Author's comment corner: Yeah yeah, I know the last chapter did not technically count as a first chapter. But I was still stuck on how it should start. But a few minutes ago, I finally got an idea as to how I could get around that and still have it follow the storyline slightly. Also, I still haven't gotten any word from the guy about my computer. So at the moment, I am updating with the school's computer. Thank goodness for copy, paste, and gmail drafts. Otherwise I would be screwed in this situation.
Formal Disclaimer: I don't own the wonderfully brilliant series Kyou Kara Maou or the novel Alice in Wonderland. Credit belongs to Tomo Takabayashi, Matsumoto Temari, and Lewis Caroll. Please support them by reading the novels and/or manga, and/or watching the anime Kyou Kara Maou.
Woohoo! Now that's out of the way, I can go back to funny disclaimers!
This takes place before the second season. Why not begin at the beginning, precisely as the title of this chapter suggests? Because it is a pain in the toucas. Also, because I kind of want to put it in later as a flashback, or something like that.
Shouri: Uh huh. Sure. That's exactly what was inferred. Not that you're lazy, oh no.
Me: -.- You know you could be a little more—nah, then the universe would be thrown off balance and ultimately fall into an abysmal chaos. Anyways, here's the next chapter of Kyou Kara-… Are?
Warning! This chapter is very very dull and boring. However, it is still important and the beginning needs to be at least skimmed over so you know what the heck is going on in the next chapter.
Kyou Kara-… Are?Chapter 1 (Prologue):Begin at the beginning…
…(Yuuri's point of view)…
It was a pleasantly sunny day today. As soon as I had finished going through Gwendal told me I could take a break before resuming with lessons from Guunter.
The occasional cool breeze that came and went deliciously complemented the scenery of the garden. The way it felt refreshing and yet overwhelming at the same time gave Yuuri the desire to stay in this spot for just a bit longer. With a small sigh of content, he leaned back against the trunk of a tree as his eyelids grew heavier and heavier with each passing moment.
(Meanwhile…)
The rest of the castle had very little worry regarding Yuuri's disappearance. Guunter believed that his Majesty was simply "running away from his feelings," while Conrad was convinced that His Majesty had been kidnapped for the umpteenth time, then remembered that the barrier set up would have gone off if an intruder entered Shin Makoku. Gwendal, despite feeling a brother-like worry for the boy, decided he was just hiding in an attempt to skip out on the extra paperwork he had "set aside for later."
Wolfram voiced his opinion, rather loudly, suggesting that he gather the soldiers to look for him. All but he had decided against this, however, mostly due to the fact that their king was done with his work for now and deserved a break. Other factors which prevented them from forming a search party were various individual issues.
Guunter ran off to his quarters in a daze, mumbling something about a field of books. Not one person questioned this, nor got anywhere near the man, lest they be covered in the blood gushing generously from his nose. It reminded one of a fountain; a thick, red, abundantly flowing fountain.
The three maids walked down the halls looking the other way, unanimously agreeing to convince Dorcas to mop the halls while they made dinner tonight.
Gwendal was tackling the rest of the paperwork when Annissina suddenly appeared with a document in her hand stating that she had "the right to call upon either the Maou himself or one of his retainers" for the purpose of becoming testing subjects for her maryoku-powered inventions, signed by both Yuuri and Gwendal on the dotted line down at the bottom. Gwendal thought, all the while inhaling sharply, that they must have signed it while they were half awake.
How he was going to get out of this, not even Shinou knew.
Ugh~! So very dull! I was hoping to make it longer and include the next scene to save it from being so boring, but it's more appropriate to put it in the next chapter.
Alright! At the end of July the contest was extended to the end of summer. This gave more time to people who were in summer school, had their computers messing up, writer's block, and even just interference from life. Life happens. To all of us. Heck, I had all four of the above happen. So basically what I'm slowly going into a tangent about is that life happens and sometimes we really can't do anything except sit back and watch as our plans fall to pieces.
I'll be trying to catch up and post as many chapters as I can write. The absolute date for the deadline has still not been decided, but will be explained in the next chapter.