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Yaoi-challenge: Survival of the Hottest Final Poll

2008-07-19T23:41:00Z

Everybody, Conrad is once again on the running for the yaoi_challenge final poll. So I am shamelessly encouraging you fellow fans of Conrad to show your support and vote for him as well as your favorite characters.

Mods, if this isn't allowed, please remove.

AMV: You and I

2008-07-19T22:10:36Z

Hooray! I finished the next AMV... though, again it's far from grand or great. >.>

Title: You and I
Song: Beside You in Time
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Anime: Kyou Kara Maoh
Pairing: ConYuu
AMV'er: Vanessa S. Quest

Introductory post

2008-07-19T16:38:24Z

Hello, I'm a new member in this comm. I'm also new to LJ, so I'm still kinda tumbling around to get used with the system. I look forward to post some of my ConYuu fanfics and to be good friends with everybody here. A pleasure to meet you all ^__^

Chapter Update

2008-07-17T20:27:53Z

Kyou Kara Maou: Celebration
Rated: Mature
Summary:Yuri has a dilemma, Murata’s got a plan, Wolfram’s furious and Conrad is just along for the ride—that’s Kyou Kara Maou: Celebration! ConradxYuri
Chapter Four; click here!

Reviews are appreciated! Lil' smex in this chapter, so don't venture here if that's not your thing. (=

New AMV up: Maoh's Great Below

2008-07-16T05:41:17Z

Title: Maoh's Great Below
Song: The Great Below
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Anime: Kyou Kara Maoh
Pairings: ConYuu, ConJul
AMV'er: Vanessa S. Quest

Thanks to everyone who does screen captures.

It isn't great, but I still think it's worth watching if you like NIN. <3

Wallpaper

2008-07-16T05:32:16Z

There isn't nearly enough Kyou Kara Maou wallpapers out there, especially of Yuuri and Conrad, so I decided to make one! It's just Yuuri though. >.< All by his lonesome. I'll make a real ConYuu wall eventually!

I have them in three sizes. If you want it in another size, let me know and I'll be happy to adjust it for you!

Looking for a fic

2008-07-12T02:12:33Z

I'm not sure if this is the right community to ask this, but I think it was posted here.

I don't remember the title or the author, but the fic was an AU, where Yuuri was a baseball player and went to some sort of camp; I remember Conrad was in it, and Wolfram, and Murata, but beyond that, I don't remember much. Does anyone remember the fic I'm talking about?

fanfic question

2008-07-11T11:15:17Z

So I have just taken a peek at KKM fandom (I've been a fan for a few years but never really looked) and I feel lame asking this, but are there any conyuu fics out there that don't have Japanese words strewn throughout them? I know what the majority of them mean, but it's a huge pet peeve of mine and I really don't want to go through every fic 'ctrl f'ing the word 'heika'.

Also, any fics were Yuri tops? I've went through the entire LJ comm and only saw about... one, and it wasn't even serious. Then again I didn't read every fic.

These next two questions are completely unrelated to conyuu, but I was curious and since I already made this post:

Does circumcision happen in the demon kingdom?
And has KKM been dubbed into German?

If anyone replies, thank you.
(Sorry, I am rather picky...)

Cravings and Ravings part 7 Changing Politics by Vanessa S. Quest

2008-07-11T01:05:27Z

Title: Cravings and Ravings

Conrad put his cool hand to Yuri’s cheek, “Yuri, I’ll bring them in, just relax here for a few more moments.”

“No, I want to go see them…” Yuri forced himself up, the low stringing complaint of itai-itai-itai could be heard under his breath as his clammy skin radiated pain.

“You can’t be serious, Yuri you can’t move about this early, so lay back down. I’ll have someone bring in curry so you can eat while you wait, in case they haven’t finished dressing them yet.”

The black-haired teen gave Conrad a dirty look, “But I don’t want to wait…” Yuri winced, toppling back to the bed, too spent to keep vertical any longer.

Conrad gave a victorious look that read clearly that he and gravity won this round, he smiled sympathetically to Yuri before the younger of the two swore, “…Damn you Physics! You win this round…” he let out a lower, rumbling groan. “Hurry though, I didn’t even see them yet…” Tears bubbled in his eyes, “I don’t even know what my children look like… I’m such a horrible parent not even knowing if they’re fat and plump or if they’re starving twigs… do they each have ten fingers and ten toes? Do they look right?”

The brunette smiled reassuringly, “They’re fine, Yuri. We have two beautiful, healthy sons.”

“By beautiful… you don’t mean they look like Wolfram, right? Because if they act like him…” Yuri visibly shuttered.

“No, they don’t look like Wolfram, they look like us.”

“…And not like Julia, right?” Yuri smiled until he realized Conrad just froze up a bit, his face dropped as he flung himself out of the bed.

“Of course they don’t look like her, I just said they looked like us… Yuri, Yuri lay back down right now! I’m not asking this, Yuri…” Conrad grabbed Yuri’s arm, steadying him as his legs continued to buckle.

Yuri fell back into Conrad, exhausted.

“You need to rest, Yuri. Now get back in bed. I’ll bring them over now.”

“And why can’t I just go over…” Yuri’s legs gave out, Conrad’s arms swooped underneath the joints of his shoulders and knees before picking him up, again giving him a criticizing look as a non-verbal answer. As Yuri’s head swooned he couldn’t help but feel faint, “I feel sick…”

“Then lay down and rest.” Conrad said in an absolute voice.

Yuri nodded once before closing his eyes to rest, Conrad slipped him back down onto the bed before coupling the covers and draping them over Yuri’s prone figure.

After waiting two minutes to be sure Yuri wouldn’t wake up as soon as he turned around, he went to the nursery to check on the progress of baby’s first undocumented haircut.

Yuri awoke fifteen minutes later to the smell of curry and Shori leaning over him holding a bowl, Conrad in the corner holding both twins, cradling and rocking them with his slight jerky bobs. Apparently it was awkward to hold two newborns at the same time, yet one would never be able to tell with the confident, proud look on Conrad’s face.

Sitting up, Yuri smiled, looking past the curry to see his sons and husband.

“I’ll set this down here, Yuu-chan, Yozak and I are going to step out and give you a few moments.” Yuri visibly shuttered, he was used to Murata-speak enough to realize that his brother all but said he was going off to have a quicky with Yozak.

“Yeah have fun with that.” Yuri muttered before looking at his two sons, his heart clenched as he spotted Kazuharu and Satuharu, tears welling in his eyes.

“Andreas Satuharu…” Conrad introduced, Yuri began to look him up and down, pulling on his hands and feet to count toes. Conrad gave him an unnerved look, “Yuri, they’re fine…”

“Of course you’d say that! You’re still worried about me… Gisela, how do we feed them though? I mean… do I use a bottle or is it like maryoku… I mean that doesn’t make too much sense but…”

“You would use a bottle, heika.” Gisela nodded, all smiles.

