Hey guys! Serena here. I got my first flame ever. And personally, I think it is dumb (no offense to said person), although it did make me think this story over a bit. But hey, what do you think fanfiction is? If you are still not sure, then look at the logo and motto that is at the top of EVERY SINGLE page on this site. Anyways, I hope you guys like this chapter because instead of updating my other one I am doing this one.
Thank you everyone who reviewed! You guys make me soooo happy! (Even my flamer)
Kristin398: Lol, yeah. Me and my friends are like that too, but usually only at lunch. In the mornings we are so tired, and we don't see each other much during school, so lunch is the only time. Thanks for reviewing!
E: Hi e! Thanks for reviewing my stories.
LadyMoon and E: Yes you guys got it right! The boy was Mannen! Sorry I didn't email you and tell you, but I am just a little over-cautious sometimes.
Disclaimer/growls/ I really wish that I did own this…at least Hayate. But sadly, I don't, so leave me alone already.
Chapter 2
Akane was literally almost bored to tears by the time the bell rang for 6th period. She was anxious to meet that "mystery boy". Panting, she sat down in her seat just before the bell rang.
"Ok, guys," Mr. Takashi said as he closed the door. "Take out your planners and write down what is on the board." He walked over to his desk and waited for the students to finish. Once he saw that everyone was done, he spoke up again. "Ok, since today was a testing day, you can play some of the games I have in the closet, or work on your essays."
"How in the world does everyone know about that stupid science essay that we have!" one boy called out.
"Because all the gifted teachers are working together, duh!" a girl stated simply and everyone laughed.
"Ok, ok, everyone quiet down," the teacher said. "Quietly and without pushing, you may go and get some games or talk with each other, but quietly," he emphasized. Everyone scurried to the closet and grabbed any game they could reach, such as Scrabble, Geoquest, a deck of cards, etc.
Akane, instead of going to play games, went to talk with her friend Sakura.
"Are you that bored?" Akane joked. Sakura was playing with her pencil and staring at it as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Yep," Sakura laughed along with Akane. She looked up at the clock and groaned. "We still have 45 minutes of boredom left."
"Yeah, but we never get a chance to do nothing like this," Akane reasoned, trying to cheer her friend up. "Come on. Go do something. Your pencil can't be that interesting." Sakura laughed. Someone entered the room and the two girls turned to see who it was.
"Hey, who is that?" Sakura asked. "I've never seen him before…" Akane, however, knew all too well who that was. He was tall, with thin silver hair. He looked to be no older than 25 years old.
"Excuse me," he asked in a smooth, calming voice. "Is there a Miss Akane here? I have a note from her parents," he held up a yellow piece of paper, "to pick her up early for dismissal. I am her uncle." Most of the girls in the class were ogling at the mystery man, although some for different reasons. The rest were giving her death glares.
"Hey, Akane? Do you know who that is?" Sakura whispered. Akane gulped.
"Well…sort of," she said uncertainly and the man glanced over at her. She gasped. If the man was really who she thought it was, then he just heard their whole conversation!
"Akane, I guess you are going home early," the teacher said. "Pack your things. I'll see you tomorrow." Akane tried desperately to smile, but failed as a lump rose in her throat.
"Great, first Mannen, and now Sasame? What the heck is going on here!" she tried to find a reason to their appearance, but could think of nothing. Lifting her backpack onto her back, she tossed a smile over in Sasame's direction, and he smiled back.
"Hello, Akane. Nice to see you," he greeted and led her out the door. As soon as Akane felt they were a safe distance from the classroom, she let it all out.
"Ok, what the hell is going on here! First Mannen comes, and now you?"
"So you know who we are?" he asked calmly.
"Duh, I know who you are, Sasame!" she yelled, although careful not to be too loud. Sasame smiled when she knew his name. "Why in the world are you guys here…and why did you tell my teacher that you were my uncle?"
