Weasel-Chan: Hello lovelies! :D How have you been? I hope you've been doing well. I've been pretty good considering stuff. But enough about feelings and emotions because they are about to be crushed in this chapter.

I hope you enjoy this chapter and continue to read it as I write at a snail's pace. My apologies.

Dark sends her love in dumpsters. How many dumpsters? Who knows.

We do not own Saiyuki. Kazuya Minekura does.

Chapter 14 – Lost Love

The room was dead silent for what seemed like forever as people witnessed the War God stab himself. The military officers couldn't speak, looking between the two children. Konzen, Yuki, and Yun Li happened to arrive as soon as it happened, stunned by the action. Goku stood there in shock, barely registering the sound of Nataku falling to the ground.

Once Nataku hit the floor that caused an uproar of yelling. The crowd called out to the fallen God, asking what was going on and if he really stabbed himself. Kenren jumped into action, holding the boy in his arms.

"Idiot! Somebody get the medics!" he yelled to the crowd. Amaya kneeled by the General, bunching up as much of the clothes as she can to try to stop the bleeding.

"How could he do this?!" Tenpou asked as he stood above his officers.

"I don't know but we need those medics now!" Chao Li emphasized back to the crowd. "Hurry!"

As the officers continued to yell for the medics, Goku couldn't move or speak. He could only watch as his friend coughed out more blood. Konzen and Yuki watched with bated breath with what their heretic was going to do. Goku was brought out of his trance when a hand tightly grabbed his wrist.

Wide gold eyes met dying purple. "Goku. Don't look that way. Look this way," Nataku whispered with all of his remaining strength.

"Huh?" Goku breathed out, not able to form a perfect sentence at the moment.

"Look at that tree over there. Way up high, there's a bird's nest," Nataku asked with a small smile, his fantasy being played in his head. "Can't you see?"

Goku listened to his friend, a picture being played in his head. It seemed so fun to be there and look at everything. His heart stopped when he felt the grip on his wrist let go and dangle in the air. Goku fell to his knees, shaking the blonde to try to wake him up. "Hey. Where is it, Nataku?"

Tenpou, Kenren, Amaya, and Chao Li looked away as they witnessed the heretic begin to shed tears again. Konzen, Yuki, and Yun Li couldn't bear to watch the child in so much pain. How could this have happened so quickly? And to such a sweet boy that just wanted a friend?

"You have to wake up and show me, Nataku," Goku choked out, his tears covering his cheeks. "I can't see it."

"Unhand him." Everyone in the crowd turned to see Li Touten walking towards Nataku. "He is my son."

Kenren and Amaya looked at each other for a moment, not sure if they should. They eventually gave in and allowed the corrupt man to take the blonde child. Goku, however, seemed frozen at his voice so close. Tenpou glared at the man's back as he walked away. "Li Touten," he called out in a warning.

"Don't worry," Li Touten said as he looked back at the officers. "This can still be of some use."

That struck everyone's heart. "You bastard!" Kenren yelled.

"You drove him to this, and you still don't get it?!" Tenpou questioned, his own anger showing.

"He couldn't even do what normal kids do!" Chao Li added, upset with this man. "He couldn't go play with his friends because of you! And yet, he still didn't betray you!"

"Don't you see his pain, you stupid old man?!" Amaya growled out, ready to bust the man's face in. "He-!"

Amaya was interrupted by the sudden scream of Goku as he charged after Li Touten. "Goku!" Konzen and Yuki yelled at the boy, trying to get him to stop. Li Touten turned around to see the child coming after him. Luckily for him, the guards nearby saw and intervened. "Pin him down!" a guard ordered.

Goku's hair was grabbed, yanking him down to the floor. "Let go. Lemme go!" Goku ground out from how hard he was being pushed into the concrete.

"Stop this!" Tenpou called out but was shut out by two spears. "W-What?!"

"Hey! What the hell?!" Kenren also got the same treatment; two spears blocking his path to Goku.

Amaya and Chao Li were also being blocked, but Amaya saw an opening and took it. She shoved her way through the guards until about halfway to the boy, she was also shoved down to ground. The military officers saw and were not happy with how she was treated, becoming more aggressive in their attempts to get out of their restraints.

