Disclaimer: I don't own Esca, or ANYTHING in this fic. Yes, * gasp * this is pretty much my ONLY fic that I have not created a billion characters for. Escaflowne belongs to Sunrise or Bandai or whatever, all I know is, it's not mine. But if you REALLY want to sue me, you may have a green donut, cuz that's all I own... (A/N: Sorry guys, it's an inside joke, only Nagi-chan, NekuraTak, and Kiddi Chi would get i... I'll explain someday, but I don't think ya wanna know...)
A/N: First, responses to reviews. You guys are good, I got six more reviews although I have badly neglected you and ignored this fic, I promise to try to be more predictable with updates... Oh yeah, and this chapter is dedicated to my friends: Nagi-chan (Who kept bugging me till I wanted to strangle her to update this), NekuraTak (Because she loves doom and is crazy... I mean that in a good way... ^_^;), Kiddi Chi (Because although she doesn't review this fic she puts up with me never reviewing hers...) and Marisol: Baby*chan (Who's stuck by me through them all with her nice comments and constant support, you're a great friend...) READ THEIR FICS! THEY ARE GIFTED ALTHOUGH THEY DENY IT! (Take that... * Laughs as her friends maul her *) NekuraTak has poems, which are REALLY GOOD, Nagi-chan has a Dilly fic, Kiddi Chi has 2 GW fics, which are great might I add, plus an Escaflowne V/H called "Amber and Emeralds" which is very creative...And Baby*chan has an Esca fic, which rocks although she's always threatening to delete it, and a bunch of cool CCS fics. I'll shut up now...
ChestnZ: YES! HA! MOEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! POWER TO THE PIXIES! MAY THEY FOREVER REIGN SUPREME! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Umm... * Cough Cough * Anyways, here's more, I'll try to add more often...
JoJo: * Laughs in hyperness * Yeah, it's usually averagely funny, because I only write it when I: a. Feel high/hyper, b. Am on a sugar rush, c. Have nothing to do... * Then again THIS is almost NEVER happens... *, d. I'm in perky mode extreme! Anyways, thanks for reviewing my stories, you're like one of the best all-time reviewers cuz you always have something nice to say to everyone it seems. Keep reviewing, we appreciate it!
Escagurl: * Mutters * And I thought I was hyper... Lol... Nyork! * Grins * Yes, I must admit, Escaflowne is full of Bishonen, Dilly, Van-sama, Folkie, all the dragonslayers (except guimel, he's a sheep, I don't know if I could picture him as cute, maybe misunderstood...), NOT Allen (Sorry gurl, I can never like the moose who hurts Van-sama so many times physically and emotionally because although I dislike Hitomi, I am a MAJOR fan of the whole V/H thing... Anyways, I'm glad my story makes ya laugh, you should write something like this, I think you'd be good at it... Ja! ^_~
StArPrInCeSsSaKuRa: Yo Marisol! (New name is Baby*chan)Waz up? Haven't heard from you in a while, although it's probably my fault, school has me wiped these days. I am NOT crazy, I'm * SPECIAL *! * Readers roll their eyes at the author's idiocy * Hey! I saw that! * Glares * Anyways, email me, k? ADD TO YOUR FIC!!!!!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!!!!!!!! And thanks for all your support and reviews, you're really great! ^_^
Chaos-chan: I am crazy and I admit it, I'm also a blonde, which does not help, as Washu-chan CONSTANTLY points out, lol... I suffer so much from having all brunette friends... Oh well... Insanity is a GOOD thing, and it not making sense makes it better... Lol... Keep reading, it'll only get stranger as time goes on...
Dru: Yeah, I now how that goes, I have Nagi-chan to blame (or thank?) for turning me on to ff.net and now I am hooked and love it. Thanks for saying my story's great, it makes me feel all warm inside and I feel like hugging all the lil' readers out there... * HUG HUG HUG * * Readers pass out * Hehehe... Oops... ^_^; Wow, I have fans, that's cool, I'll try to please y'all and drag this out as long as humanly possible... * Laughs diabolically * Anyways, keep reading, I enjoy reading all you peeps' comments, just reading this makes you all SPECIAL! * Readers gag from her constant corniness/sappiness… *
Ashley Chu: Wow, thanks, I love getting new readers, I hope your friends like it, and I'm glad you like it so far! ^_^ I will do Valentine's Day, I think that would be amusing to write, and Van and Hitomi, WILL come into the picture soon enough, read on... Thanks!
