SHINYARELLA
(hehehehe, a.k.a. Cinderella)
By S. Rosenthal
CAST OF CHARACTERS
SHINYARELLA: Shinya
PRINCE: Kyo
FAIRY GODMOTHER (FAIRY BASS-PLAYER): Toshiya
STEPMOTHER: Mana
STEPSISTER NO. 1: Die
STEPSISTER NO. 2: Yu~ki
SERVANT/SEX SLAVE: Kaoru
SERVANT/SEX SLAVE: K�zi
SERVANT/SEX SLAVE: Klaha
SERVANT/SEX SLAVE: Kami
KING: Tetsu
QUEEN: Gackt
GUEST NARRATOR: Kikasa
Sarah: Ah, Jessie-oneechan. You were pissing and moaning about wanting me to write you a story, so I decided to go ahead and make your wish come true. Then, since you yelled at me to post it, I have, but I have the feeling that there are some jokes in here that only you and I can understand ^^;; But to begin with, let's give a nice little intro of the characters, shall we? Firstly, the lovely Shinya, who plays Shinyarella.
Shinya: Hmph.
Sarah: ...Gotta love him. Then, Kyo, the psycho prince.
Kyo: Psycho prince, hm? Oi, I kind of like the sound of that... Nyahahahahaha! [making gulping sounds amid hysterical laughter]
Sarah: ...Right. Then you have the beautiful Toshiya, the fairy bass-player.
Toshiya: [spins and twirls for the audience's benefit]
Sarah: Waii... He's so cute! I have such a thing for bass-players. Next, Mana the stepmother!
Mana: I refuse to speak more than I have to, but I must protest my casting as a stepmother. [fumes] A stepmother? Me? Ridiculous!
Sarah: Anyway, moving along, before Mana can rant too much... Die and Yu~ki the sisters!
Die: Ano, I'm glad to be in this thing at all, really, but... a stepsister? Me? I mean, come on, look at me. I'm five feet ten, and I'm all muscle, baby.
Yu~ki: I'm kind of flattered, actually. They used to say that I wasn't feminine enough, and now, here I am, a stepsister... In your face, Mana!
Sarah: Ahem... Let's bring out the slaves! Kaoru, K�zi, Kami, and Klaha!
Slaves: [all] Let's start the orgy!
Sarah: ^^;; At least they're getting into it. Next, Tetsu and Gackt, king and queen!
Gackt: Grr, Tetsu, you're looking feisty these days... Never got much of a chance to meet you, I'm sorry to say... [glomp]
Tetsu: Ack! Get off! Who the hell is this dandy bimbo?
Sarah: And finally, our lovely guest narrator who has been so kind as to come in and make a cameo appearance: Kikasa the bassist from Due le Quartz! (I love him *^^*)
Kikasa: Um, whatever... Let's just start this stupid thing. I have to get to a live.
Sarah: Aw, come on, baby, stay with me tonight... Ahem! Anyway! On to the story! [bows]
~*~
SHINYARELLA
Kikasa: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Shinya. He was a quiet, thoughtful boy, and at the moment, he lived with his so-called evil stepmother drag queen, Mana-sama, and Mana's many servants/sex slaves, all of whose names began with a K.
Slaves: [all] That's us!
Kikasa: [growling] Pipe down!
K�zi: But Kikasa-chan, your name starts with a K too... You know, you could join us. I'm sure we'd loooove your company...
Kami: [wink wink at Kikasa]
Kikasa: Ano... [stares at them for a moment] Creepy... Anyway! Back to the story. Mana was young, but powerful, and very beautiful, so he had enough money to manage his gigantic hacienda of visual-kei slaves and servants. He was renowned throughout the land for his loveliness.
Mana: [preening himself silently]
K�zi: Ah, my mastress... [bowing to him and drooling]
Kikasa: [clearing his throat] But Mana and his slaves and Shinya, his only non-sexual servant, were not alone on their veritable yaoi plantation. Not too long ago, Mana had saved a couple of table-dancers by buying them from their bar before they could be exported to Central American countries. Namely, Die and Yu~ki.
