Chapter 6: Trustworthy

A few days after this, Yumoto felt better and his wounds were basically healed and gone.
Haruki was finally able to see him and the young boy was excited to see him again.

Carbon groaned at the sight and he walked away to the other guardians.
"I don't know if we can trust Scarlet to rule..." Carbon spoke, he sighed as he sat back in his chair.
Kitsune bit her lip, "I-I think we can! I mean, he did rule for five years until..."

"Yes, but he was stopped by Maximum Gorar and Yukiteru-sama." Park replied and Rider rolled his eyes as he muttered, "That damn mortal whore..."
"Silence, Rider." Carbon hissed, "The heir isn't that, he just is weak."
"Yeah, weak because of how much he sleeps around."

"Pfft, more like he's weak because of how much he takes."
Kitsune frowned, "This is treasonous! If-if you don't stop talking about the heir like this, then I'll tell my dad!"
Rider growled, "I don't care! He always seems to get hurt."
"That's because he's the heir!" Kitsune yelled, "Everyone wants to end the Court of Love! So that's why people are after him, darn it!"

"Kitsune, I'm done talking to you, go ahead and tell your dad!" Park laughed and Kitsune growled as she stormed out of the room.
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Sulfur gasped as Kitsune explained to him what happened, "What?! You must tell Maximum Gorar...I fear that the heir may be killed by the others."
"D-dad they don't want him dead...they want him to never rule again!"
Sulfur frowned, "But the heir is going to rule again and they need to deal with it!"

Kitsune nodded and her head shot up as she heard Yumoto yell.
Sulfur gasped and ran towards Yumoto's room and gasped as he saw the new Battle Lovers standing and holding Yumoto tightly.

"Unhand the heir!" Sulfur demanded and Park laughed, "Why? We just want to see if he can beat us."
"Then let go of him!" Sulfur yelled and Rider growled, "He'll just run!"
"Leave him alone!" Kitsune cried, "You're all just jealous of him!"

Carbon rolled his eyes, "It'll be fine, we just want to fight him. So, he can prove our trust."
"Fine!" Yumoto cried, "Just let go of me!"

Park smiled and looked at Sulfur, "We'll fight in the arena where we practice at. Follow us there."
Sulfur growled as Yumoto was dragged away. Kitsune whimpered as her father spoke, "Go tell the others, the heir may get beaten up..."
"Yes dad..."
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Yumoto whimpered as Carbon let go of him, "Scarlet, how can we actually trust you...?"

"What do you mean...?"
"You always seem to get hurt...and as the next guardians, we want to make sure you can fight us..."
Yumoto frowned as he looked at them, "Is sealing Hireashi away not enough?!"

"No, because thanks to you, our enemy has the sword." Rider growled pointing at Yumoto's torso, "And thanks to your blood, Hireashi is back."
Yumoto frowned, "I'm sorry! I didn't want to get stabbed!"
"Shut it," Rider snapped, "You're just a whore for mortals, tell me, how many mortal men have you slept with?"
"N-none!"
"I think you're lying!"

Yumoto squeaked and covered his face as he thought Rider would slap him.
"Shut up, you little brat...I think you shouldn't rule!" He screamed and smacked Yumoto with his staff. The heir screamed out as he hit the ground and he covered himself again. "Leave me alone!"

Rider scoffed and Yumoto began to crawl away from him, "P-please...I didn't do anything to you!"
"DAMMIT NOBOYUKI!" Vesta's voice screamed, "Leave him alone!"

Rider growled as he looked at his dad, "No! He's a damn mortal whore!"
"No, he's not!" Vesta screamed, "You've been lied to!"
"Whatever!"

Yumoto cried out as Rider hit him again. "Scarlet! Show them that you're their prince!" Kitsune screamed and Rider gasped out as Yumoto began to glow.

"S-Scarlet!" Sulfur cried, "Someone stop him, with him just being healed from the attack, Scarlet will weaken him!"
"Huh?" Kitsune asked and Vesta spoke, "That's not Yumoto...that is the true heir...Scarlet."

Yumoto stood up as Rider flew back and his eyes began to glow. "How dare you insult me this way."
"W-what!?" Park gasped and Carbon's eyes widened, "We need to run! The heir is going crazy!"

"Oh, you're not going anywhere...and I am annoyed at you." Scarlet hissed and began to laugh.
"Argent! Argent!" Sulfur yelled and Argent appeared beside the heir. "Little One, it's time to sleep."
"A-Argent...?"
"Yes, it's me, my dear Scarlet."

Yumoto's eyes slowly closed and he fell into Argent's arms. Argent glared at the new Battle Lovers, "This, this is why you do not harm the heir, Scarlet will come out and this will happen."
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"We need to heal Katashi..." Yumoto spoke, "Yuuma is controlling him, and I know we can stop him!"
Araki frowned, "Yumoto that's dangerous. We need you for Haruki!"
"I know, but Katashi needs to be healed, poor Yuudai loves him!"

"Yumoto, please, and what about Miharu? He did try to kill you before our wedding."
"Well, Miharu loves me too, and we can stop him. I know we can." Yumoto replied and giggled as Araki kissed his forehead. "I love you!"

Araki grinned, "I love you too."
Yumoto laughed as Araki grabbed his hand and Yumoto spoke, "I want to help Yuudai out, and I think we just need to stop Yuuma to get rid of his influences that have confused Katashi."

Araki nodded, "Fine, we can. We'll talk to your guardians, and we'll stop them and then you can rule again."

Yumoto nodded and hugged him tightly. "I'm glad I chose you as my suitor, you make me very happy."
Araki smiled and kissed him.
Yumoto blushed and gasped as he saw Hiroyuki giggling. "Hiro-san! You ruined the moment!"
"Sorry!"

Yumoto frowned and Haruki ran in, "Mama! I'm hungry!"
Yumoto picked him up and smiled, "Are you now? Well, then mama and papa will have to make you food."

"Yeah!" Haruki giggled and held Masuru in his hands. "Masuru is hungry too!"

"Is he?"
Haruki nodded, "Yes!" he rubbed Masuru on his cheek and giggled as he was carried to the kitchen.
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"Ugh, that heir is so annoying..."
"Yeah, and did you hear that...? He's going to stop Katashi tomorrow...that means we can show up soon."

"Yeah! I can't wait to stop him, Maximum Gorar did something unforgivable to my dad!"

"That's enough you three, we will attack the heir when the time is right, for he is still heavily guarded."

"Yes, I know...but it's getting annoying. We need to stop him now, Sergeant Salt!"

"Calm down, your father, the God of Protection and his partner the God of Time will easily stop us, we need to plan this out!"

"Yes, sir."