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Author's Notes: Here's the –hopefully- long awaited update of My Snow White! I thank all of you who bothered to review and... well, thanks is all I can say! Hope you like this chapter as well!
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Have fun reading!
My Snow White
By: Orange Strawberry AKA Yumie
Chapter Two: Prince Meets Princess
Refreshment on Chapter One
"You said that I... was too good for your princess just now. What may that mean?"
"Oh... Um, thaaat...! Yes, yes, of course. Let me show you to our highness. It's easier to explain things that way."
"Excellent idea. I'd be glad to meet this princess of yours." Soujiro said with a smile as the three walked even deeper into the woods.
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"Here she is." Lofty said as he escorted the young prince towards the coffin where the other four dwarves were.
"Explain the darn situation so he can hurry and kiss the highness already!" Grouch yelled.
"Shh!! She's bathing! It might take awhile before milady comes back so keep the prince occupied for moment while I fetch her towel." Calculus hushed.
Fortunately for them, Soujiro didn't seem to hear their conversation as he was rather... lost in thought is what I'd call it. Yes, lost in thought about fairytales.
"One.. Two.. Three..." He muttered as he started to count the number of dwarves in sight. "Seven! There are seven of you!"
"Why, yes there are! Isn't it a joyful thing?" Cheery exclaimed. "We are born seven days away from each other and there are also seven of us! Seven is such a wonderful number isn't it?"
"Enough all of you! We brought this young gentleman here to ask him for help. Not to bug him with other foolishness." Wise retorted, taking over the attention of everybody in the site. "So now, as you can see, my dear sir. We... I mean, this... condition is frankly, very... very similar to Snow White's."
"Snow... White?" Soujiro pondered out loud. "What's that?"
"Cih! I told you he doesn't read fairytales."
"Will you be quiet?! It's not the prince's fault that his parents don't tell him fantasy stories!" Wise said as he continued his statement. "Hmm... Basically, Snow White, sir, is a tale of how a princess ate a poisoned apple from an evil witch which caused her to be in a deep slumber until her long awaited prince comes and free her from the spell."
"And... you're saying that I'm the long awaited prince?" Soujiro questioned, letting the words be digested in his brain.
"Quite true, that is... if you are willing to help us."
"Of course I'll help! But... how am I to break the spell?"
"That........."
"You kiss her of course!" Dopie piped in, stating a-matter-of-factly.
"Kiss her?" Soujiro once again drifted back to his thoughts. "Sure! Why not."
"H... Huh?" came the dumb reply of the seven dwarves.
"So where is she?" Soujiro questioned.
"S... She... I... She's over there..." Wise unconsciously pointed towards a bunch of trees behind him.
"B.. But is.. isn't the p.. princess..." Falt stammered.
"Well, I'd like to meet her if you don't mind." Soujiro uttered.
"Oh, of course, go ahead." Dopie chimed innocently.
"B-but... But..." Falt declined, lost at words.
While Soujiro waited for Falt to continue on with his sentence, suddenly Calculus came running towards them, "Hurry your highness! You mustn't keep your husband-to-be in waiting!"
"Yeah, yeah just shut it will you?! I'm trying to dress here!" shouted a voice from behind the trees. We should all know who it belongs to, now, don't we?
The six dwarves sweat-dropped as they find themselves in a very, very awkward situation. Neither the prince or the dwarves knew what to say to each other.
"Oh my, dear me... This is... very bad...." Calculus gaped as he realized that the prophesized Soujiro Seta is standing right before him.
"What's so bad?" Kaoru uttered, appearing half dressed from behind the bushes, not paying attention to who was the cause of all commotion. With no second look, she turned around and pointed to the zipper which was undone on her back. "Urgh! Never mind! Just stop gawking over whatever it is you're gawking over and help me zip this dress won't you? I can't reach the irritating thing."
The dwarves looked at each other and mentally kicked themselves on the head as Soujiro put a finger over his lips and muttered a 'Shh' to the them as he approached the impatiently waiting Kaoru.
"Let me do it for you." The handsome boy said as he gently zipped up the dress.
"Good. Finally. Some sense of respect from you guys." Kaoru stated as she turned around... only to find an amused, smirking Soujiro Seta.
"Wh.. Wha?" She stared in disbelief when she saw the man who was standing in front of her. "Who... are you?!"
