Chapter 13: The Loss of Love

Scarlet screamed as the monster charged at him, "You both need to stop!"

Zundar laughed, "You failed before Battle Lover Scarlet-da."

"That's because you forced my crystal from me!"

"That is because your crystal shines the brightest here-dacha!"

Scarlet frowned, "So, you basically kill me four times and yet you're trying it again?"

"YES-dacha! If we get you, then the Earth can be destroyed!"

Scarlet growled, "Yet, you hurt Wombat…!"

"Wombat?"Salty Sol spoke, "But he-he told us how to save you!"

"He did? That's not possible! He's been down…!"

Scarlet turned to his friends, "H0-how will we bring him back…?"

Zundar smirked, "You can't-da."

"I can…! You said the same thing when my brother was gone! You and Dadacha have been very bad…" Scarlet growled, "I will not fail! For love may have been lost, but now it is back!"

Zundar growled, "Crystal Monster, kill him-da!"

Scarlet grunted as crystal shards shot at him and cried out as he was overpowered.

His friends ran to him and they were forced down as well. "Da-dammit!" Vesta hissed and Sulfur looked at him, "We can't stop now!"

"I know! This monster is just strong as hell!"

Scarlet gasped as Cerulean and Epinard stood in front of him, "En-chan…we can't fall here, we're so close!"

Cerulean nodded, "Exactly…!"

Scarlet looked down and Vesta stood up shakily, "Yeah, we're not going to fail here!"

He helped Sulfur up and Sulfur smiled, "We're not getting taken down that easily!"

Scarlet smiled and stood up as well. "We are the Battle Lovers! We will never let the loss of love occur ever again!"

Zundar growled, "Battle Lover Scarlet…we'll just tear your crystal out for good this time-da!"

"Yeah, don't you feel it wanting to burst out-dacha?"

Scarlet froze and felt his chest as he felt warmth fill it.
"Stop!" Aurite yelled, "Stop it!"

Argent growled as he used his chains to wrap around Zundar. "You will not get Hakone-san's crystal again, he has been hurt too many times!"

Scarlet frowned as crystal shards surrounded him from the monster and his friends all had some as well.

He froze as he saw his reflection but it was him in his school uniform…but his eyes were…wrong. "I gave up…I lost. Love is gone…my crystal is gone. I failed…"

Scarlet bit his lip and he felt his mind go blank, and his hand go to his chest. "Give it up…give into it."

Zundar smirked as Scarlet looked at the crystal and Dadacha smiled, "He'll give up, an-chan-dacha!"

Salty Sol growled, "Damn you both!" The twins looked at one another. "Aki…we must stop them!"

Melty Luna nodded and the duo ran to Scarlet, "Stop it!"

Scarlet looked at them with blank eyes, "Why…? There's no point."

"Why?!"

"Love is lost…I am alone..."

"You're not alone!" Melty Luna cried, "You have us! Love isn't lost! The loss of love is over now!"

"It…is?"

"Yes! It has been over because you brought it back!"

Scarlet blinked and he looked at the twins, "What…happened?"

"You were under the spell of the monster! Your friends still are!"

Scarlet nodded and ran at the monster, "Scarlet Love Lumiere!"

The monster cried out and as it did, the crystals around his friends disappeared.
The Battle Lovers glared at Zundar and Dadacha as Cerulean walked forward. "You have been very bad, Dadacha…"

Dadacha's green face paled and Zundar growled, "We will not be defeated-da!"

"Too late." Cerulean hissed and hit Dadacha with his love stick. Dadacha cried out as he fell forward and Zundar gasped, "HEY-da!"

Cerulean rolled his eyes, "You're done, now give up!"

Zundar growled and Gora spoke, "Zundar, you know you've already lost."

Zundar looked away and Scarlet walked towards him, "Stop it all."

Zundar looked down and Scarlet spoke, "You can't even look at me, you know you're done for."

"Fine-da! I'll give up…but on one condition!"

"If you want my crystal. Then, no."

Zundar growled and Scarlet glared at him, "I am done giving up my crystal. I know what it can do, you will abuse the power."

"Lord Hireashi wanted it! I was doing his work-da!"

"Hireashi…then here, tell him this, I, Battle Lover Scarlet, will never, ever give up my crystal for evil. He can come here and try to get it from me, but I will stop him."

Zundar growled, "Fine…now put me down-da!"

Scarlet frowned, "Also, tell Hireashi, if he places one fin on this planet, he will be taken over by love in a second."

Zundar growled again as Scarlet put him down. "I don't need my More Better form to stop you, in fact, you're already stopped, the monster was the only thing you could make."

Zundar began to walk away and Dadacha ran to him. Vesta growled and pointed his love stick at them, "Leave…and never return. If you do, I'm burning your asses to hell."

Zundar gasped as did Dadacha, "Leave!" Vesta barked and the duo ran off.

Scarlet ran to Wombat and held him. "Wake up! Wake up!"

He felt a tear roll down his cheek and land on Wombat, as it did, Wombat began to stir. Scarlet gasped as Wombat's heart on his side began to glow brightly.

"Wom-san!" Scarlet cried as Wombat spoke, "I told you, you could do it!"

Scarlet began to laugh as more tears fell and he hugged his furry friend tightly. "I missed your voice! I missed you!"

Wombat smiled, "Don't worry, Yumoto-san…it'll be alright…"

-

Haruhiko sighed as he watched Yumoto in the clubroom with his friends. "I can't believe what we had done…"

"I know, Haru…" Akihiko frowned, "We almost killed him for good…all because of Dadacha."

"But…what about that Hireashi guy?"

"He won't be here, if he comes, Gora-san will chop him in half."

Haruhiko began to laugh, as did his brother. Yumoto heard them and ran to them, "Hey! Come on! After school we're going to the bath!"

"Alright, Alright."

"Hey, Yumoto-kun, would you like to come to our show Saturday, with all of the others?" Haruhiko asked and Yumoto nodded, "Of course!"

Haruhiko grinned and handed Yumoto eight tickets, "Here you go. I promise nothing will happen this time."

"I know, I mean you did save me from being dead, so I can trust you."

"Ah-" Akihiko spoke and Yumoto was already running off to tell his friends, as he did, Haruhiko laughed loudly…he was glad to be happy once more…being good and full of love was fine. He was happy now again, he and Akihiko, they wanted love for themselves, but Yumoto showed them the way…and that's how Haruhiko would like for it to stay.

"Come on!" Yumoto called back at them, "Hurry up!"

Haruhiko frowned and Akihiko grinned, "Let's not keep him any longer."

"Yeah, yeah."

-Love is Over!-