Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ Two souls ... two destinies ❯ A night to forget and to forgive! ( Chapter 8 )

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own it) and read `A reborn vision' from Raymei Klisea (I don't own
neither of them). It's the most wonderful fan fiction I've ever read.
Why am I doing publicity to hers fan fictions? Cause this one is
wonderful!

Anyway I don't own Escaflowne, or it's characters, or anything else.
But I own my characters, Marta, Christina and so long, as well as this
story.

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The vision of Escaflowne: Two souls ... two destinies

Chapter 8: A night to forget and to forgive!

"ZARDUS?!" - Hitomi and Marta yelled at the same time. Van looked at
them with fury. «They know him? How the hell is that possible? They
couldn't ...»

"Nice to see you again ladies!" - he said sarcastically.

"You fucking son of a bitch! I'm going to kill you!" - Hitomi yelled.
Marta stopped her, as she intended to go and kick his ass.

"I'll talk with you later Hitomi! I've more important business to deal
with right now!" - the cockpit closed and Zardus started his attack
against Van.

The other three (Sorú, Yukí and Ureshiú) were entertaining Allen.
Celena and the others just watched.

Van and Zardus were almost at the same level, so it was difficult for
only one of them to win. When one attacked the other blocked, and so
long ...

But Allen ... Allen was in big, big trouble. The three were very
skilled and didn't give him a chance to breathe. After a while, Yukí's
sword `scratched' Scherazade's right arm, but yet, Allen was able to
fight. When finally the three Guymelefs beated him, Scherazade was
dropped away, to the desert ground. Yukí raised her sword in the air,
and prepared to cut the Guymelef in two pieces.

"STOP!" - Yukí stopped her sword, when Marta came between her Guymelef
and the one from Allen.

"Get away stupid gi ..." - Yukí's eyes wined up when she saw Marta's
left arm. - "KAMATARY?!" - she petrified seeing the same mark that she
had on her forehead. Zardus and Van stopped their fighting. Zardus
looked down at Marta and smiled.

"Finally!" - he sighed in relief.

Marta didn't understand a thing. «Who's Kamatary?» - she thought to
herself.

«It can't be! Can't it?» - Van also met that Kamatary, but he couldn't
believe she was Marta. - "She is not Kamatary!" - he firmed.

"And how the hell do you know?" - Yukí yelled at him. - "She is my
sister, not yours!" - Yukí (her Guymelef) grabbed Marta and prepared
to fly away, when Van cutted her Guymelef's hand of and catched Marta.

"You're not going to take her anywhere!" - Van said.

"That's what you think!" - Zardus replied. - "Sorú, Ureshiú, CATCH THE
GIRL!"

Sorú and Ureshiú attacked Van at the same time. But, as Van was much
more skilled than they were, he easily won.

Than, it was Zardus time. Marta prayed not to one of those huge
Guymelef swords to cut her into little pieces. Van finally managed to
get Zardus to the floor, as he lost his balance when a great tree
falled in front of his Guymelef.

Van was about to finish this stupid war, when Yukí stopped his sword
with hers. She was managing her sword with her right hand. She was
able to fight more, but Zardus stopped her.

"Yukí stop!" - he yelled. Yukí and Van were in shock. «Why the hell
does he want to stop now?» - Van thought.

"No Zardus! I have to take her!" - Yukí yelled, tears flooded from her
eyes.

It was yet getting dark, the sun was setting and Fanélia was still
far. Not too far, but yet far enough.

"You do not want to take her against her will ... do you?" - Yukí
stopped crying and retrieved, getting away from Escaflowne. - "Let's
go for now! But we will come back ... you can be sure of it, Van
Fanel!" - Zardus pressed a button and the four Guymelefs (Sorú,
Ureshiú, Zardus and Yukí) were gone.

The sun disappeared on the horizon and Van stood still and quiet, not
understanding what was going on.

"Allen! Are you all right brother?" - Celena called for her brother,
that was yet inside the Scherazade. The cockpit opened and Allen got
out, without a single scratch.

