A New Overlord
This is the third chapter in my series. I really want to make this one seem long so I have to work at my length. Also, after this chapter, it may take me longer to get them up because I need a refresher period to get my ideas down. Not to mention being busy with school and all. Also, I did notice the Denise/Kaname discrepancy in chapter 2. The reason for that being that my original name for Kaname was Denise but I realized that it wouldn't fit in with her character later on. So now, without further ramblings from me, here's the third chapter in the New Overlord series.
Chapter 3: The Discovery
"Oh my god! You're a-a-a….." The name escaped Chiaki from the shock of having actually encountered a prinny. She wasn't expecting to see one, let alone at her school.
"I'm nothing! You never saw me! I'm a figment of your imagination, dood!" The prinny frantically tried to cover.
"No you're not! You're a prinny! Where's Miroku when you need him?" Chiaki rifled through her bag quickly and produced a camera.
"No! You're not supposed to know that I'm here, dood!" The prinny yelled frantically.
Chiaki snapped pictures in rapid succession, partially blinding the prinny due to the flash from her camera. She now had the proof she needed.
"Now I can prove to Miroku that the prinnies exist. He's not going to be able to make fun of me anymore!" Chiaki cheered happily while continuing to frantically snap pictures of the prinny.
"Dood! Stop taking pictures! I'm going blind!" The prinny pleaded.
Chiaki immediately stopped snapping pictures. Not out of remorse but the fact that her digital camera ran out of space. She looked in her bag to locate the spare memory stick that she always kept on her but couldn't find it. When she looked up from her bag, the prinny was gone. She knew it couldn't have gone far seeing as how it could barely see. Chiaki ran up the stairs, assuming it had gone by her when she was looking through her bag but found nothing. There were no traces of the prinny or how it could have escaped. Chiaki wasn't upset though. She had finally gotten indisputable proof that prinnies did indeed exist. Chiaki immediately headed up to look for Miroku who had probably been in the hall switching classes by now. The bell rang and impeded Chiaki's search for Miroku. Her classes were about to begin.
"Of all times for my classes to start, it has to be right now? Why does this always happen to me? I'll have to catch up with Miroku after school then. I was hoping to show him right now but there's no time."
Chiaki headed towards her first class of the day, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to concentrate after the events of the morning. She just kept thinking about the prinny and Miroku's reaction when he finally sees that she wasn't just making things up. No, this time, she would show Miroku that she wasn't coming up with these things off the top of her head. Meanwhile, a situation was about to erupt in the Overlord's Castle.
"Hey, you're back. Did you find it?" Etna asked as the prinny came wobbling into the throne room.
"No, I didn't have a chance, dood." The prinny said, crashing into the wall.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you even see that you were headed towards a wall? Or are you just naturally stupid?"
"I can't help it, dood. I think that girl blinded me with her camera…." The prinny realized the error it had made in telling Etna what really happened.
"You let someone take a picture of you! Are you serious! How could you be so stupid!" Etna screamed. She kicked the prinny with everything she had in her, sending it soaring from the throne room into the main hall.
"I'm sorry, dood!" The prinny yelled as it flew out through the throne room doorway.
"I have to find the prince! Now!"
Etna ran into Laharl's room. She found Laharl playing a game on his newly acquired PS2. She couldn't believe that the longest reigning overlord so far could be so oblivious as to what was going on around him. She walked around to the side of the TV and pulled the extension cord for the PS2 out of the outlet.
"What are you doing! I didn't get a chance to save!" Laharl yelled as he threw the controller to the floor. "You'd better have something really important to tell me."
"Prince, we have trouble. One of the prinnies went scouting for that compass you lost and he let himself get photographed. People know that prinnies exist now."
A/N: In Disgaea, there was an ending in which Laharl and his crew traveled to Earth and took over, so of course people knew that prinnies existed. This fan fiction is written as if that ending never took place.
"What's the big deal? Humans don't know how to get here. The only ones who actually made it were Gordon and his friends. And you know how that turned out for them." Laharl said in an uncaring voice.
"But what if they do manage to find a way? Then we have problems. We'd have a real tourist emergency on our hands."
"Relax. The only way to get here is through a dimensional gate and I doubt the humans have their own dimensional gatekeeper. We'll be fine."
"Prince, is there something wrong? You're usually not so laid back. Why are you taking this so calmly?" Etna asked with a genuinely concerned look.
"The prinnies are always making stupid mistakes. I'll just kill the idiot and be done with it. Nothing to get worked up over."
