The Emperor's New Groove:
Falling in Love Isn't For an Emperor
Chapter 11: Kuno to Kuzco
Raina stared at me with a continuious expression of shock and blankness. She slowly shook her head. "You....you....you can't be..." She said, slowly backing up.
Geez! I knew this would happen. "Raina...listen...I know..you.....probably don't want to talk to me ever again, but--"
"Kuno.....is it true?" She asked, her expression never changing. "Are you...the emperor?"
I gulped. I was afraid this would happen. I slowly nodded. "Yes...I am..Emperor Kuzco....not Kuno...."
"Oh....my....God..." She said, as she fainted. I kneeled down to try to get her back to conciousness as Chaca and Tipo ran over, and so did Pacha.
Chicha came into the room. "I heard a noise...what --" She saw the fainted Raina. "Oh my...what happened?"
I sighed. "She overheard me and Pacha discussing something and heard that...well, I was the emperor.."
"Uh oh...hoo boy..."
"Raina..." I shook her. "Raina! Please wake up.."
She woke up, but very slowly and continued to just stare at me like I was a ghost! "You're...the emperor.." She said, over and over.
"Yes! I'm the emperor! Now you know! See, heh heh, that wasn't so bad..."
"You mean you.....lied to me...."
"Yes...I mean, no! I was just trying to...well, I....ya see.." I didn't know how to explain it to her.
"Kuno...I mean, Emperor Kuzco..." She sat up. "You...your highness...I..." It looked like she couldn't find the words either. "I...." She then stood up. "Please, excuse me...you....you...your highness.." She said, bowed to me, and then ran out the door!
I turned to Pacha with my mouth hanging open, then I glared at him. "You and your stupid conversation!" I yelled.
"What? I didn't do anything, you're the one who said it.."
"Oh yeah? Well, you're also the one who said that I should tell her I was the emperor, and what did you say? Oh, nothing will happen...she'll just admire you mooore.." I said, mocking him. "Now look! Just like I said! She HATES me!" I turned around and folded my arms.
"Kuzco...." Pacha sighed. "Raina doesn't hate you...I'm sure she just needs time to think this over....Trust me.." He said, patting me on the shoulder. "Everything will be ok..."
For once, I didn't turn around and say "No touchy." I didn't really feel like it. Instead, I wanted to cry....and I had never ever cried before....except for the time my parents died, and then the time when I was a llama, and I thought no one cared for me. Pacha was really my only friend. And I had never realized it until then. Now, I had Raina, or I thought I had her, but now she knew I was the emperor, and the way I looked at it, she hated me...
Raina was standing outside, still shocked that this happened to her. I mean, the girl had always wanted to see the emperor, and now she had just found out he was under her nose all this time, and well, I understand how she felt.
I can't believe I was so dumb....I mean.....I actually thought that I might LOVE him! He's the emperor! I'm a peasent! There is no way in the world that I would be worthy enough of his love......She thought, feeling incredably stupid at the moment. She leaned against the rail of the bridge she was standing on, looking down at the water. She had wandered far from Pacha's ranch, and perhaps farther than she thought. She pounded the railing. "Ooh! I hate him! No, I don't hate him, I hate myself..no..I...GRR!" She pounded the railing again. "I don't know anything anymore.....I'm so confused...."
"Well, maybe WE could help you.."
Raina's head shot up and she looked over at where the voice was coming from. She saw a cat, a girl, and a big burly guy (Yzma, Zelma, and Kronk.) "Who...who are you?" She asked.
Zelma snickered. "That doesn't really matter right now, dear girl. What matters is the location of Kuzco!" She snarled.
"Kuzco? Why do you want to see Kuzco?"
"Because..." She rolled her eyes, apparently not liking Raina one bit. "He's mine! Ok? I'm suppose to be getting married to him soon, and he needs to come back to the palace, pronto!"
"Married?" She said, looking around. "Oh....I didn't know he already had a fiancee..." She bowed her head.
"Already? What, YOU wanted him, peasent girl?" Zelma snarled.
