Okay, i felt so bad about not updating for such a time that i decided to put down two more at once. Please review!

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After a while, Kei and Goh decided to go back to Leafenia for a while. "We'll alert you if anything comes up." Hayate said as they left. The Knights of Fire and Light nodded, then walked out the door into the night. Sasame still sat at the table, his hands clenched together in front of him. Hayate knew there was something bothering his friend, and sat down beside the Sound Knight. "Sasame? What is it?" The white-haired Knight of Sound, ironically, didn't hear him. Hayate tried again. "Sasame? Sasame!"

The Knight finally lifted his head. "Hm?" he asked. Hayate looked concerned. "What's wrong?" Sasame shook his head. "Just...something Alara said..."

FLASHBACK...

Sasame flew in through the opened window in Alara's room with the injured girl in his arms. He laid her gently down on the bed, and turned to close the window, cutting off the chill of the night air. "Sasame?" The Knight of Sound turned to see Alara awake, but just barely. "Yes, princess?" Alara gave a small smile, but winced when she moved, causing her wound to act up again. At her low hiss, Sasame instantly went over to sit on the bed.

Gently, he lifted the bloody shirt up just enough so he could see the small gash. She winced, and he quickly walked into the bathroom across the room. He came back a few minutes later with a warm wet cloth and a roll of bandages. He gently began to sponge the wound clean, and then wrapped the bandage around her waist. He knew it must have hurt, careful though he was, but she didn't utter another word.

After he finished bandaging, he gently pushed her back to lie on the bed and pulled the comforter over her still form. He turned to leave when she spoke. "Sasame...is everyone okay?" He nodded. Alara turned her head, and the moonlight coming from the window caught her amber eyes. It also caught the attention of the Sound Knight when it glittered off of the tears sliding slowly down her cheeks. "Alara, what's wrong?' he asked. "Sasame...please tell Hayate...tell him that I'm sorry. It was my fault he got hurt." Sasame was about to argue, but knew that she had fallen asleep as soon as she had finished speaking. He turned and left the room.

END FLASHBACK...

Hayate looked at the table, not knowing what to say. 'She was hurt like that.' he thought, 'But she was worried if we were alright.' Sasame looked at the Wind Knight through sad eyes. "She's so young. But so grown up. When I talked to her, she said she came from no where. What could make a girl so young say something like that?" Hayate sighed. "There's something special about her." he replied. Sasame raised an eyebrow at the Knight, but Hayate said no more.

Feeling the need to change the subject after a few moments, Sasame shook his head. "Where did that demon larvae come from, I wonder?" Now they were on a subject Hayate could talk about. "That's a very good question." he said, frowning. "I mean, there haven't been any since Himeno saved Takako from being the Princess of Disaster. What would make them start acting up again? And who elso can control them?" Sasame looked at Hayate in question. "Did you notice? It seemed as though it's main purpose was to stop Alara from preting with one of us. And get Leafe, of course, but still..." Hayate frowned as Sasame trailed off in thought. He had noticed, but hadn't thought of it until just now.

Outside, Mannen, Hajime, and Shin looked up at Alara's window. It was dark, but the moon gave off plenty of light. Shin rubbed his eyes. "Wonder what time it is." yawned Hajime, brushing his orange hair out of his face. Watching his companions, Mannen almost yawned himself, but shook his white head violently to clear up his thoughts. "C'mon. Let's give these to Alara." He said, nodding to the flowers in the other knights' and his own arms.The three young Knights lifted into the air, levitating before Alara's window. "Can you open it, Shin?" The small blonde knight rubbed his emerald eyes again, shifting the flowers to one arm, then manipulated one of the plants inside near the window into moving its vine to unlatch the glass. "Way to go, Shin!" whispered Hajime. "Shhh!" scolded Mannen.

Together, the three young boys tiptoed to her dresser and laid the flowers on the polished wood. All had failed to notice the clouds creeping up to cover the starry sky. BOOM! The sudden crash of thunder sent even Mannen scurrying for the nearest cover, which happened to be Alara's bed. "Shut the window!" hissed the Ice Knight, and Hajime quickly ran to it, locking out the water that had just begun pouring from the sky.The Water Knight quickly ran back to the saftey of his fellow Knights and Pretear.

Thunder once again echoed loudly in the large room, and lightning lit it up like daylight. Mannen, Hajime, and Shin curled up close to Alara. The young Pretear didn't wake, but instinctivly began to stroke the backs of the two she could reach, calming Shin and Hajime. Mannen, in spite of himself, wiggled closer to recieve the comforting gesture as well. She pulled her arms around the three, Mannen on one side, Hajime and Shin on the other, and they burrowed under the covers with her. In her sleep, Alara smiled and kissed the top of Mannen's head. Slowly, the three young Knights fell asleep, curled in the safe habor of her arms, awaiting the morning.

Awwwww....was that not cute? I thought so, anyway, review please and let me know what you think!