The Fangs Of The Unknown
Chapter 4:
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...
Oh Yeah! I wanna thank the reviewers for their unending(I hope) support that their giving me... Thanks fellas...
Yuuri, with all his high-and-mighty powers of a Demon King, was still a young and inexperienced boy first and foremost. He had no idea how to use magic at first, and he still doesn't now, so what or who made the right for him to become the ruler of the realm? He quietly pondered as he kicked a loose rock from a balcony within the Shinou Temple.
"Yuuri Heika? Are you alright?" the cute tiny priestess asked the King as her silver hair dragged against the floor.
"Ah...Ulrike. I'm okay. Just...a little tired," and his face showed it. Eyebags, with that red tint on the whites of his eyes. Now Yuuri really wondered if it truly was from lack of sleep...or something was just sucking out his energy. "Damn it! What is going on!?" Yuuri thought to himself as he covered his face with the palm of his right hand.
Ulrike could just look at him with a sad yet confused look. Surely she felt a change in his aura and spirit...but...wait a minute...
"Heika? Could it be..."
"Hm? Wait...you know what's going on with me?" Yuuri's face suddenly brightened up as he smiled widely at the priestess. Truly, this was good news for the whole month!
"W-well... Its not really a good news..."
"Please tell me, Ulrike!"
"Heika...as far as you know, we are Demons. But..."
"Yes?" Yuuri started shivering with impatience as he waited. Or was it really him?
"A Maou...a Demon King...is a truly powerful being, to the point that when they possess a certain amount of Maryoku and Majutsu level, they're forced to abandon their humanity and take with him...another form...a more..." Ulrike hesitated as she avoided Yuuri's penetrating glare, her cheeks burning with embarrassment.
"H-Heika, I can't talk normally if you keep staring at me like that..." she whispered out with a cute voice that broke the tension in the air. Yuuri slammed himself against the floor with a loud crash, thoroughly disappointed as Ulrike broke the tensioned moment.
"Nee...Ulrike...I'm at my wits end here and you're..." Yuuri stood up as his body started stirring up again deep inside. His impatience already grew thick. Just one answer was what he needed and the whole world was stalling him.
A loud roar ravaged the whole temple immediately after Ulrike's scream was heard. The whole of the female guard quickly moved.
Just as usual as it is on Bandarbia, the Island of Dreams, it was humid and stupidly hot as Wolfram wrapped up a map and shoved it into his bag.
"Von Bielefeld-kyou!" one of Wolfram's subordinates in the same blue uniform called out to him as he was about to depart on a horse, "News from the Capital! Shinou temple was attacked this time!"
"Huh!?" the blonde gritted his teeth as he gripped the reins of the horse tightly, "Leave everything here as it is, we're done here! Let's get back!"
"Yes, my Lord!"
"Yuri...what did you do this time!?"
The annoying drops of water against a cold hard floor rang through Yuri's head as he sat quietly in the middle of the dark, dank room. Sweat rolled down his face as the heat from having to wear double black finally got to him. Feeling exhausted, he looked around. He was no longer in the Shinou Temple...but somewhere more...dark.
"Yuuri...how are you?" Conrad's voice sounded behind a large steel door.
"Conrad? Is that you? Why am I in here? What happened!?" Yuuri voiced out with desperation in his voice as he tried to move, his arms and legs tightly secured by iron shackles and his mouth and nose covered by a metallic mask as if he was bounded like a dog.
"Another attack on the Shinou Temple this time, Heika. Don't worry, we're on top of it," the man outside replied with a slightly saddened tone.
Yuuri's eyes widened as he remembered what happened at Shinou Temple. Well he didn't remember any of what happened after he lost himself, but if what he thinks is true, then that means he turned into that wolfish monster again and attacked indiscriminately.
"U-Ulrike!? Is she okay!?"
"She was left untouched...protected by magic... But...Heika, the rest of the guards..."
"..."
"You know what's been going on, Heika. We cannot let you be free, just yet."
"I know. I'm dangerous at the moment."
"I'm sorry, Yuuri Heika."
