Forced Emotions Chapter 6
The New Arrivals
Mint, Belle, Duke, Mira, Elena, Prima, and Klaus had went to the dining room, where a great feast was awaiting them.
"WOW!" Prima and Elena squealed, their mouthes watering just by looking at the delicious food set before their eyes.
"Go ahead. Help yourselves," Mint said, taking the throne at the head of the table.
"Woa! I thought you lost your right to the throne?!" Duke said, knowing that Mint had sat down in the current ruler's throne.
"Well, I HAD lost my right to the throne. But, when I came home, my dad just forgave me for running away, and thanked me for stopping Valen. Before you knew it, my dad was anounceing to everyone at my homecoming that I was to be East Heaven's queen," Mint finished, while grabbing loads of food and putting it on her plate.
"Oh...Well, did you accept your dad's offer?" Duke said, him and everyone else taking a seat.
Flipping her hair, Mint replied, "I didn't have a choice. My dad thought that I was more responsible than when I was when I had stayed at East Heaven, and he thought that this burden would be a bit too challenging for Maya," Mint finished, stuffing a roll in her mouth and washing it down with some red wine.
"Speeking of which, where is your more-refined-than-you'll-ever-be-sister?" Belle said, taking a bite of steak.
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!?!?!" Mint yelled, slamming her fist down on the table and glaring at Belle.
"It means exactly what I said!" Belle shot back, continueing to eat her steak.
"Hmph! Well, if it's any of your bussiness, my little bratty sister is somewhere in the castle, being moody since she can't be queen anymore," Mint said, taking a piece of lobster and stuffing it in her mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY BRATTY?!?!?!?!" a voice screeched, making everyone jump a good few inches off their seats. Turning their heads towards the entrance of the dining room, stood Maya, looking like she had PMS and could kill someone just by staring at them.
"...I take that back..." Belle said, shocked to hear Maya cuss. In fact, everyone but Mint was shocked to see Maya, who was looking like a nightmare: her weird looking hat looked like she had been chewing it out of rage, her once blue outfit was ratted and wrinkled, and she dragged the useless Book of Cosmos behind her, where Gramps was, trying to talk some sense into the young princess, but finally gave up and resided into one of the open chairs.
Standing up and walking over to face her younger sibling, Mint began her explanation. "Well, for starters, you have been just about the grouchiest person on Earth, breaking things for no reason, snapping at anyone who talks to you, AND let's not forget your giant appetite, which is hard to say bigger than me and dad's put together!" Mint said.
"HMPH!!!" was all Maya could say to that, turning towards the doors that led to the hallway.
"HEY!!!!" Mint yelled, grabbing her sister by the arm, who helplessly tryed to swat it away.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!" Maya yelled, stomping her foot just like her older sister and turning around.
"You barge in here, yell at me for calling you a brat, then turn to walk away?! WHAT A WIMP! DON'T YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FINISH WHAT YOU START?!?!?!?!?!" Mint yelled, crossing her arms in front of her.
"WHO CARES!!!! WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY TIME ON A STUPID INGRATE LIKE YOU?!?!?!" Maya shot back, balling up her fists at her side.
"YOU WANNA GO THEIR WITH ME?!?!" Mint yelled, bringing out her Dual Haloes and starting some magic in front of Maya.
"YA!!!!!! WHY NOT?!?!?!" Maya yelled in return, pulling her Book of Cosmos out from behind her and starting the little magic it had left in front of Mint as well. Mint stopped her growing magic to stare at Maya, with an expressionless face.
"WHAT?!?!?!?! MY BOOK OF COSMOS TO MUCH FOR YOU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Maya yelled, smileing over Mint's cowardness. Mint stayed silent for a few seconds, then burst out with laughter, falling to the ground, pounding her fist against a floor tile.
"?! WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!?!" Maya yelled, looking at her delirious sister.
"HAHAHA!!! YOU IDIOT!!!! HAVE YOU ALREADY FORGOTTEN?!?! HAHAHA!!!" Mint managed out of her laughter.
"FORGOTTEN WHAT?!?!" Maya yelled, stomping her foot once more.
"HAHAHA!!! YOU, HAHAHA, GAVE, HAHAHA, YOUR BOOK'S, HAHAHA, POWERS, HAHAHA, TO ME!!!!!!! HAHAHA!!!!!!" Mint yelled through laughs.
"?!?!?! that's right....You would just counter the Book's power and turn it against me..." Maya said, more reasonably than before. Getting up, (but slightly giggleing,) Mint stood, starting up her Golden Cosmos magic.