"Amaya!" Tenpou called out.

"Don't you dare hurt a single hair on her bastards!" Kenren growled out.

"Arrest the rebels!" Li Touten commanded.

Yuki saw what happened and started to push her way through the crowd. "Aya!" she yelled over the deafening cacophony in the room. Her path was also met with two spears blocking her way. "Let me through!"

Konzen and Yun Li were behind her once they saw her flee towards her sister but guards were everywhere and managed to stop them only a few feet away from her. "Lady Yuki! Hang on!" Yun Li said as he tried to get through the guards in his way.

Konzen was also worried about his secretary but his attention was on the heretic they practically raised together. He was still pinned down by four guards, his eyes still shedding tears for his fallen friend. He looked so broken that it hurt. Konzen reached out with his hand, as if trying to reach the boy and yelled, "Goku!"

Goku didn't even hear his caretaker. His mind was still on Nataku. How in one instance, he went from smiling away to silence. It was too much strain on the poor child's mental state. He felt something crack on his head as he let out a piercing wail and a bright light envelopes him.

The bright light was so intense that it actually incinerated the four guards holding Goku down.

The room fell silent once again as they witnessed what happened. The guards were no longer there, not even ashes or clothes. The crowd was shocked, trying to comprehend what was going on. Even Goku's friends were stunned by what happened to the child.

"W-What was that just now?" a guard asked.

"Did that kid do it?" another questioned, a bit fearful.

"Goku?" Yuki gently called out, wanting to know if her young heretic is ok.

Everybody tensed up when Goku turned his head to reveal blood lust eyes. "N-No way…"

"What are you waiting for?!" Li Touten shouted, startling everybody. "That child is a heretic being that'll bring calamity to the heavens! Capture him at once!"

The guards jumped at the order but had no other choice to follow. "Y-Yes sir!" They approached the child and grabbed his arms to restrain him. The next instance, their arms were sliced off. Their screams were cut off because the next second, their heads were no longer on their bodies.

"They picked up an interesting animal."

"Animal?" Konzen and Yuki asked on the day they were going to meet Goku.

"Yes. He's a small but fierce little animal with eyes of gold."

"Goku?" Konzen breathed out, shocked with what he just witnessed.

The guards seemed to forget about holding back Goku's caretakers and friends, all of them going after the child that killed their comrades. "An impure being!"

"Seize him! Arrest the monster!"

Goujun, who just arrived at the scene, automatically knew that the guards were being stupid. "Don't recklessly get close!" he yelled but it was too late. Goku had already torn them to shreds. The few that stayed behind were next. Goku sprinted towards them and did the same. Their blood was spilled all around the child like a lake.

Kenren watched as the child continued to kill everything in his sight. He wanted to believe this wasn't Goku but another part of him told him that it was. He just witnessed his new friend turn into a blood thirsty machine. He turned towards the two caretakers of the heretic and said, "H-Hey! What the hell's going on here?! Konzen! Yuki!"

Yuki couldn't speak, her hands over her mouth as she witnessed her precious child kill so many people. Konzen was in the same boat but he managed to mutter out, "His golden diadem…"

The military officers looked to see the now shattered diadem on the floor. "Are you saying that the diadem on his forehead was his demon power limiter?" Amaya asked, trying to find some answers.

Konzen and Yuki nodded their heads, unable to speak as another scream went through the room.

"So, once Goku's demon power increased, the diadem broke?" Tenpou questioned, his brain putting the pieces together.

Kenren and Chao Li also started to understand what was going on. "Don't tell me," the bodyguard nearly groaned out.

"You're saying that that's Goku's true form?" Kenren clarified. "Right, Tenpou?"

Tenpou didn't reply, seeing as what he was thinking might not be it. "I read about it this in a book before," he said, missing the eye roll from his Admiral. "Not human or youkai, let alone a God. He's come to be called the symbol of Chaos by the legends. A being granted powers equal to that of Heaven."

"Seiten Taisei," Yuki finished.

