Previously :
"I wonder what went wrong with the horse." Yuri muttered to herself and Wolfram heard her.
"it was your responsibility to stop the horse not do a circus trick off of it." He snapped at her.
"how could I? I am unfamiliar with horses." Yuri replied back with a guarded expression on her face. Will this rude boy also be her enemy?
"You don't have many horses with where you are from" Wolfram asked her as Gwendel brought the horse over to them.
"Not as many as they have here, or at least none in my destined area." I smiled at him. He was not as bad as I made him out to be he looked over at me shocked.
Chapter 3:Wolfram
In the bath
"hmm" Yuri sighed as she sunk further in the bath until her chin was coated in soapy bubbles. The warm water engulfed her and welcomed her into its liquidly embrace.
"It feels so nice to have a warm bath after such a journey." Yuri smiled. "I've never even been invited to a hot spring before. This luxury is definitely welcomed." Yuri said as she used the water to grab some shampoo and pooled a small supply into her hand before rubbing it into her ebony locks.
"This smells wonderful as well." Yuri said aloud. "I wonder what the fragrance is." Yuri placed the bottle back in its original location and dunked under the water to remove the excess gel from her hair.
"Oh, so this is the new queen" a voice caught Yuri's attention and the suspended water fell into the hot spring with a loud splash.
"Hi" Yuri said with a strain smile. The last time someone saw her using magic. . . it didn't go so well to say the least.( loud screams echoed in Yuri's mind at the slight flashback).
"Oh, what wonderful magic you have. Its absolutely wonderful." The beautiful blonde said as she walked over to Yuri.
"Ah.." Yuri smiled. Right this is a different world that won't shun her for her connection with element of water. It feels nice to show it without feeling as if she was the embodiment of all evil.
"Well, are you going to tell me your name? My new Queen?" The blonde lady asked and Yuri smiled.
"My Name is Yuri Shibuya." Yuri replied back to her with a nod of her head.
"Hello Yuri, its nice to meet you. You can call me Celi. I was the queen before you." Lady Celi told her with a smile and Yuri's dissipated. Was she really glad to meet her. Or was she upset that some stranger waltz in and stole her crown. Monarchs aren't always known for gracefully leaving their throne to anyone but their heirs and she has never met this woman. Or at least she thinks she hasn't met her before.
"You are not upset about handing over your throne?" Yuri asked her delicately with a timid deposition.
"Of course not, now I have the opportunity to search for free love. I will find my soul mate and we will have the truest love." Lady Celi began as she talked about her quest for true love and Yuri smiled.
"finding love does sound magical." Yuri said aloud before blushing. Lady Celi grabbed her hands with a brilliant smile on her face.
"Oh Yuri, I just knew you were an agent for love just as I am. Hurry lets go get dressed so that we can have lunch with my dashing boys." Lady Celi exclaimed before dragging Yuri into a closet that looked very similar to a small clothing store in a mall.
"Wow." Yuri said as she saw all the beautiful clothing specifically in black. Lots and lots of black clothing.
"Now lets get you dressed, first put these on." Lady Celi said as she threw a lacy black thong and matching bra at her.
"I'm wearing this" Yuri said in shock as she looked at the sexy underwear that she now held.
"Well of course unless you rather not wear underwear." Lady Celi exclaimed from behind a rack of floor length black dresses before finding the one she was looking for.
"Ah ha" Lady Celi exclaimed as she walked over to Yuri and dragged the black haired girl clad only in lacy black under wear in front or a triptych floor length mirror. She placed the girl onto a light podium she had placed their and held the dress in front of her.
"isn't it lovely" Lady Celi asked as Yuri took notice of the dress. The dress was absolutely breath taking. It was of course pure black and had a slit on two sides of the skirt. The slit only went to slightly above the knee. Therefore, keeping it of a more modest look. But it dipped very low in the breast are. Leaving a heart shape at the top of her torso with see threw lace covering the otherwise exposed area. The lace layed directly over her collarbone and laid on the edges of her shoulders before becoming sleeves. The sleeves weren't entirely see-through. There were whiplashes of black fabric dancing like waves down her arms and wrapping around her middle finger as the lace ended.
