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This is the speech key:

"the" - Orally speaking

'the' - telepathy

"the" - Knight talking when transformed with Himeno.

'the' - thoughts.

AN: Alright, this isn't a chapter, but I decided that I didn't want to waste time by literally describing every single outfit that Himeno wears when she transforms with each Knight, so I've decided to do this ahead of time, so I can write a little faster and get this story done. I've already described the Wind Prétear outfit and in the story, but I'll only do one other description in the story, but that's just about it.

White Destiny

oO~Attacks and Surprises~Oo

Himeno was exiting the gates to her home, when she was greeted by the sight of her stepmother waiting there for her.

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Himeno wore a pair of black slacks, a white short-sleeve polo-neck shirt, a pair of black wrist-length fingerless gloves, a pair of white peep-toe heels, and her hair was held back with a scarf tied around her hair, a grey butterfly at the side of her head. (her hair is down)

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"Good morning, Himeno," Natsue greeted in a sickly sweet tone.

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Natsue wore a forest-green dress that had a floral print design on it, a pale-green shawl wrapped around her shoulders. Her hair was down, although pulled back into a half up style. She also wore a pair of buff-colored classic pumps.

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"Good morning, Madam," Himeno answered coldly, her eyes hidden beneath her bangs.

"Good girl," Natsue said sweetly before circling the rose-haired teen. "Mayune told me that you had some guests in the garden. Who are they?"

Himeno braced herself for the punishment she would bare for her answer. "I don't see how that is any of your business, Natsue." This time, however, the rose-haired girl's eyes weren't hidden. Instead, she glared icily at her stepmother.

Not expecting the answer she had received, Natsue raised her hand to strike the teenager, but before she had the chance, both females heard a familiar voice in the distance.

"Natsue! Good morning!" Kaoru greeted happily, running over to where his wife stood, before seeing his daughter. "Himeno! Good morning! And how are you today my little hime?"

Her eyes widened beneath her bangs. 'Why did you have to come out now, Papa!' Once again, her tone emotionless, she answered with a slight curtsy, "Good morning to you as well, Sir. I am fine thank you. Now if I may be excused, I shall be on my way."

"Himeno," Kaoru asked seriously, not seeing the poisonous looked on his wife's expression. "Is everything alright?" 'Himeno has never spoken to me like this! Something'sreally wrong!'

The rose-haired girl's eyes softened under her bangs. "I am perfectly fine, Sir. You needn't be bothered," Himeno answered before walking towards the gates.

"Where are you off to, then?" Kaoru asked, slightly surprised at his once sweet daughter's now emotionless stature. 'It looks like my hime won't even give me a straight out answer anymore. Does she think I don't know when she's lying? Something's going on, and I'm going to find out what!'

"I will be going to spend time with my friend, Takato Yayoi," Himeno answered.

"Himeno, will you try to be back home before five o' clock? I want to spend a little father-daughter time with you, since we haven't in quite a while," Kaoru asked.

"I-I shall do my best, Sir," the rose-haired faltered for a moment before excusing herself and running out the gates, spared from Natsue's wrath.

-The Park-

"Himeno! Over here!" Yayoi called to her friend.

Himeno turned around to find her friend waiting for her at the bus stop. She quickly ran to her dodging people along the way.

"So ready to hit the mall?" Yayoi asked.

"Yayoi, if we do head over to the mall, you know I won't buy anything unless I certain I need it," Himeno smiled softly.

"Hmm..." the sandy-haired girl hummed as she placed a finger on her chin in thought. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she bopped her fist on her hand lightly.

"I'll tell you what, though. We can go to the mall and buy what you'd like, have lunch there, and on the back we can go to a small boutique," Himeno suggested, before her friend could come up with some crazy scheme. "But I have to be home by five o' clock," she hastened to add.

"Why five?" Yayoi asked curiously, before answering herself. "OOOOH! I get it! You have a date tonight! A tall, dark, and handsome man that helped you in your time of need asked you out to repay him! OOOOH! That's so romantic!" The sandy-haired girl was twirling around, a dreamy expression on her face.

Himeno sweat-dropped at her friend's 'outburst'. "Actually, Yayoi, Papa wanted to spend some time with me since we haven't had much time together since he married Natsue."

"You finally get to spend time with your dad?! That's great!" Yayoi exclaimed. "Though my idea could have been a good possibility," She added as afterthought.

