Wow, I just watched the EscaFlowne movie for the first time. I was like… WOW! They changed everyone, oh my gosh what the heck is up with that. Personally, the series was much better, but there where a few things about the movie that I did like. They did hint at the Hitomi/Van pairing a lot more then in the series since in the series they only hinted at it toward the end.
Also, for all you perverts, sorry to disappoint you if you thought that this was a major lemon fic. If you want that go read someone else's fic! You know, I heard that fantasizing about anime/cartoon characters having sex is bad for you and means that you have some sort of mental problem. O.O (And if those of you who are perverted and couldn't just tell that there was a lot of sarcasm in that… then well you do have something wrong with you.)
Disclaimer: Go back to the 1st page if you want it.
Anyways, please enjoy.
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Chapter 12
Hitomi could feel the warm sun hit on her face, as the window across the room let the light through. She didn't recognize the room that she was in and it took her a moment to realize that this, everything, was real. She smiled at the still sleeping Van next to her, and gently ran her fingers through his wild raven black hair. She could get use to this, waking up next to her king, in this strange room. She sighed.
"Good morning." Said a familiar voice which made Hitomi blush brightly. "Morning Van, I didn't wake you did I?" Hitomi asked Van who just looked at her with his reddish-brown eyes. "No, I was already awake." Van insisted. "I've been awake for some time now."
"Oh…" Was all that Hitomi could say, still blushing and turned her head as he got out of bed.
"It's not like you didn't see me last night, Hitomi." Van said as he moved to the dresser and pulled out some cloths and put them on. "Why turn away now?"
"That was different last night." Hitomi said as she blushed even brighter, remembering last night. "And it's no longer night, Van, its morning if you can't tell." Hitomi said and watched as her husband sat down next to her, now having nothing more then his shirt on. "You have to stay in bed all day remember?" Van said playfully. "You did promise Millerna that you would."
"Yes, I suppose, but I hope that there isn't any more traditions that we'll have to do today, since you put it that way I guess like I'll have to stay in bed butt naked all day, but you would like that now wouldn't you?" Hitomi asked Van as she had the sheet rapped around her and leaned her head against Van's chest.
"I'll get you something to wear." Van offered as he kissed his wife on the forehead. "And no, there is nothing that we have to do today, that I know of, unless if something comes up. Unless if it's extremely important, then everything for today will be canceled. There will be work piled up on my desk tomorrow, but it'll be worth it, as long as I get to spend today with you as a normal married couple." Van said sweetly as he now got up and moved to the oak cabinet to where he had his wife's things moved to. "Which one do you want?" Van asked.
"The blue and white one." Hitomi answered being able to see her dresses from where she sat. Van brought it to her and laid it down next to her. "Also since you don't want me to get up, you could move my cloths off the floor and bring me my under cloths Van."
Van did as she asked and picked up the cloths from the floor. "You mean you want me to go through your drawers?" Van asked now being the one to blush.
"You were so eager to touch them last night, Van, or is it not the same thing as me looking at you naked during the day?" Hitomi asked playfully, liking the look on the king's face.
"Fine, fine, I'll get it!" Van said as he pulled out the cloths that Hitomi asked him to.
"Thank you." Hitomi said as she took them from him, blushing slightly. Once she got dressed, she looked at Van who had his back turned to Hitomi.
"I'll have them bring something to eat, you must be hungry." Van said trying to make some sort of conversation. He didn't know why, but he was embarrassed to talk to her, every other time, they would be fine, and not as jittery. He guessed like what they did last night, made him feel like this. As soon as Van reached the door, it knocked, and two women stood outside of it. "Yes?" Van asked one of the women and the second one, Hitomi recognized to be Megumi, one of Van's personal maids.
"I have come to tell Queen Hitomi congratulations and then there is the discussion of her duty as queen, my lord." The woman said, Hitomi recognized her as the woman who married them last night.
"That can wait until Hitomi is well." Van said, trying to restrain his anger.
"Yes, but there are other things I would like to talk to her about as well, we never did get introduced, and my position, should be known, your highness."
"You can introduce yourself, but that's it. Queen Hitomi is still injured from that attack and I don't want her to be pushed right now, last night she was pushed enough if you couldn't see that. You as a seer, Lady Naomi, should be able to see that much." Van said over protectively.
"It's fine King Van." Hitomi said remembering their formalties. "I wish to meet a fellow seer, after all, there aren't many of us around."
"But…" Van protested.
"I promised you already that I would rest today your highness, now please just trust me on this one." Hitomi couldn't believe that she was being so quiet and formal to Van. She would have laughed if Naomi wasn't in the room.
"No more then five minutes." Van hissed. "And Naomi, you may be high priestess, but I am your king, remember that. I am not one who is under you, if it was not for my queen, I would have made you show me respect."
