DISCLAMER: I DO NOT own Escaflowne, BUT I DO OWN Gatiste!

Title: Promise Me

Summary: "Van, promise me that we'll be friends no matter what happens even if we go to war against each other! Promise Me we'll always be friends!" Hitomi said staring into the pink sky. "I promise you Hitomi, We'll always be best friends!" Hitomi is princess of Gatiste, a small country next to Fanelia. Van is Price of Fanelia. As they get older a war brakes out between the two countries. But when Van's father tells Van to kill Hitomi and end the war, what will he do. (I'm bad at summaries!)

Author note: Sorry I toke soooooooo long to update and stuff. I have school and it spring break now and all so I got time to do it...yeah enjoy R&R oh and I can't believe I spelt different wrong!! I know how to spell it TOO!!

Chapter Six: What a Woman!

"Hey sweet stuff!" a man howled from across the street.

Hitomi's face grow red, her fists balled up and she was going to scream at them but Van stopped her.

"VAN!!! That guy needs to be slapped!" Hitomi yelled angrily.

"Hitomi, you need to clam down," Van held her by her arms as she tried to break lose og his grip.

"Van, do something! Don't let him talk to me like that!"

"Hitomi, I don't want to chase any trouble."

"Fine!" she crossed her arms as he let his grip go.

They continued to walk down the street of the small country town until another man whistled, "Hey baby."

Hitomi stopped dead in her tracks. "VAN!" her teeth grinned, "If you don't do something, then I will!"

"Fine, I will." Van walked up to the man, he's eye's hard, Van really didn't like all the men's stares and howls.

"What do you want scrawny?" the man's grungy voice asked bitterly. Van was scrawny compared to the giant bulk of mass in front of him.

"Leave her alone!" Van spat back.

"Make me!" the giant replied and bent down so he was in Van's face.

"Alright then," Van pulled her arm back and smacked the guys jaw making it turn and spit flew out of his mouth.

Van just turned around and grinned as he toke his spot next to Hitomi again. "Happy?" he queried softly.

"Yes, very happy," Hitomi answered with a big smile showing her teeth. She toke his hand and continued walking.

After walking around about half the town it didn't feel small, but soon they found a white cotton feather mattress. "Oh, Van there is one," Hitomi pointed out a stand with only three mattress left or that was all they had, ether one it was fine with Hitomi and Van.

After they bought it Hitomi ran over to another stand and bought a cow and a pregnant pig which, Hitomi of course, had to bribe the woman for it.

"Hitomi, do you thing we really think we needed to take her 'pregnant' pig, that's what gives her her livestock?"

"Van, she had like ten pregnant pigs," Hitomi flipped her head carelessly.

"Okay, but what are we going to eat until it gives birth and those pigs get big enough?"

"Oops," Hitomi stopped and a surprised look came on her face. Pulling the cow and pig by the rope, that was tied snugly around each animals neck, back to the 'pig lady' she bought another pig for dinner.

Van signed as he carried the mattress over his head, not noticing peoples stares at all the things they bought.

They hurried back and Van started making a pen and stable for the animals. Hitomi replanted the garden then started dinner. She started closed her eyes and quickly killed the ten pound, innocent pink pig, hung it up-side- down then tried to start a fire. When the fire was burning Hitomi gutted the dead pig and dragged it over to the fire. 'Damn, how am I going to get this thing to cook?' she thought gloomily. Some how she did it, she got the dead animal on the fire and it cooked.

Meanwhile, Van tied the cow and the pig to the door. He walked around looking a good tree to cut down. "Here we go, this is a good size," Van spoke to him-self and grinned. Pulling out his sword and sung it into the tree. After only five hits of the steel the tree fell to the ground. Van chopped off the branches and chopped the trunk in to fourths. Turning the trunk parts vertical and chopped those into fourths. After that was all done he set them up to make a nice fence coming off the inside of the L.

They both sank into a chair and signed at the same time, "Wow, I never know that all the work was so hard!"

"Huh?" they both said at the same time once again. They looked at each other and laughed.

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sorry it took me so long! I hope y'all forgive me! I'll update soon and they may get together!!! ^_~ haha R&R thanks everyone who did! I love ya!