Dragon warrior of shin makoku theme song: fable of dreams by lunatic
Dragon warrior of Shin Makoku
Side note: Hiya everyone I have decided that yes I will be following the episodes but there will be one or two, may be more that I won't do and in its place will be an original chapter, one of mine, that will go into more depth with Gunter's and Ryuu's relationship. Also it will have Ryuu bonding with the others, mainly Gwendal and Gisela (Gunter's adopted daughter) when she finally turns up. Lol
Warning: this anime/manga doesn't belong to me (I wish it did lol), it belongs to Tomo Takabayashi and I'm really bad at tenses, so if hardly anything makes sense that's why. Sorry.
Subbed anime: Kyo Kara Moah
Type: Gunter/OC….yaoi (boyxboy)
"hello"…..means speaking
"hello"…..means thinking
"hello"….means flashback/memory
"Moonlit Plot" (part 1)
Silence. That's all that could be heard in the forest, nothing but silence. Suddenly a slight shuffle in a small shed-like dark building in the forest disturbs the silence, the atmosphere tense despite it being morning. The sunlight shines through an open door illuminating the room, four male figures dressed head to toe in black stand in the room; waiting and ready. One of the four look to the open door just as another figure dressed in black, walks pass the door leading a black horse by the reins behind him.
…Stoffel von Spitzweg's mansion…
The sunlight shines its warm rays through the five large windows of an office. Inside the office stands two men; one behind an oak desk in the middle of the room near the windows, and the other in front of it watching the other man. The pair of men is surrounded by two walls of oak bookshelves on either side of the room; a purple rug lying right in the middle of the room. The man behind the desk, who this office belongs to, is none other than Stoffel von Spitzweg, Cecilia's older brother. His dirty blonde hair is slicked back out of his dull blue eyes, his short beard and moustache of the same colour neatly trimmed. The other man is raven, Stoffel's servant and right hand man. His hair is chest-length and black tied at the back at the nape of his neck, a clump of hair falling in front of one of his dark brown eyes.
Raven watches as Stoffel paces back and forth behind the desk grunting now and then, he decides to say something. "Can't seem to calm down, your Excellency?" Raven lowers his eyes to the desk.
Stoffel just scoffs at Raven's question, still pacing he replies with an angry huff, "How can I be calm? I, Stoffel, who was the regent to the former 26th Maoh, my sister Cecilia, was thrown out of the current Moah's palace." He crosses his arms trying to stop himself from hitting anything, or Raven in his anger. When that doesn't work he slams his hands down onto the desk and glares at Raven.
"Of all people, Gwendal is the one who is managing everything for his majesty! And now Wolfram is his majesty's fiancé."Stoffel pauses in his angry rant, taking a deep breath and grinds his teeth together. "They're falling into his majesty's scheme."
Raven looks at Stoffel confused as Stoffel walks to stand in front of the window, huffing angrily. "Conrad is always by his majesty's side and is spoiling him. He's always been like that in the past! They all treat me like some old man and make me look like a fool!" Stoffel exclaims the last part angrily his fists clenching tightly.
Raven having seen Stoffel angry before stays calm, and tries to calm down his master. "This is a time of happiness. His majesty will soon realize that he will be in of your Excellency's help." He says softly hoping what he says works.
"In order to make that happen, we are currently making arrangements." Raven informs him a slight smile on his lips, eyes still looking down at the desk. He holds in a sigh of relief as he watches Stoffel calm down.
Stoffel turns to look at Raven intrigued and slightly happy by the news, "Is that so? If I leave things to you, then there will be no mistakes. I'm counting on you Raven." With that said Stoffel returns to his place in front of the window, staring out at the land surrounding his home.
Raven on the other hand suddenly looks as, if the weight of the world is on his shoulders. None the less he doesn't let that bother him, bows at the waist with one hand on his chest, before looking up from the desk a devious glint in his eyes. "Yes sir."
…In japan…
Once again it is a sunny day in Japan for it being autumn. It's warm rays contrasting nicely against the slightly chilly wind, as it blows through the air ruffling the brown, red and gold leaves on the trees. A blue Suzuki motorbike 600 speeds down the busy road, the rider's Egyptian blue leather coat flying through the air behind him; swerving in and out of traffic the rider suddenly takes a sharp turn around a corner, slight smoke coming from the tires at the friction caused by said tires rubbing against the road.
Five minutes later the motorbike pulls into the car park of the baseball courts and turns off the engine; if you listen closely you can hear the tell-tale signs of a practice match coming to an end. The rider takes off his black helmet to reveal the face of Ryuu Murata; blinking his eyes against the now full glare of the sun, as the helmet had blocked most of the sun out. Ryuu gets off the motorbike placing the helmet on the seat as he did so, brushes down his clothes and walks towards the courts.
Ryuu walks out onto the court just as everyone starts to leave. Looking around for his brother and Yuuri he spots them standing in the middle of the court; with a grin he walks towards the pair his cane making a dull thudding on the dirt ground. "I'm just happy that I can play in the match." He hears Yuuri say to Ken once he's close enough.
"Yeah, and the team is looking good," Ryuu comments causing the pair to jump and spin around to face him. Ken looks surprised and annoyed at his brother while Yuuri looks surprised and happy to see him. "Ryuu!" The pair exclaim together.
Ryuu pushes down a chuckle threatening to escape as he stops in front of the boys, "Good morning boys." He greets amusement shining in his black eyes. Ken just shakes his head at his brother, before looking to Yuuri, "But you know Shibuya, you're actually a leader-type." Ken compliments Yuuri.
Yuuri smiles in embarrassment with his eyes closed, his left hand rubbing the back of his head. "Nothing good will happen if both of you are just being kind with your words." Yuuri comments as all three of them walk across the court to the changing rooms.
"We're serious! Everybody follows you, right big brother?" Ken insists directing the last part to Ryuu. Ryuu gives a grin chuckling lightly, "Right." He replies agreeing with Ken's statement, because Ryuu should know the most as he has been with and watching Yuuri grow into a leader, when they were in the other world. Ryuu has to admit he's very proud of Yuuri.
"You think so? That would be nice." Yuuri mutters under his breath hoping Ken is right about him; his left hand rubs the back of his head again, a warm feeling filling him at the complements. An expression of concentration sweeps over his face, his lips twisting into a tight-lipped smile. "There are so many things I don't know when I'm the one at the top," Yuuri thinks as he remembers his time in the other world.
Ryuu walks a little behind the pair lost in his own thoughts, "I wonder how everyone is doing? I hope they're alright. That bad feeling from earlier hasn't left me yet, and I think it has something to do with the other world." While Ryuu is lost in his thoughts he vaguely hears Yuuri say something about a ball; barely registering the fact that Yuuri is jumping over a metal wire fence, which separates the lake and baseball courts.
Ryuu is jerked out of his thoughts by Yuuri's surprised yelp, and the sound of water splashing. Spinning round Ryuu jogs over to the fence stopping next to his brother, and stares at Yuuri who has fallen into the lake. The water in that area of the lake hardly covers Yuuri's hand, making Ryuu breath a sign of relief before annoyance replaces it. "Idiot!" Ryuu mutters.
"Don't worry. I can stand up in the water in this area." Yuuri reassures the brothers with a smile annoying Ryuu a little more, and making Ken angry enough that he shouts out Yuuri's last name 'Shibuya' in frustration.
Yuuri just laughs off Ken's anger and Ryuu's annoyance. A boy with short black hair, brown eyes and wearing the baseball team uniform stops beside the brothers, Ryuu noticing him first nudges Ken in the leg with his cane. Once he has Ken's attention Ryuu discreetly nods his head at the boy.
The boy seeing Ken looking at him starts to speak, "Manger. It's about the uniforms…" He pauses not really wanting to continue, "I took the blue uniforms to the cleaners and…"
Ryuu stops paying attention as he hears Yuuri's startled gasp, turning he sees why. The very shallow water around Yuuri has begun to swirl and curl in on its-self. "He's being summoned! I'm not letting him leave me behind!" Ryuu thinks as he jumps over the metal wire fence, running into the water just as Yuuri is pulled under, through the tunnel and into the black hole. Ryuu following behind him grabs Yuuri's ankle so as not to lose sight of him.