"I had to get you out of class somehow, didn't I?" Akane laughed. "And we need your help to defeat the new Princess of Disaster," he said simply. Akane staggered backwards.
"What? What do you mean you need my help?" she asked skeptically.
"If you do know who we are, then you should know why we have come for you," he said, but to Akane it was all riddles.
"I have no clue why the Leafe knights are here, or why you came searching for me," she said, trying to calm herself down. "But anyway, how in the world can I possibly help you?" They walked out the school doors and proceeded down the sidewalk.
"Here, let me show you," she stopped and turned to Akane, holding out his hand. Akane just stared at his hand, wondering why he was offering it to her, when realization it her. Wide-eyed she gazed up at Sasame, who was smiling. "You are the Pretear." Akane just continued staring, moving her gaze from Sasame to his hand. Satisfied, Sasame drew back his hand and continued walking down the sidewalk.
"Why are we going to the other building?" Akane asked as they turned the corner to the second school building.
"Unusually enough, there is a second Pretear," he said, amazed himself. Akane knitted her eyebrows. A second Pretear? That was strange, since in legend there was only one Pretear. A thought crossed her mind
"Wait, how did you know that I was a Pretear?" she asked suddenly.
"Well, we have been searching for you for a while. Over the years, the Leafe knights have been able to sense the Leafe in different objects and creatures. When we came across you, we noticed you had a higher Leafe level than the other students," we stopped in front of the gym. "Wait here," he put a hand in front of Akane and walked inside. He came out five minutes later with a confused Sakana.
"Wait, you mean she's the other Pretear?" Akane asked, astounded and ecstatic.
"Wait, what do you mean 'Pretear?'" Sakana asked, obviously having no clue what was going on.
"Sakana, who do you think this is?" Akane pointed to Sasame. Sakana stared at Sasame for a long while before she finally answered.
"Oh! I know who you are now!" she exclaimed, slow as ever. "You're…but how?" But her question was left unanswered.
"Hey, I'll explain everything when we get out of here, ok?" Akane whispered, although she didn't even know why she had bothered to since Sasame, being the legendary Knight of Sound, could hear everything.
They had finally gotten out of the school grounds and were walking towards the bunches of trees that lined the road.
"Hey, Sasame," Sakana asked, "Where are we going?"
"We are going to meet the others," he stated calmly, but the two girls were simply ecstatic.
"Yay! We get to meet Goh, Shin, and Kei!" Sakana exclaimed.
"And Mannen, Hajime and Hayate!" Akane added. (Hey, that rhymed!)
"How do you girls know all of our names?" Sasame asked, amazed at the girls knowledge of them.
"Well, you see," Sakana began.
"We actually took a mythology course together, and they talked about the Leafe Knights, and how, along with the Pretear, Himeno, defeated the Princess of Disaster," Akane added.
"We were the only ones interested in the legend, so we actually paid attention for once."
"And we did some extra research on you guys and found out your names and each of your powers," Akane finished.
"I think we were the only ones to actually pass the course. Everyone else failed, I think," Sakana remembered.
"Actually, I would've been the only one to pass the course because Sakana fell asleep in class most of the time," Akane corrected.
"Hey, Sasame!" a voice called out from the trees. Heads turned in the said direction only to see a boy with red-orange hair bounding up towards them.
"Hello, Hajime," Sasame greeted. "Where are the others?"
"We're right here!" A boy shouted and two boys came jumping out of the shadows of the trees. The boy who shouted was none other than Mannen, the one who had tried to get Akane out of class first, but had failed. The other boy was much shorter. He had blonde hair and big, green eyes and wore an amber amulet around his neck.
"Hey! Aren't you two…Mannen and Shin?" Sakana asked, pointing at the boys.
"The Knights of Water and Plants!" Akane added.
"Yep, that's us!" Mannen said proudly, putting his hands on his hips. Shin nodded shyly.
"Aw, you're so cute!" Sakana squealed and ruffled Shin's hair, audible laughs emitting from the others. Shin blushed but stayed, enjoying the attention. Suddenly, Sasame perked up and turned his head towards some trees hidden in shadow.
