Author note: I do not own Yakitate! Japan. Nor do I own Sleeping Beauty, which inspired this.
Warning: Violence, possible pairings, Kingdom AU, princess!Monica, broken!Meister
Constructive Criticism would be great, and I hope that you read, review and enjoy! Thanks! XD
Awakened Beauty
1. Awakening
"...Mizuno, why are we doing this again...?"
"Princess, you were the one that said that you wanted to see if this rumour about Prince Sylvan being dead was true! And it's obviously true! Look at him! He's dead!"
Princess Monica Adenauer and her bodyguard/advisor Mizuno Azusagawa were both currently staring down at the still form of Prince Sylvan Kirisaki (or as others called him, Meister Kirisaki), whose face was adorned with a beautiful titanium mask. His long, blond hair framed his face perfectly, and his eyes were closed, as if he was sleeping.
The two seeing Sylvan meant that
1. They were in Prince Sylvan's bedroom
2. Yes, they were literally staring at him and
3. Neither one had any idea what to do about it.
Mizuno let out a sigh, pushing a few locks of red hair behind her ear as she spoke. "I wonder why he wears that mask...you know, do you think his face rotted away while he was dead? I wouldn't be surprised.."
Monica half-glared at Mizuno. "Can people rot that quickly when they're dead? I don't think so...and I have this feeling that he's still alive."
Mizuno gaped at her. "Alive? What makes you think-"
"Mizuno, he's sleeping, not dead! Can't you hear him breathing?"
There was an awkward moment of silence, before Mizuno spoke up again.
"Uh...yeah, I can..."
"See?" The princess crossed her arms. "You see my point?"
"Yeah. But then, uh...how do we wake him up?"
...A moment of awkward silence passed before Monica realized that Mizuno had a point about that part. It was great to see that her friend was not dead, but alive, but it was equally bad that he had been asleep for three months with no one to wake him up. Then again, being in war with Prince Sylvan's sister and father hadn't really been any good, either. Especially now that the Kirisaki Kingdom had basically lost the war, therefore their land being taken by Adenauer Kingdom.
...It was for a good reason to take their kingdom, though. If they hadn't and lost the war, more people would have been suffering under Yuiichi Kirisaki's rule. But that was another story. Right now, they needed to wake up Sylvan.
"Do you think yelling in his ear is going to work?" Mizuno asked.
Monica shook her head quickly. "Mizu, no! We're not damaging his hearing!"
Mizuno gave her a look. "Any other ideas, then? It's not like I have a gong or something to hit with me!"
"Um..." The princess put a hand to her chin, trying to think. "Hm..."
Mizuno then snapped her fingers, apparently having inspiration hit her already with another idea. "Wait, I've got another idea!"
Monica looked up at her. "What is it?"
"Well.." Mizuno crossed her arms as she spoke. "You could always kiss him."
Monica just stared at Mizuno.
"Sorry, but...What did you say?"
"Kiss him! It works in the fairytales!" Mizuno responded, waving her arms about. "Geez, don't you think it should work if it works in fairytales!?"
"Mizuno, you're speaking of me kissing someone who's at least ten years older than me! Are you sure about this!?"
"...Well, what else am I to suggest? Punch him in the face and hope he wakes up from that?"
Monica winced bit, before looking down at her sleeping friend. "Well...I guess you have a point..."
This is not going to be fun...
The princess hesitated, standing over Sylvan, before slowly leaning closer to him to kiss him.
"Closer..." Mizuno trailed off quietly.
Monica went closer.
"Closer..."
Monica went even closer, until her face was literally milimeter's from his face.
"Come on, kiss him already!"
Before Monica could snap back at Mizuno, the 'dead' (previously sleeping) friend woke up.
And screamed.
Naturally, Monica screamed back, and the two immediately started slapping at each other with their arms out of panic and shock, flailing about and screaming like rabbits stuck in confined spaces. Mizuno just stared in horror, before she yanked Monica away from Sylvan, who sat up quickly, staring at the two of them.
"Wha...what are you-what are you-" The older man started, but then he stopped, trying to take deep breaths to calm down. He then let out a sigh, glancing down at himself before looking up at the two again. "Monica...Mizuno? What are you two doing in my room...?"
Both girls exchanged glances, before Monica coughed a bit before speaking up.
"Erm...you were poisoned, Sylvan..."
The older man pushed locks of blond hair out of his face, his eyes widening slightly behind his mask. "I...I was?"
The princess nodded. "Yeah...Your sister Sophie did it, and then my kingdom got into a huge war with your father and Sophie. We had to execute them at the end." She felt bad for dumping all this terrible news on her friend, just after he woke up from being poisoned into a very long sleep, but it wasn't like such things could really be hidden from him, especially if it involved his own family.
Sylvan looked a bit saddened by this-Monica expected that to happen, for him to be upset by the poisoning caused by his sister, and then to hear that he was the only Kirisaki left standing in the family. It was a double punch to the stomach, except worse...
Eventually the older man spoke up again. "I'm not...happy about that. I will admit that." He let out a quiet breath, before speaking again. "But...I'm glad that you came back. To help me wake up. So...I give you my thanks for that."
Monica nodded quietly. "I'm just doing what friends have got to do. You know, help each other. I couldn't just leave you alone."
The older man nodded quietly. "So...what now?"
"Well..." Mizuno paused, before speaking up. "We can let you stay at our castle for now, and then we can figure out what to do from there. A lot of people think you're actually dead, but even if they found out if you were alive...I'm not really sure if they'd want to be under the Kirisaki rule, no offense to you or your family..."
Sylvan winced a bit at this. "You have a point. Let's go..."
The carriage ride there was awkward and silent between the three of them.
Monica had absolutely no idea what to say. She didn't want to hurt Sylvan's feelings any further, or anything like that. She just hoped that he would be okay, that he could cope with all of this bad news flung onto him and such. All she really knew was that she had to be there to support him, her friend. She couldn't let him go through this alone...
Mizuno honestly had no idea what to say, either. She didn't want to make things awkward by telling Sylvan that she was the one who suggested that Monica kiss him to wake him up. That probably wasn't a good idea...
As for Sylvan himself...he was lost in his own thoughts. His sister, his father, gone...and they had been the ones that tried to kill him, too. And now he was living with Monica at her castle. That was nice, that he was with his friend, but of course it wasn't great to wake up and find out that all the rest of his family up and died while he was asleep either.
"As much as I am grateful for letting me stay here, I can't just freeload off you, your Majesty." Sylvan spoke to Monica's father, bowing. "Please, I need some sort of work, lest I end up driving myself crazy with nothing but my own thoughts..."
"Hm..." The King paused, before speaking. "I'm sure we will be able to find something for you to do...in the meantime, you should rest. I'm sure you might need some time to recover."
"Thank you, sire..." The blond bowed silently, before leaving the room, letting out a sigh.
He just hoped the King could find something for him to do that
1. Wouldn't hurt anyone by accident
2. Be something that he could do and
3. Distract him from his thoughts.
He didn't want to think about his family or the war or the poisoning. He would have none of it. But he knew he had to cope...
Just...how was he going to cope with this?
Author note: ...(sweatdrop) How did it get so sad? I wanted this to be funny... (sweatdrop) Hopefully next chapter will be a bit nicer than this one. Thanks for reading!