Author: Tschubi-chan

e-mail: keiji_izumi@yahoo.com

Title: The Wild Hunt

Rating: R (I think it's justified, ´cause there's going to be lots of blood)

Warnings: Yaoi, death, angst, horror, sap and romance

Pairing: RanxKen, (one-sided YoujixKen)

Disclaimer: I don't own all those soon to be dead bishonen evil grin. Koyasu Takehito does. The lyrics to "The Wild Hunt" belong to Therion. They are not mine, either!

A/N:

Before I start with the first chapter of this story, I wanted to include some more or less important notes.

Many thanks to all those who helped me fix my little language problem with fun fair and mirror maze. glomps all I know it´s been a long time, but one shouldn´t give up hope to hear from me, ne? smile

By the way to those who kindly asked...I come from Germany, so if there are questions on German expressions, I´d be glad to help out.

The story is my answer to the Horror-challenge on the KenxAyaML back in October 2001. Parts of it have been on my hard-drive since god-knows-when. I'm currently working on the fourth chapter of "ATGB" and something about which I won´t tell you right now grin, but I have problems as to how to start the continuation. I promised some of you guys you know who you are! at least one chapter of my stories until tomorrow, so I decided to re-write the first chapter of "The Wild Hunt" and post this as my personal apology for the delay.

I never ever wrote horror before, but I hope it will work out in my story. Just as a warning! If you don't find horror in later chapters, I promise that it will get at least a bit angsty.

Just as many of my other stories, "The Wild Hunt" will be accompanied by a matching song. Since there will be more than the originally planned one-shot, I will post the song separately in this message. Parts of the lyrics will be included in the chapters themselves. The song written and sung by the classic metal band Therion is an extremely fast, heavy and loud song, but I think the lyrics will fit the story especially in later parts.

/Hunted by the Gargoyles through the labyrinth.

Loosing Ariadnes thread./

/I'm gone astray!/

/Tumbling into chaos without anything

And my holy guardian angel has walked away.

I'm chasing my shadow inside my own soul/

/I am the persecutor of my self in the wild hunt/

/The horned god take me through infernal journeys/

/The dogs are barking and the owls cry out loud,

Shadows are laughing and screaming in my ears.

I see the outline of the horned man-in-black./

/He stretch his hand to my left shoulder in fear.

I'm chasing my shadow inside my own soul/

/I am the persecutor of my self in the wild hunt

The horned god take me through infernal journeys/

/I throw my self into all the demons.

I cast my self into the wild hunt.

The forest is the labyrinth of fear and all the Dead´s running in the hunt/

/I give my self unto all my demons

And let they eat of my mind and soul./

/I will gain strange powers in this ravage.

I cast myself into the wild hunt/

/I'm chasing my shadow inside my own soul/

/I am the persecutor of my self in the wild hunt/

/The horned god take me through infernal journeys./

Last but not least I´d like to thank Daemonchan, Portia, Yaoke-san, Li-chan and Swythangel for their kind support and for writing such wonderful stories that never fail to brighten my days! I think I´ll dedicate this story to you guys.

Portia: The credits to "Upon a painted ocean" should go solely to you! I just challenged you to write a pirate story. The story itself was your idea and I can´t repeat myself enough how much I love it. Concerning your question: I don't think the reasons for Ken's kidnapping are obvious. I just like to rack my mind about possibilities why something happens in a story and I do it especially when I like it very much! Gomen that you are not able to read the next chapter of "ATGB" or "Eternal Return", yet. As I said I have problems how to start the chapters although the whole plot is already in my head.

Now on to the story! Have fun!