"Hello, Hayate," he said simply. As a sound elemental, that was one of his powers-enhanced and controlled hearing. The girls jumped at his sudden greeting and followed his gaze. A man with long navy blue hair stepped out, his face showing little signs of emotion. He glanced at the girls for a moment before returning his gaze towards the Knight of Wind.
"So, you found them?" he asked, his voice cold.
"Of course, although we had to wait until they were out of school," Sasame returned calmly. The bell from the school rang loudly, causing everyone to jump, save for Hayate and Sasame.
"Actually, now we are out of school," Akane corrected as they watched the entire school population pour out of the buildings and load onto the buses.
"Yay, no more stupid benchmark testing!" Sakana and Akane cheered simultaneously, hugging each other. The Knights sweat-dropped.
"Well, you would be cheering if you knew how boring and stupid those tests are," Akane explained.
"Well, were they easy?" Sasame asked, sounding so much like someone's father.
"Yeah, but they were still boring. I finished with like 30 minutes left. When all you can do is sit and stare at your pencil for 30 minutes, you would go crazy too," Sakana added.
"I tried to go to sleep, but those chairs are so uncomfortable and the desks are so cold!" Akane complained. The yellow busses began filing out of the school, going their own separate ways as they headed for their destinations. Many kids waved at them, while just as many girls shot the girls death glares.
"What's their problem? Sakana asked. Akane shrugged as they continued to watch the busses go buy...One bus, two bus, three bus…
"Let's go," Hayate interrupted suddenly. "The others are waiting for us." Hayate began walking down the slightly crowded sidewalk with four Knights and two pouting but relieved girls trailing behind. A thought suddenly crossed Akane's mind as they passed by several houses.
"Hey, do you know where we live?" she asked. The others stopped as well and stared at Hayate.
"This is going to take too long if we walk," he said. "We will fly you two over to your house." He turned to Hajime and Shin. "You two go ahead of us. If anything goes wrong one of you come back." The two boys nodded and flew off in a blinding flash of blue and green light, leaving a trail of sparks behind them.
"So it was you guys we saw this morning!" Akane realized.
"Wait…what?" Sakana looked confused, as always. Akane sighed and pointed to the retreating forms of Hajime and Shin.
"Look. Does that look familiar to you?" Sakana stared at the fireworks.
"Who in the world would set off fireworks in August…hey, wait a minute!" the light bulb finally went on. "We saw fireworks this morning! Where's Hajime and Shin? Did they…wait a minute…oh!" Everyone sweat-dropped.
"Finally you have come back down to earth," Akane sighed and turned to the remaining Leafe Knights. "So how in the world are we going to fly to our house?"
"You are not flying, we are," Hayate corrected.
"Whatever, but still. How are we going to get to our house?" Akane asked again. By now all of the students and teachers had disappeared and all that was left around them were the occasional cars passing by.
"Hayate, why don't we prêt with them?" Sasame interrupted. "Give them a chance to get used to our powers?" Hayate glared at Sasame, but nodded. "Ok, so who would you girls like to prêt with?"
"Hmm…hey, Sasame?" Sakana asked. "Could I prêt with you?" Sasame smiled and nodded, extending his hand. Sakana reluctantly took it and a blinding flash of silver light enveloped them. The light dissipated, an amazed Sakana standing there, now clothed in a lavender and white ballerina's outfit.
"Wow," she tried to whistle. "Even with Sasame's power I still can't whistle!"
"I think if you did you would destroy everything in your path," Akane joked. Everyone stared at her. "What are you all staring at me for?" she shifted uncomfortably.
"You have to choose who to prêt with now," Sakana pointed out the obvious. Akane hung her head.
"The person I would like to prêt with would probably hate me for picking him," she explained. Sakana's eyes glazed over for a moment before returning back to normal.
