Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ Hitomi's New Life ❯ Chapter 3
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Dalafanole 
Anime/Manga: Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Sci-fi / Romance / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 04.12.2006 | Updated On: 06.01.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 311 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Sci-fi / Romance / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 04.12.2006 | Updated On: 06.01.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 311 | Status: Completed
AN - All reviews help me make the fic better. And I got new ideas too. I had a hard time writing this. Let me know what you think, please. On with the story! R&R.
Disclaimer - I don't own any part of Escaflowne, so don't come knocking on my door trying to sue me.
Chapter 3
Hitomi changed into the clothes that Folken had given to her after he left. Her outfit mainly consisted out of black.
'I hate black. It's so boring.' Hitomi thought, pulling on her shirt while walking towards the bathroom.
Inside she stood in front of the full length mirror that hung on a wall, examining herself in her new clothes. Tight leather pants, a loose black t-shirt and black buckle-up boots.
Hitomi left her room and closed the door behind her. 'I must remember to clean up after dinner.' she thought as she walked down the dimly lit corridor towards the stairs.
When she was on the right floor, everyone around stopped what they were doing to look at the new girl on the Vione. Trying to pay no attention to all the stares she was getting, Hitomi started walking in the direction her pendant told her. Mentally dousing to find her way to the dinning hall.
While she was walking Hitomi passed a little group of hand maids, whispering to each other and staring at the strange girl.
"That's the girl from the Mystic Moon."
"I heard she's cursed."
"Why did Lord Folken bring her back?"
As she past them Hitomi held her chin high while he smiled to herself when the women stepped back. She wasn't going to let some maids get the best of her, and if they were too afraid of getting her way then she would purposely walk towards them, just for the fun of it.
'I'll show them. When I know how to use my abilities I'll make sure to freak them out.' Hitomi thought as she chuckled to herself.
That was when Hitomi decided not to let people take advantage of her anymore. She decided to learn how to protect herself better by learning the Kalafae magic that Lord Folken promised to teach her and to secretly practice her tai-kwan-dow in her room, when she wasn't with Folken, to become physically stronger. She would have a completely new attitude towards everything to go along with her new home. No one would dare get in her way when she was fully trained.
Hitomi's pendant lead her to two twenty foot tall doors. Before she was about to enter, she heard yelling coming from inside the room.
"Oh no." Hitomi whispered to herself upon recognizing Dilandau's voice.
'No! I won't let him scare me. I'll be the only one to stand up to Dilandau. Let's see what he does then!' Hitomi thought as she smiled to her self and pushed open the two huge doors.
When she did, Dilandau stopped yelling and sent an icy glare her way, which Hitomi ignored. Everyone else at the rectangular table turned to look at her too. Seeming to bore with their general's constant screaming.
"Ah Hitomi, I'm glad you could join us. Please, come sit down." Folken said, gesturing to the seat on his right.
"She's eating with us too?! Folken, you can't be serious!" Dilandau yelled, standing up from his seat.
Amused to see Dilandau getting angry over her, Hitomi walked over, smiling and head held high, towards her seat. Before seating herself, bowed low before Folken, showing great respect, then sat down. Dilandau growled under his breath at the sight of Hitomi bowing, making him more pissed off, then sat back in his seat. But Hitomi's act of respect had the opposite affect on Folken's advisers, who were also seated at the table. They were impressed at her action and immediately took a liking to Hitomi. Though they did not quite know the reasoning behind their Lord's wishing to have her stay with them, each was secretly glad to have some one new on the Vione.
"Hitomi, did you have a difficult time finding the dinning hall?" Folken asked as the food was being served.
"No, Lord Folken." Hitomi replied in a polite tone of voice. Dilandau grunted, which made Hitomi's smile widen and made the boy next to her quietly chuckle to himself.
"That's good." Folken continued, "Let me introduce every one here to you. Across from you is, as you probably already know, Lord Dilandau, general of the Elite Dragon Slayers. As you know our original Slayers were sadly destroyed . . ."
"By that asshole king of yours, Fannel!" Dilandau interrupted. Hitomi gave him a dirty look as Folken continued to talk. Receiving a look of annoyance from the young general.
