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Warning: Blood and character death (Though probably expected).

Edited: 4/28/19

Wolfram moaned when a knock made its way to his ears. He feels a rustle to his side and then his eyes fly open as his eyes glance towards Yuuri next to him. He's not supposed to be here, Wolfram suddenly realized. He quickly got up and ran towards the door. He swore if it wasn't a family member he would -

"Wolfram? Are you awake?"

"Adelbert!" Wolfram said in surprise. He glanced back in Yuuri's direction desparingly. "What is it?"

"Can I come in?" Wolfram could hear the frown and annoyance in his voice.

He gulped before stuttering out, "W-wait a minute!"

He ran to his dresser and quickly got himself dressed before cracking the door open and slipping out. He shut the door quickly behind him and Adelbert raised an eyebrow at him. Then he glanced at the door. "Is Yuuri in there?"

Wolfram's eyes wided. "W-what?"

He rolls his eyes. "I know what happened last night, Wolfram. You do know you shouldn't be sneaking friends into your room after that?"

Wolfram flushed. "I-"

"Don't worry," Adelbert dismissed. "I'm not here to get you into trouble. I have something for you."

Wolfram's eyes suddenly light up. "What?! What is it?!" He looks around trying to decipher what it is.

"A surprise," Adelbert said. "For you and your father. So I can't tell you yet."

"I'll still act surprised if you tell me!" Wolfram insisted impatiently.

Adelbert rolls his eyes at him. "You think after your run in with the humans in the abandoned territory last night, your rebellious streak would have died down a little."

Wolfram suddenly deflated. "You...you know about that?"

"Oh, Wolfram. Everybody's heard about that by now."

"Oh," Wolfram said as he looked down at his feet.

Adelbert nudged him. "Come on. I'm sure my surprise will cheer you up."

Wolfram looked at the door. He can't just take off without telling Yuuri anything. He looks back towards Adelbert. "Can I meet you in the entryway? I only need a few minutes."

Adelbert nodded before heading down the stairs.

Wolfram sighed as he went back into his room.

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Yuuri snuggled into the blankets trying to keep out any sound and light from the cocoon he's entangled himself in. He feels a poke in his side and he just moans and rolls over, pulling the covers over his head again. The voice was trying to coax him from his slumber, but Yuuri ignored it.

"Yuuri!" The voice got louder. "Yuuri!"

WACK!

"Wake up, Wimp!"

Yuuri gasped and jumped, falling right out of the bed and taking the blanket with him. He blinks tiredly up at an annoyed blond glaring down at him. Pillow in hand.

"Woooolffff!" Yuuri groaned.

"I tried to wake you nicely," Wolfram reasoned. "It didn't work."

Yuuri rubbed at his eyes. Then complained, "Why do you have to wake me up at all?"

"I just wanted to tell you I'm leaving. Uncle Adelbert says he has a surprise for my dad and me."

Yuuri stands up excitedly. "Really? What do you think it is?"

Wolfram groans. "I don't know! He wouldn't tell me anything!"

Yuuri laughs at him. "You really hate surprise, don't you Wolf?"

"I can't help it! I don't like not knowing things." He sighs then looks at the door. "I should go. I'll come tell you what it was when I get back."

The second Wolfram turned away from him was the second fear gripped Yuuri's heart and a cold heaviness entered into his stomach. Yuuri's gut reaction was to put his hand out and grasp Wolfram's as fast as he could. Wolfram looked at him questioningly and Yuuri's grip on his hand tightened. The words flew out of his mouth before he could fully process them.

"Don't go!"

Wolfram's eyes narrow but when he looks at Yuuri's face his expression softens. "What? Why? What's wrong?"

The fear suddenly lessens and Yuuri pulls his hand back as if he's been burned. He shakes his head and looks away. "I-I don't know why I said that. I'm sorry."

Yuuri has never felt anything like that kind of fear before, especially such fear that was completely unfounded. Tears start to fill Yuuri's eyes and he turns away quickly. "I'm being ridiculous," Yuuri gasps out. "You should go see what your Uncle wants."

