A/N: WOW...lol, I've gotten a couple of reviewers that wanted me to re-resurrect this story. So anyway, here's the next chapter in the series Destiny...if you want me to do more, review...other than that...this story's progress will only be updates when I'm bored. Anyway

Disclaimer...If I really owned Escaflowne, would u really think I would just be posting stories on the Internet all the time...Honestly!

DESTINY: THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERTHING....TIME FOR REMEMBERANCE...TIME TO DIE.....etc

"Have I seen you before Folken?" again questioned Hitomi.

Folken debated on whether telling Hitomi the truth or not. He had spent months lavishing her with all the attention and care in the world. Her needs, wants and desires he had granted. And now came the moment or truth, would she still love him, once he told her who he really was, what had really happened? He suddenly felt sick, bile rose in his throat. What should he do?

Hitomi studied Folken intently. She could tell he was battling something. What was he hiding from her and why? Hitomi knew she loved him deeply, so whatever he had to say, she could deal with. The question really was, did he trust her enough to open up his heart and let her in.

As Folken opened up his mouth to answer the door to the chambers burst opened.

"King Folken, you must come quickly, there has been a disturbance." Panted a soldier.

Folken rose up quickly, and grabbed his black cloak. Glancing at Hitomi tenderly he softly touched her lips, warning her not to leave this room. Picking up his sword by the door, he followed the soldier out of the room.

Hitomi held her fingers to her lips, lightly touching the spot where Folken had earlier. She glanced at the door, knowing that if she left she was going to be left vulnerable to whatever she found out. Hitomi quickly left her bed and dressed. She opened the door, hoping that Folken will forgive her, if he should ever found out, and Hitomi walked out, not knowing what she was going to face.

Outside In the Fanelia's Garden

"Well, well, well, look who we have here..." said a taunting voice.

"Merle!" Folken looked toward his brother's lover. Merle was sat perched on a limb of a tree delicately licking blood off her. She than flexed her claws and hissed, ready to strike.

"Where is she Folken!"

"If you want to fight, I'm your man."

"This dosen't concern you, I'll kill you after I've finished with her."

"Leave her out of this."

"Leave HER OUT OF THIS! She is the reason we're all in this! I will ask one more time Folken, where is she!"

Folken almost didn't recognized who this person was. Gone was the little annoying cat girl Merle to the new killer cat woman. (A/N: hahaha)

Hitomi heard voices shouting as she had gone outside, hearing they were coming from the garden she quickly found her way there. She stood in shock as Folken, poised to fight was seemingly yelling at some cat like woman. As Hitomi neared closer, she saw that she had seen that cat-woman somewhere before, but where?

Hitomi hid behind a tree almost directly behind Folken and caught more of their conversation.

"Folken I don't have time for you games."

"We aren't playing games, Let everything go Merle"

"I wont let it go, not until she pays what she did to Lord Van."

"What happened to Van was his own fault."

"What happened to Van was her fault all Hitomi's fault!"

As Hitomi heard this conversation, she felt her mind reawaken. Slowly as Folken and Merle continued arguing she began to remember all the past events.

Finally Merle couldn't take it anymore and she lashed out at Folken.

Folken ready to intercept, was pushed away at the very last second.

Merle had missed him but ran up another tree ready to strike out again. Glancing back she came face to face with the woman she had wanted to kill for a long time.

As he glanced up to see what heck had went wrong, he came face to face with the image of Hitomi squaring off against Merle. Folken watched as she glanced back and mouth the words "I remember" and turn back to face Merle.

"Well Merle its been a long time," spoke Hitomi first.

"It's your time to die Hitomi, are you ready?" answered Merle.

"Merle I don't want to fight you."

"You'll pay for what you did to Van."

"Merle it wasn't like that, we use to be friends, can't we be friends once more."

"I don't want to be friends, I want Lord Van."

Hitomi felt tears cloud her vision. "Merle, what happened to Van could not be helped, I don't remember what happened to him, but whatever it was I didn't mean for it to happen. I'm sorry for you loss of Van, but life goes on, Merle, and I had nothing to do with what happened to Van. Please, Please understand."

Merle looked at the woman before her. She didn't recognized Hitomi, She only recognized this woman as to be her enemy.

She forgot how they use to be friends...or was it she did not want to remember, she only wanted to be with Lord Van, and she would join him, but not before she took someone with her. Hitomi still didn't understand. There was a time for everything...and this was her time.

"You still don't get it, do you Hitomi?"

"Get what?"

"It will always be your fault."

"But—

"It's your fault because if you never stayed none of this would have happened." As Merle uttered those words she lashed out at Hitomi preparing to strike.

Hitomi closed her eyes but nothing touched her. She opened them and found herself staring at Folken's back.

She peeked over him, and saw that Merle was dead. Folken had ended her life. Hitomi fell to the ground as she began to weep.

Folken turned around and gently held Hitomi in his arms. "It's over," he whispered as he tried to soothe her.

It was over, this confrontation had ended, all of the memories of the past, all the people in the past were gone now, and the only thing that was left was both of them and a bunch of unresolved issues.

Hitomi thought of something that made her weep harder, did Folken not care for her enough to tell her about him from the beginning? She thought, as she was dying she heard him tell her he loved her too. And if this was really over...where did that leave her and Folken?

TBC

Well there it was.....kinda the ending to the drama...not really cuz Folken and Hitomi still have to resolve there love awwwwwwwwww, lol, anyway, if you want me to just go ahead and end, or keep it going just a little bit longer....tell away! And thank you to my reviewers who had wanted to see more of this story up, ya'll had me get in my little angel writer mode, so I'd probably never have even thought about this story if it hadn't been for you: thank you DarkMaster2 and chibihitomi

Ja ne,

Anne

P.S. I do have more Esca stories...and I should have another Hitomi/Folken romance up soon.! So keep an eye out! Ta Ta!