The Earl's evil cackle echoed throughout the whirlpool that surrounded Allen as his tail began to change. Allen started to gasp, not able to breathe underwater anymore.
"Quick, get him to the surface before he drowns!" Link ordered Lenalee.
Allen was losing consciousness as his friends desperately tried to swim him up to the surface for the air he now needed. He awoke, the next thing he knew, he was on the beach.
"Well, look at what the catfish dragged in!" Bak-san yelled landing by the small group of creatures. "What's going on, Allen… there's something different about you… Now don't tell me… new hairdo? You've been using the dingle hopper, right?"
Allen shock his head no in reply for he no longer ha his voice.
"No, huh? Hmm…" The know it all bird began rubbing his beak thinking. Allen started shaking the leg is feathered friend was perched on. "Let me see… I can't quite put my foot on it…"
"He's got legs you imbecile! The boy traded his voice for legs! He made a deal with the sea monster!" Link yelled.
"I knew that." Bak-san said as if he actually knew that.
"Allen was turned into a human." Lenalee said slightly embarrassed. "So he can make his prince fall in love with him and he has to…" The little exor-fish turned a little pink. "K-kiss him…"
"And he only has a week to do it!" Link exclaimed as Allen tried to walk with his new legs and fell right into the water with a large splash! "On legs! On human legs! This is terrible! A catastrophe! What would his father say? Oh I'll tell you what he'd say! He'd say he's gonna have himself a crab bake! I've gotta march home and tell him immediately like I should've done!" The crabby Link muttered aloud as he started going back under water in the direction of the sea kingdom.
Allen stopped him by picking him up, shaking his head in disagreement of the crab's plans. "Oh, no don't you shake your head at me young man!" He stopped and began getting a little too hopeful. "Maybe there's still time to go back to the Earl and trade back and go home before your father finds out. Then marry another fish and just be…" Allen started to make an award winning orphan Oliver face. "And just be… miserable for the rest of your life." Link gave in. "Alright, alright. I'll try to help you find that prince." Allen eagerly kissed the crab on his cheek. (Do crabs even have cheeks?) "My, what a soft shell I'm turning out to be."
"Now Allen, I'm telling you. If you want to be a human, the first thing you gotta do is dress like one." Bak-san said looking around the beach and finding some shipwrecked items like a sail and some rope and whatnot.
Meanwhile, not too far from the castle along the beach the human prince was strolling along with his dear childhood friend Lavi. Walking along the shore line and discussing the prince's savior. "Look Yuu-chan… I don't know about this mystery girl of yours but if you don't find her soon your father might make you marry someone else…" His thoughts stopped as he heard something on the other side of a boulder coming up in their way. He started running over excited as if there was a possibility of naked chicks on the other side.
"Lavi what the hell are you doing?" The depressed and slightly annoyed prince asked following his friend.
Bak-san gave an encouraging whistle to the white haired boy. "You look good kid… sensational." Allen was posing around in his "human clothes".
The group of creatures heard the grumbling and everyone other than Allen tried to hide.
"Yuu-chan come on, I heard something!" Lavi said waving his Asian friend to hurry.
"Why? Just leave whatever it is alone…" Kanda said still depressed.
"Aww, come on. Who knows it might be your girlfriend…" Lavi teased.
"I don't think it was a girl…" Kanda muttered to himself as he reluctantly followed.
The redhead turned the corner and saw the cloth wrapped boy. "Whoa…" Lavi's jaw almost came unhinged at the cute boy. "Hey, cutie… trying to make a fashion statement there?"
Allen jumped and turned to see the two older boys behind him. He was startled and kind of scared in a nervous way.
"Oh, you're a boy?" Lavi said getting closer and eyeing him up and down.
A vein in Kanda's forehead throbbed before he hit Lavi in the head. "Che, I'm sorry if the idiot scared you." He said walking forward.
Allen smiled and blushed as his beloved prince approached him. The boy started fidgeting as his prince looked him up and down as his friend had. "You… seem very familiar to me…" He thought aloud.
