The Heat of the Moment

disclaimer- i do not own any of the characters to Kyo Kara Maoh and neither do i make any money from this story. All rights and whatnots belong solely to the original creators.




Chapter 35


"He will curse the day he ever messed with my family." The mark on his arm flashed a bright red before finally vanishing leaving the boy's skin blemish free.

Yuu straightened his clothing and bowed to Gustav. "Forgive my transgression, I promise it will never happen again."

"It is all right," said Gustav walking over to the boy and resting a hand on his shoulder. "There was no harm done and the plan will still be a success."

Yuu walked into the room and stood ramrod straight in the center. Gustav closed the door and walked back to his table. "So tell me Yuu, what has been happening in the palace?" He sat down. "I have not seen you in almost six days."

"There isn't much to tell. Life inside the palace is quite boring. The tutors they have training me are so pathetic until it's not funny. I believe father neglected to tell the fools that I was in the advance class at the academy. They are teaching me the basic of water magic."

"I see." The older chevalier chuckled as he raised the glass up to his lips to take a sip. "So, they do not know how strong you truly are? That will be their downfall."

"No, but I believe that Sage might have an inkling to how strong I truly am."

"As I said, do not worry about the Great Sage. He maybe wise and lived many lifetimes, but he is not all knowing. Besides, it won't matter anyway."

"I don't understand." Then what Gustav was talking about hit him like a bolt of lightning. "Ah, that's right. The Introduction Ceremony will be taking place soon."

"In fact, it will be in a week's time," said Gustav. He stood up, walked over to the small dresser, and began to remove his clothing from the drawers. He placed the few clothing he brought with him on the bed. Then he reached beneath his bed pulling out a travel bag.

"We will be leaving out tomorrow."

Gustav nodded. "There will be a ship leaving here early in the morning going back to Americus." He folded and placed his clothing in the bag. "I must report back all that has happened to Count Drakko."

Yuu became nervous. "Will you . . . tell him about my . . . slip in judgment?"

"No, he probably already knows." He turned to face the boy. "But do not fret, young Yuu. As long as you haven't turned your back on the plan or him, I know he will not hold it against you." Gustav smirked as he saw the boy physically relax. "Now, you should be able to handle things from here on out without my help."

"Of course, I don't think anything earth shattering will happen before we meet again at the ceremony."

"I'm glad to hear that." Then he walked over to Yuu placing a hand on his shoulder gently squeezing it. "Remember Yuu, you have to continue as you have. Since they believe that you have begun accepting Yuu as your father you cannot revert back to loathing him."

"It's okay, Gustav," said Yuu looking the older man in the eyes. "I know what must be done. I am close to achieving my goal and if I have to I will sit in his lap coddling him to make my dream come true."

"Very good. Now, it's best that you get back to the palace. I don't want anyone noticing that you are gone."

Yuu smirked. "Everyone is asleep. I doubt if anyone knows that I have even left the palace. However, I see your point. Especially with that Great Sage lurking around." Yuu turned and walked toward the door leaving the older man to finish his packing.

xxxxx

After Yuu returned to his room, it took him awhile before he could sleep but he was finally able to drift off to sleep after tossing in his bed for an hour. However, his dreams were not sweet and peaceful. All night he dreamt of a twisted, dark, evil Yuuri laughing manically as he tortured his father and sister. He finally woke in tears after witnessing his father and sister begging him to save them. And save them, he will. He will not let his dark dreams come true for his family. He would make Yuuri pay for everything wrong he ever did to his father.

Once Yuu had removed his clothes, he noticed two black lines that seemed to coil around nothing on his arm. 'I wonder what this could be?' He frowned as he stared at the marks closely. Was he imagining things or did those marks just moved a little bit up his arm. He continued to stare but nothing happened. Yuu sighed and went back washing himself. 'It's too early in the morning. I must be suffering from not getting enough sleep.'

Yuu just laid their in bed. There was no way he would be able to go back to sleep after those terrible dreams. He stared up at the ceiling thinking about how stupid he was to believe anything that came out of that man’s mouth. He laid there until the first rays of sunlight slowly peeked over the horizon. Sighing heavily, Yuu crawled out of bed grabbing his robe and towel. Since he was up Yuu decided to go ahead and take a bath. He dreaded what he would have to do once everyone was awake. The thought of actually letting that spineless, weak fool touch him made him shudder in disgust. Perhaps a nice bath will calm his nerves.

