Chapter # 4: No

I shook my head in disbelief. I didn't want to believe that this was my fighter. How had he wound up in prison? Was he really Soubi's brother? It didn't make any sense to me at all. Seimei's fighter was brother to my fighter? Was this possible?

"No." I said quietly.

"There's just no way ..."

"Ritsuka?" Soubi questioned looking to me.

"NO!" I screamed,

"SOUBI IS MY FIGHTER!" I announced covering my hands over my ears and falling to my knees.

"I don't want it to change ... I don't want to lose my fighter ..."

Soubi sighed lightly,

"Ritsuka ... I'm ... Seimei's fighter ... I have only been taking Kore's place ... While he waited out his sentence ..."

"I don't want things to change ... I don't want to lose ... I don't want to lose you Soubi!"

He gasped quietly,

"Ritsuka?"

"I can't lose my fighter ... I can't lose my Soubi ..."

He didn't answer. He couldn't come up with a reply. He just remained quiet, then he crouched before me. He moved my hands away from my ears gently and slowly.

"Ritsuka ... You won't lose me ... I promise ..."

"Are you being honest with me ... Or, are you just saying that so that I will agree to letting you go?"

He sighed lightly. I stood up.

"I lost my father ... I lost my brother ... I lost my mother ... And now, I'm expected to lose you too ..."

"Ritsuka ..."

I turned around, facing away from him.

"I won't let it happen! I refuse to have someone else disappear from my life! Haven't I suffered enough!"

He didn't make any attempts to reply. He just stood up.

"Apparently ... Not enough to satisfy you." I said, my voice breaking. I felt the tears on my cheeks, but refused to wipe them away. I just, started running. Running from my problems like I had done all my life. I just, ran. I knew I had no where else to turn to. No where.

(A.N : OMG IT HAS BEEN LIKE A MONTH! OMG, IM SOOO SUPER SORRY AND THIS IS SOOO SHORT, OMG! IM SORRI! PLZ DONT KILL ME! I APOLOGIZE! )