Okay! As I promised...The next chapter and I'll make this as long as
possible...so I can make up for the short ones! This is gonna be like a two
in one!
Kudo's to those who reviewed to help me! (Only one person was nice enough to take the poll! But PLEASE POLL! I still want your opinion since I still need it! I just decided I would come out of my writer's block cause somebody was nice enough to take the time to review! Which btw you people who have reviewed, you have been awesome! Thanx!)
Animecrazed: Thanx allot.... That was actually the answers I was hoping 4! AWSOME! Glad u liked the fiction! Thank you! With your help I'll be able to finish this. You have taste like I do and hope you enjoy reading as much, or even more than I did writing! ^ ^
Disclaimer: I think EVERYBODY knows I don't own Escaflowne by now.
Sarah: This chapter is called The Scarlet Sky. (The return of Dilly!)
Recap:
Sarah began the preparation with her Guymelef. She and Van helped each other in buffing, repairing, and sword sharpening. "Ya know Van?" Said Sarah out of the blue.
"What?" Van said with curiosity.
"I think.. It's finally time.. To take Escaflowne out of retirement." Said Sarah smiling.
Van turned and smiled back.
And together they finished repairing the giant machine.
~@~@~@~@~
Hitomi's POV
Hitomi got into position at a hidden base around where they assumed the battle would take place. *I have a very bad feeling about this.. * "Ouch!" She yelped. Something on Hitomi's back was hurting her. She assumed that she had backed into a thorn or something.. But she turned and.. there was nothing there. *Weird. * she thought to herself. The truth was, she didn't know how weird.
Sarah's POV
After some more repairs and leaving Van to his thoughts, Sarah hopped in her Guymelef smiling. She didn't like the prospect of war.But she smiled at being on the field with her friends again. And yet. *I can still feel it.. Something is wrong.. What ominous thing is to happen? Why do I feel this way? * Sarah sighed "Perhaps war is getting to me.. After all these years.. I'm not used to being of that kind of field." She mused. "Well I could use the practice." She said confidently to herself.
(Sorry I know there are a lot of them) Van's POV
*I hope Hitomi really is safe. I didn't want her to face war again.she shouldn't have to. * Van got into his Guymelef, which was beside Allen's and frowned. *Dilandue....you burned my home...Killed my people...Pained my friends...You will pay! * At the last part Van's eyes narrowed and gleamed fiery red, his fists clinched.
Allen's POV
Yes my hair is shiny! Big yellow shiny! (Gotcha! Allen isn't saying that or thinking it! That's narrated! Hehehe.Okay I'll be serious now.) *I haven't seen Hitomi since I saw her at the castle...After she refused my proposal...Hmm...Those two...Van hasn't ever told her has he? * (Ya know...I think I am going to have people get nosey in this one.and Play cupid with Hitomi and Van..Hehehe..I love that.) "Well..it's off to battle, eh Van?" Van only nodded. *He needs to say more.Maybe that would help! * Allen thought jokingly. The blonde hopped into his suit and walked into battle.
(Now for us to continue..with nobody in particular's POV! I love that character.too bad we never see him.)
The battlefield was barely set up..when a menacing voice cried out.
"I'M BACK!" "MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Fire spewed everywhere from duel flame- throwers "YES! BURN! MUWAHAAHAHAHAHAH!" Said the voice from a blood red Guymelef. (Now I seriously think that you HAVE to know who this is, or you should not be reading this story.You probably think Escaflowne is some kind of inhaler!)
"Dilandue!" Van's voice rang out. Van and Dilandue became locked together by steel. A blood thirsty look came over Dilandue's eyes.
"I was hoping to see you again..VAN!" Dilandue charged at Van, but Van blocked and slashed Dilly-boy from the right. They continued their deadly dance. It would have been considered beautiful or even staged.if it weren't for the circumstances. With every hit, there was a block and with every attack, there was a counter attack.
"You've gotten better..VAN!" (Said the deranged maniac using Van's name as a exclamation.)
