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Boxers And Kids

"Oh, man! We got them good!" Ribby cheered, pumping his fist in the air.

"That we did," Croaks said with a grin.

The two had just gone up against a couple street fighters that felt they were tough enough to take on the frog brothers, who had at first refused to battle them, but then the street fighters had gone and hurt Baroness Von Bon Bon, destroying her castle and giving her a few bruises. Beppi had been trying to protect her as the street fighters were about to close in on him, but Djimmi had gotten to the frog brothers in time and when the boxers saw what had happened, they put the street fighters in their places.

When the police arrived, they actually let the brothers do their thing before the crooks were hauled away and Djimmi gave Bon Bon some healing potions while Beppi held her close and even picked her up bridal style to carry her, insisting she rest after the horrible ordeal.

Ribby and Croaks helped with repairing Bon Bon's castle, which went quickly as the inhabitants of the castle had managed to do some baking so that they had all the pieces to put together. Bon Bon had appreciated the two rebuilding her castle and given them both a thank-you kiss on the cheek, making them blush and Beppi smiled, saying that since Bon Bon was royalty, a kiss from her was not just polite, but also meant she trusted them.

Bon Bon had smiled. "You mean like this, Beppi?" She asked, gently grabbing his face and kissing him full on the mouth, making him jump in surprise while the brothers looked away, trying to be discreet, but were quietly laughing while Djimmi outright laughed.

"You asked for that one, Beppi," the genie said, smiling. "So when are you going to ask her to marry you?"

The clown was blushing bright red from both the surprise kiss and the genie's question and Bon Bon laughed, admitting that they had to wait for permission from her father before Beppi could propose to her, but she hoped it would be soon too.

The boxers chuckled and wished the three well before heading away, pleased to have taught the street punks a lesson. Because no one hurt a lady the brothers were fond of and got away with it.

As they headed down the path, they happened to spot Cuphead and Mugman up ahead, sitting on the grass and eating potato chips, candy, and other junk food. They grew concerned at this and went up to them. "Hey, you two," Croaks said.

"Oh, hey, guys," Mugman said, looking a bit tired.

Ribby noticed the boys seemed to be a bit on the chubby side. "Hey, kids? When was the last time you exercised?" He asked.

"Or ate anything healthy for that matter?" Croaks said.

Cuphead rolled his eyes. "We can't remember," he said bluntly. "Beside, it doesn't matter."

"Yeah," Mugman said, also bluntly.

Ribby shook his head and began picking up the junk food. "Hey! What are you doing?" Cuphead asked.

Croaks helped his brother and looked at the two younger kids. "You kids need to get some exercise," he said firmly.

"Eating junk food all the time and laying around isn't good for you," Ribby said, his voice also firm.

"Stop being spoilsports," Cuphead said stubbornly. "We're fine."

"Besides, we like eating those things," Mugman said, also a bit stubborn. "And exercising is hard."

Seeing the two weren't going to give in, the two frogs looked at each other before getting the same idea and nodding, both of them slipping off their boxing gloves. Seeing this, the two cup brothers looked worried and quickly got up, seeing the two frogs look at them with looks that said 'You're in trouble'.

"Mugs, run!" Cuphead exclaimed as the two began running, but because of eating the junk food and laying around, they weren't moving as fast as usual.

"I'll get Cuphead. You get Mugman," Croaks said to his brother.

"Deal," the green frog said.

Mugman squeaked in surpirse as Ribby caught him and pinned him to the ground. "You won't exercise, hmm?" The boxer asked. "Looks like I have to convince you otherwise."

The boy squirmed around, but couldn't get free as Ribby lifted up the young one's black shirt up to reveal the small stomach and he took a deep breath before making Mugman squeal as the frog blew raspberries all over his stomach and sides, even landing a few on the young one's lower ribs before his fingers tickled the boy's stomach all over before he saw some tree roots nearby and got an idea.

