"I'm sorry." Lord Van whispered.
"The return of the seeress/wing goddess; has been foretold."
- - - Disclaimer: I don't own them! I only have fun writing them.
Tramie-Don't worry there will be some bonding between the two. It's just really hard to comprehend that you have a son and find out that the woman that you love is dying.
Niffer-I'll tell you a little secret. I've been writing fanfic stories for a while now. This is just the first Escaflowne fic that I have written. If you want to read the other work you'll have to check under my bio. It's not hard to find.
Laura-You're right that will be an interesting thing to explain to Lord Van.
Chapter 2
"What do you mean foretold?" Vanel understood that.
The woman pulled a book out of a bookshelf. She flipped through to a page where the prophecy apparently was. "There will be a time when the past will catch up to the present. The past and present will work together bring a greater good."
"What does that have to do with now?" Lord Van asked the woman.
"I haven't finished." The woman stated. "The light that appears in the sky from the Mystic Moon will take the past and return it to where it belongs. The present will come with it for the first time. It will not know what is to come next but like the past it will know just enough to avert disaster." She stopped reading. "You three must work together. Gaia will depend on you once again."
"I have a track meet this next week." Vanel said.
"We need you here." She looked at the young man who was now pacing. She chuckled at seeing the young man pace. He looked just like Lord Van when he was worried.
"Listen you have to rest. This can't have been easy on you." Lord Van was trying to be comforting. He didn't know how to handle the little problem of a worried son. 'Why didn't she tell me that we had a child together?'
"I can't rest!" Vanel shouted forgetting to keep his voice down. "My mother was almost killed today. She should be in the hospital. The police should be looking through the house trying to find whatever they can who tried to kill her and we're here! She's lying there unconscious. She is barely holding on with her life and yet she expected to once again risk it for this country that she has already done so for!" Vanel ranted on.
Van wasn't used to being yelled at by anyone. He didn't even know how to react. He shook his head. "I don't know why she insisted on coming here instead." Lord Van was saying.
"She said that Gaia was in danger. That we were needed here in fact she insisted on it before she passed out in my arms. You know there were times that I would hear her crying at night in her bed. Whether it was nightmares or from missing you I don't know and I don't care Otousan! All I know is that she is the only thing that I have had to stand on for sixteen years. She's all I want to have to stand on." The young man continued.
"You never wanted to get to know your father?" Lord Van wondered.
"Why would I? I had never seen you or heard from you. You never wrote, never visited. She would whisper your name at times and yet she never received an answer. Where were you? Why weren't you there? What were you doing that was so important that you couldn't come and see me?" Lord Van was barraged with questions.
"I didn't know you existed! How can I do anything when I don't' know you are even around. I haven't been able to talk to her since I last left her there." Lord Van's eyes held a fire in them that the young man would see a lot more of. His voice had even gone up an octave.
"You know there is someone in there that is resting. It is hard to rest when you have two grown men yelling at each other." The healer admonished them. "Now go over there and spend some time with her instead of fighting with each other." The woman knew that the fight was probably going to be far from over.
The tension in the room could be cut with a knife as they joined the woman on the bed. One in silent prayer and the other in utter shock of what was happening.
'Hitomi how could you not tell me? You could have found a way to contact me, why? I think if I had known I would have been able to stop a little of what was happening.' Van didn't understand a lot of what was happening.
Vanel held his mother's hand wishing some of his own energy and his dreams into her. There was nothing either man could do as they watched in though.
-Hitomi-
I looked at the green fields that were all around me. They felt welcoming and happy. Something I had only felt when I watched my son at his birthdays or when he learned how to ride a bike. There were times he would crawl into my bed when I would cry from one of my nightmares or at times missing Van. That brought great sadness when I would try to contact Van and find that once again our link had been severed somehow.
I kept walking through the field and brought to mind the legend of the Elysian Fields in the Greek times. There was a figure under one of the trees just standing there in a white robe. I walked toward the figure wondering who she was.
"Hitomi, come here my child." The woman said to me.
'How does she know my name?' I thought that this was strange but it wasn't that strange considering all that had happened to her in this life time. "Who are you?" I walked closer to the woman only to stop in shock at who I saw. "Grandma what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to talk to you."
"About what?" She asked curiously.
"I've been watching you for a long time. You hold a great sadness deep in your heart but that will be healed."
"What do you mean? Aren't I in the Elysian Fields right now?" She questioned a little surprised.
"You are but it's not time for you to come here. There are two men that love you far too much and a country that needs your help once again." Her grandmother touched her hand gently.
"Grandmother there is only one person on Earth that loves me in the way that you say."
"You're body is no longer on Earth. You are on Gaia."
"How did I get to Gaia?"
"Your son. You ordered him to bring you there rather than to the hospital on Earth."
