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Oh dear, that darned Disney match-making. at least, that's what the characters think. The rest of us know the truth of who controls their love life.
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We followed him all throughout the night, stopping before him to make a small shelter against the rain. Pacha almost instantly fell asleep, while I was awake for much longer. I think I got about 2 hours of sleep.
When dawn came, the rain was gone, leaving behind it a beautiful, sunny day. I found myself excited, but I couldn't figure out why. Pacha simply smiled and walked on.
After a while, we came to the llama herd where I remembered Kuzco had found Pacha. I settled down on the grass to rest a ways away from Pacha, while he began to tell the story of him and Kuzco to the real llama's around.
After a while, I looked up to see Kuzco on a hillside just above the grazing area. He seemed to sigh sadly, then walked down towards the other llamas. I watched as he smiled and waved a hoof, only for them to snort and walk away.
Kuzco looked down at the ground, then lowered his head to get a mouthful of grass. It couldn't have been very tasty, since it had lumps of dirt attached to it. Grass wasn't very good anyway, as I had the *cough* fortune to know. Kuzco swallowed, then made a disgusted face. He went down for another mouthful, then looked up, shocked.
He had probably heard Pacha, who had just gotten to the part with the cliff. Kuzco slowly walked through the herd, then blinked in shock as he saw Pacha.
"He's a lousy llama. I mean, a really lousy llama." Pacha finished, then smiled at Kuzco. Kuzco smiled, and walked over to Pacha hopefully. When they stood in front of each other, Kuzco's ears went down.
"Hey, listen, Pacha, you know, what I said to you back at the diner, that-that-I-I didn't really..." Kuzco tried to apologize, but Pacha put his hand up in a 'no need' gesture.
"So, you tired of being a llama?" Pacha asked, smiling knowingly.
"Ye-ee-ee-es!" Kuzco sniffled, the big fat tears in his eyes almost overflowing. I got up, walking over to him.
"Well, that's good. Just stick with Pacha this time, okay?" I said to him, keeping my voice light. He looked at me, and his entire face seemed to light up. I smiled softly at him.
"Kylie!" He said, fast-walking over to me.
"Yup. That's my name; don't wear it out." I said jokingly, starting to walk up to Pacha.
"You're here too?" Kuzco asked me excitedly. I rolled my eyes.
"No. I'm a figment of your imagination." I said sarcastically, then grinned. "Yep. I couldn't just leave you here all alone, could I?" I asked, walking with Pacha to the entrance of the field.
"Well...you could." Kuzco pointed out, and I snorted.
"Maybe so, but I would feel horribly guilty for quite a while afterwards, and would probably end up going after you anyway." I told him truthfully, not looking him in the eye.
"Thanks." I heard him say softly, and I fought to keep the blush off of my face.
"I hate to interrupt your moment here, but we really need to get going if we're gonna get you two back to the palace before Yzma and Kronk find you." Pacha pointed out reluctantly, and I snapped to attention.
"Right." I said, then began to run to catch up to Pacha. We cut through some bushes to get back to Pacha's village.
"Okay, we're just gonna stop at the house and get some supplies." Pacha said quickly.
"Then we'll be on our way, right?" Kuzco asked him.
"Right." Pacha clarified, and we all made our way up to Pacha's house. Half way up, we were stopped by some of Pacha's neighbors.
"Hey there, Pacha. Hey, you know you just missed your relatives." The bigger of the two told us, and we all stopped.
"My relatives?" Pacha asked, confused.
"Yeah, we just sent them up to your house." The skinnier one said.
"What did they look like?" Pacha asked.
"Well, ya see, there was this big guy and this older woman who was...how would you describe her?" The skinnier one asked the first villager.
"Ah, scary beyond all reason." The bigger one said.
"Yeah, that's it." The skinnier one confirmed. We all looked at each other waryly.
We headed up to Pacha's house, where he told us to wait outside. He headed to the other side of the house for a moment, then came back and walked inside to the kitchen. Kuzco and I waited right outside the window.
"So, we have to get back to the palace, find the lab, and change them back." I heard Pacha say from just inside, and Kuzco walked up to the window.
"Hi there!" He said, and was hit it the face with a frying pan by Chicha.
"Um...that was him." Pacha said, pointing nervously at Kuzco.
"Whoops." Chicha said, looking out the window.
"I like your wife." I said, careful to stay out of frying pan range.
"Heh." Pacha laughed, and I shook my head.
"I'll see if I can get him out of it." I said, grabbing Kuzco. "Hurry." I continued, dragging Kuzco over to the back door.
I sat him down, and he simply fell back to the ground limply. I sighed, and pushed him back up, murmuring softly.
"C'mon, Kuzco. We do not have time for this." I said, and let him lean on me. "Wake up, you annoying, bratty, idiotic emperor." He didn't respond other than a small groan, and I sighed.
"Go, I'll stall them long enough for you two to get a head start." I heard Chicha say. Funny, I hadn't heard them come out...
"Thanks, honey." Pacha said, and they shared a quick kiss. Kuzco got up dizzily.
"You have a lovely wife. They're both very pretty." Kuzco said, and I grabbed him by the neck and dragged him out of there.
Kuzco's dizzy state was slowing us down, so I told Pacha to go on ahead a bit. We would catch up.
"You sure?" He asked me, and I nodded.
"Yeah. Jut have the rope bridge ready when we get there, I'm going to get him out of this daze." Pacha nodded and ran ahead. I went under Kuzco as he fell, letting him lean on me and run at the same time.
"Urg! Dammit, Kuzco, stop it! I'll marry you willingly if you wake up right now." I said without thinking, and Kuzco blinked.
"Whoa, that hurt...wait, what did you just say?" He asked, looking wide-eyed at me. I snorted.
"The one where I said we don't have time for this, or the annoying, bratty, idiotic emperor part?" I asked him, hiding my shock. I can't believe I just said that!
"No, the one where you said you would marry me willingly." Kuzco said slyly, and I pushed him off of me, where he tripped and spun before righting himself.
"You were smacked in the face with a frying pan by Pacha's wife. You're delusional." I told him flatly, running faster to catch up to Pacha. Kuzco ran after me, and we both caught up to Pacha while arguing.
"I'm pretty sure that's what you said." Kuzco continued to pester me, and I finally snapped.
"SO WHAT IF THAT'S WHAT I SAID?" I shouted at him, then slapped a hoof over my mouth when I realized what I had just admitted.
"Whatever. We need to get back to the palace." I avoided his gaze as we reached the makeshift bridge, Pacha already waiting for us on the other side.
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