"N..no! I mean..." Raina started to back away alittle. "Um....Kuzco....is not here right now..."
"Then where is he?" Zelma growled.
"I...I don't know...."
"Listen girly..." Zelma growled again, edging closer to Raina, to wear their noses were almost touching, and Raina had her back against the railing of the bridge. "If you don't tell me where he is...I'll..."
"Hey, be easy on her, Zelma.." Kronk pointed out.
"Be EASY on her?" Zelma started edging towards Kronk this time. "Who's side are you on, anyway, if you..."
While Zelma was talking to Kronk, Raina took this oppurtunity to run off. Yzma seemed to be the only one that noticed while Kronk and Zelma were arguing, and for the first time there, she yelled at them. "You idiots! She's getting away!!!!"
Raina rushed back to Pacha's house, obviously to warn me about these creeps looking for me!
Unfortunally, I was still moaning about this whole thing when Raina burst through the doors. "KUNO! I uh, I mean, your highness..." She bowed to me. Oh yeah, that made me feel pleasent. No really, it didn't. It just made me feel guilty. "There's these two people and a cat looking for you!"
"Was one of them scary beyond all reason?" I asked.
She nodded. "Oh yeah..I think her name was Zelma, and there was this big burly guy and a little white cat!"
"Oh great..." I moaned. "They FOLLOWED me here!"
Pacha stared at me. "Who's Zelma?"
Raina looked at me also, curious to know who this woman was.
I sighed. "She was chosen to be my wife in case I didn't choose one of those virgin...sun thingamabobs...The worst part about all this? She's Yzma's daughter."
Everyone gasped with disgust except for Raina, who had no clue who Yzma was.
I sighed again. "I know, it's icky. Geez! I really hate this..." I sat down.
Raina looked at me sympethetically, and Pacha sighed. "It'll be ok, Kuzco...we'll get you out of here before Yzma, Zelma, and that other guy come. Ok?"
"I guess."
Chicha smiled, as if she had something on her mind. "You know what guys?" She asked. "I think I have a good plan."
Falling in Love Isn't For an Emperor
Chapter 11: Kuno to Kuzco
Raina stared at me with a continuious expression of shock and blankness. She slowly shook her head. "You....you....you can't be..." She said, slowly backing up.
Geez! I knew this would happen. "Raina...listen...I know..you.....probably don't want to talk to me ever again, but--"
"Kuno.....is it true?" She asked, her expression never changing. "Are you...the emperor?"
I gulped. I was afraid this would happen. I slowly nodded. "Yes...I am..Emperor Kuzco....not Kuno...."
"Oh....my....God..." She said, as she fainted. I kneeled down to try to get her back to conciousness as Chaca and Tipo ran over, and so did Pacha.
Chicha came into the room. "I heard a noise...what --" She saw the fainted Raina. "Oh my...what happened?"
I sighed. "She overheard me and Pacha discussing something and heard that...well, I was the emperor.."
"Uh oh...hoo boy..."
"Raina..." I shook her. "Raina! Please wake up.."
She woke up, but very slowly and continued to just stare at me like I was a ghost! "You're...the emperor.." She said, over and over.
"Yes! I'm the emperor! Now you know! See, heh heh, that wasn't so bad..."
"You mean you.....lied to me...."
"Yes...I mean, no! I was just trying to...well, I....ya see.." I didn't know how to explain it to her.
"Kuno...I mean, Emperor Kuzco..." She sat up. "You...your highness...I..." It looked like she couldn't find the words either. "I...." She then stood up. "Please, excuse me...you....you...your highness.." She said, bowed to me, and then ran out the door!
I turned to Pacha with my mouth hanging open, then I glared at him. "You and your stupid conversation!" I yelled.
"What? I didn't do anything, you're the one who said it.."
"Oh yeah? Well, you're also the one who said that I should tell her I was the emperor, and what did you say? Oh, nothing will happen...she'll just admire you mooore.." I said, mocking him. "Now look! Just like I said! She HATES me!" I turned around and folded my arms.
