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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Ritsuka suddenly awoke to find himself in an unfamiliar place. He quickly sat up and scanned the entire area around him briefly. He had now come to find himself in a large snow covered forest. After a few seconds, he moved himself backwards slightly to prop himself up on a large tree that was behind him and then began taking in his surroundings in detail trying to assess his situation; or at least figure out where he was. As his eyes skimmed across all of the tall snowy trees, he caught a glimpse of a tall shadowy figure leaning against a tree only a few yards away from him. He focused his eyes on the figure trying to make it out more clearly.

"Ritsuka…" When the figure called his name it sounded as if it was a whisper on the wind but he still knew that voice anywhere. His eyes shot wide and his stomach dropped as soon as he recognized the voice.

"S-Seimei…." Then before Ritsuka could blink, the older man had him pinned tightly against the tree with his large hands pressed firmly on his windpipe.

"Hello Ritsuka." Seimei was now smiling wildly as he slowly applied more and more pressure to the boy's slender neck. Ritsuka could feel his chest getting tight and his heart rate beginning to slow from lack of air; but even now, even after all the horrible things that Seimei had done and despite how much he hated him, Ritsuka couldn't bring himself to fight against the brother that he had always held so close to his heart.

"S-Seimei…why…?" Ritsuka was now fighting just for enough breath to speak and he could feel his eye lids growing heavy.

"Why what?"

"W-why did you…erase my memories..?" His question was met with a dark chuckle before reply.

"Because…you were too weak to handle the truth; you have always been weak. You always needed big brother to come to your rescue. That's why I did it, that's why mother hates you…" Seimei then applied more pressure to the boy's throat. Ritsuka could feel his life slipping away but he gritted his teeth in anger as Seimei's words echoed through his head. "…and that's why…Soubi will never truly love you." These words lit a fire in Ritsuka's belly and he gathered strength that he didn't even know he had to shove Seimei off of him, slamming him into a nearby tree. Ritsuka then rose defiantly to his feet and took a few small steps to be standing in front of his brother that had now fallen to the cold ground.

"That's where you're wrong Seimei! Soubi does love me! And I don't need you or mother or anything else to prove that to me; all I need is the name and the bond that we share. A bond that you could never have with him!" Seimei was now laughing devilishly as he looked at his small brother. "And that is why…you are dead and I'm not." With those words, Seimei's body burst into a swarm of beautiful butterflies that quickly filled the snowy air.

"Ahhh!" Ritsuka's eyes quickly flew open and he shot straight up breathing heavily and in a cold sweat. He then realized that he was resting safely on the large couch in Soubi's living room. Soubi heard his Sacrifice scream and came running from his studio and quickly sat down on the couch behind Ritsuka wrapping him up in his arms.

"Are you ok Ritsuka?" Ritsuka took a moment before answering, trying to catch his breath.

"Yeah…I'm fine. I just…had a bad dream." There was then a small silence as Ritsuka allowed Soubi to gently caress his head; he found it to be rather soothing, almost enough so to put him right back to sleep. "Soubi…What time is it? What happened, how did I end up inside on the couch?" Soubi then gently lifted the boy and turned him around to be facing him and Ritsuka propped himself up onto his knees slightly.

"Well its nine o'clock in the morning now. And you were knocked unconscious after our battle so I carried you inside and laid you down on the couch so that I could keep an eye on you."

"You stayed up all night just to watch over me?"

"Of course; I wasn't sure how much the ordeal had taken out of you so naturally I was worried." This brought a pink tint to Ritsuka's cheeks.

"Thank you." Soubi then gave him a smile that made him forget all about his dream.

"So Ritsuka, we need to figure out what all we can remember from last night so that we can put a report together for Ritsu. So what exactly do you remember from last night?" Ritsuka took a few moments to try and remember everything that he could.

"Well it's weird…I remember more than I thought I would. I remember Bondless; I remember that it was only one person though, a girl, fighting without her sacrifice. I remember everything about the battle…the way she fought, the spells she cast, and that we lost. But no matter how hard I try, I can't remember what she looked or sounded like. When I think back to the battle, every memory is crystal clear except there is just a big black spot where I know she was standing, like someone censored out her image; and when I try to remember her voice, I can barely make out the words and they sounds like fuzzy static." Soubi then gave him a puzzled look as if he was trying to solve a riddle.

"That's exactly as I remember it as well. I'm curious as to why she chose to hide only her identity from us, but when she fought the academy students she wiped their memories clean of everything."

"Yeah…that is weird." There was then silence again as the two tried to process their thoughts. Ritsuka then broke the silence after taking another look at the clock.

"Well, it's already too late for me to go to school today, so what do you suppose we should do now Soubi?"

"Well we should probably go give Ritsu his mission report and get it over with." Ritsuka let out a long unhappy sigh at this; Ritsu was definitely the last person he wanted to see right now, but he knew Soubi was probably right.

"Fine…I guess it is better just to get it over with."

