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Destiny7: Your reviews are always entertaining! ^ ^ Thanx 4 doing them! Yes Yami is so bad. Yami: /Cackles maniacally/ Yes!!! YES I AM! Me: -_-U...you sleep with a blues clues night light and my purple teddy bear! Yami: Shh! Not everybody has to know! Me: How about your pony puff P.J.s? Yami:....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Me: hehehehe..Hey teya! Nice to meet ya! Xien and Anaiya! Yay! Well thanx u guy 4 all the support. And Thanx cause I might not be writing if it weren't 4 you (...and everybody else that reviews...but thanx all the same! ^ ^)

Sqeekers: It's okay! ^ ^ You're not lazy. I really appreciate the fact that you take the time to review at all! ^ ^ You guys are really nice...Okay....Three cheers for reviewers! HIP HIP! HORRAY! X 3! Hehehehehehe. I know....I actually want to let Van say it. I want him to! ..but I can't...I swear! I have to go along with this for a while...but this is a VH romance and I swear that angel-boy is going to fess up. But as for when....you are going to hate me. @_@ ..I'm serious...every one here is going to hate me for when...I can promise you one thing...no matter what I do to my characters...I would like you to keep reading this story till the end. You won't hate me if you do. I can't tell you more than that though.

Lyra Eyota: I'm sorry. *Shows embarrassed and sympathetic look on face. * You're right. That's cruel. I'm going to actually have to be even crueler in the chapters to come....I really shouldn't be saying this but...I love happy endings. (I also love dramatic sad endings...but there is a good chance this will end happy...just bare with me ok?) Please proceed to blame Yami. Yami: Yeah please proceed to...WHAT?!?!?! Btw I work from my Dad's computer...and My dad's job IS computers. So..I try not to leave you guys all the time...but my cliffys come sometimes from not having the time to finish.

Chicken stars: Good to hear from you! *Smiles * I glad you like it! I will try btw to update more.

Attention ALL READERS! Please pay attention to my statement: In the latter chapters, it....it's going to get to a genre of dark. Please read the whole story and THEN decide to hate me or not at the END of the story..I'll say to you it's the end in big bold Letters when I mean it is the end. It's NOT the end yet! SO keep reading!

Disclaimer: Ryu-ru ta Escaflowne (Translation: I don't own Escaflowne. Note: this is in Sarah's language, so don't bother looking it up. Yes, Sarah does have her own language. ^ ^ I created it! And because I did....that I own!)

Sarah: This chap.. Me: can I say it? Sarah: fine. Me: This chapter is called: Prove your worth. Sarah: Happy? Me: YES! Sarah: -_-...whatever.

Recap: "T-there...is something...I want to...tell you." *Nice job, prince charming! Now say it already! * *Shut up! I'm trying to!

Hitomi stared, with her face regaining redness. *Is he going to? No...but...is he? Van... *

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"Hitomi...I....I..." *Say it! Say it! Say it! *

"Van?" Hitomi stared at Van waiting. * Does this mean....he really....*

Van got reeeal close to Hitomi and tried to say it again. "I..."

"VAN-SAMA!" The cat girl bounded into view. (It was either Sarah or Merle and I don't want people annoyed at Sarah.)

"Merle!" Hitomi cried out of surprise.

"Hitomi! I heard you were sick! Are you okay now?" Merle asked, worriedly.

"I'm fine Merle."

"Well good! Bye Van-sama." Merle bounded out of sight, leaving the two alone.

"Van...what was it you wanted to say?"

"I...umm...good night." Van said, (Okay...I couldn't let him say it yet...but I am going to do this for the poor guy.) before he knew what he was doing, he leaned down and kissed Hitomi on her forehead. Hitomi's eyes went wide with shock, and though she couldn't see it, Van's did too. *How did I get here? * He thought. Van turned and walked to his room with a hidden smile. He laid himself down on his bed and looked at the roof.

"Sweet dreams Hitomi." He whispered, before closing his eyes and taking his own advice.

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Hitomi stared after the king who had left the room. She touched her forehead and once again her eyes went wide. "Does this mean that Van...?" *Maybe....just maybe. * Hitomi slept with that though on her mind and warming her heart (Yes it is sappy....But I don't care!)

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(Tell me if you don't like the parts to come in this chapter...they are a little shaky.)

Van was with Hitomi the next morning, he had taken her on a picnic. She was laughing and talking with him as the old friends that they were. At the end of the day, Van took Hitomi to the beach, at sunset. They watched the colors fill the sky, and cover the sea with a fiery glow. Van saw how Hitomi's hair blew in the gentle breeze, how it played with her locks of sandy hair. He saw her emerald eyes watched the colors dance in sky and how they would light up as the great light faded. Finally Hitomi spoke.

"Thank you Van, for this wonderful day."

"Hitomi." Van smiled. He had that nagging feeling in him again...that he needed to tell her how he felt. He again got up the courage and started.

"Hitomi I..." He didn't get real far, since Hitomi put her hand to his mouth. He wondered what she was doing, and she smiled and shook her head, then leaned in to kiss him. Van's eyes went wide and he grinned. *And no Merle! Good going Fanel! Just a little closer...This is too good to be true! * (Sorry...since I chose those words, I guess you ALL know what's coming next. I'm sorry, but Yami has been getting to me.)

