The Prince and His Pet Chapter Twenty-Five
NOTICE: Okay, after this chapter, I'm going to have a sort of bonus chap that will have them ten years later. 8) But that will be... that will be the end. D8
And, because my previous chapter was 'too perfect', I've created some problems for this chapter. XP Again. You people rule my life.
The next day...
Bel yawned and reached up to rub his eyes, then smiled at the smaller body that he held in his arms. He leaned down and kissed Fran softly on his forehead, which slowly woke the boy up. Fran looked up at Bel.
"Good morning," he said quietly.
"Morning, Fran," Bel returned. "I love you."
"I love you too, Bel."
"Nng, I feel like I'm the side character in some wierd romance novel," Rasiel whined from across the room, rolling over. Bel giggled and replied,
"Of course, the FAKE prince is a side character."
"Shut up before I stab you," Jill growled, "lame little brother."
"Ushishi, if we keep arguing, it's YOU who will get stabbed," Bel returned.
"Stop fighting!" Fran complained, "I don't like it."
"Sorry, Fran," the princes said in sync.
Fran hugged Bel and mumbled, "Humans are wierd."
"Ushishi...," Bel laughed, "We sure are."
"Shesheshe, we ought to get downstairs for breakfast," Rasiel said, getting out of bed. Bel sat up, grinning, and got out as well, before helping Fran up. The former frog yawned tiredly and leaned against Bel, before standing up tall to stretch. Bel glanced over to his brother.
"Hey, you wanna come with Fran and I to visit his brothers after breakfast?" he offered.
Rasiel rolled his eyes, smiling crazily. "Shesheshe... you know something? We have WAY too much free time," he told his brother.
"We do," Bel agreed, stroking Fran's hair with one hand. "Will you come with us?"
"Sure," Rasiel said.
After getting dressed- and helping Fran change- the three headed down for breakfast. Bel opened the door for Fran and his brother, calling into the kitchen, "Hey, what's for breakfast?"
"We have a beautiful feast laid out for us on this morning," said the queen, "We even got a present from the current ruler of France!"
"Really? What is it?" Bel asked.
"Frog legs," she replied. Fran heard that and blinked a couple times at Bel.
"She's joking, right?" he said, looking at the prince with a hard stare.
"U-uhh, Mother, no need to joke about that at this hour," Bel called to his mother, praying that she wasn't serious. She walked over.
"Bel, it's a French delicacy to eat frog legs!" she told him, "Why would I joke about breakfast?"
Fran, sickened by the idea, went pale, and walked out of the kitchen. "I- I'll skip out today!" he said, running for the door. Bel ran after him, and caught the younger boy's arm.
"She doesn't know, Fran, and neither does my father, or the ruler of France! Calm down, you don't have to eat those!" he insisted, his arms wrapped around Fran's chest.
"I'm shocked that what Lambo said was right," Fran told the prince. "He told me that humans eat frogs!"
"Who's Lambo?" the prince asked, still paniced from the struggling frog.
"He's a small fish about the size of my fully grown frog form," Fran told him. "Let me go. I'm going back!"
"You'd give me up because of a human flaw?" Bel asked, angry. Fran paused.
"I never said I'd give you up...," he murmured, his eyes watering, "You were the first one other than my mother to show me friendship...!"
"Fran...," the prince murmured, hugging the frog tightly. "Listen to me. Humans all make mistakes, okay? We don't think about what smaller animals think, just like frogs don't think about their food. It's not like we're serving you your family, either. Frogs that humans eat are much larger than the frogs in the pond."
"Bel...," the former frog whispered. "I've lost my appetite."
The prince sighed. "If you don't eat, I won't eat."
"Bel! Fran!" Rasiel called, "Are you eating or what?"
Bel looked back to his brother. "Fran's upset."
"I can imagine. But that's not all we have, you know. I mean, sure, it's mostly meat, I don't know how Fran feels about that..."
"He'd probably like other types of meat that aren't from sea animals. Like pork?" Bel suggested, still holding the frog in his arms.
"You should eat, Bel, it's okay," Fran said, pushing the prince back, "I don't need to eat."
"I told you that I won't eat if you don't," Bel muttered, "And what I say goes."
"But... I don't want to be the reason you don't eat anything...," Fran told the prince. Bel patted the former frog's head.