"Yuuri..." Wolfram says as he takes a step closer to him. He grasps his wrist and tugs on it. "Why did you say that? It's okay."

Yuuri shifts on his feet before turning to look at him again. "I..." Yuuri sighs. "It's silly."

"What is?"

"I just...when you turned away I got this feeling...like something bad was going to happen."

Wolfram frowns. "I'll be with Adelbert. I'll be fine."

"I know," Yuuri insisted, biting his bottom lip and letting out a pained whimper. "I said it was silly."

Wolfram looks him up and down for a moment. Yuuri can't believe he just confessed to an unfounded feeling. That was awfully close to psychic feelings which was way too ridiculous for Yuuri to believe in. Many thought that double blacks were psychic. Or, at least, that is only one ridiculous theory people believe about the 'sacred double blacks'. Yuuri had to admit that for a mazoku to have his traits of black eyes and hair was very rare. Okay, besides him there is only one other, but that didn't mean there was anything mystical or other worldly about him.

Wolfram suddenly grins. "Don't worry so much, Wimp. I'll be back before you even get a chance to miss me."

Yuuri rolls his eyes and smiles hesitantly back. "Okay."

Wolfram walks toward the door as he calls back, "And you better leave soon. The annoying maids will run straight to my parents if they find you here."

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"Uncle Adelbert! Can't you just tell me what the surprise is? Where are we going?" Wolfram asked. And it wasn't in a whiny voice either thank-you-very-much. They've been travelling forever. Okay, maybe it's only been a few minutes but that's way too long to not know something!

Adelbert twitches slightly and then picks up his speed. "We've been over this, Wolfram. It's a surprise," Adelbert tells him again for what feels like the thousandth time. Wolfram sighs, they entered the woods a few minutes ago. He tensed when they had drawn closer as his father told him that they weren't safe and he should never enter these woods. There where many wild animals in these woods, and many have been killed in here. His uncle had told him not to worry, that he could handle whatever beasts were in here. But that didn't stop Wolfram from being startled by every rustle in the brush. And they were getting very deep into the woods now, far away from the rest of civilization. They were completely alone.

And what could his uncle have to show him way out here anyway?

But then suddenly he stops and glances over to Wolfram. "Now, Wolfram, like I said, this is a surprise for you and your father. So, I need you to stay here for a moment while I go and get him. Alright?"

Wolfram tenses as Adelbert turns to leave. "Wait!" he yells nervously and runs to catch up with him. "I'll go with you."

Adelbert turns and suddenly yells, "No!"

Wolfram freezes and his eyes widen as he looks up towards his uncle, startled. He chuckles and shakes his head. "I need you to stay here and wait if you want the surprise. I wouldn't want to ruin it. Will you stay here for a moment for me? I won't be long."

"But the wild animals-" Wolfram protested.

"Would I leave you here if I thought it was dangerous, Wolfram? That's a child's story. Your father told you that so you wouldn't run off. Which you would have," Adelbert interrupted him.

"But-" Wolfram tries again.

"You're not afraid, are you Wolfram?"

That did it. "No!" he responds stubbornly.

Adelbert grins. "Alright then. And between you and me, you might want to work on your maryoku some more. Those little flames won't ever do you any good."

Wolfram's eyes narrow. He despises the word 'little'. His teeth grind. "...Okay."

Adelbert nods, satisfied, "There's a good boy. Now, I will be back with your father soon. I won't be gone long."

Wolfram frowns as he watches his uncle leave and then sighs to himself. He glares at the ground as he remembers his uncles words."Little flames, hmph!"

He looks down at his hands. He knows his maryoku should be a lot stronger. He wishes it was. His parents tell him it's only because he's so young. When he gets older and his body gets stronger it will be a lot easier for him to hold and control his magic. That didn't change the fact that he felt pathetic when he could barely produce any fire at all. He was always told that his father was far more advanced at his age. He hated how everyone looked down on him, even though he tried to pretend he didn't care. He tried to be the best at everything so they wouldn't be able to say things about him. But they still called him spoiled, bratty, and a selfish loafer.