"Yayoi, you know that no in their right mind would ask me out," Himeno said as they entered the mall.

-Two Hours Later-

"Well, I'm all tired out," Yayoi said as she stretched her arms, which were full of shopping bags. "Do you want to go over to the boutique now?"

Himeno nodded as they set off towards a small boutique nearby. Just then, Yayoi collapsed.

"Yayoi! Yayoi, what happened?" the rose-haired girl asked, shaking her friend gently.

Frightened, theteen looked around her, only to see that the civilians around her had all collapsed just as Yayoi did. But then, Himeno felt her own strength depleting, but before darkness had enclosed around her, she heard seven voice call her name and an arm wrap around her waist.

Opening her eyes, she saw that Hayate was holding her as she sat up, with the other kneeling around her, wearing concerned expressions.

'They're worried...about me?' Himeno thought.

"Are you alright, Himeno?" Sasame asked.

Himeno nodded and that was when she noticed that they wore strange clothing.

(AN: They will all look the way they do in the manga; Sorry if hadn't mentioned this little tidbit earlier, and if I don't describe the costumes they have in the manga correctly please don't chastise me!)

Sasame wore a white wide-necked top that went to his thighs; it had violet designs on it. He wore a pair of white loose-but-form-fitting slacks that had violet embroidery. He also wore a pair of white flat-soled shoes, and hanging around his arms was a white baggy sleeved shawl-like cape. There was a cord tied around his waist

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Go wore a red short-sleeved shirt, a one-sleeved white robe that had red designs and embroidery. The robe was hip-length and had a belt clasped around the waist. He wore the same pants the other males, but only it and his shoes here red.

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Kei wore basically the same thing as Sasame, only with yellow, a sun on his chest, and a yellow and white cape was clasped onto the neckline of his top.

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Hayate wore a white ankle-length top that had a slit up to either side of his hip, it had a large loose turtleneck neck, it also had long dangling sleeves, and it had blue designs and embroidery. He wore the same pants and shoes as the other males, only with blue. A large belt was clasped around his waist.

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Mannen wore a pair of pale-indigo thigh-length tights, a large white hip-length collared top that had a belt clasped around his waist and large sleeves that resembled wings in a sense. He wore a pair of leather-strap-like gloves that went a few inches past his waist. He wore a pair of shoes that were folded over at the ankle. Just like the others, his things were embroidered and designed in indigo and white.

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Hajime wore a white batwing-sleeved top that went to about mid-thigh. He also wore a pair of flat-soled shoes that laced up to his knees with leather straps. His designs were in a light-aqua hue.

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Shin wore a long white robe that covered practically all of his body with the exception of his head. He also wore a large beret-like hat that was a soft-olive green color with golden vines swirling around on it. His designs were in the same soft olive-color that his hat was.

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Their chokers, rings, and earrings remained the same.

"Himeno we need your help to get rid of this demon larvae, are you up to it?" Sasame asked.

"I'll do what I can," Himeno said determinedly.

"Why?! Just for your friend?!" Hayate exclaimed. "'Cause if that's the case, then I don't think that you eve fit to be a Prétear!"

"Hayate..." Kei trailed off.

"No," Himeno said suddenly, making everyone turn their attention onto her. "I don't just want to do this for my friend. I want to help her too, but I know that if I don't help to stop this the entire planet is doomed."

"Don't think I don't care about the other innocents either, Hayate," she added sternly, effectively shutting the Wind Knight up when he was about to protest. "After all, you need me right?"

Haing no response to that, Hayate just huffed and turned away from her.

"I think..." Sasame began, "That we've just witnessed Hayate's defeat"

"Ye—HEY! WHAT DO MEAN BY 'DEFEAT'?!" Hayate shouted at the Knight of Sound.

Everyone laughed at the now flustered Hayate.

"So who's Himeno going to do it with?" Go asked, though he felt as though he shouldn't have done so. Because right after asking, the children began crowding around him, want to Prét with Himeno. It was Hayate who had broken up the argument.

"She'll do it with me," Hayate said. "I want to see just how good of a Prétear she can be."

'Hayate…' Sasame and Kei thought together in exasperation.

"Give me your hand," Hayate instructed.