Wow, I'm not worthy of all this praise, you guys rock! And even you guys who read it and don't review (even though you SHOULD), rock! NOW ON WITH THE SHOW! ^_^
A Hyper Halloween
Chapter 2: What the...?
Dilandau sat at his laptop; his eyes fixed on the screen when he heard a strange noise. It sounded like a dying moose.
"WHAT THE HELL'S THAT?!" He shrieked in annoyance.
"How would I know?" Folken mumbled into the ground, where he was still lying thanks to the evil catdolls.
"Buttered toast?" Retarded Rachel suggested.
"Uhh... As much as I appreciate your 'wise' opinion, I think not." Dilly replied, just as the door swung open to reveal... (A/N: Who else?) ...Gatty... But wait, he was still wearing a tutu, but this one was orange and black.
"What are you doing?" Dilandau asked him, wishing that his slayer's hyperness would die down.
"I'm here to remind you that tomorrow's Halloween!" Gatty screamed perkily, bouncing up and down.
"Gatty, come here for a second, I want to tell you something." Dilandau gestured to the blonde who stupidly came closer.
*SLAP* "If you EVER mention another holiday again, I'll kill you!"
Gatty chuckled, making Dilly sneer at his stupidity, he hated laughter.
"Hey! How DARE you call me 'Dilly' again! And what's with me hating laughter, I cackle constantly!" Dilly screamed at the annoying author.
(A/N: Well So-rry! I think Dilly's a cute name! ^_^;)
With a look of disgust on his face Dilly replied, "I don't WANT to be CUTE! I want to be DANGEROUS!"
(A/N: Whatever Dilly... Back to the show...)
Dilandau muttered about stupid blonde authors who created this retarded fics that have no plot and no purpose.
"Soooooooooooooooooo Dilly! What are you dressing up as?" Gatty shrieked in glee.
"I'm going to go as a fist..." Dilly started to announce.
"Cool!" Gatty winked at him, giving him the thumbs up sign.
"SO I CAN BEAT YOU INTO THE GROUND!" Dilandau screamed as he attacked Gatty.
Folken who had finally gotten up, noted the brawl going on between the pyro and the pixie.
"What did I do to deserve this? Why is fate so cruel?" Suddenly, there was an explosion as half the room blew up.
"What the hell?!" Folken looked in shock at the rubble around him.
"Sorry Mac, there was no doorbell, good thing I was prepared!" A delivery guy walked in at that moment.
Folkie sweatdropped.
"What can I do for you?" He asked, trying to resist the urge to strangle this moron who'd never heard of knocking.
"Sign here Mac."
'My name's not Mac...' Folkie observed to himself. He pulled his metal arm out of his cloak and the deliveryman screamed in terror.
"IT'S AN ALIEN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! IT'S THE INVASION OF THE CLAW PEOPLE! AUGH!" He ran through the demolished wall and fell to his death, forgetting he was on a floating fortress.
"Well, one less delivery guy to worry about." Folkie commented as he began to open the package that the guy had abandoned.
"Hey Folkie, what was that about?" Dilly stopped his fight for a moment to ask.
"Oh nothing, I think hostile aliens are taking over Gaea or something." Folkie muttered as he toyed with the package's tape.
"Oh, cool." The fight immediately resumed as Gatty sprayed his commander with pixie dust.
"Man, I need some scissors!" Folkie whined.
"I'll use my PSYCHIC POWERS to open it!" Hitomi appeared out of nowhere to solve his dilemma.
"Where the heck did you come from?" Folkie was shocked, having hoped she'd died during his unconsciousness. Van walked in next.
"Brother..."
"Well duh, I'm your brother Folken. We've been through this several times now. We even went to that family counseling thing, although I don't feel like I 'bonded' with you much." Van replied, coming up to stand beside Hitomi.
"Why'd you bring HER?" Folkie asked his little brother, gesturing at the green-eyed seeress holding his delivery and meditating.
"Hey, she's my girlfriend, what do you EXPECT me to do? Throw her off the ship?"
"Well... I was hoping..." Folkie was instantly silenced.
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP?! I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE HERE!" Hitomi shrieked at them. Van stood back, sweating and Folken was blasted to the other side of the room by her amplified voice.
"Sorry." Van said, looking slightly nervous.
"That's OK Van! It was probably all Folken's fault! You're too cute to cause trouble!" Hitomi smiled at him and he blushed.
"Well gee... Thanks..." Van tugged at his collar knowing that REALLY wasn't true most of the time.
