Woooh! It's been a looooooong while! Anyways, if you're here and you haven't read my first story, Storm Clouds yet, I advice you to read it first, seriously. You're gonna miss out a lot of mushy feelings if you haven't read it and other valuable information.

For those who have read it, then this story is a bit different but still closely related to the first one. I was influenced by the idea of parallel worlds from Byakuran. So this story is the story of Bel and Cherrie from a parallel world. I know. It sounds weird, but hey, it makes a good fanfic idea, right?

It may turn out different, so please bear with me. It goes like this. I'll start from the very beginning with a few changes here and there. Then, it's up to destiny what will happen next. Sumimasen, I'm really not good in summaries, but what enters my mind will be the story, okay? You can hate me for that. Oh, sorry for the OOCness. There are a lot of them here especially Xanxus.

I do not own KHR!, Amano Akira does.


Storm Clouds II

"Cupid may have linked me with that bratty, perverted prince,

But that prince of mine loves me deeply that

I don't have any regrets loving him back."


Chapter 1 – Destiny Begins at the Door

The peaceful Varia base was abruptly disturbed by a loud bang. Their front door was pathetically smashed to smithereens. The main force gathered and confronted their 'enemy'. Under the smoke was a petite figure. The men blinked as the cloud of dust faded and revealed their 'invader'.

"Close your mouths or flies will enter." Is what they heard. Their boss (and Squalo) wasn't with them, so the voice wasn't shot to death yet. Mammon was frantically calculating the bills in his head and Lussuria was squealing about who this mysterious person is. Apparently, the 'person' was clad in a cloak of black that was all tattered and torn.

"Ushishishi. Who the hell are you, peasant? How dare you interrupt us, the Varia, this way?" The blonde prince barked. All of the guardians witnessed the human-being taking off its cloak and revealing his/her face. And they were shock. An apple blonde lady appeared before them, her hair tied up in a high ponytail.

"Peasant? How dare you call me a peasant? I am Princess Cherrie de Calligenia, Xanxus' little sister and Varia's new Cloud Guardian. And by some odd twist of fate, a guy named Prince Belphegor el Pazzo de Fiore's fiancée." She frowned, eyeing the person who called her a peasant. Her gaze move upright as some piece of metal shined and caught her attention. A tiara? Impossible! That brat who just called me a peasant is my fiancé?

"A~re? Bel-senpai's fiancée? Do you know her senpai?" Fran looked maliciously at his blonde senpai, observing the sweat that just dropped on his chin. Guess he doesn't know.

"Why would we believe you?" Mammon asked.

"It's because she speaks the truth." A familiar voice answered the baby. Xanxus and Squalo jumped from God-knows-where and the raven-haired patted the apple blonde's head, smirking at her grand entrance. The boss glared at his co-assassins and laughed.

"Cherrie, would you undo this illusion you made? You're freaking out my servants." The liger tamer ordered walking nonchalantly towards his office. "After cleaning up your mess, go to my office. I need to discuss something with you."

The lady in black followed her brother's instructions and withdrawn the illusion of the broken front door. Mammon was amazed that he, the world's strongest baby majoring in illusions, didn't recognize the delusion in front of him. Cherrie noticed the shocked face of the Arcobaleno and grinned at him as she head out towards Xanxus' room. The other assassins were silent as a mouse as the liger tamer's sister passed them by. The blonde prince was especially quiet. Hearing the word "fiancée" from her mouth made him feel uneasy. Hel~lo? Xanxus' sister? Whoever decided on that must be crazy.

"Squalo-taichou, is she really Bel-senpai's fiancée?" The frog asked the silverette who was looking at the door slowly returning back to normal. Squalo nodded and turned away, heading to his room to rest. A mission with Boss was the last thing he wanted.

"Shishi. I don't know what's going on, but that undomesticated woman is not worth my time." The prince left and went to his room.

