I do not own KKM. I do own this version of that universe though, the KKM characters just happen to be making guest appearances ;)

NO FLAMING WILL BE PERMITTED! IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FACT THAT I HAVE AN IMAGINATION THEN I WILL FLIP *&^% RIGHT BACK AT YOU -_-

I guess I've also got to mention that my characters are PURPOSEFUL MARY SUES! I DON'T GIVE A (*^# OKAY? I have fun writing them, I mainly just have the storyline edited with my character in it. Whoopty *$&*# Do. GET OVER IT!

I can't say I was in the best mood when I woke up the next morning. I hadn't exactly gotten the perfect night's sleep. On top of that, no one had bothered to notice that I'd overslept and come to get me up by the time I'm usually awake. I'm no judge of time since its flow is different in Shin Makoku, but I'm usually up with the sun. When I woke up it was almost NOON! Not happy in the least… I was muttering curses under my breath as I got dressed and marched to the door, pulling my long black hair back into a ponytail. I pulled the door open and went to head out, still glaring and muttering to the floor, not paying any attention as I walked right into the person standing right outside my door.

"Oof!" I heard the air rush out of their lungs (I'd hit their stomach area). I stepped back and turned my head up to apologize.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so-." My apology caught in my throat as I realized it was Conrad. I felt the blood drain from my face as last night's events came flooding back through memory. The nightmare and Conrad being the one to find me in the courtyard and comfort me. Next was all my blood rushing back to my face as I turned three shades of red at the memory of breaking down and crying like a baby in his arms… I was wondering how I'd ended up back in my room this morning. He must've carried me after I passed out.

"You are finally awake I see." I heard him say after I'd looked away in embarrassment. There was a chuckle in his voice.

"Yes. No thanks to anyone else." I snapped, I looked up to see surprise cover his face, "I'm sorry," I said, sighing, "I just hate oversleeping… It puts me in an unusually grumpy mood when it happens." Conrad just smiled at me and nodded in understanding, "Is there something you needed?" I asked him. He shook his head.

"Not really. Just wanted to make sure you were okay." I looked down again. He was talking about last night.

"Yup. I'm perfectly fine, thanks." I said as cheerfully as I could. I needed to get out of there... It felt extremely awkward. I fidgeted slightly, I think he could tell I was nervous, for he nodded and turned to leave.

"That's good to hear. Now, if you'll excuse me." He started to walk down the hall.

"Ah, Conrad." I called after him; he stopped and turned, "About last night... Thanks." He smiled, nodded, and then continued down the hallway.

"No problem, Miss Yuki." I ran my hand down my face. I could feel it burning under my fingers I was so red. Sighing I turned to walk the other way, deciding I needed some fresh air. A walk in the woods outside the city walls would do me good I thought. So that's where I headed, bypassing the stables (where I had planned to go), I headed out the front gates of the castle and left the city, without running in to anyone. That was surprising. I was expecting to at least see Yuuri.

Now, this was much better. The wood outside the city walls is beautiful. Nicely refreshing and calming. Helping me to get over my bad mood from not being awake by dawn. It was getting dark; I hadn't realized I'd been out here for so long. I paused, wait a minute... I hadn't been out here for that long. A storm is coming. Not good. I nearly jumped out of my skin as lightning flashed over head and it began to rain. Being in a denser part of the woods, I didn't get to wet. And at least it wasn't...

Crack! Kaboom!

I panicked. There was the worst part of storms. Thunder. I'm terrified of thunder. Stupid, yes, I know. Thunder is the one part of a rainstorm that can't hurt you. Well, I guess if it's loud enough it can blow out your eardrums, but other than that, harmless right? No. I was scared. I am scared. And when I get scared, my senses like to seriously screw with my head. Fun thing is, my imagination likes to help them out. And I've got one hell of an imagination. So, naturally, I tried to find somewhere to hide until the storm passed. There was no way in hell I was going to walk all the way back to Blood Pledge Castle in a freaking thunderstorm. No way. On top of the thunder, it had started to rain harder. Now I was soaked through my uniform. And it was muddy as hell in the woods. I slipped, naturally, and fell right into a puddle. I quickly found a hollow in the trunk of a tree big enough to curl up in. Pulling on some of my fire maryoku to light a small patch of dry leaves and twigs to keep me warm (Don't worry, I made sure that it was too wet for anything else to catch fire. Last thing I want is a forest fire).

