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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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It was about 2 a.m. by the time Soubi finally closed his laptop and took off his glasses, rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"I just don't understand this. I checked the lists of students of every school in the region and neither of their names appeared anywhere. They are still listed under their same addresses, so they couldn't have moved to a school out of the region. So how can there be no records of them anywhere?"

Soubi let out a large sigh before deciding that he should try and get some sleep and just resume his search in the morning. He pushed himself away from his desk and got up out of his chair, then headed up to the bedroom. He took off his shirt and gently climbed into bed, trying not to disturb Ritsuka. He slowly let himself fall asleep even though his mind was still puzzled at the situation.

By the time Soubi woke up it was noon and Ritsuka was already off at school for the day. He slowly sat up in the bed and rubbed his eyes. When he gazed over at the clock on the night stand he quickly sprang out of bed, realizing that he over slept. He had almost forgotten that he had scheduled for a delivery truck to come pick up all of the boxes piled in his living room at noon. He hurriedly threw on a shirt, made his way down stairs and peered out of the large window in the living room. He was relieved when he looked and saw that the truck hadn't arrived yet. He then decided that to go make himself some coffee to wake him up. He walked into the kitchen and turned on the electric coffee pot and waited until he heard the small beep that signaled that the coffee was ready. He then reached into cupboard and pulled out a mug and poured the hot coffee. Before he could even take a sip, the doorbell rang. Soubi set down his cup and went to answer the door. Once he opened the door, there were two men in matching beige uniforms.

"Agatsuma Soubi?"

"Yes."

"We are here to pick up the things you called about."

"Wonderful. Right this way." Soubi then invited them into the house and showed them to living room where the boxes were.

"All of these boxes are what need to go." Without another word the two men began carrying the boxes out to the delivery truck that waited outside.

It only took about ten minutes for the men to load all the boxes into the truck. As soon as they were finished, Soubi gave them the address of the art college and asked them to deliver them to room 2-B in the main building (this being Kio's main classroom), and that they could just leave them there for the recipient. The men then got pack into their truck and drove away, Soubi closing the door behind them. He then walked back into the kitchen and quickly finished his coffee. After finishing, he walked to the front door and put on his long purple coat and headed out the front door.

"Well, I guess I'll start today by going to their homes. Hopefully I can catch them at home, or at least speak with their families." With that, Soubi made his way down the sidewalk and headed off on his mission for the day, hoping to have some answers for Ritsuka by the time he returned.

Meanwhile, unknown to Soubi, Ritsuka had decided to skip school for the day and was now arriving in front of Kouya and Yamato's apartment. He really felt like he needed someone to talk to about everything that had been going on, and since Yuiko and Yayoi were missing he turned to the only other friends he had. He approached the front door of the apartment and paused for a second before knocking to put on his false ears and tail; he wasn't sure yet exactly how and when he wanted to tell them about losing his ears. Once they were firmly in place, he knocked gently on the door. He could immediately hear Yamato's bubbly voice through the door.

"I'll get it!"

As soon as Yamato opened the door her face lit up and she pounced on the boy at her doorstep, almost knocking him over.

"Ritsuka-kun! I'm so happy to see you!" Ritsuka giggled a little at her enthusiasm.

"I'm glad to see you too Yamato."

"I was so happy when Soubi told me that you two had worked it out. IS everything still going ok?"

"Yes, everything is wonderful." He then paused for a moment and looked down at his feet. "Well actually, there had been a lot going on, I was hoping I could talk to you and Kouya about it." Yamato then gave him a big smile and pulled him by his arm, dragging him inside.

"Of course you can! Come inside, Kouya will make tea." Kouya over heard this and poked her head out from around the hallway corner.

"I will?" This just made Yamato laugh slightly.

"Yes you will." Kouya then quietly obliged and walked into the kitchen and began making tea.

Yamato pulled Ritsuka over to the kitchen table and sat him down and sat down in the chair right next to him. They were quickly joined by Kouya who handed them each a cup of honey tea. Ritsuka immediately took his cup in hand and took a big sip.

"So what is that had been going on Ritsuka-kun?" Yamato inquired with a concerned face.

"Well I don't remember much of the first night I spent at Soubi's because I fell asleep as soon as we got there. But when I woke up the next morning Soubi was gone, so I went downstairs to make some food. But when I got to the bottom of the stairs, Soubi's roommate Kio was waiting for. Long story short…he attacked me." Ritsuka then lifted one of his small hands to the small white bandage that was still placed on his cheek.

"He did!? Ritsuka I'm so sorry." Yamato placed one of her hands atop of Ritsuka's in a comforting manner.

