DISCLAIMER - NOPE AS MUCH AS I WISHED IT BELONGED TO ME IT DOESN'T, BUT I CAN STILL DREAM RIGHT!
Kel hid a grin as she left the kitchens, behind her she could hear the kitchen staff laughing at the revenge they would finally get on Neal. She was so caught up in her thoughts that as she miscalculated the corner and ran into the wall. Kel fell backwards and landed on her backside with the wind knocked out of her. Nervously she sprang to her feet, glancing round to see if anyone had seen her fall. With a flaming face and bruise on her backside, she walked to her room, avoiding any halls that had corners!
With a sigh she walked into her room and flopped down on her bed, this revenge thing is more work than I thought it would be she thought to herself as she drifted of to sleep. She woke an hour later, refreshed form her nap, to a loud knocking on her door.
" Just a second ", she called fixing her shirt and walking over to the door. Opening it, she was faced with an exuberant Dom.
" Phase 2 completed! " He said with a grin, " The mage balls have been planted in the messhall and the cooks tell me they have everything prepared. Which remind what exactly are you planning?" he asked with a raised eyebrow and a mischievous glint.
"You'll see, but right now you and I are off to the practice courts" Kel replied with an uncharacteristic smirk on her face.
Blue eyes confused Dom watched her as she grabbed her sword and left. Following her and shaking his head he wondered Am I ever gonna understand her? I'll have more chance of Lord Wyldon becoming a fashion designer than understanding her!
Unbeknownst to him, across the palace Lord Wyldon sat at his desk contemplating which tunic to wear for supper that night.
Kel laughed as she watched Neal be beaten by Dom in the sword fighting competition It's not Neal's fault that even a mere page could probably beat him if they tried hard enough! Neal just doesn't understand the concept of practice makes perfect she thought to herself with a smile. With a final thrust, Dom held his sword to Neal's neck
"Apologize for calling the Third company 'A bunch of ugly bumbling hooligans who can't fight' or I tell yuki that you used to kiss frogs to find your 'fairy princess' " Dom threatened with a good natured grin.
"You wouldn't!" Neal gasped, " Fine fine, I admit that the third company are a illustrious bunch full of brains and good looks. Happy now?"
" Quite, seeing as you said it loud enough for everyone to hear!" Dom laughed looking as Neal's mortified face.
Neal grimaced and left the practice courts, wiping dirt off of his face as he did so. Kel and Dom looked at each other and burst out laughing. Sometimes it pays to be annoying especially with meathead over there Dom said to himself as he watched Neal's back retreat into the palace.
Laughing to themselves, Kel and Dom walked back to the castle to clean themselves up for dinner. They parted at the door with a kiss and a promise to meet in half a candles mark in front of the mess hall. Dom walked to his room in the soldiers barracks and entered it with a sigh just how I finally got together with Kel is beyond me. He walked into his bathroom and was relieved to see his bath full of steaming water. He undressed and slid into the hot water, soaking the dirt out of his skin. He washed himself and hopped out, chattering slightly in the cold room. He dried himself and wrapped the towel around his waist as he walked into his bedroom. Dom opened his wardrobe and pulled out a white shirt, blue tunic and black pants. He pulled them on and glanced at the candle to see how much time he had left.
Dom did a double take and cursed, he had 3 minutes to meet Kel and he had to get right across the palace. Running his hand through his hair, he left his room and took off for the messhall dodging disgruntled courtiers on the way. He skidded to a stop in front of the doors to the messhall and was relieved to note that Kel hadn't arrived yet. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to come face to face with Kel.
"Ready for our revenge?" She asked with a mischievous look on her face.
" Always m'dear, always" Dom laughed with a players' flourishing bow and with that they entered the messhall hiding identical grins at the revenge they were about to seek.
Neal glanced across the mess hall and shivered as he saw the looks on Dom and Kel's face. They won't do anything to me, they are grateful to me. He repeated like a mantra in his head Right? He thought to himself as doubt crossed his mind.
Kel and Dom walked over to the servers and grabbed themselves and Neal a tray each. After exchanging a wink and Neal's tray with the servers, Kel filled her and Dom's tray with meat and vegies. The servers handed Kel Neal's tray and smirked at him across the room where he sat oblivious to his impending humiliation. Kel and Dom walked over to where Neal sat and handed him his tray before sitting down across from him. Neal accepted his meal with a nod and a muffled thank you as he started shovelling it into his mouth.
Kel suppressed a smile as she watched his face transform into an expression of shock. Neal's face turned a crimson red and he started panting.
"What...did...you...do...to...my...food" He gasped out between pants.
The rest of the mess hall were facing him by now and laughter began to swell throughout the room as his face became redder and his panting louder.
Kel smiled sweetly, "Oh I didn't do anything, you have your friends in the kitchen to thank for that" she coughed as she said friends, her sarcasm easily noticed by all who were watching. He gasped and grabbed the water jug that sat on the table between them. With a cough he poured the water into his mouth, not caring that it went all over his clothes and table, and the burning sensation finally left him. He flopped down onto the table and concentrated on taking slow deep breaths.
In silence that greeted his humiliation a voice started up, quietly at first but then it got louder and louder until then walls were echoing with it.
"Oh Yuki my yamani blossom
Your eyes sparkle like a possum
Your lips are like a slice of heaven
Shaped and coloured like a lemon
Oh Yuki my yamani fighter
You use your glaive like a lighter
And your fan is a hidden weapon
You use it while you're steppin'
Oh Yuki my yamani bloom
leaving me with no perfume
to remember my lovely wife
while I am in a knights life"
Neal had gotten gradually redder and redder throughout the whole poem and his face was glowing like a scarlet lamp by the end of it.
"You...how...no...yuki...unfair...grrrr...help...evil...people...masterminds" Neal spluttered unintelligibly while the whole mess hall guffawed and laughed at him. He slumped to the table and muttered from behind his arms
" I knew you would do this, I was so nice and I set you two up, you should be thanking me. I did the right thing. You should be begging me for forgiveness. You should be sending me gifts and telling me how great I am but no instead you play an joke on me" he nattered on, feeling sorry for himself. He jumped to his feet and looked down his nose at them
"You should be ashamed of yourselves" he sniffed down his nose, "hmmmpppphhhh" and with that final noise he left the hall to find Yuki.
Kel looked at Dom and dissolved into laughter. They laughed with each other and clutched their stomachs till they gasped for air.
" Now that was truly the best prank I have ever played on anybody" Dom gasped out
They both took a deep breath to stop their laughter and locked glances. Slowly they moved together and kissed, unaware of the wolf whistles surrounding them
Across the room Raoul and the Third Company just shook their heads, after all they had known they would get together for years.
THE END
OMG I finished I am in so so much shock that I actually finished this LOL anyway thank you so so so so so so much to every single person who reviewed! Every review you sent me lit a fire in my creative soul that made me finish the story!
Thank you all so much and I hope to write more stories in the future! Again I thank you all for reading and reviewing!
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