Okay, this is going to be the third story I'm working on, so don't blame me if it takes a while to update.

Setting: Exactly the same as the end of season 3 except Yuuri was 14 when he came to Shin Makoku and turned 15 during the whole adventure. Yuuri's 16th birthday is coming up.

"EHHHH?!?!" Gunter yelled. "Your sixteenth birthday is in tomorrow?! We must prepare a celebration!"

"Uhh, Gunter?" Yuuri said unsurely.

"Oh! We must make it a splendid celebration indeed!" Gunter rambled on while ignoring Yuuri.

"Conrad." Yuuri said.

"Yes Yuuri?" Conrad asked.

"Can you tell Gunter I'm celebrating my sixteenth birthday at home on earth?" Yuuri asked.

Conrad's eyes widened in surprise and Wolfram slammed his hands on the desk and said, "What?!" This action got Gunter's attention. "Why you wimp!?" Wolfram yelled.

"It's a family tradition that happens otoeveryone in my family on their sixteenth birthday..." Yuuri said as he tried hiding from the stares he was getting from Conrad, Wolfram and Gunter.

"And what kind of tradition is this?!" Wolfram yelled.

"It's a tradition where the honor of the family is passed down to you... I can't really miss it..." Yuuri replied.

"If it's a tradition including honor, than I will postpone your celebration until you return." Gunter said. He knew as well as anyone that honor was important. Conrad nodded in agreement.

"Fine, I'll let you go, but I'm coming with you!" Wolfram yelled.

"Wolfram, it's a family tradition, no one outside the family's ever really been in it..." Yuuri said cautiously.

"I'm your fiancee! So I'm going to be a part of your family!" Wolfram said.

"You're my fiancee, but not, er, spouse. The only way someone outside the family can go to the tradition is if they're the spouse of someone in my family..." Yuuri said while knowing what Wolfram was going to say next.

"Then we'll marry now!" Wolfram said.

"I'm still too young!" Yuuri said.

"Sorry to intrude!" Murata said cheerfully as he opened the door to the office.

Yuuri smiled, than stood up and turned to Wolfram and said, "Can you stand here?"

Wolfram looked at him confused and said, "Here?"

"A little more to the left." Yuuri said. Wolfram complied, then Yuuri made a break for it. He ran past Wolfram and grabbed Murata's wrist and pulled him with him towards the baths.

"Must you always use the portal as a way to escape sticky situations?!" Murata asked while trying to keep his glasses on.

Yuuri and Murata ran into the baths and Yuuri pulled him in and they were immediatly sucked down back into the human world. They emerged from the bathtub and took a giant gasp of air.

"Yuu-chan's home!" Miko sang out.

"Tadaimisai!" (is that how you say it?) Yuuri said happily.

Murata stood up and took a towel from an eagerly awaiting Miko-chan.

"Gomen, Ken-chan, but you're going to have to leave for Yuuri's birthday." Miko said.

"I know, it's not like I don't know your family's secret." Murata said as his glasses glinted.

"I know, and that's why you should know why I don't want you here, it'd be a shame if you got hurt, or worse..." Miko said sadly.

"You can come over for his seventeenth birthday next year though!" Miko said excitedly.

"'kay mama-san. I'll be leaving then. Oh, but Yuuri, what did you tell Conrad and Gunter that made them agree to let you celebrate it here so easily?" Murata asked.

"I told them it was a family tradition of honor being passed down." Yuuri said while slumping his shoulders. "Wolfram said he wanted to come with me, but when I told him he had to be part of the family, he started going off again about how we should get married..."

"OH! I can't wait for the wedding!" Miko sang out.

"Mother!" Yuuri whined.

"Yuu-chan, it's mama-san, 'kay?" Miko said.

"Well, I'll be leaving now mama-san." Murata said as he opened the front door.

"Bye-bye Ken-chan!" Miko sang out.

"Is the friend of my little brother gone?" Shori said as he walked down the stairs.

"Yes Shori, he's gone." Yuuri replied.

"I can't believe tomorrow's my little brother's sixteenth birthday." Shori said.

"Oh, this brings back memories of Shori's sixteenth birthday!" Miko said happily.

"Yeah, but he ended up being a common AB positive..." Yuuri said.

"Well at least there's plenty of it." Shori said proudly.

"Shori's right Yuu-chan, you should hope you get a common one too." Miko said seriously.

"I know. Huh? Where's dad?" Yuuri asked.

"He's not going to be here for your birthday, but that's okay! You only need at least two members from the family for this tradition." Miko said a bit sadly.

"But! Let's be happy! Tomorrow our little Yuu-chan will be a full fledged vampire!" Miko sang happily. Yuuri was happy, yet sad at the same time. Happy, because he'd finally be, 'grown up'. Sad, because he'll have to move from place to place because people will question why he stays so young if he stays in one place too long. And what about Shin Makoku. His family had already discussed it and came up with a suitable lie. But, Yuuri wanted to stay in Shin Makoku, so this was the plan.

Murata was going to teach how to travel between worlds by himself. Next, he'd return to earth after one year of travelling between Shin Makoku and earth WITH the great sage so people would believe he couldn't travel freely without him. Then, he'd return home with Murata, then go back to Shin Makoku and end up somewhere OTHER than the Shinou's temple. After that, he'd never return to Blood Pledge Castle. After he was gone for so long, the ones at the castle would surely question his disappearance. They'd probably have the Shinou summon Murata. Murata was told about the plan, so he knew that he'd have to lie and say Yuuri was in an accident and died. Truth was, he'd actually be keeping an eye on Shin Makoku for the rest of his eternal life.

"Yuu-chan, we have to go to start the ritual since it's midnight in two minutes." Miko said happily.

"Hai." Yuuri said a bit sadly.