"It's fine," he said, "I just want you to be comfortable."
Fran blushed, then mumbled, "Fine. I'll eat."
Bel grinned. 'Reverse method works every time,' he thought in triumph, before leading Fran back into the kitchen. He glared at the servants that pampered the princes and didn't bother with Fran, taking on the role of catering Fran himself. He gave Fran a few fruits and vegetables before placing a piece of pork on his plate.
"Tell me what you like so that I know," Bel told his friend, who nodded, before looking uncertainly at his knife. Yesterday, he had been using a fork and spoon (since they had just had soup and salads the other day.) Bel sighed and cut up the meat and fruit for Fran. "Like this," he said as he cut, and Fran nodded, blushing.
"Sorry," he apologized as Bel returned his plate.
"It's fine. After all, this is all new to you," the prince said with a smile. "I'll teach you everything, so don't worry."
Fran smiled. Bel was so nice.
An hour later, At the pond...
"Alright, everyone, I've won against Spade, so you're all listening to me now!" Mukuro called across the pond. "Anyone who's challenging me, step forth." Lussuria shuffled from the rocks. He made a quick descision and decided to run. He hopped along the path that Fran had walked before, becoming nervous when Mukuro laughed. "Run while you can, good choice."
Lussuria soon came up to the castle, and began calling for Fran to help him. His croak was as loud as a mating call, but it held obvious panic. Within a few minutes, however, his voice died out, and he just waited. Soon after, Fran ran outside, and looked for him.
"Fran! Frannie, over here!" Lussuria called. Fran saw him and crouched down.
"What is it, Lussuria?" he asked. Lussuria knew that Fran didn't understand him, but his calls must've been able to portray his panic. Belphegor and Rasiel came out as well, and Lussuria started back for the pond. Fran picked the frog up and ran for the pond, slowing when he saw the many frightened frogs that looked about ready to run.
"Stop!" he called. All fell silent, and Fran let Lussuria get back in the pond as he slowed down. "Mukuro, stop," he demanded, "You can't torment everyone like this!" Mukuro, startled, hopped off the lily pad and into the water, and Fran hung his head in defeat. "If only I could get across," he growled.
"Mukuro's wrecking everything again?" Bel asked, sitting down. Fran nodded.
"It looks like he's taking over," he muttered.
Rasiel sat down beside Fran and Bel. "Sounds tough," he muttered.
Meanwhile, Lussuria was getting pestered by Mukuro.
"You purposely brought THREE humans here!" he snarled, "Are you insane?"
"It was to stop you!" Lussuria returned, "You've lost control of yourself!"
"Is that what you think?" Mukuro growled, "I'm perfectly sane! I just want all you weaklings out of MY pond!"
Mukuro chased the younger frog onto the rocks.
Rasiel noticed, and, while Fran and Bel were talking about Fran's many brothers, he picked up the frog that was chasing the other and held it close. "So you're the bad boy, huh?" he asked, grinning. He looked to the frog, and somehow knew it was Lussuria. "I'll take care of him for you," he chuckled, before looking back to Mukuro. "Fran won't let us hurt you since your so small, but I figure that I know how to make you our size..." Rasiel pressed his lips to the frogs, closing his eyes, and smirked when he felt the frog changing. His hands began to hold something in them, and the frog grew warmer, and dry. The lips against his became spiked, wait... spikes? Rasiel opened his eyes and looked at the thing in his hands. "What the hell?" he asked, suprised.
Bel looked back at Rasiel. "Why do you have a pineapple?" he asked. Rasiel blushed.
"I kissed Mukuro, but this happened!" he said.
"Why would you kiss Mukuro? You don't love him, do you?" Fran asked.
"No! No, I thought that he'd turn human, and therefore it would be okay to beat the crap out of him...," Rasiel mumbled, "but... for some reason... he turned into a pineapple!"
Fran smiled. "Well, I guess it's okay. Mukuro's obviously not a threat anymore."
"I guess so," Rasiel said, wincing at the pineapple in his hands.
Talk about creepy.
And Lussuria said, "Oh, Rasiel! You're so gallant!"
-End Chapter
I've wanted to do that since chapter fifteen! Lol. Who liked that? Anyway, next chap is last chap! D'8 Who's gonna cry with me?
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