"But.." Before she could protest she saw a scene happening in one of the lower fountains.
"My mother was almost killed today. She should be in the hospital. The police should be looking through the house trying to find clues as to who did this to her and we're here! She's lying there unconscious. She is barely holding on with her life and yet she is expected to risk her life for this country which she has already done so for!" Vanel shouted to his father.
"Why is he yelling at him?" Hitomi looked at her grandmother.
"Keep watching."
"Why would I? I had never seen you or heard from you. You never wrote, never visited. She would whisper your name at times and yet she never received an answer. Where were you? Why weren't you there? What were you doing that was so important that you couldn't come and see me?" Hitomi shook her head in sorrow. Vanel believed that Van had abandoned them.
"He never abandoned you sweetie." She whispered.
She continued to watch as the fight went on. "I didn't know that you existed! How can I do anything when I don't even know you're around? I haven't been able to talk to her since I last had to leave her there." Lord Van's voice had risen slightly. That wasn't a good sign and Hitomi knew that from experience.
She also observed as a woman told them to quiet down. They both went to her side neither knowing what to say.
The vision disappeared just then. "Why did he get in a fight with his father first time he met him?"
"He's just as hotheaded as his father was at that age. Like father like son. They both need you very much and they both love you." Her grandmother paused and touched where her pendant used to hang. "You're going to need this child."
Everything around her started to disappear. She felt somehow connected again to herself and yet she felt some discomfort as well. "Okaasan. Please be alright." Her son's silent request came.
"Van." The name slipped off her lips as she started to wake up.
"Hitomi." The older Van stated as he looked up at the girl who could barely open her eyes.
"Okaasan you're going to be alright!" he whispered smothering her.
"Van what are you doing fighting with your father already?" She whispered everything finally registering.
Vanel cringed at that. 'How does she always know these things?'
She had opened her eyes now. "Lord Van." She was just getting used to speaking again.
She was met with his heart melting smile. "You know you just might have to call him something else of you want us to know who you're talking to."
"No I don't think I will. I'll just call you Fanel." She teased lightly.
The woman entered into the house. "Ah I see that she has made it." The woman looked with pleasure at the beautiful woman that lay on the bed.
"Thank you." She whispered before she went into a restful sleep. - - - - I hope you guys like this chapter. It was kind of interesting to write and it should be interesting to see where this story goes. I'm still trying to work that out.
"The return of the seeress/wing goddess; has been foretold."
- - - Disclaimer: I don't own them! I only have fun writing them.
Tramie-Don't worry there will be some bonding between the two. It's just really hard to comprehend that you have a son and find out that the woman that you love is dying.
Niffer-I'll tell you a little secret. I've been writing fanfic stories for a while now. This is just the first Escaflowne fic that I have written. If you want to read the other work you'll have to check under my bio. It's not hard to find.
Laura-You're right that will be an interesting thing to explain to Lord Van.
Chapter 2
"What do you mean foretold?" Vanel understood that.
The woman pulled a book out of a bookshelf. She flipped through to a page where the prophecy apparently was. "There will be a time when the past will catch up to the present. The past and present will work together bring a greater good."
"What does that have to do with now?" Lord Van asked the woman.
"I haven't finished." The woman stated. "The light that appears in the sky from the Mystic Moon will take the past and return it to where it belongs. The present will come with it for the first time. It will not know what is to come next but like the past it will know just enough to avert disaster." She stopped reading. "You three must work together. Gaia will depend on you once again."
"I have a track meet this next week." Vanel said.
"We need you here." She looked at the young man who was now pacing. She chuckled at seeing the young man pace. He looked just like Lord Van when he was worried.
"Listen you have to rest. This can't have been easy on you." Lord Van was trying to be comforting. He didn't know how to handle the little problem of a worried son. 'Why didn't she tell me that we had a child together?'
"I can't rest!" Vanel shouted forgetting to keep his voice down. "My mother was almost killed today. She should be in the hospital. The police should be looking through the house trying to find whatever they can who tried to kill her and we're here! She's lying there unconscious. She is barely holding on with her life and yet she expected to once again risk it for this country that she has already done so for!" Vanel ranted on.
Van wasn't used to being yelled at by anyone. He didn't even know how to react. He shook his head. "I don't know why she insisted on coming here instead." Lord Van was saying.
"She said that Gaia was in danger. That we were needed here in fact she insisted on it before she passed out in my arms. You know there were times that I would hear her crying at night in her bed. Whether it was nightmares or from missing you I don't know and I don't care Otousan! All I know is that she is the only thing that I have had to stand on for sixteen years. She's all I want to have to stand on." The young man continued.
"You never wanted to get to know your father?" Lord Van wondered.