"?! W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" Maya asked, backing up a few steps.
"I'M gonna finish what YOU started!!!" Mint yelled, almost ready to shoot Maya.
"N-NO! YOU CAN'T!!!!!" Maya screamed, turning around to run, but was stopped by Mint's powerful magic.
"HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!" Mint laughed as she saw her sister being hurt repeatedly by her bodacious magic.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya screamed, echoing off the hallway's walls, grabbing the attention of some soldiers on guard duty.
"GIVE IT UP AND ADMIT THAT YOU COULD NEVER HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING QUEEN!!!!" Mint ordered, backing off a little from hitting Maya.
"N-NEVER!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya managed out, still screaming.
"I WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!!!!!!" Mint yelled, forcing even more magic over Maya.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LET ME GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya screeched, falling helplessly to the ground as Mint stopped her magic.
"Whatever...Just stay outta my way, and go to hell for all I care," Mint said, walking around Maya's heaving body and out of the dining room. Turning around, Mint told her friends, "You guys can keep eating all you want. I'm gonna go wait for Rod and Rue. Gramps? After they're done, show them to the guest bedrooms by my wing, okay?"
"Yes Princess," Gramps answered, taking a apple from a fruit bowl.
"Well, I'll see ya all later," Mint called over her shoulder, running out of the room and toward the front doors.
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Walking out of the front doors, Mint continued walking until she decided to sit by one of the many fountains in East Heaven's garden. Sighing, Mint thought about Rue while gently guiding her hand across the surface of the fountain's water. She had to admit, she liked Rue. He was honest, cared a lot for the people he loved, and wouldn't give up on anything, no matter what. He was strong, which is one of the main reasons why Mint wanted him to come along.
Suddenly, Mint heard a twig snap, and emediatley got her Dual Haloes ready to fire, jumping up from her current position.
"It's okay! It's me, Mint!" a very familiar voice said, coming out of the shadows.
"RUE?!?!" Mint said excitedly, running over and hugging her old friend, then realising what she had done. Back away from the surprised Rue, Mint took one of her Dual Haloes and smashed it on Rue's head, making him cry out in pain.
"OWW!!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!" Rue ordered, reaching to the now throbing bump on his head.
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!?!?!" Mint yelled, crossing her arms in front of her and glaring at Rue. "Hey, where's Rod?" Mint asked, forgetting about Rue for a split second.
"Rod? He's fixing up his ride," Rue replied, the pain easing in his head.
"Oh, well... How've you been?" Mint asked, putting her Dual Haloes aside and blushing for asking such a weird question, one that she didn't ask much.
"F-fine...You?" Rue said, blushing slightly and looking down on the ground.
"Well, I got my right to the throne back," Mint said, walking back over to the fountain she was just at.
"That's good news..." Rue said, following Mint. A silence went on, and Mint began feeling uncomfortable with just her and Rue there, waiting for Rod.
"...R-rue?" Mint asked, breaking the silence.
"Y-ya?" Rue replied, feeling nervous.
Sighing, Mint knew something that Rue didn't, and wanted to do what she wanted to do very much right now.
"...Go to hell!" Mint said, taking out her Dual Haloes and starting some quick magic at Rue and firing it before he could react.
"?! W-what are you doing?!" a frantic Rue asked, sounding scared to death.
"C'MON!!!!!! GET UP AND FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!" Mint yelled, starting up a more powerful blow, aimed right at Rue.
"W-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" Rue said, squirming to his feet and taking a few steps back.
"YOU DAMN WELL KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!!!!!!" Mint answered, putting her Dual Haloes away and turning around.
"M-mint?!?!" Rue started, sounding very confused.
"HIYA!!!!!!!" Mint yelled, turning around and jump-kicking Rue in the face. Rue got knocked to the ground, Mint pounding him even deeper into the Earth.
"HURRY! (WACK!) UP! (WACK!) AND! (WACK!) CHANGE! (WACK!!!)" Mint yelled, giving Rue some painful looking bruises.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Rue yelled in agony, finally glowing pink, just like Mint wanted HER to.
"HMPH! YOU THINK YOU CAN SNEAK BACK HER INTO ROYALTY BY TURNING INTO RUE?! THINK AGAIN!!!......MODE MASTER!!!!" Mint yelled, jumping off the brunette she was stomping all over on.
"...How could you...see through my...disguise...again?" Mode Master asked, panting on the ground.
"How?! I'll tell ya how! Rue doesn't yell when I knock him on the head, he just asks 'what was that for?' in a very calm voice!" Mint finished, smileing proudly at Mode Master.