"As I was saying, we gathered new recruits and these two are our top soldiers, Trevor and Galli." Folken gestured to the two boys sitting beside Dilandau.
Both boys nodded their "Hellos". Both looked younger than Hitomi. Trevor had short thick brown hair and green eyes and Galli had his head shaved and dark blue eyes. They were both wearing the Zaibochian armor. The boy beside Hitomi was wearing the same armor.
"Chesta there beside you, is the only surviving original Slayer. Our soldiers found him, barely alive, when they were recovering the fallen Guymelefs." Folken said, smiling at the Slayer.
Hitomi turned to look at Chesta, who gave her a welcoming smile. Hitomi gave a weak smile back before looking back to Folken. Hitomi felt a little awkward sitting next to one of the soldiers responsible for Fanalia's destruction.
Folken introduced the other three older men as his advisers. All of them were brothers in their sixties with long white beards and no hair on their heads. They looked so alike that Hitomi couldn't tell them apart.
When Folken was finished with his introductions, everyone started eating. But it was anything but a quiet meal. The Dragon Slayers were yelling and fighting over food while Folken and his advisers were having a discussion, yelling back and forth over the Slayers voices.
Dilandau on the other hand, was staring at Hitomi while she ate. He never shifted his eyes from her. Once in a while Hitomi looked up and made eye contact with him. When she did, his fiery red eyes burned into her emerald eyes, forcing her to look away.
'I have to learn to hold my stare, other wise he'll think I'm afraid of him. And I won't lest that happen!' Hitomi thought sternly to herself.
When everyone was finished eating and the servants had cleared the table, the advisers left the room to attend to their business and Trevor and Galli left as well. Hitomi also started walking towards the doors leading to the hall, intending to go back to her room. But as her luck would have it, that wasn't what was to be.
"Hitomi, come here please." Folken called. Hitomi turned and walked in his direction, cursing under her breath to see Dilandau standing next to him along with Chesta.
"Yes, Lord Folken?" Hitomi said in her polite voice which made Dilandau cringe. She smiled.
"Hitomi, I'd like you to go with Chesta. He will show you around the Vione, that way you will know where everything is."
"But I know . . ." Hitomi started before being cut off by Dilandau.
"You will listen to Lord Folken and do as he says, wench!" Dilandau's booming voice startled Hitomi and made her jump. "Pathetic." He said with a smirk on his face.
'Never jump at Dilandau's voice! Stupid!" Hitomi mentally slapped herself.
"Lord Folken, I really don't think it's necessary for Chesta to show me around. I found the dinning hall with no problems." Hitomi was almost desperately trying to convince Folken that she didn't want to go. Since her incident back at home, she was still scared to be around guys by herself.
"I think it would be better for you if some one showed you around, now go." And with that said, Folken left, leaving, Hitomi with Dilandau and Chesta.
Hitomi watched as Folken left the room, then turned around to face the two guy she was with. 'Great! I'm stuck with a pyromaniac and his accomplis who tried to destroy Fanalia.' Hitomi thought as she looked at them. Becoming annoyed as well as scared, though she never let it show.
"Come Hitomi, I'll show you around the main floor." Chesta said in a surprisingly nice tone of voice. Hitomi cautiously followed Chesta out of the dinning hall, leaving Dilandau standing there, becoming more and more pissed off at the fact that Hitomi was staying on the Vione with them.
Hitomi and Chesta walked down the hall quietly until they reached a door.
"This is the recreation (rec) room. Here is where soldiers and staff come to relax when they have nothing to do." Chesta said as he opened the door. Hitomi looked inside and saw lots of chairs, couches, tables and there was a fire place in the middle of the room.
When she was done examining the room they left and continued on with the tour. Hitomi walked a few feet behind Chesta, feeling like she was being led down a hall that would never end. Finally, after walking in silence for a long while, they came to a large set of doors.
"This is Lord Folken's study room. No one goes in here." Chesta said.
"Lord Folken doesn't allow anyone in here?" Hitomi quietly asked, remembering Folken saying that she was allowed in when ever she pleased. She looked at the floor while speaking to Chesta.