"Kuzco...." Pacha sighed. "Raina doesn't hate you...I'm sure she just needs time to think this over....Trust me.." He said, patting me on the shoulder. "Everything will be ok..."
For once, I didn't turn around and say "No touchy." I didn't really feel like it. Instead, I wanted to cry....and I had never ever cried before....except for the time my parents died, and then the time when I was a llama, and I thought no one cared for me. Pacha was really my only friend. And I had never realized it until then. Now, I had Raina, or I thought I had her, but now she knew I was the emperor, and the way I looked at it, she hated me...
Raina was standing outside, still shocked that this happened to her. I mean, the girl had always wanted to see the emperor, and now she had just found out he was under her nose all this time, and well, I understand how she felt.
I can't believe I was so dumb....I mean.....I actually thought that I might LOVE him! He's the emperor! I'm a peasent! There is no way in the world that I would be worthy enough of his love......She thought, feeling incredably stupid at the moment. She leaned against the rail of the bridge she was standing on, looking down at the water. She had wandered far from Pacha's ranch, and perhaps farther than she thought. She pounded the railing. "Ooh! I hate him! No, I don't hate him, I hate myself..no..I...GRR!" She pounded the railing again. "I don't know anything anymore.....I'm so confused...."
"Well, maybe WE could help you.."
Raina's head shot up and she looked over at where the voice was coming from. She saw a cat, a girl, and a big burly guy (Yzma, Zelma, and Kronk.) "Who...who are you?" She asked.
Zelma snickered. "That doesn't really matter right now, dear girl. What matters is the location of Kuzco!" She snarled.
"Kuzco? Why do you want to see Kuzco?"
"Because..." She rolled her eyes, apparently not liking Raina one bit. "He's mine! Ok? I'm suppose to be getting married to him soon, and he needs to come back to the palace, pronto!"
"Married?" She said, looking around. "Oh....I didn't know he already had a fiancee..." She bowed her head.
"Already? What, YOU wanted him, peasent girl?" Zelma snarled.
"N..no! I mean..." Raina started to back away alittle. "Um....Kuzco....is not here right now..."
"Then where is he?" Zelma growled.
"I...I don't know...."
"Listen girly..." Zelma growled again, edging closer to Raina, to wear their noses were almost touching, and Raina had her back against the railing of the bridge. "If you don't tell me where he is...I'll..."
"Hey, be easy on her, Zelma.." Kronk pointed out.
"Be EASY on her?" Zelma started edging towards Kronk this time. "Who's side are you on, anyway, if you..."
While Zelma was talking to Kronk, Raina took this oppurtunity to run off. Yzma seemed to be the only one that noticed while Kronk and Zelma were arguing, and for the first time there, she yelled at them. "You idiots! She's getting away!!!!"
Raina rushed back to Pacha's house, obviously to warn me about these creeps looking for me!
Unfortunally, I was still moaning about this whole thing when Raina burst through the doors. "KUNO! I uh, I mean, your highness..." She bowed to me. Oh yeah, that made me feel pleasent. No really, it didn't. It just made me feel guilty. "There's these two people and a cat looking for you!"
"Was one of them scary beyond all reason?" I asked.
She nodded. "Oh yeah..I think her name was Zelma, and there was this big burly guy and a little white cat!"
"Oh great..." I moaned. "They FOLLOWED me here!"
Pacha stared at me. "Who's Zelma?"
Raina looked at me also, curious to know who this woman was.
I sighed. "She was chosen to be my wife in case I didn't choose one of those virgin...sun thingamabobs...The worst part about all this? She's Yzma's daughter."
Everyone gasped with disgust except for Raina, who had no clue who Yzma was.
I sighed again. "I know, it's icky. Geez! I really hate this..." I sat down.
Raina looked at me sympethetically, and Pacha sighed. "It'll be ok, Kuzco...we'll get you out of here before Yzma, Zelma, and that other guy come. Ok?"
"I guess."
Chicha smiled, as if she had something on her mind. "You know what guys?" She asked. "I think I have a good plan."