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As the first rays of sunshine were breaking through the coverlet of leaves, a small flying spot in the sky announced the arrival of the long awaited letter. Yozak let the little messenger land on his arm and released it from his cargo. He scanned through the paper before giving it to his commander. Gwendal read it on his turn and passed it to his lover. The survivors had answered Yuuri and had informed them that there would be someone waiting on them outside the border of the town.

It still was going to take until evening before they would reach their destination and the road was only going to get worst. Günter had already informed them that they would have to leave their horses behind and walk a fourth of their trip. As a measure to keep the demons out of their territory in the past the humans had made the vegetation grow wild making it difficult to pass. You would need someone who knows his way around to get through it and they had Günter.

Gwendal glanced sideway to his right and watched how the silver-head was discussing something with his daughter. He couldn't help but wonder what kind of mission the librarian had done in Solagia, the human country. The mission had been before he became commander and since he didn't had time to look it up yesterday he couldn't help but be curious. Again he glanced at his lover. He felt that the fact of Günter was older than him had been slapped in his face and for the first time it really dawned to him that the silver-head had, had an entire different life before they met.

'He told Gisela, but not me?' The commander didn't want to feel jealous but he just couldn't help himself. They had been together for years already and okay maybe he wasn't the biggest talker. Most of their conversations were a little one-sided with the little impact that he would give, but it couldn't be helped. Missions were reported back to him so he would know most things that had happened and the daily things that happened could keep Günter talking till evening and at night, well usually they were preoccupied with something else.

In the late afternoon Günter announced that the road was started to become too crowded with branches and bushes and it was time to continue on foot. Two guards were going to stay with the horses while the others started on their evening walk. It took another six hours before the silver haired guide signed that they had to stop.

"This would be the best spot to split up." Gwendal nodded understanding.

"Yozak, you and Günter go meet the survivors." The reddish took out the letter as answer and started to read it once more.

"I hope we'll find them since they didn't really give a specific place or time."

"They're probably waiting on us as we speak. Most likely they don't have anything else to do without our help." Gisela mustered and her father nodded agreeing.

"We better go. Stay low." Günter gave his daughter a quick kiss on the forehead before turning to the commander.

'It can't be easy to be with you're daughter on such a dangerous mission.' The dark grey head thought feeling the cold lips against his. 'I know I would be worried if Wolfram was here, but then again he's a soldier, Gisela isn't… although she can stand her ground.' Sighing he watched the silver- and reddish-head disappear between the low hanging branched that were partly blocked from his view by bushes.

"Don't worry; father knows this place like the back of his hand." The medical Mazoku tried to ease his worry which seemed to be very clear to the woman.

"What mission has he done here?" The words were out before he knew it and Gisela smiled a little sadly as answer.

"Father told me it was one of his first missions… the one he lost his brother on." Gwendal's eyes widened. He didn't even know that Günter had a brother. "You better ask him for the details." Her father's lover nodded understanding.

'It wouldn't be an odd question, would it? No, it wouldn't.' The grey locks slapped the commander's neck while he shook his head convincing himself.

"From here we have a good view on the entrance of the village." Günter whispered to Yozak who was kneeling beside him.

"Do you see anyone that could be our contact?" The silver-head shook his head as answer.

"It's dark after all." He had a feeling this was going to take a while. After half an hour they decided to split up, both going to check one side of the entrance for traces. Finding nothing but some footprints and broken branches, which betrayed that someone had been there, Günter arrived back at the spot they had started. He only had to wait a couple of minutes before he started to here the sound of someone coming towards him from his companion's side. He saw a flash of reddish hair that would only be notable when searching for it.

"Yo…" He started but got interrupted by a young boy that flew in his arms.

"That little…" Holding in his curse Yozak came from between the bushes where the boy had came flying out.

"Yozak, what!" Günter reprehended the spy while he was already smothering over the boy.

"Our contact!" The smothering stopped and violet eyes looked surprised up.

"This little boy?"

"I'm not little!" A petting on the head was supposed to calm the boy down.

"Don't you think he looks like a certain acquaintance of our little teenage princess?" Confused Günter raised his hand of the boy's head and took him in for the first time. Feeling hope grow in him, he kneeled down smiling sweetly at the glaring child.

"You wouldn't be Raphael's little brother, would you?"

"Who wants to know?!" The little bugger had an attitude that could make a teacher lose his composure, but then again Günter was used to Yuuri and Greta.

