Moonrosesa (SunsetLove)
Sitting in the middle of a room that looked like a hurricane hit it was the royal family. Cheri, the former Maou looking like she had just filled a river with her tears sat at the center. Next to her were her sons Gwendal and his husband Gunter, whose faces showed shock. Conrad and Yozak, whose expressions were hard, and troubled, followed by the Great Sage, Murata, Gisera, Greta, two of which had the look of horror on their faces sat next to Gwendal and Gunter. Finally completing the circle was the person who destroyed the room, Wolfram von Bielefeld, his expression murderous. They were each preoccupied with their own thoughts all centering on one person, their Maou who was still missing.
It started when Wolfram had finished reading the letter left to him by Yuri, after which he just sat staring blankly into nothing. His mind whirling was whirling with words he couldn't grasp. Somewhere across his mind the sentence 'Yuri's past doesn't seem to show on his everyday actions' flashed but he couldn't put its significance to use. Little by little he seemed to come out of his stunned state and was able to think a little clearer but the truth hadn't sunk in yet. He was in that state of shock where the truth hadn't sunk in, but where he is able to contemplate things.
One of the first things that penetrated his mind was 'Poor Yuri, if I was in his shoes I couldn't do what he did. I couldn't be so carefree and happy, even if it meant hiding the pain of my experiences. Yuri's face, the real one; the troubled one, who has seen it, Wolfram wondered. He knew what Yuri was like when he denied being engaged to him, but he never thought that there was more to what Yuri's excuse than what was said on the surface.
Wolfram's next thought was that while his past was nowhere near as traumatic as Yuri's he still had his family to rely on. They were there to give support even when it was not needed. He felt some comfort knowing that they were there to listen and lend advice if needed. Yuri's family on the other hand didn't have a clue when it comes to know what Yuri went through during those two years. While yes, Yuri, did tell them a lot of what happened; he didn't tell them everything. Yuri did not have someone to confide his troubles to, like he Wolfram, had. Someone was always there even though there was a family rift growing up. There was also the fact that the brothers had different fathers. It was not only that the brothers had different fathers. It was their diverse histories, such as Conrad being half-human, and, Gwendal being so stiff, and of course the free-loving mother. No matter how different they were at least one was always there to lend advice and comfort, especially Conrad even though I don't exactly treat him like a brother due to feelings of betrayal Conrad feels I harbor when in fact that is not true. I can't fault him for how he was born, or who his father is. I know from experience that you can't choose your parents, let alone your family. You just learn to deal with it and try to stick to what works best.
Wolfram's next thought was should he show the letter to the rest of the family. He wondered what they would feel about how Yuri was treated in those two years. He wondered how they would react knowing what was done to their king. He also wondered how they would treat their king now that they knew what he went through. Would they also think about the fact that it might be possible that Yuri was captured by that guy again? What about the thought that he might be going through that again, maybe worse this time around. The biggest question however was if the family wanted to kill that guy that went after their king, friend, and fiancé; and if so they would have to stand behind Wolfram.
Wolfram knew that what he knew now about Yuri changed everything that he thought about him. Wolfram never thought that Yuri, who smiles all the time is actually wearing a mask didn't seem right to him. Yuri, who could win everyone over with his unique charm, his mannerism when it comes to taking care of business and everything else; as well as his overall great optimism carried something like bitterness and shame. In Wolfram's mind that was downright criminal. In Wolfram's view, Yuri, was supposed to be happy, and mostly carefree, not burdened by his past and hiding it behind a façade. 'If Yuri was a weaker man he would have committed suicide to forget', thought Wolfram.
Suicide! It is a powerful word. The thought of this word led to questions such as 'Did you want to commit suicide?' 'Did he try to?' 'Why didn't he tell his family even if it just helped him to get the pain off his chest?' 'Would his family have believed him if he told them, or would they have laughed and called him a liar?' Wolfram wondered.
Wolfram also wondered if this was the reason Yuri hated violence, because of what he had to do in order to escape. 'Did any of these men Yuri took down die? If they did, does this mean that Yuri carries the guilt of their death as well.' There were so many unanswered questions, yet more were forming by the minute in his mind.