"I'm fine Celena! Don't worry!" - Celena hugged him and started crying
from happiness. Allen cherished her long grey hair and kissed her on
the forehead.

Marta made an annoying face, as she noticed Van's strange look towards
her.

"What?" - she asked. She was still on Escaflowne's hand.

"You sure look a lot like her!" - he said almost as a whisper.

"Who?" - she asked curious.

"Kamatary!" - he said, after he sighed.

"Who is that Kamatary?" - she asked more annoyed than ever before. She
didn't like persons to confound her with others.

"An old friend ... a very old friend!" - he gave a heavy sigh. Marta
looked down and said nothing more.

"Van?" - Van looked up, to Drid. - "How are we supposed to get back to
Fanélia?"

"We go on Escaflowne of course!" - he changed Escaflowne into his
dragon shape.

Most of them were amazed, but Hitomi climbed up and sat behind Van.
Merle sat behind Hitomi, and Christina behind Merle.

Drid and Farge sat on he `floor' of Escaflowne's back and Marta in
front of Van.

Allen and Celena entered Scherazade's cockpit and Escaflowne's claws
hanged around Scherazade's shoulders.

Dragon Escaflowne started his flight. The night was cold. Merle was
warming up Hitomi. Drid warmed Farge, but soon Christina started
protesting. Van gave her his blue shirt, with sleeves and was now
partially naked. Marta got colder from only seeing how he standed that
petrifying cold. Van saw that she was completely cold and laughed a
little. She got angered.

"What are you laughing about, Van Fanel?" - she touched his left arm.
She was so froze that Van lost Escaflowne's control and they gave an
180º rotation. Luckily, no one falled. As this happened, Marta grabbed
on to Van.

"VAN WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON UP THERE?" - Allen yelled from inside
Scherazade.

"I JUST GOT FROZEN! NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!" - he yelled back. He saw
how Marta was grabbing his waist and smiled. - "You can let go now!" -
he said to her.

"No way! You're to warmy and I'm frozen!" - she looked up at him. -
"You don't mind, do you?" - he blushed a little and smiled. She leaned
her head against his chest. Hitomi saw how she was grabbing him and
smiled.

~*~*~

After a while:

"Are we far away?" - Drid asked to Van. Van turned to him, Marta was
still hugging him.

"No! Give me fifty minutes!" - he looked forward again and than he
listened to a little pain moaning from Marta. - "What is it Marta?"

"Nothing!" - she said, not facing him.

"Is it bleeding again?" - he said with a concerned look in his eyes.

"Yes!" - he touched her waist and his right hand got filled with
blood.

"When we get back, I'll take you to the infirmary immediately! Ok?"

"Ok!" - she said. Her voice showed how painful this was this time.

«Why did this started to hurt since I came to Gaea? Why?» - she asked
herself.

~*~*~

Finally, after twelve minutes they got to Fanélia.

Van entered the Guymelefs yard, put Scherazade on the floor and landed
Escaflowne. He immediately picked Marta up, against her will, and took
her to the infirmary.

"Let go Van! I can walk you know?" - she protested.

"This way we go faster! I hate to see you bleeding like that!" - he
run to the infirmary and closed the door. He put Marta on a `bed' that
was nearby. - "Why the hell is it hurting?" - he asked looking for
some bandages and some medicine to slow the pain. - "I thought you
told me it never hurted!"

"Not before I came to Gaea!" - she firmed. He looked at her and than
continued his search.

"Weird! Anyway you'd better took it off!" - he said, aiming at her
bodice.

"It's becoming a habit!" - she sighed.

"What?" - he asked, not looking at her.

"Me getting my clothes off in front of you!" - he smiled, as did she.
He finally found what he was looking for and went close to her. She
was finishing to take her bodice off.

"Tell me something!" - he said, opening a bottle.

"What?" - she asked looking at him.

"How many of those tattoos do you have?"

