The Wrong Girl
Disclaimer: Alright, I'm only going to say this a couple more times. I positively do NOT own anything remotely related to Escaflowne or Love Hina.
Chapter 23 * * * * * * *
On the crusade…..
"Oh really" Van said "well I'm going to say that you will tell us all you know or face grim consequences"
"Ummm…. I'm not afraid of you!" Shirai was shaking like a leaf on a tree (A/N:I do not own that song either)
"Somehow I don't believe that" Hitomi said " You are seriously shakin like a leaf on a tree" *breaks into song* "I said hey wait a minute mister, didn't mean to kiss her. I don't want no trouble from you. And you can hear me screamin a mile away as I was headed out towards the door" Continues with the rest of the song.
"Anyway, we'll just inch away. Slowly now" Merle said "Oh yeah, we've got to deal with you, Shirai. Tie him up Lord Van, then he can't escape"
"Gadess! Hold him" Van yelled
"Way ahead of you, Lord Van" Gadess yelled back. Gadess was standing in the middle of the room with Shirai squirming in his grip. To the left Hitomi was still dancing and singing.
"We got any chairs? Or rope?" Merle asked to absolutely no
one
"Aaaaaahhhhhhh!" THUD! "Owwwwwwww…that hurt" Hitomi said as she tripped over
her own feet and smacked her head into the wall.
Everyone(including Shirai): 0_o *Chirp chirp chirp*
Hitomi: ^_^ hehehehehheh!
In the woods……
"Shit" Keitaro muttered under his breath "That's not good"
"Hey, miss? Can you tell me how to get out of the forest?" Yukari had stopped a young woman that came out of one of the homes lining the clearing. The woman was in fact the only person Yukari saw there. Hmmm…I wonder what's keeping Keitaro? "excuse me can you tell me?"
"I cannot tell you so stop pestering me" the woman said. It seemed like she was in a hurry to go somewhere.
"Please, you live here you must know a way out of the forest. I'm very lost and the person with me, well he was with me doesn't know"
"I can only tell you to get out of here before the others come they are not as nice as I" the woman answered
"Emily! Get away from her now and come back inside" A different woman yelled from the doorway of a house
"Yes, coming mother!" Emily answered as she hurried off to her house and disappeared inside.
Well, I guess I'll wait till the 'others' get back then. I've got nothing else to do and I don't feel like getting lost again. Oh yeah, where IS Keitaro? Must've gotten more lost trying to follow me. I'm just too fast for his sorry ass. Yukari wandered over to a big tree with bushes behind it and sat so she could see the whole clearing. As she settled she felt like she was being watched. Then Keitaro burst from the bushes and grabbed Yukari by the wrist, and pulled her behind the bushes where he'd been hiding.
"Keitaro? Where were you? I was getting worried that you ditched me" Yukari exclaimed
"I was behind these bushes the whole time and it's not safe to be out there right now. They'll come and you don't want to know what'll happen next it's so horrific" Keitaro said at a whisper so Yukari could barely hear him.
"Oh no, I'm sure they're nice enough. But that Emily girl was really weird dontchathink?"
"Actually no, we should take her advice and leave while we can. You never know when…." Keitaro started but both Yukari and Keitaro were lifted up into the air and set into the middle of the clearing.
"You should have taken her advice and left. But since you are here now we shall see if you ever set foot on the mystic moon again" A random woman said. Women all in dark cloaks surrounded them. You could not see the women's faces if you tried.
"What just happened?" Yukari demanded she had just been lifted from the ground up and wanted to know why.
"Well, that is what happens when you trespass upon land the witches own" the woman said again "My name is Susannah and we are the witches of the Pallas Forest"
"Ok, well I just want to know how to get out of here. I didn't want to trespass, all I wanted was directions to get out of here"
"Before you go though lets have a little fun" Susannah said with a glint in her eye.
45 minutes later…
"My that was so much fun" Susannah exclaimed as she fell to the ground gasping for air. "I haven't played tag in ages, no wonder I'm out of shape" All the witches were strewn around the clearing trying to catch their breath.
"Stand up and walk around, it'll help slow your heart rate down and you'll breathe easier" Yukari said Susannah and everyone else did what she said and were soon able to breathe.
"Now you may go back. Where did you wish to go back to?" Susannah asked them
"I'd like to go back to Japan on the mystic moon" Keitaro said
"Very well" Susannah and three other witches raised their hands and began a chant. The next thing Yukari knew Keitaro was a little speck of light flying towards Earth. "And you?"
"I'd like to go back to the crusade" Yukari said Susannah nodded her head and all too soon Yukari felt herself lifting and jetting across the sky. The crusade came into her view and THUD!!!! "Owwwwww… that hurt a lot!" She had landed right on top of the ship. She got up and made her way to the door. She opened it and went to find everyone.
Inside the crusade…
"So you won't say a word eh? Even when we have you tied up and gagged?" Van said
"I think you have to un gag him before he can talk" Gadess pointed out.
"Oh yeah, I forgot" Van said He un-gagged Shirai "So now are you going to tell us everything?"
"Sure, why not?" Shirai said
"Ok, umm…a question hmmm… I've got nothing" Hitomi said
"How about this, what were you doing on our ship?" Gadess asked
"I was keeping notes on everyone here and then sending them to Zaibach" Shirai answered meekly
"That's how they knew our location" Van said
"You will now work for us, do you know where Zaibach is?" Hitomi asked
"They are over the Pallas Mountains, they will attack the city in two days" Shirai answered
"What is their weak spot?" Merle asked
"It's, it's the bottom tip of the Vione. If you break that off the whole thing goes down, with a bang" Shirai smirked slightly but quickly covered it up
THUD!!!!! "owwwwww…That hurt a lot" A faraway voice was heard from above them. The door leading to the top of the ship opened moments later and the voice was heard again but closer. "Hey anybody here? Where are you guys?" Yukari yelled down the hall. She slowly went down the steps and into the hall. "Heyoooo? Anybody home?"
Hitomi burst out of a room on the right almost smacking into Yukari with the door. "Who's there?" Hitomi was armed with Van's sword and was ready to attack whomever was out there.
"Whoa, put down the weapon. You don't even recognize who your friends are anymore? I wouldn't want to go into battle with you on my side" Yukari exclaimed looking at the sword and cautiously approaching Hitomi.
"Aren't you supposed to be dead?" Hitomi asked
"I don't know, the last thing I remembered when I woke up in a forest was falling off of the Crusade" Yukari said
"Well then I'm really happy you aren't dead" Hitomi said She grabbed Yukari and hugged her.
"Me too Hitomi, Me too"
A/N: ok, again sorry for not updating for awhile but I hope this is sufficient to make it up to you the readers. Please if you are reading this and not reviewing, shame on you! Tell me if you like it or not. I'm going to probably end this in the next two chapters so get ready for the very twisted end. Should be fun. See ya! ~Tomo~