The Fangs Of The Unknown
Chapter 2: What have I done?
A/N: Disclaimer rolling, pay attention fellas! I don't own Kyou Kara Maou... All I own is an electric guitar and an Xbox... So don't sue me... Hehe... On with the show... Start the music... Sorry this took so long but... Read the bottom A/N to know more...
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Wake up, Yuuri...
You're not dead, yet...
"Ugh... Where... Where am I?" Yuuri tiredly open his eyes, trying to find out what kind of predicament he was in.
Yuuri, do you know who I am?
"No... Do... I need to?" Yuuri actually recognized that voice but wasn't able to point out who it belonged to.
Blur as usual I see, Hennachoko.
"Eh!? Wolfram!?" That totally lit up his face.
Listen, Yuuri... You're now in a semi-coma state... I'm connecting to you through Majyutsu so this will be limited to a short time...
"Wolfram, what exactly happened to me?" Yuuri asked as puzzled as ever.
Shut up and listen, I need you to force yourself to wake up... You're in this state for a week...
"You make it sound so easy...Sigh...Okay, I'll try." Yuuri decided.
"Yuuri?" A voice suddenly asked.
Yuuri opened his gradually open his eyes, allowing light to enter it blurrily. After the dizziness had gone, Yuuri was staring into Wolfram's concerned emerald eyes.
"Wolfram... What happened? I feel..." Yuuri actually didn't know how to put it. He felt great but at the same time weak.
"You're in Blood Pledge Castle, a week after the battle." Wolfram said facing towards the window.
"What!? What was the outcome of the battle?" Yuuri suddenly burst, giving Wolfram a split-second heart attack.
"Relax, Heika. We won the battle. Big Shimaron retreated." Gwendal suddenly came in through the large mahogany door into the Maou's bedroom. "You've been unconscious or asleep for 8 days. So everything has calmed down."
"How?" Yuuri suddenly asked in a low and dangerous toned voice, which scared the hell out of Wolfram and Gwendal.
"How can you let them escape!?" Yuuri raised his voice behind the black bangs which covered his face.
"Hahaha! I told you...No! I ordered you to slay them all, slaughter them like chicken! And yet, you can't even do that! Hahaha! People like you who do not obey orders are to disposed off, Gwendal von Voltaire..." Yuuri's voice totally changed. It was like a monster had possessed him inside-out...Even his teeth was becoming abnormal.
Smack!
Yuuri held his right cheek which was searing with pain. His surprised eyes looked at Wolfram whom slapped, then he glanced at Gwendal for a moment. Even for that short and ever-silent moment, Yuuri saw in Gwendal's expression. The first time in Yuuri's life, Gwendal was holding a scared, surprised, confused and pleading face.
"How dare you say that!? Do you know how much sacrifices we had to make just to make Big Shimaron retreat!?" Wolfram shouted behind weary eyes. "Why are you like this Yuuri!? What happened to my loving and caring Yuuri!?" He demanded for an answer even though feelings were getting in his way.
The room fell silent, the silence was so thick you can cut it with a butter knife. Tears finally flowed down Wolfram's face like a river, regretting the ignorance he had been giving to his fiance's well-being.
The giant door suddenly flung open, revealing Conrad and Gunter.
"Heika! Wolfram! What's going..." Conrad noticed Gwendal's very-very-rare shocked face and that was enough to shut Conrad up.
"Heika!" Gunter shouted in concern behind Conrad, either he was ensuring his King's safety or overreacting again.
Judging by the faces of each individual and the heaviness in the air and Yuuri's hand on his face, Conrad made a hypothesis that, at least, an argument had occured which resulted the swing of Wolfram's hand. This time it ended up on Yuuri's right cheek.
Conrad finally made a move after a few minutes.
"Wolfram, Gwendal, Gunter... We should leave His Majesty. He needs rest." Conrad voiced out his opinion.
Wolfram was the first one to rush out in tears through the door, leaving in a flash of blue and blonde, followed by the others.