“Right, okay, thanks… Can I get a…”

“They’ve already eaten Yuri.” Conrad nodded over to two empty bottles, “While you were resting.”

“…Oh… I see.” Yuri looked back down at Andreas before handing him back to Conrad, “So this must be little Giancarlo Kazaharu…” Yuri smiled until his face fell thin, stretched, “…What?!”

Conrad blinked, “Yuri? What’s wrong?” He was shocked to hear his husband’s voice squeak, did they miss something?

Yuri began to turn Giancarlo in his arms, looking at his angles, “…But I could have sworn in my dream he looked different…!” He gave Conrad a dark look suddenly, “…Why is there a white hair on his shirt… and why is his hair shorter than his brother’s…?”

“Ah, you see all that has a perfectly rational explanation… reason, the reason is his hair was shorter. What white hair?” He smiled smoothly until Yuri lifted the hair.

“THIS white hair.”

“Don’t tell me the shrine maidens take care of cats here too, Ulrich?” Conrad smiled hoping Ulrich would be empathetic.

“Oh heavens yes, Shinou-heika loves animals. Your brother usually brings the feed by.”

“But in my dream Kazaharu had hair like Julia’s… and it was longer… are you sure you aren’t trying to pull something over on me?” He looked at Conrad with scrutiny.

“Would I ever?” He smiled, that smooth charm was enough to get into bed with anyone, like Yuri had a chance to be anything but consumed by it.

“…You’re right, it was just a dream, right? So of course he didn’t look like that, because it was just a dream, right?”

“Right.” Conrad confirmed, “Now eat some curry, I’m going to bring them back to the nursery to rest. Tomorrow we’ll transport everyone back to the castle.”

“Mm!” Yuri said in a pseudo-energetic voice, two-thirds the bowl of curry already shoved down his throat. Yuri let out a lengthy yawn shortly after finishing off his meal. “…I’m exhausted.”

Conrad approached the bed, petting Yuri’s face, “Sleep tight, you deserve a good rest for all that’s happened these last few days. When you wake up, let’s plan a trip somewhere so you can relax. Would you like that?”

Yuri nodded, nodding off simultaneously, “That would be great… but I’m so tired… I can’t think of anything…” he laid back and soon thereafter fell fast asleep.

TBC.

A/N: Short chapter, I know, sorry, but I’m working on it again, am I not? So you’ll see more up soon! <3 Thanks and please R & R!

Author: Vanessa S. Quest
Rating: M-ish?
Pairings: Same as always <3

The Wedding Part 2 The March by Vanessa S. Quest

2008-07-11T00:42:10Z

Title: The Wedding

Conrad stood before the tailor-length mirror, fixing his hair with styling paste to keep the firm angles of his bangs. Gwendel approached with Conrad’s jacket open, each sleeve exposed to be donned readily, which Conrad happily inserted his arms into. His older brother brushed the shoulders smooth as Conrad fastened the top two buttons at his collar before pulling his gloves on.

He turned to look at Gwendel as the man put his own overcoat on, he noticed Gwendel suddenly tense and twitch from staring at the door, he knew without having to turn that could only mean the arrival of… “Anissina, mother, are we that behind schedule?”

Cheri smiled as she approached him, draping her arms over him, smoothing the paneling to the handsome coat in the back, “Not at all, we’re merely delivering Shori.”

Anissina gave the double-black a look that commanded he start to strip and change, now. After all, if he needed help, she could make an invention… if the need were to arise.

Gwendel quickly pulled Shori from the clutches of his childhood friend, and true demon, “If you’ll excuse us then, we aren’t finished in our own preparations. You, put this on.” He handed Shori the first part of the outfit as Cheri and Anissina smiled and smirked respectively, the two stood outside the door.

Shori blinked at the dark brown suit and bright blue jacket, “What’s the meaning of this? I tried to explain to the maids that my clothes were in a water-proof bag, I don’t need an outfit!”

“…Well of course you have to match, you’re one of the groomsmen.” Conrad smiled, “Yuri would be hurt if you decide not to participate as such.”

Shori’s eyes narrowed, his glasses beamed, “…Why you conniving little… And you! You didn’t even mention this!” Shori turned to glare at Murata whose bemused smile spoke volumes as to what he was thinking. He proceeded to unbutton his own collar as he started to get changed.

Upon hearing the loud squeals from outside the door, it was apparent that the mothers of the groom and bride to be had finally met. Through the thick wooden door peaks of fan-girling could be heard in shrill, “…Wings…” and disappointed, “…Mou! No dresses? Really now!”

Conrad smiled nervously, glad they had planned to keep Yuri’s mom on his side during the arrangements. After all, he was sure he could dissuade her from trying to put himself into a dress, Yuri on the other hand…

Miko’s giddy laughter carried through the air as Cheri offered her some tea to pass the time, both eying the other’s formal dress to see just what was deemed fashion-worthy in the other world, as they did so Conrad glanced over at Gwendel who’s blood pressure looked as though it would finally return to safe levels.

“Yuri is waiting at Shinou’s Temple, once we’re ready, we’ll meet up with them. You’ll be standing before Wolfram, behind Gwendel, and across from Yozak. Wolfram is paired with Murata, and Gunter is paired up with Gwendel. There are others in the party, but its best not to confuse the standing order, and you don’t know all of the others involved so it might be too convoluted to go into, besides I’m not finished getting ready.”

“I see, and Yuri’s already at the temple?”

“Yes.”

“Then hurry it up! If my poor Yuu-chan feels like he’s being stood up at the altar I’ll never forgive you, it’s horrible enough you’re robbing the cradle!”

Conrad’s eyes went wide, a paper fan struck Shori in the back of the head, extended from Murata’s wrist as he flicked it a second time, thwapping him once more for good measure. “Can’t you just admit to him what you admitted to me earlier? That you think Sir Weller is a good match for your brother and that you’re happy for them both?” He held the fan threateningly.

The odd thing is, Shori couldn’t recall ever saying or thinking that ever. Conrad smiled serenely, his own nervous excites cooling as he allowed himself to be excited for starting his life with the man he loved instead of fearing the rug being yanked out from under him. He had to admit he really did fear that this was all no more but a happy dream.

Murata slipped the fan back into his sleeve before approaching Conrad to fix his cufflinks though Conrad was capable. “There, any other final touches needed?”

The others looked up and down Conrad in admiration, “No, he looks perfect.” Gwendel mentioned, pride bubbling forth in his throat.

With that decision met, the groomsmen and groom, followed by the parents of the bride, Anissina and mother of the groom loaded into the large horse-drawn carriage.

