Kao appeared in a dense forest and waited patiently as everyone else materialized behind him. Himeno stumbled backwards, her head spinning. Everyone else shook their heads to clear them.

"Wow," Himeno mumbled, finally regaining her balance, "what a ride."

"I'll say!" Mannen agreed, running a hand threw his hair. Somehow it had been messed up.

"It was something I could have lived without." Kei mumbled. He glared at Kao as he straightened his clothes, but no one took notice. Hayate stomped up to Kao and grabbed his collar, pulling him close.

"Where the hell are we Dark Boy? Why did you bring us here?" Hayate hissed, their faces mere centimeters apart. Kao was un-phased and uninterested. Himeno walked up to them and pulled Hayate off of Kao, clinging to his arm. Hayate looked down at her, blushing at their contact.

"Don't Hayate. He is a Leafe Knight now after all, and perhaps he has good reason to have brought us here." Himeno whispered. Hayate stared into her eyes, taking what she had said into consideration. Finally, he closed his eyes and sighed in defeat.

"Fine, but he'd better explain himself." He muttered back. Go heard what Hayate had said and turned to Kao.

"Exactly, what did you bring us here for? What could you possibly not explain, that you have to show us?" Go asked, cocking his head to the side expectantly and suspicious. Kao merely raised a finder to his lips in a silencing gesture.

"Shhhhh. You need to listen." Kao glanced sideways into a clearing.

"Listen? Listen for what?" Kei asked.

"Wait a minute, he's right." Sasame said, his earing glowing as he heard shouting. He started to follow the sound with Kao right beside him. Everyone followed them. Kao held an arm in front of Sasame to stop him before they stepped out of the forest and into a large meadow. Sasame barely had time to stop before his stomach collided painfully with Kao's arm. With his other arm, Kao pointed to a group of people a few hundred feet ahead of them.

"What are we lphumph?" Mannen asked, but Go had put his hand of his mouth.

"Keep quiet twerp, you need to listen." Go hissed. Mannen shoved Go's hand off of his mouth.

"Alright, alright, but I have no clue what we're supposed to be listening for!" Mannen replied, clenching his fists in defiance. Go smirked in amusement, before taking a sideways step and allowing Mannen to see.

"Who are those people?" Shin asked, squeezing between Kao and Sasame and taking a hold of Sasame's hand.

"Those," Kao began, "are the original Leafe Knights." He said, closing his mouth as soon as he could. His father was out there, and he had to try not to choke on the few words he had muttered. He heard everyone take in a sharp breath in unison. He was surprised that no one had swallowed a leaf they had sucked in so hard. "And that," He said, pointing to a lavender haired girl, "is my mother."

"Your mother?" Himeno asked, clutching Hayate's arm tighter to reassure herself she was alright. "You mean, the original Pretear, the one who has been sending the Demon Larvas after us?" Kao sighed.

"The very same. Come on, let's get closer so we can hear what they are saying."

"But," Hajime protested, "won't they see us?"

"And if they do see us, they would probably attack." Kei mumbled. "I know if I saw people in the exact same clothes as mine or that of a Leafe Knight, I wouldn't be too thrilled." Kao shook his head from side to side.

"No, this is the past. It can't be altered. What will happen is supposed to happen. And I don't think they'll be able to see us anyway. I can watch the past, but I can't travel through time, let alone bring eight others with me." Kao soothed. Hayate looked at him unconvinced.

"I don't like this Dark Boy." Hayate growled, shooting Kao a threatening glare.

"Do you like anything Air Head?" Kao asked, bored. Himeno swore she heard Hayate snarl before he looked away, grumbling to himself. Kao didn't even seem to notice as he turned back to the scene unfolding before them all.

"WHAT!" A voice rang out through the air. It belonged to a female, that was for sure. Perhaps a young woman of eighteen or so. "You're going back to Leafenia and you're going to leave me here? Won't I ever get to see you again?" Everyone was shocked. They weren't expecting someone to just shout out all of sudden. Shin jumped pretty high in surprise and Himeno had to blink a few times to get rid her surprised expression. Kao glanced at them all.