Die: [winks and blows a kiss for Jessie's benefit]
Yu~ki: [is fascinated with observing the yellow flowers growing on the edge of the set, munching on some chocolates]
Kikasa: Ahem!
Die: [blinking innocently] Nani?
Yu~ki: [his mouth full] Mmmph?
Kikasa: [sigh] So that they could all live together with a minimum of outside suspicion, Mana called Die and Yu~ki his "daughters." (Uh, yeah, like people would actually believe that...) After all, Mana and most of his co-inhabitants were pretty enough to pass for girls anyway, so unless you had a keen eye, it was difficult to tell whether the stories, from the neighbors who overheard frequently, were right or wrong.
Klaha: [blinks] Stories?
Kikasa: Ah, yes, that brings us to another level of description. Shinya was a serious boy. He didn't much like living on Mana's fief, because he was always surrounded with people having orgies and partying long into the night. He was sick of being woken up by the distant sounds of perverted laughter and crude jokes from the slaves and daughters and of course Mana himself. Shinya was convinced that he was the only sane one among them, and with his typical dry wit, he dreamed of the day when he could get out of there and live a normal existence.
Shinya: Sigh... [shakes his head to himself, and goes back to pulling garters off the chandeliers and cleaning chocolate stains out of the carpet]
Kikasa: Since the others refused to take any responsibility for anything and just partied all the time, Shinya had to take it upon himself to do all the housework from the moment he stepped onto Mana's property. After a little while in the beginning, everyone had just started expecting him to always do all the work, and now, Shinya was practically an indentured servant. A highly desired, frequently ogled indentured servant.
Die: [laying over Kaoru on the couch, waving at Shinya across the room] Whoo, baby!
Shinya: Shut up, Die! I'm trying to clean up after you slobs!
Klaha: Ano, we'd help you, Shin-chan, but most of us are still hung over. [proudly] I, on the other hand, make it a point never to drink to excess. But then again, I'm a little buzzed on coffee right now...
K�zi: Oi, Shin-chan, want to show me how you clean the candlesticks? I love those nice long rubbing motions you use...
Shinya: [sigh of disgust]
Kami: Hey, is that a mirror in your pocket? `Cause I can...
Shinya: Oh, shut up!
Kikasa: So as it can be observed, things were not easy for poor Shinya. Since he was a quiet sort, he didn't really have much of a need to complain to people, and even if he did, there wasn't anyone to complain to. He'd learned early on that complaining would get him nowhere, and would in fact land him in danger. For example:
Shinya: [huffily, throwing down his broom] This is ridiculous, that I have to do all this work when you jerks sit there and stare down my trousers! The way things are now, I'm nothing more than a common slave!
Kami: Ooh, you mean a sex slave like us? Okay, that's fine with me! [pouncing him]
Kaoru: Yeah, Shin-chan! Mana-sama just cleaned the bondage chamber, so now that you've actually shown an interest in becoming one of us, we can let you join the next weird orgy that we have down there!
Klaha: [thoughtfully] I suppose it doesn't even matter that his name doesn't start with a K...
K�zi: Not at all! [helps Kami to pounce him]
Shinya: Eeeeek! No! Leave me alone! [clawing his way out and running away]
Kikasa: And so, Shinya's life was a constant struggle, and he had to do all that he could to avoid being pulled into one of the nonstop parties of sodomy and many unusual food products used in questionable ways, which occurred around him every day. But he was not the only one who felt lost and a bit lonely. Across the land... ahem, five blocks down the main boulevard was the royal castle of the kingdom, where the young prince Kyo lived.
Kyo: Heheh, I finally get a role!
Kikasa: Kyo was the only offspring of the King and Queen. For the purposes of this story, people were ignoring the fact that it would definitely be quite impossible for two males in their late twenties to somehow have given birth to a young twenty-six year old psychopath like Kyo, or anyone, for that matter. The King and Queen were Tetsu and Gackt.
Gackt: [blinking down at his dress and touching his tiara] Hmm, I seem to be in drag for this story... [starts to wail] Damn it, I hate being uke! Being seme is more fun!
Tetsu: [growls viciously at him] Shut up, you little sissy! You deserve all the crap that you get, for replacing me in the band! Hehehe, look at you in that stupid dress, forced to play a submissive part... Finally I get my revenge on you, you nancing dandy! Mwahahahahah!
