Demons and Angels
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne. There I said it. (Again!)
A/N: ~ marks the start and end of a vision.
Chapter Seven
"Dangers in the night."
"Yes, you are right." Van replied as they walked through the castle gates and all 10 guards standing there bowed.
The two walk towards the front doors in silence.
"When do you think she's coming to get you?" Merle asked as soon as they got into the castle.
"I don't know, but I'll be waiting for her." Van stated.
"Promise me that you'll never let your guard down, do you promise?" Merle asked.
"Promise. I'm tired and I am going to go to bed now. Good night Merle." Van said.
"Good night Lord Van." Merle said as she walked off toward her room.
"Good night Merle." Van said as he walked off towards his room.
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"So are you going to go after the king tonight?" Moraf asked.
"I need to know as well." Jedaso's voice came from the pendant Hitomi was holding with one hand.
"Yes I…" Hitomi gasped before she could finish.
~
'Where did Moraf go? Where am I, oh no! No! Not again, not now!" Hitomi thought as she floated around in space.
Suddenly Hitomi found herself in the castle of Fanellia.
'Is this the castle?' Hitomi thought as she turned around, she gasped at what she saw. "Van? What are you doing here? Van?" Hitomi asked but Van just walked right through her.
'I don't understand.' Hitomi thought and before she knew it she was in a bedroom. 'What now?' Hitomi asked herself. 'Oh no!' Hitomi thought as she knelt down to a figure on the floor. "Van!" Hitomi yelled.
Hitomi picked up, and cradled, the upper half of Van's motionless body.
"What's wrong Van? What happened to you?" Hitomi's eyes grew in horror and sadness as she looked at his chest where someone had blasted him in the heart.
Hitomi laid her head on his shoulder and began to cry.
"I don't get it, I don't understand! What happened? Why did this happen?" Hitomi asked. "I know this is a vision, so how can I change his fate?" Hitomi asked.
"Think." A voice came from all sides.
~
Hitomi looked around, tears still falling down her face.
"Hitomi, are you ok? Why are you crying?" Moraf asked.
"I just had the worst vision ever! I hope it never comes true." Hitomi stated.
"So, are you going to kill him?" Jedaso asked.
"I really want to, but I have to figure this vision out first." Hitomi replied.
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In the shadows of the castle lurked a creature with lethal intentions. With black, scaled, armor that covered it's entire body.
"Good night your majesty." The dark figure can hear in the distance.
"Good night Conrad." Another voice said.
The figure proceeded through the shadows toward the voices. When the form got to the area in which the voices came, all it saw was a man bowing and a door closing.
The dark shape waited until the man was out of site before making it's way through the shadows to the doors.
'Big doors with the Fanellian crest; this must be the king's chamber. I mean the guy did bow and say your majesty, right? Then why am I hesitating? I have to do this, I have to kill him, right?' The figure thought.
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'She's here. Her thoughts sound different though.' Van thought as he covered the pillows with his blanket so it looked as if he were sleeping.
When he had finished he hid behind the door with a smirk. Van sighed slightly as he waited for his expected guest.
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The figure sighed as it gently opened the door and closed it, not noticing the person in the shadows. The sword at the figures side hung on it without hitting the one wearing it or anything else.
Van walked up behind the creature with a lit candle silently until the floor creaked under his weight.
The figure spun around.
"What in the hell are you doing here?!" Van asked as he stared at the figure. "Moraf, why are you here?" Van asked.
"That's none of your business." Moraf stated.
"You're in my bedroom, I think it's my business to ask, why?" Van asked.
"Your bedroom?! But this is suppose to be the kings bedroom." Moraf said.
"Very observant." Van said.
"So you're the king?" Moraf asked.
"Yes I am." Van said.
"Why didn't you tell us?!" Moraf exclaimed.
"You never asked." Van stated.
"Well, Hitomi has a reputation for killing her suitors, and because she has become ill, I have to carry that task out myself." Moraf said as he drew his sword. "Draw your sword. I challenge you to a duel." Moraf added as he backed up a few paces.
"Hitomi is ill? Is she going to be all right? Why are you here? Can't this wait until we know she's all right?" Van asked with more concern for her then himself.
"Huh?… Don't worry. She's fine, she just had a bad vision, that's all." Moraf assured.
"Thank goodness." Van said as he went over to his dresser and took his sword out of its case.
"We don't want to wake anyone so we'll go to the between." Moraf stated.
"What's that?" Van asked.
"It is a special place between the surface world and the underworld. Only a few people can go there." Moraf said.
"Who? And how can I go there if I'm not one of the few chosen?" Van asked.
