A/N Don't take this story so seriously. I actually really do think Allen is
OKAY (he's a bit of a jerk to Van though) This ficcy is just suppose to be
funny and light hearted, a one- off I guess. About the shaver idea, I don't
think that electronic shavers exist in Gaea but may be Emperor Donkirk
would be so kind.HA, just kidding. I don't think that the guys on the
Crusade shave that often; they probably use knives to take care of the job
anyway. I want Dilly boy to be on Van's side in this ficcy, just because.
He's cool and besides, he makes the story all the more interesting. Oh
yeah, to the person who emailed me, I tried to email you back but it didn't
work. Just wanted to say thank you for emailing me! ^_^
Chapter Six
Visiting Doonsday
Hitomi woke up with a jolt, crashing into Van as Escaflowne made a rough landing.
"Ooops, sorry," she muttered, going red. Van grinned and gave her his hand to help her off Escaflowne. Hitomi took it gratefully. Allen always insisted on carrying her off the guymelefs, for what reason Hitomi did not want to know.
"Ugh, this is Doonsday?" Hitomi looked at the valley where a thick cloud of black smoke hung in the air. "It's so.so."
"Dirty?" Van grimaced. "Yeah, I know but we've got an important reason for being here." Making sure that Escaflowne was properly concealed, Van gestured for Hitomi to follow him.
"Are you going to tell me what we're doing here?" Hitomi asked him after a while of waiting for him to tell her.
"Huh? Oh right, yeah. We're here to visit someone."
"Oh." Pause. "Well?"
"Huh?"
"Are you going to tell me who we're here to see?"
"Oh yeah, right." Van smiled at her. "We're here to see The Mystic."
"The Mystic?" Hitomi exclaimed. "Why?"
"She'll be able to tell us the way through the Plains of Asgard and lead us through the Mystic Valley."
Hitomi placed her hands in her hips. "And I'm not capable of doing that because..."
Van looked surprised. "Oh, I know you're quite capable of guiding us but you need to conserve your energy. And remember we're lying low, it'll be best if Zaibach don't detect any strange energy bursts."
"Wow." Hitomi was impressed. "It's sounds as though you've been planning this for some time."
Van turned red. "Yeah, well.Oh look, there's her house," he said cheerfully.
"What's her name anyway?" Hitomi enquired.
Pause.
"VAN!"
"Huh? Oh yeah, sorry. Her names Morgana, Morgana Lee Black."
It was so quiet on the Crusade, too suspiciously quiet. Normally the guys would be drunk out of their minds at this time but now there was only silence. Something very strange was going on.
CREAK!
Allen sat bolt upright, looking around. What in Gaea was that? He turned quickly to the door but he saw it was closed. Strange.He got out of his bed and checked the door handle, hey, what the?! It was locked!
"OW!"
"SSHH!"
Allen's eyes widened comically. What was that?
"Shut up dumb ass, you'll wake him up!"
That did it. Allen drew out his sword and yelled. "Who's there?"
A light switched on and Allen found himself surrounded by a horde of people. One guy with long hair smiled, waving.
"Oh hi, it's just us- the Dragonslayers. Just thought we'd drop by."
A blonde girl next to him jabbed him with her elbow. Allen looked at her suspiciously. She looked oddly familiar. "Good one Viole, so much for the take him by surprise plan."
A familiar red-eyed guy stepped forward. "Hm, I've always preferred the direct approach anyway."
Allen hissed, pointing his sword at the pyromaniac. "Dilandau."
A blond dude looked insulted. "Oh, he knows your name. All those years spent pursuing him relentlessly and he only remembers you."
"Shut up Chesta, I'm special." Dilandau snapped. "Besides, I found him first."
"But you'll share him with us, right?" a brunette guy asked hopefully.
"Of course Miguel," the pyromaniac replied. "It would be rude not too. And you are my friends. But the Lady goes first. Celena, would you do the honours?"
Allen, who had begun to feel a little fearful, started. "Celena?"
Dilandau looked interested. "You know him?"
