The 3 Acts of KKM

by Animeimaginationgrl

8 years have passed with Yuuri Shibuya as Maoh and things suddenly get busy for he and the gang. Separated into 3 different Acts (Arcs), follow the Shin Makoku clan as they go through an array of events, ranging from meeting new friends, a wedding & so many conflicts! Yuuram, slight SaaYuram others, rated for later chapters and profanity. Better and more complete SUMMARIES inside.

6. Act I, Chapter VI

NOTE: This chapter rewinds backwards to the moment Kasey leaves the conference room… just as clarification.

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*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*

"I'll be taking my leave now; have fun Your Majesties. Come Riscard."

The door closed behind the two Tauritians as the two kings stared at the now-closed door. "I wonder what possessed him to leave like that?" Yuuri asked to no one in particular. "It's not as if the topic we're going to be discussing is a top secret matter."

"True but the prince is right Yuuri." Sara said as he turned his gaze back onto the Maoh. "This is matters just between our countries. In fact it's not even between our countries since technically we're only associated as 'mutual allies' for the time being."

The Maoh sighed and nodded his head. "I guess you're right. Meanwhile Shin Makoku and Taurogo are in a 'you like us but we hate you' stage."

Sara smiled faintly. "You have been at that stage."

"Well now it's even more so since Kasey came to Shin Makoku to introduce himself to me… even though I already know him."

"You know his past self Yuuri. Who's to say that he's still the same as he was all those years ago?"

Yuuri snorted softly. "I understand that—really I do. It's obvious to me that Kasey isn't the same Kasey I knew when we were children. Obviously his French family changed him significantly."

"You needn't get too defensive Yuuri." Sara commented with a smirk. "It would make it seem as if you like Prince Kasimir."

"Of course I like him—he's my childhood friend (though we were only friends for three years and that was a really long time ago)—but that's beside the point. We're here to discuss the unification process of the two Shimarons, King Saralegi, not the relationship statuses of my friends."

"Yes of course King Yuuri." Sara replied, his smirk falling to a more casual smile. "What I can report from the last time I talked to you is that Big Shimaron finally seems to be adopting the laws and regulations of Small Shimaron, which are better than theirs. This would make things a whole lot easier when I do finally assume the role of king of a combined nation."

"My concerns are that the kingdom would become too large for you to rule. It's not that I doubt your power and leadership King Saralegi, but Big Shimaron is already nearly ten times our size and to just add on this expanse of land…"

"I can handle it, that I can assure you."

"Will you then move to the castle in Big Shimaron rather than stay in your current castle?"

"I haven't truly decided yet. On one hand the castle in Big Shimaron is larger and more suitable for a combined country but then my castle is the one I am most familiar and most comfortable in."

"Another idea would to construct a new castle all together, but even I know it's a useless waste of time and resources when there are already two perfectly acceptable castles in the area."

Sara nodded his head in agreement but in reality he was planning on building a castle for himself—his own castle. Not one his father had owned (among other kings) and not one owned by what once used to be an enemy to him. He had already started looking at possible areas in the middle of the two existing castles to symbolize the unification. There were two choices in location that Sara ultimately ended with. One was near a large and raging river (this is the one he preferred) while the other was in a location more like his present castle in Small Shimaron—kind of rural but quaint. He appreciated the river more only because it truly seemed to represent him the most. He suppressed a sigh and figured to save the matter for a later date, perhaps closer to the actual day of unification…

"And once we get the two Shimaron states unified we can then make another appointment to settle the terms of our alliance. I would have to invite the heads of the other nations so we can all get better acquainted. The others already know of my plans and I think they are all for it so it really would be a formality and a final 'discussion period' before the alliance allows Shimaron in." Yuuri passed his hand over his face. "We should have it here since it's my alliance… then I can focus on an alliance with Taurogo once Kasey becomes king because God knows I'm definitely not going to get an alliance agreement with the present king of Taurogo—King Tansil was it? Oh well…" There was a pause followed by a small chuckle. "Not to mention the wedding…"

"Wedding?" Sara asked. He admittedly was zoning out while Yuuri was rambling but the sudden bringing-up of the word brought the King of Small Shimaron back down to earth.

"Yeah…" Yuuri confirmed, rubbing the back of his neck as he blushed slightly. "Myself and Wolfram's…"

Sara's hands clenched under the table. "You and Wolfram… your fiancé?"

