There and Back again
GA1: Here we are again... Another chapter... Sorry for its lateness. Editing has become a new task for me to do as well...
SD: It is not! I edited everything before hand!
GA1: Riiight... And that's why I am finding all of these errors... And have to go back and fix the first three...
SD: Shut up... I'll get to them... I'll get to them...
GA1: Good, now do forgive us, after a while the updates are going to come a bit slow. Due to the fact school has started, SD is running around...lost... and I have to fight with band... I was first Flute...for a day then become a percussionist...
SD: How can you do that?
GA1: -.- becoming stupid and volunteering..
Disclaimer :Escaflowne is owned by a ban of weird looking old men in crisp black business suits. As you can see, neither I nor Glass Angel1 own crisp black business suits, and I'd hope we aren't old men. So suing us has no meaning to you what so ever on these grounds. BUT last time I checked we did own our respected characters and changes in plot line.
Spirit Dancer: Aiko, Shiva
Glass Angel1: Ayane, Fira, Merlin and any other character that I must creature for the production of this story.
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Summary:
Not just an ordinary retelling of Escaflowne. Two girl's wish away their lives of family abuse, only to find their wish answered. Destiny plays its hands hard as these two friends find themselves caught up in a war of a world they barely know, only to be torn apart along the way. Will they be able to overcome their trouble pasts, and save this new world for its own destruction? Or will their pasts become its means of destruction?
Category: Action/Adventure/Romance
xVxVxVxVx same place different point of view
xXxXxXx scene change
italic; vision
(So getting tired of having to find new separators...)
Note:
Aiko has an accent... kind of... so some words she say maybe slightly in the wrong spelling. I forgot to note this earlier...-.- stupid me...
Chpt. 5 Path of Light
When Aiko woke up, the sun had been set for a while. The stars twinkled in the sky above her through the patches of the trees above her. She slowly sat up, and willed the throbbing in her head to stop. When she looked around, she didn't see the white machine or Van anywhere.
"Great..." She sighed to herself as she got up, dusted what was left of the dress that she had, and started to walk in a straight line. After what seemed like hours, she sat down against the trunk of a tree that was near a lake. Sighing Aiko fingered her pendant. She looked at the lake as it silently washed up on the small shore. A serene image, almost peaceful had it not been for the fact she was lost on a planet she knew absolutely nothing about.
"I hope that Van's ok..." She said without realizing. "What a minute, when did I start caring for that twerp!" Aiko sighed as pushed the unwanted thought to think about for another time. Drawing her knees up to her chest, she rested her head them. she shivered as the temperatures began to drop and hugged her knees closer. Closing her eyes for a second, she listened for anything that might be useful. "Ayane, where are you when I need you..."
xXflashbackXx
"Ayane, admit it. We are lost..." They stood amongst a large crowd that walked about the sidewalks. Cars rushed past them on the road, the stars twinkled in the skyline. Ayane's uncurled hair fell down just a bit passed her shoulders onto the lose black shirt she wore, makeup not even gracing her pale face. Dark pits etched themselves under her gray eyes that only looked at her jade ones filled with a secret laughter. "Ayane..."
"We are most certainly..."
"What?"
"Lost!" Aiko nearly fell onto the stone sidewalk, from the little smile that Ayane showed off with pride. It was either her wish to make them lost in the middle of the Tokyo, or she was just trying to amuse her. They should have stayed in the hotel with the rest of the class without sneaking out for the night. Whatever had made Aiko listen to Ayane was certainly out of ITS own mind.
"Ayane we are going to be in SO much trouble when Mrs. Katashi finds out!" Ayane just waved her hand in the air to dismiss the complaint. Inside Aiko was debating whether or not that being caught sneaking out was a bad thing, or if she should just save her father the trouble and throwing herself out onto the night's traffic.
"Don't even think about it..." Ayane glared as she looked at her before turning her attention back to the buildings around them. It was probable one in the morning and they couldn't find the damn hotel.
