Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne, don't own a lot of things. But I do
own all my characters, and maybe Van, Allen, and the Dragonslayers.
Note:
Renzi:*waves little escaflags* joy joy I got a review! and no, its not van, but that doesn't mean he's not in this fic.
Van: you better put me in this fic, or your mom will kill you.
Renzi: *sighs* that's what I get for having a van obsessed mother
Ren's mom: at least I don't like a character that doesn't speak at all
Renzi: can I please start the fic?
Van & Ren's mom: okay
Renzi: thank you
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Prolude 2
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It all started a year ago. That's when Hitomi first when to Gaia. Gaia, a world with lush, green forests, open plains, and unbelievable beauty. Gaia was also a world imersed in blood, violence, and Death.
Hitomi was your normal Japanese schoolgirl. She was 15 at the time when she first went to the war-torn world. It all started during a time when her heart was filled with grieth, lost hope, and sadness. She began to push her friends and all who tried to help her away, and soon she had only herself.
One fateful day, she wished to disappear, to vanish and never return. She got her wish. A man cloaked in black appeared before her and offered to take her away, away from the pains and sorrows of her world. She did not want to go at first, but the man spoke two words and she was drawn to him.
"Wing Goddess"
Hitomi was then engulfed in water, and pulled into another world, Gaia. She found herself confined within an ancient machine. The chest of the machine split in two, and she fell out and landed on a young warrior-king.
"My name is Van, I will do your bidding," (Renzie's Mom: *Drools* Renzie: Mom! Not on my computer!)
Hitomi became close with Van, and togethe the faced many challanges, hardships, and dangers. Their relationship soon grew into a love that couldn't be broken. When Hitomi was kiddnapped by the Dragonslayers, Van saved her. When Hitomi fell into the casim, Van caught her. When Van was bleeding to death, Hitomi stayed by his side.
Then, the man in black appeared again, Folken. He asked Hitomi to give the ancient armor, but she refused. Van then appeared and protected Hitomi. Angered by his brother's interference, Folken vanished, and the ground began to shake.
Out of the darkness rose a blood red armor, the Alseides. The crimson terror began to destroy the city of Torushina without mercy. Van and Hitomi could only watch with fear. Then, against Hitomi's will, the white dragon armor, Escaflowne, descended. Thinking that he could use the ancient armor to defeat the Alseides, Van climbed into the Escaflowne.
"Escaflowne! You may take my blood now!"
Hitomi pleaed Van not to use the Escaflowne, but he did not listen. She could do nothing as the ancient armor drilled into Van's neck and drain him of his blood.
A mighty battle was waged between the two armors, and soon Van came out to be the victor. But the armor soon took control, and turned black. The dark giant made its way twords Folken's castle, destroying anything and everything that laid in its path. Only Hitomi had the curage to stand in its way. She spoke out to Van, asking him to stop, and her words reached him.
The Escaflowne returned to it's original state, but began to change. Soon, the mighty armor rose into the sky, in the form of a dragon, with Van and Hitomi on its back. It flew twords Folken's castle. Once inside, Van and Hitomi came face to face with Folken. Many blows were delt, and in the end, Folken fell.
Van and Hitomi returned to the Adom village that helped them when Van got hurt. Van took Hitomi to watch the sunset, and as they watched, Hitomi heard Sola's song echoing throughout the sky. White wings spread from Hitomi's back, and with a gentle wind, she vanished. Hitomi returned to the Mystic Moon..
Hitomi thought her journey to Gaia was but a dream, but deep in her heart, she knew it was real. She continued on with her life, and Gaia and Van became only a memory that she treasured. To her, the story had ended. But, where one story ends, a new one begins.
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~ Escaflowne II: Warriors of Legend~
~Book I: Revival of the Nescides~
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Chapter 1
Voices
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Hitomi slowly walked down the sidewalk, her bag over her shoulder. It has been at least a year since she first went to Gaia. That was all she thought about these days, Gaia, and Van. But they were just a memory to her now. A story that had ended. It as though it was all a dream, but was all too real. Thoughts of Van still lingered in her mind. She wondered if he was doing okay. She wondered if Gaia had finally found peace. Peace, yah, right. In her wildest dreams. As long as there's life, there's war, there's death.