Conrad couldn’t contain his constant smiles as Miko laid on the charm to the point where her husband could have questioned her fidelity, well, if it wasn’t Miko.

The Shibuya parents just seemed happy that Conrad kept his word about never showing Yuri a sad face, though that didn’t stop Miko from chatting him up, then turn on Gwendel when she spotted a keychain of a knitted dragon.

“…” Her eyes became saucers, “That is the cutest dragon I have ever seen!” She launched herself at the object, clutching it to squeal and look it over in admiration, “Did you make this? It looks hand-made! I can tell it has marks of love…!”

Gwendel smiled, in the most endearing way he could, on anyone else it would have been considered a smug smirk at best. Anissina chortled, “The cutest you’ve seen? Why, then, I’ll have to show you his collection later.”

And thus went the carriage ride to Shinou’s Temple.

Yuri began pacing as he waited for news of their arrival, he could feel his hands becoming clammy, waiting for the dreaded news that Conrad changed his mind. Taking a handkerchief he began to fold and unfold then refold it until Wolfram snapped.

“Yuri calm down! You’re fidgeting is incessant! I can’t take it anymore.”

Blinking, the black-haired teen looked at Wolfram in great annoyance, “My day, my way! If I don’t keep my hands moving on this I’ll wind up stripping and getting dressed at least a dozen more times until Conrad gets here… and I don’t feel like changing in front of all these women.” He play-glared.

A soft wrapping sounded on the door as Gisela entered, “The groom’s party has arrived, the rest of the groomsmen are here.”

Yuri smiled, “And Conrad…?”

Gisela smiled and nodded once, “He looks very handsome, I can’t wait to see the two of you stand side by side.”

With that, the orchestra began to play, signaling the two parties to stand in order. As the bride’s chamber-doors opened, the long procession began, Greta leading the way.

TBC.

Author: Vanessa S. Quest
Rating: G
Pairings: Oh my yes.

conradxyuuri @ 2008-07-10T08:58:00

2008-07-10T13:02:00Z

I started a new project, and mind you it is in absolute beginning stages, and may never fully reach completion... but... I'm working on an English doujinshi. If ... IF I finish, I'm probably going to try to show-boat it, so if anyone is curious let me know. I'm going to be using artwork styled more closely to the manga and novels than the anime... but mind you I'm not a great artist at all, so I hope people will check it out. ^_^ So far I have the story-board done and am working on preliminary sketches.

Feedback is appreciated, but if anyone would be so kind to tell me (if they know) any helpful hints for making doujins or for making booklets for them, let me know okay? Thanks in advance!

My pretty-much-angst-free ConYuu playlist

2008-07-08T18:59:47Z

While hunting around for love songs by male singers for a ConYuu amv, I put together a playlist of songs I like. I hope my love for some of these songs hasn't blinded me to whether or not they fit ConYuu (or are too cheesy). Some songs below were suggested in this thread.

Playlist may induce 80's flashbacks. http://www.playlist.com/node/40136384

Here are the songs:

Brighter than Sunshine - Aqualung
So Close - Joe McLaughlin (Makes me think of ConYuu dancing and fairytale endings)
Love Song - 311
So Contagious - Acceptance
Why Don't You and I - Chad Kroeger & Carlos Santana
All My Loving - Jim Sturgess
Undone - Lifehouse
When You Say Nothing at All - Ronan Keating
It's Friday I'm in Love - The Cure (I'm a sucker for this band)
I've Got You - McFly
Crash and Burn - Savage Garden
Everything - Lifehouse (Starts out slow, but I love when it picks up.)
I melt with you - Modern English
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
Walking After You - Foo Fighters
Collide - Howie Day
Save a Horse Ride a Conrad (Just kidding :P )

New Songs:
Forever- Vertical Horizon
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
Afterglow - INXS
The Reason - Hoobastank

Can't find these on playlist, but I like these songs:
Let You Know - Hoobastank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ6PIit3xbk
Look Where We Are - Hoobastank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IXp7Lp5uw

Possible addition from Yuuri's POV, but don't know if the lyrics fit (and I might be alone in liking this song). You're the Best Thing - Style Council http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vFsY8o1mos

Anyone know of any more love songs sung by men that fit ConYuu?

conradxyuuri @ 2008-07-08T11:22:00

2008-07-08T15:28:53Z

I noticed something about

Did anyone catch how Conrad looked like he knew it was Shori and yet still opted to feel Yuri up, how he smirked when Wolfram was treated like a slave and that he didn't realize it wasn't Yuri? That's just what it looked like to me, but Conrad was being sneaky... XD I LOVE THAT MAN! XD

that is ~~chock full of~~ has some episode spoilers and fangirling. What did you notice?

conradxyuuri @ 2008-07-07T23:59:00

2008-07-08T05:11:10Z

*was told to post here*

variations and two misc. banners over here

Enjoy~ :D

[FIC] "Happy With"

2008-07-06T17:36:14Z

Uh, my second ConYuu story. ^^;;

Title: Happy With
Author: QueenYokozuna
Rating: PG-13
Words: 645+
Warning: angst
Summary: Wolfram makes a vow. Conrad doesn't have to.

Fic linked to my journal. Thank you! :D

Hope you're not sick of this yet ...

2008-07-04T05:51:43Z

*coughs nervously* Uhm, so again, fellow shippers, I'm begging for your indulgence. As you have once thrown your support (and what an awesome support it was) behind Conrad in the past poll, I hope you would do so again. (Have I said thank you yet? THANK YOU - Conrad has advanced to the finals because of you~)

Head on to fill out the poll in this post and vote for your OTP ships of choice. We have Conrad/Yuuri battling it out in Group #2. Hope you vote for them~

PS: Group #3 has both Wolfram/Yuuri and Yozak/Conrad. Just thought I'd mention them as well.

PPS: Ah, well, as long as I'm pimping ... Gwendal and Gunter are in poll #5. ETA: Saralegui is in it, too.

[Doujinshi Scanlation ~ Heaven Cannot Wait]

2008-07-04T01:01:30Z

This is the second part of ROCCA's Heaven Cannot Wait! /(^o^)/

☆ Rating: Barely PG ☆ Title: Heaven Cannot Wait [2006] ☆ Artist: ROCCA ☆ Scanlation by chez_maltesers & tani ☆ Comments loved~ ☆ Link: Post One of Two ☆ Post Two of Two ☆

KKM DVD News....If you have not heard...

2008-07-03T23:25:53Z

http://www.animeondvd.com/news/pr.php?pr_view=1436

Beta needed.

2008-07-03T04:35:05Z

Deareiji here (aka Happyfan) and I need a beta for my Conyuu fic Celebration. I finally finished chapter four and would love to post it asap, however it's a mess.

I need someone to disentangle my verbal confusion! lol.

Tell me if you're interested.

