Prologue Chapter: The Beginning

Title: Shin Makoku's Fairy Tales

Author: STLyrica a.k.a. Sakura Tsukino

Beta: None

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own KKM or any of it's characters. KKM is owned by Tomo Takabayashi and Temari Matsumoto. I only own the plot and some OC's I may create to fit the storyline.

A/N: Hi! So, I re-watched Kyou Kara Maoh! last month and I couldn't help but get all hyped up about all of them again. Then the plot bunny attacked me and thus, this was oddly created. Inspired by another fanfic here on this website called A Fairy Tail Ending by Ice of the Kitsune's Fire. (It's a Fairy Tail fanfic) Go give that story a try and I promise, you won't be disappointed. :D Anyway, without further ado, here's the story! PS. I apologize for any grammatical errors.

~xXKyouKaraMaohXx~

"Seriously, wimp?! You just HAD to trip over your own feet for the nth time today!" Wolfram von Bielefelt ranted, huffing and puffing about how his king, his fiancé, could be so clumsy and wimpy. "Not a wimp!" The aforementioned character retorted. "Besides, I really did trip over something this time!" He argued, taking one of the elegantly handled oil lamps from a side table, and, using it's light, began searching for whatever mischievous object in Shin Makoku's treasury made him trip. Almost immediately, he spotted an old, almost faded book right by his foot, dust covering every inch of it. Bending down slowly, he picked the heavy object up and blew on it, causing the accumulated dust to scatter everywhere.

That, of course, unfortunately meant that some of the dust had been blown towards the hotheaded, blonde soldier, causing him to sneeze fireballs. Thankfully, however, almost nothing in the treasury was burnt.

Almost. One of the flaming fireballs had managed to get caught on an article of clothing—that article of clothing, unfortunately belonging to the double black king. "You insufferable wimp! Don't go blowing dust on people's faces! It's bad manners. Didn't Gunter even teach you anything about proper etiquette?!" Wolfram complained, wiping his now reddish nose with a white handkerchief. "AAHHH! MY PANTS! IT'S ON FIRE!" Yuuri yelped while running in circles, helplessly trying to extinguish the flames on his black trousers. It made him look, in Wolfram's opinion, 'wimpy', so, with a snap of the blonde's long, slender fingers, the fire went out in an instant. "Wimp!" He muttered indignantly.

"Not a wimp!" Came the double black's instant reply. "But hey, look! What is this old book doing in the treasury? Isn't something like this supposed to be in the royal library? You know, with Gunter and other scholars? I mean, it is a book." Yuuri asked curiously, running a hand through his ebony colored hair as he stared at the object on his other hand. "Book? I don't recall any books here in the castle treasury." Wolfram replied, raising a delicate eyebrow at the double black king. "Well, look!" The maou said, shoving the particularly heavy tome towards the skeptical fire wielder. Wolfram took the object in his hands, still raising an eyebrow. There was a fine print in the front written in faded, golden ink. After seconds of analyzing, the blonde realized that it was the books title, that much was obvious, but it was also written in old mazoku language—the language used even before the Original King's reign. "What does it say?" Yuuri asked, peering from behind the blue clad soldier. "How should I know? This thing is written in ancient mazoku. Our best bet is to bring it to the great sage. He might know." Wolfram replied, tucking the volume in a brown cloth wrap from Shinou-knows-where. "Come on, wimp. Let's go." The blonde said, trudging out of the treasury, not even giving his companion a chance to ask where he had gotten the cloth from. "Not a wimp!" Yuuri retorted as he grabbed Morgif and scurried off after the blonde.

Before the duo even reached the gates of the castle, they bumped into an ever-smiling Conrart who had just finished training his troops. Yuuri, being, of course, Yuuri, kindly requested his godfather to join them, and Conrart, being Conrart, was more than happy to accompany his beloved grandson.

Later on, they bumped into the eldest of the three brothers. Lord von Voltaire had seen a tiny kitten, and of course, being so attracted to cute things, began following the creature not so discreetly. The said animal jumped into Wolfram just as Gwendal was about to grab hold of it, making him trudge along with the rest while eyeing his youngest brother, who had taken the kitten up into his arms, begrudgingly.

