A Royal Meeting, Chapter fourteen

I DON'T OWN KHR OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS, JUST DEAL WITH IT!

Again, I'm in the habit of saying Belphagor because I watch Reborn on /anime. I'm not likely to start spelling it Belphegor. As for Mukuro R-O-kudo over Mukuro R-U-kudo, I think I can start with that. I hope you're all happy about the spacing, I'm working on doing that with the whole fanfiction, :). Yeah, Mammon and Hibari teaming up is really messed up and not possible, but whatever. I like being original.
Fran: *clears throat*
Me: Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm writing.
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9:45 PM

"What do you mean, not feeling well? You were feeling just fine earlier!" Belphagor protested, folding his arms. Fran bit his lip and looked away, anxiety in his eyes. Belphagor understood the gesture. "There's something you aren't telling me," he realized. Fran flinched. "Fran!" Belphagor pressed, placing a hand on the other's shoulder. "Tell me what happened!"

"Master kissed me!" Fran blurted. Belphagor's eyes widened with shock, and he slowly released his kouhai.

"What...?" he whispered.

"W-we were training with the Hell ring... and I h-had him pinned down, and the Hell ring t-took over, s-so he kissed me to b-bring back my senses...," Fran explained, refusing to meet the prince's gaze. Even though they weren't officially lovers or anything like that, Fran felt extremely guilty that he'd let Mukuro kiss him.

"... I can't believe this...," Belphagor said quietly, his signature grin on his face. "You're lying, aren't you, Froggy?" he asked, before falling into a huge fit of laughter. "Shishishishishi~! Ah, that's a good one Froggy! I almost thought you were serious! You'd never let him kiss you, would you? Ushishishishi! You'd never betray me, I should've known!"

Fran felt even worse then, he could almost feel the guilt eating away at him. He wanted nothing more than to assure the prince that it WAS a joke, that he would never do such a thing. But why was he so guilty over it anyway? Fran frowned and looked back at Bel. "It's not a joke, senpai," he murmured. Belphagor slowly quieted once more, a frown identical to Fran's overtaking his grin.

"... So you really let him kiss you," the prince said. Fran nodded, before deciding to try and cheer the prince up again.

"It won't happen again," he promised. Belphagor still looked a bit down, so Fran made another attempt. "Really, he's not as good a kisser as you, senpai," he tried, forcing himself to look sincere.

"... I ...v...y... Fr..n...," Belphagor mumbled.

What was that, senpai?" Fran asked, coming a few inches closer to the prince.

"I... l-v...y...," the prince tried to say.

"Speak up, senpai," Fran pressed.

"I love you!" Bel finally managed. Fran's eyes grew wide, for the prince had never directly confessed to him before.

"Senpai...," he said. Belphagor looked away, looking a bit jostled by his own words. Fran was speechless after that, not knowing how to respond, verbally or physically. ... Or mentally, for that matter. He'd gone blank, continuously rehearing those three words, but unable to understand them.

"Sorry... I suppose that was a bit uncalled for," Belphagor muttered, "but at least now you know."

"You meant it?" Fran asked after a while.

"Yeah," the prince replied, "I wouldn't lie to you."

'And yet I had the nerve to try and lie to him,' the kouhai thought bitterly. He asked himself if he returned the prince's feelings, and, after a lot of contemplating, finally came to a conclusion.

"I love you too, senpai," he admitted, also refusing to look at the prince however. He felt himself start to be pulled into an embrace, and accepted the affection. He knew he wouldn't be able to push away from the prince any longer.

"Hey, can I go back to my room now?" Hibari asked. "I'm getting tired of hearing about you and your life."

"Wait," Mammon insisted. "Let me just tell you the last of it; I'm almost done."

"... Fine."

"Okay, so it was a few days after I confessed my undying love for Bel. I was certain that nothing would stop me then, but then I got into a fierce fight. Colonello was there with me, and we were fighting members of the Gesso family. At least, at the time, we thought it was the Gesso family, but they were already beginning to merge into the Millefiore," Mammon explained. "We were outnumbered, and it looked futile. When someone tried to attack me, Colonello took the attack, and died because of it. That left me on my own, and I knew it would be futile to try and make it through, so I took my own life."

Hibari yawned tiredly. "What a stupid way to die," he muttered.

"Hey!" Mammon protested. "I wouldn't have lived anyway!"

"Die fighting, that's what I say," Hibari muttered. "I'm going to sleep. We'll talk tomorrow, 'kay?"

"Alright, fine," Mammon agreed, floating over to a corner in the shrine. "I'll be waiting."

