Part five: What he saw.
Disclaimer: Who owns Escaflowne? Not me, that's for sure!
Chris looked around the room he was sleeping in. He supposed it was nice with its giant bed, and there was a place where he could write but it wasn't home. This place freaked him out. If cat demons weren't enough, he saw a person with a fish head after breakfast! He had to get out of here before he went insane. He decided quickly that he would find Hitomie and ask her if she wanted to go for a walk. Chris walked down the hallways of the palace, marveling at the intricate designs on the walls. He came to a doorway and pushed it open, hoping to find Hitomie. Instead he found a room with portraits decorating the walls, he walked along, staring at the people in their finery, and he found himself looking at the captions.
King Galeno and Queen Calena. First king and queen of Fenalia.
The portraits went on like that for awhile, some guy in clothes that didn't look as if they were too comfortable, and some snooty looking lady in a fancy dress. Boring. He saw a picture of a family; it looked like that Van guy was in it when he was little. Chris snickered to himself, what a goofy looking kid. It was a picture with him, his mother and father and a man beside them that Chris supposed was Van's brother. The woman had long dark hair that and had a sad sort of smile on her face. Van's father looked as if he expected something to jump out at them. Van stared out into nothing, a serious little kid, even then. Only the young man looked relaxed, according to the caption his name was Folken. He looked kind of cool. Chris decided and walked on; he saw a picture of Van by himself standing in full king regalia. He looked strangely regal. "What's up with that guy?" Chris said to himself, "He looks like he's never smiled in his entire life!" He scowled, "Although he was smiling a whole lot when he found Hitomie." He pushed that thought out of his mind and walked on to the next picture, and stopped, and stared.
It was a portrait of Hitomie, in her school uniform, staring into the distance. She had shorter hair, and on her neck was a pendant that was glowing. She looked beautiful with the mountains in the distance, strangely there seemed to be a blue glow around her. "Wow…" Chris said.
"Amazing isn't it?"
Chris looked around quickly to see who invaded his sanctuary. He saw the little cat demon standing beside him looking up at Hitomie's picture.
"What are you doing here?" Chris asked, the little cat demon dragged her eyes off the picture and looked at him smugly.
"Did you know Lord Van used to stand here and stare at this picture for hours at a time?" Her smug look turned into one of disgust. "You have no idea how much he loves her. You never will."
"Listen little cat demon."
"My name is Merle! Lady Merle to you!" Merle flinched, she hated the whole 'Lady' title, but if it made the foreigner treat her better…. "And stop calling me cat demon!"
"Well then, Lady Merle," Chris said sarcastically, "You should know that I don't want to be here. I was ripped out of earth and put on a planet that I had now idea existed, not only that, I figure out that my friend, who was really close to becoming my girlfriend, is in love with this tall, skinny guy who claims to be a king! I'm being harassed by cat demons and earlier on a fish in a dress was cleaning my bedroom! So excuse me if I'm a little testy! I just want to go home!" Chris finished off his tirade by crossing his arms and staring back at the portrait.
"Read the caption, dimwit." Merle said.
"What?"
"Read the caption below the picture."
Chris leaned over, took his glasses off, he only needed them for far away things, and read the caption.
1.1.1 "Hitomie Kanzaki: Hero of Gaea, Goddess of the Mystic Moon."
1.1.2
1.1.3 "What the hell?" Chris was flabbergasted. "Hero of Gaea? Goddess?"
1.1.4 "That's right genius." Merle said, enjoying his reaction immensely. "Why do you think she knows all of us? Do you think that she just came here, fell in love and left? There was a lot more that. Hell, she practically stopped a war!" Merle looked back at the picture, "Those words she said, they were part of something that both you and her are in, you are supposed to be here. Deal with it." She walked out of the portrait room, saying over her shoulder. "By the way, Hitomie was looking for you, she's in the common room."
1.1.5 Chris quickly ran towards the common room, that's where they were last night when Hitomie told him where they were. It was a small room, very private. Chris came up to the door and sighed, (hopefully Hitomie knows how to get out of here), he thought to himself. He opened the door a crack. (Aw, damn)
1.1.6 Hitomie and Van stood there, gazing into each other's eyes. Hitomie was wearing a light green dress, with a darker trim; Van was wearing what he usually wore, a red shirt and dark pants. Chris strained to hear what they were saying.
1.1.7 "Hitomie.."
1.1.8 "Yes, Van?"
1.1.9 "I'm sorry."
