Hi all. This is the fifth part of 'The Prince Who Married A Frog (or digimon...). Anyways, I know this is supposed to be Iori's kiss, but this chapter was pretty long so I decided to split it and put this part as an update for the other couples. Plus to bring suspense about who is going to be Iori/Cody's (this is really annoying... I'm calling him Iori, but he calls himself Cody, kay? He's screwed up, what can I say?) Fiancé. Some of you guessed who it was... But for the rest and to screw with ya, I'm telling you his fiancé does not have blond hair.
Yaoi (bit of Yuri mentioning too, but not that much) warning.... Plus some other stuff...Be afraid! Be very afraid!!!
Anyways, Enjoy!
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The youngest of the four princes looked as the women of the kingdom split up into two groups and followed his brothers... That was something you didn't see everyday...
He looked over to his older brother, the oldest in fact, who was watching the same scene... He seemed upset over something, but Iori couldn't pin point what it was because his brother was walking away, he tried to call him back to ask him what was upsetting him by asking him why the girls knew about the challenge. Jyou's response was that there were posters everywhere. He pointed to one and Iori looked towards it. His concern over his brother plummeted as anger towards his father sky rocketed.
Iori looked at the poster. The faces of the four princes were there, all hand drawn, but they really looked similar to the real things. Below there was a notice explaining the challenge. It read:
Iori was furious at that. How could his father do such a thing! The young prince turned extremely fast, getting caught in his own foot and tripping. He heard some of the guards chuckling at his misfortune. The prince cursed under his breath, got up and walked away, his dignity in tatters.
"When I'm older, when I rule this kingdom, I know two soldiers who are going to have their heads cut off..." The young one sadistically thought as he imagined the executioner placing them in the guillotine ready to let the blade fall loose and chop their heads... Iori smiled at the thought. (A/N: O_o.... Oi... don't ask... )
The brown haired boy walked away heading towards the kingdom's door. Huge concrete walls surrounded the whole kingdom.... The town, the field and part of the river as well as the castle were inside those walls. It was to prevent attacks from digimon... Of course not all digimon attacked. It was mostly the beastly ones. Some of the digimon where actually quite smart. In fact there were villages, towns and even a huge kingdom ruled by Emperor Piedmon, helped by Lord Myotismon...
Iori shivered at the thought of them... Not because they were powerful creatures capable of destroying his kingdom in a second, nor the fact that one looked like a deranged clown and the other a vampire. He shivered because of their creepy relationship...I won't get into this, but... just to make it short, one time the Emperor and Lord came to the castle to discuss some matters of the countries with the king, and just to tell you, you don't forget easily when you find two grown digimon, One Mega and the other Ultimate, covered in whipped cream having the time of their life on your bed....
Again the prince shivered... creepy...
"Stupid memories, get out of my mind!!!" Iori yelled to himself clutching his head... (A/N:...Poor little Cody... Why am I so mean to him... He saw Piedmon and Myotismon... Whipped cream... On his bed... Poor thing...*sigh* Now I'm stuck with that image!!! *Cries*) (Loconik Digi: Does anyone else see this going NC-17….shudder)
The prince shook his head, finally getting that thought out of his mind. He had better things to think about. Like getting outside the castle walls. He couldn't really go through the doors, because to open them you needed the strength of a couple of men... And he couldn't go ask the guards, because he hated them, plus the fact they would tell his father... Not because they would be concerned, but because they wanted to see him miserable...
"When I'm king, they are going to be tortured first... But for now I have to find a way to get out of here..." As he pondered, he saw the second youngest prince, Ken, running away, fearing for his life as hordes of women chased him towards the river...
The river...
River...
An idea flared up inside Iori's mind. The river, of course! At the river, at the bottom of the wall there was a gap to let the water pass through! The boy who preferred to be called Cody, headed towards where the met the walls. Iori walked towards it, he might take a little while...
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Meanwhile at the castle....
"Taichi I'm so happy we are getting married!" Yamato squeaked to his boyfriend. The second oldest had just come back from the town and was holding his boyfriends arm as he advanced through the hallway en route to the throne room. He had to present his boyfriend to his father. Hikari and Sora, as well as Takeru who managed to reach them, were following them behind.
They arrived at the big wood door. "Through this door is the throne room, "Yamato explained. "Father will be coming down from his study soon because one of the messengers told him that I had arrived. Now," The blond boy turned towards his fiancé and arranged his hair more suitably, "You have to look your best for father to like you. We have to make a good impression on him, so try to act natural." Taichi flashed a huge 'don't worry grin' "Less natural..." Taichi's smile faded a bit...." Great we are ready to enter!" Yamato turned towards the guards at the door to tell them to open it. The guards blinked in confusion at him, but did what was ordered.