Hitomi continued down the sidewalk, cars passing by. Something caught her eye just then. A flash of light. Hitomi glaced across the street, and her green eyes met with a pair of haunting sapphire eyes of a young man. Hitomi stared at him and he stared right back. He quite strange looking. He wore strange, white robes and had long, light-violet hair with tints of lime-green highlights.
Hitomi thens noticed that the young man was holding something in his hands. He held a bloodied sword in his right hand, and a blood soaked head of a boy in his left. Hitomi looked closer at the head. It was being held by its raven-black hair, and its brown eyes were wide open. It suddenly hit Hitomi.
"V....Van?!" she stuttered.
It was Van's head that the sapphire-eyed man held. A cold smile played across the strangers lips. A car passed by him, and he vanished.
Hitomi shook her head. Her mind was playing tricks on her again, for that wasn't the first time she saw that image. For the past month, she had seen the same image in her dreams. The bloodied sword, Van's blood soaked head, the sapphire-eyed stanger, they all appear every night upon a burning landscape.
Hitomi pushed those thoughts out of her mind. She had to get to school, she had no time to be thinking about her nightmares. She continued down the sidewalk, and the school quickly came into view. Her pace sped up, eager to get to her classes and get her mind off Gaia and Van.
'Wing Goddess.....'a mysterious voice chimed.
Hitomi spun around. No one was there. "I could have sworn some one just called me Wing Goddess," she said.
That's what brought her to Gaia in the first place. Some man appeared before her, and called her Wing Goddess. Wing Goddess, a name she did not wish to be called anymore. After so many people died, it was her fault. If only she hadn't came to Gaia, then all those people would still be alive.
'No.....Don't blame yourself......'
Hitomi looked around frantically, still she was alone. That voice was different from the first. It was as if it had read her thoughts. Hitomi shook her head. "I better get to school," she said to herself, and hoped that those voices would let her be. She ran down the sidewalk leaving the voices behind.
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There were three figures standing in a dark room. One, sat in a chair, feet propped up on a table. The other two kneeled before a large crystal that sat on the floor. An image of Hitomi could be seen within the stone. The first of the two, a girl, began to speak, "Wing Goddess....."
Hitomi looked around. The second figure, a young boy, heard her thoughts, that it was her fault that those people died. "No.... Don't blame yourself," he said.
The girl beside him gave him an awkward stare. Her gaze then returned to Hitomi, who was running away. "She did not answer our call, Lord," the girl said loudly, hoping the man in the chair heard her.
The man stood up. "I know," he said with a growl. He walked up to the pair, who began to tremble before him. He smiled at their fear. "I am not mad at you, Phoenix," he said to the girl. He then turned to the young boy, "But you," he said as he grabbed the boy by the collar of he shirt and lifted him of the ground, "It's you I am not happy with,"
"What do you mean?" the boy asked.
The man threw him to the ground, "You know what you did,"
"What did I do?" the boy asked.
The man kicked the boys side, "Don't act stupid, I know you can hear peoples thoughts,"
The boy just stared at the floor. "I cannot help it,"
"Just make sure you don't do it again!" the man growled.
The boy kneeled down before him. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again, brother,"
The man kicked the young boy across the room, "You do not deserve to be my brother, you are to call me Lord Tyler, understand, shrimp?"
The boy struggled to stand, "Yes Lord Tyler,"
"Good, now try to call her here again,"
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"No way, you're telling me you haven't found a date for the dance yet, Kyra?"
"The perfect guy is hard to find, Gabriel,"
"Hard to find? Kyra, the hottest guys in our grade hit on you every day, and you're telling me their not perfect?"
