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CHAPTER THREE:
~******WHITED OUT FLASH BACK(LUNAR)*******~
"Hitomi...." Lunar turned to see the very same who taught her to use her sword. "Father." She said. "Where are you going?" Lunar hated lying, but she had to do this. "I'm training." "No you're not. You've been caught." Father said. "I can change things! I can save the land! Please! If we know it's coming then please.....or Gaia will fall...." Lunar was crying now. Her father wiped her tears. "Go then, my little Princess." "I will change it, I will save Gaia!"
~******END FLASH BACK*******~
Hitomi looked out, the storm had hit and torn the castle apart, except for certain parts like the one they were in that stayed strong enough.
"Where's Van?" Hitomi began to cry. "Where is he?"
"He's alive..." Lunar's voice was rough. "I know where he is."
"Who are you.....why are you doing this? How do you know any of this?" Hitomi yelled at the top of her lungs.
"I can't explain.....you'll find out soon...." Lunar gave a note that suggested to leave it at that.
"That is van's sword isn't it? It is!" Hitomi yelled again.
"Van has his sword! Do you want to find him or have a break down?" Lunar said calmly.
Hitomi sniffed and stood up, looking out at what had once been a castle and now...was half ruined to the ground.
"Here...." Lunar began to pull at the wreckage and a tunnel was exposed. "Come on...he's down here...."
It was dark down there, one surviving torch on a wall bracket was all they had. Lunar's bag was slung over her shoulder and slapping at her side, her sword sheathed. It smelled musty down here, various dark tunnels opened out at the light of the torch that they'd grabbed.
"What is this place?" Hitomi asked.
"We're not actually sure...some say it was supposed to be tunnels to hide people in when the castle may have gotten attacked and while the castle was taken over they could hide down here until they has enough to push invader out....but it must have been forgotten and sealed up...." Lunar looked at Hitomi who had drifted into thought partway into the explanation.
"I've been a real pain." Hitomi said. "I'm sorry I shouted at you....I just...."
"I know. You love....Van..." Lunar said, warmth in her voice like she were bursting with joy at the thought.
"I do trust you.....I'd just like to be a little more informed that's all." Hitomi smiled.
"Mind of I ask you something personal?" Lunar asked.
"I guess it depends." Hitomi replied.
"Have you brought your cards? I'm not asking you to read my fortune...I just want to see them..." Lunar said.
Hitomi looked at Lunar and then realised that Lunar would not elaborate as to why she wanted to look at them. She sighed. She'd sworn not to do fortune telling anymore, but she carried them with her memories of Gaia.....and here she was again...
"Yes. I have them...I'll show you them...." Hitomi reached into a pocket inside her coat (yes, she'd been wearing a coat, stick with me here).
She showed Lunar her cards, sometimes telling her about which cards were which. Lunar was so fascinated. Hitomi was starting to feel attached to Lunar, as a friend. There was something about her that was impossible not to like.
Lunar was awed by Hitomi, she could feel the warmth of the girl and she was happy she loved Van.
If only......., Lunar thought.
"We'd better check out over here. We could be here for a while, looking for Van." Lunar said.
~*************~
Van looked about him, he was trapped under the castle....and he'd never seen this place. He was sat on the floor, legs bent. All he could think about was Hitomi....it felt like she were right there, right here in gaia but the thought was painful, because she couldn't be.
How he missed her. Why did he have to be born Prince of Fenelia? Now to be King? Now to have an heir? Could he have been a peasant or something, that way he wouldn't have to betray Hitomi later in his life when they forced him to marry and bear a child? But then without being Prince he never would've had Escaflowne and thus fate wouldn't have joined him with Hitomi. How funny fate was...and how bitter...
CHAPTER THREE:
~******WHITED OUT FLASH BACK(LUNAR)*******~
"Hitomi...." Lunar turned to see the very same who taught her to use her sword. "Father." She said. "Where are you going?" Lunar hated lying, but she had to do this. "I'm training." "No you're not. You've been caught." Father said. "I can change things! I can save the land! Please! If we know it's coming then please.....or Gaia will fall...." Lunar was crying now. Her father wiped her tears. "Go then, my little Princess." "I will change it, I will save Gaia!"
~******END FLASH BACK*******~
Hitomi looked out, the storm had hit and torn the castle apart, except for certain parts like the one they were in that stayed strong enough.
"Where's Van?" Hitomi began to cry. "Where is he?"
"He's alive..." Lunar's voice was rough. "I know where he is."
"Who are you.....why are you doing this? How do you know any of this?" Hitomi yelled at the top of her lungs.
"I can't explain.....you'll find out soon...." Lunar gave a note that suggested to leave it at that.
"That is van's sword isn't it? It is!" Hitomi yelled again.
"Van has his sword! Do you want to find him or have a break down?" Lunar said calmly.
Hitomi sniffed and stood up, looking out at what had once been a castle and now...was half ruined to the ground.
"Here...." Lunar began to pull at the wreckage and a tunnel was exposed. "Come on...he's down here...."
It was dark down there, one surviving torch on a wall bracket was all they had. Lunar's bag was slung over her shoulder and slapping at her side, her sword sheathed. It smelled musty down here, various dark tunnels opened out at the light of the torch that they'd grabbed.
"What is this place?" Hitomi asked.
"We're not actually sure...some say it was supposed to be tunnels to hide people in when the castle may have gotten attacked and while the castle was taken over they could hide down here until they has enough to push invader out....but it must have been forgotten and sealed up...." Lunar looked at Hitomi who had drifted into thought partway into the explanation.
"I've been a real pain." Hitomi said. "I'm sorry I shouted at you....I just...."
"I know. You love....Van..." Lunar said, warmth in her voice like she were bursting with joy at the thought.
"I do trust you.....I'd just like to be a little more informed that's all." Hitomi smiled.
"Mind of I ask you something personal?" Lunar asked.
"I guess it depends." Hitomi replied.
"Have you brought your cards? I'm not asking you to read my fortune...I just want to see them..." Lunar said.
Hitomi looked at Lunar and then realised that Lunar would not elaborate as to why she wanted to look at them. She sighed. She'd sworn not to do fortune telling anymore, but she carried them with her memories of Gaia.....and here she was again...
"Yes. I have them...I'll show you them...." Hitomi reached into a pocket inside her coat (yes, she'd been wearing a coat, stick with me here).
She showed Lunar her cards, sometimes telling her about which cards were which. Lunar was so fascinated. Hitomi was starting to feel attached to Lunar, as a friend. There was something about her that was impossible not to like.
Lunar was awed by Hitomi, she could feel the warmth of the girl and she was happy she loved Van.
If only......., Lunar thought.
"We'd better check out over here. We could be here for a while, looking for Van." Lunar said.
~*************~
Van looked about him, he was trapped under the castle....and he'd never seen this place. He was sat on the floor, legs bent. All he could think about was Hitomi....it felt like she were right there, right here in gaia but the thought was painful, because she couldn't be.
How he missed her. Why did he have to be born Prince of Fenelia? Now to be King? Now to have an heir? Could he have been a peasant or something, that way he wouldn't have to betray Hitomi later in his life when they forced him to marry and bear a child? But then without being Prince he never would've had Escaflowne and thus fate wouldn't have joined him with Hitomi. How funny fate was...and how bitter...