1 Love is our Destiny
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne, but you already knew that! *^_^*
Chapter Six
"Going to Asturia."
"You heard her, you're the maid of honor." Van said while wrapping his arms around Hitomi's waist. "Why don't we tell Hitomi everything on the way there." Van suggested.
"Good idea, we're taking the Crusade." Allen agreed.
"The Crusade? Oh, I remember, that's the airship. I haven't seen, or ridden in, that for quite a while." Hitomi reminisced.
"Then maybe you should have come back sooner, or never left in the first place." Merle commented.
"Maybe. You're right." Hitomi said.
"I know I'm right." Merle said arrogantly.
'She hasn't changed much, has she?' Hitomi asked Van in her mind.
'She has a little.' Van thought back.
'How so?' Hitomi asked Van with her thoughts.
'She knows she doesn't stand a chance against you. Because she knows that my heart belongs to you and nobody else.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'Good! I like the thought of having you all to myself.' Hitomi thought as she turned around and kissed Van.
"There they go again!" Merle commented with a devilish smile. She glanced at the fountain were Prince Chid and Celena sat, and then at Chris who was a couple of yards away. "Oh, Chris?" Merle asked to get his attention.
"Yes Merle? What the?!" Chris said as Merle tackled him to the ground.
"Got you!" Merle said in a sweet voice as she kissed him passionately and he returned it just as passionately.
When they parted Chris smiled sweetly and got to his feet with Merle in his arms. "What was that for?" Chris asked.
"I can't let that girl from the Mystic Moon and Lord Van out do you and me." Merle answered softly as Chris set her down on her own feet.
"I like that answer." Chris said as he placed his white furry hands, with black stripes, on Merle's cheeks and kissed her again.
"I hate to break this up, but we've never been properly introduced." Hitomi said extending her hand to Chris. "I'm Hitomi Kanzaki, and you are?"
"Chris Hubbard. Pleasure to meet you." Chris replied and shook her hand.
"I see you two have finally stopped to breathe." Merle mentioned. "Why couldn't you wait until we did?" Merle asked.
Hitomi smiled. "Let's just say, someone interrupted Van and I earlier, I needed to take it out on someone else." Hitomi replied as Van came up behind her, turned her around, and kissed her.
'I see you're not as shy around me as you used to be.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'Now that I know you feel the same way about me as I feel about you I'm going to enjoy every second with you to the fullest.' Van thought back to Hitomi.
'Your lips seem very attracted to mine.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'What can I say? They just beg for my attention. Are you complaining?' Van asked in his thoughts.
'Not at all.' Hitomi thought as she deepened the kiss.
"Miss Merle? May I have the honor of escorting you to the Crusade?" Chris asked sincerely as he lightly took her hand and kissed it.
"Um hum…it doesn't look like I'm needed here anyway. See you later Lord Van. Ready to go when you are, Chris." Merle said with a dreamy look and a smile from ear to ear.
"Then shall we be off? See you soon, your majesty." Chris said as he turned toward the direction of the Crusade and held his arm out for Merle to grab a hold of.
"Hey commander, we're going to the Crusade now. We'll meet you there. Later, your majesty." Gaddes said as the crew walked off in front of the cat couple.
"I believe we should follow their lead." Prince Chid commented to Celena as he held out his arm. "May I have the honor to be your escort?" Prince Chid asked Celena.
"I'd be my pleasure to be escorted by you, Chid. See you in a while your majesty." Celena replied as she held his arm and they walked off following the cat couple.
'The next time someone says "your majesty" I'm going to tackle them!' Van thought as Hitomi let a small giggle escape out of her mouth and into his.
"Hey you two lovebirds, have you ever heard of breathing?" Allen asked.
"That's not even funny!" Melerna exclaimed.
Van and Hitomi parted.
"She's got a point, THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!" Hitomi screamed.
Van and Allen started to laugh hysterically.
"We should be going to the Crusade now. We don't want to be late for our wedding now do we, Allen." Melerna said sweetly as she clung to his arm and walked with him towards the airship.
"Shall we follow?" Van asked as he held out his arm and Hitomi held on to it.
"As you wish." Hitomi stated staring into Van's eyes with a loving gaze.
"Then let us be off." Van whispered in Hitomi's ear, which sent chills down her spine.
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"Took you long enough!" Merle yelled to the approaching couples.
"What took you so long commander? If you want to be in Asturia anytime today I suggest we leave right away." Gaddes stated when the two couples were on board.(Hey that rimes. Today, away, get it? *^_^*)
"Yes, prepare for lift off." Allen agreed as the six walked to the bridge.
