BloodyPinkRose - WOW! Good for me, is this a quick update or what! The plot is finally coming together!! Somewhat of a confusing chapter but I don't think it's too hard to understand. Well anyways enjoy! I DONT OWN KKM! Thanks for all the reviews!
Chapter nine: Dance with me
"Well what the hell is going on?" Gwendal demanded and the nearby soldiers gulped, this was one unhappy bunny they were dealing with. They backed off when he glared at them all and stormed past. None of them had an answer for him.
As bad as it was, they had all left their posts for a reason they couldn't even all be sure of. Gunter followed after the commander worriedly, it seemed all so strange that all the guards would leave their posts outside the shrine and that those inside the shrine had been unconscious.
"You don't think it's a sorcerer or such do you? Ulrike is well known among most and her power is amiable I could understand why people would want to get their hands on it" Gunter commented and Gwendal paused.
He had to say whatever it was, Shinou knew something to do with it. he hadn't missed the blonde as he averted his eyes when the guards rushed in to tell them all. He also hadn't missed the clenched shaking fist.
However every time he tried to get near to the blonde he managed to escape him.
"It is nothing of your concern, there is no need for you to investigate" Shinou sighed as he stepped into the shrine room where all of his boxes were thankfully still sitting. Gunter and Gwendal spun around seeing the blonde standing there leaning against the entrance.
Gunter gasped lightly
The blonde certainly didn't look so good that morning, black rings clung to his eyes which also happened to be bloodshot. He smiled tiredly when he noticed the looks he was being given but he had to make them understand that they shouldn't mess with this.
"Heed my warning, just leave it all alone, I will deal with it when the time is correct. If you rush into it you may find yourself in a mix" the blonde warned again, they really had to understand. This was all one big game.
"Why should we heed your warning Shinou, is this a family issue?" Yuuri asked curiously from behind them all, when they all turned around once again they were graced with the rest of the crew, Yozak, Conrad, Wolfram, Murata and Yuuri.
And Murata didn't look happy.
"So did you know that your big brother was going to attack and kidnap our priestess?" Wolfram sneered and Shinou wanted to walk the plank just to get away from it. it would have worked if they hadn't come.
With Murata looking at him in such a hurt way, he couldn't lie to them. Not again when his relationship was just starting. He refused to put that in jeopardy, he sighed and walked over to the boxes before adopting his preferred position on them.
"He didn't attack, yes he kidnapped but he will not hurt her. You don't have to believe me but that isn't what this is about. My brother isn't interested in such things, this is why I say do not rush into it. my brother will wipe the floor with you if you try" he explained.
Murata's eyes narrowed as he walked over to the tired Original king. The other held their breath when the blonde looked up . They didn't expect the sage to slap the blonde hard around the face as if to demand him to snap out of it.
"Stop doing this!!" he demanded, "Every time you do, you are only hurting yourself. Tell us what is going on. I know you are hiding something!" he yelled in the other's face. The spectators winced but if that was the only way they would understand so be it.
Shinou took the hit in his stride, internally he was crying out for support with all that he knew but for the greater good he couldn't confide in them. He couldn't mess with fate it would bring about worse options.
People thought he messed with fate, it wasn't that he did, it was more like he pushed people in the more amiable of the two outcomes. They couldn't ridicule him for something like that because he hadn't changed fate.
"There is nothing to tell you, I do not lie. I didn't tell you about this because I didn't know for reasons beyond me however I can tell you now that my brother will not hurt anyone of you or anyone that he takes. To him this is nothing but a game" he told them.
"What do you mean by a game and by right shouldn't he be dead?" Yozak asked curiously and Shinou sighed again, deep, deep, and exasperated. He hated to explain his brother's motives, he wasn't exactly all there.
"I do not question my brother, I do not try to understand him. You will just end up going mad, nothing he does is logical. He cannot help it upon getting his immortality he was lost to us and we had to exile him. You will see him a lot now but you probably will not know it is he" Goodness Shinou could imagine their faces when he told them.
"What is the meaning of his games?" Gwendal demanded, he refused to be commander and stand their to play game to an insane persons amusement. If anyone else was taken then he was going to attack.
Shinou stopped his explanation and looked at the commander again.
"Heed my warning" for a moment he saw a flash of incredulous in those cold eyes. Shinou couldn't read minds but he could see the outcome if the commander went through and attacked his brother. At that moment he could see the gears turning in his head through his eyes
Before Shinou could answer the actual question a pair of screams alerted his attention and his expression darkened. He jumped off the box and ran towards the sound, the other's followed swords drawn.
"Ah brother about time you showed up" the rich silky voice was laden with the touch of insanity as he hovered in the air. Shinou hated how the man flaunted his Majutsu, he dared not do the same with his death homing in.
"GRETA!!" Yuuri and Wolfram yelled in unison when they saw the young girl cradled unconscious in the arms of a strange pink creature. Their shouted was followed by Conrad and Yozak when they noticed Cheri hanging from midair, also unconscious.
