Chikiu

"Chikiu!"

"Yes mistress?" the blonde teen said.

Hidoi smoothed down her purple dress as she glanced at the new arrival. She had one final test for the least developed knight. If he failed again, Hidoi smiled as she began to imagine the torments she could inflict.

"Chikiu I want you to go and attack the knights again. This time however, I am going to present you with a gift. Take these seeds. Now if you are once again trapped inside that barrier you will have a weapon. Have fun," Hidoi whispered before turning back to the window behind her.

Chikiu looked at the seeds he held in his hands. They were regular seeds but there was something different about them. It was like they held power inside them that shouldn't be there. He sighed, glancing around his room.

It held nothing but a cot and empty floor. Several times Chikiu had tried to grow his plants but for some reason they kept dying. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a swirl of wind. Kaze had arrived.

The Dark Knight of Wind stared at Chikiu for a long while before saying, "What are you thinking, chibi?"

Chikiu turned to Kaze fully, "What if following Hidoi is a mistake Kaze? What if she's only going to betray us in the end?"

"We don't have a choice at the moment, chibi," the older knight smiled, "Currently we just have to follow her until we can do otherwise."

"But why are they stronger? Why don't we have their strength?"

"I don't know but use those seeds to your advantage. Please don't let anything bad happen to you."

Hayate stood before his daughter's room. He could hear music filtering out through the door. It was the same song that Mannen had been skating to just an hour ago. Hesitantly, Hayate knocked on his daughter's door.

The music stopped before Hayate heard the footsteps approaching the door. Slowly it opened to reveal Atarashi's questioning face. When she saw who it was, she sighed as she waited for him to speak.

"Atarashi," Hayate said, "I made a mistake once where I was not involved in every aspect of your life because of a secret. Today I would like to make that up to you. May I come in?"

His daughter froze before she opened her door fully to allow him to enter. She walked over to a music stand where a flute was balanced. Carefully she picked it up and waited for her father to speak.

"Ata, were you playing that melody that I heard?"

"Yes, it makes me feel relaxed when I play it," she smiled.

"Do you mind if I sit?"

"Go right ahead."

Hayate sat down his daughter's bed before saying, "Where did you hear it?"

Ata smiled before replacing the flute on the stand and grabbing the music. She handed it to him with pride. Then she sat down next to him as he read over the score. It had the quality of a professional musician. But what shocked Hayate the most was when he read the composer. Ata had created this piece.

"This is beautiful Ata," her father breathed, "Who else knows about this?"

"No one, not even Shin. Mannen has a recording of it that I did but that's it. He doesn't even know it's mine."

"I'm the first one you've told about this?"

Ata bowed her head as she whispered, "I wrote it for you daddy."

"Why-?" Hayate was interrupted by a sudden clamor in the hall.

Chikiu laughed as he watched the Leafe knights struggle to rise. With these seeds in his possession they stood no chance. He had no idea what kind of power lay hidden in them but at the moment he did not care. Chikiu was winning and the knights couldn't even raise a finger to stop him.

Then he saw the Knight of Wind appear with the Prétear at his side. Chikiu smiled, now the real games could begin.

"Ata, prét with me," Hayate said as he held out his hand. Atarashi nodded in response. She felt the wind swirl around her as her father's leafe joined with hers. Finally the Wind Prétear was revealed.

Chikiu laughed again, "Finally some real competition!"