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uh... yes.......and I do try and respect the under age audience (aka me and my friends, and those people I don't really know)
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Disclaimer: Escaflowne is not mine, but I own Saph, Marina and.... their possesions
Chapter 17
How can you die twice?
My eyes opened, I groaned,
"You're alive!" Millerna declared,
"Well…duh!" I said,
"We…thought we might have lost you for a while there…" Allen said, he was sitting quite closer to me than I would have liked,
"Van saved your life! Your heart stopped, but he restarted it!" Millerna smiled,
"Van did?" I murmured, "Thank you, Van…" I looked up to him, he was leaning up against a wall,
his hand over the hilt of his new blade, he looked at me, and muttered
"No problem…" he unsheathed a sword, "I'm going after the Doppelganger…" he walked off, I got up, and followed him.
"Van, you are not going alone!" I said,
"Yes I am," he said,
"No your not, I'm coming, whether you like it, or not! Besides the more time we spend arguing the more time we give the Doppelganger to escape!"
I argued,
"I don't care, you are not coming with me! I, Van Fanel, King of Fanelia order you to stay here, without following me!!" he yelled,
"I don't take orders from anyone!" I growled, "I am coming!" our auras bristled, he stormed off, "Come back here, Van!"
We silently flew over Gaea, in the glider the ruler, what was he called…
The Dutchy of Freud?
Yeah, that was it…gave to us. The glider was, well, it had what you could call wings, in the middle, there was an area people could sit,
that was where Van and I were. Van expertly used the strange controls to soar and dive.
We came to a strange structure, kind of like those temples the Aztecs or Incas made.
The doppelganger ran up the steps, a red Guymelef was waiting for him, the silver tendrils leapt out from the Guymelef, and suspended him in the air.
The Doppelganger transformed into its true form, the anthro wolf like creature, it gasped, being crushed,
I could hear the crunch of bones, its gasps for air, its silent screams of pain…I heard the laughter, the maniacal laughter, suddenly, I felt a link..... a link the Doppelganger made with me, I felt its pain. I screamed.
'No…stop the pain!' I clutched at my ribs, 'Who...who is doing this?' I felt the snap of the Doppelganger's back bone, I knew…
I fell, deeper and deeper into the abyss of death,
I saw them, everyone I had ever met,
no, Van, Allen, Millerna and Merle were not there…every one else I knew gloated as I fell,
"She was never strong!" my father laughed,
"Never fit for anything, not even my business!" my mother added,
"Never able to see how right we were!" my older sister snickered.
"And she died before all of us! See where compassion and kindness gets you?"
My older brother laughed. Tears slipped from my eyes, as they faded out of view, I was falling forever… falling for eternity....
"Someone…help me…" I whispered, than, I saw them, in the distance, I saw the feather fall, I knew, it was the angel,
"Help me!" I cried, I saw him dive down to me, and caught me in his arms, I caught sight of his hair, it was raven black.
He flew me up, out of the darkness of the abyss and back into the light of life.
I sat up, suddenly, and gasped.
The angel, saved me from death again…
'Who are you angel? Why do you help me so much?'
"Feeling better?" Van asked, coldly, I snapped back into reality,
"Yes, I'm better, just…wondering…" I said, "Who was that, angel?" I whispered, Van's cheeks dusted pink, I took no notice.
"How are the wounds?" he asked, I had never heard him be so emotionless,
"They're fine, thank you for you concern" I answered politely,
"The bandages still on?" that monotone voice was getting irritating,
"Yes," I nodded, "Is that all you want to know?" I smiled, his cold gaze soon put a stop to that, the room took on a sudden chill.
"Yes..." he turned on his heel, opened the door, and slammed it behind him…
"What did I do?" I sighed, and lay back, I decided to go to the balcony. Maybe I would think clearly there.
I walked out onto the balcony, looking over a garden, I saw Van on a bridge.
He was looking into the water, it rippled, as if he…he were crying.... than, I saw it, Saph swept across the bridge to him, and kissed him,
really deeply. He looked up into her eyes, than closed, he was kissing her back!! I stepped back and put a hand over my mouth.
How could he? To someone, we hardly even know! Tears slipped silently down my cheek, had I pushed him so far he would kiss a total stranger?
'Oh god…what have I done? This must be my fault…' I stepped back, than ran to my room,
'This can't be happening!'
I heard the door open,
"Aurora?" Van asked,
"Yes…?" I asked, coldly, I had worked out now… it was not my fault…he had allowed that kiss with his own mind…
it was not my fault… it couldn't be… it.... it just couldn't.... everything else had been, but now I was sure...
that for once I had no part in this.... horrible situation...