Kikasa: Ahem.
Tetsu: [coughing] Hee hee, sorry about that. That pansy-ass just looks so funny in drag.
Gackt: [sulking] Shut up, I do not! I look beautiful. [observing himself in a mirror]
Kikasa: To return to the story... Kyo was a very bizarre young man, and every bit as strange as people would assume he would be, considering that his parents were two vocalists renowned for their deranged minds. But even King Tetsu and Queen Gackt had begun to notice that Kyo was behaving more oddly than usually recently. Kyo was grown up now, even though he looked like he was still someone's tiny little brother...
Kyo: Oi! Shut up, you! [growls, then jumps on Kikasa's leg and starts to bite him]
Kikasa: Itai! Bastard loser, get off me!
Kyo: [is finally shaken off, but looks quite satisfied with a piece of ripped fabric in his teeth]
Kikasa: Damn it... [exceedingly pissed off, and quite unsatisfied to have his pretty stage costume ruined] I'll get you for that later, you little... [sigh] Anyway, Kyo was at an age now where he probably should have been ready to move out of the castle. Tetsu and Gackt were weird, but their son was even weirder. The king and queen shivered when they heard the sounds of Kyo's strange music and endless demented laughter that often came from the general area of his chambers, sometimes and often during weekends. Therefore, they wanted their son to settle down with a nice girl. They wanted to shove him out, have him take flight from the nest, and they told him so.
Gackt: Ano, Kyo-chan...
Kyo: Damn it, Mom, don't call me that!
Gackt: [losing his temper] Listen, you little shrimp, I didn't ask to play your mother in this stupid thing, so don't make me kick the crap out of you!
Sarah: Guys, guys, guys! This is for Jessie, remember?
Tetsu: [grumbling] Let me do it, then. These idiots can't get anything done. [pushing his way in front of Gackt] Now, son, we think that it's time that you came out from under our shadows. You're old enough to start a family of your own, you know.
Kyo: So? What's your point?
Tetsu: My point, my darling little urchin, is that your mother and I are going to throw you a party. A ball, to be more specific. It's going to be massive and expensive and quite festive, and of course, very jolly. Your mother and I will invite all the princesses from everywhere in the world, and all you'll have to do is show up. But there are some conditions: you have to choose your bride by the end of the night, or we'll choose her for you. Got it?
Kyo: [pouting] Aw, Dad...
Tetsu: Now, son...
Kyo: [rolling his eyes] Oh, fine...
Kikasa: For a little while, Kyo pretended to be upset that his parents would try to meddle in his life in such a manner. But the truth was that he was almost looking forward to this grand ball. He liked being a swinger, of course, free to do whatever he pleased, but then, he also knew that it couldn't last forever. He nearly liked the idea of settling down, finding some stability in his life, and he tried to picture what kind of girl he would want to take as his bride.
Kyo: Ano, let's see... She'd have to have a dry sense of humor, but she should be kind of shy, too. Someone I could make fun of and tag along with and tease and fall asleep on. That's the kind of girl I want!
Kikasa: And with this in mind, he prepared to attend his own engagement party.
Mana: What's this? [looking at a piece of paper] An invitation?
Kikasa: Meanwhile, Mana received one of the many invitations sent out by the royal family regarding the upcoming ball. Of course, one would think this odd, considering that not a single soul on Mana's property was female, and the purpose of the ball was for Kyo to choose a princess, after all. But there was a story behind this...
Mana: [grumbling] And of course, you just have to tell the story, don't you...
Kikasa: Everyone knew that once not too long ago, Queen Gackt and Mana had had a rather extensively publicized affair. Before Mana became a Mizer (hehehe, get it?) he had been a Shiseido salesperson, and had gone door-to-door selling the cosmetics that he used. Gackt had bought a lot of makeup from him, and immediately they had been taken with each other. But when he found out about Gackt's infidelity, King Tetsu had gotten extremely angry about it, because he and Mana had also had an affair once, and so, Mana and Queen Gackt had decided to separate. Now, Queen Gackt decided to invite Mana once again, and Mana was all too happy to come.