Mugman tried to squirm, but Ribby managed to gently manuever the boy's wrists into the tree roots and into a spot where the boy was genuinely stuck. "There, that will keep you there for a bit," the green frog said.

"NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" The boy laughed out as fingers wiggled not only all over his stomach, but his belly button too.

"Oh, yes," Ribby said. "Kick all you want, little mug. You're not going anywhere for a while."

As if to prove that point, the green frog blew a couple large raspberries into the small stomach of his captive, making the mug squeal loudly as he kicked to try and get free, but found he couldn't.

Meanwhile, Croaks had caught Cuphead and when the boy had tried to escape, the brown frog took some vines from a nearby tree and tied the boy's wrists to a low tree branch, one that was low enough to where the boy's feet just touched the ground, but high enough to keep his arms up to expose his underarms. "Now then," the brown frog said with a smirk, making the boy gulp in fear. "Let's see if this will make you change your mind."

With that, his fingers reached around and wiggled into the cup's shoulder blades, making him squeal with laughter and squirm around, but the vines held. Seeing this, Croaks found a feather nearby and he smirked. "Let's see how you handle this," he said, showing the boy, who tried to squirm away, but the boxer moved the boy's shirt up to reveal the boy's stomach and he twirled the feather over the young one's belly button, making him squeal even louder and kick his legs out, but that didn't help him.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOHOHOHO!" Cuphead laughed out. "THIHIHIS IHIHIHISN'T FAIHIHIHIHIHIR!"

"Oh, you think this isn't fair?" Croaks asked before scooping one arm under the boy's knees and the other hand supporting the boy's back so that his arms didn't hurt from dangling. "Then what about this?"

He took a deep breath and lowered his face to the small stomach that was exposed. "Oh, no," the boy whimpered, trying to suck his stomach in, but couldn't and he squealed so loudly he lost his voice as the frog blew the biggest raspberry ever into the small stomach, repeating the action again and hearing the boy's laughter begin to grow quiet.

Feeling a little bit of pity for the boy, Croaks stopped and released him, catching the boy as he fell forward. "Hold on, I've got you," he said.

Cuphead flinched a little. "Please, no more," he pleaded softly.

"Just rest a bit, kiddo," the brown frog said, his voice gentle.

With Ribby and Mugman, the young boy was so tired from the tickle torture that he could barely even twitch when the green frog blew a final raspberry into his stomach. Seeing the boy was exhausted, the boxer reached up and carefully manuevered the boy's hands free from the tree roots and picked him up, cradling him like a mother would an infant. The boy gave him a pleading look, to which the green frog smiled gently. "I've got you, kid," he said comfortingly.

The two brothers met up with the tired kids and Croaks looked at them. "Now, you boys have two options," he said. "You can either agree to exercise or we'll tickle you again right now if you refuse to."

Both boys quickly curled up at the thought of being tickled again and looked at the two pleadingly, to which Ribby smiled. "How about you exercise with my brother and I?" He suggested. "Even us boxers have to stay in shape for battles."

"You'd let us?" Mugman asked in surprise.

"Sure," Croaks said. "But you two have to keep your promise. And lay off on the junk food. It's okay to have a little bit sometimes, but not too much. And you have to eat healthy food too."

Cuphead nodded. "Okay," he said before yawning. "But...do we have to exercise right now?"

Ribby chuckled. "Actually, you boys got enough exercise today," he said. "All that kicking around while we tickled you."

Mugman giggled before looking ready to fall asleep. Croaks chuckled with a gentle smile. "Alright, you boys take a nap and when you wake up, Ribby and I will show you some of our exercises, but you guys have to promise to follow up and exercise and not eat junk food all the time. We can help you guys out with some healthy snacks too. Deal?"

"Deal," Cuphead said before he and his brother fell asleep, to which the frog brothers decided to sit down and rest themselves, not having the heart to move the boys as they slept.

Elder Kettle, who had been watching the entire thing, smiled to himself, knowing the frog brothers could help the boys out. Nodding, he headed away quietly, chuckling to himself.

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