Something that I did not know.
A fan fiction by Aoi Kitsukawa.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kyo Kara Maoh, but I own this story. Only borrow the characters …
Author's Note: Hello everyone, I'm Aoi. I'm so sorry for the very, very late updates. Too busy!! To everyone, I'm so sorry for the absent stories. Please wish me luck! This time, our favorites' characters have to deal with the problems that only two people know. Guess who?
Summary: Conrad suddenly falls sick, and the one who take care of him is unexpected person. For Wolfram who never thinks that about anyone else to take care of Conrad, it also makes Wolfram realized, he is not the only one who cares for Conrad secretly…
Chapter 8: Assassinators.
When I heard about his betrayal a long time ago…
I felt something important had gone from my side…
When he returned to our side with wounds on his body…
I felt like a heavy burden of feelings was lift up from my shoulders…
But leaving regret in my heart…
This time…
I…
It was the six day of Conrad's illness, and yet he slowly showed some sign of recovering after two days ago. This news made everyone happy to hear it, especially Lady Celie. She now spent some of her time with Conrad, although her son said that it was all right for him to be alone. However, Lady Celie refused to hear anything and watched over him.
Everyone felt it was a good thing for Conrad, and a funny thing to hear.
At that time, Yuri was writing reports; a mountain of work papers that Gwendal and Gunter had settle for him yesterday. Inside of his room were Ken Murata, Wolfram, Gunter and Anissina (luckily she just wanted to do some reading!). Murata stood behind Yuri; watching the young king doing his work papers when both of them suddenly realized that they could not pay any attention; especially when Yuri was about to write a report and Murata watched both the pen moving and the paper was write something on it.
"What's wrong Yuri? You and Geika didn't seem comfortable at all," Said Wolfram.
Yuri hung his head on his right side. If Gwendal was there, he might be scolded him for acting like that. That time, Gwendal was accompanying Conrad for taking some nap. It was something that Yuri really gladded, as the eldest brother was not there.
He actually felt like he was missing something important, but he unable to recall it what was it.
"Hmm…I think I've forgotten something….Emm…What's the…"
"I think I also forget something…" Said Murata.
"Well, what it is?" Asked Gunter.
"If you say about the paper 'match' like before then you should…" Wolfram was unable to finish his words when suddenly; the king and the Great Sage shouted together, much to everyone surprised.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!" They shouted.
"What? What's wrong Yuri? Why are you suddenly shouting?" Asked Wolfram.
Before Wolfram or Gunter could ever stopped the young king and his friend, both of them ran away like lighting; rushing out from the room as they shouting frustrated.
"I'm totally forgot that there will be the exam this week!!" Shouted Yuri as he kept running.
Wolfram and Gunter quickly chasing after Yuri and Murata while Anissina just walked slowly at their back. She did not felt like to chase their young king and advisor; as she knew it would be useless.
"What!? How could you easily forget such thing, you HENNACHOKO!!" Shouted Wolfram as he kept running.
"STOP CALLING ME HENNACHOKO!!" Shouted Yuri angrily.
"What about you, Murata? Why you also running like this?" Asked Yuri as he glanced at Murata.
Unknown to them, they actually went into the direction where Gwendal was accompanying his brother Conrad back to his room.
"I'm also forgot that I've have some test two days from now on!!" He said.
"How can both of you be so OLD?" Asked Wolfram.
"Oh, just quite Wolfram! I have to go home now…! Oii Murata! That fountain! Go there! There!!" Shouted Yuri as he pointed to the fountain in front of them. However, as they were about to jump off, they accidentally bumped into Gwendal and Conrad, and fell on the floor.
BUUKK!!
"Arghhh!!!"
Wolfram and Gunter stopped their running as they saw the adults and the young boys were lying on the floor.
"Aniiue! Conrad!!" Said Wolfram as he went to his brothers' side.
"Ah…! Gwendal, Conrad…! We're very sorry but please forgive us!!" Yuri said as he quickly stood up and ran away to the fountain. "Oii Murata! Hurry up!!"
"Ah…! Heika, please wait!!" Shouted Gunter but it was too late.
