Disclaimer: I so want to own Soubi and Ritsuka, yet I can't. Too bad for me since they belong to Yun Reiko and Keiko of course ;)

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Ritsu's Last Battle?

Reiko and Keiko slowly started maneuvering around the bookcases so they wouldn't be seen. They were going to use surprise and agility to their advantage. These two were not a strong fighter unit but they were still young and energetic so could run faster then the others. They weaved amongst the pages falling around them. Another book flies off a shelf and disintergrates from being hit with a deflected bullet. Soon Reiko was in the perfect position to strike Ritsu from the side while he was distracted by what was directly ahead of turned to her girlfriend.

'Ready?'

Keiko nodded and held out her arm to initiate their battle.

'Battle system initiate' she whispered.

Ritsu flinched. Although his fighter, Soubis mother, has been dead a long time he still had the ability to detect a fighters domain when they go into battle. He looked around frantically. Soubi felt it too and looked for his sister who had now allowed to walk into the same danger as everyone else. He has betrayed her. He hasn't protected her or his sacrifice properly. He felt he should be punished. He soon refocused on Ritsu. He was still trying to find his new threat. Soubi seized this oppurtunity and shot a spell as powerful as he could manage. Ritsu was struck square on the chest and hit the back wall before falling to the floor. Soubi fell too. That spell took every part of energy he had left. He had collapsed to his knees with a hand on his head. He has never felt so weak before. Ritsu stood up smiling evilly. Pointing the gun at Soubi he said:

'Want to see your mother again? This is just how helpless she looked before she died.'

Soubi gasped. 'you were there?'

'Yes. She deserved to be punished. She cheated on me with your father. She gave her ears to him. I was broken hearted, when I went to find her she had disappeared. Eventually I found you. So young,still had your ears. You and your ears looked just like your mothers so I simply took what was mine.'

Soubi's eyes were glazed and his tears began to fall as he recalled the time that his teacher stole his ears from him. It was a horrible time but even though he had done so, he still respected his teacher. At least he did till now.

'Mother was HIS fighter? This cruel man and he ...' Reiko gasped. She remembered the face of the murderer. She remembered the sound of gunshots that resembled the ones she heard that evening. She remembered everything.

Flashback (In a small cosy cottage)

'Mother I'm home' I called cheerfully.

'I'm cooking your favourite dinner tonight.' she called back.

I threw a fist in the air. 'Yes,can't wait' I said to myself. I had a weird fuzzy feeling but I shook it off, I'm probably just hungry.

I heard mother gasp. 'Sweetie go upstairs to put all your school books away and get changed for dinner.' she said with a hint of urgency in her voice.

I did as I was told and ran up to my bedroom. I heard the front door open.

'You cheated on me! Where is the child?' I heard a mans voice yell.

'I will never tell you' My mother called.

'I will kill you and find him myself' he threatened.

'I will tell you nothing. I won't allow you to harm my family!'

'I'm your sacrifice! I should be your family' he yelled and I heard a gunshot.

I stayed at the top of the stairs and waitied till I knew they were gone. I ran down to her.

'Reiko, lift your sleeve for me won't you?'

I did as she wished and revealed the 'boundless' marking on my arm.

'This isn't just a birthmark,it's your true name. And somewhere out there any person will have the same mark on their arm and they will become your sacrifice. You will be a fighter as it runs in family blood. Here,go to this school but for your safety so these bad people won't com after you-you MUST use a fake name, ok?'

She said handing me an address of a school for fighter units.

'So the stories you used to tell me about making spells and stuff is real?' I asked tears dalling uncontrollably.

'Yes and you are part of that story now. You'll find your sacrifice, you will feel a strong pulling towards them. If they bear the same mark then you will fall in love and become a unit. Sometimes sacrifices are far away but I have a feeling yours maybe closer then you think' She smiled.

'Okay I'll do everything you say'

'Oh and Reiko. Try to find your brother, I faked my death to protect him. These people were after your brother too. He is probably in his early twenties by now. He is a fighter too. I don't know his true name yet. He will look after you and protect you. If he hasn't moved then he is still somewhere near the capital of Tokyo. Search near universities and you'll find him easier. Be careful out ther.' She said finally before she passed.

