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Chapter 10

Shin grabbed Himeno's hand as they turned a sharp corner. He started to wimpier and leaned in closer to her.

"What's wrong Shin? Are you scared?"

He nodded. "This place has a scary presence. I don't like it here."

Himeno gazed down the hallway then at the wall. "Yeah," she muttered. "This place has a presence. I kinda feel like I've been here before. Are you sure you don't know who lived here and what happen here Shin."

Shin shook his head. "The older knights said this place was a lost memory and Mannen would always take us here but never inside."

"I see. Well let's keep walking. We'll find Mannen and Hajime, then leave. How does that sound?"

"Ok!"

Hayate stood outside Himeno's door with trembling hands. He tried once again to raise his trembling hand to the doorknob but dropped his hand. He gave a frustrated sigh.

"Why is it easier to tell her off but so hard apologize to her?"

"Because you're stubborn."

Hayate frowned. "So you're a mind reader now Sasame."

Sasame smiled. "Your frustrated sigh betrayed your thoughts."

Hayate ran a hand through his hair. "So you're making sure I go through with this."

"Not at all, but Himeno is not in there."

Hayate eyes perched up as his face softened with worry.

"The boys took her to the castle. I think it's time to tell her the truth Hayate. Before she figures it out on her own."

Hayate nodded as he laughed. "I really messed everything up didn't I? I'm so selfish."

Sasame placed his hand on Hayate's shoulders. "You're in love and you're afraid of being hurt and rejected, but running from her will never solve anything Hayate. Time may have changed her ways, but it didn't change her heart."

Hayate stared at his friend admirably.

"Your right Sasame. I'm going to tell Himeno everything, but I need to apologize to Takako first."

Hayate then closed his eyes and shook his head in disbelief. "I'm such a jerk. I should have been more affectionate to her feelings. Mawatta is still her sister no matter what."

"Don't worry about that right know Hayate. Takako is resting. We should meet up with Go and Kei. They already left to find Himeno and the boys."

Hayate nodded and together he and Sasame headed for the castle.

"Himeno my love. I come to find you whether I'm prepared to hear your true feelings or not. I come to give you my heart."

Himeno and Shin approached two large gold double doors. They were intact and seemed to hold treasure behind them. Light shone from beneath the door.

"I wonder what's inside" Himeno said aloud. "Well, only one way to find out."

Shin latched on to Himeno's leg in fear but Himeno ignored him and grabbed the door handles. Pulling them in didn't work so she pushed them in. With a determined grunt, Himeno pushed the doors in as they open with rays of sun shine.

"Wow," exclaimed Shin as he let go of Himeno. "It's a ball room!"

Himeno stood by the entrance as her mouth hung wide open. The ballroom was intact too. Almost as if it was just placed her a day ago, minis the cob webs and dust. Rays of sunlight lit of the place like they were indeed lights.

The marble floor was a beautiful color pale orange marble. The walls held beautiful detailed paintings, and a gold and red throne sat perfectly at the end of the ballroom. There were two seats.

"This place is beautiful! It's stunning."

Himeno walked out onto the floor. She grabbed both sides of her knee high pink dress and started to twirl with her eyes closed.

"This feels so nice. It's like I danced here before. Maybe…..maybe I have."

She opened her eyes and found Shin smiling up at her.

Himeno twirled over to Shin and placed her hand out to him. "Oh kind Knight. Would you be so kind as to dance with me?"

Shin laughed and jump up into Himeno's arms. They twirled around in laughter as music began to play in Himeno's head. She listened to it and realized that it was a love song.

"This song is nice" Shin said as he rested his head on Himeno's chest.

She stopped twirling. "You can hear it?" Shin nodded.

"Yup. It's really nice."

Himeno placed Shin softly to the ground. "Then it's not coming from my head."

"Why did you stop Himeno?" Asked a voice from the throne. Himeno gasped as she faced a young man staring dreamily at her. He had the most stunning clear blue eyes she had ever seen.