After his bath, Yuu got dressed and calmly walked down the hall. Soon, he came upon the King's bedroom. He was going to pass by but stopped as he heard his father's voice coming from the room. He thought it strange that there were no guards at the door. He shrugged his shoulders and placed his ear against the door.

/Yuuri, when are we going to tell Yuu about our engagement?/ Wolfram said from the other side of the door. /I don't think he will be too happy to find out the day we are to be married./

/Well, he's starting to accept me slowly/ said Yuuri. /I just don't want anything to happen that will make him angry and set our growing relationship back./

/Yuuri, our son is very perceptive and I'm sorry to say hot-tempered like me. Do you really believe he will not be angry with you if we hold something as important as this from him?/

/Hey, why would he just be angry with me?/ Yuu heard Yuuri whine from the other side of the door. /You didn’t tell him about the engagement either./

/True, but he loves me./ Wolfram giggled softly.

/Ouch, that was a low blow./ Yuuri sighed. /You're right though. How about we make an announcement at the Introduction Ceremony. That way we can tell Yuu and everyone at the same time./

/Are you sure Yuuri? I mean we told Dominique in private./

Upon hearing this, Yuu yanked his head away from the door as though it had burned him. 'Ni-ni knew about this and didn't tell me. How could she keep this from me, her big brother?' the boy clenched his hands into fists at his sides. 'That bastard! Has he already poisoned Ni-ni's mind? Is that why she is letting him change her name?' He was pulled out of his thought when he heard Yuuri speak again.

/Everything will be fine. You will see./ There was a long silence when Yuu heard moans coming from behind the door and then his father's voice.

/No Yuuri . . . Not there! Uh . . . More . . . More . . . I love you Yuuri./ Was his father’s heavily panting voice.

/I love you too, my Wolfram./ Was Yuuri's husky reply.

Yuu pulled his ear away from the door in disgust. He wanted to burst into the room and tear Yuuri's head from his body but he could not. He had to follow the plan. 'There will be time enough for retribution.' The boy smiled evilly at the door. 'So enjoy yourself, Yuuri. For it will be the last taste of pleasure you will ever feel.' Then he walked away from the door.

xxxxx

After breakfast, Yuu walked out to the garden and sat down staring at the flowers. He sighed as he watched several butterflies flutter around the flowers. He closed his eyes and let the cool breeze caress his face. Yuu wanted to be alone with his thoughts. During breakfast, he watched his father closely as the blonde sent little coy smiles to the double black. It took all his control not to leap up and try to slap some sense into his foolish father.

Yuu sighed again as he felt a slight tug at his heart. He raised his hand clutching the area over his heart. Several times, he had an urge to seek out his double black father but every time he would squash the feeling. It was almost noon and they would be leaving soon. Yuu stood up and was about to leave when he heard the voice of his cousin calling him.

"Yuu! Hey Yuu! Wait up!" called Roland. The boy stood before his dark hair cousin gasping in deep breaths of air.

"What in the world is wrong with you?" asked Yuu frowning.

"You ran out . . . after breakfast so . . . quickly . . . I-I didn't know where to look for you." Finally Roland was able to breath calmly. "I checked your room, the kitchen, everywhere but I could not find you."

"Well, now you found me. What's up?"

"Where did you go last night?" asked Roland.

Yuu stiffened as he narrowed his eyes at the boy. "What do you mean?"

"Well, last night I was on my way to the kitchen to get a drink of water when I heard a noise coming from your room." Roland sat down on the bench beside his cousin. "I peeped into your room and you were in terrible pain. I saw you fall out of the bed. At first, I thought you just had a bad dream and fell out of the bed. I was going to help you but you had crawled over to the window and climbed out."

Yuu eyes widened in shock as he sat up straight glaring at the boy. "You didn't follow me, did you?"

"Of course I did. I mean. You were in pain. What were you doing in such a bad part of the city? Why did you go into that dirty, old building? Who did you see in there? When you came out. You were all right. What happened in there?"

"Nothing that concerns a nosey cousin," said Yuu narrowing his eyes at the boy. "Did you tell anyone?"

"Well, I was going to tell my father but . . ." Before Roland could finish, Yuu leaped from the bench grabbing the boy by his collar and lifting him to his feet.

"Listen to me you nosey little idiot, you will keep your mouth shut about what you saw last night." He began to shake Roland as though he was a rag doll.

"What is wrong with you," said Roland trying to remove the dark hair boy's hands from around his collar. "If you are in pain you should let someone know."

"Shut up!" Yuu began to tighten his grip around Roland's collar slowly choking the boy. "You will never tell anyone what you saw. Do you hear me? If you say one word you may find yourself missing a twin."

