Pinkshuchan: LALIHO! Hiya everyone! Pinkshuchan here! Sorry it's been a while again. I've been busy with work. By the way, if anyone was confused at the end of the last chapter about what a musket is, it is a type of rifle used by musketmen and/or musketeers. In our story's case, it's K that uses it. We have to mention something K like to him right? Onto the show!

Chapter 10

Everything is Not O K

The next day, Shuichi and Yuki got ready to go see K. However they found it strange that Hiro and Fujisaki were not there when they woke up. Maybe they woke up early for something? Who knows? All they knew was that they needed to see if he was really K or not. Shuichi was thinking that it wasn't K. Yuki, who hadn't really known K, wasn't sure if that was true or not. But he would have to trust Shuichi on whether it was the real K or not. But how would someone pretend to be someone else that exists? He'll have to see for himself.

When they were ready to go, Hiro and Fujisaki had returned; black was under their eyes. They seemed worried about something. "You guys are finished, right?" asked Hiro.

"We've finished getting ready to see Captain K." said Yuki.

"So, you guys are not doing anything else?"

"Nnnnnoooooo."

They sighed in relief. "Why? What did you think we were doing?" Shuichi asked.

Hiro and Fujisaki started stuttering. Yuki could tell what they thought and whispered it to Shuichi. Shuichi in return was shocked. "You saw us? You were watching?!"

"Shuichi, we weren't watching!" said Hiro "We saw you guys do it and ran for our lives and..."

"YOU STILL SAW US!!!!"

"It's nothing to get upset about, Shuichi." said Fujisaki "It wasn't intentional. You're over reacting."

"I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S OVER REACTING, YOU PERVERTS!!!!!!!!" And with that said, Shuichi kicked them as hard as he could. Yuki's jaw dropped on how fast it was.

"Come on, Yuki." said Shuichi after finishing what he started "Let's go see K." Yuki had learned a new lesson; never get on Shuichi's bad side.

Yuki and Shuichi finally reached the Musketeer Headquarters. Yuki was kind of nervous. He couldn't think of an excuse of his plan. But he couldn't tell K the truth. He was actually grateful that Shuichi wanted to come with him. Maybe Shuichi had an idea of a lie to tell K. Yuki knew he had to hope. They went inside to see K working on his paperwork. 'It must be a lot of work as captain of the musketeers.' thought Yuki. He walked up to the desk with Shuichi right behind him.

"Captain K?" said Yuki.

K's response was a little jump. "Oh, Eiri. It's nice to see you planned a visit." he said.

"I was told by Tohma and Mika that you wanted to see me today."

"Yes, that's right. I did, didn't I?"

'Why would K forget his own intentional visit from me?' thought Yuki 'Then again, he might've been very busy. It's not that unusual.'

But things were to become stranger. Yuki noticed that K saw Shuichi. His eyes were wide in shock; like he was seeing a ghost. The only sound that was coming out of his mouth was "Tsu... Tsu... Tsu...".

"K?" asked Shuichi "Are you ok? It's me, Shuichi. Your godson."

K came into realization. "That's right! You are Shuichi. How are you, my boy?"

"I'm good."

"Have you found a lady friend yet?"

"Well... you could possibly say that."

"Is it a man friend? You look like you're most likely to get a man instead of a girl."

"K!"

As they had that conversation, Yuki felt like the relationship they had was more than godfather and godson; it was like they were father and son. But he wasn't sure. His father was always working so he never knew what a father was supposed to be like. Seeing K and Shuichi like that made him a little jealous. But he could understand. Shuichi's father had been abusive to him, while his own father would at least give him some respect. So he knew Shuichi deserved someone like K to be like a father to him.

"By the way" K said, talking to Yuki and breaking his past conversation with Yuki "Eiri, you said before you have this 'plan'. Care to explain it?"

Yuki cursed in his head. He wasn't really sure on what to say. He prayed that Shuichi had an idea.

"He's been helping me, Hiro, and Fujisaki on a little project we've been thinking of to help our lives through the 1800th century." said Shuichi.

"He has?!"

"I have?!"

"Of course! You see, our plan was to make a giant catapult that would be able to send deliveries anywhere without having to go there. It would help our horses get some rest and use them when we really need them."