His hair was white and lay lose down his back. He wore a knights uniform that was similar to Hayate's, but it was all black. He was very handsome with incredible bone structure.

"You looked so lovely and beautiful, just like I remember all those years ago."

The young man got up and started to approach Himeno. Himeno took some steps back as she stared at the young man. He stopped noticing her discomfort.

"You're afraid of me, aren't you Himeno."

Himeno gulped. "Who are you and how do you know my name?"

He gave a bitter laugh as he stared at Himeno then at Shin. "I see my fellow knights have not told you a thing. Figures, but I would have at least thought Hayate would have said something to you."

Himeno stared at him in confession. "About whom I am?"

"No Himeno. About how he stole you from someone that truly loved you."

Himeno could feel hatred coming from him and so did Shin. "Who are you?"

"I'm Sato. I was once a Leafe Knight of the wind, and I was once betrothed to you."

Himeno gasped and she stared at him in disbelief.

"No way," she thought. "We were betrothed. Hayate stole me away from him. Hayate was in love with me!"

"You seem baffled Himeno."

"Well I'm confused. If you what you say is true not that it could be I mean I don't know, but then you must know something of my past, or who I am."

Sato smiled and closed the distance between them. Himeno stepped back and Shin step in front of her. He then transformed into his Knights attire.

"Shin, what are you doing?"

Shin balled up his fists. "He's evil. I can feel it. I'll protect you Himeno."

Sato smirked. "How sweet, but I don't think so."

Sato lifted a hand and wiped it in the air, sending a powerful amount of wind at Shin.

Himeno watched in horror as Shin was thrown against a wall.

"Shin!" She started to run over to him but Sato caught her by the arm.

"Let go of me!"

Sato wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her in closer to her. Himeno could feel his icy cold breath on her face and she could feel a presence coming from him.

"Shin said he has an evil presence but there's something else. Just like Mawatta."

"Himeno," Sato whispered as he kissed her on her cheek. "Close your eyes. I will show you your past and who you are."

For some reason Himeno felt like she could trust him. She closed her eyes and images began to play in her head.

The castle loomed up in her head, but it wasn't in ruins. It stood in its heavenly beauty with gardens, fountains, and statues.

Himeno could see Knights guarding the castle. The doors open up and a women and a man dressed for royalty walked out. The woman held what appeared to be a baby in her hands.

"That baby is you Himeno. You're the princess of the Leafenia. Your father was King Karou and your mother was Queen Himeno. Your father was so in love with her that he had you named after her."

"What do you mean by they were my parents?"

"You'll see."

Suddenly the sky grew dark and an evil spirit named Fenrir appeared.

"Fenrir is an evil spirit that goes to different worlds and destroys them. She can't do it until she finds someone she can poses and a puppet to suck leafe out of."

"At the time she appeared, she tried to take over your mother, but she was too strong for her. Mawatta was the pretear at the time because her sister Takako was too emotional to be the preatear."

"Mawatta had a lot of things on her hands placed by her sister, your parents, and the duties of a pretear. She cracked. Fenrir sensed this and moved in."

"I knew it," Himeno thought. "Mawatta has been influenced by something evil. Maybe I can help her."

"Your mother found out and tried to warn your father and the kingdom, but Mawatta, posed by Fenrir killed her. Mawatta then disappeared for years planning an attack on our kingdom."

Himeno stared in horror as she stared at her mother's lifeless body.

"My mother, how could she?"

"You father was so devastated and hurt, he feared for your life. You were betrothed to me while you were still young. The Leafe Kinghts were to protect you at all times, and you were to be trained as a pretear."

"You were mine Himeno," Sato said in an icy tone. Himeno felt shivers run down her spine as the sound of his voice struck her.

"We were meant to be together but Hayate stole you away from me. I know you were having dreams of a women and a man walking in a rose garden."

Himeno gasped. "That was you and Hayate."

"And you were that shadow in the bushes who was staring at us."

Sato snickered. "I was so hurt and devastated that anger filed my hurt and I betrayed our kingdom by teaming up with Mawatta. I became the puppet of disaster. During the war The princess of Diaster used my bitterness as a means of Leafe."

