Chapter Summary: Gold is still struggling dealing with Red's disappearance. He feels like he's slowly losing his mind. There's a voice in his head, talking to him, Gold wonders if he is insane when suddenly the Legendary Beasts return. What will happen now?! Gold/Red and Fire/Green in this chapter!
Gold looked at the sky. Days had gone by since he had last seen Ana. "Gold?" A voice asked. "What is it Lyra?" Gold asked. Lyra came into view. "I'm just wondering if you're okay." Lyra said. "I'm fine..." Gold said softly. Lyra sighed and sat down beside Gold. "I understand that you're upset." Lyra said. "I'm not upset." Gold quickly answered. "I know you're upset." Lyra said sternly. Gold scowled at Lyra.
Fire looked out the window. Maybe I wasn't made for this world... "Fire!" Green shouted. Fire jumped up and ran down the stairs. "What is it Greeny?" Fire asked. Green grabbed Fire's hand and pulled him outside. Before Fire could protest Green kissed him. Fire pushed Green away. "What's wrong Fire?" Green asked, looking hurt. Fire smiled a idiotic smile and jumped on Green, pinning him down. "Remember, I am in control." Fire said as he kissed Green deeply.
Stop doing this! The voice yelled. "Shut up." Gold muttered. You're only hurting yourself. It said. "I said shut up!" Gold yelled. Gold was starting to get annoyed. Gold Azure, you have no idea what you're doing to yourself. The voice told him. Gold rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I'm just slowly killing myself." Gold said. That's exactly what you are doing! The voice said. Gold let out a low growl. "Shut the hell up!" Gold shouted. The voice became silent. Gold bawled his hands into fists. For fuck sakes! I am who I fucking am! Gold punched the wall. "OW! DAMNIT!" Gold shouted as he heard a crack. Gold held his throbbing hand limply. Damn voice!
Lyra put down the food. "Dinner." Lyra called out. The kids ran down. "Food! Alright!" Steven yelled. "Thank you Lyra-chan." Mike said. Tanya took a seat and looked over at the stairs. "When is Gold coming down?" Ricky asked. Lyra sighed. "He usually doesn't come down for a while now." Lyra told him. "Ash! Gary! Food's ready!" Lyra yelled. Gary and Ash tumbled in through the door, they were laughing like idiots. Ash and Gary quickly got up from the floor and smiled. "Thanks for having us over." Gary said. "Yeah thanks so much." Ash said. Green and Fire came in. "Is the food ready? I'm starved." Green said as he rubbed his stomach. Fire laughed. "Yes it is ready, sit down and I'll get Gold." Lyra said.
Gold hugged his knees and started to cry. Am I insane? Is this what it is like to go insane? Tears streamed down Gold's face as he tried to calm himself down. I'm insane! I'm fucking insane! There was a knock on the door. Gold tensed up. Who could that be? Is it someone coming to take me away? There was another knock on the door. Gold let out a low growl. When they come in, I'll attack... The doorknob slowly turned, Gold got ready to pounce.
Fire poked at his food, he wasn't very hungry now. "What's wrong Fire-kun?" Mike asked. Fire sighed sadly. "Fire-san, what's wrong?" Ricky asked. Fire didn't answer. "Fire? Are you alright Fire?" Steven asked. Fire just stared at his food. "Maybe he's thinking." Ash suggested. "Or maybe he's just ignoring us." Gary offered. "What a jerk..." Tanya muttered. "Fire, are you feeling okay?" Green asked. "I'm fine..." Fire mumbled as he pushed away his plate. "You finished?" Green asked. "I'm not hungry anymore...I'm going upstairs..." Fire said as he stood up. Just then a scream filled the air. "LYRA!" Steven and Mike yelled. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" Gary and Ash yelled up. "LYRA! ARE YOU HURT?!" Ricky and Tanya called up. Fire quickly ran up the stairs.
Gold growled again. Lyra let out another scream. Gold's eyes narrowed. WHY WON'T SHE LEAVE?! Gold lunged at Lyra. Lyra let out an ear-piercing scream. Gold covered his ears. Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! Gold took a deep breath. I'll kill her, I'll kill her. Maybe then she'll shut up! All of a sudden a figure appeared in the doorway. "Gold, don't." The figure said. Gold's eyes widened. The figure took a step forwards. "Do not touch my sister!" The figure yelled. "R-Red...?" Gold choked out.
Red walked up to Gold and slapped him hard across the face. "Do not ever think of hurting my sister!" Red yelled. Gold held his cheek while he held back tears. Lyra scampered out of the room. "I-I-I'm sorry!" Gold sobbed. Red leaned down and hugged Gold. "Don't worry. I forgive you." Red said. Gold hugged Red back tightly. Red was silent. Gold quickly kissed Red and cried some more. "Do not cry for me Gold." Red said. "I thought I lost you forever!" Gold cried. "Shh. Gold. I'm sorry but I have to do this." Red said as he pulled away slightly. "Do what...? What are you going to do?" Gold asked as he frowned. "Just fall asleep...when you wake up you'll think it was just a dream." Red said as he patted Gold's head. "But Red-" Gold started to say. "Shh, go to sleep Gold." Red said. Gold felt his eye's grow heavy. "But Reddy-" Gold started to say. "Just fall asleep.." Red said. Gold closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.
Gold woke up with a start. "Reddy...?" Gold asked as he looked around. There was no sign of Red or that he had even been there. Gold felt his heart sink. It really was just a dream... Gold heard a roar. Gold decided to head outside, he quickly opened the window and jumped onto the roof. Out of the corner of his eyes Gold thought he saw Kaede and Kouta. Gold's eyes widened as he heard the roar again. Standing before him was the great Saito with Yu and Tomoo. Gold opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. Saito stared at Gold and slowly nodded his head. Gold felt tears threaten to spill over. The Legendary Beasts had finally returned.
End of Chapter 21