Mana: [to himself] Ahh, Gackt, I still remember you... you and your foxy husband, the king. Both of you were tomcats in bed, actually. Hmm, maybe if I play my cards right...
Kikasa: While Mana plotted, everyone in the house had found out about the invitation, and of course, they all wanted to go. But Mana insisted that only he and his so-called "daughters" could attend the ball, because after all, the public wasn't even supposed to know about his four K sex slaves.
Mana: Don't you see? My impeccable reputation would be sullied terribly. [hmph]
K�zi: [muttering] "Impeccable" my ass...
Mana: K�zi! Did you just contradict me?
K�zi: [blink blink] Huh? No... I mean, yes! Yes, I did!
Mana: Damn it! You poor, pitiful fool! I see you haven't learned from all the training I've tried to give you. [clicking his tongue and shaking his head, glaring at K�zi] I've had enough of your tomfoolery! Now, get the whip!
K�zi: H-Hai, Mana-sama! [then, behind his hand, with glee] Yes!
Die: Oi, Mana, wait a minute. You can't go whip K�zi now. This is the part where you tell Yu~ki and I that you want us to come to the ball, and where you explain your master plan.
Mana: Hmm? Right, right. K�zi, later you will be whipped, and whipped soundly.
K�zi: [grinning] Anything you say, Mana-sama...
Kami: [heaving a sigh] Oh well, I guess we can't go to the ball. But that's okay! When Mana and Die and Yu~ki are gone, the rest of us can have the whole mansion to ourselves! Just think of all the fun we can have!
Klaha: Hmm, I'm getting some interesting images in my head right now...
Kaoru: [giving him a wicked look]
K�zi: I have a proposition to make! [holding up a finger] While Mana goes over his sinister scheme with Die and Yu~ki, the rest of us can go and try out the new hot tub that Mana installed in the S&M basement!
Kami: Whee! Buoyant toys!
Kaoru: Sounds good to me. What say you, men?
Slaves: [all] Yay!
Kikasa: And so, while all the slaves went to enjoy themselves with the sponge toys and hot soapy water, Mana remained behind to tell his scheme to his daughters. He wanted for one of the three of them to end up with Kyo, because then Mana himself would have a shot at Gackt and Tetsu, Kyo's parents, once again. Of course, both Die and Yu~ki were mostly apathetic about the idea of marrying Prince Kyo, since they mostly preferred each other as sexual partners. But Mana was insistent, and after several bouts of threatening to whip them for their disobedience, they chose to go with him to the ball. But they decided that if either of them married Kyo, then the other would have to be accepted also, as the concubine, or mistress, or something like that.
Die: Ne, Mana-chan? Ne?
Yu~ki: [sparkly eyes] Onegai?
Mana: Whatever. Now let's get a move on. Shinya! [clapping his hands]
Shinya: Hai, Mana-sama?
Mana: Help us get ready for the ball!
Kikasa: And with a sigh, Shinya prepared to help his stepmother and stepsisters as they fussed over each other and prettied themselves up. But deep down in his heart, Shinya knew that he wanted to go too. He hadn't been off the property in what seemed like years, and he was only barely twenty-four! He had his whole life ahead of him, but he had already wasted so much time in this bizarre bordello that he called home. He didn't know anything about Prince Kyo, but even he, a skeptic, had to admit that his heart fluttered at the mere mention of the unknown name.
Shinya: [thinking] And besides... if I marry this Prince Kyo, I can move out of Mana's house!
Kikasa: The opportunity was just too hopeful to push aside. As Shinya helped Mana with his gown and his tiara that evening, he couldn't help but sum up the courage to ask the dreaded question.
Shinya: Ano... Mana-sama... [brushing Mana's hair]
Mana: Hai?
Shinya: [mumble mumble]
Mana: What's that? Speak up.
Shinya: [glances off to the side to make sure that nobody is listening, and breathes a sigh of relief to see that Die and Yu~ki are having a tickling contest on the bed] Well, I was wondering... can I go to the ball?
Mana: You? A servant? [chuckling] Of course not.
Shinya: Onegai? Onegai?
Mana: No. And that's the last I'll say about it.
