Hey, Thanks for reading 'The Escaflowne's next chapter'! I really apologize for all the technical difficulty we had! Hopefully the text and chapters are all fixed (for now)
Disclaimer: Sorry to surprise you, but I don't own anything Escaflowne *shock) I own everything else though, just now all the important stuff. So has anyone heard a reply from Kazuki Akane? I e-mailed him, to trade my right arm for Van's copyright rights…hehe
Anyways, please read and review, I can't wait to hear from you! If I get three more reviews I'll give you a cookie and write more! Oh, by the way, this first chapter is a prolog
Tawny haired and green-eyed Hitomi Kanzaki, a not so ordinary Japanese senior in high school, gazed out over the water where seconds before had been an apparition of her draconian love from a world called Gaea.
Three years ago, Hitomi had been transported in a pillar of light, in the middle of a race against time for her "affections" for her school girl crush, Amano, to a world where the Earth and moon hung in the sky.
This world, called Gaea, with its "mystic moon," strange races, and gigantic armors called guymelefs had apparently needed her. She had been transported with a mysterious boy who had just defeated a dragon, the coronation right to become king.
Hitomi had been taken in the middle of a war, where her amazing powers would be what decided the fate of Gaea. After Van's country had been destroyed, he, Hitomi, and the legendary war/protector god guymelef, Escaflowne set out on their journey to save Gaea.
They were soon joined by the Asturian knight, Allen Shazar and his crew, Van's companion Catgirl Merle, Princess Millerna, Merchant Dryden; Princess Millerna's fiancée, while gaining allies on the way. Hitomi later found out that Van was the one of the last descendents of the Draconians, a race of people with angel wings who had accidentally destroyed themselves.
During their quest to save Gaea, emotional conflicts formed. Van first arrogant, pigheaded, and obsessed with war, grew affectionate, protective, and later (though he first didn't realize it) deeply in love with Hitomi.
Hitomi was infatuated with Allen, because he reminder her of Amano, but was soon torn between Van and Allen, because Van was too shy and insecure to tell Hitomi his feelings. (Don't blame him, he's had a very hard life)
Princess Millerna was in love with Allen, but engaged to Dryden. Dryden fell in love with Millerna instantly, of course. Allen used to be in love with Princess Millerna's older sister Princess Merlene; before she was betroven to Duke Freid and gave birth to Prince Chid with Allen. (An awkward subject)
On top of this, Van's traitor brother Folken Stratatgos of Zaibach, the evil empire had the love of Naria and Eryia, the twin catweman warriors.
In the final battle, Van and Hitomi realized their deep love for each other and used it to save Gaea. Allen regained his long lost sister Selena, and Millerna and Dryden decided to end their political marriage and find true love.
When Gaea's Great War was won, while taking his brother's dead body back to Fanalia, Van was forced to send Hitomi back to her world. They had both decided that it was safest, even though for them it was the ultimate sacrifice. After painful partings, Hitomi left Gaea.