One thought caused the unanswered questions so far to slip off his track of mind. That one question was; 'Does Yuri, see himself in our daughter, the way she was when she first arrived and claimed to be his daughter in order to kill him?' 'Did he save her from maybe going through what he went through?' 'Did Yuri see his pain in Greta's eyes?' There were so many questions that could not be answered until Yuri returned. Wolfram knew that Yuri would return there was no way that he wouldn't. He couldn't even think the thought. That thought being: Yuri wouldn't return in one piece. He just had to, even if the whole kingdom had to go looking for him.
Wolfram also speculated what Yuri saw when he looked at those guests that came to the parties that the Maou has to host. 'Why doesn't Yuri try to remember the names of the high class guests, except the few that he does?' 'Does Yuri see something in them that we don't?' 'What does Yuri look for when trying to figure out whose names he should remember?' 'Does Yuri not like to socialize with other people or is it that he still has trouble being around people even after all these years?' Now that Wolfram thought about it Yuri seemed more comfortable around women than men, so that answered that question. Yuri was still weary of men and would probably remain like that for a long time to come. He may never get over it and Wolfram couldn't blame him.
This brought him back to the question of should he show the letter to his mother and brothers. Wolfram skimmed the letter again and thought that they might be able to provide some insight on what to do in order to start searching for the King. Wolfram did not know then that the options available were not favorable to him and his way of thinking.
While putting that thought aside on the front backburner he came up with the idea of confronting Yuri as soon as he returned. Sneaking up on that thought was the truth though it had snuck up then retreated, now it reared back and hit him forward like a ton of bricks. It had finally sunk in. Yuri was gone leaving a letter that could very well be the last thing he did at that castle. Yuri might be reliving the horrors of that letter again. And the letter, he wanted to burn it, tear it, anything to get rid of it, but he couldn't find the will. With so much frustration boiling over, a rage consumed him. All of a sudden he started destroying the room he and Yuri shared since Yuri, proposed to him that night that Yuri found out he was a king.
The guard that was standing outside the room during this whole time was now standing inside the room. The guard didn't move. Wolfram by destroying the room opened a doorway into the hallway. The king's chambers were now part of the hallway. The guard took a look at Wolfram and seeing the power around him acting out of control decided to get the royal family. The guard took off running down the hallway at full speed. He was on a mission of life and death. He needed to find the rest of the royal family before the young prince destroyed something else.
He finally located them in the royal sitting room discussing the king and his disappearance from the royal court and his kingdom, not to mention his home on earth. They had searched the whole royal kingdom, they had even sent out messages to the other allies of the kingdom and nobody knew where the king was. Murata had even gone to earth searching for him, and found his mother in a fit because this was the second time this happened. She never forgot what it was like the first time around. Shibuya Yuri has been missing for two weeks already. The police on earth have been informed within twenty-four hours. When Yuri was not back on time for school, Jennifer was worried. She asked Murata where Yuri was and Murata claimed that Yuri had returned a little earlier than him; a day ago to be precise. Jennifer knowing her son was not home and might not be in his kingdom first called her husband in a panic telling him through her tears that her son had not returned home and that he came back yesterday. She didn't know where he was, what had happened to him. The past showed itself in her mind like a bad movie again. Trying to calm his wife on the telephone, Mr. Shibuya said that he was on his way home and that she needed to call her oldest and inform him as to what was going on. Jennifer put down the telephone and did as she was told. She explained to her oldest son what happened and asked him to come home immediately. When Mr. Shibuya arrived home he talked to his wife trying to get information out of her around her crying. When he did he called the police which was when the oldest son came home and demanded to know what happened. His father explained because Jennifer was still crying and now she was rocking back and forth on the couch. Nothing Mr. Shibuya and her son did helped her any.
When the police arrived they were informed by Mr. Shibuya what was going on. They told the police about the pervious encounter that happened when Yuri was ten years old and who they suspect might be behind it. Murata also dropped by there after school and was informed what was going on. Privately he spoke with the family and told them that they would do a search through Yuri's kingdom. Murata went to the bathroom and using the tub he left earth and traveled to Sin Makou. When he arrived in the fountain he was greeted by the royal family. He jumped out of the water ordering the royal family to the Yuri's office. The royal family knowing by the time of his voice that something was wrong didn't say a word, they just followed.
