A week had passed in Shin Makoku, and everyone in the palace knew of Yori. While everyone loved and cherished Yuuri first and foremost, Yori was quickly becoming the second most liked person. The people knew that the twins were always kind and wanting to help. They could also tell that Yuuri was definitely more passive and more hyper until you pushed him too far. While Yori was more calm and a prankster. You didn't push Yori like you did Yuuri, otherwise you could ended bald and spotted singing a love song to everyone you met *cough Wolfram cough*. It had been a nice warm morning and the two brothers were walking down corridor chatting about the differences in their preferred sport when Wolfram showed his head.

"Baseball needs a good mind to play a game successfully."

"Quidditch you need sharp eyes and quick reactions."

"Yuuri! You wimp! How could you forget about me? I'm your fiancée!" Wolfram bellow and walking towards them.

Yori seeing his brother go wide eye and start looking for an exit.

"Wolfram, he hasn't forgotten you. Since we have been apart for sixteen years, don't you think that we deserve some time to be brothers once again?" Yori asked nicely and calmly.

"I haven't seen him for weeks and now all he does is want to hang and talk with you!" retorted Wolfram.

"So if you saw Gwendal for 10 yrs of your life then you were stolen and didn't see him till you 110 yr old you wouldn't want to get to know him again whenever you had time?"

"Its not the same. You are just his brother and I am going to be married to him! IF Gwendal was married I wouldn't do what you are doing!"

"but Yuuri isn't married though."

"He will be! You wimp! Why aren't you saying anything?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"Wolfram screamed as his hair started to fall down to the floor.

"What did you –" Wolfram started but then he started to sing:

"The woman in me
Needs you to be
The man in my heart
To hold tenderly
'Cause I'm a woman in love
And it's you I run to
Yeah the woman in me
Needs the man in you

Yuuri was looking at Wolfram in mortification as Wolfram started to sing to him. Turning towards his elder brother in horror. Seeing him smirk, made Yuuri realize that while he was fun and loving, he could be vindictive.

Yori watched in amusement until he saw Conrad walk around the corner. Looking to his brother he lifted in eyebrow and nodded to Conrad, seeing a smile in return, they both left Wolfram singing love songs.

"Why is Wolfram singing?" Conrad asked why the duo reached him.

"Well he was being his normal self when Yori told basically told him to leave us alone since we haven't seen each other in so long. Then Wolfram went off on Yori and Yori made him go bald and start singing." Yuuri rushed.

Conrad just raised an eyebrow at Yori. Yori blushed and mumbled, "He is my brother and it will wear off soon." Grabbing Yuuri's hand, they rushed past Conrad before they disappeared. But not before throwing Conrad a wink and smirk. Conrad smiled and laughed not worried were they could be.

While Wolfram was jealous of Yori spending time with his wimp, Gunter gushed about how thoughtful and intelligent Yori was. Yori loved to sit with Yuuri during his lessons to learn all about the Demon Kingdom. He would often nudge Yuuri and disillusion him till he made it to the door and then take it off letting Yuuri go play catch with Conrad, while keeping Gunter busy till dinner time. After dinner though, Yori made Yuuri sit down and he would recap what he learn that would probably be important for him to know. Keeping it short so Yuuri wouldn't get bored.

The person Yori won't help Yuuri with is Gwendal. Yuuri was king and needed to do his work. Yori understood the importance and would often ward his office not letting Yuuri out till the paperwork was done. He would hide from his brother then. No need to stay close by while Yuuri tries to blast with water. It was during that time that he sought out Conrad. IF he wasn't busy then he would stay and talk or have a light sparring match. It was also during one of those matching that he was introduced to Yozak.

"You're doing pretty good Yori" as Conrad blocked thrust.

"Not too bad yourself Conrad," Yori replied sidestepping a swipe.

"Perhaps we should pick up the pace?"

"Only if you can handle it?"

It then progressed into a flurry of sword movements, each blocking the other's attack. The faster they went the more it looked like a dance. A well rehearsed dance. Yori had went to block when he felt someone approach from behind conjuring up another sword, pivoted so one hand was still blocking Conrad but now his back wasn't vulnerable. Pointing the tip to the unknown he called out, "Show yourself or be stuck to a tree"

He saw Conrad had stopped and was looking at him funny. He knew Conrad knew that someone was there but wasn't going to let on.

Smirking at Conrad he turned towards the unknown and said, "You have till the count of five to show yourself!"

Nothing showed

"1…..2….3…4…5" When he reached five he threw his sword and pinned the person to the tree. Unfortunately the person was in the tree. The plus side was that it was a low hanging branch.

"I warned you!" He walked over and saw a bright red hair and a sexy well-muscled male pulling his sword out of his shirt.

"Tcch. You ruined my shirt!" The man cried

"I told you AND counted to five." Yori replied.

Grinning the man jumped down and held out his hand, "I'm Yozak."

Smirking Yori took the proffered hand and brought it to his lips "Pleasure" before bowing and kissing it. Standing up. He released the hand. "I'm Yori, Yuuri has told me much about you and your lovely "woman"."

Laughing Yozak grabbed Yori into a headlock saying, "Well aren't you just a charmer! You definitely kow how to make a man feel like he is the only one."

Grinning Yori escaped, and said "Really? Hmmm. I didn't realize that worked on men as well."

"Perhaps you should try it on Conrad here, to make sure."

