Hello! SharinganKyuubi here!!! Sorry for slow updates on all my stories, long story been uber busy and what not, but I've been able to write and update some fan fics, just not so much post them.
Anyway, this is a re-write of the Kyou Kara Maou! Series (Kinda like my re-write of the yu-gi-oh series which I am saving to keep me sane [uh.. as sane as an otaku can be when school starts. I'm turning the series into REAL yaoi with ACTUAL YuurixWolfram and not that silly hinted crap they kept doing in the anime. Konrad (T.T I am so used to spelling it "Conrad") and Yuuri will have the "father son" relationship (NOT ROMANTIC! Sorry ConYuu fans, I admit it's cute but I'm a total Yuuram fan no matter what, but I do like ConYuu a bit) umm yep thats all enjoy!!!
I DO NOT OWN KYOU KARA MAOU OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS!!! If I did, I'd have Yuuri and as a couple since episode 18!
The hot sweltering sun beat down on the innocent citizens of Japan. People were slowly dragging themselves along the streets, darting into their destined building whenever they got the chance to relax in the cool, air conditioned buildings that seemed the only haven during the hot summer season.
In the streets, cars slowly dragged along, it was rush hour, and the heat coming from the cars only seemed to make the outside even worse for the ones who dared go out. Inside the cars people were short on temper, from the stress, but their tempers were short lived compared to those outside the air conditioned cars and buildings.
In one of the central lanes, a single taxi was plowing along slowly with the so called 'flow' of traffic. Inside, a women sat, holding her stomach, seating profusely, next to her sat a young, handsome man with kind eyes, and a gentle smile on his face. The women was looking out the window, watching the people walk by faster then the car was going as she said,
"Ah... I wish I wasn't pregnant in the summer. I'm all hot and sweaty, and I can't eat cold things..." she chuckled lightly and turned to the man next to her, a small smile on her face, "Even my make up is melting...not to mentioned I'm clumsy and worn out."
"I didn't notice." he said, "You're still beautiful." a smile was on his face as it said it, backing up the kind words he spoke, "So beautiful, I had to stop the car..." he reached out and took her hand, "Let's get through this summer, and let a healthy child be raised eh? In my hometown, births in July are celebrated greatly, as they are called, 'Yuuri'." The women smiled as she looked at the man, her eyes darting down to a small blue tear shaped pendent hanging around his neck by a small black chain for a moment, then back up to his face,
"July is... Yuuri..." she repeated, eyes sparkling as she enjoyed the way it sounded.
Chapter One
Flushed to a New World
Cheers and shouted could be heard coming from the school's baseball diamond as the baseball team practiced for an important upcoming game. A boy with jet black hair, and obsidian eyes road up along the fence, he wrote the standard black school uniform, with a white shirt under it, barely visible just above the collar. He stopped his bike, turning his attention to the plays on the other side of the chain link barrier, a sad look in his eyes.
"Yo! Shibuya! What are you doing?" a voice called from behind him, causing him to turn his attention away from the players to look at a boy his age with spiky brown hair.
"Huh? Ah... nothing..." he replied dully, frowning slightly.
"You're not thinking of joining the baseball team are you?" the boy asked, grinning, "Give it up man, I hear practice is intense, and you don't get much free time. You finally passed entrance exams and got into high school. Why not just enjoy it?"
'Shibuya' has turned his head back to the players, and was watching them with the same sad, longing look he had been a few minutes ago,
"Unless you want to end up sweaty everyday." the boy continued, oblivious to the fact that Shibuya wasn't listening,
"But... it was still...fun..." he muttered, causing the other boy to frown,
"Huh?"
"No, it's nothing...I was just watching." he said quickly before giving a hard push and starting away on his bike once more. Just... watching... he repeated in his head again.
Shibuya continued on his way home, not paying much attention to what was going on around him, as he muttered to himself riding along,
"I can't go on regretting something like that. He's right, I should just enjoy my free time and go all out..." he stopped as he heard a commotion to his left. He pressed the brakes on his bike and stopped, turning towards the noise. A few feet away, three taller, muscular looking bullies from the school were ganging up on another boy, with hair and eye color very close to his own.
