yoshiru- yes, but she's only looking out for Van.and i hope that you enjoy this.
The Winggoddess- thankyou very much, i love it when long time reader finialy review!
mic - thank you very much
Macky- as always. thank you
trekker4life- ya, but it had to be done, and not just because, but also for the script, so they did not have a choice. and to be fair, he did porpose to her in the morning. : )
Kat57- well there is always a first time for everything...and watch for hints to future twists (i hope to surprise you all with at least one of them.) : )
Snowtigress- thank you, thank you. i love all that confendence you have in me.
Kogayjilynz- well here you go, hope you enjoy reading it as much as i had writting it.
Lady dragon of fanelia- i may not write that chapter for a while yet, iam kinda shy bout that kinda thing, but i do plan on putting it in eventually, and there are some good ones in my fav list, and i can email you a link to a site that you may like
xXFoolishXx- ya, she gonna have a baby
KriegHerr- thank you, i too love plot twists, and i do hope to catch you off gaurd on at least one of the twists, and do watch for my suddle hints, i may only hit at it ONCE!
Pure hope- and what if i don't?
Dragon Star16- no they are NOT engaged at this time, Van only proposed to Hitomi, and now the ball is in her court. and of course Hitomi is pregnant, its one of the over used supjects in the fanfiction world.
and to everyone eslse enjoy
A/N: well right after this note.((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))) means scene change.and those die-hard Esca fans out there should know what i have in store in this chapter by the title, if not read the chapter and review, and for those who have no clue whattitle inplies, read and review. now you may enjoy the show... er... chapter.
Chapter 25: The Dairy
Before she knew it, they were landed and settled in to the rebuilt castle of Godashim, for the few days that they were to stay, and she still didn't know what her answer was. She had made mental lists of all the pros and cons of staying or going and still couldn't decide.
'"What would you regret more?"' those words repeated in her mind as she helped take some of her things of the air ship and into her borrowed room, which –for once- wasn't connected onto Van's room through a door. Mainly because there weren't any real doors -just bamboo curtain like things- and his room was a few doors down.
She was too tense. She was jumping at everything; a bird flying past her window, a maid walking past her door.
She needed to unwind, so she decided to go take a walk in the gardens.
Everything was in full bloom at this time of year in Freid, and was so beautiful. The people of Fried had done a marvellous job in reconstructing the gardens after Zaibach had destroyed it so many years ago.
After a few minutes, she came upon a villa, which was hidden in the trees. Curiosity got the better of her, and went inside.
It was the anniversary of his mother's death and Prince Chid was playing the music box in his mother's writing desk, when he heard footsteps coming down the hall. The footsteps stopped when the person come to the entrance of the room. He looked up to see Hitomi standing in the doorway.
"I hope I'm not intruding." she apologised.
"No. Not at all, Hitomi. You are like family to me, so you are always welcome here in Freid… "
"What is this place?" she asked in wonder, as she walked into the room.
"This is the villa that my mom used to use before she got married. My father had it brought over from Asturia."
"Wow," Hitomi sighed. The place looked like it had been built there on the spot. "What's this?" indicating the musical writing desk that Chid was still sitting at -who's music had stopped while the two were talking.
"This was Mother's writing desk, it plays music when go press this figure's head down." he pressed the indicated head, and the music picked up from where it left off at.
"It's beautiful." Hitomi sighed. The two listened to the chiming of the music box till it once again stopped.
Still feeling restless, Hitomi asked where the training courts were. He gave her the directions, thinking that she wanted to find Van or Allen. He did not notice her sword in the folds of her skirt, other wise he would have offered to spar with her.
After Hitomi had left he went to play the symphony of chimes once again, but he pressed the wrong figure's head, by accident. He was shocked that the music box then turned to reveal a small black book.
Yellow 34 moon,
Uncle Nueva brought me to see a tournament today. I think that he's worried that I spend too much time in my room, but I'm not the least bit interested in fighting. But there I saw a knight of Austuria, a young prodigy of the sword. His name is Allen Schezzar.
She got lucky and found the training courts empty. She slowly went through her warm-up excursus. Part way through she found that she had an audience.
It was Van.
"May I join you?" It was an innocent enough question, and she could only sense the need to unwind by physically doing something from him, so she agreed.
