The Heat of the Moment

Disclaimer- i do not own any of the characters to Kyo Kara Maoh

A/N- HURAY!!! I SURVIVED HURRICANE GUSTAV AND ALSO HAVE THE NEXT
CHAPTER UP.

Chapter 21

After breakfast Wolfram, Yuuri and Dominique walked out into the garden. Just as they were about to sit down beneath one of the rose trees, a messenger pigeon settled on top of Yuuri's head.

"Hey," said Yuuri. Both Wolfram and Dominique laughed at the sight of the great demon king of Shin Makoku with a bird perched upon his head picking at the strands of black hair.

"You must have some yummy hair," said Wolfram. "Here, let me get him." Wolfram gently lifted the bird from its perch and then untied the note from its leg. He turned his back to his two companions and began to read the note as a frown marred his lovely face. Crumpling the note in his hand, Wolfram turned to face Yuuri and Dominique.

"Damn that Drakko, what in the hell can he possibly be holding out for," snarled Wolfram clutching the note tighter in his hand.

"Is something wrong Wolf?" asked Yuuri. He became worried at the mentioning of the Count's name.

"Just ambassadorial stuff." He turned to face his dark hair fiance. "Will you excuse me? I have to see to this."

"Of course, I'll take care of Dominique while you are busy."

Wolfram looked down at his daughter and smiled. 'She looks so much like her father.' He raised one hand and placed it on her head. "Now Dominique, I want you to look after Yuuri and make sure nothing happens to him. He is a wimp and can easily get himself into trouble."

"Hey, don't tell her that. I'm trying to make a good impression," sulked Yuuri. Both Wolfram and Yuuri stared at the little girl as she covered her mouth with her hand to hold back the giggles that were about to erupt from her. "See, now you're going to have her calling me a wimp and I am not a WIMP!"

"I call them like I see them," said Wolfram smiling. "Anyway, she is usually with Esmeralda but with everything that has been going on with Yuu . . ." The blonde sighed shaking his head. Yuuri understood his meaning and raised his hands to cradle his fiance's soft cheek.

"You don't have to say anymore. I understand." He pulled Wolfram close for a quick kiss on the lips. "Besides, it's time for Dominique and I to get to know each other. Also, we have a couple of things to discuss about our current situations." He nodded to the ring on Wolfram's finger.

"Maybe we should hold off on that until I am with you," said Wolfram biting his bottom lip. He wasn't sure how the child would react. Yuu is the emotional one but his little Dominique is a quiet child. Wolfram was afraid that she may behave like Yuu if she believes that Yuuri is trying to take the place of her father.

"No, this is something that the two of us have to talk about."

Dominique frowned. She began to wonder what in the world does she and Yuu's daddy has to talk about. Then she saw it. Her daddy smiled. Oh she has seen him smile before when happy but not like this. This smile made his entire face glow with an inner light that warmed her heart to see it. And his beautiful eyes, they were like liquid green fire. She has never seen anything like it in her short life. He looked like this otherworldly creature that deemed them worthy to behold his beauty. Angel doesn't come close to what her daddy looked like with that smile. And she realized that she wanted to keep on seeing this smile.

"Very well." Dominique heard her daddy say and he turned that heavenly smile upon her and she gasped in awe. "Take care of him, okay Dominique."

"O-okay daddy," she said a little breathlessly. Wolfram leaned down and kissed his daughter on the cheek before turning and leaving the two alone.

xxxxx

Yuuri took Dominique by the hand and led her into the garden where they sat on a metal bench beneath a large tree with thick spreading branches. Long, vines dangled from the branches with tiny pink and purple flowers growing out the corded vines. Both sat in silence, Dominique sat with her feet off the ground swinging them back and forth while Yuuri sat at the other end drumming his fingers against his thigh while his leg nervously twitched up and down.

"So," said Dominique deciding that they had set in silence long enough, "what did you want to talk to me about?"

"I should be talking with Yuu as well but since, he's not here . . . Well I decided that you should know our plans."

"What plans?"

