A Nekovian Appears
The night before when they'd arrived in Neo-Japan just outside the Bunkyo district, the man who stood outside the building of Nihonhani Neko Pet Shop, had had his little brother with him. Currently wearing a frown, his ocean blue eyes, a shade darker than his younger brothers, was cast toward the door as he growled to his driver, "Wait here."
His little brother, whom had inherited their late fathers neko trait had forgotten to take his papers with him so that he wouldn't be caught and sold to some pet seeking individual. He'd already stopped early that morning at any number of pounds and other pet stores. Yet none of them had born fruit.
Straightening his violet tie and dusting off the sleeves of the dark blue pinstripe suit he wore, he walked past the automatic sliding glass doors into the building where he'd had his driver park outside of.
He glared at the shopkeeper as the man came up to him, "Have you a neko who looks very much like me in your establishment?" His eyes glittered with warning, least the man not think him serious. He was after all, himself, not a neko, though his younger was. Had he not been, he would not at that moment be searching for him.
The shopkeeper nervously shook his head, "N-no. We do not."
He arched a brow suspiciously at the man, towering over him, "He was quite tall, perhaps a little shorter than I, but he had dark navy blue hair, only a half shade lighter than mine. Did you ever have any neko here, more specifically this morning that looked near identical to myself, save many for his neko features of which I have none?"
When the shopkeeper nodded his head and nervously explained, "We did... just this morning, but he, he was bought."
"Was his name Nowaki?"
"I, did not get his name until the papers were signed, so I don't remember."
"Find them then," he growled.
"He's well within the age of being sold off, he had no identification card on him to indicate he was not to be sold."
Looming over the shop employee, he arched one dark navy blue brow, while the other furrowed, a dark aura seeming to radiate around him. "We are not of Neo-Japan! Of course he would not have such papers, however," he removed from the interior of his business suit jacket a scroll and revealed its contents.
There upon it was a picture of Nowaki, his birth certificate and station in life.
Upon seeing it the shopkeepers jaw slackened, his mouth agape. Nervously he rang his hands together as they began to sweat just a little, "We, I did not know. He said nothing."
"And would you have believed him had he said so?"
"We-ell," the shopkeepers orange eyes looked off to the side, "no, I suppose not. It's been twenty years since last a Nekovian visited this country."
"Right, not since the treaty was signed between us, you'll be lucky if my little brother is unharmed, otherwise this incident may well result in war, seeing as I am the soon to be King of Nekovia."
He watched as the shop keepers adams apple bobbed, the man swallowing clearly in nervous agitation. He, however, felt no remorse for the fear he had inflicted upon the lowly subject. To him, anyone who sold or purchased a neko was beneath him, nothing but scum. It had been the very reason why twenty-two years ago, just as his brother was being brought into the world, his father had declared war upon Neo-Japan in fear of them harming his land and his newly born neko son.
That had lasted all of two years, the details of which, he did not recall himself, though he'd been ten at the time the treaty was signed and since then Nekovia and its people had been in isolated from the rest of the world.
He watched as the shopkeeper looked through the data and handed him the papers that had been signed for Nowaki's release.
"It indeed is my little brother, Prince Nowaki Kusama Shahzad. So, he belongs to someone named Kamijou Hiroki does he, I would like to meet this man."
However he was curious as to what other neko's he'd find within the establishment, now that he had located his younger sibling. He'd have his driver take him to the Usami Palace to learn of the relationship between this Kamijou Hiroki and his brother and too why he lived in the Castle of Neo-Japan's royal family.
Placing Nowaki's Nekovia papers along with that of what the shopkeeper had given him back in the interior pocket of his jacket he walked down the hall, glancing into the holding rooms. All, but one of them were empty. Considering it was National Neko Day, it was no wonder the place was nearly devoid of all life.
He came to a halt at one of the display windows, gazing in at a small set of twins. He could not tell whether they were male or female wearing such unisex clothes. However neither of them looked to have breasts, but even a female, especially a young and undeveloped one didn't necessarily have breasts either.
If they were female, he had no interest in them, despite their plum colored hair and their intriguingly colored eyes, unlike anything he'd ever before seen.
He turned to the shopkeeper who was still standing awestruck and terrified at his till. Rolling his eyes he sighed, "Would you please come here!"
As the man moved slowly toward him, he dragged his fingers through his dark navy blue hair, darker than even that of his little brother Nowaki's.