"Jedaso, Sarona, Hitomi, Darosin, Amber, and I are the only ones that can summon the special section. All demons can come to the surface, with permission, but only the four of us can go to this place. We can take "guests" there, that how, and why, you can come with me." Moraf explained.
"Oh, very well, but what if I win?" Van asked.
"I seriously doubt you'll win, but if you do the between will send you home." Moraf said. "Now let's be off." Moraf added as he spun his hand over his head and chanted an incantation. "Creatures of hell, friends of site, open our portal and bow to our might." Was what he chanted as a small fireball appeared at the end of his finger and he pointed at the wall, creating a door outlined by hot flames.
"Amazing!" Van exclaimed.
"Yeah it's really neat isn't…hey, wait a second. Enough with the chitchat." Moraf said as he showed Van through the doorway.
In the between was bright and red. Red, fire like, light filled the, what looked like, endless vicinity.
"Wow!" Van said as he looked around.
"Yeah, that's what I said the first time I was here." Moraf admitted.
"Do you like Merle?" Van asked.
"What kind of question is that?" Moraf asked in surprise.
"I've just been wondering." Van replied.
"If you mean as a friend yes, if you mean the other way, demons aren't suppose to have those kind of emotions." Moraf said.
"In other words you're not suppose to have feeling for her, but you do, and there is something else in the way, isn't there? Does Hitomi like me?" Van asked.
"Yes." Moraf said with a sad tone.
"So that's what's standing in your way, you like Hitomi, and that's why you want to duel with me." Van said.
"Yes, so let's stop talking and start fighting!" Moraf said firmly as he got into battle stance.
"Very well." Van agreed as he got into battle stance.
They charged at one another with ferocity in their eyes. Their swords clashed and sparks flew as the impact echoed through the region. The impact was so powerful they both had to fall back a few paces.
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"What does it mean? What does that vision mean? I don't understand!" Hitomi said as she violently shook her head while sitting up in her bed. "I don't want to loose him, I was just getting to know him! Maybe it had something to do with me, and thinking about killing the king. Wait a second…where's Moraf?" Hitomi asked herself as she frantically searched the room.
Hitomi got up and yanked the covers off of his in search of her friend.
"Where is he? I need to talk to him!" Hitomi said, then she began to think. 'Maybe I should go to the between, he might be there. If worst comes to worse, I can contemplate that vision.' Hitomi thought.
Hitomi sighed and spun her hand around over her head. "Creatures of hell, friends of site, open our portal and bow to our might." Hitomi said as she became surrounded by flames and sank into the floor.
There was a burst of flames in the between and Hitomi emerged.
"I'm glad to be in familiar surroundings." Hitomi commented to the vicinity. "I thought I'd never say those words, well, say them and mean it." Hitomi added.
Off in the distance Hitomi could hear swords clashing.
"What the?!" Hitomi said as she ran toward the sound.
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"You can't beat me human!" Moraf stated.
"We will just have to see about that." Van said, with a snap wings shot out of Van's back tearing his shirt to shreds.
"You're a Draconian!" Moraf said in amazement.
"Yep." Van said as he took to the air.
"Well, that may help you survive a little longer, but not much." Moraf said as he jumped high into and swung his sword at Van.
Van easily blocked because being in the sky came natural to him. This angered Moraf, (Never make a demon mad!), and when he touched down to the ground he collected fire energy, and then with little warning, shot it at Van.
Van didn't expect such an attack, but missed it anyway.
"Wow! Nice attack." Van commented, flying a few feet in front of Moraf, and about ten yards above him. "Now it's my turn." Van said as he flew toward Moraf, charging him, at a spectacular speed.
Moraf blocked and forced Van to the ground.
"Moraf? What's going on? Why is, why are you fighting Van?!" Hitomi asked with a fierce voice.
Moraf didn't hear her as he collected energy for a finishing blast, and aimed it at Van. (Finishing blast means very big and deadly.) A bright light appeared as Moraf shot it at Van.
"NO!!!" Hitomi yelled in a blood-curdling scream.
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A/N: Sorry I stopped like this. Yeah, right. Anyway, I think I like the fire blast stuff so much is because I feel like I'm in an oven. I think South Carolina, USA, is closer to Darkan then anywhere else! It's hot! It's HOT! It's really, really HOT! No wait, hot is an understatement! But enough about me, and more about you, THANK YOU everyone who reviewed! It really means a lot to me! *^_^* Next chapter will be out as soon as I get about, let's say, 10 reviews. Is that fair? It gives me time to write. *^_^*
Disclaimers: I don't own Escaflowne. There I said it. (Again!)