Yuuri nervously cleared his throat and then took a deep breath. He turned to face the girl looking into her eyes. "You see. I love your daddy very much. I know that in the past I made your daddy sad and angry with me but I am changing. I don't want him to be angry or sad or cry. I just want to make him happy. I know you want him to be happy too and so do everyone else. Heck, even my mother wants him happy. She use to tell me how nice Wolfram would look in a wedding dress . . . " Yuuri knew he was babbling and from the look of it so did Dominique.

The little girl placed her hand on top of his silencing him. Yuuri looked at the tiny soft hand and then back into her bright lavender eyes.

"Just say what you have to say. I am not like big brother." She smiled sweetly at him to calm his jittery nerves.

Yuuri released a held breath he did not know he was holding. "Well, I asked Wolfram to marry me and he said yes." Yuuri waited for any kind of reaction but all he got was silence. He was beginning to think he had made a big mistake when Dominique finally spoke.

"You love my daddy?"

"Very much so."

"You want to make him happy?" Dominique looked out at the brightly colored roses.

"More than anything in this world," said Yuuri smiling.

"And you want to make me happy as well?" She bit her bottom lip in thought.

"Of course." He rested his hand on her shoulder.

"If I asked you to do something, would you do it?"

"It depends. You don't want me to go out and kill someone?"

Dominique giggled and began swinging her legs again. "No." She took a deep breath and spoke. "I want you to stay away from my daddy. We were happy before you came here. You should leave Americus and never come back. Every since my daddy and Yuu met you, all you have brought with you is pain and hate."

Upon hearing this Yuuri felt his heart crumble into dust. He began to wonder if this is her opinion of him; that he is a troublemaker, a home wrecker. His mother always told him that the first impression is always a lasting one. Which means that his first impression to Dominique was a bad one. But there was hope. The future was not set in stone and he could still change her opinion of him.

"I'm sorry Dominique but I love your daddy too much to give him up now that I have found him. I was a fool to think that it mattered what others thought of me marrying a man. It was my life after all and no one else can live it for me. The world I come from says that same gender marriages are wrong and immoral, and for the longest time that is how I thought also. But after my ten year separation away from him, I had come to realize something very important."

"What's that?"

"That deep within the pit of my heart, I have always loved Wolfram." He glanced at the small child. "Has he never spoken of me to you?"

"No, only Yuu knows about you. I only found out who you were after you arrived. I always thought poppa was Yuu's poppa."

Yuuri laughed sadly. "When I first came to this world, I proposed to your daddy by accident." He smiled at the wide-eyed look the girl had given him. "You see, at the time I did not know that a slap to the left cheek with your open palm was a proposal in Shin Makoku."

"What did daddy say to make you slap him?"

"Well," Yuuri said hesitantly, he wasn't sure if Wolfram wanted his daughter to know what he was like back then. He shrugged his shoulders and hoped that Shinou will have mercy on him and Wolfram would only singe his hair a little. "When your daddy and I first met, he was not a very nice person. I know you may not believe me now but he was quite mean to me and he said some rather nasty, hurtful things about my mother." The child's eyes widened in shock. The look was comical on her small face. "So, I slapped him not knowing it was a proposal. I told him that he could say what he wanted about me but I was not going to let him insult my mother."

"Wow."

"Yeah, wow. So afterwards, for the longest time I vehemently denied our engagement. I kept telling him that our engagement was an accident and that I only liked him as friend. I told him that I wanted to marry a woman and that it was wrong and disgusting for two men wanting to marry. I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture of how unbendable I was back then as well. Your daddy always loved me but I thought that I could never return his feelings." Yuuri sighed as he stared down at his hands. "I was in denial. So after my return to Shin Makoku, would you believe he still wanted to marry me?" Yuuri shook his head in awe as he thought about how faithful Wolfram had been toward him and his pledge to become his husband. "But being the stupid wimp that Wolfram called me so often, I still held my beliefs that marriage between us was wrong because we were boys. But after Wolfram disappeared, I felt this strange emptiness inside my heart. So I ignored the feeling and married a woman as I always wanted. But at night, the times when Wolfram and I would go out on adventures never ceased to haunt me in my sleep."

