Disclaimer: me own Escaflowne….OF COURSE NOT!
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Hitomi was standing in a desolate area wondering what to do next. She had left her friends and now she was alone and had no idea where she was.
Maybe I should ask someone for help…Hitomis gaze then fell upon the ticket booth. She walked over in hope that she could find out what stop this was.
"Umm sir….. Where am I?" Hitomi asked a bit embarrassed.
"You're in the Ueno Station…."
"What?!?!" this is not good… this part of Tokyo isn't the greatest…
"When's the next train back to Tokyo Station?" Hitomi dared to ask
"Umm let me see, hold on while I check for you." replied the ticket vender. "Oh here it is… umm in 2 hours so at approximately 10 a.m."
"Thank You" Hitomi said, as she bought a ticket for the next ride back.
What am I suppose to do for 2 hours?!?! I am suppose to be in school what are they gonna say?!? O well… only 2 more weeks till school is out so I guess I will be okay….
Hitomi started walking in the opposite direction in which the train should be going so that if it passes her she knows its time to go back.
I guess I will walk off my frustration… this shouldn't be to bad, fresh air, solitude, and exercise…
"Umm excuse me where is the nearest gas station?" Hitomi asks, walking up to a strange woman dressed in a black robe with blue lining on it.
Hitomi apparently did not notice the strange apparel as she tried to catch a peek at the person's face that was hidden under a hood.
The mysterious person pointed north and so Hitomi turned around and sure enough there off in the distance it was but when she turned back to say thank you to the Cloaked Figure, she had disappeared.
Weird… anyways…
Hitomi shrugs it off and turns back and heads towards the gas station. She arrived and asked the cashier if she could use the restroom
"Right this was, let me just get my key… Okay here we are!"
"Thank you" Hitomi exalted! Now I can finally get out of this dress although I have to say so myself that it is nice.
Hitomi quickly changes into her track uniform which consisted of Pink shorts and a white top. She stuffed the dress into her pack back and dashes out of the restroom remembering to wave to the cashier in acknowledgement as a way of saying thank you.
"I wonder how much time that took up..."
She starts walking about without any thought put into it and ends up in a beautiful park
"Hmm I wonder what this place is called, it so nice here all the pretty flowers and the pretty scenery… Oh hey… hmm I should have known… Ueno park"… this place is freaky, first the weird lady and now this weird park. I have only been her once before it has changed a lot.
"Oh hey and there is the Yanaka cemetery! I could go visit Matilda….." It's been so long... poor fellow but do I have time to walk all the way over there? Oh I think I will just pray for him
"Matilda I hope you are happy in heaven with all the other cute doggies and I hope you are staying out of trouble because I can remember when you use to pee all over the house! Well I have to go but I hope you are happy" Hitomi ended as she recalled more memories of her childhood friend. As she reminisces about past memories and friends she starts to drift to her old friend, Yukari.
We have had a lot of good times; I can recall the first time I got drunk, it was with Yukari at a club… I haven't drunken anything since then, now that I think about it... I guess I am scared Hitomi chuckles over the thought we had fake ID's and everything but I never did have very much fun…
The one time that Hitomi actually did get drunk she didn't like the fact that she didn't remember what happen and she woke up at her friend's house with marker on her face and the worse head ache known to man. She was 17 at the time that this happen and now she was almost 20 and she hasn't had alcohol since then.
It is almost the end of the year… oh man then I have to deal with college…what am I suppose to do with my life? Is there anything I have to live for?
In the depths of her mind she found one reason, the most eminent one, Van
At least I get to go to the college of my choice, Keio University, not to far and not to close to home. Hitomi grinned, she will be in a dorm with someone named Dories next year, and she loved the thought of meeting someone new. She had grown sick of Yukari and Amano and there lovey dovey attitude. Don't get her wrong she loved them but as you could tell from her outburst earlier she needed a change.
