Here we go with chapter 3, thank you again to the readers who gave this fanfiction a try and reviewed it too. I really appreciate and treasure your comments because being my first work in english, I need feed back and concrit in order to improve. I still don't have a lot of confidence so even the shortest reviews help me

I really hope you'll find this chapter interesting...this is only the beginning of what's going to happen!

Disclaimer: I don't own KKM, sadly.

Now here we go!

This chapter too is from Yuuri POV

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It was the first time Yuuri had travelled alone. And the worst part was that he didn't know where to go. He didn't have any idea on how to find what he was looking, or and how long it would take to at least arrive to the place that compass look-alike was pointing at.

Luckily, the new brown horse seemed to know the way pretty well. If he hadn't been so engrossed in his reflections, Yuuri would have realized that the horse was basically leading the way. But his mind was indeed following a different thread of thoughts, not even noticing the lands he was crossing, as fast as the wind.

His thoughts were pretty random, but there were two questions he kept asking himself: "How can I find Wolfram once I get there?" and "Why did I leave the castle like this?" His mind couldn't find an answer for either of them. As for the first one, he just hoped to be lucky enough to not get into trouble on his way. But the second one, well, it was still a mystery.

Yuuri knew that he needed to talk to Wolfram. He wanted to make things clear; to make him come back and have his friend at his side once again. But just how was he going to accomplish that? Judging from what Murata said, Wolfram left because of him. This was clear, but why? He also broke the engagement and even though they had a fight, he got the impression that Wolfram was not suffering over that, but even he had to admit it that it was weird.

He felt a little betrayed by that, although he would have never admitted it out loud. Yuuri always thought that he would be the first to break the engagement, and for some reason he's always been sure that if it was up to Wolfram, they would have never annulled it. The Mazoku prince's "I'm your fiancé," was a line Yuuri had gotten used to a long time ago. Somehow, the fact that the same person told him to cancel the engagement just didn't feel right.

Maybe Wolfram found someone else? Maybe he left because he wanted to stay with that person? In that case, why didn't he tell Yuuri? It's not something one should be ashamed of, after all. And just why did his stomach clench when he thought about this option?

That's simple. If someone who is always near me and telling me he is my fiancé suddenly decides to break the engagement, no matter what my feelings are, I would feel betrayed, because it would make it look like every time he said that it was a lie... No wonder I'm reacting like this, it's just normal.

And so, a few days passed. Yuuri was lucky enough to always find a place to sleep, and with the weather being very nice on those days he didn't even need to cover himself during the nights. It was like camping out, even if being alone was boring. He hoped to find Wolfram soon and fix things so that both of them could go back to the Castle; but just how was he going to find him?

It took five days, and then Yuuri finally arrived near what the local people told him were the Mountains he was looking for. He could see green everywhere, this was really the biggest forest he had ever seen in all his life, and it spread over three quarters of the whole mountain. His frustration was at its peak; it was impossible to find someone in there, just impossible!

Yuuri sighed as he entered the forest, but the compass wouldn't help him anymore so he didn't have the slightest idea as to where he was going. All around him were trees, and trees, and more trees, and they all looked the same so there was no way he could find the way out. He didn't have any other choice but to go on, following the only small path he could make out.

While he was walking, he realized that little by little he was climbing up the mountain. He could see the path getting smaller and steeper, and on his right side the mountain was going down in a scary way. That could become a problem for his horse, so, since the sun was starting to go down, he resolved to stop for that day.

There was a glade visible from the path, just a little more on the inside of the forest and he tied his horse there. Going back to the small path, his ears caught some noise. It sounded like a spring or something similar.

Perfect! I'm almost without water, but now I can get some!

Memorizing well where the glade was, he resolved to follow the path to look for the water. Sadly, he didn't realize that the ground where he was walking, probably due to some rain in the previous days, was a little slippery and suddenly he found himself falling.