"Come on, why don't you 'play' with us?" one of the boys was saying.
"Does Mr. 'Straight A student' have to go study?" the second smirked,
"As expected from a new student." a boy with long brown hair walked forward, he seemed to be the leader.
Shibuya blinked staring at the boy the bullies were ganging up on, Hey... isn't that Ken Murata? He asked himself, I think I've seen these guys around to...
"I have no intention of 'playing' with you guys." Ken was saying, "Anyway, I don't have the money you really want, so lets all move on with our lives shall we?"
Whatever... Shibuya thought to himself, I'll pretend I'm just passing through, perhaps they won't even notice me...He was in a couple of my classes before... but we hardly ever talked...It's not like we're friends. He started to turn to leave when Ken's eyes seemed to go past the bullies, falling on Shibuya, a small look of surprise floated onto his face. Yuuri blinked, giving Ken an equally shocked look before sighing as he parked his bike against the wall,
"What are you guys doing over there?" he called out to the three troublemakers, a deep frown on his face as he put on the best scolding look he could.
"Huh?" the three turned, giving Shibuya a 'what the hell?' sort of look,
"I doubt you're actually doing something good with that money like community service..."
"Shibuya..." Murata muttered, looking at him with more surprise, it wasn't often someone defended him like that.
"Well well well if it isn't Shibuya." the leader of the gang smirked as his two lackies turned as well, "What are you two friends or something?" Not really... Shibuya thought as he frowned again, eyes darting to the left, then back to the three boys in front of him, staying silent.
"Perfect, then why don't you donate to our group as well then?" the leader said with a smirk on his face,
"Huh?" Shibuya looked up, no liking how the situation was turning,
"Give us your---" the bully stopped as he heard something behind him and turned to see Murata high tailing it out of there, a look on his face that clearly stated he had something on his mind.
Shibuya gapped after Murata, a floored look on his face, Y-you've got to be kidding me! I save him and... he was cut off as the bullies now rounded on him,
"Thanks to you, our pray is not gone." the leader snarled.
"What are you going to do about it?" the boy to his left asked as they advanced on him, and a fourth member of the gang seemed to appear out of no where and join them.
"Well?" the fourth one asked, glad to join in the 'fun'. The man with blond hair to the leaders right grabbed Shibuya be the collar, slamming him into the wall of a nearby building, which happened to be a mens bathroom.
"Well? Say something Yuuri Shibuya. What are you going to do?"
"Or is Harajyuku(1) at a disadvantage?" the leader smirked, leaning in on Yuuri's left. Yuuri glanced at the leader and frowned, a bored look on his face, hoping to drive them off by hiding his nervousness,
"I've heard that pun at least 50,000 times since I was born... it doesn't do anything to me now." he sighed, "If you have complaints with my name, take it up with the person who named me." his mind drifted back as he remembered something his mom told him.
"Well this really cool professional fencer who was just happy because he won and smiled and your name popped into my head! Although your father who works at the bank is always complaining about profitability.. (2) But thats not why I gave your your name. Ok Yuu-chan? I named you Yuuri because you were born in July! Cute isn't it? The man who shared the cab with me when you were born inspired it! Don't you feel your mothers love with that name?"
Yuuri blinked, frowning again. Ok, so his mother didn't always make sense, but thats what she told him.
The gang took Yuuri's zone out as a chance to drag him to the other side of the building, finally knocking Yuuri back into reality,
"W-what? Hold on! This is the ladies room!" he protested as the continued to drag him inside.
"What you think we can't be in here just 'cause we're not wearing dresses?" one smirked,
"There are more stalls in here." another said as two grabbed him roughly by the arms and shoved him into a stall, "We need our privacy." Yuuri's eyes darted from the gang to the toilet in front of him as a scared look flickered across his face,
"W-wait your guys aren't thinking of...?!"