Next was their cute little Greta who was admiring flowers while munching on some animal shaped cookies she had made. She saw them coming along so she excitedly jumped up and offered them cookies while joining them in the process.

Just a little further down, a frazzled Gunter, who had just escaped a scary red-headed 'inventor' and her dance-all-day-kun, was almost crawling when he spotted the group and begged them to take him along, fearing for his life in the hands of Lady von Karbelnikoff.

Last but not the least, an orange haired spy named Yozak also joined them after having returned from some business in Caloria along with his sheep T-Zhou who was more than happy to glomp the poor, unsuspecting maou. Before they knew it, the mighty team of Shin Makoku ended up going along with the royal couple towards Shinou's temple.

Upon reaching the shrine, they were greeted by another double black who wore a pair of round, glinting glasses. "Shibuya! And… the whole royal family? What brings you all here?" The great sage asked, eyeing the people before him in utmost curiosity. Wolfram responded by showing the bundle he was carrying. Murata, who still, for the first time ever, had no idea of what was going on, stepped aside, nonetheless, allowing the maou's party to enter the chamber of the 'Great One'.

"So," He began, adjusting his glasses comfortably on the bridge of his nose. "Lord von Bielefelt? What is that thing?" He pointed at the bundled object that piqued his interest. The blonde mazoku responded by carefully unwrapping the cloth, revealing the mysterious looking tome underneath, before handing it over to the wise man. The rest watched the scene before them eagerly. "A book? What's a book doing in the treasury? Isn't this supposed to be in the library?" Murata wondered incredulously, taking the large, heavy tome into his hands. "That's what I said." Yuuri muttered, which went ignored. Everyone else looked at Gunter for an explanation. It was Gwendal who spoke up. "Gunter, did you, by accident, leave a book in the treasury?" The lavander haired man simply shook his head. "I apologize, but I simply do not recall ever carrying anything into the treasury, much less, a book. In fact, I have not even been to that location for quite a long time. You see, I have been patiently preparing his royal highness' lessons in my chambers because it is my humble wish that his majesty would learn about our vast kingdom! Furthermore, our lessons allow me to spend more precious time with his majesty!" Gunter replied dramatically, his hands clasped together as if in prayer while kneeling on the ground, nose starting to bleed. Everyone sweat dropped except for Greta who had kindly handed the man a handkerchief. " Well captain, any ideas?" The orange haired spy asked, shoving his hands in his pockets boyishly. "No idea. In fact, I haven't even heard of that book until now." Conrart replied with an amused smile, slowly leaning his back on one of the pillars in the chamber. The great sage tilted his glasses, causing the lenses to glint mysteriously, obscuring his eyes from view. "This, I'm certain, belongs to Shinou. From what I recall, this was a gift to him from the fairies." Murata said, finally looking up to meet everyone's gazes. "Fairies!?" Greta asked, eyes wide in amazement. The little princess was practically bouncing up and down with the mention of the creatures.

"Indeed." A voice bellowed, right from the daikenja's shoulder. "It has been so long since I had last seen that precious tome." The voice added, finally showing its downsized form. It was, of course, none other than the Original King himself. Everyone bowed except for Murata and the ever-so-dense Yuuri who had to be dragged down to a bow by his glaring fiancé. Shinou chuckled and motioned for them to rise. "I take it that you wish to learn about my precious book?" He asked, raising an eyebrow in an amused manner. "Obviously." The Great Sage muttered under his breath sardonically, earning a huff from the original king and entertained looks from the rest of the people in the room. "Anyway," The Great King drawled, jumping off Ken Murata's shoulder before morphing into his true form. "It is… how do I put it? It is a rather interesting book. I am afraid that words cannot explain how much fun this is, so if you want to find out, you all just have to try it for yourself, won't you?" He gave off a cheshire cat's grin and quickly muttered the words in the book's cover. Almost immediately, a bright, iridescent glow emitted from the tome. Before anyone could even realize what was happening, they were sucked into the book, along with two other women who were unfortunately just passing by.

~xXKyouKaraMaohXx~

A/N: Ended with a cliffhanger! :O Any guesses with who those two women were?

By the way, I apologize for any OOCness. ^

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