A/N: ~ marks the start and end of a vision.
Chapter Seven
"Dangers in the night."
"Yes, you are right." Van replied as they walked through the castle gates and all 10 guards standing there bowed.
The two walk towards the front doors in silence.
"When do you think she's coming to get you?" Merle asked as soon as they got into the castle.
"I don't know, but I'll be waiting for her." Van stated.
"Promise me that you'll never let your guard down, do you promise?" Merle asked.
"Promise. I'm tired and I am going to go to bed now. Good night Merle." Van said.
"Good night Lord Van." Merle said as she walked off toward her room.
"Good night Merle." Van said as he walked off towards his room.
_______________________
"So are you going to go after the king tonight?" Moraf asked.
"I need to know as well." Jedaso's voice came from the pendant Hitomi was holding with one hand.
"Yes I…" Hitomi gasped before she could finish.
~
'Where did Moraf go? Where am I, oh no! No! Not again, not now!" Hitomi thought as she floated around in space.
Suddenly Hitomi found herself in the castle of Fanellia.
'Is this the castle?' Hitomi thought as she turned around, she gasped at what she saw. "Van? What are you doing here? Van?" Hitomi asked but Van just walked right through her.
'I don't understand.' Hitomi thought and before she knew it she was in a bedroom. 'What now?' Hitomi asked herself. 'Oh no!' Hitomi thought as she knelt down to a figure on the floor. "Van!" Hitomi yelled.
Hitomi picked up, and cradled, the upper half of Van's motionless body.
"What's wrong Van? What happened to you?" Hitomi's eyes grew in horror and sadness as she looked at his chest where someone had blasted him in the heart.
Hitomi laid her head on his shoulder and began to cry.
"I don't get it, I don't understand! What happened? Why did this happen?" Hitomi asked. "I know this is a vision, so how can I change his fate?" Hitomi asked.
"Think." A voice came from all sides.
~
Hitomi looked around, tears still falling down her face.
"Hitomi, are you ok? Why are you crying?" Moraf asked.
"I just had the worst vision ever! I hope it never comes true." Hitomi stated.
"So, are you going to kill him?" Jedaso asked.
"I really want to, but I have to figure this vision out first." Hitomi replied.
_______________________
In the shadows of the castle lurked a creature with lethal intentions. With black, scaled, armor that covered it's entire body.
"Good night your majesty." The dark figure can hear in the distance.
"Good night Conrad." Another voice said.
The figure proceeded through the shadows toward the voices. When the form got to the area in which the voices came, all it saw was a man bowing and a door closing.
The dark shape waited until the man was out of site before making it's way through the shadows to the doors.
'Big doors with the Fanellian crest; this must be the king's chamber. I mean the guy did bow and say your majesty, right? Then why am I hesitating? I have to do this, I have to kill him, right?' The figure thought.
_______________________
'She's here. Her thoughts sound different though.' Van thought as he covered the pillows with his blanket so it looked as if he were sleeping.
When he had finished he hid behind the door with a smirk. Van sighed slightly as he waited for his expected guest.
_______________________
The figure sighed as it gently opened the door and closed it, not noticing the person in the shadows. The sword at the figures side hung on it without hitting the one wearing it or anything else.
Van walked up behind the creature with a lit candle silently until the floor creaked under his weight.
The figure spun around.
"What in the hell are you doing here?!" Van asked as he stared at the figure. "Moraf, why are you here?" Van asked.
"That's none of your business." Moraf stated.
"You're in my bedroom, I think it's my business to ask, why?" Van asked.
"Your bedroom?! But this is suppose to be the kings bedroom." Moraf said.
"Very observant." Van said.
"So you're the king?" Moraf asked.
"Yes I am." Van said.
"Why didn't you tell us?!" Moraf exclaimed.
"You never asked." Van stated.
"Well, Hitomi has a reputation for killing her suitors, and because she has become ill, I have to carry that task out myself." Moraf said as he drew his sword. "Draw your sword. I challenge you to a duel." Moraf added as he backed up a few paces.
"Hitomi is ill? Is she going to be all right? Why are you here? Can't this wait until we know she's all right?" Van asked with more concern for her then himself.
"Huh?… Don't worry. She's fine, she just had a bad vision, that's all." Moraf assured.
"Thank goodness." Van said as he went over to his dresser and took his sword out of its case.
"We don't want to wake anyone so we'll go to the between." Moraf stated.
"What's that?" Van asked.
"It is a special place between the surface world and the underworld. Only a few people can go there." Moraf said.
"Who? And how can I go there if I'm not one of the few chosen?" Van asked.