"It's just that special person I have been waiting for hasn't come along yet,"
"Kyra, If you don't get a boyfriend soon, you'll end up like Hitomi,"
"There's no way I sink down to her level, talking about a fantasy boyfriend,"
"Yo, pipe down, her she comes,"
Hitomi entered the classroom, her usual gloomy look on her face. She looked at Kyra and Gabriel, the prettiest girls in the school. Gabriel was a tall girl with long, black hair and dark eyes, like all the other Japanese girls. Kyra looked a lot different from Gabriel. To tell the truth, she look a lot diffent from all the other girls in the school. Kyra was American, the only American in the whole school. Her skin was paler than the others, and had ocean-blue eyes and bright, blonde hair. She was actually the only blonde in the school. Kyra and her father moved to Japan a year ago. After being there only a year, she became widely popular.
Hitomi continued to stare at the two. She knew they were making fun of her. She could tell from the grins on their faces. What was worse was that she sat near them. It's hard to believe that Kyra and Gabriel use to be her best friends. But that all changed after she returned from Gaia. Kyra and Gabriel were the first two people Hitomi told about Gaia to. Big mistake. The two girls began to think Hitomi went mental when she continued to insist that Gaia was real. The teasing grew worse with each passing day. Their friendship became only a memory. A memory, like Van.
Hitomi sat down at her desk. She knew what was coming next.
"Hey, Hitomi, how's Van?" Gabriel joked.
"Yay, did he fight Dilandau lately?" Kyra giggled.
Hitomi shut her eyes, and tried to push out their laughter. ~Please, will they just go away~ She thought to herself.
'Wing Goddess.....' the mysterious voices said again.
Hitomi covered her ears. "Please go away," she whispered as the laughter stabbed into her.
'Come back, Wing Goddess.....'
Hitomi cringed. "Go away," she said a little louder, the laughter lowering in pitch.
'Come back, to Gaia.....'
"GO AWAY!!!!" Hitomi cried. She then opened her eyes and looked around, everyone was staring. Kyra and Gabriel had looks of shock on their faces. But those shocked looks soon turned into wrinkled grins. They let out the laughter they were trying desperatly to hold back. The two were now laughing their socks of. Hitomi got up and ran out of the room, paying no head to the teacher's protest. ~Please leave me alone~
'Return to him.....'
~No~
'Return to Van...'
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Review!
No flames!
Note:
Renzi:*waves little escaflags* joy joy I got a review! and no, its not van, but that doesn't mean he's not in this fic.
Van: you better put me in this fic, or your mom will kill you.
Renzi: *sighs* that's what I get for having a van obsessed mother
Ren's mom: at least I don't like a character that doesn't speak at all
Renzi: can I please start the fic?
Van & Ren's mom: okay
Renzi: thank you
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Prolude 2
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It all started a year ago. That's when Hitomi first when to Gaia. Gaia, a world with lush, green forests, open plains, and unbelievable beauty. Gaia was also a world imersed in blood, violence, and Death.
Hitomi was your normal Japanese schoolgirl. She was 15 at the time when she first went to the war-torn world. It all started during a time when her heart was filled with grieth, lost hope, and sadness. She began to push her friends and all who tried to help her away, and soon she had only herself.
One fateful day, she wished to disappear, to vanish and never return. She got her wish. A man cloaked in black appeared before her and offered to take her away, away from the pains and sorrows of her world. She did not want to go at first, but the man spoke two words and she was drawn to him.
"Wing Goddess"
Hitomi was then engulfed in water, and pulled into another world, Gaia. She found herself confined within an ancient machine. The chest of the machine split in two, and she fell out and landed on a young warrior-king.
"My name is Van, I will do your bidding," (Renzie's Mom: *Drools* Renzie: Mom! Not on my computer!)
Hitomi became close with Van, and togethe the faced many challanges, hardships, and dangers. Their relationship soon grew into a love that couldn't be broken. When Hitomi was kiddnapped by the Dragonslayers, Van saved her. When Hitomi fell into the casim, Van caught her. When Van was bleeding to death, Hitomi stayed by his side.
Then, the man in black appeared again, Folken. He asked Hitomi to give the ancient armor, but she refused. Van then appeared and protected Hitomi. Angered by his brother's interference, Folken vanished, and the ground began to shake.