The group looked to see their heretic friend standing in the middle of a pile of bodies, his shirt torn where they can now see his demonic mark on his stomach. That just proved that what Tenpou read, was right. A guard that didn't manage to die in the slaughter, began to move towards Goku, almost like he was asking for forgiveness. He was met with a swift kick to the face.

The guards surrounding Li Touten seemed to lose their fighting spirit and began to flee. Goku turned towards the screams and met the eyes of the corrupt man. Li Touten was now frightened seeing the blood lust in the child's eyes. "Where do you think you're going?!" he yelled at the retreating guards. "Aren't you going to protect me?! Cowards!"

Li Touten turned back when he heard movement, his heart dropped when he saw Goku in the air ready to attack him. He managed to throw the body of Nataku at the heretic but it didn't faze him. Goku continued forth on his attack and ripped out Li Touten's right eye. The man cried out in pain, holding where his eye should be so that he could stop the bleeding.

Li Touten fell to the ground, feeling a bit dizzy from blood loss but kept his sights on his attacker. "Ah! Don't come any closer! Don't come near me, monster!" he screamed, terrified for his life.

Goku took a step towards the man but stopped when Kenren yelled at him. "Cut it out!"

"Kenren?" Tenpou breathed out, surprised to hear his friend. Even Konzen and Yuki were shocked to hear the general.

"I can't watch this anymore," Kenren admitted, breathing harshly because of his yell. "No one, not even you, wanted this. If you're gonna act violently like this, make me your opponent, Goku!"

The group waited patiently for the boy to react. A few seconds later, Goku looked at the group of friends and they were shocked to see a smile they never seen before. It was filled with a vicious intent, his eyes like a snake. Kenren took a step back but that seemed to cause Goku to take Kenren's request immediately. Konzen and Yuki yelled out for Goku to stop, Tenpou and Chao Li yelling for their officer to get out of the way, and Yun Li silently watching in fear of what is about to happen.

Kenren pulled his arms up, ready to take the attack but suddenly felt himself being pushed. He fell to the ground, groaned in pain and looked up quickly to see what happened. His heart dropped at the sight. Amaya pushed him out of the way just in time to take the attack. She barely managed to take out one of her elbow blades to block it but the force behind it was incredible. Goku punched her into a pillar, causing it to crumble from the force.

"Amaya!" Kenren and Tenpou shouted, hoping to hear something from the woman. They panicked when all they heard was the sound of rocks and pebbles hitting the floor around her.

"Aya," Yuki choked out, afraid that her sibling was now gone. Konzen's hand on her shoulder didn't even calm her down. She was scared that she lost her sister.

Goku didn't even care about the emotional damage he caused to his friends. His evil smile was still on his face as he sprinted towards the fallen admiral, ready to finish her off. He was pushed back about twenty feet away by Chao Li's monk spade. The bodyguard's usual annoyed look was now vicious and aggressive, ready to protect his ward. Goku didn't mind the glare, seeing as he found another opponent to fight. He leaped towards the bodyguard and threw a right punch, Chao Li already ahead of him and blocked it, kicking the child back once again. He refused to let this Goku near the woman.

Kenren and Tenpou were torn between staying where they are, to stay out of the man's way or to follow their heart and go check on their admiral. Kenren more than anything. From where they stood, they could only see her legs and that worried them. They needed to see if she was breathing.

Konzen, Yuki and Yun Li were also frozen in their places. Yuki also wanted to check on her sister but knew better than to run where a battle is. Even if Yun Li was next to her, she couldn't do it. She was also worried about Goku. Every time Chao Li swung his weapon at him, she flinched and resisted the urge to yell at them.

Konzen was about to ask what they needed to do but the group was startled by another voice. "Well, isn't that showy." They looked behind them to see Kanzeon leaning against the doorway. "Cut it out. You guys know that if you fight that chibi. . . Well, even if I did tell you, you already knew that."

"Kanzeon Bosatsu," Yuki addressed, a bit bewildered about the Goddess's appearance.

Konzen, however, jumped right at what she said. "How is it reckless? More than that, that's Goku fighting Chao Li!"

Kenren, Tenpou, Yuki and Yun Li all nodded. They didn't want to fight Goku but they also know that the one fighting the bodyguard right now is not the one they know and love. "Is there a way to get his diadem back?" Yuki asked the Goddess.