"Jedaso, Sarona, Hitomi, Darosin, Amber, and I are the only ones that can summon the special section. All demons can come to the surface, with permission, but only the four of us can go to this place. We can take "guests" there, that how, and why, you can come with me." Moraf explained.
"Oh, very well, but what if I win?" Van asked.
"I seriously doubt you'll win, but if you do the between will send you home." Moraf said. "Now let's be off." Moraf added as he spun his hand over his head and chanted an incantation. "Creatures of hell, friends of site, open our portal and bow to our might." Was what he chanted as a small fireball appeared at the end of his finger and he pointed at the wall, creating a door outlined by hot flames.
"Amazing!" Van exclaimed.
"Yeah it's really neat isn't…hey, wait a second. Enough with the chitchat." Moraf said as he showed Van through the doorway.
In the between was bright and red. Red, fire like, light filled the, what looked like, endless vicinity.
"Wow!" Van said as he looked around.
"Yeah, that's what I said the first time I was here." Moraf admitted.
"Do you like Merle?" Van asked.
"What kind of question is that?" Moraf asked in surprise.
"I've just been wondering." Van replied.
"If you mean as a friend yes, if you mean the other way, demons aren't suppose to have those kind of emotions." Moraf said.
"In other words you're not suppose to have feeling for her, but you do, and there is something else in the way, isn't there? Does Hitomi like me?" Van asked.
"Yes." Moraf said with a sad tone.
"So that's what's standing in your way, you like Hitomi, and that's why you want to duel with me." Van said.
"Yes, so let's stop talking and start fighting!" Moraf said firmly as he got into battle stance.
"Very well." Van agreed as he got into battle stance.
They charged at one another with ferocity in their eyes. Their swords clashed and sparks flew as the impact echoed through the region. The impact was so powerful they both had to fall back a few paces.
_______________________
"What does it mean? What does that vision mean? I don't understand!" Hitomi said as she violently shook her head while sitting up in her bed. "I don't want to loose him, I was just getting to know him! Maybe it had something to do with me, and thinking about killing the king. Wait a second…where's Moraf?" Hitomi asked herself as she frantically searched the room.
Hitomi got up and yanked the covers off of his in search of her friend.
"Where is he? I need to talk to him!" Hitomi said, then she began to think. 'Maybe I should go to the between, he might be there. If worst comes to worse, I can contemplate that vision.' Hitomi thought.
Hitomi sighed and spun her hand around over her head. "Creatures of hell, friends of site, open our portal and bow to our might." Hitomi said as she became surrounded by flames and sank into the floor.
There was a burst of flames in the between and Hitomi emerged.
"I'm glad to be in familiar surroundings." Hitomi commented to the vicinity. "I thought I'd never say those words, well, say them and mean it." Hitomi added.
Off in the distance Hitomi could hear swords clashing.
"What the?!" Hitomi said as she ran toward the sound.
_______________________
"You can't beat me human!" Moraf stated.
"We will just have to see about that." Van said, with a snap wings shot out of Van's back tearing his shirt to shreds.
"You're a Draconian!" Moraf said in amazement.
"Yep." Van said as he took to the air.
"Well, that may help you survive a little longer, but not much." Moraf said as he jumped high into and swung his sword at Van.
Van easily blocked because being in the sky came natural to him. This angered Moraf, (Never make a demon mad!), and when he touched down to the ground he collected fire energy, and then with little warning, shot it at Van.
Van didn't expect such an attack, but missed it anyway.
"Wow! Nice attack." Van commented, flying a few feet in front of Moraf, and about ten yards above him. "Now it's my turn." Van said as he flew toward Moraf, charging him, at a spectacular speed.
Moraf blocked and forced Van to the ground.
"Moraf? What's going on? Why is, why are you fighting Van?!" Hitomi asked with a fierce voice.
Moraf didn't hear her as he collected energy for a finishing blast, and aimed it at Van. (Finishing blast means very big and deadly.) A bright light appeared as Moraf shot it at Van.
"NO!!!" Hitomi yelled in a blood-curdling scream.
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A/N: Sorry I stopped like this. Yeah, right. Anyway, I think I like the fire blast stuff so much is because I feel like I'm in an oven. I think South Carolina, USA, is closer to Darkan then anywhere else! It's hot! It's HOT! It's really, really HOT! No wait, hot is an understatement! But enough about me, and more about you, THANK YOU everyone who reviewed! It really means a lot to me! *^_^* Next chapter will be out as soon as I get about, let's say, 10 reviews. Is that fair? It gives me time to write. *^_^*