"Its breathtaking. Are you sure I can wear this? Its very extravagant." Yuri asked as she rubbed her handsd against the silk like material. She never felt anything that felt this soft. Not even the baby bears that liked to play with her as a child.
"Of course dear. In fact, you should keep it. I prefer much more revealing clothes any way." Lady Celi said with a smile.
"But I couldn't…" Yuri began before lady Celi interrupted her again.
"Besides the queen should have extravagant clothes." She expressed.
"I suppose that's true. I guess I'll owe you one lady Celi." Yuri replied with a smile and Lady Celi repaid it with another smile.
"Now lets get you in that dress before my boys wonder where you disappeared to." Lady celi exclaimed as she helped Yuri into the dress and they headed to the dining hall.
Diner
"Hello" Yuri said as she sat down at the circular table next to Lay Celi who apparently was the mother of the boys in front of her.
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"So Yuri, how have you've been preparing to be our queen?" Gwendel asked me.
"I haven't, I had no idea this place existed." Yuri replied honestly. She honestly never expected this kind of outcome.
"So your parents never told you and you are suppose to be our queen? How can some one so ignorant become our queen?" Wolfram ranted.
"Excuse me but my parents died when I was very young and my brother abandoned me at an orphanage where there weren't any with demon blood. So there wasn't anyone to teach me or even tell me anything. Ignorant? How can you assume that without knowing all the facts?" Yuri said a hard look in her eyes as she stared directly into Wolfram's eyes.
"Excuse my brother, Hime-sama. He is just a little upset that— " Conrad began.
"Don't touch me filth." Wolfram exclaimed as he slapped his hand away.
"How can you treat your brother like that?" Yuri exclaimed shocked by the squabble. 'He is your brother correct?"
"We're half brothers. All three of us had different fathers." Conrad said.
"Still, you have a loving family and you treat him like that…" Yuri said looking down. She would do anything to have a family or even a friend to care for her as much as Conrad seems to care about Wolfram.
Wolfram looked a bit disturbed by the way Yuri reacted. He hadn't expected for the new demon queen to react the way she did. He also didn't expect her to have such an unlucky life. Why would Shinou make her go through that? He sighed. There must have been a reason for her being kept in a reclusive area. Maybe their was someone getting rid of demon blooded people in her world. It seems that they are sparse from what he has heard from Conrad.
"Do you even know of magic?" Wolfram asked her.
"You mean this?" Yuri asked as she raised the water out of her glass very delicately. She shaped it into a perfect orb.
"Oh Heika, you are marvelous" Gunter yelled from his post as he passed out from a nose bleed.
"That's amazing." Wolfram said and Yuri blushed. She has never really been complimented before and every time she showed her powers in her original world she was shunned.
"Really?" she squeaked out as she placed the water back into the glass without it making a sound.
"definitely, we can definitely mold you into our queen." Wolfram said as he walked over to her.
"Mold me?" Yuri questioned.
"I will help you with being more able in this world. You will be staying here after all." He said as he leant close to her and Yuri held her breath. How could he travel from being a spoiled brat to a dreamy prince.
"Okay." Yuri replied with wide eyes as she watched him walk back to his seat and took a small bite of his food. Yuri followed after and everyone after her. Yuri didn't notice the stares Wolfram was getting from everyone else in the room. She could only see him at the moment.
Water and Fire
"Yuri, lets go training. I want to know what you know." Wolfram said to Yuri after their meal and Yuri smiled. She never got to 'hang out' with any one unless you count the small talk she had with Lady Celi.
Mean while with Lady Celi
Lady Celi was dressed in Cameo as she lead three ladies into hiding in a bush as she followed her son and soon to be queen.
"Alright ladies. Lets start operation "Make Yuri Wolfie'ss Wife". Lady Celi said as she looked at the others with determination in her eyes.
" Should we really be messing with the new queens love life?" One question
"Who cares, doesn't this feel fun. Oh I cann't wait to see how their babies will look like." Another squealed and Lady Celi grabbed her arms.
"That's the spirit Ami, I want my little wolf to have lots and lots of beautiful Cubs."
"Lady Celi, they are walking together to the training area it looks like they may be about to start training together." The third maid told her Lady.
