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Hey everyone! The last chapter was really short I know, but so sue me for it. This one will hopefully make up for it. My Internet connection has been "disconnected" for a while, too. Enjoy! Pease review it when you are done.

Disclaimer: sorry, I don't own Escalfowne.

Two as One

Chapter 10 innocence

By. Lady Emerald

"What am I suppose to do now? How are you going to fix this?" Adiris roared.

"Well… you could go to Geae and bring her back."

"Hmm… that isn't a half bad idea, seeing how none of you nitwits seemed to have tried to stop them from leaving here in the first place."

"All we have to do is reverse what the machine did to bring her here to send you there. Your appearance will be changed though."

"No, that is a good thing. They will never know until it is to late." He said will a smirk.

"That is good sir. When would you like to leave?"

"Tomorrow at dawn."

After an hour of Merle going on and on about her wedding, she stopped and took a good look at Hitomi.

"She looks so worn down," Merle thought.

Just then Hitomi's stomach gave a monstrous growl indicating it was hungry. They all laughed. Van, who was sitting next to her on the bed, put his arm around her tinny waist.

"I think we better get you some food," Van said.

She nodded and looked at Merle who had seemed to quiet down.

"What's wrong, Merle?" she asked.

"Uh? What? Oh, nothing."

"Ya, right," Van muttered.

"Hey, I heard that!" Merle said sarcastically.

"Um, is the kitchen still open, so I can make myself a sandwich?" Hitomi asked, still Hungary.

"What? We can get one of the servants to that for you." Van said.

"Oh, well can you tell me how to get down there then?"

"I'll take you," Merle piped up.

"I'll go, too. I'm kinda Hungary myself."

Since they all agreed they went down to the kitchen. It was about seven, so dinner was over.

"I don't think that I will ever got over how big this place is." Hitomi commented.

"It is pretty big." Van said looking at her.

She, though, wasn't looking at him, but at everything around her.

"Everything is so beautiful. Like the walls are made out of stain glass or something." She thought.

They finally got to the kitchens after twenty minutes of walking. They sat down at a rather large wood table and the servants instantly appeared ready and eager to get whatever they wanted. After ordering, Van asked something that Hitomi had tried very hard to forget about, even though it only happened a little while ago.

"Hitomi, how are things on the Mystic Moon? How is your family?" He asked eager to here about her "other" world.

"Um, well." She said looking down at her hands trying to hold back to the tears that we threatening to spill.

"Hitomi, we don't have to talk about it right, if you don't want to." Merle said quietly, seeing how upset her friend was getting.

She shook her head.

"No, I have to tell you. I have to get it out."

"Hitomi, what is wrong? What happened?" Van asked, gently placing his hands over hers.

Just then Allen walked in and sat down with them. He looked around and saw all the gloomy faces and knew something was up.

"Who died?" he asked.

Hitomi gave a small laugh.

"No one." She said.

"Yet," thought Van.

"Hitomi was just about to tell us about her life on the Mystic Moon till you interrupted." Merle said bluntly.

"That is ok, I guess he should hear it, too." She paused trying to figure out where to start.

"Well, I guess the best place to start would be when I got back home. My parents were going to take my little brother up to see my uncle. I didn't want to go so I stayed home. Then my friend, Yukari called and said that she and Amono were going to the mall and wanted to know if wanted to go, too. I was so far behind in school, then, that I had to make up tons of assignments. I declined and made myself some dinner and did some of my work. Then it was about midnight when I got the call. I was going to go and open a window when the phone rang…"

"What is a "phone"?" Merle asked.

"Oh, I forgot you don't know about that stuff. Well, a phone is something that we use to talk to people all over the world."

Seeing their confused faces she just said,

"Never mind. Any way, when I answered it was the hospital. They told me to come up as soon as possible. When I got there they said that… my parents and brother had died in a crash. Their vehicle had been in a head-on crash and had flipped over five times. They died instantly. Then and officer took me home and Yukari and Amono came over to stay with me. After that Yukari's family took me in and I started to become very dedicated to track and school. My grades went threw the roof and I became a lot fast runner. The Olympic team wanted me, but I declined. Then local collage offered me a full ride for every year I went there for track and academics. I did accept and then I came here right after I announce that I would be going there." She let out a big sigh and waited for some one to say something.

"Oh god, Hitomi, I am so sorry." Merle burst out crying and wrapped her arms around Hitomi.

"Shh… it is ok."

Then their food came and they all dug in. after they were finished they sat around and talked about, just about anything. Merle yawned and said good night and then Allen left. By now it was about eleven and it was really dark.

"It gets dark," Hitomi said as Van walked her back to her room.

He put his around her.

"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe."

"I know."

Van opened the door for her and they both walked in.

"I don't know how I am ever going to feel comfortable in such a huge room." She said. It was about football field size.

"I'll stay if you want."

"Would you?"

He nodded. He walked up to her and put his arm around her waist and started to kiss her neck. After a few minutes she turned around to face him. He stoked her cheek with his hand. He was warm and comforting. She leaned in to him. He kissed her, as he had wanted to do for so very long. She in turn wrapped her arms around his neck. His hands wandered all over her. They pulled away, needed oxygen.

Then Van noticed wear his hands were. One was down her skirt and the other had some how open her shirt. He blushed deeply and started to remove his hand when Hitomi looked him straight in the eyes and kissed him hard. Her hands started to remove his shirt.

He pulled away.

"Are you, ok with this?"

"Yes."

Van lifted her up in one swift motion and laid her on the bed.

"Please stand right there and we can begin, Lord. Any questions?"

"How will I get back?"

"Push this button and we get you and the Lady back here in a minute."

He nodded and ginned. This was going to be fun.

END OF CHAPTER

Well? Ok so I did put into detail what exactly happened. Maybe later. (Hint, hint) I'll keep going and try to get the next one up soon. Bonboyawsh