Yu Yu Food-tropolis Part 11: Koenma

By: Skylar Inari

Koenma sat up in his tiny bed and pulled his knees up to his chin.

He couldn't sleep, it was horrible having that self-same nightmare over and over every night. The one where he was a plump little cherry with that strange guy standing above him laughing with his hands on his hips.

Urg. How horrible, and how absurd. The Prince of the Dead afraid of that stupid dream. His father would kill him for being so unmanly.

Not that he didn't already think that, and the pacifier really didn't improve Enma-sama's opinion of him.

A soft foot fall came from behind him.

Startled he turned, thinking it was some idiot oni who had decided that the Prince had had enough rest and should go back to his desk and the vast amounts of paperwork.

It wasn't. It was the man in his dream.

Koenma drew himself up angrily, "What are you doing in here?! Speak up before I summon my guards!"

The man chuckled, "Why, I'm only doing what you want be to do Prince."

Koenma's eyes narrowed,"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm here to do what your dreams want."

"You're going to turn me into a CHERRY?!?!" screeched Koenma, sounding very much like a girl.

The man smiled,"If that is your wish." He raised his hands and began chanting with intense concentration.

"But, what if it's NOT my wish?!!" Wailed Koenma, even as the change was taking place.

When the spell was finished a perfectly formed banana lay on Koenma's bed.

The man regarded the banana for a moment, sat down on the bed and sighed,"I never could get the Cherry spell to work right."

Then he took a bite out of Koenma.

~Owari~

You thought I was going to turn him into a cherry, that's what you thought! <giggles> I tricked you!