Celena shuddered. "He's.he's.MY BROTHER!" she turned to Gatti and began to cry. He patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"There, there, we'll sort it all out." Dallet handed her a handkerchief.
"Hm, this could be severely damaging to your career," Dilandau said thoughtfully.
"That's why you get rid of the problem," a strange voice said.
Silence.
"Who said that?" Miguel asked.
"Uh," Dilandau looked at Celena, hinting for her to cause a distraction so that they could do their job."
"Allen," Celena sniffed, stepping forward. "I missed you so much! I was so s.scared!"
"Oh Celena!" Allen said, glomping her.
"Oomph!" Celena said in a muffled breath as she struggled to gain air. Suddenly something came crashing down onto Allen's head, sending him crashing unconscious to the floor. Gatti stood grinning manically with his sword just above where Allen's head had been.
Celena brushed herself, highly disgruntled, surveying her brother with contempt. "Gee Gatti, you could've hit him a bit harder."
Gatti smiled apologetically. "Sorry, I wasn't able to bring anything heavier with me."
"We'll work on that," Dilandau assured her. "Guys, search Allen's stuff. You know what you need to find. We need to carry out this plan before he regains consciousness." He turned to look at his men, who were rifling through Allen's belongings.
Dallet grinned, waving about the Knight Caeli's uniform. "Way ahead of you Boss."
"You are Van Fanelia."
It was a statement, not a question. Morgana was obviously quite talented at her work. And of course Hitomi hated her immediately at first sight. She was quite a pretty lady, with a cascade of long, red hair and sparkling blue eyes. Not that that was the thing bugging Hitomi. Morgana seemed VERY strange. She kept staring at Hitomi expressionlessly, in a way that made the Mystic Moon girl extremely uncomfortable. Suddenly Hitomi wasn't entirely sure that this Mystic could be entirely trusted. Something was just off about her.
"Yeah, um this is my.wife, Hitomi Kanzaki.Fanelia." Van smiled, extending out his hand in greeting. He kissed her hand but she paid no attention to him. Instead her gaze was on Hitomi, who had turned bright red with embarrassment. She secretly hoped Merle didn't possess some talent for scrying like Hitomi. Otherwise Hitomi would be next months clawing post.
"You two are married?" Morgana asked in interest.
"Yes," Hitomi said quickly, overcoming her embarrassment. "Just recently actually."
"We are explorers and we crossed each others paths two years ago," Van explained calmly. "Since then we have always been together."
"How.sweet," Morgana replied. "Explorers huh, so this is why you have come to me."
"Yes, we were hoping you can help us navigate our way across the Plains of Asgard." Hitomi said in a rush. Van gave her a slight look, warning her not to say too much. "You see, a father of a friend of ours used to be an explorer, researching the area of the Plains of Asgard. He died a few years ago but we were very interested in his research and which to continue it."
"I see." Morgana's face remained neutral, Hitomi couldn't tell whether she had bought the story or not. "I can help you navigate your way but it will cost you of course."
"Of course," Hitomi replied cheerfully, turning to Van who drew something out of his pocket. "Van dear, give her the payment." She eyed it curiously, wondering what it was. It didn't look like money. She hadn't known Morgana had wanted a payment.
Van passed a little drawstring bag to Morgana. She took it quickly, opening it eagerly. "Ah, at last." She drew out a shining red crystal, fingering it carefully.
Hitomi bit back a gasp, glancing at Van in polite puzzlement. Why did she want an energist? He nodded at her, signalling that he knew what he was doing.
"Now give us what we came for." Van said firmly.
Morgana smiled, rising gracefully from her chair. She went to her desk, muttering words and phrases, moving her hands over a large piece of parchment. Hitomi's eyes widened in surprise as she watched ink start to appear, forming the substance of a map. Morgana rolled the scroll, tying it with a black ribbon handing it to Van with a smile that made Hitomi uneasy.
"Here, I'm sure you'll find this extremely useful," she said smoothly.
Van stood up quickly, taking the map gratefully. "Thank you." He turned to Hitomi. "Come on my love, it's time we went." Hitomi took his extended hand.