"Yes, of course. Who else would I marry?"

Sara refused to lose control of himself and slam a fist onto the table. "So you really are going to marry… him…?"

"Yes." Yuuri said, he oblivious to Sara's current reaction (but went unnoticed by both Conrad and Berius who were still standing by the wall, watching and waiting, their bodies tensing up as the atmosphere changed). "I mean just think about it… why would I stay engaged to someone if I wasn't serious about marrying them?"

Sara at that moment felt his heart break. Well… damn it all… He thought as the Maoh's last sentence made complete and utter sense. When did he ever have a chance at all? Sure there were moments when Sara was sure he was seducing the Demon King but besides those moments that annoying blonde fiancé of his would come charging in and drag him away and though the Maoh would complain and struggle he always went with the other… always. And the half Shinzoku also noticed (though he tried in vain to convince himself that he was wrong) the Maoh's eyes lingering on the blonde lord for short sporadic moments—Yuuri being smart and realizing that if he stared for too long he would be found out. Though the Maoh may be in fact overly shy, he was legitimately happy to be in an engagement with Lord Wolfram von Bielefeld. Damn it all… The thought passed through King Saralegi's head again.

They say there are five stages of grief… King Saralegi of Small Shimaron was already in stage two.

Stage one: Denial. This was a stage Sara has been in since the moment he realized he fell for the Maoh all those years ago and saw that the Maoh was silently lusting after his own fiancé.

Stage two: Anger.

Sara stood abruptly, the chair being pushed back (but it was too heavy to actually fall over). "That's all I have to report on the unification process of the two Shimarons King Yuuri. Now, please excuse me. Berius."

Berius stood at attention, glancing at Conrad (their eyes meeting, conveying a silent message of mutual worry) before bowing to the Maoh and quickly following behind Sara who was already halfway down the hall. Conrad moved up to stand beside Yuuri, who at this time had stood and was staring at the door which at that moment came to a close, a soft 'click' expelling from the door. "Was it something I said?" Yuuri asked, he so dazed and confused that he couldn't even realize how spot-on he was to the cause of the situation.

Conrad sighed softly and put up a smile, one that Yuuri would have difficulty seeing that it's actually fake. "Of course not Your Majesty. I am sure King Saralegi will be absolutely fine. Perhaps he is just exhausted; it has been an exciting trip this time around."

*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*

"Riscard… what is up with you?" Kasey asked his protector as they laid out in the grass (correction, Kasey laid out in the grass, Riscard stood guard).

"I don't understand."

"You've been all tense since yesterday after the whole Wolfram thing." Kasey clarified, turning his body around so he was now lying on his stomach. It was another beautiful morning in Shin Makoku, with the sun out and shining and the spring flowers in full bloom. "I mean it was rough but come on…"

"It's not that Your Highness…"

"Then what? I hate it when people have that guilty-sad look on their face."

Riscard stared blankly into the distant landscape as he remembered the conversation he had last night with the King of Small Shimaron's guard.

Flashback:

Riscard went down to the kitchen to get himself something to drink for he was one of those people that when someone tells him to 'make yourself at home' he truly takes it to heart. He left the prince in his room (apparently Sun Wind had gotten a bad feeling earlier in the day and was bombarding him for an explanation—Riscard wouldn't know, only Prince Kasimir can understand her) and Riscard was taking a small and well wanted break. But when he entered the kitchen he was surprised to see it devoid of maids except for one being—Berius. "… Why are you in here Berius?" Riscard asked as he went along and found a glass.

Berius was sitting down at the table, staring mindlessly into the wood pattern on its surface. "His Majesty told me to get far away from him."

"Is that the best for King Saralegi?"

"Probably not." Berius answered truthfully, something of which remarkable surprised Riscard (he makes it his business to figure out one's character before he can even let them close to the prince). "But I will do as he orders." Riscard nodded, understanding the fellow guard quite well. Riscard then grabbed another glass and filled them both with water, placing one before Berius before Riscard took a seat across from the other. Riscard received a nod of thanks before Berius spoke up again, not bothering to take a sip of his water first. "And you? Why are you here?"

"The prince is also requiring some alone time… his sword is scolding him at this point."

"… So that sword is truly magical?"

"… Yes, but don't think that His Highness will give up The Rising Wind of the Falling Sun so easily."

