Seimei sat, tapping his fingers on the table contemplating what to do about Ritsuka. That naïve pink haired girl told him that Soubi had been rendered completely useless. But what did she mean by useless? He pondered on that thought. Seimei felt he needed to talk to his fighter Nisei to do the dirty work for him because he honestly couldn't be bothered looking for Ritsuka himself. He was too busy plotting what he was going to do when he found him. Truthfully he actually wanted Soubi more then he wanted Ritsuka, he wanted to torture and make that broken soul suffer like he had never suffered before.

"Nisei!" Seimei yelled outside. Nisei was outside weeding the garden, as Nisei liked little to do with people other then his master and Mimuro as un evil as it sounded he loved spending time in the garden, as he could be alone. "Yes!" Nisei enthusiastically called back Seimei. "Does Seimei want me to come back inside?"

"Now!" Seimei yelled. Nisei immediately stopped what he was doing and raced inside to his master, like an obedient dog. He stood in front of Seimei, grinning. "What is that that you wanted me to do, can I kill the pink haired girl?"

Seimei sighed and shook his head. "I want you to bring Loveless to me."

"I thought K wanted Loveless?" Nisei slightly cocked his head to the side.

"K did want Loveless, but I want you to bring him to me first and bring Soubi too!"

"What are we going to do Soubi?" Nisei smirked.

"We are going to torture him, see how long it takes for him to cry." Seimei smiled deviously. Nisei clapped his hands together like an overly excited child. "Oh goody, can I torture Soubi too?!"

"If you are a good boy I will let you torture Soubi." Seimei replied.

Nisei nodded with enthusiasm. He did everything Seimei told him to do, even if deep down a part of him told him it wasn't right. He set off to Seven Moon's where he could sense their presence.

Ritsuka held Soubi tightly, it's like he had a complete personality change. He had never seen Soubi cry before. Sure he often had moments when he looked like he was going to cry often but he never did, he was too strong.

"Ritsuka I'm sorry." He kept repeating, sobbing into Ritsuka shirt.

" It's okay Soubi, it's over Heartless is gone." Ritsuka tried to sooth Soubi, gently running his hands down his back.

He shook his head. "No it's all my fault, I can't do anything, I'm hopeless nobody ever loved me I'm just used." His eyes were blurred with tears.

"I love you Soubi." Ritsuka assured him. But Soubi refused to admit anyone did. Ritsuka was concerned; he looked at his watch it read eight thirty. He decided that he would go see Ritsu and Nagisa, hoping they would be able to tell him what was wrong with Soubi, why was he so emotional?

"Ritsu sensei!" Ritsuka yelled down the hallway. "Nagisa!" he yelled out when he didn't hear a response from Ritsu. To Ritsuka's surprise he saw too familiar faces walking towards him, Natsuo and Youji.

"Ritsuka?" Natsuo and Youji both said in Unison.

Ritsuka ran up to them, Soubi gripping his hand with his eyes facing towards the ground. "Where's Ritsu sensei?" Ritsuka asked them both.

"Ritsuka you sound desperate." Natsuo saw that Soubi was next to Ritsuka; he looked completely different o when he saw him at Ritsuka's birthday party. He was facing that floor, tears streaked his face and he was holding onto Ritsuka for dear life.

"Why is it that you need Ritsu sensei?" Youji asked, also concerned about Soubi. What was wrong with him, they both thought.

"Soubi's been put under an offensive spell, and this is what has happened!"

Natsuo began walking forward. "Ritsu sensei's office is just over here." He quickly led them both to it.

"Ritsu sensei!" Ritsuka called out into his office.

Ritsu yawned and reluctantly got up from the comfort of his chair. He saw that Soubi was clinging onto Ritsuka, despite it usually being Ritsuka clinging onto Soubi. The obliteration spell had an enormous effect on Soubi, which baffled Ritsu as Soubi was his strongest student.

"What's wrong with him!" Ritsuka asked, extremely worried. "He's never like this, if he's in pain he usually doesn't express it." Natsuo and Youji nodded synonymously.

"The Obliteration spell is a twin spell to reduction, one of the four offensives." Ritsu paused and looked at Soubi again. "Soubi may appear strong, holding his deepest fears inside but this spell has brought all of them out and."

"And" Ritsuka, Natsuo and Youji all said at the same time.

"He's broken." Ritsu replied.

"What!" Ritsuka lunged at Ritsu. "What do you mean broken, he can't be broken!?"

Ritsu pushed up his glasses. "Loveless, Soubi can no longer be used in battle he has been rendered useless." "The twin spell of obliteration, reduction reduces a fighters magical ability in battle, however the obliteration spell has obliterated his fighting abilities all together."

Ritsuka smiled at bit. "That means we can live together like a normal couple."

Ritsu shook his head. "You want to deal with this for the rest of you life?" He hadn't a clue how Ritsuka would be able to put up with Soubi, the obliteration spell made him so clingy.

"I'll love Soubi no matter what, it's my dream that we could live together normally, without all these people chasing us" Ritsuka wrapped his arms gently around the blond; Soubi tightened his grip around Ritsuka and gently laid his head on Ritsuka shoulder feeling extremely insecure. Ritsu walked closer and examined Soubi again. Soubi held Ritsuka tighter; this was the man who had shattered him. "Ritsuka!" he cried.

Ritsuka frowned. "He doesn't like you."

Ritsu chuckled. "Yes, I know that much and the spell has made it a hundred times worse, he's afraid of me more then hates me." "Just give me some time and I can fix the spell."

Ritsuka frowned. "I said I'm fine the way he is!"

"Can you really put up with his clinginess for the rest of your life?" Ritsu questioned him.

Ritsuka gave it some thought, as much as he'd love to take care of Soubi he was very needy, it would be hard. "Okay, But make sure you don't do any more damage."

Ritsuka left with Soubi who was clinging to him like glue. Ritsu sat down back at his table and thought of how he was going to deal with this situation. He slightly turned his head when he heard a knock at the door. "Come in." He said while looking through various fighter/sacrifice profiles.

Mai slowly walked into his office and sat adjacent to Ritsu. " I know who's done this." She said flatly.

Ritsu kept flicking through the papers on his desk. "Yes, I know Heartless did."

"No." Mai stopped him. "I know who was controlling Heartless, I know whose after Ritsuka."

Ritsu seemed confused. "Who then?"

Mai flicked through the various profiles on Ritsu's desk and found Heartless' profile. It read

Heartless

Sacrifice: Kaito Minagawa

Fighter: Mariko Minagawa

Relationship status: Fraternal twins

Heartless, also known as 'The puppet twins' are know for being extremely loyal to a person who goes by alias of 'K'. They have rarely ever being defeated due to their use of offensive and illegal spells.

"I pretty much already guessed that from the Obliteration spell which Soubi has been put under." Ritsu looked up at Mai. "But whose this 'K' do you know?"

Mai dropped her hands onto the table and looked directly at Ritsu. "Loveless' true fighter."

A/N: Chapter Nine finally finished *cheers * I had some difficult trying to write this, so I'm really sorry if this doesn't make sense or sounds too rushed. Also sorry how short it is in comparison to other chapters. Ah Yes and Soubi is very OOC, this is all part of my plot and I really wanted to show Soubi's vulnerable side. I have read a few 'uke' Soubi stories and found them cute (Yet slightly weird and maybe even scary.) Anyways I promise you he won't be like this forever. But it's so precious! No I promise I'm not that mean.

Look forward to chapter ten!