"Hmm? Yuu-chan, he does?" Lavi asked. "Do you know this guy?" The redhead asked Allen as he pointed at Kanda.
Allen happily nodded his head.
Kanda gave a slightly shocked expression the quickly went away. "So we have met? Hmm?" Maybe he's the one… "What's your name?"
The white haired boy went to speak but without his voice all he could muster was to mouth out his name. "What's wrong?" Lavi asked. "Can't you speak?" The boy shook his head.
"Then he's not who I thought…" Kanda muttered disappointed. And he's kinda cute… He sighed in disappointment. The prince would have been ecstatic if the adorable Moyashi before him was the one that saved him.
Allen copied the sigh and smacked his own head with his palm.
Lavi gave him an odd look of curiosity. "What is it?" He asked the boy who began moving his hands.
He started playing charades illustrating with his hands shipwreck and water and his throat. "Whoa the boy's been through a lot!" Lavi laughed a bit.
Allen started to continue signing and fell off the rock he was sitting on, and still not being used to the legs fell. Kanda caught the boy and held him kinda close, mesmerized by just how cute he was up close. The Asian prince could've kissed the Moyashi in front of him now if he wasn't so stubborn as to believe Allen wasn't his Moyashi. "Come on no use leaving him out here…" Kanda said trying to distract his mind from the close embrace and the blush that tried to surface.
"Aww… Yuu-chan wants to help someone!" Lavi teased.
"Shut it Usagi… or so help me I'll get Mugen out the moment we get back!" He threatened.
Allen motioned for a giggle but no sound came from it. The three made their way back to the castle. The white haired boy looked back a moment as Bak-san and Lenalee waved good luck to the young prince.
A timid maid named Miranda lead Allen to a bedroom then to the bathroom and into the tub to clean up. "Washed up from a shipwreck. Oh you poor thing. We'll get you cleaned up in no time." She said walking over to the somewhat discarded "clothes" and nervously said, "I'll get these washed up for you… but for now I'll find you something to wear." She said tossing the sail into a washer.
Link had been hiding in the "clothes" that Allen had been wearing so now he was still with the sail in the washer too… forced to endure the sods and complaints of the other servants. "You must've at least heard about the boy. Miranda said he washed up on shore, wearing rags and can't even speak." Fo said.
"I heard he has a terrible scar on his face and a burned up arm." Noise Marie said. (Hehe the blind guy makes note of Allen's visual differences)
"No, but since when has Miranda been right about anything?" Cloud Nyne said scrubbing the rags that Allen had been wearing with Link mixed in with them.
Hevlaska joined into the conversation. "Not my idea of a mate even if it was a girl. But I know a few highly available girls right here if the prince is shopping for some lucky lady." She tossed the rags into a basket and Link went flying a little further in through a window.
After link collected himself and his thoughts he looked to see where he was. The first thing he saw was a butchered fish. He nearly lost all of his red as he turned pale. Then he fainted after seeing a stuffed crab shell.
In the dining room the king, Lavi and the prince discussed the current situation. "Oh, Yuu-kun be reasonable; you're trying to find some girl who is mad enough to risk her life by jumping into a stormy sea to save you and just disappear?" The King exclaimed. "I'm happy you believe you're in love and are willing to finally settle down and get married but perhaps a more realistic young lady?"
"But I don't think it was even a girl…" Kanda muttered to himself; but no one was paying attention to him, as Allen walked in dressed in a simple yet elegant suit.
All eyes were on the white haired boy. Allen was all red with so many pairs of eyes on him. He was wearing a white silk blouse with a black vest, red ribbon tie, and burgundy jacket with black buttons and décor.
Kanda stood and headed for the boy to walk him to the table. As he took a step closer he quickly swallowed as the sight before him had caused his throat to dry. He offered a hand silently as he fought the heat growing in his cheeks.