"It's ok. Soubi kicked him out for it."

"Good!"

"Yeah but that's not even the half of it." Ritsuka paused for a moment before gathering the courage to tell them what happened next. "Later that night Soubi was trying to make me feel better and well…." Ritsuka then lifted his hands up to his head and slowly slid the false ears off his head, blushing a little as he did. The sight sent Yamato into a giddy frenzy and even made Kouya giggle a little.

"Oh my goodness! Ritsuka, you sure are a naughty little boy aren't you?!" This made Ritsuka blush even more, so he quickly moved the conversation along.

"Yeah yeah, anyways…the next morning when I get up to shower, something else happened…" Yamato was now sitting on the edge of her seat hanging on baited breathe. "…my name appeared." This made Yamato squeal in excitement.

"It did?! Where is it? Let me see." Ritsuka obliged at pulled off his sweater revealing his name that was visible just above the collar of the undershirt he was wearing.

"Aww, that's so cute. It almost looks like a necklace." Kouya then interrupted in a concerned tone.

"So Ritsuka…this means that you're true Sentouki appeared somewhere when that happened. Who is it?"

"Well, shortly after it happened, my name appeared on Soubi." This made Kouya slam her cup of tea down onto the table in shock; she knew that Soubi was a blank so this idea left her extremely confused.

"How is that possible?!"

"Yeah, how is that possible Ritsuka?" Yamato was also very confused.

"Well we went and saw Ritsu-Sensei and he basically said that he was wrong when he decided Soubi was a blank, and that he was my Sentouki all along." Yamato now sat back in her seat, relieved to learn that everything was working out for those two.

"Well that is inter-" Yamato was cut off by Kouya, who had just now pushed her glasses all the up the bridge of her nose and took a good look at the name written across Ritsuka's chest.

"Ritsuka, why does your look that way?" Yamato looked up at Kouya rather confused, then turned back to take a better look at his name. That was when she noticed the cracks.

"Well that's the interesting part. Ritsu-Sensei told us that since our name is Loveless and we have truly come to love each other, that now we are defying our name and it's cracking under the pressure." Yamato and Kouya were both almost floored by this.

"Wow! That's amazing. I didn't even know that possible."

"Yeah neither did we."

"So what else did Ritsu tell you?"

"That was about it. He did make us an offer to work for him in exchange for training though." Kouya immediately interjected in a very scary voice.

"Did you accept?!" Her attitude scared Ritsuka a little.

"Uh..Y-yes." Kouya then let out an aggravated sigh and shook her head.

"Ritsuka please listen to me, be very careful around that man. He is very crafty, and I can guarantee he has ulterior motives to you working for him. You can't trust that guy Ritsuka." Ritsuka was now beginning to regret his agreement a little bit, but he was confident that he and Soubi could handle it.

"I understand and we will be careful, I promise."

"Good. That being said, I have something for you." Kouya then left the kitchen and went down the hallway toward her bedroom, leaving Ritsuka and Yamato at the table alone.

"Well you certainly have been through a lot huh Ritsuka?"

"Yeah, it's been interesting to say the least."

"So how is school going?" Ritsuka took a moment before answering, trying to decide what to tell her. He finally decided that he didn't want to bother her with anymore of his troubles.

"It's been fine. My teacher was worried about me being absent so long, but she wasn't upset."

"Well that's good." Kouya then entered back into the kitchen with a stack of three books in her hand. She sat down back at the table and slid them over to Ritsuka.

"Here, these are my old textbooks from the academy. I don't need them anymore, and they might help you out." Ritsuka gave her a big smile.

"Thank you so much Kouya." He then gazed up at the clock on the wall and decided he should head home, so he stood up from the table, gathered his things and put his sweater back on. "Well, I better get going before Soubi starts to worry."

"Ok Ritsuka-kun. Please feel free to visit anytime." Yamato then stood up from the table and gave Ritsuka a hug.

"Thank you both so much for listening and thanks for the books Kouya."

"Anytime."

Ritsuka then made his way to the front door and exited the apartment. As he walked home he realized how much better he felt now that he was able to talk to someone about what was going on in his life. This feeling brought a smile to his face for the entire walk home. As soon as he got home, he took off his shoes and set his bag down in the entry way. He immediately saw Soubi smiling at him from the kitchen table.

"Welcome home Ritsu-kun"

"Hello Soubi."

"How was school today?"

"I actually didn't go to school today. I went to visit Yamato and Kouya; I really wanted someone to talk to."

