Starcrossed Lovers: Chapter 5

I'm sorry this is a pretty stupid chapter. At least it's not too short. But length isn't all that matters. I'm also sorry I haven't updated in two weeks because I was working on my other fic (but hey, I did update two chapters for that!! :P!). I don't own any Escaflowne. Yay! I remebered! Please review ---Stacey


It was Hitomi's mom. Yukari had to do something. She knew Hitomi's mother had developed a habit of checking to see where Hitomi was ever since she returned from Gaea. Not wanting to disturb Hitomi, Yukari quickly lifted her into her bed where Van was. I can't move him. He's still injured. She pulled the covers over Van's face, but allowed Hitomi's face to show.

"Yes, Mrs. Kanzaki?" She asked.

"Could I come in please?"

"S—sure." Yukari ran over to the door and opened it. Mrs. Kanzaki poked her head in to make sure Hitomi was sleeping.

"Well, Yukari, don't stay up too late. Oh, it's a bit hot in here. You may want to turn on the fan." She pointed to a fan in the corner.

"Oh yes, I'll be sure to do that," Yukari said, running over to the fan. She looked for a button to press but found none. How are you supposed to work this?

"Let me help you," Hitomi's mother said. After struggling with the fan quite a while, she could not turn it on either. "Well," said Mrs. Kanzaki, "I'm sure we don't want Hitomi to dehydrate. I'll get her a thinner blanket."

"Ok," Yukari said. Wait a minute... then she'd have to lift the blankets, and she'll find Van! Worst of all she'll thinking we're doing something wrong. Ahhhh! "Mrs. Kanzaki. I fixed the fan!" Yukari called out of her room. "We're fine! No need for you to go to all the trouble to get thinner sheets!"

"Are you sure?" a voice called back.

"Yes!"

"Let me come in and see."

"We're fine, seriously. Besides, you need your rest. You've worked so hard today! Don't spend your resting time worrying about us. It's not going to help you at all."

"Yukari, I still need to—"

"Mommy!" It was Hitomi's brother.

"Yes, Mamoru?"

"Can you get me a glass of water? I'm very thirsty."

"Sure, honey. Be right there."

Yukari closed there door and gave a sigh of relief. "Whew! That was close. Thanks Mamoru, kid. Thanks." Yukari was so tired she fell asleep immediately.

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It was morning and a bright light shone through her window. Hitomi slowly opened her eyes and woke up to hear birds chirping happily. She lifted the covers and then covered her mouth. She was in her bed! That was where Van was! How'd I get here? Wasn't I in my... Yukari must have done something! She started to blush. She took her pillow and threw it on Yukari's head.

"Wake up sleepy-head," Hitomi said.

"What is it?" Yukari asked yawning? She looked at Hitomi's stern looking face and then saw a sleeping Van. "Oh, him. Uh...ha-ha...um...well... you see."

"Not funny, Yukari."

"You're mom was coming in to check on you, wouldn't she have found it weird if you were sleeping on your sleeping bag and there was someone that's wasn't me in your bed?"

Hitomi understood. "Thank you, Yukari, good thinking."

"So now you thank me..." Yukari began to laugh.

"So! Are we ready to make some breakfast for the king?" Yukari asked.

"How did you know—Yukari! You read my journal, didn't you?"

"Uh...well... Hitomi, you were going to tell me about it afterwards weren't you? Anyways, I'm your best friend. Things like this I'm bound to find out about. You shouldn't keep such things from your best friends."

"But Yukari, think of all the things you've kept from me!"

"Like what?"

"Like how you were in love with Amano—"

"Knock it off, Hitomi. Come on, let's go make some breakfast." The girls got dressed and then went downstairs to make breakfast for the sleeping king.

His muscles were aching. He awoke to find himself bandaged. Above him was a face of a girl he didn't quite recognize.

Yukari gasped. "Hitomi! He's awake!"