Naomi seemed to ignore Van's last comment and walked over to the bed. "My queen, we did not get to introduce ourselves last night since the course of events that had taken place." Naomi said. "As the king had said, I am the High Priestess Naomi of Fanellia, and I guard the Dragon's shrine."
"It's a pleasure to always meet another seer, Lady Naomi." Hitomi said not sure to what to call Naomi.
"I'm not a lady your highness, it's just Priestess Naomi." Naomi corrected. "I was always wanting to meet you, especially how I found out that our future queen, our present queen, was a seer and also the legendary wing goddess."
Hitomi didn't like how Naomi said our present queen, like something would happen to her. She just glanced behind Naomi and looked at Van who didn't seem to be at all pleased that they where bothered. "As I was saying, Queen Hitomi, there are things that a queen is…" The woman shouldn't have touched Hitomi, since she just grasped hold of Naomi's arm tightly.
"What, what are you doing?" Naomi shrieked as she tried to pull free but was taken in to the darkness with Hitomi.
"Hitomi!" Van shouted as he tried to touch the two, but a spark of energy hit him as he touched Hitomi's hand which warned him not to touch either one. "Not again Hitomi." Van sighed as he remembered that time as Hitomi was questioned two years ago. "Be careful, Hitomi."
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"Priestess or fraud?" Hitomi asked the older woman as she sat in a trance like state and watched as an image of the priestess held an arrow in her hand, and watched as she shot it. She stood at the roof of one of the buildings in the center of Fanellia and watched the priestess smile as the arrow flew off in to the air, down at the young cat girl Merle.
"You knew that I could sense danger by hearing it from King Van and then decided to use Merle to get to his future queen since you would not approve of a woman marrying him from the Mystic Moon." Hitomi said, her voice was the same emotionless expression as her eyes. "You plotted to use Merle knowing that the care free girl would not notice my warning and then you would know that I would use my own life to protect a friend." Hitomi said. "You saw this in a vision that you had, and wanted King Van to yourself."
"That's not true!" The priestess shouted as she watched the image play in the darkness. "That's not true!"
"But that is truth, it has been revealed all right there in color even." Hitomi's voice said. "Traitors will be punished by death."
"No! I won't let you tell anyone about this!" Naomi shouted. "I won't let you live now!"
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Hitomi could then feel hands choking her, and then she could see Van prying away the priestess hands from her neck. She was having a hard time to breath, and she could see the fear and hatred in Naomi's eyes.
"I won't let you have him!" Naomi shouted angry not noticing that Van had just now took his sword out and held it to Naomi's neck. "I…" She let go reluctantly of Hitomi's neck.
"If you dare touch the queen in such a manner again, I will kill you right on the spot." Van said coldly as he moved the blade dangerously to Naomi's neck. "Your actions prove that you where the one who tried to kill Merle in the market place at the beginning of this week."
"No!" Naomi screamed.
"She did it purposely Van." Hitomi said as she rubbed the side of her neck. "I saw it." She looked in to Naomi's brown hating eyes. "She wanted to kill me so she would have a chance at you."
"She lies! She would say something, someone from the Mystic Moon would say such a thing!" Naomi screamed madly which made Megumi run out of the door and called for some of the guards.
"I'm just so sad that another seer would want to try to kill a fellow seer, Naomi."
"You did it! You damn bitch from the Mystic Moon." Naomi screamed.
"That bitch as you put it, is first my wife, and secondly your queen Naomi." Van said. "Throw her in to the dungeon, she will get death with out a trail! Her titles are hear by stripped and if she does manage to live, she will be forever banded from Fanellia or any of our ally countries."
"DAMN YOU! Your mother was a whore as well!" Naomi shouted at Van.
"Do not speak illy so of my mother, Naomi, you are just digging yourself deeper and deeper towards death." Van said, his eyes staring dangerously at the former priestess. "Why would you want to be the son of a whore if you think so highly of my mother, Naomi? Take her out of my sight!"
Megumi waited until Van's sword was back in it's sheath before she approached him. "You called for me my lord?" She asked in a quiet voice.
"I did, but I don't think that neither one of us will be wanting to eat any more." Van said sighing. "But could you bring something just in case?"
"Yes my lord, as you wish." Megumi said quietly and bowed.
"Megumi?" Van said and watched as the girl stopped as he called her name. "Do speak of what you saw here today, I'm sorry that you had to see it, that was most unfortunate."
"Yes my lord, I will keep it a secret until you want me to." Megumi said as she bowed politely first at Van and then at Hitomi before she closed the door quietly behind her as she left.
Hitomi stared at Van as he came over to her and held her closely. She tried to hold back the tears that wanted to come, she really did try to hold them back, but they just began to fall. "Van, I thought, I thought that I was going to loose you!" Hitomi cried as she could feel Van hold her now. "I thought…"
"Hush, I'm here." Van said quietly and lovingly. "I won't let anything happen to you, Hitomi." Van could feel Hitomi loosen as she fell asleep in his arms.