Finally... Shifting Paths

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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!)
For the record: when this story started, Alice and company were 16, now the last chapter was 6 months after the begininng of the story. They were in the 11th grade and the begininng of this chapter starts 6 months AFTER the last, meaning they've come along one full year of school, meaning they are now in the 12th grade and are the seniors at their school and getting ready to take the exams to get into college.

(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 reached her hand towards him, beckoning him to come with her. He raised his hand slowly and took hold of hers, taking them back into the world of reality.

Rin felt warm soft lips as he opened his eyes from a long nightmare. There she was, next to him, kissing him. She pulled away from him slightly and opened her eyes. She smiled at him, relieved, then her eyes started to fill once more and her smile waivered.

"Rin... I..." she struggles to control her emotions, "Rin... you're so important to me! I really love you very much, you're so precious to me! I love you even more than I did before, as Hitomi."

"Alice... I'm sorry. I'm sorry I put you through so much grief, why didn't I ever say anything? I'm such an idiot," he confessed, putting a hand to her cheek.

She holds his hand to her cheek and continues to cry as he holds her dearly. After her sobs subside a little, he wipes the stain of her tairs with his thumb and just looks at her, "God... Have I ever told you how beautiful you were?" she smiles at him bashfully and her cheeks turn a deep crimson color, and he jokes, "you're even pretty when you're embarassed!"

He chuckles and pulls her in closer to him. "Finally... Finally we can be together, truly. Before we restrained ourselves because of our fears, but now that we've finally overcome this hurtle we can be happy and say what we really feel. Now we are truly together..." he looks at her adoring and she smiles back at him. She shifts on the bed so that she's facing him and gives him a kiss. What started off as something sweet and gentle, slowly turned into something deep and filled with raging emotions. The both fell back onto his bed in a that deep kiss which neither wanted to part from.

"Am I missing something here?" Enju asked the next morning when she found Rin and Alice holding hands together at the doorway. "Oh...! I see, you guy's finally got it together. Gee, it took you long enough."

They both blushed and looked at each other sheepishly. The night before, Aki's dad anounced that they would be moving once again, and he left that very night, without even a goodbye.

Several months later...

School has already let out and all four of them have already graduated. Jinpachi left for America with Enju a month ago, and Rin and Alice just took the college entrance exams for Tokyo University and both got in, tomorrow is the first day of classes...

"Wow, time seems to really fly by doesn't it?" Alice asked as she and Rin walked along the park that was lined with beautiful cherry blossom trees.

"Yeah... It just seems like yesterday that I moved here and we all met. I hope those two are happy in America," he replied, "now, we're starting our college lives...

Alice gave a big sigh to this and leaned against his shoulder, "What's wrong?" he asked.

"It's just that we're starting our new life in college, and I'm just thinking that we might not get to see each other us much as we do now. We'll have different classes, and there are so many pretty girls at Tokyo... I might get jealous if you pay too much attention to them," she confided.

"Don't be ridiculous!" he said stopping and turning to face her, "you're the only one I can ever love, if anyone should be worried it's me! Guys are bound to come chasing after you, I mean look at you! Who wouldn't fall in love with you?" he said turning red.

She laughed, "I guess we're both a little scared, we're finally going out in the real world. It soothes me to know that we'll be going together, and that you'll always be with me... You will stay with me won't you?" she asked shakily.

Rin suddenly kissed her, "You can't get rid of me even if you tried."

She smiled in relief, "I want to be with you always. Just the thought of being without you is to frightening to even think about."

They shared another long kiss and after they broke apart Rin says, "Let's get married."

Alice now turns a light red color, "I can't live without you, I know what it feels like to be witout you and I don't ever want to feel that way ever again. If you'll let me, I'll try to make you happy."

He wraps his arms around her from the back and nuzzles her neck, "I'll use all my heart and soul to protect you."

She smiles at him and gives him a kiss as her reply and consent. "Watching Rin talk about our future with a shining smile banished all my fears... We'll be alright, I just know it!"

"We could get a new place together, or you could just move in with me," he said shly.

"Gee, you're sneakier than I thought," she said, "but I would love to move in with you," she said truthfully. "It would cost less, besides, I practically live there these days anyway."

As their relationship had matured over the past months, Alice kept sneaking over the balcony window to see him in the middle of the night. All they ever did was all innocent, just kissing in each others arms and gazing at the night sky.

"I already have all my stuff packed because I was going to move out anyways, I could just move in tonight. My mom's not home tonight, and it's getting a little lonely," she said.

"We can have our own little party to celebrate our getting into Tokyo U," he said, giving her another kiss. "C'mon, let's go move you in."

