Jessica Hernandez-Loera  [email protected]
" The new kid" part 6




See? I told you I would have this chapter up sooner than you 
thought^_^. Anyways, here's chapter 6. Please review. I hope you like 
it. This will probably be my longest chapter. It's 2:46 and I have to 
get off at 4, leaving me plenty of time to write this chapter. Again, 
I hope you like it. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne

The next day:

   After Hitomi's run in with Allen, she desperatly wanted to talk to 
Van and ask questions about Allen. Maybe with Van's help Hitomi could 
snag a date with that cuttie.

   Hitomi spooted Van hanging out with his friends. She walked up to 
him." Van, can I talk to you?"

   Van looked at her and smiled." Sure. (turns to friends) I'll be 
right back."

   Van and Hitomi walked a inaudible distance from those guy's Van
was 
hanging out with.

   " What did you want to talk to me about?" Van asked. He looked 
really happy to talk to her.

   " Well, yesterday I was at the mall and I met this guy who said
was 
your best friend. His name was Allen Schezar. I just wanted to know 
some stuff about him," Hitomi responded.

   As soon as Hitomi mentioned Allen, a frown grew on Van's face. He 
obviously didn't like the idea of talking about another guy with her.

   " Look, I don't know all that much about him myself. If you want
to 
get to know him then you should talk to him yourself," Van responded 
rather coldly.

   " Why are you being so mean? I just wanted to know about him," 
Hitomi responded rather hottly.

   " Look, I got to go. I'll catch you later." With that he walked
off 
with his friends.

   ' What's his problem? Now I do have to talk to Allen or else I'll 
never get to know him' Hitomi thought.

   She walked to class and didn't bother ro talk to Van again, just
as 
he didn't bother to talk to her.

Later:

   Hitomi didn't have a track meet today, so she walked home, unaware 
of the suprise she was going to get.
 
   Once Hitomi turned a corner, she saw Allen, but he wasn't alone.
He 
was walking with a girl, both of them holding hands.

   The girl was shorter than Allen, yet taller than Hitomi. She had 
long blonde hair that was lighter than Allen's. She had peachy skin 
and purple eyes. She was really beautiful.

   Hitomi decided to find out who this girl was." Allen!"

   She saw the both of them turn around. Allen had a smile on his
face 
as he saw her.

   " Hitomi, how nice to see you," Allen greeted.

   The girl turned towards Allen." Allen, who is this girl?" You
could 
tell that she was jealous and thought that Allen was maybe seeing
this 
girl behind her back.

   " I met her yesterday at the mall. She goes to Van's school. I was 
looking for Van at the mall and asked her if she knew him and if she 
saw where he was," Allen explained.

   The girl looked pleased now. She turned towards Hitomi." My name
is 
Millerna Aston. Please to meet you Hitomi-"

   Hitomi knew what she wanted." Kanzaki."

   The girl nodded and turned towards Allen again." Allen, we should 
go. My father will be worried if I get home on time."

   " You're right. See ya later Hitomi."

   They walked off, leaving Hitomi standing there. Hitomi was really 
sad to find out that Allen already had a girlfriend. She ran home 
crying.

   On the way, she bumped into a familiar person.

   " Hey! Watch where your going!" the girl yelled.

   " Sorry. Aren't you Merle, that girl from yesterday?" Hitomi asked.

   " Yeah. And you must be Hitomi, the one who was talking with 
Allen."

   Hitomi nodded sadly at the mention of Allen. Then curiosity struck 
Hitomi." How do you know Van anyway?"

   " I'm his little sister," Merle responded as she got up. Hitomi 
also got up.

   " You know, I heard alot about you from Van," Merle said.

   " What did he say about me?" Hitomi wondered.

   Merle thought for a moment before she answered." He only said that 
you were a girl who went to school with him."

   " Umm, can I ask you a question?" Hitomi asked.

   " What about?"

   " Do you know Allen well? I asked Van about him but he didn't want 
to tell me anything. He said he didn't know all that much."

   " Yeah, I do know him and Van's a liar. He talked all day with 
Allen yesterday, asking him questions."

   " The why didn't he want to tell me anything?"