That seemed to have surprised Berius. "What makes you say that?"

"Your king seems to be one who loves power." There was a pause. "Am I wrong?"

"… No. You are not." At that Berius took a drink of water. The silence lingered on as the two guards drank their water, Riscard drinking more than Berius. Once Riscard was finished he stood and gave a soft 'goodbye' but just as he was turning to walk away Berius' voice stopped him. "My king… had his heart broken today… I fear that he may do something very irrational soon… something he will later regret."

Riscard blinked slowly, shocked again by the other's sudden honesty. "Well… you know that stage four of grief is regret… so…"

"I know." Berius simply answered as he once again went back to blankly starring at wood patterns again.

The Tauritian protector just simply left the kitchen without another word, only glancing back once.

End flashback:

Riscard was completely out of it by the time his memory was finished playing in his head, so much so that he didn't even see the prince get up and come to stand directly in front of him, his head tilting back to look up at the protector's face. "… YO! Riscard!" Kasey then yelled, bringing a palm to strike softly at the other man's face (right cheek—no surprise engagements here). Riscard flinched and shook his head quickly, turning his head downward to look at his prince. "You're a great fighter but your downfall is that you always space out a lot. One day you'll be killed due to that."

The protector blinked once, twice and then three times before a small smile formed on his lips. "You needn't worry about me Your Highness… I won't die because of a stupid reason like that. If anything I would die protecting you."

Kasey slapped him again, this time a bit harder. "Don't do that either you idiot. You're the only person I've got in Taurogo. Don't leave me alone with those humans or else I really will die."

Riscard released a soft sigh and backed away a few steps so that he could kneel on one knee before his prince. "Yes, of course, Your Highness."

Kasey groaned softly and placed a hand on his waist, standing sassily as he stared down his protector. "God you really are overly formal… it's a good thing I'm already used to it all." He then sighed and straightened his stance. "Come on then. It's obvious to me that you don't want to talk about whatever's troubling you so I won't press, but we've got a tea party to attend with the Maoh so we'd better get going."

"Yes, Your Highness."

*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*

"I thought this tea party was going to include your daughter and her friend." Kasey said as he sipped his tea. He still couldn't believe that his childhood friend had an adoptive daughter. When Yuuri went up to him last night telling him that his daughter and Princess Beatrice wanted to have tea together, with just the four of them (the guards being shooed away from the area) he almost died of shock. It was somewhere along the lines of 'you're only twenty-four and you have a kid?! Who's the mother? Holy shit, Yuuri!'

That's when he found it she was only adoptive (and that he already was introduced to her) in which the prince sighed heavily in relief.

"They changed plans on me. Said something about a sale in town that was just for today…"

Kasey chuckled. "I guess young women here are the same as back on Earth."

"I suppose so… but I just don't want my darling little Greta to grow up so fast."

"Dude, she's already eighteen."

"But she's my daughter!" Yuuri whined childishly.

"Wow… you've got a major daughter complex…"

"I do not."

"Yes you do."

"No I do not."

"… And you're childish too."

"Shut up."

The two laughed for a moment before they took a sip of their tea. "Besides that…" Kasey began. "I was wondering on wither or not I should celebrate Hanukkah in this world… I mean I'd be the only one to celebrate it I'm sure…"

"Hanukkah?" Yuuri asked as he tilted his head to the side just a fraction. "You're Jewish?"

"Yeah… remarkably there are a good number of Jewish people in France… I mean it's only like 0.88% of the world's population of Jews but that's nearly 485,000 people that are Jewish in France and well… they all congregate…" He chuckled nervously to himself.

"Oh… that's cool. I know a Jew." The Maoh replied, nodding his head but his facial expression just read confusion and 'I'm uncomfortable' (due to not knowing how to act around a Jewish person because Kasey is Yuuri's first and probably Jewish friend).

Kasey laughed, finding Yuuri's reaction hysterical. "Yeah. And while I'm revealing a bit more of myself, I think we're old enough to calmly have this next conversation." Kasey said blushing madly.

Yuuri blinked quickly a few times. "What conversation?"

Within the next few seconds suddenly a loud 'WHAT?!' erupted through the air.

Kasey placed his head on the table and was dying of laughter as Yuuri stood and pointy (almost insultingly but Kasey didn't really mind, he was too busy laughing). "No! No-no-no-no-no! You're joking me! You're fucking joking me!"

