Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness Falls ❯ Chapter 12B: Desert Rose ( Chapter 12 )

Author's Notes:

Caerné: Okay, so we finally got off our sorry, pathetic asses and updated.

MdnitePrncez: We? You're in charge of updating!

Caerné: Fine! I haven't had time! I got a job (11 bucks an hour! Sweet!) and some asshole on the freeway decided to rear-end me and send my car into the shop, sticking me with a crap ass rental. >grumbles< I hate that damn car! Stupid Saturn! I want my civic back.

MdnitePrncez: Hmmm…bitchy today. As promised, we have a special guest, er, guests. Guys, you may want to be careful around her. She's in a foul mood today.

Caerné: Aw, shove---

MdnitePrncez: Do not curse in front of the cute hobbits! They're so impressionable and I don't feel like being hunted down by pissed off elves 'cause they called them some 'creative' new names.

Caerné: Oh! That's right! Merry and Pippin decided to drop by!

Pippin: Yes, and I believe we were promised ale.

Merry: Pippin! You greet first, then ask for the ale…and mushrooms!

Pippin: Yeah, Mushrooms!

Caerné: I hate mushrooms.

Pippin: **eyes wide from shock** You…hate…no….can't hate them! They're so good. Raw, cooked, in pie, in gravy….

Caerné: I don't like mushrooms.

Pippin: **lower lip quivers and eyes start to glisten**

MdnitePrncez: Nice job, Caerné. You made him cry.

Caerné: **sweatdrop** Okay…um, I have some ale and other alcohol in the fridge and liquor cabinet.

Pippin: **eyes light up and all evidence of tears disappear** Ale?

Merry: Pints?

Caerné: Yuppers. Let's go. I there are some mushrooms, too.

Pippin: I thought you didn't like mushrooms…

Caerné: Just because I don't like 'em, doesn't mean I wouldn't have any for guests…

Merry: What kind of mushrooms?

Caerné: Let's see…wild mushrooms, the non-lethal ones of course,…morel…shiitake…porcini…some others

Merry and Pippin: **smile happily and jump up and down, estatic** Mushrooms! Mushrooms!

Pippin: And pints!

MdnitePrncez: Before you guys go drink yourselves silly, what do you have to say about this fic?

Pippin: Thank you for reviewing, Feye Morgan.

Merry: And they're sorry for taking so long to update.

Pippin: **blushing profusely** There is also …some…very...uh, detailed…discussions…by characters in this chapter.

Caerné: Aaaaaw! Pippin's blushing! So adorable!

Pippin: You think I am adorable?

MdnitePrncez: Who wouldn't?

Merry: Me.

Pippin: **eyes all wide and hurt like** >Caerné and MP bust up laughing< Read the chapter…I have to…go…eat now. **walks towards kitchen shoulders shaking slightly**

Caerné: Aw, he's crying! Read the chapter, byes. **runs after sobbing Pippin**

Chapter 12 B ~~Desert Rose

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At the Door ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

The three girls grabbed their long leather dusters off the coat rack that sat in the foyer near the door. Hitomi's, as well as Alex's, was black and Serena's was silver. The group of six walked out the door and down to the driveway.

"Three cars?" Alex asked.

"Sure," Serena replied.

"Works for me," Hitomi said as she pulled her keys from her purse and pulled Van towards the garage along with Alex and Dilandau. Serena dragged Gaddes towards her Jeep, which was parked in the driveway. After getting situated in the Jeep, Serena took off down the road towards the club.

The now smaller group of four made their way to the garage where several cars were located. Hitomi dragged Van to a magenta Mitsubishi Eclipse convertible with the top up. Alex brought Dilandau to her silver Lexus convertible, only this time she had put the top up as well. Once they were in the cars, they pulled out and tore down the road to the club where they met up with Serena and Gaddes.

"Isn't this were we found you yesterday?" Van asked Hitomi.

"Yup, the shop is right over there," she replied as she motioned down the street and walked with the rest of the group towards the entrance of the club.

When they got to the entrance, the bouncer looked at the three girls.

"Hey, girls," the large man at the door greeted them with a smirk.

"Hey, Jack, it's nice to see you again." Alex said as she waved to the man.

"I see you brought guests this time," He replied.

"Yup, these are old friends of ours. There not from around here so we're showing them the town," Serena said.

"This is Van, Dilandau, and Gaddes," Hitomi said as she pointed to each male respectively.