Himeno did as she was told, and once her hand was nestled in his, a glow erupted. A twister of wind engulfed Himeno and Hayate. Slowly, she felt her own clothing begin to dissipate and new clothing appear over her body.

When the light and wind had died down, everyone looked at Himeno to see the Prétear of Wind.

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Himeno now wore a white strapless dress that went to mid-thigh. It had a strapless corset bodice with dark-blue edging, the skirt flared out from her wait to mid-thigh and went from an icy-white to a deep-navy-blue, matching the deep-blue of the lining at the hem. She wore transparent detached sleeves of navy-blue lace that began from a few inches above her elbows to just past her wrists, where a pair of navy-blue fingerless gloves ended. On her feet were a pair of navy-blue peep-toe boots that laced up to her knees with white laces. Her hair was left down with a silver headband with a sapphire embedded into a pair of white wings on the side of her head. Her eyes became the same colour as Hayate's.

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"EEEEH?!" All the Knights shouted in surprise at the sight before them.

"What's wrong? Did something weird just happen during our Prét?" came Hayate's voice.

"Um, Go," Hajime said, tugging on the sleeve of the Fire Knight's robe. "Was that supposed to happen?"

"Okay, now that was just plain weird," Go said as he scratched his head in confusion, "That's definitely not how the Prétear's supposed to look when they Prét with Hayate."

"That's certainly new," Kei commented.

"Would someone just tell us what the hell is making you all act like bunch of fish?!" Hayate shouted.

"Hayate, will you please calm down, you're hurting my ears," Himeno told the Wind Kinght.

"'Hurting you ears'? I'll show yo—' Hayate began before being cut off by the rose-haired teen asking the other Knights a question on both his and her minds.

"Will someone please tell us what's happened?" Himeno asked quietly.

"Hajime, Mannen; why don't you show them instead?" Sasame suggested.

Hajime nodded as he summoned up a little bit of water, and Mannen froze it when it formed a wide disk.

Go took the disk and held it up to Himeno, showing her reflection.

"What's wrong? I don't see anything wrong or out of place," Himeno said, looking at the other Knights.

"That's right, this is her first time doing this," Sasame muttered to himself. "Oh, but Hayate's reaction..." he snickered under his breath. "That'll be something to see..."

"Hayate why don't you look at Himeno's reflection and see what happened?" Sasame suggested slyly.

"F—WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!' the Wind Knight bellowed.

"What's the matter?" Himeno asked, not understanding what the problem was.

"'What's the matter' is that you shouldn't be looking like that! No Prétear looks like that after Prét-ing with me!' Hayate exclaimed.

"This never happened before, so why now?" Kei mused out loud.

"Maybe Himeno-neechan is special," Shin said cutely.

Everyone looked at Shin, dumbfounded.

"You know, that is a logical explanation, if not a bit childishly worded," Sasame deliberated.

"Everyone?" the Knights turned their attention to Himeno. "Hello, thank you for finally remembering me, but don't you think we should be getting rid of that before we discuss my wardrobe?" the rose-haired girl asked dryly.

The Knights had clueless expressions on their faces until Himeno sighed and pointed to the demon larvae. The Knights turned to see the demon larvae they should have been fighting, continuing to suck the leafé of all the living organisms around them.

They all sweat-dropped before starting to attack the creature. Its tentacles began whipping out at everyone, including Himeno. The rose-haired girl leapt around, graceful dodging each of the tentacles' attempts at catching her.

"Beyondios!" Shin said as his pendant began glowing and vines sprouted out of it, transporting them and the larvae into an alternate dimension.

'You are now the Prétear of Wind, so call the wind and let it help you!' Hayate instructed.

As awkward as it was having a MALE inside her body, Himeno did as she was told. The rose-haired teen concentrated on the wind and a sword formed within her hands. "Blade of Wind!" Himeno cried out in unison.

The rose-haired girl leaped elegantly into the air as she slashed at the tentacle-like appendages that came her way. As she was heading towards the core of the larvae, the other Knights began to clear a path with their attacks. Once she was near enough, the rose-haired teen stabbed the core with the sword, effectively destroying it.

Once her feet touched the ground, Hayate immediately separated from Himeno and sat on the ground, one arm propped up on his knee, breathing hard.

"So, do you approve?" Go asked walking over to the Wind Knight.

