Sorry for the wait, real life got in the way. I don't a have a Beta so any spelling mistakes are mine.

"I refuse to believe what your telling me Great Priest!" King Shori screamed, he had just come back from an urgent meeting and had asked the simple question; 'Where was Yuuri?'

"I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this Your Majesty. But I'm afraid it's all true." Priest Ken was disgusted by what the Royal family had been up to.

"You could've started a war! The demons are the only ones who can travel between portals! They would have the advantage if they choose to do so ."

"They wouldn't have!" Shouma was still recovering from their plan completely falling apart right in front of their eyes and he thought of his eldest who was in an infirmary because of the Thie.

"How could every thing fallen apart so quickly? We had them, we had them! The damn Yuuri! Who would've thought that our wimp of a second son had such natural power."He couldn't help but think.

Shori Sen. was fuming, "How do you know that? Hmm? You threatened the life of their third Prince, wars have been started over less."

"The Mazoku as they left seemed to still be angry but told me that now that they had their Ruler that they would be to busy trying to enthrone him and get him accustomed to their ways to worry about us. But I fully expect that that attitude will change once they debrief and inform the others in Shin Makoku of what went down tonight." The Priest was still unbelievably angry at the Royal Family, they had even involved his son! He had always known that they were selfish and had no regards for the betterment of anyone but themselves but this took the cake.

"It's best if Murata really does go the Mazoku World everything is going to go to hell once word of what went down tonight spreads. We'll most likely have a mutiny on our hands once the guests tonight fully realize what these three tried to pull."

"So how much time do we have? We'll need to prepare either way. No doubt the other guests have spread this around by now, I'll deal with you two later." Shouma almost didn't recognize his brother he had never looked at him the way he was now, Shouma felt like if he was shit on the bottom of his shoe.

"From what i know from studying Demonology, the time zone difference fluctuates but the most sensible ratio to use would be 5:1."

"Great we have the advantage!" Shouma was desperate to make this awful outcome positive. While Miko had kept quiet since Yuuri had left with the demon scum, the trust that she had built up with Shori Sen had all but shattered around them as soon as he was informed of what had happened. She had never felt more scared in her life than in this moment other Kings had sent people to the gallows for simply looking them in the eye. Once Shori told their Grand Council no doubt her and Shouma would at the very least be stripped of their titles.

"It's actually the complete opposite of what you're implying, the Demons have five years to prepare for a war if there is one while we'll just have one."

Now that was something else entirely. How could this be going so wrong? Everything had been planned perfectly, but maybe there was hope? If he could salvage this situation then maybe all wouldn't be lost"We know where they're going maybe we can intercept them and come to an agree-"

"Enough! The closer they are to the portal the stronger their magic and they would have no reason to assume an impromptu visit from us would result in anything good thanks to you two."

Shori Sen couldn't help but think of all the hard work the Demon Queen had put in to make sure that this peace treaty went smoothly, how thin and weak she had been looking from the constant travelling between the two worlds.

The admirable efforts of her not for their to be any culture clashes, how respectful she had been to them when all the did was push obstacle after obstacle her way. She had been so adamant about peace for her countrymen and she had inspired him. The way she spoke of her family was something Shori Sen. remembered being envious of. Her kids had helped her through one of the roughest times of her life and she made it clear that they were her life.

He honestly couldn't describe what he was feeling for his brother's family right now, it was honestly indescribable but their was an incredible amount of hurt. That they would even think what they did much less go through with it. They needed to be thorough punished, and there was only one way to ensure that that would happen.

"Priest Ken summon the 5 Nobles, I have something to discuss with them regarding Shibuya Miko and Shouma's titles and their future ,if they have one, in this country."

They both paled considerably at what that meant for them in the future. The Five Nobles even went above their Grand Council in terms of power and affluence and they were only called in for extremely important cases. But in all honestly they basically ran the country and they had never like the influence they had on Shori Sen.

"Certainly Your Majesty."

"Mother..." Wolfram trailed off. He and his brothers had dragged Yuuri's unconscious form out of his home and the other boy wasn't stirring outside of grimacing in pain and Wolfram was worried.

Cecile gave him a tired smile ,"It's okay love, the poor boy's probably just exhausted."

"If he hadn't fainted I would be questioning his humanity." Gwendal had had his suspicious of Yuuri's powers but they far exceeded any of his expectations. And to think Yuuri was so powerful as a half demon on Earth soil, he would be unbelievable when they got home. The tutors at the Blood Pledge would have a blast with him, especially given the maryoku deficit that they had been in for a while.

