The Truth Beyond the Reflection

Chapter 4:Purple Bruises

By Sanzaki Kojika

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the Kyou Kara MaOh! Characters. I do however, own everything "beyond the reflection." Heh. WARNING: There IS Yaoi in here. YxW and vice versa. I guess you could say hints of CxY, too.

I have still only seen up to episode 34..but I have up to 42 or so, and I plan to watch them later this week. Meh…finals. But anywho…I think this will probably be one of the only times you get a chapter from the same point-of-view in a row. Yep, that's right. It's another Conrad chapter. I'm starting to be able to write him a little better I think…Wolfram is the easiest for me though…

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Wolfram wasn't at dinner. In fact, I didn't see him the rest of the night. According to the servants I asked, he had spent most of the day in his room sleeping. I prayed he would come out of his room now that it was the next day. I really needed to have a word with him. He was the only one I could trust on this subject…for now anyways.

I leaned against the railing and stared out into the courtyard. Currently, I was all alone. Günter was tutoring Yuuri. Gwendel was…who knew what he did in his free time. Maybe he was hiding from Anissina (or maybe she had already caught him). And Wolfram was still locked up in his room. I was so bored.

A sudden sound from below me caught my attention. I glanced down to see Greta come running into the courtyard. As promised, she had been notified as soon as Yuuri had returned. She had cut short her trip to Hube's place just to see her adopted father. She truly loved him.

"Welcome back, Greta!" I called down. She stopped and waved up at me.

"Where's chichiue?" Greta grinned.

"He's busy studying right now," as I said this, Greta's grin turned into a frown, "but I can go and get Wolfram. He might be able to get Yuuri away." I flashed her a smile.

"Yay!" She was laughing again. Greta was adorable. It wasn't hard to see how even someone as stubborn as Wolfram could get attached to her. Yuuri had pretty much the same effect. They really seemed like father and daughter.

"I'll be right back; you go and wait in the library," I moved away from the railing and started off down the hall. Once I was away from the courtyard, I started to run. Even so, it took me at least five minutes to get to Wolfram's room. I paused for a moment to catch my breath.

"Wolfram!" I knocked on the door. I heard movement on the other side. Good, Wolfram was still here.

"What is it?" the door flew open. I came face-to-face with Wolfram. It took me a moment to realize that it was him; he wasn't wearing his trademark blue uniform. Instead, he was wearing an odd dark purple one.

"Why are you dressed like that…?" I asked after a moment. He glared at me. For some reason, it seemed colder than usual.

"My clothes got dirty. You should know that! I didn't have a chance to get it cleaned yesterday," he folded his arms across his chest. Well, that would explain it. I could clearly see his dirtied uniform draped across a chair behind him. What I really had been wondering about though was his choice of color. Something that dark didn't really fit my little brother. It made him look more pale, almost ghostly, ad his eyes shone brightly.

"So, why did you come here?" I must have been staring. He scowled slightly. Wolfram was definitely more vicious than usual today.

"Greta came back to see Yuuri, but Günter has him. Do you think you can try and do something about it?" I laughed slightly. He just stared blankly at me. Maybe he wasn't fully awake yet. I shrugged it off.

"Follow me," I started off down the hall. Wolfram hesitated for a moment then hurried after me.

"Ne, Wolfram…" I started when he caught up to me. He gave me another blank gaze. A chill ran up my spine, but I did my best to ignore it.

"What did you think of the mirror?" I caught him off guard. He opened his mouth to say something, but he thought better of it.

"What about that stupid thing?" His voice squeaked slightly on the word 'stupid.'

"I don't know...there's just something odd about it," I said after a moment. There was really no way to put my doubts into words. Maybe Wolfram could help put it into perspective for me.

"There's nothing odd about it. It's just a dumb, old mirror!" This time his voice squeaked on the word 'dumb.' That's strange…I was sure Wolfram would have felt it, too.