"VAN!" Hitomi ran into the room carrying a tray of pancakes and orange juice.

"Hi—Hitomi?" Van said. He couldn't believe his eyes. "Where—this is the Mystic Moon?"

"What?" Yukari asked, confused.

Hitomi brought the tray of food to her bed and said, "Here, have some pancakes."

Van did not recognize this new food. After Hitomi explaining what they were and how to eat them, she introduced Yukari. "This is my best friend, Yukari."

"Nice to meet you, Miss Yukari," Van replied as politely as possible. "I am Van of Fanelia."

"Hi! Just call me Yukari."

"Van," Hitomi said, "how are you feeling? It looks like you got injured pretty bad."

"I—yeah." Van was disappointed and didn't want to talk about it. His pride was hurt. Yukari saw this all and quickly started a new subject.

"So I take it you and Hitomi are officially going out..."

"What?" Van said.

"Well...you know, together."

"Uh, we aren't engaged if that's what you mean."

"NO!" Yukari slapped her forehead. "Ah, never mind. Never mind, forget it."

"So, Van," said Hitomi, "are you going to be going back to Gaea immediately?"

"Well...I haven't really thought about that yet. I need to get back to Fanelia because we're in the process of rebuilding it, and the people need me."

Hitomi's face saddened. "Then—then I'll go back with you!"

"Hitomi!" Yukari pleaded. "You can't go. Think of all the people you'll be leaving behind!"

"But I love him. I'm sorry, I have to go."

"Well, I didn't follow Amano to England when he went."

"Yukari, you're my best friend. I thought you would understand."

Van saw what was happening. They could get into an argument. "I can go back to Gaea and to tell them where I am and then come back."

"You'll do that?" Hitomi asked. Van nodded. Hitomi cheered and hugged him around the neck.

"Careful," Yukari joked, "you don't want to kill him."

"Are you going to go right now?" Hitomi asked.

"I suppose I could to make it quick." Van held up the pendant.

"Do you think that's a good idea," Yukari asked, "with you all injured and everything?"

"They're just a couple of scratches," Van said, knowing that it wasn't true. "I'll be fine."

"I think you should rest some more, at least until tonight," Hitomi said.

"I don't need a woman to worry for me," Van said. "I'll be fine."

"We're you're nurses," Yukari joined in, "and since we did the job for free, I guess that means we deserve some kind of pay, which means that you're going to rest. Ok? I'll be back tomorrow night. Bye Hitomi! Bye Van!"

"No, Yukari. It's Van with a long A. Like Von, not the car." Hitomi corrected her jokingly.

Van had no choice but to rest. Hitomi hid him carefully with the help of Mamoru. When the second night arrived, Yukari was back again and Van was ready to return to Gaea.

"You promise you'll come back?" Hitomi asked.

"You promise you'll still be here?" Van asked in return.

"I promise you, Van."

"Then it's a promise," Van said and kissed her softly on the cheek. He held the pendant in his hands and thought really hardly to himself. I wish that I am back on Gaea. He thought of Fanelia, the people of Fanelia, the way it looked. He pictured as many images of Fanelia in his head as he could possibly think of and waited with his eyes closed for a pillar of light to take him back.

It didn't work though. Nothing happened. Van was still standing in Hitomi's room.


How was it? Good? Bad? I didn't think it was that great, but oh well.... Please review for me anyways.

Thank you my reviewers:

Martina: Thanks for reviewing! Yeah, this kind of is a Hitomi Van fic.... but I'll think about what you were saying.... just not Yukari Van of course.... ooh... I have a great idea....lol

rrruditch- Thank you for reviewing! Thanks for the suggestion!!!

Inda- Thanks for the suggestions and for reviewing!!! Even if his name isn't Mamoru, I'm using it anyways.

Wake-Robin- Van didn't exactly appear out of nowhere.... well nevermind, he kind of did...haha... I'm really stupid, oh well. I don't like complicated things... too much for my little brain...lol.