"Tsk tsk, you shouldn't be missing anymore school." Soubi then stood up from the table and walked over to the boy then scooped him up in his arms, placing a kiss on his forehead. "But I suppose I'll forgive you this time." This made Ritsuka giggle and snuggle his face into Soubi's chest for a moment before pulling away to look up at Soubi.

"So how did your search go today? Did you figure anything out?" Soubi then gently set the boy back down onto his feet.

"Well I went and visited both their homes today." Ritsuka looked up at Soubi with an excited look on his face.

"And?"

"Well when I went to Yuiko's home, her mother answered and wasn't very pleased about an adult asking about her daughter so she only told me that she was at a boarding school. Then went I went to Yayoi's home, no one answered. So I'm afraid I wasn't very successful today." Soubi's expression was very depressed; he felt like he had let down Ritsuka. He was comforted however by Ritsuka's smiling face.

"You did succeed Soubi. You found out that they are both probably at a boarding school and that's more then we knew before. So thank you." Their loving moment was rudely interrupted by a loud ringing coming from Ritsuka's bag in the entry way.

"Ugh. Hold on a second Soubi." Ritsuka ran over to his bag and pulled out his cellphone but realized that it wasn't ringing. His stomach dropped slightly when he realized that it was the other cell phone in his bag that was ringing. He picked it up and gave Soubi a worried look before answering.

"Hello?"

"Hello Loveless. I have an assignment for you. I need you both to come to the academy immediately."

"What is the assignment?"

"I will give you details upon your arrival. Understood?"

"Understood."

*click*

Ritsuka then closed the phone and walked over to Soubi.

"We have an assignment. He said to go to the academy immediately." Ritsuka's voice was very serious. Soubi was surprised to see him taking this so seriously.

"Ok. We better get going then." The two of them both grabbed their coats, headed out the door and climbed into the car to begin the drive to the academy.

The atmosphere in the car this time was very tense; they were both very concerned about what the assignment might be. Before they knew it, they had already arrived at the academy. The front gate was already open this time so they were able to drive right through to the school. When they pulled up in front of the main building, it was just barely dusk and there were students gathered in front of the building. After parking the car, they got out and immediately saw Ritsu and Nagisa standing on the front steps of the building. They approached the two of them and Soubi was already not happy about the fact that Nagisa was there.

"Must she be here Ritsu-Sensei?"

"Yes, Nagisa will be acting as my eyes for this assignment."

"Fine. So what is our assignment?" Before Ritsu was given a chance to answer, Ritsuka heard a voice calling to him from the crowd of students. This voice made his heart flutter in his chest.

"Ritsuka-kun?!" Ritsuka quickly turned around and scanned the crowd to find the source of the voice. He finally laid his eyes on a tall pink haired girl pushing her was through the crowd.

"Y-Yuiko?!" He immediately ran over to her and threw his arms around her, trying to fight back the tears swelling up in his eyes. He then pulled away from her with a mind racing with questions.

"Yuiko, what are you doing here?" As soon as he spoke, a short boy walked up behind Yuiko, pulling her away to hide her behind his back and answered the question for her.

"We go to school here now Ritsuka-kun."

"Yayoi! You're here too. But I don't understand, how did you end up going to school here? Do you know what this place is?" This made Yayoi laugh.

"Yes we know what it is, and we are here to-" His words were cut off by Ritsu making a loud announcement.

"Attention students! I'm sure you all know of Agatsuma Soubi, but I would like you all to meet his sacrifice Aoyagi Ritsuka. Ritsuka please come up here." Ritsuka was not happy about leaving his friends just yet, but he did as he was told and stepped up to be with Soubi on the front steps of the school. This sent a series of whispers and gasps through the crowd of students. Ritsuka was now getting a little worried, so he grabbed onto Soubi's arm for comfort. Then Ritsu's announcement continued.

"As you all know, we have here at our school a pair of rising stars. They hold an impressive battle record here of 14-0. So in place of a final exam for early graduation for these two, I have decided that they will battle our guests, Loveless." This sent even more gasps across the crowd. Soubi knew that Ritsu was up to no good, but he was shocked that he was having them battle students. Soubi could feel Ritsuka clasp onto his arm tighter, so he leaned down to whisper in his ear in an attempt to comfort him.

"Don't worry Ritsuka; I won't let anyone hurt you." Ritsuka then put on a brave face and nodded at the tall blonde.

"So Loveless, are you ready to meet your opponents?" They answered in unison.

"Yes."

"Good! Will Limitless please step forward?" Ritsuka's heart was racing in anticipation. Then it felt as though his heart stopped when he saw his friends step forward to face him. He couldn't help but to cry out.

