Pretear: Black Ice
Author: Hibiki Sakura

Disclaimer: I do not own this anime!

Episode 02: Awayuki's mansion

It was early in the morning and Himeno looked impatient. She looked jumpy. She walked around the garden and adored the pretty fountain. She started humming.

"Himeno!" Sassame appeared out of no where in front of her and she shrieked, moving a kilometer from him, puffing with sweat drops. Sassame smiled, "Weren't you supposed to be here?"

She held on her chest, "Don't scare me a like that..." He walked over to her with another cute smile. She blushed and snapped, shaking her head vigorously, "I am married!" She reminded herself.

"Himeno..." He looked serious now, "Can you sense an any evil aura around?" She snapped, "Evil aura?" Sassame turned and looked up the sky, "Takako sensed that a new evil energy was created..."

"When? How?" Himeno repeated. "I don't know... but we decided to investigate..." He said and vanished. "Evil aura..." Himeno whispered.

A figure was standing outside the Awayuki gate. It had sweat drops, scared. She looked at the huge mansion from a distant. "Huge..." The sweat streamed down to her chin.

"May I help you?" Takako's voice said from the speaker. "Um... I am Mono Kurono. Himeno-san wanted me be here today," It replied. "Mono-san," Takako replied, "Please come in." "Thanks..." It replied and entered the territory looking around at the same time.

"There's someone!" Shin pointed and all the children looked at the figure he pointed. "Mannen!" Hajime looked up a tree, "I think Himeno onee-chan invited the new baby sitter." Mannen snapped, "What?" He sat up and the branch broke that he crashed to the ground. The children laughed while Shin and Hajime shared the same sweat drop.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Mannen immediately revived and ran towards the house in a fast speed. Shin and Hajime had a question look.

"Welcome to Awayuki Mansion, Kurono-chan," Himeno greeted him and he bowed respectfully, "Shall I introduce you the children?" She nodded.

"WAIT A MINUTE!!" They turned and saw Mannen running towards them. He stopped puffing in chibi. "What are you doing?" Hayate scolded, "Are you protesting?"

"What I protest is..." He pointed at Kurono, "Why do you give the responsibility to a irresponsible guy like him?" "Guy?" Himeno questioned and turned to Hayate, "Guy?" They started laughing, "Mono Kurono is a girl..."

"You?" She pointed at him and smiled, "Nice you meet again." It sounded annoyed. "Girl?" Mannen repeated and blinked. He stood in front of her and checked her. "Hrm..." He thought and wanted to check the chest. Her eyes opened wide and threw him towards the wall. Himeno and Hayate shared the same sweat drop and had irritated eyes, "Stupid..."

Mannen had crosses eyes sticking on the wall and she had a blush. "Pay no attention to him, Kurono-chan!" Himeno walked to the garden with Hayate. She followed from behind.

Mannen looked at her from a distant with crossed arm, "He's a girl? No girls are this rough..." He had irritated eyes, "Okay, Himeno onee-chan as an exception..." There was a chair heading towards him and he shrieked with sweat drops. He was hit hard.

Himeno had veins popping out. Hayate mushroom breathed, "Himeno..."

The children waved to Kurono, who smiled. They introduced themselves. "Anyway... let's go!" Himeno and Hayate were in the car waving, and leaving them. Kurono had a sweat drop, "The family looked... strange..."

"Nee... Shiro onee-chan..." Hanayuki, the redheaded girl was pulling her jeans. She looked down at her. "Can you play with us?" She asked and the other children agreed. Kurono looked down at her and smiled, "Okay! What shall we play?"

"They are not really good in 'hide and seek'," She turned and saw Mannen, leaning on the tree. It was quick of him to heal. "Oneechan," He repeated. She had irritated eyes, "Are you telling me that you're not sure I am a girl, Mannen," She pay back and there were veins popping from his temple.

"That sounds disgusting!" He pointed angrily and fisted, "You are dead meat!" He tried to punch her a couple of times but it seemed that she could avoid it. He tried to move faster. "That's impressive," She giggled, "Boys that fought with me wasn't as good as you..."

"Mannen!" The children looked worried and she kicked his stomach. He burst out saliva from his mouth and held on his stomach. "Darn you..." He looked at him and snapped. He remembered a girl in school kicked a guy the same time like she did. "You are..." He pointed, "Evil Rono!"

She screamed, "Don't call me 'evil'!" She sounded whiny and he laughed. She snapped and offered him a hand, "Let me help you!" He smiled, "Ok!" He held on her hand and they suddenly were pushed away. They looked shocked on the ground as Hajime and Shin looked surprised.

"What's that static energy?" She pondered and Mannen flinched pointing at her. "You 'are' a girl!" She had veins popping out.

"Is she a pretear?" Shin asked Hajime. "Could be!" He replied and stared at her for a while. "Pre-what?" She repeated, "What's that?" She had a crooked look. She stood up and dusted off invisible dusts of her bottom, "Anyway, let's play!"

