Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ The Return of the Past ❯ Waking up and Finding Out ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4: Waking up and Finding Out

Van sighed, as he entered his room. It had been a long day, and all he wanted to do now was relax and not be bothered. His hopes were in vain of course as he heard the loud call of his name just before he was attacked by someone.

“Van-sama, your ok!” exclaimed an excited cat girl as she gave him a bear hug. “I was so worried.” She had soft pink hair that ended just above her shoulders and blue eyes that at the moment were filled with worry for him. Her fur was a soft tan color and she had dark brown stripes on her cheeks, shoulders, and thighs. She had on a yellow dress that ended just above her knees. On her feet was a pair of worn leather boots.

“Yes Merle, I'm fine.” He replied in an exhausted tone, “I'm just tired now and I would like to rest if that's ok.”

“Oh, I'm sorry Van-sama,” she said, “I'll go now so you can rest but be warned I'll be here to wake you up in the morning.” After she said this she hurried out of the room and went to find another unsuspecting victim. Van sighed once again as he got himself up from the floor. He removed his gloves preparing to get ready for bed. Just as he was about to pull his shirt over his head, a blinding light filled the room. As the light faded was gone Van looked outside to see a fast dissipating beam of light. Without another thought he took his shirt off throwing it to the floor, spread his wings and started to fly to where he saw the beam. He wasn't the only one who saw the beam of light; Endymion saw it as well and was also on his way to investigate. They flapped their wings vigorously trying to get to where the light had landed. They both arrived at the sight of where the beam landed at the same time. As they landed, they noticed two unconscious girls lying on the ground.

“Hitomi,” gasped Van as he stared Dumbstruck at one of the unconscious girl. Hey hurried to her side and knelt, checking her over for injuries. Finding none he picked her up and turned towards Endymion to find he had picked up the other girl. Together they flew back to the castle each caught up in their own thoughts.

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~The next day~

Hitomi groaned and rolled over in bed snuggling up to one of the many pillows. As light slowly filled the room from the grand balcony doors, she slowly began to wake up. The first thing she realized as she came back into the world of consciousness was that she was no long in her bed. Opening her eyes as she sat up she found herself in a queen-sized bed. She looked around groggily wondering where she was as she took in the grandeur of the room. The room was pretty big; definitely half of her house could fit in here. The room was colored in soft blues and greens. A carpet covered most of the polished hard oak floor and curtains hug tied back at the balcony doors. Up against one of the walls were a large Solid cheery wood armoire and a vanity a couple feet to the left. A cheery wood table with matching seats sat in about the middle of the room. There were two doors in this room, one on the wall to the left of her and one on the wall in front of her. As she surveyed the room she remembered yesterday's events and came to the conclusion that she was on Gaea, but in what country. She got up and walked out on to the balcony, what she saw surprised her greatly. She saw a city that looked like it had just been built and off in the distance she could see a field that she recognized to be the fields of Fanalia. Just as she figured out where she was a scream pierced through the silence.

`That sounded like Usagi,' she thought, "I hope she's ok.' Hitomi went to the door that she thought led out of her room and opened it. Sure enough she found it led out into a polished and tastefully decorated hall. Walking down the hall to the right of her room she went in the direction that she Usagi's screams. She stopped in front of a door as she heard another less high pitched shriek. She opened the door and looked in to find a terrified Usagi and a confused merle.

“Merle?” Hitomi asked as she entered the room.

“Hitomi!” was the only thing that she heard because the next thing she knew she was on the ground with a cat girl on top of her. Merle was hugging her so tight that she didn't think she would be able to breathe soon. “Oh I can't believe that It's really you and that your really here. Now we'll be able to go on shopping sprees and I'll be able to show you all of Fanalia—”she was then cut off by Hitomi.

“Merle can you please get off of me, it's kind of hard to breathe under here.” said Hitomi.

“Huh? Oh I'm sorry Hitomi,” said Merle as she got off of her.

“Umm, umm H-hitomi what is that?” Usagi Asked fearfully from her spot on the bed.

“Huh? Oh, Usagi this is Merle, she's a cat girl,” explained Hitomi, “I'm sorry she has a bad habit of scaring people out of their minds in the morning.”

“Hey!” Merle Exclaimed indignantly.

“Well it's true! You usually give people heart attacks with the way you wake them up, and Usagi here has never seen a cat person before so that makes it worse,” said Hitomi in an almost reprimanding tone.

“What's all the commotion about?” asked a sleepy eyed Dilandau as he walked into the room. As soon as he entered Hitomi screamed and Jumped about 4 feet away from him.

“What is he doing here!” she shouted pointing at him.

“Shut up mystic moon bitch,” Said the now wide-awake Dilandau, who looked ready to kill.

“What's going on here?” asked Van as he entered the room.