Allen blushed and couldn't hide it as he accepted the offered hand but kept his face down trying to keep an eye on his still staggering legs. The small group of people sat down and Allen felt the king's eyes gazing at him. He looked up shyly.
"Wow, I don't think I've seen a boy quite so aesthetic looking since Yuu-chan was little. You probably get your looks from your mother." The king mentioned as he tried to look at the boy thoroughly while still trying to keep it subtle and not just stare at the boy.
Allen looked away a bit. He didn't even know if he had a mother, or at least he never met her and his father never told him anything about her. But without a voice he couldn't really say anything. So naturally the king wasn't aware that the boy couldn't speak yet, and with him looking away, he kind of made the two older boys feel worried that something was said incorrectly. But made the king believe for a moment the boy was being rude.
"There's nothing wrong with getting ones looks from their mother, Yuu-chan looks a lot like her, god rest her soul. However, there is a bit wrong with looking away from a king and ignoring him." The king said just a little angry that Allen hadn't' said anything.
"Father," the prince started, "he can't' speak. And I don't think he has a mother."
The king was shocked and was about to apologize for the comment but the cook came in to announce what he would be serving before going back to the kitchen to create the wonderful masterpiece of stuffed crab. The king was excited, it was one of his favorite meals, same with Lavi but Allen didn't seem too happy, he went pale. They actually eat fish here?
Kanda noticed the sick look on Allen's face after the chef had left. "What's wrong?" He asked. "Don't like crab?"
Allen shook his head, he liked crabs… just didn't want to eat them.
"Hmm, so you were shipwrecked but don't like seafood?" Lavi joked.
Allen merely shook his head in agreement.
"Well, I guess the cook will have to make something else for our young guest." The king said calling for a servant to send the message.
Meanwhile in the kitchen the chef happily got to work on the meal he had so proudly told the king he would prepare. "Ah, one of my best and most famous dishes, stuffed crab!" He celebrated as he went to grab the next crab to cook empty then stuff. He noticed Link and went to put him in the boiling water.
Link quickly pinched the fruity chef whom squealed in pain at the claw mark as he tried flinging the coruscation off of his hand. Jerry started losing his temper. While he had swung his hand to get Link off he broke a nail. "That's it!" He yelled as he grabbed for a cleaver and began swinging and flailing it toward the crab.
The two were destroying the kitchen as the man failed to hit the crab as he started chasing him out of the kitchen and headed for the dining room where the four person group had started with a small salad.
Allen noticed the fork and his eyes sparked up. He picked it up and began combing his hair with it.
Lavi noticed as he went to take a drink and spit it out falling backwards in his chair. He burst out laughing and ended up rolling all around the floor. "Ha-ha-ha! It hurts!" He wrapped his arms around his waist holding his stomach as he couldn't contain his laughter.
Kanda saw what the boy was doing and quickly covered his mouth in shock and slight amusement. He began standing up to leave, when the crab came rushing in followed by a cleaver flowing through the air toward Link with the chef the knife belongs to not far behind.
The king stood up in shock at the chef's behavior. "What is the meaning of this?"
Allen dropped the fork and ran to catch Link as Kanda left the room with his hand still over his mouth. He looked up as his prince left the room. Lavi was still laughing on the floor even harder now seeing the fruity chef chasing the crab, which had disappeared.
"I well, the crab it was…" Jerry stumbled over his words.
"What crab?" The king demanded.
Lavi tried to sit up and then stand to pick the chair up and watched as Allen stood looking at the door. "Where's Yuu?"
Allen stood up and headed for the door walking until he caught up and saw his prince. He continued to follow the prince as said prince walked into what Allen assumed was his room.
Kanda entered his room and failed to close the door all the way. Unaware that he was followed by a certain Moyashi.
Allen heard snickering and then what seemed like actual laughter. He stepped forward and peered into the room watching as his Asian prince, laughed. He moved forward again and bumped the door as he stared in awe at how wonderful his prince looked as he laughed.
