Told ya you didn't have to wait months ^^
Hiya guys! How's it going? I bet you didn't expect this for months~ Well it has been around a month since I finished Taken, but still...
So. Much. Planning.
I've actually written down notes on what I want to happen in each chapter...So far I'm over 10 chapters in notes (now to actually make a chapter out of them...) Oh and I'll probably change the name when I think of a better one...My brain doesn't like thinking up titles T_T
Anywho, I'll shut up now so you can enjoy ^^
{I do not own Kyo Kara Maoh...And that's probably a good thing XD}
This wasn't how it was meant to be. Right now Yuuri should have been on his way back to the castle with Wolfram next to him. Instead he was walking aimlessly inside the houseki mine alone, afraid that if he was near someone right now he would let his anger out on them. A few hours ago, Sir Wintt had disappeared with Wolfram into the forest without a trace. Even after scouting the whole area twice, no one found them. Yuuri was angry with himself for letting Sir Wintt get away. That man had won this time. However, he wouldn't hold the victory for long.
Quietly Yuuri walked down one of the many corridors in the underground mine. He was in no danger as he passed soldiers regularly. He just needed to be alone to think.
While walking around, he went into one of the many rooms along the dark hallway. Even though this mine wasn't comforting in the first place and it was creepy, there was something about this room that was just simply evil. Maybe it was the dark colouring of the walls, or the weird carving of a man and dragon on the floor. It also could have been the numerous family portraits surrounding him. Few reminded him of Sir Wintt, with their distinct red hair and striking blue eyes. Yuuri walked up to the portrait of an older woman whose traits were similar to the traits of Sir Wintt.
"That is Lady Leah Wintt." Yuuri turned his head at the sound of Conrad's voice. "She was Sir Wintt's mother."
Yuuri faced the picture again.
"She looks kind of angry." He commented looking at the woman's eyes. "Was everything that happened really true? Did the Wintt family actually betray the Mazoku?"
Conrad stayed silent for a few long moments. This only made Yuuri more suspicious.
"Lady Leah was loyal to Shin Makoku." Conrad told Yuuri, an edge of sadness in his voice. "But some of her family was not. It was because of them she died."
"It wasn't found out until a few months after the Wintt's deaths that Lady Leah was innocent and it was actually her brother Gerald and three of her sons that were the ones involved with the humans. Lady Leah and the rest of her family were innocent and still loyal to the Kingdom to the day they died.
Yuuri stayed silent. He didn't comment or utter a single word as Conrad explained how an entire family was massacred over a crime that only a few had committed. He listened as Conrad told him the reason why Leah looked so bitter in the painting was that because her husband had just been killed by the very people she was trying to help. He didn't speak when Conrad told him about how much the Wintt's had helped the Kingdom throughout the generations. He didn't talk, not because he didn't want to interrupt, but because he wasn't sure if he could. He felt saddened by the sorrowful history of the Wintt's. Someone they had trusted, betrayed them by not returning that trust. Yuuri knew what it was like to be betrayed. But to feel that exact pain moments before your death? Yuuri could only imagine how much more painful that would have been.
"Why?" Yuuri asked in a strained voice after his godfather had finished speaking. "Why wasn't it investigated further? Why not imprison them and give them a proper trial? Why do that? Why kill them?!" Yuuri shook his trying to fight away the tears. He hated it. He hated that innocent people died, he hated that a murderer didn't have to become that way, he hated the fact that Wolfram, his fiance, could have been saved from going through the hell he was in.
"The number of Aristocrats that wanted to deal with the situation quickly and swiftly, outnumbered those who were against it." Conrad told the King. "I agree that everything could have been different if only the situation had been handled differently."
Yuuri looked away from the painting and around the other ones around the rest of the room. The subject was getting too much for him, he needed to change it.
A question suddenly entered his mind.
"Had Wolf met Sir Wintt before now?"
Picking up that Yuuri wanted to move on, Conrad nodded. "I think he met him a few times...Leonardo spent most of his teenage years at an academy to train, and after that he went straight into the army." Conrad said. "Also I doubt Wolfram would have remembered him as his appearance has changed from twenty years ago. Also back then he preferred that everyone called him by his second name Arthur because he hated his first name."
Yuuri swallowed the lump in his throat. Everything was spinning in his head. The Wintt's family history, his fiance was still a prisoner to a mad man, and the fact that he had a gut feeling that there was more going to happen than what everyone thought. Why would a man wait so many years just to kidnap the former prince? Also, why hide in this mine with an army of men? What was Sir Wintt planning to do with all those men? Was he going to attack the Kingdom? Or was he planning something else? Something worse? Yuuri was getting a headache by just trying to figure out what went through that man's head. He was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't hear Gunter calling for him.
"Your Majesty? Oh Your Majesty where are you?"
"Gunter, His Majesty is in here." Conrad called out to the distressed advisor, who came running in only moments after.
"Oh there you are, Your Majesty. I've been searching all over for you." Gunter said walking up to the King.
"What's wrong Gunter?" Conrad asked. Both him and Yuuri hoping that Gunter had come with news. Which sadly he didn't.
"I've come to inform His Majesty that a carriage has been prepared to take him, Princess Greta and His Eminence back to the castle."
"But I want to stay and search for Wolfram!" Yuuri said in protest. "You can take Greta and Murata back but I want to stay!"
Gunter shook his head. "Your Majesty, it would better for you to go back to the castle where it is safe." Next to him Conrad agreed.
"Highness, you don't have to stay. There are many searching every inch of the forest and surrounding area. If Wolfram is still somewhere near, then we'll find him."