"Four! The one in the left arm, this one, ..." - aiming at the one
close to her navel. - "And two on the back!"

"Two? I only saw one!" - she turned around and Van saw a great tattoo
of a tiger on the end of her spine. - "Beautiful! I like that one!" -
this tiger was showing his teeth and `attacking'. Marta smiled.

"It means: `don't even try to get close'!" - she said between laughs.

"Is that right!" - he said smiling. She turned again to him. At that
moment the door open and Allen entered.

He had seen them come to the infirmary and wanted to know if any of
them was injured. As usual, Allen has a perfect timing to get Marta
and Van in less appropriated situations. Of course he thought they
were doing other sorts of things.

When the door opened, Van placed himself in front of Marta, so that
Allen couldn't see her scar. He knew that she would hate if that
happened.

"Well, well! What do we have here?" - he said, placing his hands on
his waist. - "And I thought that one of you was injured!"

"As usual Allen ... this is not what it looks like!" - Van firmed.

"And what is it this time!" - he asked.

"That's none of your business, now get out!" - Van ordered, in an
angered tone of voice. Marta was holding Van back, so he wouldn't jump
over Allen.

"Van! It's all right. He had no way to know we didn't want anyone to
come in!" - she looked at Allen. - "Please leave, Allen! And don't ask
why!"

"As you wish! But I thought that you were a different kind of women
Marta!" - Marta's and Van's eyes wined up and Marta started crying.

"Take back what you just said!" - Van ordered as he started to sheathe
the sword. Angered flooded from his eyes. - "TAKE IT BACK NOW!"

"I will not fight with you for nothing, Van!" - he went out of the
room and Van run to it, locking the door.

He went to her and hugged her. - "Don't cry! He doesn't know what he
is talking about! He will regret what he just said, for the rest of
his life!" - she stopped crying.

"Don't do anything stupid just because of me!" - she said, clearing
her eyes. - "He is your friend for years, and I just came here.
Promise me you will forget this!" - he didn't answer. - "PROMISSE!" -
he released a heavy sigh.

"Ok! I promise!" - she smiled. - "Let's finish our job, shell we?" -
he started to grease her scar with the `stuff' from the previous
bottle, and after a while he bandaged her.

When he finished they went to their rooms. Marta wanted to get some
sleep, or at least, to try to get some sleep.

~*~*~

After half an hour:

"Marta! Are you in there girl?" - a voice came from out of her room,
as well as some noisily knocks on the door. Marta moaned a little and
got up. She didn't even got her clothes off to go to sleep, but her
hair was all messed up.

She opened the door and got face to face with a smiling Christina. «At
least she is happy!» - she sighed.

"Marta! Come on!" - she pulled Marta out of the room, towards
Hitomi's. Marta arranged her hair a little and the two entered the
room.

As usual, Celena, Merle, Hitomi and Farge were inside. Marta sighed.

"What is it this time?" - she asked annoyed for not being sleeping on
her cosy bed.

"Hitomi told us!" - Merle firmed. Hitomi blushed and looked down.

"Told you what?" - Marta asked.

"That you were giving her some private lessons!" - Marta lifted an
eyebrow.

"Oh ... that!" - she took a seat. - "What about it?"

"We need you to make us a great favour!" - Farge almost begged at her.

"Witch favour?" - Marta asked, releasing a heavy sigh.

"We need you to ask Van for his sorcerers to fabric condoms!" - Marta
started coughing.

"WHAT?!" - she yelled. - "Why me?" - she asked after a while.

"Cause you are his best friend, after Merle!" - Celena firmed.

"I think they are more than just friends ..." - Marta gave an angered
look at Christina.

"There's no way I'm going to do that!" - Marta firmed.

"Oh, come on! I'll give you a sample and you just have to give it to
him and explain how to use it!" - Marta's mouth opened greatly. She
started laughing.

"You're kidding me?" - Christina said no. - "YOU'RE NUTS! Don't even
think about it!" - she got up from the chair. - "You're the expert so
just show him yourself!"

