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Storm Premonition: Folken, who has changed sides, attends a conference in Astoria, and addresses a meeting in a hall with raked seating. Van seems less than delighted. The citizens are clearing away the wreckage left after the Zaibach attack. Merle, Hitomi, and the others are doing what they can to help those left homeless or hungry. In a church packed with refugees, Merle and Hitomi do their usual sniping at each other. Hitomi has sharp words with Allen, and ends by saying she'll return by herself. Hitomi goes running, and then has a conversation with Folken. An Astorian airship enters a large below-ground base. Hitomi and Allen meet. Allen confesses that he is the father of Prince Chid. He says that he now loves Hitomi and wants to marry her. Dilandau, now more unbalanced than ever, asks the dog-warrior Jajuka what has become of his companions. To each name, Jajuka replies that that person is dead. Dilandau calls for his guymelef. On the Crusade, Allen tells Van that he wants to marry Hitomi. Hitomi helps Millerna hang out some washing, and asks her if she can speak as a friend. Rather hesitantly, she asks Millerna if she thinks Allen is a bit of a playboy. Millerna doesn't give a clear answer, but from her manner it's evident that Millerna still likes Allen very much. The Zaibach mount an attack on the Astorians' base while Van & co are still on their way to reinforce it. They see the attack from the air, and Allen says that he'll use the Scherezade guymelef. Van descends separately in / on Escaflowne. Dilandau, in the red guymelef, causes a good deal of trouble. Van engages Dilandau, as does Allen, and between them they gradually get the upper hand. Meanwhile Hitomi senses the battle in progress, and wonders who will die this time. She senses her champions giving way to hatred and calls on them to stop. Dilandau who is now panicking, is about to be killed by Van, when Jajuka interposes himself, and the Zaibach's Fortune Control machine activates, whisking Dilandau away to safety. He is followed by Jajuka. As the battle ends, Hitomi is exclaiming about what she can't see. After the battle, Hitomi goes to see Van and Allen, and protests about the way Van gave way to rage during the battle. She tells them that it is better if she returns to the Mystic Moon. And she does! She disappears in a beam of light and wakes up in the sickroom of her school, just as if she had merely fainted during a race. Fateful Descicion: Hitomi wakes up in a bed in the sickroom of her school Amano is leaning over her. Seems that she has been telling him about Gaea, because he says that she's romantic, and clearly thinks she has just dreamt it. A group of schoolgirls chatter, wonder if Hitomi is coming, and then go. Amano notices the pendant. Hitomi explains that she got it from her grandmother. Hitomi's friend Yukari looks in. This time Hitomi can clearly see how dismayed Yukari is by the sight of Hitomi and Amano together. Hitomi recovers, and the girls go off to indulge in some 'kamakura cheesecake'. Yukari seems rather anxious. Hitomi is merely distracted. Yukari, in the underpass, says that she loves Amano. On the train home, Hitomi sees a white feather, like that from an Atlantean's wings. Meanwhile, on Gaea, in the capital of Astoria, the rest of the company is wondering where Hitomi is. Van says that she has returned to the Mystic Moon. In her room, Hitomi looks at a photo of herself, Amano and Yukari. In the photo, it's now obvious that Yukari is looking at Amano in a special way. Hitomi's mother calls, telling her not to be late. The wind blows, and a Tarot card falls. In Gaea, a girlish figure walks towards the woods. Allen sits, talking to his dead father and thinking of Hitomi, and his lost sister Serena. Just then Serena walks in. Hitomi picks up the card. It's a dragon - Escaflowne? On a rooftop, Van sits moodily. Merle bugs him to tell her who he is thinking about. Is it Hitomi? He denies it; she says he's lying. She says he should fetch Hitomi. Allen and Princess Elise visit his mother's grave along with Serena. Is it really Serena, Elise asks. Allen remarks that it's ten years since he last saw his sister. Serena catches a butterfly. Suddenly Serena cries out, and transforms into Dilandau, who asks where he is and then starts screaming for Jajuka. A guymelef materializes and whisks him away. Allen and Elise are both dumbfounded. Folken explains that this transformation is Zaibach work, the result of one of Domkirk's experiments. On Earth, Hitomi's mind is not on school work. She sees another feather appear and then dissolve away. In the next scene, with Hitomi in her running shorts. Hitomi is saying that she wants to meet him. On Gaea, Van sets off to fly Escaflowne in the direction of the Mystic Moon. Hitomi has set up a repeat of that sprint, timed by the swinging pendant, when Van first appeared. She asks Amano to wish her luck. Yukari switches on the track lights. Van appears on Escaflowne and carries her off. The pendant follows her. They return to Gaea. "A warm world" Hitomi says. |
