Starcrossed Lovers Chapter Six
Hey everyone! Chapter Six comming right up! I don't own Escaflowne! Please review! I changed some things in this chapter.
-Stacey
Starcrossed Lovers Chapter Six: Stuck on Earth
Part One:
In the dark alley he walked until he entered a wooden door. He was greeted by many drunken men. It was a bar, a warm bar with many lights on. Many people merrily danced around, all drunken.
One old man with a spectacle walked up to him and said, "Dude, I thank I sawed you at a bar the other night, a heh heh." The man had a deep country brogue.
Soare raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "Sure, Dotely. You're getting a little too old for this. I've got some advice. Become a hairdresser. You'll surely succeed."
The old man became excited. "Greetings to you, young sir! Thanks for the compliment! I'll be sure to do that. I'm thinking of enterin' a bridal hairstyle company. Teehee. Y'boasted m'confidence. Your opinion has sure aroused me deeply!" The old man wobbled off somewhere. Soare laughed quite loudly thinking, What sorry freak, quite entertaining though.
"Nice one, Soare!" another man said, patting him on the back. "You tricked the young fool into believing you had the cat woman with you. We have sure got some good mirage skills. Drink your health!" He handed him a mug of beer.
All of the men raised their mugs and said, "Drink to your health! King Soare! Glug-glug-glug-glug-glug." The men gulped down yet another mug of beer.
They noticed Soare had not touched his beer. "Dude, why ain'tcha drinkin'?" One man asked.
"Not now, Yokes, not now. He's gone. The draconian fool's gone. I went back to see where he went. He wasn't there. Our plan is a complete failure without him! We need him, the box remember?"
"And we can't fill the box without the little king?"
"That's right," Soare replied.
"I'll bring 'em 'ere! I promise. I'll fill the box. You'll see!" The drunken Yokes said excitedly.
"No. Let me handle this. I have another plan. Last time we made a mirage of the cat woman, but this time, we'll do his sweetheart."
"That's the girl from the Mystic Moon!"
"Yes, that's right, the earthling."
"But, it won't work this time, if it didn't work last time," Yokes said.
"No, that's true. It's gonna be different this time, though. Much different." A smile grew on Soare's face. "I'll attack them from the inside. This'll be so great they won't even know what's going on!! Hahahahar! Yokes, pass me m'mug!" Soare took the drink and gulped it all down laughing with malice.
Part Two:
"Hitomi," Yukari said, "how does this work? He doesn't look gone."
"He can hear you," Hitomi said, "probably because he's still here. Gosh, Yukari, you really don't make much sense sometimes."
What's happening, Van thought, don't tell me I'm stuck here. I need to go back, but it's not so bad, Hitomi's here.
"Van," Hitomi said, "did you decide to stay?"
"It doesn't seem to be working."
"You're not concentrating enough. Picture the pendant in your mind. Picture Gaea, the moon and Earth hanging the in sky. Picture Fanelia, can't you see all the little children, Merle too."
Van shook his head. "It's not working, I can't do it."
"Well, I guess you just have to stay here," Hitomi said with a smile on her face.
"Yep!" Yukari agreed as if she was planning something evil.
"Come on, Van. It won't be that bad. I had to stay in Gaea for a long time and I was fine. I'd like to see how you'd handle it."
"I never said there was anything wrong with being here," Van replied. "As long as I can be around you, Hitomi."
"Of course," said Hitomi. She put her arms around him.
Yukari began to clap. "That's so sweet! We need to have a get together sometime. Tomorrow at noon! We'll go to The Parlor! Tomorrow during school lunch break." Yukari was hinting something in her voice.
"That's a won-der-ful idea, Yukari," Hitomi played along.
"Um—what's The Parlor?" Van asked.
Before Hitomi could reply, Yukari said, "You'll see. Don't miss out! Amano will be there!"
"I thought Amano was in England," Hitomi said.
"He returned yesterday. He still has some jetlag. It's pretty funny actually." Yukari laughed. "Oh my gosh! I need to go over to his apartment! I promised I'd be there! Gotta go, Hitomi. Tell me about your 'fun' tomorrow. Remember, The Parlor at noon during lunch break! Bye Hitomi. See ya Van! Bye!" Yukari left waving to the both of them.
