Author's note: Well first I want to say thank you so much for the reviews. It feels really great to write something in the hopes of entertaining others and it actually working. So thank you very much again. In this chapter I was thinking about changing the pov, but being the Sasame fan I am, I didn't want to.

Oh, and I do not; have not, ever owned Pretear.

(and my little lines wern't working soI had to use a big one to separate this from the fic)

Himeno left, but what disturbed me was the way in which she did so. She teleported. She has never had the ability to do that before, and now I worry what other powers becoming the Princess of Sorrow has gifted her with.

I sit silently wondering who Takako could have been talking about. Who could she possibly need help from now that she has the pretear?

"What are you thinking about, Sasame?" she asks quietly.

"You, my love." She smiles and comes behind me, wrapping her arms around my shoulders.

"You're lying…" she whispers against my ear. After a moment, I answer.

"You're powerful, Takako… I just can't figure out who you would need or want help from." I feel her lips form a smile against the skin of my neck.

"Think hard, Sasame… which one of the leafe knights would even be valuable to me? Hm?" she's speaking as if this is a game now, but one of the leafe knights? I can feel my stomach twisting with worry. Each of the leafe knights are strong… but who could she want? …only then, like a pound of bricks, did the answer I had wanted so badly, slap me in the face. My eyes widened at the thought. She couldn't… she couldn't use him.. He's just a child!

"…Shin." I answer, my voice barely audible and she kisses my neck, as if to let me know I'm right.

"I always knew you were the smartest of the leafe knights." She says, laughing slightly.

"…He can make barriers… and if you have him.. then you wont have to worry about being sealed away again."

"Very good, Sasame.." she says walking toward the alter in the back of the church.

"I'm going to go check on some things… will you miss me?" I turn and look at her.

"of course," smiling at me, she leaves.

I need to get out of here… I have to warn them. Even though I turned my back on being a leafe knight, and have fought Hayate, I can't let anything happen to the kids.

I quickly teleport to Himeno's house, hoping maybe they would be there looking for her, and I got lucky. I hear Kei, Goh, and the kids, by the fountain. They all sound worried about Himeno. I'm surprised she hasn't shown up yet… but why not? And where is…

Before I can find an answer to my question, I feel the flat of a blade lightly press against my neck. A blue long sword.

"..What are you doing here, Sasame?"

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DM