Chapter 4

A Sudden Transport

Izumi, Haru and the others laid one final hand on their plan. When everything was clear, they all stepped to action.

Saya threw the ball in the air. Tamaki took the shot, but instead of shooting the ball against the other girls it was sent flaying towards the two boys at the beach. Yuri, to everyone's surprise, caught the ball right before it was to hit him in the face. All the girls were surprised, as they did not expect that, but quickly remembered the plan.

"Nice save, Yuri!" Haru shouted. "We'll come get the ball!"

Haru and Tokaku started to make their way to the shore. Yuri, being the nice guy he always is, got up and started walking against the water to meet them halfway. Murata took notice of the situation and got up himself.

"Shibuya…" he said nervously and started to follow his friend. He did not like the way this was going.

With both of the boys distracted, they did not notice the four other boys sneaking up behind them. As Yuri was about to hand the ball over to Haru, Izumi and the others started running up behind Yuri and Murata, grabbing one arm each.

The king and his friend did not know what hit them, but they instantly knew something was about to happen the moment they both touched the water.

A massive whirlwind appeared in the midst of the youths. It began to drag everyone against the middle. The two lovebirds, at the moment relaxing on a stone near the shore, were suddenly dragged of it, into the water. Hitome and Fujimoto had no time to react before they to were in the water. Before any of the 16 peoples had the time to react, they were all pulled down under the water and they all blacked out.

Hitome was one of the first to wake up. As she slowly regained her consciousness, she immediately knew something was different. She sat up slowly, taking in her surroundings. This was not Japan, at least not a place she knew of!

Her and the rest of the class was lying spread around a huge fountain surrounded by flowers she had never seen before. Around them were tall stonewalls, held up by big stone pillars. They seemed to be in some kind of ancient castle.

"Hitome-san!" she heard behind her. Fujimoto was standing in the fountain. He was trying to get Murata out of the water.

That was when she noticed the two black-haired boys still in the fountain. She rushed to her feet and quickly went over. She grabbed Yuri under the arms and dragged him out. She laid him besides Murata in the grass surrounding the fountain. Neither of the boys had awakened yet.

By now, all the other students had woken up and realised their situation. They all seemed pretty frightened. Soubi and Shirayuki was holding each other, trying to find support in their other half. Everyone had gathered in a group surrounding the two teachers and the unconscious boys.

"Everything is going to be all right." she told them. "We just need to figure out where we are"

She looked down on Yuri once again. He showed no sign of waking up. Neither were Murata. "Why are Yuri and Murata still unconscious? Everyone else have woken up." she thought to herself.

"Rin, grab Yuri! Izumi, you take Murata! We can't stay here. Let's see if we can find someone around here"

The group gathered even closer together. Rin had Yuri on his back and Izumi carried Murata the same way. Hitome and Fujimoto stood in the front. Just as they were about to leave, Fujimoto saw someone coming their way.

"Hello there! Could you please help us? We are kind of lost…" was all he could say before he saw the man in front of him clearly.

The person before them was not like anything Hitome had ever seen before. He was tall and was walking with an authority unlike anything she had ever seen. His hair was grey, pulled back in a low ponytail with a few strands lose in front of his face. He wore a long military green garment that could only be described as a coat. In his hand was a long sword, and it was pointed towards them!

Gwendal was taking a break from his work. Now that the king was gone, he had twice as much paperwork to do. Even so, he needed a break once in a while. As he usually does, he walked over to his mother's garden. He would feel more relaxed after a breath of fresh air surrounded by his mother's flowers.

But when he started to get close to the garden, he could hear voices. He could not hear what they said. The intruders seemed to talk some kind of language he did not know. He took his sword out if its scabbard and slowly, but confidently, walked around the corner.

When he saw the scene in front of him he was completely shocked. In front of the fountain stood a group of 16 people, where most of them seemed to wear almost nothing. But then he could se two familiar faces amongst the group. "Heika! Daikenja!" he called out for them. He did not get an answer. They he saw that they were being carried. This group is trying to kidnap His Majesty!

"Guards!" Gwendal called out through the hallways. Almost immediately a dozen soldiers came running, surrounding the unfamiliar group.

Wolfram was sitting in his study writing a report on a recent patrol he had been on. Yet, his mind just could not focus on the task at hand. All he could think of was his beloved Yuri. Although it only had been about four days since he left, Wolfram was already missing Yuri's warm embrace.

Just as he was about to start writing again, someone came barging into his room.

"What is it? Can't you see I'm busy?" he asked as he turned around, only to find a very uneasy Gwendal standing in the door.

"What is it, brother? Is something wrong?" he asked slowly as a bad feeling was sneaking in over him.

"It's… It's his majesty… He was…" and that was all Gwendal could say before Wolfram pushed him out of the doorway, barging out to find his Yuri.