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A few days passed and Hitomi had never felt so at home as she did right then. She couldn't believe how much she had missed Gaia and Allen. But she couldn't enjoy it to it fullest because when she saw her daughter she only saw a confused young girl that was torn. Hitomi had settled in just fine, and had borrowed some of Celena's clothes until she could get some of her own. But Hanna refused to give up her clothes, and Hitomi had accepted that. She knew how se was when she first gone to Gaia.

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"I... can't... believe... this!" She was talking to herself as she was striking out with her rapier against a tree. And she had been at it for more then an hour now and the tree had seen better days. She threw the sword aside and slumped down against the tree and glared at the ground in front of her. It had been three days since they had been teleported to Gaia, and it didn't look like they would ever go back.

"It's not fair..."

"I guess you're talking about your current situation." Hanna looked up and was greeted by a smile from Allen. She just turned her head away again and glared at a tree a bit away. She heard a rustle besides her as the knight sat down besides her.

"What do you want?" Her tone was bitter and full with hostility but Allen didn't seem to notice.

"I just saw you lashing out at this poor tree and thought I would come over and see if there was anything wrong." Hanna turned her head towards her father and glared at him.

"Everything is wrong! I'm stranded on some alien planet and there is no way for me to get back to earth! I don't want to be here ok!" Allen just raised an eyebrow at her and then shrugged his shoulders.

"What is it that you miss so much then?" Hanna opened her mouth to answer but found that she couldn't find a good answer. So she just turned her head away and was quiet.

"Your technique is flawed. I could train you if you'd like." Hanna looked over at Allen again and noticed that he wasn't wearing that ridiculous puff shirt, just a plain white shirt, black pants and a sash of some sort accompanied by a pair of black boots. She looked away again and shrugged her shoulders.

"I haven't been training that long. I just walked in during one of the fencing practices and started to fool around with a friend. When the trainer caught us I thought I was done for, but he asked me right there, if I wanted to join the fencing team. And I agreed. It's fun, and it's easy. At least I think so..." Allen nodded then stood after a short while of silence.

"Shall we get started then?" Hanna startled a little and looked up. And her new father just smiled at her.

"You mean right now?"

"Yes. You've already warmed up on the tree and I'm not doing anything today. So it's a good time to start." Hanna didn't move she just sat there and then frowned.

"I didn't even say I wanted you to train me..." Allen just smiled and looked a little thoughtful for a moment.

"Very well. I guess it was wrong of me to think that a girl would have the strength to continue after having a duel with a tree." Allen was playing his cards just right. That would seriously piss Hanna off. Hitomi had told him about her being a proud person and wouldn't let anyone pick on her just because she was a girl.

Hanna bolted up from the ground and glared up at Allen. She wasn't sort, but she would never be as tall as her father. Her mother was still taller then she was. Anyway, Hanna was radiating fury and Allen was just amused by the reaction.

"I'm not the least bit tired! And I'll prove it to you!" Her green eyes held a fire in them that would make most people in her age back on earth back away. But it had no effect on Allen.

"Very well. Lets go."

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Hanna was led to big building in Astoria, it was the knights training facility, and Allen turned around to look at his daughter. She wasn't afraid at all, just on edge and alert. They entered the building and various people greeted Allen but most of them didn't pay much attention to Hanna. They just thought that she was either a fan that Allen had taken some kind of liking to or some weird boy that was there to go trough the test.

"Do you think that you can handle an ordinary sword?" Hanna who had been taking in her surroundings startled a little when Allen spoke to her.

"I don't know. I have never used one before." Allen nodded and walked over to the sword rack and got out a suitable sword for her. When he walked back to her she just looked at the sword he was holding out to her for a little while then took it.

"Cool..." Allen took a few steps back as Hanna started to test the sword out with various swings and moves. She had grace in every move, but they lacked defense and aggression. Hanna was consumed in how easy it was to swing the sword that she didn't notice that Allen once again walked over to the sword rack and got a sword for himself.

"You should either button up you shirt of take it of if you don't want it to get torn." Hanna stopped what she was doing and turned towards Allen then she smirked.