*His grip is like iron! I need to break free of this psycho! * Thought Van. Unfortunately for Van, some new-b slayers came up behind him and hit him with a crima-claw, trapping him in place.
"Van!" Sarah called out. She raced to the trapped Van's aid and pried off the slayers.
"Thanks Sarah." Van called through his shadowed visor.
"No problem!" Sarah called out, but now little dilly got mad cause Sarah stole his dance partner. He asked Sarah to dance with him. Normally Sarah would be bashful at such an offer, but she decided she would just go with it.
Now Van felt left out and was about to interrupt their dance but one of the commanders decided that Van should pair up with him.
"Die ye' scum!" Aww.how sweet! Now Van, remember to thank the nice man.
"Look in the mirror!" *On your way to the underworld! * And Van sliced through the Guymelef. (There you go! Good boy! You remembered your manners!)
Van wanted to get back to his original partner, but the dance floor got so crowded. He couldn't seem to find dilly. He started to pout, wanted to join in the waltz of death.
(Are you getting tired of these dance metaphors? Okay, we'll go back to reality.)
Some more slayers that lead him over to a cliff interrupted Van's search. He fought them and wanted to laugh at their foolishness. Van didn't know that a slayer was on his right in the shadows...waiting to kill Fanelia's king.
~@~@~@~@~
"Van!" Hitomi cried. She could see it! Van getting hit by a metal poll. Blood.death.pain. *Van! * *I have to find you! I have to warn you! * She raced across the battlefield. Running beneath Guymelefs, to Van. He was the only thing on her mind. Not fear of war or getting herself hurt. *Only Van matters right now! *
Van watched in horror as his beloved raced towards him. *What are you doing here?! Are you going crazy? You could get hurt! Hitomi! * he could only think helpless.
"Van! To your right! There is a soldier! He's going to try to hit you!" Hitomi cried, breathless.but audible.
*Hitomi! * Van jumped to the left and missed to shot. The slayer wasn't happy that Van hadn't received his present. So he gave it to Hitomi instead.
~@~@~@~@~
Hitomi jumped to the side to miss the crima-claw, but it skimmed her arm. With the pain and the force.it threw her off balance. Hitomi fell, but instead of ground to catch her, there was nothing there, only cliff! Hitomi fell.to tired to scream. (But Van wasn't!)
"Hitomi!" Van cried after his love.
Van knew there was only one thing to do. He had to save her!
(I know it's a no Duh thing.sorry 4 stating the obvious.)
~@~@~@~@~
Hitomi's POV
There was pain. Her only thought left was pain. Pain in her arm and in her head. Now there was pain in her back. A strange pain, she had never felt before. Her eyes went hazy. Everything was hazy. Only pain was clear. Then she felt something burst from inside her. She saw something white. It faded away. It disappeared as if it had never been there. She had felt it though. She knew this thing, whatever it was, was there. (In a singing voice "I'm going to keep you guessing! I'm going to keep you guessing!)
~@~@~@~@~
Van's POV
*Hitomi! I'm coming! * Van changed Escaflowne to dragon mode and then ripped off his shirt. (Back! Back you Van lovers! Back!) And he dove after Hitomi. *There! * He told himself as he saw Hitomi's small figure falling to the rocks below her, though clearly not there yet. (Or this would be a SHORT story! It is VH after all) *Hurry Van! Come on! Moved it! * He screamed to himself. He had to reach her. He was nearly there, just a little farther and he would be close to grabbing her hand. He was nearly there, so close.
(Switch!)
Hitomi's POV (I'm sorry! I know there are too many POV changes.)
Hitomi seemed to be covered in darkness. There was only Darkness and of course pain. Then, out of nowhere, came a light and a familiar face. *An angel. It's Van! I know it must be Van. * The "angel" grabbed her hand and the darkness around her turned to light. *Thank you Van. Thank you my guardian angel. *
(End of POV's for now.)
Van picked Hitomi up and held her in his arms as they rose up ward. He smiled and gazed into her eyes, they were closed, but they flicked open for a second. Hitomi smiled managed and small faint "Thank you." And rested in his strong arms against his chest. Van felt a little blush creep through his cheeks. He only held Hitomi like this twice before. He was happy to feel her body resting against his again.