"Yeah, sure." She turned awkwardly to Morgana. "Well goodbye. Thank you for your help."
The Mystic stared at her expressionlessly. "You're welcome." She held the door open for them.
"Goodbye," Van said rather hastily. "Thanks again for the help."
Morgana watched the couple rush off into the night. Her red lips curved into a vindictive smile. They would be meeting again very soon.
Chapter Six
Visiting Doonsday
Hitomi woke up with a jolt, crashing into Van as Escaflowne made a rough landing.
"Ooops, sorry," she muttered, going red. Van grinned and gave her his hand to help her off Escaflowne. Hitomi took it gratefully. Allen always insisted on carrying her off the guymelefs, for what reason Hitomi did not want to know.
"Ugh, this is Doonsday?" Hitomi looked at the valley where a thick cloud of black smoke hung in the air. "It's so.so."
"Dirty?" Van grimaced. "Yeah, I know but we've got an important reason for being here." Making sure that Escaflowne was properly concealed, Van gestured for Hitomi to follow him.
"Are you going to tell me what we're doing here?" Hitomi asked him after a while of waiting for him to tell her.
"Huh? Oh right, yeah. We're here to visit someone."
"Oh." Pause. "Well?"
"Huh?"
"Are you going to tell me who we're here to see?"
"Oh yeah, right." Van smiled at her. "We're here to see The Mystic."
"The Mystic?" Hitomi exclaimed. "Why?"
"She'll be able to tell us the way through the Plains of Asgard and lead us through the Mystic Valley."
Hitomi placed her hands in her hips. "And I'm not capable of doing that because..."
Van looked surprised. "Oh, I know you're quite capable of guiding us but you need to conserve your energy. And remember we're lying low, it'll be best if Zaibach don't detect any strange energy bursts."
"Wow." Hitomi was impressed. "It's sounds as though you've been planning this for some time."
Van turned red. "Yeah, well.Oh look, there's her house," he said cheerfully.
"What's her name anyway?" Hitomi enquired.
Pause.
"VAN!"
"Huh? Oh yeah, sorry. Her names Morgana, Morgana Lee Black."
It was so quiet on the Crusade, too suspiciously quiet. Normally the guys would be drunk out of their minds at this time but now there was only silence. Something very strange was going on.
CREAK!
Allen sat bolt upright, looking around. What in Gaea was that? He turned quickly to the door but he saw it was closed. Strange.He got out of his bed and checked the door handle, hey, what the?! It was locked!
"OW!"
"SSHH!"
Allen's eyes widened comically. What was that?
"Shut up dumb ass, you'll wake him up!"
That did it. Allen drew out his sword and yelled. "Who's there?"
A light switched on and Allen found himself surrounded by a horde of people. One guy with long hair smiled, waving.
"Oh hi, it's just us- the Dragonslayers. Just thought we'd drop by."
A blonde girl next to him jabbed him with her elbow. Allen looked at her suspiciously. She looked oddly familiar. "Good one Viole, so much for the take him by surprise plan."
A familiar red-eyed guy stepped forward. "Hm, I've always preferred the direct approach anyway."
Allen hissed, pointing his sword at the pyromaniac. "Dilandau."
A blond dude looked insulted. "Oh, he knows your name. All those years spent pursuing him relentlessly and he only remembers you."
"Shut up Chesta, I'm special." Dilandau snapped. "Besides, I found him first."
"But you'll share him with us, right?" a brunette guy asked hopefully.
"Of course Miguel," the pyromaniac replied. "It would be rude not too. And you are my friends. But the Lady goes first. Celena, would you do the honours?"
Allen, who had begun to feel a little fearful, started. "Celena?"
Dilandau looked interested. "You know him?"
Celena shuddered. "He's.he's.MY BROTHER!" she turned to Gatti and began to cry. He patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"There, there, we'll sort it all out." Dallet handed her a handkerchief.
"Hm, this could be severely damaging to your career," Dilandau said thoughtfully.
"That's why you get rid of the problem," a strange voice said.
Silence.
"Who said that?" Miguel asked.
