A/N: I dont own KHR... only the storyline. M - rated for later chapters!
Day one:
"VOOOOOI! Come out, trash! We have a new member!" Squalo screamed and the prince reluctantly got out of his room to welcome his new partner.
As he entered the living room, his eyes widened, although nobody could see that because of his bangs. The younger one standing beside Squalo had emerald eyes – perfectly matching his hair, pale skin, a petit body and an emotionless face, staring back at him. Varia's Storm Guardian couldn't help himself but think that this – obviously – younger male was hot. Damn hot.
Bel's thoughts got interrupted as the Gaylord entered the room and squeaked, swaying with his hip as gay as he was. "KAWAII!~" He shouted and tried to hug and squeeze the young Illusionist, who backed away right away. Squalo scowled at Lussuria's reaction and the prince just snickered.
Weird. Totally weird… just look at his haircut and shudder kawaii? ...The Gaylord, huh? Fran thought as he observed Lussuria. Shishi… shi? That's even creepier. Don't even mention that tiara and his bangs. How the hell can he see anything with that? What he thought of Squalo wasn't much better either. The long-haired, idiotic and loud commander who seemed to get annoyed easily.
"My name's Fran. I am Mammon's replacement." The Illusionist stated monotone – when he realized, that someone was staring at him all the time he added in his usual tone "Fell for me, Senpai?" Another squeal could be heard and the Gaylord started with his usual gay-ness, nobody really wanted to know, so they just ignored the voice and someone seemed to get hit, since the voice died and Lussuria passed out.
Thump… was his heart beating faster than usual?
Bel couldn't tell, but he was definitely not pleased as he realized, that he – indeed – stared at the frog (whenever the prince decided to call Fran like that) the whole time and stabbed his Kouhai. "Ushishishi… who would ever fall for some peasant like you?" he replied with his Cheshire-cat-grin and moved closer to the younger male.
"Ow… what was that for stupid, fake prince?" Fran cried out in monotone – his face not showing any sign of pain.
"Voi! Be nice to each other! After all you have to work together starting today!" The commander shouted and was about to leave for the boss, to report him that Mammon's replacement had already arrived. He slammed the door behind him, leaving Belphegor, Fran and the passed out Lussuria alone.
Damn. He is definitely interested in that kid. The silverette thought as he entered the long hallway.
"For calling me a fake prince, un-cute Kouhai!" Bel laughed while the younger one took the un-bloodied knife, bent and threw it carelessly on the floor, gaining another stab.
"Stop it, Senpai. It hurts!" The Illusionist complained emotion-less, about to throw the knife away - again.
Stab.
"Call me prince!" Belphegor ordered and pissed, that his beautiful knives were threatened like this, but Fran simply ignored it.
"I am not going to obey some freak like you." Again damaging the knife and throwing it on the floor, as he realized that this person was insane and stupid as well, calling himself prince and randomly stabbing people.
Also he wondered when the Gaylord would wake up again to show him his room; he was exhausted from his long trip. The younger one refused to ask his Senpai, not even sure if he would get an answer.
Bel for his part got interested in Fran. He was incredibly handsome and his emotion-less face was somehow appealing too. In addition, his knives don't seem to harm the Illusionist at all – much to the prince's surprise.
"Ushishishi… the prince will get you for this one, Froggy~" was the only thing Fran got as an answer and another creepy grin of the older male. Before he could say anything, suddenly Varia's Sun Guardian woke up and said happily "Come on, Fran-chan~ I will show you to your room!" squealed again and dragged the new member with him, who reluctantly followed. As the royalty was left alone, he let himself lazily fall on the couch and switched on the TV, thinking about his new Kouhai.
"You know, Fran-chan. You and Bel-chan-" The Gaylord started while they were going to Fran's room. The Illusionist didn't even pay attention and explored Varia HQ as they went through the tall and long hallways, when he remembered why he got here.
"Just bear with it for a while, okay, Fran?" His master asked and the smaller one just nodded silently.
Sigh. "Your partner will be Prince the Ripper. The rumors say that he is a genius in combat, so it will be a perfect match." The blue-haired male kept on talking and the only thing, Fran could think of was, that he won't see him again so soon. Mukuro had to take care of something Fran didn't know yet, and he was too worried to let his 'little one' alone in this world – as if he was still a kid – and decided to drop him by the Varia. They were lacking an excellent Illusionist anyway.