"The vibrations of this box tell me that it wishes not to be opened." Hitomi announced, as she began to walk away.
"Come Van." Van was dragged away by her rolling his eyes in frustration.
"Thank the gods I have no woman to tie me down." Folken sighed in relief.
"HEY FOLKIE-SAMA!" Two catgirls pounced on him and he immediately took that last statement back.
"Oh Folkie, wait till you hear Eriya's idea! We're going to... MPH!" Naria squeaked in excitement until her sister covered her mouth with her hand.
"You're going to MPH?" Folken asked in amusement, getting up off the ground again.
'I seem to spend a great deal of time there.' He observed.
"It's nothing, nothing at all my lord." Eriya excused herself and dragged her squealing sibling away.
"Why couldn't they have been dogboys or something? I could take them on walks, they could fetch me my slippers, on second thought I don't have any slippers, but nevermind... I could throw Frisbees for them; they could bring in the paper... But no, I saved two catgirls..." He sighed as he got back to the problem at hand, the box that remained unopened. Suddenly, he heard a muffled noise; it seemed to be coming from the closet. He opened the door and the bearded freak, namely Emperor Dornkirk, fell out.
"THIS IS UNFITTING FOR THE EMPEROR OF ZAIBACH! I SEE YOUR DOOM FOR SUCH BETRAYAL! LET ME OUT RIGHT NOW OR I SEE YOUR DESTINIES ENDING IN A BLACK WHOLE! I..."
"Dude, you're out." Folken told the emperor who was wriggling about like a worm on the ground with his eyes closed, clutching his beard.
"Oh, of course I am. I knew it all the time." Dornkirk told him matter-of-factly.
"I AM a genius, you know."
"Sure ya are. Did you take your medicine this morning?" Folkie asked in some concern, he didn't need ANOTHER mentally unstable person on the Vione since he and Van seemed to be the only ones who hadn't suffered severe brain damage one time or another. Scratch that, Van being in love with Hitomi proved he wasn't right in the head either. Folken sighed, he seemed to be the only one left to carry on the name of sanity. Truly, it was a sad day. He paused for a moment of reflection before being rudely interrupted.
"HELLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO! EARTH TO FOLKEN!" Viole tried to get Folken's attention.
"Where'd you come from? Never mind, I have no time to talk to you girl." Folken responded emotionlessly.
"I AM NOT A GIRL! I AM A BOY AND PROUD OF IT!" Viole screamed.
"Then why is your hair purple and why is it longer than Allen's?" Folken asked taking great pleasure out of annoying this easily pissed soldier.
"Why the hell did they only show me once during the whole freaking show... They should have called it "The Vision of Viole!" But since the viewers practically get NO vision of me, maybe that isn't suitable. That title's much more catchy though!"
"I only wish we could feel your inner pain." Folkie commented sarcastically pushing the Dragonslayer going through an identity crisis to the side.
"Emperor, you are 'supposedly'" He used his fingers to put quotes around 'supposedly' not knowing if the old fool had gone completely senile yet.
"...Very wise. Will you tell me how to open this box?" He shoved it into Dorny's face.
"I see it... I see it..." Dorny announced proudly.
"See what?" Folken asked scratching his head in puzzlement.
"I see it... I see the box... Folken, I see it!" Dorny exclaimed in joy.
"For crying out loud..." Folkie was tempted to start bonking his head again and go for 2 million this time, but didn't want to suffer any further brain damage and reconsidered. He placed his hand over his face and poked himself with his metal claw.
"Ouch."
"Well here we go..." He could use his stupid claw to open the box, he knew the annoying thing would come in handy someday...
"Won't be needing you anymore!" Folken announced, shoving Dornkirk back into the closet and locking it.
"I WILL CONTROL ALL FATE! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
"Sure ya will." Folken rolled his eyes at his 'master's' stupidity.
He tore the box open with his finger and found a note.
'To Folken-sama:
I hope we can put the past behind us and become the best of friends!
Here is a token of my esteem.
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Migel Lavelier
P.S. Wear this on Halloween Night or it creates an explosion big enough to blow up the Vione. Just thought ya should know! Thanks!'
"What the heck is wrong with that boy? MY Doppelganger tried to kill him. Why does he want to be my FRIEND?" He pulled out something so horrifying from the bottom he was frozen in fear…
"Chatting Chad, the Halloween costume... From the creators of Glaring Glory and family..." Folken read the package's title in sheer horror.
"God no..."