"..." Mode Master was left speechless, and just went into a sitting position on the ground, tending to her wounds with some healing magic.
"Why are you here anyway?" Mint asked, putting her Dual Haloes away and leaning up against a nearby shrub.
"Why? To try and get my old career back, of course!" Mode Master explained, slowly getting to her feet.
"Well, if that's the only reason you're here, then...Why did you change into Rue?" Mint asked, puzzled.
"I just wanted to see if you had improved in your skill at all. And indeed, you have," Mode Master concluded, brushing all of the dirt off her.
"Wait...Did porcupine come too?" Mint asked, seeing movement in the shadows of some shrubs.
"MY NAME IS TRAP MASTER, GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!" the porcupine looking guy yelled, stepping out from the shadows and glaring at Mint.
"Hey, porcupine," Mint said, smileing at Trap Master.
"AARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU DEAF OR WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" Trap Master yelled, running up to Mint and pulling her off the ground.
"WHATEVER!!! TAKE THIS!!!!!!!" Mint yelled, kicking Trap Master in the stomach.
"YOU [expletive]!!!!!!!" Trap master yelled through gritted teeth.
"Stop it Narcious! We are here to get our old positions back!" Mode Master told Trap Master.
"HEY! She started it!" Trap Master said in defense.
"WHO CARES WHO STARTED IT!" Mode Master yelled, (yes, she yelled in anger!)
"..." Trap Master didn't bother standing up to his companion.
"...So, you guys want your old jobs back, right?" Mint asked, wondering if they were trying to double cross her or not.
"Yes. That is all we want," Mode Master said, returning to her calmness.
"Ya, but knowing you, you'll prolly saw 'No way, you [expletives],'" Trap Master said.
"No, I was gonna say, 'Why the hell do you wanna come back here?'" Mint said, surprising Trap Master.
"Well, everyone knows that we helped Doll Master try to resurrect Valen..."
"...So no one wants anything to do with us," Trap Master finished.
"Dang... So, you two came here," Mint said, deciding on what to do: accept, or decline.
"..."
"..."
"...Alright, you two can have your old positions back if..." Mint finally said, smileing at the cute couple.
"...If what?" the two asked in unison.
"No. 1, you guys will only take orders from me, no one else..."
"Okay," Mode Master said.
"Alright," Trap Master added in.
"Second, you'll be ministers instead of masters..."
".......It'll be hard, but okay," Trap Master replied.
"Anything else?" Mode Master asked.
"Ya, one more thing..." Mint said, an evil smile appearing on her face.
"...Yes?" Mode Master asked, dreading what Mint's last order would be.
"...hehehe...You two have to kiss!" Mint said, giggling as the two masters looked from Mint to one another.
"Why the hell should we?!" Trap Master butted in as him and Mode Master blushed slightly.
"Hey! You want your jobs, don't you?!" Mint asked.
"Well ya... But what does kissing have to do with getting our jobs back?!" Trap Master asked, Mode Master seconding his opinion.
"Well, you guys could be our castle's janitors if you want..." Mint trailed off.
"OKAY!"
"Fine!" the two said at the same time.
"Good! Now, kissy wissy!" Mint said in a sing-song voice, enjoying how she can make them do whatever she wanted.
"...F-fine..." Trap Master said, slowly turning towards the apple red Mode Master.
"...Y-you ready?" she asked, looking down on the ground, but turning just as well.
"Y-ya...." Trap Master choked out, stepping a bit closer to Mode Master.
"Okay... on the count of 3..." Mode Master said, shuffling her feet over toward Trap Master where there lips were only inches away from touching.
"Right...One..." Trap Master said, wrapping his arms s-l-o-w-l-y around Mode Master's waist.
"Two..." Mode Master added, putting her arms s-l-o-w-l-y around Trap Master's neck.
"Three..." the two closer-than-ever people said in unison, closing the gap between their lips, until they finally met. It was sooo perfect! Trap Master had the hots for Mode Master, and Mode Master had the hots for Trap Master! But they didn't just kiss... They were passionately frenching all the way, Trap Master lifting Mode Master off the ground slightly, and Mode Master pulling Trap Master closer to her until they looked like they were glued together.
"...aawww..." Mint whispered, looking at how cute they looked.
"mmmm..."
"...."
"mmmmmmm...."
''..............."
"Mmmmmmmmmmmmm..."
"OKAY! YOU GUYS CAN STOP WITH THE SOUND EFFECTS!" Mint yelled impatiently, but only getting louder sounds.