"Guys, this is Jack," Alex said, finishing off the introductions.

"It's nice to meet you guys," he said as he smiled at the boys, who stood in possessive positions next the girls. "I'll tell Alana to get your table ready," Jack said as he let the group of six in. He nodded to the second bouncer at the entrance and the second man took Jack's place.

The group made there way into the club to the ticket booth. They paid their admission, grabbed their wristbands, and then put them on.

"What are these things for?" Dilandau asked as Alex put the band on his wrist.

"It shows that you paid to get in, so don't take it off or you'll be kicked out," she replied.

"You heard what Lex said, so don't take off your band. They might know us here but they don't know you and they'd kick you out," Hitomi said as she put Van's on his left wrist.

"Alright, alright, I won't take it off," Van said with a smile as he pulled Hitomi close to him.

"Let's go see Alana. Jack said she'd get our table," Serena said as she pulled Gaddes behind her.

"What kind of music is this?" Van asked Dilandau as the girls pulled them along behind Serena and Gaddes.

"I don't know, but I can feel the beats throughout my body," Dilandau replied.

"It's called dance music or techno, Hun," Hitomi shouted out over the music that had gotten louder as they moved farther into the room. "Don't worry you'll catch on to the rhythm, you just have to follow what other people are doing and follow us."

"Right," the two boys said together.

The group made their way to the bar where they found a young woman leaning over the counter talking to a customer.

"Hey, Lana!" Serena yelled out happily over the noise.

"Sere, Tommy, Lex. Its nice to hear you've got dates this time, and fly ones, too," the tall black haired girl yelled as she turned her attention from the customer to the girls. She eyed the boys and flashed a smile in their direction.

"You treat these girls special, 'k? If I hear that you hurt them, I'll personally send Jack to take care of you."

"You don't have to do that with these guys," Hitomi said as she pulled Van in closer to her. "I've known these guys for quite some time and I know they wouldn't lay an ill hand on any of us," she said.

"If you say so, Tommy. Anyways, I've got your table ready. It's right this way," she said as she walked around the bar and out towards the group.

"So, where did ya meet such hotties, Tommy?" she asked.

"When I was back in Tokyo, I met them. It was a strange meeting but it turned out that we had a lot in common. They have come down for a short visit, so we're showing them the town."

"Right, well, here we are. I'll let you guys have your fun," Alana said as she walked away, back to the bar where she began talking to the customers again.

"You guys seem to know a lot of people here," Gaddes said as he took a seat at the booth next to Serena.

"Yeah, well, that happens when you show up every weekend," Serena replied.

"Let's hit the floor," Alex said as she stood up from her chair.

"Right, come on! Van let's go dance," Hitomi said as she too got up from her chair.

Both Dilandau and Van stood up and followed the two girls out to the dance floor where literally hundreds of people danced to the mixed music.

Serena pulled Gaddes up from his chair and followed the others out to the floor. Along the way, she bopped her head and wiggled her shoulders to the beat.

"Come on, Gaddes! I'll show you how to dance to this kind of music." Serena pulled Gaddes close to her body behind her.

"Now put your arm around my waist and hold me tight against your body." As he did so, she smiled. 'God, this feels so right," she thought to herself as she felt Gaddes pull her in tightly against himself.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* With the Others *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Alex and Hitomi were immediately invigorated by the heavy techno beats and where shaking their hips and shoulders. Each movement was in harmony with the music. They had their eyes closed as if the sounds where piercing their souls and moving their bodies in provocative yet alluring manners. The two girls moved in closer to each other leaving the boys to stand there watching them, unconscious to their own movements.

'God, she's turning me on with the way she dances. I feel like I could take her here and now,' Dilandau though as he watched the way that both Hitomi and Alex moved to the sides and up and down against each other.

'Hitomi, you don't know what you do to me. I want you mind, body, and soul. Your making me go through feelings I've never even dreamt of before,' Van thought as he too watched the girls dance with each other, his eyes not leaving Hitomi.

After a few moments of the girls erotic dance, a pair of older guys moved in close to them, each guy snaking an arm around one of the girls waist as he pulled them close and began moving their hips to the beat, rubbing themselves against the girls.

"What the hell does he think he's doing dancing with my Onna?" Dilandau yelled in anger.

"I don't know, but I don't like the way that guy is holding Hitomi," Van said back to his companion.

