InuYasha Fan Fiction / Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ For Life and Love ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

For Life and Love

An Escaflowne and Inuyasha crossover fanfic.

 

Chapter Two

 

Van Fanel, the King of Fanelia, was on his balcony looking upon his kingdom. It was amazing how quickly they were able to rebuild. In only a few years after the end of the Destiny War, Fanelia had been rebuilt and was on it's way to be an economic power. Everything was starting to look up,until Zaibach came back inot the picture.

 

It was a shock to hear that someone had declared themselves as the new Emperor of Zaibach to the rest of Gaea. Even though it was through correspondence that the world found out, Van couldn't shake the sinking feeling in his stomache about this new turn of events.

 

Stepping away from the railing, Van returned to the inside of his bedroom. It was still early in the morning and he wasn't expected to be anywhere for a while.

 

He collapsed on his bed and groaned. He really didn't want to have to put up with his advisors today… Or anyday for that matter. They have been trying to push marriage on him for the past couple of years, ever since he hit his twentieth year. It's not that he didn't want to marry and continue that Fanel line, it's just that he was still carrying that flame for that one woman. Crazy, he knew, but he still help but hope and pray that one day Hitomi would return to him.

 

Yah, fat fucking chance Fanel.

 

She was probably living her life back on the Mystic Moon, having found herself someone else to love. He knew that he was being pessismitic, but that is what allowed him to focus on Fanelia. Now that it was done, he was expevted to find a wife and produce and heir. Despite these thought, he really hoped that she was happy, it was all he really could do at this point, they hadn't spoken since he had sent her back home.

 

He pulled a pillow from the head of his bed, covered his face with it and screamed. Not the most mature thing he could think of, but it helped with the frustration.

 

He laid there for a while, not really keeping track of the time, when he heard a knock at his door.

 

Please, let it not be Raiden.

 

Raiden was his head advisor. The old man was so set in the old ways that it was sickening. Had he known that he was like that, he woudn't have appointed him, but it was too late now. Raiden was the traditional conservative type and he totally clashed with Van's liberal way of thinking. It was interesting to watch them at counsil meetings.

 

Van got up from the bed and went to the door. He gave once last silent prayer before opening it to reveal his caller. Much to his disappointment, it was Raiden.

 

Fucking fablulous. He did not have the patience for him today.

 

“Lord Van, you were supposed to join the counsil over 30 minutes ago.” Raiden was a head shorter than Van so he was looking up at the monarche. He was really a stickler for being on time. It was kind of annoying sometimes.

 

Van rolled his eyes, careful to not let the advisor see. “I'll be down shortly.” Short and to the point. Then he closed the door in Raiden's face. Not the nicest thing, but it gotthe point accrose when he didn't feel like talking to the man. There was only so much he could take in a day before blowing up. Raiden knew that Van had a temper, but that didn't stop the man from pushing buttons, if he meant to or not.

 

Getting dressed for the day, Van couldn't help but wonder what life would have been like if Hitomi had actually stayed instead of going back to the Mystic Moon. For starters, he wouldn't have advisors down his throat about getting married. He would have the most beautiful wife he could ever want, and maybe a couple of children by now as well…

 

He shook his head of the thoughts. Dreaming and wondering won't do any good, he had to focus on the here and now of reality.

 

With a last look in the mirror to make sure he portrayed the image a king was supposed to, he headed off to the counsil meeting.

 

As expecred, the meeting was basically his advisors trying to push random princesses from around Gaea on him. Sure, they were pretty, but he didn't want this. As time wore on his patience wore thinner and thinner. As the tenth girl was mentioned Van snapped.

 

“That's it. I'm leaving!” Van stood from his seat and started to walk towards the door, if only to keep himn from hitting something.

 

Raiden stood and called after van, “But my lord, we are not finished yet.” Probably not the smartest thing to say.

 

Van turned to face the table of shock-faced advisors. “Oh yes we are,” he was no longer in the mood for any of this.

 

“Lord Van, you need to find a wife!” This time it was Cortana, another older advisor who Van didn't get along with very well.

 

That was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. “I don't have to do anything!” Van's eye's flared with anger. “I don't want to marry any one of those girls. The one I DO want to marry is on the fucking Mystic Moon, because I fucking sent her back!” He took a breath as he finished his rant. All the frustration from the past months over this marriage business was getting to him.

 

Why did I appoint these people again?

 

“Our appologies Lord Van,” it was Raiden who spoke. “We will drop the subject for the time being, but remember that you are expected to marry and produce an heir for the continuance of your royal line.”

 

Van nodded solemly. He did know this, but he kept hoping that Hitomi would return. Maybe it was time to forget and move on. Time to let the flame that he had kept buring for the girl who he had fallen for go out and do his royal duty.

 

“I'm going for a walk.” With those words, he left the counsil room and headed towards the gardens. Being inside was starting to choke him.

 

The walk to the gardens didn't take very long. Along the way, he passed maids and guards who no doubtedly had heard of his tirad with the advisors. Gossip in this place spread like wildfire, especially when it came to him.

