Author's Note: Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers. Here's a new chapter in the Capricorn saga to celebrate!
Disclaimer: I only own the Capricorn Pirates.
Ch. 102: "Wolfgang Katsuragi is Dead."
All of the Capricorns were riled up. This wasn't Wolfgang, it was an imposter.
"Wait a minute!" Yuki-Rin yelled to her crew. "Does anyone have today's paper lying around?"
"No, we don't. I threw it away when I was done reading it," Kartik explained. Yuki-Rin sighed.
"I'll be right back!" Yuki-Rin yelled. A few minutes later, Yuki-Rin returned from the newsstand in the lobby with a newspaper.
"Why do we need a newspaper?" Dewey asked everyone.
"Because I know whose body it is," Yuki-Rin said as she opened the paper to the page with Prince Bya no Kuei on it and showed it to her crew. "It's the corpse of Prince Bya no Kuei. Wolfgang is fine."
The Capricorns screamed.
"That's not the prince!" Hana cried.
"What are you talking about?!" Yuki-Rin cried.
"Read the page you're showing us," Kazuma answered. Yuki-Rin turned the newspaper over, and she was met with a grim headline.
"Wolfgang Katsuragi, head of the Katsuragi Trading Compound, found dead in the streets!"
Yuki-Rin tore the newspaper article out and folded it up.
"Showtarou, I need you to give this to Ajax. Make sure Wolfgang gets this," Yuki-Rin explained.
"You got it," Showtarou said as he tied the newspaper article to Ajax's leg.
At the royal palace, Wolfgang was reading over the speech he would read at the coronation ceremony.
"And, so, here we stand –" Wolfgang recited before something knocked on his window. "What is it?!"
Wolfgang walked over to the window, where he saw Ajax. Wolfgang opened the window and untied the newspaper article from Ajax. After a few minutes of reading over the article, Wolfgang spoke.
"Stay here, Ajax. I need to send a note out to the Capricorns."
Wolfgang walked over to the writing desk and picked up a pen.
"I'm okay. Apparently, somebody mistook me for the prince AGAIN. Come to the royal palace tomorrow and we will discuss the matters at hand. From, Wolfgang," Wolfgang said to himself as he wrote his note. When he was done, he folded the note up and gave it to Ajax. "Make sure the Capricorns get this note. They need to formulate a plan on how to get me out of here."
The next day, the Capricorns were headed to the royal palace.
"Do we have a plan to get Wolfgang out of this place?" Yuki-Rin asked everyone.
"Why don't we just tell them that Wolfgang isn't the prince and the prince is dead?" Molly asked everyone.
"We tried doing that, and look how that ended," Yuki-Rin answered.
"So, now what?" Heathcliffe asked everyone.
"We ask Wolfgang if he has a plan," Yuki-Rin explained as they approached the gate of the palace. Two guards wearing red uniforms and large, black hats were standing outside of the gate.
"Oi! What business do who have with Prince Bya no Kuei?!" One of the guards asked the Capricorns.
"We would like to talk to Wolf – I mean, Prince Bya no Kuei. I believe there has been a mix-up between him and Wolfgang Katsuragi, so we just want to clear things up," Yuki-Rin explained.
"I'm sorry, you can't do that. The prince went out for a walk. You just missed him," The second guard explained.
"And, besides – You have to schedule a visit with the prince at least twenty-four hours before your visit," The first guard explained.
"Well, let us in! We can wait for the prince!" Heathcliffe demanded.
"I'm afraid we can't do that. By protocol, we have to know who you are and your reasons for visiting the prince twenty-four hours before your visit," The first guard explained.
"We just told you! We were friends with Wolfgang Katsuragi, and we just want to clarify something with the prince!" Yuki-Rin argued.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but you and your party have to leave right now, or we will have to call the sheriff and arrest you and your party for tresspassing," The second guard explained.
"Well, may we see Prince Bya no Kuei tomorrow?" Hana asked the guards.
"No, you may not," The second guard answered.
"Why?! We're trying to confirm our visit twenty-four hours beforehand!" Hana cried.
"The prince will be busy throughout the next few days with his coronation and other related activities, leaving him with no time for idle visits," The first guard explained.
"Now, I suggest you all vacate the premises, or we will have to call the sheriff," The second guard explained. Yuki-Rin sighed.
"Okay! We're going!" Yuki-Rin yelled before she and her crew turned back and left the palace.
That night, the Capricorns found themselves looking for Wolfgang again.
"Talk about déjà vu. We're looking for Wolfgang for the second day in a row," Daisuke said.
"He probably went back to the Hyperion. If we don't find him there, we'll check the Hyperion before we go back to the hotel," Yuki-Rin explained. But, Enlai stopped in his tracks.
"Daisuke, you were right about the whole déjà vu thing," Enlai said as he pointed to the top of a five-story building. On the roof was Wolfgang, who wore a black, wool coat oer his regular clothing. "Oi, Shitty Katsuragi, what the hell are you doing?!"
Wolfgang said nothing as he took off his glasses and put them in his pocket.
"Hey, answer me, dumbass!" Enlai yelled.
"Wolfgang, what are you doing?! Get down from there before you hurt yourself!" Matsu yelled.
"I have to do this! It's for my own good!" Wolfgang yelled back.
"No, it's not! You have so much to live for in this life! We can talk about this!" Yuki-Rin yelled.
"Talk?! There is no way we can talk about this!" Wolfgang yelled.
"Then, what the hell are we going to do?! We can't let you kill yourself like your mother!" Gareth yelled. Wolfgang just raised his arms.
"Watch me," Wolfgang said before he leaned forward. As he fell to the ground, several Capricorns rushed to grab him. Right when Wolfgang was about an inch from the ground, Enlai pushed everyone out of the way to dive to the ground and grab Wolfgang.
"Got him," Enlai told everyone. "Looks like he passed out from the rush of falling, but he'll be okay. He's still breathing, so that's all that matters."
"Alright. Let's take Wolfgang back to the hotel," Yuki-Rin said to her nakama.
Ending Note: Review if you want Wolfgang to reveal who he really is to the royal court.