Chapter 12: Funfu's 2nd Suitor
Allious turned Funfu down for Sokana, lets see who Funfu's 2nd suitor is.
/Palace\\
"Princess?" Lacus asked knocking on the door
"Come in." came the reply
"Kyo, Cagalli and I want to go shopping then go for tea at the Ucasa's." Lacus said, "Want to come with us?"
"Sure, let me put away my work." Funfu said putting papers away in the drawers of her desk.
"What were you working on?" Lacus asked
"Oh nothing!" Funfu said quickly turning around covering the drawer and slamming it shut at the same time.
"If you say so, now hurry up!" Lacus said closing the door.
"Ryoko… you idiot." Funfu said to herself looking at the drawer where she put her papers in before rushing to meet up with Lacus, Kyo and Cagalli.
/Ucasa's Residence (Im skipping the shopping part)\\
"Kagari? Asuran? Its me, Funfu." Funfu said knocking on their door.
"Oh! Princess. Do come in. Regular tea like usual?" Kagari asked as she answered the door.
"Yes please." Funfu responded entering the house with the others.
"Now, I've had a guest who has been here for quite a few days. I would like you to be aquatinted with him, but unfortunately, he is off doing errands at the moment. He'll be back soon." Kagari explained
"That is quite fine with us." Kyo said
/Couple hours later\\
"Mrs. Ucasa! Im back with the groceries!" Ryoko said stepping into the house
"That voice…" Kagari squeaked sitting up with a stunned look on her voice.
"Nani?" Kyo, Lacus and Funfu looked with confused expressions on their faces
"In here Ryoko!" Kagari called back
"We are going. As of right now." Funfu said standing up.
"Please, princess, do not go." Kagari begged
"Funfu?" Ryoko asked dropping the groceries on the floor
"What are you doing here?" they yelled each other at the same time
"This is my kingdom!" Funfu said
"Well, I uh, uh, I went to look for Cagalli!" he said turning to his nurse
"I'm not going to go back your highnesses." Cagalli said sipping her tea
"You're staying?" Funfu and Ryoko asked at the same time
"Hai." Cagalli said
"TREASON!" Ryoko screamed
"Ryoko, you yourself said you were not going to force your nurse to go back." Kagari remembered
"That was before I knew she was friends with… a traitor!" Ryoko spazzed.
"Traitor? How am I a traitor! YOU'RE THE TRAITOR!" Funfu yelled back, tears forming in her eyes as she shook her head repeatedly saying traitor.
"How…?" Ryoko asked as he looked at Funfu with some concern
"You, you betrayed our friendship! Your family went and attacked my kingdom and I still don't see why! We were great friends… but, after I was hauled off… everything changed." Funfu said still crying
"I don't know why we attacked your kingdom." Ryoko said turning his head away
"Nani?" Funfu asked wiping some tears away and looked at Ryoko
"Matter of fact, im not royal blood. I was a commoner remember? Well…" Ryoko continued but was cut off by Cagalli
"ARA!" Cagalli screamed jumping out of her chair
"Nani?" Lacus asked frightened
"I know why the war started… I found Ryoko lying unconscious outside of your boarder wall when I was going to visit Kira. So I brought him back to the Maymi palace and the royal family took him in and they declared war because they thought you were at fault that Ryoko was lying there." Cagalli explained
"DARN! Princess, we must hurry! Eric Delart of Redilline, your 2nd suitor is coming any moment now!" Kyo screamed
Funfu left without a word and dashed back to her palace.
"NO!" Ryoko screamed, "What is my brother planning!"
"What is wrong Ryoko?" Asuran asked
"But you must promise you won't intervene with my plans. I need to win Funfu's trust back." Ryoko said.
"Alright, we will keep out of your way." The Ucasas agreed
Ryoko told them his plans while…
/The Sakalyna Palace\\
"Hurry Princess! You must get changed!" Kyo said
"OK! OK! NO NEED TO FUSS OVER!" Funfu said stepping into her closet.
"Ara ara! Eric is quite charming is he not?" One of the maids commented to another as they went around Funfu's room to clean it up and do the minor repairs. (Remember? Cagalli destroyed the door to her room?)
