Disclaimer: I don't own Kyou Kara Maoh! It belongs to Takabayashi Tomo who made best story and the lovely couple, Yuuram XD

A/N : Sorry for the late reply guys! DX

So, I'm in midterm test and I need to study, so I couldn't write it. And bad news is that just after the test over, my back hurt cause I must stand all day with little bend when I went home

to dorm after test, in shuttle bus. The weather was rainy… -_-"

Actually I already wrote a few pages and just one page more it will be done before midterm test.

Once again, I'm sorry

Happy Read and Enjoy! XD

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Chapter 8: Sneaking out to town with Arthy

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After that incident Yuri banned me to go outside, and increased the guards in every corner of the palace. Conrart always follows me around and continually bugs me asking 'If I want to go somewhere'. This sucks! I am not free to go anywhere I like. I'm same like a prisoner in jail, but the difference is that I have better service. I'm running into the garden, trying to escape from Conrart who looks like a mother following her child.

I hide in a bush. Peeking a little, I saw Conrart who was searching for me run in the other direction towards the kitchen. He must be thinking that I'm cooking right now. Usually if I have free time I spend it reading and cooking. I make cookies or cake just for myself.

But one day the maid found out that I have made cookies and she said that it was okay since she also eats my cookies every night. I asked her how the taste is, she said that it's delicious and His Majesty is lucky t have choosed me as his consort. I feel embarrassed because of that. Before she left I asked her to keep it a secret and just say that the cookies in the kitchen cupboard was made by someone else. But I think Conrart came to know that I was the one who made the cookies.

Now it's time to go. Conrart is gone and the guards are now having recess. I come out from bushes and run until a ball hit my head.

"Ouch!" I hissed a little and look up, where the ball had came from. I think it's impossible since the gate so tall. I hear some children screaming and one of them blames his friend.

"It's your fault Arthy! The ball is gone now, it's because you come to play with us bringing bad luck to us!" said the black hair child.

"I didn't do anything. I just asked you if I can play with all of you. I'm not the one who threw the ball." The child with light brown hair complains because his friends blame him.

"Yes it is! If you hadn't come, Alex could catch the ball and we can continue to play. But now the ball is gone and it's your entire fault. The punishment is you must bring back the ball." said the dark brown hair child who wearing an expensive suit. All of them wear the good looking clothes and their hair is tidy.

Except the child with the light brown hair.

His clothes are dirty; also his face is untidy. He wears a long black cloak, too big for him. The sleeves are until his waist and the shoes are meant for an adult. His socks are of different colors, one of it is black and the other blue. He looks about 5 or 6 years in human age.

But he is a demon. Maybe of 25 or 30 years. I can see all the children blaming him and he looks like he can cry any minute.

"Please, you can punish me in any way except that. I don't want to be caught by His Majesty guards. They will bring me to His Majesty and then imprison me in the dungeon" said Arthy who was almost going to crying. Is it Yuri so scary to his people?

"Well, that's the risk. And now you must bring back that ball tonight. We will wait at the town pool tonight." Said the black hair child firmly and he seems to challenge Arthy who shivers.

"Okay, I'll bring back the ball but you must promise to take the ball at town pool tonight."

"Okay, we promise" said the black hair child and they left Arty alone to climb the tree. I squatted in the bushes and saw them coming closer to me but we were separated by the palace gate.

"Do you think that he will take the ball?" I heard a boy say.

"I'm sure he will. Actually I can buy another ball. He is just so stupid. Why should he take the ball if he knows that the guards will catch him? He is really stupid." And they leave. Poor child, they leave him alone and he's now trying to sneak into castle. I hear the ruffling of leaves. That child really wants to take the ball. Now he's climbing the tree.

"Now I must take the ball but how?" he asked to himself then he jumped to another tree inside palace.

"Yes, now I will climb down" he said but the branches suddenly broke under his weight and his feet slipped and he fell. I immediately run near to the tree and spread my arms in the hope of catching him. He falls right into my arms.

"Are you okay?" I asked him. He looks shocked and his face is pale. He stares into my eyes. His eyes light blue eyes clashes with my emerald one. I feel like I am staring into the sky. I fall in love with it. He suddenly realizes that he is still in my lap and he gets up from my lap and kneels in front of me.