1.1.10 "For what?"
1.1.11 "For, for, for getting angry with you when you went out with that guy."
1.1.12 "You mean Chris?"
1.1.13 "Yeah, I didn't have any right to get mad, I don't own you are anything, I was just…"
1.1.14 "Jealous?"
1.1.15 Van looked flustered for a minute before he started to walk away. "This is crazy, I've never been jealous before in my life. I'm a King for Gods sakes! I don't get jealous, and besides, I haven't seen you in three years, I don't even know who your best friend is! What your parent's names are! What your favourite colour is! You've been in my mind, my guy and my heart the minute I first saw you and I can't seem to get you out! We don't live on the same planet and I still can't get you out! And now your back and I'm so happy but at the same time I know that you have to go back! Because as much as I want you to, you don't belong here."
1.1.16 Hitomie stood there for a few minutes and watched the young King take a few breaths. "Yukari, Domo and Cathleen and Green."
1.1.17 Van turned around and stared at her. "What?"
1.1.18 "My best friend is Yukari, we've been friends since the second grade, My parents names are Domo and Cathleen, my mom is American. And my favourite colour is Green. Hence the dress." She walked up to Van slowly, still talking. "We don't live on the same planet but we shared a connection that was more than anyone could comprehend. The minute I saw you I remember thinking that you were someone I could trust. I learned to love you on Gaea and I will love you till the day I day." Her eyes filled with tears and she choked back a sob. "The minute that you left my mind, my heart, my gut. I felt as if someone had killed me. I stayed in bed for days, not eating or speaking. When I came back to Gaea, and I saw you, all I remember is thinking that I belong here, that this is my home. I'm not going back Van, you can't make me." She was close to his face now, and he could see the tears that were running down her face. "You can't make me Van, I belong here, with you."
"Oh, Hitomie." Van choked out before he enveloped her in his arms, "I'm so sorry."
Chris closed the door and walked down the hall, he wasn't supposed to see that. (I'll find Hitomie later, I'm was going for a walk. I need to think of a few things.)
He walked out of the palace, thinking to himself.
Author's note: Whew, that took me awhile, I needed to be in the right mood, I'm listening to music from Lord of the Rings and it is making me cry so I decided to put that scene in. *sniff, sniff* they so belong together!
Disclaimer: Who owns Escaflowne? Not me, that's for sure!
Chris looked around the room he was sleeping in. He supposed it was nice with its giant bed, and there was a place where he could write but it wasn't home. This place freaked him out. If cat demons weren't enough, he saw a person with a fish head after breakfast! He had to get out of here before he went insane. He decided quickly that he would find Hitomie and ask her if she wanted to go for a walk. Chris walked down the hallways of the palace, marveling at the intricate designs on the walls. He came to a doorway and pushed it open, hoping to find Hitomie. Instead he found a room with portraits decorating the walls, he walked along, staring at the people in their finery, and he found himself looking at the captions.
King Galeno and Queen Calena. First king and queen of Fenalia.
The portraits went on like that for awhile, some guy in clothes that didn't look as if they were too comfortable, and some snooty looking lady in a fancy dress. Boring. He saw a picture of a family; it looked like that Van guy was in it when he was little. Chris snickered to himself, what a goofy looking kid. It was a picture with him, his mother and father and a man beside them that Chris supposed was Van's brother. The woman had long dark hair that and had a sad sort of smile on her face. Van's father looked as if he expected something to jump out at them. Van stared out into nothing, a serious little kid, even then. Only the young man looked relaxed, according to the caption his name was Folken. He looked kind of cool. Chris decided and walked on; he saw a picture of Van by himself standing in full king regalia. He looked strangely regal. "What's up with that guy?" Chris said to himself, "He looks like he's never smiled in his entire life!" He scowled, "Although he was smiling a whole lot when he found Hitomie." He pushed that thought out of his mind and walked on to the next picture, and stopped, and stared.
It was a portrait of Hitomie, in her school uniform, staring into the distance. She had shorter hair, and on her neck was a pendant that was glowing. She looked beautiful with the mountains in the distance, strangely there seemed to be a blue glow around her. "Wow…" Chris said.
"Amazing isn't it?"
Chris looked around quickly to see who invaded his sanctuary. He saw the little cat demon standing beside him looking up at Hitomie's picture.
"What are you doing here?" Chris asked, the little cat demon dragged her eyes off the picture and looked at him smugly.
