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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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"Soubi look, it's starting to snow" Ritsuka squealed as he leaned forward to peer out of the windshield and up into the sky to watch the snowflakes drift down from the dark clouds.

"So it is. It's finally the first snow of winter." Soubi gave a smile at this idea; he really loved the snow. He loved how it blanketed everything in white so beautifully; it reminded him of a blank canvas.

"How much longer until we get to the academy?" The question snapped Soubi out his day dream.

"About twenty minutes."

Ritsuka replied with just a sigh of discontent, he forgot how far away this place was. He was happy though, that it was at least a beautiful drive with lots of trees and hills, he really loved the way that the now setting sun silhouetted them. Ritsuka gazed out of the window and slowly slipped away into his own thoughts.

'I wonder how everyone at school is doing. I can't believe I've let myself miss a whole month of school, I'm sure teacher has been worried, and I hope Yuiko is doing OK.' Ritsuka then made an odd realization. 'Huh…Yuiko hasn't called me once since I've been gone. She usually calls me five times if I miss one day…I really hope she is ok.'

Finally after twenty minutes, the car pulled up to the large iron gates that surrounded the Sentouki academy. Soubi rolled his window down and pulled up to the small intercom at the gate's entrance. A voice immediately came through the speaker.

"Identify yourself."

"Agatsuma Soubi and Aoyagi Ritsuka. We are here to see Ritsu-sensei."

Without even a reply from the intercom, the gates slowly began to swing open and Soubi continued the drive up to the academy that sat high up on a hill. When they finally pulled up to front entrance of the large two story school, Soubi parked the car and got out, followed by Ritsuka. After getting out of the car, Ritsuka looked around the dark campus and didn't see a single other person. He thought it was rather odd, it was only just now night time, and the last time he was here there were students all over the place doing all sorts of exercises day and night.

"Hey Soubi, where do you think everyone is?" Ritsuka inquired as he quickly latched onto Soubi's arm for comfort.

"Well, I believe that Ritsu has put a new curfew in place, as well as added security, after Seimei and Nisei attacked the academy."

"Oh." This was all Ritsuka replied as his mind was taken suddenly back to the attack on the academy. He had actually almost forgotten about all that, or more accurately, he had chosen not to remember. He hated thinking about all the suffering that Seimei has caused.

Right as they approached the large double doors of the building, one of the doors suddenly flung open and out stepped a small blue haired women dressed in a rather eccentric black dress.

"Nagisa."

"Soubi."

The two addressed each other in short cold voices and shot sharp glares at each other, as if they were hated rivals. Ritsuka could sense the tension in the air, so he decided just to stay quite.

"What is your business here Soubi?"

"We have come to see Ritsu." Soubi made sure to add extra emphasis on the "we" part of that statement. He knew just how much she disliked Sacrifices, and it was the one thing he hated about her most, so he always took great care to remind her of Ritsuka's presence.

"We?" Nagisa then looked all around very sarcastically as if she didn't see anyone else except herself and Soubi. "Oh, I see you brought him with you." She said in a disgusted tone of voice.

Ritsuka could feel the muscles in Soubi's arm flex as he tightened his fists at the way this woman spoke about him. He then quickly tugged down gently on Soubi's arm to try and turn his attention away from her. His plan worked and Soubi turned his attention to Ritsuka, his expression changing back to normal in an instant. As Soubi looked down at the worried expression on Ritsuka's face, he decided that Nagisa wasn't worth it; he just wanted to get the answers they came for and get out of there.

"Nagisa, will you please inform Ritsu-sensei that we have come to see him." Soubi now smiled as he spoke to her in an attempt to be pleasant.

"Fine, fine. Follow me."

Soubi and Ritsuka complied and followed Nagisa into the schools large lobby. The room was very dark and the entire building was eerily quiet. The quietness made Ritsuka hold on to Soubi's arm even tighter, which didn't bother Soubi a bit.

"This way."

They continued to follow her up the stairs and down a large hallway, until she stopped in front of a door with a name written on it. It read "Ritsu-sensei".

"Wait here." She then opened the door and slipped inside the room, closing the door behind her.

As soon as the door closed, Ritsuka looked up at Soubi's face and saw a rather worried expression.

"Are you okay Soubi?" Soubi looked over at the small boy attached to his arm and smiled.