Kikasa: The request seemed innocent enough, but Mana knew better than to let Shinya dress himself up and come with them to the ball. Mana was already disguising himself and his so-called "daughters" as girls, but both Die and Yu~ki were mostly recognizable as male. Shinya, on the other hand, was beautiful even for a boy. Mana was wise and experienced enough to recognize that if Shinya got ahold of some makeup and a dress he could become a very lovely and convincing girl. If Kyo just happened to fall in love with him, then Mana would lost his chances of getting to Gackt and Tetsu. Mana didn't want to risk the great scheme that he had thought up, and so, he refused even though Shinya pleaded with him to go to the ball.
Shinya: [drooping] Oh, fine... I'll stay here...
Kikasa: And so, although Shinya silently pouted and fumed a great deal, he realized that there was no use in making a fool out of himself. Mana wouldn't let him go. Therefore, he saw Mana, Die, and Yu~ki into their carriage and even waved as they left, but was thinking to himself how jealous he was.
Shinya: I wanna go... [sniffle]
Kikasa: Shinya went back into the house and wondered what to do for a little while. He had finished all of his chores earlier that day, and now he felt that he had earned some of his own free time. To avoid running into the K slaves, Shinya locked himself in his room and listened to his old X Japan records for a while and fantasized about Yoshiki. Then, when there was silence downstairs, Shinya snuck out of his room. Fortunately for him, the sex slaves had all passed out in the living room, having drunk far too much (off each others' bodies).
Shinya: [stepping over snoring J-rockers] Phew. Don't have to deal with their crap, at least.
Kikasa: Since he had the rest of the night to himself, Shinya resolved to sneak into Mana's room again to play with his stepmother's makeup and dresses and platforms. He'd been having fun in Mana's room when there was no one else around since before he could remember, and he often liked to engage in such vagabond activities when he knew that he wouldn't be caught.
Shinya: [in Mana's closet, holding up a pretty gown to himself] Hmmm...
Kikasa: And Shinya was still doing just that, when all of a sudden, there was a puff of blue and black smoke, and Shinya dropped the dress in shock! He began to cough, and when the smoke cleared, Shinya saw...
Toshiya: [cutely smiles and waggles his fingers] Oi, Shinya-chaaaaaaaan!
Shinya: [staring] Ano...
Kikasa: Who else appeared but Toshiya, a tall statuesque young man with long black hair and pretty little wings. Shinya had never seen him before, but there was something familiar about him, and so, Shinya wasn't too worried about being confronted by a mysterious stranger in his own home.
Shinya: So, uh, who are you?
Toshiya: Why, my kawaii little friend, I am your fairy godmother... err, fairy bass-player. Heheheh. I've been watching you for most of your life, and I can see that you've gone through a lot of crap... and for what? Nothing! But all that is going to change tonight. I've come here to tell you to go to the ball.
Shinya: But Toshiya-san, I can't go... Mana-sama forbade me from leaving the house. And, well... [blushing] He told me he'd do some really horrible things if he found out that I'd left or thrown a party in his absence (i.e., he said he'd sodomize me and then throw me to his slaves... and that's like tossing a bone to a pack of hungry dogs!).
Toshiya: Hmmm... I see. Your troubles are greater than I expected.
Shinya: [weary sigh] Hai...
Toshiya: But don't despair! I can help you. That's my job, after all. [proudly]
Shinya: How could you help me? I'm just a servant. There's no way that I could go to the ball on my own.
Toshiya: Shinya, Shinya, Shinya. [shaking his head] You really have to be more confident! I mean, look at me. I'm a good example. [posing lusciously] I look almost exactly like a girl, ne? But I didn't get that way by pouting and obeying orders and tradition! No, I was adventurous, I broke rules, and I clawed my way to the top!
Kikasa: Shinya listened to the story of his fairy bass-player and had to admit that he felt rather inspired by it. But still, he didn't know what he could do to make his own dreams come true, and he told Toshiya this. Toshiya resolved to help out his poor young friend, and so, he whipped out his magic bass... Wait a minute, whipped out an entire bass, wearing a dress that tight? Where was he keeping it?
Sarah: -.-;; Trust me, you don't want to know.
Kikasa: [begins to turn pink] Ulp... Anyway...
