Faithless – 03

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Lights flickered on and off as the rain came crashing down upon the roof, thunder roaring loudly in his ear.

Ritsuka was afraid.

He stood with his back against the wall, staring out the window with the frightened eyes of his. Nobody was home, not Seimei, not even his mother.

Ritsuka was alone.

His brother had gone out for grocery shopping, and 10 minutes after his brother had left, this storm appeared from no where. He just hoped that his brother wasn't caught in this.

Ritsuka couldn't breathe.

Slowly, while he was still against the wall, he made his way down the stairs to the family room.

Ritsuka was cold.

The rain pounded against the clear windows, causing them to quake in their wrath. The wind howled as if it was in pain, and the windows rattled more and more, nearly giving in to their onslaught.

Ritsuka needed someone.

Closing his eyes and covering his ears, Ritsuka sat against the wall, trying to block everything out. He just needed to calm himself and go to sleep.

Just sleep.

His eyes opened wearily as the wind and rain died down. The wind whistled, lulling him to sleep, and before his eyes closed, he heard the door open and saw a shadow...

Seimei...

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Seimei looked outside the window as he saw the rain falling upon objects and people mercilessly. He had been stuck inside the store for nearly an hour now, and the roaring thunder seemed to confirm his thoughts.

He wasn't going to get home anytime soon.

He glanced at the clock every 5 minutes and cursed himself. He should've brought Ritsuka along with him on his shopping.

He knew his brother didn't like storms like this. But there was no warning about such weather on the forecast.

Seimei sighed and ordered a small coffee at the café he was at. He was there along with many other strangers, who decided to wait out the rain.

He only wished that the rain would let up soon.

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Soubi looked around the dark house, the water dripping from his umbrella onto the floor.

Plop...plop

He shook off the excess amount of water and stepped inside, taking off his shoes, before whispering a quiet, "Excuse me for the intrusion."

He looked around, making sure that no one was around before looking to see Ritsuka in the fetal position against the wall.

He muttered slightly and gathered up the teenaged boy in his arms and grabbing the umbrella with him once again.

Ritsuka was in danger here.

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A cold hand grasped Seimei's heart as he looked outside the window, glaring at the storm.

Something was amiss. Something was wrong.

Ritsuka was in trouble.

Seimei grabbed the bags of grocery and ran into the storm, uncaring of the yells and the rain soaking him to the bone.

His precious little brother was in trouble.

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Feline, golden eyes narrowed in the dark. Things had not gone according to plan, and those two people were interfering with everything.

They were spoiling his master too much, and soon enough, something horrible would happen.

He wouldn't allow that to happen.

He wouldn't let the other get his hands on Ritsuka.

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A smirk had graced the figure's lips as he saw the images flooding his computer, one by one.

You can run, Loveless, but you can't hide.

And Seimei, Beloved, knew this all too well.

And so did the Fighter, Soubi, as well.

Everything was going exactly as he had planned.

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break

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Ritsuka opened his eyes, his sight a bit bleary before they focused. He looked around the room before it suddenly struck him that this was not his room. It took him even longer to realize that this room did not belong to any part of his house.

He stood up hastily, a wave of dizziness hitting him, causing him to take hesitant steps, waiting for it to pass. As it did, he shook his head clear of it and ran for the door, only to find it locked.

He started and began to go to the windows, only to find them locked as well.

Panic flooded every sense and he practically ran towards the door, pounding his fists against it.

"SEIMEI! SOUBI! SOMEONE!"

Silence only greeted him and he started to beat his fists furiously into the door, scratching it until his hands were rubbed red.

He moved away from the door to sit on the bed, tending to his injured hands.

Ritsuka was alone.

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Soubi started at the noise Ritsuka was making, but he couldn't allow himself to go inside and comfort the boy.

It would just make things so much more complicated and things would turn out for the worst for Ritsuka.

He wouldn't let Ritsuka suffer more than he had to.

As he heard the noise stop, he walked upstairs and slowly turned the knob. He made sure that it was locked only on the inside and not the out, stepping in letting the door slightly ajar.

He was greeted with the sight of a sleeping Ritsuka, sobbing with a few salty tears running down his cheeks.

"Ritsuka..."

He barely whispered the name before guilt started to eat away at him, remorse filling his every pore.

He didn't want to leave the boy behind. But he had to, for Ritsuka's sake.

It was the only way Ritsuka could be saved.

He had watched the boy from afar, making sure that no true danger had come to him.

Besides, Seimei was back and he had been taking care of his younger brother well while Soubi had other business to take care of.

Soubi wrapped a blanket around Ritsuka's small figure before pressing his lips against the forehead of the said boy.

"I love you, Ritsuka..."

He walked out of the room, closing the door behind him, without hearing what the boy behind him, who was fully awake, had whispered.

"Soubi, I do too...

"I do too"

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Ritsuka woke up and looked around the room. It wasn't a room in the house, nor was it the room that he had slept in.

He put his hands to his face, surprised to see that it was dry.

He tried the knob to see that it was unlocked and went for the window as well. He was met with the same result, but it was what he saw outside the window that caught his attention.

From the scenery, he was in the Zero's, Youji and Natsuo's, house.

Everything that had happened before was a dream...

What Soubi had said was a dream.

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Soubi looked at Ritsuka from a rooftop far away. He understood what the boy was going through and turned away.

He now had to inform Seimei that Ritsuka was removed from the Aoyagi household for the time being.

It wasn't safe for Ritsuka there, because neither Seimei nor Soubi were able to protect him.

And that is what troubled the fighter the most.

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Seimei turned everything inside his house upside down. He broke vases and ripped books apart.

His precious little brother was missing.

It hit him like a ton of bricks when he found out that his brother was not in the confinements of the household, and he screamed with such fury that nobody dared go near the house.

He yelled for his brother and cracked the mirrors with his bloodied fists and threw chairs out the window.

Nothing mattered to him now.

Seimei's precious little brother was missing.

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Two pairs of eyes, with completely different objectives and strangers to one another, watched the scene with mild amusement.

Stage 1, Clear

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Written 11.6.05

Chibi Chidori's Nonsense

I was bored so I wrote another chapter to the Loveless story.

Amazingly enough, this chapter is 7 pages long, without any of my notes.

With this, I am happy, because I am making some progress with the length of my chapters. I'm sure a lot of you are confused with the story. I am too, but hopefully everything will be cleared up towards the end.

This had different views so I was tempted into breaking it up into three chapters.

But, since it's a lengthy one, I've decided to leave it for now. (Thank you, QianYun!)

Thank you for your reviews! (Review more for faster updates! I want at least...5...)

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Reviewer's corner

ShinMao: Ahaha...xD Not gonna go as how you planned it, but something like that might happen...xD Thank you for your time into reading this story!

DemonicDragon666: Yes, there will be both...xD Here is your update!

Ashcat: fuuu, i'm usually not into incest...But I can't help this coupling...xD Thank you for enjoying my story so far!