"I'm ok, I promise." Soubi's words betrayed his true feelings however; he hated just having to be around Ritsu, let alone having to ask for his help. Ritsu had always been so incredibly cruel to him and he would always resent him for it but regardless he still respected his teacher. It is because of Ritsu that he is the Sentouki that he is today after all.

After a few minutes of standing quietly in the empty hallway, Nagisa reappeared out of the room.

"You may go see him now." As she stepped aside from the door, she shot one last remark at Ritsuka this time. "Oh and by the way, I like your knew look kid." She then laughed as she walked away.

Her comment made Ritsuka blush wildly as he realized that she was referring to his lack of ears, but he quickly composed himself and refocused on the task ahead. Ritsuka then took the lead and pushed open the door to Ritsu's office. When they entered the small room they saw the tall blonde man sitting at his desk typing away at his computer. They stood in silence for a moment until Soubi finally spoke.

"I see you have managed to continue working even in your condition."

"Well someone has to run this place and it wasn't hard to have all my things converted into brail; although learning it was troublesome."

This made Ritsuka's chest tighten up slightly; he still felt responsible for what happened to Ritsu. Ritsuka felt that if he hadn't been at the academy that night then Seimei wouldn't have attacked this place and he wouldn't have blinded Ritsu-sensei.

"So, to what do I owe this visit Soubi?" Ritsu asked as he closed his laptop and rolled his chair away from his desk a little.

"Well-" Soubi was cut off before he could even begin. Ritsuka wanted to make sure that his presence was known.

"We have some questions we would like to ask you." Ritsuka's voice did in fact make his presence known.

"Ah! Ritsuka, I'm glad to have here once more." Ritsu's voice perked up quite a bit; he actually liked Ritsuka, he admired his strength and conviction, and always enjoyed his company.

"Thank you for having us." Ritsuka replied trying to be as polite as possible, still feeling bad about Ritsu's blindness.

"So, what would you two like to know?" Ritsuka again was the one to answer.

"Well, earlier this evening my name appeared."

"It did? How interesting. So, you have found Loveless's Sentouki. How are you dealing with that Soubi?"

Soubi wasn't even given a chance to reply before Ritsuka continued.

"Well the reason we came to see you is because…after my name appeared it did appear on another, it appeared on Soubi."

"Really? Well that is very interesting." Ritsu then leaned forward in his chair slightly. "So what is your question?"

"Well, we want to know how this is possible. I know Soubi was a blank before he was Beloved's Sentouki, so I don't understand how my name appeared on him on its own."

"Well it appears that Soubi was never actually a blank to begin with. " Ritsuka was rather shocked by this statement. Ritsuka quickly looked up to see Soubi's eyes grow wide and his face get pale as if he had seen a ghost.

"H-how could you not have known that he wasn't a blank?" Ritsuka's voice was very anxious and confused.

"I was simply wrong. You see, blanks are not something that we manufacture like the Zero's. Blanks are something that does indeed occur naturally. No one is really sure how it is decided that someone will be blank, no more than we know how our names are decided, but we do know that we cannot create one. This means that we can never be entirely sure if someone is a blank, but we do usually assume so once they reach a certain age and still have not found their partner. So the fact that your name has now appeared on Soubi means that I was wrong when I made that assumption. "

Ritsuka and Soubi were both completely silent as they let all this new information sink in. After a few minutes, Soubi finally spoke.

"Ritsu, Ritsuka and I have been together for almost a year now, why have our names appeared just now?"

"Well a pair's name usually appears when they first meet their partner; sometimes it takes a little while and won't appear until the two recognize each other as a pair, but it wouldn't take this long. But when you first met Ritsuka, Seimei was still alive and you still bore his name. The fact that your true name didn't appear then was most likely because of the power that Seimei held over you, and we still are not sure how Seimei was able to do this, but he was somehow able to keep claims on you over your true name. When Seimei died however, your true name was free to make itself present; but why it took this long, I'm not entirely sure. Although…I do have a theory." With that, Ritsu suddenly rolled his chair forward toward where Ritsuka was standing and pulled the boy forcefully down onto his lap. Ritsuka was completely caught off guard by this and tried to struggle free, but he was restrained by Ritsu's strong arms wrapped around his waist.

