A/N: THIS IS JUST A REPOST, I REMOVED THIS STORY A YEAR AGO BECAUSE SOMEONE COMMENTED ON IT NOT TO FLOAT AROUND IF I AM NOT GOING TO UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY WITH MY UNI CLASS THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT HOPEFULLY, I CAN NOW FINISH IT ALL. THIS ISN'T BETAED AS WELL, SO IF ANYONE SPOTS A MISTAKE I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THAT, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF SOMEONE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BETA THIS ONE AS I REALLY DON'T FKNOW ANY BETA-READER OR PROOF READER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHAPTER II:
'No, erase 15 houses make it 20.' Yuuri corrected his thoughts.
He gaped at the sight that met his eyes once the door was opened; it was just like the castle in the manga he was recently reading, though there are modern touches in it. When he looked up he was suddenly conscious of the chandelier hanging high above his head.
'That would be enough to end my dream of having a tennis career.' he gulped at that thought and move closer to the blond brat to make sure that if that thing do fall, he wouldn't be the only one to scream. Besides, he thought, the blond deserve it for always snapping and strangling him since they met a while ago.
"Irashaimase" the lined maids greeted them.
Suddenly his eyes settled to those descending the spiral stairs.
'What's this? A fairy tale or something?? Gah!!!... Wa-wait a minute!…. Hmmm… Why do they seem familiar to me?' He frantically thought, he is now looking for an exit just in case this turned to be something bad.
Conrad noticed Yuuri frantically shaking his head; he smiled in amusement and went beside him.
"It's okay, she is our mother, Cecile von Spitzberg."
'Ahhh okay whew…' Yuuri thought but when the words totally sink in his head.
"Eh????" he's voice echoed through the walls breaking the magical moment.
"Ara, Heika…. You really missed me that much?" The woman is now running towards Yuuri with her hand spread out ready to hug him.
"Cheri-sama, please calm down." Gunter intervened before she could even touch Yuuri.
Yuuri sighed in relief, but before his thought would wonder again, a small voice reached his ears.
"Yuuri… Yuuri!!" now a girl in her early teenage years started running towards him, but unlike earlier with the woman, no one stopped the girl, in fact they are all smiling at the sight.
And unlike earlier, Yuuri felt a surge of strange emotion at the sight of the girl instead of the treat he was just feeling a while ago. He felt like a father who hadn't seen his daughter for a length of time, at that Yuuri smirked at himself,
"Right, so she's my daughter huh?" he said aloud unconsciously.
At that, everyone looked at him with a surprised expression. Yuuri was now again flustered.
"Eh…uhm… I-" He started explaining but was again cut with the gleeful voice of the girl.
"Wolfram! Wolfram! You heard that? Yuuri remembered me!!!" The teenage girl said half hopping with obvious excitement on her voice.
"Ahh… as expected from our Heika…. Even in his situation, his fatherly love is so powerful that he didn't forget his daughter." Gunter clasped his hand and his eyes shining with so much admiration towards their king.
"Fatherly love you said…. Eh?? Me?" Yuuri was now backing up with both hands raised in front and shaking his head, "I just turned 16, I don't even have a girlfriend and you're saying I have a daughter?"
"Ma! Ma! How about we first explain things to Heika before he'd be…. (clears his throat)…. scared" Conrad said, flashing his usual smile,
"Well then, Heika, please follow us." Gunter said while leading the way towards a door to their right. Yuuri followed hesitantly.
They entered a room that looks like a library because of the rows of books in each side of the room except the one with large window making the room brighter.
When they settled themselves, a maid serves them each with a cup of tea, cakes and biscuits.
"You must be hungry from your practice Heika" Conrad smiled motioning at the tempting food in front of him.
"Hmph! What's so tiring with just throwing and batting a ball?" Wolfram said with a frown in his face, "Besides baseball isn't even as interesting as to sword practice."
"Baseball?" Yuuri made a face, "I'm sorry but I'm not playing baseball." Just as he thought; they had mistaken him of someone, maybe a member of baseball club in their school.
"Eh? Then what do you play now Yuuri?" said the still calm Conrad.
"Uhm, I play tennis." he said simply and stood up, " I think I must be going, it's clear that you've made a mistake" he said while resisting to show his disappointment for he really want to eat that mouth watering cake they just served.
"What? Gunter……" Wolfram also stood up, looking dangerously at Gunter who is now looking confused.
"No, we didn't make a mistake. Besides, you can't deny that they do look alike."
"Oh you're right, I would never mistake Heika's cuteness with anyone else." Cheri walked towards Yuuri and this time no one made a move when he clings to the poor boy.
