When I opened my eyes, Aoi and I were on soft grass, staring up at a very blue sky.

"Aoi? Do you see what I see?" I squinted up at the clouds.
"Depends. Do you see a purple flying elephant?"
"What?"
"Nevermind..."
"Aoi, you're crazy."
"I know. Sakura tells me that on a daily basis." I smiled at the image of the 11-year-old. Speaking of which, she would probably be a little younger than Mannen. Heh.

Evil thoughts plagued me as I sat up.

"Aoi, I highly doubt that there are purple elephants that fly."
"I wouldn't be so sure. Leafania can be crazy." Go walked up.

"Urg. It's you. Good-bye, tell me when we get home." Aoi curled up in the slightly warm grass, pretending to be asleep.
"No. We have to show you this. The world is at stake, yours and ours." Hayate roughly yanked her up.
"Owww, Yuuukii, shock him with your pink powers." Aoi whined dramatically.

I looked at her. "No Aoi, he didn't yank you up that hard."

"B-b-but, Yuki-" I glared at her.
"No Aoi! I will not shock him, even if I knew how!" I yelled in English.

Everyone stared at me, Mannen, Hajime and Shin suddenly looking unsure of this.

"I speak a different language than Japanese. Get over it." I walked away.

I heard them mumble behind me, but I tuned it out, exploring Leafania on my own.

Let them talk. I could focus on my own thoughts and get out of this scorching sunlight that threatened to burn all my skin off.

Wait, since when did I hate the sun? Sure, I was a nightowl, but still. When did this happen? Sighing, I shook it off and strode into a forest. After examining the different foliage for a moment, I came to a clearing in the trees. There was a sparkling, crystal-clear lake in the middle, green grass around it, and directly behind it was a tree, half rotted, the only scar in the otherwise beautiful forest. Wrinkling up my nose, I walked in the shadows around the lake and came to the tree.

Without really realizing it, my hand reached out and touched the bark.

"No Yuki!" My hand was batted away, but it had already happened.

The part where I touched the tree glowed silver, like it was slowly, slowly healing.

Kei and Shin stared at the tree, then at me in shock.

I glanced down at my hand, then up at the guys.

"Uh, was that me?"
"Impossible." Kei breathed.
"Moonlight." Shin nodded his head.
"I'm really confused. Little help? And why do I feel like I shrivel in the sunlight?" I shuddered, holding my hand to my chest.

I had to put my hand in the light to touch the tree, and now it felt like it burned.

"Well, we found Moonlight." Kei said nonchalantly.
"WHAT?! PLEASE tell me what the heck you are talking about!" I said, annoyed as Shin nodded.

"You are a knight like us. Your element's Moonlight, the opposite of mine." Kei said.

My head spun. "Knight?"
"A Leafe Knight. You get to save the world!" Shin bent down in front of me. I curled my knees to my chest more tightly, almost falling off the stump I perched on, staring down at his earnest green eyes.

"What if I don't wanna?"
"Well, you won't make the hatred of the sun stop." Kei bent down next to Shin.

My eyes flickered over to his, before going back to staring at my boots.

"I don't care. I'll be a hermit."
"At 16?"
"Yes." I said forcefully.
Kei and Shin exchanged amused and slightly surprised glances.

"Shin, can I speak to her in private for a moment?" Shin nodded and walked over to the tree, about 15 feet away.

"Yuki, we need a new member. Our last Pretear died. Don't bring it up around Hayate, or he'll kill you. There are two other members, and one of them is the Pretear. Please, Yuki?"

In the short time I knew him, I never thought that he would beg.

I stared down at his brown-gold eyes, warily. "What's in it for me? And what's a Pretear?"

He stared back at me, and I fought a blush. Dangit, why did he have to be so darn cute?

"You'll feel wanted. And we can make the burning stop. A Pretear is someone who can merge powers with another Knight."
"Oh. How."
"By controlling your element and using on a daily basis. And-"
"I don't wanna know."

We had a staring contest for a moment, before I hopped off the stump. "You win. Three weeks. If you can't convince me to stay longer, I'm out and back in America."

"Deal."

Aoi's POV

I was still slightly shocked from when Yuki uttered those odd words. Granted, my English wasn't that great, but still. Kei and Shin went after her, leaving Mannen, Hajime, Go and Hayate with me.

I turned to them. "Yuki may act cold, but she really cares once she's close with you."

"Like little squirt here." Go tapped Mannen's head.
"OW! Stop it! I'm not little!" Mannen batted him away.
"Huh. You didn't deny the squirt part." I laughed.

Mannen looked trapped. "Urg, dammit nevermind. C'mon Hajime, let's go find something to eat."

Hajime obediently followed, sending me a sweet smile before running off.

"Don't get lost!" I called, smiling back before turning back to Hayate and Go.

"So. Explain why I'm here." I folded my arms.

"Simple. You and Yuki and another person are powerful people. One of you is a Pretear, or one that can combine powers with a Knight. We're not sure what your power is." Go explained.

"Chaos. I can feel it." Hayate stared at the direction Yuki, Kei and Shin were.

Go started, turning to him. "What? No, that can't be."

"What? My element's...chaos?"
"A highly unstable element. You could turn into another Princess of Disaster." Hayate spat. I flinched, like he had insulted me.

"So you're gonna hate me just cause I might turn into something I'm not? Jeesh, that's harsh Hayate." I shook my head.
"I don't want to take the chance! You could hurt all of us!"
"Fine! I don't want to join your stupid club anyway!" I stomped my foot, before running for Yuki.

Stupid Hayate. He's a paranoid idiot.

I stopped running, realizing I was lost.

"ARGH!" I punched a tree.

Normally, punching a tree would hurt. The skin on your knuckles might tear, and you'd bleed, the tree unaffected.

But apparently, I'm not normal.

I felt no pain, but the tree shuddered, a red spot on it. I pulled my hand back in shock, staring at the red punch mark.

"Wha..." I stared down at my hand, flexing my fingers. No pain. I stared up at the tree.

Then I kicked the tree, just to see what would happen.

The toe of my thin shoe connected with the bark, but yet again, I felt no pain. The tree, however, was definitely feeling it.

The whole 34-foot tree shuddered, then started glowing red. I took a couple steps backwards, eyes wide.

The sound of little footsteps snapped me out of my reverie, and when I glanced over, Shin was barreling for me. He stopped in front of me, dressed in a long dress-like thing with a mushroom hat on. He pulled out a lock on a chain and cried out "Beyendios!" Vines snapped out of the ground, creating a cone around us. The outside was a red color, and Shin looked like he was trying to control the tree, a great look of concentration etched on his face.

"What did you do?!" Go asked, he and the others flashing into the 'room'. I noticed that they all wore different outfits from when I last saw them, except for Yuki. She looked the same.

"Nothing! I didn't do anything!" I protested.
"Then why does Shin look like he's gonna pass out?" Mannen accused.
"Er, I got nothin'."
"Yuki-" Kei started.
"I got this." She ran for the tree.

What is she gonna do to stop a crazy tree?

Chapter two! Yay!

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