Title: Frog King

Author: Enaty

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Neither of the fairy tales belongs to me.

Claimer: The idea does, and I'd like to have the frog, please ^^

Author's Notes: And on does the fairy tale madness go...

Frog King

"D, tell me again, why did we have to come here?" Leon was pouting; you could hear it in his voice as he tried to get through the thick undergrowth, following the kami.

"Because a poor animal will soon be mistreated here, and we cannot let that happen!" D answered fiercely, striding through the bushes with determination.

"It's a fairy tale, D," Leon tried to remind the kami, but it was no use.

"I do not care! No wonder humanity treats animals so badly if they learn from childhood on that they must be mistreated."

Leon rolled his eyes but his response was cut off by a cry. "No, you vile beast, leave me alone! I do not want you in my bed!"

"Hurry!" D cried out as well as they stumbled through the last bushes and onto the lawn in front of a little pavilion. Inside was a beautiful princess, standing with her bedclothes clutched to her chest and staring at something in front of her with disgust.

D was quicker than Leon, and, with a mighty cry of, "Don't you dare do that!" he jumped into the room just as the princess took ahold of the frog and threw him against the wall. Seeking to shield him with his body, D threw himself in the way...

A colourful explosion followed suit. Both Leon and the princess ducked before daring to remove their hands from their faces again and look at the floor.

A prince was sitting there, clad in blue-green robes, blonde hair welling down his back, framing a beautiful face – which, at the moment, was creased in confusion at the sight of a frog sitting beside him, showing colourful red and green skin with a pattern of white flowers.

"Who is he?" the prince asked, bewildered. Leon and the princess still stared. They really were in no condition to answer his question, especially since they didn't know the answer either. The frog started and sat up on his hind legs, looking at his hands. If ever a frog had looked horrified, it was this one.

"No!" he cried, "My nails! My body! What have you done to me, you vile beast?"

"Uh... Count D? Is that you?" Leon asked carefully, snapping the frog out of his hysterics. His tongue shot out as if to catch Leon like a fly.

"Officer! Thank god I brought you along. Quick, you have to kiss me to reverse this curse."

Leon went slightly green. "Are you nuts? No way, dude! I'll just throw you against the wall, that worked, too..."

"Don't you dare!" the frog exploded right into his face – literally, for he jumped so high that Leon was actually eye-level with him and stumbled back in horror. "I will make your life a living misery should you even consider throwing me against a wall! Now stop fussing around and just kiss me, we both know you've wanted to do this forever, and now you've got the chance, so just do it, you stupid American blockhead!"

"No! I'll not kiss a frog!" Leon cried out in despair and hurriedly left the pavilion again, running away from the frog who was following him quite fast, screaming at him.

Prince and Princess were left standing in the pavilion, watching their disappearance. Finally, they looked at each other. "American blockhead?" she echoed.

"Count D?" the prince replied.

"Officer?" the princess said. They looked at each other for a moment, then shrugged simultaneously and started to laugh.

"You know what?" the prince mused as he put his arms around his princess. "I've been a frog for almost one hundred years now – but I've never met another frog who claimed a kiss that aggressively!"

-End-

A/N, i.e. Answers To Reviews:

marimorimo: Thank you ^^ Glad you liked it.

OokamiMori: Yes, it seems I am ^^ Thank you very much for the patience.

J Luc Pitard: I really like your name xD And thank you, too. Well, the other choice the Count would have had would have been crying... and I don't really think he wanted to in that moment xD

Elvina: Hey yo ^^ Yes, at least I'm hoping to update again soon. It's all a question of how soon I'm getting to do the edits... Thanks for the patience, too ;-)