"Shibuya, wait for me!!" Said Murata as he ran after Yuri and then both of them successfully jumped into the water, leaving the nobles in blinked moment until Conrad suddenly coughed, making everyone woke up from the blurring situation.
"Are you alright, Conrad?" Asked Gwendal as he massaged his brother's back. Conrad just nodded before both Wolfram and Gwendal help him up.
"Conrad, let's go back to your room now," Said Gwendal when suddenly the wind blew roughly towards them. Like an instinct, Wolfram, Gwendal and Gunter felt something pain stabbed into their heart; which at the same time, the rough breeze hit them. The three of them looked around with the nervous expression on their faces. Conrad, who still weak, was unable to sense the uncomfortable scene. He lifted up his face and saw Gwendal's face was serious. He slowly raised his hand and touched Gwendal's hand, making Gwendal shocked a little.
Gwendal looked at his brother's face and realized that he seemed worry about him. Gwendal shook his head as he said to him that everything is fine. Without any question about it, plus that he felt tired after a little walk with his brother, Conrad just nodded his head and followed his brother returned to his room.
Wolfram was about to follow Gwendal and Conrad when he realized that Gunter did not moved; only stared at the sky as the sky was slowly turned red; a sign of sunset.
"Gunter?" Asked Wolfram.
Gunter looked at him and shook his head; a sign that nothing was happen. He turned to Wolfram and said, "I feel something is not right now."
"Eh!? But Conrad is already alright, right?" Asked Wolfram, felt weird.
"It's not about Conrad's condition that I'm talking about now," Said Gunter, as both of the nobles walked back into the castle.
"I really don't think that the enemies of us are unable to come here, at this castle. I feel something bad will be happening if we didn't take anything seriously," Said Gunter.
"Besides, the illness that spread in our country is still not vanishing. Only at the sates of Radford, Karbelnikoff, Spitzberg and Gyllenhaal are recovering from the illness."
"Gees, and now Yuri is gone home, we can't do anything except fight against it until we find the cure," Said Wolfram as he sighed.
"I guess you're right," Said Gunter.
Although Gunter was looking and talking to Wolfram, actually his eyes were looking at the other places. His eyes scened the patio, the garden, the hallway. He realized that there was a few soldiers who working that time. He felt something was not right, but he decided not to tell about it to Wolfram until they met with Gwendal that night…
&
Somewhere in the small village nearby Shin Makoku, a man with a torch walked silently in a lonely, dark road. He wore a black robe that covered his face and body. He glanced around him before he went to the nearest brushes and jumped into it. He then slowly lifted off his rode and reveled himself inside the darkness that surrounded him.
He had a dark blue hair; dark like a deep ocean, dark like an endless night and a pair of green eyes; green as emerald, green as lively grass. He wore clothes that showed him as one of the bandit that once held their meeting near the forest a few days ago.
That man was Durand.
He blew off the flame and slowly ran from the dark road. He ran as quiet as he can until he reached a small house near the forest. The moonlight shone lightly as the man lifted up his hand to the door and knocked twice; first was slow and the second was loud.
The door was open and Durand went into the house. There was a group of people waiting for him as all of them wore the clothes of bandits, including their leader. Durand looked at his leader and kneeled down and say, "Chief, it's seems that this night is the right moment to kill that man!"
"Is that the truth?" He asked.
"Yes! Apparently, from the spy that we had sent before, he seems slowly recovered from the illness," He said.
"He's slowly recovering!?"
"No way!"
"He'll be the main corruption of our plan!!"
"We need to kill him now!"
"Yeah! It's true! It's true!!"
The people in the house were starting to make noise again before their leader raised his hand and then suddenly all of them became silent.
Everyone including Durand looked at him.
"Durand, is the preparations are already set on?"
"Yes, chief. I've already choose five people to kill him. Besides, our spy saying that his room is located at one of the isolate rooms in the castle. This night, we can kill him for sure!"
"Excellent! Now we can kill that man who has several times interrupted our plans from the beginning! Durand, you lead our friends to kill that guy tonight! And everyone wait for the news! Prepare for the further action!" Ordered the leader.
