"You idiot!" Maya shouted at the black haired male, who wasn't too happy at being shouted at.

"Hey, you didn't do a good job at watching them either. And I figured it'd be better to take Shima hostage as well." Haru stated as the female sighed in frustration.

"And now we lost the chance for the plan to work without distractions."

"Riku's still helping us, right?" Haru spoke in a playful voice as he poked the male that was glaring at him.

"Shut up."

"Remember that you and your brother's lives are at stake~"

"You agreed to leave Sou out of this." Riku stood defensively in front of the brown-haired male.

"You hurt Sou and I'll hurt you," Maya said coldly as Haru whined.

"Aw come on, you have a soft spot for those two?"

Sou was watching the black haired male complain before looking down at his hand, the earring was all broken and shattered. This....is bad...I need to find a way to fix this or else I'm basically vulnerable to anything they have planned.

Riku sighed as the two argued before glancing at the male with a sad gaze.

"I'm sorry...."

"Eh?" Sou looked at his brother before shaking his head, "it's not really your fault, you can't do much against them."

Riku was about to say something before glaring at the black haired male that placed an arm around his shoulder.

"Though isn't this a great opportunity for us?" Haru cheerfully exclaimed, "because now we can make it impossible for them to make the kingdom revolt against us."

He put on a pondering face, "how does this sound: your princes fled the scene, deciding that their love life and image was much more important than their falling kingdom," he turned to look at Maya with a smile, "I doubt anyone would like them for that~"

"We can say Senra was helping us go against his brothers for their crimes but later betrayed us and ran off. No doubt people would want them dead."

Riku eyes widened as he snapped his head to look at the male in shock, Haru just smiled at the scared expression.

"He made a mistake now they'll all suffer~"

"W-wait! Y-You agreed not to do anything to them—!"

"If Senra agreed with us, but he broke the deal by running away," the black-haired male's grin became wicked, "so why should we keep our part then?"

"Do what you want." Maya waved her hand dismissively before glaring at the male, "but don't hurt Sou, he's the only one we need alive."

The brown-haired male shrunk as he hid behind Riku. I...I really need to find a way out before they use me as bait against the others.

"Eh? Only Sou? So we don't need Riku anymore~"

The indigo haired tensed up as he saw Haru glanced at him, the evil smirk worried him even more as he felt himself getting ready to grab Sou and run at any moment.

"Anyone but those two." Maya was getting tired of talking to the male.

"Geez, I get Sou but why Riku~" Haru sulked, though the other males sighed in relief.

Maya crossed her arms, "they're both useful to us. We can just have Riku our puppet to take rule over the human world as well. After all, that was the original plan before the blondie started liking the purple plum."

"So what's the plan with the escapees?"

"Kill them, catch them, torture them, drive them insane, whatever you want," Maya began to walk away, "just make sure they're in no state to overpower us. Better option is just outright killing them."

"Okay~" Haru cheerfully smiled as he turned to look at the other two, "you two should be happy that you're spared~ can't say the same for your friends."

Haru disappeared, leaving the two alone in the room, Riku just muttered insults under his breath as he slumped onto the bed in the room.

"I'm starting to regret ever meeting Shima."

"E-Eh? Why?" Sou asked as the male let out a sigh.

"If I never met him then maybe none of this would've happened. Our parents wouldn't have gotten crazy at the possibility of me being a king if I married Senra and wouldn't have tried to sabotage their life before deciding that killing them was the best way."

"True...." Sou looked back at the destroyed necklace, "the thought of power got into their minds and changed them."

"If I had chased Senra after what happened then things might've been at least a bit better at the moment." Riku sighed again as the other male tilted his head.

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"Remember back then that I said I was going to meet a friend to make a promise with him."

Sou nodded his head as Riku sat up.

"Well, technically it was to make that marriage promise, but that was mostly because Maya wanted me to do it as it'd be easier for them to to get me into a position of ruler," Riku gave the male a weak smile, "but then as I waited I decided to instead tell him about everything, plus Shima deserved him more than me."

"But Maya seemed to figure out my plan so she arrived and kissed me in front of Senra so he'd run away," Riku frowned, "and then Haru stopped me before I could do anything."

"But you still were around them a short while after right? So why didn't you tell them that time?" Sou questioned as the indigo-haired male sheepishly rubbed his arm.

"Well....if I did then they would've gladly ended me or you at that time..."