He raised his head to stare up into the bright blue sky and sighed. "And for the longest I often wondered why I dreamed of him, even when I was married to Melinda my dreams were filled with nothing but Wolfram. At first, I thought that it was because I missed having my friend around but that didn't answer why my heart would beat against my chest at the mere mentioning of his name. Or whenever I was in his old room, going through his clothes closet, I was always at ease when I smelled his scent. I've never truly been in love before. At first I thought that what I felt for Melinda was love but it wasn't. I was in love with the ideal of being married to a woman but when she showed her true colors, that's when I began to wonder if I would truly know what love was. I felt lost and at odds with my belief. So, when I went home and I talked about all I felt for Wolfram and my supposed feelings for Melinda to my family. It was my wonderfully, sunny, happy mother that told me that everything I was feeling for your daddy was and is love. So, in regards to your favor, I'm sorry but as I said at your party, I cannot do as you ask. I have a lot to make up for to Wolf and to my son. I just can't leave. Not when we all are on the verge of obtaining true happiness." He looked into her curious lavender eyes and wondered if she will begin to hate him as Yuu does. So when he got his answer, it wasn't what he had expected but he was so very happy to hear it.

Dominique nodded her small head and smiled. "I'm glad you're not going to give up on daddy. He deserves to be happy and I think he can be that way with you. The smile that he gave you before he went to his office was one I had never seen before. It was like his entire soul was filled with light and happiness." She stared down at her hands clasped together in her lap. "I know he was happy with poppa but there was always something that was missing in his eyes. And it saddened me at times knowing that we were not making him completely happy." She looked up into her soon to be stepfather's dark eyes smirking at him. "But since you returned to him, his happiness is now complete. Or at least it will be when Yuu finally returns and comes to his senses."

"Thank you Dominique for giving us your blessings," said Yuuri wrapping his arms around the girl and pulling her into a hug.

"You're welcome but there is one more thing. I want to keep my poppa's name. After all, I am a Gilbit."

"Of course, I would never want you to forget your father and neither would I want Wolfram to forget him either. He made Wolfram happy and that is something he should never forget."

"Thank you," she said as tears fell from her eyes. Quickly drying her eyes, she took him by the hand and pulled him to his feet. "We've been out here talking for a long time. Let's go see if daddy is finshed with his work." She dragged him into the castle.

xxxxx

After leaving Yuuri and Dominique, Wolfram locked himself in his office. A thought had come to him. He had come up with an idea to find his runaway son. He sat at his desk writing several notes. Outside on the balcony to his room were several cages with carrier pigeons in them. He took out one and gentlY rubbed his cheek against the soft feathers of the bird's head cooing to it. Then he tied a note onto its leg and tossed it into the air. He watched as the bird disappeared over the city. Wolfram did this six more times before he went back into his office.

After Dominique gave him the wonderful news about Yuu still being alive, Wolfram was more or less in a good mood. He was still sad and worried about Yuu. But at least now, he knows that his son is still alive. He just has to find out where the child has hidden himself.

It was close to noon when there was a knock on his door. The first to answer his message was the demon called Scion. The tall slender man walked into the office tossing long, fiery red hair over his shoulders. His dark amber colored eyes shown with mirth. Bowing before the blonde, Scion took one of Wolfram's hands and kissed the back of it. His friend was a flirt as Wolfram rolled his eyes at the man's antics.

"Greetings my lovely Wolfram," he said gallantly eyeing the ring on his finger. "What's this? Have you started to wear jewelry?"

"This is the custom from another world. This ring is a sign of engagement. I am getting married," said Wolfram.

The man feigned hurt in the most flamboyant way. Clutching his hand over his heart, he leaned weakly against the desk staring at Wolfram with hurt filled eyes. "How could you forsake me, my beloved? I have always wanted to marry you. We would have been the most beautifullest couple in all of Americus."

Wolfram smiled and decided to play along. "Oh but my sweet, it would never work out. I am not as vain as you when it comes to looks. And beautifullest is not a word." Wolfram playfully yanked his hand out of his grasp.