Because of the incident back on the Mystic Moon, Hitomi felt really vulnerable around Chesta and wanted to stay quiet around guys until she felt more secure, and to accomplish that Hitomi wanted to train herself.
"It's not that we're not allowed, we just don't like going in here. Even though Lord Folken is a decent guy, he still freaks most of us out. And this door over here leads to the library." Chesta said as he walked to a door a few feet away from the study. "None of the soldiers like to read and the people who work don't have the time. So no one really uses it other than Lord Folken."
After taking a quick peek inside Hitomi and Chesta continued down the hall.
This time Chesta spoke. "So, why did Lord Folken summon you back from the Mystic Moon?"
Remembering Folken telling her not to tell anyone about her being a Kalafae, Hitomi lied to him.
"I don't know. He never told me."
"You're still mad about Fanalia's destruction, aren't you?" Hitomi kept quiet and looked away. " I was just following orders. I want you to know that." Hitomi looked at him. She saw sincerity in his bright blue eyes, and she couldn't help but trust him just a little.
They stopped in front of the kitchen next. The smell of dinner had yet to leave this area.
"Chesta, you just ate. You can't still be hungry." A man with a big belly, wearing a tall white hat and a white uniform said.
"No Baldaro. I'm showing our guest, Hitomi, around." Chesta said, stepping aside so that the big man could see Hitomi.
"Ah, my lady Hitomi. Welcome to my kitchen. I'm the head chef, Baldaro. If you are ever hungry in between meals and want something to eat, please don't hesitate to come and get something."
"Thank you, Baldaro. Bye." Hitomi said as she left the bustling kitchen and caught up with Chesta who was already in the hall. Baldaro waved good-bye before continuing with his cooking.
"He was nice." Hitomi said, a little more openly spoken, as she walked with Chesta down the curving hall.
"Ya, he's nice, but I think he's a little nuts." Hitomi couldn't help but chuckle at Chesta's remark.
"That's the first time I've heard you laugh."
"He may be a little nuts, but no one's as crazy as Dilandau." It was Chesta's turn to laugh this time.
"Lord Dilandau isn't all that bad once you get to know him. But if I were you I'd be careful around him. He isn't too thrilled about you being here."
"Dilandau can yell at me all he wants, Lord Folken won't allow him or anyone else to hurt me."
"If anyone does try to harm you, I'd like you to tell me. You're our guest and as our guest I have an obligation to protect you."
"Thanks, Chesta." 'Although, I'm sure that would just be because you've been told to do so.' Hitomi thought, a little upset that no one here really actually wants her here.
After a few moments they came to the last room on the main floor to show Hitomi.
"This is the fitting room. I suggest you come here often for new clothing." Chesta said as he walked into the small room.
"Hello, Chesta. How may I help you today?" A woman around her mid thirties greeted. She was a pretty woman with jet black hair and deep blue eyes. Hitomi sensed a friendly aura around her. and immediately wanted to get to know this woman a little better.
"I'm just showing Hitomi around. Hitomi, this is Salle (AN - pronounced Sall-ay), our tailor." Chesta said.
"Hello." Both Hitomi and Salle said at the same time, which made them giggle.
"Yes, Lord Folken asked me to make some clothing for you, Lady Hitomi. I should be finished by tomorrow, I'll bring them by first thing in the morning." Salle said with a warm smile which made Hitomi feel more welcomed.
"Thank you very much, Salle." Hitomi said, smiling back.
"And if you want anything special, just ask, okay?" Salle winked after saying so.
"Okay. Good bye."
"Bye, milady. See you later, Chesta."
Chesta waved as both of them left the room.
"Are there lots of people on the Vione that are as friendly as Baldaro and Salle?" Hitomi asked Chesta.
"Yes, except for Lord Dilandau, almost every one is friendly. If you ever need something, just ask some one. They will be more than happy to help."
Hitomi thought on that and frowned at his lie. Confronting him she said, "Not everyone, I heard some maids whispering about me." They then entered the main hall.
"Were there tree of them?"