"Where's Chris?" Van asked.
"He's already at the bridge, at least, that's where I left him." Merle said.
"He's probably still speaking with Prince Chid. They seem to have become really good friends." Gaddes commented.
"Yeah, Chris is a real people person." Merle stated.
"He seems to be a real feline person as well." Hitomi commented.
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Merle asked as she turned around to look at Hitomi as they walked.
"Well, he seems to have won they heart of the wildest and most cunning cat- women I know. That's alive at least." Hitomi replied.
"Oh, ok, that's more like it." Merle said as she turned around.
'That's unlike you. Why did you say something like that?' Van asked Hitomi in his thoughts.
'I just felt like being nice so her and I can get along.' Hitomi thought back.
'Why?' Van asked in his mind.
'Because, when I was here last you didn't seem to like it when we fought, so I decide to try and get along this time. Plus, it seems I'm going to be here quite a while and I don't want her to try and make my life as miserable as she can for the rest of it.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'You did that because you didn't want to upset me? That is so sweet of you.' Van thought back as he grabbed Hitomi's waist and turned her around to kiss her.
"Hey Van after we get to Asturia do you want to…oh, never mind." Allen said.
"There they go again! Don't they ever get tired? I bet they kiss in their sleep, or at least dream about kissing each other." Merle said.
"We should leave them here. Let's go to the bridge." Allen suggested.
'I thought they'd never leave.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'Yeah, I know. I can hear your thoughts, remember.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'How could I ever forget? I bet no other couple on Gaia has been given such a wonderful gift.' Van thought back.
'Do you think we should find the others?' Hitomi asked Van in her thoughts.
Van and Hitomi parted and Van held her in a loving embrace.
"I rather stay like this." Van whispered in Hitomi's ear.
"I doubt you could stay like this without me, so I'll stay here with you." Hitomi stated.
"That sounds great to me." Van whispered as he gently rocked with her in place.
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"How long do you think it's going to take them this time?" Melerna asked.
"As long as this trip takes probably." Allen commented.
"We'll just have to keep entertained without them, huh?" Merle said as she lightly tugged on Chris's tail.
"Hey, easy with the tail." Chris said as he turned around and lightly yanked on Merle's tail.
"Hey!" Merle protested.
"You started it. I just got you back." Chris stated.
"Fine!" Merle said as she tugged her tail away from Chris, he just smiled.
"Ok you two, go somewhere else if you're going to fight." Allen said.
"We're not fighting…oh, ok." Merle said as she dragged Chris out of the room.
"Why did you do that?" Melerna asked.
"So I can do this." Allen said as he kissed Melerna passionately.
"Get a room you two." One of the members of the crew said.
Allen and Melerna parted as Allen gave the man an angered look.
"He's got a point." Van said as he and Hitomi walked into the room, hand in hand.
"Ha, ha, very funny you majesty." Allen said mockingly.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!" Van screamed as he pounced on Allen.
"I think someone pushed one too many buttons." Melerna stated as she and Hitomi tried to pry the two men away from each other before one of them got hurt.
"I'm sorry Van, don't take it offensively." Allen apologized.
'You weren't kidding about tackling the next person who said that, were you?' Hitomi thought to Van.
'No I wasn't joking. Now would you be so kind as to move out from between Allen and I, so I can attack. I need the work out anyway.' Van thought back.
'If you be good and forgive him this one time I'll give you a kiss.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'Tempting…tempting…too tempting!' Van thought as he grabbed Hitomi's waist and kissed her.
'Hey, I thought I was suppose to give you the kiss.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'Well, you were too slow so I decided to take one instead.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'Getting aggressive aren't you Van.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'If you can't handle it, I understand.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'I can take anything you can dish out, your majesty.' Hitomi thought t Van.
'Oh, you are so going to get it!' Van thought as he held her closer to him with his tight grip and deepen their kiss.
'If this is my punishment, then I think I should all you that more often.' Hitomi thought back.
'I'll kiss you like this more often if you don't call me that.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'You got yourself a deal.' Hitomi thought back.
"I guess they can hold their breath so long because they're both athletes." Allen commented while looking at the couple. "How long has it been anyway?" Allen added.
"About ten minutes commander." Gaddes spoke up.
"Well, at least he's not attacking you." Melerna mentioned.
"Yeah, he's attacking Hitomi and her lips." Gaddes commented and everyone in the room began to laugh, except for Van and Hitomi.
