Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne

Summary: Hitomi's parents died when she was 16, and they left her in care of her two brothers. Her brother become gangsters. But when Van moves across the street what well happen? Its kind of like outsiders (that's a book) well the theme with Ponyboy and his brothers.

Sesshomaru, Hitomi, Van, Gaddess, Allen, Millarna, Yukari, Dilandau, Jiro

Title: Better Off Dead

Chapter Nine:

Hitomi sat next to Van on the Bath side, bandaging his wounds. He was holding is arm over the tube so the blood would not drop on the floor. "Van why did you get so mad at Dilandua if we just. . . well we just meet really?"

"Um, I don't know really. I just got so mad I don't know what came over me."

"Oh." Hitomi smiled "Its done." She cut the cotton roll and taped the end to his arm.

"Thanks Hitomi." He hugged her with his good arm.

"So." Van said standing up "I think I sould go home and get yelled at by my parents." Van started to walk out of the bathroom when "Van, why don't you stay here to night!?"

Sesshomaru was standing out side the bathroom door.

"You mean it?" Van asked.

"Yeah, you beat the crap out of Dilandua! And you did it for my sister, you can stay over anytime. Oh shit what time is it?"

"Seven thirty, why?" Hitomi asked.

"Cus I gotta go to work!" Sesshomaru ran out the door and the engine started on his was heard then a loud schreach of the tires.

Hitomi walked into the kitchen and opened the frigerater. "Are you hungry? Oh and you should call your mom or something."

Van followed her to the frigerater and hugged her from behind. She closed her eyes and signed "Van Fanel you are to much!"

"What!" Van said with a surprised look on his face. Hitomi laughed at him and closed the door to where the cold flowed out. "Excuse me!" Van said chasing her around the kitchen, as she laugher she ran into her room and closed the door and leaded on it so he would not get it in. "Hey!" Van pounded on the door.

"My mother once told me never to open the door to 'strangers'!" she laughed so hard she fell to the floor, letting go of the door but it was still closed. Van was five feet away from the door and ready to charge at the door to force the door open. "Ok, ready." He said to himself, and charge it to the door. Flinging the door open he then triped over Hitomi who was still laying on the floor laughing till she was hit by Van plowing over her. He flow in the and landed face first into the her bad frame. "Owwww!" Hitmo cried holding her side that was trapeled over by Van.

"Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Van cried in pain "you think that hurt?" Van turned to face her and she laughed once again. His face was red and his nose was bleeding.

"Owww! Don't laugh that hurt, expasly if your bed fram is matel!!!" Van said loudly.

Giggling Hitomi said "I'm sorry, here let me kiss it and make it all better." In a mokingly vocie and kissed his cheek but to her surprise she found Van screaming in pain.

"Don't touch my FACE! It hurts so much!" He rocked back and forth on the floor.

"Oh, really!" she put out her hand to touch it face but he grabbed her hand "Don't you dare Hitomi!" and they soon were in a a nother little fight! Turning over each other Hitomi tried to touch Vans face and he tried to stop her. They both laughed as they collapsed to the floor. Lying on the floor Hitomi rolled over and looked at him "Van, we'll always be friends, right?"

"We'll always be more then friends." Van grabbed her wasit and pulled her closer to him, rubbing jis nose against hers and she laughed.

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"Hey do you think you can leave Van alone with Hitomi?" Allen asked sitting and a stool next to a gas pump. With his with cap on backwards that said Gerry's Gasoline Gaddess agered "Yeah, do you think he 'do' anthing to our Hitomi!?"

"You guys think to much!" Sesshomaru shook his head.

"Hey! Guys was popin?"

"Oh, hey Jiro! Nothing so how was Amanda!" Gaddess winked at him.

Defansavely Jiro said "No no, no, it was. . . a project for school. We did not finish it at school!"

"Yeah sure!" Allen elbowed him in the arm.

"No really you guys are mean! Besides--!"

"Jiro, Hey Jiro!" a vocie the guys did not know but Jiro.

"Ahh hi Amanda! What are you doing. . . here?"

"You forgot your book." Amanda had long brownish blonde hair and was a little wave at the end. Her baby blue eyes matched her short blue dress. She had a thin slander body. Kissing his cheek she smiled and said "Bye see you tomorrow." She waved and ran home, it was only a cuple of blocks away from the gasstaion.

"Ohhh, yeah your just friends working on a project 'after' school!" Allen howeled

Jiro blushed smiling and looken at his shoes. Sesshomaru shook his head and laughed.

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the next day Van and Hitomi walked to school hand in hand. Not talking for there was nothing to talk about.

Why is every day so lovely even on the darkest days Hitomi woundered. Looking at Van and smiled then looked away.

"What?" Van asked looking deep into her eyes.

Hitomi signed and layed her head on his schoulder "Nothing. . . nothing at all!"

Awwwww! I now it corny but it's the last chapter. Who is Amanda well if theres a sequel then you'll know!! R&R

Thanks to lady Rebacca, Naria4, night of the raven, Lady Luna, and Dalafanole. Thanks!