"The Wrath of the Moon"
An Emperor's New Groove Fanfic by:
JessieofTR (Megan Clifton)

Chapter 3
"The Marketplace"

The marketplace was very busy that day, and Kuzco, dressed as a peasent, looked around in awe at everything around him. For once, no one who saw him bowed or told him to hurry and choose a bride or whatever. For the first time in his life (since he was a llama) he was himself!

Now to find that peasent girl... He thought, as he looked around.

Raina was getting ready to buy some things when all of a sudden, someone grabbed her by the wrist and and attempted to take her bag. "Hey!! Stop it!!" Raina screamed, not letting go of the bag. The theif kept pulling and was now causing a big scene.

Kuzco went to see what was going on, and sure enough, there was the peasent girl he saw from his balcony. He ran over and pushed the theif away. "What do you think you're doing!?"

The theif laughed. "This girl took something from me....I was trying to get it back..."

Raina stared. "That's not true!!! Listen..." She turned to Kuzco. "He was trying to steal my bag, I never took anything from this man. I'm not a theif, he is..."

Even her voice sounded pretty, Kuzco thought to himself and smiled. "Don't worry." He turned to the theif, grabbed his shoulders and whispered something in his ear. "If I were you, I'd run. You wouldn't want the emperor coming after you later for something you did huh?" He stared in his eyes, and a certain gleam told the theif that Kuzco was of royalty. The small theif paniced, and ran off.

Raina stared after him, and then to Kuzco. "What did you say that scared him off?"

"Nothing...I'll tell ya later..." Kuzco smiled. "So....what's your name?" He took Raina's hand.

Raina smiled, staring at the ground somewhat and then looking back up at Kuzco. "It's Raina...." She said, smiling and blushing slightly.

Kuzco grinned. "Raina...." That's so pretty.... He thought. Ok, is it me, or am I losing my mind? "Well, it's uh....a pleasure to meet you, Raina..." He said smiling.

Raina smiled back. "Um.....thank you for saving me...that was very kind...."

"Hey, no problem..."

"So...uh...what's your name?" Raina asked, staring into his eyes. He had beautiful eyes. She thought.

"It's....um.....it's uh...."

"What? What is it?" Raina stared.

"Um.....it's....uh..." Kuzco couldn't tell her his real name. She would find out he was the emperor and that would blow his cover.

"Your highness!!!" The voice of the TTWSU called. "YOUR HIGHNESS!!!"

Oh no....Kuzco thought, and saw the TTWSU running around asking people if they had seen the emperor. "Hey uh....I gotta go....." He told Raina, and ran off.

"Wait!!" Raina called after him. "Don't I at least get to know.......your name...." She called, but he was already gone and disapeared into the crowd.

"What do you WANT!?" Kuzco whispered sternly to the TTWSU when he caught up to him.

"Oh, your highness!! Thank Inti!!" He bowed. "You shouldn't be out here, sir, it's very very dangerous!!"

Kuzco sighed. "Whatever.....just don't blow my cover, shorty...."

The TTWSU led him back to the palace. "You know with you having that dream, sire, that you shouldn't just wander off...."

"Well, I kinda FORGOT about the dream until just now...."

"Forgot!?" The TTWSU stared, wide-eyed. "What in the WORLD made you forget!!?"

Kuzco smiled. "Someone.....just....let's go home.." He shook his head and frowned, walking past the TTWSU and quickly getting to the palace.

The TTWSU stared after him. "Someone?" He blinked, and followed Kuzco inside.