"If I do that ... I will ruin my relationship with Sano!" - Cristina
cried out.

"Look! I'm not ... I repeat, I'm not going to ask Van to make those
condoms, and even less to show him how to use them!" - Marta was
getting completely nuts.

"Pleaseee!" - Celena knelled over her.

"What do you need them for Celena?" - Celena blushed and got up. -
"There's no way, ok? No possible way!" - they all sighed, defeated.

"Don't worry about that Marta!" - Sano entered the room, along with
Van and Allen. - "I'll deal with that!" - Marta ran to him and gave
him a hug.

"You're my hero Sano! These girls think I'm some kind of toy they can
command."

"Christina ... you could have told me! Marta has nothing to do with
this!" - he gave her a scoffing smile. - "Did you really think that
she would show Van or someone else how to use them?" - she smiled and
putted her hands on her waist.

"Yes! Especially to Van!" - Marta turned around and jumped over her.

"I'm going to kill you Chris!" - the two were fighting on the bed,
rolling from one side to the other. Hitomi and the others only laugh.
When Christina got on the top of Marta, grabbing her hand against the
bed, she smiled.

"You're not going to say to me you wouldn't like to, now are you? I'm
sure you're desperate to do it!" - Marta made an annoying face.

"Grow up Chris!" - she pushed Christina and she fell to the ground.

"You deserved it!" - Sano said.

"You were to be on my side!" - she said getting up.

Marta sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Allen. She hated the
look he was giving her. It made her go sick and close to vomits.

"What's so special about those `condoms' anyway?" - Allen asked,
looking to Sano.

"I'll explain it to you! Lets live the ladies alone, shell we?" - the
three went out of the room.

~*~*~

After a while:

"Marta?" - Merle called out.

"Yes, Merle!" - she said, while laying on the bed.

"What's a `bacchanal'?" - Marta sighed.

"When I say `bacchanal', I mean sex in group!"

"Oh!" - they all exclaimed at the same time. Marta got up and went
close to the door. At that time the three `men' entered the room. Van
smiled to Christina.

"So, Christina! You wanted Marta to show me?" - she smiled back.

"And I'm sure you would love it!" - he blushed and Marta prepared to
leave, when Sano stopped her.

"Wait! You'd better hear this!" - she gave some steps back. - "The
sorcerers are going to do it! Who ever wants them has to go and ask
for them!" - all the girls, excepting for Marta, jumped with
happiness.

"You don't look very happy Marta!" - she said nothing, under Sano's
commentary.

"Celena, don't even think you will get some of those! You don't need
them!" - Celena looked at her brother and made an annoying face.

"Allen, I know what I want and what I need! I'm almost twenty, in case
you didn't noticed!"

"I'm your brother and I know what's best for you!" - he yelled.

"Typical!" - Marta sighed. Allen turned to her and almost exploded.

"I DON'T WANT MY SISTER TO BECAME A SLUT ... JUST LIKE SOME GIRLS I
KNOW!" - everyone's eyes wined up in disbelief for what he just said.
Tears started falling from Marta's eyes. She ran to her room, crying.

"ALLEN?!" - Celena yelled at him. Hitomi started crying too.

Van got close to Allen, his eyes filled with anger and hate. He kicked
him, in an inappropriate place and than punched him on the face,
launching him to the floor.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU ..." - Van sheathed his
sword and prepared to attack Allen, when Sano stopped him.

"DON'T VAN!" - Van calmed himself down and put the sword back.

"YOU ... I want you out of my country tomorrow morning! And for your
safety, you'd better never to come back!" - he sighed and leave to
Marta's room.

Allen was still on the floor, with Celena close to him and helping him
up. He looked at Hitomi, who was about to get out. She had her eyes
filled with tears.

"Allen ... I never thought you would do that! You don't know what
you're talking about! Marta has suffered enough and you just increased
that suffering. If only you knew ..." - she cleared the tears from her
eyes.