"Fine! Geez! You guys can go through the door with babies everywhere for all I care!" Mint yelled as she took her position back at the fountain, with tears in her eyes, (yes, tears! Everyone crys!) Finally, (after about 3 minutes,) the two love birds came apart, and the first thing they did was look into the other's eyes.
"Kirielle...I love you..." Trap Master said, no longer blushing but for once not being a loud cusser.
"Narcious...I love you too..." Kirielle said, pulling Nracious down for another round. So, they kissed again, but made it short this time. After breaking the kiss of forever bottled up love, Narcious sweeped Kirielle off her feet and started to walk for the double doors, but stopped, ready to say something to Mint.
"Mint...Um...Thanks. I've always wanted to do that," Narcious said, making Mint cry harder, but still silent.
"...No problem you guys...Just go get a room already..." Mint managed out, her crystal tears falling into the fountain. Whispering something into Narcious's ear, Narcious let Kirielle get to her feet, and she walked over to where Mint was.
"Mint, I know you'll find someone. Everybody does, in the end," Kirielle said, rubbing Mint on her back.
"...What a bunch of crap..." Mint answered, hunching over even more and crying harder.
"...Mint, just tell Rue how you feel," Kirielle whispered in Mint's ear, making her turn her head toward Kirielle, thinking 'How did she know?!'
"Don't deny it. I know you like him. Everytime you look at him, you think, 'Why can't I just tell him?!' and 'Boy he's cute...' Mint, just open up your heart and tell him," Kirielle finished, looking over to Narcious who was patiently waiting.
"Mint, you made me open up my heart to Narcious. You should do the same thing to Rue," Kirielle said, walking back to her lover.
"...I can't love who I want to love..." Mint confessed, making the two turn around and face Mint.
"Of course you can! All you have to do is go by anyone who doesn't want you to be with him," Kirielle said encouragingly.
"Ya! Just like when you were searching for the [relic], you would go by anything that stood in your way!" Narcious added.
"..."
"Think it over. You never know...He may be the one for you..." Kirielle finished, her and Narcious leaving for Mint to wait for Rue. After the perfect couple were out of sight, Mint ran off towards the gate, tears streaming down her cheeks, closing her eyes telling them to stop.
WAM! Mint ran into someone, knocking them both to the ground.
"...Sorry..." Mint managed while choking on her words, getting up, ready to go past the stranger.
"Mint?!" a voice called after her. Mint stopped dead in her tracks, slowly turning around to face the wondering Rue.
"What's wrong?!" Rue asked, running up towards Mint, who was still crying.
"N-nothing! Mind your own bussiness!" Mint snapped, turning around, hopeing that Rue hadn't noticed she was crying.
"It seems more than nothing... Do you want to talk about it?" Rue offered, concern clearly sounding as he spoke.
"...You'll find out tommorow..." Mint told Rue, who was ready to comfort her. Smileing, Rue said, "Okay," then offered Mint his hand, which she just looked at for a few seconds, but eventually took hold of it and let Rue guide her back to her home.
"W-where's Rod?" Mint asked, knowing that the two were supposed to be together.
"Hehe... Rod took Johny Wolf out for a walk, and Claire wanted to go with him," Rue said, slapping his hand over his mouth, not wanting Mint to know that Claire tagged along.
"? Claire's here?" Mint asked, looking toward Rue, who was dead silent.
"Y-yeah... I didn't want her to be all alone, a-and Rod offered to take her along... saying that you wouldn't mind..." Rue said, awaiting a hit on the head. Stopping her tears from coming out of her eyes, Mint said, "Hey, I DID say for everyone to come, didn't I? So there's no problem there! The more the merrier, right?!"
"Yeah, I guess I should've known you wouldn't mind," Rue said, smileing at Mint, who gladely returned the smile.
"HEY! WAIT FOR US!!!" Rod yelled, making Mint and Rue snatch their hand from the other's grasp.
"Hey! Took you two long enough! You had me stuck here with this dope forever!" Mint said, refering to Rue, in a joke-ish way.
"Hehe, yeah! You guys made me hang out with the bossy princess!" Rue added in, nudging Mint, who playfully returned the nudge.
"Hehe! Sorry, but Johny Wolf went chasing after a Pollywog, adn it took us FOREVER to catch him!" Claire said with a laugh.
"Well, c'mon! Let's get some food and call it a night!" Mint said, racing off toward the doors of her home, Rue, Claire, Johny Wolf, and Rod following.
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A/N: This was my fav chapter, (so far,) and I'd like to thank ucchan for giving me the idea of putting Trap Master, (Narcious,) and Mode Master, (Kirielle,) in my story! Thanks a bunch! Don't forget to R/R!