He was interrupted by an excited shriek as Eriya and Naria ran into the room.
"LOOK FOLKEN! LOOK! AREN'T OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES DA BOMB?!" Naria screamed in happiness.
"Sure..." He was temporarily stunned. What humiliation. Eriya was dressed like Larry, and Naria was dressed like Bob. It couldn't get much worse.
"Peace man!" Dornkirk suddenly appeared, dressed as a Hippie.
"It just seems to get worse and worse." Folken commented.
"You haven't seen MY costume yet!" Dilly exclaimed as he burst into the room.
"You aren't WEARING a costume, Dilandau." Folken pointed out.
"Well duh! What could be scarier than me?! MWAHAHAHA! MOEROOOOOOOOO! BURN IT ALL!" Dilly leaped around the room burning everything in reach.
"Okay then..." Folkie sweatdropped. He turned in interest when he heard protesting from the hallway.
"Oh relax Van, you look cute!"
"Dalet Laregino, go in there right now before I hurt you!"
The door opened and everyone in the room fell over laughing.
"OH MY GOD DALET! WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU?!" Chesta shrieked in amusement, very unlike him.
"VAN! HA! I ALWAYS TOLD MOM YOU WERE THE FASHION VICTIM OF THE FAMILY!" Folken fell over backwards laughing so hard.
Dalet was dressed like a teddy bear, Verona in a matching outfit holding his paw. Van and Hitomi were in red and green TellyTubby costumes. Both men looked like they either wished to commit suicide or kill the girls, or maybe both, it was hard to tell.
"VAN! SAY YOUR LINE!" Hitomi hissed in his ear.
"Uh oh. Po." Van mumbled unenthusiastically.
"Louder Van! We can't hear you in the back!" Dilandau called, holding himself up with his sword as he cackled.
"UH OH! PO!" Van screamed.
"YA HAPPY NOW?"
"YES!" Dilandau replied in ecstasy, doubled over in laughter at his rival's getup.
"HELLO EVERYBODY!" Princess Millerna walked into the room.
"What the hell are you supposed to be?" Dalet asked, although he was a cuddly forest creature.
"I'M A BUTTERFLY! OF COURSE! LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL WINGS!" She batted her eyelashes flirtatiously and everyone wondered how she got invited. They were soon answered when Allen entered, dressed like a bumblebee.
"God Allen, how'd YOU get roped into this? You don't even LIKE Millerna anymore!"
"She gave me shampoo." Allen replied in humiliation, trying to hide his antennae.
"Allen, Allen, Allen, you must learn to crush your feminine side." Van chided, trying not to smirk.
"Glad I don't have a girlfriend to get me into these sort of things... Women are nothing but trouble..." Dilandau commented, this was pure bliss.
"Oh Dilly! Since you're like Allen's brother and he's my man, I bought you one too!" Millerna squealed slipping a ladybug costume over his head.
"I'm not your man." Allen muttered hopelessly.
"AUGH! NO! MUST BURN!" Dilly tried to get his flame-thrower, but the costume zipper was stuck.
"DARN IT! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"I knew you'd love it! I just knew it!" Millerna beamed, not noticing the death glares the pyro was shooting at her
"Number 1: Allen is NOT, may I repeat, is NOT, my brother. Number 2: He hates your guts. Number 3: I hate your guts and your ideas of fashion. Number 4: We have enough morons on this ship at the moment without you and your 'man' aboard. Number 5: You're a blonde." Dilly's vein was popping and he rubbed his scar up and down muttering to himself in anguish.
"IT'S A WIG I TELL YOU! A WIG!"
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Millerna sobbed, strangling all those around her.
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"You idiot! Why'd you have to do that?! Now she'll never shut up!" Folkie reprimanded the Dragonslayers' commander.
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"This is gonna be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG weekend." Folkie muttered, dreading what the next two days would bring. Tonight was Mischief night, tomorrow was Halloween...
A/N: Well, this part of the fic will probably be four chapters long. Next chapter won't be as long probably, Mischief Night, then the last chap will be Halloween. I am also answering a reader's request and I will try to shift Hitomi's affections throughout the story to someone, unexpected... if you want... Then, I have big plans for my little Esca slaves, you'll see soon enough... (Hint: It has something to do with Dalet...) Thanks for reading, review! (Or I'll stop this fic entirely...)
Oh yeah, I added the final chapter to "Never Forget," my angsty V/H fic... And next to be updated is "Winged Destinies," the "Wings of an Angel" sequel. READ 'EM!
