"I don't need your help!"

"Just lie down and get some rest."

Luka finished tucking Luze in after helping him change and get into bed. The two brothers hardly spoke after what happened in the bathroom. Luze kept replaying Luka's words in his head since then. His brother was asking for his help to protect God's Light. He also told Luze he would be able to win Reiga's heart if he did so. He knew he had to tell Reiga about Luka's motives, but deep down he had hope that he would somehow be able to win his master's heart. He wanted to believe in his brother.

"I'll let Reiga know that you aren't feeling well."

"Are you doing this just so I can side with you?" Luze asked as he looked at his brother. Luka remained silent for a moment.

"I want to protect Yuki…But I also don't want to see you get hurt. We share the same blood, we're brothers and because of that I want to make sure you're safe too."

"But if you had to choose between him and me, you'd automatically choose him. Don't say it isn't true Luka."

"…Get some rest. I'll come check on you later." Luka turned around and walked off and out of the room. Luze stayed quiet, wishing he didn't become the Opast that he became. He closed his eyes and thought about old memories between him and his brother. They were treasured memories in his heart, but of course Luka didn't need to know.

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In the small room with only one window, Yuki sat with Sodom, patiently waiting for Luka to return. He petted the small creature on his lap while thinking about the Zweilts and everyone else in the Twilight Mansion. It had been days since he last saw them and it caused a lonely feeling to beat alongside his heart. He missed Hotsuma's heated remarks that only showed how much he cared about everyone. He missed Shusei's smile and gentle words. He missed Toko's cheerfulness and Tsukomo's love for snacks. He missed Senshiro's and Kuroto's company while playing shogi. He missed Sairi's flirtatious ways and Ria's bubbly and energetic personality.

He had been taken away from his family. They had gotten hurt trying to protect him. It was only a matter of time until they found Yuki's whereabouts and came to rescue him. That made Yuki happy, but at the same time it terrified him. He didn't want to see his friends get hurt, even though it was their job to put their lives on the line for him. He didn't want them to be sacrifices – they were more then that in Yuki's eyes, just like Luka and Sodom.

The door started to unlock which snapped Yuki out of his thoughts. He quickly looked up and smiled, glad that Luka was finally back. But to his surprise it wasn't Luka, but Elegy. Sodom flew away from Yuki's hand and got into defensive mode for his master. Elegy smirked and closed the door behind her.

"Don't worry Sodom; I'm not going to hurt Yuki. I just came here to talk. It's not fair that only Luka, Luze and Reiga can come and see God's Light."

Yuki remained silent while also being on the defense if the General Class demon were to try anything. It was the first time he had seen her, but he had heard about her from the Zweilts. She was beautiful and anyone could tell that she was strong. But behind her beauty was a demon that wanted to create destruction and had no care for others. Elegy looked at Yuki with disgusted eyes, but grinned once she finished analyzing the person before her.

"I still find it hard to believe that you seduced my Zess and took him away with you. You were nothing special when you were female and you're definitely nothing special now that you're a male. Why Zess fell in love with you…I just don't understand."

"Luka has a good heart. He's not like you or any of the other demons under Reiga."

"You don't know Zess as much as I do. You didn't see him when he was being praised by the Demon King. You didn't see him when he was killing people and covered in blood. Ah, that image is engraved in my mind. The coldness in his eyes, his hands stained in red, it was beautiful. I wanted him more then anything and he could have been mine…If it wasn't for you."

"I'm sorry that your love wasn't returned. I'm sorry if I was the cause of your heart break and suffering. It was Luka's decision to leave it all behind and change."

"Don't act all pure and innocent! You stole my Zess! I was the one who was supposed to be with him not you! It angers me so much that someone as powerful and beautiful as him could fall so low because of someone like you! Every time I think about it, I want to scream! I want to hurt you until you die! Then Zess will only belong to me!"

