AN: Sorry for the delay for this chapter. I've been busy with leaving school and what not, and I intend to update more regularly now. And so onto chapter 9. Enjoy!

Chapter 9:Enter theDream

Hayate stood underneath Himeno's bedroom balcony, staring up hopelessly. He began to feel more anxious then ever just standing there wondering what Himeno will do if he just burst into her bedroom in the middle of the night. Should he leave it till the morning, it was the better solution he thought to himself before shaking in frustration. He had to talk to her. Now. Even if it was the nighttime.

Hayate glanced over to the right, and saw an old-rusting drain pipe, that had a coppery glow with the moon light shining onto it. He began to walk slowly towards its, straightening his back and began climbing up, rather than just flying in, like he had done previously before and the result usually ending up with Himeno freaking out. He grinned as he thought back to that moment, as he climbed silently, keeping tight hold of the pipe as he reached her balcony and jumped over the edge.

As Hayate, slowly paced towards the glass-framed door and tried to peep in, he could see nothing but total darkness, so he reached for the door handle, then stopped suddenly. Something was not right. He could sense straight away, that there was danger and distress. He opened the door of the bedroom, that was pitch black and the atmosphere seemed tensed. He slowly walked in and could not see anything, the light off the moon or the street lamps outside the Awayuki mansion did not help show any detail whatsoever of Himeno's room.

Hayate's heart began to race faster as he heavy gasping. He turned to the direction, were it came from and tried to distinguish what the figure was.

"H…Himeno?" said Hayate in a nervous tone as he walked closer. He walked closer towards Himeno's bed as, Himeno lay there still as she winced and moaned silently to herself, as the pained expression grew over her shadowed face.

"Himeno…" began Hayate again "W-wake up, its me, wake up, Himeno". He started to shake her shoulders a bit, but she did not awaken. Hayate placed himself on the bed and held Himeno in his arms and tried to awake her again.

"Wake up! Wake up! Himeno! Wake up!" he said, his tone grew louder as he shook her delicate and tensed body. He stopped quickly realising he may wake the rest of the family and looked down at Himeno. His eyes tensed and tears began to fall out as he began to hold her tightly. She looked so scared, frightened, frozen even.

"…This…wasn't suppose…to happen, why aren't you waking up?" said Hayate, as he choked back his tears and closed his eyes. And then it hit him. His face dropped slightly, as he opened eyes looking down at Himeno. "…a nightmare?" he began.

Himeno's expression had not changed as he looked down at her.

"Of course" Hayate said to himself "She is having a nightmare, it must be. Like she was telling me…about her dreams earlier today…" Hayate stopped and thought back to what Himeno said. He smiled slightly and whispered "Don't worry, I'm coming for you…"

He quickly wiped a tear away from his face and placed two fingers on Himeno's forehead brushing her fringe away from her face and gently placing them on her head. He closed his eyes and was trying to concentrate, trying to find Himeno where she was and locate her. And there it was. With a blinding light, and the rush of blood went straight to Hayate's head, seconds later, he was in Himeno's mind.

"Himeno! Himeno!" cried Hayate. He was surrounded by a blur of black cloud and began to feel dizzy and tired. Hayate began to walk into the clouds and began crying out yet again. "Where are you? Please answer me! Himeno! Answer me, where are you H-I-M-E-N-O!"

All he could hear was silence. Nothing. He began running through the smoky atmosphere and began calling her name out once again Still, silence filled the surroundings and Hayate collapsed. He gave up. His eyes began to fill up again and his breathing became heavier.

"I'm too late, FOOL! You've left it too late! Why didn't I get here soo-"

Something broke the tension in the atmosphere. A girls scream.

Hayate looked up quickly with a shocked and dazed expression from hearing the females scream come from a far distance. "…Himeno" he whispered to himself as he quickly jumped to his feet and ran further into the endless black cloud, the screaming began to draw nearer and nearer, Hayate's heart was racing as he kept on running. As the screaming drew nearer so did laughing. A high-pitched squawk of laughter that Hayate recognised straight away.

He stopped dead in his tracks and said "No…it' can't be! It's impossible!" an agonising scream made Hayate snap to his senses and he continued running until he saw figures through the smoke. Or at least one figure he recognised. His faced tensed, and his body began to shake with anger and anticipation. There she was, Fenrir laughing insanely at the ground.

Fenrir's body became tensed and the laughing stopped, as she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around

"You!" Fenrir said angrily as the eyes darted straight onto Hayate. Her cold expression became mixed with shock and disbelief that Hayate was actually there. Hayate started back at Fenrir evilly, not flinching or showing any fear or doubt whatsoever.

"W-what are you doing hear" said Fenrir breaking their awkward stare "How did you get here?"