"She-pant-is the most-huff-inexperienced girl I've ever met! I'll-cough-only accept her when I think she's worthy," Hayate said, breathing hard.

"Well, I guess that was good start," Sasame said brightly, before remembering Himeno. He spotted her running over to her friend, who was just beginning to awaken like all the other civilians.

"Yayoi, are you okay?" Himeno asked gently.

"Yeah, I just feel a little dizz—," Yayoi began before she pointed to the Knights. "Himeno, who are they?" She looked on at the seven knights with starstruck eyes.

"They would be a few new friends," Himeno said in a tone that told Yayoi that her friend would explain the situation at a later time.

"Yayoi, what time is it exactly?" the rose-haired teen asked the sandy-blonde.

"It's about quarter-to-five, why?" Yayoi asked before remembering. "Oh! That's right! Your dad! Well go on ahead, I can get home on my own like always."

Himeno nodded before taking off to the mansion at a light jog as Yayoi headed towards her own home.

The Knights just looked after the rose-haired teen before running after her.

"Why are we running after her again?" Kei asked.

"Well we—actually, I have no idea," Sasame told the Light Knight (no rhyming intended). "Anyone else?"

"We have to keep an eye on her just in case another seed turns up?" Go suggested.

The other Knights, with the exception of Hayate agreed to that and in a flash of light, they were in their normal "human" clothing once again. After changing, all the Knights ran in the direction Himeno went in. Hayate gave an exasperated sigh and walked after them to prevent them from getting into trouble.

-Himeno-

Himeno jogged up to the mansion gates to find her father waiting for her. She stopped and smiled a tiny smile, as she walked up to her father.

The rose-haired girl put her hand on her father's arm, alerting him to her presence. "I'm here, Father."

Kaoru smiled when he saw his daughter, though he frowned at hearing what she had said, but ignored it for her sake.

"Now where do you suppose we should go?" Kaoru asked, in hopes that his daughter would suggest something like she had used to.

"Whatever you choose is fine, Father," Himeno answered.

"Why don't we just go around and see where our feet take us?" Kaoru suggested, trying not to let his disappointment show, and took his daughter's hand.

"If that is what you wish," Himeno only answered.

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After an hour and half of doing many things, Kaoru decided to take Himeno to the park she had used to always love coming to. He sat her on the swing and began to push her lightly, just as he and his wife had done so long ago.

"Himeno," Kaoru said after a moment's silence.

"Yes?" Himeno answered.

"Himeno, I'm getting worried about you," Kaoru told the rose-haired teen. "You're not you anymore. Ever since your mother died, I know that you'd had to grow up much faster than you should have. But after marrying Natsue, you become a bit of a recluse, and I hardly ever see you anymore. I don't even hear you say 'Papa' or 'I love you' to me anymore. I know something is going on, Hime, but to help you, I need to know what's wrong."

Kaoru stopped pushing her and walked over in front of Himeno and knelt down in front of her, his hands resting on her hands, that were placed daintily on her lap.

"Himeno, what's going on? Is everything all right?" Kaoru asked.

Himeno looked into her father's eyes, and found nothing but sincere love and compassion within. 'I've done this to him. The only one who had ever even thought of me after moving into the mansion. I made him worry; and all because of Natsue. I'm sorry, Papa, but I can't tell you. You look so happy with her, Papa. I won't do anything to jeopardize that, even if it means having to stay away.'

"Nothing's wrong, Papa," Himeno lied to her father. "Everything's just fine."

Kaoru's eyes brightened at how his daughter addressed him, but frowned when he heard the obvious lie in her answer.

"No, Himeno, you're not. Don't try to lie; you've never been able to lie very well. Now what's really the matter?" the brown-haired father asked.

"I-I can't tell you Papa. You're happy and that's what matters," Himeno said before she could stop herself.

"Himeno, are you happy?" Kaoru asked, looking disappointedly at his daughter. "Don't you like Natsue and her daughters?"

"They've never given me the time of day the moment I set foot on the property," Himeno deadpanned, before her brain caught up to her mouth and she slapped a hand over her mouth, eyes wide.'Stupid! Why didn't I just keep my mouth shut!'

Kaoru's eyes narrowed at her statement. "Himeno, what are you trying to tell me?" He took her chin and turned her head so that she was looking into his eyes. "Are you being mistreated, Himeno?"