"Hmph, a way," Kanzeon said, walking towards the fight between Chao Li and Goku. "I say we settle things." That surprised the group, trying to stop her from joining. She walked on the battlefield, mainly towards the bodyguard. Once she was close, she grabbed the man's wrist and pushed him towards Amaya.

"W-What?! Hey! Kanzeon Bosa-!" Chao Li began to argue.

"Watch over your ward," Kanzeon simply replied, looking towards the heretic that was coming her way. "Come on, chibi. Let's live quickly."

The group braced themselves for Kanzeon's fight but were shocked when she just simply punched Goku and sent him flying into the wall. That didn't faze Goku because he immediately jumped out of the rubble and went to attack the Goddess again. "Goku," Yuki squeaked out at the attack, not able to watch fully.

"Energetic, isn't he?" Kanzeon seemed to ask in a teasing way. She grabbed the child's wrist and twisted it behind his back, then slammed him to the floor, causing him to be knocked out cold. "Don't think me bad, Seiten Taisei."

Yuki watched in horror as the Goddess went for the killing blow, unable to do anything but watch. Konzen couldn't watch either so he ran up to his aunt and grabbed her wrist. He then punched her in the face, knocking her a step back. The two relatives had a momentary stare down, almost as if they were reading their thoughts. Yuki stared at the two, holding her breath in nervousness but gasped when Kanzeon kneed her nephew in the gut. She ran up to the blonde and placed a hand on his back, "Konzen! Are you ok?!"

"He's in for it," Kenren snickered, causing Tenpou to also chuckle.

Yuki glared at them for a moment but was shocked to hear her bodyguard. "He had it coming."

Kanzeon pushed her hair back to where it belongs, sporting a new bruise on her cheek. "Hmph, raising your hand against me," she said. "You have good courage, Konzen Douji." Konzen looked up at his aunt in shock, not believing she is saying this. She then looked at Yuki with a small smile. "You as well, Yuki. Now, please don't regret it."

Konzen took that moment to go towards the unconscious child and took him into his arms, holding him close. The words his aunt told him brought back his first encounter with the heretic and what sounded like teasing words from the Goddess.

"Can you become that chibi's sun?"

'No. I'm not the sun,' Konzen answered in his head.

"Cool! It's sparkling!"

'Actually, the sun is…'

Konzen looked down at Goku's sleeping face, finishing his sentence. Yuki walked up to the two people she held close to her heart, taking the blonde's hand gently. Konzen's anxiety seemed to fade as the woman in front of him smiled, almost like she was saying that everything was going to be ok.

Konzen looked back at his aunt with a determined expression, "Yeah. I won't regret."

Their moment was ruined by the cynical laughter of Li Touten, now standing up but still holding his bleeding eye socket. "You fools! Since you protected that child, it's the same as treason! For those who have become enemies of Heaven, there's a special form of death penalty." Konzen and Yuki shrunk into each other, trying to create some sort of barrier between the cruel man and the heretic. "When you're rotting you'll regret it, Konzen Douji and Yuki!"

As Li Touten yelled at them, the room was filled once again by guards, all of them carrying a sword or some kind of weapon. Konzen and Yuki began to look around, trying to find a way to escape but they couldn't. Panic started to rise in their minds and it was not a perfect time to do so. They were startled when three bodies formed a shield around them.

"What do you think, Supreme Commander Tenpou?" Kenren asked, bringing his lighthearted-ness in the serious situation.

"Hm? Who knows? I am also a fool. So why do I have to understand?" Tenpou replied, his own teasing showing.

Konzen and Yuki look up at the officers, surprised to see them protecting them. Yun Li could only shake his head at what the officers were saying as he pulled out his daisho. How Chao Li put up with these two idiots was beyond him.

"'If we're all fools, there's no loss in dancing.' Or so they say," Tenpou recited one of his book quotes.

Kenren was confused, "What's that? First time I've heard that one."

"It's a famous idiom from the World Below," Tenpou said, taking out his revolver pistol. "Konzen, can you run while carrying Goku?"

