To Love a Theif

By: Helbaworshipper (AKA 'Helb')

Chapter 13

Scipio felt himself being lifted by Mayura, who looked at the arrow as the two other people watched carefully."Scipio!" Kyou ran to him and placed his hand to try and pull the arrow out with Sheto. "Don't die!"

"I'm afraid even I can die if I'm not careful, I never knew he would kill Alice if he had to..." Alice's eyes widened, and her body froze. 'Why would my fiance want to kill me?' The male currently being killed pulled Kyou weakly to his mouth, and whispered in his ears. "Namas...sad...ru...ma...ru...lo...tis...soti-" His body went limp as the arrow finally did it's job, Kyou didn't know what Scipio was saying, but he had to get Alice back to her senses.

"Alice, he tried to kill you! Why do you love a man who would threaten your life?" The girl had remained frozen and he had run quickly to keep her in one spot. The chair felt wierd as she felt the male tugging her up and embracing her tightly. "I love you, Alice." His head descended to kiss her lips deeply, she tried to fight his grip.

"Alice?" A whimper was escaping her as she cried into the pillow, which looked half soaked. "What's wrong?" The woman didn't seem to have woken, but she was upset for some reason and having a nightmare. A sensation of someone shaking her awake kept her from her dreams.

"Kyou? What are you doing in my room?" Her eyes were wide after being awakened from such a nightmare, and she felt his arms around her again.

"I heard you crying and you were asleep."

"I was crying?" She looked at her pillow and weakened within the male's grip around her. "I dreamed that Eric was going to kill me with a death arrow...after making me love him."

"Well, he isn't here. You're safe here, remember?"

"Yeah."

Alice's previously confused gaze changed as she gave into the kiss, and felt her body's maram leaving. Her eyes opened as she met the person who had been kissing her and holding her. "Kyou? Where am...I?"

"Alice, you're back!" He hugged her tighter before letting her look around, when she saw Scipio...her body panicked. "Alice-"

"Did I do this?"

"No...he did." He pointe to Eric who was still standing at the maram alter. What was she doing in these wierd robes? "Alice, you were taken over by the maram, and you didn't know what you were doing. He was just about to fully take control of you." Mayura and the others remained speechless as the now self aware girl understood what she had been doing for the past few weeks.

"I'm so sorry...I..." She began to sob into her hands, pulling herself to Scipio's stilll a bit warm body. "I didn't mean to get you killed, it's all my fault..." Mayura's hand touched her shoulder, making her lift her face to see it.

"Then honor his life by defeating Darva."

"I don't know the lost word." Kyou then began to think...Scipio had been trying to say something before the arrow killed him in his ear.

"Alice, I know it." He went to her side and whispered to her quickly before she stood up, wiping her tears from her eyes.

"It would have been better if you had just forgotten what the lotis was completely." Darva's smile continued to grace Eric's face as Alice and Kyou positioned themselves in a united stance as they prepared to attack him. "Karu!"

"Rajei!" Frey's voice called out, using his last reserve to watch their backs. "Do it, now!"

"Namas Sadarumaru Lotis Sotiran!" Eric's body began to twitch as he felt energy leaving his body, his very energy flow was being destroyed as he was being enveloped in the lotis energy that he despised. He fell back against the alter, feeling the carpet beneath him and the entire castle return to normal.

"Curse you...lotis...mast-" His body fell down before dissolving in a fire of Iru, along with his alter. Alice fell to her knees, and Kyou could barely stand as he fell to his butt. The other Lotis Masters had lost most of any sort of reserve, but they could stand still. Kyou was pulled up by Frey, whose wife was picking up her sister. Billy was picking up Scipio's now dead body. They began to move out of the castle with what they had left of themselves, which was nothing more than their bodies and a few injuries. When they had arrived back at headquarters, Alice remained in her room. Kyou, newly healed, tried to cheer her up.

"Alice, I'm so glad to see you back."

"I let him die..." The girl began to cry into her pillow once again, which was easily replaced by his chest and embrace. She held him close and cried all her sorrows within his muscular abdomen.