"Forgive me! Please don't arrest me, I just want to take the ball and I'll leave. Just that! Don't send me to dungeon…" his voice cracks and he is near to tears. I'm walk near to him and try to calm him down.

"It's okay. I won't send you to the dungeon. Besides you are just a child."I said to him. He looks up and his face looks relaxed but there are traces of anxiety and fear in his eyes because he's inside Yuri's castle after all. His Demon King.

"Really?" he asks me doubtfully.

"Yes, I won't. Besides they won't do that right? I mean you are just a child."

"No, that's not true, My Lord…" his voice becomes low and he looks down. "I heard a story and it's true. There's this child who had gone inside the castle's garden. She saw the flowers and picked a lot for her parents. But the guards saw her picking the flowers and arrested her and they bought her to His Majesty. She said that she gone inside because the gate was open and she picked flowers for her parents. The King finally let her free but first she must accept the punishment."

If she just picks flowers for her parents will Yuri punish the innocent child?

"What kind of punishment?" I ask many thoughts rising up in my head and my voice rises up a little because I of the anger that I felt at Yuri. I must meet him after I go outside.

"Well, the child then goes home in the morning; she said that His Majesty's punishment to her is…" before he can continue, I heard the guards shouting something.

"Hey, whose is this ball?" shouted the guards. The child is scared now and I feel a shiver running down my spine. I pull him close to me and hide in bushes. I close his mouth, afraid that he will scream. His eyes are teary as if he was about to cry.

"Is there anybody here?" said the guard.

"What is happening over here? Why are you both shouting?" Gwendal appears with Günter at his side. They discuss about the castle security. The guard walks towards Gwendal with the ball in his hand.

"There's a ball from outside, Sir. It seems that it's some children's ball. Maybe he's looking for it now."

Gwendal stays quiet for a moment and then he orders the guards, "Find that kid and bring him to me."

"Yes sir!" and they leave.

"What would you do to the child, Gwendal? If they find him?" asked Günter who is now heading towards the hall.

"Just talk to him. I will ask him to leave soon before His Majesty knows."

"It will become big problem, if His Majesty knows there's someone in his castle." Günter said it firmly but he seemed scared.

"Yeah, after that incident, His Majesty never trusted His people again. Although he trusts us, he can't trust his people." Gwendal stops his walking and looks at Yuri's picture hanging in the hallway. In the picture Yuri stands with his royal cloak and crown on his head. His right hand holds the throne with his sword on his left side. His face looks serious and I kind of scared whenever I look at it.

"What about Wolfram, our Prince? Does he trust him?" asked Günter who is also looking Yuri's picture.

"I'm not sure, Günter but I think he trusts him. Let's hope that Prince Wolfram can change His Majesty for good and bring the King's trust to his people. Let's pray and hope that it will come true."

"Yes, let's pray and hope for that." And they leave. The garden becomes quite again just like before. I could hear the birds chirping away happily. We both stayed n the same position for a few more minutes. I let go of his hand and start thinking.

That means I have a big task in my hands and it's also connected to Yuri. I'm Gwendal, Günter, Conrart and the others only hope to change Yuri's behavior. It's not an easy task because bringing the trust of others back into a person who can't seem to trust anyone is the most difficult thing to do. If someone betrayed you, you cannot trust anyone easily anymore.

I feel a little hand poking my arms and I look down. The child is looking at me while this other hand is still clutching at my cloak. I turned my body so we sat face to face. He wanted to say something but he closes his mouth again as if hesitating. He takes a deep breath and then speaks.

"Thank you, My Lord" he says with his sweet voice. I think he is cute.

"Well, you're welcome. Actually you would be in trouble if I'm not protecting you."

"Yeah, but I just wanted the ball. My friends want it and they will wait at town pool" he said. I think it's useless if he takes the ball back because his friends don't care about him. Maybe I should tell him the truth.

"I think you don't have to."

"Eh, why? They waiting for me right now"

"No, it just like…" how I am supposed to tell him? "Well, you see... When they left you I heard them say…"

"Say what? Tell me now" he asked curiously.

"They won't wait for you. The black hair child said that he still has a lot of balls like that and…"

"I know it…"

"What?"