"Why, I am..." Soujiro paused as he took Kaoru's hand in his and kissed it. "Soujiro Seta. It is an honor to meet you, beautiful princess."
Kaoru turned beet red as she watched the ever-so-handsome boy grin to no end. She just stood there and ogled at him, obviously very much embarrassed.
"I... thought one of the dwarves said that Snow White was supposed to be in a deep sleep when I kiss her but... I guess not eh?" He said, referring to Wise.
"...!" Realization that the man standing before her was her awaited prince struck Kaoru as she remained at a lost of words. Neither the dwarves nor the princess knew what to say, but one thing's for sure. Things were not looking good.
"But never mind that." Soujiro stated suddenly, breaking everyone's chain of thoughts. "It'll feel much better to kiss a beautiful princess when she's awake anyways."
"!!!" The dwarves gaped once more, uncertain of what the prince just said.
"A... Are you really, a prince?" Kaoru asked suspiciously, only to get glares from the seven podgy dwarves instead. "I... I mean, aren't they supposed to likebe a bit more... um... not the who the hell cares kind of type?"
"Shouldn't I be the one to say?" Soujiro shot back, keeping that silly grin on his face. "The princesses back in my place would usually introduce herself first to a guest before ordering him or her to zip her dress up"
This made Kaoru's face flush uncontrollably, from both embarrassment and anger. She had never felt so insulted in her whole life. Added to the fact that her opponent was doing all the provoking with an innocent smile. "...Very well. My name is Kaoru. Kamiya Kaoru from the Magical Snow Kingdom. I apologize for the intolerable behavior I showed towards you earlier." She said, bowing gracefully. "Happy?"
Soujiro's smiled turned a bit darker. "Actually, no. I'd prefer you to be yourself instead of pretending to be the beautiful fair graceful princess you aren't in front of me."
"You pump--" Kaoru stopped dead on her tracks. She knew she had to keep her cool until Soujiro gave her that darned kiss. Until she was free... and after the spell was broken, that grinning head of the clown prince shall be hers. Or so, she thought.
Now unknown to the two humans, Wise, who was smiling all along decided to let the two royalties get to know each other a little bit more... privately.
"Come on, let's go. We shouldn't be eavesdropping on their conversation. It may stand in the ways of their blooming relationship." He murmured to the others.
"You're right. Let's not disturb." Calculus piped in as the dwarves marched quietly off into another side of the woods.
Noticing that the bunch of company had gone, Soujiro smiled even wider and decided to toy with Kaoru for a bit. "Say, now that the dwarves have gone, why don't we have a little fun ourselves?"
Flabbergasted Kaoru immediately snapped back into reality when she heard the unbelievable statement, "Excuse ME!" She shouted. "You may be handsome, but don't think that looks are enough to get KAORU KAMIYA'S virginity!! I can't believe I actually thought that you might be the one to free me from this dreaded spell! Ugh!"
Soujiro watched Kaoru who was yelling her head off as he let her words sink in. He managed to maintain his poker face for a while but sadly, he failed anyways as his snorts began to break into giggles, and finally, uncontrollable laughters.
"Huh?" Kaoru tilted her head over to him, confused. "Why are you laughing? Shouldn't you be offended that I rejected your offer to sleep together?"
Hearing what Kaoru just said, Soujiro laughed even harder.
"H.. Hey! S.. Stop laughing!!" The princess called out, embarrassed that she was being laughed so hard at. "Why are you laughing anyways? I didn't do anything funny!" She questioned.
Soujiro held his stomach as he continued to snicker, trying as hard as he could to stop laughing. Now, Kaoru wasn't too happy about this, being the ill-tempered girl that she is and her curiosity began to grow to annoyance as she tried her best not to let her hand fly onto the cheeks of the royal clown prince, afraid to lose her only one way ticket to get out of the forest.
After two solid minutes, Soujiro finally managed to get his brain back on the road as he tried to pull his thoughts together.
"S.. Sorry... It's just that, I... I've never met anyone... as... 'open'... as you..." He said, still a bit giggly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to laugh at you..."
Kaoru flushed for about the 10th time that day at his remark. "Well!! Now that you're finally back to normal, I have a question for you; are you going to kiss me or what?!"
"It... depends..." came the reply as the prince eyed Kaoru carefully from top to bottom. "I... need to know how you look."
"How I look?" She asked, confused. "What do you mean how I loo-"
Her sentence was cut off short for Soujiro didn't bother to listen to her question as he walked over towards Kaoru and put a finger on her lips.