"Ya?"
"Pay no attention to them they just like to cause trouble. Those three work for Lord Dilandau."
"He has his own hand maids?" Hitomi couldn't help but smirk at the thought of those three ruching around as Dilandau barked orders.
"Ya, and what's really annoying is that they've picked up on some of his personality traits." Both of them laughed at Chesta's statement. "There's another floor below us, do you want me to show you around there?"
Hitomi thought a moment before answering Chesta's question. She was begining to open up to him but she wasn't ready to meet the rest of the soldiers yet. She was able to sense their energy from them training, so she knew they were below.
"No, I think I'd rather go back to my room now. Thanks for the tour."
"Alright. I have to get back to the barracks now anyways. I'll probably see you tomorrow." Chesta said as he turned to walk towards the stairs leading to the basement.
"Chesta?" Hitomi was planning to ask Folken this tomorrow, but she figured that now was as good a time as any. Chesta turned to face Hitomi. "Is the war over?"
"No, it's still going on. There's a pause going on right now."
"What's a pause?"
"It's where no one has made an attack for a while. All I know is that we are planning on attacking soon." After saying that, Chesta then continued to walk away. Hitomi stood in the hall for a moment.
'I hope Van's alright. I'll ask Folken tomorrow if he knows.' Hitomi thought as she walked to the stairs leading to the upper floor.
Upon reaching the top of the stairs Hitomi remembered that her room was still a mess from when she caused the wind storm earlier that evening. Muttering under her breath she entered her room and spent the next half hour cleaning and putting things back where they originally belonged.
When she was finished she walked over and locked the door. Then she let exhaustion take her over and she sat on her bed and took off her boots and her tight pants. She was about to take her shirt off, when her hand accidentally rubbed against the cut on her stomach. Doing so caused great pain to surge through her body.
Not being able to keep it in any more, she let it all out, her frustration, her fear, her pain, and cried her self to sleep. All of the bad images from the past three days haunting her dreams though out the entire night. And the face of the one boy who she saw before she passed out that day was the most frightening of them all.
AN - So how was it? Is it a good or bad chapter? Please review and tell me how it was. Suggestions are always welcome, but please no flames. Criticism is always welcome. I know I'm not the best writer. Oh well. Until the next update, ja ne!
Disclaimer - I don't own any part of Escaflowne, so don't come knocking on my door trying to sue me.
Chapter 3
Hitomi changed into the clothes that Folken had given to her after he left. Her outfit mainly consisted out of black.
'I hate black. It's so boring.' Hitomi thought, pulling on her shirt while walking towards the bathroom.
Inside she stood in front of the full length mirror that hung on a wall, examining herself in her new clothes. Tight leather pants, a loose black t-shirt and black buckle-up boots.
Hitomi left her room and closed the door behind her. 'I must remember to clean up after dinner.' she thought as she walked down the dimly lit corridor towards the stairs.
When she was on the right floor, everyone around stopped what they were doing to look at the new girl on the Vione. Trying to pay no attention to all the stares she was getting, Hitomi started walking in the direction her pendant told her. Mentally dousing to find her way to the dinning hall.
While she was walking Hitomi passed a little group of hand maids, whispering to each other and staring at the strange girl.
"That's the girl from the Mystic Moon."
"I heard she's cursed."
"Why did Lord Folken bring her back?"
As she past them Hitomi held her chin high while he smiled to herself when the women stepped back. She wasn't going to let some maids get the best of her, and if they were too afraid of getting her way then she would purposely walk towards them, just for the fun of it.
'I'll show them. When I know how to use my abilities I'll make sure to freak them out.' Hitomi thought as she chuckled to herself.
That was when Hitomi decided not to let people take advantage of her anymore. She decided to learn how to protect herself better by learning the Kalafae magic that Lord Folken promised to teach her and to secretly practice her tai-kwan-dow in her room, when she wasn't with Folken, to become physically stronger. She would have a completely new attitude towards everything to go along with her new home. No one would dare get in her way when she was fully trained.
Hitomi's pendant lead her to two twenty foot tall doors. Before she was about to enter, she heard yelling coming from inside the room.
