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

Chapter 7
"The Next Day"

The next morning, the sun shone bright and early, and as soon as the light shone through the windows of Kuzco....erm, KANcotopia, Kuzco shot up, and ran from his room and out into the hallway. He quietly approached Raina's door and knocked. "Raina?" He whispered. "Are you awake? Hello?" He slowly opened the door and peered in.

Raina was still sleeping, and she had turned over when she heard Kuzco come in...

She looks so pretty, Kuzco thought as he slowly walked over to her bed. "Hey..." He shook her gently and kneeled beside her. "Wake up..."

Raina moaned. "I can't.....I'm seepy...."

Kuzco laughed. She was so cute. "Ok well, I'm going to make breakfast...you just keep sleeping..." He smiled at her and left the room, walking into the kitchen.

He stared at the stove and blinked. Him? Make breakfast? He had never cooked before in his life! He got out some eggs and cracked them in the pan....shell and all...

"Ok, I think I can do this....that...white stuff will probably just desolve or something..." He said to himself while cooking....or, at least, trying to cook. He then poured two glasses of juice and cute two slices of bread and put them on two seperate plates. He let the eggs cook alittle (keyword: alittle) longer and put them on the plates. Well....they LOOKED like eggs....only...runny and half cooked...

He walked into Raina's room, carrying a tray with the food and drinks. "Breakfast!" He said happily, and Raina sat up.

She smiled at him. "That's so sweet of you...."

"Well, you gotta eat..." He smiled, and set her plate in front of her.

Raina smiled, and then looked at the plate. "Um....it looks....quite appetising..." She raised an eyebrow, and smiled at him. She then took a bite...and crunched..."Um...Kanco, what'd you put into this?"

"Um....eggs..." He shrugged.

She crunched again. "Um....exactly how much of the egg did you cook?"

Kuzco stared. "Um...the whole thing...why?"

Raina's eyes widened as she swallowed. "Um....Kanco, you aren't suppose to cook the whole egg." She giggled. "Just the inside..."

Kuzco stared. He felt like such an idiot. "Oh....um...I uh..."

"It's ok..." She smiled. "...you haven't cooked much, have you?"

Kuzco blushed and looked at the floor. "Um....no...I haven't really..." He swallowed. "I have servants who..." He stopped, and looked up. Great, genious, you're going to give yourself away! He thought. "Um....I mean...."

Raina stared. "You have servants? Really!? That's amazing!! I thought the emperor would be the only one with servants..."

"Oh, yeah.." He laughed nervously. "Yeah...it's....it's because I'm...um....I'm rich..." He grinned.

Raina smiled. "Hmm....rich..." She then looked down at her food. "Um....well...uh....at least...the bread's made right..." She laughed and finished eating.

Kuzco soon got done also, even thought the eggs were exceptionally crunchy. He walked outside the room and took Raina's hand. "You wanna go for another swim?" He asked her.

Raina smiled at him, and looked at his hand. "I'd..." She looked back up at him. "I'd love to..."

Kuzco grinned. "Great...come on..." He took her hand and walked with her to the dressing room, getting her a bathing suit, and then going to change himself.

After that, he joined Raina, and they went swimming practically as long as they did yesterday.

Then, after one too many slides on the waterslide, Kuzco layed down on one of those fold out chairs, and Raina joined him as the sun started to go down.

"I've had a great time..." She said, cuddling close to him and not realizing what she was doing.

Automatically, Kuzco's arm went around her shoulder. "Um....yeah, me too..." He said, blushing.

Raina sighed. "I wonder if the palace is like this...." She said, looking around. "I mean....I'm sorry, but I've always dreamt of what the palace would be like...I sorta...imagined it to be this way..."

"It is..." Kuzco nodded.

Raina glanced up at him. "You've been there?"

"Well, uh....yes!" He cleared his throat. "Heck, I even know the emperor!" Now why did he just say that?

"Really?" She sat up. "Do you think you could introduce him to me?" She said smiling.

"Sure...well, I um...." Well, Kuzco thought, She's got to know sometime...."I can um....yeah, I'll take you sometime..." He smiled, and she smiled sweetly to him.

"Thank you..." She hugged his neck.

"Hey, no prob..." Kuzco grinned. He then broke their hug and lifted her chin with his hand, unsure of what he was doing. He saw Raina's eyes close, and suddenly grew very nervous, backing away. "Um....uh.....um...I'll be right back..." He said, quickly getting up and going outside. "Why can't I just tell her?" He asked himself. "She's going to find out and then she's going to get mad..." He sighed, sitting on a rock. "I'm such a loser...She desearves so much better than a lying...fake peasent..And if she found out I lied to her..." He sighed again. "I love her....I've never felt like this in my entire life..." He looked up at the sky and started to sing:

Kuzco: I'd never imagined before that the world could be turned on it's head, I'd never have thought to be here in this place,
I'd never have dreamt that in love I'd be lost and so easily led,
I guess I was caught by that hint of a smile on her face...

I thought I was happy before when my life was as easy as pie,
But that was the past of an ignorant youth,
I'm falling in love with the girl, but I'm forced to be living a lie,
And she'd never love me if she knew the truth...

Is it asking too much if I pray for a miricle, miricle?

That one day,
She'll love me,
One day,
She'll say "I care..."

Meanwhile, Raina was still in Kuzcotopia, and began singing also. She had the most beautiful voice..

Raina: Although he's changing day by day,
He finds these tender words of love,
Impossible to say.

He walks in the room and I'm never quite sure if he's trying to be somebody else,
I'm liking him better that he's not his arrogant self...

Perhaps I'm expecting too much of a miricle, miricle...

One day,
He'll love me,
One day,
He'll say "I love you,"
And I will love him,
Until I die...

Kuzco: Distant star,
Cast your light on my life...

Kuzco: And one by one...
Raina: I didn't anticipate feeling the power of love in this way...

Kuzco: And day by day...
Raina: We've never been closer than this and I find myself daring to pray..

Both: We'll find these tender ways of love,
Impossible to disobey...

Kuzco: One day, she'll love me..

Raina: One day, he'll say "I love you..."

Kuzco: And I will love her...

Both: Until the moment,
Our hearts stop beating,
And we are light....

Kuzco sighed, and started to walk back inside. He didn't even look up at Raina was he walked slowly off to his room, his head hanging. He felt so guilty for not telling her who he really was.

Raina blinked, and stared after him as he left. She sighed, and stood up, walking to her room. "Good night..." She said, but Kuzco already shut the door to his room....

Kuzco just layed in his bed, thinking for a very long time. He couldn't help feeling guilty and sorry...there had to be something he could do about it. "Tommorow..." He said to himself. "I'll tell her..."