Maybe I should major in Business and then from there I can start my own business… but what kind of business, maybe an interior design agency or perhaps a restaurant…
Well now that I recall when I was little Yukari and I DID want to be in a partnership in a restaurant but she probably forgot…Plus she is going to TU with Amano so she will probably become a lawyer or something.
"Well we did promise we would see each other at least once a month! (She just wanted to make sure I didn't "run off" like I did before and then have me make up another bogus story about where I was) but it wasn't bogus" Hitomi said out loud without noticing she was talking to herself again ….. No, no don't start thinking like that of course it was real! But it was so long ago…. No no stop before you go crazy Hitomi …
"Hmm I wonder what time it is…." She asked herself to get her mind off of her current problem. She took a look at her watch and noticed it was almost time to head back. "WOW time flies bye when your having fun, it's already 9: 40" Hitomi sarcastically remarked.
Hitomi starts her journey back to the train station which only takes her about 10 minutes. She boards the train after having given her ticket to the same guy from before and sits there.
See I can take care of myself. I don't need Amano or Yukari I can handle it on my own you hear me and you too HMP! VAN, I DON"T NEED YOU
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Back on Gaea
The pendant starts to glow a faint grey…..sadness starts to consume the pendant and it becomes as cold as ice making Van abruptly wake up. He grabs the pendant and pulls it out from under his shirt; everything is normal.
"Something is wrong I can feel it or… or maybe it's just because I am worried because of the upcoming events" or maybe it was… no doubt it was Hitomi it wouldn't be her she has forgotten me.
Van then becomes lugubrious and starts to fall into despair. Oh Hitomi I have tired to reach out to you but it just doesn't work what is impeding me from getting to you… is it an outside force? Are you married! No course not! But she is dazzling any man would be proud to have her… but I have not heard from her for at least 6 months "all I want is to be with you why did I let you go so easily? I need you! Please hear me"
He then lays back down in his warm soft bed and thinks about Hitomi in hope that she is thinking of him so then maybe they can reach each other.
he slowly dozes back to sleep, an uneasy sleep ….
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Back on earth
Hitomi gets off of the station and is now at the Tokyo Station when she spots a grey feather as she turns her head and it flies past her which then vanishes with the wind.
Van…
"No of course not it's just a regular bird feather… it's from a Pigeon of course!"
She walks home engulfed in thought of the days events…
"Your home early… was it the dress…" Hitomis mother asked
"Yes" Hitomi lazily replied
"Where is it I would like to take a look at it, where did u get it from?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked curiously
"You have already seen it, remember when I first came back all the things I showed you I got from Gaea… yesterday I pulled all my old keep sakes out and forgot to put them away, and so yeah that's how I ended up wearing it" remarked Hitomi "I am surprised I still fit in it"
"Well you as stunning as ever, you haven't changed a bit" her mom said sweetly bring Hitomi in for a hug
"Oh come on mom be realistic…"
"No I am serious the only thing I would say has changed is you got a little taller, your hair is longer and you have filled out quiet nicely" she answered trying to convince her daughter that she was beautiful.
Hitomi quickly pulled away from the embrace "MOM! That's so embarrassing!"
"Well it's true"
Hitomi turned away and headed for her room when she heard her mom speak again
"Hitomi are you happy?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked, as she resumed her position at the table with a cup of tea in her hands
"Of course I am!" replied Hitomi, smiling at her mother's concern "Thank you for worrying about me I just had a rough day!"
She ran to her room and threw her backpack onto her bed and went into the restroom to take a relaxing bath. It was the middle of the day and Hitomi was looking forward to enjoying the rest of her day off in solitude, away from school, away from society and away from her regular daily routine.
"Maybe I will go out for a run seeing as how track season is over and all, it wouldn't hurt"
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Yes so do you like it? Good bad? Too much of Hitomi thinking… too much of her thinking about sad stuff? Ionoo or is she just too gloomy... I don't think so but o well you tell me!
the next chapter it think I will spend on writing about the rest of Hitomis day… or maybe like I start with a day later at school and then she make sup with Yukari and tells her all about it…
Ionoo ideas would be great! But I will update soon don't worry so Review please!