"Oh no." Hitomi whispered to herself upon recognizing Dilandau's voice.
'No! I won't let him scare me. I'll be the only one to stand up to Dilandau. Let's see what he does then!' Hitomi thought as she smiled to her self and pushed open the two huge doors.
When she did, Dilandau stopped yelling and sent an icy glare her way, which Hitomi ignored. Everyone else at the rectangular table turned to look at her too. Seeming to bore with their general's constant screaming.
"Ah Hitomi, I'm glad you could join us. Please, come sit down." Folken said, gesturing to the seat on his right.
"She's eating with us too?! Folken, you can't be serious!" Dilandau yelled, standing up from his seat.
Amused to see Dilandau getting angry over her, Hitomi walked over, smiling and head held high, towards her seat. Before seating herself, bowed low before Folken, showing great respect, then sat down. Dilandau growled under his breath at the sight of Hitomi bowing, making him more pissed off, then sat back in his seat. But Hitomi's act of respect had the opposite affect on Folken's advisers, who were also seated at the table. They were impressed at her action and immediately took a liking to Hitomi. Though they did not quite know the reasoning behind their Lord's wishing to have her stay with them, each was secretly glad to have some one new on the Vione.
"Hitomi, did you have a difficult time finding the dinning hall?" Folken asked as the food was being served.
"No, Lord Folken." Hitomi replied in a polite tone of voice. Dilandau grunted, which made Hitomi's smile widen and made the boy next to her quietly chuckle to himself.
"That's good." Folken continued, "Let me introduce every one here to you. Across from you is, as you probably already know, Lord Dilandau, general of the Elite Dragon Slayers. As you know our original Slayers were sadly destroyed . . ."
"By that asshole king of yours, Fannel!" Dilandau interrupted. Hitomi gave him a dirty look as Folken continued to talk. Receiving a look of annoyance from the young general.
"As I was saying, we gathered new recruits and these two are our top soldiers, Trevor and Galli." Folken gestured to the two boys sitting beside Dilandau.
Both boys nodded their "Hellos". Both looked younger than Hitomi. Trevor had short thick brown hair and green eyes and Galli had his head shaved and dark blue eyes. They were both wearing the Zaibochian armor. The boy beside Hitomi was wearing the same armor.
"Chesta there beside you, is the only surviving original Slayer. Our soldiers found him, barely alive, when they were recovering the fallen Guymelefs." Folken said, smiling at the Slayer.
Hitomi turned to look at Chesta, who gave her a welcoming smile. Hitomi gave a weak smile back before looking back to Folken. Hitomi felt a little awkward sitting next to one of the soldiers responsible for Fanalia's destruction.
Folken introduced the other three older men as his advisers. All of them were brothers in their sixties with long white beards and no hair on their heads. They looked so alike that Hitomi couldn't tell them apart.
When Folken was finished with his introductions, everyone started eating. But it was anything but a quiet meal. The Dragon Slayers were yelling and fighting over food while Folken and his advisers were having a discussion, yelling back and forth over the Slayers voices.
Dilandau on the other hand, was staring at Hitomi while she ate. He never shifted his eyes from her. Once in a while Hitomi looked up and made eye contact with him. When she did, his fiery red eyes burned into her emerald eyes, forcing her to look away.
'I have to learn to hold my stare, other wise he'll think I'm afraid of him. And I won't lest that happen!' Hitomi thought sternly to herself.
When everyone was finished eating and the servants had cleared the table, the advisers left the room to attend to their business and Trevor and Galli left as well. Hitomi also started walking towards the doors leading to the hall, intending to go back to her room. But as her luck would have it, that wasn't what was to be.
"Hitomi, come here please." Folken called. Hitomi turned and walked in his direction, cursing under her breath to see Dilandau standing next to him along with Chesta.
"Yes, Lord Folken?" Hitomi said in her polite voice which made Dilandau cringe. She smiled.
"Hitomi, I'd like you to go with Chesta. He will show you around the Vione, that way you will know where everything is."
"But I know . . ." Hitomi started before being cut off by Dilandau.