The prince heard the door creak open, which put a pause on his laughter but hadn't quite given him enough time to recompose himself then he noticed his white haired Moyashi. He covered his mouth and turned away as Allen started walking in knowing he was caught. Kanda started snickering again. "That was hilarious." He said honestly as the boy got fully in the room. "No sense in staying in the door way come in, but close the door." Kanda said with a smile.
Allen shut the door behind him and looked back at his prince wondering what was so funny and why he left the room to laugh about it. But with as wonderful as the sight before him was he couldn't help but have a bit of a blush start to cover his cheeks.
"Why were you combing your hair with a fork?" He laughed.
Allen wasn't sure but he assumed he was talking about the dingle hopper.
Kanda continued to try to hold back his laughter. "I mean what drives a person to do that?"
Allen just smiled, happy that his prince was happy.
Kanda started to stop and cleared his throat. He sighed with a small chuckle at the end. "I haven't laughed in… well I don't think I've ever laughed like that."
Allen smiled sweetly then gave a confused look after he heard the part where his gorgeous prince said he had never laughed like that.
Said prince caught the thought going through the Moyashi's head. "I can't laugh like this in front of anyone, especially my father, and Lavi would never let me live it down." He walked over to the large window doors to the balcony.
Allen watched as his prince looked so peaceful and happy with the sea breeze blowing in his long ponytail. He felt a warm feeling run through his veins and down between his newly formed legs. It was pleasant but confusing.
Kanda turned around having composed himself, and looked at the boy. "Now we should probably go back, my father will be wondering where we are, even if lunch might be delayed." He looked the boy up and down real quick hoping Allen wouldn't notice. He turned away when he noticed the slight change in the Moyashi's pants, and it would seem that the white haired boy hadn't noticed himself.
The two walked out of the room and headed back to the dining room in awkward silence. "Ah, Yuu-chan! Hmm, Moyashi's with you too? Aww, Yuu, you naughty prince what were the two of you doing all by yourselves?" Lavi teased watching Allen tense up and turn read at his comments.
"Moyashi just ignore him. He's an idiot." Kanda assured looking away with an annoyed look.
Allen smiled realizing he was probably the only one to have seen the prince smile. He felt happy to hear Kanda saying something no matter how mean it seemed. But what's a Moyashi? What's that supposed to mean? He wondered not sure of the strange customs that humans had.
"I'm just joking Moyashi-chan." Lavi laughed. "Ah, we still haven't really figured out your name." Lavi said as he ran to get a piece of paper and something to write with.
"Usagi what are you doing?" Kanda demanded.
"Well if he can't talk maybe he can write his name." Lavi stated obviously.
"Che, whatever." Kanda said as he watched the idiot red head walked to Allen with the paper and pen.
Allen was shocked with awe at the discovery of a new couple of items. And when he saw how to use them he wrote out his name.
"Eh, so you're name's Allen?" Lavi said with a smile.
The white haired boy shook his head in agreement to the question. He looked away when he noticed his prince eyeing him. "Che, still a Moyashi."
"Aw, Yuu-chan, don't tease Allen so much now that we know his name." He told the prince. After a Link-less dinner the king told Allen he was free to say a while and neither of the boys disagreed with the decision. They were more than happy to have Allen here even if Kanda wasn't showing the same amount of enthusiasm.
Allen was shown back to his room and was given some pajamas to sleep in. Link was watching the boy as he got dress and hoped into the big fluffy bed. "Your highness we really should leave and find a way to fix this before your father figures out where you are!"
He looked up at the crab from the satin covered pillow. Allen shook his head, he didn't want to leave, and he was having fun exploring the new things of human life. But above all else he was near his prince, his gorgeous Asian prince.
Allen snuggled his face into the pillow as his mind drifted into thoughts of his prince but he soon found he was restless because of that. And he wanted to explore the palace some more.
Meanwhile Lavi was bugging Kanda in the prince's chamber. "Damn it Usagi! Go away!"
