Hey everyone! How's it been?
Sorry about taking so long with this story, demo it was hard to think of what I wanted to do with this. Heh, I had an idea of what I wanted, but when I'm ready to type it down my mind goes blank. Also, with the moving back into the house, its been hard trying to squeeze in some time to type all this story up. So without further ado, I bring you the next chapter to Behind the Scenes: Leafe Knights
Enjoy! Oh, and there is a song in-between the near ending of this story called Take me by Papa Roach, demo I'm sure if it goes with some of the parts.
If anyone read the manga, than you would already know what exactly his obsession is.
I do not own any of the characters nor Hayate, demo...I have a Hayate, Go, and will get a Shin doll. (Hugs dolls). The characters in this story will be OOC and in later chapters, be warned of years skipping back and forth quite suddenly.
Behind the Scenes: LeafeKnights
Preview: This is scenes of the Leafe Knights secrets that you are about to discover. Tips of fashion by Hayate. Mannen's obsession. Sasame and the quest for the Sailor Moon manga. Kei and the nailfile. Go and his fireworks. Hajime's secret. Shin's new emotion. This is something you won't want to miss.
Chapter two: Mannen's Obsession
"Mannen for the last and final time! I am not going to date you! I'm married to Hayate remember?" A cherry oak door slammed into the face of the fourteen years old, Knight of Ice.
Mannen grumbled at being rejected by his love for the hundredth time that day. The light blue, spiky haired youth, believed that Himeno would have been his girlfriend since the first day he laid his pale blue eyes on her. However, this fantasy never came into existents. Though, the young knight was too delusional to realize that the tulip head didn't possess the same feelings for him, Mannen believed the logical explanation to Himeno marrying his big brother was that she was playing hard to get.
The young knight grunted at being ignored. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he relaxed himself from preventing to kick the door down. "Himeno, you know I'm better than that hot tempered baka."
Himeno sighed from the other side of the door, as clicks were heard and out Himeno's face appeared from the crack of the door. She wore a stern look on her face when she spoke to Mannen. "Mannen, you need to stop this, you know how much I love Hayate. I can't stop loving him, do you understand?" Her voice was pleading, barely above a whisper but enough to be heard. However, the teenager didn't want to hear anymore.
Staring in her reddish brown eyes, Mannen spoke with sincerity. "Himeno you know I'm good for you. Don't you see the chemistry between us?"
A shadow hovered behind the distracted fourteen year old whose attention was to girl in front of him. Piercing blue eyes glared daggers at the boy whom, felt chills down his spine. Turning around, his worst nightmare came true. Behind him stood the Wind Knight, Hayate.
Mannen slowly backed away from the crazy look on the older knight's face, when he stumbled over his own two feet landing rather hard on him rump.
A grinch like smirk was worn on the twenty two year old as he stared at the boy on the floor. Cracking his knuckles to scare the child more, he stepped closer to the light blue, spiky haired knight. "What exactly is the reason you are at our bedroom door once again?" He said as he quirked a blue eyebrow at the cowering kid on the floor.
Sweat dripped off Mannen's forehead in gallons. Nervously wiping his face every few seconds, Mannen rose from the floor, standing on his tippy toes to match the Wind Knight's height. But, the young knight was only fourteen and still going through puberty so he could go only as high as the mid of Hayate's chest. Anger coursed through his veins at having another disadvantage with his older brother, other than his age. A growl was heard from Mannen, when his eyes changed to a darker shade of blue.
Hayate wasn't fazed by the Ice Knight's short temper in fact, he didn't even flinch with fright since he like many of his other brothers, was by now use to his aggressive behavior. Mannen's behavior triggered a lever inside his mind as an idea hit him. Knowing how the young knight was, the long, blue haired man, bend down to match the Ice Knight's height, earning him an awaited growl he was expecting.
Himeno stood beside the door not wanting to enter into the bedroom for fear of both of their safeties.
Mannen clinched and unclenched his fists when he spoke while puffing out his chest. "I'm here to take Himeno out on a date." He smirked at the reaction he received from the twenty two year olds face.
"Nani? What was that?" Hayate's rage rose in his voice. Rolling up the sleeves from his blue shirt, he was prepared to blast the very persistent Ice Knight with gusts of wind, blowing Mannen hundred yards away.
For four years, Mannen had a crush on the valley girl since then. At first it was tolerable and was easily mistakened to be a fling of a crush, then when a year past it became annoying, and now it was a huge nuisance to the Knight of Wind and to the others as well. Dozens of times Hayate had to control his raging jealousy from exploding by teleporting to a different location, in order to not beat the kid to a pulp. The other older knights tried to get him to go on blind dates with a girl, but he would always turn each one of them down. It seemed useless to prey the kid from his idolized fantasy he had of the prêt ear, but there seemed to be nothing they could do about it.
Mannen gave Hayate a cocky smile. He knew he stuck a nerve in the hot tempered knight. He used this to his advantage.
"You heard me! I'm going on a date with Himeno!" He stuck out his tongue at his older brother who fumed.
As soon as he uttered that, wind in the hallway started to pick up quite so suddenly as his body levitated into the air. Confused by the strange phenomenon, Mannen soon realized just why he was suspended in the air. Looking down at Hayate, he was ready to lash out at him, until the current of wind blew him in the opposite direction, leading the teen to his bedroom. The oak doors to the entrance of Mannen's room opened letting him pass through, and closed just as quickly as he was dropped to the ground rather harshly. A click was heard when he stood up.
The spiky haired teenager was locked inside his room.
Panic rushed through his veins. Hurrying to the door, Mannen tried to unlock it, but to no avail it was pointless. He banged on the door demanding Hayate to unlock it, but no answer was heard. Sliding down to the floor, he thought about transporting out of the room, though we he tried he was pushed back. Somehow, there seemed to be some sort of wind barrier, preventing him from leaving his room. Pulling at his hair, he shouted. "I'll kill you Hayate, I swear I will!" During his ranting and grumbling about how much he despised the wind and a certain someone who controls it, he stubbed his toe against the nightstand as a picture was knocked over, falling to the floor.
Wincing at the sound of broken glass, he picked up the frame, careful not to get himself cut by broken glass. Though, when he flipped the picture over, his pale eyes grew large at the photograph in his hands. The frame was still intact, but the picture was what surprised him. It was a picture of everyone including Himeno's family and Takako four years ago. Forgetting about the fragments of glass, he took the picture from the frame and fell on the bed reminiscing about the very day the photo was taken.
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It was an early Sunday morning and everyone was outside in the sunshine. But it was very boring. The Leafe Knights hadn't had work today nor was there any recent presence of any demon larva near by in awhile. Actually...ever since Takako reverted back to her old self and moved in with the Awayuki's mansion, there had been no activity of any demon larva at all. It was as if they became extinct. This seemed particularly odd.
They all were in the garden, laying their backs on the grass, gazing at the clouds in total boredom.
Kei yellow eyes, stared lazily at the clouds blowing his bangs up each time they fell back down. Neither a laptop nor book was within reach of the Light of Knight's hands.
Sasame had Takako in his arms with his fingers through her brown hair, tickling her neck. Takako smiled at her affectionate boyfriend while her head rested on his shoulder.
Shin was chasing Tyipi around the yard as well as Hajime in turn, chased the blonde who was chasing the bird.
Mannen stared at his younger siblings expecting something miraculous to happen such as a demon larva popping out from the ground. With each passing second, he was growing more and more irritated at having nothing to do.
Go tried to entertain himself with his fire, by flicking fire on and off from his finger tips continuously.
For Himeno and Hayate...they hadn't had an argument in past few hours and now it was way past due.
Another second pasted, when Mannen couldn't take the boredomness anymore. He stood up, with his fist shaking. "Hey isn't there something that we could do? It's too boring to just sit here."
Everyone turned to the enraged kid as they all began to think of something to do.
An idea popped into Himeno's head as she rose from the ground. A goofy smile was on her face as she striking gave a heroine like pose, she told everyone her idea. "Why don't we all take a picture? I don't have a picture of everyone so I think today would be a perfect day for one."
Everyone stared at Himeno, contemplating on whether to go through with it or find something else to do. No one could think of any other suggestions and were too bored to start, were now assuming having a picture taken of themselves would release them from the overbearing nothingness of a lack of an activity. One by one everyone cheered or politely nodded their heads...all expect one.
Hayate resented the whole of idea of taking a picture. Wrinkling his nose in disgust, flashbacks of his past experience, haunted his mind once more. He had a bad encounter with film back then, which now made him never want to take a picture again. He was around the age of thirteen and all the young Leafe Knights made a bet on whomever fell asleep first would suffer the consequences. Hayate, who still had his cocky attitude back then, didn't believe any words his brothers said, thus falling asleep. His brothers, who were still young and immature, had an evil plan brewing in their head. Smiling wickedly at their defenseless elder brother, their plan went into play. Flashes of light went off, as dozens of pictures of Hayate's new look fell from the Polaroid camera as the Knight of Wind slept silently unknowing of what his brother's had in store. Doing as everyone commanded, Kei took the pictures over to his laptop, scanning them over the net, for the entire town to see. The next morning while young knights were sleeping, a certain someone had just woken up from his. Stretching his aching limbs, Hayate groggily walked to the bathroom to shower. Not entirely awake, he almost slipped on something blue on the tile. Curious about the mysterious blue object, he bend down to pick up and examine the strange object. However, what he didn't expect it to be something he most cherished. His blue eyes widen when he looked into the mirror to find something that wasn't there. A piercing scream woke up the culprits who were sleeping to the bathroom where their brother was currently baffled and bewildered by his new appearance of his now bald head. The young knight's howled with laughter at Hayate's facial expressions and actions. He had one of his hands to his now bald head were his royal blue hair had once laid. Hayate adored his hair a lot and when they chopped it all off, the teenager anger soared sky high. Hayate, chased after his brothers, while he threw gust of wind at them. Flames were in his eyes that day, and from then on out, Hayate never had much sleep since then. His brothers from that day forward learned to never piss off the Leafe Knight of Wind, or to mess with his blue hair he treasured so dearly again. That same day he found out about his pictures going over the net when everyone he passed snickered at his hairless head, which resulted in his brothers paying the price of ever teasing him again.
Snapping out of his memory, he pulled on his hair in hopes of it being still there. Finding it still connected to his head, he sighed in relief before he heard his brothers agreeing with the tulip head's plans as paranoia takened place once more.
"Okay that seems interesting." Kei said, since he had no electronic device near by.
"Alright, I'm gonna go get ready." Go smiled sheepishly as he waited for everyone else to reply.
Takako and Sasame looked at each other before nodding. "I believe it is a great idea. We haven't had our picture taken together so it's an excellent idea."
"I agree with Takako, it's a good idea." He gave Himeno a very gorgeous smile, which made her blush as everyone around her laughed except for a certain someone who growled.
Sasame still enjoyed teasing Himeno because he knew how much Hayate couldn't stand it. He was hoping that if he continued to do this, he could somehow bring the two stubborn fools together. But... if it did not work then he prayed to Kami he wouldn't be beaten to a pulp by Hayate's wrath.
"Count us in!" The three youngest Leafe Knights shouted with glee.