"He's something else isn't he?" Conrad asked, picking up on his elder brother's thoughts.

"He's something alright. As soon as we get him we're putting him in inhibitors we don't him to accidentally hurt himself or anyone else for that matter."

"Agreed, that would be best." Something else that was fascinating to Conrad was Wolfram's reaction to Yuuri. At first they had assumed that the reason he hadn't fought of the other Prince was primarily fear. But now watching how his usually bratty brother was softly threading his hands through Yuuri's hair and how he had gently rested the knocked out Prince on his lap when they had entered the carriage.

"How had Yuuri managed to get such a reaction out of Wolfram in such a short amount of time?" He hadn't missed that they had been holding hands earlier. Wolfram had disappeared in the bathroom for a few hours and Yuuri had been missing too but Conrad would've never though that they would've been spending time together.

Murata suddenly poked his head in startling them. Gwendal hastily put his translator in right before he began speaking; "Sorry to interrupt but the driver says that we'll be at the portal within ten minutes." And with that returned to his adjoined carriage. Gwendal would be more disgruntled at the lack of a door if they weren't speaking their native tongue. The earrings Anisina built only worked when they were worn by Mazoku. And needed a tiny amount of maryoku, even with all the hoseki around their was still some in the air and that was more than enough.

"I still don't know how I feel about that boy tagging along." Not that they had a choice the Great Priest had all but begged them to take his only son and how could they deny a request from the man who had saved Wolfram's life?

"I still don't know how I feel about that boy period, he seems almost happy to be here. And why? He could be considered a political prisoner traded for peace."

"It'll be good for Prince Yuuri to have someone that he can relate to so nearby. Also he's the son of one of Earth's leading religious figures so there's no doubt that he has experience with the human psyche that will come in hand in the future." Cecile was conversing while building up her maryoku.

"I still don't like it, but i think we can all agree that's in our best interests to get home as soon as possible for all we know they could've been working with Big Cimarron."

"That's a little far fetched isn't it?"

"Maybe but they proved tonight that there's nothing they won't do for more power and from what I remember Big Cimarron sits on land that is rich with natural resource-"

"We're here!"

"It seems that negotiating with the Demons has fallen through. We've been instructed to intersect them before they get to the portal and disappear for who knows how long." They'd been instructed to wait at the portal sight in case things went south as a backup.

Once a magical Demon knew a location on Earth they could teleport anywhere but it was different getting back to the Demon World seeing how they didn't have any demon magic any more. The portal site had the highest and purest concentration of demon magic and that's why to get home the foreign Royals would have to go through them. At least that was what they were taught in their Demon classes.

Everyone around them was in a panic Sara wasn't someone to deal with when things didn't go as he'd planned.

"Fallen through how?" He saddled his horse and was getting his weapons ready, they were preparing for a fight.

"As in the Prince that, that Small Cimarron brat wants is the one going to the Demons' land."

"Shit, he's been salivating over Prince Yuuri for the past few months."

"What do you mean? We only found out about the engagement a few days ago."

"I know but he's been after Prince Yuuri far longer even propositioned the Prince to his face you shouldv'e seen how pissed he was when he was turned down." That part of the castle was till undergoing renovations after the tantrum he pulled.

"I can imagine, he seems like someone who expects everything to go his was all the time."

"I think that's a Royal thing, being raised like that? With everything you could possibly want at your fingertips."

"But he takes it to another level, I feel for that Prince that he wants so bad though when he gets fixated he gets obsessed. The last guy that rejected him ended up getting executed-"

"What?! Really?"

"Yup, him and his family were accused of treason. Which made no sense at all but everyone knew why the charges had been filed." There was a reason why no one really knew much about the citizens of Small Cimarron and that was because of the tight leash Sara had them all on.

"But for him to use something like a possible peace alliance between the Demons and the Humans as a way to get in the second Prince's pants? I've heard not so good stuff about the guy but come on it seems a bit far-fetched."

"To be honest when I heard about what he pulled to get Belar's advisors to listen to him I was underwhelmed, this seems way less sneaky than what I'm accustomed to with him." The fact that Sara was being so open about his fixation with Yuuri was not good. He was one who preferred to manipulate and control behind the scenes, him being comfortable enough to be as upfront as he was just spelled trouble.

"Jeez, how have you worked for a guy like that?"