…Other world; Original king's palace…
"Erg! Another headache, great!" Ryuu thinks as he pushes himself up onto his hands and knees; water drips from his soaked clothes and hair, while he sits back onto the backs of his legs. Ryuu sits there in the water leaving his coat, which has fallen over his head on the way there, covering his whole head waiting for his headache to go.
"Why is it always like this with water? Can't there be a time when I just have to open a door which leads to other world, or maybe someone picks me up in a carriage or something?" Ryuu hears Yuuri whine from beside him.
Yuuri sits up looking around to see where he landed this time, ignoring the lily pads on his head. He holds in a groan once he sees Ryuu next to him, "Again? He's here again? Well I should be happy I'm not on my own." Yuuri mutters looking around some more, it is then that he notices they both seem to have landed in a water fountain, in what looks to be like a court yard of some castle.
Yuuri huffs out a sigh his expression contorting into a scowl as annoyance starts to fill him. He whips his head round at the sound of small female whimpers, coming from the right of him. The whimpers are coming from a young girl with blonde-brown hair in pigtails, and purple eyes tinted with fear wearing some sort of Japanese style priestess uniform. Noticing how scared she looks Yuuri tries push down his annoyance, relax his expression and smile. Yuuri suddenly feels as if this has happened before, talk about déjà vu.
"Oh, miss. I'm not anyone suspicious." Yuuri tries to reassure her it didn't work. Ryuu, whose headache has now mostly disappeared, snorts at Yuuri's attempt in amusement. Ryuu carefully stands up so as not to slip attracting the attention of the girl. "Someone! Someone...!" The girl screams in fright bringing everyone to alert.
As the girl screams groups of girls/women all different but wearing the same uniform start to appear; seemly pouring out of the cracks in the walls, some even leans out the open windows from the second floor. Once the girl finishes screaming; three women wearing the girl's version of a guard's uniform and carrying weapons, a long staff with a curved blade at the end, surrounds the fountain pointing their weapons at the pair.
"All girls? Is this an all-girls school?" Yuuri wonders as he looks around at all the girls staring at Ryuu and him. Ryuu curious of what's going on starts the struggle of getting his coat off his head. A woman with sharp brown-gold eyes and long yellow-blonde hair in a high ponytail, short bangs parted in the middle falls on either side of her face stands in front of the pair. "Who are you?" She snaps glaring.
"This is the original Maoh's palace. It is forbidden for any man to enter without permission." A woman from Yuuri's right with shoulder length purple hair and eyes informs them sharply, drawing Yuuri's attention to her.
Ryuu stops in his struggle for a moment after he hears that, a look of concentration on his face. "So heis here! I can just about sense him." Ryuu thinks not sure what to feel about what he has discovered.
Yuuri on the other hand looks confused as hell, "Original Maoh's palace?" He questions her only to jerk back in surprise, when the blonde in front of him thrusts her weapon forward slightly into his face. "Be quiet! And get out of the fountain! Both of you!" She snipingly orders the pair of them. "Don't do anything weird!"
Yuuri stands up so quickly that the lily pads that cover his head falls off, revealing his black hair and eyes. While Ryuu, already standing, finally pushes his coat off his head also revealing his wavy black hair and eyes. "Okay! Okay!" Yuuri mutters as he holds his hands in the air, Ryuu just sighs in slight irritation at the situation.
To say everyone is surprised is an understatement. Once their black hair and eyes are revealed the three women surrounding them lower their weapons; a blush covers the face of the third woman guard on the left of Ryuu, her long dark brown hair in a high ponytail and her green eyes sparkling. Suddenly all the girls starting screaming like fan-girls, crying out 'His Majesty' or 'King Yuuri' and lastly 'Lord Ryuu'. The last one annoyed Ryuu greatly as he has a feeling Gunter has opened that big mouth of his, and told everyone who Ryuu really is.
The three women kneel down on one knee, casting their eyes to the floor in shame of their actions. "I did not know it was you, your majesty, lord Ryuu. Please forgive my rudeness." The blonde apologizes the other two women apologize as well. The girls suddenly freeze and go quiet and the three women tense in fear, as Ryuu bends down to grab his cane out of the water before standing up right again. Noticing the air now thick with tension Ryuu starts to feel bad but an idea to rectify it comes to mind quite quickly.
Ryuu walks to the blonde woman, stopping in front of her and then places his left hand on her head; patting it gently he watches as some of the tension leaves her body. "It is ok. You were only doing your duty that was given to you. And for that King Yuuriand I do not blame you." Ryuu bends down slightly, gently grabbing the women's arms and brings her to stand up right. The blonde woman looks confused and a little flustered, if the slight blush is anything to go by, at Ryuu closeness. With a smile Ryuu leans forward, giving the woman's forehead a quick peck, before letting go of her arms and stepping back beside Yuuri.
The girls break out into another screaming fan-girl fit , bringing the blonde woman out of her dazed state by shouting out things like, 'He's so kind' or 'Awww, I want him to kiss me too'. Ryuu ignores it though as Yuuri decides to speak up, "Don't worry about it. It's your job, right?"
The women's eyes close smiling a little, "Such compassionate words. As expected from the man who was chosen by the original king. Not forgetting the reincarnation of the dragon warrior Rikiya." She opens her eyes smiling bigger and brighter.
Yuuri's bashful side appears as he rubs the back of his head, an awkward smile on his face. "Wow! Am I that popular? After being unpopular for fifteen years…this is my first time." Ryuu stifles a laugh as he grins at Yuuri's statement.
Yuuri's and Ryuu's names being shouted catches the pair's attention, causing them to look to the left of Ryuu. Wolfram, Gunter and Conrad are walking towards them happy to see the pair. Well Conrad and Gunter looks happy but Wolfram, once again caught up in his jealousy, looks furious and is pointing at Yuuri exclaiming angrily. "Once again, you try to be friendly with people without considering the feelings of others!"
Ryuu just sighs shaking his head at the couple as he steps out of the fountain; as soon as he's out of the fountain Gunter jumps on him trapping him in a bear hug. A massive blush covers Ryuu's face, his heart now beating wildly in his chest and his mind goes blank to everything, but the feel of Gunter's long arms wrapped around his waist. Ryuu ties to calm down his beating heart afraid that Gunter, with his bowed head snuggling into Ryuu's chest, will hear it.
Unknown to Ryuu a smile breaks out on Gunter's face as he hears Ryuu's heart beat wildly. With a silent chuckle Gunter turns his head, so that his nose is buried in Ryuu's chest and takes in Ryuu's scent of musky old books and mint. He quietly purrs in satisfaction, his body tingling at being so close to Ryuu; jumping slightly when he feels one Ryuu's arms wrap around his shoulders, then fingers stroking his hair lightly occasionally said fingers catch on a knot pulling his hair. Gunter could feel his cock becoming hard, as his hair being pulled has always been anerogenous (1) spot on his body. Gunter pulls away from Ryuu hoping that Ryuu didn't feel anything, then making sure to hide his growing erection he goes to stand beside Wolfram.
"Wolfram! Men are not allowed in this area, right?"Yuuri asks as he steps out of the fountain then adds as an afterthought. "Why are you here?"
Conrad smiles at Yuuri, "As long as you get permission men can come in." Conrad informs him placing a towel around Yuuri's shoulders, while Gunter takes pleasure in drying Ryuu himself ignoring Ryuu's protests of 'I can do it myself' or 'stop that'.
"Thanks Conrad. Um…Where is this?" Yuuri enquires looking to Gunter only for Conrad it answer causing Yuuri to look at him, "This is the original Maoh's palace, in honour of the first Maoh."
Ryuu remembers seeing this place once, when he looked out one of the east windows of blood pledge castle. "You can see this place over the mountains from the north-east wing of blood pledge castle, Right?" Ryuu speaks up finally getting Gunter to stop, before looking to said man for confirmation. Gunter eyes shine with pride, a wide smile on his face and nods 'yes'.
Yuuri looks to Ryuu then back to Conrad and says in wonder, "So it's nearby." Wolfram who has now cooled off but still has a small scowl on his face, decides to chip in on the conversation seeing a chance to state his opinion. "And, besides you're the king of this country. You shouldn't have to go off to another world. Neither should you Ryuu."
A small child's voice is heard behind the group, "But those are the decisions of the great new Maoh, and lord Ryuu." The group turns to look behind them; Ryuu and Yuuri becoming surprised at seeing a young child with long floor-length, grey hair parted down the middle. Two dark purple eyes stare at the group twinkle happily, as bangs as long as the rest of her hair falls on either side of her face. She also is where a priestess uniform but it's different from the others.
