Chapter 7: Moon the Jealousy

Yumoto giggled as he let the girls pay for their bath entrance. "Enjoy~!"

Yumoto watched them go into the women's bath and he smiled as he heard his friends talking. Wombat looked at him, "Yumoto-san, you look troubled. What's wrong?"

Yumoto sighed, "Nothing's wrong..."

Wombat frowned, "You usually never sigh, unless something is truly bothering you."

Yumoto looked up, "I was just thinking..."
Wombat nodded, "Oh really? I feel like you're worrying over the girls here."

Yumoto turned from him, "I'm fine."

He looked down as he listened to the sounds of Gora chopping wood out back and sighed, he was exhausted. He had a terrible time sleeping recently...he was haunted by images of his brother being taken away from him. He hoped this wouldn't happen...

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"Haru, why don't we just get rid of the other Battle Lovers and leave Scarlet for last? It'd be funny to watch him cry and beg us to give them back." Akihiko asked and his brother smirked.

"Hmm, Aki...that's not a terrible idea...but those pesky girls keep hanging out around him!"

"Well the Conquest Club is gone...and if we can get rid of the Battle Lovers before they get back, then we can win!"

"Yes...together, they're strong and almost invincible..." Haruhiko hissed and looked at Dadacha, "Can we get rid of them though?"

Dadacha looked down and Akihiko smirked, "Haru, don't worry...we'll kill Hakone Yumoto and Gora-san will be ours." He grabbed his twin's hand and looked out the window. "In fact, if we work fast enough, our Beppu Apes will be able to destroy him."

"But I wanted to kill him with my own hands..." Haruhiko growled and Akihiko looked at him, "It'll be dangerous that way...Gora-san won't know it was us though."

"Good."

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Yumoto sighed as he overheard the six girls talking,

"You're the princess and the future Queen of the Earth, you know! If you don't start acting like one, I'll never believe how you're my mama, Usagi!" Chibiusa's voice yelled and Usagi gasped, "Hey! I was a good Moon Princess and when I'm queen, I won't be stupid!!"

"Stupid, stupid Usagi! You're terrible!" Chibiusa screeched and Usagi growled, "Take that back!"

Yumoto gasped...princess? Moon Princess? Queen of the Earth? What did that all mean?

Gora used to tell Yumoto that the daytime moon would watch over him...was that who he was truly talking about? He looked down and pretended to read a book on the podium he was standing at, as they left the bath.

He smiled as he looked at them, "Did you enjoy the bath?" He asked and Rei nodded, "Yes, it was very nice."

Ami smiled and Makoto asked, "Are you sure you don't need our help?"

Yumoto nodded, "I'm sure...but you're still free to help us out during battles, but we've been doing this for a while now...but the VEPP seem to send monsters out more compared to the Student Council."

"Student Council?" Ami asked and Yumoto smiled, "They help us now, they're strong...and when we work together, we're stronger because of love! Atsushi-senpai is best friends with the president, Kin-chan-senpai!"

Minako stared at him, "Where are they now?"
"Oh! They're studying abroad at the moment!" Yumoto giggled and Usagi frowned, "If they're strong, why didn't they stay? Do they know about your enemy?"

"No." Atsushi's voice spoke, "I told them not to tell him, we didn't want to worry them."

"Guys!" Yumoto smiled and Minako giggled as she saw Ryuu. "So, we still up for a date tonight?"

Ryuu smiled, "Of course..."

"Ryuu, don't forget about how we need to figure out how we're going to stop our enemies." Io warned and Ryuu rolled his eyes, "Io, don't worry!"

Io sighed and Yumoto blinked in confusion, "Can't we stop them by ourselves? We defeated Hireashi alone."

"No we didn't." Ryuu replied, "The Caerula Adamas helped us then. So, we might as well wait for them to come back to fight the VEPPer."

En nodded, "That sounds like a great idea, Ryuu."
"Is it?!" Ryuu gasped, proud that he finally came up with a good idea for once.

Yumoto frowned, "That's a terrible idea! We need to stop them soon because we all know they want Gora-an-chan!"

