Title: The Wonderland of Judai Yuki

Genre: humor, romance

Rating: T for language

Pairings: JohanXJudai (hinted others)

Summary: While watching the stars one evening, young Judai Yuki sees a young man with bunny ears rushing away. Upon following him, Judai stumbles down a rabbit hole into a mythical place called Wonderland. With a young man named Johan Andersen as his guide, and the strange people that he meets along the way, Judai must find his way back home. But will he be willing to leave Johan and his friends after getting attached to them?

Me: All right, guys! The next chapter!

Lucy: Judai has gone off and will now run into yet another character, who will either help him or cause some issues for him! But which will it be and will Judai ever find Johan?

Me: Read on to find out!

Lucy: Chapter start!

Chapter Seven: The Caterpillar

The Caterpillar and Judai stared at each other for a long time. The Caterpillar was human, from what Judai could tell, but for some reason, the word "caterpillar" just seemed to pop into Judai's mind when he first saw him.

He had long navy hair and stern grey eyes. His features were sharp, and he was at least seventeen or eighteen years old, much older than Judai was. He was biting the end of a hookah, though he didn't breathe any of it in. He wore all black, like a trench-coat, and Judai wondered if it was his clothes that made him believe he was a caterpillar. He was perched on the leaf like a caterpillar would be, and Judai wondered if that was another reason,

The Caterpillar removed the hookah from his mouth and turned to Judai.

"Who are you?" he asked.

Judai blinked and folded his hands in front on himself. "My name is Judai Yuki," the brunette said with a bow of the head. The Caterpillar scoffed and replaced the hookah back into his mouth.

"And my name is Ryo Marufuji. But that doesn't answer my question. Now, who are you?" he asked sternly.

Judai sighed. "I-I hardly know anymore," he said, shrugging. "People claim me to be 'The Judai', and others say I am an Oyster." He sighed and wrung his wrists. "I really don't know what to believe anymore, you see."

The Caterpillar, Ryo, shook his head. "I do not 'C'," he responded with a snap of the fingers. "Explain."

"That's just it," Judai answered. "I don't know how."

"Hmph," the Caterpillar said with a rough sniff. "You don't know much, my dear boy, and that's a fact."

Judai was offended by this, but he chose not to speak. Rather than say anything, he turned and started to head away from the rude Caterpillar in hopes of finding Johan.

"Wait!" the Caterpillar called. "Come back!"

Judai sighed and returned to the edge of the leaf, and Ryo put the hookah back in between his teeth. "Yes?" Judai asked, rather impatiently, tapping the end of his foot.

"Mind your temper, lad," the navyette said.

"Is that all?" Judai asked.

"No," the Caterpillar breathed out a ring of smoke. "Now, you say you are Judai?"

Judai nodded. "Yes, but I do not know why that is such a big deal. Why is everyone making such a big deal about me being Judai?" he asked the navyette.

The Caterpillar sighed. "It is because of something you are destined to do in the distant future," he answered.

"O-okay," Judai murmured.

It wasn't really the answer that he wanted, but it was better than nothing. While Judai pondered this, Ryo glanced down at Judai's body and leaned forward.

"Pardon me a moment," he said.

He climbed off the leaf and pushed Judai to the ground. Judai squeaked as the Caterpillar climbed over him and started running his hands all around the brunette's body. The brunette turned beet red and started squirming, especially when he felt Ryo undo the zipper to his pants and slide his hands around that area.

"W-what are you doing to me!" Judai screamed.

"There it is," Ryo said, rocking back and holding Judai's arm out.

Judai looked down and spotted what Ryo had been searching for. It was his Oyster marking, the serpent-like tattoo that had just appeared on his arm a short while ago. Ryo zipped up Judai's pants and moved back.

"Was wondering where it was," the Caterpillar said, climbing back into his leaf and putting the hookah into his mouth. "It's in a different place than the first boy's."

Judai blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Ryo took the hookah from his mouth. "The first boy to arrive in Wonderland, who became one of us because he lost his mark. His was right under his eye, you see," he said.

"Oh," Judai murmured.

"Well now," the Caterpillar said, climbing off his leaf. "I best be going. Oh, and for your information, this will make you grow," he said, tapping the leaf he had been sitting on.

Judai was about to question it, but before he could, the Caterpillar slunk off into the tangled mess of grass and vanished from sight. The brunette sighed and broke off part of the leaf.

"This'll make me grow?" he asked. The brunette started at it and shrugged. "Hey, anything can happen."

He stuffed the piece of leaf he had broken off into his mouth and swallowed it as quickly as he could. He shook his head with a groan as soon as he finished, since the leaf tasted disgusting.

However, within moments, the brunette found himself back to his normal height, the one had gone to when he and Johan came into Wonderland and fell into the Pool.

"Well," Judai said, brushing dirt off his pants. "That went better than expected."

"Judai!"

The brunette turned and spotted Johan running towards him. He couldn't help but feel relieved that the bluenette found him, and he turned and felt Johan embrace him hard the moment he was in reach.

"Judai, do you have any idea how worried I was!" Johan said, squeezing the boy harder in his arms.

Judai smiled and drew himself arm's length from the bluenette. "Johan, you don't know how happy I am to see you," he whispered. He was truly thankful that Johan had come and found him before something worse did.

Johan sighed. "I'm just glad I found you before something else," he murmured.

"What?" Judai asked.

"N-nothing," Johan said, shaking his head slowly. "It's nothing."

"Okay," Judai nodded slowly and waited for Johan to make a choice on what they were going to do next. He noticed that Johan was looking around the forests and tapping his chin.

Finally, he reached a decision. "Let's go visit the Mad Hatter."

Now Judai was confused. "Mad Hatter?" he echoed. Johan turned and nodded to him before shoving a tiny piece of cake into the brunette's hands. Judai peered down and remembered what had happened the last time he ate this particular cake.

"Have at it," Johan said with a grin, popping his own piece into his mouth.

Judai sighed and devoured his at the same time, and before he knew it, he and Johan had grown back to their original sizes, the ones that had been before they entered the Pool of Tears.

Judai sighed and stretched, then turned to Johan. Johan smiled and stuck his hand out for Judai to take. The brunette smiled back and took Johan's hand in his own.

And off they went to visit the Mad Hatter, whom Judai was slightly nervous about meeting, what with a name like that.

Me: All right! Johan had found Judai!

Lucy: Now, if he can manage to keep the brunette from heading off anywhere, then maybe we'll be in business and we won't have to worry about anything bad happening!

Me: What will happen next?

Lucy: Please review as soon as you can, guys! Next chapter is the Mad Tea Party, and our dear Mad Hatter will be arriving just as soon as we are able to get him here!