The New Arrivals
Mint, Belle, Duke, Mira, Elena, Prima, and Klaus had went to the dining room, where a great feast was awaiting them.
"WOW!" Prima and Elena squealed, their mouthes watering just by looking at the delicious food set before their eyes.
"Go ahead. Help yourselves," Mint said, taking the throne at the head of the table.
"Woa! I thought you lost your right to the throne?!" Duke said, knowing that Mint had sat down in the current ruler's throne.
"Well, I HAD lost my right to the throne. But, when I came home, my dad just forgave me for running away, and thanked me for stopping Valen. Before you knew it, my dad was anounceing to everyone at my homecoming that I was to be East Heaven's queen," Mint finished, while grabbing loads of food and putting it on her plate.
"Oh...Well, did you accept your dad's offer?" Duke said, him and everyone else taking a seat.
Flipping her hair, Mint replied, "I didn't have a choice. My dad thought that I was more responsible than when I was when I had stayed at East Heaven, and he thought that this burden would be a bit too challenging for Maya," Mint finished, stuffing a roll in her mouth and washing it down with some red wine.
"Speeking of which, where is your more-refined-than-you'll-ever-be-sister?" Belle said, taking a bite of steak.
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!?!?!" Mint yelled, slamming her fist down on the table and glaring at Belle.
"It means exactly what I said!" Belle shot back, continueing to eat her steak.
"Hmph! Well, if it's any of your bussiness, my little bratty sister is somewhere in the castle, being moody since she can't be queen anymore," Mint said, taking a piece of lobster and stuffing it in her mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY BRATTY?!?!?!?!" a voice screeched, making everyone jump a good few inches off their seats. Turning their heads towards the entrance of the dining room, stood Maya, looking like she had PMS and could kill someone just by staring at them.
"...I take that back..." Belle said, shocked to hear Maya cuss. In fact, everyone but Mint was shocked to see Maya, who was looking like a nightmare: her weird looking hat looked like she had been chewing it out of rage, her once blue outfit was ratted and wrinkled, and she dragged the useless Book of Cosmos behind her, where Gramps was, trying to talk some sense into the young princess, but finally gave up and resided into one of the open chairs.
Standing up and walking over to face her younger sibling, Mint began her explanation. "Well, for starters, you have been just about the grouchiest person on Earth, breaking things for no reason, snapping at anyone who talks to you, AND let's not forget your giant appetite, which is hard to say bigger than me and dad's put together!" Mint said.
"HMPH!!!" was all Maya could say to that, turning towards the doors that led to the hallway.
"HEY!!!!" Mint yelled, grabbing her sister by the arm, who helplessly tryed to swat it away.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!" Maya yelled, stomping her foot just like her older sister and turning around.
"You barge in here, yell at me for calling you a brat, then turn to walk away?! WHAT A WIMP! DON'T YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FINISH WHAT YOU START?!?!?!?!?!" Mint yelled, crossing her arms in front of her.
"WHO CARES!!!! WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY TIME ON A STUPID INGRATE LIKE YOU?!?!?!" Maya shot back, balling up her fists at her side.
"YOU WANNA GO THEIR WITH ME?!?!" Mint yelled, bringing out her Dual Haloes and starting some magic in front of Maya.
"YA!!!!!! WHY NOT?!?!?!" Maya yelled in return, pulling her Book of Cosmos out from behind her and starting the little magic it had left in front of Mint as well. Mint stopped her growing magic to stare at Maya, with an expressionless face.
"WHAT?!?!?!?! MY BOOK OF COSMOS TO MUCH FOR YOU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Maya yelled, smileing over Mint's cowardness. Mint stayed silent for a few seconds, then burst out with laughter, falling to the ground, pounding her fist against a floor tile.
"?! WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!?!" Maya yelled, looking at her delirious sister.
"HAHAHA!!! YOU IDIOT!!!! HAVE YOU ALREADY FORGOTTEN?!?! HAHAHA!!!" Mint managed out of her laughter.
"FORGOTTEN WHAT?!?!" Maya yelled, stomping her foot once more.
"HAHAHA!!! YOU, HAHAHA, GAVE, HAHAHA, YOUR BOOK'S, HAHAHA, POWERS, HAHAHA, TO ME!!!!!!! HAHAHA!!!!!!" Mint yelled through laughs.
"?!?!?! that's right....You would just counter the Book's power and turn it against me..." Maya said, more reasonably than before. Getting up, (but slightly giggleing,) Mint stood, starting up her Golden Cosmos magic.
"?! W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" Maya asked, backing up a few steps.
