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Now, without further ado, I present the long-awaited 14th chapter to 'Rebellious'
Chap14- realization and apology accepted.
Disclaimer: ok…ok…lets get this straight…I do not, I repeat DO NOT own Escaflowne. Please get that through your thick noggins. Ok?
"So, what do you think is wrong with dillandau?" van asked hitomi as they walked to class.
"I have no idea… I have only seen him like this mad when Midnight tried to rape me...and as for his current stalker…well, I guess he'll just play aroud with her…you know, use her as a fire practice toy." hitomi answered, shrugging, but her eyebrows remained furrowed in confusion. As they entered, they saw milly and yukari grinning from ear to ear. Van and hitomi just looked at them warily and took their seats.
'5, 4, 3, 2 1, 0' hitomi counted in her head and braced herself mentally for what was to come.
"OH MY GOD, HITOMIIIIIIII!!!!" millerna and yukari squealed. Both van and hitomi raised an eyebrow.
"AWWW... LOOK YUKI, THEIR EVEN DOING THE SAME THINGS!!!" millerna said squealing.
"Excuse me?" the two asked utterly confused.
"Van, any idea what the hell they are squealing about?" hitomi asked, a highly scared expression on her face.
"Sorry sweet pea, you've known them longer than I have, and if you're lost, you have no idea how scared I am." Van replied.
"AWWWWW… KAWAIIII!!!!" millerna said, her eyes becoming like stars.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO SQUEALIN' ABOUT?!?!!?!?" van and hitomi said together.
"THE FACT THAT YOU TWO ARE SO DATING!!!" yukari and millerna said together.
"Are you bloody serious? You mean to tell us that you had no idea until now?" hitomi asked bluntly.
"No, why?" Millerna said.
"No reason." Hitomi said quickly.
"But hitomi, we've been umph!!!" hitomi slapped her hand over van's mouth before he could say anything else.
"Hehe...shut up van...heheh." hitomi whispered to van as she smiled at yukari and millerna, laughing nervously. They both just stared.
" Yeah, whatever, anyway, soo Hitomi...any interesting info we should know." Millerna wiggled her eyebrows.
"You mean apart from the fact that I was nearly raped and killed by midnight twice in one week?" hitomi said bluntly, placing a finger to her chin as if in deep thought. Millerna and yukari gasped. Everyone in the class went quite at the sound of midnight's name.
'Wow, I guess everyone's heard of midnight' van thought as he noticed everyone was whispering in fear about midnight.
"Oh my god, hitomi are you alright? Did he harm you?" yukari and millerna asked together.
"Yah, I'm ok…thanks to van, of course." Hitomi replied, making van blush slightly.
"Van...you took on Midnight?" a student asked in awe.
"Well, he was about to rape hitomi, you seriously do not expect me to have just stood there, while she was being held by knife point." Van said seriously.
"You were held by knife point? Why didn't you tell us hitomi?'" millerna whinned.
"Uh, cuz she was recovering from her wounds?" van said, with a 'no duh' look on his face.
"You were hurt!!??" yukari screamed.
"No shit, Sherlock..." hitomi murmured.
"Wow, so hitomi...is he the new…umm co-leader?" a boy asked.
"Yes, and yes we are dating, for all (of those who haven't had the brains to figure it out yet) for about a week now." Hitomi responded.
"WHAT!!! YOU HAVE DATING FOR A WEEK AND YOU HAVEN'T TOLD US ANYTHING???" millerna and yukari screamed together.
"Uh, hehe…well would ya look at the time, I'm gonna go home, van you comin'?" hitomi said quickly pulling van up, and running out of the room as fast as she could.
"But hitomi, class hasn't even started!!" van whinned, as hitomi dragged them down the hallway.
"I know." She replied.
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"HEY MA', WE'RE HOME!!!!" van hollored as he and hitomi entered his house.
"Mom's at work van. By the way, why aren't you at school?" folken asked as he came through the hallway. Van just glared at him and walked away, muttering somethings about traitors and how they should be burned at the stake.
