A/N: Well, for once I'm uploading on a Friday!! I have a reason for this. My family is going to visit some relatives in Mississippi this weekend, and they don't have a computer, so I won't be uploading. Well, if you have been wondering about Hitomi and Marlon, here they are again. (I dedicate this chapter to ShadowKat and CrimsonFire.)

Disclaimer: KABOOM!!! NOOO!!! The bank just blew up, and all my money went with it, so now I can't by Escaflowne. I'll get it later. Well I don't own Escaflowne, so that means Van is not mine to kill. (Plus he's already dead by FireLord… Oh well….)

Chapter Eight: Hitomi and Dilandau meet.

Hitomi looked around. "Marlon?" She looked down to see her son had fainted from being so high. "Marlon! Get up!" Marlon gazed up, and saw his mother's face looking up at him. (If it were me, I might have screamed in terror.) "Marlon, this place looks a lot like the place I landed the first time, but not quite. Come on, Marlon. Gather up as much as you can from the trunk and put it in your pockets. I'll do the same. Then we're going to go into that forest, over there. I think we'll find Fanelia that way."

Marlon didn't quite like forests either, almost as much as heights, but he gathered up what he could, gulped, and followed his mother. The dark leaves of the forest made a crackling noise as they were stepped on. Fear seemed to seep out of every twig and branch. "A-a-are you sure this is the right way to go, m- m-mommy?" He pushed out from his throat.

"Almost positive. It just you are afraid. Don't worry, we'll find shelter soon." Hitomi said.

"Spend the n-n-night in the forest? Isn't that dan-dangerous?" He replied.

Hitomi did not reply. Marlon plodded on after her. After trekking some distance, what little light came through the gloomy leaves disappeared as the sun set. "Don't worry, son. Look ahead! See, not far to go. There's a camp fire. We'll spend the night with who ever is there."

"What if it's robbers?" Marlon quivered.

"Don't worry, Marlon. After the defeat of Zaibach, robbers were taken to jail, for the rulers of Austuria and Fanelia, crushed them, and put them away, so travelers, such as us, would be alright. It's probably someone camping out from a nearby town. Don't worry." Hitomi said with utter confidence.

Hitomi and Marlon strode up to the fire. Before them was a wreck of an Alseides unit. It had not yet been destroyed, but what was left was burning.

"Who's there?" A voice sounded from the other side of the guymelef. To Hitomi it sounded childish, but assertive.

"We're relatives of Van Fanel, King of Fanelia. We're looking for him now." Hitomi replied.

A little boy with silver hair, fiery eyes, and cruel smile walked out from behind the remains of the unit. It was Dilandau. "Hitomi, so we meet again. Do you recognize me?"

Hitomi gasped. "No, it can't be! Celena took…"

"Yes, Celena took away who I was. But I am back, Dilandau Reborn." Dilandau pulled out a hidden sword from behind his back. He paused. "Who is the boy? Tell me, or feel my vengeance!"

Marlon giggled and said the most idiotic thing he could have said (He got that from his parents.), "Hello! Wanna play?"
Dilandau sweat dropped. "NO!!! I am a warrior, and I shall kill you!! Both of you. After you tell me who you are, Boy."

"I'm Marlon. Hitomi's my mom. Cool. Nice game. You are the warrior! And I'm the victim. How about we switch though?" Marlon said. He walked up and tried to take the sword. "Gime! I wanna be the warrior!" As soon as he said this, huge rumbles were heard in the distance. A tree was heard as it crashed.

"A guymelef." Hitomi and Dilandau said simultaneously.

A/N: Oohhh. Who is it? Is it BlackMage, coming from the instructions from FireLord? OR is it the servants of Galken? Or is it someone else? I am so evil sometimes. And you know what is the most evil thing? If its BlackMage or Galken, What will they do to the Fanels? And if it isn't, what will they do to Dilly-sama? I guess I'm really disappointing since the next one won't be out until next weekend, at its earliest… Oh, well… That was Chapter 8!!!