Disclaimer: I hold no ownership over any of the Kyo Kara Maoh Characters.
Claimer: I do own Leoda and her family as well as this story.
I put this story under an AU fic, manly because of the addition of the few characters that belong to me; other then that this story is in its Original setting.
AU/ Rated M
Pairings: Wolfram/Yuri, OC Akiko/ Demon King, Conrart/ OC Leoda? Celcilie/ Raven
(A/N: I want to thank the people who reviewed with kind criticism, as for anyone else: This is a fan fic, I write it for my pleasure first, and decide to share it. I am sorry that many of you may not like OC's. Here is my advice don't read it then. If you can't leave me constructive criticisms then don't leave a review at all. Secondly I have never written a mary sue story or whatever they are called. Each character I have has a story to tell, if given the chance to tell it.)
Last Time:
"Lady Hilter!"
Conrad couldn't believe what he was seeing. A huge twister had appeared and had pulled Leoda up into it. Her screams of surprise were still fresh in his ears as the angry funnel of wind started to turn away from him.
"Lady Leoda!"
Upon hearing Conrad's yells Yuri and the others appeared; only to catch sight of the twister disappearing away from the castle.
"Conrad what's wrong? What happened, where did that tornado come from?"
Pulling himself back on his feet, Conrad looked in the direction the huge whirlwind had taken. He then cast two sad looking eyes back at Yuri.
"It happened rather suddenly, we were talking and then that whirlwind appeared and pulled Lady Leoda up into it."
Yuri's face took on a surprised looked as he spoke in a raised voice.
"What you mean Leoda has been kidnapped by some twister?"
Conrad couldn't help but smile at Yuri's expression.
"Not exactly your highness, there was more then likely someone inside of all that wind. Lady Sarafina Kendrick, forgive me for failing in protecting Lady Leoda while she was in my company."
As Conrad bowed in front of Sarafina, she waved him away.
"None of it is of your making, for you have no duty to me or my family; unless you are courting my little sister in secret."
Conrad blushed slightly at hearing Lady Sarafina Hilter Von Kendrick's words.
"No my lady I am not."
"Then see you are not at fault. If anything my mother is to blame. She should have never forced my sister to come here, she knew of the danger she would be in."
Yuri couldn't stop the thoughts that were even now running through his head.
'Danger why would she be in danger, something tells me that there is something else going on here.Question is, am, I even going to like the answer when I find it?'
Chapter 2: Terrible Danger, the Face of the Wind Monster
By TaintedDarkInuShemeeko
In the first moments being pulled up into the strange twister; Leoda had felt as if the air had been pulled from her lungs. Which caused her to become dizzy and light headed, she managed to catch a glimpse of a person standing directly in the center of the twister, before she had felt herself fall into darkness.
Nothing could have prepared her for what she would find when she awoke. Leoda knew something was wrong the second she tried to open her eyes. They burned like someone had set them on fire. When she did open them, everything was blurry it made it impossible to see where she was.
"Well now I see that we are awake now Lady Leoda or maybe Captain would be better. Though you really do make a stunning lady, why a beautiful woman like yourself would prefer swordsmanship and the uniform of a man is beyond me."
The voice that spoke to her was unfamiliar to her. He was more then likely the one who had caused her blindness. If she couldn't see him then there would be no way for her to identify him. However she had gotten a glance at the man that had been in the center of the whirlwind; Garrett von Kendrick her sister's husband, but why was something she couldn't answer.
"What I have decided to do in my life is not your concern."
Leoda's mystery captor just sneered at her as he spoke.
"I was going to let you get cleaned up, but it would seem that I've had a change of heart. If you wish to be a man then I shall treat you as one. I do hope that the Boulder-rats don't chew you up to badly."
Once she was a lone Leoda busied herself with trying to get her hands to slip through the metal braces of the shackles that held her to the wall.
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"What wait a minute, Lady Sarafina what do you mean that Leoda is in danger?"
Before she was even able to answer Yuri's question; another gentle voice answered instead. "Well it's kind of a long story Shibuya."
Turning his head Yuri not only saw Lady Marcella von Hilter and Lord Augustus von Hilter standing there, but Ken Murata as well.
"Murata, when did you get here?"
"Oh not long, Ulrike and I both sensed that danger was coming. I had hoped to make in time. It looks like I failed in doing that. So Yuri want do you think our next move should be?"
Before Yuri could say anything, Wolfram put him in a head lock.
"I'll tell you what his going to try and do. This pitiful excuse of a Demon King is going to try and be a hero. Then he plans on cheating on me with that woman."
Wolfram's words caught Yuri off guard completely at first.