Van reached the top where everybody was waiting for him. Apparently the d- slayers had been called off and the battle was put on hold even Dilandue didn't stay. At the sight of everybody, Van's face turned crimson. Sarah was grinning ear to ear. Sadly not everything was fine as everyone thought. Hitomi got out of Van's arms and seemed dizzy. *I can't see strait! * Thought Hitomi, Nearly falling over. A strange pain pulsed through her torn arm. It was a different pain than she had felt. It wasn't just the cut.
"Hitomi? Are you ok?" Asked Millerna, eyes getting wide, clearly worried.
"I'm fine.." but that's all Hitomi got out before she fainted. Van caught her in his arms, before needing to fly off the cliff again. *Hitomi! * Thought Van, worry written clear on his face. Sarah kneed over the girl and checked her over. Sarah looked up with a dark expression.
"Van." She started. "I think that crima-claw had..." Sarah stopped and winced "Poison on it. Hitomi has been poisoned!"
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Sarah: A cliffhanger? You are mean!
Yami (Evil) side of L.W.K: AHAHAHAHAH! YES! I am EVIL!
Sarah:...@.@...No I didn't mean you. Mutters (Baka Yami.) (Baka is the Japanese insult, meaning moron, stupid, idiot.. and on and on.)
Yami: I HEARD THAT!
Me: Oh shut up Yami!
Sweet fluff loving side of L.W.K: Don't say shut up.it's not nice.
Hitomi: Sarah's right! You are mean!
Me: *sigh *.Hitomi.you aren't awake! You can't talk!
Hitomi: Oh yeah.
Everybody: *sweat drops like this * -_-U
Me: Please read and review! (I know you probably already read.but..ya know.) R&R!
Hitomi & Van : our readers!
Sarah: My readers!
Yami and good side: OUR READERS!
Me: How about we compromise.all of our readers!
Everybody but Me: ..........NO!
Me: @.@ ..ok...
Kudo's to those who reviewed to help me! (Only one person was nice enough to take the poll! But PLEASE POLL! I still want your opinion since I still need it! I just decided I would come out of my writer's block cause somebody was nice enough to take the time to review! Which btw you people who have reviewed, you have been awesome! Thanx!)
Animecrazed: Thanx allot.... That was actually the answers I was hoping 4! AWSOME! Glad u liked the fiction! Thank you! With your help I'll be able to finish this. You have taste like I do and hope you enjoy reading as much, or even more than I did writing! ^ ^
Disclaimer: I think EVERYBODY knows I don't own Escaflowne by now.
Sarah: This chapter is called The Scarlet Sky. (The return of Dilly!)
Recap:
Sarah began the preparation with her Guymelef. She and Van helped each other in buffing, repairing, and sword sharpening. "Ya know Van?" Said Sarah out of the blue.
"What?" Van said with curiosity.
"I think.. It's finally time.. To take Escaflowne out of retirement." Said Sarah smiling.
Van turned and smiled back.
And together they finished repairing the giant machine.
~@~@~@~@~
Hitomi's POV
Hitomi got into position at a hidden base around where they assumed the battle would take place. *I have a very bad feeling about this.. * "Ouch!" She yelped. Something on Hitomi's back was hurting her. She assumed that she had backed into a thorn or something.. But she turned and.. there was nothing there. *Weird. * she thought to herself. The truth was, she didn't know how weird.
Sarah's POV
After some more repairs and leaving Van to his thoughts, Sarah hopped in her Guymelef smiling. She didn't like the prospect of war.But she smiled at being on the field with her friends again. And yet. *I can still feel it.. Something is wrong.. What ominous thing is to happen? Why do I feel this way? * Sarah sighed "Perhaps war is getting to me.. After all these years.. I'm not used to being of that kind of field." She mused. "Well I could use the practice." She said confidently to herself.