Yuuri and Ryuu notices everyone besides the group bow to her as she passes them, "Um, is she an important person?" Yuuri whispers in Conrad's ear; Conrad bends down so Yuuri could whisper to him.
"She is this palace's oldest maiden, the original maiden, Ulrike." Conrad informs Yuuri while Ryuu who hears them tries to determine her age.
"Wow! A small girl like her?" Yuuri exclaims quietly as he stares at Ulrike getting a chuckle from Ryuu and Conrad both smiling, well more of a smirk for Ryuu.
"It's very rare for you to come out of the oracle's temple." Gunter states as Ulrike stops in front of Ryuu, Yuuri and Conrad. Ryuu stares at her with his eyebrows drawn together in concentration, and his lips forming a tight-lipped frown as he thinks. "Hmmm, from the way she carries herself and the look in her eyes. I'd say she's about 700 or 800 years old."
Ulrike stares at the three for a second before bowing at the waist, "Nice to meet you, King Yuuri, Lord Ryuu." She greets the tone of her soft, airy and child-like. She then goes on to introduce her, "I am the head of the original king's palace, the original shine maiden, Ulrike."
Yuuri is quick to bow back feeling surprised at how formal she is being with him, "Oh, thank you for such a formal introduction." Yuuri then straightens himself and gives her a smile, while Ryuu shakes his head at Yuuri's lack of knowledge of how to greet certain people and act around them. "I'll have Gunter teach Yuu-chan more about this world's customs, while he teaches me how to read and write this world's human language."
Once Yuuri is done Ryuu steps forward and gently grabs one of her hands in his left one; bowing over their joined hands till his forehead touches their hands, he introduces himself in the correct and most formal way he remembers you have to greet a high shine maiden. "It's an honour to meet you, the original shine maiden, Ulrike. I am Murata Ryuu the 20th reincarnation of Rikiya, the dragon warrior of Shin Makoku." Ulrike gives a small smile and places her free hand on Ryuu's head, signalling that the introduction pleases her and a sign of acceptance. Ryuu stands up straight quickly but gracefully, returning her smiles once up right.
Yuuri stares a Ryuu in shock; he has never heard Ryuu be so formal and polite before. He finds it quite strange seeing Ryuu act like this. "Why's Ryuu being so formal?" Yuuri whispers to Conrad.
Conrad looks from Ryuu then to Yuuri a smile gracing his face, "That your majesty, this is the correct way to greet the high shine maiden. Any other way is an offence to her. " At Yuuri's panicked expression Conrad continues quickly to reassure him that he did nothing wrong, "But don't worry, your majesty. You did not offend her; everyone knows that you are still very new to this world's customs."
Yuuri, even with Conrad's reassurance, feels guilty at the thought of offending Ulrike. "I've decided I'll learn more about this world! That way I can't offend anyone, even if it is by accident." Yuuri thinks determinedly.
Suddenly Ulrike claps her hands together, her eyes going wide and sparkly as her lips pull into a wide smile. The look and actions make her look every bit a child at a toy store. "You both truly have such mysterious black hair and black eyes." She exclaims in fascinated wonder.
Ryuu raises one eyebrow at her, while Yuuri just signs in slight annoyance muttering under his breath. "Again?" Ulrike lifts up her hands to touch Yuuri's face; Wolfram being the possessive idiot he is, moves to stand in front of Yuuri glaring at her slightly.
"Even if you are the original shine maiden, don't touch my fiancée with such impunity!" Wolfram snaps.
Yuuri jerks at Wolfram's tone of voice before sighing tiredly, "Are you still saying that? If I were to marry, I would prefer to marry a girl rather than a guy."
Wolfram turns his body slightly to face Yuuri, an expression of annoyance and disbelief on his face. "What do you mean you prefer a girl?! Even though she may look like this, Ulrike is more than 800 yrs. Old!"
Yuuri snaps his head round to stares at a smiling Ulrike in disbelief and shock, "800 yrs. Old?!" Yuuri couldn't believe it; she doesn't even look over twelve.
Unfortunately for Wolfram and Yuuri they didn't see Ryuu's expression change into anger, or the hand that he raises to hit them with. Conrad and Gunter see it but don't say anything, only watch as Ryuu's hand connects with the back of their heads one directly after the other. Wolfram holding the back of his head snaps his head round to glare at Ryuu; jumping in shock as his eyes meet Ryuu's angry ones, nearly whimpering at the dark glare being sent Yuuri and his way. Yuuri, knowing better than to glare at Ryuu when he's angry, just looks at him. A clear warning flashes in Ryuu's eyes which Wolfram and Yuuri pick up quickly, 'Respect your elders, young ones. Or there will be consequences.' Ryuu's sadistic side basks in the fear flowing from them in waves, sniggering at the look of terror on their now sheet-white pale faces, as they thought about what said consequences could be.
Conrad and Gunter both chuckle at the scene before them, Ulrike giving a small giggle of her own. When Ryuu stops glaring at them they both sigh in relief. Yuuri looks to Ulrike again and whining, "First Cecilia-sama, and now Ulrike. I can never figure out the age of Mazoku. "
Ryuu chuckles as Conrad and him share a smile over Yuuri's head; huffing Gunter glares at Conrad feeling jealous at how close, Ryuu and Conrad have become closer since Ryuu came to this world. "More so than humans, the Mazoku are a long-lived species. Well, Ulrike is special. Most Mazoku are actually five times older than they look." Conrad informs Yuuri.
"Ah! So that's how it is." Yuuri chirps.
…Inside the original king's palace; oracle's room…
The group walk into a huge and quite dark room with Ulrike in front of them. On the floor lending from the door to a set of marble stairs on the other side of the room, that has a waterfall of water falling down a slightly raised out wall, which bares the original king's symbol in gold, is a lavender coloured carpet. On either side of the carpet is a row of tall golden candelabrums (2) all baring white flaming candles.
"This is the oracle's room. This is the place where we, the maidens, bestow the original Maoh's words." Ulrike explains to them, more for the benefit of Yuuri and Ryuu.
"The original Maoh? But he died a long time ago. You can still hear him?" Yuuri asks wonder and confusion clouding his tone of voice. No one in the group seems to notice Ryuu slow down to a stop, stand there with his eyes closed, as a look of serenity washes over his face. "Hello my friend. Don't worry, you will be free soon, I promise you that." Ryuu thinks as a warm presence surrounds him, in a hug-like gesture. Knowing it's his friend's soul Ryuu smiles; slowly his smile disappears when he feels a second presence, of pure evil, taking over his friend's soul. "I'm sorry my friend, but please try to hang on a little longer."
"The original Maoh's spirit is sleeping deep in this palace. He watches over Shin Makoku's people." Gunter's voice breaks Ryuu out of his trance-like state, and he quickly walks back over to the group.
Yuuri looks to Gunter curiosity clearly across his face and lacing his voice, "He's working even after death? That's rough." Yuuri didn't like the idea of work even after he dies.
Conrad chuckles at Yuuri's statement, with a big smile on his face. "I suppose so." It isn't hard to hear how amused Conrad is by Yuuri.
The group come to a stop at the bottom of the stairs; Ulrike prays to the original king before turning to face the others. "King Yuuri. I have been waiting a long time to meet you in person like this. The same goes for you to lord Ryuu." Ulrike says smiling.
It dawns on Yuuri that he never saw her at the coronation they had to make him king, "Oh yeah! We never met at the coronation." Yuuri state it as a fact, well because it is.
Ulrike suddenly looks so very sad, "That's right. I'm not allowed to leave this place." She pauses for a second, "Ever since I came here as a maiden, I have never been out of this palace."
"EH! What?! Does that mean you haven't been outside for 800yrs?!" Yuuri exclaims as his expression twists into one of surprise, confusion colouring his black eyes, and his jaw nearly hitting the floor at the news.
Ryuu steps forward with Yuuri till they are standing right in front of Ulrike. Compassion swims in Ryuu's eyes as he smiles gently at her, while determination lights up Yuuri eyes. "You should go out and breathe some fresh air once in a while." Yuuri lectures her as if she is his little sister.