And the formatting is screwed because I was reduced to using Notepad because ff.net won't accept my Word document... I'm going to keep trying though! Wish me luck...
Sayonara tomadachi! ^_^
~Trunks Gal~
A/N: First, responses to reviews. You guys are good, I got six more reviews although I have badly neglected you and ignored this fic, I promise to try to be more predictable with updates... Oh yeah, and this chapter is dedicated to my friends: Nagi-chan (Who kept bugging me till I wanted to strangle her to update this), NekuraTak (Because she loves doom and is crazy... I mean that in a good way... ^_^;), Kiddi Chi (Because although she doesn't review this fic she puts up with me never reviewing hers...) and Marisol: Baby*chan (Who's stuck by me through them all with her nice comments and constant support, you're a great friend...) READ THEIR FICS! THEY ARE GIFTED ALTHOUGH THEY DENY IT! (Take that... * Laughs as her friends maul her *) NekuraTak has poems, which are REALLY GOOD, Nagi-chan has a Dilly fic, Kiddi Chi has 2 GW fics, which are great might I add, plus an Escaflowne V/H called "Amber and Emeralds" which is very creative...And Baby*chan has an Esca fic, which rocks although she's always threatening to delete it, and a bunch of cool CCS fics. I'll shut up now...
ChestnZ: YES! HA! MOEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! POWER TO THE PIXIES! MAY THEY FOREVER REIGN SUPREME! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Umm... * Cough Cough * Anyways, here's more, I'll try to add more often...
JoJo: * Laughs in hyperness * Yeah, it's usually averagely funny, because I only write it when I: a. Feel high/hyper, b. Am on a sugar rush, c. Have nothing to do... * Then again THIS is almost NEVER happens... *, d. I'm in perky mode extreme! Anyways, thanks for reviewing my stories, you're like one of the best all-time reviewers cuz you always have something nice to say to everyone it seems. Keep reviewing, we appreciate it!
Escagurl: * Mutters * And I thought I was hyper... Lol... Nyork! * Grins * Yes, I must admit, Escaflowne is full of Bishonen, Dilly, Van-sama, Folkie, all the dragonslayers (except guimel, he's a sheep, I don't know if I could picture him as cute, maybe misunderstood...), NOT Allen (Sorry gurl, I can never like the moose who hurts Van-sama so many times physically and emotionally because although I dislike Hitomi, I am a MAJOR fan of the whole V/H thing... Anyways, I'm glad my story makes ya laugh, you should write something like this, I think you'd be good at it... Ja! ^_~
StArPrInCeSsSaKuRa: Yo Marisol! (New name is Baby*chan)Waz up? Haven't heard from you in a while, although it's probably my fault, school has me wiped these days. I am NOT crazy, I'm * SPECIAL *! * Readers roll their eyes at the author's idiocy * Hey! I saw that! * Glares * Anyways, email me, k? ADD TO YOUR FIC!!!!!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!!!!!!!! And thanks for all your support and reviews, you're really great! ^_^
Chaos-chan: I am crazy and I admit it, I'm also a blonde, which does not help, as Washu-chan CONSTANTLY points out, lol... I suffer so much from having all brunette friends... Oh well... Insanity is a GOOD thing, and it not making sense makes it better... Lol... Keep reading, it'll only get stranger as time goes on...
Dru: Yeah, I now how that goes, I have Nagi-chan to blame (or thank?) for turning me on to ff.net and now I am hooked and love it. Thanks for saying my story's great, it makes me feel all warm inside and I feel like hugging all the lil' readers out there... * HUG HUG HUG * * Readers pass out * Hehehe... Oops... ^_^; Wow, I have fans, that's cool, I'll try to please y'all and drag this out as long as humanly possible... * Laughs diabolically * Anyways, keep reading, I enjoy reading all you peeps' comments, just reading this makes you all SPECIAL! * Readers gag from her constant corniness/sappiness… *
Ashley Chu: Wow, thanks, I love getting new readers, I hope your friends like it, and I'm glad you like it so far! ^_^ I will do Valentine's Day, I think that would be amusing to write, and Van and Hitomi, WILL come into the picture soon enough, read on... Thanks!
Wow, I'm not worthy of all this praise, you guys rock! And even you guys who read it and don't review (even though you SHOULD), rock! NOW ON WITH THE SHOW! ^_^
A Hyper Halloween
Chapter 2: What the...?
