Bokura: Alright! Look at me go! I am actually updating again for something! Woot! It's been awhile so this feels good lol. So some good news, I actually started feeling more creative again! I was having a moment where I just didn't feel like doing anything since I worked so much , but now I'm out of hiatus! 'Course I may have to erase my story for FFVII because I don't know what I'm doing, but so many people want more, so I may read over that and see what I can do. OH! And I drew a picky yesterday! Of Zack and Cloud yea! I hate how I did Cloud's lips , but my brother says he likes it. Wow I really rambled didn't I? Well I just want to thank all the people who reviewed last chappie and I hope I get more this time. Um…I don't own this anime either, so this is purely fan made and obviously none of this happened 'cuz season three proves that. Yea….

Kokoro Wo Hirai Te

Normal POV

Darkened clouds rode passed along the sky, showing the disturbances in Shin Makoku. Yuuri , had noticed this but decided against wondering about it, passing it off as a simple storm. He looked around at his surroundings expecting a load of people to run out towards him offering him warm clothes and an emotion filled greeting, but all he got was one single body, staring at him with a look of confusion.

Confused eyes turned to a neutral state as the boys glasses shone with light to block his emotions. "It's nice to see you here again Shibuya."

Yuuri's head tilted with a sense of confusion and a chill rolled down his spine as his memory finally remembered just where this place was. "What am I doing near Shinou's temple?Wait….why are you here?"

Murata gave a cough and walked out giving Yuuri a robe to wear until he got inside to get some clothes. "I'll explain when you get inside. Now come, before you're seen."

Yuuri gladly took the robe and wrapped it around himself as he followed Murata into the huge temple. His black eyes drifted around him as he looked for Ulrike in her usual spot here in the temple. Nobody crossed his path as he entered Murata's room he would stay in while here at Shin Makoku. Clothes were passed to him as Murata walked towards the door.

"When you're done here, meet me in the shrine, alright?"

A nod was given as an answer and the door clicked shut, leaving Yuuri alone to get dressed. His two fingers pulled the elastic strip out and a sweat drop formed on his head as his eyes drooped in disappointment.

"And here I thought I would never have to wear this thing again……."

"Oh, but you do look rather magnificent in it don't you agree?" A seductive voice sounded around Yuuri, causing the man to jump at the noise.

He quickly wrapped the robe tighter around himself turning in the direction of the voice. "Sh-Shinou!"

"The one and only." A smirk crossed the ancients face as his blonde hair was flipped back some, his blue eyes sparkling in mischief. "Now why must you cover yourself? Do you really think I haven't seen you before?"

Stutters were his only answer as the red faced Yuuri couldn't think of what to say to that.

"Now, now , I was only joking. Seems you haven't matured in that department within the ten years you've been gone."

"Wh—what are you doing in here?"

The majestic figure strode across the room and sat upon Murata's bed, immediately crossing his legs. His form leaned back to rest on his hands and his eyes took in the sight of the older Yuuri before him.

"Must I explain that to you? I mean I was the one to bring you here, in a way. It would be rather rude of me to ignore your presence now wouldn't it?"

"What? Wait what do you mean in a way?"

"Well you were the one thinking about Shin Makoku, I just gave you that extra push to bring you here. Not to mention letting you visualize your loved ones you left here." He gave a smirk. "It really has been to long since you've made contact don't you agree, my sage?" His blue irises grazed over to the door.

Yuuri just stood there with a dumbfounded look on his face, wondering what Shinou was talking about. Soon, the door opened to reveal Murata, a slight twitch on his eyebrow.

"You really couldn't have waited until we got there could you? I thought the deal was that you would speak with Yuuri inside the shrine."

"Oh , but I was just so curious to see him again. You can't blame me, since you got to see him each day." The old king gave a slight pout, causing Murata to roll his eyes.

"Would you just come on and leave Yuuri to dress in peace?" He asked waiting for Shinou to waltz out of his room.

Shinou gave a sigh and stood, "You know, I fell in love with how you bossed others, but now you're just taking advantage."

Water cascaded down the rocks, giving off a serene feeling. The room seemed darker than usual, mainly getting light from the sun through the colored glass, but now that the sun wasn't giving off it's light, the source came from the many candles placed within the room.

Murata had sighed again for the fiftieth time at the way his old king was behaving, a perverted old man who claims he hasn't seen anything in years, yet it was only just a few hours ago. The double black clenched his fist and finally let out a deep breath, calming his nerves and to instead focus on the matter at hand, Yuuri. Not only was it the wrong time for him to finally, after years, return, but he was certain Shinou would not let him return to his home before seeing how his departure effected everyone in the castle. That was what Shinou told him , he knew, but he just didn't believe he would do such a thing.