Konzen scoffed, "Don't make fun of me."

"Yuki, please stay by Yun Li's side," Tenpou ordered, worried about the woman's safety as they escaped.

"Of course," Yuki replied, standing up and hiding behind her bodyguard. A thought suddenly hit her. "Ah! What about Aya?"

"Don't worry about her," Kenren smirked, nodding his head towards where the admiral was last seen. Chao Li had her standing, fully awake, with her left arm around his shoulder. "She got someone to look after her as we watch over you three."

Yuki felt all worry for her sibling vanish as she witnessed with her own eyes Amaya moving. Now, she can focus on getting out of here alive with Goku and the others.

"You're running away? Where will you run to?" Li Touten taunted, signaling the guards to start their assault. "Our Heavenly Army will chase you anywhere and end your lives!"

"Yeah yeah," Kenren said, almost rolling his eyes at the obvious threat. "Then let's get fired up and escape to a place where you can't reach!"

That was the last thing that was clearly heard because the room was filled with the sounds of metal against metal. The guards attacked from all angles as the group of friends made their way to the large doors. The screams from the fallen echoed in the room as well as the sounds of Tenpou's gun. It was a mad frenzy to kill the traitors of heaven.

"Kill them!" Li Touten screamed above the madness. "Kill every last one of them!"

That didn't deter the friend's wills to escape. It seemed to fire them up even more. Between Konzen's burning calves and Yuki's encouraging whispers to the men, their determination seemed to grow. Even as more guards poured in the room and got closer.

Across the room was Goujun, helplessly watching his officers fight off the guards. He wondered how it came to this as he yelled for his men. "General Kenren! Admiral Amaya! Commander Tenpou! Stop this at once!"

Tenpou looked to where the yell came from as he shot another guard. A plan popped into his head. He took a sharp left and sprinted towards his boss. Goujun barely managed to dodge the blade and block it from below. He was so focused on the sword that he was surprised when a sharp kick to his stomach hit him. The next thing he knew was a blade was at his neck.

The guards halted their attack at the progression. "Go-Goujun-sama?!"

Goujun went to speak but Tenpou moved the sword closer. "Commander Tenpou…" he breathed out.

"Sorry," Tenpou said low enough for just his boss to hear him, "for using this old villain's trick."

Kenren looked behind him to see what was going on and finally understood why the guards stopped. He had to admit his friend played a decent villain. Konzen and Yuki watched with worried gazes, not knowing what was going on with their friend. Yun Li was the only one still keeping an eye on their enemies, just in case they decided to attack again.

"Now, can you make way for us?" Tenpou directly asked Li Touten, knowing he was the one in charge of the sea they were in.

The guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Some looked at Li Touten but could only see him seething in anger. His glare could kill but he couldn't do anything. The marshal caught him in a bind.

Just as he was about give, he got a plan. He grabbed the nearest smart looking guard and pulled him close. Tenpou watched closely what the evil man was doing, wishing he could hear what the man was saying.

Li Touten shoved the guard away once he was done, going back to his stare down with the officer. "Fine. Let them go," he ordered the guards. He received skeptical looks but he nodded his head to show it was ok.

Tenpou was about to ask what he said to the guard but went against it. Their first priority was to get out of the mess they were in alive. The guard would have to wait.

The group gradually walked to the exit, still in formation of Tenpou and Kenren up front and Yun Li at the back with Konzen, Yuki, and Goku in the middle. Their guard was on everything that moved an inch. They did not like how easy this was turning out.

"Tenpou, was this the best plan you could come up with?" Kenren asked in a teasing manner.

Tenpou had to hold back his urge to scoff. "It's the only plan we have."

"Would you two shut the hell up?" Konzen growled out, having enough of the two men bickering in a serious situation.

Yuki barely heard them, searching the crowd for a certain someone. "Where is Aya?" she asked to nobody in particular.

Yun Li scanned the room, looking for a head of purple hair. He spotted them about twenty feet away, Chao Li helping Amaya walk with his arm around her waist. "Do not worry Lady Yuki. Chao Li and Amaya are making their way towards us."

