FIC: TAATS Chapter 6: Revelation
Title: The Admirer and the Sage (Chapter 6: Revelation)
Author: Batty_Gal a.k.a Tetra26
Rating: T+
Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou
Pairing: Wolfram x Murata
Word Count: 2304
Fic Type: Ongoing
Summary: Secrets of the castle are revealed, and Shaggy and Scooby... er... Wolfram and Murata... go exploring. Also, Wolfram finds proof of who the masked man is, and confronts the person he thinks is responsible.
Prior chapters: 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5
Disclaimer (Please Read): I thought I might need to put this just in case some of you don't know. If you haven't read my profile (on FF.net or either LJ) - it's possible you don't know how I feel about the whole Seme/Uke thing. I don't follow it. So, neither Wolfram nor Murata are Seme or Uke in this fic. I only bring this up because it looks like there may be a complete physical scene between certain characters later on, and I know that some people only like to read certain characters as top/bottom. Apologies if you got this far into it and don't like the idea of whatever character topping/bottoming. I'll go back and put a disclaimer in the first chapter so that newer readers with these preferences won't potentially waste their time reading so far into it.
The Admirer and the Sage
by Tetra26/Batty Gal
Chapter 6: Revelation
Another few weeks passed, and another meeting about the masked man was taking place.
His mode of operation was the same, showing up out of the blue, committing some form of trickery, and then disappearing as quickly as he came. The only difference, though no one except Wolfram knew it, was that Wolfram was no longer experiencing sexual harassment; he was just experiencing sexual.
Ever since that night on the path, Wolfram didn't even bother with the premise of trying to catch the masked man, at least in private. He still ranted about it in pubic, but secretly he was enjoying his run-ins with the man. They excited him, and more than anything he needed some sort of excitement in his life.
They never went too far, although Wolfram briefly entertained the thought. As excited as the other man got him, he knew that he couldn't go all the way with him. For starters, the man was still a stranger. Wolfram couldn't see himself making love to someone he didn't know - though there were times when he was so aroused that he wanted to give in.
Besides, he wanted his complete first time experience to be with someone who loved him - someone who he loved back.
He shook himself out of his thoughts about the masked man, and looked around the table. His eyes rested on Murata, who was answering one of Gwendal's questions. He thought back to when he had briefly entertained the thought that Murata could be the masked man, and mentally smiled at the ridiculousness of it.
After all, the Great Sage was the type of person that was direct. He wouldn't go through something as elaborate as dressing up, sneaking around, and playing pranks. If he wanted Wolfram, he'd directly come on to him. Wolfram thought back to that week when he had taken care of the other man after his fall. That was how Murata would act towards him if he was interested, as far as he was concerned.
He was surprised at how bitter he felt about Murata not being interested in him. Ever since that dream he had, Wolfram had taken more notice of the Sage, and wasn't happy when he realized what he was doing.
He did not like the idea that he was getting over one unrequited love just to go for another. It was bad enough the first time around, and Wolfram wanted to take every last precaution possible to prevent it from happening a second time.
He was interrupted from the angst that he so willfully allowed himself to fall into by the voice of an excited Günter.
“So when I found this blueprint, I understood just how the masked man was getting into the castle!” his exclaimed.
Wolfram was instantly alert, and the entire room came abuzz.
Günter continued. “Apparently one of the former Maou's had these secret passageways added on, but kept the blueprint that showed the castle without those modifications.”
He watched as Yozak stared at the blueprint and whistled.
“So that's how he's been getting in! ” the redhead said.
“I wonder how he learned about these passageways when even we were not aware of them?” Gwendal asked, curiously.
“I'm not sure, but I think it would be a good idea to check them. I don't like the idea of someone freely breeching our security like this, no matter how harmless he may be,” Conrad said.
“He is not harmless,” Wolfram protested, half-heartedly.
“I say we split up into groups and explore each passageway!” Yuuri said, excitedly.
“Your Majesty, we should leave that up to the guards,” Gwendal said.
“I don't know, I kind of like Shibuya's idea,” Murata said. “It seems as if I faintly remember those passageways; I don't know why I didn't consider them before.”
Wolfram turned his attention back towards the Great Sage. He was looking over the blueprint with great interest, and Wolfram wasn't surprised that he'd go along with Yuuri's idea. He was about to turn to co-sign Yuuri's decision as well, but something about Murata distracted him.
“Sage... you have new glasses! Why?” he asked.
The others, who hadn't noticed the new glasses, looked at Murata.