"Put them down, they have done nothing wrong to you. Don't take this game too far. The last one was bad enough!" Shinou shouted up at his brother. He held one hand back towards them to warn them to stay out of it.
"Au contraire brother, you're little one came to me for directions to find the Maou before that ruffian helped her.. Your ex-maou caused death among my lands and your priestess; her mind is filled with thoughts enough to make any sailor blush" the beautiful man taunted.
He knew all his brother's secrets.
"Shinou, you never said you had a twin!" Miurata commented faintly looking up at the other blonde, Shinou cursed internally, that was what he hoped wouldn't happen, his Azalea had just gained his brother's attention.
However, the fact was true, the two brother's must indeed have been twins. They could almost be clones if not for a few custom differences between them. Shinou's brother had one glowing red eye and one oceanic blue eye. His hair was almost the exact copy of Shinou only it was white blonde with streaks of red, yellow, blue and green.
"Accurate one aren't you Daikenja, I am your Shinou's older twin, three days older. My name is Moonus Yuudai" he smiled madly taking a mocking bow at the growing crowd of people wanting to see who and what the floating thing was.
"What do you mean by our Shinou?" Gwendal asked, his hand clutching tightly on the hilt of his beloved sword. He was not stupid enough to try and help his mother, this man had Majutsu enough to defeat an entire army on his own if he was able to remain afloat in the air holding up another person.
"You really do pay attention don't you Von Voltaire, or is it Von Walde? Either way I mean that my brother is not called Shinou. Surely you know of the legacy, or is that another thing that Sunoom Daiyuu has kept from you?" he asked.
Shinou grit his teeth that was just bloody great!
As if they weren't already pissed with him, his dear twin just had to say that to them. Gunter would get it almost instantly but of course he wasn't stupid to throw that idea around without being sure that he was right. as long as Yuudai didn't open his mouth maybe it would be alright.
"Are you saying …" Gunter trailed off uncertain and Yuudai grinned wolfishly
"That is exactly what I am saying. Get ready to dance little brother daddy is coming home and it will prove to be a apocalyptic show" the floating man watched them all before nodding to himself sneakily and flying off.
He would like to see his treacherous brother get out of that one.
"Am I the only confused one?" Yuuri asked sitting at the dining table and both Yozak and Conrad shook their heads. After a time Gwendal and Wolfram also shook their heads in annoyance. As soon as they got in Gunter had rushed to his private chambers to collect books.
Shinou had his head buried in his hands and wasn't responding to any of them, the fates were really laughing in his face this time. Murata didn't understand what was going on but it had upset Shinou and he didn't like it.
He sat beside the blonde a pale hand resting on his shoulder.
"No matter what happens and what you learn Dai, I will not die, I will support you and the children" Shinou whispered to the double black, who tensed but didn't make any comment, he didn't want to know what the other was trying to tell him.
At last after what seemed like waiting forever Gunter rushed into the room and threw a bunch of books on to the table and looked at the blonde curiously. He was both awed and shocked to be in the presence of a legend.
Well part of a legend
"I found what Moonus was talking about, it really is amazing, written in most of the books from the priestesses from over four thousand years ago and before even that" Gunter told them excitedly and Shinou tensed at the name, he hated his brother being referred to by that name.
"Yuudai! Call him Yuudai" he muttered half to himself; once again the others looked at him but they didn't comment they just filed it away for later that the other didn't like his brother being called by his 'legend' way.
The silence seemed to drag on for ages and ages, Gunter didn't want to start talking if he would upset the blonde and no one else knew what to say. If he was completely honest the whole thing was driving Shinou crazy.
He slammed both his hands on the table and ignored the spark of magic that startled the others, "Would you stop acting like if I sneeze the world will collapse, this is why I didn't tell you who I was. I had no idea this was going to happen now though I do think the timing makes sense" he told them.
"Will you tell us then? All we know is you have a slightly odd brother running away with half the royals and their various relations and on top of that, your dead father is also coming and from the sounds of it, he will destroy our world" Murata brought it all together slowly and softly.
Shinou sighed and nodded
"Well I told you Dai that my father was dead, well he isn't exactly dead dead. Yuudai kind of brought him back he didn't mean it. our father favoured me and Yuudai only cared about my happiness, he believed as long as I was happy he would be too" Shinou started slowly
"So he was the rebel child and he found a way into the our home's hidden sorcerer room, if belonged to some distant evil relative that lived there. He saw a necromancer spell to bring father back to life but he was just a child, he knew not what he was tampering with" Shinou continued
"Are you saying he used a necromancer spell? But everyone knows that to bring one back from the dead needs the soul of another and that's with a powerful necromancer. Which means your brother would have drawn the souls of the dead" Wolfram protested and Shinou nodded.
