Sorry, this story was updated a lot later then I was hoping, but here it is! :)

Edited: 6/12/16

Wolfram couldn't wait to tell his best friend, Yuuri Shibuya, all about the abandoned territory his uncle told him about. He's always the first person he goes to whenever he's found something cool or interesting. Yuuri is the son of a noble, Shouma Shibuya, and his wife, Lady Miko Shibuya. Lady Miko also happens to be his mother's, Queen Celi's, best friend. Yuuri, or what Wolfram personally likes to call him- Wimp, is a double black. It is very rare for a mazoku to be a double black. As a matter of fact, Yuuri and the Sage, Ken Murata, are the only living mazoku double blacks. And because of that, double blacks are considered to be something 'sacred'. Wolfram personally finds this to be completely ridiculous. The wimp may be his best friend, but he's definitely not sacred. I mean, come on, Wolfram thought, he's a wimp after all.

Wolfram knew exactly where he would be at this time. If Yuuri wasn't with him, then of course Wolfram would find him with his mother, Miko (or as she liked to be called, Jennifer). And since it is now high noon, Miko and his own mother would be drinking tea in the gardens, just like they do everyday. So Wolfram took off and ran to the back of the castle, where all the gardens were. He spotted Yuuri, and, just as he suspected, he was sitting with their mothers, Queen Celi and Lady Miko. They were drinking tea and talking with each other. Yuuri was smiling and answering questions by both of their mother's.

Wolfram rolled his eyes. Yuuri was practically adored by everyone. Not limited to their own mothers. But it was no secret that Lady Miko spoiled her son. Whatever he wanted he would get. He could do no wrong in her eyes. Wolfram smirked. If only she knew what an influence Wolfram was on him. Without him as a friend, Yuuri probably wouldn't be capable of disobeying or doing things he shouldn't. But it was, and the wimp really did follow him around like a lost puppy. But it was probably a good thing, in the end. He could have always chosen someone who would have taken advantage of that. So it was his job, in the end, to protect his innocent, overly trusting best friend.

"Hey, Yuuri," Wolfram greeted as he approached the young noble.

Yuuri's eyes lit up when he saw him, and said back happily, "Hi, Wolf!"

Wolfram rolled his eyes at him. Yuuri really was too innocent for his own good. I mean really, thought Wolfram, how can he be so happy all the time? Wimp.

Wolfram leans closer to Yuuri, who's still sitting on a chair, and whispers, "Come on. I just heard about this really cool place."

Yuuri just frowns, "Right now? But...Wolfram..."

"Wolfram?" Celi asks her son as she glances down at him, "Why don't you sit down? You can tell us all about the day you had with your father."

Wolfram frowns as he turns to face his mother. Normally, he would never miss out on a chance to talk about himself, and all the cool things he learned. Not to mention everything that will one day be his. But, he also really wants to go to the abandoned territory. So he responds, "Well, I would, but..." He pauses, annoyed. "I was actually hoping to go with the wimp somewhere."

Yuuri scowls at him, offended. "I'm not a wimp, Wolf. And the last 'great place' we went to...well, it wasn't so great."

"Not this time!" Wolfram exclaims with a triumphant smile. "This one is going to be really cool!"

"So, where exactly is this 'really cool' place?" Queen Celi asks her son with a raised eyebrow.

Wolfram frowns and quickly thinks of a safe, and non-dangerous, place. He shifts as he grumbles out, "Oh, um. Just... the river that runs passed the castle."

"The river?" Yuuri exclaims as he blinks in bemusement. "What's so great about the river?"

Wolfram turns to face him. He sends him a quick glare as he steps closer to him. He places his hands on the arm of Yuuri's chair as he leans in closer. Then he whispers through clenched teeth, "I'll show you when we get there."

"Oh," Yuuri spoke quietly, eyes widening with realization. "Um, mom?" He questions as he turns to look at her. Wolfram stops glaring, happy that Yuuri finally realized what he was implying. He then smiled up, innocently, towards Yuuri's mother, also.

"It's mama, Yuu-chan!" Miko states with a pout.

"Er, mama? Can I go with Wolfram?" Yuuri asks. And it was moments like this that Wolfram was glad he was naturally so innocent looking. It was impossible to tell if he was ever doing anything anyone, namely their parents, would disapprove of.

Miko looks down at her son, in thought. You could obviously see some doubt and worry in her face. "Hmmm...well..." She looks over towards her best friend. "What do you think, Cheri?"

"Well..." Celi starts.

Yuuri jumps off his chair, then Wolfram and him walk over in front of Queen Celi. They both look up at her with big, round, pleading eyes and huge smiles on their faces. They both plead, "Please?"

She looks down at them and smiles. "I guess it's fine with me."

"Yay!" Yuuri exclaims.