He waited for an answer, but needed none, because the look in her eyes gave him all the answer he needed. Her wide-eyed look, much like a deer caught in headlights, practically screamed that she's revealed a secret that she'd been keeping to herself.

'No...Papa was never supposed to find out! Why, oh why couldn't I keep my motuh shut? I can never keep my mouth around Papa! I wish he'd forget I'd said that!' Just as she completed that thought, there was a burst of light.

-Knights-

"Why do we need to follow her around anyway?" Hayate asked gruffly. "There's no reason to, unless the girl's in danger, which she's clearly not."

Mannen, Hajime, Shin, and Go were hiding in a bush. Sasame, Kei, and Hayate were sitting in the branches of the tree that hung above the other four Knights.

"Why are we spying?" Shin squeaked, a little too loud.

"SHHHH!" everyone, but Hayate shushed, as Mannen and Hajime covered Shin's mouth with their hands.

"Can you hear anything?" Hajime asked, watching Himeno's eyes widen in what had to be shock.

Unseen by them, Sasame's eyes narrowed slightly and a frown tugged at his lips.

"Hey, what's going on?" Go asked, attracting everyone's attention to what was happening between Himeno and her father.

They watched as she slapped her hand over her mouth before a burst of light engulfed them, temporarily blinding the seven Knights.

When the light cleared, they saw Himeno's father knocked out cold in front of the shocked rose-haired teen. With no hesitation, the Knights ran over to where their Prétear was.

"Himeno!" Go called, as he and the others ran over to the shell-shocked girl.

-Himeno-

'W-What just happened?!' Himeno thought, as she fussed over her father, who laid in front of her, unconscious. She quickly picked his head up and placed it in her lap, running her fingers through his hair, trying to coax him awake, but no avail. "Papa? Come on, Papa, wake up..."

"Himeno!" called a familiar voice.

Said girl looked up to where she heard her name to see the seven Knights she'd met running to her.

"Are you okay? Is he okay?" Go asked, when he reached the rose-haired girl.

"I'm fine, but, I don't think Papa is," Himeno reported quietly.

"Himeno," said girl looked up at Sasame. "Why don't we go and get your father home, and then we'll go elsewhere to talk, alright?"

Himeno only nodded, and watched as Kei and Go each lifted an arm of her father's around their necks before disappearing.

"Come on, we'll go to our home to talk," Sasame told her, helping her up off of the ground, "No one will be able to eavesdrop on us there."

-Leafenia; The Knights' Cottage-

Himeno sat on a large root of an enormous tree, admiring the scenery. Sasame sat on a nearby boulder next to Kei, and Hayate leaned against the enormous tree on whose root Himeno had sat upon. Go sat on another boulder, though this one was covered in a light layer of moss, while the children played in the grassy pasture in front of them, flowers and creatures scattered amongst the green.

"So, Himeno," Kei began, gaining everyone's attention, "What happened at the park?"

Himeno looked down at her hands, folded neatly in her lap. "I-I really don't know what happened. I accidentally said something I didn't want Papa to hear. I ended up wishing that he didn't hear that, and the next minute, there's a flash of light and Papa's on the ground, unconscious." Then she added, "However, what I said to papa was personal, and not something mean."

"So you just wished for him to forget whatever you said and then your was father out cold. Am I right?" Sasame asked for clarification.

"That's the gist of it," Himeno answered.

"I've never heard of anything like this ever happening, and especially with a Prétear. Do you know anything, Hayate?" Kei asked the Wind Knight.

The Knight in question shook his head, indicating a negative. "Nothing like what happened ever happened in the past."

"Maybe things are just starting to change?" Go suggested.

All the Knights turned to look at Go with incredulous expressions present on their faces. Go's statement was so simple yet logical, that they'd probably would've overlooked it, had it not been for the Knight of Fire.

"Go didn't just say that, did he?" Kei muttered to the Sound Knight beside him.

Sasame only snickered.

"Hey! I'm right here, you know!" Go cried out indignantly.

"We could look into this situation," Sasame mused, "But why don't you go home for now. We'll see you soon, alright, Himeno?"

Himeno only nodded in response and was about to walk off, when she heard a voice calling her name. She turned around, to see Kei running towards her.

"Himeno, I'll walk you home." the Knight of Light told the rose-haired girl to which she just nodded.

Adieu,

TsukiyoTenshi