The duo then rose from the couch and headed to the entry way to put on their winter coats, neither of them even bothering to change out of the clothes they wore throughout the night before. Once dressed, they ventured out into the snow filled air and began the journey that was now becoming an unfortunate routine. The long ride no longer even fazed Ritsuka and it seemed like they had arrived at the academy in no time at all. The academy was a bustle of activity when they arrived seeing as it was during school hours now. Soubi parked the car and they made their way casually into the building and toward Ritsu's office. When they arrived at his office the door was already open and they saw Nagisa standing in front of Ritsu's desk yelling something about her research budget. Soubi then placed a gentle knock on the door frame to alert them of their presence. Nagisa quickly whipped around and immediately gave them both a very dirty look.

"We need to speak to Ritsu-Sensei." Soubi spoke in a calm voice but never the less, Nagisa stormed out of the office without a word making sure to roughly bump into Soubi as she passed. Ritsu then neatly folded his hands on his desk before addressing the duo.

"Loveless, please have a seat." They did as instructed and sat in the seats opposite the blonde. "So, I'm assuming you have come to give me a status update on your mission." Ritsuka then scooted forward in his chair slightly to answer Ritsu.

"Yes. We encountered Bondless last night shortly after arriving home." Ritsu was genuinely surprised at this statement.

"Oh? That was much sooner than I anticipated. I can tell that you obviously were not able to apprehend them so I'm guessing you had your memories wiped."

"Well we actually remember most of it." Ritsu then leaned back in his chair and gave an inquisitive look.

"Really? Well please, fill me in on what you do remember."

"Well we were able to conclude that the target is female and she is incredibly powerful as you said; we lost our battle with her."

"Why are you only referring to the Sentouki of the pair Ritsuka?"

"Well she fought us without her Sacrifice."

"Interesting…anything else?"

"That's about it. She erased all of our memories of her identity and even the sound of her voice; the only other thing is that for some reason, she chose not to fully erase out memories like she did to your students." Ritsu then paused for a moment before speaking.

"Well this is an interesting development indeed; but seeing as the unit has not been apprehended yet I'm afraid you two are still on this mission." This finally caused Soubi to speak out.

"I would like for us to be taken off of this mission actually; Ritsuka has had his memories tampered with enough." Soubi's voice was clearly very agitated.

"Well I would prefer if you two took care of this matter, but I can understand your reasoning so if you wish, I can assign another pair of my top students to the mission."

"That would be much appreciated." Ritsu then put a very devilish grin.

"I think Limitless might be able to handle it." This infuriated Ritsuka; he was not very surprised that Ritsu would stoop that low but it angered him all the same. He let out a small growl before addressing Ritsu again.

"No…we will stay on the mission." Soubi looked over to see the angry pain on Ritsuka's face and knew that he would never let Ritsu put his friends in harm's way so he knew that there was no point in arguing with him.

"Good, I'm glad to hear it. I expect a successful mission report from you two the next time you visit."

"You will. We know how she fights now and if she continues to fight without her Sacrifice we should have no problem taking her down next time."

"I enjoy your enthusiasm Ritsuka."

"Yeah, whatever." Ritsuka was really started to get fed up with that man's manipulative games and was really looking forward to getting this mission over with. Ritsuka then stood from his chair followed quickly by Soubi and they made their way back out of Ritsu's office. Ritsuka then stopped just inside the door frame and turned to face Ritsu. "Oh, one last thing Sensei."

"Yes?"

"Bondless gave me a message for you."

"Oh? And what is it?"

"She said she is coming for you." Ritsuka's voice was icy cold and very threatening. They both then exited the office without another word. Once they left Ritsu turned his chair around to face out of the window and put on an evil smirk and chuckled slightly.

"You're coming for me are you? Well, I look forward to it Ms. Kazuka."

Ritsuka and Soubi made a quick exit from the campus not wanting to stay any longer than absolutely necessary. The ride home was quiet as Ritsuka became lost in his thoughts. He now had his window cracked slightly taking the cool air into his lungs. The cold air filling the car was beginning to make his hands feel slightly numb and tingly so he tucked them neatly into the pockets of his large coat. As soon as he did he felt a small piece of paper in his left pocket; he didn't remember having anything there before so he pulled it out of his pocket and unfolded it. He was in shock at what was written on the piece of paper.

"Loveless,

If you want answers, meet me in the park by your home tonight at nine o'clock.

-Bondless"

Ritsuka was slightly in shock and he burst out suddenly causing Soubi to jump a little.

"Soubi! I just found a note in my pocket from Bondless!" Soubi then looked over to his Sacrifice with a puzzled and shocked expression.

"What does it say?"

"She, or maybe they, wants to meet us in the park tonight at nine. It says to come if we want answers."

"It could be a trap." Ritsuka hadn't thought of that but he also didn't care, he wanted all the answers he could get about what was going on or who they are or want their plans are.

"I don't know Soubi, but she said that she was coming for Ritsu and I want to know why and I want to know more about her memory spells. It's a risk I'm willing to take; we are going."

"Understood."

"I'm going to get to the bottom of all this….no matter what."

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