A/N: Okay. I figured out that this fic will be sixteen chapters long. So if you don't read beyond chapter ten or whatever then you might as well go on to read something else. (Or keep reading this, I mean I don't mind...Heh heh...(0 ) And they face a different challenge every three chapters or so, until it reaches the climax. So no beating around the bush just getting to the main part of the story. (cause it's not like I wasted 7 chapters doing that). Anyway, the real story begins here. Off we go...
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, still have this bit to do first. Okay, fine, I don't own pretear etc.
Chapter 7
Princess of Sorrow
The knights set Hime up with a room in Takako's house. The house was kind of wonkey, and looked like something out of a story book, but then it was only something that Kei's computer had spat out. They had everything they'd ever need, even a little vegetable patch.
" Thank you all so much." Hime said gratefully as Hayate handed her a bag of her belongings that could now be considered as 'stolen'.
" Are you sure no-one will notice these things have gone?" Maikeru asked suspiciously.
" Yeah. I never brought anything much out of my room anyway. And no-one ever went in there." Hime answered. She opened it to reveal a few belongings. She blushed as she remembered what a state her room was in. Her face then turned a deeper shade of red as she realised there was underwear in the bag, and Hayate had had to pack it.
" Everything you need should be in there." Hayate murmured, his face turned away. He was obviously as embarrassed about it as she was.
" Um, thanks. I really mean it." Hime replied, trying in vain to forget about it.
" It's alright Hime, you can stop with the 'thank you's' now." Goh laughed. From the room nearest them, Takako emerged.
" Your room is ready now. I hope you like it." She announced, at the news Hime smiled.
" I'm sure I will. I am gonna' love living here!" She cried excitedly. Takako led her into her room, and Hime gasped. It was her dream room, with a dressing table, a cute little bed and even a fluffy rug on the floor.
" Oh Takako! It's perfect!" Hime breathed, her eyes shining. Their blue matching that of the walls.
" Really?"
" Yes! It's the room I always wanted. Thank you so much." There she went again with the thank-you's.
" I'm so glad." Takako smiled. Sasame moved towards her and held her hand.
" You know, you two make such a great couple." Hime said simply. Both Sasame and Takako blushed incredibly. Hime yawned.
" I think it's definitely getting late now. We all need to go to bed." Goh suggested. Many mumbles of agreement came from the bedraggled bunch. They filed out of the little arched door, when Maikeru poked his head back round the doorframe.
" Good night Hime, Takako, sleep well." Hime smiled. He was so slimey at times.
" Yeah, I'm gonna' hit the sack too. Goodnight Takako." Hime said stretching. Takako nodded back at her.
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Hime was woken next morning by Himeno jumping on her.
" What the f..."
" Good morning!" Hime held her hand to her head. Waiting for the fogginess to clear from her eyes, she watched Himeno fling open the curtains and felt the sun flow in.
" I thought I'd come up and see you guys. The knights said you were living here now so I came to check on you." Himeno grinned. A delicious smell wafted in from the kitchen." Oh yeah, and I made pancakes."
" Great. " Hime managed a weak smile." Um, what time is it?" She asked.
" Well, when I got up it was ten, but I guess here it's still eight." Himeno calculated. Hime let out a groan and fell back into her bed, pulling the covers up over her head.
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After half an hour of Himeno nagging her to get up, Hime trudged into the kitchen.
" Morning Takako." She mumbled.
" Ah, I see. Not a morning person then Hime? I'll keep that in mind." Takako smiled back. She put a couple of pancakes onto Hime's plate." Syrup?"
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In a dark room, a mirror showed an image of the wind knight, Hayate. Yurokai hovered behind the right shoulder of her mistress. Her black, lace-like wings moving so fast they were just a blurr.
" Yurokai. I think we'll get the silent one first, don't you? Perhaps we can get him to speak." A long, black nail scratched the mirror and the image faltered, then disappeared. A dark figure walked from the mirror to a marking on the floor.