"Come on, we'd better get closer so we can hear everything that's going on. I don't want to have to explain something that was missed when we could have seen it." He led the way. Everyone hesitated, but Himeno was curious and she took the first step after him. No one wanted to let her out of their sight, so the followed wordlessly.

"We're sorry Ireika, but there's nothing we can do! We don't belong in your world." One of the past knights assured her.

"Then take me with you! I don't want to be alone again!" The girl addressed as Ireika cried, a few tears sliding down her cheeks.

"We want to . Believe me we do, but we can't. Our worlds cannot mix. They shouldn't have ever met in the first place." The same knight told her. Sasame pin-pointed the voice to the knight in the front. He was wearing the same outfit as Hayate. His hair was the same style, but a lighter shade of blue and a few inches longer.

"What do you mean we shouldn't have met? Are you saying you wish you had never found me? Never found the Pretear?" Ireika cried. More tears poured from her violet eyes and her lavender bangs covered her face. She brushed away her tears furiously with the back of her hand.

"That's not what he's saying." Another knight said, trying to comfort the girl. "But, we've done what we were supposed to and now we have to return to Leafenia." The one that spoke was dressed as Go. Ireika glanced up at them.

"But I don't see why I can't come with you!" She shouted no longer sad, but angry. Another Knight stepped forward, resting a hand on her shoulder. Ireika looked slowly up into his eyes. This knight, Himeno realized was Kao's father. Both wore the same Knight of Darkness attire, they had really similar hair colors; Kao's a silver gray, his father's a silver white and they were about the same height.

"Is that your daddy?" Shin asked, stepping out from behind Sasame's legs to stand beside Kao's. Kao wordlessly nodded, not taking his eyes from the scene.

"I agree with you Ireika." He whispered. "You should not have to be left alone." She looked at him, her eyes full of hope and longing. The knight of darkness turned to the others.

"Why should he have to leave her? Why can't we stay with Ireika, or let her come with us? What is stopping us from even visiting once in awhile?" He demanded. His fists were clenched by his sides and he stood in front of the girl. As if protecting her from the others.

"It just isn't done Kaosuke!" The knight of light spoke up. "The law of a Leafe Knight is that we aren't allowed to love the pretear." Kaosuke snarled at him.

"And that law is unjust. That law is about love, it says nothing about friendship or staying with her! Besides! Who else to love then one who accepts us for our powers? Our station as Leafe Knights?" He shouted. Ireika stared at him, open mouthed and shocked. The knight who wore the same thing as Shin stepped forward, though he must have been about sixteen years old.

"You love her Kaosuke?" He whispered. His voice was oddly quiet and calm, soothing those around him for at least a few seconds. Everyone turned to Kaosuke, waiting for an answer. Without hesitation he nodded firmly. Everyone's eye widened, even the present knight's and Himeno's. Kao however, was watching his parent's "romance," if you will, unfold.

"K...Kaosuke, I...I had no idea." Ireika muttered, grabbing his lower arm gently and pulling it to her. Kaosuke looked down at her.

"How could I? You just didn't seem to feel the same way. And just like what the law says, it is forbidden." He whispered, staring at the ground.

"But what about what you said? About that law being unjust? Who better to love you for who you are, than me?" She asked, her voice getting quieter for each word.

"Ireika? What are you saying?" The knight of water asked. Ireika bore into him with her amethyst eyes.

"I'm saying, that I love Kaosuke." She said. "And there is nothing you can do to stop me!"

"But, we need Kaosuke with us. In Leafenia." The wind knight said.

"I need him!" Ireika shouted, stepping backwards and pulling Kaosuke with her. "You're going to take him away from me? You're all going to leave me alone again? I don't want to be alone! I don't want to be left alone!" She shouted. All of the knights were taken aback. Alone? What was she talking about? She had a family. A mother, a father, an older brother and an older sister . She wasn't alone.

