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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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It had been three days now since Loveless last left the Sentouki Academy; it was now Saturday and Ritsuka was just returning home from his half day of school. He entered his large home and sat down his bag in the entry way. He then began looking around the large living area and kitchen in search of Soubi. He finally found his lover in the studio sitting in front of his large easel working on a new painting. The boy quietly snuck up behind the blonde and threw his arms around Soubi's neck while placing a small kiss on his cheek. This brought a smile to Soubi's face as he lifted the boy's arms from around him and turned his chair to face his Sacrifice.

"Good afternoon Ritsuka. How was school today?"

"It was fine. Sensei has been getting better every day ever since I told her that I found Yayoi and Yuiko, but she still asks me every day if they are doing ok."

"Well I'm glad to hear that."

"Yeah, she still cries a lot though." They both let out a small giggle at this. Ritsuka then placed his small arms gently back around Soubi's neck and put on the cutest face he could muster.

"So…Soubi…"

"Yes?" Soubi could already tell by that pleading face what was coming next.

"Will you take me back to the academy today so I can see Yuiko?" Ritsuka was now giving him the classic puppy dog eyes and he couldn't refuse, not like he could refuse the boy anything anyway.

"Of course." A huge smile crossed Ritsuka's face and he embraced Soubi even tighter.

"Thank you!"

Soubi then stood from his chair and began making his way out of the studio to the living room to grab his cost from the rack, with Ritsuka close in toe. Once Soubi put on his coat he reached for the handle of the front door but was stopped by the feeling of a small tug on the back of his coat. He turned around to look at Ritsuka who now had his head fixed toward his feet that were fidgeting in their place.

"What's the matter?" Ritsuka answered in a very soft voice, as though he might get in trouble for even answering.

"Well…I forgot to ask you before but…I was wondering if you could actually just drop me off at the academy for a while. I want to go alone. There is a lot I want to try and talk to Yuiko and Yayoi about, and I just think it would be better if I went alone." Soubi was honestly a little hurt by this, but he did understand.

"If that's what you want, then I will drop you off. But please make sure you have your cell phone on the whole time and please be careful." Ritsuka immediately perked back up and threw his arms around Soubi's waist.

"Thank you so much Soubi." Soubi then just smiled as he ushered the boy out the door and into the car.

Ritsuka was so excited to see his friends that it seemed like only a few minutes before they were pulling up in front of the increasingly familiar building. Ritsuka was sitting on the edge of his seat as they pulled in front of the main building and he saw all the students walking about the campus talking and laughing with each other; he was relieved to see the academy looking like a normal friendly place for once. Soubi then parked the car and Ritsuka almost immediately shot out of the car, leaving Soubi behind. Before Soubi could put on a frown however, the boy rushed back to car. He opened the door and leaned all the way across the passenger seat to catch Soubi's lips in a kiss.

"Thank you again Soubi. I promise I'll be safe and I have my phone on me so don't worry." Ritsuka then gave Soubi another big smile. Soubi watched from the car as Ritsuka ran up the steps and into the main building. Once he was sure he was at least safely inside, Soubi drove away from the academy and decided he would go to the park that was near the academy and do some drawing in the sketch book he brought with him; he didn't want to stray too far from Ritsuka, just in case.

As soon as Ritsuka entered the building, he waded his way through the hallway full of students and made his way to Ritsu's office. When he arrived, the door was already open and he could see Ritsu sitting as his desk with his face buried in his laptop as usual. He entered the room without pause and spoke softly as not to startle the man.

"Excuse me, Ritsu-sensei? It's Ritsuka." The man looked up from his laptop with a smile.

"Good afternoon Ritsuka. I'm assuming you are here to see your friends?"

"Yes I am. I was hoping you could tell me where to find them."

"Well I'm not sure exactly but if you would like I could page them over the intercom."

"I would appreciate that."

"OK then. Why don't you go wait in the garden, and I'll have them meet you there."

"Ok." Ritsuka then left the office with a smile but didn't make it very far. As soon as he left he turned back and poked his head back into Ritsu's office.

"Um Sensei…where is the garden?" This made Ritsu chuckle.

"Go out of the main entrance and walk all the way down the path to your right. You will see the garden at the end of the path."

"Ok, thank you again Sensei." With that, Ritsuka headed out of the building and found the path. He walked down the long gravel path until he arrived at a beautiful garden with a large gazebo in the center that was surrounded by cherry blossom trees. Even though everything was blanketed with a thin layer of snow, he could still see the beautiful pink of the petals on the tree. As he was making his way to the gazebo, he heard Ritsu's voice over the intercom.

"Attention students! Limitless, you have a visitor for you in the garden; please make your way there immediately."

After hearing the announcement, Ritsuka's stomach began to flutter in a mixture of excitement and fear. He couldn't wait to see his friends, but he was also afraid that they would be upset at him for defeating them in battle; he was extremely worried about how Yayoi would feel about him visiting, but he was willing to take his chances.

After another few minutes of waiting, Ritsuka's heart almost leaped out of his chest as he saw that familiar tall pink haired girl make her down the path. As soon as she caught sight of who her visitor was, she squealed very loudly and ran toward the gazebo. Ritsuka stood from his place just in time to catch Yuiko as she leaped onto him, hugging him so tight that he couldn't breathe.

"Ritsuka! I'm so happy to see you!" Ritsuka then finally wiggled free of her grasp so that he could speak.

"I'm glad to see you too. I've been so worried!" Ritsuka then paused for a moment as he noticed Yayoi walk up behind Yuiko; he then braced himself for what the boy might have to say to him.