"Okay, I get the message," Scion said smiling. "So, what can I do for the prettiest man in town?"

"I have others coming but I guess I can go ahead and tell you."

"You know you can tell me anything."

Wolfram smiled as he began to tell him all that has happened. He took a map out of his desk and pointed to the area he wanted Scion to search. As the other man tapped a specific area on the map, he began to tell the blonde about a couple of serving wenches at a local tavern that would do anything for him. As the demon continued to regale Wolfram about more of his sexual exploits, Wolfram thought back to when he first met the man two years ago. Scion had infiltrated a small band of bandits disguised as one of their own. With the information he had given them, they were waiting for the bandits at the dock before they could board the ship that was bound for Carolia. It was then that Corwyn had introduced him as one of their most reliable informant. As time passed on, Wolfram had come to realized that the older man was indeed a trustworthy allie. A bit of a flake at times but very trustworthy. The years he spent in Americus the blonde demon and his deceased husband had made many contacts in both the human and demon kingdom.

It was lunch time when Yuuri arrived at Wolfram's door. Knocking on the door, he waited patiently for Wolfram to come to the door. But instead of his beautiful blonde fiance opening the door for him, it was a stranger with neatly cut yellow hair and dark blue eyes.

"Yuuri. Come in," said Wolfram smiling.

"Wolfram, what's going on here?" Yuuri asked once he was standing beside his fiance.

"They are here to help." Then Wolfram looked up at the men. "I've given you your assignments. Good luck in the search."

The seven men bowed and then left the room.

"Help? Help with what?"

"Those men are the contacts that Ellis and I have made over the years. I have sent them out to search for Yuu. They are my eyes and ears. If anyone can find a trace of him it would be those men."

"I see."

"So, how did your talk with Dominique go?" Wolfram stood up and then sat on the corner of his desk. He took Yuuri by the hand and pulled his fiance close to him.

Wrapping his arms around Wolfram's neck, Yuuri placed a chaste kiss on his love's lips. "It went better than I had expected. She is such a precious child. We had a nice long talk about a lot of things. I was afraid that she would start hating me like Yuu, but she doesn't hate me at all. In fact, when we were talking, she just sat there quietly and let me talk." He pulled Wolfram into a tight hug before pulling away slightly to look into those emerald eyes he loved so much. "She just sat there and listened to all I had to say. And you know what she said?"

Wolfram shook his head smiling at the excitment that colored the onxy colored eyes of his beloved.

"She said she was glad that I decided to stay," he said excited.

Wolfram laughed as he squeezed Yuuri on the shoulders calming the demon king down. He was happy that Dominique would accept him. 'Ellis, our little girl will grow up to be a fine, intelligent young lady.' Yuuri took a deep breath as he smiled at his fiance.

Suddenly the smile dropped from Yuuri's face. "Now, all we have to worry about is what Yuu will do when he finds out about our engagement."

"Don't worry about him. I'm sure everything will work out just fine." Wolfram pulled the double black king forward for a long sensuous kiss. When the kiss ended both had to gulp in deep breaths of air. "So, what brings you to my little sanctuary?" He brushed a stray lock of black hair that rested carelessly across Yuuri's brow.

"Well, I had come to get you because it was time for lunch." A loving kiss was placed on the blonde's cheek. "We haven't seen you all day. Dominique was so worried." Another kiss was pressed against Wolfram's chin.

"Now Yuuri, I have never known you to lie."

Yuuri looked hurt. "Why would I lie?"

"Because when I am here at the castle working, Dominique usually stays with the maids or go out into the garden to play when she is not with Esmeralda. So, she knows not to worry about me."

"Okay, you caught me."

"Yes. I finally have." Wolfram pulled Yuuri close to him and pressed there lips together in a heated kiss. He leaned all the way back until he was lying on top of his desk with Yuuri on top of him. Wolfram whimpered in distress when Yuuri broke the kiss but moaned in bliss when he felt the warm lips close around his nipple. Wolfram arched his back off the desk raking his fingers through Yuuri's hair as his fiance sucked and nipped the hardened bud through his shirt.