"I'm not!" Kasey managed through a bought of laughter.

Yuuri stood open mouthed towards his friend. "… Uh-but-but-you-and-uh-um—"

"Yuuri!" The distinct yell sounded as a whole group of people were rushing out to where they were at.

"—you're a hermaphrodite?!" Yuuri finished.

This seemingly snapped the prince out of his hysterics for he launched himself out of his chair and clasped a hand over the Maoh's mouth. "Quiet!" The prince hissed. "It's embarrassing okay? I don't want anyone else to know."

"But-but-but—Riscard!"

"He knows! I told him!"

"But-but how?"

The prince detached himself just as the others arrived and as he did so he said with a smirk on his face… "If you're curious I could show you."

"NO! God no!"

Kasey broke into hysterics again and fell into his chair, once again placing his head on the table while he was slowly beginning to lose his ability to breath. The group (all comprising of Gwendal, Conrad, Wolfram, Gunter and Riscard) all watched on with confused expressions as Yuuri was blushing beet red and the prince was once again dying of laughter. "Ugh…" Wolfram groaned as he crossed his arms over his chest. "It's just His Highness and the wimp being idiots."

Yuuri, being too distracted with the knowledge he just gained let the wimp insult slide as he fell back into his seat and placed his hands on his face, trying to calm himself down. Meanwhile Kasey started to pound on the table. "I can't fucking breathe!" The prince yelled between laughs. "Dimmit all! Oh shit! 'If you're curious…'" Kasey quoted himself as he continued his laughing fit.

Riscard full blown groaned at the stupidity and idiocy of his prince (and future ruler, may God save them all) and moved to pull the prince away. "Come now, Your Highness. I think you need to rest."

Kasey complied slowly, his face turning blue from lack of oxygen at this point. "It's just so freakin' funny…" With a few cackles the two Tauritians made their way back to the prince's chambers.

Wolfram, after he finished watching the two disappear around a corner, refocused his attention back onto Yuuri. "What was so damn funny to that guy?"

"I… don't want to talk about it…" Yuuri managed out.

Wolfram narrowed his eyes but before the lord could say anything else Gunter flew into the situation. "Oh, Your Majesty! When I heard your yell I was so sure you were in danger! We all came rushing over so diligently to your aid but thank goodness that you were actually safe and sound!"

Yuuri managed a small hand gesture that both thanked the group for their concerned and eased them of their worry—a simple back and forward motion with his hand. Gwendal scoffed then and mimicked his youngest brother's pose. "This serves you right Your Majesty. You should be in your office signing documents, not spending them with the Prince of Taurogo in your every waking moment."

Yuuri mimicked his hand motion which pissed off Wolfram. "Big brother is right Yuuri. You should be doing your duties not fucking about with the prince."

"Wolfram." Conrad scolded him.

Yuuri sighed deeply for he just finished composing himself and sat up straighter in his chair. "I'll go do my duties then seeing as I don't think I can face Kasey at the moment."

"If you don't mind Your Majesty," Conrad started, "what did the two of you talk about before we arrived?"

The Maoh blushed and groaned loudly. "I can't say!" With that he jumped out of his seat and began to run towards his office, hoping for once to bury himself in work to distract himself from the outside world.

"Yuuri!" Wolfram yelled as he soon began to chase after his fiancé. "Tell me what you two were talking about dammit!"

Conrad shook his head at the situation while Gwendal sighed. "That king of ours…" Gwendal muttered.

Gunter chuckled. "Yes, but he is our dear king…"

The three stood there silently for a moment when suddenly… "Oh boys!" The three immediately tensed up from the sounds of that familiar voice. Turning on their heels they all glanced back to see Lady Anissina walking up towards them with another new invention in her hands. "Come help me test my invention! Gunter, Gwendal!"

Conrad thanked his lucky stars that he was half human and immediately turned right back around and calmly began to walk away. His older brother and old mentor were not so lucky. From behind him he heard the two yell and begin to run in the opposite direction and of course the ever headstrong and enthused Anissina was right on their heels, screaming at them to help her test her latest invention.

*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*

Night fell upon Shin Makoku and what was originally meant to be a nap became a full blown sleep-time for Prince Kasimir. But of course, since he went to bed so early in the day, the prince found himself waking up at around midnight, well rested and his body twittering for something to do. "Oh great…" He muttered. "Riscard didn't wake me."