They both went through their warm-ups, eyeing the other as a challenging opponent, and mutually agreed to spar.
She waited for him to attack, when he did she countered, and nearly disarmed him. She knew that he was good, and had not raised her hopes that she would disarm him as she had Derek. Then she attacked before a lesser opponent would have been able to recover. It continued this way for a long time, both opponents working up a sweat. Then Van made a move that disarmed her, and was coming down with a finishing blow, but be for he could even come near her, her left foot come what seemingly come out of nowhere and hit his sword hand causing him to let go if his sword. The sword put in motion by the kick, flew straight up in the air, flipped once and neatly landed in Hitomi's hands. She paused, waiting for his next move. It took him a full two seconds to recover from the unexpected attack, then he dove for her discarded weapon. He marvelled at how light the thing was, then waited for her attack.
With the weapons switched Van had the upper hand, for Hitomi was not used to the heavier weapon and was slower in her swings, while Van on the other hand was much quicker with the lighter sword. Van quickly backed Hitomi into a corner, and disarmed her, but being weary of her trick. He came in for the 'kill', stopping inches away from her neck.
Green, 12th moon
The blond youth has been named to the Knights Caeli, in all of Asturia, only twelve knights at any one time my have that honour. A 'Knight of the Heavens', the name suits him perfectly. He's received guard duty at the royal palace, and so has left for the castle at Palas. It looks like my hints to father worked!
Hitomi lowered her head in defeat. When she looked up she found herself looking into questioning eyes – both swords forgotten on the ground. He was asking a question that she still did not have an answer for.
'What would you regret more?'
Those words echoed in her mind once again, and staring into those garnet-coloured eyes, she finally found her answer.
"Yes." His brows came together in a slight frown, not really knowing what she was saying yes to. Seeing his confusion she closed the distance between them and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I will marry you."
She
Said
Yes
SHE SAID YES!
Once the full meaning of those words sank in, a childish grin spread across his face. He picked her up by the waist and spun with her a few times, gaining him giggles from his queen-to-be, then he set her down and kissed her fully on the lips. "Van, there's something else that I need to tell you…" she said after they had broken the kiss, her checks turning an adorable shade of pink "I'm also pregnant." Pregnant, that meant that she was with child, so was that the only reason she was agreeing to the marriage? Sensing his distress, she continued, "Van, please understand that it is not that uncommon on my planet to be a single mother, and if I really wanted to I could comfortably support a child and myself. so I'm not doing this just for the baby. True it is one of the reasons, but the main on is… I love you, Van, and the past ten years have been a living Hell without you by my side." She sealed her small speech with a small kiss.
Red, 3rd moon,
I have been betrothed to the Duke of Freid. Why was I born into the royal house? I like him. I'm in love with him. This is the fate of knights and women born of the blood.
I love you so much, Allen.
"Allen?"
So it wasn't just for the baby. It was for them. All of them.
Hitomi pulled the ring out of an interior pocket like thing –for it was not something that one leaves in his or her room to be stolen by a not-so-loyal maid or whoever. Van, knowing his queue, slipped the ring on her left ring finger.
Suddenly Hitomi had a flash vision of a black book.
Feeling a little dizzy, Hitomi placed the back of her hand to her forehead.
"Hitomi?" asked a suddenly worried Van. Was she having a vision, or was it something to do with the baby?
She smiled at him to let him know that she was all right, when another flash vision of a younger Allen, and a girl, whom Hitomi assumed was Marlene, came to her followed quickly by a bay Chid.
"Prince Chid." Was all she said before she took off running in the direction she knew he was last.
Allen was just entering the area where the training courts were, when Hitomi ran, at full speed past him, followed by a worried looking Van. In his past experiences with the two, he knew that a running Hitomi followed by a worried Van, was never a good sign, so he decided to follow.
It has to be. The child is the result of that night. If I tell the Duke what would he say? He has only to count the days to… but I can't hide this. I…
He looked up from his mother's diary at the sound of running feet. It was Hitomi, followed closely by Van and…
"Allen."
hee hee
remember i said that Allen wasn't going to tell Chid, did say anything bout him not finding out.
and she said yes, was there any real doubt that she would? if there was, i did a good job, if not oh well.
any way TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT!