Fo: Woo, it's been sooo friggen long :)
Taichi: Not long enough...
Fo: Pipe it asshole! Well it doesn't matter how long it has been. As long as I post a new chapter, right?
Taichi: Not the point Fo -.-
Veemon: I do wish you posted faster though :'(
Fo: Awe... Don't fret my blue digital monster; I am working on two chapters a day now *.*
Duncan: Can you handle it Fo?
Fo: Of course I can! DUH! WHO DO YOU THINK I AM!?
Duncan: You sure?
Fo: Are you doubting my abilities Duncan -.-
Taichi: Yes he is Fo... He is so doubting you :)
Duncan: TAI!? WTF!?
Taichi: Hehe... *smirks*
Duncan: Are you trying to get me killed?
Taichi: Maybe...
Duncan: Dickhead...
Washu: Fo does not own 'Eureka Seven'. Please enjoy.
Fo: Do review ^^ And no flames! I hate flames -.-
10th Squad 3rd Seat- Haha! We shall see ^^ Just got to keeping reading my fic! And thanks for your review! I always heart reviews ^^
lola- I'm glad you like the anime! Holland is one of my favorites too!
Castle In The Sky
Chapter 3: Smoke On The Water
Holland watched the nameless girl gaze out the window of the Gekkostate; she was in a trance from the beautiful sunrise overlooking the fluffy yellowish clouds.
The different shades of orange and yellow in the sky hypnotized her. Gidget let the Jane Doe wear some of her cloths.
Holland thought she looked appalling in them.
She was wearing a pair of sky blue baggy sweat pants, a bright yellow tube top that showed off her belly, and white sneakers.
Of course Holland never really liked Gidget's style. It was way beyond tacky if you asked him.
Stoner walked up beside their fearless leader; he could tell Holland was still debating what to do with the Jane Doe.
"What do we want to do with her boss?" Stoner asked he crossed his arms over his chest.
Holland looked over at the photographer; Holland wished he had an answer to his question.
Quite honestly, Holland himself didn't know what to do with this girl.
Holland sighed at Stoner's question; he glanced over at the Eureka look alike and brought his attention back to Stoner.
He could still tell that she was relishing the bright sunrise.
Hell, for all he knew she may have never seen the sun before.
Holland brought his attention back to the Jane Doe; he smiled inside himself as he watched her gaze off into the sky.
He wished she understood him; he had so many questions for her.
"I'll get back to you on that," he said as he started to walk over to the unnamed woman.
What could he say to her?
How's the sun treating you?
Holland didn't know what to say first, hell he didn't even know what language she spoke.
For all he knew it was a forgotten language that no one alive had ever heard of.
He cleared his throat and got the mystery woman's attention.
She looked at him with a sincere smile as she turned to face him.
"The sky is beautiful, no?" she said with such sincerity and purity in her creamy voice.
Holland was shocked to hear her speak a sentence.
"You can understand me?" he asked in skepticism.
He was shocked to hear her speak; only thing she ever said was his name.
"Of course I can! I was born to understand every language," she said with a big bright smile.
Holland sighed as he stared at her.
He doesn't understand her; he was for sure she wasn't human.
The likeness to Eureka was too uncanny to be a coincidence. But he had a major problem with her so far; she was way too up beat for his liking.
He just wanted to strangle the 'sunshine and rainbows' right out of her.
It was way too much for him to handle!
"So, do you have a name?" he asked as he scratched the back of his head.
The unnamed woman smiled as she stepped closer to Holland.
"I don't have one," she said with a smile on her face.
"You're joking, right?" he said as he glared at her.
The Jane Doe shook her head 'no' with a big giddy giant grin on her glowing face.
"I never had a name," she said with a small giggle.
Holland sighed some more; this is getting weirder and weirder.
How could someone not have a name?
It didn't make any sense to him.
"You can't be serious, you have to have a name," Holland said as he stared at the unnamed girl.
The girl shook her head again with the same smile planted on her face.
"Nope. No name," she said still smiling at him.
"C'mon, you had to been called something," he said as he ran a hand through his hair.
Holland was getting annoyed; she had to have a name.
The Jane Doe stopped smiling and started to think.
"Now that you mention, I was called the goddess and holy one," she said as she tapped her index finger on her chin.
Holland threw his head back in defeat.
"You got to be kidding me..." he managed to mumble out.
"Nope!" she chirped.
She was getting on his nerves real bad...
"Well, we have to call you something!" came the voice of Gidget who was eve dropping.
"Gidget!?" Holland exclaimed as he brought his attention to her.
"What!? I had to get to know our new crew member," Gidget sulked as she pouted her plump lips.
"She's not a part of our crew!" Holland yelled at Gidget.
"Yea, I can't be a part of your crew. I'm supposed to be at the temple," the Jane Doe said as she placed her hands on her hips.
Both Gidget and Holland looked at the beautiful Jane Doe with a curious eye. Then suddenly the Jane Doe slammed the side of her fist in her hand.
"I got it!" she exclaimed confusing the two Gekkostate members.
