The Truth Beyond the Reflection
Chapter 1:Günter's Surprise
By Sanzaki Kojika
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the Kyou Kara MaOh! Characters. I do however, own everything "beyond the reflection." Heh. WARNING: There IS Yaoi in here. YxW and vice versa. I guess you could say hints of CxY, too.
Okay, now let me say a few things before I start. I haven't written a piece of fanfiction in over three years. Yeah, that's right THREE YEARS! I kinda fell out of the whole fanfic community and took up fanart and writing a novel. Why am I suddenly writing fanfic again? Blame my muses XD. At least now I write better, so this should be an improvement. As far as story goes….let's hope this works out ; I guess that's it…Oh wait! There's one more thing. This first chapter is written from Conrad's point of view. This is amusing because number 1) I wouldn't class him as a favorite character though he isn't bad, and number 2) I don't usually write in first person. Enjoy!
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"And the might prince brought down his hammer upon the ogre's head…" Wolfram was reading to Greta again. When Yuuri was gone, there was little else for the arrogant mazoku to do. Wolfram always took his role as Yuuri's fiancé; very seriously, even when the whole engagement was just one big accident. Too bad Yuuri didn't share his feelings.
I was standing a little bit away from the two, staring out the library's window, barely catching a word Wolfram said. My little brother had a tendency to babble sometimes anyways. Okay, so we are only half brothers. Wolfram is ALWAYS quick to remind me of that. It's just how he is though.
The door opened and caught my full attention. Wolfram stopped reading and stared at the door as well. Greta got fidgety. We were all hoping the same thing: that Yuuri had returned. No. It was just my older (also half) brother. The three of us resumed our past activities.
Gwendel slowly entered the room after he saw our faces. He looked annoyed, but he tried his best not to show it. After all, I'm almost positive he was looking forward to the return of the MaOh as well.
"Wolfram," Gwendel stopped a few feet in front of the blonde. Wolfram looked up at him in surprise. Gwendel hardly ever had reason to seek his youngest brother out.
"What is it, aniue?" Wolfram closed the book and stood up. Greta clung to his arm. It will never fail to amuse me how kindle Wolfram treats the little girl. I mean, she's a human! He's always had a strong distaste for humans. I tried not to laugh. No one seemed to notice me right now anyways.
"Hube wants for Greta to come and stay a week with him," Gwnedel folded his arms across his chest. Where Hube was concerned…well, let's just say only Yuuri and Wolfram were unaffected. Forgetting the past is hard. I may have forgiven, but it's not forgotten.
"But I want to stay and see chichiue!" Greta whined. Wolfram sighed softly and knelt down besides her. He patted her on the head.
"Don't worry! We'll make sure to let you know when he comes. Besides, don't you want to see Hube?" Wolfram smiled slightly. Greta nodded her head.
"Okay! I'll go!" Greta girnned. Gwendel made to leave the room and she quickly grabbed onto his arm. She pulled Gwendel out of the room. The door slammed behind them.
Wolfram slowly rose to his feet and walked over to a bookshelf. He set the book back onto it and let out a soft sigh. Greta helped him keep his mind off of Yuuri when his fiancé; was away.
"It must be hard," I thought aloud. Wolfram shot a glare at me. He was usually glaring at me when we spoke. He couldn't get over his hate for the human in me. I was only half mazoku after all.
"What do you mean?" he snapped. I could tell he was trying to pick a fight. I had no desire to grant his wish though.
"You always look so lonely when both Greta and Yuuri are gone." My reply was blunt without too many details. He made an annoyed sound and turned his head away.
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" he replied. I'm sure his eyes were saying different. That's why he had to turn away. He hated showing "human" emotions. It was a weakness to him.
"Of course." I didn't want to argue with him. He glanced over at me and I gave him a reassuring smile. I think he almost smiled back. He quickly turned away again.
I turned my gaze back out the window. I could clearly see the little courtyard. Flowers threatened to obscure the window, but they were cut back everyday. In the middle of the wide, dirt path was a little stone fountain. A dragon perched in the center of the fountain spitting water back into it. The whole place looked so peaceful…
Günter came running through the courtyard and tripped on a rock. A group of soldiers greeted him and helped him to his feet. I could tell by the uniform that the soldiers belonged to Gwendel. They all wore green like their commander.
Günter made wild motions with his arms. Something had him very excited. It didn't look bad though; he wore the widest grin I've ever seen across his face. Günter got over emotional all too easy.
"What's happening?" Wolfram's voice cut though my thoughts. I glanced over to see him standing by my side. He must have joined me by the window while I was deep in thought. I laughed slightly.
"It appears that Günter carries good news. Whether it's something that we want to hear or just another dream, I don't know. I do know that Gwendel's soldiers are actually listening to him!" I saw a smirk play at the corner of Wolfram's mouth with my last remark. He unlatched the window and swung it open.
"Günter! What the hell are you doing?" Wolfram shouted out into the courtyard. Günter looked over at us for a moment, blinking, then he quickly ran over to us.
"Oh! It's splendid!" Günter gloated as he moved towards us. Though neither of us wanted to risk the chance of hearing about another fantasy with Yuuri, our curiosity had gotten the best of us. At least this we, we could close the window if it wasn't something we wanted to hear. Wolfram still clung to the window latch.
"What are you talking about? You're not making any sense!" Wolfram growled slightly and sent a glare at the man. Günter didn't seem to notice though.
"Oh! It finally came in!" Günter clasped his hands together. He was practically sparkling. It was actually kind of weird. Then again…He was pretty weird all the time. "You must see it!"
Well, at least he just wanted to show us something. There was still a chance we didn't want to see it though. I glanced over at Wolfram and our eyes met. We agreed; we should go and see what Günter wanted to show us.
"What is it?" Wolfram cocked an eyebrow at him. He was trying to find out what we were in for. Günter threw his arms up into the air.
"You'll know when you see it!" Günter moved away from the window. He was headed towards the east court exit…in other words, the library.
Wolfram sighed and closed the window. I followed him across the room. There was no way to escape from Günter now.
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Neither Wolfram nor I could think of anything to say. We were literally speechless. I had never seen anything like it before. I was beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
"A mirror…?" Wolfram seemed to find it confusing. True enough. Why Günter was so excited was beyond my understanding as well.
"Not just any mirror!" Günter gave himself a hug. "It's the Mazoku no Kagami!"
"The Demonic Mirror…?" It was my turn to show my confusion. I hadn't ever heard of such a thing. It was very likely that Günter had somehow been tricked.
"When I was in town a couple weeks ago, I came across a man who was talking about a cursed mirror. I decided to look into it. Turns out, this mirror was temporarily owned by the first MaOh, thus making it a national treasure. I just couldn't resist! Our MaOh, heika, deserves nothing but the best!" Günter seemed quite please with himself. I really had to wonder if the poor fool had been scammed.
"It sounds a little suspicious," Wolfram shared my doubts. Günter couldn't be swayed from his opinion though.
"For now, we'll leave it in an empty room. Yuuri will tell us what to do with it when he arrives," I sighed softly. Only Yuuri would be able to change Günter's mind. All we could do was wait.
"Yes! Oh, heika!" Günter went back into the dramatics. He dragged the mirror off down the hall. I was surprised he wasn't floating as he went.
"I'm going to go and take a bath," Wolfram sounded annoyed. I could tell he was getting impatient with Yuuri, but there wasn't much we could do. The mirror had just made him think about Yuuri more. I watched him stomp off down the hall.
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And chapter one is done! I'll explain some things now:
Aniue-big brother (very polite)
chichiue-father (cery polite)
Heika-emperor/emperess (very respectful)
Mazoku-demon (literally monster)
MaOh-demon king (literally magic king…in this sense, mazoku are magic users; also can be MaOu)
That should be it Feel free to ask me if there are any questions! I hope you enjoyed my first fanfic in 3 years XD I don't know when I'll get around to typing up the second chapter though. This story was hand written first (chp 2 isn't finished yet…it's much longer than this.) Oh, and why do I use "Oh" as to "ou?" Well, I first got familair with Japanese manga with Dragon Voice. In it, they have a character named Yuugo, but when ever the JAPANESE wrote it in English, they used Yuhgo. Same sound ya know. Yami no Matsuei also did the same thing for KurikaraRyuOh. Hence why I have a habit to do it, too ; As far as any mistakes go...I actually don't have a beta anymore ; Well, one that has seen any of KKM! anyways. The only person I know that has won't read my stories. Looong story behind that ; Heh.