"W-wait! They are Limitless? Sensei, I can't fight them, they are my friends!" Ritsu turned toward the direction of Ritsuka's voice.

"Well I'm sorry Ritsuka, but you already agreed to work for me. I'm afraid you have no choice. Please remember that since you work for me, you are subject to any form of punishment for disobeying orders." Soubi quickly interrupted.

"You will do no such thing to Ritsuka! We will battle." Ritsuka was outraged by this.

"Soubi! How can you say that? That is Yuiko and Yayoi! We can't fight them!"

"I don't have a choice. If we don't, then Ritsu will surely cause you harm, and I can't allow that." Ritsuka was furious at this point, but his aggression was now directed at Ritsu.

"Sensei! Can I at least have a moment to speak with them first?"

"As you wish. Please make it quick."

Ritsuka then quickly ran over to Yuiko and Yayoi. He could see the pain in Yuiko's face and it made his chest feel tight. But he asked the one question that he feared the answer of most.

"S-so, who is who?" Again, Yayoi was the one to answer.

"I am Yuiko's Sentouki." This is exactly what Ritsuka was afraid of. He knew how powerful Soubi was before and couldn't even imagine how strong he was now. He couldn't bear the thought of having to hurt Yuiko. He then walked up to Yuiko who was still standing behind Yayoi.

"Yuiko, I can't believe that this is happening. I don't want to fight you; I don't want you to get hurt."

"It's ok Ritsuka-kun. I know Yayoi will protect me. Besides, we don't have a choice. If we can win, then we can graduate early and we can go home. And what happened to your ears?!" Ritsuka was slightly comforted by Yuiko's bravery and confidence but forgot all about his lack of ears.

"My ears are a long story but never mind that are you sure you can handle it Yuiko?"

"I'm sure. We are undefeated after all." Yuiko then gave Ritsuka that big familiar smile and a thumbs up.

"Ok." As Ritsuka turned and began to walk back toward Soubi, his arm was grabbed by Yayoi who pulled him close so that they were face to face. Yayoi then spoke to him in a cold voice.

"Ritsuka, I know that we were friends, but after you stopped coming to school, Yuiko cried every day. I can't forgive anyone that brings Yuiko pain. So I will not hold back." He then let go of Ritsuka's arm and left him with an icy glance. Ritsuka didn't recognize this boy as the friend he knew. This boy was cold and full of anger. He knew he wasn't going to like the outcome of this. He then ran back to Soubi and wrapped his arms around the tall blonde.

"Soubi, those are still my friends. Can we please go easy on them?" Ritsu over heard this statement and shot it down before Soubi could even reply.

"Loveless, to ensure that you fight to your full potential, your punishment for losing this battle will be two weeks of forced separation." These words shot through Soubi heart like an arrow; this was a punishment that he had seen used against students far too many times.

"I see you are just as cruel as before Sensei." He then leaned down to be eye level to Ritsuka. "Ritsuka, forced separation is the worst punishment a unit can receive. It forcibly severs their bond temporarily until they are reunited. For us this could mean a lot of pain both mental and physical. Ritsu is using this to fulfill his curiosity about us. It's unfortunate that he is using your friends to do this, but that's how it is. We cannot afford to lose. Do you understand?" Ritsuka now had a few small tears streaming down his cheeks.

"I understand. Do not hold back then."

"Understood."

"Are both units ready?"

"Yes."

"Yes."

With that, Ritsu ordered the crowd of students to clear the courtyard area for their own protection. All the students then dispersed, giving the two units plenty of room, leaving only Nagisa and Ritsu still standing on the stairs. The first to step forward in the now empty large courtyard were Yuiko and Yayoi, soon followed by Soubi and Ritsuka. The four of them stood on opposite sides of the courtyard staring at each other in silence for a moment. Then finally Yayoi spoke.

"We declare this to be a battle of spells." Soubi then looked down at Ritsuka looking for an answer. Ritsuka took a deep breath and nodded.

"We accept." With those words, the entire area was consumed by Soubi and Ritsuka's extremely large battle radius. The battle had begun. Yuiko and Yayoi joined hands and pressed their foreheads together.

"We are Limitless. Our love and strength know no limits." Soubi then quickly picked Ritsuka up by the waist and gave him a passionate kiss before setting him back down. They then joined their own hands.

"We are Loveless. A bond so powerful not even our name dare to defy us." The second that Soubi finished speaking, Limitless began their attacks at lightning speed.