Ryuu interrupts Yuuri who's lecturing her by doing something that surprises everyone; kneeling down he wraps his arms around her small frame, and hugs her gently. Ulrike stiffens in shock as first then relaxes and hugs him back, "Do not look so sad, it doesn't look right on such a pretty face." Ryuu whispers in her ear causing her to giggle and smile; pulling back as Ulrike giggles Ryuu sees the smile and smiles with her. "Don't worry, I have a feeling you will see what it's like outside soon." Her smile grows bigger at Ryuu's words. As Ryuu pulls away from the hug and stands up, happy to know he cheered her up, he hears Ulrike whisper a 'thank you'. With a small smile Ryuu goes to stand beside Gunter, ignoring the way said male is staring at him.
Gunter stares at Ryuu, who's now beside him, lovingly. He could see how sad Ulrike was about never being able to leave, he so wanted to do something for her but didn't know what. So it came as quite a surprise when Ryuu hugged her. At first all Gunter could feel was jealousy, slight anger and possessiveness as the two hugged, when Ryuu whispered into her ear making her giggle that added fuel to the fire inside of him. Gunter tried to think clearly about Ryuu's actions, instead of letting his love for Ryuu rule him. Now with Ryuu standing beside him it dawns on him that Ulrike looks so much happier. "He was cheering her up! My sweet Ryuu, your small gestures of kindness, only made me fall in love with you deeper than before. Oh, my love!" Gunter thinks longingly as he hugs himself around the waist, imaging it to be Ryuu he's hugging as his body wiggles in a snake-like motion.
Yuuri seeing its ok to continue he does so bringing Ulrike's attention back to him, "Some light exercise is good for your health." He adds in a random comment, "My mum has been worrying about her waistline, so she was thinking of starting to jog."
Ulrike has never received so much kindness before, that fact that it is from King Yuuri and Lord Ryuu is overwhelming. She is so happy that she has an urge to jump up and down, while shouting about how happy she really is. Knowing how inappropriate that would be for an original shine such as her, she pushes the urge down but smiles widely and holds Yuuri's hands. "Your majesty and Lord Ryuu is so kind." She exclaims lightly joy flowing though the tone of her voice.
Seeing that she's touching Yuuri even after he said not too, Wolfram speed walks over to the pair before bringing his arm down in a slicing motion, breaking a part their joined hands. "I said, 'don't touch him!' Besides didn't you have a reason for calling him here…sorry them?"
"Call? You mean you've been calling us to this world?" Yuuri questions as he looks from a jealous and angry Wolfram, to a happy Ulrike. This came as a surprise to Ryuu, as even he wasn't sure on who is calling them here. He had a feeling he knew at first and this just confirmed, that his suspicion is correct, "So I am right. He is using her as a conductor for his magic, to bring us here."
Ulrike just smiles at Yuuri, "Yes. You're the one who has the original Maoh's spirit within you, so I can guide your majesty to come here." She informs him, her dark purple eyes sparkling.
"What about Ryuu-kun? How come he can come here to?" Yuuri questions her curiously but it's Ryuu himself that answers him.
"Think about it Yuu-chan. If having the original Maoh's spirit within you, can bring you here. Then with me being the reincarnation of Rikiya, I'm bound to be able to come here if summoned." Ryuu tells him lightly as he does want Yuuri to feel like an idiot, even though he can be sometimes.
Yuuri looks to Ryuu then at Ulrike for confirmation, "Lord Ryuu is right. As Lord Rikiya's soul is originally from here and with Lord Ryuu being his reincarnation, he can come here if summoned or of his own will."
Ryuu looks surprised at that bit of information she just supplied him with. Seeing his surprised expression she continues, "Did you not know Lord Ryuu? Oh, well! Um…there is a spell that can create a portal from this world to the other, but I'm afraid it has been lost for the last 700yrs."
A silence covers the group until Yuuri shatters it, "Oh well, it would be really helpful if you could have given more consideration to the place and time." He say sheepishly with a hand rubbing the back of his head, "And? What am I to do this time?" Yuuri asks as he stops rubbing his head, letting his arm fall to his side.
All of a sudden Ulrike looks so shy, light dusting of red covers her cheeks as she says quietly. "This time…I just wanted to see you and Lord Ryuu." Yuuri looks confused and Ryuu's expression turns blank. (Like Haruhi from Ouran high school host club)
"Well, everyone has been able to see you both, while I was the only one who hasn't. So I told the original Maoh it's unfair, and he said that he would grant my wish." She explains with shining eyes and a wide smile.
Understanding slowly starts to cover Yuuri's face, while a slightly irritated expression instantly appears on Ryuu's face. "Laugh it up, my friend laugh it up. I'm glad you find that funny. Why do you annoy and tease me, even while you're dead?! Damn it!" Ryuu thinks as he can feel his friend's mirth (3) surround him, and knows his friend can hear him.
"That's why both of us were pulled in from the river?" Yuuri rhetorically asks. All Ulrike did is smile at them with closed eyes, the group sweat drop at the ridiculousness of the situation.
Thinking everyone is mad at her, Ulrike pulls out the water works. Ulrike's eyes start to water as a sad expression appears on her face, "But…but…" She starts making her voice quiver.
Everyone jerks back thinking they have upset her, "I'm not mad at you or anything." Yuuri is quick to say Conrad follows by says, "Without you his majesty and lord Ryuu is unable to come to this world. We all thank you for that." Yuuri nods his head in agreement.
Everyone breathes a sigh of relief as Ulrike is once again happy, "I'm so glad!" She exclaims happily with shining eyes, while Yuuri laughs nervously. Wolfram just stares blankly at Yuuri and mutters under his breath, "Sheesh! You're friendly to anyone."
Ryuu decides to make this opportunity go in his favour; nudging Gunter's leg with his cane Ryuu motions for Gunter to bend down, so he can whisper in his ear. "Gunter we could use this time to teach Yuuri how to be a Maoh." Gunter blushes as Ryuu's breathe blows over his ear but nods in agreement; looking out the corner of his eye Gunter notices a dusting of red appear on Ryuu's cheeks, he couldn't help but think of how inviting Ryuu looks when he blushes.
"Erm…Could you also teach me how to read and write this world's human language. It's seems to have changed a lot in the last four thousand years, since I was here as Rikiya." Ryuu asks as embarrassment fills him. Gunter turns to look at him fully and smiles gently, while nodding his head 'yes'.
"Well then, this is a good opportunity for you to take your time learning what to do as a Maoh." Gunter states as he turns his whole body towards Yuuri.
Yuuri really didn't like the sound of that, you could tell by the look on his face. "Learning, huh!" He breathes out with a sigh. Gunter turns slightly to address Ulrike, "Well, excuse us, Ulrike."
Ulrike smiles happily trying not to show how sad she is to see them go, "I'm so happy that I was able to meet you, your majesty, lord Ryuu."
Yuuri smiles at Ulrike, "I'll come again." Wolfram roughly grabs Yuuri's ear, making him yelp in pain as wolfram pulls him out of the room.
Wolfram sighs in annoyance before spitting out, "You stupid wimp!"
Everyone just sweat drops at the two, "Wolfram! How could you do that to his majesty's ear?" Gunter shouts out in concern. Ryuu unsuspectingly feels something tighten in his chest, making it slightly hard for him to breathe. His left hand shoots up to his chest, and rubs it trying to make the feeling go away.
As Gunter runs after the pair trying to stop Wolfram from hurting Yuuri, the tight feeling changes into a knotting burning sensation. "What is this feeling? Am I jealous? I can't be! Why would I be jealous of Gunter showing concern to someone else….other than me?! Damn it! Why? It's not as if I like him that way. Do I? Even if I didn't Gunter wouldn't look at someone like me. Fuck it! I have too many problems on my shoulders as it is, I don't need this shit! I'll just ignore it and hopefully this strange feeling will go away." Ryuu thinks to himself as with each passing thought the angrier he gets. Ryuu suddenly feels tired as the strange feeling and his anger evaporates; with slumped shoulders Ryuu follows Gunter, Yuuri and Wolfram out the room.
While Ryuu is lost in his thoughts Conrad notices it but did not say anything, only smirks with a knowing glint in his eyes. Conrad turns to Ulrike, bowing at the waist before going to leave. "Conrad." Ulrike calls catching his attention, "Something bad is about to happen."
