Chapter 14: Yuuri's POV

We get to the kitchen and to my surprise Murata already got Dr. Rodriguez in here. He really doesn't waste time does he? Sometimes he annoys the living hell out of me, but I'd rather have no one else as my sage. Did I just sound a little like Shinou back there? If he hears me say something like that I wonder if he'd get all possessive over Murata.

"Hi Murata, hello Dr. Rodriguez. Hope he didn't drag you all the way up here" I say in a joking tone and for some reason Wolf laughs a little.

"Hello Shibuya-kun, don't worry, the order came from above me" he answers also in a joking manner. I wonder what he means by that... Murata looks somehow concerned, which is really, really bad. He gives me a look that means he needs to talk to me, but we can't just leave the room. Besides mom is about to serve the food.

"Yuu-chan, Ken-chan, why don't you go to the little store in the corner and buy some soda, you know Dr. Rodriguez isn't from around here so it's not good for his health to drink tap water. Wolf-chan dear, you can help me set the table if you want" she gives Wolf a warm smile and then she and Murata exchange a knowing glance, I don't know what they talked about when we were in the bathroom, so I don't know exactly how much she knows. Anyway, this is perfect, so I don't question it further.

She gives us some money and we head out to the store. Is really close by so we don't have much time to talk. Murata apparently thinks the same thing and the moment the door is closed he starts to talk.

"Shibuya, something odd is going on here. I haven't seen or felt Shinou since we left to rescue Wolfram, I assume you haven't either" I nod, I have been wondering about that too. Is not normal for him to miss out on this kind of thing.

"Well you see, the moment I arrived home the phone rang, it was Bob." I gasp, he had no way of knowing what had happen, did he? "He said Shinou had contacted him somehow, you know how he is so he gave me no details, but he said everything was being taken care of and just hanged up. As soon as I put down the phone, Dr. Rodriguez was at my door"

"What? So Shinou thought the shrink thing ahead of us? But Dr. Rodrigues is a pediatrician" I say trying to voice all my questions at once, although I don't think I'm even finished thinking.

"I don't know about that idiot, but Dr. Rodriguez was also my first choice" I think by idiot he means Shinou. Those two have a rather complicated relationship, I think that's because they are two rather complicated people. I'm about to ask why Dr. Rodriguez and not a shrink but Murata reads my mind and answers without being asked, as usual.

"I was thinking that we can't keep Wolfram here long enough for him to get a treatment, and even if we could, the Maou definitely can't stay away from Shin Makoku for that long, and I know you won't leave him here alone" He looks at me with both accusation and mockery written in his face. I look away. "So we need someone we can take back with us. The only person available is Dr. Rodrigues, since we can't just go to a therapist's consult and kidnap the psychiatrist" he has a point there.

"But isn't there any mazoku shrinks in this world?" I ask as we enter the store, I think and old lady just heard what I said and she's looking at us like we were crazy.

"Yes, there are. But in this world most mazoku live normal lives as humans and have no relation to Bob or other mazoku. They don't know or don't want to know anything about the other world. However, there are still a few who serve Earth's Maou directly, like your father or the Doctor. Besides, he might be a pediatrician, but he has medical training and good listening skills"

Murata smiles at me and I suddenly remember what he told me when he introduced me to the doctor, Surely if he was able to help Murata accept himself as the Daikenja, he'll be able to do something for Wolf.

We pay for the soda and leave, everyone who heard our little conversation dodges us on the way out. We should really start talking in Mazoku tongue when we discuss this kind of thing. But I have a really hard time distinguishing the two. I am capable of speaking in both languages, I just don't realize when I'm doing it at times. It's because of the way I started to speak makokuan in the first place, but, as all other things, I'm working on it.

We are about to get home when Murata stops on his track, I look back and found him staring at his shoes, without looking up, he says...

"Say Shibuya... what would you do if he never comes back?"

I'm frozen on the spot hearing those words. There's something about the way he said it that makes me shake. It makes me hurt.

"What do you mean? He is here, that's more than enough" I say smiling and he finally looks up. He smiles back, but for some reason I'm not completely buying it.

"Yeah... you're right"