Yuuri raised his head to stare into the dazed lust filled emerald orbs of his fiance, and smiled. "So," he said in a husky voice. "Do you want more, my pet.?"

"Yes . . . more," Wolfram said writhing beneath his love. Just as Yuuri's hand cupped Wolfram aching arousal Gwendal along with Conrad, and Gunter bursted into the room.

"Your majesty w . . ." The elder demon stopped in mid-sentence as he saw the scene displayed before him. Yuuri was on top of his baby brother with his hand at the blonde's crotch. Several wrinkles appeared across Gwendal's forehead while Gunter suffered a nosebleed and quickly excused himself. Conrad only smiled.

The expression on Yuuri's face was priceless. The young demon king looked like a deer caught in headlights before he quickly leaped off his fiance. He stared at the older demon in horror. "I-I can explain this," babbled Yuuri.

It took all of Conrad's willpower to hold back the laugh that was threatening to erupt from him at the look of fright in his godson's eyes. He could just imagine what was running through Gwendal's mind. Maybe lynching him or probably burying the young king beneath the ground. Conrad snickered at the thought.

"You see . . . We . . . He . . ." Yuuri began to nervously rake his fingers through his hair slicking down the tousled black strands. Wolfram sighed in disappointment as he let his arms fall away to hang over the side of the desk. "What is it with people just bursting into rooms without knocking nowadays," grumbled the blonde. "One day I'm going to remember to lock the door behind you." He sat up arching a brow at his brothers.

Gwendal only sighed and looked (or glared as Yuuri thought) at Yuuri. "Your majesty, I received a message from Anissina. She says that Big Cimarron is causing trouble at our border and that we are needed back A.S.A.P."

"But . . . but what about Yuu? I have to . . ." Yuuri said but Wolfram stopped him.

"Do not worry about Yuu. I will find him," said Wolfram. "You just get back to Shin Makoku and make sure that me, Yuu and Dominique have a home to return to." He kissed Yuuri softly on the lips. "Besides it will be another three months before the Introduction Party and I have to get things settled here so my replacement won't have too much to worry about. You can settle things there and then return for the party."

Yuuri bit his bottom lip. "I don't know. I don't like leaving you here alone especially with that creepy Drakko lurking about."

"You needn't worry about him. He rarely comes to Americus and besides I have Eric, Derrick and Corwyn here to protect me."

"Okay. Okay. I just don't want to leave you."

Wolfram leaned forward kissing Yuuri passionately. Yuuri groaned when the kiss ended. The blonde smiled. "After the Introduction Party, you and I will never be parted again." He kissed the black hair demon king again.

Gwendal cleared his throat and Wolfram reluctantly pulled away from his fiance. "We should gather our things and leave as soon as we can. Who knows what Belar is planning."

After leaving Wolfram's office, the three men gather together their families and their belongings.

An hour later, they stood on the docks preparing to leave. Wolfram's family all said their good byes to him as they boarded Celi's yacht. The blonde ex-demon king buried her youngest's face between her bosom and kissed the top of his head before she got onboard.

Everyone was onboard except for Yuuri. He stood before Wolfram holding his hands and staring into those beautiful emerald eyes.

"It's time to go, your majesty!" Gwendal yelled down to his monarch

"Okay!" Yuuri yelled back up to him. "I'll see you in three months. Okay."

"I'll be waiting," said Wolfram.

Yuuri was about to leave but he had an urge to kiss his fiance and so he did. It was a kiss filled with love and longing. When the kiss ended, both young men were breathing hard.

Yuuri looked down at a giggling Dominique. He smiled at the girl. "Take care of your daddy for me, okay."

"I will."

"See ya," he said to Wolfram and hurried to board the ship.

