The Green skinned beauty walked out of the humble cottage of his and his Fazza`s. He walked on the cobble path of the quiet morning and sighed, his hands lazily holding the book. He started walking to the quiet town, like always, the same birds sang, as always, the same brook flew, as always. He started to sing softly under his breath.
"Little town, It`sss a quiet village…
Everyday like the one beforess…
Little town, full of little peoplesss…
Waking up to ssayss…"
Windows burst open in the, now not quiet, town.
"Bonjour!"
"Bonjour!"
"Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!"
He rolled his eyes to the sky.
"There goesss the Baker, with hisss tray like alwayssss…
The sssame old breadsss and rollsss to sssell...
Every morning jussst the sssame, asss the morning when we camess…
To thisss poor provincial town…"
"Good morning Suneku!" the Baker called.
"Good Morningsss Monsssieur "Suneku called back.
"Where you off two?" He asked in a polite manner.
"The bookssshop, I jussst read the mossst wonderful ssstory about a beanssstalk and an ogre and… "Suneku started excitedly.
"That`s nice," he said dismissfully, "Marie! The baguettes, hurry up!"
A group of old women stared at Suneku with the most curious expressions.
"Look, there he goes
The boy is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can`t you tell?
Now all the citizens of the 'poor provincial town' started to sing along as they stared at unknowing Suneku.
"Never part of any crowd…
Cause his head`s up in the clouds" The barber said slicing off the unfortunate man`s mustache. Suneku
"No denying he`s a funny boy, that Suneku"
"Bonjour!" called the coach driver.
"Good day!" called a nearby woman.
"How is your family?" asked the coach driver.
"Bonjour!" a pretty woman in a revealing dress called to the shop owner.
"Good day!" said a man behind the counter suavely.
"How is your wife?" she asked coyly as he got hit by a rolling pan by a VERY large woman.
"I need six eggs!" cried a poor woman with children practically dripping off of her.
"That`s too expensive!" screamed a man in outrage.
"There mussst be more to thisss provincial life!" Suneku said in exasperation.
A bell rang as Suneku entered the little bookshop. The place was quaint and small because it was such a small town, they required no large library. The old man that worked the shop smiled as he saw Suneku walk in. Suneku was his best customer and a cherished friend. Ever since those two entered town, Suneku had come most every day.
"Ah, Suneku" he said with a fond smile.
"Good morningss" He said distractedly, "Iss came to return the book Iss borrowed."
"Finished already?" He said happy that somebody in this town liked reading.
"Oh, Iss couldn`t put it downsss" He said looking at the bookshelf, "You gotss anything new?"
The old keeper chuckled then went into a hearty laugh. "Not since yesterday."
"That`sss alright." His mood uninterrupted, "Iss`ll borrow" his silted his eyes searched the shelves attention fully on the colorful books. "Thiss onesss!" he called excitedly, handing the book to him.
"That one?" The bookkeeper`s eyes searched the title, "But you`ve read it twice!" he started in surprise.
"Well, It`sss my favoritesss—far-off placesss, daring sssword fightsss, magic ssspellsss, a princcce in disssguisse!
The old man smiled a fond smile at his excitement and gave Suneku a half-hug. "If you like it all that much its yours." He said as they walked out the door. A surprised expression crossed the reptile-like creatures face.
"But sssir!" Suneku started. Three women that had been staring through the window turned around swiftly.
"I insist." He interrupted.
"Well, thank yousss! Thank yousss very much," His nose already in the book. As soon as his back was turned the women sighed in glee.
"Look there he goes
That boy is so peculiar" Suneku jumped rope and patted the little girl that was next.
"I wonder if he`s feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look" he narrowly avoided a water pour.
And his nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Suneku"
He jumped onto the fountain and sat down as a herd of sheep past by. A few decided to stick around and watch the 'peculiar' boy.
"Oh, isssn`t thisss amazing?
It`sss my favorite part becaussse you`ll ssseesss" As he held the book over for the sheep to look they got wide eyes. They stared at the page and tried to make since of the strange marking on the page.