Out of the darkness rose a blood red armor, the Alseides. The crimson terror began to destroy the city of Torushina without mercy. Van and Hitomi could only watch with fear. Then, against Hitomi's will, the white dragon armor, Escaflowne, descended. Thinking that he could use the ancient armor to defeat the Alseides, Van climbed into the Escaflowne.
"Escaflowne! You may take my blood now!"
Hitomi pleaed Van not to use the Escaflowne, but he did not listen. She could do nothing as the ancient armor drilled into Van's neck and drain him of his blood.
A mighty battle was waged between the two armors, and soon Van came out to be the victor. But the armor soon took control, and turned black. The dark giant made its way twords Folken's castle, destroying anything and everything that laid in its path. Only Hitomi had the curage to stand in its way. She spoke out to Van, asking him to stop, and her words reached him.
The Escaflowne returned to it's original state, but began to change. Soon, the mighty armor rose into the sky, in the form of a dragon, with Van and Hitomi on its back. It flew twords Folken's castle. Once inside, Van and Hitomi came face to face with Folken. Many blows were delt, and in the end, Folken fell.
Van and Hitomi returned to the Adom village that helped them when Van got hurt. Van took Hitomi to watch the sunset, and as they watched, Hitomi heard Sola's song echoing throughout the sky. White wings spread from Hitomi's back, and with a gentle wind, she vanished. Hitomi returned to the Mystic Moon..
Hitomi thought her journey to Gaia was but a dream, but deep in her heart, she knew it was real. She continued on with her life, and Gaia and Van became only a memory that she treasured. To her, the story had ended. But, where one story ends, a new one begins.
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~ Escaflowne II: Warriors of Legend~
~Book I: Revival of the Nescides~
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Chapter 1
Voices
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Hitomi slowly walked down the sidewalk, her bag over her shoulder. It has been at least a year since she first went to Gaia. That was all she thought about these days, Gaia, and Van. But they were just a memory to her now. A story that had ended. It as though it was all a dream, but was all too real. Thoughts of Van still lingered in her mind. She wondered if he was doing okay. She wondered if Gaia had finally found peace. Peace, yah, right. In her wildest dreams. As long as there's life, there's war, there's death.
Hitomi continued down the sidewalk, cars passing by. Something caught her eye just then. A flash of light. Hitomi glaced across the street, and her green eyes met with a pair of haunting sapphire eyes of a young man. Hitomi stared at him and he stared right back. He quite strange looking. He wore strange, white robes and had long, light-violet hair with tints of lime-green highlights.
Hitomi thens noticed that the young man was holding something in his hands. He held a bloodied sword in his right hand, and a blood soaked head of a boy in his left. Hitomi looked closer at the head. It was being held by its raven-black hair, and its brown eyes were wide open. It suddenly hit Hitomi.
"V....Van?!" she stuttered.
It was Van's head that the sapphire-eyed man held. A cold smile played across the strangers lips. A car passed by him, and he vanished.
Hitomi shook her head. Her mind was playing tricks on her again, for that wasn't the first time she saw that image. For the past month, she had seen the same image in her dreams. The bloodied sword, Van's blood soaked head, the sapphire-eyed stanger, they all appear every night upon a burning landscape.
Hitomi pushed those thoughts out of her mind. She had to get to school, she had no time to be thinking about her nightmares. She continued down the sidewalk, and the school quickly came into view. Her pace sped up, eager to get to her classes and get her mind off Gaia and Van.
'Wing Goddess.....'a mysterious voice chimed.
Hitomi spun around. No one was there. "I could have sworn some one just called me Wing Goddess," she said.
That's what brought her to Gaia in the first place. Some man appeared before her, and called her Wing Goddess. Wing Goddess, a name she did not wish to be called anymore. After so many people died, it was her fault. If only she hadn't came to Gaia, then all those people would still be alive.
'No.....Don't blame yourself......'
Hitomi looked around frantically, still she was alone. That voice was different from the first. It was as if it had read her thoughts. Hitomi shook her head. "I better get to school," she said to herself, and hoped that those voices would let her be. She ran down the sidewalk leaving the voices behind.
