Title: The Forgotten -- Memories and Love

Chapter 2: Sadness

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Now, here is the second chapter…

"Hush!" A man riding on a grey horse came to a halt in front of him. His yellow hair shone under the light.

"Adelbert…" Yuuri whispered under his breath. The man shouted something at the villagers and jumped down gracefully from the horse.

Yuuri took a step back instinctively. He knew what he would do to him, yet Yuuri was afraid of the process. Adelbert grabbed Yuuri's head to stop him moving. Yuuri tried to move, but in vain.

"Wait, my head is not a stress ball," Yuuri repeated the same words that he had said four years ago. Then, without warning, he felt a severe pain that penetrated through his head like a bolt of lightning. He screamed. He felt like his head was going to crack once again. It took him awhile for the pain to fade. Yuuri panted, while holding his head in his hands, waiting for the pain to disappear completely.

"Just our luck, he had to appear here."

"Let's get rid of him now."

Yuuri shivered from the pain and listened as the voices of the villagers slowly registered in his mind. He looked up at Adelbert who was smiling at him.

"Thanks, Adelbert," was all Yuuri said when he stood up.

"How did you know my name?" Adelbert frowned.

"What…? We had encountered each other countless times. Of course I..." Yuuri tried to protest but found the words stuck at his mouth. 'So, this is it… I really travelled back through time, or else, why will Adelbert not know who I am? Maybe I should play along and try to find out what's happening…'

"Ah, sorry… you look like a friend of mine, so I thought…" Yuuri's voice trailed away. He sensed the danger that was coming behind Adelbert. The villagers had their weapons raised.



After squinting at Yuuri for a moment or two, he decided that he would not waste any more time on him, he turned and spoke to the villagers, "Now, calm down you guys. This kid hasn't succumbed to anything yet. If we can persuade him here and now…"



His words are drowned by another thundering sound of horses galloping.

"YUURI!" the black-haired king turned and saw his name-giving godfather racing to his rescue on horseback. Yuuri blinked when he saw the blue pendant dangling in front of Conrad's uniform. He subconsciously reached up for his own blue pendant, but found nothing there. Yuuri opened his grip and tried to grab again at the place where he hung Julia's pendant, hoping that it was just him, but no matter how many times he tried, there was only empty air. Before Yuuri could return from disbelief, Conrad had drawn out his sword, and so had Adelbert.

"Wait, Conrad! Don't attack him! He's not our enemy!" Yuuri tried to stop the fight. 'Conrad, didn't you know that Adelbert is an ally of ours? Didn't you approve of Adelbert? Then why? Why are you attacking him now? This is not act… Even if this was an act or a prank pulled on me, there was no way everything would be exactly the same. Wait… who will have the guts to play a prank on the Maou?'

Conrad, ignoring Yuuri's advice, swung his sword down towards Adelbert. Adelbert responded by defending himself with an upwards swing. The equal forces that they exerted on each other caused their swords to vibrate under their hands. After concluding that neither can get through the barrier, they withdrew their swords and looked at each other with hatred in their eyes. Yuuri felt his foot bringing himself a step backwards. From above, Yuuri was grabbed by a Kohi and carried up into the sky.

Unlike last time, Yuuri did not struggle as he felt himself floating in the sky, he knew that in this fight, neither will win nor lose. He should keep quiet and watch. Conrad and Adelbert seemed to be talking but he couldn't make out what they were saying from his distance. Soon, two soldiers riding on their horses raced towards them. Adelbert turned to look at Yuuri and a wide smile spread across his face. He turned and retreated.

Everything went as expected. Conrad offered him to ride on his horse and brought him to another village. Gunter came out to welcome him on his arrivals. This time however, Yuuri's back did not hurt like last time. That wasn't a surprise though, since he had practiced riding horseback with Ao. He dried his shirt, listening to the same conversations again with Gunter. Yuuri tried his best not to show any signs of impatience while pretending to listen tentatively.

At night, he laid down upon the comfy bed that Gunter had insisted to provide. Yuuri felt his heavy eyelids closing down when he relaxed. Too many things happened today. He was still confused.

Why did he end up repeating the same thing? When will things go back to normal? While thinking of all these things, Yuuri felt himself sinking deep into dreamland as the unknown darkness surrounded him.



'If you want to change the history, this will be your only chance. When that decisive moment comes, you are to make your own choice. The choice that you make is going to affect the future.'

'Huh? What do you mean the decisive moment?' Yuuri found himself floating in a different realm. The voice which echo in all directions made him difficult to trace down where this person was.



'You should know very well the answer to that question. After all, you're the one who wished for it.'

'I don't understand…'

'Remember, the next time you close your eyes, you will return back to your time. Make your decision wisely.'

'No, wait. I said I don't understand what you're talking about!'

Yuuri felt the light piercing through his eyelids. Slowly, he let his eyes slide open and the vision adjusted. He sat there, thinking about the dream and tried to recall what he wished for… when the door was knocked. He was snapped back to reality.

"Come in." the wooden door was opened and Conrad showed his gentle face.