"Well count me out. I'm not gonna take part in anything that valley girl suggests." Hayate crossed his arms across his chest.
The smile that Himeno had on earlier, turned into a frown. "Please Hayate. What's one picture going to do?" She gave him puppy dog eyes, with her hands clasped together.
Hayate cheeks turned a tint of red and sweat beaded on his forehead. Hayate couldn't help but be embarrassed for thinking how cute she looked when she did that. However, his decision didn't change. Not wanting to fall victim to the cuteness again, he turned his back to her, not allowing anyone to find him embarrassed over something like that. "NO, I refuse to do something so ridiculous." But the knight would soon realize how powerful his words affected the girl.
Himeno's body froze. She couldn't believe what she heard. Crystal clear liquid fell from her eyes to the ground as she looked at Hayate's turned back. "What's so ridiculous about taking a picture with me?" Huh? Am I that repulsive to you?"
Hearing her pained words, the knight turned around as his rough behavior melted away in place of tenderness. Moving closer to the Prêt ear, he wrapped his arms around her waist in hopes of soothing her pain. "Himeno I..." But his words were cut off.
"Oh Kaoru did you hear that? A photograph. We must have Mawata and Mayune in the picture as well and we have to have this formal and, oh there are many things to do with such little time." Before anyone could utter a word of disapproval, Natsue hooked her arm around Kaoru's and was off to go prepare for the photo.
The Leafe Knights including Takako and Himeno each sweat dropped because after all, you don't ever go through this sort of thing everyday now. The Knight of the Light was the first to snap out of the out of the ordinary occurrence that took place.
"Well shall we prepare ourselves for the worst?"
Everyone nodded going into different directions. Himeno lead Takako into the mansion with a cheerful smile as the Leafe Knights teleported to their apartment, dragging along a very disgruntle eighteen year old, who still refused to go through with having his picture taken.
When they arrived at their apartment a truck was in front with the words "Awayuki Tuxedo Store" in big bold letters. Maids and servants from the Awayuki estate were in front of the apartment with their arms full of Tuxedos of different colors and sizes.
"Well she sure knows how to handle people doesn't she?" Go said as he eyed the different tuxedos in each maid and servant's arms until he grinned a toothy, finding one he was most pleased with. A black tux lay in his arms with a red undershirt, and a black tie was seen in his hands. In the pocket of the coat was a red rose. He headed into the apartment to change into his tuxedo.
Mannen, Hajime, and Shin didn't waste any time on picking out one for themselves. They rushed to each of the maids and servants until they each found what they called the perfect tux.
Shin tugged on Sasame's pant leg, a bit hesitate about asking the Knight of Sound to help him change into the article of clothing he chose, considering the fact he had never worn anything of that attire before.
Sasame looked down to find out who was tugging his pant leg, when his violet eyes met green ones. He smiled warmly at the youngest knight. Bending down to Shin's height, he asked Shin what he wanted. "Yes Shin, What is it?"
Shin looked down, a tint of pink on his cheeks. "Sasame...co-could you help me with this-this thing?" He pointed to the tiny tux in his hands.
Sasame smiled at Shin. He ruffled his hair as he said, "Of course I will help you. Let me find one for myself first, and then I will help you. Go inside and I'll meet you there."
Shin smiled an adorable smile as he dragged his green tux with a yellow under shirt, black tie, and red tulip in the front pocket to his, Mannen, and Hajime's room.
Hajime and Mannen meanwhile, were currently playing tug-a-war with a tuxedo they both wanted. So far it was a losing battle for the both of them, for each time they pulled the seams would pull further and further apart. The two found this article of clothing that they both thought would look very impressive for Himeno's eyes, and they both wanted to impress her.
"It is mine, hand it over! This is one that will impress Himeno in, so fork it over it to your older brother!" Mannen pulled roughly back the black tux as Hajime pulled it back to his side.
"I know, that's why I want it. So give it me. You'll always get everything!"
They both pulled at the same time with a huge amount of strength as it ripped in half. The tux flew through the air, when gravity pulled the two pieces back, landing on top of the both of them, one of the halves going on the other kid.
Hajime cried at the tuxedo being ripped. He blamed his older brother, Mannen for the tux being no longer intact. Mannen stood in shock at the shredded clothing that used to be whole.
A maid noticed one of the boy's that was playing tug-a-war with a velvet tux, and went over the crying Knight of Water. She pulled another one in her arms for Hajime. "Oh, don't cry cutie, here is another one for you that would look grand on you." She smiled sweetly at the orange haired boy who dried his tears and gave her a smile.
"Thanks lady." He grabbed the white tux with a black dress shirt, white tie, and yellow daisy to match.
The maid, placed her bundle of clothes in the next maid's arms as the maid went inside to help the boy dress. This left Mannen, Kei, Sasame, and Hayate left to find a tuxedo.
Kei searched through dozen piles of tuxes and dress shirts in servant's arms, and still he hadn't found one that suited him. The Knight of Light was about to settle for an orange tux, tired of searching, until he saw something that caught his yellow eyes. It was an exquisite grey dress shirt with black suede pants. He greedily grabbed the clothing before anyone laid their eyes on them, as he went inside without a word spoken.
Now only three remained.
By now it was very difficult to find any tux that matched Mannen's size. Most of them were for older males. The spiky haired, boy held back his frustrated cries as he proceeded on finding a tux. He finally gave up after not finding any. Using profound language, he accused the Water Knight for ruining the tux he found earlier.
"Damn it, there isn't anymore that are my size. I wish I was older."
A sniff was heard right after followed by several more. It wasn't loud enough to be heard by others, unless you were the Knight of Sound.
Sasame sighed, as he searched to a couple more piles of tuxes until he found what he was looking for. He approached the Ice Knight. "Is this what you're looking for?" He showed Mannen a pale blue tux with a white shirt underneath. A light blue tie was in the center of the dress shirt and the pink rose made the tux stick out like a sore thumb.
The light blue, haired knight eyed it for awhile until a wide grin spread across his face. A vindictive idea popped into the Leafe Knight of Ice's head when he approached Hayate. He knew about Hayate's unspoken feelings he felt for the valley girl as well as his own feelings and Go's cared deeply for the girl; they planned on stealing Himeno's affection. Giving the Wind Knight a cocky smirk, he held up the pale blue tux with new found pride.
"With this I can have Himeno as my girlfriend in a snap." He snapped his fingers at the eighteen year old.
Hayate's temper flared. He snarled at the relentless child.
Mannen walked away triumphantly at angering Hayate as he went to his bedroom.
Sasame shook his silver locks at blue haired knight's immature behavior. The infamous smile the Sound Knight wore, when he saw Hayate's jealousy radar went go off once again. He tried hard not to laugh, when he patted Hayate on the shoulder, preventing him from teleporting or barging in after the Ice Knight. Without admitting this aloud, Sasame enjoyed how jealous Hayate got when Mannen or Go flirted with Himeno. When he observed his surroundings, he spotted two tuxedos near by that caught his eye in amazement. He called over the servant to fetch him the articles of clothing that he saw.
"Don't be so worked up over Mannen. He's just experiencing a simple crush, it will fade, and beside you and I know you should express you feelings openly to a certain someone." Violet eyes winked at the startled cerulean eyed teenager. Slowly, he waited for his older brother to fill in the blanks in hopes of getting his saying. A tint of red on Hayate's cheeks let him know his answer as he grinned, a boyish smile. At times such as these, Hayate always seemed to astonish the sliver haired teenager, when it came to relationships. Sasame always imagined Hayate finding the one he loved first and openly expressing his feelings to her, but instead he was the one that was first. Each passing day, life couldn't seem to stop amazing him more.
Handing the tux he picked out to Hayate, he whispered in his. "Wear it; I'm pretty sure you'll be satisfied with the results." Once he said this to him, he entered the apartment with his suit; leaving a dazed and confused knight behind.
As he was headed to his and Hayate's room, he caught something quite interesting in the room across from theirs. Pausing from going any further, curiosity got the better of the Sound Knight as he concentrated on hearing the conversation going on next door. In his mind, he saw through the images of sound, Go was tightening his black tie on while Mannen impatiently tapped his foot on the ground waiting for the Knight of Fire to hurry up.
"So you know the plan right?"
Go turned to Mannen as he pointed to himself. "I'm going to take Hayate's place beside Himeno and when it's time to take the picture, I'm going to kiss her." He flashed cocky smile at the younger knight who fumed in anger.
"Yo whose idea was this? Huh? It was mine and so that means that I should be the one to kiss her!" Through images of sound, Sasame saw Mannen stomped his foot on Go's.
Go howled in pain as he glared daggers at the ten year old. "Fine than, I'll kiss her on one cheek and you kiss the other. Satisfied now?" Go didn't want to go through with those plans, but he had no choice.
"Right let's get going." The two teleported to the Awayuki estate, when Sasame broke his concentration when the two teleported away. Not enjoying one bit of the conversation he rushed to when he rushed Hayate and his bedroom.
Knocking on the door, the silver haired, seventeen year old, waited for someone to answer. Not having any response from the other side, he turned the knob to open the door. "Hayate there's something I need to have a word with..." He paused when he didn't find anyone in the room, looking through the connected bathroom he found no Knight of Wind. "Hayate?" When he saw the hanger to the tux he gave to him on the bed, he knew he was too late. "Shoot, I'm too late. I must tell him the news." When he was about to teleport to the mansion, he heard Shin calling him to his bedroom to help him change into his tuxedo. Sighing in defeat, he went go help Shin dress as well as himself.
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A van pulled in front of the estate. On the side of the vehicle had a picture of a family in formal wear, smiling.
A bald head glimmered in the sunlight on top of a chair. Tanaka gave orders to the photographers at where to put the camera at, and which direction would be perfect to set the lights. The short man wanted everything grand for the woman that he loved, Natsue. It was true that the thirty-nine year old, going bald still harbored feelings for the ex-widow, even though he could never be with her, Tanaka would always remain by her side, though as her limousine driver.
For awhile the short man had a scheme in his bald head about getting rid of Kaoru, though every time he intervened in breaking the two apart, it somehow caused the opposite effect. Now this time he was sure his plan wouldn't fail to get rid of the washed up, has-been, drunk of a man, once and for all. His plan was quite simple. When the camera flashes, a dart will come out of the camera and hit the target in the neck, thus making the victim sleepy. When Kaoru is in his deep sleep, Tanaka would take a pillow and suffocate him until he could no longer breathe. Tanaka personally fixed the camera when the photographers went to go gather more equipment. He smiled at himself, pride of always following the eldest daughter, Mayune around.
"Heh, heh, heh, this plan is sure not to fail!" He shouted an early victory that he didn't know the results just yet.
The Leafe Knights arrived all spiffy and neat in tuxedos when someone shouted at them from the entrance way to the mansion.
"Oh my, don't you all look fantastic." Natsue shouted from the entrance of the mansion. Any man who was in a thirty mile radius had their mouths gaping open. She wore an elegant purple dress, with a matching shawl, heels, etc. She wore a diamond necklace that held forty carrots, along with earrings that had thirteen carrots.
On every man's mind they all thought, 'To think, she would spent money so easily without going into bankruptcy.' They all pondered over the idea until Kaoru came out of no where and wrapped his arms around his wife with a silly smirk on his face.