Yuuri didn't know exactly what happened in those few seconds, but the result was that he found himself hanging in space. His hand gripping the root of some tree or plant was the only thing that prevented him from falling down.

Damn, damn, damn! I don't want to die here!

He tried to move more than once, but the root seemed to give a little more every time he did.

What am I going to do now?

He hoped his Maou powers would help him, but strangely it wasn't happening, and the more he tried to move and climb, the more he was feeling himself slip. His feet were moving but the ground was only giving in under him.

This is really the end...

Yuuri felt the exact moment in which, with a big "crack", the root broke completely, and he closed his eyes. The sensation of falling made him lose his breath, but it only lasted for one moment, because then something caught his arm and started to pick him up.

Opening his eyes to look up, he spotted a familiar face. Wolfram?!

"Try to look for some place to put your feet on and push up as much as you can!" the blond said. Yuuri tried to do like he said but couldn't find any good place that wasn't slippery.

"Never mind, give me your other hand, I'll pick you up!"

Yuuri could feel the grip on his hand weakening. "Let go, you'll risk falling too!" he answered.

"That won't happen. I don't have any intention of dying here, so you'd better stop saying that and trust me!"

It was unbelievable; Yuuri was having déjà-vu. Slowly, but more firmly, this time he felt himself being lifted up...and finally his other hand was gripping the ground and pushing.

As soon as his body was not hanging anymore and his feet were on the ground again, Yuuri lost all his energy and fell to the ground. His savior, however, although breathing hard, was still standing, and with a slightly annoyed look on his face.

Looking at him, Yuuri could see that Wolfram had lost some weight and that his hands were a bit dirty, but as for the rest of him, he was stunning like always.

Yuuri smiled. "Thank you for saving me!" he said in a friendly voice.

Wolfram, without changing his expression, started to clear the dirt from his arms and trousers. "No problem, but you should be more aware of where you put your feet."

Just in that moment, Yuuri realized that Wolfram's clothes were quite dirty, as if he hadn't changed them for a while.

"Oh yeah, you are right, I'm sorry," Yuuri replied, slightly embarassed. Somehow he didn't picture his meeting with Wolfram to be so... strange.

Of course, I'm so stupid. I'm not me anymore! That's why!

"Well, good bye. And if I were you, I would leave this place before night." The blond turned away from him and started to walk away.

Yuuri panicked. "Wa…wait, please" he tried to stand up, but winced.

Wolfram stopped, looked Yuuri for a moment, and then his eyes rested on Yuuri's right ankle. The trousers were ripped and you could see some scratches there, but apparently the blond saw more. Without saying anything, he approached Yuuri and examined his ankle.

"Mhmm, it's definitely twisted," Wolfram said. Touching it lightly, he applied a soft pressure just to see how bad the damage was.

"Can you walk?" Wolfram asked.

Yuuri knew that with some effort he could, but he needed a reason to keep Wolfram there, so he lied. "I'm not so sure, I think I'll need some help…hehe..." he said, putting one hand behind his head to try and play it up.

The prince offered his hand. "Here, try to stand up. I have something that could help with me, but we have to go get it."

For Yuuri, it was as if he was looking at another person. For some reason he couldn't point out, this boy was so different from the Wolfram he knew. But any case, he needed help and found the perfect way to keep him there, so he took the blond's hand. Once Wolfram had helped Yuuri to his feet, Yuuri leaned on him to walk.

With the blond so near, Yuuri could smell his scent, and there was no doubt…this was Wolfram's scent. Yuuri felt himself relax a little now that he found the blond, and realized for the first time that having Wolfram so near, supporting him, even if at the moment Yuuri was a total stranger, felt unexplainably right.

They got to Wolfram's campsite pretty quickly and the blond made him sit on the ground.

"Show me your ankle," Wolfram said. It was more like an order than a request.

Yuuri couldn't understand what Wolfram had in mind, he didn't even have anything to treat him with, so Yuuri looked at him with a curious expression.