When they arrived at the office Murata got down to business right away. "Shibuya has gone missing since he left Sin Makou yesterday. The police are looking for him on earth and I want to organize a search party here. You are to send messages out to the allies and ask for their help and information. Yozak would also need to be sent out and I will leave that to you to figure out how to do. I need to get to the temple then I need to go back to earth and help the Shibuyas"
When Murata finished; he stepped out of the room and proceeded to do as he said he would. He went to the temple and checked in with Ulrike and the former great king and then he went to earth to help search for Yuri. The next two weeks were spent searching for the king, Shibuya Yuri. While searching for the king, nobody ventured into the king's chamber but Wolfram von Beliefed. He was in a state that nobody could get to him. Whatever was said about Yuri being gone or in danger, he denied it. He didn't want believe it. At the beginning of the third week he started going through Yuri things looking for a clue, not knowing that there was a letter that he was about to find; and when he did find it that it would change everything he ever thought about his king and fiancé.
He found that letter that was to change his life in Yuri box of belongings he kept hidden in his closet, deep in his closet. While going through that box, he found some pictures and that letter addressed to him. While he sat on the floor looking at the letter Wolfram, like always thought that Yuri was cheating and, that the letter was a way of dissolving the engagement that Yuri didn't want from the beginning. He was wrong. He started out by making himself comfortable and then he opened the letter. He started reading it, the words both in his voice and in Yuri's and as he read he could clearly hear Yuri's voice reading the letter he had written. When he came to the end of it his thoughts were going a mile a minute with questions of Yuri's past and his experiences the truth not sinking in until later after which he destroyed the room that sent the guard that was standing outside it running looking for the royal family.
When he came upon the royal family in the sitting room he was panting like a dog while also trying to get the words out that were needed. Conrad told him to take a deep breath and tell them what was wrong. The guard doing as he was told; took a deep breath and said "the prince destroyed the Maou`s chambers and fire around him, he was furious." Hearing that the royal family ran all the way to Yuri's chambers to find out what happened.
When the royal family stepped into what was left of the room they found total chaos. It looked like a fire tornado had swept the room. Wolfram had thankfully not set a fire burning, but had burned down the room. When the royal family stepped in they found him sitting in the wreckage staring at nothing holding a letter in a death grip. There were tears rolling down his eyes and he was unaware of his surroundings.
Approaching Wolfram, carefully Conrad, knelt down in front of Wolfram, and he reached cautiously toward Wolfram and touched his shoulder in order to alert Wolfram that he was there. Conrad also tried calling Wolfram's name quietly. When that didn't work Conrad shook Wolfram's shoulder a little. When that didn't work, Conrad shook his shoulder a little harder to get his attention. Conrad tried calling out Wolfram's name louder. When that didn't work, he looked fearfully up at Gwendolyn for an idea.
Cheri was next to approach Wolfram. She tried everything Conrad did, and when that didn't work; she gave Wolfram one of her bone-crushing, breath stealing, breast-suffocating hugs. That pulled him out of his daze. Cheri was barely able to hear him reply "Mother!'
"Wolfie! Are you ok?' "Why are you crying?" asked Cheri-sama.
Wolfram looked around. He seemed lost for a moment before he remembered what happened. Wolfram looked down at the letter he still held in his hand. Without realizing it he was crying silent tears. He hadn't heard his mother's questions. Cheri tried asking again, and was met with silence again.
Conrad on the other hand noticed the letter that was held in a death grip in Wolfram's hand. When Conrad went to grab the piece of paper he would later find out was a letter; his reward was a fireball thrown at him courtesy of one blonde, emotional prince. Needless to say Conrad was not prepared for the attack, but he was able to doge it in the nick of time. Stepping forward a little Conrad asked "Wolfram?'
Wolfram decided to finally answer Conrad. When he did it was to utter one word; one name, "Yuri." It was one name but it held a wealth of questions. 'What did Wolfram know about Yuri that we don't know?' 'What about Yuri caused Wolfram to act like this, wondered Conrad? He asked "What about Yuri?' not noticing that he asked the question out loud.
Wolfram took a deep breath to steady himself and his voice. He wasn't sure it would work the way it should. He started out by say that the letter was a recount of Yuri's past. The way Wolfram said that was in a calm voice. A voice that belied the turmoil he was currently feeling due to the letter's contents. Wolfram then handed the letter to Conrad and told Conrad to read the letter out loud to everyone in the room. Everyone in the room was comprised of Cheri-sama, Gwendel, Conrad, Murata, Yozak, and Gunter, who had showed up after Gwendal, Lady Cheri, and Conrad.
Opening the letter, Conrad saw that it was addressed to Wolfram, so before he started to read it he asked for confirmation from Wolfram. Conrad asked Wolfram "this letter is addressed to you, are you sure you want me to read it out loud?" "JUST READ IT!" was the reply Wolfram gave Conrad. He yelled it.
Doing as he was told, Conrad opened the letter the rest of the way and prepared himself to start reading out loud, when he was interrupted by Wolfram. Wolfram wanted Greta to be present when the letter was read, so he sent Yozak to get Greta and Cheri informed Yozak that he was also supposed to get Gisera, to check on Wolfram's health. Wolfram added to that, in a terse voice, by saying that he should hurry up and get moving. Doing as he was told he ran to get Greta from the garden where she was playing with the maids. He told Greta that Wolfram wanted to see is now in Yuri's room. Making sure that Greta was on her way to the king's chambers, Yozak ran to the hospital wing and got Gisera telling her that Wolfram had destroyed the king's room and that the royal family was worried. He told her that they asked her to come with him now to check on the prince. Worrying now, she followed Yozak to the king's chambers.
When Yozak and Gisera arrived at the kings chambers Gisera, was amazed at the damage done to the chambers. Stepping in carefully she slowly walked up to Wolfram having been informed by Yozak on the way there that Wolfram might attack again because he attacked Conrad once already. She was able to safely examine Wolfram without getting a fireball thrown at her. She was on her way out when Wolfram told her to stay. The way he said that though sounded to her like there was something seriously wrong. Doing as she was told she found a place in the rubble and seated herself down to listen to what the spoiled prince had to say. She was not expecting what she heard Conrad read none of them were. When Gisera had sat down and was either sitting down or leaning up on what was left of the room; Wolfram informed everyone in the room that Conrad was going to read a letter left by the king telling of his past. When he was done talking Conrad started reading the letter out loud that Wolfram ordered him to. Conrad started reading "Dear Wolfram von Bielefeld, I am writing what I can't tell you in person, due to the shame that it has caused me over the years." When Conrad had finished reading the second paragraph ending with "…I had a hard time accepting you as a boyfriend, let alone a fiancé. That will also be explained later in the letter" he looked around the room to see everyone's reactions to what was written so far. His gaze first landed on Wolfram to see his murderous expression, though he still didn't quite know why so far, but he had a feeling that he would be wearing the same expression soon. His gaze next traveled and landed on Greta. She had a troubled gaze, she didn't understand everything so far in the letter the way that the others did. Conrad then looked at his mother. She had wide eyes that were troubled and there were frown line where there were usually smile lines. Gwendal if possible had more worry lines than ever. Gunter had adopted a façade that was seldom seen on him. Gisera and the great sage's expressions were similar that of worry and weary expression of knowing something bad was going to happen but not knowing how bad. Murata though had an idea where as the healer didn't. When he had made a full circle around the room and his gaze had landed on Wolfram again Conrad started reading again. This time he didn't stop until the end of the letter. When he was done Cheri, the former Maou looking like she had just filled a river with her tears. Next to her were her sons Gwendal and his husband Gunter, whose faces showed shock, followed by Conrad and Yozak, whose expressions were hard, and troubled, followed by the Great Sage, Murata, Gisera, Greta, two of which had the look of horror on their faces, and finally completing the circle was the person who destroyed the room, Wolfram von Bielefeld, his expression murderous. While everyone wore different expressions not a word was spoken. The silence was deafening in the room. You could hear a pin drop it was so quiet. It seemed that even the wind that had been blowing gently was silent in mourning of the king's past.
