Right on time! I didn't think I was going to make it because I kept adding more and more to the chapter. I guess it's a good thing in the end. I finally figured out the direction that I wanted to go with the last chapter. I thought it was just going to be a little romantic one between Toya and Yukito, but now I figured that I'll do the reveal in that chapter instead of making this chapter huge and the last chapter small. It'll balance out a little better that way I hope. I want to thank you for making it to this chapter. One more chapter to go. It'll definitely be out tomorrow. I'm actually almost done with it. I managed to write a lot of it at work during my breaks today. The only thing I have to do it type it up and finish the ending. It helps having this chapter typed up yesterday awaiting editing. Now I can work more on the next chapter and get it up faster.

Yes Bloody Candy I am a one hundred percent Zelda fan. Ocarina of Time is my favorite game out of them all, but unfortunately I didn't base the maze off that or at least didn't purposely LOL I didn't even realize that. Thank you though for pointing it out.

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Chapter Nine

The mist formed into a body and became more than a deep voice. Red eyes rose with the tall figure that formed. He stepped out of the shadows. His jet black hair flowed behind him directly over the long black coat he wore over his black outfit. He looked more like a shadow than a person. Stepping down off the stairs, he ran his fingers along Toya's back as the captured man removed his helmet. Toya's eyes were hollow. He was definitely being controlled. Glancing over at Yukito, the question still remained on how Yukito got there. Toya and Yukito stood and walked behind the black haired man. "Yue, I presume. Thank you for bring my dearest prize to me."

"Who are you?"

"Wouldn't you like to know. Unfortunately I have no name. Not that you would care anyway." The man turned and wrapped his arm around Yukito's waist. "A man so delicate to flowers that the mere presence of him is enough to bring life back to my garden. Of course the only way to get his attention is to kidnap his precious lover, but I never knew about you until I felt your presence enter into my world. Luring him to this place wasn't easy with you constantly interfering." The man glared at Yue. "Now I have him, and the only thing left to do is to get rid of you."

Yue landed and approached the three figures. "You can't keep him. Release them and the Sakura Cards you captured."

"Sakura Cards? Oh. I know what you mean." The dark figure reached into an invisible space and withdrew two pink cards. He threw them down on the ground directly in front of the guardian. "They appeared in my world. Maybe you should keep better control over them." Yue picked the two Clow now Sakura Cards up. Create and Flower felt weak but otherwise unharmed. He held them up in the air as they vanished back to their master. He prayed that Sakura was still safe in Japan and not following him through the worlds. Glancing around, none of the environment changed, confirming Yukito's assumption that this world was created by other means than the Sakura Cards.

Yue pulled his bow out and held it directly in front of him. Knocking his arrow, he spoke firmly, "Release Toya and Yukito."

The man smirked and shoved Toya away from him. Taking Yukito's spear and holding it up to his neck, the man tried again. "Leave. I have what I wanted."

Yue pulled Toya away from his frozen spot between the two of them. He couldn't understand why this guy was letting all his hostages go except for Yukito, especially when he knew Yue wasn't going to leave without him. He sensed Toya breaking from the trans. Toya rubbed his eyes and blinked a few times. "Yue?"

"I'll explain later," he answered the unasked question, standing in between the two. He glared at the man and lifted his bow and arrow back up again. "You have two seconds to release Yukito before I forced you to."

He snickered and walked around behind Yukito. "Go ahead and try. You weren't a match for him before. And, are you truly willing to attack your other self? You didn't think I knew about the difference between you and him. I know everything that's inside of his mind. I can read all his thoughts in this world. I can make him happy. Leave."

"Yue," Toya whispered, finally realizing what was going on. He unraveled the whip in his hand. "Yukito would never want to live the rest of his life controlled by someone. I'm sure you know that." Yue nodded and shifted to the right. Toya snapped the whip and wrapped it around his waist. Surprised the silver haired man didn't fight back, Toya released the whip and wrapped it around Yukito's neck. Not tight enough to cause damage, but enough to hold him firm. Yukito struggled against him, but Toya was stronger and managed to get him firmly pinned and helpless to do anything.

Yue launched his arrow at the enemy just as he faded into a black mist. His attack slid through the mist and collided with the stone step behind him. A dark chuckle echoed through the air. The mist slid along the ground and faded into the air. "Toya, can you get Yukito out of here?"

Toya pulled on the stubborn man, but he wouldn't budge. "The trans is too strong. He's fighting me every step of the way."

Yue's eyes widened as the form appeared behind Toya. "Duck!" Twirling his body and firing the arrow at the same time, Yue managed to pierce the hand right before it reached Toya. The man screamed as blood splashed with the ground. He vanished again. "Keep your eyes open," Yue commented, standing behind Toya and keeping their backs together.

The ground began to shake. Yue placed a barrier around the two of them and floated them up in the air. Gasping from the lack of magic he had left, Yue struggled to focus on keeping the barrier firm. "Yue, are you okay?"

"I'll be fine." Out of no where a steel spike flew from the ground and stabbed Yue through the stomach. Blood flowed down the spike and absorbed into the ground below. The barrier faded and the two collapsed. Toya knocked his head off the ground and groaned as he rubbed it. His vision blurred for a second, but he managed to shake it off.

The fall knocked Yukito out of his trans. "T-toya," he whispered. Toya moved over to him and held him close.

"I'm right here."

"Yue?"

Toya looked up and saw the motionless guardian. "He's been stabbed."

Yukito hissed. "He's still alive but barely. Can you reach him?"

"He's too high up."

"How dare you take him from me!" a deep voice boomed through the area. The ground shook violently, knocking the stake out. Yue crashed to the ground in a pool of his own blood. Toya rose and helped balance Yukito as they walked over to Yue. The two crouched down and removed the stake while placing Yue on his back. The ground rumbled more, making it more difficult to stay in one place. "You shall never have him!" The dark figure appeared right in front of him. A giant ball of red light formed above his head. He reached his hands up in the air and pulled it down, directly in front of him.

In a split second, the orb released from his hands, but it didn't hit the two lovers. Yue stood in front of him, one hand on his stomach, the other in front of him, holding the barrier. The man was stronger than Yue and pushed the orb further and further passed the barrier. "Yue!" Yukito got up and held his hand over Yue's outstretched one. "Hold on." Pressing himself into Yue's back, Yukito mimicked his alter ego, giving him whatever magical strength he had in his body.

The barrier changed from a soft blue color to a midnight blue. The orb ricocheted off it and crashed into the dark haired man. He unleashed a hideous screech that sounded worse than a shrieking cat. He disappeared in a puff of smoke. Yue collapsed into Yukito's arms, knocking the other man down. Toya ran over to them and knelt beside Yue. "Is there anything you can do?"

Yukito closed his eyes as Yue became a part of him once again. "He should be fine after a long rest, but to make sure, I'll have Sakura look at him." The world around them began to fade. Suddenly, they fell through the once ground, falling through the sky. Fearing that they met their end, Yukito held tightly onto Toya. Instead of crashing to the ground, the two landed in a gentle breeze. Yukito smiled happily at Sakura. "Right on time."

They landed back on the ledge of the forest. Sakura hugged Toya tightly. "I'm sorry, Oni-chan."

"It's alright. Don't blame yourself."

"Sakura, I need you to look at Yue. He was hurt badly."

Ignoring her happy feelings of being reunited with her brother, Sakura approached Yukito as he sat on the ground and switched with Yue. The blood finally stopped and all that was left was bruised skin and a blood shirt. Sakura lifted his shirt up and placed her hands on Yue's heated flesh. Toya knelt down beside her. "Well?"

"He needs lots of sleep. The wound has closed up, but he's completely out of magical power. The only thing keeping him alive right now, oddly enough, is Yukito. Don't ask me how that's possible. Get Yukito home. The two of them need to rest. I'm so happy you both are okay. Will you be able to get home alright? I can use my magic to help if you need it."

Toya helped Yukito up after he switched back. "We'll be fine. Yukito can still walk, and I'll help him if he can't make it back. Thanks, Sakura. Get home before Dad gets worried," he said, noticing that the sun was going down. Their father would be getting home from work soon and he knew that their father would worry if she wasn't there. Sakura nodded and took off into the sky, heading for the different parts of town where Li and Kerberos were still looking for Toya. She wanted to tell them that she found Toya before returning to her house. Yukito half leant on Toya as the two walked out of the forest and down passed their high school. They waited for a few minutes while a bus approached them. Yukito sat on the ground, not caring what other's thought of him when they walked pass.

"The bus is here," Toya said, helping his lover back up to his feet. Once seated on the bus, Yukito fell asleep with his head on Toya's shoulder, too tired to worry about being labeled 'gay.' When they approached their stop, Toya pulled the cord to stop the bus and woke his sleeping lover. The two walked off the bus and slowly down the street to their house. Yukito walked on the opposite side of the bakery and crossed the street right at their house. Toya found it odd that he was avoiding the bakery, but decided to question him later about it. Obviously something happened between Henry and Yukito, and he was determined to find out what happened.

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WOW! That is a normal size chapter. It took a while to write that, but it flowed freely throughout the day. I hope you like it. I'm going to start on the next chapter right away. I'll see you tomorrow with the last chapter. Thank you all for reading please review.

Angel Dove