He smiled shyly, and pushed them up further on his face. “I lost the others sometime last week, so I got a new pair with a slightly different frame.”
“Wow, I didn't even notice they were different!” Yuuri spoke up, and the others nodded.
“It's only natural that someone's other half notice things about their loved one before everyone else,” Yozak teased, which brought a blush to Wolfram and Murata's cheeks.
“Shut up, Yozak!” Wolfram gritted out.
“Anyhow, back on topic,” Yuuri said, quickly. “We'll split into three groups and explore together. Gwendal, you go with Günter. Wolfram, you go with Yozak...”
“Absolutely not! I'll go with the Sage,” he huffed. He rolled his eyes at Yozak's wide grin and Yuuri's shocked face. “You can go with Yozak and Conrad.”
“That arrangement's more than fine with me,” Murata backed him up suggestively as he grabbed his arm and pulled him close, which caused Yuuri's mouth to drop open and Yozak to catcall.
“Try not to knock each other up while you're in there,” the redhead said in an obnoxious manner, which prompted an elbow to his stomach from Conrad of all people.
Yuuri laughed nervously. “It's not like men can get pregnant, right?”
Six sets of eyes looked at the naive, uninformed man in pity.
“Right?” he asked again in desperation, as the others turned from him and walked off without shattering yet another of his illusions.
“Damn, it's stuffy in here,” Murata muttered as he and Wolfram made their way down the current passageway. They had already checked two of them, and had come up with nothing other than footprints.
This also found footprints in the current passageway they explored, and they were following them. This particular passageway had an opening behind one of the kitchen stoves, which could serve as an explanation on how the masked man had been so easily able to suddenly scare the maids.
Before they had went their respective ways to explore each pathway, the group had all located the entrances to each pathway together. Gwendal had not been amused to find one behind a bookcase in his office, and had vowed to collapse the entire pathway with his maryoku, which caused Murata and Yozak to cackle with amusement. The one found in Yuuri's room was met with stunned silence as everyone mused on how vulnerable the Maou had been all this time. A few suspicious looks towards Wolfram made him reveal that no, that pathway wasn't how he snuck in Yuuri's room all that time.
The men huddled together as they ventured further down the hidden entrance. Something skittered across the pathway in front of them, and both men jumped and held onto each another.
“What the Hell was that?!” Murata asked.
“I don't know, and I don't want to know!” Wolfram exclaimed.
They realized how tightly they were holding on to each other and let go. Murata picked up the lantern that he had dropped, and they continued further into the pathway, nervously.
“Other than these footprints, I don't see anything spectacular here,” Murata said, after awhile. Wolfram nodded, and they continued towards the connecting path.
“The end is ahead, and I can hear Gwendal talking,” Murata remarked. He walked faster towards the connecting path.
Wolfram was about to catch up, but a faint glint to the right of him caught his eye and he walked closer to it.
What he saw when he looked down shocked and horrified him - and pieces of a puzzling puzzle started to fall into place. He didn't know all of the how's, or the whys, but he was now completely certain he knew the who behind the identity of the masked man.
He picked up the tale-tell object, and secretly pocketed it.
That night, Wolfram paced the floor in his room while deeply in thought. He couldn't believe his discovery, and was still partially in denial over who the masked man was.
However, the evidence that he had obtained from the pathway floor was damning. There was no way that could have gotten there from anybody else, which led Wolfram to the conclusion that he so desperately tried to debunk.
He questioned why that person was pulling off such an elaborate scheme. He remembered the masked man saying he was doing it “just for him”, but why? What did he gain out of all of this? And how was that person able to act like he had done nothing like this in front of him?
As badly as he wanted to get angry about that last part, that was one of the things with the easiest of explanations. He was almost a hundred percent certain that the person in question wasn't even aware of his actions. So the biggest question was just what, or who, was influencing him to do those things?
A theory came to his mind, one that he didn't like one bit. Wolfram left his room, and furiously made his way towards the shrine.
Wolfram forced himself into the shrine, and demanded to speak to Shinou. The maidens were about to object, but Ulrike told Wolfram that he could be found in a room on the right.
He stomped off down towards the room, and when he got there he swung the door open. He narrowed his eyes at the familiar form in front of him, and closed the door behind him.
The other man smirked at him. “Why, Young Bielefeld, whatever is it that causes you to grace my presence today?” he asked, innocently.
Wolfram was immediately alarmed, and was completely certain that Shinou knew exactly why he was there.