"The pay is great."

"It's funny 'cause King Yelshi of Seisakoku is always described to be the opposite of him and I hear that they're twins." It had also been one of the more popular rumours around for a while before Sara put a stop to it.

"That's just gossip."

"A juicy gossip though, a mother having to choose between her two sons and picking to keep the one with Shinzoku and then run off to a world that supposed to impossible to access from Earth."

'To be fair to her how was she supposed to know that the portal would close the way it did?"

"But still, if it's true she still chose one twin over the other. And choose to go to a different world with them."

"I kind of feel for the guy if this is true."

"It explains his thirst for recognition though."

"It really does."

"They're coming!"

And now they had to get to work.

"This should only take a little while. You guys try and wake up Yuuri it's not safe to travel like this while unconscious. Gwendal-"

He was already standing,"You'll be needing my help. I'm coming." As soon as he stepped outside he could feel the change in atmosphere, "Conrad-"

"Understood, I can feel them too. Wolfram you'll be alright with the Prince right? Gwendal and I have some rift raft to deal with."

Wolfram barely acknowledged them to engrossed in making Yuuri more comfortable and the two brothers shared a look as they left.

"I don't how I feel about the two of them."

"Good news if, if you didn't like Yuuri you would've knitted a fluffy cotton replica of him and set him on fire the way you have with all of the other's who've been Wolfram's suitor."

Gwendal grunted and Conrad smiled at his non-answer but that smile quickly turned from fond to forced as he was fully able to access how many people were around them. He didn't want to draw his sword to early as to draw attention to the fact that he knew that they were surrounded. He would need to discuss this with Gwendal while keeping the ones close enough so he could locate them.

Then a idea came to him, "How about that tree over there?"

Gwendal stopped short and gave Conrad a look he was sure that had originated with Gunter ,"What are you on about?" He answered back in the foreign human tongue.

"Didn't you say you've been holding it in the whole trip here?"

Gwendal narrowed his eyes but caught on fast enough,"Yeah but I don't remember asking you to tag along."

"You were worried about woodland creatures."

"Earth has creatures that we've never seen for all we know they could have eight-legged mutants here, I'm not taking any chances. It's called being smart."

"It's called being paranoid."

"When do we attack?"

"Yeah they're just standing there talking about nothing. They have two swords between the two of them we can take them!"

"King Belar wanted us to record the Demon Queen opening the portal and of she hears a ruckus she'll stop and come to help her sons."

"And you forget so close to the portal they're maryoku is back in play."

"So we just wait?"

"What if they escape before we stop them?"

"No need to worry we have fail-safe. And we'll know when to attack when the time comes on, we'll get a sign of some sort."

"Like what?"

"Like this."

CRACK

And the next thing they knew the earth under them was splintering and collapsing into itself with them falling between the newly created gaps. The three groups of ten all around the small forest were all down for the count.

Looking the could see a sweating and panting demon prince being held up by his brother, and what they were saying could was not in a language that was of this world. And they could watch in despair as they disappeared from their line of sight.

This was unbelievable.

They had failed.

Big and Small Cimarron's best.

And so simply too. How powerful were Mazoku when in their natural environment?

But most importantly, they hadn't stopped them from crossing the portal.

And someone was going to have to tell their already angry Kings that they had literally just let them walk away.

"My lady, you have a guest."

Miko's face paled had the 5 Nobles arrived already!?

Taking in her face the staff hand quickly changed her wording, "None of the 5 Nobles have arrived yet."

She breathed a sigh of relief, "But there is someone who's here to talk to you and they insist that it's important."

"Yes, yes let them come in."

She barely registered them and went back to mentally trying to come up with a plan that could save her from the mess that she found herself in.

"My lady, your guest is here."

"That's nice, thank you you're dismissed now." Still she hadn't being paying attention to her surroundings and was lost in her head trying to find away to pin most if not all of it in Shouma.

"Not even going to greet or let me into your room Miko-chan?"

Miko's heart stopped as she watched Sara glide into the room the boy was always so graceful and put together but today the look on his face was murderous and his posture screamed agitated. She was dreading not taking Shouma's lead and having a mental breakdown in the bathroom.

How could she have forgotten about her arrangement with Sara? Could those 5 Nobles hurry up? She would gladly take any punishment that they gave her over being a room alone with a furious Sara.

Sara's smile was anything but comforting it gave off waves of malice intent, "Someone explained to me what the hell happened tonight.