The Talk

2008-07-02T16:37:24Z

I was thinking yesterday... who (beside Yuuri's mom *scary thought*) would give Yuuri the talk? Gunter would spring a nosebleed at the thought of it. Gwendel is a no. *Gwendel's eye twitches, and his fingers knit an invisible plushie before he escapes to his office*. That leaves Conrad.

Yuuri may have gotten the talk already in the human world. But someone might want to explain different dating rituals, taboos, and other differences. Does a fic exist out there covering the talk?

Fic Update!! Cravings and Ravings part 6 by Vanessa S. Quest rated R or M, whichever.

2008-07-02T06:50:58Z

Title: Cravings and Ravings, Part 6

After a good forty-minute nap, Yuri couldn’t keep his own concentration up to block off the hunger pains, it seemed even his dreams were daunting him, the air smelt like curry as he walked through the castle, in the one dream. As he walked past people, brushing skin to skin they would turn into elements of curry, when Conrad turned into noodles and potatoes, though, Yuri had snapped awake and cried.

Looking back out across the scenery, he decided he’d have to chance it, he’d go into the kitchen and see if he could smoke out something he wanted to eat. After all, if he managed to do that, he’d be capable of ditching the stomach pains, and the guilty conscience of wanting to eat Conrad, though he was fairly certain that also was what on Earth was referred to as a Freudian slip.

Yuri realized it was a good idea the more his stomach churned, almost yelling at him as if it knew food was imminent. By time he reached the kitchen, he began to scan the massive pantries, then lifting up soup lids to spy the contents in search for something good enough to indulge himself with.

He heard footsteps behind him as his stomach clenched, turning he suspected to spot Conrad, having a sneaking impression that his lover had returned along with his willingness to attempt to eat something non-curry. Lid in air, he turned around only to feel something hard strike into his back, instead of piercing him, however, it sliced as he turned in perfect time.

Yuri’s hand fumbled back, splashing into the hot soup as he spotted another silver knife come at him again, within an instance, an all too familiar sinking feeling pulled him through the very hot soup, his blood streaking the outside of the pot as he fell back to Earth leaving behind a very confused assassin.

Stumbling out of a pond nearby a baseball field adjacent to his old elementary school, Yuri felt burning pains and pins and needles shoot throughout his back, sides, limbs, well honestly just everywhere produced a painful low throbbing and ache. Glancing about, he wasn’t sure if he had brought back his attacker, too, so he decided now would be the time to get the heck out of dodge, wandering with an intense drive to get home and somewhere safe.

As Yuri reached his native home on Earth, Conrad returned to the castle, Yozak in tow, both with a sense of ominous dread. Yozak had found out the sect was doubling back, when they had decided to divide and conquer, unfortunately for the first party of the division, the conquering was had by Yozak shortly before the man was quartered.

Upon seeing the streak and splatter of red, and a familiar shaped throwing knife that Yozak had had the pleasure of digging two near identical forms from himself earlier, Conrad set the palace in lock-down before immediately riding off to Shinou’s temple.

Conrad pushed past the shrine maidens’ guard as he approached Ulrich frantically, Murata, spotting him waved Conrad along causing the female guards to stand down.

“Sir Weller, what brings you here…? Shibuya was already sent back wasn’t he?”

“…He’s missing from the castle, no one saw him leave though.”

“You’re holding something back, there’s no reason to come rushing here like this for just that.”

“An assassin was on his way here, and when I entered the kitchen searching for him I saw blood I can only presume to be his as tacky decoration on one such weapon and utensils. Including a large pot.”

Murata’s head whipped around in time to see Ulrich approaching the main shrine. The two men following her lead as she entered, her hands reached up to hover about what looked like a celestial map.

“It’s as you suspected, Yuri-heika is no longer on Shin Makoku. He has returned to Earth.”

Shinou approached from behind the watery curtain, “What’s more is he isn’t alone. I’ll open a portal, you should hurry before something happens to him.”

Conrad nodded, grasping his sword, “How many?”

“Only one.” Shinou answered curtly, “We’ll forgo ceremony as it will just be these two, go to the fountain. Now.” He flipped up his curly blond hair as he vanished, moments later appearing before the fountain as he opened a portal in the waterway.

As Conrad gave Ulrich a look, he and Murata made hurried steps as her words rang out through the air, “Sir Weller, he’s hurt.”

Conrad and Murata sprinted through it, not saving time to stand on ceremony as Shinou himself had chosen to skimp it.

Conrad sat up from the water, taking in a short gasp to collect his breath and spit out some water that he had caught in his mouth. Pushing himself to his feet, he spotted Murata. The teen glanced up and down, “We’re near Shibuya’s home. He must have headed there. We should find him first then look for the assassin. Preferably after transferring him back.”

Conrad nodded, both realizing that with Shibuya in his condition that he could die long before the assassin even laid claims.

Yuri began hitting the doorbell several times, ringing it as he leaned into the door heavily.

He could feel how heavy the world felt on his back and shoulders, breathing was made so much harder as he continually had to pant in breaths.

“I’m coming, mou…”

Yuri smiled, hearing his mother’s voice from afar, after all, four centimeters of dense wood and then meters between she and the door were infinitely wide a gap as all he wanted to was to be inside with some delusion of safety there, he didn’t even care if he caused a fuss with the way he felt.

“Yuu-chan!” Her eyes gaped as Himiko opened the door, Yuri slumping forward into her. Pulling her prone son indoors, she then closed the door before spotting red on her palms. “Yuu-chan!”

Yuri forced himself up by propping his weight against the wall, “Tadaima… Mama…”

Her eyes did a double-take, hardly feeling the chance to be elated at the words.

“…I have to tell you something… very important, mama… I’m pregnant, and an assassin is after me… he knocked me into this world, but I can’t stay. I have to find Shori and get back or else something very, very bad can happen.”

Yuri felt the cramps coming over his body, to top that, he also could see the two different colored spots showing through his shirt now, illuminating a good portion of his stomach.

“Yuu-chan… you’re bleeding…”

“Where’s Shori now…?”

“He went out to pick up more curry-powder. What’s going on, Yuu-chan?” The slight woman approached the equally slight teen as she ushered him to the kitchen to sit down, so she could find the source of the blood, though the slash in the fabric was a bit of a give-away as to where it was and what.

Just as she sat Yuri down she heard the doorbell ring and the door open. A polite, “Sorry for the intrusion,” rang through the air, Murata’s tactful voice informing the two Shibuyas just whom had entered. “Mama, is Shibuya here?”

Nodding, vigorously, the brunette replied, “We’re in here Ken-chan!” She put her hand on Yuri’s shoulder.

The double-black turned to spot Conrad, glad to see him there as well. “Conrad…” He smiled before slumping into the table, reeling in pain. His body erupted in cold sweat, his face flush as if he had a fever.

