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

Chapter 6: Attack:Battle Lover Scarlet

Chapter 6: Attack: Battle Lover Scarlet:

Scarlet gritted his teeth as he moved, he clutched at his true love stick and pointed it up. He didn't want to be dependent on the others! He could get out if he tried hard enough!

Vesta and Sulfur began to work with each other on attacking the monster, while Cerulean and Epinard began to design a plan.

Epinard looked up as Vesta did something completely stupid. "What are you doing?!" He gasped and Vesta replied, "Freeing Scarlet! Vesta Love Ignit!"

"We don't know if that'll hurt Scarlet or not!" Epinard replied and Vesta gave Epinard a look. "You should have told me sooner!"

Cerulean frowned and watched as Scarlet tried to free himself. "Scarlet's trying to get out too, Vesta...he can do it."

Sulfur nodded, "Yes, now let's keep distracting the monster while he's getting out." He replied as he put a hand on Vesta's shoulder.

Vesta grinned as he nodded, "Right!" He looked at the monster and smiled as he began to attack it.

Cerulean looked at Epinard who was thinking. "What's wrong Atsushi?" he asked and Epinard frowned, "Yumoto won't be able to be in that much longer..."

Scarlet shakily held his true love stick up and called out, "Scarlet Love Lumiere!" He watched as his attack hit the top of the orb but gasped as it hardly done anything, "I-It didn't work?!" He gasped out and he dropped his stick as it slipped from his hands.

His eyes widened as he heard it fall and he watched as the orb slowly cracked around him. Epinard looked up as Scarlet fell unceremoniously onto the floor and Scarlet grabbed his true love stick again.

Scarlet looked up at his friends and his face lit up. "G-Guys!" He cried as he stood up and ran over to them.

Epinard was expecting Scarlet to run to him first, but he watched as Scarlet hugged Cerulean. "E-En-chan-senpaiiii!!" He cried as he buried his face into the older one's chest.

Vesta frowned, "Hey! What about me?! I've been gone the longest!!" Scarlet looked over at him with tears in his eyes and ran to him, "I missed you too, Ryuu-senpai!" He whimpered and Vesta smiled, "I figured you did...I missed you too..." He replied.

This made Scarlet break out into a grin, "Really!?"

"Of course!" Vesta laughed and Epinard smiled at the scene. He gasped as a beam shot between the group. "What a wonderful reunion...too bad I have to interrupt!" The monster laughed.

Scarlet turned to the monster and frowned, "Why are you doing this? For who's sake are you getting rid of us for? You've been tricked by whoever turned you into a monster!"

The monster growled, "I've always been lonely! Nobody ever cares about me!"

Scarlet looked at the monster, "I'll care! We can be friends!" Scarlet yelled, "Just because you're lonely, doesn't mean you have to get rid of the others. You're in need of a friend...and I promise you, I'll be your friend!"

Scarlet held his hand out to the monster and smiled, the monster growled, "How can I believe you?!"

Scarlet cried out as he and the others were hit by the monster's beam and knocked down.

"T-Trust me! I-I was lonely at one point too!" Scarlet yelled, "My brother was busy...and I was a child at the time! I didn't have friends...at times I would get jealous at others...but then I realized that I didn't need what they had to be happy!"

The monster gasped and Scarlet slowly stood up, "I-it's okay to be sad about being lonely...it's what happens. You just need to try to break out of your shell." He smiled, "Don't be afraid of people...try to love yourself once in a while too...you need to be happy just like others are."

The monster looked down and Scarlet smiled. "Now Scarlet!" Epinard yelled and the five Battle Lovers let their sticks become one.

"True Love Attack!" Scarlet yelled and the Darkness Monster screamed as it was hit. "True Love Fountain!"

The five watched as the monster was healed, and a brown haired student fell to the ground with a smile on his face. "Love is over!" Scarlet smiled and they watched as their surroundings became the school courtyard.

"Hey, isn't that Kenji Hitori from class 2-C?" Vesta asked and Sulfur nodded, "Yeah...to be honest, I always thought he seemed happy."

Vesta walked up to Scarlet, "What took you so long?" He teased and Scarlet frowned, "Hey! I didn't know where you were taken to!"

Cerulean smiled, "It's okay. You did fine, Yumoto."

Epinard nodded, "You really did. How did you save Io from getting taken too?" He asked and Scarlet shrugged, "I don't really know, Atsushi-senpai."

Sulfur smiled, "Thank you for not letting me go." He spoke to Scarlet and Scarlet giggled, "Come on guys, let's go to the bath!" "Sounds great to me!" Vesta replied and Cerulean nodded, "It'll be nice to have a bath again."

Scarlet grinned and the five Battle Lovers walked to the bathhouse, talking about what had happened, but Yumoto couldn't help but pout as Ryuu kept teasing him about how long he had been gone for.

The five of them didn't realize the two watching them. "Dammit...I thought we'd win this time..."

"Don't worry, we'll win next time."

"We better, Hakone Yumoto is a real pain to deal with!"