The silence was broken when the door opened and one of maids came to inform the royal family that lunch was ready. The door was still on its hinges so when she opened the door it fell backward. Thankfully nobody was close to the door and so nobody was hurt. The maid though stopped in mid word when she saw what the room looked like. What she saw was a room in shambles and the royal family sitting in those shambles and staring at one another not seeing anything but their inner thoughts. When she came in the guard that informed the royal family about the destruction followed her in. He had been listening while Conrad read. His thoughts like that of the royal family were the same. 'Who knew that the king carried a bigger burden than running the country?'
The maid was still standing in the same place she stepped in. She wondered what prompted the destruction. She didn't ask however, it was not her place. Pulling herself she became aware that the royal family, the great sage, and Yozak, and Gisera were all staring at her. Flushing she informed the family that lunch was ready and then she trotted back to the kitchen leaving the royal family in the same place as when she entered the room.
After the maid left the royal family became aware that there was a guard standing in the room looking stunned and that there was another one standing in the hallway. To avoid further stares and possible questions, they offered to help clean up the bedchambers. Snapping to attention everyone got up from the floor and the wall and started picking up the charred remains of the room. They cleaned a little of it then went to lunch. Lunch was a silent affair. After lunch they returned to cleaning up the room and made a list of what needed to be done in the room such as rebuilding the walls and everything. They also had to get new furniture and everything else. One thing that remained intact though was the dresser where the letter was found. That part of the room remained whole. They didn't know why nor were they going to question it. It was less work for them to clean up and replace. They worked until dinner time. The work kept their thoughts from straying from their work and to the letter and its contents.
When dinner rolled around they went to eat. With work no longer there to distract them their thoughts drifted down the path of the contents of the letter. They wondered if the same person was responsible this time around as well. When they found out and it was in fact the same person then they would be happy to implement some of the punishments running around their heads. Examples of punishments included burning him slowly from the inside out, burying him alive, also the classic of running a sword through his heart, his belly and guts. The possibilities were endless. These were the thoughts that ran through their minds during the dinner hour.
After dinner, everyone went their separate ways in order to come to terms what they now knew to be true. Greta though went with Lady Cheri. She needed some things explained to her and who better to do it than another woman. The two ladies would spend the entire rest of the evening talking and well into the night. It was early morning when Greta went to sleep after crying herself to sleep in Lady Cheri's comforting arms. Tomorrow would be a new day, a new determination to search for the king that is missing and, most of all, the search for the monster that did that to him. The monster that made their king carry a burden many would have killed themselves to escape the pain and the memory of those years. One thing was for sure when they found their king the one responsible for his abduction was going to suffer a fate worse than hell and they believed that that is what the person deserved at the very least. They would probably think up a few new punishments for every hour or day the king was missing.
However, for now, they would try to get some sleep in order to be ready for what they had to do, namely search for the king and deal out the punishment to the abductor. Greta was not excluded from this. She may have been a kind and caring child but nobody was allowed to hurt her father. Her father not just the king who was the father but the father who rescued her from her life of hell with her relatives. She would help anyway she could in order to get her father back. She didn't know at that time that she and Wolfram would be the only ones who are able to hear Yuri call across the very elements they wielded. Yes, Greta had powers she didn't yet know and would later find, but at what price, or will there be a price to pay. Nothing was certain at this time except that they had to get the king back and in one piece before they could extract their revenge for what he had to go through during the two years that were just revealed. They didn't know if it has happened again or not. They would cross that bridge when they came to it. Greta for now would try to get some sleep and would try to help search for the king tomorrow with the others.
When she did lie down to sleep, she experienced the first of the dreams that were to come. She wouldn't know what the dream meant until the morning when it was explained to her by her family. She however was not the only one to have this dream. A prince was also experiencing this dream. His dream however was different in that his dream was more vivid than Greta's. Also his dream revealed what was hidden.
