Chapter 10: Requiem of Spirit

Yumoto growled as Katashi chained his wrists together, "Let go of me!" He yelled and Katashi rolled his eyes, "I've told you!"

Yumoto began to pout and Yuudai giggled, "Why are you like this, God of Love?"

"I'm not the God of Love! I'm his brother!" Yumoto yelled, "I'm not the God of Love until he gives up the throne! I'm just the heir!"

Katashi rolled his eyes again, "Your suitor is nothing."
"By suitor may be nothing to you! My guardians on the other hand aren't!" Yumoto spat and Katashi glared at him.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Yuudai smirked, "Lord Katashi doesn't have time for games."

"I don't care! I want to go home!" He screamed, stomping his feet on the ground, "I want an-chan and I want my bed!"

"Shut it!" Katashi yelled and Yumoto looked at him.

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"So how did you guys escape from those mirrors?" Araki asked as they freed Hiroyuki and Ryuu smiled, "Thanks to Gero-kun, we got out. They appeared right in the room we were being held captive in!"

"Then we somehow were able to pull them out!" Akoya added and Akihiko smiled, "Thank you, you three. I'm glad you helped us too."

"Well, you tried to save Little One and we thought we could help you too." Ibushi replied and Haruhiko nodded, "Thanks."

Araki smiled, and Hiroyuki looked at Araki, "Ara-chan, I don't know what he's planning to do to poor Yumo-chan."

Araki's smile faltered and Akoya looked at him. "Maximum Gorar has been told that Scarlet has been taken and is coming."

Atsushi nodded, "Thank goodness..."
They walked to another room and Akoya looked at the hologram of Scarlet.

"Is that Little One?!" Ibushi gasped and Akoya pouted, "Gross. He could have used a lovelier photo of him."
"Akoya!"

"What?!"

Kinshiro shook his head in disappointment, "We're just here to save Scarlet, not to judge these man's things!"

Akoya sighed, "I know." He looked at the hologram, "Let's destroy it."
"No!" Hiroyuki replied, "I might be able to use it so we can find Prince Scarlet!"

Akoya frowned, "Fine."

Atsushi looked at Kinshiro and sighed, "Kin-chan, are we sure that they haven't hurt him by now?"

Kinshiro looked at him, "We do because we haven't felt anything. Since you're his guardians, you'll be able to sense if something happens to him."

En nodded and looked at Io, who was studying the hologram. "This is strange...why does he have this?"
Ryuu rolled his eyes, "Duh, Io! That creep thinks our Little One is cute and likes him!"

Io frowned, "But Ryuu, how did he even find Yumoto and how did he know Yumoto was the next God of Love?"

Araki cleared his throat, "If I may interrupt, Katashi and Yuudai were watching when Scarlet healed the world. I would know, because I was near them. I didn't know he'd take dear Scarlet though."

En and Ibushi looked at one another and nodded.

Ibushi looked at Araki, "Little One didn't realize that he was being watched...none of us were."

Akoya looked at Ibushi, "So they were watching us?!" He gasped, "I thought only Kinosaki and Tazawa were!"

Kinshiro clutched the handle of sword and looked up as the ground shook slightly.

"Yumoto!" Atsushi gasped and Ibushi frowned, "Little One is fighting back somehow...or something is happening to him..."

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Yuudai watched as Katashi undid Yumoto's chains and Katashi smiled, "I'm going to get something...Yuudai, watch him!"

Yuudai smirked as Katashi disappeared and looked at Yumoto.

"You have made Lord Katashi go crazy..." He growled, "He's obsessed with you...you have made him go that way."

Yumoto looked at him in confusion. "Huh? What do you mean?"
Yuudai growled again as he clutched his hands into fists. "You Gods of Love always ruin our plans...you've caused all of our problems!"

Yumoto yelped as Yuudai pinned him down. "You royal whelp! You insufferable God of Love!" He hissed and Yumoto cried out as Yuudai wrapped a hand around his neck. "You can't get back up, you know...even if I'm not pinning you down anymore."

Yumoto looked at him and gasped as a dagger appeared in Yuudai's hand. "So sorry...oh wait, I'm not!" He laughed and Yumoto closed his eyes quickly...maybe if he didn't scream Yuudai wouldn't stab him.

