Celestial Reyvateil: The calm before the storm.

Disclaimer: Celestial Reyvateil doesn't own Kyou Kara Maou or the Persona series.


The two Fools dance on the stage as violet colored curtains rose up. They spin in an endless circle around the stage, oblivious to those watching them from the sidelines. The chains of fate encased them as they continue to dance without pause. Even if one of them were to fall, the other Fool would pick them right back up.

Now then everyone, shall we begin the show now?


Chapter 1

"Eh? Conrad, Gwendal and Wolfram aren't coming?" Yuuri asked in bewilderment.

Yozak nodded. "The Captain is currently training some newbies. Lord von Voltaire is overseeing foreign policies between the human territories and Mazoku territories, and the young lord went to go talk to Lady Cecilie."

"Wolfram went to go talk to Cecilie?" Yuuri raised an eyebrow at Yozak.

"He only mentioned that it was extremely important. But other than that, nothing much." The spy replied as he and Yuuri were walking down a hallway with Murata following behind them. The Great Sage deep in thought. Both Yuuri and Murata were wearing their high school uniforms since they arrived in Shin Makoku only a week ago.

As they were heading for the nearest body of water, Yuuri pondered a bit. The two world's times were now fully synchronized. Which in his opinion, was an extremely good thing. Now he didn't have to worry about studying for a test that was days in advance on Earth.

Before Yuuri could ponder even more, he noticed that they were nearing the Maou's private bath.

"Yozak, can you tell them we'll be back in a few days?" Yuuri asked as they stopped in front of the door which lead to his private bath.

"Sure, I'll pass it along to them." Yozak replied.

"Thank you," Yuuri says as he opens the door.

'Hopefully nothing happens while we're on Earth without his retainers...' Murata thought as both he and Yuuri dived into the bath water.


December 29, 2011

"I wonder if Yuuri-kun is home…" Minako muttered as she walked down the street. She lightly shivers as a cold wind brushes against her and she rubs her arms to keep warm. Even though she was wearing a long gray overcoat, she could still feel the coldness of the wind even underneath her overcoat.

It had been months since she met and befriended Shibuya Yuuri. She could tell right from the get-go that he was special. This feeling only got reinforced when Yuuri's birthday came up. The red eyed teenager giggled a bit as she recalled Yuuri's birthday.

Yuuri had invited her over to his house for his birthday when she still referred to him as Shibuya-kun. When she got to the Shibuya household, the first person to greet her at the front door was a man with short chocolate brown hair and light brown eyes with specks of silver in them. She wondered at first if she got the wrong house. It wasn't until Yuuri peered over the older man's shoulder that she felt relieved she didn't botched the directions to his house. Yuuri then introduce her to the man who answered the door. The man's name was Weller Conrat but since his name was a bit hard to pronounce in a Japanese tongue, they just call him Conrad.

The two males ushered her inside and the second person she encountered was Yuuri's older brother. Shibuya Shouri had the same hair color and eye color as his younger brother. Shouri was the type of older brother who was overprotective of his younger brother. He almost reminded Minako of her older brother, except her brother was stoic and a bit distant.

Shouri scrutinized her for a bit before he nodded and welcomed her. She could have sworn she heard him murmured something under his breath. Since she couldn't make out what Shouri murmured, she merely shrugged.

Yuuri led her to the living room where she met his parents. After she introduced herself to his parents, a male who looked to be around Yuuri's age walked up to her. The teenager had short light gold blond hair and emerald green eyes. The blond introduced himself as Bielefelt von Wolfram. Before Wolfram could say anything else, Yuuri quickly dragged her away from the blond.

She was about to ask him why he had dragged her away from the blond, when he led her to the last male in the vicinity. The older male had long charcoal gray hair tied into a low ponytail and cobalt blue eyes. Out of all of the guys in the house, he was the tallest one out of everyone. Yuuri then proceeded to introduce her to the man known as Voltaire von Gwendal.

After introduces were done with, the rest of the afternoon passed by without any troubles. A friend of Yuuri's, Murata Ken, arrived to hang out and wish him a happy birthday. It wasn't until evening came around that they started dinner.