"This is what happens when you get in our way." the leader muttered from somewhere around Yuuri's left. The two who held him shoved his face down near the toilet until his head was almost touching the water. Yuuri took gasped and opened his mouth to scream just as the bully pulled the lever to flush,
"STOOOOP!" he closed his eyes, a strange feeling flickering over him as he felt himself falling forward. Opening his eyes, he gasped, he seemed to by flying through an endless abyss of water, but he could still breathe, and while he felt soaked, no water seemed to be entering his lungs at all.
You've got to be kidding me! He screamed in his head, Why is there a black hole in the toilet?! Or are all toilets nowadays equipped with extra sucking power? Am I the first person in history to be sucked down a toilet? What's going on?! His eyes fell on a black portal of sorts that was in front of him, and from there everything seemed to go black.
Everything seemed still. Yuuri frowned, he felt wind, and a hard surface under him. Opening his eyes he stared up at the sky, he seemed to be on his back, in the middle of what felt like a dirt road. Umm... what... just happened? Yuuri thought to himself as he lay there, a frown on hi face, Oh... thats right... I got flushed down a toilet.. Wait.. that can't be! Where am I?
He sat up quickly, looking around. He was surrounded by a green field with beautiful flowers and mountains, the sky was bright blue, and there were almost no clouds.
"The...alps?" Yuuri questioned himself, as he continued to take in his surroundings. His suddenly noticed that he seemed to be soaking wet, raising am arm he made a face as droplets of water fell of his sleeve.
"Gross..." he muttered, "Maybe I did get flushed down a toilet..."But why would the sewer connect to the alps? His eyes darted left and right. Turning fully, he saw a blond girl in a pink dress and white apron carrying a basket ahead of him. Smiling in relief he jumped up and started down the road towards her,
"Excuse me!" he shouted, happy he'd found other forms of life, "Where is this place?" The girl turned to him, a look of horror on her face, as she dropped her basket full of what looked like a type of purple fruit.
"Huh?" he tilte dhis head, confused at her fear. Assuming it was because he shocked her, he smiled, "That's an interesting fruit you have there." he said, kneeling down and picking one up that rolled near his feet. "Apples maybe? Nah, the color is too weird, are they imported?" He asked as he held the fruit out to her. "Not only that but your outfit looks..." The girl screamed something in a weird language, causing Yuuri to frown,
"Do you not understand me? I'm not anyone suspicious..." he said, looking slightly panicked now as the girl screamed something again in the same language.
"H-hey wait a minute!" More people came running down the road as the blond girl threw herself behind one, who seemed to her her husband.
"They're all in... cosplay?" Yuuri muttered to himself, looking at the other villagers who seemed to be in odd outfits. They looked up at him, glaring.
"Oh umm... yeah..." he smiled, "This is a theme park isn't it?" he asked, tilting his head, "You're all extras right?" he yelped and covered his face with his arm as they began to throw rocks at him. Turning he ran a few feet back, still covering his face,
"Stop stop!" he shouted, "Is this because I didn't buy a ticket? I don't have any money!" he protested, "Just let me call my parents and I'm sure they could bring some!"
He heard a horse call from his right and the rocks stopped, the hoof steps got closer and Yuuri looked up to see a strong muscular blond man looking down at him, talking to him in the strange language the lady spoke in.
"Ah... I'm saved..." Yuuri sighed, looking relieved, "Are you in charge here? Thanks a lot for stopping them." the man cut him off in the unknown tongue again, causing Yuuri to frown, as he hopped down from his horse, walking over to Yuuri.
Yuuri blinked, looking up at the man,
"Sir?" he asked, as the man raised his arms, and reached out towards him. Yuuri blinked, to confused to move, and gasped loudly as the man grabbed his head roughly.
"Ouch ouch ouch!" he shouted, "Hey! My head isn't a stress ball! Stop squeezing it! Hey that---" he stopped as pain shot through him and everything seemed to go black for a moment, only hearing his own shouts of pain in his ears.
Seconds later, but what felt like hours to Yuuri, the man let go, letting Yuuri sink to his knee's on the ground, holding his head,
"What the hell was that for?!" he asked, glaring up at the man.
"Just our luck.. he had to appear on of no where..." a voice said in front of him
"Let's get rid of him now." another said.
