Author: Deathangelgw
Disclaimer: Escaflowne and the charas don’t belong to me.
I’m just using them for my own perverse pleasure. The OC is mine, though.
Warnings: AU, sap, language, angst, dark, lemon (later),
het, OC.
Rating: PG-13
Note: this takes place during and after the series. My
first shot at an Escaflowne fic. If the dialogue isn’t correct, I’m sorry. I
don’t have a photographic memory. ^_^;;
Feedback: much loved thanks!
‘thoughts’
Genaisa looked up at the sky. ‘I better hurry. I said I’d
meet Hitomi at the track by now,’ she thought to herself, then stopped. An
image came before her: Hitomi was next to a boy and a bright column came up
around her and him. Hitomi floated away and then…The image faded and she gasped
softly, stumbling back. “Hitomi….she’s…in danger. She’s…going to be taken
away! I have to help her!” she exclaimed softly, her eyes wide with fear and
she took off at a run, heading for the track.
*~~**~~*
Hitomi focused on Amano, readying herself for her sprint.
‘Focus all your strength.’ Her thoughts narrowed to the single spot in front of
her, where Amano was. She tried to focus, shaking off the strange dream she’d
had the day before. ‘It was just a dream…no big deal,’ she told herself as she
focused more. She had talked to her cousin yesterday and they had both decided
to get together later to discuss it. She looked up as she heard Amano calling
her attention to him. She focused and got ready, tensing. Then, at his call,
she sprang forward.
Her breath came in short pants as she sprinted towards her
goal. Suddenly, a bright column of light came out of nowhere and she was
running into a boy. She gasped as she looked at him from the ground, barely
taking in Yukari or Amano’s concern as they helped her up. ‘It’s the boy from my
dream!’ she thought to herself in a daze, then blinked when he spoke to them.
“No no! We aren’t demons!” she cried, then blinked. ‘How did I know what he
said?’ she asked herself as he looked warily at her. He stiffened and ordered
them to get out of there, saying something about someone coming. Suddenly, an
overwhelming urge to be sick came over Hitomi and she trembled. Again, she
ignored Yukari and Amano in their concern.
Suddenly, the air in front of them shimmered, parting
almost in mid space and they all watched in horrified fascination as two glowing
orbs shone out. The boy looked at them as he got into a defensive position,
sword at the ready. “Get out of here! Do you want to be killed ?!” he shouted
at them, then looked back quickly as a low rumble issued out from the shadows.
Slowly, the glowing orbs moved closer, revealing a scaled creature that was
easily bigger than a house. It growled softly as it came forward, then let out
a shrieking roar as it came fully out and the space it had appeared from
disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared.
Hitomi and her friends gasped in shock and pulled away in
fright as the creature focused on them. The boy shouted though, drawing the
beast’s attention to himself. The boy, moving swiftly, leapt to the attack,
slashing his sword at the tough hide. Hitomi gasped as the powerful tail hit
the boy. He coughed up blood, then struggled to get up as the beast turned to
the three watchers. “Run! Get out of here!” he shouted again at them angrily,
drawing the creature’s attention back to himself as they ran.
Gasping, they ran to the top of a hill, heading for a
Shinto shrine that was nearby. The dragon followed them, lumbering after them
swiftly as the boy latched onto its scales and hung on. They got to the top
then stopped, trying to catch their breaths. A loud roar caused them all to
look up in fear and they cried out as the beast appeared again, having followed
them from the arches that had overlaid the stairs they had just ran up. It
growled softly as it approached them, then screamed in pain, rearing up as the
boy came from behind and slashed at its eye. Green ooze spurted out, covering
the youth in it as they both backed away from the other warily, on their guard.
Hitomi gasped all of a sudden as a vision of the boy
getting stabbed from above by the monster’s tail assailed her. Crying out, she
ran towards the boy. “Look out above you!!” she shouted. The boy looked at her,
then up in time to see the beast’s tail come up and then plunge down. Jumping
out of the way, he then leaped up and brought his sword down, slicing through
the exposed belly. The beast screamed in agony, thrashing, then slowly went
limp.
The boy, panting for air as he stared at the beast, didn’t
even notice that he was covered in green ooze. Slowly, he stumbled over to the
carcass, then stabbed his sword into the beast’s chest. Ripping down, he opened
it, then pried it further open. Reaching in, he grabbed the pink glowing orb
within and pulled it out. Stepping back, he watched as the carcass steamed and
dissolved before their eyes. He looked over at the girl who had run into him
and frowned.
“Are you ok?” Hitomi asked as she walked cautiously towards the mysterious boy.
He looked away and said, “I thank you for your help, though
I didn’t need it.”
Hitomi frowned, then with a growl she slapped him across
the face. “What are you talking about! I thought you were going to get killed!
You wouldn’t have seen that coming if I hadn’t yelled at you! I was really
scared for you! Really scared! I’ve never been so scared and here you act like
you were safe!” she yelled at him. He stared at her, somewhat shocked at her
slap across his face and her fear. He frowned at her and opened his mouth to
reply, but another shout stopped him.
“Hitomi!! Get away from him, Hitomi!!” A young girl with
long green tinted black hair ran up the stairs, and waved frantically.
“Genaisa? What do you mean?” Hitomi called out as she
turned to look at her cousin. She thus didn’t see the look of shock cross the
boy’s face as he looked upon the newcomer.
‘She looks just like…mother,’ he thought to himself as he
stared at her.
“Hitomi! You have to get away from him NOW!” Genaisa
shouted as she ran towards her cousin. But, she was too late as a bright column
appeared around Hitomi and the mysterious boy. “Hitomi!!” she screamed as she
ran towards her.
“Kanzaki!” Amano shouted as he too ran at the column and
stretched to reach her as she floated away.
“Amano sempai! Genaisa!!” Hitomi shouted as she reached
for them. Then, the column disappeared, as did the two travelers.
Genaisa fell to her knees and sobbed. “No! I was too late!
Hitomi!” she sobbed and felt strong arms around her shoulders. She leaned
against her friend, Amano and sobbed as he and Yukari looked up at the sky where
Hitomi had disappeared.
TBC