"I'M gonna finish what YOU started!!!" Mint yelled, almost ready to shoot Maya.
"N-NO! YOU CAN'T!!!!!" Maya screamed, turning around to run, but was stopped by Mint's powerful magic.
"HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!" Mint laughed as she saw her sister being hurt repeatedly by her bodacious magic.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya screamed, echoing off the hallway's walls, grabbing the attention of some soldiers on guard duty.
"GIVE IT UP AND ADMIT THAT YOU COULD NEVER HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING QUEEN!!!!" Mint ordered, backing off a little from hitting Maya.
"N-NEVER!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya managed out, still screaming.
"I WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!!!!!!" Mint yelled, forcing even more magic over Maya.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LET ME GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya screeched, falling helplessly to the ground as Mint stopped her magic.
"Whatever...Just stay outta my way, and go to hell for all I care," Mint said, walking around Maya's heaving body and out of the dining room. Turning around, Mint told her friends, "You guys can keep eating all you want. I'm gonna go wait for Rod and Rue. Gramps? After they're done, show them to the guest bedrooms by my wing, okay?"
"Yes Princess," Gramps answered, taking a apple from a fruit bowl.
"Well, I'll see ya all later," Mint called over her shoulder, running out of the room and toward the front doors.
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Walking out of the front doors, Mint continued walking until she decided to sit by one of the many fountains in East Heaven's garden. Sighing, Mint thought about Rue while gently guiding her hand across the surface of the fountain's water. She had to admit, she liked Rue. He was honest, cared a lot for the people he loved, and wouldn't give up on anything, no matter what. He was strong, which is one of the main reasons why Mint wanted him to come along.
Suddenly, Mint heard a twig snap, and emediatley got her Dual Haloes ready to fire, jumping up from her current position.
"It's okay! It's me, Mint!" a very familiar voice said, coming out of the shadows.
"RUE?!?!" Mint said excitedly, running over and hugging her old friend, then realising what she had done. Back away from the surprised Rue, Mint took one of her Dual Haloes and smashed it on Rue's head, making him cry out in pain.
"OWW!!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!" Rue ordered, reaching to the now throbing bump on his head.
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!?!?!" Mint yelled, crossing her arms in front of her and glaring at Rue. "Hey, where's Rod?" Mint asked, forgetting about Rue for a split second.
"Rod? He's fixing up his ride," Rue replied, the pain easing in his head.
"Oh, well... How've you been?" Mint asked, putting her Dual Haloes aside and blushing for asking such a weird question, one that she didn't ask much.
"F-fine...You?" Rue said, blushing slightly and looking down on the ground.
"Well, I got my right to the throne back," Mint said, walking back over to the fountain she was just at.
"That's good news..." Rue said, following Mint. A silence went on, and Mint began feeling uncomfortable with just her and Rue there, waiting for Rod.
"...R-rue?" Mint asked, breaking the silence.
"Y-ya?" Rue replied, feeling nervous.
Sighing, Mint knew something that Rue didn't, and wanted to do what she wanted to do very much right now.
"...Go to hell!" Mint said, taking out her Dual Haloes and starting some quick magic at Rue and firing it before he could react.
"?! W-what are you doing?!" a frantic Rue asked, sounding scared to death.
"C'MON!!!!!! GET UP AND FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!" Mint yelled, starting up a more powerful blow, aimed right at Rue.
"W-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" Rue said, squirming to his feet and taking a few steps back.
"YOU DAMN WELL KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!!!!!!" Mint answered, putting her Dual Haloes away and turning around.
"M-mint?!?!" Rue started, sounding very confused.
"HIYA!!!!!!!" Mint yelled, turning around and jump-kicking Rue in the face. Rue got knocked to the ground, Mint pounding him even deeper into the Earth.
"HURRY! (WACK!) UP! (WACK!) AND! (WACK!) CHANGE! (WACK!!!)" Mint yelled, giving Rue some painful looking bruises.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Rue yelled in agony, finally glowing pink, just like Mint wanted HER to.
"HMPH! YOU THINK YOU CAN SNEAK BACK HER INTO ROYALTY BY TURNING INTO RUE?! THINK AGAIN!!!......MODE MASTER!!!!" Mint yelled, jumping off the brunette she was stomping all over on.
"...How could you...see through my...disguise...again?" Mode Master asked, panting on the ground.
"How?! I'll tell ya how! Rue doesn't yell when I knock him on the head, he just asks 'what was that for?' in a very calm voice!" Mint finished, smileing proudly at Mode Master.