Himeno watched as Mawatta and her army of demon larva approached her kingdom and castle.

"We were winning. We had killed three of the Leafe knights and destroyed the kingdom but your father did the unthinkable. Your family posed a power of energy that they can use in any way shape or form."

"So that's where that blast of energy came from that I used against Mawatta."

"Your father had used up most of his energy in the battle so he choose to seal Mawatta away along with her army of demon larva. He sent you to earth and put the remaining knights in a deep sleep."

"Your father died before he could do anything about me. I waited till the time was right to release Mawatta and she appointed me as her Knight of Disaster, but now we need to find our puppet."

Himeno's eyes fluttered open and was met by soft blue eyes.

Mannen stood back as Hajime got ready to karate chop a door in. Hajime gave a loud battle cry and kick in the door.

"Oh cool dude," exclaimed Mannen as he patted Hajime on the back. "That was awesome."

Hajime dusted off his shoulders and smiled proudly. "Hayate taught me that one. Before he turned into a jerk."

The boys enter what appeared to be a bedroom. "You can see outside from here" Hajime said as he walked over to what was once a wall, but now an enamors hole.

Mannen placed his hands behind his head. "They sure did a number on this place. I wonder what happen."

"Probably a war. I heard Sasame and Kei talking about something like that, but once again they never tell us anything."

Mannen nodded in agreement. The sun's rays were shining on something on the floor. It caught Mannen's attention and he walked over to it and pick it up. It was a locket covered in soot.

"Open it" said Hajime who appeared behind Mannen. Mannen wiped the soot off and opened the locket. It was a picture of a women with pink hair who was holding a baby girl with short pink hair.

"Wow," Mannen exclaimed. "This lady looks just like Himeno, and so does the baby."

"Mannen," Hajime said in a scared whisper. " I think a demo larva is in here."

"What, how do you know?"

"Because something has my leg, AHHHH!"

Mannen twirled around and to see Hajime thrown in the air by a huge demon larva shaped like a bed.

"Hajime!"

Sato was stroking Himeno's cheek. He stared into her lovely pink eyes. "You're still the beautiful princess I feel in love with Himeno."

"Why Sato" Himeno choked out as tears began to flow down her face.

Sato frowned and released her. Himeno fell down to her knees in tears.

" Why, why, why? I never knew you to complain princess. No matter, what's done is done."

Sato looked down at Shin's motionless body and his frown grow deeper. "I had no idea you would come here with these little boys, but none the less, I shall kill them starting with this one."

Himeno stood up and balled up her fist. "No! You will not Sato."

Sato turned towards Himeno and raised an amused eyebrow.

"You thought by telling me this that I would be angry and upset with all these new emotions I would be so emotional I wouldn't be able to do anything didn't you!"

Sato crossed her arms and smirked. "You never cease to amaze me love. It's a shame your death and the knights are inevitable. I would have loved to capture your heart.

"That will never happen, ever!"

Himeno jump up and ran over to Shin and lifted him into her arms.

"I will never allow you to lay a hand on him or the rest of my brothers."

"Brothers? That's new. I'll humor you for now Himeno, but like I said, your deaths are inevitable."

More tears began to flow down her face as she stared pleadingly at Sato.

"Please Sato, stop this. We can try and fix this. I know we can."

Sato smirked. "It's too late for that. What's done is done."

Suddenly a loud thud sounded and the castle began to shake.

"I see the demon larva have found the other two." Himeno gasped.

"If you were smart, you'll leave now why you have a slight chance of survival."

A gust of wind spun Sato into the air as Himeno called after him in agony. "Please Sato! Don't!"

He disappeared before her eyes. Before Himeno could think the castle shook and pieces of the ceiling began to fall.

"I have to get out of here! Hajime and Mannen are in trouble!"

With Shin in her arms, Himeno ran out the ballroom as it began to crumble.