"Ritsuka, calm down please." Ritsuka begrudgingly did as he was told, not that he actually had a choice. Once he stopped struggling, Ritsu's hands made their way off of the boy's waist to the top of his head and he began to run his hands all the way across his head. He then released the boy from his grasp, and Ritsuka sprang up from his lap and ran back to Soubi, clamping down on his arm once again.

"So I see. That must be why. It seems you two are just full of surprises. I believe that your names appeared due to the loss of Ritsuka's ears. That must have been what it took for you two to fully embrace each other as partners. It is unusual but not completely unheard of."

A huge wave of relief rushed over both Soubi and Ritsuka, but it hit Soubi the hardest. Ritsuka could feel him trembling and suddenly he fell to his knees.

"Soubi! What's wrong?" Ritsuka quickly followed him onto the floor. Soubi's face was hidden completely behind his long blonde hair, but Ritsuka could see tears falling to the floor.

"Ritsu, are you sure? Are you sure that I am Ritsuka's true Sentouki?" Soubi almost whispered these questions at his teacher, who was still completely calm and collected.

"Yes Soubi, you and Ritsuka are Loveless." This caused even more tears to fall from the blonde's face.

"Soubi why are you-" Ritsuka's words were cut off by the feeling of Soubi's large soft hands pulling his face to his own, locking their lips together, stealing the breathe from Ritsuka's lungs and turning his cheeks bright red.

"Ritsuka…I always thought I was just a blank canvas, to be marked upon, erased, discarded, and then passed along. But this…this name you have given me, makes me feel something I have never felt before. Even when I belonged to Seimei, I never felt as though I was connected him, how could I feel that connection being a blank? But now I know that I was fated to a partner, but not just any partner, to you. It is something that I have dreamt of ever since the first day I met you, but something I always thought to be impossible. But my dreams have become reality now…I-I'm so happy Ritsuka…I will never stop fighting for you."

"S-Soubi…" Ritsuka was completely speechless. He was used to Soubi being blunt and honest, but never about things like this. He has no idea that Soubi would ever open up this much, but he was happy. Ritsuka hadn't even noticed the small tears that had now began to flow from his own eyes. Ritsuka then embraced Soubi tightly as they sat on the floor of Ritsu's office. The two of them were snapped out of their blissful state by the sound of Ritsu coughing, reminded them that they were still in his office. The two of them quickly stood up and regained their composer.

"S-sorry Ritsu-Sensei, that was just a lot to take in." Ritsuka apologized as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

"It's fine. I understand. I am glad that I could be of help to you. Make sure to take care of my star pupil Ritsuka." Ritsu gave the boy a small smile.

"I will." Ritsuka said with a smile on his face as well. "Thank you so very much for all your-" Ritsuka stopped his sentence and gasped as he clutched his chest.

"Are you alright Ritsuka? Is it your name again? Mine hurts as well." Soubi inquired in a worried tone.

"Yeah, but it's ok."

"Soubi, what do you mean your names hurt again?" Ritsu asked very intrigued.

"Its nothing, the place where our name appeared has just been painful a few times since is appeared"

"Hmm… That shouldn't happen." Ritsuka was taken aback by this, seeing as Soubi had assured him that this was normal.

"What do you mean it shouldn't happen?"

"It's true that when your name first appears it can sometimes be painful, but once it appears there shouldn't be any pain afterword." Ritsu's face became rather puzzled and he appeared to be deep in thought. "Hmm….I wonder…."

"You wonder what?!" Ritsuka exclaimed, now scared that something bad was happening.

"Ritsuka, have you looked at your name at all after any bouts of pain?"

"Well…no. I thought it was normal."

"Ritsuka, please look at your name now."

Ritsuka was very nervous to do so, but he complied and stepped up to a small mirror that was hanging on the wall. He slowly removed his large blue sweater and was shocked by what he saw.

"What do you see Ritsuka?"

"M-my name…it has cracks. T-two of them. The L in my name has cracks! What is happening?!"

Soubi could only look on in awe at what was happening.

"You two are very unique indeed. I have heard myths about this happening, but I never thought it was actually possible."

"What is happening to me?!" Ritsuka was now getting very frustrated with the situation.