Atsushi nodded, "He's right."

Wombat smiled, "Yes and as Battle Lovers, you need to!"

Usagi looked at Yumoto and Yumoto turned to her, "Hm? Is something wrong?"

"No." Usagi spoke, and Yumoto frowned, "Oh...okay." He looked at Chibiusa, "Is she your daughter?"

"Wh-what?!" All six girls cried and Yumoto looked at them completely clueless "What? She looks like you, Usagi-chan!"

Usagi shook her head, "N-no! Of course, not Yumoto-kun! W-what makes you think that?"

"Well she looks like you, a lot." Yumoto explained and Usagi turned bright red, "R-really? Chibiusa-chan is my cousin though..."

"But I overheard you saying in the bath that you were her future mom." He blurted out and the four Battle Lovers gasped and the six senshi looked at one another.

"And I heard you were royalty!" Yumoto added and Rei frowned, "Wait?! You can hear what we talk about!?"

Yumoto nodded, "Yeah, and I can hear the guys too. It's always like that. I usually don't eavesdrop but...I heard that without realizing it." He blushed and Makoto gave him an angry look. "You shouldn't do that, you know."

"I know, and I didn't mean to." Yumoto repeated and Makoto looked at Ami, "What do we do?"

Yumoto looked at her, "Techically, Wom-san says we're all princes of love. I'm not sure what it means, but if you're really a Moon Princess, then that's pretty cool." He smiled at Usagi, "My big brother used to tell me that the moon watched over me."

Usagi smiled and Chibiusa sighed dreamily, "What a nice thing..." she whispered and Yumoto blushed, "Really?"

Usagi nodded, "Yeah! I'm glad the moon could protect you."

"Yes, but too bad the Sun doesn't like him very much." A voice smirked and Yumoto turned to the voice, "The VEPP!"

"It's VEPPer!" Salty Sol screamed and Melty Luna rolled his eyes, "I'm the Moon and I say, I don't like you either."

Usagi growled, "Well I'm the princess and I say the Moon does!"

Yumoto frowned, "If we're going to fight, do it outside! An-chan will ground me if anything is broken!"

Melty Luna smirked, "We're not here to fight...we're here to warn you."

Salty Sol nodded, "Yes...now Hakone Yumoto, you need to start saying your goodbyes to your friends...for they might not be here shortly."

Yumoto gasped, "What!?"
Salty Sol rolled his eyes, "Oh you'll just have to wait and see what we have in store for you."

Ryuu growled, "Damn you two! We won't let you take us and even if you try, I'm not getting captured again!"

Melty Luna smiled, "Have it your way, losers."
Salty Sol added, "For we'll win and take who we're after." He glared at Yumoto as they teleported away.

Rei turned to Ami, "We need to watch for the Death Busters too...we just got the Chalice but Uranus and Neptune won't help us still..."

Ami nodded, "Yes...but the Battle Lovers need help too."

Yumoto froze and looked at his friends and then the girls...he didn't know what he'd do...alone again.

En placed a hand on his head, "Don't worry Yumoto...we'll be fine. For now, we all need to watch our backs."

Yumoto glanced down...before the Defense Club, he really had no friends...and if he lost them, he wouldn't know what to do!
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Haruhiko smiled at his brother, "Tomorrow...tomorrow is the day we'll start getting rid of those pesky Battle Lovers and leave Hakone Yumoto last."

Akihiko nodded, "Yes...and then once he's out of the picture, Gora-san is as good as ours!"

Haruhiko giggled, "Gora-san will love us too!"

Dadacha looked at them, "Dinner's ready you two-dacha. So, eat up!"

Haruhiko turned to him, "In a minute, Dadacha. We need to figure out our next victim, fast. We need someone strong!"

Dadacha sighed, "Do it tomorrow at school then-dacha! You need to surprise them."

"Will do." Akihiko smiled and looked at his brother, "Don't worry, Haru. We'll stop them tomorrow...I'll even let you kill Hakone Yumoto-kun by yourself."

Haruhiko smiled, "Alright."