Yuki felt relieved but still held her worried frown. Her bodyguard noticed it, about to say something so she wouldn't stress but Konzen beat him to it. "It's alright Yuki. Those two idiots will be fine."

Yun Li witnessed his ward smile for the first time, his own small smile showing. The angry blonde behind him could do something like that so easily where he had to struggle a bit. Even though Konzen came across as being mean, the little things he did would make her smile or feel better.

The group of friends just arrived at the door, Kenren going to open the door as everyone faced the sea of murderous faces. Tenpou was so focused on what was going on up front, he didn't see a dark figure coming for him on his left. He was struck on the back of his head, causing him to lose his grip on his hostage. Everything seemed to go into slow motion as Tenpou grabbed Goujun again, Kenren shooting the guy who attacked his friend and Li Touten's yell. The one that sent fear down the group's spine.

"Kill them! Kill them now!"

Kenren opened the door wide enough for them to go through. Tenpou went in first with Goujun, Konzen carrying Goku along with Yuki went through next. Yun Li stayed behind, frantically looking for his lover. "Where's Chao-AH!"

Yun Li was cut off by someone grabbing his wrist and pulling him out the door. Kenren slammed the door shut and blocked it with a piece of wood through the handles. He backed away just as the loud slams echoed from the other side.

"That will stop 'em," Kenren breathed out.

"But not for long," Tenpou reminded. "We can find shelter back at the office. That will force them to hold back for a while."

"Guys," Konzen interrupted with slight worry in his tone. The group looked back to the blonde with the heretic and woman to see what was going on. "Goku's breathing is increasing."

"Like he's about to wake up?" Kenren asked.

Konzen had to hold back the urge to punch the man. Luckily Yuki was more patient and answered before there was another argument. "No. Like something is wrong."

A loud bang startled the group from looking at the child. The bang came from the door holding back their enemies.

"We'll check him out once we get to my office," Tenpou said as he began to push Goujun towards their target. "Right now, we need to get there fast before that door breaks."

Another loud bang resounded through their bodies as the door made a loud cracking sound.

"We're not going to make it in time," Chao Li said to himself in realization.

"What did you say?" Amaya questioned her bodyguard.

"Let's get moving people!" Kenren yelled as he bagan to usher people towards their destination.

The door cracked even more, barely holding together.

Chao Li and Yun Li barely responded as their group frantically moved. They shared a look, already knowing what they needed to do. They were not happy about it but if it meant saving their wards, they would do it.

For them.

"We have to stay," Chao Li said what both bodyguards thought. "Yun Li and I have to stay."

"What?!" Amaya yelled as she pushed the man away. "Like hell you have to stay!"

"Amaya. Do not make this harder than it shou-."

"I am not letting you stay behind!" Amaya interrupted, tears already forming. "We will all make it to Tenpou's office together and-!"

Chao Li took hold of his ward's shoulders to make her look into his pleading eyes. "Just listen to me for once in your life!"

"No!" Amaya defied, her tears now falling. "I won't listen because I don't want you to die idiot!"

"That's my job!" Chao Li retorted, his own tears threatening to breakthrough. "I'm supposed to protect you until I die!"

"I don't care if that is your job! You're my best friend and I won't let you die needlessly!"

Nearby, a calmer confrontation was going on. Yuki actually stepped away from the sick child in Konzen's arms and approached her bodyguard with sadness in her eyes. They didn't say much, not wanting to upset the other.

"You don't have to stay," Yuki broke their silence, her voice cracking.

Yun Li shook his head. "I have to in order to protect you."

Yuki willed herself not to cry. She wanted to stay strong in this moment but she couldn't. Like her sibling, she didn't want her bodyguard to die. She wanted him and his lover to stay with them, to live together as a family like always.

"Please don't do this Yun Li," Yuki choked out, wiping her tears away. "Please don't leave us."

"I'm sorry Lady Yuki but I have to," Yun Li said, wishing he could hug his ward but knew better. She would latch on to him and never let go like back then.

Yuki went to grab the man's sleeve but was startled away by another slam. The group looked to see the door on its last two feet and they could hear clearly what the guards were yelling.