(Sorry I know there are a lot of them) Van's POV
*I hope Hitomi really is safe. I didn't want her to face war again.she shouldn't have to. * Van got into his Guymelef, which was beside Allen's and frowned. *Dilandue....you burned my home...Killed my people...Pained my friends...You will pay! * At the last part Van's eyes narrowed and gleamed fiery red, his fists clinched.
Allen's POV
Yes my hair is shiny! Big yellow shiny! (Gotcha! Allen isn't saying that or thinking it! That's narrated! Hehehe.Okay I'll be serious now.) *I haven't seen Hitomi since I saw her at the castle...After she refused my proposal...Hmm...Those two...Van hasn't ever told her has he? * (Ya know...I think I am going to have people get nosey in this one.and Play cupid with Hitomi and Van..Hehehe..I love that.) "Well..it's off to battle, eh Van?" Van only nodded. *He needs to say more.Maybe that would help! * Allen thought jokingly. The blonde hopped into his suit and walked into battle.
(Now for us to continue..with nobody in particular's POV! I love that character.too bad we never see him.)
The battlefield was barely set up..when a menacing voice cried out.
"I'M BACK!" "MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Fire spewed everywhere from duel flame- throwers "YES! BURN! MUWAHAAHAHAHAHAH!" Said the voice from a blood red Guymelef. (Now I seriously think that you HAVE to know who this is, or you should not be reading this story.You probably think Escaflowne is some kind of inhaler!)
"Dilandue!" Van's voice rang out. Van and Dilandue became locked together by steel. A blood thirsty look came over Dilandue's eyes.
"I was hoping to see you again..VAN!" Dilandue charged at Van, but Van blocked and slashed Dilly-boy from the right. They continued their deadly dance. It would have been considered beautiful or even staged.if it weren't for the circumstances. With every hit, there was a block and with every attack, there was a counter attack.
"You've gotten better..VAN!" (Said the deranged maniac using Van's name as a exclamation.)
*His grip is like iron! I need to break free of this psycho! * Thought Van. Unfortunately for Van, some new-b slayers came up behind him and hit him with a crima-claw, trapping him in place.
"Van!" Sarah called out. She raced to the trapped Van's aid and pried off the slayers.
"Thanks Sarah." Van called through his shadowed visor.
"No problem!" Sarah called out, but now little dilly got mad cause Sarah stole his dance partner. He asked Sarah to dance with him. Normally Sarah would be bashful at such an offer, but she decided she would just go with it.
Now Van felt left out and was about to interrupt their dance but one of the commanders decided that Van should pair up with him.
"Die ye' scum!" Aww.how sweet! Now Van, remember to thank the nice man.
"Look in the mirror!" *On your way to the underworld! * And Van sliced through the Guymelef. (There you go! Good boy! You remembered your manners!)
Van wanted to get back to his original partner, but the dance floor got so crowded. He couldn't seem to find dilly. He started to pout, wanted to join in the waltz of death.
(Are you getting tired of these dance metaphors? Okay, we'll go back to reality.)
Some more slayers that lead him over to a cliff interrupted Van's search. He fought them and wanted to laugh at their foolishness. Van didn't know that a slayer was on his right in the shadows...waiting to kill Fanelia's king.
~@~@~@~@~
"Van!" Hitomi cried. She could see it! Van getting hit by a metal poll. Blood.death.pain. *Van! * *I have to find you! I have to warn you! * She raced across the battlefield. Running beneath Guymelefs, to Van. He was the only thing on her mind. Not fear of war or getting herself hurt. *Only Van matters right now! *
Van watched in horror as his beloved raced towards him. *What are you doing here?! Are you going crazy? You could get hurt! Hitomi! * he could only think helpless.
"Van! To your right! There is a soldier! He's going to try to hit you!" Hitomi cried, breathless.but audible.
*Hitomi! * Van jumped to the left and missed to shot. The slayer wasn't happy that Van hadn't received his present. So he gave it to Hitomi instead.