Roland froze as his blue eyes widen in horror. He stared into the furious black eyes of his cousin. "Are you . . . Are you threatening me?" The red hair boy asked frightened.

"I don't make threats. It's a promise. If you so much as breath one word about where I went last night to anyone. I swear that I will destroy your precious family. Do I make myself clear?"

Roland nodded his head in fear.

"Good. Now, get the hell out of my sight before I change my mind." Yuu tossed the boy to the ground and continued to glare at him. Roland quickly got to his feet and ran away.

"Remember what I told you!" Yuu yelled after the fleeing boy. Once Roland was gone, Yuu turned and walked out of the garden.

Not long after Yuu left, the Great Sage walked out of the bushes. "I am disappointed in you, Yuu. I was hoping that you would not force me to do what I must to make sure Yuuri is safe."

xxxxx

Murata arrived at Gwendal's door and knocked. When the door opened, he was relieved to see that Conrad was there as well.

"I'm glad you're here as well Conrad," said the young man. "I need to speak to you and lord von Voltaire about Yuu." He walked into the room and Conrad closed the door behind him.

"What about him?" asked Gwendal. "Is there some problem?"

"I'm afraid so." Murata took a seat in front of the desk. He sighed and began. "As you already know, Yuu has been seeing Count Drakko's chevalier, Gustav. Well, I was hoping that things would work out for Yuu and Yuuri but it seems that it was a lie."

"What do you mean?" asked Conrad taking a seat beside the Great Sage.

"I've followed Yuu a few times as he went to meet with the chevalier, Gustav." Murata took his glasses off and rubbed his tired eyes. "Unfortunately, Roland followed Yuu last night to the inn that Gustav is staying in and he confronted his cousin."

"What happened?" The brown hair knight was shocked to hear this. His little Roland always told him everything.

"It was not a pretty sight. Yuu threatened Roland by saying he will be missing his twin if he told on him."

"What!" Conrad bolted from his seat shocked. "He did what?"

"He blatantly told Roland that he would do something to his sister and to you and Josak as well."

Conrad plopped down in his chair in shock. He could not believe it. "Why? Why would he do something so awful?"

Murata sighed unhappily. "Children are sensitive people. Their feelings can get hurt easily. The smallest slight no matter how trivial can be hurtful to them."

"And Yuu is too intelligent for his own good," said Gwendal frowning deeper. "He's going to do something that will not only destroy Wolfram but himself as well."

"That's what I am afraid of," said Murata. "It's obvious the boy plan on doing something to Yuuri. But what, I have no clue."

"How was Roland?" Conrad turned to the Great Sage with sad brown eyes.

"He was terrified but I checked in on him before I came here. He was doing okay. He was shaking a little but he will get over it."

"I should go to him," said Conrad.

"Wait," said Murata. "Give him time to gather his wits about him. Don't try to pressure him into answering any questions. He is already scared."


Gwendal rested his head in his hand. "This is a nightmare. I can't believe he would do something so cruel to his cousin." The elder demon slammed his fist against his desk. "All the times I've seen them together . . ." He sighed defeated and looked at the Great Sage. "Was it all just an act, Your Eminence?"

"When we were on Earth I had a chance to watch Yuu and Yuuri secretly. They were so close. Yuu was truly happy with Yuuri. It seemed that the anger he harbored was slowly disappearing," Murata said putting his glasses back on. "Even once we returned, Yuu seemed to hold no ill will toward Shibuya."

"Dammit," said Conrad upset. "I was hoping that Yuu's calm behavior meant that he was accepting Yuuri as his father."

"As I said before, I believe Yuu was accepting Yuuri as his father but something happened last night to make him change his mind." The Great Sage raked his fingers through his hair sighing. "I just wish I knew what it was Gustav had said to him."

Gwendal frowned as more wrinkles appeared in his forehead. "This is going to tear Wolfram apart."

"We can't tell him or Yuuri," said Murata. "They would only confront Yuu about this and we don't know exactly what the boy has planned."

'And I have a sinking feeling that whatever is going to happen will happen at the ceremony in Americus.'

Both Conrad and Gwendal agreed. They did not relish the idea of telling Wolfram that his son was plotting to destroy his fiance. The blonde would be spitting fire.

"The best we can do is to keep a close eye on Yuuri." Murata got to his feet. "We can't let him out of our sight especially if Yuu is with him."

"Understood," said the two brothers. Then the Great Sage walked out of the room.

