AN: Thank you all for the reviews. As you can see I tend to post quickly. As you all can tell I have a lot of free time in between classes, at lunch, and during classes. Again thanks for the reviews. BTW sorry this is late.

*~Important notice~* This chapter will hold light cursing in it. Also some graphic details, not sexual. Crime seen wise.

I don't own Escaflowne.

Chapter 3: Bon Voyage

Hitomi pulled out her gun and pointed it at her former trainers' head.

"I should shoot you dead." She cocked the gun both Van and the man looked shocked. She pulled the trigger and nothing happed. "But it would be a waste of a bullet."

She put her gun away and started to walk off. Van smirked at this as he liked her bold thinking. He looked at her former trainer for he looked pissed as all hell for her actions.

"Dam bitch." He said and turns away closing the door. Van felt sorry for the girl but that's all. He seemed to have that problem. There was a feeling of familiarity from this girl. He shook off the feelings about her and thought back to the girl that was similar to her while heading to the boarding plank.

~Warning: This is the graphic part. Just read the last paragraph of the flash back if you can't take it. ~

A new family had moved into one of his feeding grounds near the beach. Van considered them his flock of sheep. He never drank them dry but kept an eye out for his flock. But that week he decided to slip up a bit on watching his flock. The family had an intruder barge in threw the house killing the father who had answered the door leaving the body where it was. The two sisters and mother were sent to the basement while the youngest brother was cut to pieces in his bed.

The man went and killed more dragging all the bodies to the basement. He was living in the house for a bit, as to savor his winnings. I finally came after not seeing the family at all. I smelt the blood from the upstairs and rotting flesh. I traveled down stairs hearing a noise from the living room. I moved towards it stopping seeing the blood trail to the basement door. I noticed he did not smell as the family did and knew instantly he had to be exterminated for killing part of my flock.

A door slammed open and bear feet pitter pattering across the floor. Shortly after another two doors slammed open, sounding like a back porch door and screen door. The intruder heard this and got up coming quickly. I grabbed his neck and broke it, then followed the poor soul who escaped. He followed the stumbling foot prints across the sand. Finally catching up to the figure of a female up ahead. She heard him and turned looking to him scared that he might hurt her to, for all that was there was fear and pain. I saw her hand cover her arm she was covered with her own and others blood. Her arm looked apparently broken beyond belief and infected wounds. She stumbled back as I came near. She soon tripped over her own feet and fell on to the sand wincing with pain. I did not press farther and she got up and ran in the process letting something fall from her neck in to the sand. I picked it up the trinket, it was a small gold locket. I found it surprising she had it on her still and kept it instead of letting the sea take it as its treasure or another to keep it as a souvenir of good luck from treasure hunting.

~An: Not too much I hope on detail, just a light visual to understand what's going on. ~

Van reached the docking plank and followed the crew member to there rooms to change into suitable cloths. Van had a room across from Hitomi which did bother him. Bad enough having her work with him but he did not want her near him at all times. He felt like he was on watch 24/7, which made him uncomfortable. He was about to turn in when he caught something coming towards him.

"LORD VAN," Cried a very happy cat girl barraling down the hall. Hitomi was already in the room when a loud *Thud* came. Hitomi closed the door behind her. "Lord Van I missed you. How come you never came to see me?"

"Well hello to you too Merle." Van laughed.

Hitomi could hear them, and stood listening to Van's rich full laugh. It for some reason want to make him laugh more like that and listen to it calm all the anger in her. The laughter disappeared. Hitomi noticed a teddy bear was placed upon her bed. She smiled losing her cold hearted personality. She knew who it was from, Dryden. He was more like a brother figure to her. He was not aloud to give her gifts when at the building for she was not suppose to have anything at all but guns and the cloths on her back. It felt good not to have a small room with only one color, white. This ship was grand, beautiful and detailed. She looked at the new cloths laied out for her. She was happy for they were not black and were classic not what most teenagers would wear unless they had composed a unique style.

She heard another *Thud* from the hall. She walked to the door after taking her coat off showing a black turtle neck. She walked out into the hall.

"Stop making so much noise." She saw Van still on the floor rubbing his head and the cat girl on one of the crew members who eventually ran off after getting her off him.

"Aw, come on Hitomi lighten up." She turned and looked to the man coming down the hall and was soon having an arm wrapped around her neck.

"Dryden. Please the neck." "Oh yes forgot it was there." "One of these days I am either going to rip it out or have you take it out." "I agree but for now lets leave it in."

Hitomi's personality changed completely from the lifeless doll to this child like teenager talking to an older brother. Van got confused by this, he also got angry for some reason he wanted this attenchen from her.

'What am I thinking attenchion from that little sorry excuse shit of a human.'

"Well what do we have here, the doll and her hippy play mate."

He smirked wanting to piss her off and saw he hit a nerve. This made he happy to see her with anger.

"And you have room to talk." "You, mister, should be careful," said Dryden "Well then I shall call her 'The Tool'."

She went flat with out anger or emotion showing again. Van struck the

"Your no different from the other low life bastards that ordered me around. You rude, discusting, and I forgot to mention" "Hitomi!" "Don't insulte Lord Van." "He has no right to call me that dam name. NO RIGHT! I am tired of being considered just as a dam tool. Who the hell said I wanted to be what I am." "Hitomi, clam down." "Dam it no, Dryden. I am close to ripping this dam chip out of the back of my neck. This is ridiculous being called this. Bad enough" "HITOMI! Enough is enough go to your room and prepare for the meeting. You sir watch it."

She walked back into her room giving Van a glare. Then slamming the door shut. Dryden walked way from him heading back the way he came. Van smirked at glee and walked to his room it always made him happy to upset the humans. Merle followed him but soon sent her to her room to change and get ready. The soon felt the ship start to move out to the sea. He smiled and just said.

"Bon Voyage."

Hey all. Was it good? Hope it was. I will be working on Chapter 4 hope I can get it typed and posted tonight. Later.