His biggest flaw, according to him anyway, was his inability to produce powerful maryoku and the inability to use it.

Wolfram closes his eyes as he feels the magic surge through his body. He tried to aim it through to his arm, to his hand, and then through his fingertips. He looks in front of him, deep in concentration as he pulls his hand back. He then pushes his hand forward to throw a...

Flame. That barely went three feet in front of him.

Wolfram glares at the flame as it dissipates in the air. Why can't he just do it? His father tells him that fire Mazoku's need to be very passionate, otherwise their magick doesn't work. Their fire feeds off of strong emotions. The easiest being anger.

But Wolfram is very passionate! And he does have strong emotions! Just ask anyone that lives in the castle! So why doesn't it work for him? It never works!

Wolfram pauses. But that isn't true, is it? It did work once. His magick once bursted out of him like it never had before. And he barely even tried. He didn't need to close his eyes and concentrate and think about it. It just happened.

It happened when he had saved Yuuri from the humans back in the abandoned territory. Wolfram supposes that he's never felt emotions as strong as he did in that moment. But he couldn't be expected to feel emotions like that all the time, could he? But then again, it wasn't just feeling such intense emotions. He was feeling so many all at once, too. He felt anger, hate, and though he would never admit it out loud, fear.

But his father didn't have to feel all those things when he used his fire. Or maybe...

Maybe it isn't all about the emotions that you feel...but what causes them. His father doesn't need to feel such intense emotions in every instant that he uses his maryoku. He doesn't feel all those things towards specific people that he uses his maryoku on. The last time was because of him; his father wanted to protect him. But all those other times...his father does it to protect Shin Makoku. His family. Everything he cares about. Those protective feelings he has, as well as the hate and anger he feels towards anything that ends up threatening those things...

That's his fathers fire. That's how he produces his fire.

And if that's the case...Yuuri was one of those things that caused intense emotions in him. Yuuri is his best friend and that makes him important to him. So when Yuuri was threatened, that caused him to be able to use his fire.

So, he must be the same as his father. He can use his fire when he wants to protect something or someone that's important to him.

Wolfram takes a deep breath and closes his eyes. Things or people that are important to him...

He just needs to hold onto those things and then he should be able to use his magick. Wolfram pulls his hand back.

This time he is surrounded in fire. A smile forms on Wolfram's lips. He finally did it!

He tries not to think too hard on why Yuuri was the first thing that came to his mind.

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"Sire, I came to inform you that some of our soldiers have noticed some assassins lurking about in the forest. I have already informed everyone I could find. And they are informing others as well," Gunter stated as he approached his king.

Shinou frowns towards his advisor as he lowers his sword from his sparring, "That's a bit odd. They don't usually come this close to the castle. They usually wait until someone leaves the castle to try any assassination attempts."

Shinou turns his head to the sound of someone yelling his name. He frowns as Adelbert comes running towards him, looking panicked.

"Shinou! Is it true assassins are in the forest?" Adelbert asked frantically once he reached him.

Shinou frowns, "Yes, that's what Gunter was just-"

"I saw Wolfram walk in there this morning! If I had any idea that-!"

Shinou's eyes widened as panic filled him. "Wolfram?!"

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Wolfram grins. He's humming to himself happily, way too proud of himself for being able to produce such a massive fire. He couldn't wait to show Yuuri when he got home!

Suddenly a cracking sound broke Wolfram away from his silent bragging to himself. He jumps and looks toward the brush, falling still and silent. He hears some rustling of leaves and his blood starts to run cold. He glances around through the trees, but sees nothing.

"Hello?" Wolfram calls out slowly. "Dad? Adelbert?"

There was no answer. No sound.

Fear started to fill Wolfram as he looked back and forth. Was someone there? Or was he just hearing things?

Then something rushed passed him so fast the wind knocked him over. He gasped as he hit the ground hard, knocking the breath out of him, his world is hazy for a moment, then he quickly stands up and looks around, backing away. Then he looks behind and freezes, his heart stopping.

