Demons and Angels
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne. So there! :-P
Chapter Five
"Thinking."
'I'm just too tired. That match was strenuous and I still lost. But, then again, I did learn her name!' Van thought to himself as he lied down. The moment his head hit the pillow he was out cold.
The next morning…
"LORD VAN!" Merle screamed as she jumped onto Van's bed.
"What?" Van asked groggily.
"It's getting late. Didn't you want to be there before her?" Merle asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Van screamed while sitting up abruptly.
"How could you forget? You said you liked her, so how could you?" Merle asked.
"No, I didn't forget about her. I forgot I wanted to get up early so I didn't tell Malachi to wake me. I'm glad you remembered and woke me up." Van said as he quickly raced to the closet, got his clothes, and ran to the bathroom to bathe. (What else?)
"Ok, I'll show myself out." Merle spoke to no one particular.
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"Moraf wake up!" Hitomi yelled trying to wake Moraf up. "You sleep like a log you know that?" Hitomi commented on his sleeping behavior.
"Um… 5 more minutes." Moraf said, still in dreamland.
"Fine! Sleep! I'm going to take a bath and try to wake you afterwards. I hope their baths here are really hot. I hate the cold." Hitomi said. 'Not that it's cold here in Fanellia it's just the demon side of me hates water, and for the water to be cold makes it worse.' Hitomi thought to herself, noting her preferences as she walked to the bathroom with her clothes.
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"Good morning Kosar!" Van said cheerfully as he walked into the shop. "Has the young lady arrived yet?" Van asked.
"If you mean Hitomi, no not yet." Kosar answered.
"Good. Merle, you coming in or not?" Van asked.
"Yes, I'm coming." Merle said as she came through the door. "Is the girl here?" Merle asked.
"Not yet." Van answered.
"Maybe she slept in too." Merle said with a giggle.
"Ha, ha, very funny Merle." Van said sarcastically.
"I thought it was." Merle agreed.
"Hey Merle! Nice to see you again." Moraf said from behind her.
Merle turned around quickly. "Oh, hello again Moraf." Merle said in a somewhat shy voice.
'That's unusual. I've never seen Merle shy before.' Van thought to himself.
"Um… Merle, you wouldn't happen to have come across a young lady with green eyes have you? I lost track of her again." Moraf asked.
"No. Why?" Merle replied.
"Well, she was right behind me and then…"
"Hello again Van!" Hitomi said from behind Van.
Van spun around. "Hey Hit… I mean green eyes." Van corrected himself.
"Green eyes? What kind of name is that? Really Hitomi, if you want people to call you something, couldn't you come up with something more original." Moraf spoke up.
"I told you, I didn't come up with it." Hitomi said defensively.
"Hitomi? Nice name." Merle said innocently as if she didn't have a clue that was her name.
"Thank you, Merle, right?" Hitomi asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Merle asked.
"Van talked about you. He said you were his best friend." Hitomi answered.
"That's right, I am." Merle replied.
"Are you going to spar today?" Rendaud asked.
"Why? Is that an offer or a challenge?" Hitomi asked.
"No! I learned my lesson yesterday!" Rendaud said while rubbing his neck and walking away.
"I'll challenge you!" Merle stated.
Hitomi looked at the cat-woman who spoke up.
"Oh amazing! I've never seen a cat person before!" Hitomi said as she ran over to Merle taking her arm. "Your fur is so soft. How do you keep it so beautiful and shiny? Do you do anything special to make it this way? Is that a tail? Can you do anything with your tail?" Hitomi questioned in excitement.
"Huh? Oh, thank you. I try to brush it as often as I can but that's about it. As for my tail, well, you decide." Merle said as she wrapped her tail around a sword and brought it over to her hand.
"Outstanding!" Hitomi exclaimed.
"Now are we going to spar or are we going to gossip?" Merle asked.
"I don't care to much for gossiping so I'll go with the sparring." Hitomi responded.
"Ok then ladies. Here are your outfits and you know where the changing rooms are." Kosar said as he handed them the supplies and pointed to the rooms.
"Thank you!" Hitomi and Merle said in unison as they walked off toward the rooms.
"Anytime." Kosar said.
"So, do you spar?" Van asked Moraf.
"I'm tied at second best, at home." Moraf replied.
"Where do you come from?" Van asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Moraf answered.
"Try me." Van said.
"Promise not to run away screaming your head off?" Moraf asked.
"Promise." Van agreed.
"Darkan." Moraf responded.
"Splendid! Can you tell me all about it? I've only heard rumors, I'd like to know truths." Van commented.
"Sure, why not, what would you like to know?" Moraf asked.
"What's it like?" Van asked.
