Chapter 5: Crystals of Love

Yumoto bit his lip as Gora woke him up for breakfast, today was the day. Gora looked at his little brother, "Eat up, you're going out today and will need your strength."

Yumoto nodded, "Thanks..."
Gora frowned and asked, "Yumoto, why do you act as if you're not coming home tonight?"
Yumoto looked down, "Why wouldn't I be coming home?"

Gora said, "Yumoto, your friends are dead...am I right?"
Yumoto nodded slowly "Y-yes...these people took their Love Crystals..."
Gora's eyes widened and he hugged his brother tightly, "Be very careful...I wish you would have told me in the first place...but I understand."

Yumoto hugged Gora back and whispered, "I promise I'll be back an-chan...I won't let them win."
Gora rubbed his hair "I know you won't." he smiled at his brother, "You and I have saved the Earth, I know you won't lose." His face turned serious, "If you need help, send your wombat to me and I'll be there."

Yumoto nodded, "Yes an-chan..."

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Kinshiro looked at Yumoto, who stood beside Atsushi, "Are you ready?"
Atsushi nodded and Yumoto bit his lip, "Yes...I'm ready to get my friends back!"

Atsushi added, "Yes, we both are ready to do this."

Kinshiro spoke, "It will be dangerous, they probably already know we're coming."
Yumoto looked at him, "Gora-an-chan said if we need any help, we can get him..."

Kinshiro nodded, "Sounds good...we'll have to keep that in mind. Now...let's go..."

Yumoto looked back at his house and turned around. Wombat spoke, "You all need to transform!"

"Love Making!"
"Conquest!"

"The Sparkling Prince, Battle Lover Scarlet!"
"The Piercing Prince, Battle Lover Epinard!"
"The Golden Chevalier, Shining in Radiance, Aurite!"
"The Silver Chevalier, Argent!"
"The Pearl Chevalier, Perlite!"

Scarlet looked at the mansion in front of him, "Let's do this!"

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Haruhiko smirked, "Aki...our guests are here."

Akihiko stood up, "Should we send monsters, or make it easy for them?"

Haruhiko looked at him, "No...let's make it easy, Aki...it will give them satisfaction to think they can just waltz on in here and get their friends back."

Akihiko nodded and looked at the three crystals they had collected. "That dumb Scarlet will die...and Gora-san will be ours forever." He laughed and Haruhiko nodded, "Yes...Hakone Yumoto will die and we will use his crystal."

"Should we destroy it when we get it?"
"No...Dadacha told us that Scarlet's crystal is just as powerful as Gora-san's..."

Akihiko nodded, "We should transform, Haru. Then we can kill Epinard."

"Of course...Aki..."

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Scarlet and the others slammed the doors open to the VEPPer theater. Haruhiko smiled as the two Battle Lovers and three Caerula Adamas and Wombat walked into their doorway. "Why hello...Hakone Yumoto."

Scarlet growled, "Give me back my friends!"

"Now, why would we do that?" Melty Luna smirked and Scarlet looked at them, "IF you really wanted our powers, then you'd have to get an-chan's too!"

Salty Sol laughed, "We won't take Gora-san's...since yours can be more powerful than the others combined..."

"Let's show you...!" Melty Luna replied and Scarlet's eyes widened as they held their hands close.

"Stop!" Perlite yelled, "Leave Fluffhead alone!"
"Oh, the youngest member of the Caerula Adamas thinks he can stop us?" Salty Sol laughed and Melty Luna nodded "It seems that way..."

"Then let's get rid of him!"
"Love Crystal Extraction!"

"Akoya!" Argent cried as the second year screamed out as he was hit. Argent ran to him and Perlite looked at him as he fell to his knees. He blushed as Argent caught him and he whispered, "Y-you're warm..."

Argent blushed softly and Perlite smiled up at him, "Arima...I didn't want to die this way..." He told him and Argent nodded, "I know..."

Perlite gasped as he saw the bright pink crystal and his eyes widened as the twins shot out another beam towards Argent. "A-Arima-san!" He cried and Scarlet froze in shock.

Argent still clutched onto Perlite's hand as he began to disappear too. "A-Akoya...I'm sorry..." he whispered and Perlite whimpered, "I-It's okay..."

Scarlet ran to them and Perlite looked at him, "F-Fl-Fluffhead...don't stop fighting...okay?"

Scarlet nodded and reached towards the two as disappeared altogether. He screamed as he saw the twins walk forward and tried to grab the crystals.

"Don't take those!" He yelled as the twins picked up the pink and dark green crystals. Salty Sol smirked, "We almost have them all...soon we'll be invincible!"

"Not so fast!" Epinard yelled and the two looked at him. "Do you want a death sentence too?" Melty Luna asked and Epinard growled, "Give me back En-chan!" He screamed as he pointed his love stick at them, "Epinard Love Hurica-!"
"Love Crystal Removal!" The two yelled and Scarlet screamed as Epinard was hit.

"No! NO!" Scarlet cried and ran to him. "A-Atsushi-senpai!"

Atsushi smiled weakly at him "I'm sorry...I was careless..." "P-please don't leave me...you're the closest thing to a mom I have!" Scarlet sobbed and gasped as Epinard held him in a hug as he began to disappear.

"I know...I'm sorry Yumoto."

"P-please!" Scarlet sobbed harder, "I-I don't want to be alone!"
"Yo-you're not alone...you have Kin-chan..." Epinard whispered "Y-You still have a-all of us...in...in your heart."

Scarlet screamed out as he felt Epinard's warmth leave, "A-Atsushi-senpai...n-no...no!" He screamed and Aurite growled as he looked at the VEPPer.

"At-chan...! Give At-chan back!" He yelled and Scarlet sobbed harder as Aurite knelt in front of him, "Scarlet, please, calm down..."

Scarlet hiccupped, "K-Kin-chan-senpai...I-I thought...I thought I'd be okay alone...but I-I can't stand it!" he screamed and the twins began to laugh as Scarlet cried, "I want my brother! I-I want to go home!!"

Salty Sol smirked, "You'll never go home, we'll get rid of you."
Scarlet began to cry harder and the twins gasped as they had to cover their ears quickly, "S-Supersonic waves?!" Melty Luna gasped, "SHUT HIM UP!!"

"I-I can't!" Salty Sol cried and gasped as he and Melty Luna dropped Argent and Perlite's crystals. Aurite ran to them and grabbed the crystals. He gasped as they began to float and a bright light surrounded the crystals.

Argent and Perlite appeared and Scarlet stopped crying, "Y-you're alive!" he yelled and ran to them.

"Sol, stop him!"
"Of course..."

"Battle Lovers! Appear and get rid of Scarlet!"

Scarlet froze as his friends appeared...they weren't alive anymore from that thing happening to them...so why were they here? Wombat gasped, "The Battle Lovers! I sense no love in them, Scarlet!"

"Galactic Love Ignit!" Vesta yelled and Scarlet quickly dodged it, "What's wrong with you!?" He cried and the twins laughed,

"Hakone Yumoto, they work for us now."