Chapter 18: The Sun and the Moon

"N-now Aurite!" Hireashi spoke, "I don't think you know what you're doing!"

"We do, Hireashi." Aurite spat, "We are to seal you away!"

"Listen! Kiryoku is already here!"

"Oh good," Perlite smirked, "We'll put you in there with her!"

Hireashi gasped and Perlite looked at Aurite, "Are we ready to seal him up?"

"Yes."

Hireashi growled, "Li-listen! The twins aren't as forgiving as I am!"

"We know." Argent spoke, "But we have to seal you away. Goodbye Hireashi!"

Argent held his hand out, "Seal thy demon away!"

Aurite then held his out, "Thy demon of destruction!"

Then Perlite's as well, "Seal thy demon in thy mirror!"

Hireashi screamed as an orb shot off of their finger tips and a mirror appeared behind him. "NO! You three will regret this! The twins will murder your heir in cold blood!" He screamed as he was pushed back inside of it. He began to hit on the mirror, "I'll be back!"

"Sure, go to Kiryoku now." Perlite spat and the mirror disappeared.

"We must go tell everyone we have him." Aurite spoke and Argent nodded, "Yes."

-

Yumoto sighed as he sat in class, he looked up as Araki sat down beside him. "Feeling better?"

Yumoto nodded, "Yeah..."

Araki smiled softly, "I'm glad."

The heir sighed again and Araki grabbed his hand, "I promise..." he whispered, "I promise that everything is almost over..."

Yumoto blushed and saw Wombat peek out from his bag, "Yumoto-san, are you sure you're alright?"

Yumoto nodded, "Of course. Ibu-chan-senpai said that he's gone now...we have to worry about the other two now."

"Yes, and Seiji-san."

"Are we even sure the God of Law will stay? Hireashi is his leader anyway."

Araki sighed, "I hope Seiji leaves...he'll run to Yukiteru-sama and tell him how he played double agent..."

Yumoto shook his head and the bell rang for class to begin.

-

"Haru-chan, Aki-chan!" Dadacha called, "It's time to get the heir!"

"Of course, Dadacha." Aki smiled and Haru sneered, "Whatever, I just want him gone."

"Then get him!" Zundar spat, "You two are our backup plan!"

Haru growled, "Now Zundar, we will get him when we feel like it!"

"Can't you two just bring the heir to us?"

"Alright." Aki smiled, "We can do that, right Haru?"

"Sure. We can get him at school."

"Let's do it."

-

Yumoto sighed as he walked with his guardians and Ryuu laughed, "Can you believe it? He was shoved into a mirror by them!"

"Really?"

"Damn, I wish I could have seen that demon scream for forgiveness!"

En nodded, "I wish we could have fought him."

"I heard that he yelled for Kiryoku...guess we have to watch mirrors." Atsushi sighed and Yumoto frowned as Io nodded, "I can try to take his place more too."

Yumoto shook his head. "N-no..."

Ryuu frowned, "Come on kid...let's get you home."

Yumoto nodded and they froze as they heard laughing from two students, "Can you believe it? We're already being worshiped as idols."

"I know, it's nice. We can easily take over the school, Aki."

Yumoto looked behind him and saw the two boys, who stopped walking as they noticed the group.

"Ah..."

"Um...hi?" Yumoto spoke and the boys smiled softly as they waved politely, "Hello," the first boy spoke, his light blue hair framing his face and his pink eyes traced up and down Yumoto, "my name is Beppu Akihiko and this," he pointed at his brother, who had the same hair color as him but red eyes. "Is Haruhiko."

Yumoto nodded and Ryuu looked at him, "Hi...this is Hakone Yumoto and I'm Zaou Ryuu."

"Ah," Haru spoke and looked at Yumoto, "How nice to meet you."

Yumoto blushed and Aki smiled, "Well, we're a new idol duo here."

"Huh?" En replied and Atsushi frowned as the boys smirked, "We're the VEPPer."