"Huh?" Yuuri blinked, looking around.
"Well?" Yuuri looked back at the tall blond man, "Can you understand us now?" he asked, smiling.
"Wow... it feels weird to see a foreigner speak perfectly in my language..." Yuuri said, looking shocked again, then smiled, "Not that that's a bad thing of course! So anyway, I ended up here somehow and ...uh...umm..." the blond man looked at him with a frown, as if not expecting this answer,
"Excuse me but where is this?" the blond man bit his lip for a moment, thinking for a moment, then smirked,
"Just when I thought his guy might be worthy... the next Maou(3) is an idiot..." The smile fell from Yuuri's face as he jumped up, glaring once again at the man,
"Hey! How can you call someone you just met an idiot!? Huh?"
"The monster got up!" one of the village people shouted (4)
"Someone take the children into the house." one of the older ones said.
"It's no use... this village will be burned just like Kentanau twenty years ago..."
"No wait, he is unarmed..." one of the bigger men said, "Just look at his hair and eyes, they are like those of Soukoku.(5) If we can get our hands on that... we can get unlimited power."
"I've heard about that..." the blond girl said, "In a country to the west there's a huge reward for it..." What are they talking about? Yuuri thought, leaning over to look past the blond men at the citizens, In any case... this looks bad. His eyes fell on a man a few feet from him with an ax, looking ready to strike at any moment.
"Now calm down." the large blond said, looking over his shoulder and smiling, "You guys, this kid hasn't succumbed to anything yet. If we can persuade him now..." the men fell silent at the sound of more horses running.
"Yuuri!" a voice shouted behind him, causing Yuuri to turn around, looking for the owner, "Yuuri!" his eyes fell on a handsome brown haired man in a soldiers uniform with a man to his right and left. He seemed to be fairly ticked off, panicked, and rushed all at once. He was urging his horse on faster and faster, pulling away from the two men as he called out again,
"Yuuri!" Yuuri blinked in confusion, looking at the man. Wha? Could this be a knightly prince to come save me... or...something? He saw something above him and looked up,
"Ske-" he gasped in horror, "A s-skeleton!?" sure enough, a skeleton with bat like wings was flying above the man calling to him, and the man below didn't seem to care at all, Do skeletons fly when you put wings on them? Where are the wires? Isn't he being pulled from above? He asked himself, staring at it in mock-horror and awe.
"Don't draw your swords against the villagers." the man in the center said, "They aren't soldiers, they mean no harm."
"But your excellency..." the man to the right began to protest.
"Just do it!" the man in the center barked.
"Damn it... they're already here..." the blond man muttered behind Yuuri, backing up and jumping onto his horse as he drew his sword. The man who had earlier called to Yuuri urged his horse forward again and drew his sword,
"Get away from Yuuri Adelbert!" he shouted as a blue tear shaped pendent dancing around from the horses movement, swinging up and down, into his face and back down again, but again, he ignored anything else outside from the man who was currently 'offending' Yuuri.
"Adelbert Forngrats! Why do you enter our boundaries?" the pendent man shouted, sword raised, at the blond haired man as tey charged each other.
Raising his sword, the brown haired man brought it down hard on Adelbert's, blocking him from other movement as the soldiers charged at the villagers, driving them back without extra force or any weapons.
"Well well well... Konrad Weller aren't you superior among these cowards." he pushed forward and up, causing Konrad to draw back slightly, still glaring at Adelbert.
Next to them, Yuuri watched from a few feet away,
"I get it now. It's just like those battles in medieval times, where they have to announce each other before fights.(6) This attraction is really authentic." The skeleton from earlier had flown up behind Yuuri and grabbed him by the shoulders, lifting him up into the air, earning a surprised gasp from Yuuri,
"No way!" he shouted, gaining Adelbert's attention.
"Very clever..." he said, looking up at the skeleton carrying Yuuri, "Using vermin to do your dirty work." Konrad glared again, raising his sword,
"The bone tribe are faithful to us. They do not succumb to resentment and lose themselves."
