Chapter 7:
Come, Loveless," Haru ordered. "Come with us."
"No!" Ritsuka cried. "I told Soubi to stop fighting because I didn't want you to die!" Soubi shielded Ritsuka with his arms.
"Ritsuka!" he shouted.
"Go and get married," Ritsuka cried, ignoring Soubi. "Go and be together. That's why I don't want to fight you, because I don't want you to die!" Saki looked up at Haru to see what he wanted. Haru's face showed no emotion. In his head, he was running through the options he had at the moment.
"Feh," he scoffed. "Do you honestly think that you're helping us? You're just hurting yourself!" Ritsuka wiped away his tears.
"I…I know what it's like to lose someone special to you," he said. "Do you want to lose Saki? If you die, you can never be with her again." Saki tugged gently on Haru's sleeve.
"Haru-kun," she whispered. "Let's just go. Please." Haru shrugged off her grasp.
"No," he replied. "We have orders to carry out. We can't let our emotions interfere with Septimal Mon's orders."
"Haru-kun!" Saki snapped. "No!" She gripped Haru's sleeve tighter than before. "Please listen to him. He won't turn around and kill you! I hear it in his voice. His words are true!" Haru kissed Saki's forehead and sighed.
"Saki, you're confusing me," he smiled. "I want to be with you, but we have orders to carry out."
"Haru, please," Saki begged. "Please let him go." Haru glanced back at Ritsuka. His reddened eyes stared at him with longing and hope.
"Do what you think is best," Ritsuka said, grasping Soubi's hand. "Just remember that it affects Saki, too." Haru ran his fingers across Saki's closed eyes. He wanted her to see again, but he was afraid. He was afraid of Septimal Moon's wrath.
Soubi draped his arm around Ritsuka's shoulders.
"Ritsuka," he smiled. "I love you." Ritsuka flinched as he spoke. Soubi had picked the wrong moment to say such a thing.
"Soubi," Ritsuka moaned.
"Ritsuka," Haru said. Ritsuka faced him again. "I'll bring you to Septimal Moon myself!" He pushed Saki away and drew a long chain from his sleeve. He whipped the chain around Soubi so that he couldn't do anything to stop Ritsuka's abduction.
"Haru!" Ritsuka snapped. "Stop it!" Haru struck Ritsuka across the face, bringing him to the floor.
"I refuse to go against Septimal Moon," Haru growled. "If I do, he won't give Saki's sight back to her. I have to fight!" He whipped Ritsuka with another chain and wrapped it around his arms. "Do you understand now, Ritsuka?" he sighed, locking the chains. "I'm doing this for the one I love." He yanked Ritsuka up by the collar of his shirt and turned to Saki. "Come on, Saki," he ordered. "We're getting your eyes back."