Van and Hitomi parted and Van asked, "What's so funny?"
"We were commenting on how you stopped attacking Allen and how you began attacking Hitomi." Melerna said emphasizing how.
Van and Hitomi blushed a very deep red, which made everyone laugh even harder.
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Hours later… (Don't ask me how many, I have no clue! *^_^* Why do you think I wrote hours later.)
"Commander, we're approaching the docking bay." Gaddes stated.
"Good, take her in." Allen replied. "We're almost home Melerna." Allen said with his usual handsome voice.
"I guess the trip was too much for them." Melerna said while looking over at the sleeping couple.
Van had Hitomi protectively in his arms as they sat against the wall. She was using his chest as a pillow while his head rested on top of hers. They both had wide smiles.
"Van really loves her, as she does him." Melerna said. "They're perfect for each other." Melerna added.
"Just like us." Allen said.
"Just like Hitomi told me we were three years ago." Merlena said.
"She told you that?" Allen asked.
"She said not to give up on you, those two phrases are the same to me." Melerna stated.
"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to Dryden?" Allen asked.
"He got into a duel over a woman. He won the duel and married her." Melerna said as she giggled.
"What's so funny?" Allen asked.
"No offense, but that woman was ugly! I no I shouldn't say things like that though." Melerna said.
"Well, I think I got the better end of the deal." Allen said as he kissed Melerna.
"It's going to cost you." Melerna said as they parted.
"How so?" Allen asked.
"You can't be a playboy any more." Melerna said.
"No problem." Allen replied.
Van and Hitomi began to stir. Van woke up but Hitomi just gently placed her arms around his neck and drifted back to sleep. Van looked down at her lovingly and smiled wider.
"I haven't seen you smile like that in about, hum, let me see…" Allen started as he acted like he was thinking. "Three years I believe." Allen finished with a smile.
"I believe you're right." Van replied.
"It's so good to see you happy again." Melerna said sincerely.
"Well, we should wake her up, we're here." Allen said.
"No! I'll carry her." Van said as he delicately picked Hitomi up, and followed Allen, and Melerna, out of the ship where Merle was waiting with Chris.
"It's getting late, we should head into the castle. I'll have Belinda show you to your rooms." Melerna said as the walked towards the castle.
Before long they were inside the castle and Melerna did as she said she would and told the woman named Belinda to show them to their rooms. Allen went to his because he already knew where to go. Van used to know but forgot because it had been six months or so since he had last been there.
The woman had soon shown everyone the rooms they were given. She showed Van his but he insisted on carrying Hitomi to hers, because he didn't want anyone to awaken her. So the maid reluctantly agreed and showed Van to Hitomi's room.
"Thank you. I can find my way back to my own room." Van said.
"As you wish, your majesty." The woman said as she curtsied and left while Van cringed at the title.
'Why does everyone have to call me that.' Van asked himself in his mind as he gingerly laid Hitomi down on the bed and covered her up. "Sweet dreams. I'll see you in the morning." Van said as he lightly kissed her head and walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly. Then he walked back to his room for a good nights rest.
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"Good morning, Van!" Allen said as he walked into Van's room.
He had already been up and moving for a few hours. When Allen had come barging in he had been holding a small, black, box that he was now trying to hide.
"What do you have there Van?" Allen asked with a smirk.
"Nothing!" Van said as he reddened.
"You wouldn't be blushing if it were nothing. Don't worry, you can tell me, I'm you best friend." Allen commented.
"Promise not to tell?" Van asked.
"Promise!" Allen replied.
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A/N: I know, I know, too muck love dove stuff and not enough action. That, or too much dialog and not enough description Ok, if I have ay mistakes in this, I'm sorry. I need to file my nails! You think Merle has nails? Ha, they can't be worst then the claws I have acquired. I'm surprised I haven't broken them off yet! With all this typing I've been doing lately and all. *^_^* I'm sorry I've been neglecting this fic but I've been spending most of my time on Demons and Angels. But I'm on spring break so I have plenty of time for both! *^_^* I have a full schedule for this break that has a lot to do with traveling. Car + trip+ lap- top computer = a lot of writing. If the battery thing doesn't die on me that is. Right now I'm stuck in this car, the only thing sustaining m life is this computer. Not really, it's just the only thing keeping me busy. *^_^* THANK YOU for your reviews everyone! And that was a really sweet review Rusty-chan. If I get 5 more reviews I'll put up the next chapter. *^_^* I doubt I'm going to wait that long though! *^_^*
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne, but you already knew that! *^_^*
Chapter Six
"Going to Asturia."