'What am I talking about? You knew that old geezer gets off on other peoples misery.'

Click clacks of shoes echoed in the deep room as Yuuri came into view with his old school uniform on. His hands kept picking at the fabric as he began to moan aloud at his distaste. "Murataaaaa….why do you have this thing? And why does it fit me?"

Murata shook his head, a smile on his face. "A sage always has to be prepared if his King decides to come back. And I seriously doubt any fellow citizens would feel comfortable with their king in a baseball uniform each day."

"…..You know I can't be their king Murata….I told you that a long time ago. Besides I have a career now and I can't just walk away from that."

Murata gave a nod of understanding, but Shinou just gave a yawn.

"You say that you won't just walk away from your career , but isn't that what you did on that day ten years ago?"

"That was different!" Yuuri argued, his hands clenched into tight fists, causing his nails to dig into his skin.

"Oh? Explain to me how that was any different?" Shinou said in wonder.

"…I…"

"Exactly you can't think of how it is."

"They didn't need me! If they did I wouldn't have had the choice!"

What was once amusement turned into anger as Shinou stood and walked over to Yuuri. "Is that so? And what makes you think that your team can't just go and find another player to take your spot? What makes you so sure that nobody needed you here? You haven't seen the atrocities I have since you been gone." Blue eyes were like fire as they stared down deep into the charcoal ones that was in front of them.

A soft hand was softly holding onto Yuuri's clothed shoulder, giving it the comfort it needed and leading him to take a seat. Murata was the one to stand in front of Yuuri now and instead of anger, a look of sadness stared back.

"Relax Shibuya. I know you don't wish to be king and you wanted to be an ordinary person, but…" He let out a soft sigh. "…you need to understand where Shinou is coming from and to do that you need to know what has been happening here recently."

Yuuri's eyes glanced back and forth at Shinou and his loyal friend in both worry and confusion. "What…what's going on? Everything is fine right? We're allies with almost every country, sure there's the few that refuse to join our side, but the others can take care of it right?"

"You have much faith in them…but not every country will be as gentle as you think. Many of them wish for bloodshed among our people and its allies. A place without their original king is like an opening for them."

Yuuri stared at Shinou's back as he was talking, an uneasiness fell upon him. "But…didn't you say you had found a replacement?" He looked at Murata then. " You told me everything was fine."

Murata closed his eyes. "I wasn't lying when I said that. We were fine then and we do have a king, but the citizens wanted you , the allies wanted you to give them command, to give them their support in their time of need."

"So why didn't you tell me?"

Shinou interrupted Murata before he could explain. "Because Yuuri. You were the one that claimed to never come back. You chose your path of an ordinary lifestyle in which you would never come back here. You made it quite clear and though my sage requested it, Wolfram knew it would be of no help, along with the others."

"….Wolfram?"

Murata nodded his head. "Yes, Von Bielefeld was the one chosen to take your place…"

Yuuri shook his head, "But he didn't want to be a King. Why didn't he refuse to take my place?"

"Because , even if he didn't want to, he was the only one who could truly understand what it is you wanted for this country and being the one to be engaged to you also helped the decision of being the one to take your place."

"Which, that engagement has been annulled as of now." Shinou cut in , his body now turned towards the others.

"How? Did he do it himself?"

Shinou gave a snort. "Did you really think he would wait forever for you Yuuri?"

"No, but…."

"If you really must know, your engagement becomes annulled after a certain amount of time. After five years if there is no wedding then all ties of engagement are cut. It's as simple as that. Of course I highly doubt it held any effect on Wolfram after already having no relationship to begin with."

Murata rolled his eyes. "Don't you think we are getting a bit off topic? Shibuya, listen to me. Nothing around here is the same anymore….other than Anissina's deadly inventions. …. "

"What's changed Murata?"

"….There's a war going on Shibuya. It hasn't been going on long , but it's been bound to happen eventually. Not only that , but people are different here….But I'm sure you'll find that out soon enough…."

Bokura: So that's the end of this story , please check out my other writings……….Just kidding! I'd hope you think I was, 'cuz this would just be a sucky story if that's all you got! Anyways, I do hope you like and I tried throwing in a bit of Murata/Shinou in there for you fans of them ^^ . But now I'm gonna go read my other ones and see if theres any updating I can do for them today =) Please Review it makes me write faster!!!