   Merle shrugged." I don't know. I guess he just didn't."

   " Well anyways, could you tell me what you know about him?"

   Merle smiled a mischevous smile." Only if you buy me ice cream."

   Hitomi smiled and nodded. Merle shouted in excitement and they 
walked to the ice cream parlor.

   Once there, they sat on some stools and ordered. Hitomi asked for
a 
chocolate single while Merle took advantage of the situation and 
ordered a hot fudge sundae with everthing. Hitomi sighed in amused 
annoyance.

   " So, what do you know about Allen?" Hitomi asked as they finished 
ordering.

   " Well, from what Allen told me, he's a student at the local 
College. He's studying to be a police officer I think. He lives next 
door to us and he has a girlfriend named Millerna Aston who goes to 
college with him," Merle responded.

   Again felt the tears threatening to come out at the mention of
that 
fact. She wiped the away while Merle wasn't looking.

   " Is that all you know?" Hitomi asked.

   " That's all he told us at the moment. Wait! He also told us that 
both his parents died in a car accident a couple of years back so
he's 
living off money that his grandparents send him all the time. Allen 
comes from quite a rich family. The last thing I know is that he has
a 
sister who lives with him. She goes to a private High school so I 
don't think you know her. Her name is Cerena Schezar and she's 15
like 
you."

   " Wow, I didn't know he was a rich guy?"

   Merle nodded as there orders came." His father used to own some 
kind of big company that now belongs to his grandparents. When his 
grandparents die, the company will finally belong to him." Merle took 
a big bite of her sundae.

   Hitomi licked her chocolate single as she listened.

   " What about Van?" Merle asked out of the blue.

   " What ABOUT Van?" Hitomi asked, wondering why Merle mentioned him.

   " Don't you want to know about him?"

   " I don't see the reason for me to want to know Van. Unless
there's 
something I should know."

   Merle suddenly freaked out." Oh no. I was just wondering if maybe 
you wanted to get to know him."

   Hitomi shook her head. They decided to get to know each other 
instead. Hitomi learned though that Van had yet another sibling named 
Folken who lived back in Hokkaido. He was living on his own and had 
his life over there so he would only come for holiday visits.

   Once they were done, Merle thanked her for the sundae and left to 
hang out with her friends. Hitomi also had to go home since she had 
homework to do.

   As she turned a corner, she heard someone whistle to her in that 
perverted way. She decided to ignore that person and she continued to 
walk. She could hear footsteps behind her.

   Hitomi walked faster but her pursuer caught up with her." Where do 
you think you're going cutty?" he asked in a rough voice as he held 
onto her hand. He was tall, maybe 6'2" with no hair. He looked around 
25 and he was dressed in poor clothes. He was sorta buff and he had 
black eyes and brown skin. 

   " Let me go!" Hitomi shouted. She cried as she realized that no
one 
would probably hear her in that part of town. She decided to scream 
for help anyways.

   " The guy smacked her across the face to shut her up but that only 
caused Hitomi to cry hard. 

   Her eyes were closed so she only heard a punch sound that didn't 
hit her, but someone else. Her eyes full of tears, she opened them
and 
discovered the guy on the floor, unconsious. Hitomi looked at who had 
saved her and gasped.

   " Van!" she yelled.

   Concern was all over his face but he managed to smile, showing 
relief." Hitomi, thank god your okay. I heard your yelling and ran 
here as fast as I could."

   Hitomi looked at his hands and saw a huge piece of wood (the kind 
you use to build). It was broken in half.

   Van chucled nervoulsy." I was going to use it to build something 
but I decided to use it to knock the crud out of that guy."

   Hitomi began to cry as she sat there. Van kneeled in front of her 
and Hitomi cried on him instead.

   " Come on, let's get you home," Van said in a comforting voice.

   Hitomi nodded and got up. They walked to her home.

Well, there's part 6. Also, there's a message (message 1061); I have 
to say that that message isn't from me. My retarded brother knows my 
password and everything to be able to log in as me. Please don't 
believe any message that's posted that mocks Escaflowne because the 
you'll know it wasn't me who wrote it. Well, what did you think of 
that chapter? Good? Boring? Please review and remember what I said.