"You heard her, you're the maid of honor." Van said while wrapping his arms around Hitomi's waist. "Why don't we tell Hitomi everything on the way there." Van suggested.
"Good idea, we're taking the Crusade." Allen agreed.
"The Crusade? Oh, I remember, that's the airship. I haven't seen, or ridden in, that for quite a while." Hitomi reminisced.
"Then maybe you should have come back sooner, or never left in the first place." Merle commented.
"Maybe. You're right." Hitomi said.
"I know I'm right." Merle said arrogantly.
'She hasn't changed much, has she?' Hitomi asked Van in her mind.
'She has a little.' Van thought back.
'How so?' Hitomi asked Van with her thoughts.
'She knows she doesn't stand a chance against you. Because she knows that my heart belongs to you and nobody else.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'Good! I like the thought of having you all to myself.' Hitomi thought as she turned around and kissed Van.
"There they go again!" Merle commented with a devilish smile. She glanced at the fountain were Prince Chid and Celena sat, and then at Chris who was a couple of yards away. "Oh, Chris?" Merle asked to get his attention.
"Yes Merle? What the?!" Chris said as Merle tackled him to the ground.
"Got you!" Merle said in a sweet voice as she kissed him passionately and he returned it just as passionately.
When they parted Chris smiled sweetly and got to his feet with Merle in his arms. "What was that for?" Chris asked.
"I can't let that girl from the Mystic Moon and Lord Van out do you and me." Merle answered softly as Chris set her down on her own feet.
"I like that answer." Chris said as he placed his white furry hands, with black stripes, on Merle's cheeks and kissed her again.
"I hate to break this up, but we've never been properly introduced." Hitomi said extending her hand to Chris. "I'm Hitomi Kanzaki, and you are?"
"Chris Hubbard. Pleasure to meet you." Chris replied and shook her hand.
"I see you two have finally stopped to breathe." Merle mentioned. "Why couldn't you wait until we did?" Merle asked.
Hitomi smiled. "Let's just say, someone interrupted Van and I earlier, I needed to take it out on someone else." Hitomi replied as Van came up behind her, turned her around, and kissed her.
'I see you're not as shy around me as you used to be.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'Now that I know you feel the same way about me as I feel about you I'm going to enjoy every second with you to the fullest.' Van thought back to Hitomi.
'Your lips seem very attracted to mine.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'What can I say? They just beg for my attention. Are you complaining?' Van asked in his thoughts.
'Not at all.' Hitomi thought as she deepened the kiss.
"Miss Merle? May I have the honor of escorting you to the Crusade?" Chris asked sincerely as he lightly took her hand and kissed it.
"Um hum…it doesn't look like I'm needed here anyway. See you later Lord Van. Ready to go when you are, Chris." Merle said with a dreamy look and a smile from ear to ear.
"Then shall we be off? See you soon, your majesty." Chris said as he turned toward the direction of the Crusade and held his arm out for Merle to grab a hold of.
"Hey commander, we're going to the Crusade now. We'll meet you there. Later, your majesty." Gaddes said as the crew walked off in front of the cat couple.
"I believe we should follow their lead." Prince Chid commented to Celena as he held out his arm. "May I have the honor to be your escort?" Prince Chid asked Celena.
"I'd be my pleasure to be escorted by you, Chid. See you in a while your majesty." Celena replied as she held his arm and they walked off following the cat couple.
'The next time someone says "your majesty" I'm going to tackle them!' Van thought as Hitomi let a small giggle escape out of her mouth and into his.
"Hey you two lovebirds, have you ever heard of breathing?" Allen asked.
"That's not even funny!" Melerna exclaimed.
Van and Hitomi parted.
"She's got a point, THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!" Hitomi screamed.
Van and Allen started to laugh hysterically.
"We should be going to the Crusade now. We don't want to be late for our wedding now do we, Allen." Melerna said sweetly as she clung to his arm and walked with him towards the airship.
"Shall we follow?" Van asked as he held out his arm and Hitomi held on to it.
"As you wish." Hitomi stated staring into Van's eyes with a loving gaze.
"Then let us be off." Van whispered in Hitomi's ear, which sent chills down her spine.
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"Took you long enough!" Merle yelled to the approaching couples.
"What took you so long commander? If you want to be in Asturia anytime today I suggest we leave right away." Gaddes stated when the two couples were on board.(Hey that rimes. Today, away, get it? *^_^*)
"Yes, prepare for lift off." Allen agreed as the six walked to the bridge.