“YURI!” The older man approached his husband, hand clutching his own, “Yuri hold on!”

Yuri smiled faintly, “I’ll be fine, I’m just tired… it must have been because I inadvertently opened the portal. Gisela told me not to do that, but my maoh form doesn’t usually listen to what people instruct; doctors included apparently.”

“We have to get you back to Shin Makoku…”

Ken smiled, “Mama, where’s Shori-nii?”

Yuri answered for him, “At the grocery store, picking up curry-powder. Is this some form of death by curry? That’s really not fair if it is! What’s so wrong with wanting some comfort food when you’re pregnant?”

Conrad gave a pained smile, just seeing Yuri like this tore at his insides. “Yuri… how long have you been here for now?”

“…Over an hour, I think.” He pressed his hand to his stomach, wincing. “Conrad, I see the marks again, they’re getting so bright…” His lids fell half-way down his eyes, weighted and puffy. The whites of his eyes, Conrad noticed, were exuding a soft blue light, the soft glow that had been enveloping him for the most of the past few weeks had become so faint that only with the accent of such an extreme pale white, could the color be distinguished, even his pale skin wasn’t pale enough to show the illumination.

“…What?” He put his hand on Yuri’s shoulder, giving Murata a well-placed look. The double-black sage approached the royal couple.

Yuri felt something strike his stomach hard enough to send him buckling into the table, his left arm reached out to steady his weight before failing him, he collapsed to his left into Conrad’s expectant arms.

Lowering him to the floor, laying into Conrad’s lap, Conrad stroked the sides of Yuri’s face, mentally chanting how very, very bad this was.

Yuri let out a low, writhing moan, “Aahhnnngh… itai…” The sweat became a fine layer glossing over all of his skin, his eyes clenched shut, the irradiating glow on his stomach that Yuri had been so focused upon, though no one else could see, was so blinding he could even see it with his eyes shut now. His eyes began to dart back and forth underneath the lids as Ken gave Conrad a knowing look.

“…His maryoku isn’t going to hold out much longer, it’s about to collapse.”

“If he does that, the only option we have is to…” As they spoke the door opened, Shori carrying in two bags of groceries.

“Shori-chan!” The two conscious men in the kitchen noticed the blur that was Himiko as she rushed out and the larger, darker blur, that was Shori pulled behind her.

“Older brother of my friend, open a portal… NOW!” Ken commanded, already pouring water on the floor over and around Yuri, creating a fine film of water over the linoleum. “Otherwise…”

Shori’s eyes shot wide, “What is he even doing here?! I thought you said he could die if he-” as if realizing that he didn’t really need to know right that instance, he touched the water, sending the four men through the portal, Himiko standing in the now empty kitchen, with a large puddle of water and blood on her floor. She let out a sigh before picking up some paper towels to sop up the mess.

“…I wonder if his boys will have wings?” She said in a false calm, Shori had reported back to her just what he had heard about twins, and she had decided upon herself that they would be boys, probably just because she would never be allowed to have the pleasure of taking her female heirs out for parfaits, fate was cruel sometimes!

Shori felt the water whip away in a growing, howling wind, as it spun around and around he couldn’t help but feel that this must be what the center of a tornado is, though he was surprised that an earthquake and tornado would hit simultaneously, it seemed statistically unlikely.

As the wind started to die down and turn into golden glowing butterflies, then dissipate into a glowing powder in an explosion of pollen, he started to doubt this as a weather anomaly.

Conrad continued to rub Yuri’s face, propping the teen up in the water as he slowly pulled him from the fountain with one arm tucking across Yuri’s chest, wrapping from under his arms. “Yuri… Yuri can you hear me?”

The earth insistently continued to shake and stutter, though the grass was beginning to grow out very lush looking vines for the wear.

Conrad pulled Yuri fully from the water, as his feet hit the greenery, Yuri started to come around or at least unconsciously moved with some semblance of walking. He staggered and swerved drunkenly unaware of his limb placements.

“Yuri, Yuri concentrate, Yuri can you hear me? Say something to me.” Conrad constantly stated behind the teen into his ear.

“C… Conrad… my stomach feels like it’s going to be ripped in half…”

Murata turned to face Shori, “We need to get back to Earth. Someone came with him who really shouldn’t be left to his own devices.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means Yozak will be going with you.” Conrad said authoritatively, Yozak stepped out from behind the fountain, shocked that Conrad even spotted him, though he wasn’t hiding… he just hadn’t gotten up to them yet.

“You mean the person who did this is still at large over there? Is he going to be alright, Captain? He isn’t in labor is he…?”

Conrad’s eyebrows knitted, “Is Gisela behind you?”

Yozak nodded twice, “She is. So he is?”

“It looks like it. I can’t talk now, just get back to Earth before you lose track of him, you’ve lost about an hour and ten minutes over there.”

Conrad would have asked how long they had been gone for, but Yuri let out a pained scream, the garbled gasp was followed by the air being pierced by a fiercely driven, “HEIKA!” Apparently, Gisela had arrived.

Yozak grabbed Shori’s arm pulling him back to the water, “We should go, now. We can’t get in their way right now and we can’t lose more time, so if you’d be so kind and step this way…”

Shori blushed, completely out of phase with how he should move of act in a situation as bizarre as child-birthing, let alone of his kid brother’s Mazoku pregnancy and delivery… he subconsciously let out a, “We’ll be back as soon as we can, if anything happens to him though… it’ll be a war between our worlds, you hear me? I’ll kill you if he doesn’t pull through this!”

Conrad didn’t seem to hear him, at all, actually, as he completely ignored the other.

Shori created a portal that swallowed both Yozak and himself within it, reappearing in the kitchen, Yozak smiled as he spotted the feisty brunette in a frilly apron with scalloped edges to die for.

As the portal sealed, Gisela and Murata began to pour on their maryoku to stabilize Yuri.

“Heika… hold on, you’re going into labor…”

“Can he really do such so soon? Will he survive this…?” Conrad didn’t even spare the hope that their children would, that was hard enough but the thought of losing Yuri on top of that loss made his voice crack as his fingers quivered and shook.

Gisela couldn’t think of an appropriate answer, “We don’t have the time for this, Sir Weller. We have to start the delivery now.” She began to undo the buttons of Yuri’s shirt, exposing his stomach.

Yuri craned his neck up, from lying flatly against the ground to see the two brightly lit regions of his stomach. Gisela gasped.

“He’s much farther along than I thought… I can see his shielding…” She, and anyone within a one-meter radius really, could see the forming lump of two parts of a yin-yang pulled apart about one decimeter from each other, one a soft garnet red, the other a gentle amber, slowly growing brighter and swelling larger. “Pick him up and carry him to the nearest bed you can find.” She lifted her kit as Conrad did as he was instructed, several shrine maidens and guards began to lead the way while others ran off to get more blankets and hot water, though Ken himself wondered what the point in that would be, as they wouldn’t have a need to really sterilize much of anything.