“Van,” Hitomi said as she ran over to him. “What's he doing here and alive?” she then asked him.

“That will be explained later but right now I'd like to know what's going on in here,” he said as he looked around at the rooms occupants.

“Well I woke up and heard Usagi scream so I came in here and found merle,” Hitomi started to explain, “Usagi had screamed because she's never seen a cat girl before and apparently Merle was curious who Usagi was. When Usagi woke up, Merle was the first thing she saw and so she freaked out,” explained Hitomi.

“Who's Usagi?” Dilandau asked, “Her?” He pointed to Usagi as she slightly tried to hide behind her blankets.

“Oh Van, Merle, and Dilandau,” Hitomi said, trying not to shudder at Dilandau's name. “This is my friend Usagi. Usagi this is Van, King of Fanalia, Merle his adopted sister and Dilandau the insane pyromaniac that wanted to kill me last time I was here,” Hitomi said introducing them. “Ok now that that's settled will someone explain as to why Dilandau is here and still alive.” Hitomi was practically hyperventilating as she looked from Van, to Merle, then to Dilandau.

“Hitomi please calm down and we'll explain it to you” said Van as he wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. Hitomi took a few deep breathes to calm down and then slowly pulled out of Van's arms saying that she was calm. She went and sat on the bed next to Usagi waiting for one of them to explain.

“Well you remember how Dilandau turned back into Serena in the Final battle?” he asked. Hitomi nodded her head. “Well Dilandau didn't actually die or disappear. It turns out that Dilandau's mind and spirit were somehow separated from Serena's body and given a body of their own, but he was weak and injured, and almost dead when we found him. Of course we were just as surprised and shocked as you are Hitomi, but we took him in helped him get better and since then he's proven to be a valuable ally.”

“Well that explains it, but I still don't trust him, at least not yet,” she said.

“Ok I've had enough of this gloomy mood type of stuff,” said Merle. “You two must be Hungry,” she said as she grabbed Hitomi and Usagi, and dragged them both out of the room. Van and Dilandau followed them knowing exactly where she was dragging them. By the time they got down to the dining room Usagi had eaten a substantial amount of food and Hitomi, Merle, Endymion and the Generals were all watching her in amazement. Finally she stopped eating and noticed everyone's eyes were on her.

“Oops, umm… I'm sorry. I kind of have a habit of eating a lot,” she stuttered slightly while blushing in embarrassment. The others only looked at her in bewilderment until Merle spoke up.

“Hey what is everyone's problem she's not the only one who eats a lot ya know” said Merle in a matter of fact tone.

“Ya, I have a very fast metabolism that's why I eat so fast and so much,” Usagi said sheepishly.

“Hey, that's okay we don't mind,” Said the blonde shorthaired male that was sitting not too far down the table from her.

“Hitomi,” Van spoke as he sat in his seat, “Usagi, I would like you to meet Prince Endymion of Elysian and his generals.” Usagi and Hitomi looked to the dark haired man that he was motioning to.”

“It is a pleasure to finally meet the seer from the mystic moon,” said Endymion as he bowed his head slightly in respect, “as well as any of her friends.” Usagi blushed slightly and bowed her head mumbling a soft “nice to meet you,” in return.

“It's nice to meet you as well your highness,” replied Hitomi.

“Hey now,” the blonde from before spoke up, “don't go forgetting about us. My name is Jadeite it's a pleasure to meet you both.” He had short slightly curly blonde hair and soft light blue eyes that were full of mischief.

“Jadeite,” the man next to him reprimanded softly, “Please forgive him, sometime's he forgets his manners. My name is Nephrite.” He had long dark brown wave hair that flowed freely down his back and stormy grayish blue eyes. He had an almost suave air about him.

“Please don't start a fight you two,” spoke up another blonde who was sitting across from Nephrite. He had medium length wavy blonde hair that was tied at the nape of his neck, and green eyes that held much wisdom. “I am Zoisite,” he said introducing himself. The man sitting next to him sighed as he felt a migraine, which he did not need this early in the morning coming to him.

“I am Kunzite,” he said, “I am Endymion-sama's head general and this rabble's leader.” He had long silver hair and, light blue, almost silver eyes.

“It's nice to meet all of you,” Hitomi replied. Usagi only nodded in agreement not sure she could trust her voice.

With introductions out of the way everyone resumed their meals. The morning continued on rather uneventfully. Usagi got used to the fact that there were creatures such as cat people on Gaea and got along great with the generals. Much to Hitomi chagrin she got to know Dilandau better, as she ended up getting stuck next to him. Eventually the Endymion and the generals excused themselves so that they could go get some training in before the start of the afternoon. Merle dragged Hitomi and Usagi off, grinning like a maniac, and Van reluctantly left for his study. Dilandau decided to go to the training grounds to get some of his own practice in, before he joined Van in his study.