"I see..." Adelbert muttered then chuckled, "And how about you? Don't you think it's a pity to waste your skills on those bastards?" Konrad smirked and urged his force forward again, shocking Adelbert and drawing him back as Konrad readied to strike,
"Unfortunately Adelbert, "he began with a smile, "I'm not as compassionate as you."
"Your excellency!" the two soldiers from before shouted as they rode up the road quickly towards Konrad. Adelbert looked back at them and laughed again,
"I'll retreat for now," he looked up at Yuuri, "You be patient for now! I'll be back to save you." then turned his horse, riding off quickly.
"Don't chase him." Konrad shouted as the two soldiers started after him.
"Save me? Just which side is trying to take me?" Yuuri asked, now even more so confused them he was when he had first arrived. Looking up, the flying skeleton clicked his teeth at Yuuri, making a sound which he assumed to be a form of speech, as it turned and flew back down towards Konrad. Placing Yuuri on the horse, making sure he had a good grip on Konrad's shoulders before flying along side them as Konrad took off down the road once again.
A few hours later, as the sun began to set, they small group entered a tiny village, making there way towards the far end and into the yard of a house with a straw roof. Yuuri saw movement in the window and soon the door opened. A man with long purplish grey hair in a strange white outfit opened the door, looking at the odd party before smiling and running forward stopping in front of Konrad as the man pulled on the horses reigns, ordering the horse to stop moving.
"Heika.(7)" the man said happily, smiling up at Yuuri.
"Heika?" Yuuri repeated, peering over Konrad's shoulders, "What? You mean me?" he asked, looking shocked. He heard something above him and looked up, seeing a skeleton fly ahead and land on the roof,
"Oh, another one...is that this theme parks mascot?"
"Heika." Konrad called gently, looking over his shoulder back at Yuuri, smiling, "Please dismount slowly." Yuuri blinked, looking at the man for a moment. He didn't know what it was, but something about him, about this man was calming, and he knew he could trust him. Nodding Yuuri slowly made his way down, landing on his feet with a soft, 'flump'.
The man in the robe, fell to one knee instantly in a bow,
"Heika, I am relieved to know you are safe." he smiled, "I, Gunter Fornchrist have been waiting patiently and anxiously for this day." Yuuri chuckled and took a step back, gasping in pain as the mans stood up.
"Heika? Is something wrong? Are you hurt?" Konrad walked up behind Gunter,
"Your back and bottom hurt don't they Heika? This is the first time you've ridden before." Yuuri nodded, looking at Konrad. Kinda creepy he can tell.. but yeah, I definitely like this guy, he's got that... gentle... brotherly fatherly like touch about him.
"First time?" Gunter repeated, looking at Konrad, "Do they not teach horseback riding in elementary school? Why was the next king sent to such a world?"
"That aside." Konrad said, ignoring the statement, "Forngrats beat me to him Gunter."
"Adelbert did!?" Gunter turned to Yuuri, looking worried, "Did he do anything to you Heika?"
"Well... they did surround and throw rocks at me..." Yuuri said, rubbing his back, trying to ease the pain.
"How awful..." Gunter said, looking down at Yuuri. Suddenly he blinked, tilting his head slightly, "Heika, how are you able to speak and understand out language?"
"What are you talking about?" Yuuri asked, smiling, "Your Japanese is perfect. Where are you from?"
"I'm from...here?" Gunter said, looking confused at the question.
"You were born in Japan?" Yuuri asked, smiling.
"Heika, this isn't Japan." Konrad said, walking up to Yuuri, a soft smile on his face.
"I knew it, you couldn't have been born in Japan...wait what? Not japan?" Yuuri asked, frowning, "Then why are you speaking Japanese?"
"We're not." Konrad said simply, "This isn't Japan."
"What do you mean... ah... Konrad?" Konrad chuckled and smiled,
"When you're used to English, 'Konrad' is easier to say, a lot of people I know prefer to say it that way." Yuuri looked at Konrad, as if thinking deeply,
"Have... I met you before?" he asked, thinking hard. Konrad for the first time since Yuuri had gotten a good look at him, frowned, a sad look on his face, he was hiding something, but what, Yuuri didn't know,
"...no..." he said softly, reaching out and placing a hand on Yuuri's shoulder as he led him inside the house.