"Wolfram stop it already, let me go. Who said anything about cheating on anyone, Leoda is just an old friend. I could barely talk to her if we weren't playing ball. Now let go of me Wolfram."
Pulling himself off of the ground, Yuri looked at Lord Augustus, and then Lady Marcella.
"As much as I want to rush off and save Leoda, first I want to try and figure out her strange family history. Like how you Lord Augustus have the name von Hilter while you have a brother with the name Hilter."
"Your Majesty is very astute, very well I will do my best to explain."
"My father was Rangsey von Hilter, when he was alive he was one of the ten aristocrats. When he found out that my mother was expecting, he was happy. He was even more excited when our mother gave birth to twin boys. However, when I developed demon powers and Prescott didn't. Our father rejected Prescott as his son; he even left my mother, saying that she was a whore who would even sleep with human trash."
"Lady Eustacia my mother told me that what my father had said was a lie. Lord Rangsey never denounced me as his son. I have never too this day been able to understand why my brother and I are identical in every way and yet I am the one with demon powers. As such Prescott was labeled a half-breed, then one day he merely vanished."
"Well as interesting as that was Lord von Hilter it still really doesn't help much."
"Of course it does Shibuya; the Great One arranged the marriage between, Lady Marcella and Lord Augustus. Ulrike told me everything; you used to work at the temple of the Great One that was until he gave you a task to do. Didn't you Marcella? Which was to marry Lord Augustus, The Great One knew where Prescott was because he had sent him there on a task. In wanting to find out what he had learned he sent Marcella to look for him. Only when she found him she ended up falling in love with him as well. In fact Marcella spent several years on earth with Prescott in all that time, was when Leoda was born. Though to be truthful Marcella you were ashamed at first and in the end told your true husband about it. Leaving out the part where the Great One had told you that you would have two daughters and one he would have great plans for."
Ken then just smile at Lord Augustus, as he spoke again only this time it was directed toward Augustus.
"The mere fact that you are still with your wife means that you understood. It also tells me that you are a man of very good character."
"Okay, now I think I'm more confused now then I was before."
Yuri rubbed his head as he tried to sort things out.
"Ah, my head is starting to hurt this was way too much information."
"You are such a wimp Yuri you know that a real wimp."
"Stop calling me a wimp!"
Murata just sighed as he watched Yuri and Wolfram bicker.
"Uh, you guys as much fun as it is to watch the two of you fight. We really might have a serious problem on our hands. If Leoda is who I think she is, then who ever took her is only after one thing, her soul."
"Hey, Murata do you mind clearing that up a bit. Are you saying that Leoda was someone else at one time?"
Ken just nodded at Yuri's words.
"That is exactly what I'm saying. The soul that is now Leoda once belonged to a Lady Orli Faircrith, who I believe was a friend of Lady Jullia. Lady Orli, whose name means light, died in the war as well."
Ken then looked at Wolfram, Günter, and Gwendal, lastly stopping at Conrart.
"I have a feeling that none of you knew that, Lord Weller I know for a fact that you had spoke to Lady Orli more then once."
"Yes, your grace you would be right. Orli was a dear friend to Jullia. You said she died in the war, but her body was never found."
Ken's face took on a sober look as he spoke again.
"You wouldn't have after all, she was merely seeing to wounded humans and half breeds. The small camp she was working in was attacked by some of Big Cimaron's warriors. The camp was quickly burnt to the ground and with it the few medical staff it had there."
Wolfram however was still skeptical.
"Really your Eminence, what does that have to do with this Leoda person?"
"It has everything to do with it Wolfram, Leoda wasn't just Lady Orli, she also stood by me and the Great One's sides, she was Akiko. Her powers at times reviled the Great One's. Through because of her modest nature she didn't want any of her good deeds recorded. Though it is a mystery to how she died."
Yuri's mouth dropped open at hearing this.
"Murata, you mean Leoda is a Queen or uh she was the Queen."
"At one point in time yes I guess you could have called her that; though she was never married to give herself that title. It didn't matter how many times he asked her. Now though she is just Leoda Hilter. Though it would seem that she; has already made a covenant with the elements of earth and water, not to mention that she can speak to animals."
"Oh my, oh my, it looks as though his majesty's bride has come home. Oh how happy his highness must be for love has come to sweep him away; although that does make things between his majesty and Lord Wolfram a little sticky."
Ken kneaded his brow as he watched Günter's flushed face. Yuri had his own problems as Wolfram attempted to break every bone in his body. At least Conrart and Gwendal were trying to save him.
"Now, now Wolfram I'm sure that everything will be fine."
"I agree so stop being so childish."