"Do you want me to fix it or not?" It was clear that Yuuri was starting to annoy the blond. Immediately, Yuuri lifted up a little of his trousers and showed him the swollen ankle. He saw the blond inspecting it and then putting both his hands around it...a blue aura circled the ankle.

He is healing me?? Wolfram can heal people? Yuuri thought his eyes were going to fall out, he was staring so hard, and the question came automatically.

"How come you can heal people?"

Wolfram didn't answer right away, he finished treating the wound, and then took something out of his bag and put it around Yuuri's ankle, after finishing he stood up.

"I'm a mazoku," Wolfram answered, looking at Yuuri as if he was expecting some kind of reaction, then, seeing none, he turned and took some water to drink.

Yuuri continued to stare at him, shocked.

Wolfram felt probably uneasy under that stare, because he stopped drinking.

"What?" he asked. "Usually when I say I'm a mazoku, either people get scared or excited, but I never got this kind of reaction. "Has your near-death experience made you forget how to speak?"

Yuuri continued to stare at him. "You…you..." he stuttered.

"You, you what?" Wolfram asked again, in an annoyed voice.

He never told me he was able to heal...why? Ok, no time to think about this now, I have to find something to say or...

"Ah…water!" Yuuri screamed, pointing at Wolfram's bottle.

The reply was almost sarcastic. "Yes, this is water, you can drink it or use it to wash yourself..."

"No…I mean, I was looking for water! I heard the sound of a spring or something, I was looking for it..." Yuuri said, blushing, embarrassed at his reaction.

"Oh, I see. That's why you were almost falling from the mountain," Wolfram pointed out. "There is a spring nearby, but I doubt you can walk..." Wolfram seemed to think for a moment, not particularly happy with the situation, but then he extended his hand. "Give me your water container, and I'll fill it up for you"

Yuuri looked around. "Ah, I forgot it with my horse!" he replied, looking down, still embarassed.

"You...forgot it with your horse and were looking for water without a container for it?" Wolfram asked in a very impatient voice.

"Ehehe sorry...I guess I was too engrossed in thinking about water, I forgot! Ehehe," He put a hand behind his head again, trying to smile.

"And where is your horse?" the blond asked.

"Well..." Yuuri looked around, not recognizing any of the trees.

"You...don't remember, do you?" Wolfram asked.

"I can't help it, all these trees look the same to me," came Yuuri's flustered reply.

"That's why people who are not used to the forest should not enter one," Wolfram said. Then, he continued, "and it seems that I'm destined to only meet wimps," but this part looked more like something he said to himself than to Yuuri.

Wimp... It's been so long since I've heard you say that...

Suddenly, Yuuri realized that he had really missed Wolfram a lot during this month. Now he couldn't even remember one of those long days when he spent his time writing on those papers. He found the blond again and was talking to him. A smile crossed his lips. He had so many things to tell him.

The prince was starting to take some wood for fire. "How is your ankle now?" he asked, without looking at him.

"Ah..." Yuuri said as he tried to move it, "much better, thank you!"

"I'm still not very good at healing, tomorrow I'll bring you to some friends who will be able to help you more," Wolfram replied.

"But I think I'm ok now..." Yuuri got a hard stare from the blond.

"Never underestimate the problems that a twisted ankle could give when not properly treated." The reply left Yuuri without anything more to say.

The sound of a horse could be heard approaching and after some moments Yuuri's horse came directly into view, going to near Wolfram's horse.

"Ah...good job boy!" Yuuri exclaimed, recognizing the horse.

Wolfram was slighly surprised. "Is this your horse?" Yuuri nodded, and then Wolfram went on. "Impressive, he was able to find you…I'm surprised."

"Oh well, he is a really good horse," Yuuri replied happily. "By the way, I'm...I'm Chris, nice to meet you!" he continued in a friendly tone.

Chris...nice one...I've always wanted a name like that...

The blond looked at him. "Wolfram" he replied.