"Why would I? I had never seen you or heard from you. You never wrote, never visited. She would whisper your name at times and yet she never received an answer. Where were you? Why weren't you there? What were you doing that was so important that you couldn't come and see me?" Lord Van was barraged with questions.
"I didn't know you existed! How can I do anything when I don't' know you are even around. I haven't been able to talk to her since I last left her there." Lord Van's eyes held a fire in them that the young man would see a lot more of. His voice had even gone up an octave.
"You know there is someone in there that is resting. It is hard to rest when you have two grown men yelling at each other." The healer admonished them. "Now go over there and spend some time with her instead of fighting with each other." The woman knew that the fight was probably going to be far from over.
The tension in the room could be cut with a knife as they joined the woman on the bed. One in silent prayer and the other in utter shock of what was happening.
'Hitomi how could you not tell me? You could have found a way to contact me, why? I think if I had known I would have been able to stop a little of what was happening.' Van didn't understand a lot of what was happening.
Vanel held his mother's hand wishing some of his own energy and his dreams into her. There was nothing either man could do as they watched in though.
-Hitomi-
I looked at the green fields that were all around me. They felt welcoming and happy. Something I had only felt when I watched my son at his birthdays or when he learned how to ride a bike. There were times he would crawl into my bed when I would cry from one of my nightmares or at times missing Van. That brought great sadness when I would try to contact Van and find that once again our link had been severed somehow.
I kept walking through the field and brought to mind the legend of the Elysian Fields in the Greek times. There was a figure under one of the trees just standing there in a white robe. I walked toward the figure wondering who she was.
"Hitomi, come here my child." The woman said to me.
'How does she know my name?' I thought that this was strange but it wasn't that strange considering all that had happened to her in this life time. "Who are you?" I walked closer to the woman only to stop in shock at who I saw. "Grandma what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to talk to you."
"About what?" She asked curiously.
"I've been watching you for a long time. You hold a great sadness deep in your heart but that will be healed."
"What do you mean? Aren't I in the Elysian Fields right now?" She questioned a little surprised.
"You are but it's not time for you to come here. There are two men that love you far too much and a country that needs your help once again." Her grandmother touched her hand gently.
"Grandmother there is only one person on Earth that loves me in the way that you say."
"You're body is no longer on Earth. You are on Gaia."
"How did I get to Gaia?"
"Your son. You ordered him to bring you there rather than to the hospital on Earth."
"But.." Before she could protest she saw a scene happening in one of the lower fountains.
"My mother was almost killed today. She should be in the hospital. The police should be looking through the house trying to find clues as to who did this to her and we're here! She's lying there unconscious. She is barely holding on with her life and yet she is expected to risk her life for this country which she has already done so for!" Vanel shouted to his father.
"Why is he yelling at him?" Hitomi looked at her grandmother.
"Keep watching."
"Why would I? I had never seen you or heard from you. You never wrote, never visited. She would whisper your name at times and yet she never received an answer. Where were you? Why weren't you there? What were you doing that was so important that you couldn't come and see me?" Hitomi shook her head in sorrow. Vanel believed that Van had abandoned them.
"He never abandoned you sweetie." She whispered.
She continued to watch as the fight went on. "I didn't know that you existed! How can I do anything when I don't even know you're around? I haven't been able to talk to her since I last had to leave her there." Lord Van's voice had risen slightly. That wasn't a good sign and Hitomi knew that from experience.
She also observed as a woman told them to quiet down. They both went to her side neither knowing what to say.
The vision disappeared just then. "Why did he get in a fight with his father first time he met him?"
"He's just as hotheaded as his father was at that age. Like father like son. They both need you very much and they both love you." Her grandmother paused and touched where her pendant used to hang. "You're going to need this child."
Everything around her started to disappear. She felt somehow connected again to herself and yet she felt some discomfort as well. "Okaasan. Please be alright." Her son's silent request came.
"Van." The name slipped off her lips as she started to wake up.
"Hitomi." The older Van stated as he looked up at the girl who could barely open her eyes.
"Okaasan you're going to be alright!" he whispered smothering her.
"Van what are you doing fighting with your father already?" She whispered everything finally registering.
Vanel cringed at that. 'How does she always know these things?'
She had opened her eyes now. "Lord Van." She was just getting used to speaking again.
She was met with his heart melting smile. "You know you just might have to call him something else of you want us to know who you're talking to."
"No I don't think I will. I'll just call you Fanel." She teased lightly.
The woman entered into the house. "Ah I see that she has made it." The woman looked with pleasure at the beautiful woman that lay on the bed.
"Thank you." She whispered before she went into a restful sleep. - - - - I hope you guys like this chapter. It was kind of interesting to write and it should be interesting to see where this story goes. I'm still trying to work that out.