All the people shouting happily, as they agreed with their leader's strategies. The man named Durand just silent, before he excused himself and went out from the small house. He then went into the darkness as five men followed him as well and disappeared into the dark patio.
The moonlight slowly surrounded by dark clouds, and then been consume by the eternal darkness of night…
&
Yuri went into his room right after he and Murata came back from Shin Makkoku and started to open his History book. He realized that he was too late to study his studies, but that did not mean that he cannot make it up that night, right?
Yuri was about to read his book when suddenly, he heard the door was knock by someone at the outside of his room.
"Yuri, are you there dear?" It was Miko-san.
"Ofukurou, what is it?" He asked.
"Aren't you going to eat, Yu-chan?" She asked.
"Nope! I'm busy to study now," Answered Yuri, as he opened the first chapter of the history.
Miko-san just looked at her son, and sighed slowly. Her sigh caught Yuri's attention as he turned around and facing his mother.
"Is something the matter?"
Miko handed a blue letter to her son, and said to him, "You've acting like your cousin, you know. Apparently her letter for you is just arrived today."
"Onee-chan?" Yuri said as he took the letter.
"It's seems that she's starting to contact us even she just write her letter to you," Said Miko.
"It's true."
"Did you have already sent her your reply?"
"Um!"
"I see…No wonder why you received so many letters these days."
"That's good. It's been nine years since we got separate from her."
"But I wonder why she uses our address for her formal letter?"
"Did she do that?"
"Lately. However, she had called us two hours before you gone home, Yu-chan. She's told me that some of her formal letters will come to our house."
"Oh yeah, I remember! She's also told me about it. Is ouyaji and Shori known about it?"
"Well, not Shori. Yu-chan, when is your History exam?" Asked Miko when she saw her son's History book.
"It's on 23 September. It's tomorrow, right?" Yuri asked, as he looked at his mother.
"What are you talking about? Tomorrow is 17th! It's just next week!" Claimed Miko, shocked.
"What!? But tomorrow…" Yuri was about to shout when he saw the calendar was 16th of September, and not 23rd.
"WHHHAAAAATTTT!!!?? I'M MAKING A MISTAKE AGAIN!!!" Screamed Yuri.
"Oii, Shibuya!!"
Yuri and Miko looked at each other before they went out from Yuri's room and went to the main door, not before Yuri slipped the blue letter into his pocket pant.
"Murata? What's all about?" Asked Yuri when he saw his friend Murata Ken in front of him, breathed hardly.
"I…I've making…A big mistake…! Actually, my quiz…Is next week!!" He said, gasping for air.
"What? Same as me! Hey, calm down. You can faint if you're like this," Said Yuri as he held and leaded his friend into his house.
"Well, looking at this, why don't you two get something to eat before returning to that place? I've just finish making my delicious curry!" Said Miko as she handed Murata a glass of white water.
"But, ofukurou…" Yuri said, tried to deny it.
"Neh, neh Shibuya. Let's just eat something, will you? I haven't eaten anything as I rushing here you know!" Said Murata as he smiled to him.
"Alright then. If you say so…" Said Yuri after he thought for a while.
Everything went silent for a moment, as both teenagers were resting themselves on the sofa, felt tired. Yuri stared at the ceiling of his own house, and suddenly he remembered Conrad.
Why suddenly I'm remembering Conrad?
Why this sudden feeling…?
It makes me sick…
Is this an omen?
A bad omen…
No. It can't be!!
He…Must be all right, right?
Gwendal, Wolfram and Gunter are there…
They can protect him…
Is he all right?
Conrad…
Yuri just stared at the ceiling again, before Miko calling him and Murata to eat. Which unknown to Yuri and Murata, that Yuri's bad omen was true…
&
It was a raining night, and the Covenant Castle was light up with candles' light. Although it seems peaceful from the outside, however the soldiers inside the castle were working hard; patrolling several times.
It was Gunter's order to make sure the castle was safe from the enemies. He actually worried for not only the security, but he also felt something bad would happen to Conrad. That was the main reason why he asking Gwendal to make the soldiers work harder than before.
