As usual, at the beginning of the episode, Hitomi reminds the viewers of what happened in the previous episode: "Was it all just a dream? Maybe it was in the cards. Or  maybe it had something to do with my pendant...." and she recounts what happened. She was transported to another world, and the last thing that happened was that she was surrounded by "wolfmen" who are Van's servants. As she is riding with Van to Fanelia, the wolfman asks Van about Hitomi. He shrugs, saying something like, "the cat followed me home." Hitomi looks up and sees the Mystic Moon in the sky. She is reminded of Earth....
    She running the race on the track. Suddenly a boy in armor appears. We see the reflection of him in Hitomi's frightened eyes. She runs into him, and he hastily shoves her aside. "It's coming," he says in a low voice, "the dragon." 
    Hitomi is running up to Amano. She asks him to do her a favor: "Amano.. if I manage to get 13 seconds in the run, will you... will you give me my first kiss?" He smiles. "I'd be honored."
    Van is fighting the dragon. Hitomi is there, watching. The dragon's tail comes down towards Van but he doesn't see it. "Above you!!" shrieks Hitomi. Van sees the tail and jumps out of the way. His armor is ripped off by the dragon's sharp tail. He kills the dragon and takes the energist. A beam of light shoots out of the sky, slowly lifting Van and Hitomi upward.
"Hitomi! Hitomi!!!" shouts Amano.
"My hand, hurry!" she reaches for his hand but she can only grasp the pendant. She's carried off by the beam of light.
    When Van, Hitomi, and the wolfman arrive at Fanelia, it's morning. Van jumps out of the carriage and is greeted by Merle, a catgirl who clings to him and licks his face. 
"I was so worried!!" she says. Then Balgus appears and Merle quickly slinks away and bows.
"Welcome home, Prince Van." says Balgus.
"That guy is a prince??" thinks Hitomi. Van tells the samurai that he has completed the rite and has the energist. The samurai confirm that he's telling the truth.
Hitomi is given a room in the palace. She sits at her window, pensive. "What am I doing here?" she wonders. As she stares out the window, Merle's head suddenly appears. Hitomi backs away, startled. 
"Haven't you ever heard of using the door??" she demands angrily. Merle ignores the comment and licks her  wrist. "Don't get too close to him, got it?" she says.
"Huh?" says Hitomi.
"Keep away from Prince Van." Hitomi says something, but Merle ignores her, and her eyes light up as she sees Hitomi's track bag.
"Hey!" says Hitomi. Merle rummages through the bag, and finding nothing interesting, turns back to Hitomi. Her eyes catch on something. It's Hitomi's pendant. She snatches it (Hitomi is left holding her hand in disbelief). "Wow... pretty.." says Merle in wonder. "I think I'll keep it." she runs off.
"Hey, you cat burglar! Come back here!" she chases after Merle. Hitomi stops at a room, the door is open so she watches. Balgus and Van are practicing swordfighting. Van charges at Balgus but
Balgus easily blocks the attack.
"You're not charging aggressively enough. You've got to come at me as if you
mean to kill me." Balgus advises.
"I don't like mortal combat."
"Stop, Lord Van. That is no way for a man who is about to become king to act."
"Like I'm becoming king because I want to be.."
"Lord Van!"
Hitomi interrupts. She looks embarrassed and she bows and apologizes.
"Oh it's you again." Van rolls his eyes.*
"That's the problem with you foreigners. You have NO manners." Merle says.
She shoves the pendant onto Hitomi.
Balgus apporaches Hitomi. He promises to find a way to get her back to her home.
"Really? You can do that?"
"Of course!"
The ceremony of the new king begins (he looks funny, LOL).Meanwhile, 2 guards notice something funny on the horizon. The air becomes wavy and a metal claw shoots out of nowhere. The battle between Fanelia and Zaibach begins. Balgus orders Van to go activate the Escaflowne, and to bring Hitomi with him. There is a cool sequence when Van activates the Escaflowne. Van climbs into the Escaflowne and picks up Hitomi. The battle goes on and Van orders Balgus to retreat. But it is too late. A guymelef shoots a laser and kills Balgus (surprisingly, Hitomi seems to be more upset
about this than Van). Suddenly another beam of light appears and they are transported once again 
to a different place. The city is in ruins, fire and smoke everywhere. Merle
looks down from the safe cliff, along with a crowd of citizens of Fanelia. "Oh no, Lord Van..." she says. "LORD VAAAAAAAN!!!!!" she shouts/cries. To be continued...

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