"Yes, Prince..."
"Kichirou."
"Prince Kichirou..." the shopkeeper's voice trailed off for a moment, before his attention was brought back to the prince.
"I'd like to know about these two," he pointed to the twins, "how old are they, they look like their twelve."
The orange eyed store employee blinked, "Err, no, they're not tweleve. They're both seventeen years old, soon to be eighteen."
Kichirou nodded, "I see, and... what gender are they?"
"Male, why?"
The soon to be crowned king of Nekovia smiled, casting his dark ocean blue eyes back into the one-way viewing display window. "Because if they were female, I'd have no interest in them," other than setting them free, but then he'd have to take them back to Nekovia and he could not rescue all the neko's of Neo-Japan. In fact some of them didn't even wish to be rescued from their fate.
"But... I thought Nekovia had a policy against owning pets."
His eyes narrowed as he glanced back at the man once more, "We do, neko's are not allowed to be pets in Nekovia. I and my mother are the only non neko's of Nekovia. Why do you think it is called Nekovia? It is where our race originated, in the deserts of my birth land."
"Then... why are you interested in these two?"
"Because, I came to Neo-Japan, as did my brother, seeking a wife. However in Nekovia we are allowed to have more than one wife and this pair of twins, they interest me very much, especially now that I know they are male."
The shopkeeper blinked, "Wives, but... wives are girls, women!"
Arching a brow, one corner of Kichirou's mouth curled up, "In my country it does not matter if the wife is male or female. The wife is the one who will be giving birth to the kittens. As a King, I need a Queen or in this case a pair of Queens. Now, please bring them out here so that I might meet them."
"I cannot bring them out, but if you wish to, you may go inside with them."
"And how do I know you will not trick me and lock me in there so that no news ever reaches my homeland?"
"Do you take me for an idiot?" Growled the orange haired male with black stripes through his hair. "Your people know where you went, if the suspect foul play they'll declare war regardless of whether or not you are they to agree they do so."
"Ah, you are a clever one," he took the key from him and went around and down another hall till he came to the door that was the only one lit green. Unlocking it he stepped inside to look at the set of twins who were sitting on a set of plum colored beanbags and playing cats in the cradle with a piece of string.
They seemed rather quiet as they smiled at one another, taking turns as they tried to follow the different steps. At their feet was several small balls of yarn and a foam ball that they could toss to one another.
He slowly walked up to them, and knelt between them, looking from one to the other as he gazed at them, unsmiling, for he never smiled, smirk maybe, but smile, no, as he greeted them. "Hello."
The dark violet haired twins jumped, startled, their copper eyes flying to him as the string fell and their arms wrapped around each other as they shook from the fright he had given them.
One of them, with a slightly feminine voice asked, "W-who are you?"
The other gazed at him wide eyed and said nothing.
"I am going to be your husband."
Two sets of copper eyes blinked, their eyes growing saucer wide, shinning like newly policed pennies.
"I see I've shocked you, but please, tell me your names."
The one who had not yet spoken, had a quiet shy low voice, "My name is Ume and this is my twin brother, Yuu."
"Which one of you is older?"
The small, plum color haired twins glanced at one another, "We're the exact same age."
"How can that be?"
"We were conjoined at the hip when we were born, very thin though so the surgery was easy. However it is also the reason we had to become pets when became of age."
Kichirou nodded, "I see, well tell me, how would you like to be my wives?"
"Your... wives!?" they questioningly exclaimed, "We're not girls!"
"But you will be the ones to carry our babies, Ume, Yuu."
"But...why would you want to marry us? We're just... pets."
"Because neko's as pets are illegal in Nekovia."
"You live in Nekovia?" asked Yuu, the one with the small feminine twang to his voice.
"I do. And as soon as I saw you," and knew they were male, "I was interested in both of you. You're both adorable and I want to take you home with me."
Ume and Yuu gazed at one another, being a wife instead of a pet was far more appealing, even if they found the word wife itself to be unappealing, as they were not girls. They'd been mistaken for little girls, especially Yuu, often enough as it was. Yet neither had thought someone would wish to take them both. Not everyone could afford more than one pet and some did not wish to have two, or already had so many they were only allowed, but one more.
The expectations they'd been raised to accept didn't seem much different from that of being a pet, so silently they agreed and turned their eyes upon Kichirou.
"We accept."