"Whatever," Hibari said, "I'll be back tomorrow morning. ... Maybe."

"Maybe? Hey, wait!" the deceased illusionist tried to protest, but Hibari had already gone back into the base. "Huh. Smug little brat," Mammon growled to himself, before closing his eyes. "Better not be long."

Morning... (7:30 AM)

Fran's teal eyes slowly opened, and the first thing he saw was Belphagor, hugging him tightly, bangs brushed a bit to the side. Fran's own arms were draped around the prince's neck, and his face was so close to Belphagor's, he felt their breath mingling. Fran wasn't sure if it was just because he was sure about his feelings now, but he thought that that Belphagor seemed a bit happier than usual, even in his sleep. That was a nice thought, to think that the prince was so happy to be Fran's lover. Even so, the thought of Belphagor raping him still freaked him out. 'Would it really be rape if we're lovers?' Fran asked himself. 'Well, I guess as long as I don't want it yet...'

"Nnn...," the prince muttered in his sleep, moving his head to rest it on Fran's. Fran smiled and gladly nuzzled into the prince's neck, causing the prince to wake up. "Froggy, that tickles," he whispered, blood-red eyes slowly opening.

"Sorry, senpai," Fran apologized, though it wasn't really a big deal. He backed up away from the prince and looked into those eyes, which Belphagor had granted him the permission to see as a reward for returning the prince's feelings.

"Hey, where's your hat?" Bel asked. Fran, sensing an impending stab, reached over and grabbed the giant hat off of the ground and placed it on his head as quickly as he could manage. "Shishishi~, Froggy, you really have to get better at following the prince's orders," the prince chuckled, sitting up and stretching.

"Sorry, senpai," Fran repeated, also sitting up.

"I love you," Belphagor said after a pause. Fran blushed lightly, but returned the words as he was expected to. "Shishi~, breakfast?"

"Sure," Fran agreed, and the couple got out of bed.

Hibari found himself waking up on the floor, and muttered several curses before standing back up. Mukuro was still asleep, so he figured he'd go to the shrine before going to eat. After all, there'd probably be a crowd of herbivores already heading there. He got dressed quickly, and walked out of the room, then began to head off towards the shrine.

'Should I really be conspiring with a dead Arcobaleno?' he asked himself. 'He sounds kind of pathetic, and he probably just wants me to help him get rid of that illusionist. Well... I kind of have a grudge against him too. I mean, Mukuro isn't even noticing me.'

"You took too long," growled Mammon as soon as he entered the shrine.

"Hey, I need my sleep," Hibari muttered. "Be happy I even came."

"Hn," Mammon humphed, "If I could charge you for being late..."

"Shut up. Again, you should be happy I even came. I usually don't stick to promises," Hibari told the Arcobaleno, annoyance in his gray eyes.

"Alright then," the spirit said, brushing off his frustration, "Yesterday I was just rambling about myself, so I'd like to know about you today."

"This isn't a date," Hibari reminded the illusionist.

"I know!" Mammon protested, "I just want some background on you. I mean, I remember in the ring battle, you were the really strong kid... but I mean, I really don't know you. What's your real relationship with Mukuro Rokudo?"

Hibari fell silent for a few seconds. "If you were to ask him, he'd say we are rivals. That's how we used to be, at least. I've started to admire him over the years... and he never notices it when I'm trying to catch his attention- he's so focused on that other illusionist."

"I see," Mammon said. "So do you hate Fran for that?"

"Really, most of my anger and frustration is aimed towards Rokudo for not noticing," Hibari answered.

"Oh...," the Arcobaleno murmured.

"Although I do agree that without Fran, he'd probably pay more attention to me," the Cloud of the Vongola pointed out. "Though I really hate to be seen as the jealous lover."

Mammon nodded in agreement. "I'm sure without Fran, we'll BOTH be able to get the ones we love back," he said with an evil sort of smirk.

"God that sounds wierd," Hibari said, "I never said I LOVED Mukuro."

"Do you not?" Mammon asked.

"Well, yeah, I do, but I never said that out loud, did I?" Hibari chuckled.

"Are we clear on our objective?" Mammon asked. Hibari nodded.

"We're going to get Fran out of the picture," he said.

"That's the idea," Mammon agreed.

"I just have one question," Hibari told the Arcobaleno.

"What's that?"

"How do you plan to be with Belphagor if you're dead?"

"Uhm..."

-End Chapter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, this chapter's much shorter than I was hoping, but it still progresses the storyline. Actually, I think the title 'A Royal Meeting' doesn't even suit the fic at this point. XD. Please Review~!