Gwendal looked at his younger brother Conrad who was lying on the bed peacefully, when he suddenly heard the door was open silently. He quickly drew his sword out, only to realize it was Wolfram and Gunter.
"How's Conrad, Gwendal?" Asked Gunter.
Gwendal looked at the king advisor and said, "He's just fallen asleep a few minutes ago. And again, he lost his mood to eat again."
"He's not eating again? Aniiue, he can sick again," Said Wolfram, worriedly.
"Don't worry, he's already drank some milk before he fallen asleep. That's better than sleeping with an empty stomach," Said Gwendal as he looked at Conrad.
"Is the outside clear?" Asked Gwendal.
"Well, as far as we know, nothing strange is happen," Said Gunter.
"I see," Said Gwendal as he rose from his seat.
"Where are you going, Gwendal?" Asked Gunter.
"I want to check some places as well. I have some nasty feelings about the raining day. Like something bad will be happen," He said.
"I see…" Said Gunter.
Wolfram just looked at his elder brother, before his eyes fell on his brother who was sleeping soundly on his bed. His eyes were softening as he slowly sat next to his brother and stroked his hair. Gunter did not say anything, and he smiled a little.
"He's like a child…" Said Wolfram.
"Yes. That is his true manner, right?" Said Gunter.
Wolfram nodded his head as he smiled a little. No matter how much he said, no matter how many times he said, he cannot deny one thing about Conrad.
He is…My beloved brother…And I can't deny the fact is…
Wolfram rose from the bed and walked out from the room, together with Gunter. He closed the door, as he looked at his brother one more time.
Which unknown to Wolfram and Gunter, the danger was actually coming closer to Conrad…
&
After the rain was stop, a group of people was walking in the dark night as the moon was been hide by the night cloud, along the alley to the Covenant Castle. There were six of them; all of them were men in dark robe. One of them, who acting as a leader raised his hand as a sign of stop. They stopped and quickly hiding in the bushes, kept silent as they saw several soldiers went out from the gate of Covenant Castle. After all of the soldiers were gone, they slowly moved near the castle's wall.
They took out a rope with hook and quickly threw them up. They climbing as fast as they could; they cannot let the soldiers knew they were there. They held their important mission and they could not be fail. They had to accomplish it tonight or they would be defeated.
The mission is to kill Conrad Weller.
After they finally get into the castle, one of them slowly took off his robe-head, showing his face.
He was Durand.
"So, what should we do, Durand-sama?" Asked one of his people. Apparently, they were the assassinators that were been order by the leader of the bandit to kill Conrad. They seemed professional, and cannot wait for the next action.
"What for a second, I need to call my man," He said as he slowly made a sound like bird's sing.
A few second later, a soldier came by and went to met Durand. He quickly kneeled down, as the moon slowly showed her self and said, "Durand-sama, everything is clear!"
It was Dakaskos!
Durand looked at him and said, "How's the castle, Dakaskos…"
"No…"
"Silent Crow…"
As the full moon completely appeared, the soldier named Silent Crow smirked a little. His face that appeared as Dakaskos looked at his leader as he slowly reached to his left face and grabbed it. A sound of something was torn apart was heard. The moon rays fell on his face; it had a scar on his left eye and looked evil. His hair was silver with a pair of blue-raven eyes that match with his tall and strong body.
It appeared that he wore the mask that resembled Dakaskos and pretended to be him.
"So, what's the next move?" Asked Silver Crow.
"We need to figure out how's the situation in the castle," Said Duran.
"The soldiers are patrolling everywhere, but don't worry. That man's room is a little isolated from the other room. And the guards that near to his room are not as much as the main building here," Said Silver Crow.
"Besides…"
"He seems so weak after the word-fighting among the nobles!"
"Good. Now Silent Crow. Lead us to his room!" Ordered Durand.
"Hai," He said, as the group slowly making their movement.
To kill the man that been their target….
&
Gunter, Wolfram and the other soldiers were walk along the alley when they saw something was moving inside the bushes. All of them quickly drew their sword as Gunter raised his hand and gave a signal not to make any move. He slowly walked to the bushes and started to speak.