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"BOSS! WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR DAMNED SISTER DOING IN MY ROOM?" A fuming blonde opened Xanxus' door with a bang. His face was all flustered when he entered. His comforting nap was disrupted when he felt a warm breeze hitting his face. When he opened his eyes, he saw the apple blonde sleeping in front of him, on his bed. He immediately ran to Xanxus room to complain.

"What's the problem with that? She is your fiancée after all. There's nothing wrong in what you two are doing." The liger tamer smirked, mischievousness evident in his glare. His sister was not the type to do that kind of act earlier (the breaking of the door) and he was still thinking about his conversation with her an hour ago.

-flash back-

"What do you want to talk about, Onii-kun?" The apple blonde asked as closing the door to Xanxus' office quietly. Her brother was already on the voyage to dreamland when she entered. He leered at her, as if there was something on her face. "W-well?"

The older gave out a rough sigh. "Take off that mask of yours. It's unbefitting to your character. And besides, that old man sent you here to live with me for a while. You should submissively follow my rules." He stood up and went to his closet. He opened it up and took out five small boxes and a medium size box. The blonde blinked for a while, not knowing what those boxes were.

"I believe the old geezer taught you how to fight?" He smirked evilly. "This…" He opened one of the small boxes. "is your ring set. One of them is the Varia Cloud ring, the others are Class-A rings the old man sent me to give to you. The other boxes are your box weapons which I chose personally to my liking. The last box has your Varia uniform in it, along with your badge and other credentials." He laid the boxes on his desk for the young lady to see.

"Why are you doing this? This is so not the feared Varia boss I've heard about." She grinned. Cherrie received the boxes and put on her rings. One was the Varia ring, the other were in a shade of green, orange and indigo. She infused them all and opened all of the box weapons. All of them were animal weapons and all of them were tigers. Ah, yes. Personally picked by the man called the liger tamer. She thought.

"Like them?" He sneered.

"Are we sporting some kind of family heirloom?" She joked but Xanxus didn't laugh.

"That's the Cherrie I know. I want you to stop putting up a brave front, understand? As a princess, you should act all lady-like and stay pretty." He commented and shooed her away. "By the way, you're sleeping in your fiancé's room. No 'buts'. You should know which door is his." With that, the door to his office closed.

-end of flashback-

"C'mon Boss. It's not like you to care for someone." Bel sneered. His hands were in his pockets and he's starting to get irritated by the minute.

"Shut the fuckery, trash." Xanxus snapped. His evil glare made the blonde prince shiver. The prince hates it when his boss calls him names like 'trash', 'scum', 'fuck' and many more. "Since you're here, I guess I have to tell you."

"Tell me what?" He hesitated to ask him. The maliciousness in his eyes were enough to tell him that he has something up his sleeve that would make his life miserable. "Aside from her being your fiancée, your wedding date is in three weeks." The prince's jaw dropped to the floor. His body was frozen and his tiara slipped a little. "Y-you're joking, right?"

"Do you think I'm joking? Tcch. I don't want to mess with matters of your families."

"Our families?"

"Cherrie has an elder sister, Sharia who is now the current queen on Nhite Kingdom, the place where she comes from. Their whole household was killed and my bastard-of-a-father rescued them and adopted them so that's why she's my sister. Now, it seems that excavators found the Last Will and Testament of their late father and stated that Princess Cherrie de Calligenia of Nhite is betrothed to Prince Belphegor el Pazzo of Fiore. An authentic document having your father's signature was also found."

"I never heard of that, shishi."

"What do I care, trash?" He scoffed. "Someone will be over today to take your measurements. Oh, make sure you feed your darling fiancée. She hasn't eaten anything yet since she left the Ninth's mansion."

"But, Boss. I mean, she's a wild woman. A girl like her should not be called a princess."

"She's not what she seems to be, Belphegor. You'll soon get along with her. I'll make sure to see that."