"Nee... nee..." The small children called, "Why is the tree dying?" They turned and saw the nearby tree lost it's green and it became ugly. Kurono had her eyes open wide and there were something appeared from the tree. There were medium-sized black spiders that have shinny kind of colors on their back. "Stay back kids!" She pushed them back and they looked scared.

"What is that?" Kurono asked worried and looked at Mannen, "Are you breeding spiders?" Mannen looked at it and had his eyes open wide; "It's collecting Leafe!" He looked at Hajime, "Call the others!" He nodded and vanished.

Suddenly Mannen and Shin changed, wearing different clothes. Mannen was wearing white blue knight kind of clothes with a dark blue cloth on his waist that looked like his protection. Shin was wearing a long green cloak and strange green hat on his head. There was a small necklace under the cloak. The spider suddenly became bigger and bigger. Unexpectedly it looked at her. She snapped and had sweat drops. Her eyes trembled and it moved its legs that she immediately shut her eyes. "Onee-chan!"

A few minutes later, there was a sound of attack. In curiosity, she opened her eyes and saw the spider became ice and it looked shinny. "Don't just sit there! Run! Let us handle this!" She saw Mannen attacking blows of ices. "Mannen?" She wanted to ask but she was scared.

The ice cracked and Mannen fisted. "Kids, go to the house and tell Takako-san's!" They nodded, "Hai!!" They immediately ran away. They don't seem to be scared but they were crying.

Mannen ordered Kurono to run too but it caught her legs before she ran and her body started shinning. She was moaning. Mannen snapped, "It's collecting Kurono's leafe!" Her moan became a scream when it felt painful moment later.

Immediately he cut the hand and grabbed her on the waist flying up. "Shin, barrier!" He ordered. Shin nodded, "Beyondios!" A barrier field was created around. Kurono still looked shocked and looked up at Mannen, "What's the meaning of this? What do you mean by leafe?"

"Kurono..." He looked serious and landed down while attacking the monster at the same time. "Huh?" She looked at him from the ground. He looked down at her, "Do you want to help people?" "Eh?" She questioned. "Don't you have the feeling to help this world from darkness?" He asked seriously.

She snapped. Darkness was in her mind. She reminded the time when her father wiped them every time without stopping asking for money. "No matter what, Shiro, don't be selfish..." Her mother words repeated in her mind and she realized something.

She looked up at him and stood up, "Yes! I have the feeling!" She looked serious and Mannen saw something different from her. "What should I do then?" She asked determined. "Give me your hand!" He screamed and she had dots. "Why my hand?" She was in chibi and he screamed with veins popping. "Don't ask so many questions!" He held on her hand and a strong light occurred that somehow Mannen entered in her body.

Kurono suddenly changed. She was wearing a light blue kind of sweater that reached to her knees. The sleeves were long and there was white pretty ribbon on her hair. "What the hell is this?"

"Like Shin said before you are a Pretear!" She heard Mannen near by. "Pretear?" She repeated, "So this is pretear!" She snapped, "Where are you Mannen?" She looked around.

"I am inside you," He replied and her face looked crooked. "Don't play with me..." She replied feeling different. Shin was trying to attack the monster with tree branches but it was useless. "Stop asking questions! Shin can't deal with that thing alone!" Mannen said.

"If you so, but what am I supposed to do?" She stammered and for some reason she could avoid the monster attacks. "I am the Ice Knight so you have the power of ice now!" Mannen said out loud. "Ice... Ice..." She moved her hands around but there was nothing. She pointed her palms forward that razors of ice came out suddenly.

"I didn't know I have that power..." Mannen said from inside and saw an attack as she was screaming. He protected her and he had a scream. "Mannen?" Kurono was worried. "It's nothing..." He sounded hurt.

"Kurono onee-chan," Shin called, "Find the point that would destroy it!" "Point?" She repeated and looked around. She saw some kind of indication on its back, "Could that be?" She jumped hair and there was a sword appeared on her hands. "Hit it!!" She screamed and she hit it without looking.

She opened her eyes and saw the kids and Takako standing in front of her. She had dots and scratched her head, "Was it a dream?" She then realized she was still wearing a different dress.

"Mannen, are you all right?" Hayate landed and asked looking at her and then his expression changed, "Kurono?" "The new baby sitter?" A fire-brown haired man in about Hayate's age asked. He was Go. Shin nodded smiling, "She was great!"

Suddenly Mannen walked out from her that she transformed back. Mannen's stomach was bleeding. "Mannen!" She looked worried. "Uh..." He looked pale. "We can't expect good effects on the first battle," The blonde said bluntly. "You did well Mannen," Hayate held him as he lost balance.

"But why was he hurt? Wasn't it me who battled?" Kurono asked. "Stupid..." Mannen looked at her with a pale, "We are your sword and also your shield at the same time." He lost sight, "But you did ok..."

"Mannen!" Everyone screamed.

To be continued

Episode 03: Mannen and Kurono

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