"Think about what?" Aiko asked, shrugging innocently, her friend just rolled her eyes. Annoyed by something, Ayane grabbed hold of her arm, and pulled her through the night crowd of Tokyo's night life, into a dark alley way. "Ayane are you trying to get us mugged?"
"O, shut up, I'm going to try something..."
"What, getting us mugged and then asking them how to get back to the hotel?" Ayane smacked her aside the head.
"No, Miss Smarty Ass..." She turned and faced her. "I'm gonna show you something but you can't tell ANYONE! Got it! Or else I'll tell the school you're suicidal and they send you to one of them places that helps that kind of problem, got me?"
"Ok, ok!" Aiko waved her hands in front of her. "Sheesh, Miss Paranoid you don't have to go THAT far. You could always threaten me by taking away all my sharp objects."
"Doing that is much better."
"Right, sure.. Whatever you say Miss Paranoid, what's this big secret."
"I... can sometimes find places or people by... Just picturing them in my mind..." She rubbed the back of her neck nervously. Aiko looked at Ayane slightly shocked. Since when was Ayane nervous? "Its how I find you all the time." Aiko raised her eye brows. The question that popped into her head refused to go unspoken.
" How the hell do you do that anyway?"
"Does it look like I know?" Ayane growled at her, and then she rolled her eyes. "Never mind, anyways, I always thought it had to do something with this stupid choker..."
"You are so weird sometimes, Aya..." Periodically smacking her again, Ayane stepped a way slightly with her back to her. Taking a step to the side, Aiko watched as her friend close her eyes in the darkness, at first nothing happened and she was about to make a rhetorical remark to her. But, all a sudden Ayane's head shot up, and she grabbed her wrist.
"This way!"
"Hey, hey, Ayane not so hard! Slow down!" She yelled as her friend pulled her back in to the crowds of people walking the sidewalks and down a ways towards the Tokyo Tower. After a few moments, Ayane pulled her through a darker alley way. "Ayane, again are you TRYING TO GET US MUGGED?"
"O please, Aiko, if someone tried that you know fully well that the guy won't have any hands before he could get away, Sheesh. And you call me paranoid..." When they came back out into the crowds, there a crossed the street loomed the sign of the hotel their class was staying at for the time of this field trip. Aiko stood dumb stricken. For the past hour they had been trying to find this damn place, and Ayane had found it by doing whatever her little trick was.
"You are REALLY have to teach me that, Aya."
xXflashback endsXx
Pulling her necklace off, Aiko stared at the small forest green pendent that hung off the small black cocker. The small tear dropped shaped pendent swung back and forth lightly from the movement of her taking it off. It shimmered slightly from the light of the moon and the earth that hung in the sky. Funny, it was kind of hard to tell how late it was here, the moon and earth didn't seemed to move from were they were. Sighing, she turned her attention back to the small pendent.
"All right... Who should I find first, Aya... or the twerp?" Aiko was snapped from her thoughts when the bushes behinds her started to rustle. Looking behind her, she sat perfectly still, and didn't make a sound. Please make it a thing with something sharp... she prayed silently as the bushes started to rustle more violently. Aiko blinked, and all of a sudden, a fat guy with long hair and buck teeth jumped on her, making her land on her back. He leered at her, and then looked at her cocker. As he started to reach for it, she screamed as loud as she could muster making him pause because of the noise level. Taking the advantage that her voice had given her, she swung him off of her, making him slam his back against a tree. Getting up, she glared at him and made sure her cocker was still in her hand. After putting it back on, she walked over to the man who was still trying to recover from the blow, and she kicked him as hard as she could in the stomach.
"Don't you EVER do that again you sick pervert, or else I will kill you with my own bare hands!" Aiko kicked him once more before she walked back to her original spot, and watched him. An owl hooted and flew in a circle above her head before gladding back towards the lake. Aiko followed it with her eyes, and saw a tall woman with blond hair rushing towards her. She slowed down as she came closer; her long running strides turned to a slow walk.
"Are you alright, Miss?" It... was a guy's voice!
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"Hum, country side is much better for hunting isn't it, Nauru?" He asked the small white owl as it fluttered his wings, sitting in the tree. Stepping off of the small little raft onto the shore line of the lake, he carefully stepped over the muddy shore. He didn't really feel like getting mud on his boots, which he had already spend two hours polishing from the last, quiet little outing. Being enclosed by the small fortress walls were starting to get to him. Well, he did want to get out of Palace for a while right.
"Yes Allen.." He growled at himself. "But out in the middle of nowhere?" He watched as his little owl hopped off the branch and darted after something in the bushes. At least one of them was enjoying being out here in the middle of nowhere. Mindlessly, he walked along the grass which reached up a little past his boots. The night sounds were at least a bit peaceful then listening to his men as they sat around the small fire in the commons area of the fort. Periodically, he stopped to watch as his small white owl moved along the top of the water, barely skimming the surface. The peace of the crickets was broken by the high pick of a woman's scream.
"What the?" Is there a woman lost in this area? He took off in the direction of the scream, Nauru lead the way. As he rounded the next tree, he saw a young woman panting as she stood glaring down at the figure slumped down on the tree in front of her. Her long dark hair fell about mangled; her dark dress was torn about her legs. From the looks of it, she seemed to have had more then one trouble in past few days.
"Don't you EVER do that again you sick pervert, or else I will kill you with my own bare hands!" Her voice rang out in a clear threat; the figure slumped seemed to be a little limp. Was it him, or did that look like the Mole man that was captured a few days ago? The girl turned around, as he accidentally stepped on a twig that snapped. He couldn't see her face for it was hidden under the shadows of her mangled bangs. Well, better to announce that I'm not going to hurt her, wonder how she did that to the Mole...?
"Are you alright, Miss?" Allen asked, keeping his voice neutral, the girl might be scared easily if what he was thinking happened to her was it. Aiko looked at him for the first time, and the fire that was in her eyes died down immediately, her face went pale for a second. Then her right eye brow went up in what looked like disbelief.
"You...you're ...a...guy..." She said quietly and then fell to the ground in a half faint. He caught her before she hit the ground, sort of confused by what she said. Could the girl be drunk, no there wasn't a village near here for miles. Now that he was closer to her, he could see the smudges of ash on her face.
"A fire?" His head shot up at the sound of running steps against the wet tall grass. Round the tress near the lake shore, came a short, dark haired boy in a red shirt, and tan khaki pants. The boy took one look at him and the girl who lay unconscious in his arms before his hand fell to his sword.
"What did you do to her!" His voice was rasp from running.
"She fainted..."
"I don't believe you" He started to pull out his sword.
"Don't draw.. I don't want to have to fight you..." The boy hesitated for a second but still pulled his bladed out of its sheath. Sighing inwardly, Allen laid the girl down on the grass and turned his attention to the young boy, drawing his own sword. The boy let out a battle cry and charged at him. Even though the small battle lasted a few moments, Allen was taken by some of the skill the boy showed, even though he took to many risks. Wanting to end his little fight, but not kill the boy he slammed the blunt side of his blade on the boy's side. For a moment, Allen looked around him at the small little field; three people now lay unconscious around him.
"I'm going to need a horse..." He sighed as he picked up the boy's blade and studied the small crest on the blade. Allen mentally kicked himself.
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When Aiko woke up, she vision was blurry at first, but it quickly adjusted. She blinked to see a man with a round face, brown eyes, and short brown hair looking down at her.
"Hey! The princess is awake!" he said looking behind him, and other voices joined in. Unfamiliar with the surroundings, let alone the man standing over her, Aiko glared at him as fire danced in her eyes. When he looked back, she punched him in the nose. She jumped up from her position on the bed, and punched him hard in the stomach making him double over. Next, she picked him up with what seemed like no difficulty, and threw the heavy set man across the room, making the window next to him shake with such a force that it almost shattered. The whole room got deadly silent as they looked at her with wide eyes. Panting slightly because of how heavy the man was, she looked around at the group, daring one of them to make a move, and no one said a word.
"What the hell was that?" The blond head of the wo-...Man that had appear in the forest came through the small doorway off to the side.
"Boss.. The girl, she threw Kyo across the room!" one of them said, breaking the silence Aiko had only ministered a few seconds ago. Shrugging off the want to punch this guy, Aiko turned her attention to the blond as he walked into the room. He didn't look to bad, well, the hair... Ya, the hair was probably a down on her ranking for him, the long locks of blond hair made him look like a girl. Then there was his clothing, puffy white sleeve shirt, high knee boots and blue pants. Yup, defiantly someone Ayane would mark as a victim of fashion disaster. But besides that he didn't look to bad, a small plus for this new world.
"Would you boys, get out of here, before something else happens. I'd be pretty scared waking up to your ugly faces too." A, the first sensible thing that seemed to come out of the man's mouth. Aiko smirked slightly at the inter joke, missing the response of the other guys in the room as they filed out. This left her with 'pretty boy' as Aiko had come to label him, but no signs of Ayane or the twerp. Well, one good thing at a time. "Are you alright, Miss..?"
"...Saito...Aiko Saito..." Aiko responded with a slight bow just to be courteous. Aiko's mind screamed against it, but she did it and gave him a small smile. "Um...I'm sorry about what happened...to...um...", pointing to the indent in the wall, she frowned when the name didn't come to her, "What...ever his name was..." she said, looking up at him. "So...who are you?"
"Allen Schezar, of the country Austria," He did something that Aiko could guess was similar to a bow. Austria, eh? So how the hell did I get here, Aiko wondered, as she crossed her arms. Well here's another unanswered question.., how do I get back and find Ayane...and the twerp...Sheesh, when did I become so fucking worried about him? O, ya when he nearly got himself killed because he wasn't paying attention. Lost in her thoughts she missed most of what the 'pretty boy', Allen, had said. All accept the question that he asked. "What were you doing out in the woods by yourself?" Aiko looked at him for a second, as if she didn't hear him.
"Well, I don't really know how I got into the forest to begin with..." She decided not to say anymore because she didn't really know herself. "I jus woke up in the forest, walked for a lil while, and then that perverted person attacked me, so I threw him off me..." She stopped, cursing herself for saying too much. Right, she had no idea what was going on, it would be best to limit what she told this 'pretty boy' until she could determine whether or not he was trustable. It looked like he was about to say something, but whatever it was, was never to be heard as one of the men from earlier popped his head into the room.
"Hey, Boss, the boy's up ands starting to get a little rowdy. He wants to see the princess." Aiko's face froze for a second.
"H-he's here?" She asked surprised. Wow...after whatever happened, I didn't that we'd see each other anytime soon. She thought looking over at the guy who barged into the room. Lost in her world, she didn't hear what was said between the two of them. Nor did her mind recognize Van as he was brought into the room. Had the boy really worn that to the party that took place after his crowning? The red shirt seemed a bit big for his small frame, and the khaki pants were laced with dirt, probable from moving around the forest. Something was said between him and Allen, though Aiko was still too lost in her own little world of thought to hear it. Van moved across the room towards her and stopped when he was a little under an arm's reach away.
"Are you alright?" His voice was a bit low, to keep Allen from hearing what they were saying. The words were enough to bring her out of being lost in her mind. Aiko jumped slightly, and looked at him. She then looked at the indent in the wall across the room, and gave a small smirk.
"Yup...jus fine..." Waving her had to dismiss the questionable look that crossed his face. "How are you though? You were out longer then I was..."
"Peachy...just peachy.." Van said, rolling his brown eyes at something then turning his attention to Allen. "Where are we?"
GA1: What are you... Macho woman?
SD: O shush, she's stronger then she looks so there : P
GA1:...Some times I wonder about you...
SD: O shut up... don't you have a bunch of things to be writing right now...
GA1: -.-' Yes... Getting there... getting there...