Yuri let out another set of strangled, pained gasps and screams. His head whipped left than right.

“Yuri-heika try to breathe deeply, we don’t have much time, we have to separate your shielding, it is about to tear free.” Gisela put her glowing hand over Yuri’s forehead as she spoke, it seemed to bring Yuri down from his pain-high to make him at least slightly tangible of what was occurring.

“My babies… but… oh gods Conrad they aren’t going to be okay like this are they… oh gods this is all my fault…” Tears were streaming down his face for mixed reasons as more pain raked up and down his being.

“There is a good chance they can still pull through, even though they’re early…” Gisela mentioned.

“You mean you can still fix me… before they have… AGH! Itai, itai…” Yuri’s face squinted, contorting in reeling pain.

“No, they’re coming out now.”

Conrad began to brush back Yuri’s bangs, realizing Yuri sounded more pained the more conscious he was becoming of the medical crisis building about him. “Names… Yuri, we never really thought of names… what do you think we should call them…?” He managed to keep his voice steady, he was amazed at himself for being able to sound so calm but accredited that to knowing this would be the only way he could keep Yuri out of pain and possibly survive the ordeal.

After all, the children were a lost cause, and even thinking of naming dead children was too heart-breaking to imagine, so they had to come up with names fast, while their children were still alive.

“K… Kazuharu, definitely… for a middle name for one… and…” Yuri’s eyes trailed outside as he spotted continually growing vines that even he knew were out of season for this time of year, after all, two inches of snow told him that much. He felt strangely dizzy, and felt as if he were delusional though that is an odd thing to say for yourself, but, were those vines floating, it looked like glowing green and red shaded pixies, the kinds of English fairies with four dragon-fly wings on their backs and pointed ears, were holding them all up as if showing them off.

He let out a hic as sob racked him, the pain had just intensified, “They’re gonna die aren’t they…” Yuri said as Conrad squeezed his hand in his.

“Of course not, Yuri, we have strong children… they’ll pull through, just as Gisela said.” Conrad lied, but convincing Yuri of this would only increase his chances of pulling through.

“…Satuharu for the middle name of Kazuharu’s twin. You pick the first names. Kazuharu means wind born of spring, Satuharu is fairytale born of spring… because Satu-chan’s powers look like English pixies…” He let out another pained cry, whimpering as Conrad locked eyes with him.

“I see… well, Satuharu is the earth-user with powerful maryoku, then we’ll name it Andreas Satuharu if that’s a boy, or Andrea Satuharu if that’s a girl. Andreas and Andrea mean to be strong, so it would be fitting don’t you think? For the other, if it’s a boy Giancarlo Kazuharu for gracious and powerful… or if that’s a girl, Hannelore for gracious.”

Yuri smiled before letting out an audible, ear-piercing screech. “AHN!” He collapsed back limply, Conrad watched his eyes close.

“Yuri…!” Conrad’s hand cupped Yuri’s cheek, his fingers slowly trailed lower, tucking under his chin digging into the side to feel for a pulse, secretly hoping Yuri really had fainted, Gisela would probably have to remove the two babies, and if it came down to removing the bodies, it would probably be better if Yuri never saw them.

At the sound of Gisela grunting as she pulled out one body, the sound of a healthy cry caught Conrad’s ear, making him turn to face the infant, shocked.

The garnet cord dangling, tethering him to Yuri didn’t catch Conrad’s eye, but the healthy size of the baby did… “Gisela, how long were we gone? What month is it?”

“Today is March 21st. For three weeks early and a young first-time parent, he’s surprisingly plump.” Gisela smiled softly, resting the baby gently in one of the shrine maidens’ arms before entering to pull out the second baby.

Conrad let out a relieved sigh he hadn’t realized he was holding in. He looked at the unconscious Yuri to the garnet-glowing earth-user, the baby had dark brown hair and between opening and closing his dark brown eyes. The fair skin took much more after Yuri though, as did the shapes of the eyes, he looked very similar to Yuri as a baby, and Conrad was quite familiar with that image as he had burnt it into his mind so many years ago.

Gisela cooed gently to the unconscious Yuri, “You’re doing great Yuri-heika… keep bolstering yourself a little longer…” She knew he was unconscious, as evident by the lack of screams, but she also saw the way his stomach and chest held a faint blue gleam again as he was enveloped in maryoku.

The green-haired sergeant gently pulled out the second baby, the amber cord tethering him to Yuri’s body fell away as the blue shield suddenly vanished, leaving Yuri to look ethereal with his white skin even cooler and lighter than porcelain.

Conrad looked at his other son, this one bore a resemblance to himself and Yuri, he could tell he would look more like Conrad in the face, the eyes were more of his shape, as was his chin, but he was still plump. With a darker skin-tone than his brother and almost completely black hair, he noticed the tips of his front bangs were dabbed with the slightest bit of white, he took in an internalized gasp, it was… very familiar to Julia’s one tuft of blue hair in her otherwise white mane, and Conrad already anticipated Yuri’s anxieties for it.

As the baby opened his eyes, Conrad took notice that he was… partially a double black, his left eye was a pale amber while the other was pitch black. At that moment, he realized what had to be done, “…Gisela, when you send them back to the nursery, send someone to trim his hair, to trim the white out of his bangs.”

He whispered softly to her in order to assure Yuri, even unconsciously, couldn’t hear.

Gisela nodded, knowingly, after all she had been there during the explosion. The shrine maidens holding the twin heirs bowed as they took the two new editions to the nursery with their orders in mind.

She smiled as she looked at Yuri, though her face held a darkness to it. “He isn’t fairing well. Please summon Geika.”

Upon hearing his title said, Murata approached, he held out his finger to be snagged by little Andreas, he let another finger be clutched by little Giancarlo before pulling himself away and approaching Yuri, already making his maryoku leak freely, surrounding Murata in a faint amber glow.

“What can we do for him?” Conrad’s voice was serious, grave, after what Yuri’s body had endured he looked ready to collapse dead by just breathing.

“Keep talking to him, reach out to him while we work on healing him, I’m certain he wants to hear what his children look like.” Gisela mentioned as her hand hovered above Yuri’s stomach, also aware of the attention his back would need.

“Yuri, we’re going to need another vacation after this I think. Let’s do that back on Earth, so you can eat all the curry you can? We’ll bring our sons and daughter over, so your mom can meet her grandkids, I’m sure she’ll just love that.”

Yuri smiled softly, his eyes touched together, still contorting in pain.

It struck Conrad then that Shori and Yozak would soon return with the assassin, possibly within the month, though definitely before the year is up.

