"We've looked around for a while, how haven't we found them yet?" Kashitaro said as the three males continued to walk around the castle.

"I mean, this castle is huge so that would explain it," Amatsuki stated as touched the star earring that dangled from his ear, "I've been curious on what this does?"

"Hm?" Shima let out as he saw someone walk across the hall, he noticed the pink hair and became a bit hopeful.

"Hey that might be either Hana or Nqrse," Shima was about to head there before stopping himself, "though...would it be wise to head towards them?"

Amatsuki had caught a glimpse of the person as his hands still played with the earring, soon he saw that everything around him turned into shades of red.

"E-Eh?" Amatsuki let out before he heard something.

Where are the guys? I'm kinda worried....

I haven't heard from the others and Luz wandered off somewhere while I was talking to someone.

I hope he's be okay.

"Eh? Nqrse?"

The brunette and purple-haired male looked at the red eyed brunette in confusion.

"What?"

"I just heard his voice," Amatsuki said as his vision returned to normal, "I think that was him that just walked by."

"Was it the earring that let you know?" Kashitaro asked as the male just nodded his head.

"Let's go before we lose him," Shima said as he quickly walked to catch up to the pink haired male.

The other two followed, Amatsuki lightly touched his earring again, this is kinda cool. He smiled as he and Kashitaro turned around the corner to see the purple-haired bump his shoulder into the pink haired male.

"O-Ow," Nqrse said as he rubbed his shoulder, "you didn't need to do that..."

"Sorry Nqrse but you weren't listening when I called out your name." Shima sheepishly admitted as the male slightly pouted.

"A small tap would've been better...."

"Oh, you guys are here too," Nqrse spotted the other two before tilting his head, "Senra's not with you?"

"Here's the problem," Shima began to say in a nervous voice, "um....Senra was kidnapped by Haru who turned out to be working the bad guy."

"......what?"

Nqrse paled a bit, and here I was hoping things were okay.

"Have you told Soraru?"

"He couldn't find him," Kashitaro stated, "same with Eve or Hana."

"Same here, I even somehow lost Luz," Nqrse sighed and looked at the purple-haired, "though you aren't as panicked as I'd imagine you'd be so Senra's not in much danger right?"

"Haru mentioned how they needed him for something so I don't think they'd hurt him.....yet...and I kinda feel like he's somewhat safe for now."

"This is still bad, I've been feeling some sort of unease between Soraru and Sakata and that worried me," Nqrse placed his finger against his cheek, "so I decided to as a knight to try to check on the two but once I turned around Luz was gone."

"But," Nqrse looked at them worriedly, "now that you said that...I'm starting to think that I shouldn't have done that."

Amatsuki noticed the male's face was still pale, he touched his earring, his vision turning red as he looked at the male.

If something happens to them then I'll feel bad....It might end up being my fault...

"You shouldn't blame yourself Nqrse," the red eyed brunette said as he gave the male a reassuring smile, "we all know Soraru is protective when it comes to his brothers and friends."

Nqrse tilted his head in confusion, catching the glimpse of the male's eyes slowly stop glowing before realizing.

"So that's what the earring does then," Nqrse placed his hand against his hip as he smiled, "thanks Amatsuki."

The red eyed brunette smiled back, he then pondered about something.

"Isn't there a way for us to easily find the others? It's kinda hard just walking around because they could've headed to a place we've already gone to."

"I can use my fairy powers to try to sense auras, but I haven't been able to sense anything around here for a while," Nqrse sadly said, "I'm worried something is preventing that."

"Nqrse~"

The pink haired male almost fell over as he was tackled by Yuuto.

"H-Hey!"

"Oh, Shima found you first," Yuuto slightly pouted, "how unfair~"

"I'm guessing you came over to tell me something."

"Yeah but Shima probably already told you so there's not point anymore~" Yuuto then frowned a bit, "but I've noticed that some people seemed to just disappear in thin air."

"Eh? What do you mean?" Kashitaro asked as the teal haired let go of Nqrse.

"Like I saw a servant that was acting suspicious so I decided to follow them but then they just disappeared."

"That's.....strange...."

"Yeah but I think they were just an illusion," Yuuto crossed his arms, "which makes this harder to know who's real or not."

"Are these illusions that perfect that it's hard to tell if they're real or not?" Amatsuki asked in slight shock.

"Possibly," Nqrse said, "though there could be a flaw in the sense that they don't, or at least shouldn't, have auras."

"So Hana, Lon and your powers can be useful in figuring that out." Yuuto stated as the purple haired slightly furrowed his eyebrows.

"But the downside would be that if you're trying to use your powers to sense through walls then you wouldn't know how many people there are actually in the room."

"That's also true." Kashitaro agreed as he let out a small groan, "we're going nowhere if we continue to be like this."

"Well I'll go listen around and you guys can look for the others," Yuuto said as he turned around to head from where he came from, "oh and I don't know if this is exactly what I heard but that servant I followed mentioned something about the king and plan so be aware."

"That isn't reassuring to hear..." Shima stated as the teal-haired walked away.

"Is the king in on this too?" Amatsuki questioned, "but he's their father so why would he possibly—"

Nqrse formed a shield just before a lightning bolt stuck them. They looked to see the light haired male stare at them, his eyes blank as if he was just a hollow body.

"Please say that's just an illusion of Luz, please say that's just an illusion of Luz." Amatsuki muttered as the pink haired male closed his eyes before slowly shaking his head.

"H-Hey Luz," Kashitaro began to nervously say, "um....are you okay?"

"Cause that's definitely the correct thing to say." Amatsuki sarcastically said, the brunette just glared at him in annoyance.