There is an arrow in the tree.

An arrow that was aimed at him.

He turns back around and looks through every inch of the forest that he can see. But he sees no one. Wolfram takes a couple steps backwards as he sees another arrow coming straight for him. From the tree tops. He jumps out of the way, falling to the ground again in the process. Tears come to his eyes as fear grips tightly at him. Then he stands and runs as fast as he can through the forest, wondering how he's going to escape arrows being fired from the tree tops. From people he can't even see.

Their in the trees. Their in the trees. Wolfram kept repeating to himself as he frantically looked up into the trees, but seeing nothing.

Where are they? Wolfram can't see them. Maybe they left? Another arrow comes after him from his right side.

The tears fall furiously from his eyes now. Okay. So they didn't.

Wolfram was having trouble breathing. He was panicking and running and that wasn't a good combination when he already felt like he couldn't breathe. But somehow he was still able to run, it was almost like he had lost control over his legs. They knew on their own that they needed to run.

How is he supposed to get out of this? Where was Adelbert? Where was his dad? He just wants to be home right now. Exploring the castle with Yuuri. Just like he promised. He just doesn't want to be here.

Wolfram quickly runs up and hides inside part of a tree that is hollow on the inside. An arrow hits the tree and Wolfram gasps as part of it comes through right next to his head. He puts a hand over his mouth to help keep himself quiet. Tears are still falling down his cheeks. He bites his tongue as a whimper threatens to escape him.

There's silence on the outside. Until...

"Wolfram?!"

Wolfram's eyes widen as he tries to see through the blurry vision of his tears. It's his dad!

Wolfram sticks his head out from the tree and calls, "Dad!"

His dad is running towards him and he has never been more grateful for anything in his life.

"Wolfram!" Shinou gasps as he finds himself in front of his son. He quickly drops down and pulls him out of the tree as he squeezes him as hard as he could. "Wolfram! Are you okay? Are you hurt at all?"

Wolfram buries his face into his father's neck as tears fall from his eyes. He chokes out, "I'm okay."

Shinou sighs in relief, but before he gets a chance to respond, another arrow is shot to the left side of them. Shinou's eyes widen as he reflexively tightens his hold on Wolfram, covering him from all threats, and then picks him up and starts running. He quickly jumps behind a tree and puts a hand on his sword.

He sets Wolfram down and pushes him into the brush.

"Wolfram stay here."

Wolfram's eyes widen, "But-!"

Shinou gives his son a stern look. "Listen to me, Wolfram. You'll be safe. Just stay here."

Wolfram gulps as he watched his father run away from him. He pulls his knees towards his chest and starts rocking himself back and forth. Everything's going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay. Wolfram kept repeating to himself.

It has to be.

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Shinou kept running.

He had to lead them away from Wolfram. He had to. That was the most important thing.

"Guh!" Shinou yelled in pain as an arrow split through his left arm. His other hand quickly goes up to grab at his injured arm as he grits his teeth in pain. He looks down at his arm.

Not good, not good. He kept repeating to himself.

There's too much blood. He's bleeding too fast. Shinou takes deep, shallow breaths as the thick, warm liquid spills out of his arm.

He glances up into the treetops to see if he can spot one of the assassins. He takes a couple more deep breaths as he pulls up his right hand, ready to use his maryoku the second he spots a target.

Slight shuffling of leaves to his right. There.

Shinou sends his fire in that direction, surrounding himself in flames.

Arrows start firing towards him.

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Wolfram can't help but have a nervous, sickening feeling fill up in his stomach. His dad has been gone for too long. Or at least it feels that way. He doesn't really know how long it has been. But still, it has been longer than he's comfortable with.

He looks around. Looking and listening for anything to suggest where his father was. And if he was okay. That's when he sees a bright light a ways in front of him. In the sky.

Fire.

"Dad," Wolfram whispers, a smile forming at the corners of his lips. His dad is okay! And he can't stay here any longer. He has to go find him! No matter what his dad told him! He needs to go find him...