"We have to leave now!" Tenpou yelled, a bit more frantic to show time was not on their side. He hated to rush this moment but they need to get going.

Amaya grabbed Chao Li's wrist and started to pull him with her. "Come on! Let's go!"

Chao Li reversed the hold and dragged the woman towards the general. He switched his hand with Kenren's and looked him in the eyes with such intensity. "Take good care of her." Then he stepped back towards the door, readying his weapon.

"NO! Let go of me Kenren!" Amaya screamed as Kenren picked her up bridal style and ran towards their shelter. He felt his heart break as the woman in his arms continued to scream for her bodyguard. "Chao Li! Come with us!"

Yuki went to grab her bodyguard as well but he stepped away. She knew now his mind was made up. She couldn't convince him to stay. Yun Li's heart broke as he saw his ward cry for him. He turned to Konzen, who stayed behind for his secretary, and nodded his head. "Please watch over her," he said to the blonde.

Konzen nodded his head. "Of course."

"And Yuki," Yun Li addressed the woman, holding back a smirk at the wide eyes he received. "Thank you for everything."

Yuki's tears were now a never ending stream. She longed for the stoic man to call her by her name without an honorific. 'How cruel,' she thought as Konzen pulled her away.

Yun Li watched as the two sisters were dragged away from them. One silently grieving while the other screaming for them to stay. He glanced at his lover next to him facing the door and away from the retreating group.

"Are you ok?" Yun Li asked, focused on the intense frown on the man's face.

Chao Li didn't reply immediately, just staring at the door slowly coming down in front of them. His mind was not on the two women they protected for years. No. His mind was now on the man next to him. "I love you," he finally said.

Yun Li was surprised by the statement, feeling his heart speed up and clench at the same time. They were never ones to say that unless it was serious. They usually said it after they fought with each other or in the moment situations. "I love you too," he replied once his shock wore off. "Why did you say it?"

Chao Li looked away from the door to face his lover fully. He had a sad smile on his face, like he regretted something. "Because now I wish I told you more often."

"It's ok Chao Li," the shorter man comforted as he took hold of his lover's hand. "I've always known so don't beat yourself over it."

Chao Li looked into the dark blue eyes he has come to adore. He saw the love in them and felt his tears coming back. Another slam echoed, the door now almost destroyed but that didn't stop the two men. They looked into each other's eyes, saying all the words they couldn't say in that moment.

Yun Li couldn't help it anymore. He tugged the taller man down into a bittersweet kiss. The kiss was short as they couldn't stay like that forever like they wanted to. They pulled apart and smiled at each other. "I love you," Yun Li said again, feeling like this will be the last time together.

"I love you too," Chao Li said, also feeling that this moment will be the last. He didn't want it to though so he decided to brighten the sad mood. "Hey. When this is over, let's meet under the cherry blossom trees."

Yun Li wanted to cry so badly at that. Instead to stop the tears, he nodded his head and croaked out, "Yeah."

The last slam finally came, the door crashing down. The guards rushed out towards the two men. The bodyguards ripped their stare apart to face the oncoming attack. They blocked the first swings and dodged the next. The two men stayed together, back to back as more attacks came through. They couldn't risk getting blindsided.

A few guards noticed this and told their nearby comrades. They needed to separate these two if they had a chance at killing them. Yun Li went to stab a guard that was coming his way but felt something grab the back of his cloak. He was thrown quite a bit away from his friend which worried him greatly.

"Chao Li!" he called out.

Chao Li didn't even notice his lover was taken away from him until he heard his name so far away. He turned in that direction and felt scared. "Yun-AGH!" He was hit by an arrow in his shoulder.

It was Yun Li's turn to feel scared as he witnessed his lover get hit. He went to help him but he was sliced from behind causing him to cry out in pain. He killed the man that hurt him and turned his attention back to his company. The purple haired man was still trying to get to him, killing anyone that got in his way. He felt happy knowing that his companion was willing to do such a thing for him.

Hey Yun Li.

Yun Li was in such bliss that he didn't notice another sword coming at him. He noticed it as the searing pain on his chest hit him, crying out once again but much quieter this time. He fell to the ground feeling his blood leave him and seeping into the grass below him. His sight was going blurry from the blood loss but he could still make out the sight of Chao Li fighting his way towards him.