A fire crackled inside the hut, ass Yuuri's clothes hung on several racks in front of it with his shores drying.
"Heika? You where black everyday? That's brilliant!" Gunter was saying happily, looking at Yuuri in awe, "Only those born in royalty wear black as much as you do. Those brilliant black eyes, and black hair... you are truly our heika."
"Well...er..." Yuuri said, he was sitting on a chair, wrapped tightly in a thick blanket, his undergarments still on, "That's really only my school uniform. And in Japan, black hair and eyes are very common. Oh, I get it... thats how it works! What an interesting attraction!" he said, still thinking this was one big theme park joke.
"Ah...no..." Gunter said, frowning.
Konrad, who had been leaning against the wall behind Gunter, straightened and walked over to Yuuri, a different smile then what he has used around Gunter on his face, gentler, almost kinder looking, and the last was already fairly laid back,
"This is not an attraction." he said, looking over at Yuuri, causing him to jump up, frowning,
"Even if you say that I won't believe it! This is either a theme park attraction, one of those weird candid camera things or a dream. And honestly I kinda hope it's the last one."
"Please calm down Heika..." Gunter said, looking panicked, earning a weird look from Yuuri, "I will explain everything throughly..." Yuuri was silent for a moment, glancing at Konrad who smiled once again and nodded. Sitting down Yuuri said,
"Fine, I'll listen, I'll listen..."
Gunter knelled down in front of Yuuri again a serious look on his face as he began to talk,
"Eighteen year ago, heika's spirit was supposed to be born here. Wither it was the war at that time, or the feeling that your life was in danger, I don't know. The imperial king decided to send your spirit to another world, thus your spirit ended up on the world called Earth, and your current parents...created your body, and raised you. But, there was an emergency that required summoning you here..."
"Ok, I get it now..." Yuuri said, stopping Gunter from continuing, "But am I really the one you're looking for? I'm only of average intelligence... and I don't have any weird birthmarks or markings..." Yuuri squeaked and leaned back as he felt Gunter lean closer, looking at him with sparkling eyes,
"On the contrary, I knew it was you as soon as I laid my eyes on you!" Is this guy blushing??? Yuuri thought, leaning a little farther back, "Your noble black hair, and your piercing dark eyes... above all you wore pitch-black garments."
"Umm..." Yuuri muttered, thinking of anything left me might be able to protest.
"And lastly your ability to understand our language! Through it is regrettable what Adelbert did to you. Gracious as he was, he was able to draw fourth your power from your spirit."
"In any case," Yuuri started with a smile, "this is a situation where I can go back once I complete a mission, right? I'll do it. What do I have to do? Save a princess? Slay a dragon?"
"Dragon?" Gunter repeated, "No, of course not, dragons are protected and on the brink of extinction." behind him, Konrad was smiling again at Yuuri, a slightly amused light in his eyes.
"Oh... so dragons are endangered...Then what am I supposed to defeat?"
"Humans." Gunter said, as if this was normal, the smile on Konrad's face faded and was replaced with a small frown again.
"Humans?" Yuuri repeated, "Who? Where?
"You need to wipe out the humans that oppose our kingdom." Gunter said, hands on his hips as he stood up, smiling as if it was a run of the mill thing to say. For that purpose, you will need the royal power of the maou (7)!"
"Wait what did you say? Wipe out the humans?! And... what did you call me?"
"You are the shinning star of the Makozu!(8) Heika, the 27th Maou!" he looked up at Yuuri again, as he had started to bow, "Congratulations, from this day forward you are the maou!"
"M-Maou? What?!" Yuuri shouted, leaning back causing him to loose his balance and topple backwards.
"Heika! Heika!" Gunter shouted, diving forward, causing him to trip himself, while Konrad made his way coolly over to Yuuri, helping the boy with ease.
Later that night, Yuuri stood outside the house, looking up at the stars, now back in his normal clothes. His attention turned back down to the soldiers and people setting up camp and large tents around the house, in the large yard.
