Chapter 7: I am Scarlet

The VEPPer smirked down at Scarlet, Gora felt his brother's head and Dadacha spoke, "My twins, we must get rid of Maximum Gorar, if we take his crystal, then we can keep him!"

Salty Sol growled, "No! I refuse, we're going to use Hakone Yumoto's crystal and use its powers up for the crystal to break and then he'll never bother us again!"

He held it up in his hands and laughed, "I can feel power coming from it and I want to use it up!"

He smiled at Yumoto, "You were such a pain in my side. Now, you're dead and your crystal is mine."

Gora growled and Dadacha gasped as Gora's hand began to glow and Yumoto's did too. "No! He's giving him power-dacha!"

Yumoto's eyes slowly opened and he gasped for air loudly. "A-An-chan!"

"Yumoto!" His friends cried and they all bent down to him. Tears filled their eyes and Yumoto clutched at his chest as pain filled it. Salty Sol growled as he made his love crystal glow.

"Stop it!" Vesta yelled and Yumoto's fell back into Gora's arms as he passed out.

Gora turned to them, "You two, I thought you changed!"
"We did, but your brother was still in our way!"

Gora frowned, "Yumoto and the Battle Lovers protect the Earth, just as I did!"

"N-no!" Melty Luna yelled and glared at Yumoto, "He was in our way to get to you!"

"You two need to stop." Aurite yelled and Argent nodded, "Yes, you both are acting like spoiled children."

"SHUT UP!" Salty Sol screamed and the twins yelled, "LOVE CRYSTAL EXTRACTION!"

They froze as their attack hit Gora and his crystal appeared.

Gora looked at Yumoto as he slowly began to disappear, "Yumoto...I know you can win." He looked at his friends, "Save Yumoto, he can win." As he spoke, he disappeared the rest of the way.

Argent glared at the VEPPer, he placed his hands on the floor and the twins cried out as chains surrounded them. "NO!" Melty Luna cried as Yumoto's crystal flew out of Salty Sol's hand.

It landed on Yumoto's chest and sank back in. The twins quickly teleported away with Gora's crystal and Melty Luna spoke, "Find us again to save Gora-san and bring Hakone Yumoto."

Perlite growled and screamed, "You cowards!"

"Give it a rest, Akoya." Aurite warned, "Yumoto-kun is waking up."

Yumoto's eyes slowly opened and Epinard felt his forehead. "Are you alright?"

Yumoto nodded, "Where is an-chan!? I heard him...and I saw him!"
"Yumoto, you need to transform, the VEPPer has kidnapped your brother." Aurite explained and Yumoto gasped, "Oh...okay!"

"Love Making!" He cried and kissed his bracelet, "The Sparkling Prince, Battle Lover Scarlet!"

Scarlet now stood there and he turned to his friends, "Now we need to rescue my brother!"

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"My twins, we need to stall the Battle Lovers from rescuing Maximum Gorar's crystal-dacha." Dadacha cried and Melty Luna nodded, "Yes...Hakone Yumoto isn't winning this time."

Salty Sol growled at Dadacha, "We weren't going to take his crystal and yet you made our powers do this!"

Dadacha looked down, "I know, Haru-chan, but we had to do this to get the Battle Lovers off our trail-dacha!"

Salty Sol rolled his eyes and looked at an orb that showed the Battle Lovers. "Our mansion is full of traps now, they won't have an easy time getting back to us."

"Let's get them-dacha."

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Scarlet frowned as they walked through the mansion. "Cerulean, what happened to me?"

Cerulean looked down, "Don't worry about it, okay? You just gave us a scare, that's all."

Scarlet looked down at his feet. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be." Sulfur spoke, "Everything is okay, we're all back but Gora-san, and we'll save him."

Scarlet sighed, "I hate being the target of all of this...I should have just given up at the beginning."

Vesta growled and slapped Scarlet across the face, "DAMMIT!" He yelled, "You need to stop talking like that! You didn't know it would get like this!"

Scarlet cradled his face and Perlite grabbed Vesta, "Zaou, you idiot! How dare you slap him! He's just lost his brother again, dammit!"

Vesta looked away, "I'm sorry! He always talks down about himself when it gets tough!"

"He does not!" Sulfur retaliated and Vesta sighed as Scarlet's cheek was red now.

Epinard frowned, "We need to get rid of the VEPPer, well...at least heal them for real this time!"

Cerulean nodded, "Yes, we need to do this, but ugh is this a damn pain."

Aurite looked at Scarlet and touched his red cheek gently. "Are you alright?"
Scarlet nodded, "Yeah...thanks, Kin-chan-senpai...I'm just ready to save my brother."

"Yes, I know." Aurite glared at Vesta, "But a fellow teammate shouldn't hit another!"

Vesta looked down and before he could defend himself, the ground began to shake and a monster appeared in front of them.

Scarlet groaned and made his love stick appear, "Let's get this over with!"

Argent nodded, "Yes, and we need to defeat these monsters without weakening ourselves! The VEPPer are trying to tire us out!"

"Don't worry about protecting me!" Scarlet cried, "I refuse to be protected, this time...I will protect all of you!"

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"Look at that, baby Scarlet is trying to protect his friends!" Salty Sol laughed and Melty Luna commanded, "Plant Monster! Get Scarlet's crystal and bring him to us!"

Salty Sol looked at him, "That will kill him you know, the trauma and shock will end him."

Melty Luna smirked, "That's the point."