"Oh..." Sou looked down, of course they'd make it impossible for him to say anything without our lives at stake.

"Well the others are at least safe for now," Sou smiled at his brother, "and they'll definitely come back to try to save us. After all I don't think Shima would leave you, no I know he wouldn't leave you, same for Senra."

Riku just stared at the male before chuckling a bit.

"Of course you'd cheer me up." he glanced at the shards that were still in the male's hand, "we can easily fix the necklace, the problem is if it'll still have the prevention spell on it once we do or if we need to have someone put a new one on it."

Sou nodded his head as he put the pieces in his pocket, "we'll find a way," he smiled at the male, "and we'll eventually all be happy again."

Riku smiled as he ruffled the male's hair. We just have to trust and believe in the others.

*******

"Oh thank god we're back in the safety of my home." Shima exclaimed as he flopped onto the couch.

"Are you sure you're okay Kuro?" Lon gave the female a slightly pitied smile, "that fall looked pretty bad."

"How'd you even trip so easily?" Amatsuki asked in amusement as the red eyed blonde glared at him.

"You try walking on two feet after being a cat for a long time. I was already used to having four paws to move around." Kuro ran her finger against her earring, "so it only works when we're in Outworld?"

"Yep~" Yuuto cheerfully answered as he sat on the armrest of the couch, "now you guys are back to your boring normal selves."

"Who cares, the most important thing is that you all didn't die." Hana stated as the raven-haired rose his eyebrow.

"That's still a possibility..."

"Well yeah, but the good news is that you haven't yet~" Yuuto cheerfully said as Soraru sighed.

"So how exactly are we going to deal with this?" Luz threw the question into the air, "are we just going to kill Haru and Maya?"

"Cause they'd totally stop if we just asked nicely," Urata sarcastically retorted as the light haired male pouted.

"I feel like we shouldn't do that." Sakata stated as the brunette gave him a confused look.

"So you're willing to spare them even after all they made you go through?" Kashitaro asked, though he wasn't that surprised. Sakata is too nice sometimes.

"Eh?" Sakata shook his head, "no I meant that as in killing seems like an option that's too nice for them and we should do something else."

"Wait what?"

The others just looked at him in complete bewilderment, thrown off by the redhead's response.

"Wouldn't it be better if they suffered for eternity?" Sakata naively asked as the raven-haired and blonde just stared at him, processing what came out their precious brother's mouth.

"Urata what'd you do to our innocent Sakata?" Senra accusingly said as he hugged the redhead in a defensive way.

"Me?!"

"He would never say such things and now he's okay with torture and murder. You've corrupted him." Senra jokingly glared at the short brunette who just rolled his eyes.

"You guys live with Soraru."

"He has a point~" Mafu teasingly said as the raven-haired glared at him.

"Oi, what's that suppose to mean?"

"Though Sakata's right, you guys have suffered through a lot," the albino stated nonchalantly, "so they deserve a punishment equal to your sufferment, maybe even on a bigger scale."

"That response is expected from someone like Mafu." Amatsuki jokingly said as the albino rolled his eyes.

"So murder them, yes? no?" Kuro asked as Nqrse sighed.

"All that matters is that they're powerless and stopped," he looked at the three princes, "then you guys can decide their punishment later."

"Though that'd be hard, I mean they probably have an army or something." Shima stated as Hana pressed her finger against her cheek in a thinking pose.

"Maybe it's just the two of them, I mean all we've seen so far are illusion, though that's still a problem."

"As long as you just make Haru and Maya vulnerable then we'll be fine, once their powers are gone so are the illusions and whatever else they did." Yuuto said as he childishly kicked his legs back and forth.

"But what about the people that believe them? Killing illusions is fine, but the other isn't." Amatsuki stated as Eve looked at the teal-haired.

"Yuuto can use his power to make them forget about the rumor and then we don't have to worry about the possibility of harming them."

"But isn't Soraru killing dad technically the truth..." Senra worriedly looked at the male that tensed up.

"B-But if we just say the part about the king being controlled and all the other stuff then they wouldn't hate him too much, r-right?" Mafu quickly went to defend the raven-haired as Eve made a puzzled look.

"I'm....not sure...."

"We'll just have to put our trust in the people being understanding of that," Lon said as she gave Soraru a small smile, "they'll probably see that you didn't have any ill intentions."