"Heika." he jumped as he heard a gentle voice behind him, wiping around he looked up, recognizing the voice instantly as Konrad's,
"Cut that out, don't call me 'heika'." he said, frowning. Konrad smiled gently,
"Let's go back inside. If you get a cold, I'll be lectured by Gunter again." he laughed lightly. Yuuri smiled then sighed, looking back over at the campsites,
"Maou, eh? I wonder how I got myself into this..."
"But this is your world." Konrad said, over at Yuuri, "Welcome back heika." Konrad said, his eyes drifing up to where Yuuri's were, focusing back on the bright starry sky above.
Morning came and the small group set off again. Konrad, Yuuri, the two soldiers, but this time Gunter had joined them. They traveled along a long dirt road, and for the most part if was quiet, passing small villages now and then, but other then that open fields.
"Hey, you guys are Mazoku right? Can't you guys just use your magic?"
"Magic?" Gunter repeated, "Oh you mean Makjyutsu."(9) Gunter said, "Unfortunately, Makjyutsu is not that convenient." he continued as he rode up closer to where Yuuri was riding with Konrad again, "Makjyutsu is only helpful in battle really." Yuuri looked disappointed for a moment but turned when Konrad spoke,
"I on the other hand, have no magical power at all. I'm sorry I can't do anything about your bum." he said, chucking as he earned a small bump on the shoulder in protest from Yuuri.
Yuuri looked up at the sky, seeing the same skeleton from the day before flying above them, smiling he waved and shouted,
"Hey! Koshi! (10) thanks for helping me the other day! Although I really can't tell if you're the same one from yesterday..."
"Koshi?" Gunter repeated, frowning as Konrad chuckled, "An interesting name..." his horse slowed to a stop as he noticed a small girl in a yellow dress with purple hair, braided back in two pigtails ran up to the horse carrying a bowl of water,
"Heika!" she called in a cute voice, stopping next to Yuuri, holding out the water with a bright smile.
"Ah water!" Yuuri said, grinning, "Wonderful! I was getting thirsty!"
"Wait, heika!" Gunter started to protest, as Konrad leaned down from the horse, taking the bowl from the girl with a smile. Looking at it for a moment with a small frown, he took a small sip, earning an odd look from Yuuri. Smiling, he turned slightly, holding it out to the raven haired boy,
"Here heika." Yuuri smiled and held the bowl to his lips, taking a deep drink, then a second, finishing it off. He felt eyes looking up at him, as the little girl looked up at him, a look on her face, almost as if she expected scolding, yet a tiny blush gave it a cute effect. Yuuri smiled and leaned down, holding the bowl back down to her,
"Thank you, it was wonderful, it really helped me."
The girl suddenly smiled brightly, taking the bowl as she turned and ran back up the grassy hill to her parents.
"Heika... please don't eat or drink anything that we don't give you personally...You never know what may be in it." Gunter said, frowning, looking after the girl. She was human... he thought, still frowning.
"But she went through all the trouble of bringing it down here." Yuuri said, reaching up and grabbing Konrad's shoulders for support again, "She was just a sweet little girl."
"It tasted regular." Konrad added, defending Yuuri's and the girl's actions, "So I'm sure it was fine."
"Konrad... you're to lax in your service..." Gunter said, frowning deeper still.
"Well, if we, the royal knights, didn't assist him, who would?" he looked back at Yuuri, eyes sparkling in a way a father might look at a praised son, "But of course I'd sacrifice my life to help heika." Yuuri smiled nervously,
"You don't have to do that..." he said, looking up at Konrad.
They finally reached the castle, and another horse was brought forward, a dark black on with dark hair, which Konrad helped him onto. Trumpets sounded as they made their way inside,
"Do I really have to ride in on my own?" Yuuri asked, feeling nervous.
"Yes. You must display your excellence to the people!" Gunter said, eyes sparkling in a weird way again.
"Don't worry heika," Konrad said from his left, "that horse is very docile."