"You will listen to Lord Folken and do as he says, wench!" Dilandau's booming voice startled Hitomi and made her jump. "Pathetic." He said with a smirk on his face.
'Never jump at Dilandau's voice! Stupid!" Hitomi mentally slapped herself.
"Lord Folken, I really don't think it's necessary for Chesta to show me around. I found the dinning hall with no problems." Hitomi was almost desperately trying to convince Folken that she didn't want to go. Since her incident back at home, she was still scared to be around guys by herself.
"I think it would be better for you if some one showed you around, now go." And with that said, Folken left, leaving, Hitomi with Dilandau and Chesta.
Hitomi watched as Folken left the room, then turned around to face the two guy she was with. 'Great! I'm stuck with a pyromaniac and his accomplis who tried to destroy Fanalia.' Hitomi thought as she looked at them. Becoming annoyed as well as scared, though she never let it show.
"Come Hitomi, I'll show you around the main floor." Chesta said in a surprisingly nice tone of voice. Hitomi cautiously followed Chesta out of the dinning hall, leaving Dilandau standing there, becoming more and more pissed off at the fact that Hitomi was staying on the Vione with them.
Hitomi and Chesta walked down the hall quietly until they reached a door.
"This is the recreation (rec) room. Here is where soldiers and staff come to relax when they have nothing to do." Chesta said as he opened the door. Hitomi looked inside and saw lots of chairs, couches, tables and there was a fire place in the middle of the room.
When she was done examining the room they left and continued on with the tour. Hitomi walked a few feet behind Chesta, feeling like she was being led down a hall that would never end. Finally, after walking in silence for a long while, they came to a large set of doors.
"This is Lord Folken's study room. No one goes in here." Chesta said.
"Lord Folken doesn't allow anyone in here?" Hitomi quietly asked, remembering Folken saying that she was allowed in when ever she pleased. She looked at the floor while speaking to Chesta.
Because of the incident back on the Mystic Moon, Hitomi felt really vulnerable around Chesta and wanted to stay quiet around guys until she felt more secure, and to accomplish that Hitomi wanted to train herself.
"It's not that we're not allowed, we just don't like going in here. Even though Lord Folken is a decent guy, he still freaks most of us out. And this door over here leads to the library." Chesta said as he walked to a door a few feet away from the study. "None of the soldiers like to read and the people who work don't have the time. So no one really uses it other than Lord Folken."
After taking a quick peek inside Hitomi and Chesta continued down the hall.
This time Chesta spoke. "So, why did Lord Folken summon you back from the Mystic Moon?"
Remembering Folken telling her not to tell anyone about her being a Kalafae, Hitomi lied to him.
"I don't know. He never told me."
"You're still mad about Fanalia's destruction, aren't you?" Hitomi kept quiet and looked away. " I was just following orders. I want you to know that." Hitomi looked at him. She saw sincerity in his bright blue eyes, and she couldn't help but trust him just a little.
They stopped in front of the kitchen next. The smell of dinner had yet to leave this area.
"Chesta, you just ate. You can't still be hungry." A man with a big belly, wearing a tall white hat and a white uniform said.
"No Baldaro. I'm showing our guest, Hitomi, around." Chesta said, stepping aside so that the big man could see Hitomi.
"Ah, my lady Hitomi. Welcome to my kitchen. I'm the head chef, Baldaro. If you are ever hungry in between meals and want something to eat, please don't hesitate to come and get something."
"Thank you, Baldaro. Bye." Hitomi said as she left the bustling kitchen and caught up with Chesta who was already in the hall. Baldaro waved good-bye before continuing with his cooking.
"He was nice." Hitomi said, a little more openly spoken, as she walked with Chesta down the curving hall.
"Ya, he's nice, but I think he's a little nuts." Hitomi couldn't help but chuckle at Chesta's remark.
"That's the first time I've heard you laugh."
"He may be a little nuts, but no one's as crazy as Dilandau." It was Chesta's turn to laugh this time.
"Lord Dilandau isn't all that bad once you get to know him. But if I were you I'd be careful around him. He isn't too thrilled about you being here."