"Sasame said that he wouldn't mind," she looked confused. "Who wouldn't mind?" Akane ignored her and looked towards Hayate. He stared at her for a few seconds before sighing.
"Fine," he extended his hand just has Sasame had done. Akane gulped and placed her hand in his, taking a deep breath. Immediately a flash of bluish-silver light surrounded them. For a moment all Akane could see was Hayate in front of her before he, too, disappeared in a bluish light. Instinctively, she closed her eyes as she felt something enter her body. A sudden gust whipped around her, throwing her blonde locks about. The light and wind disappeared as fast as they came, and Akane could once again see Mannen and Sakana in front of her, smiling.
"Wow," Sakana let out a dry whistle and cursed. "Whatever. I like your outfit a lot better than mine. At least you got you favorite color. I got pink…hehehe, sorry, Sasame." She said sheepishly. It was true. When Akane looked down, she was dressed in a white and blue ballerina's outfit, although it was much airier than Sakana's. On her hands were thin, white gloves and on her feet were matching heels. What she liked about it most, however, were the two blue ribbons attached below her shoulders that seemed to flow in the air by themselves. Akane looked up, grinning.
"So what? Yours is more purple than pink, anyway," she said.
"But it's still pink!" Sakana whined.
"If you keep whining then Sasame will leave," Akane taunted and Sakana shut up. "Ok, Hayate. How do we fly?" She asked to the air, hoping that Hayate could hear her. Akane could hear a low growl in the back of her mind; she returned the growl. "If you don't tell us how to do anything we won't get anywhere."
"Relax your body and mind," Hayate's voice rang inside her head and Akane jumped.
"Ok, Sakana. You have to-"she stopped mid-sentence when she saw the sight in front of her. Sakana was glowing in a rainbow of colors and was already starting to levitate off the ground. Akane growled, closing her eyes, and concentrated on relaxing her muscles and clearing her mind.
"Ok. Now what, Hayate?" she asked.
"Sense the great Wind Leafe that resides in the Pretear and envision yourself flying." Akane concentrated more, immediately feeling the elemental power of the wind.
"Come on, Akane! Hurry up!" She heard Sakana's voice coming from far ahead of her and opened her eyes. She gasped as she gazed above the trees and saw Sakana floating in the air 50 feet ahead of her.
"Wow," she let out a low whistle. "Hey, wait up!" she yelled and sped off after Sakana.
"This is so much fun, huh?" Akane asked when she had finally caught up with Sakana. They were flying above the clouds so people wouldn't think they were aliens and call the police.
"Yeah, but my face already stings from the air," she said. Akane's face felt the same way; her face stung from the cold air and she was longing to land.
"So what's it like being with Sasame?" she asked.
"It's really cool. I can hear everything!" she cheered and laughed. "Mom's cursing at her boss. What's it like being with Hayate?"
"I feel as light as a feather," Akane giggled. After going a few more feet, the girls stopped suddenly, clutching their stomachs.
"What the hell?" Sakana's eyes widened.
"What is this feeling?" Akane was starting to shiver.
"Demon larva," Hayate seemed surprised the girls had sensed to so soon; Akane didn't miss the hint of fear in his voice.
"Sakana…go get the others," Akane ordered, fearing for her sister's safety.
"What? Why can't you go get them? I wanna fight too!" she argued. Akane shot her a look, causing Sakana to gulp and she sped off to their house.
"You idiot, why did you send her off?" Hayate scolded.
"Because we might need more help. We are just starting with these new powers, so we won't be of much help," Akane defended. A shiver crept up her spine and she sped off towards the direction she sensed the demon larva.
A/N: O.O Wow…this was my longest chapter yet! 8 pages! (Although I know other people have written over 10) I am probably gonna get chewed out by a couple of people for updating this story instead of my Inuyasha one, but I am sorta stuck with that so…yeah. (I guess it's because of the version of Microsoft Word I have, but it puts the little arrow thingy above the "e" in the word "prêt" automatically.) Please review!