"We're Finishing You Off, One by One"

Chapter 5: Time Warp: Missing Battle Lovers

Chapter 5: Time Warp: Missing Battle Lovers:

~When Vesta Was Taken~

Vesta had been unconscious for an entire day...the last thing he heard was Scarlet screaming his name. When he opened his eyes he noticed that he couldn't see anything at all.

He pulled out his love stick and used its flame as a light. He gasped, where was he even at?! He looked around more, but couldn't figure it out.

He growled as he saw the two they were fighting walk in. "Hello Battle Lover Vesta..." One smiled and Vesta growled, "Why did you take me?!"

"We need you to lure out your other friends..." The other replied and Vesta laughed, "They're not stupid. They won't fall for your dumb tricks."

The two laughed, "Sure." and walked away...Vesta growled and thought, "Io...stay safe..."

~When Cerulean Was Taken~

Vesta gasped as he saw Cerulean appear. "Yufuin-senpai!" He cried and Cerulean gasped as he sat up for air.

Cerulean thought he had drowned! "Ryuu!" He gasped and Vesta smiled, "The one and only!"

Cerulean looked up...the last thing he had even heard was Scarlet screaming at his captors to let him go. "Ryuu...where are we at?"

"Somewhere with our main enemies...how many days has it been since I was taken...?"

"About two days."

Vesta sighed, "I want to go home...my grandma is probably worried sick."

"Io told her you were staying at his for a few days." Cerulean replied and Vesta looked at him, "Did he?"

Cerulean nodded and Vesta sighed...when were the others coming?

~When Epinard was Taken~

Epinard gasped as he appeared somewhere else...Scarlet's screaming and crying was still ringing in his ears. "NO! HE PROMISED ME HE WOULDN'T! ATSUSHI-SENPAIIIIII!!"

Epinard looked around and gasped as he felt arms wrap around him. "Kinugawa-senpai!"

"Ryuu?!" He gasped and Vesta smiled. "Yep! It's me! Cerulean is here too!"

Epinard looked down at his hands...he looked back up. "We need to get out of here! Yumoto needs me!" He yelled and Vesta shook his head, "There's no way out!"

"There must be!" Epinard replied, he was beginning to panic like a mother who lost her child. "I promised him that I wouldn't get taken away...he begged me not to do anything. He wanted to go by himself..."

Vesta looked down as tears filled his own eyes, "Kinugawa-senpai...you did everything you could."

Cerulean stood beside Epinard. "Atsushi...you did what you had to do." "No...I yelled at the monster to give you back and I charged at it. I wasn't protecting Yumoto like you had, En-chan."

"Atsushi, he'll be fine."

"NO! He won't...En-chan, after you were taken...he...he wasn't happy anymore! He didn't want to do anything! He was upset that you and Ryuu were gone...think about how upset he'll be now that I'm gone!"

"Kinugawa-senpai, you're not his mother. He'll be okay!" Vesta replied and Epinard looked down in shame. "I know that...but I just..." He sighed, "I just have a strange will to always protect him."

Cerulean looked at him, "I think we all do..."

After a few days of waiting Epinard gasped suddenly. "Guys...I still have my phone on me! Thinking of phones...Io has yours Ryuu."

"Really? Thank you Io!" Vesta smiled and Epinard scrolled through his phone and looked at his messages

Yumoto: Atsushi-senpai come back! I miss you!

Yumoto: Please! I need to know you're okay!

"Atsushi, call him..." Cerulean said and Epinard nodded and began to dial Yumoto.

Meanwhile:

Yumoto sighed as he sat in the almost empty clubroom with Io. His eyes lit up as his phone began to ring.

"It's Atsushi-senpai!" Yumoto gasped and quickly answered it and put it on speaker.

"Atsushi-senpai!" Yumoto cried and Atsushi laughed on the other end, "Yumoto, get Wombat to track us down...we're all okay, but we need you and Io to help us escape!"

"Of course!" Yumoto replied and Wombat raised an eyebrow as Yumoto was listening to everything Atsushi was telling him.

Wombat looked at Yumoto and then to Io after Yumoto had gotten off the phone, "I know where they are now. It'll be dangerous, but we need to get them back."

Io nodded, "Of course, where are they?"
Wombat thought for a moment, "They're in...well they're in a weird time void. Since you are the Battle Lovers, you'll be able to get in...but if something goes wrong, you might be in trouble."

"Don't worry." Yumoto replied, "I don't care what happens! I want to find them!"

Wombat nodded, "Of course."

The two remaining Battle Lovers finished up their day at school and Yumoto told Gora, he was going over to Io's for the night...to study for his Japanese class.

Gora let him leave and Wombat led them to the school. "I will be able to send you two there, and once you destroy whatever is holding the others, you'll be sent right back." He told them and Yumoto nodded.

The two of them transformed and Wombat looked at them. "I wish you two luck." He then sent them off.

Scarlet looked at Sulfur. "I'm sorry that I'm a burden to you..." he whispered and Sulfur looked at him. "A burden...? You've never really been a burden to me..." He replied.

Scarlet smiled, "I thought I was..." Sulfur shook his head, "No, you've never been one."

At that same time, Vesta gasped, "Hey guys! I found an opening!" He pointed to a hole and Epinard looked at Cerulean, "Let's go." Cerulean simply stated and Vesta nodded. Then they slowly crawled through the hole.

Scarlet sighed as they walked through the never ending corridor, and he opened two heavy doors and stopped in his tracks as he saw a large monster when he opened them.

"Another darkness monster?" Scarlet wondered aloud and the monster looked up as he saw them. "Nice to see you two remaining Battle Lovers."

Scarlet began to remember the pain the other darkness monster had brought to him and winced slightly.

"Where are my friends?!" Scarlet demanded and the Monster smirked. "I'll tell you..."

"Good." Scarlet growled and began to walk forward. Sulfur stood behind and glanced around.

"Battle Lover Scarlet, you're the one bringing the most trouble..." the monster growled, and Scarlet gasped, "I am not...! Whoever your working for needs to stop creating monsters!"

The monster smiled and Scarlet walked closer. "Perfect..." the monster whispered and Sulfur gasped as a purple orb surrounded Scarlet.

Scarlet began to struggle as he was encased in it and Sulfur watched as it floated upwards.

The youngest Battle Lover screamed loudly, but mostly in pain. He felt like his body was being torn apart! His red eyes shut tightly as the pain continued and he clutched his hands into fists.

Sulfur looked at the monster and growled, "Let him go!" He yelled and he gasped as he heard Epinard yell, "SCARLET!"

He turned around and watched Epinard and Cerulean jump towards Scarlet. The two were flung back and Cerulean cursed to himself, "Dammit...we can't get close to him!"

"If you want him back, Battle Lovers...you'll have to get rid of me before I get rid of him!" The monster laughed.

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