Once they got back to their apartments, the went straight to work moving all of Alice's stuff into Rin's apartment. They were going to be sharing his bed, since he only had one room. It was like they were already married. That night, while Alice was rearranging her stuff in his room, he snuck up on her and swept her off her feet.

Alice giggled, "Put me down," she said weakly.

He laid her on the bed and sat next to her, "I want to give you something to make our engagment real." He then took something from his back pocket and took her left hand. Taking her hand, he slid a ring with a glossy pink stone onto her finger, she gasped.

"Rin..." she let out.

"I just wanted to give you something to show you how much I love you," he said.

"Thank you," she kissed him and gave him a hug, "there's something I want to give back to you too."

She then took of the pink pendant and slid it back onto his neck, "This is my symbol of how much I love you. You gave this back to me once, and now I'm giving it back to you as a token of my love."

They gazed into each others eyes for a long time, their powerful emotions for each other building up. They suddenly let it all out in a seering kiss which they both fell fully onto the bed from. His hands traced down the line of her back as her hand ran through his thick, dark hair. There arms and legs were a tangled mess in each others.

"Make love to me," Alice told Rin. "I want you touch me, and feel me," she said, playing with the buttons on his shirt.

"Are you sure?" he asked hesitantly. He didn't want to do something she wasn't sure about.

"I'm as sure as the day is bright and the night is dark," she told him, kissing him dearly.

She slowly undid the buttons of his shirt and felt the crevices of his well chiseled chest. She left a trail of kisses from his neck to his stomach, he then laid her flat on the bed and began to undress her in the same manner. She then unbuttoned his pants and he kicked them off, all while still kissing her. They then slipped under the covers together still kissing each other.

That night they shared their bodies together and became one with each other physically. Now they were both joined physically and mentally.

(What? You thought I was going to go a little farther than that? Well sorry to disappoint you.)

Next Morning...

Alice awoke to the sun peaking in through Rin's thin curtains and found his arms wrapped tightly around her. She smiled happily and gave him a kiss in his sleep and he stirred a bit. She then went back to sleep feeling happily content and at peace in her lovers arms. The both of them then woke up a few hours later, because they were tired from the night before. They couldn't help smiling at each other as they awoke.

"We have school in a few hours," Rin spoke up, "we should get dressed and get there early."

"Not yet. I don't want to leave here yet, I'm so comfortable," she said happily and closed her eyes and leaned into his chest. So they were late their first day of school...

A Couple of Months Later... (thought it was going to end there didn't cha? Well not quite yet.)

Rin and Alice were enjoying they're break from college at their new home. They had just moved into a house and have been happily married for 2 years. Alice had given birth to a healthy baby boy 9 months after they had started school together and now she expecting again in about 2 months.

Alice was playing with little baby Van when Rin came back. Since Alice was pregnant, she had left her job temporarily incase of emergencies.

"How are you sweethart?" he said as he came in and gave her a kiss. He picked Van up in his arms, "Wow! You're getting to be pretty big aren't ya?"

Alice laughed, she couldn't believe how happy she was. She stared at her husband with their happy little boy in his arms and then turned to her own round tummy. She couldn't believe how happy and lucky they were, Rin must have been thinking the exact same thing because he spoke, "I can't believe how unbelievably happy we are."

"I know," she responded, she looked up at the clear blue sky and pondered, "I bet there up there watching over us," she said.

"I think so too," he said, and gave her a kiss. Little Van gave a gurgle, it was the perfect picture of contentment, surely Van and Hitomi were watching over them from up above.

~*Finito*~

(unless you really want more, I have some ideas about writing stories about what happened inbetween a couple of chapters)


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A Few Authors Notes

Wow! I can't believe I actually finished this! I started this in the summer of 2001 and have just now finished it in March of 2002. This is my first story and I hope all of you who have read it enjoyed it somewhat, if you did, look forward to more fanfic's from me. I've been refraining from starting new fic's till I finished this one and the ideas have accumulated into a big pile. Next up:

Van goes to the grocery store for a school project (I actually had to do this project) where he has to come up with a monthly budget. A cute girl named Hitomi comes up to him and asks if he needs any help. He is immediately attracted to her bright personality and charm. To help Van with his project, Hitomi uses one of the cash registers to ring up all the supplies he needs, in turn she gets fired from the store. Hitomi is actually the only one working in her family, her mother is jobless and her little brother is only 7 year-old. Since Van get's her fired, he feels bad and applies for the job himself and gets it. He then gives all his earnings to her and her family. They slowly start getting closer and closer as tragedy comes nearer and nearer.

So, does that sound exciting? I promise to try and get this one out faster (at least I'll try my best, it's a pretty complex story with a lot of twists). Please read it when it comes out and please review this one (I personally hated the way I started this one off).



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