With that, Bel left his boss' office spellbound. That was a different Xanxus he encountered. A very much…sophisticated Xanxus… weird. Anyway, he really hates this… predicament he's in. He just met an insane woman who blew up their front door, later turning out to be an illusion, ruining their peaceful afternoon, claiming to be his fiancée and now, marrying her in three weeks! Rules in the monarchy, no one should EVER disobey the Last Will and Testament of a late king. But he's not that type of person to follow rules like that. Either way, he cannot anymore run away from this dilemma. Life sucks. He found his way walking towards the dining room. The main Varia force was eating an afternoon snack Lussuria made. He paused at the door.

Xanxus was right. She's not what she seems to be.

There, the apple blonde princess was chatting and eating with the other guardians, talking about her life and everything else under the sun. He stared at her, noticing her basic features. From her tattered and torn cloak, she was now wearing a clean white dress with lavender stitches at the hems. Her hair was let loose and her curls were here and there. The serious look in her face earlier changed to a more cheery and…charismatic front. He didn't notice that he was falling deeply in a trance and a loud 'VOOOOIII!' from Squalo woke him up. He laughed. "Ushishishi." Well, there's nothing I could do about it. Might as well play along. She's very pretty at least. Ushishishi.

"Bel-senpai, where'd you've been?" Asked Fran in monotone. He was staring at his senpai who had the creepiest Cheshire cat grin planted on his face as he drew nearer to the group.

"Shishi. Boss and I were talking about important matters."

"You and Onii-kun?"

"Yep," Bel stopped walking and leaned on the left side of Cherrie's chair. "We were talking about our wedding day, shishi~" The blonde prince leaned closer and patted the lady's head with his right hand and he gently pushed her head towards his trunk, kissing her in the process (on the head, though). The princess blushed massively. The prince just grinned. The other guardians blinked. "We-wedding?" Lussuria squealed. Cherrie nodded, still blushing. Her heart was running a marathon. The simple fact that she lives with her adopted father (and being a princess) meant that a normal love-life is a 'no-no'. She was an NBSB and it never occurred to her how striking men are when they act all gentlemanly.

"Muu~ When?"

"In three weeks." Bel answered.

"THAT'S SO FAST!" Lussuria squealed again.

"O-of c-course, all of you are invited…" Cherrie whispered, her fingers were twitching. Her face dimmed and was painted a pale color of red. Bel grinned.

"Waaaaaaah~ My dear fiancée so cute! This prince is so lucky to marry you." The men knew Bel was acting but to Bel he was saying the truth. He feels oddly at ease at his wedding, like some miracle will happen. "Why can't I marry you today, Cherrie~?" Bel snaked his arm around Cherrie's collar.

[Insert author's violent reaction: ano to, PBB TEENS?]

"Eeeh?" The lady shrieked.

Then, the doorbell rang.

"Th-that must be P-Pierre!" Cherrie stood up, face all flushed. Bel lost footing as his fiancée slid past him, going to the door. "Pierre? Who's he?" Asked Luss.

"Shishi. Must be the guy who'll take our measurements."

"Awwe~ So Bel is really getting married! Children grow so fast these days!" Luss squealed again.

"The prince is not a child, Luss-nee. Shishi." Bel snickered as he went out towards the living room where the front door is. A man in an outrageously pink necktie greeted him and introduced himself as Pierre, a childhood friend of Cherrie. He was in charge of the clothes and other beautifications. He explained that Shaira, Cherrie's elder sister, decided to make their wedding private and only a few prominent people were invited, namely, the Ninth and his guardians, the Varia, Xanxus, the queen herself and close family members.

Half an hour later, Pierre left and said his congratulations to the couple. The sky was painted in a deep hue of orange and the planet Venus was visibly shining. Cherrie let out a yawn and said.

"Belphegor, I'm going to turn in early tonight." She started walking towards the second floor to where the rooms are located. Bel walked along with her, "Since we're getting married and all, why don't we start calling ourselves by our nicknames? Mine is Bel."