Dilandau sat at his laptop; his eyes fixed on the screen when he heard a strange noise. It sounded like a dying moose.
"WHAT THE HELL'S THAT?!" He shrieked in annoyance.
"How would I know?" Folken mumbled into the ground, where he was still lying thanks to the evil catdolls.
"Buttered toast?" Retarded Rachel suggested.
"Uhh... As much as I appreciate your 'wise' opinion, I think not." Dilly replied, just as the door swung open to reveal... (A/N: Who else?) ...Gatty... But wait, he was still wearing a tutu, but this one was orange and black.
"What are you doing?" Dilandau asked him, wishing that his slayer's hyperness would die down.
"I'm here to remind you that tomorrow's Halloween!" Gatty screamed perkily, bouncing up and down.
"Gatty, come here for a second, I want to tell you something." Dilandau gestured to the blonde who stupidly came closer.
*SLAP* "If you EVER mention another holiday again, I'll kill you!"
Gatty chuckled, making Dilly sneer at his stupidity, he hated laughter.
"Hey! How DARE you call me 'Dilly' again! And what's with me hating laughter, I cackle constantly!" Dilly screamed at the annoying author.
(A/N: Well So-rry! I think Dilly's a cute name! ^_^;)
With a look of disgust on his face Dilly replied, "I don't WANT to be CUTE! I want to be DANGEROUS!"
(A/N: Whatever Dilly... Back to the show...)
Dilandau muttered about stupid blonde authors who created this retarded fics that have no plot and no purpose.
"Soooooooooooooooooo Dilly! What are you dressing up as?" Gatty shrieked in glee.
"I'm going to go as a fist..." Dilly started to announce.
"Cool!" Gatty winked at him, giving him the thumbs up sign.
"SO I CAN BEAT YOU INTO THE GROUND!" Dilandau screamed as he attacked Gatty.
Folken who had finally gotten up, noted the brawl going on between the pyro and the pixie.
"What did I do to deserve this? Why is fate so cruel?" Suddenly, there was an explosion as half the room blew up.
"What the hell?!" Folken looked in shock at the rubble around him.
"Sorry Mac, there was no doorbell, good thing I was prepared!" A delivery guy walked in at that moment.
Folkie sweatdropped.
"What can I do for you?" He asked, trying to resist the urge to strangle this moron who'd never heard of knocking.
"Sign here Mac."
'My name's not Mac...' Folkie observed to himself. He pulled his metal arm out of his cloak and the deliveryman screamed in terror.
"IT'S AN ALIEN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! IT'S THE INVASION OF THE CLAW PEOPLE! AUGH!" He ran through the demolished wall and fell to his death, forgetting he was on a floating fortress.
"Well, one less delivery guy to worry about." Folkie commented as he began to open the package that the guy had abandoned.
"Hey Folkie, what was that about?" Dilly stopped his fight for a moment to ask.
"Oh nothing, I think hostile aliens are taking over Gaea or something." Folkie muttered as he toyed with the package's tape.
"Oh, cool." The fight immediately resumed as Gatty sprayed his commander with pixie dust.
"Man, I need some scissors!" Folkie whined.
"I'll use my PSYCHIC POWERS to open it!" Hitomi appeared out of nowhere to solve his dilemma.
"Where the heck did you come from?" Folkie was shocked, having hoped she'd died during his unconsciousness. Van walked in next.
"Brother..."
"Well duh, I'm your brother Folken. We've been through this several times now. We even went to that family counseling thing, although I don't feel like I 'bonded' with you much." Van replied, coming up to stand beside Hitomi.
"Why'd you bring HER?" Folkie asked his little brother, gesturing at the green-eyed seeress holding his delivery and meditating.
"Hey, she's my girlfriend, what do you EXPECT me to do? Throw her off the ship?"
"Well... I was hoping..." Folkie was instantly silenced.
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP?! I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE HERE!" Hitomi shrieked at them. Van stood back, sweating and Folken was blasted to the other side of the room by her amplified voice.
"Sorry." Van said, looking slightly nervous.
"That's OK Van! It was probably all Folken's fault! You're too cute to cause trouble!" Hitomi smiled at him and he blushed.
"Well gee... Thanks..." Van tugged at his collar knowing that REALLY wasn't true most of the time.
"The vibrations of this box tell me that it wishes not to be opened." Hitomi announced, as she began to walk away.
"Come Van." Van was dragged away by her rolling his eyes in frustration.
"Thank the gods I have no woman to tie me down." Folken sighed in relief.