"VEPP?" Yumoto whispered and his eyes narrowed as Ryuu pushed him forward, "Come on..." his guardian whispered to him, "Let's get you home."

Yumoto sighed and he walked away with him.

"We're sorry for those two," Io spoke, "Yumoto-san has been feeling ill today." He lied, "We were taking him home."

"oh?" Aki spoke, "Does he get sick often?"

"No." Io replied, "Not really."

"Ah."

"Well we all have to go with them." En added and Atsushi nodded, "Yes, we'll talk to you guys later, bye!"

"Hmph." Haru hissed as they left, "They think they can hide him?"

"I know." Aki smiled, "We'll get him Haru...I promise."

Ryuu sighed, he looked at Yumoto, who was sitting in the bath. He smiled softly as he let fire form in his hands. "Hey, want your water warmer?"

"No." Yumoto shook his head, "It's fine." He smiled and Ryuu grinned, "Look at this!" He began to form the pink fire again and Yumoto gasped, "That's so cool!"

Gora peeked in, "Vesta, don't play with fire."

Ryuu laughed, "Hey, I'm the God of Fire, I'm carefu-!" He gasped as blue water hit his flame.

"And I'm the God of Water, you're gonna catch the bathhouse on fire."

"Ceruleannnn!" Ryuu groaned and Yumoto laughed as Atsushi came over, "Now now, you two."

"What?" Ryuu defended, "I'm having fun, Kinugawa-senpai."

Io sighed and looked at Yumoto, "How are you feeling?"

"Better, I know I went to school today.."

"Yeah, your fever was down this morning." Gora quipped and Yumoto nodded. "Yeah."

Ryuu sighed as he stood, "What about those twins?"

"Ah..." Wombat sighed, "They were around in the past too..." he looked at Yumoto, "They were at your birth party, the one where the demon lord attacked."

Yumoto nodded and En frowned, "Are they strong?"

"They can be." Wombat replied, "They can be deadly...together, they can get rid of Yumoto-san in an instant."

Yumoto frowned and Wombat sighed, "We're lucky the Caerula Adamas are here."

"Huh?"

"They're a bit stronger than you four."

"Oh..."

Yumoto frowned, "Well, it's okay." He smiled then, "I'm glad you all are here. I feel like nothing bad will happen with you all around."

Atsushi smiled as he sat in the bath, "I'm glad."

-

"Damn that Vesta..." Aki spat and glared at his brother, "We need to get them all..."

"Aki, I have a plan."

"Oh?"

Haru held his hand out and formed an orb. Aki grinned as he saw the monster form, "This monster can trap them all in their own hells."

Aki giggled, "Perfect~"

Haru laughed, "As you can see, his majesty will suffer greatly. God save the heir, right?"

"Of course." His brother smiled and grabbed his arm, "I'm so excited to witness this."

Haru giggled, "Shall we go?"

"Yes. Come, Dadacha!"

-

Yumoto smiled as he stood outside with his friends as they began to walk to the park, "I'm glad we can go have fun! Saturday took forever!"

En smiled as he rubbed the heir's blonde hair, "Was Araki-kun busy?"

"Nah, he wanted to spend today with his brother."

En nodded and Yumoto giggled, "I like the park!"

"Do you?" Ryuu asked and Yumoto nodded. He gasped as he heard yelling, he looked up and Ryuu gasped as a monster appeared, "Shit...!"

Yumoto gasped as the monster shot an orb out and Ryuu tackled him to the ground.

"Transform everyone!"

"LOVE MAKING!"

The monster smirked, "I am the Nightmare Monster, I am going to trap you all!"

Vesta growled, "Like hell you will!"

The God of Fire formed a bright ball of flames and glared at the monster, "You won't get him!" He shot the fire out at it and froze as the monster trapped his fire in an orb.

"W-what...?" He gasped and the monster smirked as it threw it back at Cerulean. Cerulean gasped and cried out as it hit him in his back.

Epinard gasped, "En-chan!"

Scarlet froze as an orb formed around his guardian, who turned to the monster, "Cerulean Aqua!"

