Me: *looks down, avoiding eye contact*

Yozak: Tell the nice people what you need to tell them.

Me: *keeps head down, not daring to look at anyone*

Yuuri: Oh come on, it isn't going to kill you. Now what do we say?

Me: *momentarily looks up, then looks back down*

Yuuri: *sighs, rubbing temples* Really? This early in the morning you're going to be this way?

Wolfram: I don't really blame her. Especially not after lying about updating last chapter.

Shouri: With so many people left in suspense, too.

Rinji: And the last update not even being 700 words.

Murata: Betraying their trust like that. *looks down as glasses produce a blinding glare* I wonder if you'll ever get it back…

Me: *mumbles* Well if I had my own computer… only have access to one 3 days a week… get at least 4 hours if that… horrible writer anyway, not like anybody but a few read this… the last chapter was so disappointing… more like nobody reads this now… and *mutters "I apologize a thousand times"…. under the big yellow sun slowly bleaching out my hair and burning the epidermis of my flesh, thus rendering me vulnerable to radiation, burns, blisters and skin cancer, but no money to buy some freaking aloe gel, let alone pay for skin grafts or lotion treatments—

Yuuri: Uh, I think they get it.

Me: Uwe- *eyes widen and ears burn in embarrassment before she looks back down* Right. Sorry. I spent almost all my weekend with my dysfunctional family. And then there was no class on Monday. Then I got depressed on Wednesday. And that's what happened.

Shinou: We forgive you, but the reader who was anxiously waiting to find out what happened to Yuuri is likely ready to kill you.

Me: And I'm positive she will after she reads this chapter that explains what did happen to him. Well, it's been nice hallucinating with you guys.

KKM Cast: *boredly* Nice knowing you, Yukino-chaaan~!

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Okay! Now that I have stalled a bit, onto the…

Disclaimer: If it makes you happpyyyy, then it can't be that baaaa~a~ad, if it makes you happyyyy, then why the hell're you… so… sad?

That song has been in my head all morning… along with the opening to Tabasco(Tsubasa Reservior Chronicle)… ahaha, right. Onto the next chapter of Kyou Kara-… Are?

Note: In one of the reviews for last chapter, it was pointed out that the short length was very depressing. And I agree. Because I hurried, its resulting state was downright pitiful. And so this chapter is going to be longer. I hope the slightly less sucky chapter 3 makes up for the unbelievable suckiness in chapter 2.

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Kyou Kara-…Are? Chapter 3: If only you search long enough…

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Safe to say the situation was beyond frustrating.

"Just like the wimp to run off like this. He didn't even leave a note or tell anyone. Just up and wandered off to Shinou-knows where. How could he not tell me? As soon as we find him, I'm burning off his legs so he can't run off!" I announced, nodding to myself afterwards while brainstorming the many ways and tools with which I could perform the task.

Quite a few feasible options ran through my head when Conrad… Sir Weller… decided to speak up and, ultimately, cause my train of thought to crash and burn.

"Now I'm sure that he had a good reason… or at least he isn't in any danger."

Instead of retaliating for his unconvincing comment, I decided to keep quiet. Mostly because I couldn't think of a comeback.

And also… because I was honestly worried about Yuuri. The whole time we walked down the path searching for him my thought patterns kept making constant transitions. One minute I would be breaking out into cold-sweat thinking about what could have happened to him, when the next minute would be filled with the desire to roast the living daylights out of the wimp! Part of me thought he may have been kidnapped, while another thought he was just shirking his responsibilities as the Maou. It was then that another thought appeared inside my head.

What if he ran off somewhere to get away from me? Would he do that? And if he did, would he ever come back? Or was he that disgusted by him?

Maybe he just decided to take a quick trip back over to his parent's house to grab an extra baseball mitt for Greta?

Or maybe he was running around with some fair skinned human whore, doing Shinou-knows what with her, saying Shinou-knows what to her, at Shinou-knows where.

I promise he will see hell if I find out he cheated on me. Especially if it was with some cheap prostitute he picked up off the streets. He will never see the light of day again for as long as he lives. The cheating wimp!

"I'll check the east and west perimeter if you check the kitchen and the garden." Conrad offered.

I was only half listening, and replied with a 'hmph!,' once again immersing myself in my own thoughts.

Once I find him… and I will find him. He can count on it!

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Checking the kitchen first wasn't the brightest idea. One of the most populated areas, full of people who eagerly bombarded the blond with questions regarding Yuuri's absence. His pride was still a bit hurt since he honestly had no idea where his own fiancée was. For this reason it was definitely too embarrassing to admit, leaving him with no other option than to turn up his nose at them, huff once, and storm off. With that, he began to head over to the gardens to search for his missing wimp.

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To say that the gardens were overwhelmingly huge would be an understatement. It would be more appropriate to say they were practically big enough to be a town all their own.(2)

I lost count how many times I had called his name repeatedly, each time receiving no response.

"Yuuri! Yuu~ri! Stop hiding and show yourself, you stupid wimp! I shouted once again, silently praying for a reply.

Seconds away from giving up, the muffled sound of a familiar voice chimed into my ears. Immediately I ran towards the direction that the sound had come from, not doubting my ears for a minute.(3)

What surprised me wasn't the fact that I had found Yuuri, nor was it the fact that he was leaning against a tree asleep. It was the way his face looked so calm; the way the sunbeams combined with the shadow from the tree leaves danced across his face, giving a shimmer-like effect. A pleasant breeze seemed to come and go every few minutes, each time filling me with the desire to brush the hair out of his face, and kiss those soft lips soon after. Of course I only acted upon the former; how could I forget that he was still uncomfortable with it?

