Pretear – Before Himeno (Takako's time)
Chpt 04
--Cli5t1aN's Note--
I am happy that you (Chips03) are reviewing about my story and I'm not going to grumble anymore about no one is reviewing. I'll just take things as they go along.
But… maybe a few reviews will make my day…
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Leafe Knights?
"Yes, Leafe Knights. We protect the Leafe. Without Leafe, all organisms will die. It's essential for living. Everyone needs Leafe to survive. You wouldn't want to see the end of the World, right? So, that's why we are here. To protect the World from becoming to an end." Sasame explained.
"So this Leafe, is it inside me also? Now? Everyday?" Takako asked.
"Every organism contains Leafe. If you're happy, that means you have a lot of Leafe. If you have less Leafe, then you'd be low in mood. If you lost all your Leafe, you'd die." Roka said. "And yes, the Leafe is inside you everyday. You are made up of Leafe."
"Made up of Leafe?" Takako asked again. She still was not sure she could trust this pack of men. They seemed to be talking in an alien language that she did not understand. Is Leafe supposed to be floating all around them? Is it colorless and bubbly? What is Leafe? She would not be able to understand this in a million years and also, she did not care. She just wanted to know what they wanted from her.
"I don't think we are making any improvements. She is just as blur as she was, if not even so. You should ask for her help immediately, we can't afford to waste anymore time. The Dark will be reaching here soon. Just tell her what she needs to know. She'll be the substitute till we find another suitable one. Another cleverer one, with more sense of what is happening to her." Hayate said, rolling his eyes and started to walk away. All the Knights would be killing him after that, but he did not care. He did not think that Takako would be of any help at all. She did not look like the type who could be a Pretear. If it were not for the Dark, he would not have agreed to find the Pretear for help.
"Hey! That blue-haired guy! You stopped right there!" a shout came from behind him. Hayate turned around. Takako was running towards him. "It is fine if you don't like me, 'cause that applies to me too. But if that's the way you ask someone for help, it's YOU who won't be getting any at all." With that, she stomped away angrily.
"You'd better wake up." Goh said, apparently furious that Hayate destroyed all their hopes of getting help from Pretear.
"If the Dark takes over, it's entirely your fault." Mikio glared at him. Hayate blinked. Sure, as if he needed help from the Pretear. He could settle Dark on his own.
"There's a monster worm nearby, guys." Kei said. "It's heading towards the park."
"That's the direction where Takako is going!"
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Takako walked to the park, planning to take a stroll to minimize her anger before she went home. How dare that guy treat her like this? She was not that stupid, if that was what he meant, she just did not understand. She kicked a pebble on the ground and it landed somewhere in the grass. A loud grumbling sound was heard coming from there. Takako looked up and saw a white rabbit. It was bleeding. She went over to it and reached out for it. However, when the rabbit saw her, it stared at her frightfully and hopped away limply. Takako went after it, afraid for its injury. Suddenly, something grabbed her from behind. She turned her head around and saw it again. The creature that had attacked her from the sea, only this time it seemed to be made of brownish mud and dirty green grass.
It was staring at her with its yellow eyes and with the other tentacle, it wrapped around her and pulled her up from the ground. Takako tried to free herself but it was impossible. It was five times larger than her. Then, she felt something horrible. She felt something icy reaching within her and sucking something out. The agony was unbearable as she shivered uncontrollably. Black polka dots appeared in front of her and she was at the verge of falling into a slumber again when she saw the Leafe Knights, or whatever they called themselves. The blue- haired guy sent a blast of power to the tentacle and it immediately released her. She would have fallen to the ground if not for another white-haired guy who reached under her and carried her away from danger. Takako would not believe what she was seeing: a couple of men flying in the air fighting a monster that would only appear in TV shows. She turned her attention to the guy standing next to her. "What did you say your name was?"
"Sasame." He said, not looking at her. Takako looked back at the Leafe Knights. One of them was hit and fell to the ground. "Are you ready? Looks like they really needed your help."
"My help? What-" She protested.
"Give me your hand." Sasame said. Takako stared at him, putting her hand on his palm nevertheless. A gust of wind whirled around them, blowing the leaves off the ground. The wind started to blow harder and harder. Takako tried to withdrew her hand but it seemed to have glued with Sasame's. Everything started to fade away, everything except Sasame and her. She felt happy, light-hearted. The wobbly feeling that she felt just now was gone. She looked at Sasame, but he was beginning to fade away too. Takako wanted to shout, but she could not find her voice. She looked at Sasame again, for it was he who had led her into this. He had faded away, in his place, was a ball of colorful bubbles. She did not know what it was, but the sight of it was reassuring. It gave her a sense of hope. She closed her eyes as a wonderful sensation swerved through her body. She felt uneasy; she had no idea what was going to happen next. When she reopened her eyes again, she was back to the real world. Everyone was looking at her. However, something was not right. She was not in her own clothes. Takako screamed, wondering what had happened.
The Leafe Knights, excluding Hayate who was still floating above them and Sasame who had disappeared, landed around her. "Welcome back, Princess Pretear."