" I know that they won't wait me. From the beginning I knew that they will just trap me into bringing the ball so that I'm the one who will be caught by the guards." He seemed sad and tears welled up in his eyes. But he pulls it back. "Anyways thanks a lot for saving me, My Lord."

"It's okay. Mm, what's your name?" I asked him.

"Arthur, My Lord. You can call me Arthy, that's my nickname."

"Arthy, so pleased to meet you." I shake my hand with him.

"I am pleased to meet you too, My Lord." He seemed happy. He became quite for a minute and then asked me, "What is your name, My Lord? It seems that I know you before."

"Mm, my name is Wolfram…"

"FOR GOD SAKE! You are the new Prince Consort!" he screams aloud then bowed to me. "Forgive me, Your Highness. It's not good that a poor person like me should be talking to you… "

"No, Arthy…. Arthy please…" I put my hand under his chin and raised his head. I speak to him, looking straight into his blue eyes. "It's okay and you didn't do anything wrong. You are just a child and you can call me by only my name, Wolfram."

"But, it's so rude for me too…"

"I said its okay, and its order. Obey me!" I said it firmly.

"As you wish, my… no, Wolfram." He said my name although he didn't seem too sure. Maybe I will make him call my name just like people call each other. "Hey, what can I do for you, My Lord?"

"Mm, what do you mean Arthy?" I asked confused by his question.

"Since My Lord saved me from the guards, I think I should give you some good things or help you if you are in any problem, although I'm not good…"

"Actually I don't have… but wait" I suddenly get a brilliant idea and Arthy can help me right now. "Come closer to me, I want you do favor for me." Arthy moved closer to me and I whispered to him in his ear.

"Can you take me to the town and introduce the people to me? I want go outside and see King Yuri's people and their life"

Arthy seemed surprised and he was looking at me like I had grown two heads, and then he nodded to me. Yes! Now I will go outside without guards.

"But, my question is My Lord… How we can get outside while the guards are around here?"

"It's easy Arthy, just use magic." Luckily I can use magic to create an invisible magic barrier.

"Now, hold my hands."Arthy quickly holds my hand right hand tightly and then I take a deep breath; a blue light coming out from my left hand. I draw a circle in the air with a symbol and said : "Dear nature on earth, come and obey my words, give me all your powers and help me from any dangerous situations and make us invisible."

The wind comes to us and then I feel the wind blanket us. Arthur closes his eyes tightly and so his hand. I must make it quick because the invisible magic barrier can only work in 10 minutes. After wind begins left us, I begin to run to the gate with Arthy.

"Why do we have to run?" Arthy asked.

"The magic can only work for 10 minutes so we must hurry before it's gone. And don't let out your voice. Even the invisible magic can make us disappear but not our voices. So, keep quiet." Arthy nodded and we stood near the gate, near the guards. I start knocking the door with my hands. The guards stood and begin open the gate, wondering who is it.

"Is someone there?" one of the guards asked loudly. The gate is open so we run as fast as we can, the guards did not seem to realize it. The guards look left and right but couldn't see anything and close the gate. I run and turn right to the little street and hide behind the tree. The magic is finally gone and I was relieved that I could finally leave the castle. I feel a mixture of feelings inside me. Happiness, relief, free and… sadness. I felt sad because I felt like I broke Yuri's trust.

"You seem happy, My Lord?" Arthy asked me.

"Yes, finally I can go outside. The King had forbidden me to go outside the castle because someone almost kills me. He is scared that it will happen to me again. But now finally I can go outside and see everything. Can you show me everything in town Arthy?"

Arthy changed his position, he kneels in front of me, his gesture just like a Prince "Yes, with my pleasure Prince Wolfram"

I smile and we begin to walk into town, holding hands. I can see everything in the town and meet Yuri's people. What would they think about Yuri? I am curious about it. Are they scared of him? Do they respect him?

"Hey Arthy, call me Wolfram okay? Not 'My Lord'."

"Okay Wolfram" he said it cheerfully and I'm in love with his smile.

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A/N : Okay, Thanks for rea the story and how is it?

I think I need some child in this story to make the story little fun and Wolfram love child right?

If you womder what kind punishment Yuri give I will tell it in later chapter and there's some reason why Yuri not trust his people even the children.

Advice and Reviews as usual guys! :D