The Wonders of Fate
Himeno Awayuki was hoping that her life wouldn't change from how it was now. She had seven close friends, a family that loved her again, and a new look on life. She couldn't have wished for more… but as she grew older, her friends did not and now at twenty- five she knew that her great life had slowly become a normal one.
"Well, I guess I should finally ask you guys why you haven't aged any in the past eleven years" Himeno sighed. She had short, light pink hair and light pink eyes.
A young man with short white hair sighed as well. "Even we don't know" he replied in a gentle voice. His light grey eyes were full of kindness behind his glasses.
The eight comrades were quiet for a while when suddenly a young man of twenty- three walked over. He had medium black hair and warm, brown eyes. "Himeno, are you ready…?" He questioned kindly.
"In a minute…" she replied.
Another young man looked at the two for a second then questioned, "Who the hell is he?" He had dark moonlight blue hair pulled into a very loose ponytail and serious dark blue eyes.
"Hayate… this is my fiancé, Kanzen…" she replied nervously.
The other six young men looked at Hayate quickly, wondering if he would be mad or just let this happened. Then again, they hadn't aged for years and Himeno would soon be too old for the eighteen year old. He really had no decision in this, Himeno would be married to someone other than him and there was nothing any of them could do about it.
Goh, sixteen, had spiky brown hair with red through it. Kei was also sixteen, he had blonde hair that was tied in a ponytail and lying on the top of his head. Mannen was ten with ice blue eyes and white spiky hair. Hajime was seven with orange hair and blue-green eyes. Shin was the youngest, a three year old with blond hair and leaf green eyes.
Sasame, the other sixteen year old with a kind voice, looked at Himeno slightly surprised.
She blushed and sighed, "I'm sorry, I have to go so I'll talk to you guys when I get home." She looked at Hayate for a second before leaving the seven behind to follow Kanzen out of the yard.
"So…umm…" Mannen looked over at Hayate nervously before continuing, "Himeno's gonna get married to that guy?"
Kei crossed his arms as he always did when he was going to answer someone with serious thought. "It seems that way. Does this mean we're going to need a new Prétear?"
The others stayed quiet, pondering this for the first time. It had taken them a while to find Himeno, who knew how long it would take them to find another one. Plus she was the best Prétear they had ever had… another one wouldn't be able to measure up to her abilities.
"But we'll never find another Prétear like Himeno… Do we even need to find another Prétear? I mean, Himeno will always be around, right? We can always count on her when the time comes… right?" Mannen questioned nervously.
"If she's found someone to spend the rest of her life with… I don't think she'll even talk to us any more" Goh sighed.
Hayate turned to leave when Sasame moved in his way. "What do you think we should do, Hayate?" He questioned kindly.
"I think you guys should forget about Himeno being the Prétear because the way I see it, she's too busy with her fiancé to bother saving the world" Hayate replied, pushing Sasame out of his way and walking to the forest which surrounded the mansion Himeno and her family lived in.
Just as he left, Himeno came running back to the remaining six males standing in her yard. She was carrying envelopes in her hands, smiling happily as she stopped in front of her friends. Looking around she questioned, "Where did Hayate go?"
"He went for a walk, I'm sure he'll be back tonight Himeno" Goh replied, trying to keep the real reason from being said.
"Oh… Well, here are the invitations for you guys. Sasame, do you mind giving Hayate his invitation for me?"
"I guess that shouldn't be a problem… what are the invitations for?" Sasame questioned as she gave them to each Leafé Knight.
The seven were known as the Leafe Knights, protectors of all Leafe in the universe.
"Well…" she paused then answered, "Kanzen and I are getting married… tomorrow."
They gasped at her response and looked at each other nervously. If Hayate didn't like what she told them before, he was going to hate what he was going to learn next.
"Why so soon?" Kei questioned.
"Well… the reason for that is because… I'm pregnant." She replied.
Well, he's going to die now… Kanzen that is, Hayate's going to kill him for sure. The knights stared at her and she looked at the ground.