"So do you want the other ladies to come out?" Kaoru raised an eyebrow as everyone else shook their heads slowly, still in a dazed state from Natsue's outrageous dress.
First came out Mawata wearing a teal spaghetti strap dress, with a matching shawl. Part of the dress had no cloth covering it, showing off her right leg. An emerald necklace with a gold chain was worn on her slender neck and earrings the same.
Go, Kei, and even Sasame, had a bloody nose. Never had any of the knights seen such a dress on a middle schooler before, let alone any girl so young of age. They all thought, if that is how Mawata looked… how will the other girls look. They braced themselves for the next nose bleed just in case.
Mawata moved aside to let Takako come out next.
Takako came out of the mansion with a huge blush on her face when she saw how everyone was staring at her. Her dress was a plain blue strapless dress that went a little above the knee. She wore a blue shawl that went well with her sapphire heart necklace that clung to her neck on a silver chain. Her normally light brown hair she wore straight, was now wavy, which made her appeal like a goddess.
Shyly she walked over to her boyfriend, her face never changing from its current color. When she looked into his violet colored eyes, she was surprised to find astonishment in them.
"Sasame?" Takako waved a hand in front of his face not receiving a response.
The Sound Knight couldn't hear anything for he was currently in a dream world. In his mind he recalled a poem of a beautiful girl who walked with beauty by Lord Boron, and although, in his dream state, he couldn't remember the words, nor recite it, he was in trance from her beauty and innocence. Takako smiled in his fantasy as she called out his name, at first softly, then louder and louder, until he was pulled out of imagination by a shout from his angel causing him to cover his ears from the noise. When he regained hearing his ears, he was confused when he saw concern in her brown eyes.
"Takako?"
"Sasame are you alright?" Her troubled look in her eyes increased. This made the Knight of Sound more bewildered and confused, which normally wasn't like Sasame.
"I'm fine. Why would there be something wrong when I have a beauty such as yourself in front of me?" He smiled a characteristically smile that made the poor girl blush.
"No I mean..." She placed her index finger and middle finger on his upper lip and brought it back to show him the blood on her fingers. "This."
Sasame stared at the blood for a moment, absorbing it as if it were foreign when his face added a new color.
A flash to a camera was taken by a certain Knight of Wind. It was very rare seeing Sasame using other emotions other than being content, calm, and relaxed.
Directing their attention back to the oak doors, they waited for Himeno to come out. A minute passed and yet she still hadn't come out. Tension builds inside everyone's heart. The Leafe Knights stood in a fighting stance, expecting the unexpected, though what they saw wasn't something they would have seen.
Himeno's stepmother, Natsue called out for her stepdaughter, however not receiving a response. She grew worried until they heard something from the inside. It sounded like someone or something was arguing, then a scream as a certain tulip head flew out of the door.
Acting on impulse, Hayate teleported where the Prêt ear was falling, he caught her before she had a nasty fall. Himeno opened her eyelids to meet cerulean eyes. A blush appeared on her face, not knowing how and what to respond to this. An imaginary world crossed both their minds as identical thoughts entered their mind of the person that he/she was holding onto.
A growl was heard from the door as Mayune marched up to the pair and pulled them apart, gaining the spotlight of attention. Himeno and Hayate's fantasy world dissolved right before them as they both shared an identical blush.
When Himeno dusted herself and stood, everyone present was at awe at her attire.
She was dressed in a white strapless dress that reached to the ground. Pink flowers adored her gown and pink shawl with bows was on her delicate creamy white shoulders. On her neck she wore a simple pink jewel on a silver chain. Her hands were covered in white gloves that went a little past her elbows. A shy nervous smile graced her lips as the staring didn't cease.
Mayune cleared her throat not enjoying her stepsister getting the attention in the least. Everyone turned to her, giving her the 'What do you want' look.
"Well isn't anyone going to compliment me on my dress?" She quirked a curious eyebrow at her family and the Leafe Knights, when everything became awfully quiet. Tapping her foot in her new black heels she waited impatiently for an answer.
She wore a pink dress that was also white, and red with ruffles on the shoulders. The dress went just above her calves that were docked with white stockings. She too had a pair of white gloves on as well as a gold tiara onto of her light pink head. Her neck supported a gold chain with many types of jewelry on it from diamond to mother of pearl.
A smile was on her face when she heard mutters in the crowd. Anger fumed the girl in the tiara as collective gulps were heard soon after.
"It's lovely honey. Isn't it Koaru?" Her mother gave her a fake smile. In the inside she rolled her eyes at her daughter's wardrobe. Thinking, 'Why didn't she pick out the dress I laid out for her?'
Koaru stuttered a hai, not wanting to be on another's woman's anger list. Hint...Himeno's wrath.
"Its fine, it's better than the other one." Himeno mumbled under her breath not wanting to be rude. Hayate and Sasame heard her remark and laughed silently.
"It's quite nice." Takako said, forcing a smile on.
"I agree with Takako." Sasame said, covering his mouth, preventing the laughter from exploding out in the open from what he heard earlier.
Mayune looked at Sasame with a puzzled expression.
Go started to sweat when he felt her pink eyes burning into the back of his skull. He turned around chuckling nervously, with one hand behind his head. "Uhh...heh, heh, I think it's rather puffy."
Once Go said that he had a black heel thrown at his face as he crashed to the ground. The Leafe Knights grimaced at the brute strength the girl held, as they stood frozen in their place, afraid to attempt to make any sudden movements.
The Fire Knight stood up from the attack of the heel, rubbing his jaw. A red heel print was on his left side of his cheek.
Mayune huffed and went to go fetch her heel.
Hayate was amused by the scene that happened in a matter of seconds. He let his mouth run, not caring what the prankster would do to him. Crossing his arms across his chest he told her what he truthfully that about her dress. Hayate figured that no one was going to speak the truth, so he thought that it was his job to do it. "What the hell is everyone talking about? That dress is hideous! Himeno had a better sense of fashion than that loony over there." He pointed to the "loony" who growled at the blue haired teenager. Out of the corner of his blue eyes, he winked at the shocked valley girl, who smiled warmly at him.
Mawata felt little remorse for her elder sister. "I think it's quite lovely dress Mayune. It looks great on you!" She smiled at her as she tried to reframe from not gauging.
"Yeah, yeah, it's a good dress." The children agreed with Mawata. They didn't want to calm her down while she was bawling.
The Light Knight gulped as he knew it was his turn to compliment the insane girl in the ruffled dress. He prayed to Kami he wouldn't go to heck for what he was about to do. "I think it is the most beautiful dress I've ever seen on anyone."
Silence grew. Not even crickets could be heard from the soundless world. Kei slowly backed away not liking this eeriness one bit. However, one second he was backing away from the loony, then the next second he was clobbered by light pink haired girl, while losing the color on his face.
"Alright now! The camera's set! Let's take the picture!" The bald man shouted in a megaphone, with an unusually wicked smile plastered on his face.
No one didn't haste into grabbing a spot for themselves on the platform.
On the bottom right to left were Mawata, Shin, Hajime, Kei and Mayune, who wanted to stand next to the blonde. The top role was Natsue, Kaoru, Takako, Sasame, Hayate, Mannen, Himeno and Go.
Alright now! On the count of three, I want everyone to flash their pearly whites!" The photographer shouted as he began his count.
Recalling Mannen's and Go's plan in his head, Sasame pulled Hayate over to tell him about it. When he pulled back, Hayate had a look of disbelief on his face.
"Hayate if you don't want those two to ruin the outcome, you must stop them." Sasame mouthed to the Wind Knight who sighed, shaking his head.
"One..."
Mannen and Go exchanged glances at one another, shaking their head, preparing themselves for their big moment.
"Two..." The photographer's middle finger flew in the air as he counted to three.
Kaoru and Natsue clung onto each other with a pleasant smile on their face.
Hayate noticed the Fire and Ice Knight's plan going underway. Turning back towards the Knight of Sound, Sasame nodded his head in acknowledgement.
"Three!"
Mayune grabbed a hold of Kei's grey dress shirt as a surprised Knight of Light wore a frightened facial expression.
Mawata's legs were hugged by the Knights of Water and Earth, who both had an adorable grin on. Mawata smiled into the camera.
Kaoru moved to hold his wife in his arms, just barley missing the dart shoot out from the camera. Tanaka fell out of his chair from having his plans foiled once again.
Natsue smiled widely from the goofy smirk on her husband's face.
Sasame and Takako were in a lip lock.
Sasame's white tux shined brightly in the sunlight along with his purple dress shirt, and white tie he worn underneath it. A white gardenia was in Takako's hands that he gave her earlier.
Mannen and Go dove in for the kiss missing their target completely, smacking their lips into each other. Opening their eyes to realize something felt off, they saw not the person they wanted to kiss but the one they bargained with. They pulled apart as quickly as possible pointing their index finger at the other; their mouths were particularly touching the platform.
Now with Himeno and Hayate, the blue haired knight, did the only thing he could think of at the last second. He pulled her into his strong arms, passionately kissing the tulip head. A grinch like smile was seen at the corner of his lips.
Himeno's body froze from his touch and affection not having the faintest clue what to do, after going through some suggestions in her head, she settled with kissing him back. Her small hands slipped from his neck to his chest feelings the heat from underneath his royal blue dress shirt and black jacket of the tux. The red tie on his long neck swayed in the slightly breezy wind, along with the red tulip in his jacket pocket.
The flash to the camera went off as the couples and non couples stopped everything that they were doing. They took more pictures except this time; Himeno and Hayate were holding hands smiling rather brightly into the machine.
Once it was over, everyone separated to different locations.
Natsue paid the men who took their pictures for their service. Tanaka lost a few more hairs as he went to his room to put more of the hair formula on his head. Kaoru snuck away from his wife to go sneak some wine from the kitchen. Kei quickly teleported away from Mayune, whom wanted to take a shower. Hajime and Shin went with Mawata to go play. Go and Mannen went to the bathroom to wash their mouth out with toothpaste cursing their older brother for his treachery. Takako and Sasame went somewhere private. And Himeno and Hayate took a stroll around the garden exchanging polite courtesy and smiles. Hayate gave Himeno the red tulip in his jacket which he received a beautiful smile as he returned one.
A week later, the pictures were delivered to the Awayuki estate as everyone looked over them. Everyone laughed hard at the first picture taken except a few certain Leafe Knights. Growls, sighs, and laughter were all that everyone did. They each got copies of the photos, despite how one particular one turned out like.
As for Hayate...he gave a second thought about photographs considering he got what he wanted since Takako's raid of evil.
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The fourteen year old, rose from his bed, anger and jealously over the past four years, started to build up inside of him as he shouted, "THAT'S IT! I'LL HAVE TO BREAK HIMENO AND HAYATE UP IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!"
A plan was brewing inside his head as he yawned. Mannen pulled back his covers to get in as he covered himself in the warmth of the cotton comforter. He turned to his bedroom window at the darkened skies. At times like these he felt somewhat awkward in the Awayuki mansion since the day he along with Hajime, Shin, and Go moved into the huge palace like home. Never had he imaged he would live in the same place with Himeno, it was like a dream come true to him. But...it was also a nightmare as well. The girl he cherished since childhood was in the arms of his older brother. Clenching his fist, he swore he wouldn't give up like Go, before sleep took a hold of him.