I stood determindly and packed a suitcase. I then headed out the door. I turned back to see my mothers dead body. I vowed to myself that I would avenge her. I started travelling to the school she gave me. I slept on the bench in a park when I was halfway there. I was woken up by a girl that looked my age.

'Are you okay? I felt a strong pull to you and I thought you were in trouble.' She said sweetly.

I immediately fell in love with this girl but couldn't understand why. She was perfect in everyway. She looked beautiful and her voice was sweet and unforgetful. Mother said about feeling a pull and being in love, I was skeptical we would have the same obscure birthmark though.

'May I see your arm?' I ask

'Ok,but I have a birthmark.' She said pulling up her sleeve and holding out her arm.

I saw the name. It was exactly the same as mine and in exactly the same place. I gasp.

'Whats wrong?' she asked

I lifted my sleeve to show her the exact same name.

'Your my fighter, I'm Keiko. Keiko Tomimoto' she said smiling.

'I'm Reiko. Reiko Agatsuma. Mother gave me the address of the school we need to go to to said that for my safety that I need to use a fake name when we get there' I said.

'Well then let's go' she said giggling and rushing off.

I followed her to her house and told her mother of everything before she packed a suitcase and came with me for our journey.

We hopped on a train and was soon walking up to the grounds of the academy. We learnt everything we could. After just two months I didn't want to wait any longer. I told Keiko all about my brother. She suggested we do some research on him inside of the academy. As a fighter he would've needed to go to the acaademy to train aswell and would have his information on record. We found out where he was living.

'I think we should like,you know, watch your brother for a while until we can be sure he is safe to be around before we approach him,I dont want you to get hurt.' She said kissing me. 'because I love you'

'I love you too'

Since being at the academy our bond has strengthened by an immense amount and we were extremely close. We had lost our ears too. We snuck out of the academy and bought the next train ticket possible. It was a long train fell asleep beside eachother for a while too. The next morning we arrived at our destination. We stepped out onto the platform with our suitcases. The breeze was cool and refreshing. We went to the address and started to stalk my potential brother. I followed him to an elementary school one day. He was with a small boy. I could see admiration in his eyes for this kid. Maybe it is his sacrifice. We followed them through a park making sure not to get too close in case out fighter domains clashed. We went right past the park and was following them for a long time. They started to climb a hill. It was hard to climb the incline and still keep ourselves hidden. We hid in some bushes near the top. They were taking pictures,I could see the flashes from the camera. I couldn't see them though so I crept a little closer. It was too close. He flinched and looked towards us. Keiko grasped my arm protectively.

'Careful he knows now.'

'Let's battle them, he'll want to know who we are, if they beat us i'll tell him my name. Yes? It could help prove ourselves so he'd let us stay' I said.

'Okay let's go' she said

I took a deep breathe and stepped out. 'It's good to finally meet you' I say to him.

He looks a lot like me...and mother. I thought.

(Back in the library)

Rage ran through her body like a river flowing to the sea. Now was the oppurtune moment to save her friends and avenge her family. The urge to attack was too strong,she didn't care about safety anymore. She casted her most powerful spell straight at Ritsu. Ritsu flinched towards her. A gunshot was heard.

Ritsu was flown back against the wall and hit his head really hard. He was out cold and some blood was dripping out of his ear. He must have had some sort of head trauma to have a consequence like that. He will probably die this way. Reiko smiled. She had avenged her mother and it felt as though a large weight had been taken off of her shoulder. She felt quite good but also cold. Seimei started carrying Nisei as he couldnt move himself as he was had fainted again. Soubi went to help Ritsuka. Tears falling he leaned in close kissing him. Soubi was delighted when he could feel his lovers lips pressing back. Ritsuka was alive! But he was very weak.

'Soubi I love you' he breathed.

Theres blood pouring from his gunshot wound in his shoulder. Ritsuka was extremely pale and was slowly closing his eyes again.