The sound of tapping water droplets continued on as Conrad stood by the door quietly. He wanted to help Yuuri, but he had no idea how. Even the Priestess Ulrike was tight-lipped about it. Would this rampage go on for as long as it likes? There has to be something... Conrad's thoughts suddenly got interrupted by the sound of a shackle being pulled at roughly.
"It's funny though, isn't it?"
"Heika?" Conrad questioned behind the large door as he heard Yuuri's voice changed again. Oh God, not again.
"You guys were the one who put me on the throne expecting me to be your leader...AND IT'S YOU GUYS WHO PUT ME IN SHACKLES RIGHT NOW!" Yuuri's dark voice penetrated the walls and steel bars of the Blood Pledge Castle's dungeons, causing the heart of every occupant in there like guards, prisoners, cleaners even Conrad himself, to skip a beat.
"M-my apologies, Your Majesty...but-!"
"I don't wanna hear it," came the response from Yuuri's cell as a chuckle soon followed, "No prison can hold me...but I will humor you..."
The door slammed hard as a large object hit the steel frames, causing Conrad to jump back with his hand on his sword.
"You have two nights! After that...I'll start moving..."
A sweat bead rolled down Conrad's face as he held his breath. The overwhelming aura...the suffocating presence that was behind the dented cell door was too evil to be Yuuri. No it wasn't Yuuri. It couldn't be. Yuuri was gentle and kind, always smiling. But this...
...This was something else.
Silence. That was what one could describe the meetings between the lords of the Blood Pledge Castle. There was no way they could be joyous and talkative after what Conrad describe to them. Two nights. Such a short amount of time to scour the world of information. Or so they thought.
"So what do we do?" Wolfram asked as he stood quietly by the window, feeling as nervous as the others. A steel door isn't something that could hold a Demon King. There was no way they could hold Yuuri if he was to go ballistic. The once caring and gentle Yuuri was gone, now overtaken by a more sinister monster. Every Nation will be fearful of it, and conflicts will rise once again.
"Any information on this anomaly in the library?" Gwendal asked as he sat laid back against the office chair.
"Not that I was able to find...but..." Gunter went on as he placed a hand on the table, "Ulrike...seemed pretty stubborn on the information we asked her...could it be that-"
"There's no way we can force the information out of her," Conrad explained.
"If we don't, the whole of the world will return to war!" Wolfram got pissed off and slammed his hands on the table. It wasn't because he feared the loss of peace, but rather he was scared he'd lose Yuuri forever to the monster within.
"There's no choice, Conrad...we need Ulrike's information," the eldest of the brothers commanded as he continue knitting on his...what seemed to be...a teddy bear?
"I understand."
The Demon King Yuuri's stomach growled as he sat quietly on the cold stone floor of his cell, waiting as the bright light of the moon slowly crept into the room through the openings that led outside.
"I'm in a real pickle now..." he said to himself as he brought his legs to his chest, planning to keep himself warm. One side of him thought that he deserved the treatment he was in now. No way was a killer supposed to be shown mercy and clemency. But his other side fought back...he is a Demon King. Treating him this way, would just bring wrath on the world.
"I can't even sleep now..."
"Yuuri?" a familiar voice seeped through the openings of the dented steel door, a broken chair with broken chains laid messily in front of him.
"Wolfram? Is that you? Wahh...I really missed your compan-wait no."
"AH! Finish that sentence, you wimp!"
"Hahahah... I'm glad to see you here," Yuuri genuinely chuckled as he rested his head back.
"Hmph... I was just in the neighbourhood..."
A minute went by in silence...
"Listen, Yuuri...Don't worry about it. We'll figure this out," the blonde said with a morbid voice, trying not to think about what would happen if they failed.
"I know you guys will handle it...I can never handle things myself, but all of you always supported me."
"Well of course we have to. The Kingdom will be ruined if I didn't kick you in the right direction."
"Haha, I guess so. I'll be waiting then, for your rescue."
"Hmph...you wimp..."
AN: There you have it! Finally continued! Not really as polished as I remembered it to be...but I'm still trying to catch up with the show again. Most everything is gone from my head O_O Thanks to KyoKaraMaohGirl and all the others for giving me the support needed! Apologies for the late update! Hope you guys enjoyed reading it!