Wolfram was in a spare bedroom because he destroyed his and Yuri's bedroom and he didn't have his own room anymore. He moved out of it when he became engaged to Yuri. Wolfram now lay in the large bed with the covers up to his chin for now. He was moaning, but not from pleasure but from pain. He was having a particularly bad dream.
In the dream he was Yuri when he was ten years old. He was himself as Yuri giving directions to a tall man with short brown hair and a mustache. He had a muscular frame, not like a body builder but, like someone who regularly worked out. He was dressed in a black suit with a white shirt and a black and white striped tie. His hair was wavy and it danced in the breeze while he stood there listening to Yuri had to say. When Yuri had given the directions and asked if understood and the man confirmed that he did Yuri or Wolfram in Yuri's psyche, turned around as to walk away when he was suddenly grabbed from behind by the man. Yuri turned around and asked what the stranger needed and the stranger made the response that "You" Yuri didn't understand what he meant. He asked why and he received an answer that shocked him. The stranger had replied that as the son of Shibuya he could and would be used as leverage against his father. Yuri being young didn't understand what that meant, but he didn't even have time to process what that meant. He was suddenly pulled against the man a rag with sleeping gas was put over his mouth and he fell in the man's arms boneless.
When Wolfram in Yuri's psyche next woke up he was chained to a wall by his hands and legs. His shoulders were resting against the wall in a somewhat comfortable way, well as comfortable as it get being chained to a wall. When he looked around he realized he was in an old abandoned warehouse and the wall he was chained to looked like it had the shackles in it since it the building was made. He checked the rest of the room and realized that what the warehouse had been storing when in use was sex toys and other items used for sexual pleasure in bondage such as the whips that were still there in boxes. When he completed his search his eyes landed on himself again. He then heard a voice coming closer. When he looked up he saw the same man that he had given directions to. This time though he wasn't alone. He had cronies next to him. They didn't yet see that he was awake and so he put his head down again and pretended that he was still asleep and it worked up to the point where the man came forward and slapped him awake. Opening his eyes again he looked the man in the eyes, he had tears streaming down his face. He didn't at the time understand what was going on. He would later learn from drunken guards what was going one. The minutes turned to hours, the hours turned into days, the days turned into months and months turned into years. Wolfram experienced everything Yuri did in those two years through Yuri and the dream Admitably he didn't get the full blast as Yuri did but, now he knew firsthand what Yuri went through in fast forward but, still that didn't diminish the experience and, the horror he felt when he saw what happened. He did read the letter and he did get a pretty good sense of what Yuri went through but experiencing it like this through this real dream gave a whole new perspective to what Yuri went through. Wolfram was suddenly jolted awake by a hand. He looked franticly around the room for his gaze to land on his brothers. As he was dreaming, he was tossing and turning and screaming Yuri's name in pain and he didn't know it. When he had taken a deep breath, he asked his brothers what they were doing in the room Conrad and Gwendal looked at each other then Wolfram; this of course pissed Wolfram off and he yelled "WHAT?"
"Wolfram said Conrad, you were yelling and screaming heika`s name at the top of your lungs" "Did you dream something about Yuri?" "Wolfram do you know something you are not telling us?"
Taking a deep breath, Wolfram tried to put in words what he experienced. He was hard pressed to find the way to express the pain and sight of what gave him the nightmare. He did try though. He said "I just had a dream in which I was the one who went through what Yuri described in the letter; except that it had more detail and seemed like I was experiencing it through Yuri's body and mind. That is the best way to explain what I dreamt about. It was like I was Yuri and I was going through what he went but, I didn't feel nearly as much pain by the expression on Yuri`s face said."
When Wolfram had finished talking the brothers didn't know what to do. However they didn't have time to think because the next thing that they heard was a bloodcurdling scream. It came just from down the hall. It caused Wolfram to jump out of bed like he had a heart attack and the other two brothers felt spine tingling sensation they refused to identify as fright. The three brothers shared a quick look at each other and then took off running down the hallway full speed. They were afraid of what awaited them when they arrived at that door. They knew that all hell would break loose if something happened to this person. They also knew that no matter what they found when they opened the door they would have to be ready for it. They couldn't let the same thing happen to this person what happened to their king.
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