Conrad and Gwendal stood there feeling sad. Yes it was sad when the uncles had to protect their soon to be brother-in-law from his own child.

"I have to go," said Conrad walking out of the room to go check on his son.

xxxxx

It was late noon when everyone was finally on board Lady Cecilie's yacht heading to Americus. The voyage was awkward for the three men but it was stressful for poor Roland. The boy was terrified to go around Yuu. He stayed near his sister and kept her away from him as well. Yuu, however, was quite pleased with the fear he instilled in the blue eyes of his cousin. The boy smiled sinisterly as he stood at the bow of the ship as he stared out across the ocean.

Once they arrived in Americus, they were met by Eric and Corwyn.

"Welcome back," said silver hair monarch smiling.

"It's good to be back," said Derrick running to his friend hugging him tightly.

"I didn't mean you. You could have stayed in Shin Makoku." Eric thumped the red head on top of his head with his fist.

"One insane inventor in the castle is enough," grunted Gwendal. Everyone laughed.

"I'm glad to be back too," said Yuuri.

"I see you have brought Yuu as well," said Corwyn. "You had everyone worried there for a while."

"Yeah, but everything has been cleared up," said Yuu plastering a fake smile on his face.

"That's good," said Eric. "Come, let's get you all settled in your room. I'm sure Gunnar will be happy to see you Gunter. He could use some help with the decoration."

"It would be my pleasure to help out any way that I can," said Gunter holding a blue wicker basket with a sleeping Alexander inside.

"And who is this handsome young man?" asked Corwyn smiling as he stared into the basket at the sleeping infant.

"This is the newest member to our family," said Gwendal puffing out his chest. "This is Alexander von Voltaire."

"Congratulations," said Eric and Corwyn.

"You must be so pleased," said Eric.

"We are," said Gunter smiling lovingly at his husband. Gwendal just grunted and looked away as his cheeks turned red.

"Come, let's get you all settled in," said Eric.

That night during dinner, Gwendal, Conrad and Murata watched Yuu carefully. They could not believe how the boy was playing up to his parents. It made them sick to think that a child would intentionally hurt his parents.

Conrad looked on in sympathy at his son as he stayed close to his sister. The boy rarely let Dominique play with Rachel. Yuu has him so scared until he most likely believes that Yuu would hurt his sister because she was playing with Dominique. Although the others did not say anything, they did notice how Yuu and Roland never played with each other anymore. They also noticed how both boys tried to keep their sisters away from one another.

"Yuu," said Wolfram catching the boy's attention.

"Yes father," said the boy.

"Did something happen between you and Roland. I notice how you two don't play with each other anymore," said Wolfram.

"Yeah, I've noticed it too," said Josak looking from one boy to the other.

"It's not anything," said Roland looking down at his plate.

"But brother," Rachel was about to say but Roland silenced her.

"I said there is nothing wrong." He snapped.

"Roland!" Josak scolded the boy. "That is no way to talk to your sister. Now apologize."

"Yes father." Roland held his head down in shame. "I'm sorry Rachel."

"Yes Roland, that was quite mean of you to yell at your sister," Yuu said smiling at his cousin disgustingly sweet. Roland's head snapped up to stare into the eyes of other boy. "I mean. I would never in a million years yell at my sister. I mean something terrible could happen and you may not get the chance to say sorry."

Roland glared murderously at the double black boy. If looks could kill, Murata swears Yuu would be nothing but a smoldering pile of ashes.

"Besides, it's nothing really," said Yuu holding his smile as he ignored the murderous glare of the other boy and turned to face his father and Josak. "We just had a disagreement. You know how boys are. There is nothing to get overly excited about." Then he turned those cold black eyes on his cousin. "Right, Roland."

Roland felt a cold sweat trickle down his spine as he stared into those bottomless, empty cold onyx color eyes. "Yeah, right." Then he turned his attention back to his meal as he picked over the food.

Yuu just smirked and began eating his food again. The only ones to notice the tension between the two boys were his uncles and the Great Sage. Wolfram noticed the tension between the boys also but decided to ask Yuu about it later.

After dinner was finished, Eric suggested that they all turn in early since tomorrow would be a very busy day for them. It was the day of the Introduction Ceremony to introduce the delegates from the motherland of Shin Makoku to the others. But for Yuu, it was going to be the best day of his young life. It will be the day when he would finally make Yuuri suffer. 'At long last, I shall exact some revenge for all the pain and suffering you caused my father. So, be sure to make every moment count, Yuuri. Because your downfall is close at hand.' The boy laughed manically as he fell backwards onto the bed.