"I'm not going to take this," Dilandau yelled as he stormed up to Alex and pulled her out of the anonymous dancer's arm.

Van witnessed what Dilandau did, and walked up to Hitomi and pulled her into his arms.

"What the hell do you think you're doing touching them?" Dilandau yelled at the two men, who stood there with dumbfounded looks on their faces.

"Who the hell do you think you are? You weren't dancing with them. You were just standing there staring at them like drooling fools," one of the men snapped back.

"That's my girl you were holding," Van yelled out as he pulled Hitomi closer to his body.

"Van," Hitomi whispered to him as she put her hand on his chest to calm him down.

"I don't care if that's your girl! You weren't dancing with her, so I did," the second man hollered getting up closer to the Van and Dilandau.

Dilandau didn't like this and he balled up his fist. He was about ready to punch the second guy out when Alex grabbed his fist.

"Dilandau, don't you dare hit him!" she yelled angrily.

"Fine, Onna!" he yelled back as he grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the two guys, Van, and Hitomi.

Van watched Dilandau pull Alex towards the back of the club. He took this as his cue to pull Hitomi away from the two, giving them a glare that spoke of death if either of the two men touched the girls again. He pulled her towards the table they had been sitting at earlier.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *Alex and Dilandau *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"What the fucking hell is your problem, Dilandau?" Alex screamed furiously as she pulled her arm out of Dilandau's strong grip.

"What's my fucking problem? My problem is that you were dancing with a guy looking as if you was going fuck him right there on the dance floor!"

"For one, I was not dancing as if I was going to fuck him and, for two, who gave you the right to tell me who I can and cannot dance with? I didn't know I was tied down! I was under the impression I was still a free woman who could dance with whomever she wants to!" Alex screamed as fire danced in angry patterns in her stormy blue orbs.

"You are now, you're my Onna!" Dilandau yelled back at her in an angry yet passionate tone.

This angered Alex more. She pulled her hand back and with the force of an angry slayer, she slapped Dilandau in the face. She slapped him so hard that his head snapped to the side.

"You don't dictate my life!" she yelled at him as she prepared to slap him again. As her hand neared his face, he caught her wrist. He then pulled her close to him, placing the arm he was holding around his neck and holding it there with his own hand. Wrapping his free arm tightly and possessively around her waist, he leaned into her, pulling her into a kiss.

After a moment, her body reacted to the kiss. Her lips moved with his in an ageless dance. Deepening the kiss further, she placed her hand on his cheek, bringing his head in even closer.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Back at the Mansion *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Allen was sitting in a chair with Willow behind him. She held a hair straightener in her hand along with a small amount of Allen's frizzy hair.

"My precious locks!" Allen sobbed into his hands as the woman behind him pulled on his hair pressing the hot tool near his scalp slowly moving it down leaving his once crimpy frizz straight again.

"I don't see why you are complaining so much about this. All you had to do was wash it, but no, you will not get into that shower. You're acting like a baby, a big freakin' baby. You're supposed to be a brave knight, a warrior for your country, but your acting like a five year old girl that got gum stuck in her hair," Willow scolded as she continued to work on his hair.

Merle, who had been watching the blonde man sob into his hands, walked up to him and fingered a lock of his hair with her claws. "I can fix that for you, you know," she said as she swiped at his hair, taking off a few strands.

"Noooooooooo! My beautiful locks!" he cried as he picked the strands up off the ground and held them to his cheek as he rocked back and forth in his chair. Both Willow and Merle rolled their eyes as they watched the brave knight whimper and rock himself like a child.

"Pathetic," Willow whispered to herself.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Van and Hitomi *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"What do you think you where doing out there?" Van asked Hitomi, anger apparent in his fiery words.

"I was dancing, Van. What did it look like to you?" She replied, crossing her arms over her chest in annoyance.

Van looked at her, fuming. "I don't like how you were dancing with that Onore! He had no right to be touching you like that"

"Van!" Hitomi yelled out in frustration. "We were just dancing. Dancing! It didn't mean anything. I've danced with hundreds of guys before in that same manner and never once did it mean anything to either myself or to the guy. People here come to dance with other people they don't know. True some come to dance with those they came with, but the whole point is to dance and have fun. It means nothing at all," she continued.

"Besides, you know it's you I want," she said in a softer tone, all frustration and anger leaving her voice as well as her body.