“Can’t do that yet… they can’t swim…” Yuri’s soft whisper startled Conrad out of his reverie.

“W… When did you wake up, Yuri?” Conrad smiled, the double-black’s eyes were still rested shut, weakly.

“I don’t think I have yet. Everything aches… but… but are they okay?”

“Yes, we have two very healthy, happy baby boys. The shrine maidens are giving them baths and weighing them, and running all the necessary checks.”

Yuri’s smile widened. “…That’s great. I’m so hungry…” Yuri laughed softly. “Do you think Shori will be mad that we’re making him a gopher if I ask him to go back to get some curry…?”

Timed perfectly, Shori and Yozak returned, surprising Conrad, it meant the two had taken less than five minutes to find the assassin on Earth, and yet somehow managed to not bring him back…?

Yozak handed the Captain a crock-pot. “Mission accomplished, Captain.” He slung his arm around Shori, flirtatiously.

Shori didn’t even seem to mind that…

“…What happened?” Conrad asked cautiously.

“Hit and run, officer, honestly.” Shori said, holding his hand up in the air. “I witnessed the whole thing.”

Yozak smirked, “Yeah and I helped… rather, I did too.” The playful banter shocked Conrad, who instantly was shushing them.

“The babies are in the other room, they’re healthy, why don’t you go see them while Yuri regains his strength.”

Shori nodded once, “Before that… Yozak, there’s something else I want to see.”

“Oh-ho and what’s that?”

…Conrad chose to ignore how blatantly the two were coming on to each other, and how Yozak’s arm and Shori’s hand were gradually moving more and more south getting ready to cross certain borders.

“The kitchen. If we spill this curry again, okaasan won’t remake it. She already made curry twice today, I’m not going to ask for her to go for number three.”

Conrad almost seemed disappointed for Yozak, having expected the line to be a bit more raunchy, he was surprised at himself, normally he wasn’t the sort to meddle.

“After we see the babies we’ll hump like rabbits though, right? I have this cute little outfit that really looks like…” Yozak paused to think as Yuri groaned, even more pained. He pointed to one of the guards, “Like that.”

Shori smirked, “Interesting. You don’t happen to still have the maid uniform you had Yuri try did you…?”

“Oh that, heavens yes! The pinks go with my hair so…”

“You two, out! Now!” Conrad rubbed his hand down his face, Yuri’s pained sounds were growing quite loud in proportion to the lengths of that conversation.

As the two exited, Yuri braved opening his eyes, “Ugh I feel awful, Conrad…” As Yuri sat forward, propped against his husband’s side, Gisela began treating his back, earning her several winces.

“We’ll let you rest up for as long as you’d like after this Yuri. “

“I want to see the babies before those deviants start to corrupt them…”

Conrad flinched, “But of course.” He hoped the maidens had worked quickly to trim up his son’s hair.

TBC.

Please R & R. The story doesn’t have too much left in it, then it will have to be continued on in a new story with some OCs added in. ^_^ Sorry if my explanation seems stretched too, but I think the principle of the matter works. What do you think?

Author: Vanessa S. Quest
Pairings: ConYuu, MuRam, ShoYoz, GwenGun.
Comments: Yes please?

Fic Update!! Cravings and Ravings part 5 by Vanessa S. Quest rated PGish?

2008-07-02T02:47:09Z

Title: Cravings and Ravings, Part 5:

“Yuri, you have to eat something…” Conrad’s voice carried from behind the door, as the maids, Gisela, Gunter, Gwendel, Wolfram and Murata listened in eagerly. Of course, what they were really doing, if anyone was actually paying attention to the details were refolding the same sets of linens (24 times now), bringing out jam and water, handling cut flowers (petals askew), hiding compulsive knitting-hands while trying to get Gunter’s attention, and eaves-dropping respectively.

“No! No way! I can’t eat, you know that!” Yuri’s voice sounded like a defiant boom, minus the energy.

Conrad raked his fingers through his hair, how could he get Yuri to be reasonable? And, ideally achieve it without bringing him back to hysterics which he had taken four hours to finally calm the teen from.

“…Yuri, you didn’t eat breakfast, it’s well past lunch and you still haven’t eaten. Please think of your health, doing this will only make you ill.”

“How can you even say that?! If I even think of eating anything besides curry right now, my stomach gets all knotted up! I feel sick just talking about it! I’m not eating!”

Conrad’s hand covered his face, “But, darling…”

“Don’t ‘but, darling’ me any! I won’t have it!” He sniffled, just recalling the loss made his stomach gurgle angrily. He whimpered.

“…Yuri…”

“I can’t help it! I already told you, if I even think of eating something else I feel…” he wretched once, covering his mouth with his hand. He shook his head to free the tears from the corners of his eyes, feeling miserable. “We shouldn’t have left Shinou’s Temple! When Shori gets back he’s going to have more curry so I can eat…” He wiped his eyes.

“You still have to eat before then; it’s going to take at least two days for him to get back.” Conrad again attempted to reason, apparently that wasn’t the way to do it though… which he had suspected originally, Yuri broke down and began to sob.

“Two days?!” Yuri wiped at his own eyes in exasperation trying to make himself calm down. “What did I ever do to deserve this kind of luck! I’m so hungry…” Yuri leaned his stomach against his knees, his very empty feeling stomach.

“Yuri, even if you eat something you don’t want, it will put something in you.”

“No!” Yuri continued to whine, Conrad turned around, he felt the frivolity of the situation cumulate and push him well into the depths of petty annoyance. It was downright childish! He took a meditative breath. The only way to prevent the hunger-strike and save themselves the misery of a grouchy and hungry Yuri would be to convince the teen to at least eat something, but lo, Yuri wasn’t being forthcoming.

He knew his own breaking point was fast-approaching, though he wasn’t mad at Yuri even with his ridiculous demands, the cuteness of the teenager adding to that overall effect, but between his lack of ability to do anything for him with his mood so set, having to deal with Gwendel and Wolfram both, and then deal with the frustrated Yuri his two brothers produced as a byproduct of their own attitudes… then throw in Shori to boot- Conrad turned around and let out a lengthy sigh.

“Yuri, forgive me, but I have to excuse myself for the time-being.”

Yuri blinked, where was that coming from? “What do you mean? Why do you have to go just because I can’t think of something to eat?”

Conrad smiled at Yuri hoping it would silence him, he really didn’t want to snap at Yuri, that would be devastating to the cause, and it really wasn’t Yuri’s fault things were as they were… but he also knew his temper had reached that point. The specific point that told him to at least find someone he dislikes to stand near, so at least snapping at them would make him feel better.

“I’m curious as to Yozak’s status. He was tracking down the men who abducted you. Unfortunately, there isn’t anything I can do for you beyond that.” He lied, well, it was the most productive thing he could do to keep his own sanity so it was only a slight fib.