"Just like up here really. There are beautiful gardens, trees, and flowers. The gardens at the castle are simply breath-taking!" Moraf explained.
"You hang out at the castle a lot?" Van asked.
"Yeah I'm an a…" Moraf trailed off.
"A what?" Van asked.
"Nothing, I just go there to look at the gardens every time I can get a chance." Moraf replied.
"So, have you ever seen or met the Princess?" Van asked skeptically.
"Why do you ask?" Moraf asked just as skeptically.
"Just wondering." Van said.
'What does this guy know, or think he knows, that he's not letting on.' Moraf thought to himself. "I can't really say." Moraf replied. 'I can't let this guy know Hitomi's the one he's asking about. She'd have a fit if he found out.' Moraf thought.
Van smiled. "It doesn't matter now anyway. The girls are about to have their match, let's go watch. Sorry if I asked to many questions. It's none of my business, right? Let's just be friends." Van said as he extended his hand.
"Ok. It's alright my friend, you may ask questions, though you may not always get answers." Moraf said as he shook Van's hand.
'That's what you think.' Van thought with a wide smile.
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A/N: Sorry this is so short and I left off at a bad place but I thought you might want to have a short story about me and what is happening to me as I write this. So here it is. *^_^*
About a little over a month ago I decided I wanted some artificial intelligence so I died my hair from blonde to black. Dying my hair really made people unhappy because I was no longer giving them fair warning that they were talking to a dumb blonde. (Not all blondes are dumb! Just, I am dumb and I happen to be blonde. Sort of.) So when my color began to fade my mom decided I should go back to blonde. So here I am sitting at the computer typing and being forced to smell this stupid dye. (Remind me to never dye my hair again after tomorrow.) When I finished my transformation it wasn't much of a transformation! Not a good one at least! Let's see I have blonde root, light brown next to my roots, brown middle section, and black tips. Oh and I think I got some red in there too. Needless to say I'M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!! In other words I'm not going outside until mom fixes her mistake! She messed up big time. Hey the good thing is if she doesn't fix it by tomorrow my little butt can and will refuse to go to school. I look at it this way it gives me more time to work on my fics. *^_^*
But it still doesn't change the fact that my hair has never looked worse. :- P Oh well. *^_^*
P.S. I hated the snow but the ice was worse. It was 10 degrees fahrenheit, TO COLD! If you ask me!
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne. So there! :-P
Chapter Five
"Thinking."
'I'm just too tired. That match was strenuous and I still lost. But, then again, I did learn her name!' Van thought to himself as he lied down. The moment his head hit the pillow he was out cold.
The next morning…
"LORD VAN!" Merle screamed as she jumped onto Van's bed.
"What?" Van asked groggily.
"It's getting late. Didn't you want to be there before her?" Merle asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Van screamed while sitting up abruptly.
"How could you forget? You said you liked her, so how could you?" Merle asked.
"No, I didn't forget about her. I forgot I wanted to get up early so I didn't tell Malachi to wake me. I'm glad you remembered and woke me up." Van said as he quickly raced to the closet, got his clothes, and ran to the bathroom to bathe. (What else?)
"Ok, I'll show myself out." Merle spoke to no one particular.
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"Moraf wake up!" Hitomi yelled trying to wake Moraf up. "You sleep like a log you know that?" Hitomi commented on his sleeping behavior.
"Um… 5 more minutes." Moraf said, still in dreamland.
"Fine! Sleep! I'm going to take a bath and try to wake you afterwards. I hope their baths here are really hot. I hate the cold." Hitomi said. 'Not that it's cold here in Fanellia it's just the demon side of me hates water, and for the water to be cold makes it worse.' Hitomi thought to herself, noting her preferences as she walked to the bathroom with her clothes.
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"Good morning Kosar!" Van said cheerfully as he walked into the shop. "Has the young lady arrived yet?" Van asked.
"If you mean Hitomi, no not yet." Kosar answered.
"Good. Merle, you coming in or not?" Van asked.
"Yes, I'm coming." Merle said as she came through the door. "Is the girl here?" Merle asked.
"Not yet." Van answered.
"Maybe she slept in too." Merle said with a giggle.
"Ha, ha, very funny Merle." Van said sarcastically.
"I thought it was." Merle agreed.
"Hey Merle! Nice to see you again." Moraf said from behind her.
Merle turned around quickly. "Oh, hello again Moraf." Merle said in a somewhat shy voice.
'That's unusual. I've never seen Merle shy before.' Van thought to himself.
"Um… Merle, you wouldn't happen to have come across a young lady with green eyes have you? I lost track of her again." Moraf asked.
"No. Why?" Merle replied.
