, Van... I think, you're wings are beautiful." Hitomi said blushing."Hmph, only you and Merle would say that," he said.
-FLASH-"Hitomi... I want you stay with me from now on..." Van said while sharpening his sword. "Van... What did you say...?" Hitomi asked.
-FLASH-"Van..." a tear slides down Hitomi's cheek as she stares at the dragon tarot card in her hand in her room on Earth.
-FLASH-Hitomi is running down the track field when a pillar of light descends and Van and Escaflowne are there."Van!" Hitomi cried. She ran up to him and reached her hand out to his and he takes it, pulling her up toward him."Hitomi, I'm never going to let you go again (is that what he said? I just can't remember, in the sub he said something like that)..." he blushes as she pulls herself up to him and hugs him.
-END OF DREAM-The pendant Alice is wearing starts to shine slightly as a reaction to their dreams, and it wakes her up. She looks up and sees Rin's quiet sleeping face above her. He looks so sound asleep, like a little boy in bed. "He must be tired too, I should make something for him while he's sleeping... A thank you for staying with me and being there for me." She gets up slowly as to make sure she doesn't wake him up. She sneaks into his kitchen and looks around for something to make. Looking at his food supply, it didn't seem like he ate much other than Ramen every night. She gathered what she could find and started up the stove.Rin stirred in his sleep as he remembered the time Van tried to tell Hitomi he loved her before they would never have another chance too in that life. A smell registers his nose and he starts to wake up. "What smells good? Alice...?" he quickly got up and looked inside the kitchen. There he saw Alice cooking away and preparing the table. "She made me dinner?" She notices him standing in the door and motions for him to come in. "Since you were asleep, I decided that maybe I should make you're dinner. You don't look like you eat much of anything that's not frozen or instant." she tells him to sit and wait a little longer. "Arigatou, for staying with me..." she said while looking at the stove. "It seems like I'm always thanking you, I don't know how I can repay you.""Don't worry about it, you already made me dinner, besides... I can't stand guys like that." he said. She continues to cook until she's finished. Then they eat a bit silently and awkwardly, not knowing what to say to one another in such an private moment. When they finish, Rin says he'll wash the dishes, but she refuses and says she should do it since she cooked. She starts to prepare everything in a rush, trying to stop him from doing it, and she reaches down onto the stove which was still quite hot from being turned on just a little while ago."Ouch!" she winces and draws her hand back. her hand is now slightly burned, but it sure does hurt like hell. "Alice! Are you Ok!? Let me see," he said taking her hand in his and turning it around to examine it. "It's not too serious, put it under water," he said and turned on the sink. "I'm so clumsy..." Alice said to herself as Rin carefully washed her hand under the faucet water gently. She looked at him, he never seemed more gentle than he did right then. He then left to find some disinfectant and bandages. She sat there in the kitchen waiting for him. "This reminds me of the time Hitomi got sick with a fever, and Van put ointment on the wound in her leg. Same gentleness, same tenderness, same feeling of caring..." She woke up from her thoughts as Rin brought back a first-aid kit. He took out the disinfectant and dabbed a cotton ball with it. "Now this might sting a little..." he said taking her hand and wiping her wound. He was right. It did sting, a lot. "Ahh, ouch!" she yelped as he continued to treat he burn. Then to try and make it feel better, he blew on it, like a mother to her child, in the same loving tender way. Then he took out the bandages and started wrapping her hand slowly as to try and not hurt her. Alice just stares at him, oblivious of her eyes as he wraps her hand. "He really is kind and gentle, such a great guy...". She sighs and he looks up."What's wrong? Does it hurt?" he asked kindly. "No. I was just thinking how kind you were to me, that's all..." she said. He looked up at her eyes that moment. There was a yearning in his eyes, as well as pain. He held her gaze and moved closer to her, getting ready to kiss her again. She moved toward him ever so slightly. Then... a knock. Someone was knocking on the door. "Damn, lost the moment!" Rin thougth frustrated. He finished bandaging Alice's hand quickly and they both went to the door. They opened it, afraid it might be Sakamoto-kun, but it was the other Sakamoto, Chiyo. She had come to take Alice back for dinner. She said she already ate, but goes back anyways. She thanks Rin, and gives him one last long look before she walks into her apartment next door."Why can't I tell her? Why can't I tell her how I feel?" Rin asked himself inside his apartment. "That jerk Sakamoto can, so why can't I?"Inside Alice's apartment, she's inside her room staring at a photo with Jinpachi, Enju, Rin, and herself in it. She stares at Rin in the photo. Suddenly Chiyo comes in and asks what she's looking at. She shows her the pictures of her friends. Chiyo examines it closely and her eyes land on Jinpachi. She smiles slyly. "He's just my type," she told Alice."Oh, that's my best friend Jinpachi, he's kind of going with Enju, that girl right here," she points at Enju in the picture, "right now." "Allen... At long last we meet again." She looked at Enju in the picture again, "Millerna? Well it seems the times has changed since Allen was last in love with Marlene." Chiyo stared at Jinpachi in the picture, a soft smile plays on her lips.Meanwhile Jinpachi has dreams of Allen's past affair with Marlene.
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A Few Authors Notes
Again, nothing really relavent to Please Save My Earth. This chapter is quite mushy, isn't it? So how do you like it so far? Please Read and Review! I think that this turned out a little mushier then I first intended, but I'm a romantic. I think I was in a strange mood and wanted to add a tad bit of humor when I wrote this. I've come up with 2 new Escaflowne fanfic ideas, ones a Dance Dance Revolution Competition and the other is an AU where Van goes to the Earth with Hitomi and goes to school with her, typical teenage romance stuff in that idea. Anyway, as much as I'd like to start that, I don't want to till this one is finished. Well Ja Ne!
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