"I would like to talk with you…" I nodded and waved a hand impatiently,
"Well, what?" I growled,
"Well…you don't seem to be acting as you usually do…I am meant to be caring for you while you stay in Gaea, so tell me what is wrong."
His voice showed concern, but was he just covering up to make sure I never suspected a thing.... he didn't think I had seen him kiss Saph....
"I am totally fine, thank you, not that it is of your concern…" FWACK! There was an incredible stinging pain on my cheek,
"IT IS BLOODY WELL MY CONCERN! AND GODDAMMIT AURORA, I WISH I HAD LET THAT DRAGON EAT YOU,
I WISH I HAD NEVER TALKED TO YOU, I WISH I HAD NEVER, EVER L…" he stopped,
he blushed, I got up, shaking with rage, this had gone to far, even for my self control to handle....
"WELL I AM SORRY THAT I EVER WARNED YOU ABOUT THE TAIL OF THE DRAGON,
I AM SORRY I EVER SAVE YOU IN ANY WAY, I'M SORRY I EVER MET YOU!
I DON'T GIVE A SH*T WHAT YOU THINK OF ME RIGHT NOW VAN!
WHY DON'T YOU GO AND CRY INTO SAPH'S SHOULDER,
I'M SURE SHE WILL CARE ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS! USERS LIKE YOU MAKE ME HURL!" I yelled,
damn..... it felt good to let out all my bottled up feelings.
"OH, I'M A USER? LOOK WHO'S TALKING!" Van lent forward, eyes blazing,
"WELL I DON'T KISS PEOPLE I HARDLY EVEN KNOW, OR KISS BEHIND PEOPLE'S BACKS, VAN!!" I fumed, this was bliss,
letting out the feelings I had bottled since Grandma died.
"WHAT THE F*CK?" Van yelled, almost as if he had no idea what I meant, than his eyes shone with understanding....
"NOW SEE HERE, SAPH WAS THE ONE WHO KISSED ME, I DIDN'T…"
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT SH*T, I SAW YOU KISS HER BACK, YOU CAN'T DENY THAT!" I butted in,
he stepped back, hesitated, than jumped back into the fight,
"WELL I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT AT ALL! I WOULD HAVE RATHER DIED!!"
"OH YEAH? THAN WHY DID YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES THAN? HMM?" I thundered,
'This liar wasn't squirming his way out of this'.
"ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE MEANT TO DO?"
"ONLY IF YOU LOVE THE OTHER PERSON!"
"OH? And how would you know this?" I stepped back, how did I know…
it was how mother and grandmother taught me, it was the one thing they agreed on!
"IT WAS HOW I WAS TAUGHT!" Van smirked,
"REALLY…BY WHO? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KISSED, AURORA?" Silence fell, it was like that for a few minutes,
I looked to the floor, and paled slightly,
"No…never once," my voice was barely a wisp in the breeze,
"You mean…Dilandau, didn't kiss you in any way while you were on the ship?" he blinked, "Nor has Allen?" I shook my head,
"My parents never kissed my on the cheek or anything, I've never, ever been kissed in any way…" a tear slid down my cheek. Van looked taken aback,
"I…I'm…I'm sorry, I…I didn't know…" he whispered, he walked up to me and embraced me, wiping away my tear.
"It's…It's…It's ok…Van…" I said, I put my head on his shoulder and cried. He stroked my hair,
"sh…sh…it's ok, just let it all out…" The rough red fabric of his shirt became soaked with tears, I clutched at his shoulders.
He was so comforting, and seemed to understand me, maybe better than I did myself. Eventually the tears stopped and I looked up into Van's chestnut eyes,
"I…I take back everything I said before Van, I'm sorry…" I said,
"Don't be, it was my fault, for slapping you in the first place," a comfortable silence spread around us, he lent in closer to my face,
just as his lips were about to touch mine, the door opened,
"Van, sir, we know how to recover Escaflowne for you sir, we just need your help in certain calculations, sir!" a man said, Van sighed,
"I'll be there right away," he followed the man, but stopped at the door, and turned, "We'll finish this moment off, sometime, I promise you, Aurora…" he said,
"Are you coming or not, sir?"
"Yes I'm coming," he walked out and followed the man. I sighed, man, the best moments always are spoilt, aren't they?
Yes, a bit of censorship here and there, if it offends people, than I'm sorry, but at least I didn't type out the whole words, *thinks about putting this up to R*
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