"Love would have to do." Yuri's eyes dropped down to the sink. It smelled faintly of the puke he just threw up though its remains are most likely in a storage tank someone in this vessel. "Karin..." Yuri lightly touched his lips. Her taste was still there, like she was still here, kissing him. Her fragrence still perfumed the place, like an angel who spread's its beauty and forgiveness to everyone whereever it goes.
"An angel, huh? How ironic." yuri smiled. A sudden wave of nausea hit him hard, making his heda dizzy and his legs weak.
"Damn, not again. What do they want now?..." With a thud, he landed on the floor.
Yuri got up from the floor of the graveyard within his soul. The first person he saw was jeanne who was beaming down on him.
"You called?" He asked, dusting the dirt off his pants.
"So? How was it?" She asked, almost too innocently.
"Huh? How was what"
"Come one, yuri! You can't hide it! I can see what happened and i know you know what i'm talking about"
Yuri's face turned bright red. Almost to the colour of jeanne's dress.
"er... i don't know what you're talking about"
"Really? You can't lie to me, yuri, i can see what you did"
"Then why can't you see how i felt, instead of asking me"
"Hmm... good question. Well, i guess it's because that is not part of your soul, or maybe you're sharing this feeling with your entire body, that means your whole body reacts to this event"
"Er... yeah, sure. Whatever"
"Besides that, i have to tell you about the curse"
Yuri's face turned back to its normal shade of colour.
"Yeah? Alice told me that you could put it on hold, thanks for that"
Jeanne smiled.
"No problem. BUT"
"Huh? But what"
"I notice that this curse reacts to some special power, emotions or some sort. Well, to put it straight, you can't use fushions""
"WHAT"
Jeanne sighed.
"Calm down. At least the basic fushions that you hold. Fushions like Amon can help to slow the effects of the curse too"
"Phew" Yuri wiped away some imaginary sweat. "Don't scare me like that"
"Sorry, anyway, alice wants to see you"
Yuri stopped in mid-motion.""
"A-alice?" yuri gulped ,finally shaking from the initial shock. That did not sound good.
"Yup, she said she wanted to see you the moment you came in." Jeanne piped.
Yuri could feel his heart speed up by at least twenty times, sweat dripping all over his face.
"Are you alright, yuri? You look sick." Jeanne asked, smiling mischievously.
"I-i'm alright, t-thanks." He stumbled away, heading to where Alice was. Soon, he found himself outside the wooden doors where alice dwelled within his soul. "Is it me? Or is it that the aura around here seem more... dark?" Yuri sensed around the place. A certain omnimous cloud hung low and yuri was having a feeling that he was just about to see... or maybe feel what this dark cloud is first hand. Swallowing hard, Yuri pushed the wooden doors open.
The rattling of the entire ship shook the food inside Kurando as he tried to balance himself and try to breathe. The cockpit door opened as Karin stepped in and strap herself back into her seat.
"Roger!" Karin called out.
"What?" Roger tried to stabalize the ship as he answered her.
"Can you land in paris? I need to grab something first." Karin's voice was strong and loud, deafening the roar of the engines.
"Sure! No problem! Hold on!" Roger steered towards the right, and slowly brought the ship into landing in a clearing in a forest just outside the gates of paris.
"Luckily you asked! We were just passing over. Asked any minute later and we would have passed it by a long shot"
Karin immediately unbuckled her seatbelt and thanked roger, before running off.
"I wonder what she wants from here?" Lucia asked, rice cake residue all over her dress.
"I'll follow her, just to make sure she doesn't get into any trouble." Kurando volunteered.
"Sure, why not?" Anastasia yawned, gesturing him a waving sign. Kurando sometimes wondered why did his mother had arranged his marriage without him knowing first.
"Just make sure you're back here in by four." Roger said, checking the on-board clock.
Kurando nodded and quickly left, hoping he was not too late to follow karin. To his relief, she was not too far away, probably twenty meters at most. He silently checked his katana and followed her quietly. Kurando had already visited paris a couple of times so he was more focused on his mission than sight-seeing. By now, the war had advanced and German forces were already within paris. Many times, the people tried to rebel though in vain. Kurando felt out of place and it did worried him. If a german officer was to stop him and question him, how could he get his way out? Japan allied herself to the alliance, therefore marking him as an enemy of germany. Just hopefully, hopefully, he could slip by unnotice. Karin took a left, then a right, then another righ before a left. Kurando was wondering where she could be going. He had never seen this part of the city and was starting to worry.
"Where the hell is Yuri when you need him?" Kurando cursed at his half-witted cousin.
By the time karin had stopped turning around corners, they had reached a large building, standing by itself in the middle of used to be a market square. The building had rough walls, like it was built within a day. If kurando's fears were correct, then this building was.
"A german headquaters..." He gasped. Karin stopped to talk with a guard standing by the door. The guard nodded and saluted her. Karin saluted back and walked into the building.
