Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ An Unexpected Ally ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

~An~Unexpected~Ally~


~Chapter 6~






"What do you want?" Dilandau hissed again. The male stared at him, as if he were trying to understand what he was saying. He looked down at Alex, obviously waiting for her to explain. Alex struggled for a moment, then started talking in a strange language. When she was done, he looked up at Dilandau with a smug grin and started to talk in the same language. When he finished, Alex translated for the confused commander.

"H-he said that he wants you dead f-for destroying his hometown." She swallowed hard, having trouble talking because of the blade on her throat.

"What's his home country?" Dilandau asked. Alex looked at Dilandau.

"A-arzaz, my country."

"What?! But why did he attack you? Doesn't he know you're from Arzaz as well?"

"Because he says that-" She stopped to gasp for breath as he pressed the blade harder. "That I'm your only weakness or something like that.-" She stopped as the blade dug even deeper into the skin of her throat. Dilandau flinched as she gasped and watched as a thin trail of blood ran down her throat.

"But, I don't have-" He stopped when he saw the pain in her eyes starting at this statment. "I mean you aren't...well, you..." He trailed off, not sure how to respond.

"Ty jeves ja mahr oir ather kermar bres har ne temsar fes tres tah okensa meyton ja leitas?" The man hissed. Dilandau looked down at Alex.

"He said, `Why do you care about what happens to her if she really is just a prisoner you caught?`" She said with difficulty. Dilandau looked surprised at the question, then looked down at Alex. She was waiting for his answer.

"I... uh... well... I'm... not sure... exactly." Alex seemed startled, then Dilandau saw an emotion that he wasn't able to distinguish between shock and hurt. The man stared at Alex, then Dilandau and back at Alex. After a moment, she looked up at him, then back down to the ground.

"Via jevens jiles ty." She translated in a quiet voice that had a hint of anger in it. Dilandau bit his lip. *What should I do? I should just let her die, she's a nusiance anyway.* Dilandau smirked, and shrugged.

"Oh well." He knew exactly how she would react.

"WHAT?!" She managed to push away the sword and she lunged at Dilandau, who just stepped back. The man tightened his grip around her waist and struggled to hold her back. "You JERK!!! How DARE you!! I have kept you warm by MY fire, let you use MY transportation, AND, gave you my trust!!! And THIS is how you thank me?! I should have known people like you NEVER change!!! Never!!!!"

He stared at her shocked face, and was startled when she stopped and just stared at him. But what scared him the most was the tears now running down her face. Dilandau was startled. *Why is she upset about what I think?*

She then unexpectantly managed to jerk away for a second, but the stranger pulled her back. He then pressed his crossbow to her back, but in doing this, he had to let his sword clatter to the ground. She decided to go for it and pushed away one more time, this time far enough that she managed to grab Dilandau's sword, then swung around to kill the stranger. But as she did, she also recieved an arrow in the side.

Ignoring the arrow, she quickly decapitated the man. Turning around after picking up the dropped weapon, she aimed her new crossbow in Dilandau's direction. "Don't care about what happens to me? Thought you'd just stand there and watch me die? For some reason, I don't like that idea." Dilandau started to back up, keeping his eyes on the crossbow.

"Now, Alex. We, we really should get that arrow looked at. Just put that crossbow down and-"

"Shut up. I'll do whatever I want, which is obviously what you think you can do." Dilandau watched the blood slowly rolling off the arrow and onto the ground, forming a large pool on the ground.

"Alex-"

"Can you not listen to orders?! Shut up. You have not changed at all. You're still the same jerk who only cares about people when it benifits you." She then fired the arrow, which Dilandau managed to knock away at the last second. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to him, forcing her hand open and making her drop the crossbow.

"It's not a good idea to attack a high commander with a weapon you don't know how to use properly." He then ran his fingers over the arrow, feeling blood her coat his hand. He was shocked that she was still standing with the arrow embedded so deeply into her side. "Now I'm going to remove this arrow before you die from blood loss, and you can either stay still and make it less painful, or fight me and make it hurt even more. Your choice." Alex stared at him, not believing how quickly he changed from an insensitive jerk to someone who cares.

Without her noticing, he gripped the arrow tightly. *If I keep talking to her, she shouldn't notice me pulling out the arrow until the pain hits.* "I would hate to have you fight me when I..." With a swift pull, he pulled out the arrow and swallowed the scream that was about to start in a powerful kiss.
When the pain subsided slightly, and he was sure she wasn't going to start screaming again, he pulled away. "Pull the arrow out." He finished. She looked at him, breathing hard, then back down at her side and saw blood flowing profusely out of her wound. She laughed slightly.

"Perfect. Two arrow wounds in the same day." She suddenly felt dizzly from the loss of blood and after a moment, collapsed in his arms. He picked her up and carried her over to where he would soon start a fire. "I have got to stop the flow of blood, but I alreadly used my shirt, so what do I do now?" *Why do I even care? I shouldn't be worrying about her, as if I in- no. No, I'm not in love, I, I just want to keep her alive because of her battling skills. Yes, that's why I'm so bent on keeping her alive, because I want her on my team of Dragon Slayers.* "What can I use?" He then had an idea. "I can use her shirt."

He layed her back and unzipped her jacket, then lifted up her undershirt. A blush spread across his face as he pulled the undershirt off. Doing his best to ignore what she was now wearing, he ripped her shirt, then wrapped her side up. Dilandau pulled her jacket back on and threw some more logs onto the fire."I have to get her back to the Vione soon. All I have to do..." He held his head in his hands. "Is figure out how." Dilandau finished.