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"Oh Himeno! That's so romantic! It's the power of love that creates you two to quarrel with each other so!" Himeno's best friend Yayoi rambled on.
"Romantic my butt! That's just creepy Yayoi." Himeno wiped some sweat from her forehead and sighed. She glanced at the sky for a brief second.
"Himeno, I'm ashamed of you."
"Huh?"
"You're so good at martial arts but you totally suck when it comes to matters of the heart!" Yayoi thumped her fist against her chest and smiled. The light sent a glare off her glasses. "Don't worry Himeno, I'll be your personal trainer." Yayoi rearranged her glasses and suddenly glared in one direction.
Himeno disregarded Yayoi's usual remarks looking at the sky once again. She gasped for air. A transport demon flew through the air. "Yayoi…"
"Ah… perfect timing!" Yayoi declared clapping her hands together.
"This is your chance Himeno! Tell him how you… Himeno?" Yayoi was a little confused on how Himeno had disappeared so quickly. Hayate walked up to Yayoi.
"Have you seen Himeno? Wasn't she just here?" He asked.
"Oh, well, yeah, but I guess she got cold feet. She didn't have the nerve." Yayoi shook her head.
"Have the nerve to what?" Hayate was a little afraid to ask.
"Oh, well that doesn't matter right? Come Hayate, there is much we must do!" Yayoi started dragging Hayate away.
"Hey! I need to find Himeno!"
"Oh, you'll find her alright, but first lets do some adjustments!"
"HIMENO!"
"I think it flew around here some where…" Himeno searched for the transport demon. "Where could it have gone? I followed it right after I saw it…" Himeno looked up in the trees and then stared back down at the ground. 'I know I'm missing something… what is it?' Himeno thought to herself.
"Himeno…" A voice whispered. Himeno flew around in the other direction searching for the owner of the voice.
"H-hello?"
The trees answered her greeting with a soft howl created by the blowing wind. The sky became ominous and surrounded Himeno.
"Himeno…" The voice whispered again.
"W-who's there? Show yourself!" She demanded.
A shapeless figure appeared before her, something like a lost soul. Himeno gasped.
"What's wrong Himeno?" The shapeless figure asked.
"What's wrong? What's wrong is I'm talking to a soul, that's what's wrong!"
"I'm not talking about that. You know what I'm talking about."
"Huh?" Himeno looked confused.
"Why are you holding it in? Why do you refuse to give into the side of you that wants to get away from all this?"
"I don't know what you're talking about…" Himeno said backing away.
"I think you do." The soul followed after Himeno. "You want to just leave all this, you know nothing is going your way."
"That's not true!" Himeno protested.
"I think it is. Give into the dark side, Himeno!" The soul charged at her.
"NO!" Himeno covered her face and stood there screaming.
The soul hovered in front of Himeno for a split second and entered her body.
Himeno didn't feel a thing and opened one eye reluctantly. Her arms slowly fell to her sides and she searched the area around her. No sign of any weirdness. The sky cleared up leaving no evidence of her strange encounter.
"Himeno!" Shin cried. Mannen and Hajime ran up with Shin to greet Himeno.
"We've been looking everywhere for you!" They panted.
"I'm sorry. I was just out training."
"Well come on! We have to show you something!" Hajime said excitedly.
"Yeah, Himeno!" Shin said pulling her hand.
The boys dragged Himeno up the stairs to her room. They opened the door for her and she found herself in a room full of flowers.
"Who-ho-hoa!" Himeno's eyes shifted everywhere in the room. "Where did they all come from!" She walked in gazing at all the lilies and morning glories. Himeno thought for a second. "Was it you guys? Thank you!" She giggled.
"Actually, Himeno," Shin replied. "We didn't do any of this."
"Huh? Then who…"
"That's where he comes in." Hajime pointed toward Himeno's balcony.
Himeno's heart was beating rapidly and loud. She slowly turned and found Hayate standing on her balcony with a prince get up on. He refused to look at Himeno and was blushing unbelievably.
"Hayate?" Yayoi suddenly stopped Himeno in mid step.
"Since we have a prince, we can't let him go to the ball without his princess! Come on Himeno! Lets get you changed!" Yayoi's eyes radiated with a need to dress Himeno up and start another love story.
"Ball? What ball! YAYOI!"
"Don't you remember? We have a school dance tonight! Ooo! I can't wait!"
"But Yayoi, I wasn't gonna go!"
"Go, go! That's right, we must go get you dressed!"
SECONDS LATER…(After some crashing sounds and struggle of course.)
"Ta-da!" Yayoi pulled Himeno down the stairs of they're huge mansion.
Himeno had on a long white flowing dress on. It was shorter in the front and dragged in the back. Her hair was decorated with pearls that shown in all light. She wore white toe-out shoes. Himeno glanced up from the ground and her already blushing face turned a deeper red. Hayate didn't take his eyes off her.
"S-so what if I'm not pretty, you don't have to rub it in by staring at me like I'm and octopus in clown shoes." Himeno said turning her face away.
"No." Hayate walked up to Himeno making her flinch for a second. He kneeled down and gently took her hand in his. "You look fine." He kissed her hand making Himeno blush even harder if it was possible.
"Aww! See, aren't I the best!" Yayoi exclaimed interrupting they're moment. She danced around the room and then suddenly stopped.
Yayoi clapped her hands together twice and Hajime and Mannen appeared at the top of the stairwell in tuxes.
"I do admit your dress might be a bit long… So these two will carry the back so it won't drag. Now, I expect you to be home before midnight and no later." Yayoi insisted. "If you look outside there is your own private carriage ready to take you to the dance!" Yayoi excitedly chattered. She pushed Himeno and Hayate out the front door. "Alright, bye bye! Have fun!"
"Is it just me, or does it seem like she's trying to imitate Cinderella?" Himeno asked.
"Who's Cinderella?" Hayate, Mannen and Hajime asked.
TO BE CONTINUED