"Where's Chris?" Van asked.
"He's already at the bridge, at least, that's where I left him." Merle said.
"He's probably still speaking with Prince Chid. They seem to have become really good friends." Gaddes commented.
"Yeah, Chris is a real people person." Merle stated.
"He seems to be a real feline person as well." Hitomi commented.
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Merle asked as she turned around to look at Hitomi as they walked.
"Well, he seems to have won they heart of the wildest and most cunning cat- women I know. That's alive at least." Hitomi replied.
"Oh, ok, that's more like it." Merle said as she turned around.
'That's unlike you. Why did you say something like that?' Van asked Hitomi in his thoughts.
'I just felt like being nice so her and I can get along.' Hitomi thought back.
'Why?' Van asked in his mind.
'Because, when I was here last you didn't seem to like it when we fought, so I decide to try and get along this time. Plus, it seems I'm going to be here quite a while and I don't want her to try and make my life as miserable as she can for the rest of it.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'You did that because you didn't want to upset me? That is so sweet of you.' Van thought back as he grabbed Hitomi's waist and turned her around to kiss her.
"Hey Van after we get to Asturia do you want to…oh, never mind." Allen said.
"There they go again! Don't they ever get tired? I bet they kiss in their sleep, or at least dream about kissing each other." Merle said.
"We should leave them here. Let's go to the bridge." Allen suggested.
'I thought they'd never leave.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'Yeah, I know. I can hear your thoughts, remember.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'How could I ever forget? I bet no other couple on Gaia has been given such a wonderful gift.' Van thought back.
'Do you think we should find the others?' Hitomi asked Van in her thoughts.
Van and Hitomi parted and Van held her in a loving embrace.
"I rather stay like this." Van whispered in Hitomi's ear.
"I doubt you could stay like this without me, so I'll stay here with you." Hitomi stated.
"That sounds great to me." Van whispered as he gently rocked with her in place.
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"How long do you think it's going to take them this time?" Melerna asked.
"As long as this trip takes probably." Allen commented.
"We'll just have to keep entertained without them, huh?" Merle said as she lightly tugged on Chris's tail.
"Hey, easy with the tail." Chris said as he turned around and lightly yanked on Merle's tail.
"Hey!" Merle protested.
"You started it. I just got you back." Chris stated.
"Fine!" Merle said as she tugged her tail away from Chris, he just smiled.
"Ok you two, go somewhere else if you're going to fight." Allen said.
"We're not fighting…oh, ok." Merle said as she dragged Chris out of the room.
"Why did you do that?" Melerna asked.
"So I can do this." Allen said as he kissed Melerna passionately.
"Get a room you two." One of the members of the crew said.
Allen and Melerna parted as Allen gave the man an angered look.
"He's got a point." Van said as he and Hitomi walked into the room, hand in hand.
"Ha, ha, very funny you majesty." Allen said mockingly.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!" Van screamed as he pounced on Allen.
"I think someone pushed one too many buttons." Melerna stated as she and Hitomi tried to pry the two men away from each other before one of them got hurt.
"I'm sorry Van, don't take it offensively." Allen apologized.
'You weren't kidding about tackling the next person who said that, were you?' Hitomi thought to Van.
'No I wasn't joking. Now would you be so kind as to move out from between Allen and I, so I can attack. I need the work out anyway.' Van thought back.
'If you be good and forgive him this one time I'll give you a kiss.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'Tempting…tempting…too tempting!' Van thought as he grabbed Hitomi's waist and kissed her.
'Hey, I thought I was suppose to give you the kiss.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'Well, you were too slow so I decided to take one instead.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'Getting aggressive aren't you Van.' Hitomi thought to Van.
'If you can't handle it, I understand.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'I can take anything you can dish out, your majesty.' Hitomi thought t Van.
'Oh, you are so going to get it!' Van thought as he held her closer to him with his tight grip and deepen their kiss.
'If this is my punishment, then I think I should all you that more often.' Hitomi thought back.
'I'll kiss you like this more often if you don't call me that.' Van thought to Hitomi.
'You got yourself a deal.' Hitomi thought back.
"I guess they can hold their breath so long because they're both athletes." Allen commented while looking at the couple. "How long has it been anyway?" Allen added.
"About ten minutes commander." Gaddes spoke up.
"Well, at least he's not attacking you." Melerna mentioned.
"Yeah, he's attacking Hitomi and her lips." Gaddes commented and everyone in the room began to laugh, except for Van and Hitomi.