"I'm Heika's teacher..." The boy's eyes narrowed.

"That airhead that sent us here?"

"You really shouldn't call your king an airhead." Yozak said seriously. "Although he can be an airhead sometimes, I'll give you that."

"Yozak!"

"Sorry…" Günter let out a sigh.

"Let's get back to the others." He pushed the boy ahead, leading him away from the village.

"I hear something." The soldier closest to the village said. Gwendal immediately stood up and made his way through the first low hanging branches. He was greeted by the view of a young boy getting pushed forwards by the two men behind him. The boy looked up and when his eyes met the indigo's, he stiffened. His fear was written on his face.

If the airhead's teacher hadn't been standing right behind him he would have turned around and ran away with his tail between his legs. The commander was probably the scariest person in the world and not to forget he's a demon!

"Gwendal, have they returned?" A woman's voice saved him from the glaring indigo eyes. In his opinion they never stopped glaring.

"Who's that?" Gisela peered over the commander's shoulder looking down at the little boy.

"Our contact, Raphael's brother." Günter answered and got a deadly glare beamed his way. The little boy didn't seem to like it that his identity was revealed.

"Arne?" Gisela saved her father this time.

"How, do you know my name?!"

"Your brother told me of course." Arne didn't seem convinced but let her approach him. "You're not wounded…" The green haired woman quickly scanned over the boy's body.

"You're a doctor?!" Arne yelled out. Everyone couldn't help but be surprised by the sudden outburst.

"Yes…"

"Then you have to come with me! My mom is hurt!" Not hesitating for a minute Arne grabbed Gisela's hand and pulled her with him passed her father and Yozak.

They were led through a maze of branches decorated with all sorts of leaves while bushes were making every step harder, that it was dark didn't make it any easier and Arne was just jumping through it all like a monkey.

"Where close to a river." Gwendal noticed feeling the leaves under his shoes drown in the mutt under need it.

"It's getting slippery." Günter agreed, choosing that moment to slip in said mutt and land in Gwendal's arms.

"Miss me that much?" The teasing voice of the dark grey haired man was only for him to hear.

"Always." He whispered back and felt the corner of his lover's mouth rise against his cheek.

"Hey lovebirds, you're going to lose us!" Yozak yelled taking another step away from them. A couple of medics and soldiers passed them giving them teasing looks before spurting further seeing their commander's face.

"Let's continue." Günter smiled and steadied himself. He urged Gwendal to continue by taking his hand in his and pulling him with him, only to releasing him when the jungle didn't give him any other choice. When they finally caught up with Yozak, he pointed to a small door leading underground.

"I'm going to scout the area." He announced and was gone with the first movement of a nod from Gwendal. Following his lover the commander scrawled through the small opening the door had revealed and after walking through a wet and slippery corridor they arrived in a big cave. Immediately a large group pulled their attention. Hearing Gisela distribute orders they could already guess someone was in a bad condition, but was it the boy's mother.

Every step they took the smell of blood and urine got harder. Breathing through their mouths it lessened a little, but not enough. In the end the wounded got in their view and it was the boy's mother. One leg was a goner, any soldier would know that with just one look, the other had a bone sticking out of it, but it looked still treatable. The biggest threat for the woman's survival was the gap in her abdomen. Gisela was trying everything she knew to stop the bleeding, but the big pile of blood on the ground around them wasn't a good sign. Only now did Günter realize who was sitting on the other side of the woman. Clenching her hand with all his might Raphael kept talking to his mother, trying to keep her conscious, but she was slowly slipping away. Arne was sitting next to his older brother almost afraid to move even an inch like that could mess up everything. The seconds were slipping away slowly but still to fast. The woman smiled with her last bit of strength at her sons, before they could see the life slipping out of her.

Cries were heard all through the cave, it even reached Yozak who dropped his eyes to the ground in respect while Gisela started CPR, but it was too late. Raphael had to hold down his brother or he would have started to shake the remains of their mother trying to hold on the slightest hope that the remaining body warmth would give. Not a sound was heard except the dripping of water and the wails of pain and sadness the two brothers released.

Stephke23: My heart was breaking when I was writing the ending. Sigh.
I don't know if Günter has a brother, but he has an important part and Arne is scared of Gwendal (so cute), which has also a reason behind it. So if you don't get it Gwendal wasn't constantly glaring at the poor boy, it's all in his imagination. Review like always!