"You say you two have been working on this catapult, Tsu... Shuichi?"

"That's right, K! And it can send the most heaviest of deliveries. I call it... E-MAIL!!!!!!!"

Yuki slapped his hand on his head. There was no way K would fall for that. Or at least that's what he thought.

"That's brilliant!" said K "You've come up with a good plan Tsu... SHU! Shuichi. Do you have the materials for such a project?"

"Of course!" said Shuichi "The four of us had been busting our asses getting the money for materials as well as some food so we don't starve to death."

"Well I'm glad you told me. You both can leave now. Oh, and Eiri. If you change your mind to become part of the musketeers, you are still welcome."

"Thank you!"

And so, Shuichi and Yuki left. Yuki still couldn't believe that someone like K was the captain of the royal musketeers. As they headed back home, Shuichi had been very quiet. It wasn't like him. It concerned Yuki. But he decided to talk about it when they get home.

They finally made it back where Hiro and Fujisaki had just finished making dinner. They apologized to Shuichi, but he didn't respond. Now Yuki had reached completely worried.

"Shuichi?" asked Yuki "You ok?"

"That wasn't K."

"Huh?"

Shuichi looked him in the eye. "That was not K! He kept thinking that I was... He's not K!"

Yuki knew by looking in Shuichi's eyes that he was telling the truth. But he didn't get it. Who was it that this fake K thought Shuichi was? There was only one way to find out and that was to spy on K. After eating dinner, the four went back to the Musketeer Headquarters. They needed to see why there was a fake K. When they got there, they looked through a window where they saw the fake K with Taki. Why was Taki there?

"How is everything going, Taki?" asked the fake K.

"We are still coming up with a plan to assassinate the king of Toun and his commoner wife." said Taki "However, there is only one flaw."

"The three musketeers?"

"Yes. We need to get rid of them before doing anything else."

"You don't need to worry about that. The three musketeers can't do anything if it was someone else other than the assassins assassinating the king and queen."

"I still want to destroy them. Especially the pink one. I HATE it everytime he calls me 'Monsieur Sourpuss'."

The fake K slapped Taki. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, DUMBASS! Who's the leader of the assassins around here?"

"You are."

"And who says what goes?"

"You do."

"Good. Now, continue coming up with something. We need to get rid of all the nobles if we are going to make the perfect world for our lives."

Our four heroes couldn't believe it. The leader of the assassins was pretending to be K. They needed to tell Tohma, so they headed for Kyasseru Castle. Luckily because they always worked at the castle and that Yuki and Fujisaki were part of the family, they were allowed inside. They rushed to the audience room where Tohma and Mika were.

"Tohma! Mika!" yelled Yuki "There's something important to tell you!"

Tohma and Mika stood up at Yuki's cry. "Eiri? What is it?" asked Mika.

"It's Monsieur K!" said Fujisaki "He's not the real K! He's not only an imposter, but the leader of the assassins."

"What? But how can there be a fake K?" asked Tohma "There is no such thing as a way to disguise yourself as another person unless you both look alike."

"But it's true Your Majesty!" said Hiro "He's a fake and the leader of the assassins."

"Then explain how he can make himself look exactly like K?"

The four were silent. They didn't know how to prove that K was a fake. The only person that could tell that K was a fake was Shuichi, but he won't explain exactly how.

"I thought so." continued Tohma "And for him to be the leader of the assassins is impossible too. I mean, what would be his purpose for assassinating nobles?"

"Your Majesty" said Shuichi "Please listen to us..."

"Enough of your prank! K is neither a fake or leader of the assassins. If you bring it up again, Suguru, you will be locked up in your old bedroom, Eiri, you will be sent back to Kantori, and you other two will be beheaded. Now off with you!"

They knew that there was no use trying to convince Tohma to truth, so they left for home.

"We gotta figure out how to prove that that K is a fake." said Fujisaki as soon as they made it back.

"But how?" asked Hiro "In case you haven't noticed, His Majesty won't believe us unless we have prove. And we don't have that nor do we know how to get it."

The four sat in the training room; figuring out what to do. Hiro was writing some ideas out, Fujisaki was pacing, Shuichi leaned his head on Yuki's shoulder with sorrow, and Yuki was just sitting there thinking. It took 5 minutes before Yuki stood up; causing Shuichi to fall onto the hard ground.