"I'm going to get you water now," Wolfram said, as he took the water container that was hanging from Yuuri's horse. "Check the fire, it's already night and it's very dangerous to walk in the forest at this time. Tomorrow, I'll take you where you can have your ankle treated." Then, using a little of his power, he lit a fire that started to burn the wood he previously got.

"And you're leaving me here?" Yuuri asked, a little frightened. "Aren't...aren't you afraid I might be a thief or someone dangerous?"

The blond turned to look at him. "You look more like a wimp to me, and wimps might be a lot of things but…" he smiled, his tone a little warmer, "they definitely are not dangerous".

Without adding more, he left, leaving Yuuri a little dumbfounded. That was the first time he heard Wolfram talk in that tone. He had almost the same smile that he remembered seeing on him only one other time; when he told him about Conrad being his father figure.

Now that he was gone, Yuuri felt inexplicably alone. Granted, he had spent alone a few days to come here, and he had gone with out seeing Wolfram for more than one month, but now, just the few minutes he left to get water felt too long. Looking at the fire, Yuuri thought about the first impression he got from the blond now that they had met again. It was unusual for Wolfram to be so nice with a stranger, he was sure of it...

But come to think of it, the other times he was always suspicious because he thought people could harm me...

The forest looked so scary at night. When Wolfram came back, Yuuri was relieved. Those noises that he knew were perfectly normal, like the wind through the trees, were starting to scare him.

The blond wasn't very talkative though. He started to cook on the fire some kind of animal. Yuuri didn't even want to know what was.

"So, how long have you been here, Wolfram?" Yuuri asked, to try to start a conversation.

"Around 3 and a half weeks," came the reply.

"It's pretty here…so relaxing. Isn't it?" Yuuri tried again.

Wolfram didn't answer, he continued to cook and time passed in silence. When it was done, Wolfram started to eat, and it looked as if he didn't really care who he was with.

Yuuri was watching him intently, partly because it was the first time he saw the blond remain silent for so long, and partly... because he was hungry but didn't have anything to eat, so he was staring at that piece of meat as if it was the most delicious thing ever.

His stomach decided to let itself known, and Wolfram looked at him, surprised. "You didn't get anything to eat?" Wolfram probably thought that he had something...

"Ehehe no, I finished all my food this morning," Yuuri answered sheepishly.

Wolfram looked at the meat he was eating. It was not that much, but he split it in two and gave one half to Yuuri.

"Eat, I definitely don't want to be woken up in the middle of the night thinking I have some wild beast near me when it's only your stomach." The gratitude Yuuri felt was incredible.

It's true that he is bratty and annoying, but under that he is nice, even with someone he doesn't know.

For some reason this realization, added to the rest, was increasing the feeling that Yuuri really didn't know Wolfram as fully as he had always thought. He just stopped at his appearance and had not looked at what was more evident. He never stopped once to ponder that maybe there was something else in the boy.

In some certain ways, Yuuri did know this Wolfram. There had been times, during these months, when the blond had tried to talk to Yuuri about Conrad and cheer him up, or when he'd slapped him when Yuuri insulted Murata's mother, in which he got a glimpse of another part of his fiance...(°)

Ok, ex-fiance.

But he was too busy thinking about his own needs and pain probably, to see Wolfram's.

In all this time, Yuuri had just stared at the piece of meat in front of him, reflecting.

"If you don't want, it I'll take it back and eat it. It's hard to find food here, and I definitely don't want for it to be wasted!" Wolfram's voice brought Yuuri back to reality.

"Oh no, thank you!" Yuuri said and as he started to eat his meat in silence.

Right after eating, Wolfram took two big blankets from his backpack and put them on the ground. Yuuri realized it was actually time to sleep and took out his, too.

"Sleep near the fire," the blond said. "Wild animals stay away from fire, so you should be pretty safe."

He didn't say anything else, and, keeping his sword near him, he turned around and went to sleep.

