Prêt with me! Chapter 2
Author's Notes: Okay, so I was surprised at how many reviews I got! I never expected my story to blow over that well, wow! And you all, thanks! Next, actually I wasn't planning to make a second chapter! I was just going to write a one shot and leave it that way, but everyone asked for another chapter! So here it is, freshly written yesterday!
Himeno rushed down the street, her eyes filled with tears. What was going on? What did Sasame ever do to make the Fates harm him? Sasame…so kind…so gentle…and he had died because of Himeno's poor fighting skills.
(What would Sasame say to me?)
She tried to smile through her tears, but only came up with more sorrow as the word 'would' rang a bell.
(He would be here if it weren't for me. Maybe I should just quit…I'm sure Hayate wouldn't mind. I don't think the others would, either. They had an occasion to shed tears, they lost a comrade…and…it was…me. I did it. I always do everything wrong!)
Himeno let out a shout and blindly ran. She didn't know where she was going-she just followed her heart.
She ended up following her heart to a fountain. Birds chirped cheerfully and frogs played on lily pads. Himeno didn't want to be here. This was the place where she had first met Sasame. She had run into her front yard!
(Kokoro baka! I follow my heart and it brings me here! Here, of all places!)
She sighed, gazing at the place where Sasame had stood, his grin beaming out of triumph.
"Are you alright?" he had asked.
"Yes." Then Himeno had looked up, and she had seen Sasame, his amethyst eyes sparkling.
"Good. I am glad." He had replied, widening his grin. She had smiled and laughed uncertainly.
"Oh, Sasame…" Tears flowed freely from Himeno's eyes, and she burst into loud tears. She was sure her father could hear her, along with the rest of the household.
"Why did you have to go?! Why?!" A comforting hand rested on her back. It was Sasame.
The fans of Sasame's talk show, 'Words Gate with Sasame,' were extremely upset, and sent in postcards, candy, flowers, whatever they could to help the staff through the tough time, and also to comfort themselves. A few people that were enormous fans of his committed suicide, their last words claiming to 'join Sasame.'
Himeno knew Sasame would have been extremely surprised at how much attention his death drew. He had always thought that he was just another person in Awayuki town, just another simple person. He had no idea about the effect he had on some people.
"Sasame?" Himeno raised her eyes to the man that stood before her, his hand resting on her back and his purple eyes focused intently on her face, which was streaked with tears.
"Himeno…" she could hear him scolding her. "I'm fine. Stop worrying about me, please, and return to your life."
"Maybe…you're right, Sasame. Maybe…your death had a purpose? Will you…will you show me its purpose, Sasame?"
She heard on response. It was completely and utterly silent.
A few days later, Hayate disappeared. Kei and everyone else left him alone, because they knew-unfortunately-that Hayate's best friend was dead and that Hayate probably felt as small as an ant because he knew there was nothing he could or could have done to stop it-except to have taken Sasame's place in preting with Himeno.
"We have to go after him!" Goh shouted, the only one against leaving Hayate outside, alone. Mannin pulled on his coat and pointed at the sleeping Shin, who was beginning to stir slightly. Small tears swarmed the toddler's face as Kei, Goh, and Mannin fought endlessly over Hayate's sudden disappearance and over Sasame's death.
"Guys!" Someone banged harshly at the door. A female. Himeno. When no one else moved to open it, Mannin shrugged and walked over, pulling the door open as far as he could manage.
"Hey, Hime." Mannin had taken to calling her that, since she was the Princess of Light and it was a slang for her name. "What's wrong?" He asked as soon as he saw the look of worry etched into her face.
"I…I think I have a new power." She said.
Author's Notes: Ah ha, a cliffhanger! I'll write another chapter, don't worry! I don't know when I'll get it done though, because of other stuff that has come up. Oh well, I'll find time. Until then, I'll leave you to your fretting over Sasame and Himeno. And like I said before, imagine that you've only seen the first twoepisodes, and that the first chapter was episode 3, and this chapter was episode 4. I changed the storyline, okay?