The monster laughed as again, it caught the attack in another orb. Cerulean gasped as he was fully trapped and the monster smirked at Vesta, "And you thought you could win..."

Vesta gasped and yelled, "Get the heir out of here!"

"Huh?"

"GO!" Vesta screamed as the orb shot him, he screamed even louder as he was trapped, "NO! NO!"

Sulfur gasped out, "Ryuu!"

Scarlet looked at his two guardians, "They're okay! T-They're unconscious, look!"

Epinard nodded, "Yes but that doesn't make up for the fact that they're trapped!"

Wombat shook his head, "You all can't just let them stay captured! That monster is making them live out their scariest nightmares!"

"H-huh?" Sulfur questioned and Wombat looked at Scarlet, "They could die!"

"What?!"

"You must break them free!"

Sulfur nodded, "Sulfur Gaia!" He yelled and Epinard called out next to him, "Epinard Hurricane!"

"Scarlet Lumiere!"

The monster laughed as it trapped all of their attacks and Wombat gasped, "Everyone be careful!"

Sulfur gasped as an orb shot out and Epinard cried out as he was hit.

He watched as the three trapped Battle Lovers floated upwards and he grabbed Scarlet's wrist. "Come on, your majesty!"

Scarlet nodded and as they ran, the monster called out, "Where are you two going~?"

Sulfur gasped as it appeared in front of them, "We weren't done yet!" It hissed, "I am going to put you all in my collection!"

As it shouted that, Sulfur shoved Scarlet away and he screamed as he was hit by another orb.

"S-Sulfur!" Scarlet cried and Wombat ran to him, "Run, Yumoto-san! I'll fend it off! You must get help!"

As the heir attempted to run, a bright light shot at him. He screamed loudly as he was hit and the monster smirked as it shot out an orb at him as well. "Thank you Lord Zundar, for your help!"

The heir screamed as he hit on the orb, "L-let me out of here! Why are you keeping me awake?!"

"Because!" Zundar laughed, "Your nightmare will be your own hell instead. All of your guardians are witnessing their worst dreams, while you'll live out yours."

Scarlet froze as the orb began to fill with a dark mass. "W-what..?" He screamed as the darkness began to trap him completely.

"Yumoto!" Voices cried and Yumoto's eyes opened as he tried to look around, the darkness kept surrounding him as he kept trying to form light. He whimpered as it took him fully in...

"En-chan!"

"En-chan-senpai!"

"Ah, Yufuin-senpai."

"Yufuin-senpai!"

En opened his eyes as he saw everyone standing around him, and he studied their faces. Yumoto giggled, "He's finally awake!"

"Yes," Atsushi replied, "I can't blame him for falling asleep out here, it's been super sunny and warm out."

Io nodded, "Yes, and it's been hard for Yumoto to focus on lessons."

Ryuu laughed, "So? Lessons are boring."

En looked at the robe on Yumoto's body, "A new one?"

"Huh?"

En studied it more, "It's like your sick robe...it's pure white." He looked at the heir's face and frowned at it, "Your face....are you sick?"

"Sick?" Yumoto repeated and frowned as he felt his face. "Mama was crying earlier today..."

"Huh?" En replied in pure confusion and Yumoto frowned, "Mama said my illness was too much."

The God of Water gasped as the sunny area turned grey. Yumoto looked at him as En whispered, "Y-you're dead..."

"Gods aren't supposed to die, but yet I did..." Yumoto replied and En froze as the boy suddenly fell to the ground.

"Y-Yumoto!" He grabbed the heir and looked up as the area changed again, he had the boy in his arms. Atsushi sat beside him, "He..." the God couldn't finish and En watched as his partner cried.

He didn't know how to react...what was happening? Even Atsushi was acting strange...but....En knew that this was real...right?

It had to be real.

-

The VEPPer smirked as they saw their monster with the Battle Lovers, "Look Haru, we have them all!"

"It's perfect~" Sol laughed, "The heir is ours!"