As dinner was getting started, she noticed something on the coffee table. It was a stuffed animal. A very weird looking stuffed animal. Minako examined the stuffed animal to figure out what it was. The stuffed animal was white and it looked like a dog or a lion due to how the ears were shaped. The face was also weirdly shaped because the snout resumed that of a lion's. It had a tail that was a bit long and fluffy, and around its neck was a light blue collar.

Besides how strange it looked, the white stuffed animal was actually pretty cute. And well made to boot.

After she was done examining the stuffed animal, she asked Yuuri who made the stuffed animal, and he replied that Gwendal was the one who made it. She then asked if the stuffed animal was a lion.

Yuuri replied that it was a dog.

Minako blinked and did a double take on the stuffed animal. She can kind of see why it would look like a dog, but all she could see was a lion! Then she looked back and forth between the stuffed animal and Gwendal, who was helping Yuuri's mother with cooking dinner. She didn't say anything and just decided to stay quiet about Gwendal's craftsmanship. At least now she knew who Yuuri was referring to that day in the mall.

When dinner started, the first person she spoke to was Conrad. Even though she spent all afternoon talking to Yuuri and Murata, she didn't get a chance to talk to the other guys yet. So she started talking to Conrad first.

Her first impression of Conrad was that, he was a nice person and he didn't seem like the type to be so easily provoked. When she asked the brunet how he and Yuuri met, he replied that he saved Yuuri from a certain person he knew of in the past. Minako couldn't help but imagined Conrad as a knight. It probably didn't help her imagination at all one bit. She just kept imagining Conrad riding a white horse and saving the princess.

Just before she could go talk to either Gwendal or Wolfram however, she noticed Conrad took a glimpse at Yuuri. She ignored Conrad in favor of talking to Gwendal.

Gwendal had a permanent frown on his face that made Minako questioned in her mind whether or not he was born with it. Not exactly a good first impression on his part. But as she talked with him, she found her first impression of him to soften a bit. The charcoal haired man reminded her of a commander or general in one of those military movies her grandpa would watch. He had an air around him that commanded respect, yet at the same time, it was also intimidating. His tall stature certainly amplified the intimidation factor.

She didn't know how long she talked to Gwendal but it must've been a long conversation because Yuuri's mom brought out the birthday cake. Yuuri's birthday cake was covered in white frosting and different fruits ranging from strawberries to blueberries adorned the top of the cake. A dark chocolate plaque with the words, "Happy 17th birthday!" was arranged on top of the fruits. Besides the chocolate plaque on top of the cake, seventeen white candles were also on the cake.

As Yuuri's dad was lighting the candles, Minako glanced at Gwendal to see that he was scanning the room. The older man was scanning the room in a way that he anticipated an attack. He stopped scanning the room when he glanced at Yuuri. Cobalt blue eyes softened at the sight of Yuuri before his eyes went back to normal.

She merely raised an eyebrow at why Gwendal's eyes softened when he saw Yuuri but didn't say anything as the lights were turned off. After they sung the happy birthday song, Yuuri blew out the candles and someone turned on the lights again. She couldn't remember who cut the cake but after everyone had a slice of the cake, she talked to Wolfram.

She remembered talking to Wolfram long enough to get a first impression of him, but she also remembered she didn't talked to him that much since she had to go home soon at the time.

Wolfram seemed like the type of person who would be easily provoked. From what she could tell, he still needed time to mature more. But that was to be expected since he looked to be around her age. And teenagers like her and Yuuri tend to be either really mature or really immature. At least, that was what her aunt told her. Overall, the blond seemed like a good person.

When Minako was finished talking to Wolfram, she remembered looking at the clock and realized that it was getting late. She bid Yuuri and everyone else a goodbye and left before it got any darker. Conrad offered to walk her home but she told him it wasn't necessary since her house wasn't far from Yuuri's house. After that, she remembered heading home and took a bath before hitting the hay.

