Kyou Kara Maou Fan Fiction ❯ Pulled in Two Directions ❯ The Fall ( Chapter 3 )

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High above them, Ken was panicking in the cave. The dragon was calmly drawing power from the atmosphere in order to slow down the force of gravity that was pulling Yuri down. They were both waiting for Yuri to slip. And Yuri was indeed slipping, his hands losing their grip. In mere seconds, Yuri found himself falling down, as if in slow motion, towards the ground and the people below. Just when he thought he was home free, the magic surrounding him slipped away and he continued his descent rapidly with a muffled crash unto the blonde boy below.

Anime/Manga: Kyou Kara Maou Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Romance / Drama / Adventure | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 09.03.2008 | Updated On: 01.14.2017 | Pages: 6 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 316 | Status: Work In Progress

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Chapter 3: The Fall

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The light and dark are both sides of a similar essence. Light cannot exist without dark and dark cannot exist without light. They are a part of life, a part of creation, and a part of damnation...

~~~~~Earth~~~~~

What an utterly twisted day it had been. Yuri, Ken, and the would-be-incense-blower managed to eat at the food court of the mall without drawing too much attention to themselves. Some people passed by them, commenting on how the turquoise and purple designs made the dragon seem rather exquisite. Only through sheer luck had none of the passersby seen the tiny animal devouring several of Ken's fries, which had been dipped in ketchup and rolled in pepper. The trio's luck ran out the moment they returned to the main area of the mall. They were stopped immediately by a deaf friend of Ken's who had caught the dragon moving from afar. Soon, several deaf teenagers crowded around them, intrigued by such a realistic 'electronic toy.'

When they finally left the group of teens, it was already nine o'clock at night. As they left the entrance of the mall, Ken and Yuri found Conrad in the middle of the parking lot, much to their surprise. Both boys began talking at once about their discovery of the supposed incense blower and Conrad tried to calm them down enough to make sense of what they were saying.

"A dragon?" Conrad questioned with a serious expression on his face. "Show me."

Ken hesitantly handed Conrad the incense blower usurper and watched as Conrad's eyes widened slightly before the older man began inspecting the dragon. He nearly dropped the dragon as laughter poured out of him. "I cannot believe it!"

Yuri had expected to see his godfather shake his head in disbelief or to hold the dragon upside down and shake it or something, like any other person would. Conrad's laughter threw him off completely and Yuri, once more, felt lost. Just what was going on?

"Jozak, I can feel your presence somewhere, is it really you? Is this your dragon?" Conrad asked in between fits of laughter.

"Give them an inch and they'll walk all over you, I swear," A voice spoke. The voice appeared to be coming from the dragon, but Yuri refused to believe what he was hearing...at least, until one of the dragon's scales chipped off from its tail with a waning orange light. The light dissipated moments later and man stood in its place.

"There are other ways to cross worlds other than the use of dragons," Conrad pointed out as his laughter died down to a soft chuckle. A part of him couldn't be more pleased to see and hear Jozak again. Another part of him worried about what it meant for his most trusted friend to come so far. "But, seriously, what brings you to Earth?" His eyes moved from Jozak to the dragon that was now on his shoulder.

Ken was in a state of shock during all of this, his mouth hanging a bit open. However, Yuri took a moment to snap out of it and tried to figure out what was going on. "You know this guy? What the hell just happened? And just what do you mean by 'what brings you to Earth!'"

"Calm down, kid," Urged Jozak. "I've been sent on a mission to retrieve Conrad and the boy-" Jozak trailed off when he realized that there were two boys before him. "But, since he didn't specify which boy, I guess I'll take all three of you with me."

"All three of us?" Ken asked, finally snapping out of his stupor. "Where are you taking us! Conrad?"

With a hushing motion, Conrad spoke to them all. "First, I say that we go to an in-between niche, and only then should we figure out what all of this is about."

"Agreed," Jozak emphasized with a nod. He tapped the top of the dragon's head. "What do you say, Varyx?"

The dragon nodded once before lifting his head high, opening his mouth wide and spreading his wings to their full length. Streams of blue light shot out of its muzzle and swirled around the group, transporting them to an in-between location. They were suddenly in another dimension made up of white and dark blue clouds. The group ended up sprawled on a huge cloud, half dizzy from the travel.