"Hummm... Dear prince?" Sora asked when they were almost in the throne room. "Don't you think you should change first? You are still in a dress..." But the prince didn't hear her, or he didn't want to hear her because he didn't even stop and proceeded into the throne room, followed by Taichi who was holding his hand, then by Hikari and Takeru, and finally by Sora who was muttering something about what the prince liked and that he was a freaking cross dresser and stuff....
The five of them were now in the throne room. They could hear footsteps descending from the stairs. "That's father" Yamato whispered to the group. So because the presence of the king was about to grace them, they all put their nicest smiles on.
A door opened and a man came out. A few of the ever-present guards bowed to their majesty. The king started to talk even thought he wasn't in front of his son yet. "So, my son, you found someone didn't you?" He asked, his voice pleased.
"Oh yes father!" The blue eyed, blond haired prince said enthusiastically. The king nodded his head as he approached the small group from the sound of his son's voice. In the throne room the lighting was pretty dim, because no one was there earlier and not all the torches were lit. The king strode towards his son and his friends, still not seeing clearly his second born.
"That's great my son." Now the king was in front of him, but like I said before, the room was dimly lit so he couldn't really see his son. He could only see the contours because the cone like cells in his eyes weren't stimulated by the light, and it was because of those cells that a person can see colours... (A/N: Biology..... Cone and stick cells in the eyes..... *sigh* Never mind.)
All of a sudden, all the torches flared up because the servants finally were able to light that stupid match they had been having trouble with for the last 10 minutes... The king finally saw his prince...If you would call him that...The eyes of the king went wide open...
"Father, you okay?" The king didn't respond... was his son wearing a dress and make-up? "Father I would like you to meet Taichi." Again the king didn't reply, but he brought his gaze to the hazel-brown haired and eyed boy... A boy? "It's my fiancé" Yamato stated. The king blinked... Again and again. Finally he was brought back from his daze and managed to talk.
"My son..." The king thought his words and looked deeply at his son and his future son in law. "You do know that you're a son right? Not a daughter..." Yamato gave him a confused look as Hikari, Takeru and Sora held back chuckles. "Its just that you're wearing a dress, and that you are holding the hand of a boy, and he's your fiancé...And.."
"Father, I'm wearing a dress because I was escaping the women of the kingdom to find my Taichi-Chan, and if you can't accept me for who I am, then... The--"
"It's alright Yamato, you don't have to continue." The king sighed. "Oh well I have 3 more sons to go... Don't worry. " Yamato smiled a smile like one of Taichi's famous all right smiles.
"Thanks father!" The king was happy from Yamato's happiness, and while waiting for the other prince to arrive, they started to tell him of the ordeal that Yamato went through. A messenger came to tell them that Prince Jyou was arriving with his fiancé...
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He looked at the opening, there were some bars there, just like the bars of a cage, but the prince smiled at his luck... Sometime being small brings some advantages...So the bars weren't really an obstacle... The biggest obstacle was that the current was not in the direction he wished it was. The water was coming from the outside in, not the other way. He would have to go all the way to the other side of the wall to be able to get out, but Iori didn't want to make that long journey ... So he took his courage with his two hands, and dove into the water.
The icy water bit into his skin, but he didn't care. The current was pushing him down the river, but Iori struggled against it by using some swimming techniques he had learned. It was extremely tiring, but this boy isn't one to back down from a challenge. He put all his heart into his swim to beat the current. He managed to reach the bars. He took hold of them with an iron grip and pulled himself through. Now he had to get out of the river or else he would drown. He had been under the water for more than 30 seconds, and was starting to fell faint from the lack of oxygen.
He took all the strength he could muster and pulled his tired body upwards. Reaching the surface he let the air corse through his lungs. He doggy paddled to the shore. He was out of the castle walls, he was free. But man was he tired! He decided to lie down for a bit on the shore, and he soon fell asleep...
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"Well Yamato that sure explains a lot about your appearance." The king stated after his second son's tale. The ruler of the kingdom looked at Taichi. That boy was all right, plus he did make his son happy so he supposed it was okay if he married him. Yamato's father then brought his gaze to the rest of the group. The blond prince had told them who they were. There was Takeru, a boy that, the king thought, lived close to the Yagami's, and sometime ate there to keep them company. There was Sora who was the one who helped the prince escape from the women, and she was also Taichi's childhood friend. Speaking of Taichi, there was her little sister Hikari, she seemed so happy for her brother. It could be seen in her eyes, the glimmer of joy. There was only a slight problem to that. It seemed as if it was overshadowed by loneliness and a bit of envy from her brother because he had someone. The king took a mental note to ask about it later to the future Lady of the kingdom.