"Yes!" Wolfram yells victoriously. They both start running away from them and towards the 'river' in excitement. Especially Wolfram, who knew where they were going, and couldn't keep the grin off of his face. And then it disappeared, and they both stopped when Queen Celi yells after them.

"As Long as Gunter goes with you!" she calls after them.

They both frown instantly at that. "Oh, great," Wolfram groaned. "Why does it have to be Gunter?"

Yuuri and him share a look.

WolfYuu WolfYuu WolfYuu

"Oh, this is so exciting! Going to this place will be very educational for you both, indeed! Oh, the things I can share with you!" Gunter ranted, excitedly. He was completely oblivious to the two children whispering behind him. And completely ignoring him.

"So where are we really going?" whispered a curious Yuuri.

"An abandoned territory," Wolfram answered him, proudly.

"Really?!" Yuuri gasped, a bit too loudly.

"Shhh!" snapped Wolfram. He cocked his head towards his annoying teacher, "Gunter."

"Oh, right," Yuuri answered, flushing as he lowered his voice again, so only Wolfram could hear him. "So how exactly are we going to get away from your crazy teacher, anyway?"

Gunter, who finally realized he wasn't being listened to, stopped talking. He took a glance behind him to look at the children whispering quietly to each other. A slow grin made it's way onto his face as he watched them, knowingly. He quickly, and frantically, turned around to face them, grinning excitedly as he watched the two. He put his hands together and placed them on the side of his head, a dreamy look on his face.

"Oh, just look at the both of you," Gunter said wistfully, talking to himself. He practically skipped over to stand directly in front of them, and he had a twinkle in his eye as he spoke. "Your parents are going to be so thrilled! As will the entire kingdom of Shin Makoku!"

Wolfram and Yuuri stopped whispering to each other. They looked strangely at the man, confused on the way he was talking to them. Not that either of them really payed much attention to the annoying man, anyways. They both rolled their eyes at him, before just deciding to get it over with and ask.

"What are you babbling on about now?" Wolfram sighs, sending Gunter an irritated look.

"Well, you choosing your suitor, of course!" Gunter answered, grinning wistfully, then gesturing towards Yuuri.

"Huh? A what?" Yuuri asks, confused. What did Gunter just call him?

"You know, with you two being betrothed and all," Gunter tried to explain.

"What are you talking about?" Wolfram asked in annoyance, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Be-what?" Asks Yuuri, honestly curious and wanting to understand.

"Betrothed, intended, affianced," Gunter tried to explain again.

Yuuri and Wolfram share a confused look and then look back at Gunter, both still unable to catch on. Normally they would just tune him out, but now neither of them honestly knew what any of those words meant. Couldn't he speak in normally? Wolfram was starting to get tired of listening to him. But it seemed as if Yuuri wanted to try again. Wolfram had to huff at the wimps curiosity and determination to understand.

"Meaning?" Asked Yuuri with his wide, innocent eyes.

Gunter chuckles at their confused faces. "One day you two will be married! Isn't that exciting?" Gunter states with bright eyes and a huge smile on his face.

"Eh?" Yuuri says with wide, shocked eyes.

Wolfram just scoffs. "Don't be ridiculous! Why would I want to marry a wimp?"

"Hey!" Yuuri pouts, offended. Then he glances at Gunter again. "And besides, me and Wolfram are friends. It would be too weird if we got married," Yuuri explains, giving Gunter the You-Are-Really-Weird look that he gets quite often.

Wolfram nodded his head in agreement.

Gunter sends a large smile towards Yuuri, as he responds with a knowing voice, "Oh, you very Sacred Double Black, I completely understand if you wouldn't want to marry this Little Prince Brat. However, you are the only one who can actually put up with him. And besides, it's best to keep double blacks in the royal family."

Yuuri smiles back at him, looking uncomfortable. He didn't like it when people considered him 'sacred'. "Er, right, that wasn't really what I meant.."

Wolfram glared at Gunter. "Him not wanting to marry me? He's the Wimp, so shouldn't that be the other way around?"

Yuuri shoots Wolfram a glare of his own. "I'm not a Wimp! And you're mean, so I think he had it right."

Wolfram turns his glare back at him.

Gunter sighs dramatically. "Now you two stop arguing," he says sternly. "Even though Yuuri's completely right," he says under his breath. But Wolfram still hears him and turns to glare at him. "Now you two turtle doves don't have much of a choice. This is tradition."

Wolfram looked over at Yuuri. A smirk on his face as he responds to that comment, "Well, when I'm king, that's definitely going!"

Yuuri nodded his head enthusiastically, completely agreeing with him. Just like Wolfram knew he would.

"Apologies, but I wouldn't allow that," Gunter says, glaring slightly down at the young prince. Then he pauses for a moment and a smile comes onto his face. "And who knows, in the future, you may feel differently about this whole situation. You may even fall in love with each other."