The next day when the sun wouldn't rise for another hour or so, a spiky head, peeked its head from its bedroom door. Looking left and right, he then proceeded to his destination, while repeating his actions.
"Heh, heh, this is going to be fun!" Mannen quietly murmured to himself as if he gone mad. He waited for the two to wake up in the shadows.
Hayate was the first to return from his dream world. Yawning a huge yawn, he looked down at the beauty in the bed. Bending down, he kissed her forehead only to have the girl stir in her slumber. She lazily wrapped her arms around the Wind Knight's arm as Hayate smirked at her silliness.
"Himeno what did I do to deserve you?" He whispered in her ear not expecting her to respond.
"Simple, we were meant to meet each other." Reddish-brown eyes opened as she rose into a sitting position.
Hayate smiled at Himeno as he ruffled her red hair. He went to take his shower. Grabbing a change of clothing and his make-up kit, he opened and closed the door to the water closet. Just when he got in there, he opened the door again, peeking his head out at his valley girl who was stretching like a cat from its nap.
"Himeno, do you want to take a shower with me?" His voice and eyes were pleading when he asked innocently. The bottom of his lip began to tremble.
Himeno saw her husband's expression and burst out laughing. His silly behavior was something unbearable for her not to chuckle.
"No thanks, I took one last night." She started to fix the bedding on the bed.
The twenty-two year old, tilted his head to get a good glance of her rear end as he smiled pervertedly.
"Please! How about bath?" He whined. The temptation of Himeno's body swaying left and right made it very difficult for him not to chase after her like last time while they were playing cat and mouse.
Himeno noticed the glances she was receiving from her husband as she smiled wickedly. A cruel plan developed in her mind. She walked over to Hayate intending on kissing him, but when his lips were close to hers she pushed away.
"I know what you going, I'm no baka. You just want to see me naked." Suppressing a giggle, she tried not to laugh at seeing his reaction.
Himeno loved to torment Hayate because she knew how irritated he was when he didn't get his way. After they got married, the Wind Knight or Seamstress Wind Knight, became very selfish with love and also...very horny. It seemed since his teen's years, he never had a chance to experience his sexual desires, for he was constantly taking care of demon larva and his brothers. Heck, he never even had time to himself to masturbate much less find a girlfriend. So with Himeno he finally had the chance to experience it.
When Himeno was going to apologize for prank, she saw his blue eyes turn a light color. She sighed knowing she couldn't do a thing when he gave her his cute puppy dog eyes. She whispered something in his ear, thus making his eyes regain their luster as well as something more.
A very wide smile was on his face. Hayate closed the door slowly with his command of his wind as the shower was heard from the other side as Himeno went to go change.
In the shadows a very hot tempered Ice of Knight, was tempting to blow his cover to beat Hayate up. He calmed himself down with very deep breathing as he teleported into the bathroom.
During his surveillance when he watched as the couple first waked to what happened just a minute ago, envy was in every fiber of his being for not having his love returned. And anger for seeing the older knight act that way, to Mannen it was...despicable.
Hearing the shower running, brought Mannen an idea, harder than any of Go's nuggies. Peeking inside the shower/tub, he grinned at the occupied coffee loving buffoon lathering his hair. Closing his eyes, he focusing his power onto the floor of the shower/tub, ice quickly formed from underneath the twenty-two year olds feet, which he was too distracted, unknowing of the cunning Knight of Ice's plan.
Mannen hide nearby, not wanting to miss something like this. Reaching for the candy bar in his coat pocket, he silently munched on the chocolaty goodness, as he waited for everything to take its toll.
The shampoo on Hayate's blue hair, rolled off his body in streams onto the floor of the tube, making it slippery including the ice underneath his feet, resulting in his great fall. His foot slid slightly on the ice as he lost his balance as he fell. Water splashed from the shower to outside pale blue tile on the floor.
Himeno heard the ruckus as she opened the door in frenzy, checking Hayate if there was something wrong. "Hayate are you alright?" Her foot touched the water on the tile when her klutziness decided to strike. She slipped on the water spilled from Hayate's fall as she took a nasty fall. Her head hit the tile floor as well as the rest of her body. The red head groaned in pain, experiencing the agonizing migraine she received as a 'present.' The curtain to the shower opened as worried knight ran towards the girl.
"Himeno!" Hayate rushed out of the shower forgetting the pain in his lower back. However, what meet Hayate wasn't warm arms, but a warm fist hurled at his jaw at unknown speeds. He was thrown back into the tube, a crack formed where Hayate landed on the wall. Slumping to the cold tile floor, he stared at his wife with a look of frightfulness and worry. The Knight in hiding was cowering in fear from Himeno's wrath that was so unexpected. He gulped a lump that formed into his throat. 'Note to self, never piss off Himeno ever!' He thought, before he resumed to watching.
"Oww!" Hayate winced in pain as he shakily stood from his current location in the tube. "Himeno why..." His voice was low and cracking in the corners of it.
Himeno huffed turning her back to him, too angry to even stare at him. "Hayate you splashed water outside of the shower. I told you, you can hurt someone if you're not careful." She grabbed the nearest towel, as she began the process of cleaning up the water Hayate splashed outside of the tub.
Hayate blinked several times believing it was some sort of dream. Bending down trying to forget the pain on his back, he tried to help clean up liquid from the floor but his hand was pushed aside. He heard his wife mumble under her breathe about lazy husbands as anger pulsed in his veins. The fury he hadn't unleashed since four years old ago rose once more. Standing up, he slammed his fist against the wall.
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT I TRIPPED! IF I MEANT TO DO IT PERSONALLY, DON'T YOU THINK I WOULD DO IT TO SOMEONE ELSE?" Steam flared from his nostrils as he tried to regain the energy he lost from he shouting.
Himeno was shocked. The last time he ever yelled so vigorously was when he was eighteen years old. Oranges-yellow flames glowed in her eyes, her rage had begun to act up again. "Well you must have done it on purpose because I always complain about your make-up scattered everywhere in the bedroom. Baka!" She growled while she stood on her tippy toes to match the twenty-four year olds height.
The Wind Knight was taken back. She was never this angry about his make-up kit when they fought; in fact...this was the first time they ever fought since they married. "FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I was experiencing with new types of make-up colors. It's not my fault I get a little carried away, Tulip head!"
"I said it before not to call me tulip head! Don't you remember?" Stubborn tears wanted to fall from reddish-brown eyes. "What's wrong with you Hayate? I've never seen this side of you before?"
"I can call you whatever I want! We're married after all, remember tulip head." Hayate hadn't realized how loudly he yelled nor effective it been until he saw clear liquid rolling down Himeno's face. Guilt engulfed him completely; he hadn't known how much yelling would cause her to break. Sometimes he tended to forget that she wasn't the Prêt ear of four years ago. He wrapped his arms around her waist in hopes of stopping her tears.
"Himeno I..."
"Forget it. I'm going to go for a walk." She moved out of his hold. Wiping away her face to rid of any salty water on her face, she left the room.
Hayate stayed in the same place where he last saw Himeno leave before he changed into a pair of clothes and went after her.
The water inside the shower ran, beckoning to be shut off. A hand shut off the constant flow of liquid from the showerhead as a head popped out of the shadows. Mannen smirked as his plan was going accordingly.
"Phase one: Argument complete! Now onto Phase two."
Mannen teleported to the garden, to his destination. He opened the shades doors entering and returning outside with the materials he needed for his next operation. "This is it." The spiky haired teenager went to a place most likely one of them would walk into.
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"Himeno." The Knight of Wind called for his lover countlessly, for the past few minutes and still he had no response. Searching through the humongous garden, he wanted to apologize for being a huge ass to her this morning. He didn't know what took over him at the time demo...he wanted to do something special for her. "Damn it!" The sun got into his eyes. Shielding himself from the bright rays, his blue eyes caught something in the garden that interested him. Blinking a few times, his vision returned as his eyes laid on red tulips. An idea struck his head as he thought about gathering a few for her. Tulips were her favorite flowers, which made picking them a desirable goal for the baka.
Walking over to the tulip patch, his foot was caught in Mannen's trap as the blue haired man was lifted into the air and caught into a trap. The Leafe Knight couldn't escape from the trap in time, thus stuck trapped until someone would find him. His only friend that occupied him was the air itself.
"What the-" He shouted.
The Leafe Knight wiggled inside the fish net in hopes of finding a way out. After annualizing his current position, Hayate realized it was hopeless of trying to find an opening though...if his head was clear, he would remember he could break out of the net with his control over the wind, or he could just teleport out of it with no problem.
Mannen chuckled at the sight he saw. The spiky haired youth, never would have thought he would witness the Knight of Wind, forgetting his telepath powers, or his power over the wind to act so human at all. 'Alright, I think it's time to get him down.' He jumped out of near by tree he was in, ready to release his brother from the cramp net, he spotted something red coming from the other side of the garden. In a panic, the Ice Knight, jumped into the one place he thought he couldn't be seen from...the tree Hayate was currently occupying.
The tulip head was still depressed over the shower incident, when she decided to visit the one place that calmed her down. The tulip patch. She always loved how each and every tulip had different colors and oh, how they cheered her up. The brightness of them always brought a smile to her face whenever a tulip was in reach, though this time when visiting the garden of tulips, she didn't expect what she saw. In a tree near the small garden, was her husband trapped in what appeared to be a very comfortable fish net of some sort. Himeno was surprised to find Hayate in that sort of situation, that she didn't know whether to go and help him out or laugh. Her shoulders shook, a hand went to her mouth until uncontrollable laughter broke loose. Yes, it was her laughter she chose.
"Hayate...ha, ha, ha...what are you doing in that...that...net...ha,ha,ha!" She fell to ground, in chuckles. Her reddish brown eyes, watered from all her amusement.
Hayate however, was not amused. He cursed in his mind at being humiliated by his wife. He squirmed inside the tiny net trying to find a more comfortable position, but considering his height, it was impossible for his wish to be granted. 'Damn, if I wasn't so tall...This is embarrassing, thank Kami, none of the knights didn't see me like this.' Shaking away his unnerving thoughts, his attention went back to the girl on the ground laughing crazily at him. Blue marble eyes, narrowed in annoyance.
"Grr, Himeno. Did you happen to have something to do with this? He pointed his index finger at net from the inside.
The red head's laughter simmered, averting into fury. She felt insulted for what she just heard from her husband's lips. Sure she got a little upset over the spilt water outside of the tub...demo she did hit him rather hard against the wall soon after. Okay maybe she got carried away, but she would never seek vengeance on Hayate, never. She loved the seamstress too much to do such a thing. What puzzled her was the fact that he would accuse of this. Sure she sometimes had thoughts about exacting revenge on Mayune for her pranks or anyone else, demo she would never go through with them.
"Nani? Why would I do this, and for what reason?"
Hayate's glare on the valley girl intensified. "You already know why. You are still upset about what happened this morning, so to get your revenge you set this trap out for me." He sighed, putting on a pleasant smile on his face; he hoped that his charm would do some good. "Okay, you got me, now lower me down."
