A/N:

Hajimashite!

Hey guys! It's been a while! How are you doin'?

And uhm, I want to thank everyone who read and supported A Night of Heaven. Arigatou! I hope you'll also like this one.

And seriously, I really do not know why I am so hooked to Princess Resurrection.

CHAPTER 1

The Babies

My routinely morning tea: that thought was the only thing running in my head right now. I need it - a cup of freshly brewed Earl Grey. I was gently tapping on the white marble topped table in front of me as I patiently waited for my maid.

"Where is Sawawa, Flandre?" the little gynoid was standing beside my chair. Her light-blonde hair turned towards my direction and she answered me a nonchalant "Fuga".

"Still in the kitchen eh?" Well, I can't do anything about that. I have to wait.

I stopped tapping on the table and I started looking around me. The weather is great, grass is trimmed neatly, flowers are fully bloomed, two blue birds were chirping in a tree branch near the window, and you could feel the cool wind grazing against your skin. Hmmm, a pretty normal day I would say so myself.

It has been four years since I moved in the Human Realm. Several things have changed. Just take the Royal Battle over the throne. Duken Onii-sama, Severin, Emil Onii-sama, Gilliam Onii-sama, and Prince Fuhito were all gone. There were only three of us remaining: Sylvia Onee-sama, my little sister Sherwood, and I. Even the assassins who tried to take my life greatly reduced in number. But I still can't take my guard down. I never wanted to be on the throne in the first place but I don't intend on dying either.

My thoughts were interrupted by the rolling sound of the wheels of the silver cart pushed by Sawawa. Ah, finally my tea has come.

"Sorry for the wait Oujo-sama." She grabbed the little porcelain kettle by the handle and she started pouring the contents to a matching cup and saucer.

Then she handed me the cup. The puff of a faint white smoke filled my nostrils with an enticing aroma. I gently raised the rim of the cup to my lips, and I slowly sipped. Oh, it is like a piece of heaven in a cup.

"Oujo-sama, I lack some ingredients needed for lunch and supper. I need a quick run to the grocery store." My maid said in her usual zippy tune. She is always like this; carefree and happy even though her life could be in danger at any moment.

I placed the cup back to its saucer. "Yes, go ahead Sawawa."

"It won't take long. I'll be back in an hour." And she exited the balcony.

"More tea Flandre."

I was down to the third cup of my tea, and half an hour had passed since Sawawa went out when I heard the doorbell rang.

*DING-DONG!*

Flandre looked at me. "Fuga?"

Since Sawawa was gone shopping for supplies, Hiro is not home because of some reasons, Reiri and Riza were nowhere to be found as usual so, I have to go down and open the gates. It is not suitable for me, a princess, to open doors and welcome guests. Seriously, I need more servants in this mansion.

Enough with the tea, "Come with me Flandre." The chair made a creaking sound when I stood from the chair. I exited the balcony and Flandre walked beside me.

*DING-DONG!* *DING-DONG!*

We were already in the stairs when again, I heard the doorbell rang. Twice.

"Fuga."

"Indeed, an impatient guest. I wonder who it is."

Flandre opened the front door and then we approached the gates. No one was there. Suspicious. "Flandre, do a high-energy scan of the area." Flandre finished the scan quickly but she found nothing. That was the time I heard those little sounds. I looked right and left and I found a woven basket covered with a checkered cloth.

"Kittens," I muttered aloud, and then I glanced at the basket the cries seemed coming from. "Someone has left us a basket of kittens." I was tempted to take a look. Fluffy kittens. I might even take one. Or maybe two. But no, I can't afford to have a pet right now. I have Hiro. He could be a decent pet for now.

"Come on Flandre." She closed the gates and we started walking back inside the house. There, the tempting kittens were gone. When suddenly, a sound stopped me in my tracks. It came from outside. It was much too loud and wail-like to be a kitten.

I shot a glance back at the basket. It still sat there. And the noises were now very unkittenlike. I walked back to it, and again I glanced right and left. No other soul is in sight.

"Fuga, Fuga." Flandre said she was begging to have a very bad feeling about just what the life-form in the basket would have to be. "I know Flandre." This is not good. Leaning down, she took hold of one corner of the checkered cloth and pulled it up.

Just what I'd been afraid of - not kittens. Not even a baby. Two babies. Two tiny little red-faced babies, squirming side by side. One was making popping noises, the other was working up to a full scale howl. "Babies," I murmured, just to reassure myself that I wasn't dreaming. "Real babies."

"Fuga?" she asked me.

"I don't know what I'm going to do with them Flandre." But being a compassionate person, I couldn't just leave them here. They were tiny and vulnerable. Something might happen to them.

Several things were in the basket like feeding bottles, diapers, and some baby wipes. But the one that caught my attention was a card beside the babies. I grabbed it. The card smelled like cheap perfume. This was a hand writing of a girl. It was addressed to Hiro.

I'm so sorry but,

Please, take of the babies for a while Hiro.

I'm counting on you.

(Signed) Sayuri

There were blotches in the note. What? Tear stains? This girl must be desperate. And Sayuri.? Who could this Sayuri be? Hiro, what in the world have you done that someone even left a basket full of babies in my mansion?

"Take them in Flandre." I have some interrogations to make later.

We headed towards my room. My little gynoid walked ahead of me as she carried the woven basket full of agitated babies. "Place the basket in the bed Flandre." And then I closed the door behind me.

They are still crying. What am I supposed to do with these two?

I came close to the bedside. One baby is wearing a pink colored one-piece play-suit and the other one is wearing a purple one. Hmm? What is that? Something is embroidered in the collar of their dresses.

I leaned over them. Both of them stopped crying when they saw me leaning towards them. Did I startle them? These babies stared at me with those large brown eyes which are slightly damp due to their crying. Then, I slowly and carefully carried one baby. I carried her with my arms stretched out. "Kotone," is what is written in her pink collar. She has a tuft of chestnut-colored hair that curls at the top. She did not move much in my hand, just her feet wagging under her. Her eyes were pinned on my face, watching me.

I smirked at her. "So your name is Kotone." A bubbly smile was formed in her lips when I called her name. "Ko-to-ne," I repeated, and this time she laughed. She liked her name being called. Then she raised her hands as if she was reaching for me. And she started moving vigorously in my hands. Not good. I can't control her movements.

Flandre tugged on the skirt of my black dress. "Fuga!"

"Hey! Don't move so much or you'll slip in my hands!" I brought her close to my chest.

Kotone stopped all those giddy movements and she lay silent in my arms, snuggling comfortably in my bosom. Her eyes were closed.

"She fell asleep." that fast. A moment ago, she was thrashing in my hands and now she was knocked out.

"Flandre, fix the bed." I slowly placed her in my bed, careful not to wake her up. I placed pillows on her sides so she would not roll over and fall off the bed.

*SIGH* one more baby to take care of.

I held the other one close to my body. "Sayane," is her name. Unlike her sister, this one has a bald spot on her head. She has a streak of dried tear stain on her left cheek. I wiped it with my thumb. "I wonder…how could your mother leave you into someone else's care?"

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There you have it! Chapter 1 in Hime's POV!

I do not know if I was able to make a good narration out of her POV though. Crappy right?

Just take this FanFic as my Christmas Gift to all of you XD.

But, I'll be a little slow in updating this one since I am extremely busy (school stuffs...)

And dont worry coz i'll finish this story:)

-Arg! I want to eat SINIGANG!

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