In reality, the protector tried many times to wake up the prince. It was apparent to Riscard that the prince was in fact more exhausted than he made out to be and decided to leave the prince sleeping. Said protector was in his own room down the hall sleeping since he accidently fell asleep when he decided to rest his head on the pillow for 'just a moment'.

Kasey stretched in bed for the time being, his arms going way above his head, rolling his neck and shoulders as well, his joints cracking loudly into the night. He realized hazily that he ended up falling asleep in his day clothes—not that he really cared but it's not something that one should do. But then again that was to be expected. On the first day in Taurogo Riscard was assisting him change (as he should have since its expected of him really) and despite all of Kasey's demands for 'no assistance is necessary,' Riscard had inadvertently stripped the prince down to reveal the prince's predicament of being a (natural) hermaphrodite. Since that moment Riscard has refused to help the prince change…

It happens sometimes… Kasey thought about both situations; A) being born with both genitalia and B) seeing said hermaphrodite's extremities without actually wanting to see them. It is a really embarrassing topic for Kasey. In fact it was his being a hermaphrodite that his dear mother thought about dressing him up as a girl all those years ago. And let us not forget his first relationship too, heh. She was pretty girl, nice and caring, typically understanding and such, but once the pants were off… insert scream and then half naked chick running out of his house.

Kasey shrugged to himself. After that traumatic experience he found himself a guy who was a bisexual college man and was completely okay with having a hermaphrodite boyfriend (though Kasey begged him not to go out and blab to the world that 'Hey! My boyfriend's has both a vagina and a dick!'). Thank God for being a pansexual*. Hello to anyone in the world… as long as they're okay with my being a hermaphrodite...

The prince found himself getting loss in his thoughts when he heard two knocks at his door. Kasey looked at the door and blinked once. "Huh… I wonder who that could be this late at night…" Kasey began to crawl out of bed just as another pair of knocks sounded. "Coming, I'm coming." The prince spoke out as he came over and slowly opened the door a little bit, just enough to see who was knocking. Needless to say Kasey was shocked to see Sara standing outside his door. "King Saralegi." Kasey greeted as he opened the door wider. He saw that the other was also in his day clothes which brought up some questions but Kasey didn't really see it as a big issue at the time (his brain was still partially in sleep mode)."Is there something I can help you with?" Sara walked forward then, forcing Kasey to walk backwards into the room and out of his way. Kasey closed the door and stared at the back of the king's head for a bit. "Um… King Saralegi…?"

"Sara…"

"What?"

"Call me Sara." He clarified, his back still turned to Kasey.

"Okay… Sara… in that case call me Kasey… but um… is something… did something happen?"

With that the King of Small Shimaron turned around and one hand rose to take off his glasses. "Kasey…" The half Shinzoku king's eyes began to glow then and Kasey found himself slipping into the beauty of his glowing blue eyes.

The prince gulped as he felt compelled to walk backwards until his back came into contact with the doors. "S-Sara… I…"

"Shh…" Sara shushed him before closing off the space between them, a hand coming up to grasp the side of the prince's blushing face. Their faces simultaneously moved towards each other and lips came into contact with one another. With that King Saralegi was entering another stage in grief…

Stage three: Bargaining.

*The 3 Acts of KKM: The Prince of Taurogo*

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You guys are learning all sorts of things in this story I bet… our lesson today is on pansexuality.

*Pansexual: Similar to being bisexual but compared to being a bisexual who is attracted in both the male and female sex, pansexual people are attracted to any type of sex which includes both male, female, intersex (the politically correct term for hermaphrodites), third-gender, androgynous, transsexual and so on.

Now for the real juicy stuff… the next chapter will definitely be rated 'M'… for a fact… I bet now you guys are feeling a bit of concern for Kasey as well as that randomly thrown out fact about him being an intersexual… don't kill me for that by the way. That is merely for humor purposes and for the fact that no one usually has a character that's intersexual and I like writing uniquely in some way whether it's the structure of the story or the characters themselves… so there you have it…

Please review! Tell me what you think!

Oh and the next chapter will most likely be the ending of Act I if I don't decide to suddenly add something else which I tend to do a lot when I write… also if I were to have actually titled this chapter I would have called it 'Stages of Grief' possibly 'Part 1' but who knows?

Please review! (This deserves to be said twice!)