We were silent the rest of the way to the library. The few times I tried to start a conversation, Wolfram remained silent. There was something odd about him today, but I had no one I called talk to about it. Wolfram was the best person to discuss strange happenings with. Günter overreacted to things, Yuuri didn't understand, and Gwendel was quick to dismiss such thoughts.

I led Wolfram into the library. We stopped just inside the door. I moved forward a little more, "Greta!"

Greta sprang from the chair she was sitting in. She came running towards us, a huge smile across her face. "Did you get chichiue?"

"Not yet!" I caught Greta in my arms. "I thought you might like to come with us."

"Yeah!" Greta laughed. "Hahaue…" she started towards Wolfram then suddenly stopped. Her lip started quivering, and she took a step back. She looked like she had seen a ghost. What had scared her so much…?

"What's wrong?" Greta was soon behind me. I followed her gaze and realized that she was staring at Wolfram.

"Don't worry! That's the same Wolfram," I patted her on the head. "He's just wearing different clothes."

Greta slowly shook her head. She pulled away from me and ran back to the chair. "That's not my hahaue!" She was in tears.

I slowly stood up and looked over at Wolfram. He sighed and folded his arms across his chest. Somehow, his movement almost seemed unnatural.

"Crazy kids.." was all he muttered. I glanced back at Greta. She was still crying. Hube's maid knelt down beside the little in an attempt to comfort her. It didn't seem to work though. Greta was hysterical.

"I want to go back…" Greta whispered. The maid gave her a confused look, so she shouted louder. "I want to go back to Hube!"

I gasped slightly. Greta wanted to leave while Yuuri was here? That had never happened before. Did Wolfram really have her that spooked?

"Take her back," I order the maid. She glanced at me then back at Greta. Slowly, she stood up. Wolfram moved away from the door. The maid led Greta to the door.

"Please tell chichiue that I'm sorry…" Greta smiled as she was pushed out the door. She never once glanced back at Wolfram. Poor boy! Both his fiancé; and his "daughter" ignored him!

I glanced over at Wolfram. He was smiling. Something was definitely wrong…

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I wasn't quite sure what, but something had brought me awake. I slowly sat up and climbed out of my bed. Just in case, I grabbed my sword.

Weller-kyo!

I could hear someone calling me. I opened the door to an empty hall. Odd. I could swear the voice was coming from out here.

Help me! Weller-kyo!

The voice sounded vaguely familiar. I followed it down the hall. Every step I took…it didn't seem real. Maybe I was dreaming.

Weller-kyo!

This time, the voice sounded pained. I hurried down the staircase. I was following the voice, though I wasn't sure why. As I got lower, the voice grew louder, and a dull pounding started up.

Weller!

The voice was getting frantic. The pounding got louder and harder. I slowly entered the treasury. Morgif made an odd moan when I approached, but he didn't really seem to be in the mood to talk. Not that the sword could really talk anyways…

As I got further into the darkness, a dull glow caught my attention. I moved closer. It was the mirror…

Conrad!

The voice was now clear in my mind. I stopped in front of the mirror. What stared back at me wasn't my reflection; it was a mangled, bloody, dirty…person.

"Wolfram?"

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Things you may need to know:

chichiue- father (very formal)

ne-a word used to get peoples attention (like right? Or hey)

hahaue- mother (very formal)

Weller-kyo –Lord Weller

Oops….I guess I lied. This chapter has been waiting to be typed up for a while…well, being finished typed up. Most of it was actually done. I just got sidetracked. Ironically enough, I got a review today telling me to hurry along. Hee hee. Depending on how I feel, chapter 5, which is done, may get typed up tonight. I don't know though…I started working on one of my scanlation projects that I'll tell ya all about soon. X3 Well..it's late so I don't think I'll type up 5 tonight. I'm soo tired..I have finals and I'm still catching up on sleep from AN. Oh! I saw the greatest cosplay there…Wolfram in his negligee! XD I hope my big sis got a pic of her on our reg camera. Until later, ciao!

Oh,a nd for whatever reason..my formatting keeps getting screwed on this think. Thus, my breaks disappera..so, I tried using 'n's for beraks this time.