"But, you have your family. And you will always have us. We're always with you, even if it isn't physical." The knight of ice spoke up. He was about 16 as well. Ireika laughed bitterly.

"Yes, my family. I can go back to them, to be forgotten, taken for advantage. Did you know, that I didn't even feel cared about until you all showed up, and now, you're all going to leave me?" She told them, her eyes turning icy and turning a darker shade of purple. They were all shocked. Himeno took in a sharp intake of breath.

This girl, Kao's mother, felt the same way Himeno had felt. Kao said she had turned into a Princess of Disaster. If she had felt the same way, would she have turned to the side of evil?

"I will be left alone no longer!" Ireika continued, "now, I'm leaving you!" She shouted. A dark purple aura surrounded her. Her eyes turned a dark violet shade, her hair transformed black with a dark lilac sheen, and grew until it reached the ground. Her clothes grew tight, forming a long dress with slits up to her mid-thighs on both sides. It was a dark purple color, almost black, and the collar was high, studded with rubies. At her collar bone, was a hole designed as a butterfly. The sleeves were made of a black see-through material which made the actual dress. Curled around her leg, which was visible through the slit, was a snake made of gold.

"The, the Princess of Disaster." The water knight gasped. "Irei...Ireika became the Princess of Disaster!"

"No." Himeno whispered shaking her head from side to side. "No." She hugged her arms.

"Himeno? What's wrong?" Hayate asked resting a concerned hand on her shoulder.

"I felt that way once. I was capable of becoming the princess of disaster!" Hayate hugged her close.

"Shh, shh. It's okay Himeno. It's okay." He soothed, holding her tight to comfort her. Himeno buried her head in his shoulder.

"But the point his Himeno," Go told her, "is you didn't." She peeked out of Hayate's shirt.

"He's right you know. You were capable of becoming the Princess of Disaster, but you didn't. Instead, you ended up saving Takako from that fate." Kei continued.

"You're not evil Himeno! You're good!" Hajime agreed, reached for her hand. Himeno smiled in Hayate's shirt.

"Thanks Everyone." She said, turning around to give them all a smile, but she still stayed in Hayate's arms. Kao watched them for awhile before returning to his parents.

Kaosuke watched Ireika, his eyes wide and unsure of what had happened.

"Ireika?" He asked, holding out on of his hands, afraid that it might go right through her. She turned to him.

"Kaosuke." She whispered. She walked towards him and without hesitating, he opened his arms to her. She fell into them with a content sigh. "You won't leave me, will you Kaosuke? Whether I'm the Pretear, human, or Princess of Disaster?" She asked. He nodded, resting his chin on the top of her head.

"No. I won't ever leave you. You have my word." Ireika smiled.

"Kaosuke! What are you saying?" The wind knight asked, stepping forward. "You're going to abandon your station, your duty as a knight? You'll leave it all behind, for her?" Kaosuke shook his head.

"Not just for her, but for love." He told them, holding the girl in his arms tighter.

"Don't make us fight against you man!" The fire knight called.

"This all wouldn't have happened, if she could have come with us, if we could have stayed, or even visited. There is no law against it. Nothing bad would have happened. You just didn't want to mix our worlds." He told them, his voice steady and calm. They all seemed to fume, whether in betrayal, anger, or because they had been insulted was unknown.

"So you're saying this is our fault?" The knight of ice declared, fists clenched by his sides. Kaosuke turned his cold stare to the white haired teenager.

"Yes, pretty much." He said, holding Ireika closer if that were possible.

