I Don't Need A Reason
Chapter 1: Tears Deeper Than Pain
A/N: This takes place about 1 Year after Hitomi got back to Earth from Gaea. Also, I do not own Escaflowne. Wish I did, but hey, maybe someday^_^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
With every tear Hitomi felt the pain even worse. With every teardrop she felt herself fall deeper in despair. The only thought that could come through the tears was "Van."
Not a day went by without her thinking of him. Truthfully, she would sometimes feel so engulfed with feelings for him, which then she would start to cry. But now the tears were different. They were of pain and loss, not of longing and love.
Over the past year that she was from Gaea she had kept a link with Van. It never wavered. They were able to speak to each other once in a while, but for a while now since she had the sudden feeling, she had tried and tried to talk to him, but nothing was happening. All she could contact was quiet.
She looked closely at her pillow and saw that the cover was soaked through with salty tears. She couldn't remember how long she had been crying. Her heart hurt so badly that she knew it had to be long.
The feelings had come so suddenly. First she had felt a sharp pain in her chest, a deep sadness, and then nothing. Nothing at all. This puzzled her but she tried and tried to sense Van with all her strength. The scary thing was that she felt emptiness. No feelings of any sort. Just everlasting black.
What could have happened?
When she thought of what the meaning could be, the tears started to flow freshly and all she could mumble was "Van." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Little to her knowing, the man that was totally on her mind, was in the same room as she at that time. The only problem was that he wasn't in physical form. People could even go as far to call him an apparition. He stood there for a few moments, and remembered what had happened before this time.
The last he knew he was in Fanelia, and in a meeting with the most powerful nobles and diplomats of all Gaea, talking over alliances between the countries. The meeting had been planned for over three months, when the reconstruction of Fanelia was finally complete.
As he was standing there, listening to some man drone about what he had done during the war, his thoughts wandered to the people involved in that time, himself included. Everyone he had seen lately had changed very much. He wondered how Hitomi was doing at the moment. Certain people that day, as all the rest, were asking about the strange girl who was rumored to be the savior of Gaea one-year ago. Many were unsure if one person could have done so much to save a world from being destroyed. It was true. Merle was usually the one to answer most questions. She loved retelling them. Also, she knew he didn't like talking about her when he could. It was still a touchy subject, even though he wouldn't admit it out loud.
But he couldn't worry about that today. Today was too important. While looing around at all the people, he briefly remembered that there were a few people not present, but they had understandable excuses for their absences. Little did he and the others know, the ones absent were having a gathering all their own.
This is when everything got him lost in the turn of events. He was talking to that previous person about the many changes that had happened after the Great War, he finally started paying attention, when he had heard a scream, and reacting to that, turned quickly, and saw a dark blur run through the crowd at incredible speed, towards him. Once he completely faced the unknown blur, he felt a sharp pain in the center of his chest. He tried to stay up right, but the impact of what ever that attacker did, he felt himself falling backwards, and slowly seeing darkness creep slowly across his area of vision. Once he felt the impact of the ground on his body, he closed his eyes to try and block the pain. Soon it stopped.
But the thing was, when he opened his eyes, he was in a strange room. He was standing, not on the ground, and he had no pain what so ever. No a scratch. As he looked around him, he heard crying. He turned around, to face the sound, and saw a person on a bed. Strangely enough, the unidentified person was saying his name. He walked closer to the figure and saw that it was a female. She had familiar hair. He finally realized who it was. "Hitomi!" He ran the length of the room to get closer to her. Then, he realized that she didn't respond to his voice. And, why was she crying?
He got as close as possible without actually touching her. "Hitomi, can you hear me? What's wrong?" Then it hit him. She couldn't hear him because of the circumstances. He touched her arm, and it went right through. Why was this happening?
All of a sudden, deep inside him he knew it was time for him to go. He wanted to stay so much, but it couldn't come out. All he could say to her now sleeping figure was," I love you. I will see you again. Don't worry." He wanted to say more, but then he saw the room vanish in a flash of light.
Just then, Hitomi shot up and saw a figure in light, and heard the words," I love you." The voice sounded familiar, but as she laid down again to sleep she thought," I love you too."
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A/N: What do you think? I'd love to hear what you think. I have to admit, the second chapter is so much better than this one, but I have to post that one to show that it is true. Anyway, hope you liked it, and hope that you review. I want to hear ANY comments. Thank you for reading!