Yun Li felt his eyes water up as his unshed tears finally fell. All the tears he held in knowing he could no longer be with Yuki, Amaya, or his beloved. He heard Chao Li yelling but he couldn't tell what he was saying. He gathered up the rest of his strength to hold out his hand towards his lover. He wanted to feel his touch one last time before he passed out.

Yun Li opened his mouth to call out to him but his voice couldn't be found. He tried what seemed thousands of times to say his love's name but it never came out. Finally, his voice started to work a little bit as he saw the purple blob in front of him come even closer but was still so far away.

I know I was never the best lover.

Chao Li watched in horror as he saw a man approach Yun Li from behind with a mallet. He already knew what the guy was going to do without him saying it. He fought harder through the sea of enemies, yelling for Yun Li to hold on for a little bit longer. Another arrow hit his right side, slowing him down a bit but he still pushed on. He needed to reach Yun Li before the guy got to him.

I'm sorry about that. I was never good about that kind of stuff.

Chao Li felt his heart racing as a sinking feeling hit him but he pushed it away. He was almost to Yun Li. That's all that mattered. Not the burning of all his wounds on his body willing him to stop. No. All that mattered was to save Yun Li from the guy now behind him.

He saw his lover's tears and him reaching out to him. He wanted to grab that hand and pull him close but his hands were too busy killing anybody that got in his way. Chao Li yelled out for his love as he saw his lips move one last time. He didn't know what he said because the next second, his face was smashed with a huge mallet.

I'm also sorry about not keeping our promise.

The guy who just killed Yun Li smirked, feeling proud of himself for getting rid of one of their targets. His smirk didn't last long because he felt a blade go right through his stomach. He looked to see who did so and was met with raged filled gray eyes. The next second, he was sliced in half as the blade was jerked upward.

Chao Li went after the next guard near him was the ball of his weapon, cracking his skull into a million pieces. Nobody was safe near the enraged male. He went through and slaughtered every single guard for his lover. It was no longer to keep the men away from his friends. He now wanted revenge for them taking away his one true love and this was the only way.

Oh. I'm also sorry for not saying I loved you sooner.

The last guard fell, joining his hundred other fallen comrades. Chao Li was the last one standing in the first siege, his breathing heavy and labored. His wounds multiplied and he had a few arrows still stuck in him. His hair was no longer in his neat ponytail, now unraveled and flowing around in his face. He could barely hear anything, his ears ringing from his body trying to cycle his blood he was losing. His anger was still there as he saw the remains of his lover nearby.

Chao Li turned to his fallen lover but his legs gave out on him causing him to fall. He caught himself a little bit, landing on his knees instead of his face. His breathing was still harsh but he wasn't focused on that. His mind was on his friends. How he wish he could join them Down Below with Yun Li. It would be paradise.

And…

Chao Li felt tears falling down his face thinking about their paradise. Why was it so hard to obtain? Why couldn't they have been born down there and lived in their paradise from the start instead of going through this Hell? He looked at his lover once again, his tears falling harder as his heart broke at the sight. He wanted Yun Li to be happy.

His moment was interrupted by footsteps coming from behind. He didn't even have to look to know what was going on. It was Li Touten with the rest of the army to go after his friends. He couldn't hear much but he did manage to hear hushed whispers about the slaughtered men around him. How he was a monster and such.

Chao Li scoffed silently, not caring about their words. He was only focused on thinking about the good times in his life. He thought about Amaya and Kenren being idiots together, Tenpou being oblivious about his hoarding problem, Konzen and Goku bickering, Yuki's laugh at everything and of course Yun Li silently judging everybody with him. He would never admit it before but they lived a wonderful life even though it was boring at times.

The bodyguard felt his heart slowing down, his vision going out as well. He knew his time was coming to an end. It was a bittersweet feeling. He didn't want to leave because of his friend but he also couldn't wait to see Yun Li again in the afterlife. He felt himself falling and couldn't help but to smile. Maybe one day he could see his friend's again.

I'm sorry I didn't meet you under the cherry blossom tree….