"Yayoi…I…" Ritsuka's words were cut off by arms wrapped around him. He was in shock for a moment until he was released and saw the big smile on Yayoi's face; a huge wave of relief then washed over him.

"No need for apologies or anything of the sort Ritsuka. We both had no choice but to fight that night, and we both did our best. You won fair and square, and I actually owe you an apology. I am not very used to losing, so seeing Yuiko fully restrained scared me, but that's no excuse to treat you the way I did. So I apologize." Ritsuka was so overcome by happiness that he was now fighting back the tears threatening to fall from his eyes.

"Thank you Yayoi. I was so afraid you hated me." Yayoi then let out a familiar laugh as he patted his friend on the head.

"Neither Yuiko or I could ever hate you Ritsuka-kun."

The three of them made their way back into the gazebo to sit and catch up. Ritsuka sat back down where he was while Yuiko and Yayoi sat opposite him, holding their hands firmly together.

"So how did you two realize that you were a unit? I can't believe I missed it." Yuiko was the one to answer this time; she seemed much more like her normal self when they weren't in the midst of battle.

"Well it was really weird actually. I went over to Yayoi's house to study one day, about two weeks after you disappeared, and we were just studying like normal then…" Yuiko paused for a moment as her cheeks went bright red. "…out of nowhere Yayoi leaned over and kissed me. Then just a few seconds after that we both felt a burning pain all the way across the top of our backs. Yayoi threw his shirt off and when I looked, I saw the name. I went into the bathroom and did the same and saw the exact same name."

"Wow! But how did you guys know what that meant and to come here?" Yayoi was the one to answer this time.

"Well we had no clue what was going on. We had no idea that units, true names, spell battles or any of that existed, so we were naturally freaking out. But the next day Yuiko and I both went and saw a doctor to try and figure out what was going on. We were extremely lucky that the doctor I chose just so happened to be a graduate of the Sentouki academy and was a Sacrifice herself, so she told us everything. Then she told us about the academy and that it was the best place for us to go to learn more. So she gave us the address and we met Ritsu-sensei and he admitted us."

"That is crazy. You really did get lucky with that doctor. But I'm just glad I finally found you guys. Soubi and I have been searching everywhere, and Sensei has been worried sick." Yuiko then burst in.

"Oh no! I didn't mean to make Sensei worry! Ritsuka please tell her that I'm sorry!" Yuiko then began to cry uncontrollably in her usual manner, making Ritsuka have to fight back a grin; she really was back to the Yuiko he knew. Yayoi then began to fawn over her in his usual manner, trying to calm her. It made Ritsuka so happy to see them both back their normal selves.

"Yuiko! Don't cry! It's ok. I'm sure Sensei is fine." Ritsuka then finally let out a giggle.

"Sensei is fine Yuiko, I told her that I found you guys and that you were ok so she is ok." This brought a smile back to Yuiko's face as she wiped away her tears before speaking again.

"So Ritsuka-kun what happened to you anyway? Oh and…I have to know…about your, uh…ears." Ritsuka's cheeks quickly turned a light shade of pink.

"Well to make a long story short, I stopped coming to school because I was having problems at home so I moved in with some friends. Then I moved again, to live with Soubi, so I just had a lot going on and I just couldn't make it to school; and I'm sorry about that, I have felt horrible about it ever since." Yuiko briefly interrupted.

"It's ok Ritsuka-kun, we understand."

"I'm glad. But about my ears…well I'm not going into detail, but Soubi took them. That's when my name appeared finally, and so did Soubi's. We learned that Soubi was my true Sentouki all along."

"Awww, that's so romantic! So where is your name?" Yuiko was now very giddy. Ritsuka then gladly unzipped his coat slightly so that he could pull down the collar of his shirt far enough to reveal his name.

"That's so adorable!" She then paused for a moment as she realized what everyone who had seen his name eventually does. "But why is it cracked Ritsuka-kun?" Yayoi's ears now perked up in interest at this.

"Well once again to make a long story short, Soubi and I are defying our name, so it's cracking."

"Wow! I've never heard of that!"

"Yeah…I get that a lot." The three of them all laughed together. It made Ritsuka so happy not just to have his friends back, but that they hadn't changed and he could still talk to them about anything and they would never think he was a freak or a brat or any of the other horrible things he has felt like in his life.

The three friends sat in the gazebo talking and laughing just like old times for hours. Before any of them even realized it, it was getting dark and an announcement came over the intercom calling all students back to their dorms for the night.

"Oh! I didn't realize it was so late! Yayoi and I have to go back to the dorms Ritsuka-kun." Yuiko now had a big frown across her face, as did Ritsuka. He didn't want their time together to ever end, but he knew they would have to part eventually.

"It's ok. Soubi and I work for Ritsu-sensei so we are here increasingly often lately and I can always come visit on weekends." Yuiko then wrapped the boy up in her arms.

"Please do come visit some more Ritsuka!"

"I will, I promise." With that, Yuiko and Yayoi began to walk back up the path toward the school, both of them looking back and waving as they did. Ritsuka waved back before zipping back up his coat all the way and making his way back up the path as well. It was starting to get very cold outside now and snow had begun to fall, so Ritsuka decided to go into the main building via the side door so that he could make his way to the lobby from inside the building.

Once he entered, he was a little surprised at how fast the school shut down at night. The hallway he was walking down was completely dark and dead silent. He continued to make his way down the hallway past all the classroom and office doors until he could see the dim light of the lobby a little ways ahead. He then pulled out his cell phone and began to dial Soubi's number to call him to come pick him up; but before he could finish dialing he dropped his cell phone onto the hallway floor as a wet rag was pressed firmly against his face from behind. He immediately panicked but before he could scream or make any noise at all, everything went black.

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