"Did you know Lord Van used to stand here and stare at this picture for hours at a time?" Her smug look turned into one of disgust. "You have no idea how much he loves her. You never will."
"Listen little cat demon."
"My name is Merle! Lady Merle to you!" Merle flinched, she hated the whole 'Lady' title, but if it made the foreigner treat her better…. "And stop calling me cat demon!"
"Well then, Lady Merle," Chris said sarcastically, "You should know that I don't want to be here. I was ripped out of earth and put on a planet that I had now idea existed, not only that, I figure out that my friend, who was really close to becoming my girlfriend, is in love with this tall, skinny guy who claims to be a king! I'm being harassed by cat demons and earlier on a fish in a dress was cleaning my bedroom! So excuse me if I'm a little testy! I just want to go home!" Chris finished off his tirade by crossing his arms and staring back at the portrait.
"Read the caption, dimwit." Merle said.
"What?"
"Read the caption below the picture."
Chris leaned over, took his glasses off, he only needed them for far away things, and read the caption.
1.1.1 "Hitomie Kanzaki: Hero of Gaea, Goddess of the Mystic Moon."
1.1.2
1.1.3 "What the hell?" Chris was flabbergasted. "Hero of Gaea? Goddess?"
1.1.4 "That's right genius." Merle said, enjoying his reaction immensely. "Why do you think she knows all of us? Do you think that she just came here, fell in love and left? There was a lot more that. Hell, she practically stopped a war!" Merle looked back at the picture, "Those words she said, they were part of something that both you and her are in, you are supposed to be here. Deal with it." She walked out of the portrait room, saying over her shoulder. "By the way, Hitomie was looking for you, she's in the common room."
1.1.5 Chris quickly ran towards the common room, that's where they were last night when Hitomie told him where they were. It was a small room, very private. Chris came up to the door and sighed, (hopefully Hitomie knows how to get out of here), he thought to himself. He opened the door a crack. (Aw, damn)
1.1.6 Hitomie and Van stood there, gazing into each other's eyes. Hitomie was wearing a light green dress, with a darker trim; Van was wearing what he usually wore, a red shirt and dark pants. Chris strained to hear what they were saying.
1.1.7 "Hitomie.."
1.1.8 "Yes, Van?"
1.1.9 "I'm sorry."
1.1.10 "For what?"
1.1.11 "For, for, for getting angry with you when you went out with that guy."
1.1.12 "You mean Chris?"
1.1.13 "Yeah, I didn't have any right to get mad, I don't own you are anything, I was just…"
1.1.14 "Jealous?"
1.1.15 Van looked flustered for a minute before he started to walk away. "This is crazy, I've never been jealous before in my life. I'm a King for Gods sakes! I don't get jealous, and besides, I haven't seen you in three years, I don't even know who your best friend is! What your parent's names are! What your favourite colour is! You've been in my mind, my guy and my heart the minute I first saw you and I can't seem to get you out! We don't live on the same planet and I still can't get you out! And now your back and I'm so happy but at the same time I know that you have to go back! Because as much as I want you to, you don't belong here."
1.1.16 Hitomie stood there for a few minutes and watched the young King take a few breaths. "Yukari, Domo and Cathleen and Green."
1.1.17 Van turned around and stared at her. "What?"
1.1.18 "My best friend is Yukari, we've been friends since the second grade, My parents names are Domo and Cathleen, my mom is American. And my favourite colour is Green. Hence the dress." She walked up to Van slowly, still talking. "We don't live on the same planet but we shared a connection that was more than anyone could comprehend. The minute I saw you I remember thinking that you were someone I could trust. I learned to love you on Gaea and I will love you till the day I day." Her eyes filled with tears and she choked back a sob. "The minute that you left my mind, my heart, my gut. I felt as if someone had killed me. I stayed in bed for days, not eating or speaking. When I came back to Gaea, and I saw you, all I remember is thinking that I belong here, that this is my home. I'm not going back Van, you can't make me." She was close to his face now, and he could see the tears that were running down her face. "You can't make me Van, I belong here, with you."
"Oh, Hitomie." Van choked out before he enveloped her in his arms, "I'm so sorry."
Chris closed the door and walked down the hall, he wasn't supposed to see that. (I'll find Hitomie later, I'm was going for a walk. I need to think of a few things.)
He walked out of the palace, thinking to himself.
Author's note: Whew, that took me awhile, I needed to be in the right mood, I'm listening to music from Lord of the Rings and it is making me cry so I decided to put that scene in. *sniff, sniff* they so belong together!