"What the... how did she manage to get inside?" Kurando wondered. He tried to think about it, then it hit him. Anastasia had told him before. Karin used to be a german officer decorated with the sacred german war cross. From what he had learned, that cross had power and influence by itself and whoever wore it could control a general who doesn't have a cross. These people can make their own stradegies in battle anytime they want in battle. This showed the amount of influence karin held before she took off her uniform. One questioned remained.
"Why did she enter that building?" He asked. A strong hand suddenly tapped on his shoulder. Kurando turned around and came face to face with a rather large, bulking man in uniform.
'Uh-oh. A german officer. I'm in trouble.' Kurando's hand inched towards his blade.
The officer seemed to study kurando for awhile, adjusting his uniform and taking out a small book.
'Huh?' Kurando wondered what this officer was doing as he saw him flip through pages, apparently looking for something. The officer finally stopped at a page. Studying between kurando and the page, the officer laughed to what appeared to kurando as a grunt.
"So, you're a foriegner, huh?" He finally asked, voice deep and course.
"Er... yeah?" Kurando was not too sure on how to answer his questions.
"hmm... Well, you don't look russian, nor english so i guess, Welcome to Paris." The man offered a hand shake.
"Huh? er... Sure, thanks." Kurando took the hand but it was a mistake he was going to regret. The officer twisted his wrist, forcing him to bend. With swift movements, he pinned kurando to the ground with his hands to his back.
"Stupid japanese. You thought i didn't know? Ha! You people are so easy to read, too simple minded!" The officer laughed for awhile more before someone barked out.
"Sargeant Johiv! Release that man immediately!"
Kurando suddenly felt the weight of the man being lifted away from him.
'That voice sounds familiar...' Kurando thought as he pushed himself off the ground.
"Explain yourself, sergeant, or it would be twenty days in detention camp for you." the voice sounded faminine. It sounded like.
"Lieutenant! I caught this enemy of the keiser!" The man stood at full attention.
"Karin?" Kurando wondered. Her only reply was a nod.Karin no longer wore the loose shirt with the pants that she wore earlier. She was now in full uniform, boots and all. The tighter clothing revealed her slim curves and her other bodily 'assests'.
"This man is a friend and visitor of mine. He means no harm and i can vouch for him." She calmy said.
"But... but karin"
"YOU WILL ADRESS ME AS LIEUTENANT, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR, SERGEANT?" Karin was scary when angry. Kurando could even feel his hair standing on its end and face paling.
The man must have felt the same, standing at full attention.
"Yes, Mam'!" He shouted.
"Good. Report back to the general and inform him i would be taking my leave"
"But, karin, you've only just arrived and father's been worried and"
"I will hear no excuses. Did you know what happened back in Munich? Did you open your ears to hear"
"Karin, i'm sorry, but we couldn't"
"Yes, you couldn't. Thats all. Tell uncle that i'll be safe and i'll be back within a couple of months. Thats all, Marcus." She saluted and he saluted back.
"Karin..." the officer opened his arms to her. Karin first looked douptful, but embraced him back.
"You've grown much since i left, Marcus."
"You too, karin. Take care, will you? Everyone worries about you"
"You know me, nothing can hurt me." Karin smiled warmly.
Marcus smiled back before heading off. He stopped half-way, looked at Kurando straight into his eyes.
"Look, i'm sorry about just now, but now this, IF anything happens to her, i'll be holding YOU responsible. I swear to god that IF anything should happen to her"
His breathe was hot and watery in kurando's face.
"IF anything happens to her, i'll personally tie you to a gun barrel and blast your little samurai head into smitherins, do i make myself clear"
Kurando nodded almost immediately in agreement.
"Good." Marcus smiled and marched off.
"Sorry about that, kurando, my cousin is a little too protective over me." Karin offered a smile.
"Er.. is your whole family like that"
"Hmm? Oh no, just him and my uncle... well, my aunt just fusses a lot." Karin laughed.
"So, is this what you came here for? A family visit?" Kurando asked as they walked along the streets of paris.
"Well... its more than that. I can't really tell you, sorry"
"Its alright, just don't try to hide it to Yuri. He's dumb but he can sense whether you're hiding something from him"
Karin's smile faded away.
"... I... i know... I'll tell him when the time's right"
They passed by a patrol but kurando did not really fear them, having karin by his side. The patrol saluted her as they marched on.
"So... we have to be back by four, huh? Why not we grab something to eat"
"Er... no thanks... i think lunch is still occupying my stomach right now." the thought of food brought painful memories of the trip.
Karin giggled at his discomfort. Her face kept up tightly. For the first time, kurando saw karin look so... beautiful.
'Knock it out! You already have anastasia, whether you like it or not. Besides, she likes Yuri, not you.' Kurando shook himself awake.
"Well, who told you to eat so much? Didn't i warn everyone not to eat too much"
"I know... but your cooking is one of the best i've ever tasted! Really"
"Really? Gee... thanks." A slight blush covered her face.
"hmm... i guess a small drink won't hurt." Kurando answered her earlier question.
Karin smiled warmly at him.
"Thanks"
Somewhere inside of kurando wondered what made her so beautiful and pure and what exactly attracted her to yuri.