-

"Ryuu!" Io's voice called, "Ryuu!"

Ryuu gasped as he saw his partner running at him, "A-A demon!" The God of Earth cried, "It already took Cerulean and Epinard!"

"What about Yumoto!?"

"R-Ryuu, he's in hiding right now. We have to go!"

Ryuu nodded and grabbed Io's hand, "Let's go!"

The duo ran at the demon, who smirked, "I am Snow Glowia~!"

Ryuu frowned, didn't they already deal with that monster?

"Ah, heir~" It spoke to Io, and Ryuu gasped as he saw Io disguised as Yumoto, "Thank you for coming to your death!"

Io gasped as he was trapped and the globe he was in began to fill with water.

"NO!" Io screamed and Ryuu gasped, "Let him go!" He screamed as he shot fire out at the globe, "IO! IO!"

"R-Ryuu!" Io screamed, "Ryuu, I love you!"

Ryuu growled as the water filled more, and he froze as Cerulean appeared on his right, the God began to try to control the water, but couldn't....

He watched as Io looked helpless...he screamed as the God began to hit the globe.

He watched as his heir ran out, "SULFUR!" He screeched, "Let him go!"

Ryuu gasped as Io disappeared and his heir was grabbed by Zundar and Dadacha. "W-where did Sulfur go!?"

"Don't worry." Zundar smirked, "He's with us now."

"Give him back!" he screamed, "GIVE HIM BACK!"

He froze as Yumoto was taken and ran at them, "NO!"

This wasn't right! None of this was right!

-

Atsushi hummed as he held the baby heir in his arms, "Look at him En-chan..." He smiled, "What a darling this child is."

En smiled at the child. "He's so small..."

"Yes...his showing is tonight." Atsushi smiled, "May the Gods bless his soul."

"Yes."

Later that night, they were with the child as the demon lord cursed him...

Sol laughed as he held the heir, "Stupid child!"

"Let go of him!" Atsushi screamed and gasped as darkness filled the ballroom.

As it dissipated, the God gasped as he saw the room was now empty...he gasped as he looked around...this was wrong! This wasn't right!
-

"Io! Io!" Ryuu's voice called, "Io!"

Io looked up as he saw Ryuu run in, "The heir is gone!"

"H-huh?"

"Hireashi has him!"

"What?!"

The duo ran out and Io froze as he saw the heir on the ground.

Hireashi smirked, "You thought you four would win?" He laughed, "He's already dead! I WIN!"

Io gasped and Ryuu growled as he ran at Hireashi, "DAMN YOU!"

"Stupid boy!" Hireashi laughed, "I am powerful! The heir's power is flowing through me!"

Ryuu screamed as Hireashi hit him and Io gasped as Ryuu hit the ground.

Hireashi laughed, "Too bad you all are dead!"

"H-huh?" Io ran to Ryuu and gasped, "R-Ryuu!" He froze as he watched his partner not even blink. "Y-You!"

Hireashi smirked, "It's real, Sulfur, you're in reality!"

"NO!" Io screamed, "This isn't real! It can't be!"

"Really?" Hireashi laughed, "Are you sure?"

Io froze, was he...?

-

Yumoto screamed as he was shoved against the orb's wall and laughter came from the shadows. "Stupid heir...just close your eyes and it'll be all over~!"

"N-no! NO!" Yumoto screeched and felt the darkness swallow him once more...

"Good job, Sol." Melty Luna smirked, "We have them all!"

"Yes..." Salty Sol replied, "We have to get the Caerula Adamas next..."

"Really?" A voice spat and the twins laughed, "Speak of the devil, Luna."

"Yes, Sol..."

"Caerula Adamas..." Zundar smirked, "Welcome to your doom."

Aurite bit his lip as he saw the trapped Battle Lovers, "This isn't good..." He muttered and Argent nodded. Perlite growled, "We must break them out!"

Argent looked at the demon in front of him and bit his lip as he looked at the monster...this wasn't good...