His flashback got interrupted as Lussuria stopped in front of a door, smiling, saying something Fran didn't catch and didn't even bother to understand and went off humming.
And here he was, at his new home.
"VOOOOOOOOOOOI! What the hell, STUPID Boss?" Someone shouted and Fran was fully awake now – not even remembering, when he fell asleep.
BANG.
SHOUT.
Sigh.
The younger one wondered if he would ever get used to it. The noisy shark-commander, creepy maniac-prince, Gaylord and the other two men he didn't even have the chance to meet yet.
Fran decided to check who was fighting with the silverette and what the occasion was. Still sleepy he got up from his bed and nearly stepped over a bird. The Illusionist was somehow relieved that he stopped before the – seemly – asleep bird.
Wait… why is a yellow, fluffy bird in my room anyway? He wondered but dropped the thought after another crash and ran out of his room – straight into the living room, where the noise came from.
"What did idiotic-commander do this ti-" Fran got cut off by himself as he had to dodge a flying whisky glass.
"VOOOOOI! WHAT IS IT THIS TIME, XANXUS!" Squalo yelled, glaring at the said man.
"You brought me the wrong whisky, trash!" Xanxus answered and glared back at the silverette angrily, not even noticing that a new face joined them.
"Ushishishi…" came from the corner and Fran wasn't surprised at all, who was sitting there – princely – on a couch. His hands behind his head, a wide grin on his face, obviously amused by this little fight by these older males. The Mist Guardian was about to insult his Senpai again when he suddenly felt a dark, murderous aura from the door behind him.
"BOSS! I found the right one!~" An even creepier-looking black haired male encountered with a whisky bottle in his hands, totally ignoring Fran, and ran towards Xanxus – the dark aura never left his side -. The said male turned around to see his Lightning Guardian. "Took you long enough, trash!" He just answered, still glaring.
"VOOOOOI! Don't be so full of yourself, XANXUS!" And again you could hear Squalo shout, with his sword pointing at his boss and Fran just decided to accompany the 'prince', since he seemed to be the most normal one at the moment. "Senpai~ who is that?" He asked and obviously meant Levi-A-Than. "Shishishi~ Boss' slave" Belphegor answered and laughed, followed by Squalo and a glare from the so-called slave.
Fran didn't understand it right away, but as he thought about his first impression of Levi, it was certain what his Senpai wanted to say with that. And so the newest member got to know the whole Varia, although not very pleased at first.
The first mission:
"Oi Froggy, we've got a mission, shishishi.~ Hurry up will ya?" Bel kindly knocked at the said man's door and walked away right after, not even waiting for an answer and grinning like a kid.
Sigh.
It hasn't been one week yet and Fran already had to go on a mission and unluckily, it was one of these special days.
Reluctantly the emerald haired male got up from his bed – it was around noon - and put on his new hat. It was a 'present' from his Senpai and it really looked similar to a frog. Fran didn't dare to take it off, when the prince was somewhere nearby, since the weird knives would stab his head instead and that wasn't really pleasant.
Another sigh escaped his mouth as he thought of his weird, twisted partner and that on this special day.
Does it has to be today? Fran hoped that things would go well and that this mission was over before that could start.
The Illusionist went straight outside the HQ and saw Belphegor in his usual Varia uniform, leaning against a wall, waiting for him. "Senpai~ we can go now… who is the lucky one?" The prince only ushishishi'ed and answered "Some peasants" and they were off into the deep forest, that seemed to be darker than usual.
"Senpaaai~" Fran cried. "Shishishi… what is it, un-cute Kouhai?"
Dodge.
"You never told me that we had to kill a whole mafia." The two Varia assassins were surrounded by more than 30 men. The younger male opened his Box Weapon for the first time to block another attack.
"Ushishishi~ the prince didn't see any need in this information." Belphegors storm mink was already out of his Box and immediately jumped from one enemy to the other, burning them down. "That's a creepy pineapple you have there" he commented on Fran's doll-likely box 'weapon'. It showed a blue pineapple – Rokudo Mukuro.
Why does he have a 'weapon' like that? ...and why do I care anyway?