"Well, he's in a good mood, huh?" folken joked with hitomi. Hitomi smiled. She liked Folken. He seemed like a nice brother, only if van could see that.
"Hitomi, can I say something?" folken asked.
"Sure." Hitomi responded.
"i-I want to thank you." hitomi raised an eyebrow.
"Thanks? For what?" hitomi asked.
"For being so tolerable with everything. With van. He's gonna need you in the end to support him. So thanks for loving him. I really appreciate it." Folken said.
"Oh c'mon folken, what kind of girlfriend would I be if I didn't be tolerable of van?" hitomi joked.
"I'm serious hitomi. You are the first girl who has put up with his...uh…rebellious attitude." Folken said carefully.
"Hey, I'm a rebel!!" hitomi said smirking at folken's reaction.
"o-oh, well...uh...umm, I'm gonna go to the uh…deli…yeah, deli...uh see ya!!" with that, folken quickly scurried away.
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"Hey van?" Hitomi asked van. They were both in his room, lying on his bed.
"Yeah?" he responded.
"Why do you hate folken? I mean, he said he was sorry and I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you" hitomi said gently. Van stiffened.
"Because he betrayed me and my family. That's why hitomi." Van answered, gritting his teeth at the thought of folken.
"I'm sure he didn't betray your family. If he did, then why your mom still have him in the house?" hitomi said reasonably.
"Cuz she forgives any one, and I guess it's different for her. She didn't have to take up the burden onto her shoulders." Van responded.
"Why are you asking me these questions hitomi? Did folken set you up to this?" van asked suddenly.
"No, no I was just curious why you were being so stubborn and acting like a child." Hitomi said looking at van sternly.
"Stubborn? Child? Act? Me?" van asked.
"Yup, you are acting like a spoiled kid when things don't go his way." Hitomi said bluntly.
"I am not acting like a child hitomi!!!" van protested.
"Are too."
"Am not"
"Are too"
"Am not"
"Oh for crying out loud van!! What do you call this!??!?! Face it. You are acting like a big spoiled brat!!" hitomi holored.
"Am not." Van murmured.
"I heard that." Hitomi snapped. Van just huffed.
"Look, all I wanna know is why are you so ticked off at folken!!??? I mean, he's a nice guy, your ma' and sis have obviously forgiven him, so why not you? What did he do tha made you so mad that you can not even forgive your own brother? Even I forgive Marms. Sure yeah, he's a pain in my royal ass, but I still love him. So get over it okay? The world does not revolve aroud Mr. Van Salezar De Fanel!!! So get a grip!!! It's really PISSING ME OFF" hitomi shouted in his face. Van just stared at hitomi. Never, ever had he seen hitomi this ticked off before. Meanwhile hitomi was huffing and puffing like a raging buffalo.
"i-I g-guess i-I could let it go…" van started. Hitomi's ears literally perked up.
"What did you just say van?" hitomi asked.
" I said I guess I could let it go and forgive my brother." Van repeated. "REALY?!!??" hitomi squealed.
"Yeah I gue-ough!!!" van grunted as hitomi pounced on him, tacking him with a giant hug.
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOOOU!!!!" she squealed.
"Ugh.. Hitomi? Could you not squeal like that? You sound like millerna." Van said.
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Folken entered the house and saw van sitting on the couch. Slowly, he started to back away, and out the door. But before he could even do that van spoke.
"Folken wait. I need to speak with you. Now." Folken stared. That was the first calm thing van had ever said to him since he came, possibaly before their dad died.
"Sure thing van, what do you want to talk about?" folken asked gently.
"i-I'm s-s-sorry." Was all van said. Folken could not believe his ears.
"w-what?" he whispered.
"I'm sorry for treating you like scum…and I am happy that your back and I don't hate you." Van said. Tears were forming in folken's eyes. He had waited so long for van to say that.
"So, do you forgive me, big brother?" van asked.
"Aw, you little twerp, of course I forgive you, you rascal!!" folken said as he pulled van into a giant hug. Never had he been so happy in his life.