Oh boy Ken had no idea how Shibuya did it sometimes. His head was starting to throb a little.
"Gentlemen, enough already, this really is serious if who ever took Leoda truly is after her demon powers it, would almost be like having the Demon King go on a rampage. Stopping that kind of power won't be easy. I'm telling you Akiko's soul is not fully awake, if it was she would have come to Yuri right away. The Demon King and Akiko's powers balanced one another. Yuri is not the reason Leoda is here though, I'm not quite sure why she's here. I do know that we have less then twenty-four hours to find her."
Someone yelling for him caused Yuri to turn is head.
"You're Majesty, your Majesty!"
"Dakaskos, what is it what's wrong?"
"She gone, the Princess is missing."
It took Yuri a minute to process everything that Dakaskos had just said, and then it hit him.
"What! You mean Greta is missing?"
Gwendal just frowned at hearing this.
"It is more then likely that she has been take hostage, for ransom no doubt."
Doing his best to catch his breath Dakaskos pulled in a breath as he tried to speak again.
"There's more your Highness, Miss Nicola has disappeared from the Gegenhuber estate as well. Their infant son, was untouched, he was found still sleeping in his cradle."
It was then that Yuri realized something; his first thought was that someone was hoping to get Yuri to trade himself for Greta's safe return. When Dakaskos told him about Nicola's disappearance his only thought was that someone wanted to start a war. From the looks on Gwendal, Günter and Wolfram's faces they where going to get just what they wanted.
"Just wait a minute you guys I know those looks."
However, it was almost as if three men had forgotten that he was even there.
"Gwendal you see once again the human's go against us. It would be the perfect time to put them in their place."
"Stop, hey are you guys even listening to me. You guys?"
"Stop it and listen to me!"
Lightening shot across the graying sky, causing all three men to look at Yuri. Thinking that their discussion had called the Demon King froth they all stared at Yuri.
"Just stop Wolfram, is blood shed all that you really want to see. Do you really think that will solve all this? We don't even know who is responsible for it. Pointing the blame at one person or another won't solve anything."
Lifting his head up Ken noticed that Yuri had something on his mind as he climbed into the saddle of his horse.
"All of you keep reminding me that I'm the Demon King. Yet you still act like I'm not here. What good am I if I can't speak my mind to you?"
Ken quickly followed Yuri's actions.
"Shibuya, what exactly are you planning?"
However, Yuri didn't answer him; he just wheeled his horse around and looked at Dakaskos.
"Dakaskos, I need you to sent word to Josak I have something I would like him to do for me. Lady Marcella, Lord von Hilter don't worry I will return Leoda to you I promise."
"Right away, your majesty I shall do as you ask."
Wheeling his horse Yuri took off toward the castle, with Conrad and Ken close behind him. Wolfram and the others where so stunned by Yuri's words that it took Wolfram a second to realized that Yuri was gone.
"Wait a minute Yuri, wait for me."
Gwendal smiled lightly as he looked in the direction of the castle. He frowned quickly as Günter started to whimper beside him.
"Oh I feel so ashamed how could I, have ever doubted his highness's wisdom. He truly is a most gracious king."
"Oh please, get a hold of yourself Günter."
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Leoda felt herself jerk awake at the sound of a lock being slid open; her wrist ached slightly from her working her way free. As she moved her head she felt something warm and sticky on the side of her head. She stiffened as she heard a pair of footsteps moving closer to her cell. She then heard a key being placed into the lock of her cell.
As soon as the doors opened the footsteps moved quickly to her side. Her voice came out hoarse instead of being its normal soft tone.
"Who's there, what do you plan on gaining from keeping me here?"
Before she knew it the feel of something wooden was being pressed against her lips. The familiar feel of fresh cool water quickly entered her mouth and quickly made the dryness disappear.
"Slowly Leoda, I don't want you to choke."
At hearing the voice of a man she knew not as well as she would have liked; Leoda felt anger well up inside of her.
"You, how could you do this? You have turned against a family that thinks great things of you."
She stiffened as she felt him touch her shoulder.
"Don't touch me, if I had my eyes and a sword right now we would be doing this very differently. As it is I don't have any of those things. You're the reason why I'm here, I saw you inside the whirlwind before the pull of air became too much for me to bear."
Garrett flinched at the tone of her voice as she did her best to pull away from him.
"Your right I was, I was only supposed to bring you to meet him. When I saw you with Lord Weller I panicked. All he said was that he wanted to talk to you, he said you impressed him. I didn't know he was going to do this too you."
Knowing that Leoda would probably pull away from him; Garrett wet a cloth and squeezed some of the water out. He then busied himself with getting her to listen to him.