"He's probably being controlled so there has to be a way to stop it." Shima said to the pink haired male.

Nqrse just looked at Luz before noticing that the rose earring on the light haired male was missing. So that's why he's like this. I need to find a way to get the earring back on him without getting hurt.

"Hey Luz! Snap out of whatever trance they have on you," Nqrse shouted, "bring back the adorable puppy-like Luz that was a bit oblivious."

"That didn't seem to work..." Amatsuki said as the pink haired male sighed.

"I know that, the only way I can stop this is to just make him put the earring back on."

"Eh? Why?" Kashitaro asked, "what does that have to do with Luz being controlled?"

"From what Hana mentioned, all of you have a barrier around yourselves when you have the items that she gave you," Nqrse began to explain as he pointed at the red eyed brunette's earring, "and that barrier prevents you from being controlled."

"So because Luz's earring is gone that makes him the easiest target out of all of us." Shima stated as the pink haired male nodded his head, "okay but explain how he can use powers when he doesn't have any."

"I'm guessing they're just letting him use the ability in the meantime," Nqrse furrowed his eyebrows as he muttered to himself, "it's concerning how they have Senra's power though...."

They then spotted Masamune heading towards them. He jumped onto the light haired male, smiling cheerfully while the others stood still in confusion.

"W-Wait, Masamune—" Amatsuki stopped himself when he saw that the creature briefly glowed before the light haired male seemed to be back to normal.

"Eh?" Luz felt something on his head so he moved his gaze up to be greeted by the sheep-like animal, "why are you on my head Masamune?"

Nqrse got rid of the shield, sighing in relief before tackling the male into a hug, confusing Luz even more.

"Yay~ Masamune saved us," Amatsuki quickly took the creature off of Luz's head and hugged him.

"I don't get a thanks for sending him here," Hana said as she walked up to the guys.

"I found Masamune wandering around and noticed that he seemed to look worried," Hana stated as she looked at the red eyed brunette, "I figured it was because something was up with Amatsuki, he seems to be able to detect your feelings."

"You were worried about me~ How sweet of you~" Amatsuki cooed as Masamune appreciated the affection.

"I then felt that you guys were kinda in trouble so I td Masamune where you guys were," Hana said as she walked to the red eyed brunette to pet Masamune, "him snapping Luz out of the trance was on his own accord. He has the type of ability to calm down certain powers and such."

"Can someone explain what just happened?" Luz said as he tilted his head, "I just remember bumping into someone who said they liked my earring and just suddenly took it off of me."

"I'm guessing they just did that so that they could control you." Shima stated as the pink haired female nodded her head.

"Yep, Luz might've been the best choice for them because the magic I gave him was being able to mimic another person's powers. He has to look at the person before touching his earring to gain the power."

"Wait?!? Why does he have a power like that?!?" Amatsuki exclaimed, "and I just have hearing and reading people's mind?!?"

"You really are getting jealous over that..." Kashitaro muttered while the pink haired female rolled her eyes.

"Luz was the best choice, I mean look at him," Hana gestured to the light haired male, "do you expect an airhead like him to be able to pull a fast one on someone? His personality makes people suspect him the least."

"You didn't have to mention airhead..." Luz muttered, Hana just giggled in response.

"But doesn't that seem kinda too powerful?" Shima said as he rose his eyebrow, "I mean, I'd expect someone from a higher position or experience to have that, not someone like us."

"Well, there are limits," Hana said as she pressed her hand on her hip, "one is that he can only use it for a certain time and the other is that he can't mimic anyone from a higher status. Examples would be me, the princes, nobles, and the king and queen."

"So is he able to mimic Urata's or Mafu's powers?" Kashitaro asked as the pink haired female nodded her head.

"But Luz used Senra's earlier, unless others can have electricity as a power?" Shima asked as Hana rose her eyebrow im slight confusion.

"Senra's powers aren't common like Urata's or Mafu's, that also goes with the other two princes," Hana frowned a bit, "so that should—"

"Wait, does that means you must've seen him if you were able to mimic his powers," Amatsuki asked as he looked at the light haired male, "so did you possibly encounter Senra?"

"U-Um...." Luz tried to think back to see if he remembered encountering the blonde, "I...can't remember...I think they kinda looked like him....?"

"Mind telling me what I missed?" Hana said as she looked at Nqrse in confusion.

"Basically, Haru's one of the bad guys, Yuuto mentioned how some people around here are illusions and Senra was kidnapped so we're trying to find Soraru and the others." Kashitaro said as the pink haired female gave them a worried look.

"Senra's gone?"

Hana paled in fear of the male possibly being hurt. Wait, how did it take me this long to notice that he wasn't with Shima? She mentally slapped herself before a concerned look crossed her face.

"But then that means that whoever you happened to encounter must've somehow gotten Senra's powers because there's no way you could've been able to use it if you got it from Senra." She stated as the light haired male rubbed his arm.

"But he wasn't wearing the earring when he used it," Nqrse pointed out as the female sighed and rubbed her temples.

"This is giving me a headache. If I find Senra hurt I'm going to kill the first person I see."

"Shouldn't Shima be the one saying that?" Amatsuki jokingly said as the purple-haired rolled his eyes.

"Well, good luck trying to find Soraru, I'm going to see Eve and tell him what's going on," Hana said as she waved at the guys, "you probably already know this but try not to lose the items I gave you, otherwise it would make things difficult."

"We better hurry up before we get caught into more trouble." Kashitaro said as the pink haired male started to walk.

"Kinda starting to wish we didn't separate earlier." Shima muttered as they followed the male to continue looking for the raven-haired.

Right now all I can do is hope that he's okay.

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A/n

Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter~