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This is just a little something I'd written a while ago and decided to upload just to see what everyone thinks. Flame me in a review if you want. This is an old story and I HAVE improved as a writer, but I hate rewriting things so this'll stay like it is.
Yuri, the Maou
Yuri's POV
Last year, I was supposed to have died. I knew everyone was devastated. But, I couldn't go back and show them that I was ok. Shinou had appeared to me, showing me what was to come if I went back. I wouldn't allow that to happen.
Now, it's time to go back. My army stands in waiting in the forest as I walked into the castle. Shinou had told Ulrike to summon all of the leaders to a meeting. And, I walked right in.
Everyone recognized me quickly, causing a commotion. In the corner, I saw the nonverbal exchange between my 4 companions. I quickly put bolted to Greta, covering her ears as all 4 of them demanded silence as loudly as possible.
"How is it you are a girl, though?" Greta asked me, being the only one who didn't have ringing ears.
"Girls are faster than boys" I grinned. "But, in truth, Shinou was just messing with me."
"You've been alive all this time but you let us believe you were dead." Gwendal hissed. "How could you do that to us? How could you do that to your daughter?"
Wolfram's POV
"She didn't have a choice!" The blond stranger shouted.
"It is fine, Liz" Yuri sighed.
"No it's not, damn it. They have no right to judge you after all the pain you went through."
"They didn't see the vision" Yuri sighed, her eyes now dead. "They have no idea what would have happened if I'd stayed."
"Then tell us!" Gwendal demanded. "What was so bad that you had to abandon your own kingdom?"
"In a month, they're going to invade" Yuri told us all. "Those who cannot fight need to be evacuated. All soldiers must be ready to fight."
"How do you know that?" Gunter asked.
"Shinou showed me" Yuri sighed. "He also showed me what the outcome of this battle would be if I had not left. I couldn't let that happen."
Suddenly, I saw a vision. I'd never had one before, but I knew for sure that it wasn't anything else.
Yuri was still a boy. Soldiers were surrounding the castle, ready for battle. I was with Yuri and Greta, dressed in armor just in case. Greta was crying, scared.
Suddenly, enemy soldiers poured in. They overpowered me, taking me out easily.
As a ghost, I was able to see everything. I found my brothers and friends, either dead or close to it. Behind me, I saw Yuri use the power of the Maou, but even that wasn't enough. He was killed slowly when his power reached its limits. When the vision ended, I saw several women in chains, my mother and daughter amongst them.
When I came out of the vision, Greta was clinging to me, terrified, sobbing harder than ever before. With one look at the others, I knew that they had seen the vision as well.
"That's what would have happened if I had stayed." Yuri stated. Her voice was hard as she tried to hide the pain in her eyes. "For the last year, I've been training and gathering allies. For the first time in centuries, this country will fight as one. The outcome of this battle will be different."
"If you're already so confident, then why did you come here?" one of the regents asked. "Do you want the title of Maou back?"
"This is the last piece of my army" Yuri sighed, looking at me. "We're going to be out there, fighting in a war that isn't even ours yet. Do you want to help us? If you do, you need to know that the causalities will still be high. It's your call, Your Majesty."
She knew, then, that I was now the Maou.
I turned to look at the others, mainly my brothers. "So, do you think we're up for one last battle?"
"By your order" Conrad told me.
"We're in. But, on one condition."
"What is that?" Yuri asked.
"The people fallow me only because they think it is what you would have wanted. They would prefer you over me. I cannot rule this kingdom when they want another." I told her.
The others in the room tensed slightly as if suspecting a threat.
"By the end of this battle, you would have earned back your title in the eyes of the people" Gunter put in.
"Besides, everyone expects the Maou to be all-powerful and unmatched. I'm good with my powers, but I'm not strong enough to do what you do." I told her. "So, what do you think I should do?"
"You've always wanted to be the Maou, Wolfram" Yuri sighed.
"I also always used to hate humans, but, in case you've forgotten, our daughter is human."
"Fine, but only if I can still dump my paperwork on Gwendal and Gunter" Yuri said quickly.
"Done" I concluded quickly, grinning a second later as my brother and teacher groaned. "And, I want my old title back."
"What was that?" one of the men questioned.
"I don't want to be the Maou, but I want to be the next best thing." I stated.
"Yea, and I want to be the 3rd!" Greta chirped, realizing what I was getting to. "Please, Yuri. We need a woman in the family."
"Oh" the largest unknown man chuckled. "They want to be the Maou's daughter and fiancé again."
"That'll only be acceptable if 4 more can do the same" the other man grinned.
We all met them after the meeting was done. Greta and I went into one of the unused towers to see 4 young children. Yuri walked up to the sleeping girls and tapped them, walking them up. They both smiled brightly, as did the 2 boys.
"Hay, isn't she Greta, Mama?" one of the girls questioned, pointing to Greta.
"Yea, she looks just like the picture" the other girl giggled. "Hi, I'm Tara. Mama adopted me, too."
"Me too, me too" the 2 boys laughed as they bolted for us.
"I'm Drew" the older one said. "This is Sam. We're not real brothers, but we are now. I used to be an only child, but now I have 3 siblings. Uncle Don says I talk too much. Do you think I talk too much?"
"I'm Abby" the oldest girl laughed. "Don't mind Drew, he's always like that. Do you like to read?"
"Yea, Dad always reads to me." Greta chuckled.
"Maybe I can read to you, too. Whenever Mama has to rest early, I read to Tara, Drew, and Sam. I'm really good at it."
They all left to play, leaving Yuri and I alone in the tower. I waited until I couldn't hear their giggles in the stairway. Then, I walked closer and closer to Yuri, stopping when she was against the wall. I put my hands on the wall at either side of her body, trapping her.
"Do you have any idea how much it hurt, waking up every day in that bed without you by my side?" I asked. "I didn't want to be Maou, Yuri, not to replace you. I didn't want to be a single father, either."
Her eyes went cold, but they were lying. Behind the lies was the pain and the tears. "You saw the vision, Wolfram" she stated coldly. "You should understand more than anyone!"
She reached up to push me away, but I grabbed her hands. Her tears fell and I pulled her into a hug.
"I didn't want to live, Yuri. I thought you were dead and wanted nothing more than to join you." I told her. "I needed you."
"I couldn't sentence everyone I love to death" she whispered, her voice breaking because of her tears. She wrapped her arms around me, her body breaking with sobs. "I couldn't bear the thought of you dying."
There was a pause as I waited for her to calm down; beating myself up on the inside because I'd made my love cry.
"I was alone for the first month, refusing to leave the capital. But, then, I went to the North Coast, hearing of the invasions. I was completely alone until then, Wolfram. It wasn't some vacation."
Suddenly, everything disappeared from my mind. Everything was forgotten. The only thing I could think about was the lips pressed to me. My lips felt like they had found heaven.
"If I had stayed, you would have been dead come next month. I saw you die. I heard Greta scream for you, and then for me as I was overpowered and killed. The last part of the vision was Sherry and Greta being taken away along with several others to be sold as Sex Slaves."
"It won't happen" I swore to her as I took her lips again.
"For months, I'd wake up in a panic, my dreams filled with your death. You were looking me right in the eye, telling me to run. But, I could never move. Then, I couldn't use my powers…"
"I'm alive" I told her, forcing her to look at me. "We're both alive. We're going to win this war. After that, we'll live in peace with 5 children. I'll never leave you and you can never leave me. If you try, I'll sentence you to 4 days of mother's makeovers."
She laughed openly at my punishment.
Hehe, such a scary punishment. Both of their mothers are going to have a field-day with Yuri, of course. :D
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