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In the previous chapter : Hayate was about to propose to Himeno when suddenly, the girl fainted. The seven Knights experience something that fortells the death of the Princess Prétear or the coming of a greater evil. Just as the Knights decide how to save Himeno, they are sucked into a dark portal.
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"Welcome to my creation, dear Knights. It is called the Abyss of Oblivion. Have fun! I know I will." The voice paused to suppress what seemed like an insane laughter. "Toying with that little girl you call a Prétear. Ooh, and I won't forget any of you either!"
That was all the Knights could hear as they continued to fall. Suddenly, they stopped. Hayate called out to his friends but got no reply.
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Hayate opened his eyes. He was in his room on his bed. He looked at the clock. 7 a.m.. 'What a weird dream...' He told himself. All he could remember about it was that he was falling and falling continuously in this black abyss of darkness. He pushed it out of his mind and remembered which special day it was and immediately got up to get dressed. It was the day he would propose to his love Himeno and he wanted to make it a very special surprise.
As he walked to his washroom, a sudden headache racked through his brain. He had seldom experienced a headache that terrible but there were more important things to do than tending to his head. Grabbing his coat, he stepped out of his house, a feeling of slight nervousness forming within him.
Walking down the street, three familiar faces across the street caught his eye. They were Mannen, Shin and Hajime. For some reason, they suddenly turned towards the Knight of Sound, glaring at him with hate in their eyes. Hayate was taken back, slightly confused. Glancing at his watch, he decided not to pursue the matter until he had popped the question to Himeno.
Continuing on, he felt a huge feeling of awkwardness, as if something was very wrong.
After a while, he arrived at the florist and got Himeno a bouquet of flowers. He had already bought the Guylian chocolates earlier and was on his way again when the headache struck him once more.
'What is this..?' He thought to himself, his hand on a street lamp post, trying to steady himself. 'Why..why does this feel all so weird?'
As he
Resuming his journey, he tried to forget about his wierd headaches and focused his mind on something else. 'I'm sure Himeno will like this.' He thought to himself, then the time he first met her came to mind. She had literally fallen on him, knocking the wind out of him, then went on to accuse him of something totally ridiculous. Hayate supressed a laugh as a warm smile formed on his face. It always brought a smile to his face when he thought about Himeno.
As he reached the Awayuki Mansion, he was greeted by a small short man with.. hair. Hayate looked at him in recognition and the words just flew out of his mouth. "Tanaka-san?"
"Hayate! You, you look like you've seen a ghost." Tanaka said as he looked curiously at Hayate, setting down his shears with which he was shaping the hedge into a huge.. bunny. Hayate didn't have time to say anything when Tanaka just continued on about a whole list of things that he didn't even bother to listen to.
Suddenly, the headache came again, along with sudden realisation. Tanaka never had that much hair! He steadied himself quick enough to make the older man not even realise that he had felt such pain run through his head. He then told himself that Tanaka probably had tried some hair growing treatment that actually worked. He didn't want to question it, he had a much more important thing to do. Tanaka left him at the open front door and went back to his shearing.
When he entered the house, the first thing he noticed was a sculpture of a tulip on a table near the stairs. It was identical to the one that Kaoru, Himeno's father, had made about 10 years ago. Pain racked through his brain once more. Looking up at the sculpture, it suddenly hit him that Himeno had actually smashed the exact sculpture to bits when she knew that it was an effort to tease her with the usual "Tulip Head" namecalling. Shaking his head, he headed for the stairs.
Soon, he found himself almost at the top of the spiral stairs. Why did it feel so much like déja vu? He was pretty sure he had done this previously. Walking up the stairs, holding a large bouquet in one hand and box of chocolates in the other. But when could be possibly have done this?
Knocking on Himeno's door, he was greeted by the usual 'genki' voice which asked him to come in. Himeno was at her table with crushed papers strewn all over.
"Himeno.." He called to get her attention, trying his best to conceal the bouquet and flowers. The girl turned to him and smiled happily.
"Hayate, ogenki desu ka?" She said happily, setting her pen down. He walked up to her and knelt down. Removing a small box from his pocket.
"Will you.. marry me?" He said as he showed her the ring within the box. Himeno looked at him and smiled.
"I..I.. I can't.." She finally said, a tear falling from her eyes. Shock appeared on Hayate's face. "..What?" He said softly.