"Uh," Dilandau looked at Celena, hinting for her to cause a distraction so that they could do their job."
"Allen," Celena sniffed, stepping forward. "I missed you so much! I was so s.scared!"
"Oh Celena!" Allen said, glomping her.
"Oomph!" Celena said in a muffled breath as she struggled to gain air. Suddenly something came crashing down onto Allen's head, sending him crashing unconscious to the floor. Gatti stood grinning manically with his sword just above where Allen's head had been.
Celena brushed herself, highly disgruntled, surveying her brother with contempt. "Gee Gatti, you could've hit him a bit harder."
Gatti smiled apologetically. "Sorry, I wasn't able to bring anything heavier with me."
"We'll work on that," Dilandau assured her. "Guys, search Allen's stuff. You know what you need to find. We need to carry out this plan before he regains consciousness." He turned to look at his men, who were rifling through Allen's belongings.
Dallet grinned, waving about the Knight Caeli's uniform. "Way ahead of you Boss."
"You are Van Fanelia."
It was a statement, not a question. Morgana was obviously quite talented at her work. And of course Hitomi hated her immediately at first sight. She was quite a pretty lady, with a cascade of long, red hair and sparkling blue eyes. Not that that was the thing bugging Hitomi. Morgana seemed VERY strange. She kept staring at Hitomi expressionlessly, in a way that made the Mystic Moon girl extremely uncomfortable. Suddenly Hitomi wasn't entirely sure that this Mystic could be entirely trusted. Something was just off about her.
"Yeah, um this is my.wife, Hitomi Kanzaki.Fanelia." Van smiled, extending out his hand in greeting. He kissed her hand but she paid no attention to him. Instead her gaze was on Hitomi, who had turned bright red with embarrassment. She secretly hoped Merle didn't possess some talent for scrying like Hitomi. Otherwise Hitomi would be next months clawing post.
"You two are married?" Morgana asked in interest.
"Yes," Hitomi said quickly, overcoming her embarrassment. "Just recently actually."
"We are explorers and we crossed each others paths two years ago," Van explained calmly. "Since then we have always been together."
"How.sweet," Morgana replied. "Explorers huh, so this is why you have come to me."
"Yes, we were hoping you can help us navigate our way across the Plains of Asgard." Hitomi said in a rush. Van gave her a slight look, warning her not to say too much. "You see, a father of a friend of ours used to be an explorer, researching the area of the Plains of Asgard. He died a few years ago but we were very interested in his research and which to continue it."
"I see." Morgana's face remained neutral, Hitomi couldn't tell whether she had bought the story or not. "I can help you navigate your way but it will cost you of course."
"Of course," Hitomi replied cheerfully, turning to Van who drew something out of his pocket. "Van dear, give her the payment." She eyed it curiously, wondering what it was. It didn't look like money. She hadn't known Morgana had wanted a payment.
Van passed a little drawstring bag to Morgana. She took it quickly, opening it eagerly. "Ah, at last." She drew out a shining red crystal, fingering it carefully.
Hitomi bit back a gasp, glancing at Van in polite puzzlement. Why did she want an energist? He nodded at her, signalling that he knew what he was doing.
"Now give us what we came for." Van said firmly.
Morgana smiled, rising gracefully from her chair. She went to her desk, muttering words and phrases, moving her hands over a large piece of parchment. Hitomi's eyes widened in surprise as she watched ink start to appear, forming the substance of a map. Morgana rolled the scroll, tying it with a black ribbon handing it to Van with a smile that made Hitomi uneasy.
"Here, I'm sure you'll find this extremely useful," she said smoothly.
Van stood up quickly, taking the map gratefully. "Thank you." He turned to Hitomi. "Come on my love, it's time we went." Hitomi took his extended hand.
"Yeah, sure." She turned awkwardly to Morgana. "Well goodbye. Thank you for your help."
The Mystic stared at her expressionlessly. "You're welcome." She held the door open for them.
"Goodbye," Van said rather hastily. "Thanks again for the help."
Morgana watched the couple rush off into the night. Her red lips curved into a vindictive smile. They would be meeting again very soon.