So, Wolfram heads towards the direction he saw his father's fire. He's going to be fine. His father's going to be fine. And before they know it, they're both going to be back home. Safe and sound.

At least that's what Wolfram hoped.

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Shinou groaned as another arrow pierced it's way into his stomach and he fell to the ground hard. His strength was leaving him. And blood-too much blood-was dripping all over his body. The thick, red liquid was forming a puddle below him.

Shinou tries to stand, but pain and dizziness quickly takes over and falls back down with a cry of pain. What is he supposed to do? He can't leave Wolfram alone. That's the only important thing right now.

Wolfram. Wolfram. Wolfram.

The name kept repeating in Shinou's mind as tears started to form in his eyes. Both at his thoughts and of the pain enclosing him. He coughs as he starts losing his strength to stand. He freezes as he hears footsteps walking closer to him.

Shinou glances up and relaxes slightly at who he sees.

"Adelbert," Shinou whispers in relief. "My brother. I need your help."

Adelbert just stands above him until a cruel smirk makes his way onto his lips. He bends down and whispers one thing into his brothers ear. Shinou's eyes widened in shock as he stares up at his brother. Hurt and betrayal filled in them.

The other assassins quickly surrounded them. One of the men quickly stepped forward, pulling his bow and arrow up.

That's when the last shot was fired. And Adelbert's whispered words to his brother the last thing king Shinou heard.

"Long live the king."

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Wolfram runs as quickly as he can to get to his father. Smoke starts to surround him. He coughs as it makes its way into his lungs. He walks slowly into the other part of the forest. His father burned everything. There's no more leaves or grass in sight. Just dirt and the bare trees that are surrounding him, still slightly caught in flame. A smokey, burned smell is the only thing left in the air.

But this isn't what worries him. It's way too quiet. He should be able to hear something. But he doesn't. There's nothing but a dead silence. Fear grabs hold of him even stronger than before.

He coughs again before looking in every direction and then finally calling out to him, "Dad!"

Nothing.

"Dad! Where are you?! Dad!"

A panic starts to fill him as he hears no answer. Nothing. Wolfram runs deeper into the dead part of the forest looking for something. Anything. Something to prove his father is perfectly fine.

"Dad!" Wolfram calls out again, "Da-!"

There. A slight relief fills him as he sees a form lying on the ground a bit away from him. Wolfram cuts through the smoke and tries to make his way to his father. He has to get to him. They both have to go home. He needs to go home. He wants more than anything to see his mother. And Yuuri. He just wants everything to go back to normal.

Once he reaches his father he pushes his hands against his back.

"Dad! Come on! We need to get home!" Wolfram gasps out as tears creep his way into his eyes. His father wasn't responding. Why wasn't he responding? It was almost as if-

No! No, no, no. That just can't be it.

Tears burst out of Wolfram's eyes as he screams, "Someone help me! Please! Anybody!"

Wolfram couldn't stop the screaming or the tears. He just couldn't believe this was happening. It couldn't be happening. He didn't believe it.

It just couldn't be true. His father couldn't be-

"Wolfram," came a shocked voice. "What have you done?"

Wolfram quickly jumps away from his father, his cheeks stained with tears. He cries even harder as he sees his uncle. How is he supposed to explain this?

"I-I didn't mean...it was was an accident. I-I..." Wolfram gasped out.

Adelbert walks over and bends down to pull his nephew into his arms, "Oh, of course you didn't. No one means for these things to happen." He pulls Wolfram away slightly to look into his eyes, "But the king is dead. And he would still be alive if it wasn't for you."

More tears filled Wolfram's eyes as he presses his face into his uncle's arm.

"Oh!" Adelbert gasps and Wolfram looks up at him again, "What will your mother think? Or your little Double Black friend?"

Wolfram freezes in shock. He didn't want to know the answers to those questions.

"I-I...what am I supposed to do?" He asks his uncle, as more tears stream down his red flushed cheeks.

"Run away," Adelbert tells him. "Run away and don't return, Wolfram."

Wolfram backs away from him slowly. Run away? And go where? Then he thought of his mother and Yuuri. How could he ever face them? His uncle was right. How could he stay here? After what he did...

