Atarashi

Everyone found themselves following Atarashi as she walked home from a late night at the library. She was humming to herself not paying attention to the world around her. Little did she know that someone was following her.

When at last she sensed the person it was too late. He was already dragging her into a dark alley, away from the crowded streets. No one noticed the incident as they kept walking along. The knights on the other hand followed closely behind and found that man kissing her as he held her hands above her head.

Fear was evident in her eyes but she was powerless to do anything. When he moved one hand down to her shirt though, Atarashi panicked. She began to shake violently and she tried to squirm away from the man. Each attempt failed and soon he had her down on the ground with her shirt wide open.

Tears fell from her eyes as she searched frantically for something to help. Unfortunately there was nothing and so she turned to face her attacker. The cold look in his eyes froze her and she didn't even fight him as he lifted her skirt. But then her eyes went dead to the world as a dark aura surrounded her.

The man became frightened and tried to scramble away but she grabbed a hold of him. Her grip around his neck was impossibly tight and he had no chance of escaping as he struggled to breath. Then in her other hand, a knife appeared. She raised it high into the air…

And brought it down straight into the man's chest. She repeated this several times until the man was limp in her arms. Then the glow vanished along with the knife to reveal a very scared girl once again. Atarashi looked down at the dead man then at the blood covering her hands.

Terrified she dropped the man and took off running towards the other end of the alley. She never even noticed the dark shadow that was left behind. Slowly a woman stepped out from it and she smiled.

Everyone found themselves back in the chamber with Hidoi smiling evilly down upon Atarashi who had her head bowed. The knights stared at Atarashi with worry until she raised her head with a smile upon her face. Hidoi's smile vanished and her face twisted with fury.

"How can you be smiling after that? They just found out that you are a murderer!" Hidoi screamed.

Atarashi shook her head, "You're wrong Hidoi. They just found out that my greatest weakness is that I gave into to you. However I don't plan on making that same mistake again."

"You don't have a choice!"

"Wrong! Everyone has a choice in life and I choose not to let my weakness defeat me. I told you that I have a power that you cannot even touch because it is your weakness. Now tell them the rest of the story that they saw!"

Hidoi hesitated. For once she had no idea what to do. This human girl had her trapped with no way out and she knew it.

Atarashi turned to her friends, "What happened after that was Shin found me running with my clothes torn and blood upon me. He didn't ask questions. He simply took me home and to his room. There he cleaned my up and sat there holding me. When I was ready I told him everything. This entire time he has kept my secret. But now I won't do that to him any longer.

"Everyone I want you to know that I love you. Please don't forget that," and before they could stop her, Atarashi ran at Hidoi. Their two powers clashed creating a crystal shield around them that kept the knights from breaking through.

Hajime stepped forward, "So what do we do now?"

Hidoi found herself face to face with the white Prétear. Confused she looked around and found that she was trapped inside a crystal prison. There was no way to break free of this unless one of them won. Slowly Hidoi turned to face Atarashi.

"I must say that I am impressed. You managed to get it to the point where your knights cannot be injured by anything that happens in here. But you also made sure that they could not rush to your aid. That my dear is your biggest downfall."

Hidoi then created a large ball of Dark Leafe and launched it at Atarashi hitting her straight on. The now injured Prétear flew into the wall helplessly. She attempted to soften the blow to no avail. Her head hit the crystal sending a white light across her vision.

"Now little Prétear I am going to show you just how powerless you are!"

"There has got to be a way to get inside that thing!" Goh shouted with frustration.

Shin nodded as he began to play with his necklace. It was then that he came up with an idea. Carefully he removed it from around his neck and set it upon the ground. The others watched in amazement as Shin began to call upon the one person who still had the power to help. Unfortunately this person had not been summoned in at least a thousand years.

The Knight of Plants bowed his head, "Mother of the Leafe Knights I am here to all upon for aid. Hear me for our Prétear is in danger and we do not have the strength to help her."

Shin paused when he heard a new voice. There stood Kei doing to same thing as him, "Mother of the Leafe Knights you have the power to go where we cannot. You always have and now we ask that you use this power to save the Prétear."

Hayate joined in, "Mother of the Leafe Knights your love is strong and unfailing. Give this to our Prétear."

Mannen and Hajime followed, "Mother of the Leafe Knights our love for you never ends. Please give our love to the Prétear."

Finally Goh and Sasame joined, "Mother of the Leafe Knights we need you now. Please come to us and save our beloved Prétear."

All of them at the same time cried, "Yasashi! Aid us!"