"Restrain! The enemy cannot escape!" This shot a long chain from the ground that attached itself tightly to Ritsuka's wrist, making him gasp in pain. Soubi looked back to see if he was ok.

"I'm fine Soubi, focus. They are very fast. Try to slow their movements" Soubi nodded in compliance, and made his attack.

"Absolute zero! Snowflakes blanket the enemy, chilling them to the bone." Heavy snow quickly began to fall and the temperature dropped dramatically. Yayoi was quick to return attack, ignoring the cold.

"The snow has no effect on us. Our love keeps us warm in the coldest of nights. Now Rupture! Tear the enemy apart!"

"Defense! Nothing can reach us." This spell sent out a massive bubble that surrounded them, blocking the attack.

"Shatter! Shards of glass rain down on the enemy" Before Yayoi could defend, the attack landed hard. Restraints shot up and grabbed onto both Yuiko's wrists, causing her to cry out and fall to her knees.

"Ahh!" Yayoi quickly turned to his sacrifice.

"Yuiko! Are you ok?"

"I'm ok. Soubi is afraid of the dark Yayoi, use it against him!" Yayoi complied.

"Clouds cover the sky. Wrap the enemy in darkness." The clouds quickly gathered and blocked out all light. Ritsuka knew that this would shake Soubi.

"Soubi! Keep calm! Bring back the light."

"Fireflies flutter all around, illuminate the darkness." Thousands of fireflies then appeared and lit up the darkness.

"Good! Now attack Soubi! Don't hold back!"

"Solidify! The enemy cannot move." Again, a restraint took its claim on Yuiko's neck.

"Ahh!" Hearing his friend cry out made Ritsuka's heart hurt. He just wanted this to be over. But Yayoi was not letting up.

"Suspension! Break through all defenses! Incinerate! The flames burn everything and leave nothing behind!"

"Defense!" Soubi's defense was no good, and a chained collar clasped tightly onto Ritsuka's neck, drawing blood and making him cry out.

Before Soubi could even ask, Ritsuka reassured his Sentouki. "I-I'm fine. Finish this!"

"Lightning! Strike the enemy with electric force!" Lightning came shooting from the sky striking Yuiko, adding another restraint, this time to Yuiko's ankles.

"Ahh!"

"Yuiko!" Yayoi's face was now bright red in anger. "That's it! No one hurts Yuiko!"

"A thousand needles! Pierce though the enemy! Turn these insects into specimens!" Thousands of needles then flew through the air towards Ritsuka, but Soubi decided he would try something he never had before.

"Denied! Reflect! Turn the enemy's attack against them!" These words sent out a huge shockwave pushing all of the needles away from Ritsuka and sending them rushing back toward Yuiko. The attack landed.

"AHHHH!" Yayoi stared on in horror as Yuiko was completely constrained.

"Limitless! Your sacrifice has been completely restrained. Victory." With those last words, the battle radius collapsed, and all of Ritsuka's restraints were released.

Yayoi immediately ran to Yuiko's limp body lying on the ground.

"Yuiko!" Ritsu then announced the winner.

"Loveless is the victor."

Ritsuka then ran over to Yuiko and fell to the ground next to her. As soon as he did however, he was shoved away very hard by Yayoi.

"Get away from her!"

"Yayoi…I…."

"I don't want to hear it! Just get away!" Ritsuka didn't want to upset him any further, so he walked away to rejoin Soubi.

"Ritsuka, I'm sorry." Ritsuka quickly put on a brave face to hide his pain.

"Don't be. I told you not to hold back. You did very well Soubi." Ritsuka's voice was now very stern.

They both then turned to face Ritsu and Ritsuka spoke in an angry voice to him.

"Are you happy now?"

"Very."

"What will happen to them now?"

"They will be sent back into training until they can pass a final exam. No harm will come to them."

"Good. You better not be lying. Can we go now?"

"Yes, your assignment is complete. I will be in touch."

Ritsuka wanted nothing more than to leave that place. So he grabbed Soubi by the hand and pulled him to the car.

"Let's go."

"Ok"

After getting in the car, Soubi could tell how upset Ritsuka was so he tried to console him.

"Ritsuka, are ok?"

"No I'm not. But I don't want to talk about it right now. I just want to go home."

"OK."

The rest of car ride was completely silent. Ritsuka was lost in his thoughts. He was furious at Ritsu and he was incredibly upset that Yuiko got hurt. He also had a lot of questions for Soubi, especially about that last spell he used. But he just wanted to forget everything right now. Tomorrow would be a new day, and Ritsuka defiantly had plans to return to the academy tomorrow…he had a lot of unsettled business to take care.

TBC
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