Hello everyone!It's me, SweetxInnocence but you can call me Ryuu-chan.^^ At last, I managed to make another fanfic and much better and longer. I was inspired by the anime Saiunkoku Monogatari and thought that it would be a nice plot with some twist added. Anyway, Enjoy reading it!
Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray-Man, just the plot.^^
THE ROAD TO CHANGING THE PRINCE!
CHAPTER 1: THE DEAL
"My lady, wake up." A gentle voice wakes her up from her slumber, slowly pulling off the blanket covering her body. "It's time to get ready, princess."
Lenalee slowly opened her eyes and smiled at her. "Thanks for waking me up Miranda-san." She rubbed her eyes and sat on her bed. "I've already prepared your things, my Lady. I hope I did it well." She told her shyly, bowing her head. "It's fine Miranda-san. Thank you for taking care of me."
"Then, my lady, I should do my other jobs as well. Just call me if there's anything you needed." She bowed, and then went out of her room. She was now alone, sitting on her bed and staring on the well-designed ceiling. She put her head down and let out a deep sigh.
"WHY DO I NEED TO BE DRAGGED INTO THIS?" she suddenly shrieked. She scratched her head and let out another deep sigh. She fell silent for a moment.
-FLASHBACK-
Lenalee was busy preparing their lunch one late morning when the doorbell rang and really never expected the visitors coming on their home. They are the Royal Council, the high officials of their kingdom. She motioned them to come inside of their small home.
Still shocked from what's happening, somehow she managed to talk."Good morning, Masters. W-What can I do for you?" she stuttered, nervous to say something unpleasant to them from her, little sarcastic mouth. "You don't have worry over us, Ms. Lee." An old man with large black circles around his eyes, wearing a long-sleeved white robe under a black coat with gold tints and a dragon design said and raised his hand. "Besides, we came here in the first place to have a talk with your brother." He said in a kind voice.
"B-Brother? Yeah, I'll call him. Please wait for a moment." She said politely, bowing her head and hurried upstairs where her brother was.
Komui was still snoring when she entered his room. He was unconsciously rolling to his bed, his room full of mess, his specimens and other mechanical equipments scattered on the floor. She approached him, shaking him to wake him up. He is still snoring, so she thought of that way to wake her brother up. "Nii-san, Nii-san,wake up! I'm going to get married and-"she was cut-off by her brother who suddenly wake up, holding a large drill on his hand."Where is that guy trying to steal my precious Lenalee away?" he shrieked. Heavy footsteps shook the room as he stood up, his eyes flaring with a dark aura surrounding him. "Where is he?" he growled again as Lenalee kicked him to shut him up. "Nii-san, it's not true. I'm just waking you up because there are visitors downstairs who wants to talk to you" she explained to him. Komui's face suddenly lightens up and gave his sister a tight hug. "Oh, I really thought that you are really getting married. You are not leaving your poor brother, right?" he snorted and gave her a pat on the head. Lenalee smiled. "Of course, I'm not going to leave you. You're my only remaining family." She gave back her brother a hug. "Ah, speaking of which Lenalee-chan, who are these visitors so late in the morning? " "Ah, about that Nii-san, those visitors are the Royal Council. They said they're going to have a talk with you regarding some matters. That's why I'm hurrying to wake you up. It's very embarrassing to let them wait." She explained. Komui was startled. "Ro-Ro-Royal Council? Oh ho ho, Lenalee-chan. Why haven't you told me earlier? Why would such eminent visitors come to our home? Okay, I'll be there in a sec!" his index finger pointing upward and his glasses sparkling with such pride. He hurried to change in decent clothes, fixed his messed up hair and looked his reflection in the mirror. "Now this is much presentable." They hurried downstairs.
They found them serving each other with tea. Lenalee's face flushed at what she saw. How she did not managed to serve them something. She wants to melt, now. She covered her face with her palms. "Oh! I'm very sorry Grand Masters! It's such a shame to let the visitors entertain themselves. I'm really sorry!" she apologized while bowing her head.
The old man chuckled lightly. "Don't worry, Ms. Lee. It's not that much." He turned to Komui after feeling his presence."Let's take a seat please if you don't mind. I needed to discuss some matter with the both of you." They went to the living room with the old man sitting on one the sofas and his subordinates standing behind him.
