Yumoto ran to give Ryu a hug as soon as he saw him. But he saw the blood and stopped short. Instead, he felt all over Ryu's body lightly to see where the injuries were. "Ryu! What happened, where are you hurt!" Ryu decided to wait until he was finished so that he could actually be listened to but when his side and stomach were felt he started to wince and pushed him away. He looked at Kotoko but she looked away with a blush on her face. He decided to put the issue aside for something more important. "Yumoto I need you to come with me and do something. I need you to keep it a secret for the rest of your life. If you don't promise, I won't take you. If you break the promise I will never speak to you again. Okay?" he asked only to get an immediate "Okay, I promise. I trust you with my life". Kotoko started to moan but when she saw that they were looking at her she looked away and coughed with an even more intense blush on her face. "We should get going now." she said and led the way for the boys to follow back to the alley.
When Yumoto saw the bodies he froze up before running to check on them. "What happened Ryu!" Ryu did not answer and Kotoko looked hard at the ground. "You didn't do this right?" No answer. "You wouldn't hurt somebody like this, right?" Silence. "Ugh, you had a reason right! I believe you. What happened?" Ryu looked at Yumoto and tried to fight the tears back "They tried to rape me. I tried to run but they caught me. I didn't want to, but I had to. Please believe me." He desperately did not want to cry ao break down. He came this far, he could keep going- forever if he needed to.
Yumoto did not say anything else. There was nothing else to possibly say. He grabbed Kotoko and Ryu for a big hug and held them there for what seemed like hours as they both started to cry. "What do you want me to do?" Ryu then revealed his plan. "You know when we fight monsters we get them with the Love Shower and the monsters are turned back into humans and are healed. Can we try it?" Yumoto thought about it and then looked at his bracelet. It was glowing dimly. "Love Making"! Yumoto turned into Sparkling Prince, Battle Lover Scarlet. He then combined the two love sticks together. "Wow, it looks smaller with only two sticks." he said. He then told Ryu to stand with the bodies so he would feel better. "Love Shower!"
The rain was way lighter than it normally was. If the attack was supposed to be a shower then this was a drizzle. Still, Ryu could feel his wounds healing and a creeping sense of inner joy take over him. When the rain stopped, he stretched and while he was still tender, he felt relief from the pain. But when he looked down a feeling of dread pooled in his stomach. Two of the corpses were still dead. The bodies looked cleaner and the external wounds healed but they still showed no signs of life. The leader was alive but his arm was raw, so it was safe to say he was still alive before the shower, even if barely. "Love is over!" Both Yumoto and Ryu transformed back into what they had before. Yumoto was back in his usual non school outfit. Ryu had his pink briefs around his ankles. He scrambled to pull up his underwear and was soon being hugged by Yumoto. Then something hit his face. He caught it before to fell to the ground and saw it was white pajama bottoms with stars and moons on it. It was small but he was able to cover up his privates. He was blushing and looked over to Kotoko to thank her for the clothes but she was busy trying to wipe a nose bleed off her face. "Is something wrong, Kotoko? You've been acting strange for a while now." "Sorry the BL was just too much for my heart. A fujoshi has needs and dreams too you know!" she replied. "What!?"