"Ew!" Yuuri said, eyes narrowing, a disgusted look on his face, "We will not!"

"Yuck!" Wolfram's expression was similar to Yuuri's, except he was scowling also. Then he states in an arrogant voice, "I guess I'm going to have to fire you, then, if you won't."

Gunter just rolls his eyes at him. "Nice try," he states sarcastically. "But only the king can do that."

"But..." Yuuri cut in. "Wolf is the the future King."

Wolfram beamed at him and then looked back towards Gunter. Grinning superiorly at him. "Exactly!" states Wolfram. "So you have to do what I tell you!"

Gunter scowls at him. Then he scoffed and said something under his breath about the 'Little Prince Brat'.

"Not yet I don't!" Gunter tells him sternly. "And with that attitude, you are sure going to be one pathetic king!"

"Hmph!" says Wolfram, as he crosses his arms and turns his head away, nose in the air. "Shows what you know! I'm going to be a great king!"

"Yes, well, with the way you're acting, I disagree. There is a lot you must know to be king, and a lot you have yet to learn," Gunter responds, in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone. He narrowed his eyes at the irritating child before him.

"Of course I know that," Wolfram responded, in a way that said I'm talking to an idiot.

"You think you could be a great king? You're more of a Little Prince Brat," Gunter responds with a glare.

Wolfram gives him a cold look and responds venomously, "Call me that one more time..."

Yuuri sighed from behind Wolfram as he watched the two bicker. His blond friend was letting his temper get to him again. And this arguing wasn't getting them anywhere. They needed to find a way to get away from Gunter, so then they could go to this abandoned territory that Wolfram spoke so highly of. They needed to think, and fast, or they would lose their chance. And since Wolfram was too busy arguing with Gunter to realize this, Yuuri supposed it was up to him to figure something out. Yuuri frowned as he looked around himself, trying to think of an idea. He was hardly the best at this cunning and deceiving thing, that was more Wolfram's area of expertise. It was very easy to see right through him. He paused in his thoughts, an idea coming to him. He looks to see a big crowd of people surrounding them now. He smiles. Perfect. People say he's completely innocent, so he may as well use it.

Yuuri puts his face in his hands, his shoulders start to shake. He cries out, "Oh, Gunter!"

Gunter, startled, stops arguing with Wolfram and look over to Yuuri, startled. His eyes widen in surprise as he looks at Yuuri, and then he starts to panic. "Oh my! My beautiful double black, whatever is the matter? Are you ok? What's wrong?!"

"Yuuri?" Wolfram asks, just as startled by the boys actions. Did something happen? Was he hurt? Wolfram looked him up and down as bad thoughts started coming to his head. Concern laced his words, as he asks, "What's wrong?"

"How- how dare you, Gunter! Saying such mean things to your prince like that! Prince Wolfram doesn't deserve to be treated that way!" Yuuri states with wide, innocent eyes.

"Yuuri..." Wolfram looks at him, bemused.

"Hey, isn't that the prince?" came a voice from the crowd.

"And the sacred double black is there with him, too!"

"Aren't they so cute?"

"But what's wrong with the young double black? He looks like he's about to cry."

Murmurs went on throughout the crowd of people. Wolfram glanced at Yuuri. Yuuri stared at him for a second, eyes burning into his, and then he turns towards the crowd of people. He tried as desperately as he could to explain what he was doing without using any words. Luckily, Wolfram smirked as he quickly caught on. Yuuri sighed in relief, but he wasn't really all that concerned. It was always like he and Wolfram had a language all their own. They understood things about each other that no one else ever could, whether it be thoughts or feelings. Wolfram turned and looked back over to Gunter.

"Yeah! Gunter why would you say something like that?" Wolfram looked up at him with innocent eyes.

Angry murmurs started going through the crowd.

"What does that mean? What do you think that man said to them?"

"Oh, those poor dears!"

"They are close to tears! What do you think he did?"

"No one should treat our dear prince and sacred double black so terribly!"

A bead of sweat drops from Gunter's forehead as he realized what was going on. "Now wait a second," he spoke towards the crowd, who in return were all glaring at him. "It's not what you think...you see they are just trying to..."

The crowd of people, angry at Gunter, surround him and started yelling at him. Saying that he should 'treat the young prince and sacred double black with respect' and how 'horrible it was to make children cry'.

"Come on," whispered Wolfram, as everyone was too distracted to notice them make their escape. Yuuri nodded and followed him, slipping through the crowd of people and heading out of the town quickly, so no one would notice them. They both grinned at each other as they ran away. It worked!

As Wolfram and Yuuri escaped the crowd, Gunter was still surrounded and completely confused. "Wolfram? Yuuri?" he called out into the crowd. "...What just happened?"