"..." Mode Master was left speechless, and just went into a sitting position on the ground, tending to her wounds with some healing magic.
"Why are you here anyway?" Mint asked, putting her Dual Haloes away and leaning up against a nearby shrub.
"Why? To try and get my old career back, of course!" Mode Master explained, slowly getting to her feet.
"Well, if that's the only reason you're here, then...Why did you change into Rue?" Mint asked, puzzled.
"I just wanted to see if you had improved in your skill at all. And indeed, you have," Mode Master concluded, brushing all of the dirt off her.
"Wait...Did porcupine come too?" Mint asked, seeing movement in the shadows of some shrubs.
"MY NAME IS TRAP MASTER, GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!" the porcupine looking guy yelled, stepping out from the shadows and glaring at Mint.
"Hey, porcupine," Mint said, smileing at Trap Master.
"AARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU DEAF OR WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" Trap Master yelled, running up to Mint and pulling her off the ground.
"WHATEVER!!! TAKE THIS!!!!!!!" Mint yelled, kicking Trap Master in the stomach.
"YOU [expletive]!!!!!!!" Trap master yelled through gritted teeth.
"Stop it Narcious! We are here to get our old positions back!" Mode Master told Trap Master.
"HEY! She started it!" Trap Master said in defense.
"WHO CARES WHO STARTED IT!" Mode Master yelled, (yes, she yelled in anger!)
"..." Trap Master didn't bother standing up to his companion.
"...So, you guys want your old jobs back, right?" Mint asked, wondering if they were trying to double cross her or not.
"Yes. That is all we want," Mode Master said, returning to her calmness.
"Ya, but knowing you, you'll prolly saw 'No way, you [expletives],'" Trap Master said.
"No, I was gonna say, 'Why the hell do you wanna come back here?'" Mint said, surprising Trap Master.
"Well, everyone knows that we helped Doll Master try to resurrect Valen..."
"...So no one wants anything to do with us," Trap Master finished.
"Dang... So, you two came here," Mint said, deciding on what to do: accept, or decline.
"..."
"..."
"...Alright, you two can have your old positions back if..." Mint finally said, smileing at the cute couple.
"...If what?" the two asked in unison.
"No. 1, you guys will only take orders from me, no one else..."
"Okay," Mode Master said.
"Alright," Trap Master added in.
"Second, you'll be ministers instead of masters..."
".......It'll be hard, but okay," Trap Master replied.
"Anything else?" Mode Master asked.
"Ya, one more thing..." Mint said, an evil smile appearing on her face.
"...Yes?" Mode Master asked, dreading what Mint's last order would be.
"...hehehe...You two have to kiss!" Mint said, giggling as the two masters looked from Mint to one another.
"Why the hell should we?!" Trap Master butted in as him and Mode Master blushed slightly.
"Hey! You want your jobs, don't you?!" Mint asked.
"Well ya... But what does kissing have to do with getting our jobs back?!" Trap Master asked, Mode Master seconding his opinion.
"Well, you guys could be our castle's janitors if you want..." Mint trailed off.
"OKAY!"
"Fine!" the two said at the same time.
"Good! Now, kissy wissy!" Mint said in a sing-song voice, enjoying how she can make them do whatever she wanted.
"...F-fine..." Trap Master said, slowly turning towards the apple red Mode Master.
"...Y-you ready?" she asked, looking down on the ground, but turning just as well.
"Y-ya...." Trap Master choked out, stepping a bit closer to Mode Master.
"Okay... on the count of 3..." Mode Master said, shuffling her feet over toward Trap Master where there lips were only inches away from touching.
"Right...One..." Trap Master said, wrapping his arms s-l-o-w-l-y around Mode Master's waist.
"Two..." Mode Master added, putting her arms s-l-o-w-l-y around Trap Master's neck.
"Three..." the two closer-than-ever people said in unison, closing the gap between their lips, until they finally met. It was sooo perfect! Trap Master had the hots for Mode Master, and Mode Master had the hots for Trap Master! But they didn't just kiss... They were passionately frenching all the way, Trap Master lifting Mode Master off the ground slightly, and Mode Master pulling Trap Master closer to her until they looked like they were glued together.
"...aawww..." Mint whispered, looking at how cute they looked.
"mmmm..."
"...."
"mmmmmmm...."
''..............."
"Mmmmmmmmmmmmm..."
"OKAY! YOU GUYS CAN STOP WITH THE SOUND EFFECTS!" Mint yelled impatiently, but only getting louder sounds.
