Fake Fan Fiction / Pet Shop Of Horrors Fan Fiction ❯ Sugar RUSH ❯ Of Favors, Kings and Kami ( Chapter 2 )

Hello and happy New Years, I know this chapter moves a bit slow at points then startlingly fast towards the end. I promise to do a better job in the next one. I am also going to be taking another break for the Holiday and starting ext week I will begin to work on my senior Seminar, so chapters will not be as frequent as they have been, Enjoy and I look forward to your comments. Heaven's story is on my websitecalled Absence of the Divine. It is not necessary to read it, but you are more than welcome to.

Sugar Rush2

D stood by the shop door and waited patiently for Leon to join him so that they could go out The Arcadian Palace for a New Year's Eve party. All day he had been hard pressed to keep a silly smile off his face. Leon rounded the corner and slipped his arms around D. "Have I told you today that I love you?" Leon whispered in his ear.

D smiled, "About twenty times at least, but I could stand to hear it once more." D turned his head and captured Leon's lips. He leaned his back fully against Leon's chest and inclined his head as Leon found his neck and rained kisses.

"I do, I do, I do," Leon murmured against the soft as silk pale skin, "love you so much."

"Glad that was going somewhere, thought you were just practicing for next month." Leon and D looked up to find Andy standing in the pet shop wearing a fabulous creation of layers of deep purple and black shimmering cloth. She giggled as D blushed and stepped away from Leon. She took in his black cheongsam with its blue water design sparkling with diamonds and sapphires. A sapphire brooch rested in the large bow that sat at his waist. "You two look fabulous. I do hope Lord D knew I was serious when I commanded him to come along. I promise Arcadia is very cold, he will love it this time of year."

Ryo and Dee arrived with Bikky in tow looking mutinous. "I don't want to stay here with a sitter; I'm old enough to sit us." Bikky frowned at Ryo who winked at D. D smiled and Ryo was glad that whatever gloom had seemed to settle over the shop for the past few days had vanished. As a matter of fact, Ryo paused and looked D over; he had never seen D and Leon so happy.

"Listen to your mommy kid," Dee said as he walked in carrying his thick winter coat over his arm along with Ryo's. "So how do we get to your palace, you got a jet on the roof or something?"

"A jet…Nah, Bellenos will get us there in no time." Andy turned and smiled at her husband as he entered the pet shop to find out what had been keeping everyone. "Where are the ladies?" Nestoir asked as he looked around the shop.

"Miss Jill called, she and Miss Diana are running late," D said as his father entered the front of the shop. Andy squealed as she noted his long black robe and red knee length over coat. The sleeves of his over coat brushed the floor when he arms were down at his side. A black silk sash was tied about his waist and a large ruby pendant was attached in much the same fashion as D's. Lord D's hair fell in a neat pile to the ends of his coat. Gently he smoothed D's hair which now fell just below his shoulders. Leon had convinced him not to wear it in a ponytail tonight as had become his custom.

Andy was straitening Nestoir's tie as the door opened to admit Jill and Diana. They too carried coats over their arm in preparation of the cold climate that Andy had promised them. "Shall we?" Andy said and beamed a smile at the group.

"One moment, your Highness," Lord D said. He snapped his fingers and several ferocious looking animals and a regal looking young lady walked forward. "I want you to guard this shop as if your very lives depended upon it. No one comes in and no one goes out, until such a time as we return."

The young lady bowed to Lord D, "As you wish my lord."

-You'll be back in time to take us to the parade won't you? - Chris said as he ran in to the room and threw his small arms around D. "Yes off course Chris, We will be sure to get you to the parade on time." D assured him and followed the group from the shop. Dee looked at his watch doubtfully as he entered the waiting gray limousine.

"I don't see how you hope to make a party by eight o clock tonight." Dee said as the car took off down the road. He looked out the window and frowned, he was used to tinted windows, where a person could see out, and yet no on e could see in. He had never been in a car where you could not see out. After the car had been on the road for about an hour, Dee figured that they had to be out of city limits by now. Just as he was commenting on it to Ryo the car pulled to a stop and the door opened of its own accord.

As the door opened the first blast of icy cold air greeted them and had them all rushing to wrap up in their warm garments. D, Lord D, and Leon simply pulled theirs closer around them. Leon had learned that anything involved with the Arcadians was easier understood if you just did what they said. How they had traveled to a snowy climate from California, by car in less than an hour, Leon did not want to know. He stared up in awe at the gleaming edifice that rose from the ground and seemed to be reaching for the heavens. Ryo stared in awe at the multi colored tower that rose behind the large palace.

"This place is massive," Jill said as she was unable to take in all the surroundings. "I can't believe how large this place is."

"Oh it needs to be because of King Zarro's size and the size of some of the members of the court." Andy said absently as she stroked her tummy as she had been doing offhandedly all day. D took in the pleased smile on her face and displayed on of is own.

"Your king is that little short man that right?" Leon asked in confusion as he walked down a palatial hallway that he felt he could fit several elephants into comfortably.

"That is as you know him," Lord D said as Andy seemed at a loss for words.

"Ah," Leon said, "So that's where my honey gets his penchant for cryptic ness from." Lord D smiled tightly and placed his hand on D's tummy; Jill caught the gesture and frowned at Leon. D blushed and was glad when Andy squealed as a new comer in startling white walked forward.

"Heaven!" Andy embraced the young woman and giggled as Heaven stared wide eyed at the evidence of Andy and Nestoir's impending parenthood. "Isn't it great?" Andy beamed and smiled at the lady that as far as Leon could tell was white from head to toe with the exception of her dark brown hair and amber eyes which seemed to glow from within with an unnatural light. She gave him the creeps.

