Chapter 2: Headaches and Tears
Yumoto sighed as he sat in his class…he wasn't his usual self…Wombat looked up at him sadly and nuzzled him, "Yumoto-san…?"
"W-Wombat…I-I can't…I wanna go home." He whispered and Wombat looked down, "I-I know…I'm sorry."
The first year sighed to himself as class finally finished up. He walked out of the classroom when he bumped into the Student Council.
"Good afternoon, Yumoto-kun." Ibushi smiled and Yumoto looked down. "Good afternoon Ibu-chan-senpai."
Ibushi sighed as he looked at Kinshiro, "At-chan told us what happened…" Kinshiro spoke sadly, "He doesn't want you walking alone."
Akoya sighed as he messed with his hair nervously, "What…what if something happens to all of us, like Zaou-kun and Naruko-kun…?" He asked and Yumoto froze as he felt shock run through his body. What if this really was his fault and that's why the others couldn't leave him alone.
"Yumoto-kun?" Ibushi asked and Yumoto looked at him, "Huh…?"
"You zoned out on us…" Akoya replied and Yumoto shook his head, "S-sorry."
"Fluffhead…I'm…I'm sorry we weren't there to help you guys out."
"No…they did that on purpose…they…they gave us tickets…only enough for us five. Atsushi-senpai talked about bringing you but…" he trailed off and Kinshiro shook his head, "I see…the deliberately gave you the tickets to attack."
Yumoto nodded and Akoya growled, "Could this be another dirty trick by the VEPPer to get his brother?"
"It could be…" Ibushi replied and as they were walking Yumoto stopped all of a sudden. He clutched at his head as his vision became blurry and a pain filled his head.
"Yumoto-kun…are you okay?" Ibushi asked softly and Yumoto shook his head. Kinshiro looked up after looking at Yumoto and he saw the twins standing there, and Haruhiko laughed.
"Get away from him!" Kinshiro yelled and Yumoto had tears fill his eyes as the pain in his head became worse.
Akoya growled, "Leave…you're making Fluffhead get upset!"
"Now, now, whatever happened with us being good friends?" Akihiko asked and Akoya growled, "You know why!"
Haruhiko smirked and Yumoto looked at them, "G-Gi-Give Io and Ryuu-senpai back!" He cried, "They…they took something from them!"
"Fluffhead, stop it." Akoya frowned as Kinshiro looked at them, "Take him to At-chan. I'll handle them."
"K-Kin-chan-senpai, don't!" Yumoto cried as the other two forced him to walk away. The farther he was from the twins, the better his head felt, Yumoto looked up as they were in front of the Defense Club door.
Ibushi knocked and Atsushi answered, "Ye-? Yumoto!" He gasped and Ibushi lead him inside. "The twins…he can't be around them." Akoya explained, "They made his head hurt…"
He looked at the door, "The president is with them…so we must go." Akoya sighed and the two left.
Yumoto looked up as Atsushi sat him in a chair. "Yumoto…" Atsushi sighed, "I know you're upset…"
Yumoto nodded as tears filled his eyes again. "T-They still won't give Io and Ryuu-senpai back!" He cried and Atsushi frowned, "We're going to have to fight for them…"
En frowned, "We know Yumoto…"
Yumoto looked at him, "I just can't lose anyone else!" He screamed, "Losing t-those two was hard enough!"
"Yumoto…we know." Atsushi sighed and Yumoto looked down, "Wh-what if they want an-chan too?"
"I-I hate to tell you this…but they probably do."
Yumoto felt tears fill his eyes again, "T-they can't have him…"
Wombat gasped, "Yu-Yumoto-san! Don't think of it like that! As soon as we can, we will go fight the VEPPer. We know where their hideout is, so it'll be easy!"
En shook his head, "No. That's too dangerous. They'll know it's us in a matter of seconds!"
Atsushi nodded, "En-chan is right."
Yumoto looked at them, "I just want Io and Ryuu-senpai back!" He yelled and he looked up as he felt Atsushi put a hand on his shoulder. "Yumoto…we know. We want them back just as bad as you do."
"But…why did they betray us?" Yumoto asked and Atsushi sighed, "I don't know…but what we do know is that, we all have those things in us that they want for some reason."