"Fine! Geez! You guys can go through the door with babies everywhere for all I care!" Mint yelled as she took her position back at the fountain, with tears in her eyes, (yes, tears! Everyone crys!) Finally, (after about 3 minutes,) the two love birds came apart, and the first thing they did was look into the other's eyes.
"Kirielle...I love you..." Trap Master said, no longer blushing but for once not being a loud cusser.
"Narcious...I love you too..." Kirielle said, pulling Nracious down for another round. So, they kissed again, but made it short this time. After breaking the kiss of forever bottled up love, Narcious sweeped Kirielle off her feet and started to walk for the double doors, but stopped, ready to say something to Mint.
"Mint...Um...Thanks. I've always wanted to do that," Narcious said, making Mint cry harder, but still silent.
"...No problem you guys...Just go get a room already..." Mint managed out, her crystal tears falling into the fountain. Whispering something into Narcious's ear, Narcious let Kirielle get to her feet, and she walked over to where Mint was.
"Mint, I know you'll find someone. Everybody does, in the end," Kirielle said, rubbing Mint on her back.
"...What a bunch of crap..." Mint answered, hunching over even more and crying harder.
"...Mint, just tell Rue how you feel," Kirielle whispered in Mint's ear, making her turn her head toward Kirielle, thinking 'How did she know?!'
"Don't deny it. I know you like him. Everytime you look at him, you think, 'Why can't I just tell him?!' and 'Boy he's cute...' Mint, just open up your heart and tell him," Kirielle finished, looking over to Narcious who was patiently waiting.
"Mint, you made me open up my heart to Narcious. You should do the same thing to Rue," Kirielle said, walking back to her lover.
"...I can't love who I want to love..." Mint confessed, making the two turn around and face Mint.
"Of course you can! All you have to do is go by anyone who doesn't want you to be with him," Kirielle said encouragingly.
"Ya! Just like when you were searching for the [relic], you would go by anything that stood in your way!" Narcious added.
"..."
"Think it over. You never know...He may be the one for you..." Kirielle finished, her and Narcious leaving for Mint to wait for Rue. After the perfect couple were out of sight, Mint ran off towards the gate, tears streaming down her cheeks, closing her eyes telling them to stop.
WAM! Mint ran into someone, knocking them both to the ground.
"...Sorry..." Mint managed while choking on her words, getting up, ready to go past the stranger.
"Mint?!" a voice called after her. Mint stopped dead in her tracks, slowly turning around to face the wondering Rue.
"What's wrong?!" Rue asked, running up towards Mint, who was still crying.
"N-nothing! Mind your own bussiness!" Mint snapped, turning around, hopeing that Rue hadn't noticed she was crying.
"It seems more than nothing... Do you want to talk about it?" Rue offered, concern clearly sounding as he spoke.
"...You'll find out tommorow..." Mint told Rue, who was ready to comfort her. Smileing, Rue said, "Okay," then offered Mint his hand, which she just looked at for a few seconds, but eventually took hold of it and let Rue guide her back to her home.
"W-where's Rod?" Mint asked, knowing that the two were supposed to be together.
"Hehe... Rod took Johny Wolf out for a walk, and Claire wanted to go with him," Rue said, slapping his hand over his mouth, not wanting Mint to know that Claire tagged along.
"? Claire's here?" Mint asked, looking toward Rue, who was dead silent.
"Y-yeah... I didn't want her to be all alone, a-and Rod offered to take her along... saying that you wouldn't mind..." Rue said, awaiting a hit on the head. Stopping her tears from coming out of her eyes, Mint said, "Hey, I DID say for everyone to come, didn't I? So there's no problem there! The more the merrier, right?!"
"Yeah, I guess I should've known you wouldn't mind," Rue said, smileing at Mint, who gladely returned the smile.
"HEY! WAIT FOR US!!!" Rod yelled, making Mint and Rue snatch their hand from the other's grasp.
"Hey! Took you two long enough! You had me stuck here with this dope forever!" Mint said, refering to Rue, in a joke-ish way.
"Hehe, yeah! You guys made me hang out with the bossy princess!" Rue added in, nudging Mint, who playfully returned the nudge.
"Hehe! Sorry, but Johny Wolf went chasing after a Pollywog, adn it took us FOREVER to catch him!" Claire said with a laugh.
"Well, c'mon! Let's get some food and call it a night!" Mint said, racing off toward the doors of her home, Rue, Claire, Johny Wolf, and Rod following.
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A/N: This was my fav chapter, (so far,) and I'd like to thank ucchan for giving me the idea of putting Trap Master, (Narcious,) and Mode Master, (Kirielle,) in my story! Thanks a bunch! Don't forget to R/R!