Yuuri looked on in awe as Konrad watched him amused. People were everywhere along the streets leading the long brick road in the courtyard up to the castle, welcoming him warmly with smiles and shouts of praise.
"Welcome back heika!" Gunter shouted happily, "You, the imperial king who will make this nation go on with it's long-standing prosperity! You must not forget, everything that makes this world the way it is, begins with us, the Mazoku! Bear with you the courage, wisdom and strength of those who defeated the Sou warriors and continue our prosperity forever!" Yuuri laughed nervously as Konrad chuckled, He's going to make him even more nervous.
Yuuri listened to the music a band was playing in the background,
"Is this the nation anthem or something?" he winced as Gunter seemed to be singing along obnoxiously.
"Yes," Konrad answered, "Directly translated, the title means 'New Makoku'(11)"
They continued to ride up, Yuuri slowed now and then as little girls and women ran up with bouquets of flowers in various varieties, handing them to him with bright smiles and 'welcome backs', then a giggle as Yuuri thanked each one. He looked up and saw a man surrounded by soldiers,
"Who's that?" he asked, squinting to see him better.
"Shistoff Sven Fornspitz," Konrad said, "The former queens brother, he took over while you were gone. The former maou, she resigned and it caused a real panic. He intends to endear himself the next Maou..."
"I won't let him do as he pleases anymore." Gunter said suddenly from the left, "I'm sure Gwendell and Wolfram will feel the same way."
"I hope so..." Konrad said in agreement, a serious look on his face as they passed Shistoff.
"Did something happen?" Yuuri asked before he was distracted by a buzzing. Looking forward he saw a large bee like insect flying around his horses head, suddenly the insect made a dive at the flowers, startling the horse and causing him to take off running with a loud cry of shock.
"Pull on the reins!" Konrad shouted, immediately kicking his own in the side, urging him to follow. Yuuri screamed din shock as the calls of,
"Heika" from both Konrad and Gunter faded away. He held the horse tightly as the animal took off down the road with amazing speed towards the castle, arriving within minutes.
Once in the courtyard, the horse reared back ands stopped suddenly, causing Yuuri to fall off, half expecting the horse to trample him.
"Calm down, it's alright now." a deep voice said next to him. Yuuri opened his eyes and looked over, a tall man with long dark gray hair pulled back into a ponytail in a green outfit that looked almost like Gunter's, without the outer robe, stood, holding the horses reins, petting him.
"Who are you?" Yuuri asked frowning, the man hadn't turned to look at him, focusing on the horse. Behind him Gunter ran up, jumping off his horse, followed closely by Konrad.
"Heika!" Gunter shouted, knelling next to him, "Are you alright?"
"Heika?" the man in green repeated, turning to look at Yuuri, "This is?" Yuuri turned, glaring,
"What do you mean 'this'?!" he shouted, growling, "Sure I'm little!" Yuuri protested, ignoring Gunter's protests next to him, "But... well..." he stopped, "OK... you do have a point..."
"Are you alright Heika?" Konrad asked knelling down in front of Yuuri, looking worried, but before Yuuri could answer, a voice shouted sharply from in front of the castle,
"Is that the next Maou?!" Yuuri turned to see someone coming down the stairs, and blushed slightly, gasping in awe as he saw a boy with wavy, blond hair that seemed to fit his face perfectly, and bright, emerald green eyes. He was almost feminine looking with a young face, the blue uniform he wore fit him perfectly.
"Whoa..." Yuuri muttered, a million different thoughts raced through his head as he stared at the person, each shocking him just as much as the last.
He didn't notice he had been pulled up by Konrad, for he was still staring at the blond boy in awe, only breaking out of his trance as he was whisked inside by Konrad, with promises of introductions and explanations soon. The last thing he was able to think of before people started talking was, What a beautiful person... a pretty boy...
Yep... umm... thats all .> not to much YuurixWolfram fluff in here... there's not much to edit and play with... but don't worry, I'm gonna go as wild as I can with Chapter 18 (remember? the Bear-Bee's!) and... umm... thats all really... read and review, give me ideas for YuurixWolfram fluff I can mess with for those who have seen the series... thanks for reading! byebye!