SUMMARY: Well, this is pretty much what I think might happen after the end of the Saint Beast anime. Ends with the final fight between the Saint Beasts and Yuda and Ruka. Since I love them all too much, there won't be character deaths.

You might notice Rei is sort of the main character. He's so cute ;3

I thought of this story while listening to the song You'll Never Know, by Kingdom Come. It's just as cute as Rei…;)

There are a lot of pairings in this story, but I'll be mainly focusing on the friendship between Rei and Shin, and the love between Rei and Ruka.

In case you didn't notice yet, I love Rei… So he'll probably will get lots of trouble in this story *evil laugh*

RATED: M, for what might happen in some chapters.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters

Please R & R

This is going to be a short one, sorry…

At first sight, no one was there. The circle of dead trees seemed even more abandoned than before, but it still made Rei feel uncomfortable. The last time he had been there, the last time he was conscious while being there, he hadn't gotten Ruka back yet. That feeling of loneliness and hurt was only just gone, and it didn't take much to make it relive again. Almost without noticing himself, he grabbed Ruka's hand. The silver haired angel started flying a little slower, looking at him worriedly. Rei smiled at him to show that he was fine. Though Ruka didn't seem entirely convinced, he didn't push him about it.

"Let's land," Ruka said, softly pulling him with him to the ground. They landed almost soundlessly, trying not to lure out too much unwanted guests. Despite their effort to be quiet, five demons immediately came out of the bushes. Ruka stepped protectively in front of Rei, which made the smaller angel feel a bit useless. Okay, he had been hurt badly a short time ago, but he could fight! Still, he didn't want to hurt Ruka, so he kept quiet.

"Have you done something to our friends?" Ruka asked coldly.

"So what if we did," the biggest demon grinned. "You've betrayed us, you're not our boss anymore."

"Let them go." Ruka took a fighting position, ready to take a blow at the demon.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" the demon asked, his grin growing even more unpleasant.

Suddenly, Rei felt something grabbing his throat and pulling him backwards, away from Ruka. He couldn't look back, but he knew it was a demon. He should have seen that coming! He saw the terror on Ruka's face when e realized he couldn't fire at the demon without hitting Rei. And he also saw the other demons launching an attack on Ruka. "No!" As hard as he could, he pushed his elbows against the demon holding him. It made a hurt sound and let go of him, giving Rei the opportunity to run forward and fire with his angels powers at the other demons. One of them almost managed to hit Ruka, but the silver haired angel reacted just quick enough to destroy the demon. He started to aim at the demon who had capture Rei, but the purple haired angel stopped him.

"If we kill him, we'll never find out where Kira and Maya are," he warned softly.

Anger was still burning in Ruka's eyes, but he stopped his attack. Instead, he walked towards the demon, who was still a bit immobilized from having Rei's elbows in his stomach, and grabbed him by his throat. "Were are they? Answer me now, or you'll go straight after your friends, back to Hell!"

The demon squirmed a bit to get free, but Ruka's grip was too strong. "They're in the same area as where you and the other one were hiding, but inside the forest." He glared at Ruka with so much evilness in his eyes, that it scared Rei. Ruka, however, didn't even flinch.

"Where in the forest?"

"Some deserted town in the North," the demon answered. "That's all I know. But you'll never get them back anyway!"

"Why not?" Rei asked.

"They're being guarded by at least fifty demons, at all times. You'll never be able to defeat them, and free your friends. Unless…" A devilish grin appeared on the demons ugly face. "Unless, of course, you fulfill your part of the deal. Help us to destroy Heaven, and we'll happily let those two go."

"Never," Ruka said, his eyes as cold as ice. "No one is going to get hurt anymore because of me and Yuda, except for you and your friends!"

"Own choice. You'll regret it," the demon hissed.

"We'll free them, and you guys will regret ever touching them." With those words, Ruka squeezed the demon's throat until it blew up in a cloud of black dust. Rei didn't watch, since he didn't want to see Ruka's face while he killed the demon.

"Rei?" Softly, Ruka took his hand. "Are you hurt?"

"No." Rei looked at him worriedly. "Are you?"

Ruka shook his head. "Thanks to you. If you hadn't protected me… Thanks."

Blushing a bit, Rei smiled faintly. "Shall we get the others? We won't be able to fight fifty demons with just the two of us."

"Yes." Ruka hesitantly took Rei's slender hand again. "Can I… can we hold hands while flying? It feels nice."

Rei felt his face coloring an even deeper shade of hot red, but smiled almost happily. To feel truly happy right now would be wrong, considering where Maya and Kira were. He honestly disliked the blonde half-angel, but still, being captured by demons wasn't something he'd want anyone to happen. Grabbing Ruka's hand tightly, he made his shining golden wings appear. "I'd love to hold hands with you."

Together, they flew off. Neither of them noticing the eyes of a few hidden demons looking at them, before quickly jumping inside the cave entrance.

Okay, this was… short. But I've been out of town for two days, and because we took the train instead of the car, I couldn't take my laptop with me T-T. Well, my laptop was probably happy with the days off XD

Anyway, next chapter will probably be uploaded next weekend ^^