Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Kyo Kara Maoh

On Earth

It's a fine day in Japan.

The interschool baseball tournament is drawing near. The baseball team's practice is getting tougher for the past weeks. They will be facing the previous year's champion for their first game. Yuri Shibuya is doing his best, although he knew that he will only be a part of the reserve members.

Unknown to Yuri, someone is constantly watching all his efforts. She has been following him for almost a month now, trying to learn as much as she can from the 16-year old Yuri. She knew she is forbidden to expose herself but how will she able to do her plans if she don't at least introduce herself.

The girl clasped her blue tear-shaped necklace as she watch the black-haired boy from a distance.

"...good work everyone. Have a good rest tonight. See you tomorrow," the coach said, signalling the end of today's practice. The players dispersed after the coach's words.

"Today's practice seemed a lot harder than yesterday," Ken Murata said as he catches up with Yuri as the latter headed for the drinking fountain near the locker room.

"Sure is." Shibuya sighed, "we only have two weeks more before the tournament." They stopped in front of the drinking fountain. As Shibuya and Murata were chatting, someone called their attention.

"Hey, is this yours?" the voice came from a girl standing behind then. In her hand is a necklace with a blue tear-shaped pendant.

"Ah! That's mine," Yuri exclaimed seeing his necklace in the hands of the other person. He hastily walks to the girl to get his necklace. "Thank you very much," Yuri said, "but how did you know it's mine?"

"Well, I saw you wearing this necklace the other day," the girl answered.

"Do you know her Yuri?" Murata asked while looking at the brown-haired girl. Her face reminds him of someone but he is not really sure. He brushed the idea off his mind.

"She is Ayaka Nakagami. She transferred in my class only recently." Yuri turned to the girl, "Aya, this is my friend Ken Murata."

"Nice to meet you, Nakagami-san" Murata cheerfully answered while shaking Aya's hand.

"Nice to meet you too, Murata-kun. Please, call me Aya. Nakagami is very formal," Aya answered.

"Eeh? Really? Then Aya it is."

"Say, do drinking fountains here glow like that?" the girl asked while looking at the drinking fountain behind the two lads. Shibuya and Murata followed the direction where the girl is looking and saw that the water from the fountain really is glowing. The two boys tried to hide the fountain from the girl's view but the water suddenly burst toward their location. The next thing they knew, water is surrounding them.

In Shin Makoku

Before Shibuya and Murata's arrival at the Blood Pledge Castle, Conrad, Wolfram, Gwendal and Gunter were already making preparations where the two lads are expected to appear. After a while, two heads popped up from the water of the bathing room.

"Your Highness, Your Eminence, welcome back!" Gunter exclaimed upon seeing the two.

"Nice to see you everyone," greeted Yuri while trying to dry himself with the towel given to him by Wolfram. After Yuri and Murata have their wet clothes change into dry ones, everyone left the room. At the entrance door, a soldier came rushing to them.

"Sir, an intruder found to have infiltrated the castle," the soldier reported addressing to Gwendal. "We are still collecting details who might it be but no one can give us information yet."

"What do you mean?" asked Gwendal.

"All of our soldiers who were able to face the intruder seemed to have lost consciousness," answered the soldier.

"You mean that we are only after one person but he manage to escape all of our securities?" Gwendal thought for a moment, "we need to know what his wants. Find him immediately before..." Gwendal was not able to finish his sentence when a scream was heard not far from their location.

Shibuya was about to run towards the area where the scream was heard when somebody grabbed his arm.

"Yuri, it's best if we take you to safety," Wolfram said while still holding Yuri's arm.

"Wolfram is right. We are still don't know who the enemy is. Let us handle the situation," added Conrad. Yuri thought for a moment then nodded.

"Wolfram, take care of His Highness and His Eminence," Gwendal said before running towards the location of the scream. Gunter and Conrad followed him. Shibuya, Wolfram and Murata ran on the other direction.

In Shin Makoku (back of the castle)

Aya opened her eyes after feeling that her feet are feeling a solid structure beneath it. She found herself sitting on a large basin of water. Around her were clothesline with freshly washed bed covers. As she tried to stand, she heard several footsteps coming towards her. The footsteps belonged to a number of soldiers with weapons ready at hand. They are emitting a feeling that she is not welcome in that place.

Aya stood up. She grabbed the mop she found leaning on the wall and prepared herself to fight.

In a matter of seconds, the soldiers were lying on the ground, unconscious. No one was seriously injured since the attacker targeted only their body parts which can make them lost consciousness. While looking at the soldiers around her, she murmured a "sorry" before leaving the place.

Aya tried to find Shibuya. However, before she can get far, a group of soldiers blocked her way. She fought her way through. However, the fight continued one after another.

She manage to sneak inside the castle. She tried looking for Yuri on the areas he usually go to. However, when she opened one of the rooms, a maid was inside. The maid stared at her and and shrieked. Aya was surprised at the reaction of the other person, but when she found her reflection in a mirror across the room, she didn't even recognize herself. Her hair went flying in all directions as if it they were electricuted. Also, her school uniform got very dirty. Aya, signalled the maid to stop screaming but the commotion already alerted the soldiers.

Aya tried to escape but soldiers already blocked the way on both directions. She readied herself for an attack but stopped on her tracks when Conrad, Gwendal and Gunter appeared in the middle of the crowd.

That's all...for now

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