Hayate kept looking at her and could still hear the screaming and laughter ringing in his ears. His eyes darted behind Fenrir, and could see the transport demons gathering around something or someone. A rush a fear was in his body and mind, as he began to rush towards them. Fenrir quickly saw what Hayate was doing, threw her arm up in the air and with one powerful gush Hayate was thrown back several feet.

"Fool! Stay back" she shouted. Her arm lowered and a sly smirk appeared across her face. "Let them enjoy their meal…" she said with a giggle.

Hayate sat up grunting "I'll deal with you soon enough!" he spat.

Hayate jumped up quickly and raised his hand to throw a wind attack at the demons gathering like a herd of bee's around a hive. A blush gush of light and power came out from his hand, and headed towards them, they scatted quickly away into the dark smoke. Hayate then saw the figure on the ground, cowering. He felt as if daggers had been thrown into his chest as he saw Himeno on the ground.

"W…what…h-have you done…" he said blankly. He walked closely towards Himeno, feeling Fenrir's eyes still watching him, and laughing at him. Hayate knelt down besides Himeno's weak and fragile body, he could see her eyes were tightly shut, her blue night dress ripped, small cuts and scrapes over her body and bruises beginning to form. Hayate couldn't believe it. How this had happened to Himeno…it shouldn't have happened to her. All guilt and anger he felt over what he did to Fenrir disappeared, as he looked back at her with hated and disgust written all over his face. Fenrir smiled at his emotions and whispered the words "weakling" as she could see Hayate becoming overcome with sadness to what had happened to Himeno.

A small groan came out of Himeno's lips. Hayate looked back at her and held her in a tight embrace. Her eyes began to open slowly, as she tried to focus on Hayate.

"H—Hayate?" said Himeno weakly "…is…that you?"

Hayate smiled a bit in relief that she was awake, but his heart still pained at the condition Himeno was in.

"Yeah…it's me" said Hayate slowly as he looked down at her face. He then placed a small kiss on her forehead as Himeno blushed uneasily, she looked away from Hayate and saw Fenrir behind him, looking in disgust at them. Her yellow eyes were furious, and Himeno could clearly see it.

Himeno began to get up out of Hayate's arms, as he slowly let go of her. He could see her shivering and took off his jacket. "Here..." he said placing it around her delicate shoulders, Himeno looked up and blushed and nodded thankfully. He looked down at her and smiled but quickly turned away as he heard Fenrir's footsteps approach them.

"If you two want to play Romeo and Juliet before I destroy you both, I'm afraid my demons will not like that…" teased Fenrir with a giggle. The transport demons had now returned and were all behind her. A smirk appeared on her face as she looked back at them, and then looked straight at Himeno and Hayate "you have no chance…"

Himeno let out a gasp, as she saw them form, one by one behind Fenrir. Ready to attack at any moment. The buzzing grew louder and they were ready for both of them without a second thought. Hayate's eyes darted as more of them gathered, he quickly grabbed Himeno's arm and threw her behind his back, keeping tight hold of her.

"What are you doing?" said Himeno trying to move "Are you crazy?"

"Just stay there, Himeno" said Hayate.

"They want me, not you! They'll kill you! Please I don't want you to get hurt, We need to fight them together!" pleaded Himeno.

"…I don't want you to get hurt either…not again" said Hayate looking forward "I only want to protect you…" he said as his deep blue eyes glanced back at her.

Fenrir let out an up roaring laughter. "You two are pathetic! just look at you! Acting all loved up, how disgusting"

"Still jealous I see" spat Himeno.

Fenrir's eyes tightened at Himeno as she let out a frustrating scream. "Don't you dare patronise me, little girl" a smirk appeared on her face "You're not so tough now that you have your knight in shining armour by your side. Well Himeno, at least you get to say good-bye to your precious Hayate…before you endure your painful and fatal death…" finished Fenrir with a tone of excitement in her voice.

"NO!" screamed Himeno "I will not loose to you!" she got out of Hayate's grasp and darted towards Fenrir.

"Himeno! No, don't!" shouted Hayate, as he ran towards her to drag her back.

Fenrir smirked at Himeno's actions finding it amusing. She let out a nasty laugh before turning to her transport demons. "Get them…"

The herd of demons rushed towards them, buzzing and speeding crazily. Himeno let out a scream, as Hayate grabbed her and guarded her in his arms. They reached to the floor as the demons became nearer.

"What are we going to do! There are thousands of them!" said Himeno fearfully. Her eyes looked on in terror as she could see them heading towards them with no remorse.

"You know what we have to do Himeno…" said Hayate straightening himself to look at Himeno "We have to Pret…" he said reaching out his hand.