Conrad who was watching the whole exchange with passive face but with jealously burning in his eyes was shocked when Yori turned to him with his hand held out palm out. Deciding to play along placing his hand in Yori's and said, "I'm Conrad Weller." He was shocked when instead of the smirked he had expected, was a gentle smile and a small but lingering kiss was placed on each of knuckles before hearing, "A definite pleasure. I'm Yori, my brother has told me that you are an excellent swordsman."

Seeing Conrad start to blush, Yozak came to his rescue, "So tell me, how did you know I was there? Only Conrad ever knows where I am?"

And so started the wonderful friendship between Yozak and Yori. Poor Conrad though. He knew he had a crush on the elder twin, and he knew that he was also starting to fall for him as well. Every time he saw Yori help his brother escape the clutches of his old mentor he would just smile, happy that Yori was able to care for his younger brother in a way that he could not. His eyes soften whenever he saw Yori playing with the servant's children. The most in important though was that his heart melted everytime Yori sent him That Smile to him. It was different from all of the other smiles. They were always wide and full of teeth showing off the merriment in his eyes. But That Smile was only for him. It wasn't a huge smile, but it soften his eyes and had a tender gaze about them. That Smile almost always made him weak at the knees.

Conrad was currently watching Yuuri teach Yori how to throw a baseball.

"Gah! How can you do all that stuff and can't throw a baseball?" Yelled Yuuri.

"Well at least I can catch and hit the ball!" Yori screamed back.

"Its funny to see Yori not great at something, isn't it Conrad?" Yozak asked walking up to him.

"It is pretty adorable." Conrad noticed his slip up and felt a slight blush rise up his face.

"Its ok Captain. I know you like him. Why don't you approach him?"

"I can't."

"Sure you can. Left foot in front of the right foot-"

"No. Its because he is heika's brother. It wouldn't be right."

There was a silent pause, as they watch Yuuri yell at Yori for throwing the ball at his head.

"He has feelings for you, you know?" Yozak started again.

"…"

"Its true. Besides his brother you are the first person he seeks. He is always trying to sit next to you. And don't forget that a couple of days ago he basically worshipped your hand."

Seeing the glare he sighed and continued, "Fine, fine, I'll drop it but if he ever asks you out, don't say no. You will miss out on a beautiful thing if you do." With that last piece said Yozak disappeared as silently as he appeared.

Later that night, while Conrad was patrolling the hall, he saw a lone figure out in the gardens. The closer he got it became more clear that it Yori sitting near the flowers, particularly by Conrad-Standing-Tall. He saw Yori softly pet the petals before sighing and looking up at the moon. Walking closer to Yori, he stopped a couple feet away.

"Whats the matter Yori?"

"Hey Conrad, why don't you come sit down?"

Walking last couple of feet, he sat down next Yori waiting for him to talk. It was a few minutes later when he finally spoke.

"Next week Yuuri and I are heading back."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I left some unfinished business back in England."

"How long will you be gone?"

"I don't know."

And silence once again took over for a bit.

Yori bit his lip and looked at Conrad.

"So, um, for like the next couple of months are you going to be busy?"

"Just patrolling."

"Well, would you like to back with us?"

Conrad looked at Yori for a moment startled. Yori was asking him to come with them.

"Sure, we'll have to talk to Gwendal first."

"Right Gwendal."

"I thought you liked Gwendal?"

"Yeah, but only when he's not grouchy. I mean the other day, he saw me in Yuuri's office and his vein started to throb. He was getting ready to yell, when I told that I was escorting my wayward brother back from his escape, so he should chill. That just made him angier. So I booked it out of there. NO way was I staying there. Yuuri can fend for himself. Hahahah."

"do you want me to talk to him?"

"Would you? Please? Pretty Please?" Yori asked while blinking his eyes and hands clasp in front of him.

"Yes I will talk to him." Conrad caved.

"Can you also ask about Wolfie too?"

Startled once again, Conrad couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

"Wolfram has an image to uphold here, but doesn't on earth. I think that Yuuri and Wolfie need to go on a date. I think we need to go on a date too" but that last sentence was mumbled.

Conrad didn't catch all of the last part except for "we" and "date". Blushing slighty, he cleared his throat.

"Right well, I can go ask Gwendal tomorrow."

"Really?"

Getting a nod in return, Yori jumped onto Conrad and hugged him. Frozen, Conrad didn't know what to do. When Yori let go he had a slight pink tint to his cheeks. "Right, um, see ya tomorrow!" and he got up and walked away at a very fast paced.

Conrad sat there thinking of Yori hugging him. And wishing that it would happen again and for longer. Next time he would hug back. Standing up he walked back to his room thinking about how he would ask/tell his brother of their plans.

AN – ha ha so the romance begins. Tell me what you thought! Thank you to all who review last chapter: panda-ryuu-chan (not sure yet, I'm thinking both), Haunt of twilight ( Yes they will, but not for awhile), 917brat (Not gonna have him do big magic yet), KyuubiChild717 (yeah for bit), SeverusDmitri18 (Conrad only saw him once or twice just like Yuuri, but Yori doesn't have Julie's soul so he had to search), Tenshi-Lily-Hime-Sama (no worries! ^_^), kiiyouko (thanks).

Also the song was THE WOMAN IN ME (NEEDS THE MAN IN YOU) by Shania Twain. Hehehe I thought it was rather fitting.