Soubi and Seimei were walking down a familiar street when Soubi felt a sharp feeling enter their minds. Looking over to each other they both nodded. Another fighter was in their territory which could mean only one thing considering they were the only pair who had lived in the area for two years now.

They wanted to battle.

Taking off towards the direction of the 'pull' they ran as fast as they could. It was only when they got to the park that was currently abandoned by civilians, did they see who it was.

'Ritsuka...'

Soubi stopped dead when he spotted the other pair. There was his Ritsuka, standing at a height of five feet five inches next to the man who had turned his world upside down; Yuki.

Ritsuka had changes quite a bit in his two years absence. Not only was the now fourteen year old boy three inches taller, he had black eyes. Eyes that someone could drown in quite easily. His cheeks had lost there some of their roundness making him more mature looking and less childish. His hair was longer, reaching the end of his shoulder blades, making it all strait and smooth all the way from his ears to the end. His- wait, what? Ears?

Looking again, Soubi saw that indeed, Ritsuka did have his ears still, and not just the fake ones either. Ritsuka was still innocent, was still a virgin. And he was definitely more of an adult now.

As Seimei spotted them too, he stopped dead in his tracts. "R-Ritsuka..?" he chocked out.

the boy in question turned knowledge filled eyes on him and held him where he was. Those eyes were the eyes of someone who had seen more in there time to be fooled by anything. They were filled with things someone as young as him should never have seen or even been aware of. They were the eyes of a man.

As he saw them he didn't do anything to even acknowledge that he knew them. He just turned his head back, facing north instead of east.

It was then that he realized that there was someone over there. Looking, he saw another pair of fighters. He didn't understand why he hadn't seen them let alone feel them. Putting that always to me analyzed later, he faced the intruding pair as well.

One of them spoke.

"Loveless?" One of the two asked.

"We are Loveless." Ritsuka stated.

Soubi was not so distracted by the new, slightly deeper voice Ritsuka had that he didn't notice what was said. He internally cringed at that, having his Ritsuka say someone else belonged to him. That someone else was his destiny.

Nodding, the boy said, "Alright. Mina, this is it, this is what we've been waiting for." He spoke to the girl who was obviously his sacrifice.

"Yes, Saharu, I know. Start it." she spoke with such a calm voice as her face was neutral to all.

With a sharp nod, the one known as Saharu said, "I declare a spell battle."

Stepping in front of his sacrifice Yuki declared, "I accept."

As the world around them morphed into a black abyss, Loveless was swallowed whole with the unknown pair, Beloved coming along for the ride. They had wanted to see this fight so they didn't step out of boundary of the battle.

"One as none, two as whole, we are Power. So strong you will not last!" The two pair faced their opponent with a confident and ready air.

"Lost once, but not again, together Loveless. Prepare for your death!" The air around the Loveless pair charged with strength and power, so much so it was almost visible in a ocean like blue.

Mina said, "Attack!"

Pushing his hands above his heart then forcing them out towards their opponent, Saharu yelled, " Complete Separation! Forget those who you protect with love!" Out of his palms shot a thunder like fire of red, which came at Loveless like a bullet newly shot."

Raising one hand, Yuki called out, "Break!"

The spell shattered around them, hitting the shell of charged air before it disappeared, lost like pieces of a broken mirror.

Then Ritsuka spoke. "That spell won't work on us. We are Loveless, we feel nothing. Strike back!"

Without a moment hesitation, working so perfectly in sync as if they were born to do this and had been doing it for years, Yuki yelled out, "Bind! Hold back what fake power is claimed!"

"F-fake?" Stuttered Saharu, shocked by such an assumption. How could he think that? They were powerful.

"No! Saharu, he's just trying to distract you!" Yelled Mina.

Just in time, Saharu was able to stop the spell from affecting them. Panting slightly, he glared at Yuki and said, lies will do you no good here. Here, we will win!"

The words, as Soubi saw had no affect whatsoever on Ritsuka or Yuki. "Yuki! I said attack!" There was anger in that tone that made Soubi cold to the very bone. There was no compassion in that tone, only raw power.

A sharp nod, then, "Thunder! three thousand bolts! Let it rain on them and shock them out of fantasy!"

Just as he finished saying that, Ritsuka looked strait at Saharu and said, "Do you really think you can save her? Look at her, she's already hurt."

Saharu's eyes grew wide as they shot behind him to see his precious sacrifice. just as he realized it was a ploy, they were both shot by thunder. The only thing Soubi could hear were their screams. His eyes stayed trained on Ritsuka though, and saw that he did not react in anyway. He was indifferent towards their pain...their life.

When the spell stopped, Saharu kneeled up on one leg to rise from the floor panting heavily. "Mina! Mina, are you alright!"

A cold voice came to him from across the arena. "You let your sacrifice be hurt. Pathetic." Yuki looked down his nose at them, knowing he was superior to them in mind and power.

"Why you-"

"S...Saharu...stop this." He looked back and saw Mina force her bod y to rise and take it's position once more. "This is a fight, not an argument! Fight!"

Nodding, Saharu looked back towards Loveless and rose too, though none to steadily. "Yes. Our strongest attack."

"Fine. Just finish it!" Ordered Mina, still very weak.

"Yes! Elemental! All elements used against them, ten times stronger! Force them into hell where they belong!"

At that Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth rose and spun around Loveless, getting stronger and faster by the millisecond. As it began to close in on Loveless they became unable to see.

Not a moment later The whole of the spell collapsed around them, proving useless against them. But only Beloved saw why, for Power was repelled back, hit by the after blow of their worthless spell. Rocks came at them faster then they could avoid.

But what Soubi and Seimei saw was that Ritsuka and Yuki both pulled back the sleeve of their shirts, revealing the carving of the butterfly and the name on both their wrists. As one, the began to glow, before surrounding them in a crystal like sphere. As the rock pressed down on them, the sphere pressed against it, blowing it away from them. As the rock flew everywhere, the sphere disappeared.

On the ground, Saharu asked, "How...? How...is...it possible...for-for you to...not be...injured?" He was bleeding from the mouth and nose, as was Mina, whose arm was twisted in such a way that was not possible if it was attached.

Ritsuka spoke. "Because you are not anything but a child in a game for the gods. You are powerless, and stupid. Now, you will die. Yuki, end it." He said it in such a way, simply stating the end of two people's lives.

Without an objection, Yuki waved his hand in a sweeping motion and said, "Let Loveless be free of this filth, along with the world. Their life has proved meaningless. Death is what awaits them. It is over."

Fear had grown in their eyes with every word spoke. They would not survive.

Crushing his hand into a fist, Yuki said, "End." And with that, The final screams of Power filled the abyss once more before falling quiet for all eternity.

Looking at the blood mess across the 'arena' Ritsuka gave it a disgusted look. He turned to look at Yuki and said, "Return." And with that, the were all once again in reality.

Ritsuka had not taken his eyes off Yuki and as Soubi and Seimei watched he stepped right up to him and slapped him hard across the face. The force behind the blow was so strong that it knocked Yuki off his feet and onto the ground. He did nothing to stop it and just looked down at the ground.

"I ordered you to attack them. You binded them. Why?"

"I am sorry. I did not want to show Beloved any of our power if we didn't have to." Still he didn't look up.

Sighing, Ritsuka kneeled down in front of Yuki and made him look him in the eyes. "Yuki, they have seen nothing but the beginning. Have no fear. You and I are both well aware of how they fight. They know nothing."

Yuki looked deep into his eyes, ignoring the other two present who just watched everything, before he leaned forward and kissed Ritsuka on the lips.

The thing that made everything worse was not the knowledge that Beloved would have to fight Loveless one day, or the fact that Ritsuka had changed so completely, then turned up out of the clear blue. No. What made everything worse for Soubi was when he saw Ritsuka kiss Yuki back with as much force, passion, and need as Yuki had put into it.

But that didn't mean in the slightest that Soubi didn't still love the boy. Oh yes, Ritsuka was still his, in a sense, for Ritsuka would always have his heart. And he would always have the moments that he was loved back.

'I love you Ritsuka. Forever.'