Yuri sighed. “You’re mad at me now too!” He let his head drop, “…Fine, I don’t want to make you even more annoyed, but I can’t help it! Why did you even bother bringing me back from the temple?!” Yuri hissed out.

Conrad, in a rare moment of misdirected anger bit out, “Because I can hardly leave you with Shinou’s Shrine Maidens as adequate guard with assassins looming about! Please at least try to think of it from my perspective, darling.” He somehow managed to keep his tone even, fair, “You take off, on a horse no less, without guards, then you refuse to eat… you’re going to make yourself sick and I know who will have to be there to keep you calm. I love you, you know that, but… but there are things I have to do to and I don’t want you to feel like I’m mad at you when I’m frustrated because I am not frustrated at you.”

Yuri’s eyes widened. “…Liar.” As they quivered, tears began to bead at the edges, “You are too frustrated at me! Maybe not out of anger… but we haven’t managed to even have sex and I’ve started things twice… and…” Yuri stopped himself from explaining how he came to notice how the three brothers shared a trait of how they get bent out of shape when they didn’t get to have a long-sought sexual release, though Conrad was the best at managing in all things fair.

Conrad smiled softly back at Yuri, “Give me more credit than that, Yuri.” He put a hand on Yuri’s shoulder, “I’ll return shortly. Please try to eat something.”

Yuri’s shoulders slumped underneath Conrad’s hand. “Fine… if you have to… tell Yozak I said thanks for saving me, okay?”

Conrad nodded, “Of course, though I’m sure he already knows that.”

Yuri smiled before Conrad left the room, annoyed to no ends that the hunger-strike had in fact started.

Once the room had emptied out a bit Yuri walked over to the window groaning at the flaring hunger pains as the minutes passed he was getting more and more hungry.

He was startled out of his blank reverie watching the greenery by a loud knock at the door, half-jumping from his seat; he turned to glare at the source of the noise. His eyes diverted when he spotted Gwendel. He was already in his own mood between no curry and his spouse abandoning him for self-preservation. “…Did you need something?” Yuri’s voice was a bit weak, not quite caring to actively pursue a tongue-lashing he suspected the older Mazoku might be hoping to dole out.

“I came to offer my sincere apologies for my actions last night.” The formal tone was blatant, making Yuri think two things about the apology, one- it was forced (by Conrad) and thus not heart-felt, and for two- it was painful for him to have to say it, after all, he was being officially punished by the way he used his words, as if the apology made him lose face.

“No offense, but I don’t want to hear it if you’re going to sound so insincere. I’ll tell Conrad you apologized when he gets back, but I know you still think you were right for yelling at me, so just save your breath.”

Gwendel flinched, “That isn’t the case.” He paused to reflect on just how to word it, “Whether or not my anger was justified I directed it against the wrong parties, and in the wrong format. I shouldn’t have lashed out like that, it was immature and unconstructive. I’m sorry. If it had been anyone else I wouldn’t have acted in such a way, but I hold you on high standards.”

Yuri blinked, he had presumed the reason he acted that way was because of him, but not because Gwendel thought highly of him, oh contraire, he was sure the elder thought he was a complete idiot who needed constant supervision, and possibly a protective helmet.

“You have so much power, potential and charisma, at times it makes you seem older than you are, beyond that, you are out of your element, you don’t know how to control their powers and I doubt anyone really would know what to do in your position either, save for a seasoned veteran… and I’m not aware of any.”

Yuri smiled, “So you aren’t mad at me?”

“No.” Gwendel bowed his head solemnly.

“…So I’m no longer banned from your office and paperwork?”

“Don’t push your luck.”

Yuri grimaced, “Ah, well then, apology accepted. Thanks. Are you sure you don’t want help with cleaning up your office though? I really do feel bad about that…”

“No thank you, the maids have already straightened it up, and that which is left is sorting best left to myself.”

“I see.” Yuri’s stomach growled again, cramping angrily. Flinching, he doubled over.

“Heika!” Gwendel’s eyes widened at the sight of such a pained, yet adorable, face.

“I… I’m fine, I haven’t eaten all day but I can’t eat anything either. That’s all. Don’t worry about this, it’ll pass soon.”

As if acting upon narration, his stomach uncoiled, allowing him to sit back up. He turned to peer out the window again. “If you don’t mind, I’d rather just sulk about that alone, for a while more. Maybe I’ll think of something else to eat if I do.”

Gwendel nodded, “If you wish, I’ll come back to check on you shortly.”

“Fair enough.” Yuri leaned his head back against the sill, closing his eyes lightly as he tried to fall asleep and escape the hunger pains, maybe to sleep was better than to suffer.

TBC.

Author: Vanessa S. Quest
Pairings: ConYuu, ShoYoz, GwenGun, MuRam, etc.

Please R & R!

ConYuu vid- help with songs

2008-07-01T12:50:56Z

Hi, I've recently discovered Kyo Kara Maoh and fell in love with Conrad/Yuuri. The love meter scene made me look for ConYuu on the 'net. I've been having fun scouring the fanfic and fanart memories of this community. I've also been watching ConYuu amvs on youtube.

After looking over the threads I found here highlighting ConYuu moments, I would love to make a vid that covers their relationship before THAT arc (since I'm not beyond that point in the series, and so many vids cover that arc). I want to include the looks, touches, Conrad to the rescue moments, and heart to hearts. I've made a few amvs before, so I'm hoping I can do a good job.

The only problem is my brain is not coming up with a song. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

conradxyuuri @ 2008-06-30T23:50:00

2008-07-01T03:55:36Z

I just want to make a bit of a rant about the complete lack of ConYuu fanfic up on ff.net... there's so little new stuff that comes up that it completely sucks. >.> And thus I'd like to encourage three things at this point.

1- If you have old stories but never put them on ff.net, do so.
2- If you have new stories but not on ff.net- put them there too.
3- If you have ambition-- WRITE stories and put them on ff.net.

<3 I would uber appreciate any influx of ConYuu and it is easier to just wade through ff.net by using the ConYuu community Ma-chan and I maintain then having to filter through everything on the tags here.

^_^'''' Sorry for the rant (as I should be putting more of my own stories out) but I'm on temporary hiatus from putting up the new parts I have written due to my laptop not being connected to the internet (and thus my stories which are on the laptop are not connected to the web to get online to ff.net. ^_^''' Fourth option I suppose is for updates from others, I guess... ha... ha... *ducks*)

Meanwhile-- whats the latest episode up now for kkm?

Novel help please....

2008-06-30T17:37:10Z

this is from Novel 11: Yagate Ma no Tsuku Uta ni Naru! right?...can somebody explain what is going on in this illustration? thanks in advance :) it looks so ConYuu, LOL...i couldnt find any english translations for KKM novels...help...