It's times like these…

Over the past year he had been living in Shin Makoku, Yuuri had become much more open-minded.

…that make me confident that you will change.

But, I guess, something that you grew up thinking for 15 years couldn't possibly be changed easily.

…that I know it isn't unrequited. Just unspoken.

This was indefinitely something that required the utmost patience.

But how long is the wimp going to make me wait?

I smiled at this thought, all the while slowly becoming enchanted with the scenery. I could see why Yuuri had fallen asleep.

It would have been better if he had told someone, though. Preferably his own fiancée.

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Well? Whadjya think? Much better than the last chapter, right? I didn't rush it with this one! Also, I think I have trouble writing Conrad for some reason. But I promise that the last chapter will be edited, lengthened, and improved.

I got a review saying that I failed to explain what tsundere and oranyan meant in the last chapter! I'm sorry, I just forgot for a moment that it isn't standard knowledge, especially not for those who write fanfics, but are not nerds without a life like me! So here I go, I will explain what those two mean.

Tsundere is a word combining two words, "Tsun Tsun" and "Dere Dere". Both terms describe attitudes of a person. "Tsun Tsun" is used for cold/blunt/curt attitude, while "Dere Dere" is used when a person becomes spoony in front of his/her lover.

(Thank you Urban Dictionary! You have helped me yet again!)

Apparently there are two types, type A and B. There are two because there are two different default personalities.

Type A (alias Type Tsun or harsh): These Tsundere have tsuntsun as their default mood. It takes something special to trigger their deredere side. The intensity of the tsuntsun can range from "I must glare and fight my way through life" to grumpy pessimism. It's not about intensity, it's just about which part of the tsundere personality is the public face and which the hidden. If the Tsundere is The Rival, she is more likely to be Type A. When she does help her rival out, expect her to say something along the lines of "Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this for you." This is usually accompanied by ferocious blushing. While she usually cuts down on the beatings and insults and shows more signs of mushiness as the series progresses, she will not be fully converted to "dere" in contrast to the Defrosting Ice Queen (which, ironically, was the original definition of Tsundere). The moods of a Tsundere tend to switch in reaction to the actions of select people; the deredere side usually only comes out when someone has acted in a way to trigger it.

Type B (alias Type Dere or sweet): These Tsundere have deredere as their default mood. They are sweet, kind and generous, but just happen to have a hidden violent side as well. In this case, her temper is almost always triggered by someone or something else, usually the male Love Interest. Either they have Belligerent Sexual Tension, or he is an idiot or an Accidental Pervert, or she just has no idea how to handle feelings of love and attraction and thus is sweet to everyone except the man she's interested in. Unwanted suitors such as Dogged Nice Guys or Jerkasses might also trigger the tsuntsun. Very often the male Love Interest will be very frustrated, as everybody else keeps telling him how soft-hearted the Tsundere is, and wonders how they can possibly be describing the same girl. This may lead to an Informed Attribute if we never actually see the sweet side as default, since the Tsundere and her irritant are always together on screen. A Type B Tsundere is often subject to Adaptation Decay, Character Exaggeration and Flanderization, turning her into a Type A. If a Type B Tsundere were really convinced that her Love Interest didn't want her, she would revert back to her deredere side and probably enter an I Want My Beloved To Be Happy phase. A Yandere would calmly tolerate a lot of the things that a Tsundere goes bonkers over, but if a Yandere were to decide that her Love Interest really didn't want her, she would likely snap and Murder The Hypotenuse (or the love interest himself).

(Thank you Telivision Tropes and Idioms! You have also helped!)

Though most often if you see a tsundere anime character, she will be type A rather than type B.

An oranyan is the term for male tsunderes.

Okay, I don't quite remember if the gardens are that big in the series, so if they aren't then they are in this fic! So there. *blows raspberries*

Well, at first I wanted to put millisecond, but it sounded too robot-like and ruined the feel of the moment. But minute is also incorrect! He wouldn't wait one millisecond if he thought he heard Yuuri, let alone a friggin minute. But oh well.

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Wolfram: Well, I did appreciate that this chapter was about me.

Me: Yep! And you almost kissed Yuuri while he was unconscious! You dirty boy~

Wolfram: *thinks about it and blushes furiously, unable to speak*

Yuuri: But I was asleep the whole time! I didn't have any lines in this episode…

Me: You'll make a bigger appearance in the next chapter. I promise! *thumbs up*

Rinji: What's with all the promises you're making? You lied to everybody last time. That makes you a liar. So if you lied to them so blatantly last time, what makes you think they'll believe a single word you say now?

Me: *turns white* I forgot! Uwaaah, there I go making empty promises all over the place again. I'm a liar! A big, mean, evil evil liar- *realization* Wait a second… *points at Rinji* You! How did you get in here? Dorcas was supposed to be guarding the door, dangit!

Rinji: Annissina dragged him away to test out her invention. Anyways, that was forever ago. I've been here this whole time. It's your own fault you didn't notice.

Me: Uwe- *ears burn in embarrassment as she slowly erodes away*

…{Winner: Rinji}…

Me: Ack! How does he keep doing that?

Rinji: Because I am just that awesome.

Me: *sarcastic* Uh huh. Yeah. You are correct sir. Spot on. Revel in your epic awesomeness. Boo. Friggin. Yah.

Rinji: *bored look on face* Somehow I don't believe you when you say that.

Me: *fake shock* Really? Oh, I wonder why…

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