" By the powers of Sorrow, do my bidding." The marking on the floor lit up with a bright, white glow. " I call upon the gifts of Dispair, answer my cry." The light rose up, spinning in the air. White, liquid fire.
" I drag Hatred from its stinking pit, to turn sister against brother. Husband against wife, lover against partner. Hatred, repay your debt to me!" The spinning sign exploded silently, and footsteps floated out from the darkness. Another figure, clad in blue, stepped out from the black into a pool of light. Long blue hair held back in a loose binding, and deep, dark eyes peirced the most hidden soul.
" My dark Hayate. Go, and cause mayhem, break the hearts of fools!" Wicked laughter filled the cavernous ruins, and Yurokai slunk into the darkness, and hid.
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Himeno sneezed as flour went up her nose. Hime was in hysterics next to her.
" I...I thought..." She chocked through the laughter." You...Said...You could...Cook!"
" I can! It's just that flour and me don't get on, that's all...ACHOO!" At this Hime laughed harder. Eventually, wiping the tears from her eyes, Hime stood up and went over to a large bowl on the side. Picking up a wooden spoon, she began to stir the cake mixture inside.
" Even with your sneezing fits, I think this cake is going to be great. Thanks for helping out." She said.
" You're welcome. I think it's a really nice idea, making a cake for the knights as a thanks. But they're all right about you." Himeno slipped slyly.
" In what way?"
" You say thank you for everything!" Himeno laughed. They both stopped at a voice at the door.
" Sorry to interrupt, but I think I heard someone mention cake?" Maikeru walked over to Hime.
" Don't even think...!" But it was to late, with a quick movement Maikeru's finger was in the bowl.
" Mmmmm! Lovely, I hope I get piece." He complimented.
" Not if you do stupid stunts like that you won't! OUT!" Hime grabbed him by the shoulders and shoved him out of the back door. Once it was locked, she went back over to the bowl. " I hope his hands were clean." She muttered.
" He likes you." Himeno said.
" What? No way." Hime yelled, mixing ferociously.
" Yes he does." The pretear teased, making kissing noises.
" Fine, maybe he does. But I bet you like someone." Hime retorted. There was silence for a few moments before Himeno lent close to Hime.
" Can you keep a secret?" She whispered. Hime nodded." I...I like Hayate." Hime's face lit up.
" I knew you did! I just knew it!"
" Okay, okay, but you won't tell anyone, will you?" Himeno rushed.
" No, of course not. I said I could keep a secret, didn't I?" Hime promised.
" Yes, but what you say isn't always what you mean."
" Good point. Right done! We can put this in the oven now. I can't wait 'till it's done." The cake mix was in a cake-pan, A/N-surprisingly enough.-, and Hime slid it into the oven.
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Hayate was checking around Himeno's house, he just couldn't shake the feeling that something was still wrong. But Takako was free from dispair now, she wouldn't do anything else to endanger lives. All the knights were acting the same as always and Maikeru seemed the real deal, he was probably just paranoid.
" Hayate? Could you set up the sculpting table for me?" Kaoru asked. Himeno's father never stopped, Hayate wondered where he got the energy.
" Yes Sir." He replied.
" Thanks." Kaoru walked off, and Hayate walked towards the little hut at the end of the garden. But still the feeling would not go away...
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A/N: Well, I'm getting through these quickly. I got bored in the holidays so I just wrote, and wrote...and then wrote some more. And so, because of that, you have around three new chapters to read. That's gotta be good right? Anyway, the plot is getting thicker. Scary, creepy lady casting spells, who keeps a trapped soul as a pet/slave.( That's Yurokai by the way.). I don't know where I get all these names from, they just kind of come to me. I found out Hime means 'princess' in Japanese, so that was a corny choice, but I can't change that now. It's not like I knew that up 'till now either way. Anyways, you know the drill, please, please reveiw.
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