"I don't think killing your own vassals is the smartest thing in the world…." Etna retorted, clearly displeased with Laharl's reaction.
"Seriously, Etna, what's the big deal? So one of the prinnies got its picture taken……" Laharl finally realized the severity of the situation. His eyes flared with rage, scaring even Etna who was already used to his temper tantrums.
"Umm, prince? Are you alright?"
"Where is that stupid prinny! I'll give him such a beating that it'll knock the color off his feathers! I'll beat him to an inch of his life and pass it by a mile!" Laharl screamed. His voice echoed of the castle walls, shaking it to its very foundation.
"Prince, you really should try to calm down. You don't wanna have to rebuild the castle do you?" Etna explained calmly. She was trying to maintain her composure since she had never seen Laharl this angry.
Flonne was in the main hall, coming to visit her good friends Laharl and Etna when she had heard the commotion. She briefly thought about turning back and leaving as if she were never there but decided to go ahead anyway. She walked through the throne room doors and walked to the entrance way of Laharl's bedroom. She placed a hand against the door and cautiously opened it.
"H-hello? Laharl? Etna? Are you in here?" Flonne inquired timidly
Etna turned around to face the door and saw Flonne peaking in from the partially opened door. She mouthed the words "Now's not a good time" to Flonne discreetly. Although not well enough since Laharl took notice to this.
"Who's behind the door? Is it that prinny? I'm gonna kill him!" Laharl shot towards the door with a surprising, and considerably impressive amount of speed.
Etna, in one of those rare moments when she showed kindness, tried to stop Laharl from hurting Flonne by extending her leg and tripping Laharl. He went into and uncontrolled roll and shot through the door with a loud crash. Etna opened the door and looked across the throne room hall. She saw Laharl and Flonne, post collision, at the end of the long hallway. She couldn't tell if either one was alright from that distance so she casually started walking towards the two of them, assuming they'd both be fine. What she didn't realize was that Laharl's hands had ended up on Flonne's chest, which had grown slightly from their last encounter. When Flonne came to, she looked down and saw this. Her reaction wasn't very pleasant as you can obviously assume.
"HELP! Laharl's trying to rape me!" Flonne screamed.
Laharl came around just in time to hear what she was screaming and realize what had happened. He was so caught up in trying to explain what had happened to her that he hadn't remembered to remove his hands, which was basically the cause of the problems. Flonne pounded Laharl furiously with her hands, not hearing anything Laharl was trying to say. Etna picked up the pace and sped over to Flonne. She kicked Laharl off of Flonne and pulled Flonne back onto her feet.
"Shame on you prince! I know you're a demon and all but, raping your friend. That's just the lowest." Etna scolded, holding Flonne in her arms while she cried on Etna's shoulder.
"I-I never thought h-he'd do something like this!" Flonne said with a long sob. She tried hard to choke back her own tears. "B-but, I guess, s-s-since I'm an angel, I can forgive him" Flonne explained, tears still flowing freely.
"But, I didn't….." Laharl sentence was cut short by Etna, who was already displeased Laharl enough as is.
"Don't you think you've done enough? Come on Flonne, you can lie down in my room." Etna comforted, beckoning to her bedroom.
"Thank you, Etna." Flonne followed Etna into the room. Soon they were obscured from view behind Etna's door.
Laharl clambered to his feet and dusted him self off. It would just be his luck that Jennifer had happened to be walking by and heard the whole thing. She headed towards Laharl with that displeased big sister look that she used to place guilt on Laharl. Laharl saw her out of the corner of his eye and braced himself for yet another scolding.
"So I guess you've come to yell at me too, huh?" Laharl questioned, his back still turned to Jennifer.
"I won't yell at you, but I am displeased with what you've done. I understand. You're young, and your body is experiencing desires that you just don't understand but you have to know how to go about dealing with these desires." Jennifer spoke in a calm, quiet tone. "Laharl, I think it's time we had….the talk."
"What are you talking about? I'm 1313 years old. I'm way older than you are. And besides, it was an accident. Nobody's giving me a chance to explain. I'm the freakin' overlord for crying out loud!" Laharl snapped. Finally, realizing that the cycle wouldn't end if he kept fighting it, he gave in. "Alright, I'll listen. What do you wanna tell me?"
"Well, when a boy reaches a certain age….." Jennifer went on with the talk.
"WHAT?" Laharl's voice echoed through the entire castle.
And that's the end of chapter 3. I'm gonna go and play Disgaea again to get some fresh ideas. If you have an questions or comments, put them in a review and I'll address them as soon as possible.