"Here, lean your head back. This should help with the burning in your eyes. I would do more but I can't. I swear I'll get you out of here, but if something were too happen to me you'd look out for Sarafina, Kaia, and my unborn son or daughter?"
Leoda bit her lip as the cold water in the cloth started to calm the burning in her eyes. However what her brother-in-law was saying now was confusing her.
"What are you talking about Garrett?
"I'm speaking of what I would like you to do for my family if I were too died."
"You're not going to die, at least not until I can see you to kill you."
Garrett brushed Leoda's words quickly away. He had more important things to discuss with her.
"I can understand why you don't wish to trust me, but please at least listen to me. I don't have much time. Warner will be back soon, he has gone to steal the King's daughter. Leoda I had no idea he was going to do this to you, if I had known I would have never agreed to any of this."
"You shouldn't have agreed to any of this."
Garrett sighed allowing a few strands of his sepia colored hair to fall into his face.
"He told me that all he wanted to do was talk to you. I had just planned on coming and getting you. However when I saw you with Lord Weller I panicked, I didn't want him to ask too many questions, he seemed rather fond of you."
Garrett's words made Leoda want to laugh, but now was not the time for that.
"I can assure you that there is nothing going on between Lord Weller and myself."
Leoda then thought about the name that Garrett had just said. It sounded familiar to her but why, she didn't have the answer. Leoda let out a sight gasp when she felt her hands fall free.
"Garrett what are you doing?"
Even though she couldn't see him she knew he was smiling at her, when he spoke.
"I'm freeing you; don't you have something important to do? Oh say like rescuing the king's daughter."
"Garrett I…"
"I know I know you're going to have to kick me later."
Leoda blinked a few times hoping that it would help her to see again; but it did nothing but make them more painful. However, she could at least pick up on images that looked like shadows.
"Do you know where he is keeping her?"
"The third corridor on the left and the second door you come too."
Without another word, Leoda held out a hand to guide her as she made it to the door. One thing was clear; there was no way she could do this on her own. Having an image of a dragon in her mind's eye, she then summon all of her demon power to call out too the animal.
When she was sure that she had a connection, Leoda told it of her needs.
'I need your help my friend; I know it has been a long time. The king's daughter has been taken please help me old friend.'
After a few minute Leoda found her way to the cell that was holding Greta and to her surprise Lady Nicola. Lord Gegenhuber was not going to be happy when he found out.
"Lady Nicola, Princess, please stay close to me."
She heard Nicola gasp as she looked at her, no doubt seeing the burns on and around her eyes. Greta's small high voice followed.
"Lady Leoda, you're hurt."
"I'll be fine princess, right now we need to get you back to your fathers."
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Ken quickly rode his horse beside of Yuri's.
"Shibuya, do you even know where they are?"
"No, not right now, but Josak is good at tracking so I figure any second now I'll hear word from him."
Murata just shook his head at Yuri.
"You really do have to work on being so impulsive Yuri. Well there isn't anything we can do but wait I suppose."
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Leoda smiled at the touch of Greta's hand in her own. She then heard the familiar foot steps of Lord von Kendrick's.
"Leoda this way, hurry; Warner he's on his way back."
Feeling for his hand Leoda grasped it and placed Greta and Nicola at his side. Garrett looked shocked by Leoda's actions.
"Captain, Leoda what are you…"
"There is a friend waiting outside for you she will take you to where the Demon King is. Now hurry and go. Don't look back and that is an order."
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Yuri brought to a quick halt at the sight of seeing Conrad in front of him.
"Conrad, how did you get here first…when did…oh never mind it will just make my head hurt."
The ground then suddenly shook as a roar of a dragon echoed through the valley.
"That's not Pochi that's for sure."
The beating of wings could be heard then in the distance the form of a huge snow white dragon could be seen.
"Wow, I've never seen a dragon like this one."
It was Ken who answered Yuri's question.
"You wouldn't Shibuya, especially since that Dragon has been alive longer then any of us here. There can only be one reason it would be here and that would be because of her, Lady Akiko."
'Just what are you thinking my Lady, there has to be something I'm missing.'
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"Oh, wow the wind monster turned out to be Lady Hilter's brother-in-law Lord Garrett von Kendrick. Wait a minute that means that he's the one that kidnapped her in the first place. Well at least we have Greta and Nicola back, hey wait where is Lady Leoda?
Next Time in Kyo Kara Maoh: A Heart's Venture, Chapter 3: Fatal Choice, Fated Destiny
"Aw man and here I was hoping to be the hero this time."
"What's that suppose to mean you stupid wimp?"
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