"You wanted to know… we were going to wait for another year but then this came up so we're getting married tomorrow. You guys don't have to come if you don't want to, but…"
"It will depend" Goh said.
"Hey Himeno…" Mannen and Hajime started."You'll still be the Prétear right..? We can always count on you if the time comes…?" They questioned hopefully.
She looked at the two children sadly, before shaking her head. "I'm sorry but now that I'm going to have a family… I won't be able to help you guys any more. You'll have to find a new Prétear, I'm sorry" she muttered before turning and leaving the six once again.
"Now what are we going to do?!" Mannen cried nervously. "Who knows how long it will take to find a new Prétear! What if demon larvae come back before we find a new one?!"
"Mannen, calm down… We'll find someone before that day comes" Sasame told him, unsure of this himself.
The ten year old looked at him and questioned again, "What if we don't? The worlds will be destroyed and it'll be all our fault because we couldn't find a new Prétear!"
Hajime looked at Mannen before turning his attention to the bushes near the spot they were standing now. "Guys" he whispered, "let's drop this… we have an ally listening in the bushes…"
Sasame looked over slightly and noticed him too, Hayate was standing behind a tree near the bushes fully aware of what they were talking about. He pushed off of the tree and began to walk away from them when a vine wrapped around his ankle.
Sighing he looked over to the others, "Shin, let me go" he told the three year old.
Shin shook his head and the vine tightened around the eldest Leafe Knight's ankle. Mannen smiled slightly, "looks like he doesn't want you to give up on Himeno yet, maybe we shouldn't either" he laughed.
Hayate glared slightly, but said nothing. She even told them herself she was going to be too busy to help us… why do they believe she'll always be here for us when a battle comes and we need her help…? They just don't understand. "Shin" he started and with that one word the vine pulled back quickly, sending him face first into the ground.
The group turned to Shin quickly about to tell him to let Hayate go when they noticed he wasn't there anymore. He was over near a stream which ran the whole way around the Awayuki house. But if it wasn't Shin… then who…? Then a white light surrounded the knights and their "normal Earth clothes" changed into their Leafé Knight uniforms.
Hayate's tan coat, black shirt, black shoes, and blue pants changed into a dark blue uniform with gold in places. He sat up and with a move of his hand a strip of wind cut through the vine which was holding him to the ground. Standing up he looked around but couldn't find the demon larvae which had caught him.
Mannen's clothes changed from an orange top and blue shorts to a white shirt with yellow markings, white pants and a light blue belt and a short white cape.
"I'll look around the gardens on the east of the house with Hajime and Shin" he volunteered.
Hajime, now wearing a light blue shirt and light green pants, nodded.
"That sounds good to me."
A big green hat, which was bigger than the child's head, along with a green gown was Shin's new clothes. He nodded as well and the three children disappeared, reappearing on the other side of the house and began their search.
Kei's clothes changed from white to yellow with a yellow cape on his left side and an orange-yellow long glove on his right arm.
"Goh and I can check around here then."
"Alright, let's go" he was wearing a red, long sleeved, short open shirt over a short white shirt with shoulder protectors and red pants. His stomach was showing slightly.
"I'll check the south" Sasame added. His white clothes didn't change much, but he was now wearing a long white cape as well.
Hayate nodded, "Then I'll check the north and then the house. We'll meet Mannen and the others at the east once our search is finished." The others nodded and then disappeared to search their areas.
After a few hours the group was back together and slightly confused.
"Where could it have gone in such a short time…?" Kei pondered out loud.
"Worse than that, why is there a demon larvae hanging around now of all times?" Hajime questioned.
"My thoughts exactly" Sasame sighed. "Why would it suddenly appear once Himeno has given up on being the Prétear? It just doesn't make sense."
"Well, we can't just stand around here all day wondering what's going on; we have to find a new Prétear" Hayate said, pushing off of the tree he was leaning on. "We'll come back here every night to rest."
Agreeing, the others disappeared to search the city for another Prétear. What they didn't know, was that the new Prétear was yet to be born…