"That map I gave you was made by Captain Ellis," yelled Eric up to his new friends. "You should arrive in Shin Makoku no more than seven days! Take care everyone and we will see you all in three months time." He, Derrick and Corwyn waved to their friends. The others had left but Wolfram and Dominique stayed at the dock until the ship disappeared over the horizon.

xxxxx

Yuu and Count Drakko's chevaliers stood on the training field surrounding the double black child. While sitting in the distance watching was Count Drakko. Raising one slender hand, he yelled. "Begin!"

And immediately Sigfrid attacked sending a flood of water at him. Yuu countered by summoning a huge fiery water dragon. The creature spewed flames evaporating the water into steam.

Gustav summoned a huge fire wolf and attacked the boy. Yuu's fire lion detached itself from the water dragon and pounced on the wolf. The lion had the wolf pinned to the ground with its jaws latched tightly around the wolf's throat forcing it to submit.

Nikolas sent forth a huge silvery hawk that was created from the wind. Seeing the threat to its master, the lion planted a huge paw on the wolf's neck keeping it pinned to the ground and sent several fireballs at it. But the elemental creature easily dodged the flaming balls. The water dragon opened its maw capturing it. The bird shrieked in pain as the dragon claosed its mouth around the bird squeezing it until it vanished.

"Not bad kid, but let's see how well you do against an attack from me," said Siegmund. The earth beneath Yuu's feet shook as a man of earth and grass rose from the ground lunging toward the boy.

Water from the nearby pond came to Yuu's aid in the form of a whip. Lashing out, he cut the earth man to chunks of dirt. Suddenly the ground beneath Siegmund rumbled as a water dragon burst out of the ground wrapping its sinewy body around the twin lifting him off the ground.

Sigfrid sent two walls of water at the boy from opposite sides. The waves crashed into the dark hair child. When the water withdrew Yuu stood within a protective barrier of ice. Raising one hand, the water in the pond swirled violently. Suddenly ice shards erupted from the pool to pin a stunned Sigfrid to the ground.

Nikolas sent blades of wind at the boy shattering his ice barrier. Thinking quickly, he raised a thick wall of ice between himself and the wind. Yuu knew the wall would not last. He sent a wave of water at the wind wielder swamping him in the liquid. When it was over, Nikolas was trapped within a block of ice.

Gustav on smiled and raised his hand in defeat.

Count Drakko laughed clapping his hands as he proclaimed Yuu the winner. He found it quite amusing to see his chevaliers defeated by a child. "Very good Yuu, you have become very strong in the time you have been here. Not only that, your strategy to launch an attack from underground was quite ingenious." He walked up to the boy and patted him on the shoulder.

"Thank you, my count," said the boy bowing to him.

"Excuse me, but do you mind releasing us," chided Siegmund exasperately.

"Oops, sorry guys," said Yuu smiling sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. Immediately the three men were released from their prison.

"Warmth at last," said Nikolas dramatically.

"Well done," said Sigfrid.

"Although I did see you break your concentration to look at Nikolas," said Siegmund frowning slightly. "You can't let your concentration slip. You must remember your meditation exercises. You must use your other senses to detect danger."

"He's right," said Nikolas. "Although I didn't use it, wind can be used as an illusionary strategy as well."

"Thank you for your advice. I will adjust accordingly," said the boy.

"Now Yuu, it is time to put your plan into action," said Count Drakko.

"Finally. I have waited so long for this day."

"Come Yuu, and walk with me," said Drakko turning away. "Oh, and Gustav, make sure you carry out your tasks as quickly as you can. I want you both on your way by this afternoon."

"It will be as you so ordered," said Gustav bowing and then he disappeared in a wink of an eye.

"Come Yuu." The count continued with his walk.

Yuu ran up alongside the older man and walked with his hands behind his back.

"It is time for you to go to your 'father', Yuuri Shibuya, in Shin Makoku." Drakko watched for any reaction from the boy out of the corner of his eye. When he did nothing but continued to wait for the Count to speak. Drakko nodded his head in satisfaction when Yuu showed no hostile reaction to the mentioning of his real father. "Very good, I see your lessons with Nikolas has been a success. I could barely see the carefully concealed disgust at the mention of the demon king's name."