Kichirou felt himself smiling, he couldn't remember the last he had smiled, even at his little brother or his mother as he stood up. "Then I shall have the shopkeeper prepare the paperwork so that I might sign and take you home with me. However first I need to find my little brother. Apparently he was sold this morning."
Ume and Yuu tilted their head, "Why was he sold?"
"He's a neko as all but myself and my mother are in Nekovia and he forgot to carry his royal papers."
The twins blinked, "R-r-royal papers?"
Kichirou chuckled, "Ah, did I forget to tell you? I am a Prince of Nekovia, the first prince and soon to be King. Now that I have found my Queens all will be well at my coronation," he frowned, "as long as I can find Nowaki."
Ume and Yuu could barely believe what was going on and so quickly too. It seemed that their soon to be master, or rather their soon to be husband had been in a rush and had just decided that they would do. They wondered silently, if they would be able to meet Kichirou's expectations and demands.
Ume whispered into his twins plum colored neko ear, "I'm kind of scared now, we're going to be Queens. That sounds hard."
Yuu nodded in agreement.
Kichirou had apparently heard them, "Do not worry, my mother is still alive and can teach you all you need to know about being Queens." He gently stroked a neko ear each, "Now come along with me my little fiancee's, we have much to do before we depart for Nekovia, first and foremost finding my brother, as well as a wife for him. Although I already have an idea who that wife would be," he pat his chest where the papers of Nowaki's heritage and that of his sales paper within the shop rested inside a pocket within his pinstripe suit jacket.
He was glad to note that the man who worked at the shop had already begun preparing and had ready the papers for Ume and Yuu's sale and release.
Yuu held tightly onto Ume's arm, both of them still worried about whether or not they'd made the right decision. Yet even if they had said no to Kichirou, he could still have bought them and they'd have been unable to make a protest, unless he was found to be abusive, for they were no more than mere pets. Although, they would be more than that in Nekovia. They would be something they never imagined they'd be even in their wildest dreams, the spouses of a King.
They wondered what being a Queen would entail, but at least, they would have Kichirou's mother to guide them.
Yuu whispered to Ume, "I hope his mother will like us," to which his twin nodded in hopeful agreement while Kichirou finished singing and sealing the paperwork so that he could legally take them from the building of the Nihonhani Neko Pet Shop.
Kichirou holding a copy of the documents signed, he placed them where he currently kept all important documents on his person. "Let us go my little loves," he smiled to the twins, just the sight of them made him smile.
He offered each of them an arm, and when they each took one he walked them out of the building and to his awaiting car.
The driver casting him an arched brow in silent question as he opened the door for the three of them. Ume slid in first, Kichirou second and Yuu last before the driver shut the door and got into the drivers seat. Once everyone was buckled, the doors securely shut tight and locked, they were off.
"Driver, to the Usami Palace," he gave him the directions as he had found on the paper signed by an Usami Kishiko and then a Kamijou Hiroki.
Noticing the twins yawn, he wrapped used his hands to bring their heads to rest against his shoulders, "Take a nap my little Ume and Yuu, I'll awaken you if necessary."
As they closed their eyes, he smiled, finding them utterly adorable. They'd look cute he thought, in Lolita garments, maid costumes and other cosplay. Though they would look far more lovely in the robes of the desert land, or rather something else entirely, but it would have to wait until they were back on his families large royal jet and headed home.
It took less time than he'd thought to arrive at the gates of the palace, about forty-two minutes or so.
The gatekeeper asked, "Who are you?" And when Kichirou flashed him his identification papers he quickly opened the gate and let his driver drive through them before closing them behind.
Kichirou gently brushed a small kiss over each of his future mates foreheads, "Ume, Yuu, wake up."
Both of them stretched their arms back behind their heads as they softly mewled in protest of being awoken from their little cat nap.
With a chuckle, he smiled, "Okay, time to get out of the car." The driver had opened the door on Ume's side, so he was the first to exit the vehicle followed by Kichirou and then finally Yuu, who was still rubbing one fist over an eye.
Knocking on the large door outside the palace the doors were slowly opened and a butler led them to the visitors waiting room and went off to alert one or more members of the royal family.
The tall human male sat upon the couch, Yuu laying his head against his lap, to which he ran his fingers through his short hair, the other twin resting his head against his shoulder, to which he wrapped his arm around him and hugged him closer against him.
Moments later, a young female neko with long silver flowing hair and light violet eyes entered the room.