Himeno's mouth hung open from the information she had heard. 'He believes I was the one responsible for his misfortune?' She gave Hayate a cold glare, which sent chills down the Leafe Knight of Wind's and Ice's spines. "Hayate, you know I wouldn't do that sort of thing. I don't exact revenge on anyone. Don't you realize who could be behind this?" She touched the net with her finger. "This is the work of Mayune's if you have forgotten, and you know how she still likes to pull pranks on me. This could have been meant for me and instead you seem to have fallen into it instead, or rather sprang into it."
The blue, pony haired knight's face, scrunched from confusion to recognition when he let out a sigh, agreeing with his wife. "You're right. This could be one of Mayune's tricks, now could you lower me down please."
"Alright," she said as she began the process of untying the net.
Mannen, who was in the tree above, was foaming in rage. 'Damn it! Why does my plan's always seem to backfire? Why?' During his frantic pacing in the tree, an icicle formed in his palm and flied towards the net, thus breaking the net, removing the Leafe Knight that was caught to land onto of the Prêt ear. The Wind Knight didn't have enough time to teleport away in time to stop gravity from pulling him on top of the girl. Himeno fell to the ground hitting her head on the exact same spot where she had a lump from earlier that day making the throbbing anew.
"Himeno...are you alright?" The twenty two year old, jumped off Himeno as quickly as he made an impact with her body. He took her into his arms, afraid of her not answering. Checking her for any cause to her silence, a groan broke out of her cherry lips.
The fourteen year old, stopped his rampage of icicles unknown of this doing, when his pale blue eyes saw his "love" on the ground moaning in agony. Jumping from the tree, he felt ashamed for what he'd done. His head hung low in shame for his wrong doing. The Knight of Ice wanted to admit what he did and hoped he wouldn't get clobbered to death by his brother.
"Guys I have a confession to make I..." He looked up, expecting the two adults to realize his presence, but instead they hadn't known he was even there.
"Uh...hello?" Mannen called out, clearing his throat, he prayed he'd gain any sign of attention.
Himeno looked at the teenager and smiled. "Well Mannen, about that offer of a date...I accept." She lifted her body out of the arms of the coffee loving buffoon who had a pained expression on his handsome face. Taking Mannen's hand in hers, she dragged the young knight away. However, a pair of hands grabbed her other one. Turning around, the two saw Hayate's face with the look of despair. His cerulean eyes looked bluer than usual, and a hint of liquid could be seen on the corners of them.
"Wait Himeno...I'm sorry for whatever I did. And whatever it is please forgiv-"
SLAP
A slap quieted everything around them, making the world go deaf for a moment before sound returned. A shocked twenty two year old, put a hand over the red mark on his cheek. Shocked over what had just happened, his head hung when his wife didn't say word to him as she grabbed a hold of Mannen's hand.
"Come on Mannen let's go." They both walked away from the crotched knight who seemed to be crying, though it was very difficult to tell.
When Mannen saw how Hayate reacted to Himeno's slap, guilt started to settle over his once glad and pride heart. He dug his heels into the dirt trying to prevent the girl from going any further away. Himeno turned around only to give Mannen a puzzled expression on her features as she waited for an explanation of Mannen's rough and yet rude pause. Doubt clouded over his heart when he saw her reaction to his that he wanted to scream. He didn't know what took over him when he stopped, but whatever it was, he sure didn't like this new feeling. A part of him of was thrilled about having his plan succeed but that was only a small portion of his heart and that feeling wasn't the one that surfaced.
Birds chirped loudly, as they were brought out of their dazed stage when they took a look at their surroundings.
They were a huge pond behind the mansion. Currents of water, streamed down the concert pond, in the Awayuki's backyard. The wind danced with the leaves that landed onto the water's surface, disrupting the flow pattern the crystal clear liquid was going by creating ripples instead of its constant flow. The huge wind chimes moved along with the wind as if it were dancing gracefully with someone. The water garden seemed to be magical, like a witch or sorceress cast a spell to enchant the location for anyone who happened to venture through the liquid palace.
Himeno spotted a bench near the pond and motioned for the Knight of Ice to sit down. Memories of four years ago pasted through both their heads at the time of their first encountering. They both smiled as they watched as Mother Nature played with the elements of the world. An uneasy silence was between the two ever since they arrived at the garden pond and the uneasiness was getting to the both of them.
"It's lovely, isn't it?" Himeno said breaking the silence. Wind blew in their direction playing with their hair, which made a fourteen year old, very nervous.
Mannen shifted uncomfortably, not use to being alone with Himeno. "Uh...Himeno. What made you change your mind about going on a date with me?" He raised a light blue eyebrow at her. Curiosity was what floated around in his mind, when the tulip head left Hayate to be with him. He wasn't complaining, not in the least, in fact he was rather excited to say. It was just awkward to have the girl of his dreams going on a date with him and for once not disagreeing.
Himeno turned her gaze to his pale eyes and gave him a graceful smile. "I wanted to tell you how grateful I am to have someone care so deeply for me. I am truly honored." She grabbed his wrist in her palms. "And that is the reason why I don't want to hurt you anymore. Mannen, I know that you like me but you need to stop this. I'm saying this to not hurt you, but I'm trying to protect from going into eternal sorrow. I love Hayate and even though we fight just like we did today, doesn't mean that I won't stop loving him from the bottom of my heart..." Himeno stopped her speech when she heard sniffs coming from the fourteen year old beside her. She smiled as she cupped his face with her left hand, giving Mannen a serious look in her reddish-brown eyes. "And I know that you'll find that one special someone like I have. She may be near by or far across the sea, or you may even bump into by accident just like me." She grinned when she recalled the first meeting she had with the Knight of the Wind. "What I'm trying to say Mannen is...you will find that someone for you, the one that you are destined to be with as a soul mate." She pecked the youngster on the forehead as she brought his head to her bosom as Mannen gripped the sides of her shirt and wept.
Depression had broken free of its cage inside of Mannen's scared heart. Sorrow and sadness turned the key to unlock the hidden hollowness inside of him that he hadn't known of when his tears subsided as a hand flew at his face to wipe away the pain that escaped, from every last tear that had dropped. His vision returned to find the girl beside him still giving him a genuine smile and he couldn't help but let out one smile for her. Though, the smile he gave to her wasn't the smile that he held for her anymore, there seemed to be a tag bit of torment on it, though the valley girl didn't take notice to it.
The short haired girl chuckled in her hand as she ruffled Mannen's spiky head. Cocking his head to the side, he was confused about her sudden outburst of laughter that he wasn't a part of. The girl smirked when she saw his expression. Himeno wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, ending her cursing laughter. "Gomen Mannen…I was just thinking how adorable it was when I found out about why Hayate's and my arguments were so vicious."
Mannen gulped as sweat collected onto his forehead. It seems as of lately, he sweated an awful lot for someone who wasn't into sports. "H-How did you k-know?" He slid a little away from the valley girl on the stone bench.
Himeno smirked. "Silly, that is quite easy. Before Hayate landed onto of me, I saw an icicle slice the bindings to the net." She jokingly gave Mannen a serious look. "And there is only one person who could form ice that I know of."
The fourteen year old, scooted further and further away from her until he felt no support for his rump, thus fell on the conceit.
The red head rose from her seat and by Mannen's side in a flash as she bombarded Mannen with questions. "OH my god, Mannen. Are you okay? Do I need to get an icepack? How about any medical help? I'll be Tanaka."
The boy on the ground flinched when the girl said she knew about his plans of breaking the couple apart. His eyes shrunk to the size of peas as he thought about all the possibilities his eldest brother would do to him when he found out what he had done or...at least not anymore from his inconvenience. A pale hand reached out to his to help him up, though he wouldn't accept the kind offer from her. This made the girl frown at the young boy who didn't want any help from no one.
Finally, the kid spoke after seeing the expression on Himeno's face. "Are-Are you going to tell Hayate about this, or are the two of you going to split up?" He let out a sigh of guilt for what he had done; fearing the worst is to come, though instead of what he'd expected, something else happened.
Himeno shook her red head at the boy and again offered her hand to help him up. This time Mannen obeyed and allowed to be lifted up by the twenty year old whom was always very persistent around her friends and family, whenever they were feeling down or grim. It never ceased to amaze the boy when Himeno's kind and gentle heart was given out to others in need. Maybe that was the reason the god's choose her as the Prêt ear or perhaps...it was simply in her nature to be the Prêt ear itself. She had the heart of helping others just like the Prêt ear and yet...she never was the kind of person to ever want help back. Perhaps that was the reason he fell for the girl.
The wind blew the trees and everything around them when Himeno turned to Mannen and held out her hand for his. "Well shall we head back in?" She gave him a lopsided smile as the boy blushed slightly at which he nodded his head. Not trusting his own mouth to utter a single word to the tulip head for fear of letting something spill out of his nervously trembling lips. He took her hand as they went inside.
As they made their way into the house, Mannen whispered into Himeno's ear a few words. "Thank you, for the date." The valley girl smirked as she told him your welcome, as they parted ways off to do what they had to do. Though, when they left each other's side...something inside of Mannen had awoken and took control over Mannen's body, possessing him with new feelings and thoughts that changed his whole being in a new way.
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"Uhh...now what do I do now?" An eighteen year old stared at pictures of Himeno through out the eight years he had known the girl. From the time she first became the prêt ear to the time she said I do to the Knight of Wind, whom he still held ill manner towards for marrying the girl he wanted. He especially couldn't stand him when he found out news of the baby arriving in nine months.
He drawled his attention to the wood paneling of the cabinet, which held the pictures of Himeno no one, knew of. It's true he still harbored feelings for the red head, thus explaining the shrine of her, demo he never gave up loving her in his heart. Sure he continued to follow Himeno in the shadows each time she went out with Hayate, or by herself that he didn't give a damn if he was stalking her, it never bothered him once before. She was his obsession, his muse, the one he cared deeply for, leading to his destruction of his heart years ago, making his heart turn to ice.
Getting up from his chair he was sitting in, he closed the cabinet's doors to the shrine when a knock was heard from his bedroom door. It was one of the maid's announcing that breakfast was ready, before she went to tell everyone else the same message. He sighed as he gathered his school supplies and his homework from the night before, into his book bag and was out the door in a total of ten seconds.
Lately, it seemed to the Knight of Ice, he was always simultaneously, repeating the days. To Mannen he felt as if he were dreaming when he was awake and when he was dreaming he thought he was awake. Maybe that was the reason why he was so far behind in his studies, and barley passing his exams. Several times Shin and Hajime tried to help him with his studies, but each time they asked he'd always coldly brushed them aside. Now, he began to ponder what was even normal and what fantasy was.
Standing in front of the wide oak doors that lead to the humongous dinning room, he opened them hastily when his pale, emotionless, blue eyes, went to the people in the room. Himeno and Hayate were sitting side by side, playfully feeding each other food. They obviously didn't notice another was in the room, thus the eighteen year old closed the doors and left the room with a pang of sadness in his heart. The old wounds in his heart opened again even though his heart was frozen to others, no one realized how effected he was from Himeno not returning the feelings he had for her.
Take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
So take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
"Hey aren't you going to have breakfast?" A short bald man with a hint of grey hair asked the departing boy.
