KYO KARA MAOH!: "Lethal Curse"

by: fleur hyacinth

Genre: Humor, Drama, Romance and Tragedy

Ratings: PG-13

Note: Not a "YAOI" story

Disclaimers still apply

INTRODUCTION

'Help…me' Yuuri muttered from his sleep or rather unconscious state.

Gunter paused at his work and stared at his king. He was partly blaming himself from what had happened to the Maou, it's not really his fault though. It's no use of blaming himself, right? This is what happened… the Maou was wounded in a battle against Dai Shimaron. So, Gunter and Conrad brought him back to Shin Makoku to treat him and assure his safety. It was yet another mournful day for all the people in the land of New Makoku. Their beloved King still show no great signs of recuperating, rather he was getting even worse. They just hoped that the Maou would recuperate soon. [Oh, Shin Maou! I beg you not to take our angel-hearted King from us… please? After 4 days of looking after the great King, Gunter began to feel very tired. So, he stood up from his seat, exited the King's chamber and closed the door. He went outside to look for Conrart and switch places with him. Just as he was about to enter the main hall, he heard two familiar voices inside. [It was Conrart and Gisela Instead of entering the room and interrupt their conversation, he just stood there outside to wait.

"Still no signs of recovery. He lost much blood. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do. We just hope and pray that His Majesty will recuperate soon." Gisela said with concern.

Conrart mentally sighed, "Thank you, Gisela."

"I shall go now. If something happened, call me." Gisela said.

"Okay."

Gisela walked towards the door. As soon as she opened it, she saw her father standing beside the door, looking shocked and depressed. She turned her head down and walked off in the opposite direction.

After a week and 2 days

The great Demon King slowly opened his eyes as he felt a very warm breeze blew into his room. Yuuri rubbed his eyes using the back of his fingers. The very intense sun's rays from his clear, uncurtained window suddenly stung his eyes, which make him wince. He blinked a few times to adjust his vision from the blinding sight. And then, he could finally open his eyes wide. In an attempt to stand up, his legs wouldn't cooperate, and it still felt numb. By that, he fell face flat on the floor. All of a sudden, the door swung open, revealing a familiar figure standing outside the door. He ran hurriedly towards Yuuri, lifted him up "bridal style" which made the King blushed and tucked him into the bed.

"Your still not well, Heika. You should get some more rest for you to recuperate." Conrart said.

"I'm alright now. No need to worry too much." Yuuri replied.

"Alright. I'm leaving you now, Your Majesty. If you need me, call me, okay? Remember what I told you, get some more rest. And I need to get Gisela to examine you, right away." Conrart reminded and exited the room.

The following morning, Wolfram, Gwendal and their troops had arrived. Dai Shimaron had backed out at the battle. They were all happy to hear that the Maou was well. As soon as Wolfram finished fixing his equipment, he immediately went to the King's chamber. Staring at the still pale King, he brushed Yuuri's strands of hair away and gently caressed his very soft cheeks. "You wimp, you make me really worried. But since you're out of danger now. I'm relieved."

4 days passed

The whole place was enveloped with darkness and filled with great tension. He was much aware of the situation before him. He was in the midst of a battle, where he could hear loud cries, see people fighting for their own lives in order to survive, attacking flamed arrows and most of all, the thing that had captivated his attention, it was a person he truly knew, suffering in the battle. One by one, events kept flashing before him. He couldn't take it. But he knew, he was only dreaming and wished that someone would wake him up in the midst of his devastating dreamland. Then all of a sudden, he saw a very familiar figure jumped off into the sea. 'NO!'

"Yuuri…"

"Yuuri..."

"Yuuri…"

"Yuuri!"

Yuuri woke up, his forehead filled with beads of cold sweat. He opened his eyes and suddenly jolted from the sight of a sullen arrogant blond staring, eyebrows cocked at him.

"W-WOLFRAM!" Yuuri screamed and was breathing heavily.

"You looked like you've seen a ghost!" Wolfram laughed. "Well, Your Majesty. Sorry for interrupting your wonderful sleep. It's morning already! And for you to know, you wimp! We've all been waiting for you at the dining hall!"

"I'm not a wimp!" the King replied automatically.

"Wow! Come to think how flexible you are! Are you planning to have gymnastics lessons here? Being able to sleep in that uncomfortable position. And you were screeching like a mad woman! Hahaha…! I say, you were the most gifted Maou on the history of Shin Makoku! I'd better jot that one in our history books, before I forgot." Wolfram sarcastically said.

"Eh?!… Thanks…" he took it as a compliment.

"Hey! What are you waiting for, Yuuri? The end of the world? Hurry up! Unless, you really intend to stay here forever and starve yourself." Wolfram said, extended his hand to Yuuri to help him up.

"Ah! Wait!" And Wolfram exited the room.

As they entered the dining hall, Yuuri's family greeted him with warm smiles.

"Good Morning, Heika!" Gunter greeted joyfully and gave his King a death hug------a very big hug.

"Good Morning, my dear King." Cheri greeted and hugged him too.

"Well, Lady Celi, you looked amazingly beautiful, today." Yuuri commented.

"Oh, that's so sweet of you. You learned how to talk like Conrart." The ex-Maou giggled. Conrart grinned.

"Are we all going to eat now? I'm starving!" the brat mazoku prince exclaimed. Gunter scolded Wolfram from his lack of table manners.

"Alright. Anyway, where's Aya?" Yuuri asked, noticed that there's a missing person, who was supposedly sitting in now unoccupied chair in his left side.

Suddenly all of the people there kept silent. Their cheerful expressions a while ago suddenly turned into mournful ones.

"What happened here? Something wrong?" Yuuri asked, looking astonished.

"Your Majesty…" Conrart paused. "It's Yuuri, you named me." Yuuri corrected.

"You don't remember, do you? Yuuri, if you really must be reminded, Lady Aya is dead." Conrart said, sadly.

There was another long brief silence occurred, feeling almost like it's deserted. Yuuri remembered it again. It was like the sky is falling on him.

"Yuuri" Wolfram called him.

Yuuri remained unmoving at his place. He didn't have an urge to eat his meal.

"No! It's not true!" Yuuri shouted and ran away.

"Yuuri!" now Wolfram was really worried. "Maybe, I should follow him."

"No, Wolfram, let him go. He needs some time to think and heal his emotional wounds. And in a matter of time, he'll be fine again. Just let him go on." Conrart was able to stop him.

All of the people there had lost their appetite and didn't bother to finish their meal.

Yuuri was in his room, dead-frozen in time. But for all the people outside, time is still running, they must not waste time and continue to do their work. Annisina had finished her new invention and was looking for her next victim to test it. Gwendal was busy reading, signing the documents and knitting another weird stuff toys. [Oh, boy, what a talented man he was. Gunter was in his dramatic-mode again, placing his hands in a prayer like position and begging for Shin Maou to help His Majesty to overcome all the hardships. On the other hand, Wolfram was sitting in one of the benches in the ballpark staring at Conrart, who was playing baseball with the human kids. He was getting a lot more anxious and worried about Yuuri. And Lady Celi, the former Demon Queen, was in her room, fitting for the clothes the palace tailors had finished sewing.