Just then the throne door opened and a messenger entered, bowing before the royalty. "Your Majesties, prince Jyou is coming." As soon as the messenger spoke these words, mentioned prince appeared in the hallway, carried what seemed like a bag on his shoulder. As Jyou advanced into the light of the room, the bag on his shoulder didn't really look like a bag anymore. In fact, it seemed like a human hanging over the shoulder. A bit of fiery red hair could be seen on the figure, but except for that, you couldn't identify who was being carried.
The oldest of all the princes walked straight up to his father, who was looking at him strangely. "Hello father" He called joyfully. "Hiya Yamato!"
"Hum... Hi?" Yamato responded, a bit surprised by the way he was bringing his bride in plus the fact he used the expression 'Hiya'... You had to be suspicious.
"Well, hum.. Hello to you too Jyou." The king answered in the same manner as his other son. "Say, hum... What do you have on your shoulder?" No wonder Jyou never had a girlfriend by the way he treated them...
"Oh! This is my fiancé!" Jyou replied with a huge smile on his face, not making a move to de-perch the redheaded figure. The people in the room looked at him curiously, finally, the auburn, crimson-eyed girl named Sora spoke up.
"Four-eyes, don't ya think you could place your fiancé on the floor for us to see her?" Jyou, ignoring the insult, did what she asked and dismounted his fiancé, as you all surely know, Koushiro.
"Good evening everyone. " He said feeling shy because everyone was looking at him. "My name is Koushiro, and for future reference, I'm a he."
"Oh, ahh sorry.." Sora said.
The king looked at his new son in law. Okay...Well Jyou seemed extremely happy, a rare sight for him, because he was often depressed or concentrating on his work. But if that's who fate chooses then let fate be. Besides, the king had two sons to go. Surely one of them will bring a girl back. "Well Jy--" Just as the king was about to speak to his eldest four guards entered, bringing a captive with them, chained in heavy locks, from head to toe. The person they were bringing was a young boy with brown-purplelish spiked hair. Jyou and Koushiro quickly guessed who it was and why he had been brought in, it was the same boy that Ken was chasing after before. But they were the only ones who knew the reason. The others all had questioning looks on their face asking questions like:
' Why are they bringing that prisoner to the throne room?'
'What did he do to be that chained up?'
"Guards, what in the blue-blazes are you doing? Prisoners go in the dungeon, now go and put that criminal where he belongs!" The king ordered. The guards looked at each other, finally one spoke up.
"Your highness, it was prince Ken who told us to bring him here..."
"Why would he bring him here?!" The king exclaimed, not knowing that the boy was another of his future sons in law.
"We have no idea, but you may want to ask the prince himself." The guard who spoke said, pointing to the direction of the hallway where the silhouette of the blue haired and eyed prince was coming, and leaving the room with the others... But he wasn't alone... Next to him was a spiked brown-red haired girl, about 17 years old. Strangely Yamato recognised her from her silhouette, and he immediately hid behind his fiancé. The king, instead of fearing, rejoiced at seeing one of his sons with a girl. He totally ignored the fact there was a chained boy and headed towards his second youngest.
"Ken my boy! You found someone, and what a catch it is!" The king said speaking of Jun.
"You sure are right. I caught a fine one... So sexy too!" Ken said, speaking of the chained boy with fury in his eyes from being treated like this. He couldn't even say one freaking thing because he was gagged. Daisuke struggled against his chains. Ken looked at his love and smiled a kind and gentle, but at the same time a dominating and cruel one at Daisuke. "Oh, I just love it when he fights back!" Ken exclaimed, making the king perplexed. The girl beside him wasn't fighting at all, in fact, she was pretty calm and all. Also, did Ken say 'he'?
The third oldest went towards his prey and delicately caressed Daisuke's cheek with his hand. The boy winced at the touch and closed his eyes shivering. The prince brought his lips just next to Daisuke ears and whispered in a sly voice to him: "You know... Seeing you squirm is soo delicious..." (A/N: This got to be the best line in the series!) Daisuke froze in place after the prince said that. The blue haired boy looked in the boy's eyes with a smile from the fright he caused the other. "So delicious indeed..." Ken licked his lips ready to taste the other boy, even through the gag on his mouth.
Everybody looked at the scene with wide eyes. Ken usually didn't act that way, well that is when he was with his brother and father... Maybe he had a split personality. Ken would often be timid and gentle, afraid to make someone uncomfortable, but now, the way he treated the chained and gagged boy he seemed like a totally different person.
Finally one person regained her composure... Well the fact was she was maybe the only one who wasn't shocked from the display because since the moment she met the prince he was always like that, especially towards her brother. "Euh, Ken?" She asked, making him stop his actions. A sigh of relief could be heard from Daisuke through the gag.