"We still haven't answered our main question," Luz mentioned, "what are we going to do next?"

"Well we obviously need to save Sou and Riku, as long as they're far away from them then we don't have to worry about dealing with hostages or stuff like that." Shima stated as the red eyed blonde smiled.

"My cat form will be useful in that," Kuro looked at the pink haired male, "I can easily sneak around and check the surroundings."

"We also have Mafu's illusions—"

"Just a heads up but Mafu's illusions don't work." Urata stated as the red eyed brunette looked at him confusingly.

"Eh?"

"They work fine on others but Haru can see through them," Sakata mentioned as the purple-haired added on.

"There's a possibility that Maya can also see through them as well."

"Well you suck." Amatsuki said to the albino who glared at him.

"Hey!"

"It'd be easier if we made them lose their power but is there even a way to do that?" Kashitaro asked, Eve nodded his head.

"Yep, there are some spells that can either make people lose their powers temporarily or completely. Some also let you take their powers to use for your own."

At the mention of this Senra widened his eyes as he stared at his hands. I forgot they took my powers! They still have it!

"Then let's do it!" Sakata excitedly said, "without their powers they'll be hopeless."

"Problem is only certain people can use those types of spells," Hana looked at the three princes with a solemn look, "the king and queen for example."

"A-Ah...." Sakata looked away as he twiddled with his fingers, suddenly feeling down and embarrassed.

"So that's a no for us then?" Senra said as the others sighed.

"Maybe we should just take up new identities and live a fake life." Amatsuki sheepishly looked away from the other's blank stares, "I-I was joking, okay?"

"I say we just kill them, there problem solved," Urata suggested as the raven-haired rose his eyebrow.

"And what if that worsens everyone's opinions on us?"

"If they're brainwashed enough to believe that Haru and Maya are the good guys then we'll be in deeper trouble." Shima added to the male's statement.

"They did kidnap Senra, so people would agree that they deserves some type of harsh punishment," Luz pointed out as the blonde nervously smiled.

"W-Well I kinda agreed to cooperate so they didn't do anything, and they could just say that I agreed," Senra then frowned, "and I know for sure they're not too happy that I left, plus they have my powers as well so I can't use it for now..."

"Why are you just now telling us?!?" Amatsuki shouted as the blonde sheepishly looked away.

"Great, now we have that to worry about..." Soraru muttered as the purple-haired sighed.

"It can't be helped..."

"Well, the kingdom's still intact at the moment." Sakata gave them a conflicted look, "so things are fine now?"

"So we should just wait until they decide to burn down things before doing something? That's your plan?" Urata stated in slight amusement.

"T-That's not what I was trying to say!"

"I can do it!"

"Eh?" The others just looked at the albino that suddenly blurted out.

"You can do what?" Kuro asked as the albino looked at them with determination.

"I suddenly remembered my parents mentioning why we were exiled and forbidden to live in Outworld. If I recall correctly it's cause they used a certain spell that only royalty could use so they were shunned by others for kinda breaking the law."

Mafu gave them a hopefully smile, "and I think it was related to sealing powers away or something like that. So if I can just try to maybe learn it..."

"Worth a try," Soraru gave the albino a hopeful smile as he ruffled his hair.

"Look Mafu, you're not useless anymore~" Yuuto teasingly said as the albino glared at him for the comment.

"Though you'll have to try to figure it out fast," Hana looked at the albino worriedly, "we can't wait too long or else they'll end up causing damage."

"Way to put pressure on me..." Mafu muttered nervously, he quickly recovered and grinned at them, "don't worry you can count on this angel!"

"He's so full of himself." Amatsuki muttered as the raven-haired sighed.

"So for now we'll wait for Mafu to learn the spell, Shima and Eve should tell their parents about what's happening." Nqrse stated as the purple-haired and mushroom-haired nodded their heads.

"Maybe a few of us can go with Kuro and try to bring Sou and Riku back," Luz suggested as the red eyed blonde pondered about it.

"Though we should do it some other day, we're all kinda tired now."

"Let's just get this done and over with quick." Soraru said as Lon smiled.

"We'll our best to save everyone!"

We'll try to bring things back to how they were in the beginning.

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A/n

Everyone's determined~

I kinda feel bad when it takes me almost a month to update ww laziness is my enemy

Hope you guys enjoyed a not-so-innocent Sakata once in a while ww