"Who said you would even get close to me with that sword to graze anything?" Allen smiled then waited for Hanna to attack. But she didn't, she waited just as Allen.

'She has spirit... and has a defensive side. She defiantly have potential.' Then she attacked, when Allen was a little off guard, but she didn't get close with her sword as Allen easily deflected the attack. Hanna frowned and dived right back in. But Allen just continued to dodge and deflect. Then he stared to attack himself, and was a bit surprised that she was able to dodge and deflect some of them. The clashing of blades had drawn a crowd but it was silent except for the sounds that Allen and Hanna were making. Then Hanna did a dirty move and got a lucky hit at Allen. The crowd oed and Allen and Hanna stopped and looked around. Hanna was slightly out of breath, but Allen hadn't even broken a sweat.

"Ok... when did we get an audience? And why are they staring like that?"

"I think they are intrigued by your skill. Like I said your technique is flawed, but if you let me train you, you can get really good."

"And if I get better can I kick those guys assess for looking at me like that?" She was looking in the direction where a group of four guys about eighteen years old were whispering and looking Hanna over like she was eatable. But they however got other things to do when they saw the facial expression on Allen's face.

"Allen... how come there aren't any female knights?" Allen stopped his glaring and looked down at Hanna who was watching the leaving boys.

"I mean, I haven't seen one girl in here, and it doesn't look like these guys have either." Allen thought about if for a moment before he answered.

"I actually have no good answer to that question. I would say it's because that we haven't come across any good female fighters yet. They can't control a Guymelef as good as men..." Hanna looked up and frowned.

"Sure they can! Mom told me about those two cat-women. They could control those robot thingies. So that's a lie!" Hanna was almost glaring at Allen and they still had an audience who were quite amused with the spunky girl.

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Meanwhile Celena and Hitomi were having a pleasant time outdoors just chatting away about everything. And the whole children conversation was bound to come up.

"So where us Kei's father? I still haven't figured out who it is..." Celena just smiled a sad smile.

"It's Van, Hitomi. Not a pleasant story really." A blush crept over her face as she spoke and Hitomi's curiosity grew.

"Oh you can tell me. And Van? Why aren't you and Kei with him in Fanelia?" They sat down on a bench down at the docks and Hitomi waited patiently for Celena to answer.

"Well... we aren't exactly married..." Hitomi almost fell of the bench but managed to compose herself.

"...W...what?!" Celena blushed even more. And started to fidget slightly.

"Well... it all... just kind of happened... you know... in the heat of the moment..." Hitomi couldn't really believe her ears and soon found herself giggling and Celena joined her.

"I'm sorry Celena. It's just that I didn't think Van would be the kind of person who would have a one-night stand like that. So what rally happened?" Hitomi calmed down and Celena was able to still her giggles too.

"I think it was at one of those banquets royals tend to have on occasions. Anyway I think I drank a little too much and the same thing goes for Van. And one thing led to another... and Kei is the result. And well... when I told him that I was with child he almost went trough the roof, but he actually brought up the whole concept of marriage... but it was I who said no. I don't think it would go that well in the long run. He does come to visit Kei and me, and he's so fond of his son. And Kei looks up to Van. But not many people know of it. Kei wouldn't have a normal life, nor would he have the freedom he has now. And Van would get in trouble too." Celena started to giggle again and Hitomi just smiled.

"But you should have seen Allen's reaction. He was about to launce himself at Van in rage. He's so protective sometimes." Hitomi laughed at the mental image she got and then placed a hand on Celena's shoulder.

"As long as you're happy he should be happy. And besides, Van was prepared to take his responsibility." Celena nodded and then the both of then heard commotion over at the Knights training facility.

"I wonder what's that about... it's usually very quiet over there." Celena thought out loud.

"Well shall we go and take a look. Maybe something interesting is happening." The two women stood and made their way over to the outdoor part of the facility, where all the commotion was. And when they got there two Guymelef's were fighting. Hitomi spotted Allen and turned Celena in that direction, because it was probably no use trying to talk with all the noise around them.

When they got to where Allen was he was deep in thought and was watching the fight closely. He almost didn't notice them, but he did and smiled at them and took Hitomi into his arms and hugged her.

"Allen what's going on here?" Hitomi asked and then turned to look at the fighting Guymelef again.

"Our daughter insisted that she could operate a Guymelef. And I tell you, she's really stubborn. So I let her try it, she really has talent." Hitomi looked a little shocked and then hit Allen on the arm. He had to laugh at her and the expression on her face.

"I can't believe you're letting Hanna fight someone else! And in a Guymelef? What were you thinking? She's just a child!" Then there was a loud clash of metals and a cheering from the crowd. Hitomi, Allen and Celena looked over and one of the Guymelef were on the ground and its sword had been knocked out of his hand. Allen looked slightly shocked and Hitomi and Celena looked as the Guymelef made its way towards them and then kneeled so that its chest were in level with the balcony they were on and then opened.

"I did it! I kicked that guy's butt! ...Mom? Hi! When did you get here? Oh never mind, you saw me right? I kicked ass!" A very happy Hanna was reviled and Hitomi let out a sigh of relief. And the crowd fell silent when they saw who was in the Guymelef. Hanna looked around and saw that everyone was staring at her, even the guy she had just beaten.

"Oh come on! So I'm a girl! Bid deal! Allen you didn't even tell the guy I was fighting that I was a girl?" Allen smiled at Hanna.

"If I had done that he would have held back. And you probably wouldn't have liked that." Hanna looked thoughtful for a short moment then shrugged her shoulders then smirked and rubbed her hands together.

"You're right. So who do I fight next?"

"You aren't fighting anymore today young lady." Hanna got a disappointed look on her face.

"But mom..." Hanna jumped down onto the balcony and tried her best puppy dog face, but it didn't work on Hitomi.

"I said no." Hitomi spoke with a tone that said 'You can't change my mind' and Hanna groaned and slumped her shoulders in defeat.

"Come Hanna, I'll walk with you back to the house. I think we'd better leave your parents to have a little time to themselves." Hanna was about to protest when Celena started to lead the way out of there but shut her mouth when she saw her mothers stern look. When Hanna and Celena was out of hearing range Hitomi turned back and glared at Allen.

"I can't believe you let her fight in one of those things! I can't believe you even encourage her to fight to begin with." Hitomi was angry and Allen had a somewhat serious look on his face.

"She likes it Hitomi, it's something she can pass her time with. She has talent, lots of it. It would be a waste if she didn't learn more about it." Allen turned Hitomi so that she saw Celena and Hanna walk away. A lot of people were commenting Hanna and cheered at her. And Hanna looked happy even if she also looked a little embarrassed.

"She enjoys it Hitomi." Hitomi let out a sigh and leaned into Allen's embrace.

"That's what I'm afraid of..."

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"You got to fight with a Guymelef?!" Hanna leaned back into the couch she was sitting on as Kei scrambled onto the coffee table from his seat opposite her. Hanna looked around the room for someone to help her from the silver haired boy, but Hitomi and Allen weren't back yet and Celena was off doing something.

"Yeah... so?" Kei stared at her with open mouth and it was making Hanna a bit uncomfortable.

"YOU got to FIGHT with a GUYMELEF?"

"Yes..."

Kei sat back a little and frowned obviously jealous.

"I haven't even been inside of one... So what was it like?" Hanna relaxed a little when Kei settled back and she brushed some strands of hair away from her face and smirked.

"It was awesome! There's no way to describe it really... it feels like it's a part of you. It's so amazing! I wish my mom wouldn't have showed up right then... because then I could have fought more. " She let out a small sigh and slumped back in the couch. Kei just furrowed his eyebrows and was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.

"Would you get that Kei? I got my hands full at the moment." Celena's voice was a bit muffled coming from a few rooms away, but Kei yelled an affirmative and bolted over to the front door and swung it open. Hanna turned her head a little trying to see who it was but she could only see Kei, then she jumped a little when Kei yelled out again.

"Dad!"

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Well that's it for now. I dunno when I'll have time to continue this. Most of this chapter was already done. So well... I'll se when I have time to Once again update this.

Enjoy this second Chapter of What if. And I dunno if it'll be a third...

Darkie Hime