Fran was bad at offense and that's why he had such a Box Weapon – a doll that could dodge almost everything. Even the Illusionist himself didn't know why it showed Mukuro, but he was totally amused by the sight of his master-likely doll cry out in pain. Before Fran could complain, one after another enemy fell on the ground and the prince laughed creepily as his mink returned.
…that idiotic Senpai wiped out all the enemies, huh? …he's indeed not bad – but far away from a genius. Fran thought and closed his Box again. "Oh! Souka! The 'prince' forgot it."
Stab.
"Watch your tongue, Froggy. Now comes the big prey." Belphegor said as a tough-looking man was in front of them – supposedly the boss – and the prince was quick enough to dodge an attack as he backed away.
Red hair, scars, black eyes and a creepy smile…I wonder whom he reminds me of… is that…pink nail varnish? Fran mentally frowned. I never thought that there would be someone even gayer than Varia's Gaylord. He thought as he observed the little fight between his Senpai and… well, whatever his name was. He clapped his hand boringly and said sarcastically "Good job in dodging, Senpai~"
Stab.
"Shishishi~ be careful that I don't slice you up first, Froggy~" the prince warned and dozens of knives appeared in shiny storm flames, ready to hit their target anytime.
"Wrong target, stupid fake-prince!~" Fran complained monotonously and pointed at the weird-looking boss, who seemed to get impatient.
"Are ya guys finished already?" He shouted and glared at Belphegor, before the prince could answer his Kouhai. "Ushishishi~ this peasant wants to die." He just said and sent his knives flying – just as his mink.
Dodge.
"Oh!~ Bel-Senpai, you missed it!" Fran reported in his usual voice – not even caring to help out.
Slice.
Slightly, the prince's arm got sliced up by the enemy's spear and an insanely wide grin appeared on his face. Blood was the only word besides his laugh you could hear and Prince the Ripper went on a rampage. It took him mere seconds to finish off his enemy. The young Illusionist watched in amazement – the first time, where he really thought that Belphegor was a genius.
Gulp.
Fran's eyes grew wide as his Senpai – or should he say Prince the Ripper? – was going insane as he saw his own 'royal' blood and was already slicing up the enemy, stabbing the corpse again and again. The young Illusionist felt disgusted as he saw all the blood and the damaged body, sliced up – as he remembered something problematic.
"VOOOOOOOOI! This kid tends to go on a rampage quickly after seeing his own fuckin' blood! If that happens be sure to hold him back or we have to pay for his mess again! And I don't care how you do it!"
Annoyed by the fact, that he had to stop this killing machine and clueless, however he should manage that, Prince the Ripper was about to rip off vital parts of the – now fully sliced up - body; covered in blood and laughing as insane as he was.
Fran couldn't help himself but to shudder at this sight. It wasn't scary – it was incredibly insane and horrid. That's when he finally thought of something – he wasn't sure if it would work – but it was the only thing he could do at the moment.
Froze.
The whole surrounding was covered with an illusion of ice – and it seemed to be cold - cold enough for the prince to cool down and he was freezing. The damaged 'body' disappeared within the illusion and Fran was relieved that it worked, as he saw his Senpai staring at him.
"Bel-Senpai, let's go back now, shall we?" He said in a monotone voice and stared back at blonde. "Ushishishi. Sure~" and with that said, the prince went off, followed by Fran.
Back at Varia HQ, Fran immediately went back to his room, ignoring the shouting Squalo and slammed his door shut, letting himself fall on his bed.
Fuck, its kicking in… damn that idiotic fake-prince!
Fran mentally cursed and before he knew it, he fell asleep.
As for the rest of Varia, they were kind of confused since the Illusionist hardly did anything on the mission nor did the prince do something wrong. Indeed, he lost himself again and sliced up the body of their enemy, but it wasn't really that bad, was it? So, out of curiosity Belphegor decided to peek in Fran's room. As for the others, they couldn't care less so they went back to do their own work.
Happily the prince approached his Kouhai's bedroom and was surprised that the door wasn't locked. Ushishishi… how careless of him. He thought and didn't bother to knock and let himself in. Although there wasn't something special, the prince was stunned. The Illusionist was lying on his back, the blanket only covering half of his body. The sun was shining and you could see his long eyelashes and his ever so emotionless face was peacefully asleep. Since the hat fell off, you could see his emerald hair, which was in contrast to his pale skin. All in all Fran was breathtaking – at least for the prince – and for some seconds, he didn't know what he was doing. Belphegor wanted to hug this body in front of him and unconsciously he moved closer, not noticing that he was about to claim those slightly parted lips.