Yumoto looked at Wombat, "What were those things anyway?"
Wombat sighed, "Love Crystals…only those who fight in the name of love have true ones. You have one Yumoto, but another student in your class would have one that wasn't true. It would just be ignored, but yours…yours has power." He looked at him, "If they take a true love crystal, then the holder dies…they can only come back if you get them away from the hands of evil."
Yumoto bit his lip, "So…they…they want power?"
Wombat nodded, "Yes…I don't know what for."
Yumoto looked at Atsushi and En. "We can't allow them to have ours…"
"Of course…" En replied and placed a hand on top of Atsushi's. "The next time there's a monster…we need to be careful. The VEPPer could attack us and kill us."
Yumoto whimpered at the thought of that and he looked at them. "Well…if that does happen…I-I want to say that I love you both."
Atsushi smiled at him and so did En. The two smiled as Yumoto hugged them tightly. "P-please don't get hurt…" He whispered and Atsushi looked down…how could he promise that?
As they were heading out from school, they stopped as their lovaraclets flashed. The Student Council stood beside them and Yumoto turned to see the VEPPer
They transformed and Scarlet growled at them
Scarlet yelled, "All I want is my friends!"
"Hakone Yumoto, why would we do that?"
"VEPP-san stop!" Scarlet cried, "I thought we were friends!"
Salty Sol laughed, "Friends? We were pretending."
Scarlet looked at him, "H-Haruhiko-senpai, please! D-Don't do this! An-chan won't like it if you do this!"
Melty Luna looked at his brother, "Who should we get this time…?"
Salty Sol smiled as he pointed down at Perlite, "Let's finish the second years off…"
Perlite gasped, "W-what!?"
Melty Luna shook his head, "I say we take out the other two Battle Lovers…and leave Scarlet for last."
"Good idea…"
Cerulean growled and pushed Epinard behind him. "STOP!" Scarlet screamed and Epinard looked at the twins. "Scarlet might go berserk again…he could kill you both this time!" He panicked and the twins just laughed.
The brought their hands together and shouted, "Love Crystal Extraction!"
Scarlet watched in horror as Cerulean was hit. "EN-CHAN!" Epinard screamed and tears filled Scarlet's eyes. "N-No…! N-no!" He screamed and looked at the twins. "I-I…"
"You what? Hate us?" Salty Sol laughed and Scarlet's knees buckled to the ground as he sobbed. "I-I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK!" He screamed at them and Salty Sol smiled, "Well, if you give up yours, then your friends will be back."
Epinard held Cerulean's hand as he cried.
"A-Atsushi…don't cry…" He smiled as he squeezed it, "You…you have to protect Yumoto still…"
"E-En-chan…p-please don't say that…you'll be okay!" Epinard cried and Scarlet looked at Cerulean, "E-En-chan-senpai…d-don't go!" He sobbed, "Don't leave us!"
The two remaining Battle Lovers both screamed Cerulean's name as he disappeared and Aurite looked at Epinard, "A-At-chan…" He whispered and looked at the VEPPer.
"Are you proud of yourselves?!" He yelled, "If you are, then you are nothing! You think Maximum Gorar will ever pay attention to you again if Yumoto tells him what you've done!?"
Scarlet looked at the twins and stood up slowly, "Give them back…" he spoke darkly, "Give them back to me…now…!"
"YUMOTO!" Epinard yelled, "STOP!"
"H-huh?" Scarlet gasped as he shook his head…he…he almost went into that place again…he didn't want that.
The twins laughed as they held up Cerulean's light blue love crystal and disappeared with it.
Scarlet looked at Epinard, "I-I-I'm sorry…"
Epinard looked at Aurite. "T-this is what I mean…they…they'll be after you next."
Perlite looked at Argent, "I-I don't want to die like that!" He cried and Scarlet frowned, "I'm not losing anyone else! I don't want you guys to die!"
"Yumoto…" Epinard spoke gently to the upset first year, "We'll have to stop them at their place. I know you're worried…but if we want them back…we'll have to go."
Aurite looked at them… "We, the Caerula Adamas, volunteer to go first."