 

The sun on Van's face felt warm and he smiled a little bit. He looked up into the sky and looked at the blue marble of a planet that was there. Eight years. It had been eight years since the war and since he had met Hitomi. It was hard to believe sometimes.

 

He was walking unconsciously, and he found himself standing infront of the Escaflowne. A tool of war that hoped he would never have to use again. It stood in a kneeling position, just the way he had left it. He noticed the brush growing around the guymelef, as if to signal how long the machine had been standing there.

 

With a sigh, Van sat at Escaflowne's feet, the massive suit of armour providing shade for him.

 

Van's thoughts drifted to Hitomi again. He was thinking about her a lot today.

 

Gods, he wanted to see her again. To hold her like he did before she left, to hear her voice. To… Anything. He missed her entire being.

 

He was staring up at the Mystic Moon, thinking about how he wanted Hitomi there with him, when a page came running up to him at a full sprint.

 

“Lord Van,” he started. The young boy was quite out of breath, it definitely had to be important. When he was able to breathe properly he finally said, “Zaibach has declared war!”

 

 

 

Hitomi was standing at the bottom of the stairs that led up the the Higurashi Shrine. She just stood there and stared. What was she going to say when she saw the people from her vision? She knew that all the possibilities were extremely odd and should would probably get turned away, them thinking that she was beyond crazy.

 

“Well it couldn't hurt to check things out,” she said to herself as she ascended the stairs to the shrine grounds.

 

When she reached the top she saw the girl from her vision. She was standing under the big tree in the middle of the grounds. She looked pensive, and had an air of sadness about her. Hitomi wanted to go up to her and ask what was wrong, she felt a strange connection to this girl, and she didn't know why.

 

Then the girl, Kagome was her name, that much she learned from her vision, turned around and was now facing her. Kagome plastered a smile on her face and said, “Welcome to our shrine. The tour isn't for another hour, but you can buy charms just over there.” It was a safe assumption that Kagome worked there, though she wasn't wearing a traditional shrine maiden outfit.

 

Hitomi nodded and went to where kagome had pointed out to her. She was trying to busy herself with looking at the assortment of charms and trinkets on display, but her thoughts kept going to the vision that she had the night before. And she still dind't know what possessed her to come to the shrine today, but she felt compelled to know why she had the vision in the first place.

 

“So you need help with anything?” It was kagome who asked the question. She had moved beside Hitomi and was looking intenetly at her.

 

In a panic Hitomi scanned the display case looking to ask a wuestion about one of the items. Then she saw a keychain with a pinkish/purple orb on the end. “That looks interesting,” she said pointing at the object, “is there a story behind it?”

 

Kagome opened the case and took out the keychain. “As a matter of fact, it kind of does.” She handed it to Hitomi and began to tell the story. “The small marble is called the Shikon No Tama, Jewel of Four Souls. It has been said that it has the power to grant the wish of the holder and has been sot after by human and demon alike.”

 

As Kagome was telling the story of the jewel, Hitomi could see it all happening as if she was there.

 

“It was created by a Priestess, Midoriko, while in the heat of battle with a strong demons. The Jewel was forced from her body and it is believed that her soul and thos of the demons she was fighting are still at battle within it. It passed hands many times, until it came under the protection of the Preiestess Kikyou.”

 

Hitomi could see it all in her mind's eye. Midoriko, the demons, and Kikyou. It was all playing like a movie in front of here eyes. nShe could hear Kagome's voice narrating the whole thing.

 

“While protecting the Jewel, Kikyou met and fell in love with an inu hanyou. She wanted to live as a normal woman and told him that if they were to wish for him to be human it would purify it.”

 

Hitomi could see Kikyou and Inuyasha. Kikyou looked strangely like Kagome. She listened to Kagome continue with the story.

 

“But it was to never happen. They were betrayed. Kikyou died thinking the hanyou had killed her and she sealed him to Goshinboku with an arrow.” She pointed to the tree Hitomi has saw her standing under ealier.

 

Though Kagome had stopped talking, Hitomi could still see a scene playing out in front of her. She saw Kagome falling down a well, and releasing Inuyasha from the tree. She then saw flashes of what ash assumed happened to her at those times.

 

She was suddenly knocked out of the vision. Kagome had grabbed her upper arms and shook her. “Are you alright?”

 

Hitomi looked Kagome straight in the eyes. “You unsealed Inuyasha from the tree.”

 

It was obvious that Hitomi had shocked the girl. She had take a step back and her eyes were wide. “H-How do you know.”

 

Hitomi let out the breath that she had been holding, there was no sugar-coating this. “I saw it all while you were speaking. I also saw you and Inuyasha in a vision I had last night.”

 

Kagome's eyes went wide. “Vision?” The shock was apparent in her eyes.

 

“Yes, I have been known to see bits and pieces of the past and future.” She gave a half smile, “not that I've wanted it to happen.”

 

Kagome nodded in understanding. “There must be a reason you were send here.” If anyone knew about the supernatural, it was Kagome. “Come with me.” She grabbed Hitomi's hand and brought her over to the house. “We're going to talk.”