"You bastard!" The fire knight bellowed, firing a blast of f flames at them. Kaosuke's eyes glowed a dark gray color and a force field of black light materialized around them both. When the flames dissipated, Kaosuke lowered the shield slowly only to put it up again when everyone attacked them. He began to tremble under the stress of holding the walls up and Ireika looked up at him in concern. She turned to glare at the others, her eyes glowing a sinister yellow and a wave of transport demons flew forward. The knights shielded their faces as the purple cloud of butterflies attacked. They had no time to summon their own energy shields. Frustrated, they all unleashed their attacks. Frozen transport demons fell to the ground and shattered, some drifted down in ashes, another section was swallowed by plants, a bunch were blown around so hard they were ripped apart, dozens dived into the ground with soaked wings, and others smashed into trees blinded by light and blown apart by sound waves.

Growling in anger, the fire knight threw a ball of fierce fire again. This time, Kaosuke didn't put up a shield and the flames licked at their clothes. Ireika snarled in distaste and a swarm of transport demons surrounded them, blocking the flames from causing further damage. When the flames evaporated once more, purple wings floated to the ground, nothing more then a pile of ashes.

"Oh Shit! She's too strong now!" The knight of sound hissed.

Himeno turned to Sasame, grinning like the and idiot.

"Wow, good thing you don't have his mouth right Sasame?" She teased. Sasame shot a disapproving glance and she giggled.

"We should go Kaosuke, as we are no longer welcome here." Ireika said, turning her head so she good look up at him, her chin and hands resting on his chest.

"Damn straight!" The wind knight cried, his face flushed in anger. Kaosuke shot him a glance before nodding at the girls in his arms.

"As you wish Ireika, you lead the way." She smiled up at him. Kaosuke turned his head to look at the First generation of Leafe Knights before turning his head to look straight at the most recent generation. He scanned them all, his eyes emotionless until the rested on Kao. When his icy blue eyes met Kao's light lilac eyes, Kao went rigid. Himeno glanced back and forth between them. Could Kaosuke see them? Kao said no one could hear or see them. Had he been lying? When she decided that Kao was just as surprised as the rest of them, she noticed the similarities between the father and son.

Kao's hair was a silver gray color, a combination of Kaosuke's white and Ireika's black. His eyes were a light lilac which also seemed to be a combination of Kaosuke's light blue and his mother's dark violet. Himeno shrugged and turned to watch the older Knight of Darkness.

Kaosuke continued to stare at them. Kao wanted to bolt. Can he see me? He thought. Why is he looking this way?

Kaosuke bore deep into his son's eyes and he knew Kao was there. Kao had used the powers of Darkness so Kaosuke could see right through the illusion the power provided. His chest burned with pride and he sent a small smile his way. Some how, he know this boy was his son, somehow, he just knew.

Kao relaxed when he knew he could be seen and that Kaosuke would not reveal their position. He also felt honored when he noticed the proud gaze that shone in Kaosuke's eyes Kao nodded to his father. He fought back tears, for he had grown up without a father and knew that his father had at least seen him once when he was alive.

"Kao! Can he see us?" Go demanded. Kao turned to face the steaming knight and shook his head. He wouldn't let them know, they would panic and believe him to have set them up. He couldn't afford that doubt at this time.

"No, he can't see us." He assured. He turned back to Kaosuke and noticed a small smirk on his face. Kao rose one of his eyebrows in confusion. What has this guy so happy about?

Kaosuke had heard what he knew to be the next Knight of Fire had called him. His son's name was Kao. Ireika must have named the boy after him. He forced himself to look away from the happy group and back to his own reality.

"Kaosuke, we can't stay here! Let's go!" Ireika cried, pulling him away. Kaosuke glanced back over his shoulder at his comrades and shot them a look, hoping they would read the message before he vanished. They all understood, but still felt betrayed. They watched as the pair vanished in a flash of black and violet light. Kaosuke's message was, 'I'm sorry'.

-Dark Knight, False Light-

Finally! Another chapter done! That was a major writers block and I'm finally out of it! Whoo-Hoo! Please review! I like to know I have readers! Maybe I'll be able to get the next chapter out sooner if I can come up with more ideas. If you have any, they'd be much appreciated!