Yuudai froze as he saw the heart brooch on Yumoto's bow beginning to glow.

"W-what?!" He gasped and screamed as he was flung back. Yumoto quickly sat up and stood up, he ran to a door and began to try to open it.

Yumoto frowned as the door wouldn't open and he gasped as he felt someone grab him, "What are you doing?" Katashi hissed and Yumoto's eyes widened as Katashi covered his mouth.

"L-Lord Katashi...he has a weird power i-in that brooch! It flung me away!" Yuudai cried and Katashi looked at him as he turned Yumoto to face him.

He eyed the brooch and smiled. Yumoto looked at him and Katashi gasped as he was shocked by it as he reached for it. "What did you do?!"

"Nothing." Yumoto replied and Katashi growled. "You must have done something to it!"

Yumoto shook his head, "No."

Katashi growled and let go of Yumoto. "Your brother must have put a protection on you!"

Yumoto stuck his tongue at him. "An-chan probably did because he loves me!"
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"Maximum Gorar!" Hashibiro spoke, "The protection on your brother has begun."

Gora nodded, "Good, we need to get down there now."
Hashibiro nodded also, "Of course." He looked down, "But as the God of Love, you have to stay here..."

"Hashibiro-sensei!" Gora gasped, "I need to get my brother!"

Hashibiro looked at him, "Maximum Gorar, your brother's guardians and the VEPPer are down there now, he'll be fine."

Gora sighed, "Fine..."

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Araki looked at Ibushi, "Has Yumoto always been the subject of threats and kidnappings?"
Ibushi looked down, "Sadly...he has...I'll tell you these times have been happening ever since he was born..."

Atsushi looked at the one-year-old heir, who was asleep in his crib and stroked the hair that was beginning to grow, to keep him asleep. Io looked at Atsushi, "Kinugawa-senpai, the threat from Hireashi has started...Maximum Gorar is going to investigate him."

Atsushi frowned and gasped as Ibushi walked in, "A-Argent!"

Ibushi smiled, "Yes, Epinard?"
Atsushi looked at him, "You're not at the mortal door?"
"Akoya is, I fear for the young prince..." Ibushi frowned and walked over to the crib.

The heir's eyes opened and smiled at Ibushi. Ibushi held his finger out and the prince grabbed his finger. "What a shame that Hireashi wants to kill this lovely prince."

Io nodded, "We have to watch him at all times..."
"Yes, dear Little One will always be threatened." Ibushi replied and Io looked at him, "Little One?"
"Oh, it's a nickname Akoya and I made for Prince Scarlet. Akoya used to refer to him as the little one when he was first born and we then started to call him Little One."

Atsushi smiled as he lifted Yumoto out of his crib and Ibushi smiled at him, "I have to go now, Little One. We'll meet again one day..."

Araki smiled, "So that's why you call Yumoto, Little One..."
"Yes, but we can't keep talking about that right now. We must get to him." Ibushi replied and Akoya nodded. "Of course."

"Why does Katashi want to marry Yumoto?" Atsushi asked and Araki looked at him, "Katashi wants to, because he thinks that once he marries the heir, he'll get his powers as the God of Love."

"What?" Ryuu asked, "That makes no sense. Yumoto has that power because of Gora-san and because he was born like that."

Io nodded and Araki sighed, "Katashi thinks Yumoto will just marry him because he has ties to the mortal world like I do."

En frowned, "Isn't that the reason why you're his suitor?"
"No," Araki replied, "That's one reason why you all thought that I'd be perfect for Yumo-chan."

Hiroyuki giggled, "Wombat and I talked about it too, he was the one to suggest it to Gorar."

Araki turned to him, "Isn't it about time that you turn back into a cat?" He asked in annoyance and Hiroyuki shook his head, "Nope! I still have to help you! My love staff is powerful, I almost stopped Katashi with it!" He giggled and Araki sighed.

"No you didn't!"
"Ara-chan you're so cold!"

"Enough!" Haruhiko yelled and Akihiko nodded, "You both need to stop fighting. We need to get to Yumoto-kun."

Atsushi nodded and looked up as he heard a loud noise from above. "We need to get to Scarlet, now!" Akihiko gasped and they all ran out of the room to find Yumoto.

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