“Just what are you up to this time,” he asked.
“Why, whatever are you talking about?” Shinou said as he shrugged..
“Oh you know exactly what I'm talking about,” Wolfram spat.
“Ah, so you've finally figured out who your secret pursuer is? That's wonderful!” he replied in a voice that managed to be both cheerful and mocking at the same time.
“Just why are you playing this game? What do you gain from it?”
“I am not the one playing the game, he is.”
“But you have something to do with it...”
“No, not this time. This is all him.”
“Then why? Why does he act as if he's unaware of what he's doing?”
“Because he isn't aware of what he's doing,” Shinou said, confirming what Wolfram had suspected.
“But then, why me? Why do this to me, of all people? Why make me feel this way?” Wolfram asked.
“That's because he wants you to be happy... with him,” Shinou said.
“I'm not happy to have such a joke played on me...”
“He isn't joking. At least, not with you. This is how he really feels about you.”
“I don't believe it. I don't believe that he's interested in me. I can't believe it!”
“Why not?” Shinou asked.
Wolfram couldn't answer his question. He simply didn't know why he couldn't wrap his mind around the idea that he cared for him. As far as he was concerned, it was this part, or personality that wanted him, not the real person.
He took the small object that he had found in the secret pathway and put it down on the mantle in front of Shinou.
“Tell him that one of the shrine maidens found it somewhere around here,” Wolfram said, and turned to leave.
“What are you going to do now that you know who he is?” Shinou asked.
“I'm going to turn him down. After all, it isn't him who's interested in me, only a personality of his,” the young man said sadly, and left the room.
“But it is you he's interested in Young Bielefeld - but it is,” Shinou said, as he stared down at Murata's missing glasses - which was the object that Wolfram had placed on the mantle.
Wolfram walked away from the shrine, and thought about the conversation with Shinou that he'd just had. He didn't know what to do from there, or how he would confront Murata - no - Murata's personality.
Unfortunately, he didn't even have time to prepare for the confrontation. The masked man in question then jumped down from the tree he was hiding in, right in front of Wolfram.
Author's Note: Well, that's it for this chapter. I threw that bit about male pregnancy in here for fun, there's no mpreg in this fic. Happy New Years everyone! Next chapter: Wolfram confronts the masked man!
Next Chapter: 7
Author: Batty_Gal a.k.a Tetra26
Rating: T+
Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou
Pairing: Wolfram x Murata
Word Count: 2304
Fic Type: Ongoing
Summary: Secrets of the castle are revealed, and Shaggy and Scooby... er... Wolfram and Murata... go exploring. Also, Wolfram finds proof of who the masked man is, and confronts the person he thinks is responsible.
Prior chapters: 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5
Disclaimer (Please Read): I thought I might need to put this just in case some of you don't know. If you haven't read my profile (on FF.net or either LJ) - it's possible you don't know how I feel about the whole Seme/Uke thing. I don't follow it. So, neither Wolfram nor Murata are Seme or Uke in this fic. I only bring this up because it looks like there may be a complete physical scene between certain characters later on, and I know that some people only like to read certain characters as top/bottom. Apologies if you got this far into it and don't like the idea of whatever character topping/bottoming. I'll go back and put a disclaimer in the first chapter so that newer readers with these preferences won't potentially waste their time reading so far into it.
The Admirer and the Sage
by Tetra26/Batty Gal
Chapter 6: Revelation
Another few weeks passed, and another meeting about the masked man was taking place.
His mode of operation was the same, showing up out of the blue, committing some form of trickery, and then disappearing as quickly as he came. The only difference, though no one except Wolfram knew it, was that Wolfram was no longer experiencing sexual harassment; he was just experiencing sexual.
Ever since that night on the path, Wolfram didn't even bother with the premise of trying to catch the masked man, at least in private. He still ranted about it in pubic, but secretly he was enjoying his run-ins with the man. They excited him, and more than anything he needed some sort of excitement in his life.
They never went too far, although Wolfram briefly entertained the thought. As excited as the other man got him, he knew that he couldn't go all the way with him. For starters, the man was still a stranger. Wolfram couldn't see himself making love to someone he didn't know - though there were times when he was so aroused that he wanted to give in.
Besides, he wanted his complete first time experience to be with someone who loved him - someone who he loved back.
He shook himself out of his thoughts about the masked man, and looked around the table. His eyes rested on Murata, who was answering one of Gwendal's questions. He thought back to when he had briefly entertained the thought that Murata could be the masked man, and mentally smiled at the ridiculousness of it.