"Got what?" Gidget spoke as she stared at her wide eyed.
"My name... How about 'Holland'? It s very nice, no?" she chirped with a huge smile on her face.
Holland grumbled; he felt frustrated with this strange girl.
He couldn't believe her; he didn't even know if she was either naive or just stupid.
"You can't have that as your name dammit!" Holland yelled at the strange girl.
The Jane Doe looked at him hurt as she pouted her lower lip.
Holland grumbled as he stared at her.
"How come we can't share names?" she asked him innocently.
Holland moaned as he squeezed the bridge of his nose.
"Because, that's not how things work around here," he said as he gave her a small glare.
The unnamed girl titled her head to the side as she gave Holland a questioned look.
"How come?" she asked in her sweet voice, almost just like a child would ask.
It hasn't been even 5 minutes she started speaking and already he wanted to toss her overboard.
"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" he shouted at her and at the same time getting everybody's attention as well.
She made a small squeak noise from his sudden outburst.
"No need to shout," she said with huge puppy dog eyes as she pouted her lower lip out.
Oh, he diffidently wanted to throw her off the ship...
Right now...
In the infirmary Hilda and Miscah were sipping coffee and discussing about the bizarre Jane Doe.
Hilda had already informed the good doctor about the wondrous cave where they found the Eureka look alike.
Miscah was totally into the details of how they found the unnamed maiden.
"That's incredible..." she said as she took a small sip of her coffee.
Miscah was totally amazed by the girl as it is and now that Hilda was explaining how the four of them have found her she was even more amazed.
"Yeah... That cave was so amazingly beautiful, I wish you could have seen it Miscah," Hilda said with a grin while resting her cheek on her knuckles.
Miscah was intrigued by the adventure Holland and the others had in that cave. It sounded wondrous to her. The doctor wished she could have been there.
"Tell me more about this girl," Miscah said with a curious smile, she wanted to know more about this strange blue haired girl.
Hilda sighed softly as she leaned back in her chair; there really isn't anything else she could tell her.
The four of them found her trapped in a strange crystal, there was a light, it shattered, and BOOM!
There she was...
The Eureka look alike...
Hilda giggled from all the strange looks that the Jane Doe had gave when they had left the cave.
Hilda didn't know what else she could tell Miscah.
"There's really nothing else to say Miscah," Hilda said as she smiled at Miscah.
All she wanted was answers about the strange passenger aboard their ship. Miscah sighed as she stood up; she was going to ask Holland if she could run a few test on the Jane Doe.
"Where you going?" Hilda asked the good lady doctor.
Miscah looked over her shoulder with a warm smile on her aging face.
"I'm going to run a few test on the girl," Miscah answered as she walked out of the room.
Hilda sighed as she stood up; she decided to tag along with Miscah.
Much later, Miscah had got permission from Holland to run a few test on the Eureka look alike. Even the whole crew was in the infirmary awaiting the results.
In a way it was a good thing...
For the first time since Hilda and Matthieu's wedding, the was excitement. Almost everything was normal with the Jane Doe.
Her vitals, pulse, breathing, reflexes, etc were normal.
Now all they had to do to finish the test was her blood work. It felt like an entirety for the analysis to be complete. They all sat there waiting for Miscah to tell them the results; then there was two soft beeps and everyone stood up anxious to hear the results of the Jane Doe's blood work.
Maybe Miscah's blood analyst would shed some light on the strange young woman aboard the Gekkostate.
Some of them were even hoping that this mysterious woman is Eureka herself.
Miscah put on a pair of dark purple latex gloves and walked over to the machine that was analyzing the Eureka's look alike blood sample.
She waited and watched as one of her laptops lit up and she gasped in shock when the results had finally came up.
Everyone gathered around Miscah in an anxious heap, the all wanted to see the results.
"What's it say Miscah!?" Gidget blurted out.
Miscah did know how to tell them the news; she just stood there dumbfounded. Miscah took a few moments and gathered her thoughts in one sigh. That small blood that the unnamed woman had given her was their answers to the mystery of her identity.
However, the blood work she had given her created more questions.
The good doctor wanted to run the test again, but she knew she would receive the same results.
"Don't leave us in suspense!" Stoner said to Miscah; he couldn't any longer.
In fact, nobody could; the all wanted to hear the results. None of them could wait any longer.
"Yea! Come on Miscah, spit it out," Matthieu said as he crossed his arms.
Miscah sighed and turned around to the whole crew.
She wasn't entirely sure how they would react to the results.
Miscah knew this was going to shock the hell out of them. Nevertheless everyone need to know. It's not like she could hide this information for too long.
She closed her eyes and thought about the unnamed girl sitting in the other room.
Their lives and the Eureka's look alike life was about to change forever.
"She is Eureka..."
End of Chapter
Fo: Endy end, end, end, end, end!
Veemon: This chapter was cute Fo ^^
Fo: Awe *.* thanks Veemon you are the best.
Veemon: Awe *.* Thanks Fo.
Taichi: God, you two are tarts...
Ryuk: This chapter was named after the song by the amazing band 'Deep Purple'.