Escaflowne: Return to Gaea
By: A.S.H.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Escaflowne. But Allen lives in my closet!!! ^o^ Thanks to all
who reviewed. I do realize that Van's home is Fanelia... had a bit of trouble cause I
wasn't quite sure how to spell it! The movie says Adom is his home, but I know that in the
series its Fanelia. I screwed up people, I am human. Or am I? ::evil cackle::
Allen: ::in the closet; tied up:: Mrrrr!
A-chan: ::kick kick:: Shaddup!
^^;;; Well once again, thanks to all who reviewed! I love hearing more from everyone!
Arigatou! ::bows:: Now the fic!
Van's arm was already wrapped in plenty of bandages. He winced as Millerna
gave the injury a slight pat.
"You'll be fine Van-sama." Millerna smiled, "The king of Fanelia is tougher than
that."
"Anno..." Van rested his head on the wall behind him. He thought that the cut was
minor, but it wasn't. It was deep, and almost to his bone. He shuddered thinking about
losing his arm. It wasn't the fact he'd never be able to fight again, it was the thought of
never being able to hold Hitomi.
"Van!" Allen called from the other side of the room, "Come and look at this!"
Van picked his way over the debris. Chunks of the walls, ceilings, floors and an
occasional corpse. Kuru was serious if he would even kill innocent people to get Hitomi.
Allen pulled out his sword, "Van, aren't these walls built so that only explosives
could destroy them?"
"Hai." Van looked at Allen questioning, "Why?"
Allen swung his sword at the wall, but it only resulted in a loud clanging noise.
"Nani?!" Merle covered her ears.
"I don't see what you mean Allen," Van shrugged.
Allen sheathed his sword then pointed above him. Van looked and saw a smooth
curve downward towards the ground. It was nearly cresent shaped from a side view.
"With..."
"A sword." Allen wiped his hand over the surface of the sliced wall, "It's too
clean a cut to be explosives."
Hitomi stepped forward and felt the surface. She gasped. It was even warm. Kuru
was very skilled with his sword, she could tell. He could have killed Van if he wanted,
but why didn't he?
Van sighed, "There's nothing more we can do. Everyone should try and get some
sleep."
All the knights and servants immeadiately went to work. Hitomi started to pick up
pieces of the walls too. She felt responsible.
"Hitomi-chan?" Merle tugged on Hitomi's arm after she had set a stone in a pile.
"I wanna help." Hitomi picked up more stones, "I feel responsible Merle. I can't
just watch everyone else helping without doing my share."
Joseph pulled the stones Hitomi had picked up away from her, "I suggest you go
to bed Tsubasa no Kami. You'll only slow us down. We are capable. Afterall, we
managed two years of peace thus far."
"Joseph-kun!" Merle complained, "Hitomi wants to help, let her!"
"And you there." Joseph gave Merle a stern look, "I think that you should be
getting back to the house. Triss' babysitter is waiting."
"H-hai..." Merle bowed her head.
Joseph sighed and put the stones in one arm, pulling Merle's chin up with his free
hand and kissing her.
"HAI!" Merle ran away as fast as she could.
Hitomi sighed. She looked at Joseph one last time and shrugged. She couldn't win
with him, so she gave up. There'd be a time when they'd be begging for help. Best to
save her strength for that time.
"Hitomi!" Millerna called out.
"Hai?" Hitomi turned to Millerna.
"I think you should stay in someone else's room." Millerna nodded, agreeing with
herself, "I think that guy might try to get you again. I think you should stay with the
knights."
Hitomi's eye twitched, "Anno, with the knights?" Hitomi could only think of the
things they would do to her while she slept. She shivered, "Millerna, could I go in the
room of someone that I know better?"
"Well, Allen and I share a room." Millerna smiled, "Then Dryden has his entire
room full of books. Merle and Joseph have Triss in their house..."
"She can sleep in my room," Van interrupted.
Hitomi blinked and blushed. She remembered what Van had asked her about
marrying her. But had she been dreaming?
"Oh sure!" Millerna clapped and squealed happily, "Besides, you two have barely
had any time to talk! I'll get the maids to make another bed."
Hitomi nodded, still blushing.
*
Hitomi looked at the bed that the maids had set up for her. It was nearly as big as
the one that she had had in her room. They were like an expensive hotel catering to your
every need.
"Are you okay?" Van wrapped his arms around Hitomi's waist and hugged her
close.
Hitomi blushed more than she cared to know, "H-hai."
"I could have lost you." Van tightened his grip on Hitomi, "I'd just die if you
were gone."
Hitomi thought about loosing Van. She wouldn't be able to live either, "I feel the
same way Van." Hitomi felt tears running hot trails across her cheeks. she started
sobbing, it was too much for her.
"Hitomi?!" Van turned Hitomi around, "What's wrong?!"