"Well your name is your fate; it shows your true nature. It is destined before you are born and it was links a Sacrifice and Sentouki. But you absolutely cannot go against your name. You are Loveless, one without love. Your name is the reason why your mother and brother acted the way they did towards you, it is why you have always had trouble making friends, its why you have always found it so difficult to love others. As for Soubi, it also explains why he has had the same type of troubles. Loveless is your nature. But you two have managed to do the impossible by overcoming everything that has happened and you both have become loved by another person and have learned to truly love another, by doing this you have managed to defy your names. It is something that is completely unheard of except in myths."

"S-so what does that mean?"

"It means that you two share a bond that is so strong that even your names cannot defy you, this is why it is cracking. You two are actually overpowering your name. And every time you two get closer and your bond strengthens, it will continue to crack under the pressure. But it also means that you two are most likely the most powerful pair known in existence."

All this information was shooting through the minds of both Ritsuka and Soubi. This was something that not even Soubi believed was ever possible. They were both in a stunned silence until Ritsuka could gain control of his voice enough to speak.

"I-I can't believe this…we are defying our name…this is all so much…"

"Ritsuka, Soubi, I know this is a lot to take in, but you both have to stay strong. It is very important that you two are careful."

"Careful? Of what?"

"In a normal pair, if one of them dies, the other will sometimes die as well form the trauma of the bond being broken. In most cases however, the living partner will carry on and either get a blank replacement or retire completely. But with you two, because your bond is stronger than any other known, if something were to happen to either of you, the other will most definitely die as well." Soubi finally snapped out of his daze to reply.

"I will never let anything happen to Ritsuka!"

"That's good Soubi, but you must also take great care of yourself, if you were to die it would kill Ritsuka as well."

"Understood." Soubi's voice became very serious as if he was given a command.

"Now, I have a question for you Loveless."

They both looked at Ritsu puzzled as to what he could possibly want from them.

"What is that?" Ritsuka asked courageously, ready to take on anything at this point.

"Would you two be interested in working for me?"

"Why do you want us to work for you?"

"Well for one, you two are going to need to train extensively in order to learn to control your new power. Secondly, there are always missions I need taken care, and it would be good to have an ace in the hole for situations that no one else can handle, or for anything else I might need you for. So you would work for me, and in return it would help you too learn how to handle your overwhelming power."

Ritsuka was not at all sure about this, so he turned to Soubi for advice.

"What do you think Soubi?"

"Whatever Ritsuka wants, I want. I will gladly go to battle for you every day for the rest of my life."

This wasn't of too much help to Ritsuka, so he sat and thought for a minute on what he should do. 'I don't know exactly what Ritsu-sensei would have us do, but I guess it couldn't hurt and if it would help us get stronger it might be worth it.'

"Yes. We will work for you. But you must be available to help us with anything we may need."

"Of course Ritsuka, I will always be here to help. I'm glad you accept my offer. Here take this." Ritsu ruffled through the drawers of his desk and pulled out a small blue cell phone. He opened it, pressed a few buttons then handed it to Ritsuka.

"This is how I will contact you for missions. No one else will ever contact this phone, and you will use to contact no one else. Understood?"

"Yes, we understand."

"Good. I will contact you when I have a mission for you. Until then, do you have any other questions?"

Ritsuka looked at Soubi for an answer. Soubi simply shook his head no.

"No, that is all. Thank you very much for all your help Sensei."

"You are welcome."

With that, the two of them turned back toward the door and left the office with their heads held high. They began back down the long hallway and back down the stairs to the lobby of the academy. When they exited out of the front entrance, the snow was falling much harder now and it was much colder. Before returned to the car, Soubi suddenly picked up his sacrifice and embraced him tightly.

"Ritsuka, I love you." Soubi's face was graced with a beautiful smile that made Ritsuka's heart melt. He had never seen Soubi happy like this before.

"I love you too Soubi."

The two then climbed back into the car, and made their way down the drive way and out through the gate again, putting the Sentouki academy in their rear view mirror, at least for now.

Ritsu watched out of his window as the car pulled away and as soon as it was out of sight, he picked up his cell phone and typed a number in the key pad.

"hello?"

"It's Ritsu. I want you to move Limitless into advanced training first thing in the morning"

"Yes sir."

Ritsu then hung up the phone without another word.

'This is will be very interesting indeed'

TBC
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