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A Tale of Yuuri and Kagome

We all need some space and air from time to time

Yuuri is back to Tokyo. He got a little sick and tired from the very nice (to him) yet sometimes unpredictable and fanatical "family" in Shin Makoku.

Just a few days ago, Wolfram showed up to his bedroom, wearing a see-through nightgown decorated by Swarovski crystals and hinted that they should start planning for their wedding. Luckily Wolfram did wear some underwear underneath the nightgown, otherwise Yuuri would've black out due to shock.

Needing some space and air, Yuuri left the room to Wolfram and walked out to visit Conrad, longing to see his reassuring smile and just simply chat to him. When he was just outside Conrad's room, he heard clinking noises from wineglasses and voices of two men talking – Conrad and Yozak.

"Man I always wonder how'd you do it. I mean, you're obvious always under constant pressure from all sorts of stuff, like protecting his majesty, keeping the assassins away, ignoring some lowlifes who still look down at you because you're half human…" Yozak's voice was interrupted temporarily by the sound of swallowing liquid, "sigh… and the worst part of all, you have to keep smiling!"

"It's my job, Yozak. Yuuri is the most important person to me, and to Shin Makoku. Really, I truly think it is a great honour to be the one to have such great responsibility." Conrad said, but his voice was serious and, older than usual. Surely, Conrad would need to have some time off to become his own self. He didn't smile a lot before Yuuri was born.

Didn't want to disturb the adults, Yuuri quietly walked away. "Perhaps, I could go to the top of the castle and stare at the moon for a while?" thought Yuuri. But he bumped in Wolfram, whom was apparently upset about being neglected.

"Where did you go? Did you meet some girl behind my back? Who was she!" Demanded Wolfram (still in that see-through nightgown).

"Why are you always acting like a jealous woman? YOU ARE A MAN!! For god's sake, please act like one!" Yuuri blurted out. "Oops. I'm now in deep shit." Yuuri thought.

"How dare you talk to me – your fiancé – like that?I I bought this ridiculously expensive nightgown from Versace just for you! Not only didn't you appreciate that, you yelled at me!! You BITCH!! TRAITOR!! I'm going to terminate our engagement. I don't want to marry you anymore, BASTARD!!!!!!" Wolfram yelled, furious and shaking.

"Fine. That's exactly what I wanted!" Yuuri stomped outside the castle after saying that.

"Shit. Did I just say that…maybe I should go back in to apologise to Wolfie…but wait! If I do apologise, he will probably ask me to marry him immediately! No no no no no no...Arghh, I'm such a coward. I'm going home."

Hence, Yuuri is back at his Tokyo home's bathtub, just in time to catch Shori washing his hair.

"Arrghh, didn't know you liked to peek." Joked Shori, delighted that his beloved brother is finally back home. "This time, I'm going to make him finish that maths textbook, he he he he he…" Shori thought secretly, but not realising his evil laughter was loud and frightening. However, Yuuri was not in mood to fight with Shori.

"I intend to stay home for a while. And I will try to catch up with the school work. Sorry to disappoint you before, Shori." Yuuri said, staring down at the water.

Meeting Kagome again

It's a rainy Saturday morning. Yuuri is sitting inside the train, looking out the window blurred by rain drops. Through the glass, everything looked so artistic and…sad.

"Hei Yuuri-kun!" Yuuri turned his head and saw Kagome smiling at him cheerfully.

"Hello! Good to meet you again in the normal world." Yuuri smiled back.

"Yeh, I need to prepare for a few exams, and Inuysha just doesn't understand that I got other things in life to care for", sighed Kagome.

That sounds vaguely familiar. Maybe they are both suffering from a syndrome called "Time Travelling Side-effects".

"It looks so nice!" Kagome sat next to Yuuri, looking out the window.

"Wow, it looks like we have a lot in common." Suddenly Yuuri feel infatuated. Perhaps, just perhaps, he and Kagome can become a couple in this world?

"Kagome-san, I know I may sound very stupid and low, but I want to tell you that I like you. Will you consider dating me in this world?"

"Err, well, I'm kind of seeing Inuyasha, although he is silly and stubborn and inconsiderate and…Oh, what the hell, OK, let's start dating."

They both agreed that: as long as the people from the 3 different worlds don't turn up in the same space and time (which would be highly unlikely), no one else would know about this relationship and no one will get hurt.

But they didn't seem happy. Secretly they know that they are hurting themselves. But they really need to get away from the usual craziness from their "other worlds".

Later on in the day, they visited the library together and watched a movie. But they hardly talked or laughed. They already felt like an old couple been married for 50 years.

"What am I doing here?" Yuuri is upset with himself. "This is a pointless relationship."

"Although this is pointless and I don't like him that much, why is I still in this strange relationship?" Kagome thought, obviously thinking in the same frequency with Yuuri.

But when they had to say goodbye to each other, no one questioned anything, and promised will meet again the next weekend.

Starring at the stars again, Yuuri is trying to organise his messed-up thoughts. There are just too much "why's, what's, how's". He is trying to find solutions to sort out what he wants and should do.

"Maybe, dating Kagome is a way to tell myself that somehow I'm a normal guy." Yuuri finally listed a reason for his uncharacteristic behaviour today.

"Maybe, it is time to put everything behind and start a normal life tomorrow."