"Van!!!" Hitomi cried and she sunk to the floor, onto her knees.
"Hitomi...?" Van kneeled in front of Hitomi.
Hitomi held herself. She couldn't stop sobbing. She looked up at Van, and
opened her mouth to scream.
Van covered her mouth before she could scream, "What's wrong with you?"
Hitomi sobbed and wrapped her arms around Van, "Hold me! Tell me that
everything is going to be alright! I don't want to think of what could have happened Van.
I only want..." Hitomi couldn't stop crying.
Van held Hitomi's face in between his hands and gave her a light shake, "Listen
to me Hitomi. It IS going to be alright. I swear I will never give into Kuru. I will always
protect you."
Hitomi sighed, letting her eyes dry. She knew that Van was telling her the truth.
He would protect her.
Silence filled the room for quite some time. Hitomi sighed finally, "I'm really
tired."
"Huh?" Van looked as if he had been waken up.
"Uh... well that is, I'm sleepy," Hitomi smiled.
"Oh!" Van released Hitomi's face, "Sorry."
Hitomi nodded, "It's ok."
Van stood and went into a seperate room, perhaps to change Hitomi thought. She
also thought he was being a gentleman and not watching her dress. Hitomi saw a silk
teddy laying on her bed. She blushed thinking of why on earth someone would think
she'd wear something like a teddy. though she quickly dismissed it and undressed and
slipped the silky teddy on.
"It's so soft," Hitomi commented twirling.
"You look beautiful," Van almost whispered as Hitomi stopped spinning.
"Van!" Hitomi jumped.
"Sorry." Van sighed.
Hitomi nodded and slowly crawled into her bed. She wrapped the blankets around
her and snuggled against the pillows. She sighed, and closed her eyes.
Van looked over at Hitomi all snug in her bed, and sighed. He walked over to the
side of her bed. He reached his hand out and pushed a few pieces of hair out of her face.
She stirred, but never woke.
"Oh Hitomi." Van whispered, "I wish I could hold you now."
Hitomi opened her eyes, startling Van slightly. She put her hand over Van's and
closed her eyes, "You can."
Van smiled and slowly crawled under the covers. Hitomi rolled over so her back
was to Van's chest. He followed and pulled Hitomi to his chest by wrapping his arm
around her wasit. Van sighed and Hitomi sighed with him.
'A perfect dream.' Hitomi thought.
'And its all real.' Van smiled to himself.
By: A.S.H.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Escaflowne. But Allen lives in my closet!!! ^o^ Thanks to all
who reviewed. I do realize that Van's home is Fanelia... had a bit of trouble cause I
wasn't quite sure how to spell it! The movie says Adom is his home, but I know that in the
series its Fanelia. I screwed up people, I am human. Or am I? ::evil cackle::
Allen: ::in the closet; tied up:: Mrrrr!
A-chan: ::kick kick:: Shaddup!
^^;;; Well once again, thanks to all who reviewed! I love hearing more from everyone!
Arigatou! ::bows:: Now the fic!
Van's arm was already wrapped in plenty of bandages. He winced as Millerna
gave the injury a slight pat.
"You'll be fine Van-sama." Millerna smiled, "The king of Fanelia is tougher than
that."
"Anno..." Van rested his head on the wall behind him. He thought that the cut was
minor, but it wasn't. It was deep, and almost to his bone. He shuddered thinking about
losing his arm. It wasn't the fact he'd never be able to fight again, it was the thought of
never being able to hold Hitomi.
"Van!" Allen called from the other side of the room, "Come and look at this!"
Van picked his way over the debris. Chunks of the walls, ceilings, floors and an
occasional corpse. Kuru was serious if he would even kill innocent people to get Hitomi.
Allen pulled out his sword, "Van, aren't these walls built so that only explosives
could destroy them?"
"Hai." Van looked at Allen questioning, "Why?"
Allen swung his sword at the wall, but it only resulted in a loud clanging noise.
"Nani?!" Merle covered her ears.
"I don't see what you mean Allen," Van shrugged.
Allen sheathed his sword then pointed above him. Van looked and saw a smooth
curve downward towards the ground. It was nearly cresent shaped from a side view.
"With..."
"A sword." Allen wiped his hand over the surface of the sliced wall, "It's too
clean a cut to be explosives."
Hitomi stepped forward and felt the surface. She gasped. It was even warm. Kuru
was very skilled with his sword, she could tell. He could have killed Van if he wanted,
but why didn't he?
Van sighed, "There's nothing more we can do. Everyone should try and get some
sleep."
All the knights and servants immeadiately went to work. Hitomi started to pick up
pieces of the walls too. She felt responsible.
"Hitomi-chan?" Merle tugged on Hitomi's arm after she had set a stone in a pile.