"HEY FOLKIE-SAMA!" Two catgirls pounced on him and he immediately took that last statement back.
"Oh Folkie, wait till you hear Eriya's idea! We're going to... MPH!" Naria squeaked in excitement until her sister covered her mouth with her hand.
"You're going to MPH?" Folken asked in amusement, getting up off the ground again.
'I seem to spend a great deal of time there.' He observed.
"It's nothing, nothing at all my lord." Eriya excused herself and dragged her squealing sibling away.
"Why couldn't they have been dogboys or something? I could take them on walks, they could fetch me my slippers, on second thought I don't have any slippers, but nevermind... I could throw Frisbees for them; they could bring in the paper... But no, I saved two catgirls..." He sighed as he got back to the problem at hand, the box that remained unopened. Suddenly, he heard a muffled noise; it seemed to be coming from the closet. He opened the door and the bearded freak, namely Emperor Dornkirk, fell out.
"THIS IS UNFITTING FOR THE EMPEROR OF ZAIBACH! I SEE YOUR DOOM FOR SUCH BETRAYAL! LET ME OUT RIGHT NOW OR I SEE YOUR DESTINIES ENDING IN A BLACK WHOLE! I..."
"Dude, you're out." Folken told the emperor who was wriggling about like a worm on the ground with his eyes closed, clutching his beard.
"Oh, of course I am. I knew it all the time." Dornkirk told him matter-of-factly.
"I AM a genius, you know."
"Sure ya are. Did you take your medicine this morning?" Folkie asked in some concern, he didn't need ANOTHER mentally unstable person on the Vione since he and Van seemed to be the only ones who hadn't suffered severe brain damage one time or another. Scratch that, Van being in love with Hitomi proved he wasn't right in the head either. Folken sighed, he seemed to be the only one left to carry on the name of sanity. Truly, it was a sad day. He paused for a moment of reflection before being rudely interrupted.
"HELLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO! EARTH TO FOLKEN!" Viole tried to get Folken's attention.
"Where'd you come from? Never mind, I have no time to talk to you girl." Folken responded emotionlessly.
"I AM NOT A GIRL! I AM A BOY AND PROUD OF IT!" Viole screamed.
"Then why is your hair purple and why is it longer than Allen's?" Folken asked taking great pleasure out of annoying this easily pissed soldier.
"Why the hell did they only show me once during the whole freaking show... They should have called it "The Vision of Viole!" But since the viewers practically get NO vision of me, maybe that isn't suitable. That title's much more catchy though!"
"I only wish we could feel your inner pain." Folkie commented sarcastically pushing the Dragonslayer going through an identity crisis to the side.
"Emperor, you are 'supposedly'" He used his fingers to put quotes around 'supposedly' not knowing if the old fool had gone completely senile yet.
"...Very wise. Will you tell me how to open this box?" He shoved it into Dorny's face.
"I see it... I see it..." Dorny announced proudly.
"See what?" Folken asked scratching his head in puzzlement.
"I see it... I see the box... Folken, I see it!" Dorny exclaimed in joy.
"For crying out loud..." Folkie was tempted to start bonking his head again and go for 2 million this time, but didn't want to suffer any further brain damage and reconsidered. He placed his hand over his face and poked himself with his metal claw.
"Ouch."
"Well here we go..." He could use his stupid claw to open the box, he knew the annoying thing would come in handy someday...
"Won't be needing you anymore!" Folken announced, shoving Dornkirk back into the closet and locking it.
"I WILL CONTROL ALL FATE! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
"Sure ya will." Folken rolled his eyes at his 'master's' stupidity.
He tore the box open with his finger and found a note.
'To Folken-sama:
I hope we can put the past behind us and become the best of friends!
Here is a token of my esteem.
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Migel Lavelier
P.S. Wear this on Halloween Night or it creates an explosion big enough to blow up the Vione. Just thought ya should know! Thanks!'
"What the heck is wrong with that boy? MY Doppelganger tried to kill him. Why does he want to be my FRIEND?" He pulled out something so horrifying from the bottom he was frozen in fear…
"Chatting Chad, the Halloween costume... From the creators of Glaring Glory and family..." Folken read the package's title in sheer horror.
"God no..."
He was interrupted by an excited shriek as Eriya and Naria ran into the room.
"LOOK FOLKEN! LOOK! AREN'T OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES DA BOMB?!" Naria screamed in happiness.