"Yes?" He said slightly annoyed.
"You're not allowed to kiss him yet."
"What?"
"You are not married, and because I'm responsible for Daisuke's well being, I'm not allowing you to kiss him just yet. Wait until after the marriage." Jun stated.
"But... But.. I just want to feel him..." The prince explained, trying to make her take her words back. Jun looked at the prince in thought, the to her brother who was pleading with his eyes for her not to retake her words.
"Sorry prince. When you are married. Besides you already felt his lips when he kissed you."
"I was unconscious ..." Ken pouted, as Jun shrugged.
"Too bad."
"Can I grope him then?" He asked. Daisuke's eyes went wide.
'Oh please Jun, say no, say no, say no, say no, say no!!' Daisuke desperately thought, but because his sister wasn't a mind reader, she agreed to it. Ken latched himself onto Daisuke, almost cutting off his blood circulation.
All the others watched the scene in an amused, confused, perplexed or simply disturbed way. The king cleared his throat and coughed to sorta bring his son back from his groping trip and to make him tell him about his catch....
"Oh, Hum..." Ken started. "This is Daisuke and he is my fiancé. That girl over there is Daisuke's sister, Jun." Jun waved to the group and spotted Yamato hiding behind Taichi.
"Hi Yamato!" Jun said approaching him, making Taichi growl a bit, and muttering something about that the blond prince is taken. "Don't worry, I'm not after your man." She told Taichi, making lessen his glare soften. Yamato had told him about her, and also, when Taichi went to the castle in the morning, he remembered spotting her. She was known to be a man hunter. Rumour has it she has a t-shirt with names of all the cute guys she made sign it. Taichi never got asked to sign it, but apparently Takeru did.... "Besides, I won't be going after my brother-in-law, right? I just want to say that I'm sorry for the way I acted this morning." She took her hand out and offered to the prince. "No hard feelings?" Yamato looked at it doubtfully just like he did when Sora posed that same gesture, but finally he shrugged and shook her hand.
"Now then," Sora started after the whole moment. "Everybody is here? We can start planning the wedding, and I'll get a chance to see Lady Mim--"
"I didn't see Iori got back. Did you see who he ended up with?" Ken questioned, interrupting his groping session and Sora.
"Iori didn't arrive yet..." The king stated, a bit concerned that his nine-year-old son had still not come back and that the sun was almost under the horizon. "Guards?" The king called. "Is my last son arriving?"
"No your majesty, there is no sign of him. Should we send a search party to look for him?" The ruler of the kingdom thought about it. Even if Iori was good in self-defence, he still was just a kid and could be easily overpowered. The king started to doubt if it had been a good idea to include him in the challenge, but the more he thought about it the more he knew that it was a good idea because, first, Iori hated to be excluded from things because of his age, and second, he was the only hope left to the king to bring a girl back to the kingdom and continue the family line...
The king nodded to the guard for them to make a small search party, but they should keep a low profile. The young prince might get upset of the over protectiveness from the king.
And so a search party was formed to look for the prince, as at the same moment, the prince was waking up from his slumber outside of the kingdom's wall... Let's go see what happens!
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Hope you aren't mad at me for splitting this chapter in two... You people are lucky I got time to write. The summit of Americas made something positive happen like shutting down the schools from terrorist threats to some gas and propane companies that would make everything blow up. (If you didn't know, I live in Québec where the summit was being hosted. I don't know if you people are interested in international stuff, but I tell you there were a lot of things happening...)
Well stay tuned for Iori's kiss. And sorry for people who read my series and that are mad that the next chapter of 180°Change is taking so long...Sorry, I'll try to write in parallel with this fic, except it's hard to go from Humour and Romance to Drama and Angst...
Well thanks everybody, but Loconik Digi the most cause not only did I made him go through Jyoushiro, but also Pieotismon... Poor thing... (Loconik Digi: whipped cream, them and Cody's bed…ok I'm scared of you now Gen ^_^ ) (You're not the only one....)
Thanks too:
- · Picachumaniac
- · Ashi-Sama
- · Alba Albath
- · Strawberry
- · The Dark Peregrine
- · Tani
- · Aquarius
- · Wufie no Kaze
- · Mahniy (Good guess! You win a hum...Don't know what you win... A gum? )
- · El Juno
- · Kenny Yaoi Crazed Fangirl
- · Hyperactive_Soul_Opponent
- · Shimmercat
- · Kris/Star Lin
- · Saria-the-green-haired
- · Rae
- · tuqei
Well bye bye and thanks for all the reviews!
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-Geneviève