"Bel? Oh~ Belphegor – Bel. Okay. I don't have any nicknames in particular, so Cherrie will be fine. You can call me Chei if you want to. Xanxus used to call me that." She stopped at Bel's room. It was obvious enough. A sign board was nailed to the right of the door latch. Written on it were the words: "This is the Prince's room. DO NOT DISTURB."

Bel opened the door for her and walked casually inside his room, his very dirty room. Pieces of chip wrappers, empty bottle cans, energy drinks, knives, wires, crumpled paper, soiled clothes and messy furniture greeted the princess. "Aren't you entering?"

"WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?"

"It's my room, idiot. You came in here hours ago and you just noticed this mess now?"

"I was tired back then, so I didn't give much attention to my surroundings, but Bel, your room is a health hazard zone! Let me clean it!" She entered the room and shoved Bel out. She closed the door, leaving Bel standing and staring at his room door.

Ushishishi. How dare she lock me out of my room?

He waited there for half an hour, hearing the random buzzing of a vacuum cleaner, clanking of the empty bottles and the slight movement of furniture. With his subhuman hearing, he also heard silent curses. He beamed. This would be an interesting month. I don't mind getting married to a stranger, as long as she'll be my playmate. Fran's routine of bending my knives is pissing me off and her illusion earlier made Mammon spellbound. Plus, she's Boss' sister. Ah, the tingling sensation of curiosity overwhelms me.

Suddenly, all the noise stopped. He assumed she was finish so he faced the door, opening the latch. Cherrie was about to open the latch as well and was stunned when it was opened outward, making her lean awkwardly towards Bel. She unwillingly lounged towards Bel when the wire of the vacuum tripped her foot. Bel stepped back, attempting to catch her, but the force was great. Cherrie slid past Bel's left side, catching his front collar, making him turn around as they fell towards the soft red carpet on the corridor. When they landed, Bel was on top of Cherrie, his lips met hers.

"A~re? Bel-senpai, Cherrie-senpai~?" Fran gazed at them as the regal couple broke their kiss, blood rushing to the top of their heads. The frog studied their weird position and said, "A~no, senpais, sorry to disturb your love-making. Please continue like I never interrupted you. I just came to say dinner is ready." Fran made a shoo-shoo gesture with his right hand and turned around, going back the same direction on where he entered. He stopped after a few steps and swiftly gave his senpais two thumbs-up signs, meaning he approves of what they're doing, so long as they keep it private. Bel wanted to throw a knife at him but he was already far away to make a direct hit.

"Uhmm…Bel…" Cherrie tugged his jacket; face all red like an apple. "So-sorry…"

"Ushishishi. It's not your fault." They were sitting on the floor now, both faces still flustered. That's it. I think I love her. No one should ever enjoy her cute blushing face as much as I do. The prince will always get what he wants. And the Prince doesn't want to share. She's too adorable! Shishi. Bel leaned forward towards her and he kissed her again, more passionately this time. The other had no will power to resist (consider what she's been doing all day) and submit to the prince's desire to claim her as his. She won't fall for him that easily. He has to earn that. But she sees this as a good start for their unwanted relationship. And it's all thanks to a door.


Finish!

I know, I know. It sucks. Usually, it'll take me three to four days but this only took me 20 hours. Gomen. It's bad but I'll try to update it with satisfactory information and correct any mishaps I've done.

I'm so sorry if you didn't like this. I know I could do better but the pressure of being in a graduating batch and getting high grades and good reputation really shaken me up. I don't think I can update any time soon, but I'll still try.

Thank you so much for reading! I'm really interested to read your reviews, so please review! Please? If I get many reviews then I'll be inspired to write faster. Haha. I love this story so much and I would like to end it as cheesy as possible, so yeah. XD

Sneak Peek:

Chapter 2 – The Wedding Day