~@~@~@~@~
Hitomi jumped to the side to miss the crima-claw, but it skimmed her arm. With the pain and the force.it threw her off balance. Hitomi fell, but instead of ground to catch her, there was nothing there, only cliff! Hitomi fell.to tired to scream. (But Van wasn't!)
"Hitomi!" Van cried after his love.
Van knew there was only one thing to do. He had to save her!
(I know it's a no Duh thing.sorry 4 stating the obvious.)
~@~@~@~@~
Hitomi's POV
There was pain. Her only thought left was pain. Pain in her arm and in her head. Now there was pain in her back. A strange pain, she had never felt before. Her eyes went hazy. Everything was hazy. Only pain was clear. Then she felt something burst from inside her. She saw something white. It faded away. It disappeared as if it had never been there. She had felt it though. She knew this thing, whatever it was, was there. (In a singing voice "I'm going to keep you guessing! I'm going to keep you guessing!)
~@~@~@~@~
Van's POV
*Hitomi! I'm coming! * Van changed Escaflowne to dragon mode and then ripped off his shirt. (Back! Back you Van lovers! Back!) And he dove after Hitomi. *There! * He told himself as he saw Hitomi's small figure falling to the rocks below her, though clearly not there yet. (Or this would be a SHORT story! It is VH after all) *Hurry Van! Come on! Moved it! * He screamed to himself. He had to reach her. He was nearly there, just a little farther and he would be close to grabbing her hand. He was nearly there, so close.
(Switch!)
Hitomi's POV (I'm sorry! I know there are too many POV changes.)
Hitomi seemed to be covered in darkness. There was only Darkness and of course pain. Then, out of nowhere, came a light and a familiar face. *An angel. It's Van! I know it must be Van. * The "angel" grabbed her hand and the darkness around her turned to light. *Thank you Van. Thank you my guardian angel. *
(End of POV's for now.)
Van picked Hitomi up and held her in his arms as they rose up ward. He smiled and gazed into her eyes, they were closed, but they flicked open for a second. Hitomi smiled managed and small faint "Thank you." And rested in his strong arms against his chest. Van felt a little blush creep through his cheeks. He only held Hitomi like this twice before. He was happy to feel her body resting against his again.
Van reached the top where everybody was waiting for him. Apparently the d- slayers had been called off and the battle was put on hold even Dilandue didn't stay. At the sight of everybody, Van's face turned crimson. Sarah was grinning ear to ear. Sadly not everything was fine as everyone thought. Hitomi got out of Van's arms and seemed dizzy. *I can't see strait! * Thought Hitomi, Nearly falling over. A strange pain pulsed through her torn arm. It was a different pain than she had felt. It wasn't just the cut.
"Hitomi? Are you ok?" Asked Millerna, eyes getting wide, clearly worried.
"I'm fine.." but that's all Hitomi got out before she fainted. Van caught her in his arms, before needing to fly off the cliff again. *Hitomi! * Thought Van, worry written clear on his face. Sarah kneed over the girl and checked her over. Sarah looked up with a dark expression.
"Van." She started. "I think that crima-claw had..." Sarah stopped and winced "Poison on it. Hitomi has been poisoned!"
___________________________________________________________
Sarah: A cliffhanger? You are mean!
Yami (Evil) side of L.W.K: AHAHAHAHAH! YES! I am EVIL!
Sarah:...@.@...No I didn't mean you. Mutters (Baka Yami.) (Baka is the Japanese insult, meaning moron, stupid, idiot.. and on and on.)
Yami: I HEARD THAT!
Me: Oh shut up Yami!
Sweet fluff loving side of L.W.K: Don't say shut up.it's not nice.
Hitomi: Sarah's right! You are mean!
Me: *sigh *.Hitomi.you aren't awake! You can't talk!
Hitomi: Oh yeah.
Everybody: *sweat drops like this * -_-U
Me: Please read and review! (I know you probably already read.but..ya know.) R&R!
Hitomi & Van : our readers!
Sarah: My readers!
Yami and good side: OUR READERS!
Me: How about we compromise.all of our readers!
Everybody but Me: ..........NO!
Me: @.@ ..ok...