Mannen shook his head covering the sorrow like he always did. "Nay, I'll buy something at a store or something, so thanks anyway." He said in a monotone voice, to the faithful limo driver, Tanaka. He made his way out the door unknown that another watched him leave from the dinning room door with a remorse expression on.
I leave my pain on fire
and I watched it all burn down
At a quarter till eight, the spiky haired teen arrived at his destination. Looking left and right, he made sure if there were any signs of his brother's Hajime and Shin near by. He sighed in relief when he saw no one of his brothers' descriptions, as he found a maple tree unoccupied by anyone and went over to take a nap. Dropping his book bag down beside him, he closed his tired eyes from the world. Loud, annoying voices were calling his name, which disturbed him from reaching his goal of falling asleep. Irritated by the noise of the recognizable voices, he opened his eyes to find his younger brothers grinning at him. His face scrunched into an exasperated expression when he asked them what they wanted.
And now I'm dancing in the ashes
and there's no one else around
Cause I want to be part of something
This is just a story of a broken soul
In the past eight years, Hajime's orange hair grew longer and straighter, though was still kept in the same boyish style. His childish face was reshaped into a more feminine face, which sometimes he was mistaken for a girl. His face struck everyone as odd at first, until everyone grew accustomed to it. Also, the Water Knight had a reputation at school for being the hugest flirt, even though he wasn't the type that ever got the ladies with his flirting. He got this from the Fire Knight, Go from his past experiences.
He grinned at Mannen with a lopsided smile. "Well we just wanted to hang out with our older brother and see if he wanted any help with his studies. Is something wrong with that?"
Mannen let out a frustrated groan that sounded more like a growl. "Of course there is, and no I don't need any of your help with anything, now beat it, I want to catch up on my sleep." To make a point, he let out a yawn in his hand.
Shin placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. Concern was written in his green eyes. "But Mannen, you're grades are barley on border line, and you're always isolating yourself from everyone when you have to be in groups, not to mention you have no friends what so ever. You never go anywhere beside home, school, and to clear your head. You always seem sad; please can you tell me what's bothering you." Shin's blonde hair blew in the wind, making the sixteen year old look wise in his young years.
The Knight of Earth's outside appearance changed the most out of all the three brothers. Shin's hair was long; in fact it was so long that it was already past the middle of his back. His honey due colored hair, changed to a golden blonde that framed his now handsome face. His baby face he had when he was young grew long and slender during puberty, making him look drop dead gorgeous. He was about five eight, a little taller than Hajime, who was five-six, but shorter than Mannen who was six foot.
The blonde during his years, gained Sasame's ability of wisdom, Kei's knowledge, and a little of Hayate's charm, though Mannen had much of Hayate's short temper and a personality of his own. However, the girls of all grades were head over heels for his appearance, he was rather the shy type around the opposite sex.
Mannen gave them the cold shoulder, literally, as he covered his face in light blue bangs, resuming his sleep. His brothers left their brother alone while they went to the restroom to go unthaw their frozen shoulders.
As days go by
my heart grows cold
and I can't seem to let this all pass me by
Around eight forty-five the bell rang signaling for students to head to class. Students entered the school doors several at a time. Pushing and shoving, the juniors and seniors moved aside the small fry, the freshmen and sophomores, to get to their classes. One senior turned to the courtyard to find someone asleep under a maple tree. The girl tapped her friend's arm and asked, "Shouldn't someone wake him up, the teacher will be mad if he's late to class again."
Her friends stopped in their tracks and looked into the direction their friend pointed to. Hearts were in their eyes until they disappeared as old memories resurfaced in their heads. "We should, though if you correctly remember the last time we disturbed his nap."
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"Mannen, Mannen, wake up. You'll be late to class!" A girl gently said in Mannen's ear.
The spiky haired boy, stirred in his sleep before letting out a snore.
The girls' fist shook with anger. One girl went up to the eighteen year old, and tapped his shoulder with aggravation. "Could you please get up, or you'll make us all late and have to listen to another lecture!" She shouted in his ear, causing the Ice Knight to finally wake up from his sleep, though what the girls didn't expect when he woke up would happen.
Pissed off from being waken up from his precious sleep, he froze whoever was near by, by instant as he yawned and stretched his tired muscles. He stood up, grabbing his bag from the ground and swung it over his shoulder and said, "I don't care if I make you or anyone late. It doesn't bother me to hear another lecture from the teacher. Oh and..." He turned around to look at the frozen girls, who could do nothing but stare in his direction. "Next time, do not disturb me when my eyes are closed." Turning around, he proceeded to head to his classroom leaving the frozen girls behind.
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The girls shivered as chills went down their spines at the memory as they quickly headed in, forgetting what their friend said about waking the boy up. No word was spoken after that.
The bell rang as only one soul remained outside in the courtyard. A black limousine pulled up in front of the school's gate, as the driver went to the passenger's side and opened the door for someone to get out. A girl around the age of eighteen, hopped out of the vehicle, book bag in hand. She wore a nervous expression on her face, when the driver drove off as she entered the school's gate to the school. Her head was low, not enjoying her first day of school one bit. 'Why did we have to move from Tokyo? It was so nice there.'
Turning her head the courtyard, she spotted something underneath a tree. Squinting her brown eyes, she saw something blue. Curiosity took over her when she moved closer to get a better look. What she found made her loss her breath. There underneath the maple tree, was a boy around her age sleeping peacefully, a very handsome boy that is.
His pale, spiky blue hair that went to his neck blew in the wind making him look calm and peaceful. His face looked soft to the touch as the girl blushed tinted her cheeks when she thought of such things. Shaking her head in hopes of banishing the strange feelings she felt in her heart. She was about to leave the boy behind when she suddenly had the urge to run her hands through his hair. Giving in to her temptation, she ran her hands through his hair, forgetting about going to class. A small smile was on her face, when she ran her fingers through his hair. 'So soft, if only he could open his eyes to see what color they are-What? Kami, what am I doing?' She snapped out her trance, as she removed her hand from his hair, a hand grabbed hers which felt awfully cold for any normal human.
Mannen growled, not enjoying waking up to having someone mess with his hair. However, he did find it rather soothing and relaxing, he didn't want someone to have that advantage over him. "Look I told you not to-" When he opened his pale blue eyes to see brown ones, his heart froze. A tiny tint of pink was hardly noticeable to the eye when he stopped himself from freezing the girl in front of him. He stared at the girl whom he never seen in school before. "Who are you?" His eyes met brown eyes. Her hair slid over the front of her shoulder as Mannen looked up to get a better view of the girl. Her brown hair, was worn down, all expect for one patch of hair that was in a rubber band worn on her left side.
The girl blinked a few times. "My name is...my name is Rin." She spoke shyly. The blush from earlier came back as she gave Mannen a smile.
Being polite, Mannen returned a smile. It was a small one, but at least it was smile none the less. "Well Rin, I'm Mannen and I assume you are new since I've never seen someone as beautiful as yo-" Mannen bit his tongue. 'Crap, I never meant to have that blurted out. What is it that made me do something as foolish as this?' This time, the blush was visible enough for anyone to see.
So take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
Rin smiled widely with a small blush. "Th-Thank-you for the compliment, Mannen-kun."
The boy blushed harder from hearing the new nickname she gave him. He tried to stop his cursing blush as he cleared his throat. "Uh...Mannen is fine. Here let me see your schedule."
Handing him her schedule, Mannen scanned the paper and blinked a few times as he recognized she had the same classes as him. Handing it back to Rin, he gulped the lump that was in his throat. "It looks like we have the same classes. He lifted his book bag over his shoulder. "Let's go before you end up in trouble for tardiness."
They entered inside the building passing classrooms, elevators, and a few lockers. They climbed up a flight of stairs, a few turns, and finally they reached their classroom that was the second door to the last.
The eighteen year old boy ushered her over to the door. "In here," He said as they both went in.
The room grew quiet when Mannen and Rin arrived into the class. Some students showed interest, while some whispered and murmured around, and the rest were either sleeping, or staring off into space. The teacher who hadn't notice the two new arrivals was busy with the middle of his lesson.
"And so in the Menji Era of Japan, Edo was named Tokyo and...Well look who finally decided to show up to class. Mannen, I warned you for being late about six times already, I have no choice but to write you up for after school detention." The teacher went to his desk to write him up, when Rin decided to speak up.
"Excuse me but...Mannen wasn't late on purpose. You see I am Rin Manori and I just transferred to this school and Mannen was kindly enough to show me around the school that we got carried away. I'm sorry sensei, for causing him any trouble." Rin bowed her head in an apology as both the teacher and Mannen's hung open.
"But I wasn't.." Rin nudged Mannen in the ribs as she motioned with her eyes to play along. "That is...I helped volunteer in helping Rin Manori find all her classes and other facilities as her guide." For fun, Mannen gave Rin a cocky smile and wink as she gasped.
The sensei stopped his furious writing as he dropped his pen in shock. Mannen actually interested in helping volunteering in escorting a new student to their classes. This struck as odd for the teacher, for he had knew the boy for his four years in high school, and never was he willing to help another human being let alone interact with one. Considering on writing him up for allowing someone lie for him, he saw the pleading look in Rin's eyes and sighed in defeat.
"Alright I'll believe you this time Mannen, but next time you're late, I won't let it slip." The teacher turned to Rin and asked her for her schedule. Checking it, he looked at his sitting chart and told her where to sit. "Rin, we don't have anywhere for you to sit but next Mannen for the next eight months. Rin I warn you, please watch out for that boy."
Rin shyly followed Mannen to her seat. Jealous glares and lust filled eyes were thrown at the brunette.
At nine forty-six, the bell rang as teens rushed out of their classes and on to their next class of the day. Mannen and Rin exited their classroom last as they went to the next one. For some strange reason Mannen found it hard to be around Rin. His heart would race every time she smiled at him or when she blushed, he thought it was the cutest thing. The new feelings felt were very uncomfortable, but somehow it wasn't all to uncomfortable. Inside his heart, he wanted to tell Rin how much he appreciated what she did for him. "Rin I..." His normal cold voice was softer than normal, when she excused herself to the restroom telling Mannen she could find the class on her own.
Rin stared at herself in the bathroom mirror confused about everything that happened that day. She pressed her forehead against the glass and closed her eyes. "What's wrong with me? Why does my face redden when he looks at me?" She turned on the faucet, cupping water in her hands; she splashed it onto her face, when suddenly the water stopped. Looking in the mirror to see who it was she gasped. It was the girls that were in her classroom. Nervously, she turned around and forced a smile on her petrified face.
"H-Hello guys, how are you?" She scratched the back of her head.
The girls wickedly grinned at the terrified girl as if they were eyeing their prey. "Well, well, well, if it isn't little Miss Newbie."
"W-What do you want?" She took slow steps to the door, however, they saw her actions as two girls grabbed her preventing her from going anywhere. Rin kicked ferociously, demanding to be released, when a hand flew to her face, stopping her from uttering another word.
The girl who supposedly was the leader to the girl's smirked at Rin's now bloody face. "I hope you realize it's futile to shout. For if you decide to call out anyway, we will hit you harder. If you don't understand that after so many hits, I'm afraid we will have to permanently remove you from this school." The girl laughed as she locked the door to the girl's restroom, preventing some unwanted attention drawn to them.