Conrad looks a little disgruntled at the news and sigh warily, "Yes, I know. I will protect his majesty at all costs." He smiles tiredly at Ulrike.
A sad expression falls over Ulrike's face as her eyes become hard and serious, "Conrad, if anything were to happen to you and now lord Ryuu, he will be very sad." She states.
Conrad jerks in surprise at her expression and the look in her eyes, "Yes, I understand that very well." He tells her before leaving to catch up with the rest of them. Ulrike sighs, shakes her head, turns to the wall waterfall and starts to pray.
…Outside the palace; at the front entrance…
Once they are outside Yuuri sees the horse and cringes, "Since you're a wimp, you can't ride well. I'll let you sit behind me." Wolfram states once again insulting Yuuri.
Yuuri just scoffs, "You. You let me ride on you the other day." Yuuri says as he tries not to snap at Wolfram's insults. Yuuri runs up to a blue-black coloured horse and hugs its neck, ignoring Wolfram. "Good horse. What's its name?" The horse snorts blowing Yuuri's hair lightly.
Gunter smiles at Yuuri, "That's your majesty's horse, so you should give him a name." Gunter informs Yuuri, who's gone back to hugging the horse's neck.
A bright smile breaks out on Yuuri's face at the news, "Really?! Then, um…Ao! (4) Horse names should be 'Ao'." The horse in question neighs as if accepting the name it is given.
Gunter smiles a closed eye smile, saying happily. "He looks happy. If a horse can be named by your majesty, I wish to be a horse." Wolfram growls lowly at Gunter's statement, causing Gunter to look anywhere but him.
Ryuu, who's standing beside Wolfram, again feels that knotting burning sensation at Gunter's words, but tries to ignore it. Shame to say it doesn't work; before he knows it he opens his mouth and says, "Why would you want to change your name, Gunter? I'll think the name you have now, suits you perfectly." It's only when he notices Wolfram staring at him in surprised amusement, while Gunter stares at him with shocked eyes and a red blush covering his whole face like a mask, does Ryuu realize what he's said and blush too.
Yuuri is as always oblivious to what's happening in front of him, "I'm going to ride him." Yuuri declares as he looks back to the three, a happy smile on his face. Wolfram sighs, walks to his cream horse and mounts it, "All right, let's hurry up and go wimp!" With a snap of the reigns the horse took off, leaving the rest to watch him go.
Yuuri sighs in frustration, "Don't call me a wimp!" He shouts to Wolfram unsure if Wolfram heard him or not. Not a second later, Conrad exits the original king's palace, comes to stand next to Yuuri and Ao the horse. Yuuri notices the stressed look on Conrad's face that wasn't there before, "Conrad? Anything wrong?" He asks in concern for his godfather.
Conrad forces a smile on his face so as not to worry Yuuri, not that Yuuri notices, and shakes his head. "No, I'm perfectly fine. Now let's go."
Yuuri nods his head in agreement with a smile. Yuuri carefully goes to mount Ao the horse, "Let me on without any trouble, okay, Ao?" Yuuri still asks even though he knows the horse can't answer him. Counting to three Yuuri mounts Ao without any problems noticing this, a bright smile stretches Yuuri lips. "Good job. Okay Ao! Let's go!" As soon as that is said Ao takes off running, nearly knocking Yuuri off the saddle.
Conrad quickly mounts his own brown horse, "I'll see you both back at blood pledge castle." Conrad tells Ryuu and Gunter, who just nods their 'okay' in reply, and takes off after Yuuri with a snap of the reigns.
The two watch Conrad leave before Gunter turns to Ryuu, "It seems you will be riding with me, I hope that's ok?" He asks while mentally he's screaming in hope for Ryuu to say okay. Ryuu fights down another blush that's threatening to surface as he nods 'okay', too nervous about riding with Gunter to speak also afraid of his voice cracking showing just how nervous he is.
With a bright smile Gunter gracefully mounts his white horse, something Ryuu enjoyed watching, and holds his hand out to Ryuu. Ryuu grabs Gunter's hand, places the other on the saddle, along with one foot in one of the stirrups, and hoists himself onto the brown leather saddle. Only once on does he notice that he's sat in front of Gunter, with his back pressing deliciously up against Gunter's muscular torso and chest. Two long strong arms are on either side of Ryuu, blocking anyway of him getting off the horse. With a flick of Gunter's wrists the reigns make a snapping sound, and the horse is off running towards blood pledge castle.
…Blood pledge castle; surrounding town…
Riding through the town surrounding blood pledge castle, is one of the most tiring things Ryuu has ever done. It didn't help his headache as the residents of the town scream and shout, as Yuuri passes them only to get louder once they see Ryuu. Ever since Ryuu told Yuuri, Gwendal, Conrad, Wolfram and Gunter who he was, it seems to have somehow (coughGuntercough) gotten around to nearly everyone in Shin Makoku.
As the group continues to ride through the town, with the occasional 'hello' or 'how are you' from Yuuri to the towns people, they fail to notice a figure dressed all in black watching them from a random roof, before disappearing out of sight.
…Inside blood pledge castle…
The group walk down an off-white walled corridor in the west wing, both Yuuri and Wolfram in front while Gunter, Ryuu and Conrad are at the back. Well it's more like Ryuu hiding slightly behind Gunter, as he keeps a look out for the demon A.K.A Gwendal, while Conrad tries not to laugh at him. "I hope Gwendal doesn't find me." Ryuu thinks letting out a quiet whimper at the thought.
A group of three maids wearing red, blue and green dresses stare at the Yuuri and company as they pass, before looking at each other as they collapse into a fit of fan-girlish giggles. "By the way, this is called the blood pledge castle, right?" Yuuri asks as he turns his head to look at Wolfram. "Why such a dangerous sounding name?"
"It's very good that you are making observations about your land." Gunter comments cheerily. He smiles happily, glad that Yuuri is already taking an interest in history, before his lessons on Shin Makoku have even begun. "It originated from the time the original Maoh became the king of this land."
"Correct, you are Gunter." Ryuu decides to chip in and tell them the reason it's called blood pledge castle, "Do any of you know why it was named the blood pledge castle? Or who named it?"
Seeing he has everyone's attention, he watches them shake their heads 'no' before continuing his small history lesson. "As you known the original Maoh, the great sage, me as Rikiya and the founding families Siegbert Voltaire, Rufus Bielefeld, Earhart Wincott & Christel Wincott, Christ (Gunter's ancestor) and Spitzberg (Cecilia's ancestor) all fought together to defeat Soshu. Once the war was over and Shin Makoku was created the original Maoh blood pledged to protect Shin Makoku. So we all made a pledge to the original Maoh stating that we would help him always protect our home, Shin Makoku and its people even at the loss of our lives."
Ryuu closes his eyes as he gets lost in his memories of the past. "And to answer the question of who named it, that was the original Maoh, Shinou, the great sage, Daikenja, and me." With a sigh Ryuu opens his eyes only to see everyone has stopped and is looking at him in awe.
"What?! Why are you looking at me like that?" Ryuu asks looking clueless. They just shake their heads or shrug their shoulders and start walking again.
"The original Maoh? His name appears everywhere." Yuuri states after a moment of silence. Wolfram turns his head to stare at Yuuri, his brows drawn together in slight frustration. "Of course! He is the great first-generation Maoh." Wolfram slowly tells Yuuri as if he's an idiot.
As they come to the end of the corridor that broke off in two ways left and right, Ryuu notices a painting of the original Maoh, Shinou, hanging on the wall. "The original Maoh promised to never break the blood pledge. The blood pledge is the symbol of thanks, friendship, love and protection. 'When Shin Makoku or this castle becomes occupied by invaders, the Maoh promised to defend it with that blood. In other words, blood pledge castle only obeys the Maoh. It's a flawless castle." Ryuu hears Gunter inform Yuuri.
Yuuri smiles in wonder and relief as he feels a lot better now his curiosity has been satisfied, "So that's how it is. That's great. Since it's a dangerous name, I thought it had a much more dangerous legend or something. Like the seven wonders." Yuuri comments in relief.
Ryuu who has been lost in his past memories after seeing the painting of Shinou, only now notices that they are now in the east wing, if the snow white walls are anything to go by. "The seven wonders do exist." A smiling Conrad informs Yuuri who stumbles at the news, making Wolfram amused at his reaction, Gunter slightly concerned of Yuuri hurting himself, and Ryuu confused about what they are talking about, seeing as though he wasn't listening earlier.