Van and Hitomi parted and Van asked, "What's so funny?"
"We were commenting on how you stopped attacking Allen and how you began attacking Hitomi." Melerna said emphasizing how.
Van and Hitomi blushed a very deep red, which made everyone laugh even harder.
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Hours later… (Don't ask me how many, I have no clue! *^_^* Why do you think I wrote hours later.)
"Commander, we're approaching the docking bay." Gaddes stated.
"Good, take her in." Allen replied. "We're almost home Melerna." Allen said with his usual handsome voice.
"I guess the trip was too much for them." Melerna said while looking over at the sleeping couple.
Van had Hitomi protectively in his arms as they sat against the wall. She was using his chest as a pillow while his head rested on top of hers. They both had wide smiles.
"Van really loves her, as she does him." Melerna said. "They're perfect for each other." Melerna added.
"Just like us." Allen said.
"Just like Hitomi told me we were three years ago." Merlena said.
"She told you that?" Allen asked.
"She said not to give up on you, those two phrases are the same to me." Melerna stated.
"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to Dryden?" Allen asked.
"He got into a duel over a woman. He won the duel and married her." Melerna said as she giggled.
"What's so funny?" Allen asked.
"No offense, but that woman was ugly! I no I shouldn't say things like that though." Melerna said.
"Well, I think I got the better end of the deal." Allen said as he kissed Melerna.
"It's going to cost you." Melerna said as they parted.
"How so?" Allen asked.
"You can't be a playboy any more." Melerna said.
"No problem." Allen replied.
Van and Hitomi began to stir. Van woke up but Hitomi just gently placed her arms around his neck and drifted back to sleep. Van looked down at her lovingly and smiled wider.
"I haven't seen you smile like that in about, hum, let me see…" Allen started as he acted like he was thinking. "Three years I believe." Allen finished with a smile.
"I believe you're right." Van replied.
"It's so good to see you happy again." Melerna said sincerely.
"Well, we should wake her up, we're here." Allen said.
"No! I'll carry her." Van said as he delicately picked Hitomi up, and followed Allen, and Melerna, out of the ship where Merle was waiting with Chris.
"It's getting late, we should head into the castle. I'll have Belinda show you to your rooms." Melerna said as the walked towards the castle.
Before long they were inside the castle and Melerna did as she said she would and told the woman named Belinda to show them to their rooms. Allen went to his because he already knew where to go. Van used to know but forgot because it had been six months or so since he had last been there.
The woman had soon shown everyone the rooms they were given. She showed Van his but he insisted on carrying Hitomi to hers, because he didn't want anyone to awaken her. So the maid reluctantly agreed and showed Van to Hitomi's room.
"Thank you. I can find my way back to my own room." Van said.
"As you wish, your majesty." The woman said as she curtsied and left while Van cringed at the title.
'Why does everyone have to call me that.' Van asked himself in his mind as he gingerly laid Hitomi down on the bed and covered her up. "Sweet dreams. I'll see you in the morning." Van said as he lightly kissed her head and walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly. Then he walked back to his room for a good nights rest.
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"Good morning, Van!" Allen said as he walked into Van's room.
He had already been up and moving for a few hours. When Allen had come barging in he had been holding a small, black, box that he was now trying to hide.
"What do you have there Van?" Allen asked with a smirk.
"Nothing!" Van said as he reddened.
"You wouldn't be blushing if it were nothing. Don't worry, you can tell me, I'm you best friend." Allen commented.
"Promise not to tell?" Van asked.
"Promise!" Allen replied.
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A/N: I know, I know, too muck love dove stuff and not enough action. That, or too much dialog and not enough description Ok, if I have ay mistakes in this, I'm sorry. I need to file my nails! You think Merle has nails? Ha, they can't be worst then the claws I have acquired. I'm surprised I haven't broken them off yet! With all this typing I've been doing lately and all. *^_^* I'm sorry I've been neglecting this fic but I've been spending most of my time on Demons and Angels. But I'm on spring break so I have plenty of time for both! *^_^* I have a full schedule for this break that has a lot to do with traveling. Car + trip+ lap- top computer = a lot of writing. If the battery thing doesn't die on me that is. Right now I'm stuck in this car, the only thing sustaining m life is this computer. Not really, it's just the only thing keeping me busy. *^_^* THANK YOU for your reviews everyone! And that was a really sweet review Rusty-chan. If I get 5 more reviews I'll put up the next chapter. *^_^* I doubt I'm going to wait that long though! *^_^*