"Sure..." He was temporarily stunned. What humiliation. Eriya was dressed like Larry, and Naria was dressed like Bob. It couldn't get much worse.
"Peace man!" Dornkirk suddenly appeared, dressed as a Hippie.
"It just seems to get worse and worse." Folken commented.
"You haven't seen MY costume yet!" Dilly exclaimed as he burst into the room.
"You aren't WEARING a costume, Dilandau." Folken pointed out.
"Well duh! What could be scarier than me?! MWAHAHAHA! MOEROOOOOOOOO! BURN IT ALL!" Dilly leaped around the room burning everything in reach.
"Okay then..." Folkie sweatdropped. He turned in interest when he heard protesting from the hallway.
"Oh relax Van, you look cute!"
"Dalet Laregino, go in there right now before I hurt you!"
The door opened and everyone in the room fell over laughing.
"OH MY GOD DALET! WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU?!" Chesta shrieked in amusement, very unlike him.
"VAN! HA! I ALWAYS TOLD MOM YOU WERE THE FASHION VICTIM OF THE FAMILY!" Folken fell over backwards laughing so hard.
Dalet was dressed like a teddy bear, Verona in a matching outfit holding his paw. Van and Hitomi were in red and green TellyTubby costumes. Both men looked like they either wished to commit suicide or kill the girls, or maybe both, it was hard to tell.
"VAN! SAY YOUR LINE!" Hitomi hissed in his ear.
"Uh oh. Po." Van mumbled unenthusiastically.
"Louder Van! We can't hear you in the back!" Dilandau called, holding himself up with his sword as he cackled.
"UH OH! PO!" Van screamed.
"YA HAPPY NOW?"
"YES!" Dilandau replied in ecstasy, doubled over in laughter at his rival's getup.
"HELLO EVERYBODY!" Princess Millerna walked into the room.
"What the hell are you supposed to be?" Dalet asked, although he was a cuddly forest creature.
"I'M A BUTTERFLY! OF COURSE! LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL WINGS!" She batted her eyelashes flirtatiously and everyone wondered how she got invited. They were soon answered when Allen entered, dressed like a bumblebee.
"God Allen, how'd YOU get roped into this? You don't even LIKE Millerna anymore!"
"She gave me shampoo." Allen replied in humiliation, trying to hide his antennae.
"Allen, Allen, Allen, you must learn to crush your feminine side." Van chided, trying not to smirk.
"Glad I don't have a girlfriend to get me into these sort of things... Women are nothing but trouble..." Dilandau commented, this was pure bliss.
"Oh Dilly! Since you're like Allen's brother and he's my man, I bought you one too!" Millerna squealed slipping a ladybug costume over his head.
"I'm not your man." Allen muttered hopelessly.
"AUGH! NO! MUST BURN!" Dilly tried to get his flame-thrower, but the costume zipper was stuck.
"DARN IT! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"I knew you'd love it! I just knew it!" Millerna beamed, not noticing the death glares the pyro was shooting at her
"Number 1: Allen is NOT, may I repeat, is NOT, my brother. Number 2: He hates your guts. Number 3: I hate your guts and your ideas of fashion. Number 4: We have enough morons on this ship at the moment without you and your 'man' aboard. Number 5: You're a blonde." Dilly's vein was popping and he rubbed his scar up and down muttering to himself in anguish.
"IT'S A WIG I TELL YOU! A WIG!"
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Millerna sobbed, strangling all those around her.
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"You idiot! Why'd you have to do that?! Now she'll never shut up!" Folkie reprimanded the Dragonslayers' commander.
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"This is gonna be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG weekend." Folkie muttered, dreading what the next two days would bring. Tonight was Mischief night, tomorrow was Halloween...
A/N: Well, this part of the fic will probably be four chapters long. Next chapter won't be as long probably, Mischief Night, then the last chap will be Halloween. I am also answering a reader's request and I will try to shift Hitomi's affections throughout the story to someone, unexpected... if you want... Then, I have big plans for my little Esca slaves, you'll see soon enough... (Hint: It has something to do with Dalet...) Thanks for reading, review! (Or I'll stop this fic entirely...)
Oh yeah, I added the final chapter to "Never Forget," my angsty V/H fic... And next to be updated is "Winged Destinies," the "Wings of an Angel" sequel. READ 'EM!
And the formatting is screwed because I was reduced to using Notepad because ff.net won't accept my Word document... I'm going to keep trying though! Wish me luck...
Sayonara tomadachi! ^_^
~Trunks Gal~