"Anyone have aspirin?" Yuri mumbled while holding his head. "Tell me this is a dream...that's all I could ever hope for."

"You're not dreaming," Ken muttered from Yuri's left. He was rubbing his wrist and one of his eyes twitched a bit. "The dragon bit me and I feel the pain, so I'm not dreaming, either."

Yuri looked over to see the dragon sitting upon Ken's lap, looking as innocent as ever. "Right..." He looked around and saw that both Conrad and Jozak were talking without them again. He caught Conrad's attention as his godfather made his way over to him. "Well?"

"I don't have much time to explain," Conrad began. "But, what I can tell you is that we are going to another world. The world where your father was originally from. That's right, only your mother is really Earth-born. There's more at stake here than..." The older man looked at the ground as if to gather himself for a moment. "I'll have to tell you everything another day, but we have to go talk to the leader of this other world right now."

"Right now?" Yuri whined. His head was spinning, he hardly had time to soak up what his godfather was telling him. In fact, he was doing his best not to think about it at all and now they had to travel again? What a whirlwind of a night!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Drow Neztirix~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Wake up," Ken urged as he shook his friend's shoulder. "Come on, wake up!" When all his efforts proved fruitless, he looked at the dragon on his shoulder and gave him a pleading glance.

The dragon nodded and hopped down to where Yuri was on the stone floor. Inwardly smirking, Varyx reached down to sink his teeth into Yuri's hand, as if it were the roast leg of a lamb.

"OW! Son of a-!" Yuri jumped, hitting his head on the ceiling and in double pain. He saw spots before his eyes and felt as if his head was spinning for a moment. "What?" He groaned as he rubbed the smarting bump on his head. When his eyes refocused, he saw Ken and visibly relaxed. "Where are we now?"

"I'm not sure, but I think we're in this dragon's cave," Ken explained while petting the dragon's head absentmindedly.

"Dragon?" Yuri's eyes refocused and he nearly jumped again, his heart kicking into overdrive as he panicked. "You mean that thing is real? It wasn't a dream?"

"I'm afraid it wasn't," Ken sighed. "Jozak and Conrad are talking with the king and are trying to find out why we're here."

"King? What king?" Yuri asked, wondering if he'd ever truly understand what was happening.

"The king of this world," Ken answered before pointing to the entrance of the cave. "The scenery's amazing. Go look for yourself."

Yuri reluctantly crawled over to the entrance of the cave and his mouth fell open. They were high enough to see everything. The mountains were violet in the distance, the trees were burgundy with light blue and aquamarine leaves. The grass was the deepest green he had ever seen. In fact, Yuri was so stunned that he didn't pay attention to what he was doing. Another forward movement in order to get a better look at the scenery resulted in tumbling out of the cave.

"Yuri!" Ken cried frantically, peering down from the entrance of the cave to see if he could find his friend.

Yuri was hanging by the edge of the rock beneath the cave, several feet from the trail below, but still trying to climb back up. "Why does this always happen to me?"

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Unbeknownst to the boys, on the trail below, walked a group of men who were hunting for the entrance of a certain cave.

"And you are certain that this was the area?" Günter complained more than asked, tired of walking around for so long on foot.

"Yeah," Rick answered. "It's gotta be here somewhere. I know what I'm talking about."

"Let's hurry up and find it," Wolfram muttered unenthusiastically. He trailed behind the other two, letting them walk ahead of him and following without much energy. "The sooner we find them, the faster we can get on with our lives." Not that there was much for him to look forward to now that his body had been signed away to some foreigner to use for his pleasure. Wolfram felt a shudder in his stomach just thinking about it.

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For a moment, the two boys stared at each other. Flat on his back, and with his hips straddled, Wolfram looked up into eyes darker than ebony. Yuri, on the other hand, could do nothing but stare at the most beautiful boy he had ever seen. A streak of pink adorned both their noses. However, the moment was short-lived.

"Get off of me!" Wolfram ordered, pushing and kicking Yuri aside in a desperate effort to not squirm out from under him.

"Ow!" Yuri exclaimed. "No need to get so violent! It's not like I wanted to fall on you!"

"Like I'd-" Wolfram's words stopped short when he noticed what Yuri was wearing. "You're one of those men from the neighboring world! Where is the other one?"

"Huh?" Yuri wondered before pointing to the cave above. "Oh, you mean Ken? He's up there along with the incense blower usurper."

"The what?" Wolfram asked.

"Nevermind," Yuri sighed. "It's a long story. I'm guessing Conrad sent you to get us?"

"Come along," was the clipped, grumbled response.