Minako stopped reminiscing and lightly giggled. Ever since meeting those three at the Shibuya household, whenever she hung out with Yuuri, those three were never too far behind. Well, Conrad at least because the brunet seemed to be with Yuuri 24/7.

Her breath came out in white puffs against the cold air as she giggled again. Now that she thought about it, she had a good hunch as to why those two men would look at Yuuri the way they did whenever the two were with Yuuri. But for now, she will keep this hunch to herself until she can find proof on whether or not her hunch was true.

Suddenly, Minako's cell phone rang and she pulled out her cell phone to check who was calling her. It was one of her friend's calling her.

She flipped her cell phone open and answered it, "Hello? Hey Nanami-chan, what's up?"

As the auburn haired girl conversed on her cell phone, she walks by an electronics shop that had TVs of various sizes on the display window. When she passed the electronics shop, all of the channels the TVs had on before unexpectedly switched to a local news station. Two newscasters appeared on the TVs and started talking about something.

"Last week, two teenagers, 17 year-old Negishi Akane and 17 year-old Sasaki Masaru were kidnapped while on their way home from school. Witnesses have told police that they saw men wearing black ski masks subdue the teens with a stun gun and hauled them into a white van. One of the witnesses, a classmate of the two teenagers, gave chase but was unable to catch up to the kidnappers." The female newscaster announced. "But their classmate did managed to memorize the license plate number and police are currently investigating into the whereabouts of where these two teens were taken to."

"And it seems that this isn't the first kidnapping incident that has occurred this month." The female newscaster's partner, a male newscaster said. "At the beginning of this month, a 15 year-old girl in Tokyo was kidnapped. Authorities have not released the girl's name for unknown reasons. And a week after the 15 year-old girl was kidnapped, a 16 year-old girl in Tatsumi Port Island was also kidnapped."

As the two newscasters talked about the recent string of kidnappings, Minako kept on walking. Oblivious to what the newscasters were talking about, she just kept on talking to her friend.

Snow continues to fall down onto the earth.


"Yuu-chan, dinner's ready!" Yuuri heard his mom shout from the kitchen.

"Be there in a second!" Yuuri shouted back and typed in something on his computer before he went downstairs to eat. When he got downstairs, his mom was setting down four plates of curry rice on the table.

Murata had to go home early to help one of his relatives with New Year preparations. But the other double black did told Yuuri that he was going to see him on New Year's Eve. Besides, it was only two more days until New Year's Eve.

"Where's Oyaji and Shouri?" Yuuri asked when he noticed his dad and Shouri were not in the living room.

"Hm? Oh, they went out for a bit," his mom glances at the clock, "they should be back any minute now."

Yuuri nodded and sat down in one of the chairs. Ever since he got back from the other world a few hours ago, a sense of fatigue washed over him. The Maou didn't thought much about it since it wasn't really effecting him. But now, he could slowly feel the exhaustion slowly affecting him. The only thing that was preventing him from collapsing was his stomach. 'Why am I so tired today..?' The double black thought as he continued to eat his curry rice.

As Yuuri ate his dinner, his cell phone gave off a soft ding. Putting his spoon down onto his plate, the double black pulled out his cell phone to check who just texted him.

The text message was from Minako.

Minako: Want to go visit a shrine on New Year's Eve? My grandparents are going to be busy and won't be home until the morning of New Year's. I texted my other friends to see if they weren't busy, but it seems only Daichi-kun is the only one available.

Yuuri stared at the text message for a bit before texting Minako back.

Yuuri: That sounds like a good idea to me. I'll text Murata tomorrow to see if he's free or not.

The black haired teen sent his reply to Minako and a few seconds later, his cell phone dinged.

Minako: Great! I'll text you tomorrow about what shrine we'll go visit. But what about your brother?

Yuuri resisted the urge to do an eye roll when Minako mentioned Shouri, but texted her a reply nevertheless.

Yuuri: Shouri will probably join us when he finds out about it.

Yuuri's vision began to blur a bit when he sent his text. He rubbed his eyes in an attempt to get rid of the blurriness. After he shuts his cell phone off, Yuuri then went back to eating his dinner. When he was done eating the curry rice, he quickly stands up and heads to the bathroom to shower. A few minutes later, the double black emerged from the bathroom wearing a pair of green flannel pajamas.