After all, the Great Sage was the type of person that was direct. He wouldn't go through something as elaborate as dressing up, sneaking around, and playing pranks. If he wanted Wolfram, he'd directly come on to him. Wolfram thought back to that week when he had taken care of the other man after his fall. That was how Murata would act towards him if he was interested, as far as he was concerned.
He was surprised at how bitter he felt about Murata not being interested in him. Ever since that dream he had, Wolfram had taken more notice of the Sage, and wasn't happy when he realized what he was doing.
He did not like the idea that he was getting over one unrequited love just to go for another. It was bad enough the first time around, and Wolfram wanted to take every last precaution possible to prevent it from happening a second time.
He was interrupted from the angst that he so willfully allowed himself to fall into by the voice of an excited Günter.
“So when I found this blueprint, I understood just how the masked man was getting into the castle!” his exclaimed.
Wolfram was instantly alert, and the entire room came abuzz.
Günter continued. “Apparently one of the former Maou's had these secret passageways added on, but kept the blueprint that showed the castle without those modifications.”
He watched as Yozak stared at the blueprint and whistled.
“So that's how he's been getting in! ” the redhead said.
“I wonder how he learned about these passageways when even we were not aware of them?” Gwendal asked, curiously.
“I'm not sure, but I think it would be a good idea to check them. I don't like the idea of someone freely breeching our security like this, no matter how harmless he may be,” Conrad said.
“He is not harmless,” Wolfram protested, half-heartedly.
“I say we split up into groups and explore each passageway!” Yuuri said, excitedly.
“Your Majesty, we should leave that up to the guards,” Gwendal said.
“I don't know, I kind of like Shibuya's idea,” Murata said. “It seems as if I faintly remember those passageways; I don't know why I didn't consider them before.”
Wolfram turned his attention back towards the Great Sage. He was looking over the blueprint with great interest, and Wolfram wasn't surprised that he'd go along with Yuuri's idea. He was about to turn to co-sign Yuuri's decision as well, but something about Murata distracted him.
“Sage... you have new glasses! Why?” he asked.
The others, who hadn't noticed the new glasses, looked at Murata.
He smiled shyly, and pushed them up further on his face. “I lost the others sometime last week, so I got a new pair with a slightly different frame.”
“Wow, I didn't even notice they were different!” Yuuri spoke up, and the others nodded.
“It's only natural that someone's other half notice things about their loved one before everyone else,” Yozak teased, which brought a blush to Wolfram and Murata's cheeks.
“Shut up, Yozak!” Wolfram gritted out.
“Anyhow, back on topic,” Yuuri said, quickly. “We'll split into three groups and explore together. Gwendal, you go with Günter. Wolfram, you go with Yozak...”
“Absolutely not! I'll go with the Sage,” he huffed. He rolled his eyes at Yozak's wide grin and Yuuri's shocked face. “You can go with Yozak and Conrad.”
“That arrangement's more than fine with me,” Murata backed him up suggestively as he grabbed his arm and pulled him close, which caused Yuuri's mouth to drop open and Yozak to catcall.
“Try not to knock each other up while you're in there,” the redhead said in an obnoxious manner, which prompted an elbow to his stomach from Conrad of all people.
Yuuri laughed nervously. “It's not like men can get pregnant, right?”
Six sets of eyes looked at the naive, uninformed man in pity.
“Right?” he asked again in desperation, as the others turned from him and walked off without shattering yet another of his illusions.
“Damn, it's stuffy in here,” Murata muttered as he and Wolfram made their way down the current passageway. They had already checked two of them, and had come up with nothing other than footprints.
This also found footprints in the current passageway they explored, and they were following them. This particular passageway had an opening behind one of the kitchen stoves, which could serve as an explanation on how the masked man had been so easily able to suddenly scare the maids.
Before they had went their respective ways to explore each pathway, the group had all located the entrances to each pathway together. Gwendal had not been amused to find one behind a bookcase in his office, and had vowed to collapse the entire pathway with his maryoku, which caused Murata and Yozak to cackle with amusement. The one found in Yuuri's room was met with stunned silence as everyone mused on how vulnerable the Maou had been all this time. A few suspicious looks towards Wolfram made him reveal that no, that pathway wasn't how he snuck in Yuuri's room all that time.
The men huddled together as they ventured further down the hidden entrance. Something skittered across the pathway in front of them, and both men jumped and held onto each another.