"Good to see you alright, Hei-... Yuuri" Conrad managed to say before closing the majestic door, leaving behind a surprised, shocked and ever so confused Yuuri to ponder on his unconscious actions in his own bed. He moved his hands from his cheek to cover his face in regret.
"What have I done?"
The next few days in his castle was the most dreadful period of his ruling days. He kept getting questioning glares and kept having silent breakfasts, lunches and dinners. That wasn't the only problem. Gwendal tried to avoid him anyway possible and Wolfram was always locked up in his room doing god knows what. Once Yuuri caught Gwendal trying to hide himself in a closet when the said Maou entered the warrior's room without prior notice. Yuuri also started feeling worried towards Wolfram who hadn't even step out of the room for a toilet break.
After a while, Yuuri got annoyed and voiced out his concerns to his loyal Conrad while playing baseball in the courtyard.
"Conrad, what's going on in the castle? Everyone's acting like I'm an assassin and Gwendal keeps avoiding me... I didn't even see Wolfram around the castle lately." Yuuri asked Conrad, hoping that some of the puzzles he got would be solved.
"I don't know how to explain Yuuri. All I heard is that you started acting weird during the battle against Big Shimaron. Don't worry, I think its just the stress that you are having due to the events that are happening too fast for you." Conrad suddenly dropped his hands to his side after receiving a catch from Yuuri.
Conrad then started speaking in a concerned tone,"More importantly, Yuuri. Are you feeling alright? I hope you are recovering from the tragic incident that happened to your family. Them being gone all of a sudden at this point of time...is truly..." Conrad didn't know what words which could describe the young Maou's heart-pain. All he can do is try to cheer him up with baseball.
Yuuri slumped his shoulders in defeat and bowed his head, giving his answer that he was still struggling to maintain sanity. "I don't know Conrad... It must be my fault... I promised to protect everyone. I feel something inside me is missing. I can't go back to Earth or Japan anymore. There's nothing more left for me there except extremely painful memories."
Suddenly, Wolfram came up from behind and placed his assuring hand on Yuuri's shoulder, "Don't worry, Yuuri. We're here to help you. I know it's hard but try to take things slow." Wolfram's rare soft voice gave Yuuri a lift in his heart. But that could have also meant that he had a longer way to fall.
Yuuri looked out of the window, searching for the brightest star in the dark blankets of the night sky.
He searched for the one star which was able to reach him even though it was millions of lightyears away. He sighed in defeat. What is going on with me? Of all the times to be useful, Wolfram goes off for a mission to Bandarbia Island...
Yuuri didn't know what happened but he suddenly felt a strong force enter his body. He tried to resist but it was futile as it only caused unbearable pain all over his body. He let out a sharp breath as the force entered him bit by bit. He held his chest, which was the central point of the pain, torturing him, making him suffer and made him wish he was dead. He finally gave up and let out a pained scream which rang through the whole castle like a spreading disease. Unable to take the pain, his vision faded to darkness.
A lone guard in a watch tower of the castle whistled to himself, as if it was the only entertainment he could find in the long night. Kill... The guard started walking from one end of the tower to the other, making sure the castle is unintruded so as to ensure the safety of everyone inside it. He held tightly to his sword, imagining as if there was a stealthy enemy trying something funny. Kill... The guard then heard something...
A rat? A cat? He looked down the tower... The guard went wide-eyed and panicked at what he saw and before he could do anything, everything went black. The last thing he saw was merciless black eyes and shining white fangs...
A/N: Well that was suspenseful... At least I managed to steal off some time to complete this chappie... Sorry ... I gotta finish this for my readers' sake... Just FYI, I had a torn ligament so I would probably be late in updating cause I'm now at the hospital with my handy laptop in hand... HAHAHAHA! Sorry for the short chapter in Chapter 1... But it seemed the right spot to end... Just one more request from your darling writer... Review...K? The more review, the faster I recover from this injury...