A look of mocking crosses Wolfram's face, "What, Yuuri? Are you scared?" Wolfram taunts him laughter could be heard clearly in his voice. Yuuri stumbles again before whipping his head round to half-heartedly glare at Wolfram, "O-Of course not!" Yuuri stutteringly exclaims then speed walks so he's further in front of them, only by a couple of steps anyway.
Yuuri suddenly sees Gwendal appear from a corridor, off to the left, that's connected to the one they are in. "Long time no see, Gwendal." Yuuri calls out to Gwendal as he waves his right arm and hand in the air.
Ryuu's head whips round so fast at Gwendal's name, it's surprising he didn't get whiplash. "Gwendal! Where is he?! Shit, he's there! I need to hide!" Ryuu thinks with a whimper as he spots Gwendal standing a little ways in front of them. As they stop in front of him Gwendal grunts deeply as he shoots an ice cold glare at them, you could easily tell he's not in a good mood. Ryuu on the other hand, instead of flinching like the others has hidden himself behind Gunter, in hopes that Gwendal wouldn't notices him.
Yuuri backs into Conrad at the intensity of Gwendal's glare, "He has amazing intensity as usual." Yuuri quietly comments.
Conrad places his hands on Yuuri shoulders in a calming gesture. "Gwendal won't grab and eat you or anything." Conrad says in hopes of reassuring Yuuri, but it's didn't help that Ryuu scoffs in disbelief at the statement.
Gunter smiles, "What great timing. Please present to his majesty the reports that piled up while he was gone." He tells Gwendal who just glares again but this time only focused on Gunter.
With slight panic lacing his tone Gwendal says, "I'm busy right now! You're the chief, so you should know enough to explain everything. In any case don't tell anybody you saw me here." With that said Gwendal pushes through them, and runs down the corridor they just walked through.
Ryuu breathes a sigh of relief only to have it cut off, when something pulls him backwards by the collar of his turtle-neck jumper. "Wahh! W-What?!" He exclaims in surprise as he looks behind him, to seeing its Gwendal pulling him down the corridor as he runs, forcing Ryuu to runs as well stumbling here and there though. "What are you doing?!" He shouts a Gwendal who only just grunts in answer.
The other four just watch in shocked confusion, "What's wrong with him? It's not like him, he's usually calm." Wolfram states, "And why did he take lord Ryuu with him?"
Conrad hears footsteps coming down the corridor where Gwendal originally came from, "It's probably because of that." Conrad says as he points down the corridor, to where the footsteps are coming from causing everyone to look.
Running down the corridor panting and sparkly eyed is Anissina; sliding to a stop in front of them she takes a deeply needed breath. "Everyone, if you all stand still here, you are creating a traffic jam." It's then that she notices Yuuri among the group. "Oh, Your majesty. You look well." She compliments Yuuri. Yuuri smiles a tight-lipped smile, "Anissina, you look well too." Yuuri compliments back to her.
Anissina suddenly glares at them slightly. "By the way, have you seen Gwendal? I was going to allow him to contribute to my new invention." Everyone sweat drops as she says 'allow', "Which way did he run of to? If you hide anything from me, I'll make you guys my guinea pigs." She threatens with an evil smirk.
A look of fear sweeps across their faces and parting like the red-sea, Yuuri and Gunter on the right and Wofram and Conrad on the left, they point down the corridor showing her the way Gwendal ran off to. "Thank you for being honest." She chirps happily hen runs off down the corridor after Gwendal, "Gwendal! Where are you?!" She shouts.
Wolfram sighs, "Forgive me, brother." Wolfram says quietly then Yuuri just as quietly says, "Rest in peace." As they both watch Anissina get further and further away from them.
"Don't worry, Gwendal is resilient," Conrad states half-heartedly. Yuuri then remembers that Gwendal has kidnapped Ryuu and decides to say something about it, seeing as it looks like they forgot about that small detail. "But, what about Ryuu?" An 'oh' expression appears on everyone's faces.
Everyone quickly covers their ears with the heels of their hands, as they hear Gwendal's loud deep scream with Ryuu's slightly higher one following after it. A small explosion is heard then seconds of the screams; uncovering their ears they sigh with pity for Ryuu and Gwendal.
…In an office/library; now known to be Yuuri's main office…
It's been a few hours since the Gwendal incident well nearly the whole day, as the setting sun casts on golden-orange glow through the windows lighting up the room. Conrad leans against the wall near the door, watching as Yuuri sits behind a chocolate coloured wooden desk, piles and piles of papers surrounding him. He looks up from signing some important document, when he hears Gunter approach the desk. "Now, please sign these documents too." Gunter orders lightly.
Yuuri pulls a face at the extra pile of papers, his hand already cramping up. "I still have this much?" Yuuri asks tiredly as he goes back to signing. Gunter gives a pointed look at Yuuri, "This is a part of the Maoh's work." He lectures Yuuri who rolls his eyes. "Fine, I'll do it. Just sign, right? Shibuya Yuuri, Harajuku Fuuri. There." Yuuri says signing while Conrad smiles at the pair.
Gunter smiles a closed eye smile placing his has together as he sign out, "Such graceful handwriting! This is the other world's writing, right? We will make this your majesty's official seal." He finishes as he opens his eyes. Unexpectedly the doors to the office fly out to reveal a disgruntled and tired Ryuu, "Ryuu!" Gunter exclaims happily surprised.
Gunter jogs over to Ryuu wrapping his arms around Ryuu's shoulders, and lies his head on top of Ryuu's. Ryuu for once doesn't blush or try to get away; instead he surprises everyone by leaning into Gunter's embrace as he closes his eyes sighing. Gunter though surprised smiles brightly as he pulls back slightly to look down at Ryuu, his expression softens when he sees how exhausted Ryuu looks. Un-wrapping his arms from around Ryuu Gunter leads him to the red sofa, on the right side of the room, and pushes him to lie down gently. "He's a demon. Satan." Ryuu mutters before falling asleep.
Silence falls over them so Yuuri looks around for something to talk about; spotting a huge map hanging on the wall Yuuri decides to use this as a conversation starter, "Is that a map of Shin Makoku?" Gunter hearing the question walks back over to the desk, "Yes." Gunter replies.
Intrigued the map, Yuuri gets up and goes to stand in front of it, to get a better look. "So it's like this. What're these lines?" Yuuri asks pointing to the lines that seem to separate Shin Makoku into different sections.
Gunter walks around the desk joining Yuuri near the map, "These are the territorial boundaries." He steps up to the map and traces the lines as he continues his small geography lesson, "They divide Shin Makoku into parts autonomously ruled by the Maoh and the ten noble families." He points to each section as he says the names, "Bielefeld, Christ, Voltaire, Wincott, Karbelnikoff, Spitzweg, Gyllenhaal, Radford, Rochefort and lastly Grantz."
Yuuri then notices something about each name written on the map "Is that..?" Gunter smiles glad that Yuuri has spotted it, "Yes, 'Von' is the surname of the ten noble families." Gunter turns to face Yuuri, "In my case, I'm from the Christ family. So, I become 'Von Christ."
Yuuri looks to Conrad who noticed, "I'm not from the ten noble families, so I don't have 'Von' in my name. I'm just a Weller." Conrad tells him with a smile.
Yuuri just hums in response as he remembers back to the time he met Adalbert, "His name was Von Grantz. So why is he on the human side?" Yuuri asks absentmindedly. The temperature in the room seems to drop slightly at the mention of him; looking over to Conrad again Yuuri notices how sad Conrad looks all of a sudden.
Feeling awkward Yuuri turns to look at Gunter instead, "Um, Where is Cecilia-sama's Spitzberg?" With that asked the temperature seemly goes back to normal.
Gunter points to an island on the map, "Here."
Yuuri walks a step closes as he stares at the island, "There, huh?" He mumbles to himself then asks out loud. "Has she gone home?"
Conrad decides to answer as a way of distracting himself from his memories, "She's still on her free and easy holiday travel for love." He says as he walks over to stand beside Yuuri.
Yuuri just sighs placing a hand on his hip, "You guys sure have a troublesome mother." Yuuri comments hoping he hasn't offended Conrad in anyway or Cecilia.
Gunter closes his eyes as if remembering something bad, "She definitely is." Gunter whimpers.