"I said I wanted him to suffer for all the pain he caused my father, and I mean it. I want him to feel all that my father felt when he tossed father away like he was so much . . ." Yuu caught himself as he felt his blood boil with rage. Taking a deep breath, he calmed the rage that was threatening to explode inside of him.

"Nicely done Yuu, but don't over do it," said Drakko placing an arm around the boy's shoulders. "Don't over do the niceness. They may become suspicious if all of a sudden you are nice to your father when you let it be known to all that you would rather see him rot in a ditch."

Yuu thought about it for a second. Drakko was right. His attitude toward his other father has been nothing but hate. To change his feelings now would be suspicious. "I understand."

"Good. Now, prepare yourself. You will be leaving in two days. I will be sending Gustav with you. He will travel with you all the way to the village and that's when you will part company. You will go on ahead alone."

"And what about my training?" asked the boy.

"Gustav will continue your training in secrecy and you will report back to him everything that goes on in the castle. Understand," said Drakko.

Yuu nodded his head absently as he was deep in thought. 'Finally, I will make you pay for all the unhappiness and pain you caused my father.' The boy smiled sinisterly.

"Remember Yuu, the plan will only work if you convince your other parent that you want to have a relationship with him."

"I understand and I won't fail. But what about that friend of his, the Great Sage. He doesn't seem like the idiot that that man is," said Yuu. "He may realize what I am doing and try to stop me."

"If he does anything to try and thwart the plan, tell Gustav and he will take care of the Great Sage once and for all. But I don't think you have anything to worry about," said Drakko smiling.

"You think so?"

The older man nodded his head. "Besides, if anything goes wrong and you are in danger of being found out, Gustav will get you out of there as quickly as he can."

"I understand completely," said Yuu bowing. "I will do whatever I have to in order for this plan to succeed." He came to a stop as he stared up at the older man biting his bottom lip.

"Is something wrong, Yuu?"

"Don't get me wrong. I am in your debt for letting your people train me but . . ."

"But?"

"What do you get out of helping me?"

"I don't understand what you are getting at?"

"I mean that noone helps you for free," said Yuu. "I want to know the reason you want to help me." Yuu thought for a second and frowned. "It's not so you can get close to my father is it? Because if it is . . ."

Drakko raised a hand stopping the boy. "It is not anything like that. I just want to help. What he did to your father is beyond shameless. He should be made to feel all that your father has felt. He should be made to see that a person heart is not a toy for him to play with and then throw away because he became tired." The older man turned away clutching his hands into fists at his sides. "He should be held accountable for all the humiliation, heartache and pain that your father went through."

Yuu eyes widened in shock. "Sire, did something like this happen to you?"

"In a way, yes. When my parents were married it was for political reasons. My mother was so miserable and my father was a beast," he said turning to face the boy. "But that is in the past, I have gotten my revenge for my mother. Now, it is your time to get yours for your father." He planted his hands on the boy's shoulders. "Are you sure you can do this. It may be come hard at times because I have no doubt that you may want to find some good in him. But you must always remember that your father thought the same thing and his heart was torn from his chest as a result of his blind love."

"I understand and I will not fall into such a trap," said Yuu. "And thank you sire, for telling me about your own struggles and pain."

Drakko nodded and dismissed the boy. Yuu hurried to the castle to prepare himself for his journey to Shin Makoku.

Nikolas, Siegmund and Sigfrid came to stand beside the Count.

"That was some story you told the kid," said Siegmund smirking. "How in the world did you come up with such a tale?"

"It's easy to lie when the other person wants to believe that there are others that has been through the same thing."

"Do you think the little twit will figure out what we are really after?" asked Nikolas twirling a lock of golden hair around his finger.

Drakko snorted. "The boy is so hell bent on making his father suffer for some imaginary grievances he heaped upon Wolfram that he would do anything to make the Yuuri Shibuya, pay. Besides, by the time anyone figures out what we are really up to, it will be too late to stop us. Not only will Shin Makoku be mine for the taking but so will the beautiful Wolfram." He smiled. "Soon, I will have everything and I will be the new Maoh of Shin Makoku."