Hehe, Hi everyone! Sorry I am so late on uploading this! All my teachers just hounded me with homework this past week and I couldn't find the time to sit down and crank this out! I am truly sorry! TT-TT So here is the next chapter, I am sorry if this stiry is moving kind of slow, I swear it will pick up! I just have so many things to explain first. Sorry again.
The norm: I do not Own Loveless or Kyou Kara Moah, I just wish I did...
Now let the story begin!
Finding Truths in Actions
(Early Morning)
Yuuri opened his eyes slowly, taking in the dim light from the rising sun carefully. His body ached slightly, protesting at any movement he tried to make. But from what he could determine, the only thing really wrong with him was his ankle and a few bruises. He shifted his body slowly, edging his way up into a sitting position in order to inspect his leg with his eyes.
"It seems you are finally awake, you have been sleeping for almost twelve hours." Came a light voice, causing Yuuri to freeze before whipping around in order to find the owner of said voice.
Yuuri scanned the room until his dark eyes pinpointed a dark figure across the room that was barely light from the dim light. Yuuri watched as the figure stood and began to walk over towards him. Recognition hit Yuuri as he recalled the clothes and the short stature as the man, or what would be more accurate boy, that had hauled him to this little hiding place. The longer Yuuri watched the boy, the more a feeling that something is a little off about the whole situation.
"Why would someone from Dai Shimaron want to help me?" Yuuri questioned, carefully observing the boy as he knelt down next to Yuuri and began to inspect his injuries. Yuuri noticed the boy's clothes for the first time, taking in the large hood that covered most of his face and a small click connected in his thoughts.
"Are-"
"Are you a 'Mazoku'?" came the soft voice of the boy, not looking up from Yuuri's bruises and ankle.
"Umm…"Yuuri began trying to figure out if he should be honest with this boy. But the longer he pondered these thoughts the more silly they became to him. How can I lie to him when he has been helping me all this time?
"Yeah, I am a Mazoku. Why did you save me?" Yuuri asked, his curiosity getting ahead of him, "Are you a Mazoku too?"
The boy shook his head as something seemed to twitch from underneath his hood and jacket, "I do not believe I am a Mazoku, but I do have features that seem to terrify the villagers." The boy replied softly, as he turned his head towards Yuuri but still not looking up.
"So then why did you help me?" Yuuri wondered aloud, watching the boy work.
Suddenly, the boy looked up into Yuuri's eyes, making the young King gasp in surprise at the sight of soft violet eyes and almost black strands of hair framing the young face.
"I think the reason I helped you," the boy began, never breaking eye contact, "is because you have probably been hurt because of your appearance, and if not than that mob wouldn't have hesitated to do so. I would know…"
His voice trailed off, creating an awkward silence in its wake.
"Wh-What is your name?" Yuuri stuttered out, uncomfortable with the close proximity of the boy and the silence. The boy's features twisted in uncertainty and wariness, his teeth sinking into his bottom lip.
"Ritsuka," he murmured softly, almost to quiet for him to hear, "Aoyagi Ritsuka."
"That name…" Yuuri spoke, confusion clouding his features at the obviously foreign name, "That is not native name, is it? You are not from…around here are you?"
Yuuri watched as the boys face twisted in understanding and fear became evident in his eyes before he turned swiftly away. Yuuri watched the tense back before him and waited for his answer, noticing for the second time that something had twitched beneath the jacket. As the minutes ticked by, Yuuri could see the tension fade away from the stiff posture and be replaced with one that almost betrayed a surrender appearance. Ritsuka turned back around and fixed a searing look of determination at Yuuri, but there were still traces of fear reflected in those violet eyes.
"No, I am not from here." Ritsuka answered at long last, reaching under his jacket hem and seemingly untying something before his hands snaked back out and up to his hood. He tugged it down and stared back at Yuuri.
Yuuri stared. His mouth hanging open in utter shock at what he was seeing, at the semi-large cat ears that were currently pressed to the sides of the boy's black-blue head to show his utter discomfort at being exposed. A long cat tail crept out from around Ritsuka's waist causing Yuuri's eyes to widen even more at the sight of it.
I have never seen such a thing before! Yuuri mentally shouted in disbelief, as there was a small click in the back of his mind as piece of the puzzle suddenly fell into place.
"It's YOU!" Yuuri cried out almost leaping at the boy in his excitement, as Ritsuka flinched back at the sudden exclamation.
"What do you mean?" Ritsuka asked nervously, his tail twitching in discomfort.
"You are the one we have been looking for! You are the one from another world are you not?" Yuuri questioned still thrilled to have found the very person they were looking for.
Ritsuka shifted away a bit, fixing Yuuri with a clear look of discomfort and uncertainty. This prompted the young King to elaborate.
"We sensed you coming to this world about a week ago. I decided that we should come and find you!" Yuuri stated happily, but just then something struck him that did not occur to him until just then. "Wait, how can you understand me? How can you speak the language? When I first arrived I couldn't understand a word that was being said to me, but-"
"You're from another world too?" Ritsuka interrupted Yuuri's small rant, scooting back over to him as his ears perked up at this unexpected news. His eyes shown with his sudden curiosity that made Yuuri flash a warm smile at the young boy and give a quick nod.
"But where are your ears and tail?" Ritsuka cut in before Yuuri could explain anything, tugging another smile to Yuuri's face.
"I've never had them." Yuuri stated off-handedly, seeing the clear confusion cross the boy's face again. "I am from another world that is connected to this world but not from yours." Yuuri began, observing how he had the boy's full and undivided attention which prompted Yuuri to tell the boy everything about him. "You see, my soul was from this world and it was chosen to become the next Maou, or Demon King, of a country known as Shin Makoku. But they wanted my soul to be safe and grow up in a world that was currently not affected by war and despair. So they sent it to a world known as Earth, where I lived until I was fifteen. Then I was quite literally flushed into this world."This statement caused a small giggle to escape the younger boy's lips, pausing Yuuri in his explanation for a moment. "when I arrived I could not understand a word that was being said to me and then a village attacked me all because of my hair and eyes. Luckily, I was rescued by my Nazukeoya, Conrad Weller."
Yuuri watched as the small boy took in all of this information, his features clouding over in thought.
"I guess I can understand most of that." Ritsuka finally whispered, before his ears perked up and his eyes burned with curiosity. "What was Earth like? How come you could not understand the language? What exactly is this 'Maou' title? Do you have powers to be able to travel to other worlds? How was your soul placed into another world? Where is Shin Makoku? Is it pretty? Is this 'Conrad Weller' person here? Wh-"
Yuuri held up his hand, silencing the boy and his questions. A smile covering his face.
"How about you come with me to Shin Makoku and see it for yourself?" Yuuri offered watching as Ritsuka nodded fervently his agreement. "As for the rest of the questions, I must ask that they wait until we reach at least our ship and begin sailing back. I must be returning to my comrades, and yes Conrad is here, before they all freak out to much and turn this place inside out looking for me."
Ritsuka jumped to his feet tail wagging back and forth in his excitement.
"Let me go get a few things and we can go!"
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So here is this portion of the story, I hope you enjoyed it! As usual, please review about whether you liked/disliked it, or if there are errors anywhere, or if there was something that didn't make sense. Thanks agian!