Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ The 3 Elements ❯ MERLE! ( Chapter 8 )

First thanks to Reid Fanel. It seemed like I was dead didn't it? And I'm sorry for the last chapter! I must have been on a romatical mood! But today, I'm in a comical mood!

Anyway, enjoy yourselves, and on the end don't forget to REVIEW!!!!!

The 3 Elements

Chapter 8: MERLE?!?

The next morning:

Hitomi woke up when the first sunlight came from her window. -"Good morning!" - she said to no one in particular (she sleeps alone, don't start with the Hentai thoughts :p).

She got up from the bed and walked to her wardrobe to choose a dress. She gasped at the sight. - "Mirana-san is really spoiling me (is this how you say it??)!" - she took about ten minutes to choose one dress only. There were so many and they all were beautiful. She finally picked up a sleeveless dress, with a yellow bodice and white skirt. She looked herself in the mirror a couple of times, before going out to have breakfast.

As soon as she stepped out of the room … -"HITOMIIIIIIIIII!" - before she could realise who it was, she was already on the floor. - "Hitomi! I missed you so much! I never thought I would, but I did! Oh is so nice to have you back!" - a cat-like-girl said enthusiastically at the same time she licked Hitomi's face.

"MERLE?!?" - at first the brown haired girl was surprised, but she soon hugged Merle and said how mush she missed her too.

"Hi …to …mi …you …'re ………suffo …ca ………ting …me!" - Merle said while turning green … yellow … blue … purple …grey …Black …

"Oh I'm sorry!" - Hitomi yelled as she released her cat friend.

It took a while for Merle to catch up her breath. - "Thank … God!" - Hitomi then got up and helped Merle. She could now take a good look at her old friend.

She had grown up quite a bit, she was almost her height, her hair was slightly longer but she still had that cute little face of hers.

"Are you okay Merle! I didn't mean to hurt you!" - Merle looked up at her and smiled.

"Nah! It's okay!" - after laughing for a little bit they both walked down to the place were they would have breakfast.

(I'm gonna move the story a little bit faster in here, but it's needed)

After breakfast, Van decided to take Hitomi and her friends to Fanelia, because he thought it would be better. Hitomi wanted Merle to come along, but the cat-girl had urgent business in Asturia (don't ask what it was). So the four left the Palace.

All of them were on Escaflowne. Van was on the front, then Hitomi, and behind her were Enehy and François.

When they were flying for about fifty minutes, François noticed something unusual.

"What the heck?" - Enehy looked over her shoulder to see what was he referring to. - "I don't remember having this watch?" - he said as he tried in vain to take of the 'watch' he had on his right wrist.

"Wow! Such a great memory! You can't even remember what you're carrying?" - Enehy mocked, making him angry. But she soon noticed that she also had a watch just like his on her right wrist.

"Hey! This isn't mine! What the …" - she tried with all her strength to take it off, but it was useless.

"What's wrong with you two?" - Hitomi asked, looking behind her.

"Hey, Hitomi! Do you have one of these with you?" - François asked, showing her his watch.

She checked both her wrist, and found one on her right wrist. The three exchanged worried looks … and then … "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" - Van almost lost control, but miraculously he kept the balance.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?" - he shouted angrily.

They all said they're sorry.

"Van, we think we have a track deviser with us!" - Hitomi said concerned!"

"Then throw it out!" - Van yelled.

"OH, don't yell! And we can't! It's stuck!" -she yelled back.

"Nani?!?" - he seemed to be thinking for a while. Then, all of sudden, he made Escaflowne fly down and they landed on the forest bellow them.

"Why did you land?" - Enehy asked, looking at her surroundings. She was starting to freak out. This forest was very dense and dark. She didn't like the dark at all.

"We'll have to find a way of taking those off of you before we get to Fanelia! Fallow me! I know a cave nearby!" - he started walking north, and the three fallowed.

Van left Escaflowne there, only taking the gem off, so that no one could come and steal it.

In about thirteen minutes they spotted a small entrance, on some rocks.

"Isn't this a little small for us?" - Enehy asked getting more frightened by the minute.

"Just follow me!" - Van said simply. He got on his knees and 'walked' I side the small cave.

They walked like that for about five minutes, until they found a larger entrance. There they got on their feet once again, and they were mesmerized by the magnificent view.

"WOW!" - the three earthmen (and women) exclaimed as one.

Right in front of their eyes was a beautiful cave, with a small lake on the center, and the stalactites and stalagmites only made it look more beautiful.

Never in their lives had they seen something so beautiful. After a couple of more "wow" and "Uau", Hitomi took hold of Van's left arm and leaned on it.