Heaven turned towards D and curtsied, "Count and…" Heaven turned her eyes to Lord D with surprise, "Lord D," Heaven smiled. "How pleasant to see you both again; I trust Sofu will be joining us as well." Heaven took D's hand and gasped; she leaned in closer and sniffed him. "You're…" D blushed and nodded happily. "Wow," Heaven mouthed as too placed a hand to his stomach. Andy giggled as she intercepted the confused looks that passed between Ryo, Dee, Jill and Diana.

Andy introduced Heaven to the group, and turned as the King made his entrance in to the grand hall. He motioned for the group to follow him to the Queen's salon for a private audience. Heaven curtsied to her king before she left them to wait for what ever it was that the king wished to say to them.

Break

Ryo looked around at the opulent room that was decorated in plush red velvet and gold tassels Ryo tried to find a chair, finding none he followed the example of the others and sat on a large pillow with Dee. "Congratulations." Was the first word that the king spoke to Leon and D after the introductions had been made. "I am very pleased to meet you all," he said to the detectives. "Now I am sure that you are all wondering why you have been brought here instead of to the ball room where the party is being held. I will explain. The first reason is that this is a celebration, and I can not, nor can my subjects be made to remain in a state that is unnatural to them for the duration of your stay." Before anyone cold raise any questions the king continued. "The second is because I have need to request your aid in a matter concerning the D's.

D's cheeks pinkened as the king motioned for him to come forward and sit beside him. Zarro smiled as Leon followed. "As you may know, Count D received his title from his grandfather before this kingdom left earth a very long time ago." The group blinked as Zarro again placed his hand on D's tummy. D giggled.

"Your Majesty," D whispered, "please." D gently brushed the king's hands away from him.

"What's going on with you guys," Dee asked, "You two have been acting strange for a while now and what's with everyone touching D's stomach? If I didn't know any better I'd say he was…Pregnant."

"Good job, you win a cookie." King Zarro said and reached into an unseen pocket and pulled out a cookie that he handed to Dee. Dee looked at the cookie in stunned silence. His eyes traveled up the length of D before he turned to Andy. She smiled and nodded. Dee turned back to Count D and Leon who nodded as well.

"No way! How?" Diana squawked.

"As you may have noticed, this is not an ordinary palace," King Zarro began. "It is so large to hold my true shape, as well as the true shapes of my subjects. Count D and his family are not human. He is not an animal either, he is from a race that was created after the Angels and after the earth and its creatures were formed as it's caretakers. That is how he is able to carry a child and with help deliver it." Nestoir hid his grin behind his hand, and he thought Princess Chimera was blunt.

"So what do you need our help for?" Jill asked, Leon was amazed that she was taking this so well whereas Dee, Ryo and Diana seemed to be struck dumb by the king's revelations.

"There is an old enemy that I thought I had slain, he wants to hurt D and Lord D, in his current condition Count D is in grave danger. I would ask for your aid in protecting him as well as my Lady Andromache she will be moved into the pet shop for our enemy has been making threats against her and in her condition Sir Nestoir would be better served if she were out of danger. I just need you to keep the local authorities from becoming too involved in this case. So I am submitting a royal request to your precinct to have an armed guard at the pet shop, I am personally requesting you officers." Zarro smiled.

Dee smiled tightly at the King before he turned to D. "You're pregnant," D nodded, "By you?" Dee said to Leon who nodded. "Humor me, what is your true shape?" Dee asked Zarro whose smile was purely predatory. He stood and wind seemed to flow about the room. Vaguely Leon was reminded about the King stating that if he ever needed a snack he'd give Leon a call. The room quieted and Diana fainted as a seven foot tall White winged Lion lounged on a large pillow where before King Zarro had sat. Andy stood and performed a lopsided Curtsy. She giggled and placed a hand on her stomach as it had been the reason she had nearly toppled over.

"You are not even that large child, I fear your clumsiness will only get worse as your condition progresses." Zarro said. Andy giggled and nodded. "Well shall we?" Zarro stood as Diana was revived. After a few moments of quiet conversation and congratulations to Leon and D, the crowd left the Queen's salon and entered the ball room. They stopped in awe and marveled at the creatures that walked around.

"You know," Jill said with a grin, "I always knew you were special," She whispered to Count D who smiled. Jill then tapped Dee on the shoulder, "We're not in L. A. anymore, Toto, not at all."

Ryo stared at D for a while in awe of all that had been revealed to him. "You know," he said to D, "I have always suspected that something was special about you. Before her death, my grandmother used to tell me stories about the ancient Chinese gods. I always thought she was crazy, and yet the stories were so charming. There was a story she once told me about a beautiful nature god who carried a child because his lover could not..." D's brow furrowed as Ryo continued a tale of such poignant love that it brought tears to D's eyes. "The child lived, and so did the god, but, the lover that the god carried the child for, died before the child drew its first breath. Their love lives in the child."

Count D discreetly wiped the tears from his face as his father joined them. "My mother was always ill, human you know." Lord D said. "I chose to live as a Kami in order to preserve her memory; she is immortal now, because her memory lives in my heart."

Count D felt as if so much made sense, he placed a hand to his tummy and smiled as Leon came and kissed him. "I love you Leon, and I thank you for loving me."

"No baby, Thank you for loving me," Leon said and wrapped his arms around D. "Thank you so much, for loving me."

To-Be-Continued