'Promise you won't give up on me,I can't live without you.' Soubi whispered lifting Ritsuka.

'I promise' ,he whispered and passing out.

Keiko came out from hiding.

'Have we beaten the Seven Moons now?' she asked shakily.

'No only part of Seven Moons has been stopped, there are only three members remaining. We have to deal with them before we are all truly we need to take the ones that are wounded to the infirmary first before we can continue.' Soubi replied.

Reiko wasw breathing quite heavily.

'Are you okay?' Keiko asked turning round.

'yes the spell I did was much more powerful then any I have done before. I'm just winded.' She replies through gasps.

Keiko's eyes were wide. She shoke her head slowly from side to side. Reiko looked down the final gunshot was at her. Ristu was very quick. Reiko fell. Keiko also screamed. Soubi gently put Ritsuka down and ran over.

'What's wrong?' He asked.

'I feel like I'm burning,what's happening? I didn't get hurt' Keiko replied.

Soubi had learnt about this. No sacrifice can live without their fighter and no fighter can be without their sacrifice. Reiko must be dying. Their bond line is breaking and it's starting to kill Keiko too. He had to help and fast or he could lose them both. He had to choose whether to break off their bondline completely so only one dies,take all health from Keiko to save Reiko or to save Reikos life before the bondline dies. Ritsuka was weak but a long way from dying which is why no such effect was seen to be happening to them. Soubi tore off his shirt and started bandaging the wound. This should give them enough time to get to the infirmary where there is better equipment and medication to save her. Nisei woke up at this point.

'I'm okay now Seimei. You can put me down.'

Seimei was skeptical of his statement but did as he had asked. Nisei stood up and walked over to Soubi.

'I'll carry Reiko,Seimei can carry Keiko and you can carry Ritsuka. That way noone gets left behind' Nisei suggested.

Soubi nodded and they all began to carry their allocated wounded friends to the medical bay. They laid each one down on a seperate bed. Soubi gave Ritsuka a shot of medication that would help his blood clot faster and his strength increase. At least until he got back. Soubi had to save Reiko. He was running out of time. Their bond was weakening. He began working. He clipped the artery that had been severed by the bullet. He then pulled out the bullet itself that did the damage. The next part was much more difficult. He would need to stitch the artery together in a way that it wont leak or anything. Nisei and Seimei helped as best they could. A few minutes later the stitching was done. Soubi took hold of the clamps. Seimei nodded at him.

'I hope this works' he whispered silently to himself as he removed the clips. No blood seemed to be leaking from the blood vessel now. He smiled widely. He closed up her wound and used some surprisingly neat suturing. He then wrapped a long soft bandage around it to protect it from external damage that might tear it open again. Keiko relaxed again. Tears falling she said

'Thank you' with great relief.

Soubi smiled then returned to healing Ritsuka. An hour or so of recovering later everyone was on their feet and moving around on their own again. Reiko hugged Soubi.

'You saved us' she said crying.

'Reiko I think you'll find that you saved "us"' Soubi replied.

'He's right, Ritsu could have killed us all if it wasn't for you' Nisei agreed with Seimei nodding his head to show he felt the same.

'I avenged my mother now. I feel a lot better knowing that her murderer didn't get away' Reiko said smiling.

'Let's get going, with three more members to go, we have a lot of work to do. I just hope that they won't be as dangerous as Ritsu. We can't avoid for anyone to get seriously hurt like that again.' Ritsuka said leaving the room.

Everyone began following and Soubi retook the lead. With three members to go and security cameras all over the place they were probably ready and waiting for them. It would be surprising if they weren't. They continued down the hall and round the corner.

'The next member that we will come across should be in an office just around here-' Soubi started turning the corner cautiously.

He turned back quickly.

'The next member is there isn't he?' Seimei said cheekily.

'Yes "she" is.' Soubi said.

'It's a woman?' Ritsuka gasped.

'Well we are dangerous' Keiko said giggling quietly.

'Well we have a lot of work to do.' Nisei said.

And all at once they turned the corner and stared into the face of danger and death again.