"Because all these years I've loved... Sasame..The truth is.. I don't like you.. at all Hayate. I hate the way you always tease me all the time and I can't stand you!" She said, teary eyed. She got up and ran towards her door to get away from the questions she knew would follow if she stayed. Opening her door, she was shocked to see Sasame standing there. Judging by his eased standing position, he must have been there for quite a while.
Sasame glared at Hayate furiously. "What did you do now, Hayate?" He said coldly. The platinum haired man didn't have his usual calm and cool exterior. What replaced it was a cruel and hateful expression, void of any sign of gentle emotion. The headache attacked him again, worse than the last time. Since when was Sasame so cold and uncaring?! Since when was the only love of his life so dearly devoted to one of his best friends?! Their words went like daggers of ice right through his heart. The pain in his head came at full force. He fell to his knees, holding his head.
"No..." He said softly. "NO!" He then shouted, forcing himself to stand up. He finally realised what had taken him the whole day to realise. He remembered that he had indeed proposed to Himeno but she fainted mysteriously instead. Then him and the rest of the Knights were sucked into an abyss and that was probably when he woke up to this "world".
"This is a lie." He said firmly, the headache leaving him instantly, as fast as it had come. "I KNOW that Himeno loves me as she always has and I KNOW that my best friend is not like that. This is all a big lie!" He shouted at the two. The faces of "Himeno" and "Sasame" creased into a look of terror and then they shattered into millions of tiny pieces.
Just then, Hayate heard a chilling familiar voice inside his head. The Knight looked around frantically for just the slightest hope of knowing from who the voice came from.
"Ooh. Strong emotions you feel, my dear boy... You're more powerful than I ever thought, my beloved Knight of Wind. You managed to break through my intricate illusion. I will not underestimate you again, should the occasion call for it." The voice then began to laugh. Suddenly, the room began breaking into pieces and dissipating into an endless black abyss.
"You, who are you?" Hayate said as the ground disappeared. "You will find out in due time, my boy." The voice replied, just as Hayate's vision went black.
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In the next chapter : Sasame, the Knight of Sound, is thrown into a damaging illusion as well but different from the one that Hayate had to go through. How will he deal with it and will he destroy the illusion before it destroys him?
In the previous chapter : Hayate was about to propose to Himeno when suddenly, the girl fainted. The seven Knights experience something that fortells the death of the Princess Prétear or the coming of a greater evil. Just as the Knights decide how to save Himeno, they are sucked into a dark portal.
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"Welcome to my creation, dear Knights. It is called the Abyss of Oblivion. Have fun! I know I will." The voice paused to suppress what seemed like an insane laughter. "Toying with that little girl you call a Prétear. Ooh, and I won't forget any of you either!"
That was all the Knights could hear as they continued to fall. Suddenly, they stopped. Hayate called out to his friends but got no reply.
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Hayate opened his eyes. He was in his room on his bed. He looked at the clock. 7 a.m.. 'What a weird dream...' He told himself. All he could remember about it was that he was falling and falling continuously in this black abyss of darkness. He pushed it out of his mind and remembered which special day it was and immediately got up to get dressed. It was the day he would propose to his love Himeno and he wanted to make it a very special surprise.
As he walked to his washroom, a sudden headache racked through his brain. He had seldom experienced a headache that terrible but there were more important things to do than tending to his head. Grabbing his coat, he stepped out of his house, a feeling of slight nervousness forming within him.
Walking down the street, three familiar faces across the street caught his eye. They were Mannen, Shin and Hajime. For some reason, they suddenly turned towards the Knight of Sound, glaring at him with hate in their eyes. Hayate was taken back, slightly confused. Glancing at his watch, he decided not to pursue the matter until he had popped the question to Himeno.
Continuing on, he felt a huge feeling of awkwardness, as if something was very wrong.
After a while, he arrived at the florist and got Himeno a bouquet of flowers. He had already bought the Guylian chocolates earlier and was on his way again when the headache struck him once more.
'What is this..?' He thought to himself, his hand on a street lamp post, trying to steady himself. 'Why..why does this feel all so weird?'
As he
Resuming his journey, he tried to forget about his wierd headaches and focused his mind on something else. 'I'm sure Himeno will like this.' He thought to himself, then the time he first met her came to mind. She had literally fallen on him, knocking the wind out of him, then went on to accuse him of something totally ridiculous. Hayate supressed a laugh as a warm smile formed on his face. It always brought a smile to his face when he thought about Himeno.
