Chiro: (STILL ramming his head against the wall)

Annime: Ok, THAT'S IT! (Knocks him out)

Gibson: …Annime doesn't own SRMTHFG…or anything belonging to someone else…

Chapter 28

The monkey team moved towards their leader who was now at a table that held the drinks. The boy turned to them and smiled, but his nerves showed from the sight of the drink shaking in his hand.

"Take deep breaths, Chiro," Antauri informed the teen. "Everything is going to be fine. Just relax."

"It must be hard," a voice spoke from behind the black haired boy. The six turned to see Enzo standing at the other side of the table. "Don't worry about it, though. It'll get easier once you get used to it."

"You must do this stuff all the time," Nova said to Enzo. The brunette laughed.

"Yes, actually," he paused for a moment before looking over at his step-brother. "I had a lot of parties like this for my birthday. The queen would always make a speech about how I was always the most honorable son she'd ever had."

Chiro blinked. To say that this statement struck him hard would be an understatement. He didn't show it on his face though, which disappointed Enzo. The brunette decided that this would be the best time to leave. After walking away the monkey team looked at Chiro. His cup was shaking again.

"Are you ok, Kid?" Sprx questioned.

"Well, it looks like he doesn't like me," Chiro breathed. "And I have a BAD feeling about this."

"He's just one guy," Otto said. "What could possibly happen?" Chiro's blue eyes searched the floor around him.

If he knew ANYTHING about royalty, it was that they would do ANYTHING to get what they wanted.

His eyes stopped once he spotted something shiny on the floor. He took a few steps towards it, ignoring the voices of his comrades.

'What is that?' he wondered. Once he was close enough he finally saw that it was a fishing line. It was loose, but looked ready to be tightened at any moment. The black haired boy kept a scowl from crossing his face as he walked very close to it. As he was about to step over it, it went tight. Instead of tripping, the boy stepped on it. This caused whoever it was who held it to let go. Chiro knelt down, picked up the fishing wire, and put it in his pocket. The teen then turned to the monkey team with a smile and went over to them once again.

Enzo glared from a distance and Ravenna shook her head.

"I told you that idea was a stupid thing to do," the girl muttered. "It's also stupid to be doing this in the first place!"

"Whose side are you on?" Enzo demanded. Ravenna narrowed her eyes at her brother.

"I'm on MOM'S side. Look at how happy she is!"

"Don't you understand-?"

"Don't YOU understand that mom will love us no matter what? Put your own feelings aside for once and do this for MOM!"

They were speaking in hushed whispers, so they were unnoticed. But it was VERY noticeable when Ravenna stood up angrily and marched away from her brother. Chiro was one of the people who saw her stress and excuses himself from the monkey team. As the teen makes his way to the girl, though, he is stopped by some guests and they bombarded him with questions. The black haired teen sweat dropped and awkwardly communicated with them.

Ravenna marched out of the room alone. She huffed to herself. To say she was angry would be an understatement. The idea of her brother being so selfish tore her up inside.

Growing up she had always looked up to her brother. He was smart, cunning, strong, fast, and most importantly kind. But when their father married Queen Gioia, that all changed. He started to stress every day, study more then play with her, snap at people for no reason, and he showed the fact that he would do anything- ANYTHING- to become the next king of Italy. The power consumed him and devoured him. All Ravenna could do was watch as the years they spent in the palace changed Enzo. She, though, kept being the supportive sister she always was.

With tears in her eyes she ran to her private chambers and locked herself inside.

The black haired teen was starting to get annoyed. Everyone wanted to talk to him- EVERYONE. They were paying much more attention to him now that the tables have been moved to the side and the dancing had begun. Chiro (being the 14-year-old he is) got nervous as girls came left and right to ask him to dance. His nerves almost took over as he danced with each one of them. It was luck that he didn't step on any of their feet.

"You are a VERY good, dancer," one girl commented. She looked to be his age with brown hair and green eyes. He could tell that she wasn't Italian. "You are even better than Enzo."

Chiro had noticed a pattern: everyone compared Enzo and him together. The black haired teen thought it made a little bit of sense because they were princes and this was all politics (which the teen was personally starting to despise). Sadly, though, every time he looked over at Enzo the older was glaring at him.

Enzo apparently took politics very seriously.

There was something Chiro wanted to point out- HE WASN'T STAYING. Yes he loved his mother and wanted to get to know her, but in no way does that mean he is leaving the monkey team and living here. He planned to visit and that was it.

"So, do you have a girlfriend," almost every girl asked him. He would chuckle nervously and tell them yes. Almost all of those girls would say, "Aww," but he did run into some who were disappointed.

After the last slow song was announced, the blue eyed teen looked over at his mother. He had been so distracted that he couldn't even talk to her.

Antauri watched his son from a distance. He could tell that he was looking over at his mother and thinking of what to say to her. As the last song played he walked over to the older and female version of himself and held out his hand. The silver simian tilted his head and chucked at the charm the boy held without even knowing it.

"Can I have this dance?" Chiro questioned his mother as he held out his hand. Gioia blinked before smiling at the boy and taking his hand. He led his mother to the dance floor and began to dance with her. All the girls Chiro had danced with before went, "Aww," as they watched the scene before them.

Enzo scowled and left the room feeling too humiliated to stay any longer.

Annime: I hope you liked it even though it took so long.

Chiro: Please, PLEASE review!