"I wanna help." Hitomi picked up more stones, "I feel responsible Merle. I can't
just watch everyone else helping without doing my share."
Joseph pulled the stones Hitomi had picked up away from her, "I suggest you go
to bed Tsubasa no Kami. You'll only slow us down. We are capable. Afterall, we
managed two years of peace thus far."
"Joseph-kun!" Merle complained, "Hitomi wants to help, let her!"
"And you there." Joseph gave Merle a stern look, "I think that you should be
getting back to the house. Triss' babysitter is waiting."
"H-hai..." Merle bowed her head.
Joseph sighed and put the stones in one arm, pulling Merle's chin up with his free
hand and kissing her.
"HAI!" Merle ran away as fast as she could.
Hitomi sighed. She looked at Joseph one last time and shrugged. She couldn't win
with him, so she gave up. There'd be a time when they'd be begging for help. Best to
save her strength for that time.
"Hitomi!" Millerna called out.
"Hai?" Hitomi turned to Millerna.
"I think you should stay in someone else's room." Millerna nodded, agreeing with
herself, "I think that guy might try to get you again. I think you should stay with the
knights."
Hitomi's eye twitched, "Anno, with the knights?" Hitomi could only think of the
things they would do to her while she slept. She shivered, "Millerna, could I go in the
room of someone that I know better?"
"Well, Allen and I share a room." Millerna smiled, "Then Dryden has his entire
room full of books. Merle and Joseph have Triss in their house..."
"She can sleep in my room," Van interrupted.
Hitomi blinked and blushed. She remembered what Van had asked her about
marrying her. But had she been dreaming?
"Oh sure!" Millerna clapped and squealed happily, "Besides, you two have barely
had any time to talk! I'll get the maids to make another bed."
Hitomi nodded, still blushing.
*
Hitomi looked at the bed that the maids had set up for her. It was nearly as big as
the one that she had had in her room. They were like an expensive hotel catering to your
every need.
"Are you okay?" Van wrapped his arms around Hitomi's waist and hugged her
close.
Hitomi blushed more than she cared to know, "H-hai."
"I could have lost you." Van tightened his grip on Hitomi, "I'd just die if you
were gone."
Hitomi thought about loosing Van. She wouldn't be able to live either, "I feel the
same way Van." Hitomi felt tears running hot trails across her cheeks. she started
sobbing, it was too much for her.
"Hitomi?!" Van turned Hitomi around, "What's wrong?!"
"Van!!!" Hitomi cried and she sunk to the floor, onto her knees.
"Hitomi...?" Van kneeled in front of Hitomi.
Hitomi held herself. She couldn't stop sobbing. She looked up at Van, and
opened her mouth to scream.
Van covered her mouth before she could scream, "What's wrong with you?"
Hitomi sobbed and wrapped her arms around Van, "Hold me! Tell me that
everything is going to be alright! I don't want to think of what could have happened Van.
I only want..." Hitomi couldn't stop crying.
Van held Hitomi's face in between his hands and gave her a light shake, "Listen
to me Hitomi. It IS going to be alright. I swear I will never give into Kuru. I will always
protect you."
Hitomi sighed, letting her eyes dry. She knew that Van was telling her the truth.
He would protect her.
Silence filled the room for quite some time. Hitomi sighed finally, "I'm really
tired."
"Huh?" Van looked as if he had been waken up.
"Uh... well that is, I'm sleepy," Hitomi smiled.
"Oh!" Van released Hitomi's face, "Sorry."
Hitomi nodded, "It's ok."
Van stood and went into a seperate room, perhaps to change Hitomi thought. She
also thought he was being a gentleman and not watching her dress. Hitomi saw a silk
teddy laying on her bed. She blushed thinking of why on earth someone would think
she'd wear something like a teddy. though she quickly dismissed it and undressed and
slipped the silky teddy on.
"It's so soft," Hitomi commented twirling.
"You look beautiful," Van almost whispered as Hitomi stopped spinning.
"Van!" Hitomi jumped.
"Sorry." Van sighed.
Hitomi nodded and slowly crawled into her bed. She wrapped the blankets around
her and snuggled against the pillows. She sighed, and closed her eyes.
Van looked over at Hitomi all snug in her bed, and sighed. He walked over to the
side of her bed. He reached his hand out and pushed a few pieces of hair out of her face.
She stirred, but never woke.
"Oh Hitomi." Van whispered, "I wish I could hold you now."
Hitomi opened her eyes, startling Van slightly. She put her hand over Van's and
closed her eyes, "You can."
Van smiled and slowly crawled under the covers. Hitomi rolled over so her back
was to Van's chest. He followed and pulled Hitomi to his chest by wrapping his arm
around her wasit. Van sighed and Hitomi sighed with him.
'A perfect dream.' Hitomi thought.
'And its all real.' Van smiled to himself.