She held up a cloth, with something that smelled funny coming from it. The other girls held up rope as Rin flinched. "You shouldn't have messed with Mannen. He was ours before you transferred here. And now that you know that, I'm afraid we have to prevent you from talking about this to anyone now, won't we?" She grinned when Rin struggled even more in the girls' strong hold.
Rin bit down hard on one of the girl's hand as she shouted with all her might one person she knew who would help her. "MANNEN!" Her voice echoed inside the tiny bathroom, when she was silenced by a punch to the stomach.
"Tcsh, Tcsh, now that isn't fair to get assistance now is it? Sorry sweetly but Mannen doesn't help anyone but himself. Tie her up!" The girls nodded as they placed her on the ground and tied her up with rope.
Rin struggled and struggled even though it was useless. She wasn't going to let them get the best of her, no she wasn't. The cloth from earlier was now over her face as she desperately tired not to breathe in the fumes. Her vision and hearing began to facade fast when the laughter began to die around her. When she tried to see clearly, she saw the door break off of its hinges as the two girls that were holding her down were frozen in their place. The girl who was the leader, screamed in terror as everything around her turned black as she heard the one person she wanted to her call her name, Mannen.
Just as soon as Mannen finished off the girls by freezing them in place, he grabbed Rin in his arms as he felt her body go limb in his arms. Tears wanted to escape from his pale blue, orbs as he shouted Rin's name simultaneously. Worried for her safety, Mannen teleported himself and Rin into the nurse's station, scaring the poor nurse half to death.
"W-What's going on young ma-"
"I think there is something wrong with Rin!"
The nurse led Mannen to an unoccupied room, as he gently laid her down on a futon. The nurse told Mannen to go to his class, but he remained in the visiting room waiting for the nurse to tell him her condition. The woman came out of the room, slightly surprised that Mannen was still there. She grabbed her clipboard and told him of Rin's condition.
"There seems to not be any serious injuries. She just got knocked out by chloroform and will remain unconscious for a few hours. She needs to get stitches for her face, but other than that, she's fine. Now here is a pass to class. You could see her later after school." She handed the slip to the now relieved Knight of Ice. She smiled at Mannen's relieved face. Ever since she worked here, she always treated to Mannen's wounds, or the people Mannen beat up, whenever he got into fights. But this new Mannen made the nurse happy with admiration for his kind heart he always covered with shadows. She prayed that this girl would help heal the wounds in his heart from what she had heard from his brothers Shin and Hajime.
She motioned for the Knight of Ice to come closer so he could hear what she had to say. "You don't need to worry when you have your girlfriend in my hands."
Mannen blushed at what he had heard as he stuttered. "She's n-not m-my girl-friend!" He teleported out of the nurse's client, not wasting another moment longer, for another round of embarrassment.
The nurse smirked at her mischievous self, as she went into the room to check on the girl.
He arrived to his class, scaring nearly the entire class, by teleporting into the room. He handed the teacher his permission slip and sat down in his seat. During the rest of the day, he actually took notes from the chalkboard and paid attention to his senseis though, his mind always drifted back to the girl in the client he eagerly wanted to visit. When the final bell rang, announcing school was over; he dashed out of the room as fast as he could possible to the nurse's station.
"Is Rin...Manori...still here?" He asked the nurse while wheezing for some air. You see when he ran to the nurse's station, he ran so fast that he just about used all of his energy.
The nurse shook her head at the boy. "I'm sorry...but you just missed her. She left about a few minutes ago." The nurse went back to her computer, typing away at something important.
Mannen thanked the nurse as he went to the entrance of the school where he met up with his younger siblings. "DAMN IT!" He shouted to himself, angrily that he just missed her. Slamming his fist into the gate, he left an icy trail behind him, that his brother's followed. Hajime and Shin had to run up to the Knight of Ice who was going on an anger run.
I'm burning in the heavens
and I'm drowning in a hell
And my soul is in a coma
and none of friends can tell
That I'm reaching out and getting nothing
This is just a story of a broken soul
"What's the rush Mannen, why are you in a hurry?" Shin questioned his brother. Desperately the Earth Knight, tried to stay in toll with the six foot teenager.
Hajime smirked at Mannen's new change in attitude that he had to rub it in, along with the new rumors that were spread around the school about the new girl and the fight. "So what are you so huffy about, hmm? Could it have something to do with the new transfer student umm what's her name...uh Rin something." Hajime's smile widened when he saw Mannen twitch from hearing the girl's name. Twirling his orange hair in his hand, Hajime chuckled to himself. "I didn't know that the Ice Knight had feelings, let alone for another human being, to get into a fight to protect her. What happened to your crush on Himeno, do you always fall out of love with people so easy." Hajime laughed again when Mannen stopped in his icy tracks.
"Nani, what was that you just said?" His voice turned cold to the core that it made Hajime, Shin, and others who heard him shiver with fright.
As days go by
my heart grow cold
I can't seem to let this all pass me by
Hajime gulped as he steadied himself with new pride. "You heard me. I heard about the fight in the girl's restroom, which you froze a few girls for the new girl who was unconscious when you arrived there." Hajime paused as he cupped his chin with his left hand. "Many say the girl is a true beauty. I think I might take a whack at trying to score her." Hajme laughed until a fist collided with his face.
The seventeen year old held his fists up, pissed at being struck by his older brother whom he use to look up to when they were children. "What the hell was that for? I ought to show you not to mess with me." Liquid magically, poured out of his hands as they circled around his arms in a dangerously manner. Mannen held up an ice spear at the orange head knight.
The youngest knight ran in between the two who had a look to kill. "No, please no violence!" He turned to Hajime who had anger in his green eyes. "Now Hajime, I believe you owe Mannen an apology." Shin waited for the two to settle down as they both withdrew their weapons for their younger brother's sake.
"Okay, I'm sorry that I said all those nasty things...but I'm not sorry about wanting to screw her." He whispered the last part for Mannen's ears to hear. The Knight of Ice, teleported to the mansion, leaving the youngest knights at the sidewalk to walk home.
"Did I take it too far?" Hajime gave Shin a playful grin as Shin gave him a serious look.
"Yes, yes you did." Shin remarked as Hajime huffed.
"Geezs, you always take the fun out of everything."
The blonde sixteen year old, grinned a boyish grin. "Of course, it's my job after all, since no one is going to take it." They both laughed as they walked the rest of the way to the Awayuki mansion, unknown by the genius Shin, Hajime made future plans of getting what he wanted.
The next day Mannen walked through the crowded halls alone. In his hand was a picture of Himeno at the age of eighteen. An unanswered question was seen clearly on the spiky haired, youth's face. He still cared deeply for the tulip head but...with Rin now in the picture, he didn't know that the new arising feelings that were rapidly changing, were melting away the ice walls that he had purposely build around his heart long ago.
Distracted by his thoughts, he managed to bump into someone without noticing. Snapping out of his thoughts when he heard books fall to the floor. Normally, he wasn't very curtsey when he knocked into someone, but for some weird reason, he decided to help out. Picking up the books he accidentally knocked from the girl's hands, he looked up and apologized to her.
"Sorry I wasn't paying at-Rin!" He dropped his book bag in shock. The picture of Himeno fluttered in the air as Rin reached out and grabbed the picture when her grin went to the exact opposite way.
She looked at the picture for a few seconds before handing it back to the paralyzed knight. "Is that your girlfriend?" Rin asked in a voice hardly above whisper. She hung her head, as she patiently waited for the dreaded answer she was expecting.
Mannen's jaw hung open at Rin's reaction to the photograph. "I...No." He viscously shook his head to reassure the girl that he was single, but he couldn't hide the fact that he longed to be with the red head in the picture from his pale blue eyes.
Rin gave him a small smile. "That's too bad." When she said that, the strings that kept her heart together, were slowly pulling apart from the emotion known as envy. Inside, Rin wished that Mannen would feel the same way towards her as he felt for the girl in the photo.
"So how's your face?" Mannen said, changing the subject hoping to cheer the gloomy girl up. He vehemently gave a charming smile at her, when he pointed to the scar on her face from the stitches.
"It's fine now..." She blushed a very bright red, when she saw Mannen's smile he gave her as her heart raced. "Thanks to you." She blushed even harder as she excused herself to go to her first class. Somehow, even though she was upset, Mannen seem to manage to sneak inside her heart, making her blush crazily. That was the reason Rin had to change her classes, to escape from going through heartache she had for another one year ago. This made Mannen's heart hurt more than anything he ever experienced. It was more agonizing than when Himeno said she couldn't be with him.
A week passed as the two teens haven't spoken a word two the other. Since she changed her classes, they never saw each other during class or passing period. The only time they could see each other is during lunch, though whenever, the Knight of Ice tried to accompany Rin, she would push away, leaving with her head hung down and her shoulders shaking. Hajime tried to make moves towards the brunette, which she'd decline every time he came near, which made the Water Knight furious as he went off somewhere to go mope about it.
So take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
So take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
Mannen was concern for the girl when she would reject his kindness, that it tore his heart from the inside out. He hated the new feelings in his heart, but he also loved the feeling as well. The spiky, light blue head kid, figured out the meaning what the new feeling was from a little help from the Knight of Sound. He was in love with Rin. He wasn't certain when he started to feel that way, but it didn't matter at the moment, for he sensed something was a miss that particular day.
Don't shut me out
Rin was currently in the cafeteria getting her lunch, when she heard a familiar voice call her. Joy filled her, when she thought it was Mannen. Turning around, instead of seeing Mannen, she found the leader of the girl pack, who tried to beat her up in the girl's restroom last week in front of her. Cringing in fear, she wanted to shout for some help. She searched for a certain blue haired boy, with her brown eyes, as she saw a boy with long blonde hair staring at her. She mouthed the words "HELP ME" as she was dragged away from the commotion to a more deserted place.
Abandoning his tray full of food, Shin went after the girl who he heard from his brother's description to be Rin. The girl, whom Shin assumed to be Rin, was lead to an old ice cream warehouse. Fearing the worst would come; Shin went back to the school to inform Mannen of his discovery.
A pale blue eyed, eighteen year old, ran through the cafeteria, trying to find Rin when he came to a dead end. Grinding his teeth, he was ready to search the library when he heard hurried footsteps approaching in his direction. When he looked, he was surprised to see his brother running towards him in such distressful manner, unlike the normal Shin would act in school.
"I saw Rin! She-She's been...taken!" Shin's voice held a bit of panic at the edges of his almost breathless voice.
SLAP
Mannen slapped the Knight of Earth in order to keep the blonde in control. "Snap out of it; tell me where do I find her!" Shin nodded, leading him to the place he saw the two enter in. Shin told Mannen he would go get some help, as he teleported to the mansion for backup as Mannen entered inside.
Without making a sound, he peered around the factory at the mountains of ice cream tubs and freezers in hopes of finding her. Finding no Rin, he began to search for Rin on the opposite side of the factory.