As he reached the Awayuki Mansion, he was greeted by a small short man with.. hair. Hayate looked at him in recognition and the words just flew out of his mouth. "Tanaka-san?"
"Hayate! You, you look like you've seen a ghost." Tanaka said as he looked curiously at Hayate, setting down his shears with which he was shaping the hedge into a huge.. bunny. Hayate didn't have time to say anything when Tanaka just continued on about a whole list of things that he didn't even bother to listen to.
Suddenly, the headache came again, along with sudden realisation. Tanaka never had that much hair! He steadied himself quick enough to make the older man not even realise that he had felt such pain run through his head. He then told himself that Tanaka probably had tried some hair growing treatment that actually worked. He didn't want to question it, he had a much more important thing to do. Tanaka left him at the open front door and went back to his shearing.
When he entered the house, the first thing he noticed was a sculpture of a tulip on a table near the stairs. It was identical to the one that Kaoru, Himeno's father, had made about 10 years ago. Pain racked through his brain once more. Looking up at the sculpture, it suddenly hit him that Himeno had actually smashed the exact sculpture to bits when she knew that it was an effort to tease her with the usual "Tulip Head" namecalling. Shaking his head, he headed for the stairs.
Soon, he found himself almost at the top of the spiral stairs. Why did it feel so much like déja vu? He was pretty sure he had done this previously. Walking up the stairs, holding a large bouquet in one hand and box of chocolates in the other. But when could be possibly have done this?
Knocking on Himeno's door, he was greeted by the usual 'genki' voice which asked him to come in. Himeno was at her table with crushed papers strewn all over.
"Himeno.." He called to get her attention, trying his best to conceal the bouquet and flowers. The girl turned to him and smiled happily.
"Hayate, ogenki desu ka?" She said happily, setting her pen down. He walked up to her and knelt down. Removing a small box from his pocket.
"Will you.. marry me?" He said as he showed her the ring within the box. Himeno looked at him and smiled.
"I..I.. I can't.." She finally said, a tear falling from her eyes. Shock appeared on Hayate's face. "..What?" He said softly.
"Because all these years I've loved... Sasame..The truth is.. I don't like you.. at all Hayate. I hate the way you always tease me all the time and I can't stand you!" She said, teary eyed. She got up and ran towards her door to get away from the questions she knew would follow if she stayed. Opening her door, she was shocked to see Sasame standing there. Judging by his eased standing position, he must have been there for quite a while.
Sasame glared at Hayate furiously. "What did you do now, Hayate?" He said coldly. The platinum haired man didn't have his usual calm and cool exterior. What replaced it was a cruel and hateful expression, void of any sign of gentle emotion. The headache attacked him again, worse than the last time. Since when was Sasame so cold and uncaring?! Since when was the only love of his life so dearly devoted to one of his best friends?! Their words went like daggers of ice right through his heart. The pain in his head came at full force. He fell to his knees, holding his head.
"No..." He said softly. "NO!" He then shouted, forcing himself to stand up. He finally realised what had taken him the whole day to realise. He remembered that he had indeed proposed to Himeno but she fainted mysteriously instead. Then him and the rest of the Knights were sucked into an abyss and that was probably when he woke up to this "world".
"This is a lie." He said firmly, the headache leaving him instantly, as fast as it had come. "I KNOW that Himeno loves me as she always has and I KNOW that my best friend is not like that. This is all a big lie!" He shouted at the two. The faces of "Himeno" and "Sasame" creased into a look of terror and then they shattered into millions of tiny pieces.
Just then, Hayate heard a chilling familiar voice inside his head. The Knight looked around frantically for just the slightest hope of knowing from who the voice came from.
"Ooh. Strong emotions you feel, my dear boy... You're more powerful than I ever thought, my beloved Knight of Wind. You managed to break through my intricate illusion. I will not underestimate you again, should the occasion call for it." The voice then began to laugh. Suddenly, the room began breaking into pieces and dissipating into an endless black abyss.
"You, who are you?" Hayate said as the ground disappeared. "You will find out in due time, my boy." The voice replied, just as Hayate's vision went black.
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In the next chapter : Sasame, the Knight of Sound, is thrown into a damaging illusion as well but different from the one that Hayate had to go through. How will he deal with it and will he destroy the illusion before it destroys him?