"Things can definitely get steamy with that, let's get closer to watch. If I'm lucky I can see a kiss or an engagement. Marry my Wolfie Yuri." Lady Celi said excitedly.
With Woolfram and Yuri
"Okay, I know that you can control water spectacularly. Do you know any self defense tactics?" Wolfram asked her.
"I am an expert at dodging. "Yuri said completely serious.
"So nothing?" Wolfram asked.
"No one would get within 6 feet close to me. They thought that magic meant I was cursed or evil. So they all just threw objects at me from a safe difference." Yuri said with a slight pout.
"Its not like I didn't want to learn."
"Well, you're definitely going to learn now." Wolfram said as he patted her hair and Yuri smiled up at him as she fixed her hair. For some reason that wasn't as irritating as she thought it would be. Having your head petted actual feel nice. I wonder what his hair feels like – no bad Yuri, Yuri scolded herself as she blushed and looked away.
"So umm, how do I start learning?" Yuri asked.
"lets start with the basics, Sword fighting is very important in this world, I'll be right back." Wolfram said as he went to the small building to get two wooden swords out. "Here" he yelled as he tossed her the sword and she caught before trying to figure out how to hold the sword properly. Wolfram sighed at her attempt.
"Here let me help you." Wolfram said as he stood behind her and fixed her pose. "You need your body to be steady so you don't fall from the force behind an attack. You also need to position your body behind the sword so that you don't leave yourself so open. This way you will receive less hits if you were to face an opponent. Okay, there you go, are you ready.
"Yeah" Yuri said as she fought off her blush but the information was retained.
With Lady Celi
"Did you see that, did you see that, there, there is totally something there." Lady Celi said as she shook one of the maids in excitement like a rag doll.
"Ready?" Wolfram asked her as he prepared himself to attack.
"Yes" Yuri said as she held her ground.
"Okay, first you will defend my attack try not to let me hit you okay?" Wolfram told her.
"Alright" Yuri replied and she defended his tack almost expertly. She got hit the first couple of times but she found an rhythm and when he changed his form she was able to follow.
"Good, now try to hit me with sword but keep yourself guarded." Wolfram said and Yuri's eyes went wide.
"Wait, how do I do that?" Yuri asked in a slightly stressed voice.
"You try." Wolram said and Yuri tried. She failed mostly and got a few bruises but in the end she was able to knock Wolframs sword put of his hands and land a few hits as well.
"yay" Yuri said exhaustedly as she fell to the ground and wolfram put his sword next to her neck.
"Yuri, don't celebrate until you know that your enemy can't counter attack… but you did well." He smiled down at her and dropped the sword and offered her a hand to help her up. She pulled herself up and leaned against him slightly.
"Yuri," Wolfram asked.
"Tired" Yuri said to Wolfram as he lead her to her room. They spent a few hours in the training grounds.
Lady Celi
"Not enough steam" Lady Celi pouted as she walked back to her room only for Gunter to force her to do more paperwork and scold her for not doing her duties and leaving it for the new queen.
3 days: Part One-Day one (language lesson)
"No, you need to…" Wolfram began to explain how to read and understand the maoh language to Yuri. Yuri nodded and furrowed her brows as she tried to understand the language even though it was vastly different from what she was use to. Of course she could understand the language but she couldn't read anything and one of her major loves in life was reading.
"Ah" Yuri said with a smile as she finally got one of Wolfram's questions right. He smiled over at her and petted her on her head. She didn't understand why he was doing it but it felt nice and she appreciated affection. She lived so long without it, so any affection that wasn't halfhearted or forced was very welcomed.
"Good job Yuri, now lets start on something more difficult as Queen you should be able to read even the most…" Wolfram started talking about how elegant the royal society wasa and Yuri held onto his every note. Not noticing Gunter who was hiding behind a book shelf watching them with a blush on his face.
"Oh Heika, if only you let me pet you on the head and educate you as superbly. I would do a much better job and wolfram could back to his duties instead of forcing them on me. Oh heika how I would love to be in your presence with your gaze on me so passionately..." Gunter whispered to himself until he gave himself a nose bleed.
"Did you hear something?" Yuri asked Wolfram as a loud thud interrupted her session.
