Chapter 6: Scarlet's Tears

Scarlet froze as he looked at his friends, "Please wake up!" He cried, "I-I don't want to be alone anymore!"

The VEPPer laughed harder, "They can't hear your pleas." Salty Sol smirked, "Your pleas are music to my ears...too bad your cries for help won't save you either."
"W-what?"
"Beppu Apes, please escort Scarlet to us." Melty Luna smiled and Scarlet began to struggle as he was grabbed.

"Yumoto-kun!" Aurite yelled and Scarlet yelled, "Kin-chan-senpai! Please awaken my friends!"

Aurite nodded and clutched his sword tightly. "I will!"
The Caerula Adamas turned to the Battle Lovers and Aurite growled, "Wake up, all of you!"

"Never." Vesta smirked and Wombat growled, "Those aren't the real Battle Lovers! Those are fakes!"
Argent gasped, "No wonder...they do look different. We need to stop them, Yumoto-kun is facing the VEPPer!"
Perlite nodded, "We can get them easily." He held out his sword and the other two did as well, "Ultima Adamas!"

Their combined attack hit Vesta and Sulfur and as they hit the ground, they were revealed to be two Beppu Ape students.

"Huh..." Perlite muttered and Aurite growled, "So, they faked out us...dammit..." he looked up, "This was a distraction...they did this to get Yumoto-kun."
He gasped as he heard Scarlet scream. He looked at Wombat, "Can you send for his brother...? I...I don't think Scarlet will survive this battle..."

Wombat nodded and ran off as they attacked the other two fake Battle Lovers.

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Scarlet whimpered as Salty Sol held him by his neck. "You're going to die..."
Scarlet looked at him, "P-please don't do this, Haruhiko-senpai!"
Salty Sol laughed, "I will...your crystal will be strong! With it, we can have Gora-san and the world."

Melty Luna smirked and held up the Battle Lovers' crystals to Scarlet's face. "Give yours up and your friends will be alive again."
Tears filled Scarlet's eyes, "W-why are you doing this to me...?"
"Why? Well...simple...we hate you!"
Salty Sol clutched his hand in front of Scarlet's chest. "I sense its powers..."

Scarlet clutched at his own chest and screamed loudly. Pain filled his body and Salty Sol smirked, "The crystal of Scarlet...filled with love...as much love as a God of Love's..."

Melty Luna smiled, "We won't take it just yet...or should we do it now?" he looked at Scarlet's pain filled face, "Tell us...no...beg us why we should wait."

"P-please...Wom-san to-told me it's my job to fill the world with love...and to love my enemies..."
"SHUT UP!" Salty Sol screeched, slapping Scarlet hard across the face. "You act as if you know me...well, you don't...so shut the hell up!"

Scarlet cried out and teared up, "I-I'm sorry...I-I just want my friends back!" He screamed loudly.

"You're not going berserk on me, you little brat!" Salty Sol screamed and threw Scarlet onto the ground.

"My monster, restrain the brat...his crystal is mine...!"
Scarlet cried out as shadowed hands grabbed his wrists and legs. "No!" he screamed as he was held onto the ground. "AN-CHAN, HELP ME!" He cried and Aurite gasped as he ran towards Scarlet.

"I won't let you die, Yumoto-kun! You're the only one who can save us!" He yelled and stood in front of Scarlet, "You're not getting his crystal."

The twins smirked, "Well, we can get rid of you too, Aurite..." Melty Luna smiled, "You and Scarlet can share a grave."
Aurite rolled his eyes. "I'd rather die protecting him." He spat and the twins growled.

They gasped as the crystals began to glow, "Haru get them! They're flying away!" Melty Luna cried as they flew from his hands somehow. "Dammit...they...they responded to that little brat's cry for help!"

Bright flashes of blue, green, yellow, and pink occurred and the four Battle Lovers stood there, love sticks out.

"Yumoto..." Epinard's gentle voice spoke and bent down to Scarlet. "We won't let your crystal be taken."

Scarlet gasped, "Guys!"

The twins growled and Scarlet cried out as he felt pain in his chest again.

"Haru...let's get this over with..."
"Of course..."
They turned to Scarlet and held their hands together. "Love Crystal Extraction!"
Scarlet froze and saw the two orbs flying towards him. He screamed as they hit his chest and a red beam shot out of him. The Battle Lovers and Caerula Adamas froze as Scarlet's crystal slowly appeared and Scarlet fell forward as his transformation halfway undid itself.

"YUMOTO!" They cried and ran to the fallen first year. "W-why did his transformation do that?" Perlite cried and Argent looked over Scarlet. "I think his crystal was the brooch...I'm not sure why it'd be that way."

Salty Sol smirked as the scarlet crystal appeared and laughed

"We have it...!" he grabbed it and held it up to examine it "Yes...the Love of Scarlet...so strong...and so powerful...enough to save the world, but yet enough power to end the world as well!"

"En-chan...why isn't he disappearing like we did?" Epinard asked and Melty Luna smirked, "We can control if that happens or not."

Vesta growled as he looked at them, "GIVE IT BACK!" He screamed, "Yumoto doesn't deserve this!"

Sulfur nodded and Salty Sol laughed, "Why?"

"Yumoto-kun has done nothing to you." Argent replied, "You two wanted his brother and you wanted him dead."

Perlite nodded, "Fluffhead didn't do anything to harm you. He gave you two love, but what did you do? You backstabbed him."

Salty Sol looked at the crystal in his hand. "I should have kept all of yours..."

"Let's retake them all then, Haru." Melty Luna smiled and Salty Sol nodded, "Sounds good."

"Love Crystal Extraction Sho-!"
"Hold it!" A voice yelled and the twins gasped out as they saw who it was...Hakone Gora was standing there with Wombat beside him.

Wombat gasped and ran to Scarlet, "His transformation! He shouldn't have been taken away from it!"

Gora growled and looked at the twins, "Yumoto did nothing to you...Love Crystals aren't to be messed with."

The VEPPer looked down, "We know..." Salty Sol whispered and smirked as he looked at Scarlet's crystal in hand. "This crystal will lead us to victory..." He looked at Dadacha, "How do we use this?"
Dadacha shrugged, "I-I'm not sure-dacha..."
Gora frowned as he held his unconscious little brother in his arms. "Put it back in Yumoto. He's done no harm!"

Salty Sol looked at him and then at Scarlet "Hakone Yumoto...was the worst offender...keeping us away from what we deserved."

"Like hell he did!" Vesta growled, "You two just hate him because Gora-san is his brother! Yumoto may be weird but we love him!" Sulfur nodded, "Yeah! So, give him back his crystal before we make you!"

Salty Sol smirked and held up Scarlet's, "His crystal is powerful and the brightest we've ever seen."
Melty Luna nodded, "Yes...so you're not getting it back!"
The duo then began to laugh maniacally as they began to feel power flowing through them.