"Well, she was right behind me and then…"
"Hello again Van!" Hitomi said from behind Van.
Van spun around. "Hey Hit… I mean green eyes." Van corrected himself.
"Green eyes? What kind of name is that? Really Hitomi, if you want people to call you something, couldn't you come up with something more original." Moraf spoke up.
"I told you, I didn't come up with it." Hitomi said defensively.
"Hitomi? Nice name." Merle said innocently as if she didn't have a clue that was her name.
"Thank you, Merle, right?" Hitomi asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Merle asked.
"Van talked about you. He said you were his best friend." Hitomi answered.
"That's right, I am." Merle replied.
"Are you going to spar today?" Rendaud asked.
"Why? Is that an offer or a challenge?" Hitomi asked.
"No! I learned my lesson yesterday!" Rendaud said while rubbing his neck and walking away.
"I'll challenge you!" Merle stated.
Hitomi looked at the cat-woman who spoke up.
"Oh amazing! I've never seen a cat person before!" Hitomi said as she ran over to Merle taking her arm. "Your fur is so soft. How do you keep it so beautiful and shiny? Do you do anything special to make it this way? Is that a tail? Can you do anything with your tail?" Hitomi questioned in excitement.
"Huh? Oh, thank you. I try to brush it as often as I can but that's about it. As for my tail, well, you decide." Merle said as she wrapped her tail around a sword and brought it over to her hand.
"Outstanding!" Hitomi exclaimed.
"Now are we going to spar or are we going to gossip?" Merle asked.
"I don't care to much for gossiping so I'll go with the sparring." Hitomi responded.
"Ok then ladies. Here are your outfits and you know where the changing rooms are." Kosar said as he handed them the supplies and pointed to the rooms.
"Thank you!" Hitomi and Merle said in unison as they walked off toward the rooms.
"Anytime." Kosar said.
"So, do you spar?" Van asked Moraf.
"I'm tied at second best, at home." Moraf replied.
"Where do you come from?" Van asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Moraf answered.
"Try me." Van said.
"Promise not to run away screaming your head off?" Moraf asked.
"Promise." Van agreed.
"Darkan." Moraf responded.
"Splendid! Can you tell me all about it? I've only heard rumors, I'd like to know truths." Van commented.
"Sure, why not, what would you like to know?" Moraf asked.
"What's it like?" Van asked.
"Just like up here really. There are beautiful gardens, trees, and flowers. The gardens at the castle are simply breath-taking!" Moraf explained.
"You hang out at the castle a lot?" Van asked.
"Yeah I'm an a…" Moraf trailed off.
"A what?" Van asked.
"Nothing, I just go there to look at the gardens every time I can get a chance." Moraf replied.
"So, have you ever seen or met the Princess?" Van asked skeptically.
"Why do you ask?" Moraf asked just as skeptically.
"Just wondering." Van said.
'What does this guy know, or think he knows, that he's not letting on.' Moraf thought to himself. "I can't really say." Moraf replied. 'I can't let this guy know Hitomi's the one he's asking about. She'd have a fit if he found out.' Moraf thought.
Van smiled. "It doesn't matter now anyway. The girls are about to have their match, let's go watch. Sorry if I asked to many questions. It's none of my business, right? Let's just be friends." Van said as he extended his hand.
"Ok. It's alright my friend, you may ask questions, though you may not always get answers." Moraf said as he shook Van's hand.
'That's what you think.' Van thought with a wide smile.
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A/N: Sorry this is so short and I left off at a bad place but I thought you might want to have a short story about me and what is happening to me as I write this. So here it is. *^_^*
About a little over a month ago I decided I wanted some artificial intelligence so I died my hair from blonde to black. Dying my hair really made people unhappy because I was no longer giving them fair warning that they were talking to a dumb blonde. (Not all blondes are dumb! Just, I am dumb and I happen to be blonde. Sort of.) So when my color began to fade my mom decided I should go back to blonde. So here I am sitting at the computer typing and being forced to smell this stupid dye. (Remind me to never dye my hair again after tomorrow.) When I finished my transformation it wasn't much of a transformation! Not a good one at least! Let's see I have blonde root, light brown next to my roots, brown middle section, and black tips. Oh and I think I got some red in there too. Needless to say I'M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!! In other words I'm not going outside until mom fixes her mistake! She messed up big time. Hey the good thing is if she doesn't fix it by tomorrow my little butt can and will refuse to go to school. I look at it this way it gives me more time to work on my fics. *^_^*
But it still doesn't change the fact that my hair has never looked worse. :- P Oh well. *^_^*
P.S. I hated the snow but the ice was worse. It was 10 degrees fahrenheit, TO COLD! If you ask me!