"I know you wonder why we suddenly intruded to your home but it's urgent. I'm Grand Adviser Bookman, the Archive's head and the tutor of the Prince himself." He reached out a hand to Komui and they shake hands."You must be Komui Lee, Chief Supervisor of the Research Team on Weapons and Technology on the Science Department." "Yeah, I am Grand Master Bookman." He knelt to the ground and bowed his head. "It's an honor to have you here." "No need for formalities, Mr. Komui. To be direct, I wanted to give our little miss here a small favour. I wanted her answer." He turned to the silent Lenalee who is listening eagerly to their conversation. "Miss Lena, I wanted you to accept a deal with us in exchange for a million gold coins." Lenalee's sweat dropped. Million gold coins. She thought deeply. The gold coins are too much for the two of them. "Uhm...first of all I wanted to know what this favour is all about." She asked shyly. "Oh, that? Yeah, it will be rude if I will not tell you. But do not be surprised or have any violent reaction if any. Please." His tone of voice seems to be pleading and his sweat dropped. "O-okay..." "I wanted you, Miss Lena, to enter the Royal Harem and become the Prince's Royal Consort. A wife. For three months to be exact." Bookman suddenly felt that something bad will happen. At the sound of the word Wife, Komui stood up with clenched fist , his eyes flaring. "WHAT? Make my sister a wife?" he raged. "Uh-oh..." on of Bookman's subordinates muttered. "NO!I'll never let my sister accept the deal! Even if it's gold or anything I'll never allow her to leave me!" he screamed. Despite of the raging Komui, Bookman remained calm. "I knew this would happen. So, I'll give you unlimited stocks of weapon and machinery and anything more if you like." Bookman tempted him. Komui stopped, his sweat dropping. Unlimited you say. Oh, the temptation is too much. But no, he remembered his sister. His precious sister whom he took care since she was born and raised. Lenalee interrupted his contemplation. "Nii-san, I'll accept the deal. The temptation is too much so I know that it's irresistible. Allow me, please."she smiled at him while looking at him with those cute puppy eyes. Komui started sobbing. "Waaah! How about me? What am I gonna do without you? I'm afraid what will happen to you!" he gave his sister a tight hug. Meanwhile, Grand Master Bookman bowed on the ground suddenly. "Please, Mr. Komui! Allow her to come with me. I don't know what will happen to our kingdom if she'll not come with us. So Please!" the old man pleaded. Komui saw that the old man was very desperate and so he had no choice. "Okay but don't do any harm to her. Even the Prince. If you do I'll kill you all with my death machine, Komurin!" he warned. Master Bookman's face lighten. "Oh, thank you very much. We appreciate your cooperation. The gold and equipments shall be given to you immediately." They shake hands again. Lenalee turned to her brother once more. "Don't worry over me nii-san, ne? I'm old enough to decide and take care of myself. I see that you will become the world's famous scientist someday." Oh, with such thoughtfulness Komui sobbed harder.
"So, I think the deal's already fixed. Oh, and before I forget, if I'm not mistaken, Yuu Kanda-san's here too. Lieutenant Marie wants to have a quick word with him, can he?" Bookman added. Kanda entered the room and presented himself in front of them. "What is it?" he asked directly. "Kanda-san..." a guy wearing a military uniform with a sword on his right side and a gun on his left with a hearing aid, started. " I, Second-in-command Lieutenant Noise Marie, wanted you to become the Prince's personal bodyguard! It would be an honor for me if you'd accept the job!" he bowed on the ground, much pleading in his voice."Please!"
"No." Kanda answered directly, his face stern and full of irritation. He wanted to get out of that room immediately. But as he was about to move, the once sobbing Komui suddenly touched his shoulder which brought chills on his spine, and gave him a sharp glare and an evil grin. "Yes, you'll accept the job and come with them and guard my precious Lenalee, alright?" he was showing his death drill, his eyes sparlking with a dark aura around him. Kanda guessed he had no choice. "Tch. Alright. I'll do it." "Ohoho, I'm very thankful Kanda-san!" lLieutenant Marie danced in joy.
-End Flashback-
She sighed deeply again when she remembered that. There's nothing she can do to back-off anymore since she'd already accepted the job but to do it. She went out of her room after making preparations. Kanda is waiting outside her room. He is now wearing a military uniform, his precious sword Mugen on his left side and a gun on his right. "Your attire suits you, officer." She teased. "Never mind. What took you so long?" he asked her, impatience in his voice. "Never mind that also. Bleeh!" she responded to tease him more. She had always loved to tease Kanda because they were childhood friends because he never tried to do something on her. He gave her a sharp glare telling her to shut up. "Tch. I got it okay. Are you sure you're not gonna trip in that long dress you're wearing?" he said coldly but with concern in his voice. "Yeah, I can manage this Kanda! Don't worry!" she said cheerfully. "Let's go."
Miranda is waiting for them in the dining hall. Whoa! What a large dining hall with all the wares gold and silver. "Enjoy your meal, my Lady." She bowed before her. While they were eating, Lenalee asked Miranda about some things regarding the Prince. "What's he like, Miranda-san?" Miranda thought for a moment. "A...Annou, I've never seen him in person but I've heard some about him. They say that he inherited the throne at such a young age of 16, so when a very young ruler governed the country, they were afraid that the kingdom will go down. They say that he doesn't do any work and let his ministers do his job instead as he had no interest in governing. But I somehow understand his feelings, because at such a young age, all your freedom are gone when you're about to rule a kingdom. Ah! I also heard that he is a sick pervert and a playboy and he gained the nickname 'Idiot Prince' made by Grand Adviser Bookman himself. But honestly, I really wanted to meet the Prince, myself. " Miranda stated. Lenalee's sweat dropped. No wonder why Grand Adviser Bookman was so desperate. A ruler without interest in governing. Seems like he's got through in two years doing nothing and anything good for this kingdom. If he continues like this, the kingdom's over. She thought to herself. Since I've already accepted it, there's nothing I can do but to accomplish it! I'm gonna able to change the Prince to take interest on governing the kingdom! It's only about three months, so I'm sure I can do it. Kanda saw that her expression was that of a desperate one. " Sick pervert and stupid, huh? Tch. I'll slice him to pieces if he dared do something unpleasant to Lenalee." Kanda snapped suddenly. Lenalee giggled. "Kanda, you must now learn to bear with him because you are his personal bodyguard now. And don't worry much about me. You're becoming like my brother, overprotective one." "I'll make sure that he'll be also remembered as the 'Prince Fries' because I'll slice him to pieces like a potato." Ha growled. "And another, if he tries to flirt with you, he'll be a dead meat and I'm gonna present him to Komui, get it?" Lenalee's sweat dropped. Kanda seemed to take it seriously. "Baka. You're overreacting and exaggerated." She giggled lightly.
Yay! I finally made a fic that was worth to read! Sorry for any typographical and grammatical errors that I made and for this lame plot. I really tried my best to make it better, as you can see. I doubt that I can't be able to update much faster for the second chapter up to the end. Anyway, Comments are appreciated!
-Ryuu-chan-