Hayate stopped in his tracks. He had just realized that Sasame wasn't behind him anymore. Looking in each direction, Hayate didn't spot him so he decided to trace his steps.

Spotting Sasame behind some tree's, Hayate sprinted over to him but slowed as the current situation began to sink in.

"Sasame," Hayate called walking up to his friend. "Do you hear anything?"

Sasame stood still staring out in space. "No. I don't hear anything. No birds, the wind, nothing."

Sasame looked frantically into Hayate's eyes. "Something's wrong."

Hayate eye's widened.

"Hayate warn the others! I'm going back to the house for Takako!"

Before Hayate could resound, Sasame was off running back to the house. Hayate also took off to warn the others.

"I wish I was like Sasame. He never hesitates to run to Takako. I have to do better, or I might just lose her."

Himeno rushed out of the entrance door into a cloud of smoke. "Ugh! I can't see a thing. Hajime! Mannen! Where are you?"

Carrying Shin, Himeno walked out until she saw a shadow on the ground.

"Hajime," Himeno called out uncertain. "Hajime is that you?"

The dust started to clear and Hajime appeared. He was kneeling on the ground. His pants were ripped and blood streamed down his leg. A wound was bleeding at the corner of his brow. He was covered in dust.

"Hajime!" Himeno began to run over but was stopped.

"No Himeno," Hajime choked out as blood dripped from his lip. "Please stay back, or you'll get hurt."

With her free hand, Himeno covered her mouth. Tears began to stream down her face.

"Don't cry Himeno." Himeno turned to her side and found Mannen standing tall. He was facing about five very large demon larva. He was dusty as well. Himeno also noticed that he was holding his right arm. It was broken.

Not turning around Mannen said, "And don't worry either. We're leafe knights and are jobs are to help and assist the pretear. Meaning you Himeno."

"Yeah," Hajime agreed. "We were trained for this, well for the most part. But were strong!"

Still not turning around and taking his eye off the enemy Mannen let go of his broken arm and raised a thumbs up. "We wanted to show those jerks that we weren't useless and that we are leafe knights too! That's what we're doing now, so chill Himeno."

Himeno stared at the back of Mannen with so much pride it gave her warmth even though she was still worried and a little scared.

"So stopped crying will ya."

Himeno managed a little smile. "I'm so proud of them, but I wish I could prêt with at least one of them. I know for sure we could beat them. I hope the others are aware of what's going on. I don't know how much more these two can take."

Suddenly a demon larva appeared from behind Himeno. Himeno heard it and turned around just in time to see it prepare to attack."

"Oh no! I can't prêt to protect us! Ugh!"

Himeno closed her eyes and tighten her hold around Shin as she awaited her death.

"Himeno! Nooo!"

Her eyes fluttered open as she watched in horror Hajime jumping in front of her. The monsters beam hit Hajime sending him flying in the air in an agonizing cry of pain. His limp body began falling from the sky.

"Hajime," Himeno cried trying to run over to him. "Noooooo!"

"No Himeno, don't." Kei appeared and grabbed Himeno from the back. "Let go! Hajime needs me!"

"Stop it Himeno, we can't, we can't do anything for him now. We have to go, it's an ambush."

Kei turned to Go who was watching Mannen fight then turning to Hajime's motionless body.

"It's all his fault," Go muttered bitterly. "He caused this."

"Go," Kei called. "Go I need you to cover us. We have to regroup at the house!"

Go stood their balling up his fists. Tears were flowing out his closed eyes as he began to shake his head. The same demon larva appeared again. Kei hit it with an attack and turned back to Go.

"Go!"

Tightening his fists, Go screamed, then he unleashed attacks of fire on the demon larva. Kei grabbed Himeno and Shin and dashed into the trees with Go behind them still covering and attacking . With tears in her eyes, Himeno watched the fading image of Mannen fighting the demon larva.

Sorry to end it right here but I kinda had too. I hope any questions have been answered with this chapter. I already have started to work on chapter eleven so it should be up at the end of this week. I'm trying to finish this story before I head back to school. Please REVIEW!

Till next chaper,

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