"Shhh... let me look at you for a while." He said, looking at Kaoru in the eye. This time, he began to gaze intently on the standing glass of beauty from every lock of her hair to the tip of her toes.
When he was finally satisfied with the information which was recorded on his mind, he nodded approvingly. "You're beautiful" He said with a grin. "Now... to know how you taste..."
"Wa... wait a minute!" Kaoru said, breathing heavily out of nervousness. "What do you mea-"
Again, Soujiro didn't care to listen as he pushed Kaoru lightly to the ground, causing her to let out a tiny yelp.
"I'll show you what I mean" he murmured, naughtily emphasizing the word 'show'.
Climbing on top of Kaoru, the young prince flashed a naughty smirk and he began to gently kiss Kaoru on the neck. At first she struggled weakly to get the heavy weight on top of her away but when she found Soujiro's 'treatment' pleasurable anyways, Kaoru accidentally let out a moan.
Convinced that she was having a good time, the young prince lifted himself away from Kaoru and gave her a thumbs-up.
"You're really yummy." he mused. "I'd grow fat if my meals were like you"
"Y... you're impossible!" Kaoru glared, realizing that the mischievous boy was only fooling around with her. "I... Urgh!! Let's just get this over and done with!"
She looked at the grinning idiot for a bit and knew that what she was about to do just had to be the most daring thing she would ever do. "I should've done this; years ago!" Kaoru stated, bringing her lips into Soujiro's.
The two stayed in the exact position for awhile for both sides were trying to regain their composure. Kaoru was the first to react for light began to emit from her body the moment Soujiro kissed her back.
She immediately pulled away from him and felt her body levitate slightly from the ground.
"Kamiya Kaoru..." a voice called out.
"I... I... Who...?"
"Kamiya Kaoru... after decades of suffering, the Kamiya family can finally live in peace, all thanks to you. I, as whom people call Shirayuki Hime; shall give you the freedom you deserve and of course... our eternal gratitude." and with that, the voice was no longer and the mysterious levitating light was gone.
"I... I'm finally.. Finally... I'm really... I'm really, really free!" Kaoru shouted in joy, literally jumping up and down. "Oh God... this is too good to be true!"
"Don't forget to thank me" Soujiro said, butting in into Kaoru's little celebration party. "Our kiss was the one that freed you, you know"
"Don't make it sound like we're a couple or anything. I wouldn't kiss you if it wasn't for this darned curse anyways." She grumbled. "Now, why don't we pretend like we've never met and let's move on with our lives, shall we?"
After hearing the remark, the prince's bright grin turned into the slightest frown. "I can't do that... not... not after you stole my first kiss, that is."
"......What?" came the response. Kaoru couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Yeah right. You don't act as much like it was a first kiss. Don't think you can fool me!"
"......................" Soujiro kept quiet as his mind did all the thinking. "Well, it's up to you whether you want to believe me or not, but..."
Kaoru glared at the boy before he continued on with his intentions, her heart grew weary as she saw his frown turn into a playful grin. "But, I, as a prince you've stolen a first kiss to, demand you to come with me to my palace and live there."
"W... What?? No way!! Who do you think you are!? I just got my freedom and you expect me to spend my whole life in a stinkin' palace which belongs to a grinning freak like... you?!"
"Precisely. Oh, but you'll get to stay there for free... as long as you serve me as my personal servant, of course." Soujiro declared with a dazzling smile plastered all over his face.
"W... WHAT?! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"
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To Be Continued!
Questions from the author of My Snow White:
- Anyone staying in tune?
- Are the two little green salads going to find way to each other's hearts or will there be triangular equations along the way? (I'll kind of leave this choice up to you readers though... I wouldn't want too much angst in my Fic 'cause it really hurts to see one of my beloved RK characters in pain.) Therefore... I demand votes on triangular loves or just plain 'ol romance? -Thanks to all my supporters!-
- Anybody reviewing for next chapter?
All answers can only be found... on Chapter III of My Snow White!
Author's Notes: Here we go... I think this Fic's going to be a long one... (Don't look at me; it's my brain's fault!! Really!) But I'll try to keep it as short as possible for I intend to finish this by the end of December! I'll be going on vacation after that so I might not be able to update my Fics for awhile... But anyway... I hope to see you again in my next chapter!! RoQ On U Guys!!