"Aw, but Yuu-chan!" Lavi whined.
"Don't call me that!" Kanda yelled at his red headed friend, grabbing the collar of his shirt.
"Aw, so what do you think of Allen? He's kind of cute for a guy you know?" Lavi said changing the subject form name to Allen.
Kanda lost his grip on the fabric. He stepped back and turned away grabbing Mugen. "So? What's that got to do with me?" The prince said stubbornly trying to hide the heat that started rising on his cheeks as he headed for the balcony that had stairs to a small court yard and then the beach.
"Hmm? Don't you like him? I mean sure he's not your dream girl but at least he's real." Lavi said half teasingly.
"Shut up! I know what I saw, and again I don't think it was a girl so it doesn't matter!" He yelled as he walked toward the beach with the red headed rabbit following behind.
Allen got up and quietly left his room with Link following. He walked awhile then headed for the prince's room curious to see if he was doing something of interest but to Allen anything the prince could be doing would be of interest.
When he noticed no one was in the room he walked in and noticed the shirt his prince had been wearing earlier and grabbed. A small bouquet of floral scent came off of the shirt, a mix of jasmine, cherry blossoms and lotus. Kanda hadn't really known his mother just as Allen hadn't, as part of the earlier conversation before the dinner.
"Just leave me alone already!" Kanda yelled at Lavi.
Allen heard the yell and looked in the direction of the window like doors that was letting the sea breeze in and he hid as he heard Lavi come back in. After he watched the red head leave and shut the door Allen slowly and cautiously headed toward the balcony and saw his prince shirtless on the shore with his sword.
"Geez, stupid rabbit!" He grumbled unaware of his silent audience. "And that damned… cute Moyashi!" He grumbled trying to deny the blush.
For a moment Allen was worried his prince didn't want him there until he said cute Moyashi.
"Ugh!" He swung Mugen through the air. "Why can't he speak?" Kanda swung again. "Why can't I figure out if he was the one who saved me?" He swung again.
Allen was a little happy to know that he was on Kanda's mind right now. He moved forward a little wanting a closer look at his half naked love interest.
Kanda sighed as he calmed his swings and steadied his posture as he continued practicing in the gentle sea breeze on the white sandy shore as the moon began getting higher.
Allen stepped closer in wonder as his prince watching closely as the moon light glistened off the thin layer of sweat that began to form over the naked skin. He swallowed, with his throat dry at the sight. Allen felt that tightening feeling between his legs again as he started moving forward again though this time he didn't realize it. He went to take another step but the board on the balcony that he stepped on was loose and made a small creak.
Kanda stopped what he was doing and in a blink of an eye turned to see who was watching him and yell but then he saw the beautiful and fragile looking boy in the gentle moon light with his silver hair, seemingly glowing in the night upon the balcony. He looks like an angel. Kanda went to speak but found he had no words; nothing would come from his lips and reach the boy.
Allen was blushing at the bold stare. He knew he was caught and needed to run as soon as he fell out of the gaze that was locked on his prince. He turned on his heel to leave.
"Wait…" Kanda called out, almost sounding desperate as his heart raced hoping that the angelic sight would not go away. "You don't have to leave."
Allen stopped just inside the doorway between the bedroom and the balcony. He took a moment to think and slowing turned to walk back to the rail of the balcony. The snowy haired boy placed his delicate fingers upon the smooth wood.
He felt his heart skip a beat as the breath taking sight returned. Kanda carefully took a step back toward the stairs but stopped at just the single step.
It was as though if the prince approached the angel before him, he might spread wings and return to god, but Allen was no angel, he was another mythical creature of beauty, a merman or was one. He blushed shyly as the gorgeous man below him looked at him, staring at him, having his eyes only on him. The area between his legs twitched, sending shivers up his spine and down to his knees making them weak and buckled beneath him. Allen fell to the wooden boards blushing, furiously.
Kanda saw the boy fall and rushed up to him. The prince was shocked when he got to the boy and saw what he did.