Dancing Roses
Chapter 1: Mystery Progeny
Disclaimer: I do not own Disgaea 2; if I did, Axel would be cooler!
"Upper Senator Zenon! It is true you have a daughter?"
"What is her name, sir? Sir?!"
"Why have you kept her a secret for 17 years, Mr. Lord?"
"Senator Zenon Lord has just left the Dark Assembly after having the presence of his child announced live here on SatelliTV. Let's go to on-the-field-reporter Sammy with some updates." Usagi the anchor man –err bunny said.
"…" went Pleinar.
"Well Usagi, it seems that no other information has been said about Senator Lord's daughter and the man has kept an iron lip on the matter." Sammy retorted and followed the crowd of paparazzi toward Zenon's limousine.
"Senator Lord is there anything you like to say to public about your daughter's appearance?" Sammy asked and tilted his microphone to Zenon.
"I have my reasons for keeping her existence under tight security and you can see why from all these vultures. I didn't want her mind tainted by people like them." Zenon stated coldly and entered the limo. The long black car drove off with the paparazzi still hanging onto the trunk and sides.
"Alright Usagi, there you have it, Senator Lord's current words on the topic. This has been Sammy of SatelliTV signin-." The T.V. screen turned black.
"Wow. Who would have thought that Zenon had a kid?" Adell's mother wondered as she washed the dishes.
Adell sat on the couch bored with the remote in his gloved hands. Hanako and Taro lay on the floor.
"I wonder why he didn't say anything until now about her…" Taro pondered and got up to get some milk.
"I bet she was a love child of a secret affair that Zenon had with a pros-" Hanako chattered but a swift hand covered her mouth.
"Hanako! I doubt that happened and how do you even know what one is? You're only 9 years old and in the 3rd grade." Adell scolded and removed his hand.
Hanako skipped away to follow Taro before her oldest brother could reprimand her even more. The front door to their home opened and Adell's dad stepped in, tired and worn from a long day of work.
"Dad! Dad!" chanted Taro and Hanako as they dashed from the kitchen. The two children clomped on to each of his legs.
"Hey, guys. Good evening, honey." Dad said in a weary voice and flopped out on the couch.
"Hard day?" Mom asked and wiped her apron.
"Ughhh… Because of that big announcement someone made, reporters from every station on the planet have been flocking the legislature, trying to cajole information from the lower senators like me…" Dad explained, sounding drained.
"One of them put a mini communicator in my coffee!" he exclaimed and passed out.
Hanako and Taro placed a blanket over his body.
"Zenon created a mess for himself. Just because he found the cure for demonauenza in humans, doesn't mean he does not have his own little secrets." Adell stated and started to go up the stairs.
"Adell, you have to congratulate the man, though. Taro, Hananko, your father and I would still have horns, tails, an extra eye and a pimple if it wasn't for him. You were lucky to be immune to it." Mom turned away to place a pillow behind Dad's head and kissed him on the forehead.
Adell lay down on his bed with his hands behind his head. He had already finished his homework. For a 17 year old junior, he didn't go out much and if so, only with his three best buds. He looked at his Holt High School jacket and thought about the next test in his fist combat class.
But his mind betrayed him and drifted toward the appearance of Upper Senator Zenon Lord's mysterious daughter.
I wonder what she looks like…
Well… Lord has a moustache… blond hair
As he thought, the description was placed on a blank female doll.
Red eyes, large jaw… and… and a really BIG ego!
The doll looked horrendous and Adell laughed until his sides hurt.
Hanako and Taro peeked inside their older brother's room and had confused stares written on their small faces.
He's crazy….
"Father, I don't want to go to a public school." a young girl protested.
"Princess, I do not like the idea either, but the hyenas called the press will be hounding me for questions on why you don't go to school. So to fill their bothersome curiousity, it is important to give you a normal identity." Zenon responded to his daughter trying to look sweet when in truth he was trying to save his own butt.
"Alrigtht, Father… I shall attend… what school again?" the blonde girl asked.
"Holt High School and don't worry Tink will be joining you.