What the hell am I thinking? He backed away again and just noticed that something was off. As the prince leaned closer again, he noticed that Fran's breathe came out in tiny gasps. Not certain what the occasion was, he just decided to wake the Illusionist up. "Oi, Froggy…" He started and poked his Kouhai, who sleepily opened his eyes and was surprised due to the closeness to the older male. Fran sat up immediately and pushed his Senpai away. "What were you doing, idiotic Senpai?"
Pain.
Shit. It hurts. The Illusionist couldn't help himself but fall back on his bed again. His head, throat – everything was annoying him. He hated it, especially when he knew that it wasn't just a random disease – it was one of those special days. Something that he already had when he was a child; luckily it got much better as the time passed by, but still – it occurred every once in a while. Nobody could tell what exactly it was, from where he got it and of course – how to cure it. The doctors made it sound like something special – but in Fran's opinion, it was just bad luck. Since he seemed to be the only lucky one he called it the 'Bloody-disease', because it always starts with small things such as headache, sore throat etc. and then he would even cough blood, not being able to think properly. Normally, everyone would say that it was the flu or something likely… but no, since he never gets a fever or something similar. Sometimes, it gets even worse and he sleeps for who-knows-how-many hours, looking just as pale as a corpse.
First Belphegor thought that everything was fine, since his Kouhai insulted him as always, in his monotone voice, but as he immediately fell back, the prince knew that something wasn't right. "Shishishi~ did the Froggy catch a cold? How pathetic." Fran would have frowned at that comment, but he just chose to tell him the truth and made it as short as possible.
After that, the older male couldn't care less and walked off, since it seemed to be something 'normal' and as a prince, he had better things to do than to look after a peasant. As for Fran, he was relieved that his Senpai left him, since he felt so weak every time he was in this state and luckily, it only lasts for one whole day. As the cough kicked in, the Illusionist felt like his throat was being torn apart, his lungs burning like hell. As red liquid leaked out, he wished he could just fall asleep again.
Squalo was pissed and normally, Xanxus would be the occasion, but this time it was kind of Fran's fault. It was the first time that he felt something like that – jealousy… maybe even hatred?
The shark couldn't tell, the only thing he knew was, that he didn't like what he saw at all; the usually selfish prince was preparing tea. Although it wasn't difficult to boil water etc. – it was the first time Squalo saw him doing anything for anyone at all. "Voi! What the hell are you doing, trash?" He shouted as he entered the kitchen and the prince greeted him with his usual snicker. "It's for the stupid, un-cute Kouhai~" He replied and left a surprised and confused shark alone.
Since when does he care for anyone? And why is it that brat? Damn.
Actually, Belphegor would never do anything for a peasant like Fran, but since the prince didn't want to owe him something he just decided to make tea for the frog. Since he managed to get Prince the Ripper back to his normal self and maybe he was even a little bit worried about the younger male. He didn't really know what the actual reason was, but he did it nonetheless.
As always the prince didn't even care to knock and let himself in, noticing, that his Kouhai was sleeping again; his pillow tinted with blood. Although he heard about his 'Bloody-disease', he didn't like the sight and surprisingly, his blood-obsession didn't show either. Belphegor put the tea down on the table beside Fran's bed and sat down on the floor, watching his sleeping face again.
Although it was even paler than usual it was still flawless and the blonde decided to leave the younger one, before doing something – unwanted – again.
On the way back to his room he couldn't stop thinking about his Kouhai, thus he didn't notice Squalo at all. "VOI! Bel, what are you dazing off for?" The prince flinched slightly at this sudden, loud voice and snapped out of his thought. "Ushishishi~ the prince just thought of the pathetic frog."
Again this brat. The silverette thought, somehow pissed and then he did something that surprised both of them. He pressed – or rather slammed – the younger male against the wall and kissed him.
Sorry for any mistakes/OOC-ness... and more to his disease, Box weapon etc. later ^^ Well, hope you enjoyed it!