"No but now would be a good time for a break, would you like to go horse back riding with me, then we can work on horse riding skills." Wolfram asked as he closed a book and laid it gently on the table next to a stack of messy papers.
"That sounds nice, maybe if we are luck it will rain. I love the rain." Yuri said with a smile and wolfram had a sweat drop.
"You want to ride horse back in the rain?" He questioned.
"I love to play with water in the rain, the sound it makes is better than any music I have ever heard." She replied to him as stood up and placed her chair in its proper position and walked over to him.
"I guess we will see then, my lady" Wolfram offered Yuri his arm and she blushed as she took his arm and some how didn't notice the stares they were getting.
3 days: Part Two-Day two (the slap)
"Wolfram why?" Yuri asked him with a voice full of despair with tears dripping from her eyes. She thought that they were getting along well and then all of a sudden he slapped her. Was all of this a lie to only get her hopes to see how much someone could crush her. Why would he be so cruel?
"Yuri, I thought, I thought that you ..." Wolfram began unsure as he began to doubt himself. He has had feeling for Yuri from the first day that he saw her and these three days may have been extremely quick but he didn't want anyone else to snatch her away. Maybe he was too quick in asking for an engagement. Marriage is serious but he knew that marrying her wouldn't be a mistake and her laughs and smiles edged him on further. Maybe he got ahead of himself?
"You thought what that you would hurt me like everyone else? I though(choke) thought you cared about me and (gasp) and then you go and you go..." before Yuri had a chance to continue Wolfram grabbed Yuri and hugged her to his chest.
"I suppose things are more different in this world than I thought, I did not mean to hurt you, I was merely showing my interest in you. A slap to the face is a form of proposal in this country. I suppose that the next step in your studies should be about customs and history." Wolfram said to her as he rubbed her back to calm her down. His slap really upset her.
" Wha- you propose?" Yuri asked shocked after her tremors subsided.
"Yes" Wolfram replied looking her in the eye.
"To me?" She asked.
"Yes, and you accepted because you turned your face to the side." Wolfram explained to her.
"I did huh?" Yuri said in shock. Wolframs brows furrowed.
"Do you not want to marry me?" He asked her.
"I don't know honestly. We just met and I would like to agree to get to know each other better before taking such a drastic step like marriage." Yuri replied,
"but I don't want to say no" She added as an after thought. It wouldn't be horrible to be with Wolfram forever. He was the nicest person she has ever met and if he wanted to marry her than he wouldn't abandon her right? Maybe.
"its not immediate of course its just one of the first steps. A marriage would be far off and I would love to get know even more about you Yuri." Wolfram replied to her to ease her worries. Most engagements took years if not decades but some only took months (a picture of Lady Celi popped into Wolfram's mind. Yuri smiled at him and nodded.
"Okay, then I say even though you said I already said yes with my response." Yuri smiled at him and when they announced it to his family Lady Celi picked them both up in her hug and twirled them around yelling, "Kya, I'm so happy for my adorable wolf and our next demon queen."
3 days: Part Three-Day Three (playing with fire)
"Wolf what are we doing today?" Yuri asked her fiancée as they walked to the training grounds.
"I thought we could practice our magic after your reading lessons today and here we are." Wolfram said as they came to an area that was secluded. Yuri beamed at the opportunity she would love to see what Wolf's magic was like from what her brief history lesson taught her was that she should punch and not slap and that their were magic's that was not based on water.
"This is my magic" Wolfram said as he created a small flame in his hand and showed Yuri and Yuri's eyes beamed. The fire was beautiful and fit him perfectly.
"Its so pretty" Yuri said as watched wolfram display his magic before he motioned her to follow it took her a little while to understand that she should fight him with magic because she was so caught up in seeing someone else use magic. She has always been alone and this only proved to her that she was in a more comfortable setting than before. It was amazing she smiled as she danced with him. Her water equaling him out splendidly and even when he used difficult techniques she easily diffused his flame. She was truly a genious when it came to water and the way her eyes were sparkling was absolutely magnificent.
They called it a day.
AN: okay Yuri has abandonment issues in this fanfic but can you honestly blame her?
Let me know what you think.
-Rozabeth