"Here`sss where ssshe meetsss Princcce Charming" One of the sheep got frustrated and tore the corner off.
"But ssshe won`t discover that it'sss him
Till chaptersss three" He started reading again the sheep chased off the herder crying 'Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!'
"Now, It`s no wonder that his name means snake, his looks are so reptile!
His looks are not normal
But behind that scaly façade
I'm afraid he`s rather odd
Very different from the rest of us
He`s nothing like the rest of us
Yes, different from the rest of us is Suneku"
Gun fire shot out of the sky and the goose fell from the heavens. A little demon with horns and simple peasant's clothes ran with a bag in quite a hurry. He smiled and held the bag up, confident that he could catch the goose. It landed to the side of him. He quickly turned his head all around, panic plain on his face, picked up the goose and stuffed it in the sack. He ran back to a joker looking demon. He wore the best clothing and a rifle was gripped in his claws.
"Wow, you didn`t miss a shot, Him!" the little demon said, "You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!" He looked up at his idle.
"I know" Him replied cockily
"No beast alive stands a chance against you!"He said picking up a load of dead animal skins and running to catch up to Him, "Or any human, for that matter." They stopped near the pots and pans stand. Him swooped down and grabbed Deimon by the scruff of his shirt.
"It`s true, Deimon. And I`ve got my sights set on that one." He pointed his rifle towards Suneku as he petted a little kitten and hissed softly.
"The massager`s daughter?!!?!" Deimon cried in disbelief. He was so weird though…
"She`s the one--The lucky human I`m going to marry." He said with a arrogant pride. He dropped the chibi demon to the ground.
"but he`s…." picking the dead skins back up.
"The most beautiful human in town." He went on as if he didn`t hear him.
"I know but…" Him dropped his gun on poor Deimon`s head. He tried to rub his head but it was difficult considering his hands were quite full.
"That makes him the best." He grabbed Deimon by the collar and pulled him close to his face dangerously. "And don`t I deserve the best," He growled through his fanged teeth.
"Well, of course" Deimon said struggling to breathe through the tight grip on his shirt, "I mean you do, But…" hearing what he wanted to hear, Him dropped Deimon to the dusty road.
"Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said "She`s gorgeous" and I vowed
Here in town there`s only she, who is as beautiful as me" He looked in the reflection of himself in the back of a pot and admired himself.
"So I`m making plans to woo and marry Suneku" He looked around in confusion because he lost sight of his object of lust. He walked off in search of him. A group of triplets in revealing dresses in the colors of pink, green, and blue. They all had the most beautiful features and leaned on the water crank. Deimon looked up at them with a sigh and thought 'wow there are preety…' with a goofy smile on his face.
"Look there he goes, isn`t he dreamy
Monsieur Him, Oh, his so cute" They finally leaned on the lever fully and splashed poor Deimon with cold water. He sputtered and spouted but no one saw the poor fellow or offered any help. He walked off in a huff.
"Be still, my heart, I`m hardly breathing" clutching their chest.
"He`s such a tall, dark, strong, and handsome brute
Hundreds of 'Bonjours', 'Pardons', 'Good days', and 'Mais oui' and thousands of other market place noises filtered throughout the town and Suneku kept walking unaffected."There must be more to this provincial life" Suneku said to anyone who would hear on one side of town. On the other side of town Him proudly proclaimed, "Just watch, I`m going to make Suneku my mate!" The citizens sang again.
"Look, there he goes
A boy who`s strange but special
A most peculiar mademoiselle
It`s a pity and a sin
He doesn`t quite fit in
Cause he really is a funny boy
A Beauty but a funny boy
He really is a funny boy
That Suneku!"
Bonjour! Bonjour!
Suneku finally felt something funny in the pit of his stomach, like he was being watched. He whipped his head around, but the villagers had gone about to normal already. Suneku shrugged his shoulders and thought he was just being paranoid. He continued reading. Him had finally caught up with Suneku and landed in a heroic pose in front of him.
" Hello, Suneku" he said in a sour-sweet voice.
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