Yuuri looks to the map again, "So who's the leader of Spitzberg?" the tension from earlier returns with vengeance causing Yuuri look from Conrad to Gunter, they seem to share a silent conversation by looking into the other person's eyes.
An uncomfortable silence falls over the trio as they all stare at the map, so as to not look at each other. "Maybe it was something I shouldn't have asked." Yuuri thinks while he looks from Conrad to Gunter out the corner of his eyes.
A few minutes past before anything is said, "Her older brother, Stoffel, is looking after it." Conrad tells Yuuri reluctantly as he turns and looks at him.
A confused expression sweeps across Yuuri's face, "Stoffel?" He asks curiously; recognition lights up Yuuri's eyes as he remembers seeing a man with dirty blonde hair slicked back out of dull blue eyes, with a short beard and moustache of the same colour neatly trimmed, when he was riding to the castle on the first day he arrived here in the other world. "Ah! That good-looking middle aged man. He was Cecilia-sama's regent, right?" Yuuri looks to Conrad silently asking if he's right but it's Gunter that answers.
A hate filled glare sits upon Gunter's face making him, for once, look like the great solider he's said to be. "Right now, he's just confined in his territory. Considering is past record, he deserves it..." Gunter rants his voice filled with hate and repressed anger. He goes to continue but is interrupted by Conrad, "Gunter!" Conrad snaps stopping Gunter in his tracks.
Gunter coughs into his closed fist in embarrassment at straying off track, "Anyway, the ten noble families are sovereignty over their own territory. But for all of Shin Makoku, the Maoh…" Gunter lectures Yuuri glad to be talking about something else.
Yuuri tunes Gunter's history/Geography lesson out, "Cecilia-sama's brother that would make him the uncle of the three brothers who don't look like each other." He thinks as he vaguely hearing Gunter saying, "And, so the Moah can…"
"He can use his power to have control..." Gunter carries on with the lesson not noticing that Yuuri is ignoring him.
"But why? They don't look like they get along well." Yuuri thinks in confusion and wonder. "Could they have had some kind of family fight?" Seeing Conrad look at him Yuuri tries to make it look like he is listening, as he lets out a nervous laugh.
After a while everything goes back to normal, Yuuri sits behind his desk as he finishes sighing the last pile of papers, Gunter standing in front of the desk lecturing him or giving small lessons Shin Makoku and its history, while Conrad stands near the door once again watching them in amusement. Ryuu on the other hand wakes up, but is only half asleep as he leaves the office ignoring them when they look at him, and goes to his room before falling back to sleep on his bed.
…Night time; in Ryuu's bedroom…
If you stop and really look at the sky at night, you would notice that the sky isn't just black; it's a mixture of colours, of different shades of blues, greys, purples and little specks of white dotted around here and there. And when it's all brought together you get the beautiful picture we call night time; a perfect background for the full silver-white moon that sits high on its throne in the sky, shinning its rays of mystic royal light down onto the world below, giving everything a silver-white glow. Van Gogh could see it, all the magnificent colours that people seem to miss, when he painted 'Starry Night'.
This is the direction Ryuu's thought are going as he sits in an antique light rosewood armchair, that's placed in front of the fire place in his room, staring listlessly out of one of the windows and into the night. If Ryuu has to describe the chair he's sitting in, he would say it's an eighteenth century light rosewood white button back armchair; strangely enough it's very comfortable to sit in for hours, and that's exactly what Ryuu has done since he woke up three hours ago lying on his eighteenth century canopy bed. The bed is carved out of dark rosewood; heavy velvet curtains the colour of red with a golden border hang from the wooden frame.
Ryuu breathes out a bored sigh; looking from out the window to the lit fire place, he watches dispassionately as the golden-orange-red flames dance around each other, blackening and burning the logs of wood as they dance upon them. The room Ryuu sits in is quite lavish and beautiful looking like it's straight out of the eighteenth century. Colours of red, gold and white decorate the room; all the wooden furniture in the room is either carved out of light or dark rosewood. A large mirror with a golden border hangs above the fireplace; said fireplace is carved out of dark rosewood and white marble with a golden brass fire guard.
The glow from the fire casts dark shadows over the room giving it an eerie feeling; said shadows dance across Ryuu's face as he tips his head over the back of the chair. With a sigh he closes his eyes for a moment before opening them again, "Something bad is going to happen…And soon." Ryuu says his thoughts out loud into the silent and slightly lit up room.
…Night time; Stoffel von Spitzweg's mansion…
On the stone balcony above the front entrance of the mansion stands Raven; sighing he looks up longingly at the moon sitting proudly in the sky, while leaning on the stone railing. Suddenly a kotsuhizoku, a skeleton with wings, appears hovering in front on him, making a chattering noise as its bottom teeth hits the top set of teeth.
Once the chattering noise stops a blank expression covers Raven's face, "I see. So his majesty is back at blood pledge castle. Then tell the others to act as planned." Raven orders the kotsuhizoku.
Raven turns to go inside when the kotsuhizoku starts to chatter again, what is said makes Raven stop in shocked surprise. He turns to face the kotsuhizoku with a glare, "What! Are you sure?" He demands the kotsuhizoku nods its head 'yes'. Raven waves it away, "Then go, and tell them to watch out for him." The kotsuhizoku does as it's told and fly's away.
"So the dragon warrior is back. It seems I have some work to do!" Raven stands there for a minute before shaking his head with a sigh and going inside, things just got a lot more complicated.
…Blood pledge castle; in the courtyard in front of the castle entrance…
It is pitch black in the courtyard in front of the castle entrance, the only light that could be seen is coming from a few lit torches held by lines of marching soldiers' heading for the castle town. Conrad sits alert on his brown horse as he stops in front of Gwendal, who's standing in the middle of the courtyard watching the soldiers leave. "Did you call for me, Gwendal?" Conrad asks looking down at Gwendal from his perch on his horse's back.
Gwendal, who hates being looked down upon from a horse or not, looks up at Conrad with a small glare. "Yeah. There's a commotion in the castle town." Gwendal grunts in frustration, "People are being attacked without any reason. As soon as the Maoh comes back, this happens."
Conrad sweat drops but smiles, "I don't think it's his fault." It dawns on Conrad that if Yuuri catches wind of this, he'll worry, "Don't tell his majesty about this. I don't want him to worry unnecessarily."
"You're spoiling him," Gwendal's glare grows slightly colder as he frowns at Conrad. Conrad just laughs lightly brushing off Gwendal glare as if it's nothing. He then remembers about the guards in the castle, if they were to go with the rest to the castle town Yuuri will be unprotected. It's a shame to say but Conrad for once forgets an important detail, Ryuu, which will come back to haunt him later. "Also, the guards inside the castle…"
Gwendal scoffs at Conrad before interrupting him, "You don't need to tell me. If something were to happen to the Maoh, it'll create unnecessary chaos."
Conrad stares at Gwendal then smiles, "I'm counting on you." With that said Conrad snaps the reigns he's holding causing the horse to run, and follows the soldiers to the castle town to makes sure everything goes well.
Gwendal watches him leave until a sudden thought comes to mind, What about lord Ryuu?" Gwendal thinks about if he should tell him or not, "I won't tell him. Considering how loyal he is to his majesty, which isn't a bad thing, he would without a doubt tell him." Gwendal ponders about this for a few seconds then nods with a grunt, liking his idea of not tell Ryuu anything, a decision he will come to regret.
…Moah's bedroom/Yuuri's bedroom...
Yuuri gives a big mouthed yawn, stretching his arms in the air as he did so. With tired closed eyes Yuuri drags his exhausted light blue pajama clad body over to his 18th century canopy bed; said bed is carved out of dark walnut wood, as heavy velvet canopy curtains green in colour (harry potter- slytherin green) with golden border hangs from the wooden frame. The rest of the room is decorated in colours of green, gold and cream, while all the furniture is carved out of dark or light walnut wood. A fireplace as is normal in eighteenth century bedrooms is carved out of, dark walnut wood and cream marble with a golden brass fire guard. Instead of a large mirror above the fireplace, there's a large painting of Yuuri in his royal robes which Yuuri is sure he didn't pose for. The only light in the room is coming from said fireplace with a single candelabrum in the corner of the room, holding three white lit candles.