"Oh Van this is the most romantic place I've ever been in!" - they all sweatdroped.

"Hitomi! This is not supposed to be a romantic place, but a hideout, so that we can find a way of taking these off!" - François almost yelled as he grabbed and pushed his watch.

"And we'd better hurry! Who knows when they'll come after us?" - Enehy asked frightened.

"They'll never find this place!" - Van stated in a comforting voice.

"Ok! Let's just start this as soon as possible! Maybe this isn't water-proof!" - François ran to the lake and dived his arm under water.

The others watched from afar. After ten minutes, they noticed that his arm was purple and that his face was starting to get green. The three exchanged loos and decided to seat down and wait.

They didn't have to wait long.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

They all jumped from their seats when François yelled and then started running from one side to the other, like if he was on fire. - "IIIIICCCCCEEEEE!"

"You want ice? For what?" - Enehy asked, still trying to fully recover her audition back.

He ran around the place for about thirteen minutes more, until he got tired and fell off on the ground.

"Hitomi ran to where he had fallen and shacked him a little bit. - "Are you okay? What happened?"

"I can't feel my arm! It was s-s-so cold! I lost my arm!" - Hitomi sweatdroped, and picked up his arm, showing it to him.

"See? It's still here! No one stole it!" - it took him a couple of seconds before he realized it, but as soon as he got the message, he took his arm from Hitomi's hand and hugged on to him dearly.

"My sweet little arm, I thought I'd lost you! Where were you?" - Enehy, Van and Hitomi sweatdroped.

"I think the cold water affected his brain!" - Enehy said, sighing. - "And it didn't disable the tracker." - they all sighed in unison. -Well, we have to try something!" - she looked around her, and spotted a sharped small stone, and her eyes shined. She had and idea. She ran to it and picked it up. «Oh boy, this is gonna be so much fun!»

Mean while, Hitomi was thinking of how to rip that off, without doing the same to her arm.

"I'll help you!" - she looked up and saw Van smiling. - "Let me try it!" - she handed him her hand ( =P Handing a hand, doesn't that sound stupid?), and he studied the watch for sometime, to try ad figure out how to get it out.

"I got an idea François!" - Enehy walked over to were he was, still hugging his arm, with her hands behind her back.

He eyed her suspiciously. «What's she up to?» Her eyes were shining so brightly, that it could only mean trouble.

"Land me your arm for five seconds, will you?" - she asked in a very, very sweet voice.

"Why would I do that? I might be crazy, but I'm not stupid!" - he said, protecting is arm from any danger.

"GIVE ME YOUR ARM!!!" - she yelled. He started running across the place again, with her right after him, sharped rock in hand.

"AAAAHHHH! She wants to kill me! AAAAHHHH!" - he asked with his arms folded in the air, and still running from one side to he other.

"I don't want to kill you, I just wanna try to get it out with this rock!" - Enehy said trying to catch him.

"Do that to your own fucking body and watch! AAAAHHHH!" (Autch! My language! Hey, this is PG-13! I can say everything I want!)

Meanwhile:

"It's no use Van! Just let it be!" - Van still had no luck with that.

"I never give up! You should now me better than that!" - Hitomi blushed slightly, because of the way he was holding her hand. But he didn't notice it.

He tried to rip off the Watch's lock with his teeth but it was useless. Then he tried to pull it off, asking Hitomi to walk away from him and push on the opposite direction he was pushing.

They did for a coupe of minutes, but it was also useless. Hitomi was tired, so she just stopped pushing, and she immediately fell off … onto Van 's arms, who was pushing her watch, consequently pushing her along.

It's a site to watch (watch from view and not wrist =P). Their faces were inches apart. He legs were around his waist, ad her arms were around his neck, while his were around her waist.

They both blushed a deep red, and couldn't move from that position. They were too dreamy.

Meanwhile:

Enehy was still chasing after François, when something more interesting caught both their eyes. They gave each other a wicked smile.

"Lovebirds!" - François said mockingly.

"A romantic moment on a romantic cave! Isn't that romantic?" - François sweatdroped.

"You said romantic too many times!"

"What is it to you?" - the glare contest began.

Meanwhile:

Van and Hitomi were so caught up on the moment that they started leading closer to each other, without even noticing.

They were so close … so close …

Ahahaha! Got a cliffy! So, do you think I should interrupt the two, or not! I made up my mind already, but I'll think about your ideas, if you give some.

Hey, this was the most idiotically stupid chapter I've ever made in my entire life! H well, I had a lot of fun imagining this all happening! Hehehe!

Now please REVIEW, it means so mush to me! PLEASE!!!!!

Bye

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[Ana Nunes]