A/N: This takes place about 1 Year after Hitomi got back to Earth from Gaea. Also, I do not own Escaflowne. Wish I did, but hey, maybe someday^_^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
With every tear Hitomi felt the pain even worse. With every teardrop she felt herself fall deeper in despair. The only thought that could come through the tears was "Van."
Not a day went by without her thinking of him. Truthfully, she would sometimes feel so engulfed with feelings for him, which then she would start to cry. But now the tears were different. They were of pain and loss, not of longing and love.
Over the past year that she was from Gaea she had kept a link with Van. It never wavered. They were able to speak to each other once in a while, but for a while now since she had the sudden feeling, she had tried and tried to talk to him, but nothing was happening. All she could contact was quiet.
She looked closely at her pillow and saw that the cover was soaked through with salty tears. She couldn't remember how long she had been crying. Her heart hurt so badly that she knew it had to be long.
The feelings had come so suddenly. First she had felt a sharp pain in her chest, a deep sadness, and then nothing. Nothing at all. This puzzled her but she tried and tried to sense Van with all her strength. The scary thing was that she felt emptiness. No feelings of any sort. Just everlasting black.
What could have happened?
When she thought of what the meaning could be, the tears started to flow freshly and all she could mumble was "Van." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Little to her knowing, the man that was totally on her mind, was in the same room as she at that time. The only problem was that he wasn't in physical form. People could even go as far to call him an apparition. He stood there for a few moments, and remembered what had happened before this time.
The last he knew he was in Fanelia, and in a meeting with the most powerful nobles and diplomats of all Gaea, talking over alliances between the countries. The meeting had been planned for over three months, when the reconstruction of Fanelia was finally complete.
As he was standing there, listening to some man drone about what he had done during the war, his thoughts wandered to the people involved in that time, himself included. Everyone he had seen lately had changed very much. He wondered how Hitomi was doing at the moment. Certain people that day, as all the rest, were asking about the strange girl who was rumored to be the savior of Gaea one-year ago. Many were unsure if one person could have done so much to save a world from being destroyed. It was true. Merle was usually the one to answer most questions. She loved retelling them. Also, she knew he didn't like talking about her when he could. It was still a touchy subject, even though he wouldn't admit it out loud.
But he couldn't worry about that today. Today was too important. While looing around at all the people, he briefly remembered that there were a few people not present, but they had understandable excuses for their absences. Little did he and the others know, the ones absent were having a gathering all their own.
This is when everything got him lost in the turn of events. He was talking to that previous person about the many changes that had happened after the Great War, he finally started paying attention, when he had heard a scream, and reacting to that, turned quickly, and saw a dark blur run through the crowd at incredible speed, towards him. Once he completely faced the unknown blur, he felt a sharp pain in the center of his chest. He tried to stay up right, but the impact of what ever that attacker did, he felt himself falling backwards, and slowly seeing darkness creep slowly across his area of vision. Once he felt the impact of the ground on his body, he closed his eyes to try and block the pain. Soon it stopped.
But the thing was, when he opened his eyes, he was in a strange room. He was standing, not on the ground, and he had no pain what so ever. No a scratch. As he looked around him, he heard crying. He turned around, to face the sound, and saw a person on a bed. Strangely enough, the unidentified person was saying his name. He walked closer to the figure and saw that it was a female. She had familiar hair. He finally realized who it was. "Hitomi!" He ran the length of the room to get closer to her. Then, he realized that she didn't respond to his voice. And, why was she crying?
He got as close as possible without actually touching her. "Hitomi, can you hear me? What's wrong?" Then it hit him. She couldn't hear him because of the circumstances. He touched her arm, and it went right through. Why was this happening?
All of a sudden, deep inside him he knew it was time for him to go. He wanted to stay so much, but it couldn't come out. All he could say to her now sleeping figure was," I love you. I will see you again. Don't worry." He wanted to say more, but then he saw the room vanish in a flash of light.
Just then, Hitomi shot up and saw a figure in light, and heard the words," I love you." The voice sounded familiar, but as she laid down again to sleep she thought," I love you too."
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A/N: What do you think? I'd love to hear what you think. I have to admit, the second chapter is so much better than this one, but I have to post that one to show that it is true. Anyway, hope you liked it, and hope that you review. I want to hear ANY comments. Thank you for reading!