Gwendal clears his throat first before continuing,
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure you are whom we're looking for, even though you're playing tennis rather than baseball or that you have a strange habit of having a piercing only in right ear or that you prefer to still wear your cap even inside a house." Gwendal's piercing eyes looked at Yuuri.
Yuuri unconsciously touched his pierced right ear and then he frowns in his thought,
"Maou? I think I've heard that or something."
Conrad's smile widens, "Perhaps you've read about the Kyou Kara Maou?"
"Ah!! Heika is reading my novels… ahh…. Such a great honour…." Gunter's glittering eyes shined more that it rivals the greeting of Cavalcade people.
After a moment, "Ahh!!!! B-but… don't tell me… wait!! Are you looking for an actor for that novel???" Yuuri said excitedly standing straight.
Gwendal and Wolfram slapped their forehead, Conrad's smile twisted in amusement while Gunter looked at his king in confusion.
"Oh! I didn't know Heika wants to be an actor" Cheri said to Yuuri "I can fix that if you like, I know someone in the movie industry. I'll call him right now."
"Yuuri, you want to be an actor?" Greta looked up at Yuuri from the cake she's eating, her face bright and with a smile she continued, "I can be your leading lady, I already made…."---
She was cut by Wolfram who put his hand on her head.
"Mother, that's not the issue here, besides we have no business whether he like to be an actor or not, what's important is that his responsibilities as a Maou." Gwendal scowled again and his wrinkles increases in number.
"Anyway, it seems that Heika have read the story that Gunter wrote." Conrad said.
"You mean Kyou Kara Maou?"
"Yes Heika, the events in that story actually happened, and the characters are real."
'Well, come to think of it, the names in the manga were same as their names.' Yuuri thought.
"Ahh!! Then how'd you know my name?" he asked, his classmates were sometimes teasing him because he has the same name as the main character in the manga.
"Hmmm… the truth is, we are still wondering how Yuuri Heika found a body with a same name as his." Conrad replied.
"I made that story to help you remember your past, Cheri-sama and the Earth's Maou used their connections here to promote the story." Gunter added.
Before Yuuri could answer, his phone rang; he first excused himself before answering it,
"Yuuri, what time will you be home? Your aunt is here to see you." his mother said just before he opened his mouth to speak.
"Mom! Uhm I don't know." he said glancing at the room; all eyes were looking at him.
Then he heard shuffling on the other side and then when he heard the next voice he groaned.
"Yuu-chan, aunt Jennifer is here, are you not glad that I'm visiting you hmmm?, besides I'm going to cook your favourite curry so hurry up at your practice and come home already okay?" his aunt said without stopping, he wondered how his cousin endured that but when remembering his cousin, he felt a tinge of pain.
"Yeah, uhmm… I'll just err… yeah… I'm coming." he just said, he can't say he's with some strangers or his aunt would only rant even on the phone.
"Okay, we'll be cooking so that when you come, we can already have dinner."
"Yeah, sure." he just agreed and ended the call.
"Who is that?" Just as he was pocketing his phone, Wolfram is already at his side with narrowed eyes and seemed ready to beat him to death if he picks a wrong word to answer him.
He first swallowed before answering "Uhm my mom and my aunt, I… err… I really think I should be going home, well you see, my aunt only visits us once a month so…. Uhm… we make sure to be home." he is so aware at the burning emerald eyes that is staring at him that's why he's flustered and a little lost for words.
"Well then, I think we should accompany you to your house." Conrad offered.
"Uhm, no I don't think so." he said because at the thought of her aunt meeting these people some kind of give him the creeps.
"What do you mean, you don't think so? Of course we are to accompany you and that's whether you like it or not." Wolfram snapped at him.
"Wolfram is right; we are to ensure your safety. We would be in trouble if something happens to you and we are not even in Shin Makoku." Gwendal said from where he is sitting, still sipping at his tea.
"Then I'll come too, I want to see where Yuuri live here." Greta raised her hand and smiling brightly.
"Well in that case, I would be coming too" Gunter said, his eyes takes a shape of heart.
"Wa-wait!!" Yuuri is now really lost of words, 'why are these people coming with him????? And to his house at that!!!'
"I'll have the driver prepare the limo then." Cheri said while walking gracefully towards the door. "I have to excuse myself from not coming Heika, I'm expecting a visitor to come and I have to entertain him" she said before disappearing behind the door.
"Heika, let's go then." Conrad said while Gunter opened the door for Yuuri to go first.
A/N: A/N:*sighs* well, I'll be posting the next chapter tomorrow as I still need to at least correct some punctuations and periods on it. Thanks again.
R&R please.