It's unforgivable.

So he runs. And he didn't look back. Though, if he did stop and look, he would have seen the humans from the abandoned territory walking up to Adelbert.

And then his uncles command of, "Kill him."

Wolfram slows down as his throat starts to burn from all his heavy panting. He looks back as he hears footsteps coming after him.

It's those barbaric humans!

He quickly runs through the woods as fast as he can. Where should he go? How is he supposed to get away from them? Why are they even here?

As Wolfram is running as fast as he can he trips and falls over a branch.

"Oof!" Wolfram gasps as he hits the ground. He lifts himself up and onto his knees. As he looks in front of him he's filled with even more panic. It's a drop off! What is he supposed to do now? Wolfram looks back and stands up quickly. The humans are catching up to him! He looks back and forth between the two evils. Wolfram takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and then jumps. He rolls against the side of the cliff until he make it to the bottom. There he finds brush with very sharp ends. He looks up and, to his horror, the humans are jumping off after him! He crawls as quickly as he can through the brush, careful not to touch any of the pointy ends of it.

Saralegui, Raven, and Dorkas stop just above the brush, standing above the edge. Sara glares at Raven, "He's getting away! Why aren't you going to go get him?!"

Raven glares back at him, "I'm not going in there! If you're so worried, why don't you go after him!"

Sara grits his teeth, "Adelbert isn't going to be happy about this! What is he going to say when we go back and tell him he got away?"

Raven scoffs, "Who said we even have to tell him? I mean, do you really think the kid is going to survive out there anyway?"

Sara looks at him thoughtfully, "That's true. And if he does ever come back, we can always just kill him then."

Raven smirks, "Exactly. So. Are we all in agreement?"

Sara nods.

"Dorkas?" Raven asks.

Dorkas jumps at his name and then nods his head fiercely, "Y-yes!"

"Good," Raven nods, satisfied. "Do you hear that, kid?! If you ever come back, we will kill you!"

The sadistic laughing of the humans is the only sound Wolfram hears as he runs as far as he can away from Shin Makoku.

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Yuuri's bad feeling hadn't gone away. Actually, it just seemed to get stronger as the day went on. The longer Wolfram was gone. He kept glancing out the window and asking the staff if Wolfram had returned yet. Everytime the answer had been no. Yuuri was nervously biting at his lip all day, unable to focus on anything until he knew Wolfram was back. He didn't understand why he felt this way. What could possibly happen to Wolfram when he was with his uncle? He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, trying to calm his nerves.

"Yuuri, come quickly! Adelbert has returned with an announcement. It appears to be urgent," Miko whispers as she grabs her sons hand and dragged him along.

Yuuri smiled. If Adelbert was back, then Wolfram must have been too!

"Mom, I have to find Wolf! Do you think he's already there?"

"Hold on, Yuu-chan," Miko responded, looking concerned.

They had met in the meeting room where Celi, the staff, and Adelbert have all gathered.

Wolfram wasn't there. And the smile on Yuuri's face slowly turned to a look of despair at Adelbert's words. And Yuuri realized with a great amount of guilt that he should have listened to his bad feeling.

"It is with great despair that I must share with all of you that the king and young prince are dead. King Shinou tried everything he could to save the prince from the assassins. But it was all for nothing. Now, it is with a heavy heart that I must take the throne. We are going to rise again from the ashes that the king and Prince have left behind. I am going to lead you into the dawning of a new era. Starting with Mazoku and humans coming and joining together."

As Adelbert gave his speech, Yuuri burst into tears as he hugged his mother and cried into her shoulder. She patted and rubbed circles into his back to soothe him. Though he could tell she was shaking and trying to hold back her own tears.

No! This wasn't right! This wasn't supposed to happen! Wolfram couldn't be...he couldn't be...

He watched as everyone wiped tears from their eyes and looked up as humans came in to join them.

An all new bad feeling filled up inside Yuuri as he looked at their new king. And the humans that slowly started piling into the room, outnumbering all of them.