Rin shivered inside the cramp place she was currently in, as she peered outside the tiny window that was offered to her in the room. She was in one of the rundown freezers in the back of the building, that she was held captive in from the girl. Looking out the window, she covered herself as much as possible for warmth. The temperature in the freezer decreased with each passing second. Rin prayed to Kami, someone would find her there and rescue her, but she had a doubting feeling that no one would find her. She tried to shout for help awhile back, but no one could hear her pleading voice from the other side of the freezer. Out of the corner of her brown eyes, she spotted a familiar face from the foggy window.
'Mannen!' She thought in her head as she roughly tugged and pulled at the handle on the door, trying to prey the door open. "Mannen!" she shouted. She banged on the glass of the window, but Mannen didn't see her. She had only one other option. Sucking in all the air she possibly can hold, she shouted on the top of her lungs, the name of the one she loved.
"MANNEN!" Warm tears rolled down her cheeks when she saw Mannen turn his head towards her direction. The tear's temperature on her face turned cold in a millisecond, as Mannen opened the locked door.
"Rin!" Mannen shouted. Pulling the door open with all his might, he embraced the girl in a hug. The cold depths of his heart and soul melted away when he had Rin in his strong grip. Everything around him didn't matter, the only thing that did was the girl in his hold.
Rin cried in his arms both, terrified by the whole ordeal and also overjoyed having Mannen to be her prince charming, saving her from freezing hell. However, the hug didn't last long when a glint of something shimmer, caught Rin's attention. She froze when she realized what it was. As she tried to pull herself out of Mannen's embrace and warn him it, was too late. The dagger went into the Ice Knight's right shoulder as he howled in pain. They both toppled to the ground as a cloaked figure hovered over their bodies in laughter at their misery. The bloody dagger was in the stranger's hands.
"Damn you!" The fallen knight said, as he coughed up a warm sticky substance.
Rin flinched in paranoia, as she gently hugged the spiky haired youth. Her tears returned, but these tears were instead of tears of happiness were now of sorrow.
The person in the cloak removed it, to reveal the leader of the pack of the girls smiling insanely at the couple. "Mannen you should have killed me back there, for if I can't have you, no one will!" She tilted the blade to her mouth as her tongue licked the blood from the knife. "Heh, prepare yourself for you're death!" She plunged the dagger down as blood splattered everywhere, but instead it wasn't Mannen that she struck.
Pale blue eyes, widened when he saw brown ones with a look of pain in them. A weak smile was thrown at him when the words "I'm sorry" were read from small pink lips that closed shut. The body in his arms went lump as blood poured from the where the blade was plunged in her gut. Mannen's shirt was stained with Rin's blood that dripped onto the floor of the old abandon factory. The pain in his shoulder disappeared as he saw his Rin injured. It didn't matter if he died right then and there, as long as he could be in the same place as her. Instead of the cold hard steel he was praying to feel in his chest, he felt cold and numb all around. Looking around, he saw different flavors of ice cream near Rin and his bodies. They were both in the freezer.
Panic ran through his veins. He didn't want the both of them to die in a slow painful death, he wanted to die quick and easy. This wasn't how he wanted it to be like, to die in a factory that probably no one had anymore memories of. To have his brothers ignore his absence and eventually forget all about himself. He didn't want Rin's family to do the same. Clinging to her fragile body, he created an ice barrier with the last ounce of strength he had to protect them from the harsh coldness of the freezer. He felt Rin's slowly beating heartbeat in her chest as relief filled his entire body as well as new found strength. Remembering about Shin finding help, all he had to do was hold up the barrier until they were rescued. Holding her body closer to his chest to keep her warm, he tried not to put pressure on her wound.
Does anyone around me feel the same?
Put your fist up and fend your pain
Does anyone around me feel the same?
Put your fist up and fend your pain
Does anyone around me feel the same?
Put your fist up and fend your pain
Does anyone around me feel the same?
Put your fist up and fend your pain
Five minutes later...the barrier was losing power and considering the Ice Knight's conduction, it wouldn't be long until the barrier would collapse. Liquid blurred his vision as little streams of tears fell from his face to Rin's motionless face. Fear chilled his bones when he thought about not getting the girl to the hospital soon. His shoulder injury was not as bad as hers and taking care of her was his number one priority at this very moment. Still Mannen, was a bit worried about his brother still haven't arrived.
Ten minutes later...the barrier was completely gone. The only thing to keep the two warm were the clothes on their back and their body warmth. Rin's eyes twitched a few times before they opened slightly to absorb her surroundings. At first she saw what appeared to be some sort of ice that covered around them and the next second it was gone. Blinking several times, Rin assumed she was hallucinating about what she saw until her brown orbs looked at two blurry orbs hovering over her. Recognition hit her, as she tried to lift her body up, but the pain in her stomach was too unbearable to handle so she resorted to lying still.
As days go by
my heart grows cold
I can't seem to let this all pass me by
The eighteen year old above the girl, looked down seeing the brunette staring at him in confusion. He gave her smile as she returned a weak one. "Rin, are you alright?" He asked.
So take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
Rin gave him the thumbs up sign. "I'm fine all except for the pain in my stomach." She tried to laugh though; with each shook she made, worsened the pain in her stomach. She settled herself as a thought ran across her mind. "Mannen, what was that thing I saw a second ago before it disappeared? Was I just imaging things?" She smirked at herself thinking how silly it was ask of such, but when Mannen calmly explained to her the concept of what it was, she was glad she asked and even more thrilled when he told her a little of his history.
So take me
and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out
At around noon the door to the freezer was unlocked as a smiling Knight of Wind proudly pulled the two shivering teens out of the cold and into the sunlight. Cockingly, Hayate promptly showed the two of his disposal of the girl, hint handing her over to the cops all dazed and scared with some of Shin's vines wrapped around her body for her not to escape. He was very pleased with himself that he had to rub it more in by saying, "You should have told me about this, I'm becoming rusty but whenever you need anybody to help rescue you, call me." He flashed a charming smile and wink at the couple who madly blushed.
Mannen cursed his brother out for embarrassing him in front of the girl he loved, as Hayate gave him a cocky smirk before it vanished when he heard his "love's" voice calling him as well as a very temperamental one month, pregnant Himeno, dragged her ridiculous husband away by the ear.
An ambulance was already at the scene as they were both escorted to the hospital to be examined and clean their wounds, among other excruciating things. They were hospitalized for about a week and during that time they got to know each other a little better, as well as officially being boyfriend and girlfriend after they admitted their feelings with blushes, and giddy smiles. Thus enraging a certain Knight of Water, who was furious about this arranging, still bent on an attempt of getting what he desired from his older brother.
As days go by
my heart grows cold
I can't seem to let this all pass me by
(Fades) Take me
Don't break me
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A spiky haired, eighteen year old, with a sling on his right shoulder, cleared out all remains of the shine he had of Himeno. The photo of everyone by his beside made him smile. The expression on his face when he and Go accidentally kissed made him shake with laughter. He placed the picture on his nightstand, as he gathered the rest of the photo's in a huge bag with one hand.
Mannen figured that he should give Hayate the pictures considering he was her husband, but he didn't want the older knight to figure out that he use to stalk the girl for eight long years. He gulped, shoving the mental image of his dead corpse as a new fashion design called, "Ice", he roughly tried to shove all the pictures into the already over flowing bag, thus creating a hole scattering all the precious pictures of the tulip head all around the room. One picture landed on his head as he curiously lifted the picture to his eyes. His body went completely numb as his attention was focused on the "innocent" photo.
Blood dripped from his nose as he felt an overly exciting feeling in his pants, which was tingling. As innocently as he could, he pondered on how and when he took this picture and at what age. 'H-How did I take this picture and how old was I?' Though the poor, confused, knight didn't have the chance to question himself on this theory much longer, when the door to his bedroom opened which he was unaware of.
Hayate entered in the room absentmindedly unaware of what he was about to see. "Mannen I just wanted to check up on you and-WHAT IS ALL OF THIS?" A vein popped out of the Wind Knight's head as he saw thousands among thousands of his wife's pictures scattered about the Ice Knight's room. When the young knight didn't respond to Hayate's question he noticed a single photo that the eighteen year old was occupied with. Curious, he went over to Mannen's shoulder and was very surprised at what he saw.
In the picture was Himeno in a black lacy bra and underwear he bought her on her twenty-two birthday, with a short skimpy black robe that went along with the lingerie he bought as well that were on sale at the time. Of course when the girl pulled the clothing outside of the box she had opened on her birthday with her friends and family around, she wasn't too pleased when she had a bunch of hoots and cat calls right after, which Hayate was later, (approximately two seconds later), was severely beaten and humiliated in front of everyone, then was treated to a special treat, by his wife. (No explanations there)
Plucking the picture from Mannen's frozen hands he went into a current of emotions displayed on his. First was lust from remembering that day so vividly, making a mental note for later, then shocked at Mannen for having the picture that he didn't have of her, and finally embarrassment from being exposed of his dirty ways. In his mind, he admired how visually captive the picture was and had to give the boy an encouraging agreement with, but on second thought he felt like killing the soon to be extinct, Leafe Knight of Ice.
Tucking away the picture in his back jeans pocket, Hayate clenched his fist into tight balls as he shouted at the top of his lungs. "MANNEN! YOU ARE GOING TO DIE HERE NOW!"
The knight was brought out of his daze state, to barely have enough time to dodge a wind blast that was hurled towards his face. Teleporting to the garden, to prevent damage to his bedroom, and to escape from the wrath of the enraged Knight of the Wind, he cursed at himself for being so foolish, as his nightmare about Hayate beating him to a pulp became reality. One blast of wind did however; manage to hit him in the butt as he howled in pain from the impact.
"OW! HEY I'M STILL INJURED, REMEMBER!"
Hayate ignored the younger knight's pleas and pain in his voice, as he proceeded to try capture and kill his brother.
Yes, Mannen's obsession for the past eight years had been of the tulip head, Himeno, ever since he first laid his pale blue eyes on her. But now that the Ice Knight had found true love and a new obsession to go after, he finally found a place to truly cherish. And that my friend was his new obsession he went after now...love.
The End...Finally!
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I hope you all enjoy this story since this took me almost two months to do. Okay...maybe longer, but be happy with what you get! I'll try to do the third chapter of Behind the Scenes: LeafeKnights but I need you guys to give me some information on Sailor Moon. I honestly don't like that serious, since it seems too kiddy for me, but I'm hoping that some of you can give me help with the idea of the plot of series, the point, the beginning, middle, end. And most importantly...how many Mangas does Sailor Moon have! Please could you guys do this for me, and I promise to make a very good story for you all to read. It doesn't matter if it's a long review of info or e-mail, I just need material for my story to be somewhat started.
Well enough of all that, I hope you read that paragraph above this one because this is very important for me to give you all a good benefit and a good story to read as well as interesting.
The song in-between the story was Take me by Papa Roach. Demo, I'm not sure if it went well for the story or not, I mean at first I put this at the end, but I thought it might suit it more if it was with the story. Damn, that was hard to find the spots where to put it at.
So I hope to hear you guys in reviews and emails and what not. And please review. I'll see you in the next chapter of Behind the Scenes: LeafeKnights: Sasame's quest for the Sailor Moon Manga. I hope this song went well with story, cause that it did and if it didn't oh well, I enjoy that song a lot. I hope you are all pleased with the long awaited chapter that everyone was waiting so patiently for.
Till next time Ja'ne!
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