"Hurry Funfu!" Lacus urged her.
"Ok! Im done!" Funfu said stepping out.
She was wearing the dress that she bought at Regal Ragol.
"We must head down the grand hall now!" Lacus said as Kyo and her grabbed Funfu's wrists and dragged her down to Great hall of the palace.
"ACK!" Funfu complained as she nearly tripped over her feet
/Grand Hall\\
Everyone all gathered in the hall including the servants and farmers who tends the horses now, to see the princess get aquatinted with the King of Redilline.
"Members of the court, his Majesty, King Eric Delart of Redilline!" a man announced as guards opened the door for Eric to walk in.
"Thank you." Eric thanked as he walked towards the Head seat in the grand hall.
/Corridors\\
"Princess! Hurry!" A maid said as she passed through the corridors, "The King, he has already arrived and is taking his seat!"
"Thank you Jane." Kyo thanked as she and Lacus continued to drag Funfu down to the Grand Hall
/Grand Hall\\
"Presenting her highness, Princess Funfu Sakuya!" the man announced as Funfu walked in with Lacus and Kyo escorting her in.
"Now, everyone, except for Lieutenant Yamato, Nurse Atha, Master Zala, Lady Lacus, Lady Kyo, General Notires, Madame Ayalle, Mistress Alanna, Prince Allious Cope and my sister, Princess Sokana Sakuya, please exit the grand hall." Funfu ordered.
"You must be the Princess." Eric said taking her hand and bowing after everyone unaddressed left.
"You look awfully familiar." Funfu said studying his face and trying to recall where she had seen it.
"That is impossible for this is my first time seeing you." Eric said letting go and standing stiffly.
"I swear I saw his face somewhere before…" Funfu thought, "Well, Atha, Clyne, Motoko, Sokana, Cope, Zala, Yamato and I shall show you around."
"Very well. Thank you." Eric responded.
"Notires, bring his belongings up to his room. Ayalle, Alanna, prepare his room." Funfu ordered turning to the remaining threesome.
"As you wish Princess." The threesome said bowing before leaving to do their tasks
/(We'll skip the tour. Now they are in the throne room)\\
"And this is our final destination, the throne room." Lacus said as they walked into the shimmering hall.
"It's getting late now ain't it?" Funfu said trying to get away
"You are right Funfu." Eric said with a smile agreeing
"I did not give him permission to use my first name. The nerve of this guy! I don't care if he is a King or not, Im not going to marry this guy." Funfu thought, "Kira, Athrun, direct him to his guest room. Ladies, lets go now."
"Yes Princess." Kira and Athrun obeyed as the girls left
/Corridor\\
"Allious, I had a room prepared for you next to Sokana's. Sokana, you can lead him there." Funfu said
"Thank you Funfu-Chan." Allious said
"Thank you Onee-Chan." Sokana said grabbing her fiancé's hand and leading him to his room.
"Now, you lot, in my study, right now." Funfu ordered as they headed down to Funfu's study.
/The Study\\
"This, Delart guy is a joke!" Funfu complained to the others as soon as they all got in and locked the doors.
"I think he was quite charming." Kyo said
"Ugh." Funfu said
"There is something about him that I wouldn't tolerate in my Palace." Lacus said trying to figure it out. (Lacus is head maid making her headmistress so basically, everything in the palace has something to do with her.)
Cagalli was trying to stay out of the conversation. She was scared. Very scared.
"Cagalli-chan? What is wrong? You seemed worried about something." Lacus said after noticing that Cagalli was edging away from the conversation.
"Eric Delart…" Cagalli began
"Go on." Funfu ordered
"Is King or Redilline yes, but he is also Prince of Maymi and blood heir to the throne." Cagalli admitted, "I would know because I was his nurse. Please, don't say anything to anyone else. He has much more power than you… and if he knew that I figured it out, he would have me beheaded."
"Our lips are sealed." Funfu, Lacus and Kyo said in Unison
"Thank you." Cagalli thanked
"Now, we should get to bed now." Funfu said leaving her study to her sitting room.
Author's notes: Another chapter after forever! So, we've met the 2nd suitor, I wonder what he is up to. Find out next chapter!