If…That word stuck in Yuuri's head. It had been hours since Sir Wintt took Wolfram away and the possibility of him not being in the area was higher than the possibility of being here. Not only did that thought make him angry, but it also scared Yuuri. He was scared that he wouldn't see Wolfram again. He was scared that Wolfram would have to suffer because of the incompetence the Ten Aristocrats and himself. He was scared that when they found him, he would no longer be the Wolfram that everyone knew. Yuuri also knew that even if they found Wolfram that they would have to be careful, otherwise the same situation as earlier would be repeated. But only this time Wolfram might end up dead…
"I want to help." Yuuri looked at his godfather and advisor pleadingly even though he knew both would stick to their decision firmly.
"You Majesty, Gwendal has given me his word that as soon as there is a lead, he will send a messenger dove to inform us." Gunter reassured the King. "There is no need for you to stay here in this potentially dangerous place."
"Potentially." Yuuri repeated. "Who would attack me when there are soldiers everywhere?"
"With the way things are now, we can't be too careful."
"But-"
"Please Your Majesty."
Yuuri downcast his eyes in defeat. He really wanted to stay and help, but he thought that if he stayed, then he would only be a bother, making the people around him worry over him when they should worry for Wolfram.
"Okay, I'll go back to the castle." Yuuri agreed. He looked at Gunter. "But I want regular updates on everything that happens."
"Of course Your Majesty. Thank you." Gunter bowed slightly in respect. He was now relieved to know that in a few hours his King would be back behind the safety of the castle walls.
Yuuri remained silent as he followed Gunter through the corridor, Conrad walking at his pace beside him.
Conrad could see where Yuuri was coming from. He knew that he felt responsible for what happened. If there was more time to think, Wolfram and Greta both could have been saved, but that was the thing, there just wasn't enough time to act any other way than the way he did without the risk of someone dying. Reassuring the King, telling him that it wasn't his fault, wouldn't do anything as Conrad knew that it wouldn't change how Yuuri felt.
It didn't go unnoticed by the people around Yuuri that when they passed the spot where the splatters of Wolfram's dried blood was, that he tensed up and a dark, angry aura surrounded him again.
The air outside smelt like blood mixed with fresh rain. The fields where the battle took place was no pretty sight either. There was still some bodies of the deceased lying on the field yet to be taken care of, with those who had been now resting in lines on the far side of the field. The dead Mazoku waiting to be taken back to the Kingdom, while the dead human corpses waited to be buried nearby. A sickbay had been set up close to the mine to mend the wounds of the survivors and of Sir Wintt's prisoners that had been found. The states that they found the prisoners in were horrid. Bruises covering their bodies, most of them having bones, some were skinny and sickly from starvation and lack of nutrition. Many had to be carried as they could hardly walk. It was an upsetting thing for anyone to witnessed, but it only made the King more determined to make Sir Wintt pay.
By the time Gunter, Yuuri and Conrad reached the carriage, Murata was already waiting there with Yosak by his side. There were hardly any greetings between them, Yuuri only really speaking to say his goodbye to Gunter as he got into the carriage and sat down carefully next to his sleeping daughter. He watched as Murata followed him in and sat on the seat opposite of his. He barely waved as the carriage began to move.
"Sir Wintt's not going to kill Lord Von Bielefelt, Shibuya." Murata spoke once they were far enough. It was something that needed to be said to calm the King's mind.
"How can you be so sure?" Yuuri asked turning away from the window and looking at his friend. "He was holding a dagger to his thro-" Yuuri stopped when Greta stirred next to him. He sighed running a hand over her head to comfort her. He waited a moment before sleeping to make sure she was still asleep. "He looked like he was ready to kill Wolfram."
"He devised a plan so he wouldn't have to kill him." Murata explained also watching Greta for a moment then setting his eyes on his friend again. "The purpose of bringing Greta into the situation wasn't so he could watch you as you had to choose, but actually so he could make sure you wouldn't get Lord Von Bielefelt back without having to kill him." Murata's glasses reflected as he looked out the window. "He doesn't want to kill Lord Von Bielefelt unless he really has to. More than anything, he wants him for himself."
"Why are you telling me something I already know?" Yuuri barked at his friend in a hushed tone. Greta remained sleeping soundly next to him.
Completely ignoring the fact that his friend had just snapped at him, Murata set his eyes on Yuuri again. "The whole point of me telling you this is that you don't have to worry about them finding your fiance's dead body. As long as Sir Wintt still wants him, Lord Von Bielefelt going to live."
"But he'll be…" The king couldn't even bring it to himself to think it, let alone say it.
"Shibuya, you know as well as I do that he'll fight as much as he can to make sure that won't happen."
CHAPTER ONE DONE! YES!
Now! Throw your hands up and shout for joy because of school!
*Crickets*
Exactly...
So whatcha guys think of chapter one? I hope you likey ^^ The next chapter will have Wolfie in it~ Whenever I actually write that...stupid life I don't have makes me so busy...
Seriously nothing to say about other stories at the moment...Not a clue where I'm gonna go yet -_-" I have a BIG plan for Shipwrecked but...So. Much. Planning.
So...what do you guys think I'll do to Wolfie? I wanna know what you think.
Well it's after two thirty in the morning and I need sleep...Early mornings suuuuuck. *Sigh* All well, it's for a good reason...because talking to an American is always a good reason. Well awesome Americans anyway.
*waves* Bai! Hopes you enjoyed it!
OH
AND HAPPY (BELATED) VALENTINES DAY~
*hands out valentines day cupcakes*