"Heika, did you sleep well last night?"

"Yes." Yuuri concluded that it's best not to trouble Conrad about the dream. After analyzing the dream, he knew, for this was the first time Conrad saw Yuuri.

"It's good to hear that. You are to make preparations to get into the Blood Pledge Castle today, heika."

"Conrad… you don't have to call me heika. I know that you're the one who named me." Yuuri smiled at Conrad. Conrad looked at him with a mixture of bewilderment and gratitude. He hesitated but returned a smile at Yuuri.

After the preparations, Yuuri set off with Conrad, Gunter and few more soldiers to their destination. On the way, they met a little girl. Her purple hair breaded into two pigtails. She was holding a bowl of bright shining water. Yuuri knew. This is to make a contract to enable him to use the water majutsu. Conrad, as usual, took the drink and tasted it first before handing it over to Yuuri. After travelling under the hot sun for several hours, Yuuri appreciated this little bowl of water and finished it in one gulp. He thanked Ondine and continued their journey.

Even before the demon king reached the castle, he heard the thundering cheers from outside. The people of the Shin Makoku were shouting his name. From there onwards, Yuuri was to enter the castle by riding his own horse. Cautiously, he leaded the horse into the castle. The deafening roams increased. Yuuri felt like his eardrums would burst under the high decibel. 

He smiled at the people, receiving the flowers from the children. 'It's so nostalgic; I can't believe I'm going through this again…' Yuuri thought.

In front of the next entrance, Stoffel, Cheri's elder brother is standing there to welcome them. Gunter and Conrad whispered to Yuuri about Stoffel's desires to take over Maou's place after Cheri resigned. Yuuri merely nodded. He was more focused on what was going to happen next. Yes. His memories were awakened. Before Yuuri had the chances to react and prepare for the worst, the horse had already taken its actions. Yuuri felt himself raised a little and was speeding into the castle at a high speed. The frightened people and Stoffel had stepped aside to let the horse run through. He heard someone behind him shouted "pull the rein!" Followed by Gunter's and Conrad's voices shouting "Heika! Heika!".

"AAAAAARGHH!" was all Yuuri managed to do while struggling to hold onto the horse for his dear life.

"This is NOT what I want to re-experience!" He yelled in his highest pitch as the horse continued to run all the way down the path. Lucky it still recognized where it was supposed to go, Yuuri noted. 'Now this is not the time for admiration! '

"Stop the horse!" Yuuri felt piercing wind that blew onto his face. He opened his eyes wide as he saw the horse finally raced near the castle, and stopped as suddenly as it started.

Yuuri was thrown off the horse by the sudden momentum. Sitting on the ground, he rubbed his bottom and groaned.

"Calm down, it's alright now." He saw Gwendal comforting the horse. 'Gee… since when did he appear?' Yuuri thought in his heart.

"Heika, are you alright?" Gunter and the rest finally caught up with him. Gwendal turned to look at Yuuri.

"Heika? This is?" Yuuri couldn't help but felt the tone of disdain in Gwendal's voice.

"What do you mean this is?" Yuuri retorted back, but then felt that he was in no right position to say this, judging on the fact that a king wasn't supposed to be sitting on the ground. Not to mention that this is his second time. Yuuri turned and avoided Gwendal's gaze. "You do have a point…" he whispered.

"Heika, are you hurt?" This time it was Conrad's turn. Before Yuuri could find the time to nod his head to tell Conrad that he was alright, he heard a familiar voice…

"That is the new Maou?"

Yuuri felt his heart leapt a little when he recognized the voice. The scenes where they last met flashed through his mind like movie. They were arguing and it had ended with an unpleasant atmosphere, the problem unsolved. It suddenly hit him. He slowly seemed to get the answer to his question in his dream last night. What did he wished for?

He wished that he had never slapped the blonde before.



They all turned at the same time and stared at the prince who took his time walking down the stairs. He was wearing the usual blue uniform. His emerald eyes brought out the contrast of his hair. Yuuri gaped at the bishounen in front of him. Wolfram was darn pretty for a boy. Yuuri soon found himself looking up to examine his features. The emerald eyes flickered towards him, but before their eyes could meet, Wolfram had turned to look sideway.



'Why… why is it that Wolfram eyes no longer show the sign of pride and dignity as he used to when I first saw him? Why is it kind of… sad?'

End of chapter 2…

Kya!! I really couldn't believe this. After I wrote this chapter, I went to finish KKM season 2. (Yes… I hadn't finished the second season yet I started writing the fanfic) I totally love the ending. I'm not referring to the way how Yuuri ended the fight, though… what I like is the way how the author made me really believe that Yuuri will never come back again to shin makoku. It made me felt so touched when I see yuuri is back, not to mention Wolfram's expressions. He's so cute in the last episode. Hahaha. The ending is so cool.

Thanks again for reading. Let's guess what's going to happen in next chapter. Why did Wolfram seem sad? And second. What will Yuuri do when it come to that decisive moment? ) Pls continue to give your reviews. If there are many reviews, I will consider uploading the next chapter even earlier. Thanks so much!