Van smiled at Hitomi as she unfolded her arms from her chest. She smiled at him softly as he pulled her into a hug. Leaning her head against his chest, she whispered to him, "Aishiteru, Van. I love you and only you."

Smiling once again, Van lifted Hitomi's head up from his chest and leaned his own head down capturing her soft burgundy shaded lips in his own. Pulling one of his arms out from behind her, he placed it on the base of her head supporting her as he applied more pressure to her lips. Feeling Van swipe his tongue gently over her bottom lip, she opened her mouth slightly, allowing Van's tongue entrance. Using this opportunity, Hitomi swiped her own tongue over Van's tongue as well as the inside of his mouth, exploring every nook and cranny of the wet cavern.

After a few moments, the heated kiss broke leaving both participants panting for much needed oxygen. Hitomi placed her head back onto Van's chest smiling contentedly.

"Would you like me to teach you how to dance, Koibito?" Hitomi asked sweetly.

"I would like that, Itooshi," Van whispered back to her as he captured her lips once again for a soft, feathery light kiss.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *Alex and Dilandau *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Alex and Dilandau were still in a tight lip-lock. After a few moments, they broke off the kiss leaving only a few soft butterfly kisses. Alex laid her head down on Dilandau's chest, her eyes looking up at him, while Dilandau rested his cheek against her temple.

Caressing Alex's back gently, Dilandau whispered huskily into her ear, "You're mine." He then planted soft kisses down her ear and then her jaw line. "All mine," he whispered.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ * Serena and Gaddes *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Both Gaddes and Serena where dancing in a large crowd of people. Gaddes had one of his arms wrapped around Serena's tiny frame the other moved in a rhythmic pattern in the space next to him. Serena had both of her arms moving in to the beat. Both of their bodies where pressed close to each other; moving in different directions- up, down, right, left.

"See! I told you you'd get the hang of it," Serena yelled out, moving her head closer to Gaddes' ears. "All you have to do is let the rhythm move you and follow my body. Just let the beats fill your soul and move you at their will. Let the music take control," she told him as she dipped her body down low, her backside rubbing provocatively against Gaddes' body.

'Gods! If she keeps rubbing herself against me like that, I might have to be more like Allen. Gods, he'd kill me if I took her now. I can hear him now, "Gaddes-no-Baka, Shi ne for taking the innocence of my imouto-chan in such an honor-less fashion." Then he'd chase after me with his sword. Damn, this is not good. She's doing that up and down rubbing thing again and I think I like it too much,' Gaddes thought to himself.

"I can see why you girls like dancing so much, this is fun. The music is so wild in its beats that it demands you to get up and dance," Gaddes said to her.

"Yup, yup so true," She replied with a smile.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Two Day's Later - Merideth Hill's Park *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~

The three girls were out on a vampire hunt in the park. The moon was a silver sliver in midnight black sky. The mood in the air was light and playful. The night's air was warm being a month into the summer season. As the girls walked, they began to gossip about their current love interests.

"You know, Gaddes is so cute. I love his smile. I always catch him looking at me with a silly little grin on his face."

"Yeah, I noticed he smiles all the time, especially when your in the room." Hitomi commented.

"Hey, did I tell you guys that I taught him how to freak dance?" Serena asked as she skipped along, bobbing her head from side to side as she went.

"No, but I figured that you would have taught him. You were gone an awful long time out there dancing," Alex replied

"Yup, I got him to do all kinds of moves most guys only want to try on us but never do 'cause they're to chicken to touch girls like us. And for someone who just learned how to dance like us, he's pretty good. He was so good I want to go and do it again, only this time in a skimpier outfit than last time," Serena said with a sly smile and a mischievous giggle.

"Ooo, is our Sere-chan got the hots for someone?" Hitomi joked.

"I think she's grown up now. Our innocent baby is a woman now, thinking about seducing an older man," Alex said as she wiped a fake tear out of her eye. The three looked at each other and then busted out in uncontrollable laughter. Serena stopped mid-laugh and turned her head slightly to the left.

"Guys, I think we have company," Serena whispered as she stared into a row of nearby bushes ahead of them. The other two stopped laughing and strained to hear the slightest sound. A faint rustle captured their attention. The three girls pulled out their favorite and most trustworthy weapons and quickly hid them up a sleeve or behind their backs. They all had just hidden their weapons when two vamps stumbled, or more fell, out from behind the bushes they were using as a hiding place. A third exited the bushes with more grace and dignity than his bumbling counterparts.