"Exactly! He didn't understand how to get my father's soul back so he just put any old soul in. necromancer magic automatically draws evil souls. My father was a legendary soldier, known throughout the land. I am but a fraction of what he was in strength, we cannot beat him without my brother's help no matter what we wish" he finished looking at his hands..
"You happen to miss that fact that it is said that one will die and one is already dying at the start of this legacy" Gunter added helpfully and Shinou glared at him, there was a reason he didn't want to mention that.
They all looked at him and he sighed again.
"Yes, I am dying but this may be my saving grace" he told them and then yawned loudly, slightly over exaggerated and Murata seemed to get the point that he didn't want to speak of it any longer. He hoped this didn't change things.
"Let's go and get some rest Shinou, it has been a very busy day and I think I should start resting, I am still carrying for four even though it doesn't seem like it yet" Murata smiled cheerfully and as planned that seemed to excite everyone again.
"That's right we decided silver for the boy"
"But we still have three girls to plan for"
"I think pale green would be good for one of them and …." Their voices all trailed off as the duo got further away from the room. Murata was glad he managed to lift their spirits for the moment. He looked at the melancholy blonde beside him and grabbed his hand tightly.
"You really have nothing to fear Shinou, everything is going to be alright, so what you have a slightly dysfunctional family but doesn't everyone in some rights?" he asked, smile never failing and Shinou smiled at him brightly.
"I wasn't worried I suppose now would be a really bad moment to say I'm glad to see my brother and that he will be bringing some very interesting results to the table. The two of you are going to get along like cats and water" he grinned before sauntering off in front of the double black.
Murata paused and thought about what the other said before comically turning red and running after him. "SHINOU, DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?!" he yelled angrily and when the other took off running he picked up his pace waving his hands in the air undignified.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN CATS AND WATER?! CATS HATE WATER! SHINOU COME BACK HERE!"
Yuudai watched the two running around like headless chickens with a smile on his face. This was how he liked to see his younger brother, despite what the others may have thought upon meeting him, the two had been very happy to see each other.
"Ne Puca, don't they look cute together, when I die I will name one of their children after me, I will assign you to him and when the time comes, I will work through him" Yuudai told the big eyed pink creature beside him.
If he had known what pokemon were, the pink creature would like a pink bonsly with big red eyes, little arms and tiny red wings behind it. Puca cooed at him tearfully and Yuudai petted her head affectionately before the two of them flew off.
"Will you let us leave?" Ulrike asked the sorcerer as he landed , with his cute pink companion beside him. Yuudai looked at the small woman and rolled his eyes, he had heard his brother's thoughts concerning the young woman and her annoying nature.
He believed him now.
"I will let you leave when I decide to let you leave. Until then stay quiet and out of my way priestess, I am not afraid to silence you if you irritate me" he snapped before turning away from her and storming off, Puca stuck her tongue out at Ulrike before following after her master.
"Puca!" Greta chirped happily when she saw the cute creature plod after Yuudai, through the garden towards his rather impressive throne that was built into a huge tree and had a head device resting on the cushioned throne.
Puca turned and ran towards the little girl, she liked to play with Greta. Cheri sat on the fountain side and watched the children play. She had no reason to want to escape, there was plenty to do there and besides Yuudai may have been slightly kooky but he certainly didn't curdle milk.
"Has your father woken then?" she asked curiously walking over to the man. Yuudai looked up at her dirtily, he hated referring to that thing as his father. He had only done it to make sure Daiyuu knew what he was talking about.
"That thing isn't my father, just the image of my father and a major mistake on my half. I have yet to find him but I know he is awake. After all a master can always find his creation no matter how far it runs or rebels" Yuudai replied snootily.
Cheri sniffed
"Mistake, you call that a major mistake. I dread to think what you find a disaster or a catastrophe. You didn't create a mistake you created the apocalypse" she told him in a way that seemed like she was scolding a child.
Yuudai rolled his eyes at her,
"you have no right to talk to me that way woman, I am over 4000 years older than you, I will not be treated like an adolescent child. I may have created such a monster but I will defeat it at the cost of my own life" he replied to his coldly sitting on the throne.
Cheri's eyes widened
"You plan to sacrifice your life for the world?" she asked and he snorted at her as if she had just told a rather funny joke. He wouldn't do anything for the planet, it could blow up for all he cared as long as he wasn't on it and neither was his brother or his moon.
"I do nothing for the selfish beings on this pitiful planet, I do everything for my brother, his happiness comes before my own. It would hurt him never to see his children take their first breath or for them to be given away. The sooner I die then I can reward him for his goodness and overtake his place at the shrine" Yuudai told her.
Before Cheri could say anything else he placed the head device on and closed his eyes to focus the centre of his powers and find where his so called father had run off to hide.
He felt his soul leave his body as he searched for his father, it didn't take as long as he had hoped but it was nothing to cause alarm about. His father had barely left the hellhole in which he had been disposed of before.
"Found you!"
He couldn't stop the maddened laugh from leaving his lips
It was time for the dancing to begin.