"Ow! Yuki!" Shuichi sobbed.

"Sorry, Shu." said Yuki as he helped Shuichi "But I know our proof."

"You do?"

"We don't know how this imposter could look exactly like K, but if we find the real K..."

"Why didn't I think of that?" asked Hiro "The only proper way we can prove that he's a fake is if we have the real one with us."

"Only one problem." said Fujisaki "We don't even know where the real K is."

"Yes we do!" said Shuichi "He would be in the basement of the Headquarters. It's where K kept all the prisoners that were sentenced to be hanged. Only he has access to it so it's perfect."

"Another problem. How do we get in without the fake K realizing."

"Prehaps I can help, nanoda!"

The four look over to see Ryuichi standing there. "The training area has millions of passageways under Toun. I remember there being one with a secret door that leads into the basement, nanoda."

"How do you know?" asked Yuki.

"I'm the one who made this whole underground, nanoda. No one knew about it but me until you guys came."

"Not even Kitazawa?"

"If I did, he would've scolded me. But you both need to reach Captain K and fast. I overheard there being an opera that the king and queen are going to. That may be where the assassins are aiming next, nanoda."

"Thank you, Monsieur Sakuma." said Shuichi.

"No time for thank yous!" said Ryuichi "I'll lead you to the passageway, nanoda."

So the four followed Ryuichi to the passageway. When they reached it, Ryuichi stayed behind. He needed to protect the training area after all. So our heroes walked through the passageway until they reached the door like Ryuichi said. They opened it to see they were in a basement. It was a medium sized room with some jail cells. And there in one of them was K.

"K!" said Shuichi, grabbing the keys and unlocking the door. After he did, he walked over to K and helped untie him. "What happened?" he asked.

"Those bastards locked me up." he replied "I've been in this cell for three weeks."

"And you're gonna be staying in there longer."

Everyone turned around to see assassins coming up to them and holding them hostage. Standing on the steps was Taki and the fake K. One of the assassins took the keys from Shuichi then the other assassins threw Yuki, Hiro, and Fujisaki into the cells; locking the door afterwards. Shuichi on the other hand was still held hostage by the assassins. The fake K walked over to him and lifted up his chin.

"So you are young Shuichi Shindo." he said "You look as beautiful as your mother." At that, Shuichi tried to bite the fake K's hand, before he moved it. "As wild as her too I can see. It makes me wonder if you are really her in disguise. Let's find out." He moved his hand under Shuichi's shirt. Shuichi tried to get away but the assassin was too strong to have him let go.

Yuki from inside the prison cell was having his heart broken as the fake K tried to touch Shuichi. "LET HIM GO! DON'T TOUCH HIM!" he yelled with intense anger.

The fake K looked over at Yuki. "You want me to stop?" he asked "Why should I do that? Are you in love with him?" Yuki did not answer, but just looked away. "I see." the fake K continued "Put him into the cell with the others."

And that's what they did. The assassins opened the door and threw Shuichi inside. Yuki rushed over to his side and held him in his arms. Shuichi returned the embrace.

"Look at that, boys!" said the fake K "A commoner that has become a noble and a noble that has become a commoner. And they are in love. Doesn't that disgust you?! A noble and a commoner in love. Why is it right for you yet it is not for me?!"

"Who the hell are you to talk that way?!" yelled Yuki as he held Shuichi close to him.

"Who am I, you ask? I will show you." The fake K pulled on his neck; peeling the skin off the reveal more skin. It seemed like he was wearing some kind of mask. When he took it all off, our heroes were shocked on his true identity. But the one who was shocked the most was Yuki. He knew it couldn't be possible. There in front of them was the leader of the assassins. There in front of them was the man who killed many nobles, including Shuichi's family.

There in front of them was Yuki Kitazawa.

Pinkshuchan: DUN DUN DUN! Yep, it's Kitazawa. I wasn't going to make some importance about him without having him part of the story, right? And how better than to have him be the leader of the assassins? What is Kitazawa's reasons behind the assassins? Will Shuichi, Yuki, and the others be able to stop him? Find out next chapter! Read and Review, everyone!