Yuki could see the hatred in Elegy's eyes. He was afraid that Sodom would get hurt trying to protect him if she tried anything. Elegy reached for her whip and Sodom turned into a wolf and started to growl viciously. He ran towards her as she flung her whip. It wrapped around his body. Without hesitation she threw Sodom to the side where he hit the wall and fell to the ground.

"Sodom!" Yuki got up and started to run towards the creature. In an instant, Elegy's whip hit his leg and he fell to the ground, gritting his teeth in pain. Elegy looked down at Yuki and smirked.

"Let's see how much Zess will love you once you're covered in scars!"

Yuki's eyes went wide as Elegy lifted up her whip for another attack, but to Yuki's surprise the hit never came. He slowly looked back and saw that Reiga was holding onto Elegy's wrist and restraining her from continuing.

"Who gave you permission to come here, Elegy?" Reiga asked in his usual cold voice.

"I wanted to see God's Light! He's our prisoner and should be tortured! Why haven't you done a thing Reiga?!"

"That has nothing to do with you. Now I want you to leave and not come back here. That's an order."

Reiga let go of Elegy. She stared daggers at Yuki before she turned around and left the room. Yuki looked over at Sodom who had turned back into his small form. He was lying unconscious. Yuki quickly got up and grunted from the pain on his leg, but continued forward towards Sodom. He gently picked him up and tried to concentrate on healing Sodom, but nothing happened. Yuki brought Sodom closer to his chest in an embrace while he sat against the wall, trying not to think about the pain the whip had caused him.

"That must be hurting you."

Yuki looked over at Reiga who stood motionless near the door. "I'm okay. I have to endure any pain because I'm God's Light."

"Only I can inflict pain on you. This incident was uncalled for and because of that I'll allow that wound to be treated." Yuki looked at Reiga with stunned eyes. He wasn't sure if he was hearing correctly, but it almost sounded like Kanata was worried about him deep down inside. Luka opened the door and was surprised to see Reiga in the room. He looked over at Yuki and saw a bleeding whip mark on his leg and Sodom unconscious in his arms.

"Reiga-sama, what happened here?"

"Elegy thought it was a good idea to pay God's Light a personal visit. I just sent her away. She'll be punished for doing unauthorized things. Luka, I want you to take Yuki to your room and treat to his wound. It's my fault Elegy was able to do this. So only for tonight, I'll give Yuki this rare chance to be out of this room."

"Yes Reiga-sama."

"Also, where is Luze?"

"Luze wasn't feeling well so I made him go to his room and rest for the night."

"I see. I'll go punish Elegy. Take Yuki to your room now and treat the wound."

"Yes Reiga-sama."

Reiga turned around, walked passed Luka and left the room. Luka waited for a moment before he ran over to Yuki's side and placed his hand on his cheek. "Yuki, I'm sorry for leaving you alone. If I hadn't left, Elegy wouldn't have been able to do this."

"It's okay. I was able to see Kanata-san worry over me. In the end, it was worth it. I can see that there's a chance to get to Kanata-san."

Luka smiled at Yuki's ambitious words. He admired Yuki's strength and faith. Yuki looked down at Sodom who started to wake up in his arms. "Sodom! You're okay!" Sodom looked up at Yuki and smiled.

"We should get you to my room Yuki. We need to quickly tend to that wound."

"Right."

Luka gently put his arms under Yuki and picked him up in a bridal style. Yuki couldn't help but blush but then grunted a little from the pain on his leg. Luka slowly started to walk off, trying his best to keep Yuki's pain to a minimum. In the back of his mind he was grateful that Reiga had saved Yuki from Elegy's attack. Perhaps, Yuki was right, and perhaps Luze was slowly breaking Reiga's cold heart.

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I decided to end it there so I can write the rest for the next chapter :D It's going to be interesting! At least I hope o.o It seems interesting in my mind haha ^_^ I was having a little trouble writing this chapter so I ended up thinking of Elegy and went along with the idea of her coming face to face with Yuki. I think it went pretty well o.o

Any way, thanks for reading! ^.^ Until next time!