Night in the forest was definitely colder than the ones Yuuri had spent coming there. He could feel his feet and hands really cold and he was shivering. How come he only had one blanket? He was sure he brought at least two. In the end he sneezed twice, and at the second sneeze his companion turned around.

"What kind of stupid wimp could decide to spend days in a forest with only that blanket?" Wolfram's voice very annoyed. Then he hmpfed and got up, taking one of the two blankets he was using. Coming near Yuuri, he let the blanket fall on him.

"Use it fully, wrapping it all around your body. It will definitely keep you warmer." Then he went back to his place and did the same.

"Thank you Wolfram, really, you're very kind," Yuuri smiled.

Yuuri could see that his sentence had left the Wolfram really surprised. "In not even 6 hours you half killed me when I tried to save you, took half of my food, and half of my blankets! Don't push your luck, brat, or I'll take that thing back!" he replied, trying to cover his embarassement.

Looks who's talking...if I remember correctly you are the spoiled brat! But somehow that description didn't fit the person Yuuri saw before him right now.

That was all they said for the night. Even if he was really warm now, sleep was not coming, and Yuuri spent over one hour looking at Wolfram's face. He couldn't explain why he did it, probably because Wolfram was undeniably beautiful, but it was as if he was seeing something more this time. But what this "more" was, Yuuri couldn't say.

Yuuri was woken up quite early by a familiar voice. "Are you planning to sleep all day? Come on, we have to get going. The village is not far, I have to bring you there to check your leg!"

It took a while for Yuuri to realize he wasn't in his bed, but then he was up and riding his horse in less than ten minutes. Wolfram's firm requests still sounded more like orders.

After getting on the horse, the two boys rode for around half an hour. Then, in front of them, in a large field that was practically in the middle of the mountain, a small village came to view.

When they arrived, Yuuri could see two boys and one girl running towards them.

"Wolfram! Wolfram!!" That was all they were saying, their smiling faces showing their happiness.

Yuuri then saw Wolfram get off his horse and pick the girl up. "Marie, how are you?" he asked, smiling.

"I was so bored Wolf, we were all waiting for you! Big brother Al is always being mean to me!" the girl complained.

"I was not!!" said one of the two boys in an annoyed voice, "you are too weak to fight against us yet you want to play sparring!" The third one was simply smiling, silently asking Wolfram to pick him up.

To Yuuri, everything seemed so alien. Wolfram was actually being nice with children that were probably human. Wolfram was smiling at them and picking them up, acting as if he were one of the family.

"All of you've been doing well I see!" Wolfram commented.

"That's because I promised that you were going to spend more time with them next time you were back!" said a voice behind them.

Turning around, Yuuri saw a young man, around 20 probably. You couldn't say he was attractive, but he was definitely a good looking guy. And had a nice smile, and Yuuri could see it because he was smiling broadly at Wolfram.

"You shouldn't use me to calm down your siblings, Damien!" replied Wolfram, faking annoyance.

"Why not? You became like family for them, after all" Damien replied, while walking up to Wolfram and putting a hand around his shoulder's.

Looking at the scene, Yuuri found himself even more confused than before.

What the hell is happening here?

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(°)These memories are not invented for the fanfiction, it really happened in the novels, both Wolfram trying to talk to Yuuri when he was depressed for Conrad, and the blond slapping Yuuri; he did it because Yuuri was insulting Murata's mother and after the slap Wolfram said: "Weren't you the one who taught me to not offend other people's parents?"

Again if people are shocked to see this Wolfram, I can understand, but this is the Wolfram shown in the novels, I would love to spend days to tell you how wonderful he is in the novels but this is not the right time (but you'll get the idea if I tell you that Wolfram is the favourite character of KKM writer) I hope you'll tell me what you think of novel Wolfram, especially those of you used to anime Wolfram who is a little different

I just wish the novels were available in english, I'm sure a lot of people would love WolfYuu/Yuuram interaction there.

Hope you'll read and review! I have other two chapters ready but I might wait to post them so I can see if there are people really interested in this story XD