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There were three figures standing in a dark room. One, sat in a chair, feet propped up on a table. The other two kneeled before a large crystal that sat on the floor. An image of Hitomi could be seen within the stone. The first of the two, a girl, began to speak, "Wing Goddess....."
Hitomi looked around. The second figure, a young boy, heard her thoughts, that it was her fault that those people died. "No.... Don't blame yourself," he said.
The girl beside him gave him an awkward stare. Her gaze then returned to Hitomi, who was running away. "She did not answer our call, Lord," the girl said loudly, hoping the man in the chair heard her.
The man stood up. "I know," he said with a growl. He walked up to the pair, who began to tremble before him. He smiled at their fear. "I am not mad at you, Phoenix," he said to the girl. He then turned to the young boy, "But you," he said as he grabbed the boy by the collar of he shirt and lifted him of the ground, "It's you I am not happy with,"
"What do you mean?" the boy asked.
The man threw him to the ground, "You know what you did,"
"What did I do?" the boy asked.
The man kicked the boys side, "Don't act stupid, I know you can hear peoples thoughts,"
The boy just stared at the floor. "I cannot help it,"
"Just make sure you don't do it again!" the man growled.
The boy kneeled down before him. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again, brother,"
The man kicked the young boy across the room, "You do not deserve to be my brother, you are to call me Lord Tyler, understand, shrimp?"
The boy struggled to stand, "Yes Lord Tyler,"
"Good, now try to call her here again,"
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"No way, you're telling me you haven't found a date for the dance yet, Kyra?"
"The perfect guy is hard to find, Gabriel,"
"Hard to find? Kyra, the hottest guys in our grade hit on you every day, and you're telling me their not perfect?"
"It's just that special person I have been waiting for hasn't come along yet,"
"Kyra, If you don't get a boyfriend soon, you'll end up like Hitomi,"
"There's no way I sink down to her level, talking about a fantasy boyfriend,"
"Yo, pipe down, her she comes,"
Hitomi entered the classroom, her usual gloomy look on her face. She looked at Kyra and Gabriel, the prettiest girls in the school. Gabriel was a tall girl with long, black hair and dark eyes, like all the other Japanese girls. Kyra looked a lot different from Gabriel. To tell the truth, she look a lot diffent from all the other girls in the school. Kyra was American, the only American in the whole school. Her skin was paler than the others, and had ocean-blue eyes and bright, blonde hair. She was actually the only blonde in the school. Kyra and her father moved to Japan a year ago. After being there only a year, she became widely popular.
Hitomi continued to stare at the two. She knew they were making fun of her. She could tell from the grins on their faces. What was worse was that she sat near them. It's hard to believe that Kyra and Gabriel use to be her best friends. But that all changed after she returned from Gaia. Kyra and Gabriel were the first two people Hitomi told about Gaia to. Big mistake. The two girls began to think Hitomi went mental when she continued to insist that Gaia was real. The teasing grew worse with each passing day. Their friendship became only a memory. A memory, like Van.
Hitomi sat down at her desk. She knew what was coming next.
"Hey, Hitomi, how's Van?" Gabriel joked.
"Yay, did he fight Dilandau lately?" Kyra giggled.
Hitomi shut her eyes, and tried to push out their laughter. ~Please, will they just go away~ She thought to herself.
'Wing Goddess.....' the mysterious voices said again.
Hitomi covered her ears. "Please go away," she whispered as the laughter stabbed into her.
'Come back, Wing Goddess.....'
Hitomi cringed. "Go away," she said a little louder, the laughter lowering in pitch.
'Come back, to Gaia.....'
"GO AWAY!!!!" Hitomi cried. She then opened her eyes and looked around, everyone was staring. Kyra and Gabriel had looks of shock on their faces. But those shocked looks soon turned into wrinkled grins. They let out the laughter they were trying desperatly to hold back. The two were now laughing their socks of. Hitomi got up and ran out of the room, paying no head to the teacher's protest. ~Please leave me alone~
'Return to him.....'
~No~
'Return to Van...'
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