"Van?"

"GET UP VAN!"

Van started to wake up.

"Hitomi?" He said groggily still half way in his dream.

"Guess again, lover boy! Come on!"

"Oh Sarah! It's you..." Van said finally opening his eyes. He cursed under his breath. *It was a dream! Grr...fate is so cruel...let me sleep a little longer! * (Fate...or a certain Yami...)

"Get UP! You're late for breakfast and your practice with Allen is today." Sarah then left the room.

*Great! A practice with Allen I CAN'T wait! * Thought Van sarcastically. Van of course had more than enough reason to be a little ticked. One, he had lost a lot of sleep last night, even before the Hitomi wing incident. Two, he was mad at the fact that Sarah had interrupted his dream. (Hey, it may be a dream....but still...) Three, Van was mad at himself for not actually tell Hitomi how he really felt...other wise it might not have been only a dream. Four, ...He didn't recall what four was...but he was sure there was one! *Oh yeah. * He thought. *Allen. * He did like the calie knight, but Allen had disturbed him so many ways...including...He remembered that day on the bridge.

~ Flash back ~

Rain danced around two figures in its path. It icily bit the two as they stood on a wooden bridge that overlooked a crystal clear river flowing fiercely, yet it was graceful. A tall blonde man and a sandy hared girl stood close together against the darkened sky that cried the icy tears. The two embraced, but the girl held back.

"Hitomi. I see only you." Allen whispered to the girl. (N/A SHUT UP ALLEN! YA EVIL PLAYBOY! You give blondes a bad name! I'm blonde! ARG...)

*Oh Allen.... *

The (currently Evil ) blonde leaned towards the girl. Closer...Closer they came....as did a green hared man and a cat woman far away from the couple. They leaned...the moment got the best of the girl....she gave in to the man. Their lips touched in a kiss.

A boy with raven colored hair came walking to the sight unknowing what pain he was about to feel. *I have to find Hitomi! I have to make things right...to tell her how I feel...She's probably freezing! Poor Hitomi...I'm so sorry Hitomi! I'll make things right. I just hope it's not too late! *

Suddenly the boy looked up at the pair. His heart froze. He stood in shock. There they were, in a kiss! Van laughed at himself and the cruel fate. *She was here...with Allen...Allen! * Van stood still, frozen with a searing emotional pain that coursed though his whole being...his very soul. That sight had hurt the deepest part of him. His heart. He recalled sword wounds and cuts...but nothing in the world hurt like this.

At the kiss the sky broke with the sun. Many people thought it was a sign of joy. To Van though...it was like another thing that mocked him. It seemed to laugh at him as well.

The couple broke their kiss. Hitomi turned away from Allen with a red face. She meet with a sight she didn't expect. "Van..." Hitomi whispered.

Van saw Hitomi look at him...she had an expression of guilt. Van looked at her with eyes full of the pain he felt. *How could you Hitomi?! * His eyes said, with accusation and betrayal. He fought back tears. He ran from the girl he loved.

Hitomi wanted to go after him. Allen held her back. (ALLEN! #@#$%*^$ BAKA! That was the one time when I really actually hated Allen. That episode...WHY!?!?!?!?! )

Van had gone back to the mill, Merle help him get warm. Merle said something...but Van didn't hear.

*And worst of all...it's my own fault! I want to blame Hitomi! Blame Allen! I want to punch him! To break that horribly beautiful face! But it's my fault! I should have told her what I really thought of her...I don't want your power Hitomi...I...want your love...but it's my fault...I practically pushed you into Allen's arms... * He put a hand to his still burning cheek. He had deserved it for what he said. Hitomi had given him what he deserved. Now he faced the consequences for being a coward. *How cruel.... *

~ End of Flash back ~

Allen had done the one thing Van had always wanted to do...hold Hitomi in his arms...and kiss her. Van sighed. "You know...I'd like to have a fight with Allen...not a practice...but a fight." *Yeah...I'd like to see who's better. Besides...I have a lot of frustration right now...beating on somebody would help. * Van smiled.

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Me: Sorry to leave it there....I didn't mean to....but I have to get to work...And dad wants his computer back! Next up will be Van's day and His fight with Allen..excuse me..his duel with Allen.

Sarah: YEAH! AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!

Me: o_o...Whatever...okay umm the rating isn't very true except for the blood that Van had on him in the beginning...Cause the only other Violence was Hitomi skimming her arm...I guess the latter chapters...like Van's battle w/ dilandau is where that violence is going to be. I wouldn't personally have a five-year-old kid watching Escaflowne. (Especially episode "Dangerous wounds" @.@ Yeah I can see a person watching Escaflowne with their little brother or sister...and trying to explain the thing with Marlene and Allen...

Sarah: Did Yami help you on this one?

Me: Yup....Yami is going to help me on the latter ones especially. It's going to get dark....but I can't say if it's gonna end happy or sad.

Yami: WAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SAD!

Fluff: how dare you! HAPPY!

Hitomi & Van: don't we get a say in this?! YOU ARE DECIDING OUR FUTURE!

Me: NO!

*All go into fight with that dust ball in cartoons except Sarah. *

Sarah: @.@U ( sweat drops) ...Umm....R&R please.