At that point, Yuuri was so tired that he stopped paying attention to his surroundings. The only thing he was cornered about was whether or not he would make it to his room without fainting. In the black haired teen's left hand was his cell phone. As the double black walked up the stairs, he didn't hear the front door opening nor the sound of footsteps that followed.

Once he was in his room, Yuuri closed the door behind him and placed his cell phone down on his desk. Just when he was about to walk towards his bed, his body decided that it was a good time to give out. His legs gave out from under him and the upper part of his body fell on top of his bed; his thighs were pressed against the side of the bed, and he could feel his eyelids slowly drooping. The double black used the last of his remaining strength to haul the lower part of his body onto his bed. He didn't even bother covering himself with the bed sheets when he got his legs onto the bed.

As his eyes were about to close, the Maou could have sworn he saw a glowing blue butterfly fluttering at the edge of his vision.


Countless stars shimmered in the depths of dark space. Like an endless sea that went on for miles and didn't show any signs of stopping. Was this place real, or was it a figment of someone's imagination?

Long flowing white hair danced as if a breeze was blowing through it. Eyes of different colors, left eye blue and right eye red, scrutinize the scenery. The owner of these eyes and white hair was a woman who looked to be around her mid 20's. The white haired woman was wearing an all-white hanfu with a silver translucent robe draped over the hanfu.

The woman continued to scan the area for anything out of the ordinary. It wasn't until a few minutes later that she noticed something. Well, it wasn't a thing that caught her attention per se, but rather a person.

She casually floats to the person and lands next to them. When she landed, she noticed that the person was a male with short black hair.

'Ah, could this be…' The woman kneels down to the male and gently shakes his shoulder. After a few shakes, the black haired male groaned and slowly opened his eyes. Matching black eyes stared up at her.

"Who..." Before he could ask anything, he glanced down and noticed that he was on a non-existent floor. No, scratch that, he was literally lying down in space! The male eyes widened and he quickly stood up in surprise.

The white haired woman watched with a slight hint of mischief in her eyes as the male looked around in bewilderment. When the black haired male noticed that he wasn't plummeting down to his death anytime soon, he relaxed a bit, albeit a bit wary. He then turned to her with eyes filled with confusion.

"Where am I? Wasn't I just in my room, and who are you?"

She lightly chuckled at the black haired male's confusion. "I guess you can call this place a sea of sorts, a very special sea and I'm its guardian."

"It's guardian?"

"That's right, but now it's your turn to answer my questions." The white haired woman smiled at him. "Before you came here, did you see a butterfly? More preferably a glowing butterfly."

"I did see a glowing butterfly before I passed out," he raised an eyebrow at her, "why do you ask?"

The woman's smile grew a bit and she conjures up a black portfolio in her right hand. She then opens the portfolio to reveal an ivory pen and a single piece of paper. It looked to be a contract.

"A…contract?"

She nodded. "Correct. And just like any other contract, it will grant you great benefits in the future. But it also means that you accept full responsibility of future actions." Her smile didn't waver. "I have a feeling that your future will be full with good and bad surprises."

The black haired male stared at the contract with a puzzled expression, yet at the same time, he almost felt compelled to sign the contract she was presenting before him. He clenched and unclenched his right hand before grabbing the ivory pen and uncapping it. He then signs the contract.

Shibuya Yuuri.

Once Yuuri was done signing the contract, the woman closes the portfolio and both the pen and portfolio disappeared.

"I expect many things from you, Little One." As she said this, Yuuri could hear a light ringing in his ear. "See you again real soon, Maou-sama."

Before Yuuri could ask her how she knew he was the Maou, his vision turned black and the ringing was getting louder by the second.

Chapter 1 end


Celestial Reyvateil: Chapter 1 is done! I would have finished this sooner, but I was preoccupied with playing Fantasy Life and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire ^_^'. Anyways, I hope everyone have a happy New Year's! Please also leave a review to tell me how you guys think of this chapter!