"Dilandau can yell at me all he wants, Lord Folken won't allow him or anyone else to hurt me."
"If anyone does try to harm you, I'd like you to tell me. You're our guest and as our guest I have an obligation to protect you."
"Thanks, Chesta." 'Although, I'm sure that would just be because you've been told to do so.' Hitomi thought, a little upset that no one here really actually wants her here.
After a few moments they came to the last room on the main floor to show Hitomi.
"This is the fitting room. I suggest you come here often for new clothing." Chesta said as he walked into the small room.
"Hello, Chesta. How may I help you today?" A woman around her mid thirties greeted. She was a pretty woman with jet black hair and deep blue eyes. Hitomi sensed a friendly aura around her. and immediately wanted to get to know this woman a little better.
"I'm just showing Hitomi around. Hitomi, this is Salle (AN - pronounced Sall-ay), our tailor." Chesta said.
"Hello." Both Hitomi and Salle said at the same time, which made them giggle.
"Yes, Lord Folken asked me to make some clothing for you, Lady Hitomi. I should be finished by tomorrow, I'll bring them by first thing in the morning." Salle said with a warm smile which made Hitomi feel more welcomed.
"Thank you very much, Salle." Hitomi said, smiling back.
"And if you want anything special, just ask, okay?" Salle winked after saying so.
"Okay. Good bye."
"Bye, milady. See you later, Chesta."
Chesta waved as both of them left the room.
"Are there lots of people on the Vione that are as friendly as Baldaro and Salle?" Hitomi asked Chesta.
"Yes, except for Lord Dilandau, almost every one is friendly. If you ever need something, just ask some one. They will be more than happy to help."
Hitomi thought on that and frowned at his lie. Confronting him she said, "Not everyone, I heard some maids whispering about me." They then entered the main hall.
"Were there tree of them?"
"Ya?"
"Pay no attention to them they just like to cause trouble. Those three work for Lord Dilandau."
"He has his own hand maids?" Hitomi couldn't help but smirk at the thought of those three ruching around as Dilandau barked orders.
"Ya, and what's really annoying is that they've picked up on some of his personality traits." Both of them laughed at Chesta's statement. "There's another floor below us, do you want me to show you around there?"
Hitomi thought a moment before answering Chesta's question. She was begining to open up to him but she wasn't ready to meet the rest of the soldiers yet. She was able to sense their energy from them training, so she knew they were below.
"No, I think I'd rather go back to my room now. Thanks for the tour."
"Alright. I have to get back to the barracks now anyways. I'll probably see you tomorrow." Chesta said as he turned to walk towards the stairs leading to the basement.
"Chesta?" Hitomi was planning to ask Folken this tomorrow, but she figured that now was as good a time as any. Chesta turned to face Hitomi. "Is the war over?"
"No, it's still going on. There's a pause going on right now."
"What's a pause?"
"It's where no one has made an attack for a while. All I know is that we are planning on attacking soon." After saying that, Chesta then continued to walk away. Hitomi stood in the hall for a moment.
'I hope Van's alright. I'll ask Folken tomorrow if he knows.' Hitomi thought as she walked to the stairs leading to the upper floor.
Upon reaching the top of the stairs Hitomi remembered that her room was still a mess from when she caused the wind storm earlier that evening. Muttering under her breath she entered her room and spent the next half hour cleaning and putting things back where they originally belonged.
When she was finished she walked over and locked the door. Then she let exhaustion take her over and she sat on her bed and took off her boots and her tight pants. She was about to take her shirt off, when her hand accidentally rubbed against the cut on her stomach. Doing so caused great pain to surge through her body.
Not being able to keep it in any more, she let it all out, her frustration, her fear, her pain, and cried her self to sleep. All of the bad images from the past three days haunting her dreams though out the entire night. And the face of the one boy who she saw before she passed out that day was the most frightening of them all.
AN - So how was it? Is it a good or bad chapter? Please review and tell me how it was. Suggestions are always welcome, but please no flames. Criticism is always welcome. I know I'm not the best writer. Oh well. Until the next update, ja ne!