“What the Hell was that?!” Murata asked.
“I don't know, and I don't want to know!” Wolfram exclaimed.
They realized how tightly they were holding on to each other and let go. Murata picked up the lantern that he had dropped, and they continued further into the pathway, nervously.
“Other than these footprints, I don't see anything spectacular here,” Murata said, after awhile. Wolfram nodded, and they continued towards the connecting path.
“The end is ahead, and I can hear Gwendal talking,” Murata remarked. He walked faster towards the connecting path.
Wolfram was about to catch up, but a faint glint to the right of him caught his eye and he walked closer to it.
What he saw when he looked down shocked and horrified him - and pieces of a puzzling puzzle started to fall into place. He didn't know all of the how's, or the whys, but he was now completely certain he knew the who behind the identity of the masked man.
He picked up the tale-tell object, and secretly pocketed it.
That night, Wolfram paced the floor in his room while deeply in thought. He couldn't believe his discovery, and was still partially in denial over who the masked man was.
However, the evidence that he had obtained from the pathway floor was damning. There was no way that could have gotten there from anybody else, which led Wolfram to the conclusion that he so desperately tried to debunk.
He questioned why that person was pulling off such an elaborate scheme. He remembered the masked man saying he was doing it “just for him”, but why? What did he gain out of all of this? And how was that person able to act like he had done nothing like this in front of him?
As badly as he wanted to get angry about that last part, that was one of the things with the easiest of explanations. He was almost a hundred percent certain that the person in question wasn't even aware of his actions. So the biggest question was just what, or who, was influencing him to do those things?
A theory came to his mind, one that he didn't like one bit. Wolfram left his room, and furiously made his way towards the shrine.
Wolfram forced himself into the shrine, and demanded to speak to Shinou. The maidens were about to object, but Ulrike told Wolfram that he could be found in a room on the right.
He stomped off down towards the room, and when he got there he swung the door open. He narrowed his eyes at the familiar form in front of him, and closed the door behind him.
The other man smirked at him. “Why, Young Bielefeld, whatever is it that causes you to grace my presence today?” he asked, innocently.
Wolfram was immediately alarmed, and was completely certain that Shinou knew exactly why he was there.
“Just what are you up to this time,” he asked.
“Why, whatever are you talking about?” Shinou said as he shrugged..
“Oh you know exactly what I'm talking about,” Wolfram spat.
“Ah, so you've finally figured out who your secret pursuer is? That's wonderful!” he replied in a voice that managed to be both cheerful and mocking at the same time.
“Just why are you playing this game? What do you gain from it?”
“I am not the one playing the game, he is.”
“But you have something to do with it...”
“No, not this time. This is all him.”
“Then why? Why does he act as if he's unaware of what he's doing?”
“Because he isn't aware of what he's doing,” Shinou said, confirming what Wolfram had suspected.
“But then, why me? Why do this to me, of all people? Why make me feel this way?” Wolfram asked.
“That's because he wants you to be happy... with him,” Shinou said.
“I'm not happy to have such a joke played on me...”
“He isn't joking. At least, not with you. This is how he really feels about you.”
“I don't believe it. I don't believe that he's interested in me. I can't believe it!”
“Why not?” Shinou asked.
Wolfram couldn't answer his question. He simply didn't know why he couldn't wrap his mind around the idea that he cared for him. As far as he was concerned, it was this part, or personality that wanted him, not the real person.
He took the small object that he had found in the secret pathway and put it down on the mantle in front of Shinou.
“Tell him that one of the shrine maidens found it somewhere around here,” Wolfram said, and turned to leave.
“What are you going to do now that you know who he is?” Shinou asked.
“I'm going to turn him down. After all, it isn't him who's interested in me, only a personality of his,” the young man said sadly, and left the room.
“But it is you he's interested in Young Bielefeld - but it is,” Shinou said, as he stared down at Murata's missing glasses - which was the object that Wolfram had placed on the mantle.
Wolfram walked away from the shrine, and thought about the conversation with Shinou that he'd just had. He didn't know what to do from there, or how he would confront Murata - no - Murata's personality.
Unfortunately, he didn't even have time to prepare for the confrontation. The masked man in question then jumped down from the tree he was hiding in, right in front of Wolfram.
Author's Note: Well, that's it for this chapter. I threw that bit about male pregnancy in here for fun, there's no mpreg in this fic. Happy New Years everyone! Next chapter: Wolfram confronts the masked man!
Next Chapter: 7