This is a crossover story of -man—Maximum Ride—and ½ Prince. ½ Prince probably isn't a huge Manga right now but just keep reading this, you'll like it.
Tis disclaimed.
~Hana ga Hiroko
The Difference Between
Prologue
Kanda rolled out of bed, groaning and patting his messy hair down. He went through his morning routine. He walked out of his room and into the kitchen where a fifteen year old boy sat munching on Cheerios.
He had short, buzz cut-like, black hair with cute sideburns and big playful eyes. "Hey Yuu," he said with a mouthful of cereal, Kanda waved halfheartedly, "Alma," he muttered and opened the fridge to see it practically empty.
He turned fast on the younger boy, "you had a midnight snack again, didn't you?" he snarled and Alma blushed, "what can I say; a boy's got to eat." Kanda growled. This is the umpteenth time Kanda has woken up to see the once full refrigerator empty, he wanted to tell his little brother how much it cost to buy all that food but he held his tongue.
Kanda turned back to the fridge and sniffed the cottage cheese; making a face he put it back. "How was your little slumber party?" he asked his brother nonchalantly, "it's not a slumber party!" Alma said "it's a Dude Night! With pajamas… and makeovers, but I didn't know about that part until Johnny's sisters crashed the place," Alma shuddered.
Kanda stared at his little brother for a moment then said, "It's a slumber party." Alma gave up and pouted. "It was fine; we ate a lot of food and used a lot of makeup remover and wire cutters… those girls… have a lot of equipment… like chains." Alma's eyes went wide with fear. "Yeah, I'm not letting you over there again," Kanda said and Alma snapped out of his daze, "What?" he exclaimed "you can't do that—!"
"Yes I can, you're a minor and you're not going there anymore," Kanda said firmly, "but where are we supposed to have Dude Night?" Kanda shrugged and looked into the empty box of Cheerios, unsatisfied, he crushed it.
"I think there's some… Reeses Puffs in… the cupboard …?" quite suddenly, Kanda dived for the cupboard and threw the door open, almost taking it off its hinges. Alma peered up behind Kanda to see a little white mouse trying to nibble through the box of Reeses Puffs.
"Oh, I was wondering where Lenny went, he had escaped his cage the other—"
Kanda snatched the rat from the cupboard shelve and glared at it, crushing it. Its eyes bulged; the organs going to its head, its paws extended and its mouth gaped open. Kanda tossed it behind him and into Alma's hands. The boy screamed and cried as he started to perform CPR on his poor pet.
Kanda dived for the box which was full and then to the fridge where he yanked open the door to see no milk. "Who cares, its food isn't it?" Kanda said and poured the Puffs into his mouth. "Why Lenny? You were so young! Why?" Alma cried, clutching the limp mouse in his fists.
"You can get another one!" Kanda snapped at the crying boy, "I don't want another one; this is the fifth pet this month! I want my old squirrel back, and my turtle, and my monkey—!"
"The monkey's death was your fault! I wasn't the one who pushed it out the window!" Kanda defended himself. Alma curled up on the floor, "we're out of mayonnaise," he sniffled and Kanda sighed, his stomach satisfied.
Kanda leaned over and took the mouse from his little brother and opened another cupboard door, picking the right sized shoe box he dropped the mouse inside and shoving the box into his brother's hands.
"There, we'll bury it later," Kanda said and Alma clutched the box tightly and stood up, brushing himself off, he held himself up with the little dignity he had left. "Are you going to go shopping today Yuu?" he asked his brother.
Kanda shrugged. "Guess so, we have no food, you probably want a new pet; it's pay day, so… yeah, I'm going shopping," Kanda said and Alma smiled, "okay then! But besides a pet, I want you to get me a game!"
Kanda gave his younger brother a look. "You don't play video games; you could give a rat's ass about video games," Kanda said and Alma's grin got larger, "not this one, this rat's ass is special!"
"What's so special about a rat's ass?"
"I don't know! But this video game is awesome! It just came out, it's called Second Life."
Kanda raised an eyebrow. "Never heard of it," he said and Alma coughed, "well, that isn't surprising! It's a virtual reality game, it's 99.9% realistic!"
"Why would you want a game just to have another life? You barely know how to do shit in real life!" Kanda snapped and Alma glared, "it's not like real life Yuu-chan, you fight monsters and level up, do quests, fight other players, you even feel pain and touch! And everything!"
"Why would you want to do that? You don't even like pain, and what's the point? You'll just ignore your real life and everyone around you."
"No, no, no, no, no, no! You play it while you sleep, silly. You put on this special headset and you log in automatically when you fall asleep!"
Kanda sighed. "Fine, I'll get you you're dumb video game, what kind of pet do you want, by the way?" Kanda asked and Alma shrugged, "how about a kitty cat?"
HirokoHana: and that's the first chapter my gelatinous audience!
PandaFlower: …mousy?
HirokoHana: yes, it's dead.
PandaFlower: you know, animal cruelty is the first sign of a serial killer.
HirokoHana: I'm already a serial killer, I kill thousands of people each day. *crazy glint in eye*
PandaFlower: Uh… yeah, REVIEW and Hiro-chan won't kill anyone off immediately!
HirokoHana: what did you call me? *unleashes spork army*