"Who's there?" he asked.
Wolfram and the others were waiting in silent but felt tense. They knew something was not right now; everything was silent, everything seemed weird, nothing seemed safe. After the incident where Conrad had locked himself two days ago, everything started to become strange and weird.
Even they started to feel suspicious that Waltorana had acting strange so suddenly; as the man that even he was proud with the lineage of pure blood Mazoku, he never said such terrible things to Conrad.
Gunter silent for a moment, and then he slowly came near the bushes. He suddenly heard a slow voice; like a man that his mouth had been tied up with something that closing his mouth.
"Emm….Emm…"
"Gunter, that voice…?" Asked Wolfram, as he also heard the slow voice.
"It can't be…!" Said Gunter as he signaled Wolfram to follow him to go to the bushes. When they did, they were so shocked to see DAKASKOS was tie up with a rope around his body and his mouth had been seal up with a piece of clothe. His body was dirty, and he seemed very weak and in pain.
"Dakaskos, what happened to you?" Asked Wolfram as he took off the clothe that sealed his mouth.
"Kakka…I….I…" Said Dakaskos, weakly.
"Calm down, Dakaskos. You're weak, don't push yourself," Said Günter as he looked at the poor soldier. He realized that the mud on his armor was half-wet, half dried; it seemed that it was already passes two to three days. Besides, with his weak condition, there was no way he would be attack in several hour ago. He suspicious that Dakaskos might been attack a few days ago.
But if it's true, then who was the usual DAKASKOS that he saw since two days ago?
Could it be that man was a double-gagger?
One of the soldiers gave Dakaskos some drink when Wolfram asked him about when and how he had been attack.
"I was walking back from giving Ao his food when suddenly someone hit me from the back. I fainted and when I woke up, I was here. I only manage to call someone until von Christ-Kyo came here and found me," He said.
"But why your armor become this dirty?" Asked Gunter as he narrowed his eyes after he heard Dakaskos's story.
"Well, I remember that evening after von Bielefeld-Kyo Waltorana-Kakka came by…I went back to my post after feeding Ao when suddenly something hit my head…And after that…I don't remember anything…" he said, in weak tone.
Both Gunter and Wolfram were so shocked to hear what Dakaskos had told them. Dakaskos claimed that he had been attack during the day where all the nobles were about to visiting Conrad, but after that, they still saw Dakaskos working at the castle!
But what Dakaskos said about what had happened to them was true; he didn't lie to the two nobles in front of him. He was actually been attacked by someone else two days ago! Besides, a day before the Ten Nobles came to the Covenant Castle; it was raining in the evening. Of course, the ground will be wet until now as the rain had been continued fell to the ground every evening until night.
Then, who was the person who looked like Dakaskos and kept patrolling like there was nothing happened since two days ago?
"Are you sure about this Dakaskos?" Asked Wolfram.
"Wolfram, he's not lying. The mud on his armor showed that it had been two days, match with what he' saying to us," Said Gunter.
Wolfram kept silent for a while when suddenly, he remembered something. The fake Dakaskos must be someone that had connection with the illness that been spread recently!
And the group of bandit that Yozak had told them before!
It must it! Conrad's life might be in danger!
Wolfram quickly ran away from the place as Gunter and the soldiers were shock to see the young prince's action.
"Wolfram, where are you going!?" Shouted Gunter.
The young prince stopped his running and said, "Conrad's life is in danger! I can feel it!"
"WHAT!?"
"Come on! We must tell aniiue about this!!"
"You there, send Dakaskos to Gisela right away and keep on your guards!" Said Gunter as he rose and walked chasing after Wolfram who was waiting for him.
They need to find Gwendal and informed him about the news that they got as soon as possible before something bad happened to Conrad!
And the danger was already reached to Conrad as they speak…
Finally, the eighth chapter is done!!!(Actually not) It's suppose to be full story but due for some reasons, I decide to make it into two parts of story. I'll be entered into university next week so I might not be able to send the next chapter. However, I try my best to finish the second part. Wish me luck!!-Aoi Kitsukawa.