Searching

By: Bellaluna

Chapter One

Disclaimer: I don't own Pretear or its characters. Please do not copy or steal this fanfic because that is mine.

Author's Notes: Hm, well I watched the Pretear anime a while back, and just finished reading the manga. (I liked the anime better) So I decided to write a fic centered on the idea of Himeno being the one from Leafenia. Well please enjoy and review.

'Almost there,' she thought. 'I'm almost there Takako. Just hold on!' The light was blinding as she grew nearer and nearer to the end of the tunnel that connected her world, Leafenia to the world known as Earth. 'I promise I'll find you.' Her name was Himeno, and she was the Pretear and princess of Leafenia. That night her sister, and best friend, Takako disappeared. She had come to Himeno in her dream and told her she was being held on earth, and if she wasn't rescued soon she'd be used to rid both worlds of all of the leafe. Himeno took it upon herself to go and rescue her sister, but first she would have to find help. The help would come from the Leafe knights who also disappeared from Leafenia, though that was years ago, before she was born.

Suddenly she was there. Himeno stood on a cement walkway, her whole body now feeling completely drained, but her determination to help Takako kept her moving. The walkway led to street, cars passing by every once in a while. With a dazed look on her face she took in her surroundings. Earth was green, though not as green as Leafenia. "T-Takako…" She whispered with a horse voice.

Looking up ahead of her she saw a blurry figure walking toward her. She meant to move out of the way, but instead her legs stopped in their tracks. In a matter of seconds her legs gave out and she fell forward.

Hayate had had a dream again. He'd had dreams like that since before he can remember, but as of late they'd been a constant thing every night. As he walked down the street he rubbed his tired eyes. That girl, he had called to him as always, but her voice seemed some much clearer and closer than ever. Though he still never saw her well enough to make out who she was.

"T-Takako," a weak voice whispered just loud enough for Hayate hear it. He looked up ahead of him to see a young girl in a rather odd costume walking down the street, looking half asleep. He rolled his eyes and kept on his way. He didn't have time to be bothered with such things. But then the girl froze, her eyes drooping shut. She suddenly began to fall forward.

"Woah!" Hayate cried and moved forward, catching the girl in his arms. Sudden warmth filled him as their bodies made contact with each other. He blinked with confusion as a dull light glowed around the two them.

"M-must….save Takako…" the girl managed to say before loosing all consciousness. As soon as she did so, the warmth and light disappeared.

'What the hell?' Hayate thought, quite disturbed by this lasted turn of events. 'Well I'm defiantly going to find out what's going on,' he decided and lifted the girl up, and carried her back to his apartment.

Sasame came home to quite a shock. Hayate had skipped school, so he had come home during lunch break to find out where he was. When he got to the apartment, not only did he find Hayate, but a strange young woman. "Hayate…what's going on?" he gave his roommate and best friend an odd look.

"I was going to school and this girl passed out in the street," Hayate replied. "And when I caught her…something weird happened."

"Weird?" Sasame said, raising his eyebrows.

Just then the girl began to shift in the bed, seemingly waking up. Hayate got out of his seat and leaned over the bed, starring at the girl's waking face.

Himeno began to awake after passing out. Her eyes fluttered open only to see a blurry shape in front of her. Once her eyes adjusted she was that a strange man was starring at her. "AH!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. On reflex she used her right fist to punch him right in the face. "Get away you…you sick pervert!" she cried as she jumped out of the bed, and into a fighting stance.

Hayate fell back, clutching his now red cheek. "What the hell?" he shouted angrily. "What do you think you're doing you idiot?"

"I think that's my line!" Himeno spat back.

"Um, Miss," Sasame piped up. "I think there's been a misunderstanding."

Himeno's glare shifted to Sasame. "Oh really? So why don't you try to explain it to me?"

"Actually…I really don't know the whole story, so Hayate, why don't you give it a go." Sasame smiled.

"Thanks so much Sasame," Hayate growled. "Well all that happened is you passed out, I caught you and I brought you here. So will you calm down?"

Himeno froze. 'That's right,' she thought. 'And when we touched…oh hell no!' She thought angrily. 'He can't, not this jerk!'

"Wh-when you caught me…did…anything happen?" She reluctantly asked.

"What, you mean that crazy light show thing?"

"Noooooo!" Himeno wailed and fell face first on to the bed. "That's impossible! You can't be one of them!"

"One of who? What are you talking about!" Hayate shouted with frustration. Already he didn't like this girl.

"A…a…leafe Knight!" Himeno cried into the sheets of the bed.