"I worked hard today," Yuuri mutters to himself. Opening his eyes he stops short; he blinks once, twice, three times unsure if he's see things. Yuuri jerks back in surprise before he straightens himself up and marches over to his bed. The big lump under his quilt moves a little; Yuuri grabs his quilt and pulls it off his bed to reveal a sleeping Wolfram, who's wearing a floor-length frilly light pink women's night gown.
"Wolfram!" Yuuri exclaims in shock, Yuuri's exclamation woke Wolfram up. Opening his eyes Wolfram looks sleepily at Yuuri, not moving from his lying down position. "You're late, Yuuri. I'm sleepy, so hurry up and get in." Wolfram tiredly orders.
Yuuri's surprised expression turns into one of annoyance, "Why are you in my bed again, Wolfram?!" He lightly shouts angrily in case anyone else is asleep.
"I had your interests at heart, since you're a 'scaredy cat," Wolfram says as he sits up scowling tiredly at Yuuri in annoyance as all he wants to do is go to sleep.
Yuuri frowns and glares at Wolfram, "NO! I can sleep alone!" Yuuri shouts.
Wolfram just smirks and leans forward so he's only inches apart from Yuuri's face, and says somewhat cheerfully, "Don't worry about it. We're engaged."
Yuuri just grits his teeth together in anger, "That doesn't mean you have to act like we're already married!" He breathes out tiredly, his anger and annoyance simmering somewhat.
Wolfram's smirk deepens, "The whole country knows you're my fiancée." This shocks Yuuri so much that he falls back on his arse.
Yuuri sighs with his eyes closed, "What's going on? We're both boys." Yuuri mutters.
Wolfram peers down at Yuuri a smile now replacing his smirk, "You're a wimp, but I'm by your side, so you can feel safe." Wolfram states this as a fact.
Yuuri, once again annoyed, jumps up on his feet, "How can I?!" He exclaims as he jumps from one foot to the other angrily.
No one noticed the three maids dressed in blue, red and green from earlier, peering into the room around the frame of the open door. The maid in red with blonde shoulder-length curly hair holds a hand to her mouth, "Wolfram-sama is so daring." She mutters in shock.
While the maid in blue with green shoulder-length wavy hair and glasses, writes in a small note pad seemingly taking notes on Yuuri and Wolfram's relationship. "With his assertiveness, his majesty may eventually surrender to him." She states quietly.
Lastly the maid in green with boy-short brown-orange hair holds her closed fists up against her cheeks. "Oh on, oh no. His majesty's position might change. We need to report this right away." She exclaims also quietly.
The maid in red looks down at the other two, "I've already written stuff about Conrad-sama." She whines at the pair below her, not wanting to write anymore.
The maid in blue looks up at the blonde maid through her glasses, "But it could be Gunter-sama." She informs the blonde maid with a smile. "He's the dark horse, but it could be Gwendal-sama."
The maid in green looks up at the two above her, "I'm not sure about that. Whenever he's near his majesty, he gets even more wrinkles on his forehead. And Gunter-sama belongs to Ryuu-sama." She protests.
The maid in blue stops writing for a moment, "That's the face he makes when he is in agony from seeing the person he likes with another. And your right Gunter-sama does belong to Ryuu-sama."
"It's more like Ryuu-sama belongs to Gunter-sama," The maid in red says as she looks up placing her finger on her chin, "Cecilia-sama is out of the country. The only person left would be…The super duper dark horse, Ainssina-sama!"
The maids in blue and green look up to the maid in red, and shake their heads at her. "Anissina-sama?" They both lightly exclaim curiously.
…Courtyard in front the back entrance to the castle …
A figure wearing a light brown cloak with the hood up stops in front of the castle back entrance; taking out a small metal key, the figure inserts it in the keyhole on the padlock. There is a quiet click as the key is turned and the padlock opens. The figure takes off the padlock, moves the thick plank of wood holding the door shut, and opens the door. Once the door is open another figure, wearing a light brown cloak with the hood up, is revealed. With a nod to each other both figures run across the courtyard, intent on getting into the castle.
…Treasure room/basement…
Moaning and groaning could be heard throughout the room, anyone who pasts the treasure room/basement would think there's a ghost in there. The door to the treasure room/basement opens creakingly lighting up the room slightly; a figure slips into the room, shutting the door behind them plunging the room into darkness again. Suddenly a torch is lit the fire light from the torch lights up the face of Ryuu, who's the one holding the torch in his left hand his cane in his right. Ryuu walks down the stone stairs with little difficulty, his cane making the normal tapping noise. Once at the bottom he weaves through the wooden shelves and boxes, until he's at the other end of the room and standing in front of the back wall.
"Hello my friend. How have you been?" Ryuu telepathically asks Morgif with a laugh. Morgif, who's hanging on the wall, frowns at Ryuu huffing in annoyance, "Master, why do you have to tease me so? You know I don't really like it down here." Morgif telepathically replies.
"Don't worry Morgif. I have only come to talk. I'm quite bored because there's no one else around." Ryuu reassures him then gives a bored sigh, as he sits down on one of the wooden boxes.
…Castle town…
Soldiers from the castle run around the town, checking on the people who have been attacked and for their attacker. A small cluster of soldiers stand around Conrad, "How are things over there?" He asks a blue haired soldier. Before the soldier could answer a light brown haired soldier, runs up to Conrad panting a little. "Your excellency, I cannot find anything other there." He informs Conrad as he points behind him.
Unknown to everyone that outside the castle town wall, five male figures dressed head to toe in black are climbing up the wall. How? By two long pieces of rope tied to metal grappling hooks, which are hooked onto the top of the wall. Once up the figures run along the top of the wall on silent feet till they see the kitchen back entrance. They jump down off the wall and hide behind some bushes, which are directly across from the kitchen back doors as two guards holding torches walk by.
Conrad and four soldiers stand in one of victims homes, question said male victim about his attack. "Then, you're saying nothing was stolen?" Conrad asks in confusion.
The middle aged blonde man, our victim, sighs as he rubs the bandage wrapped around his head. "That's right. I was suddenly hit from behind and lost consciousness. I could not see the criminal's face."
Conrad and the soldiers look confused, "What do you think this means?" One of the soldiers on Conrad's right asks him. "Everyone else who was attacked had nothing stolen from them either."
A look of concentration transforms Conrad's face from blank to frowning; brows drawn together he tries to think about what's going on. "If theft wasn't the objective, then…" A look of realization sweeps across Conrad's face, as his eyes widen in horror at the sudden thought. "Could it be..?" Conrad runs out of the house, up to his horse and once on it rides quickly towards the castle.
...Maoh's bedroom/Yuuri's bedroom…
Yuuri and Wolfram lying asleep on the bed; Wolfram is spread out like a starfish with the entire quilt, while Yuuri is curled into a ball shivering with a frown on his face.
…Outside Yuuri's room…
Two out of the five black male figures peer around the corner, to see if anyone is outside the bedroom door. Just as one of the figures goes to step out, the second figure pulls the first figure back after hearing footsteps. They watch as Gwendal appears, wearing a sword, from around the corner at the other end of the corridor. Gwendal stops in front of the bedroom door, guarding it personally, with brows drawn together and a cold glare. The two figures not wanting to be caught go back the way they came.
…With Conrad…
Conrad and some soldiers that have followed him, pushes their horses to ride as fast as they can, wanting to get to the castle quickly. The glare on Conrad's face would have been scary, if it wasn't for the worry flashing in his eyes. "I hope nothing bad has happened." Lucky for Conrad he could see the castle front entrance ahead of him.
…End of part 1...
(1)Side note: An erogenous spot is basically a pleasure spot/ a place that turns you on
(2)Side note: A large branched candlestick or holder for several candles or lamps
(3)Side note: mirth a fancy word for amusement
(4)Side note: Ao means blue
Random side notes: What people call Ryuu…
Servents and everyone else…Ryuu-sama
Gunter…my sweet Ryuu or just Ryuu
Yuuri and his family…Ryuu-kun
Conrad, Wolfram and Gwendal…Lord Ryuu
Rowan (comes in later)…Sweetie
Morgif…master
Ken (little brother)… brother or big brother Ryuu
What Ryuu calls them…
Gunter…pervert or Gunter
Yuuri…Yuu-chan
Ken…Ken-chan
Rowan…Ro-kun
Conrad and Wolfram…by their names with kun on the end
Gwendal…demon, Satan or just Gwendal