soz its bn a while but ive had lots of homework and the fact that ive been banned from ff.net didn't help much. i realise that these chapters are quite short but theres not much point to this story as in im still trying to work out da plot!!!! plz dont b mad. and thankx 4 da reviews!!!!!
jess

oh and da title will cum clear l8r on. (i hope!!!!!)
Escaflowne - Pain? Nooooo, I'm not in pain!!!

Chapter 1:-

The pillar of light left everyone in Fanalia and the surrounding countries stunned.

No sooner had Van (King Van to you!) to investigate and see who or what it was, then Hitomi ran into the Fanalian Palace Gardens.

Van stared gobsmaked.

Merle started laughing at Vans reaction til she looked at Hitomi and almost fainted.

Dryden just looked amused. Whilst Millerna and Allen, Celena and Gaddes just looked curious. (A/N they were over because of sum stuff!?!?!?)

Everyone else who had seen or known her just stood and stared. Then they gasped....Hitomi had fainted.

Before them had stood (now lying) Hitomi Kanzaki, a teenager who had befriended them all. The person who laid before them now was still a teenager and she had the same name but that was where the similarities finished.

The gawky gangly teenager had gone in its place was a hard, emotionless, muscled stranger who for the moment looked weak and in need of help.

Within minutes though, the stranger had been carried inside and been looked at by the healer.

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Hitomi came round to the quiet whispers of her friends and the healer.

She frowned and got up. immeadiately allen pushed her back down again. The healer convinced she was on her deathbed ordered her to stay in bed for a week at least.

Hitomi just laughed and pushed Allen off and was the victim of many protests and pushes. Hitomi pushed them all off and swore colourfully at them. They stared and Merle almost had her eyes pooping out.

'What the fuck are you staring at Merle? Cat got your tongue!!! oh i forgot you ARE a cat. Silly off me to mistake you for a human being. oh well. ill be off!!! See ya!!!'

And cackling with laughter she took off without a backwards glance, down the hallway.

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She proceded to try and find Van, since he had not been there and because she needed to talk to someone. but the palace had changed so she started at the bottom and methodically started to check the rooms for Van.

She wished Folken was there. He had been so easy to talk to. He would've understood. But no he had died to save Van and everyone else. So she'd just have to hope Van would understand. What a fun talk this was gonna be. she pitied herself.

As long as that long blonde haired Legolas lookalike isn't there with his evil, im such a stuck up prick of a sister Gaadriel she could deal (A/N sum of her views have changed if you hadn't noticed.)

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finally, she found Van. he was in his bedroom with everyone telling him how she had gone beserk on them. she knocked to make them realise that she had heard at least 5 mins of what they were saying.

'WHAT are you wearing Hitomi and why are you......' for once Merle could not put her thoughts into words. It almost made her smile.

i should have just let Merle use allen as a scratching post she thought absent mindly.

' What?' she looked down at her clothes. she was wearing normal clothes from earth. a ripped black top with a pentacle on it. black combats and a chain. black studded boots. a dagger.

'AND WHAT have you done to your face and your arms a.an..and...and. your hair?' stuttered Merle.

Really there wasn't much to stutter in disbelief about. all she'd done was dye her hair black got a couple of tatoos and oh been knifed with a dagger so as that she had a big scar on her face.

'Why have you got those pictures oh your arms Hitomi?' Merle questioned whilst everyone else just listened.

' erm..... they're called tattoos. ive got a wolves head on my left arm, dagger on my right and barbed wire on my wrists. oh and a dragon'

Van spoke up,'where's the dragon? i can't see it!'

Hitomi pulled her top off and smiled when she saw everyone suddenly get embarrassed. she turned round.

a dragons head was tattooed on her right shoulder and its neck was wrapped round her own neck. it followed through to the body which covered her whole back. its wings hugged her round the waist and the tail continued down past her trouser waistline. she turned back round so as they could see the detailed wings.

'she saw gaddes and dryden eying the bottom of the dragon. amused she answered their silent question, ' the tail follows down to my left leg and is wound round it finishing at the ankle.'

'would you care to elaborate about why youare back on gaia?' legolas asked excrutiatingly polite as usual.

'well.....its a long story.....after leaving gaia i found my mother was dead of cancer,' she started bitterly,' my father committed suicide after finding he couldn't cope, and mamoru, mamoru was murdered by a gang of guys from his school whilst he was out on a date with one of the guys sisters.
'so i was put in an orphanage. i hated myself and my family but even more i hated everyone measly being on earth. so i immersed myself in sword lessons, karate, my athletics and horse riding. within two weeks i had mastered all of them. the olympics were begging me to compete but i couldnt be bothered.
Hitomi wasnt boasting, she was just telling it like it was.
'soon after, i was kidnapped,' and this was where her voice began to falter,' there was a group of at least a dozen men of about allens age. try being tortured for three weeks in end, and....' she couldnt do it. she couldnt tell them the rest of it, but she had to, 'raped,' she shuddered,'four times over by each guy every single 2 hrs. it's a lot to ask.' she stopped and took in everyones horrified expressions. but van had pity in his too.

'this body,' motioning hers,'is not my actual body it is one that i made with my wishes. it is different in that it can take on any shape or form, and can read minds and become invisible. oh and allen merle thinks you should wash your hair because it stinks apparently!!!!' (that was to prove her mind reading skills).

one of vans chief advisors who had crept in said matter of factly' how can we believe that you are hitomi if we cannot see your 'original body'?'

Hitomi looked up with sad green eyes.

'allen could you come behind me and hold my upper left arm, van could you hold my waist please!'

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hope that wasnt too confusing. it wasnt as short as i thought it would be. i kno my grammer is a lot of shite but it would take too long to go through it all and i dont have the time. the next chapter will be up soon!!!! (i hope!!!!)

plz review, but if u hav to flame then i dont mind and ill take your comments into consideration!

jess