"You stupid moron!" the one who the other vamp fell on cried out in rage. "You're not supposed to fall on me!"

"You didn't move!" the second one bit back. "I can't walk through you!"

"Dumbkopfs! Warum kannst du verpistig?" the third, suave vamp said, his silky German accent giving him more class than those other two could ever hope for.

The three girls stared, disgusted and dumbfounded at the spectacle. "Great! We have a foreigner and his two-dumbass henchman. This is going to be no fun at all!" Alex said with distaste. She sighed, disappointment written over her face.

"Yeah. Jeez, can't we at least have little fun tonight!" Hitomi crossed her arms over her chest as if expecting the idiots in front of them to fix their stupidity. The three stared blankly at the girls. Then it clicked.

"Slayers!" the vamp stuck on the bottom pile hissed. The two scrambled from the ground and quickly moved into fighting stances. The third moved slightly behind the two, letting them take the full force of the attack, or so he thought.

The two charged first. Serena and Alex sighed and punched the two in the face simultaneously. They both fell back on their butts in unison. Hitomi had taken on the German vamp and had him dusted before the other two had even hit the ground the first time. Hitomi turned and watched the others finish off the remaining two. Serena and Alex pulled out the silver knives they had hidden up their sleeves and quickly put an end to the vamps pathetic existence, but not before they gave them a few more scrapes and bruises as a going away present. The sole evidence of the small encounter was the dust swirling in the breeze as it gently blew away down the street.

"Now, wasn't that fun?" Alex asked dully. The other two nodded in agreement and they all walked off farther into the forest like park.

"So, Lexie how's Dilly been?" Serena teased.

"Gah, he's been driving me nuts!" Alex replied.

"How so?" Serena asked inquisitively.

"Well, he can't keep his hands to himself. He keeps touching me in ways no man has ever touched me before. He's always rubbing my lower back and my waist."

"I thought you liked all of that," Hitomi asked.

"Well, I do, but damnit! He's gotta learn when to quit it sometimes. He keeps pinning me to the wall, or the door, or the bed whenever I'm near. But, damn, can he kiss! He's better than you know who, that was said to be the best kisser at the school that I dated," Alex said as she started to get flustered.

'I wonder if kissing is the only intimate thing he's good at. Damn! All of this talk about Dilly is making me horny. And that's the last thing I need right now,' she thought to herself.

"Hey, have any of you heard about that hand size thing everybody talks about?" Hitomi asked.

"Oh, the one about the bigger the hand the bigger the size of their, ahem" Alex responded.

"Alex, Hitomi! God! Please no mental pictures! He's my brother for Pete's sake. Er, kind of. Anyway, I really don't need that mental picture. I don't need to think about that!" Serena cried out as she cringed and hid her face in her hands.

After a few more minutes of chatter, the girls came across another pack of vamps. This time it was a group of six. This pack, like the first, was easily disposed of.

"Well, I think that does it for tonight's hunt, nine vamps in one night is pretty good and it's getting late," Serena said as she wiped the ash from her chopstick and placed it back in her hair.

"Yeah, so…where were we…Oh, yeah! Hitomi it's your turn to share about your romance," Alex said.

"Lex, you think Dilandau-kun is bad with pinning you to the wall, you should see Van when we're alone. He keeps whispering naughty things into my ear and he's turned into a horny teenager," Hitomi said, exasperated.

"Seriously, this is the same Van were talking about, right? My cousin, King of Fanelia? The broody boy who could never tell you he loved you until his first night here?" Alex replied in disbelief.

"Yeah, this morning he told me that my outfit made him want to ravish my body and make passionate love to me till we were too exhausted to anything for the rest of the day," she explained.

"Wow, who would have ever thought sweet Van would become a sex driven, hormonal maniac?" Serena commented thoughtfully.

"Would you give it up, Tommy?" Alex asked

"Probably. I love him so much and I know we're gonna get married someday."

"How are you so sure you'll get married?" Alex questioned.

"Well, with comments of 'when you're my queen this' and 'when your queen that', it's pretty obvious that he's going to someday pop the question."

"Hey, we're home so let's keep these conversations to ourselves," Serena suggested.

"Why? 'Cause you don't want Allen to think you've been thinking naughty thoughts?" Alex teased the blonde haired girl.

"Ah, shut up!" She said with a laugh.