"What was that about," Van asked, confused.
"You'll see," Hitomi said. "You'll see. Tomorrow I have school, so you'll have to stay here, unless you want to go to school as well."
"Sure, I guess. How hard can it be anyways?"
"Well, I need to get you enrolled. I guess you could be a foreign exchange student from—uh—China! I just need to forge my mom's signature, and you'll be able to go easily, but I'm not sure why you would want to go to school. It's so boring."
"Well, I guess there's not much else to do," Van said sitting down in a chair. "It's so nice here. You have a family and friends. In Gaea, I'm sure war will eventually break out again sometime. Peace doesn't last very long."
"That's not true, Van," Hitomi said. She sat down and leaned her head on his thigh. "You just need to believe that everything will be fine, and it will. Have you ever heard, 'Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming?'"
"N—not really" He eyed her awkwardly.
"Oh, right. That's from a movie. Hah, stupid me. Don't listen to me."
"You have a great judgment though," Van said, stroking her hair softly.
The night went on like that. Van let Hitomi sleep in the bed, and he slept on the floor. When Van awoke, he found that Hitomi had already left. There was a note taped to her bedroom door.
Van:
School starts at 9:00. It's 6:30 when I'm writing this right now. Wear my dad's clothes that are on the bed. Our principal hates when people dress messily. Eat the breakfast on the table beside my bed. Go out my window and onto the roof and climb to the ground without standing out too much. Try not to let anyone see you. Outside of our house gate there is a pole a few steps to the right. I'll meet you there. Be there by 8:30. Take the watch that's beside the clothes. There's a phone by my bed. If you're confused, call my cell phone. The number is (726) 285-8475.
Love,
Hitomi
XOXOXOXOXOX
Van looked at the digital clock that read 7:55. He slipped on the Polo shirt that was neatly laid on the bed alongside with the khaki pants. He followed Hitomi's directions exactly and waited at the pole. He looked at his watch. It read 8:23. Hitomi should be there soon, he thought. He waited ten minutes. Where is she? It's about 8:35.
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Where is he? Hitomi thought as she leaned against the pole. It's way past 8:30! Maybe I shouldn't have left early, but I really needed to go by Yukari's. Wait a second, he couldn't have, could he?
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It was 8:45. Van was still waiting by the pole. "Where is she?" He asked himself aloud. He then heard a voice call him. "Van!" It was Hitomi.
"Where were you?" He asked.
"Where were you?" Hitomi asked him.
"I was where you told me to go."
"Silly, Van. This is the pole on the left. I told you to go to the pole on the right."
"But—Oh." A stupid mistake that Van blushed at. How could he have been so stupid, not even to be able to tell his left from his right?
"Don't worry about, Van. We need to get to school before we're late. Mr. Toriyama hates when we're late." Hitomi grabbed his hand and walked to their school right before the bell rang.
What will happen at the Parlor? How will Van fair at school?
That's it for now! Van's going to have to go through school now. I probably won't make him go but for like one day or something. What do you guys think?
Thank you those who reviewed me!!!
Wake-Robin- Thank you for reviewing! Yep, he's kind of stuck. Of course there's a reason why he can't go back. hehe...
Inda- Thanks for reviewing. I just thought of it. Isn't Mamoru the name of some person from Sailor Moon? I haven't seen that thing in like five years, but I really don't remember them ever mentioning Hitomi's brother's name. Oh well.
Macky- Thanks for reviewing! I'm not sure if I made it really clear, but in chapter 3, Soare says that Merle was never there, and if Van had gone back to Fanelia, then he would have seen Merle. I'm sorry if I didn't explain that well, so I put some of that stuff in this chapter. Thank you!!!
Lissla Lissar- Thank you for your review and awesome idea!!! You notice ' the parlor' that they won't tell Van about, is a pizza parlor, right?? hehe. Pizza's awesome! Thanks!!!
Thank you everyone! Review again, or as I stated earlier, BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN (like me not reviewing or something.)
--Stacey (dedicated authoress)