"If he knew what, Hitomi?" - Merle asked concerned.

"I ... can not tell you! But tomorrow she could be dead because of
you!" - their eyes wined up. - "Happily ... she has Van! He will help
her, and he will correct your wrongs Allen!" - she prepared to get
out. - "I just hope you have the decency to ask her to forgive you ...
is the least you can do, right now!" - she finally got out. The others
stood waiting for a solid explanation.

~*~*~

Marta entered her room and closed the door strongly. She jumped to the
bed and cried uncontrollably.

Van entered after a while, making no sound and closing the door. He
went close, with small footsteps. She laid on the bed, with her belly
down. Van sat next to her and gently cherished her short black hair.

"Are you ok?" - he asked.

"What do you think? After what he just called me!" - she said while
hiccupping.

"Allen is a jerk! Ignore him!" - he whispered at her.

"Easy to say!" - she sat and looked down. He stood still and said
nothing for a while.

~*~*~

Hitomi was at the garden, staring at the stars and tears still flooded
from her eyes. After Marta told her about her past, she knew how she
must fell after what Allen said.

She would never forgive Allen, for hurting Marta like he did. She was
sure Van wouldn't also, but Marta ... Marta probably would.

"She gives friendship too much value ... and maybe she is right!" -
she whispered at the stars.

~*~*~

Van observed her crying. She leaned against him and hugged his waist,
crying even more on his chest. Van hugged her back.

"You don't ... you don't think I'm slut, do you?" - he kissed her hair
and cherished her back.

"Of course not Marta! What a stupid thing to say!"

"I don't know why he said that! He doesn't know me!" - she looked up
at Van and stopped crying. - "Did you told him something?" - Van
looked puzzled.

"No! I would never do that!" - he gave her a kiss on the forehead. -
"Marta, I heard your conversation with Hitomi ... before the attack
from this morning!" - her eyes were wined up and she couldn't speak. -
"I'm sorry ... I never thought that something like that could happen!"
- she restarted crying and, again, leaned her head to his chest.

"One more thing to addict to my black page on your life!" - he hugged
her closer.

"Don't say that! It was not your fault ... if I met that guy I would
kill him without mercy. I'm sorry to know that you suffered that
much!"

"Thanks Van! It's good to know I have a friend like you!" - she kissed
him on the cheek, and he smiled. (Just now, what Van wanted to do was
to kiss her, but something happened)

The door opened, showing Allen looking down at his feet. Van and Marta
looked up at him.

"Marta ... I'm sorry ... I don't know why I said that! ... I hope you
can forgive me!" - Van's anger grew up and he wanted to kill Allen,
but Marta stopped him.

"It's Ok, Allen! I'll never forgive you entirely, but I'm sure Van
will reconsider his punishment." - Van's eyes wined up.

"I'll what? No way, after that, he will never put his eyes on my
country again!" - she stopped crying.

"Come on Van! He didn't insult your country!"

"I don't ..." - he looked at her eyes, begging him to reconsider. -
"You're lucky Allen! You can stay, but if you do that one more time
... you're a dead man!" - Allen made a low courtesy.

"Thanks Van, and especially thanks to you Marta ... I hope some day
you'll forgive my mistake." - he left the room, letting Marta and Van
alone, again.

"Why did you do that?" - Van asked after a while.

"Well ... I don't know!" - Van smiled and scratched his head a little.

"You ..." - she leaned her head to his chest and just stood there.
After a while she was asleep and Van was also too tired.

He picked her up and laid her down in the bed, and he two gone to
sleep, embracing each other.

I assure you, I'm not good at cliffhangers, and I think none of my
chapter had one. Anyway, don't think you know everything about Marta!
Her last secret will only be revealed in the last chapter, and I
assure you it is the most important of them all, cause it will
determinate her `relationship' with Mister Van Fanel.

Bye, bye!

Please review and see you soon!

#Ana Nunes#