Back at the castle, before the storm started, Conrad and Yuuri were playing catch in the courtyard during a break in Yuuri's paperwork. They noticed the clouds come in over the sun and were under the cover of a roof by the time it had started raining. Conrad noticed that during the time they were tossing the baseball back and forth Yuuri had seemed somewhat distracted.

"Is something the matter, your majesty?" he asked.

"It's just Yuuri; Conrad." was the automatic reply, "Not really. I just haven't seen Yuki anywhere today. Have you? She isn't still asleep is she?" Conrad smirked.

"No, she's awake. I believe someone saw her leaving the castle grounds shortly after she'd woken up. I haven't heard anything about her since; I don't think she's back yet." Yuuri fidgeted, Conrad frowned, "Why? Is something wrong?" Yuuri shook his head, looking uncertain.

"Well... No, she'd kill me if I told anyone else." Conrad's curiosity was roused now.

"What, Yuuri?" He asked.

Crack! Kaboom! Yuuri flinched slightly.

"Crap." Was all he said. "Yuki is..." he paused, "Well, she's..." Now it was Conrad's turn to feel worried.

"Don't tell me she is scared of thunderstorms." Yuuri nodded.

"She's terrified of them. But you tell her I told you that and she'll kill both of us." He leaned on the railing in front of him and stuck his hand out into the rain, "I hope she's okay. She always goes into a state of panic if she's alone in a thunderstorm. It's scary really. Seeing someone who is normally so calm and unafraid of anything panic like that." Conrad wasn't entirely listening; he was staring out into the rain now looking towards the front gates, hoping to see Yuki coming through them at any second.

Crack!

Thunder boomed again in the distance, followed quickly by a bright flash of lightning. I huddled further into my hollow as I could hear creatures running around in the rain, my imagination turning them into ghouls, monsters, and the such. I nearly jumped out of my skin as I heard something stumble and hit the ground to my right. Slightly fearing what I might see, I peered around the edge of the tree trunk. There was the form of something huge lying in the mud. It twitched and stood up. I saw it's ears perk up and swivel towards my hiding spot, I immediately scrunched back as far as I could go, my little fire already extinguished. I shut my eyes and willed the large creature to leave as I heard it snuffling around the side of the tree. Then all noise stopped. Well, except for the rain, that kept going. I opened my eyes and nearly screamed as I saw the thing standing right in front of me, staring me down. I pulled back in fright and, to my surprise; the large creature in front of me did the same. It also made a noise that surprisingly enough, calmed me down. It whinnied quietly. This large creature in front of me was a horse! I don't think I'd ever seen one so big. Carefully, trying not to startle it, I stood up. Poor thing, it was covered in mud, much like me. I couldn't discern what color it was, but I was able to find out its gender. Male.

This stallion was huge! The top of my head came level with the lowest part of his back! He was built like a freaking Clydesdale, though I couldn't tell what breed of horse he was, since he was covered in mud, and I'm not much of a horse genius. He stood there patiently as I walked around him, surprisingly calm around a human for a wild horse. I'd expected him to run away long before now. He watched me the whole time, though. His large dark chocolate eyes following me as I walked in a circle around him, until I was in front of him again. I reached out to him, slowly, to see if he'd let me touch him. He ended up shoving his nose into my hand. It felt weird, since it was covered with mud, but I didn't mind. I giggled like a little kid as I wiped a bit of it off of his muzzle.

Kaboom!

Thunder struck again in the distance. Startling me so bad I jumped and latched my arms around that which was closest to me, the stallion's neck. As soon as I realized what I'd just done, practically attacking a wild animal, I jumped back. Hoping he wouldn't rear or kick me somehow… The stallion just stood there calmly, he even lowered his head and turned to look me in the eye with those big brown eyes of his. I felt tears come to my eyes. I'm not entirely sure why, but I suddenly just started crying. I sat down in the hollow of my tree and cried. I haven't cried so much back to back as I have from now and last night in so long. It almost felt good. I heard the stallion nicker and felt something wet and cold on my cheek. I laughed harder as I realized he was trying to comfort me. Cupping his muzzle between my hands I kissed him right on the tip of his nose, regardless of the mud that caked it. I hugged him as best as I could from my sitting position. What the stallion did next surprised me, he used his nose to push me forward, and then lay down under the tree behind me! Thunder crashed again and I thankfully pushed myself closer to the stallion's warm body, hoping the storm would pass by quickly.

Here ya go guys! Another update ;) Turns out Yuki's biggest weakness is thunderstorms! Who would've guessed? She lives through nightmares, deals with them rather well, but she doesn't like thunder in the least! And who is this random stallion? ;) You'll see