Toshiya: All right, now's the time for me to show my stuff. I've been practicing for a long time now, so let's see if I can get this right. [takes the bass and begins to play a masterful riff, as sparks fly through the air... and nothing happens] Nani? [blink blink] The spell is supposed to work after I play a D-open!
Shinya: [scratching his head] Well, it doesn't look like it worked... You can still tell I'm a boy.
Toshiya: That's strange... Wait a minute, I know! [realizing everything] Mana has cast some sort of freaky drag-queen spell on you! No wonder I couldn't work my own magic. Mana wanted to make sure that you couldn't intrude on his plans, so he made sure that I, as your fairy bass-player, can't do anything magical to you while he's gone. Damn that girly fiend! [sighing and scowling] Now I'll never be able to change you into a girl!
Shinya: [sniffles and starts to cry] Oh, no... Now I'll never meet Prince Kyo...
Toshiya: Ack! No, Shinya-chan, don't cry! I have an idea!
Shinya: You... You do?
Toshiya: Hai! [disappears into Mana's room, and reappears a moment later holding a tube of Mana's magic blue lipstick] This right here is Mana's secret weapon. He uses it almost every day, but then, I'm sure you know all that. I've been watching him, too, and I've seen how this stuff works. It turns him into an impossibly girly transvestite, even though he looks enough like a boy most of the time. If I can't transform you into an actual girl, then I can at least dress you up like one. And I know that if it works so well on Mana, then it's sure to do the same for you!
Shinya: [wiping his eyes] You really think so?
Toshiya: Of course! [bouncing over] Here, put it on!
Kikasa: And so, always ready to try anything that might get him a step closer to Kyo, Shinya obeyed. He tried on the lipstick, and lo and behold! Where Toshiya's spell had failed before, Mana's spare lipstick worked beautifully. The moment that Shinya put it on, he found that real magic did happen. All of a sudden, he was a beautiful boy who was so deceptively feminine that he looked like a princess. He could have actually been mistaken for a girl, if not for his flat chest and a certain other part of anatomy which we will merely call Shinya-kun...
Toshiya: [squealing] Waiiii! You're so pretty, Shinya-chan!
Shinya: [amazed] But my clothes... I don't own anything good enough myself. I've always tried on Mana's stuff in the past, and that's just for dress-up anyway. I can't go to the ball dressed like a servant...
Kikasa: And so, Toshiya and Shinya thought of what to do. At last Toshiya came up with an idea, and he paid a brief call to his close friend, the fairy Lucy from the distant fairyland called Silver Ash ^.^;; After hearing about the entire ordeal, Lucy was quite willing to lend a hand, and allow Shinya to borrow his pretty white gown, gloves, and tiara for the evening. Once they were back at the mansion, Toshiya helped Shinya into the lovely outfit and put the finishing touches on his ensemble. Shinya looked even more stunning, and now, Toshiya gave him a piece of advice.
Toshiya: Now, Shinya-chan, you have to be very careful. If you don't get home by midnight, the lipstick will fade. Mana's brand is one of those no-smear kinds, so there isn't any way to accidentally wipe it off, but it only lasts three hours. And the last thing you want to do is start looking like a real boy again in front of all those people at the ball! So make sure that you get back here before midnight, or else three hours will be up. Then the makeup will fade away, all the magic will disappear, and you'll become a normal bishounen-servant again.
Shinya: [nods] I'll be careful.
Toshiya: [hug hug] Then have fun, and good luck with the prince!
Shinya: Arigato, Toshiya-san! I'll never forget what you've done for me!
Kikasa: Toshiya called Shinya a cab, and waved until the taxi disappeared off into the night. Then he went back inside and decided to have his way with the sleeping K sex slaves. After all, a fairy bass-player who's in isolation for years gets rather bored, ne? [impish smile] Meanwhile, Shinya arrived at the ball. He was one of the most beautiful guests there, and clearly outshone every genuine princess who stepped within twenty feet of him. All eyes were on him.
Shinya: [blushing and thinking to himself] I've never been the focus of attention before...
Mana: Hmm, that princess looks familiar... Bah, no matter. She's probably just some slow-minded little tart with a budget big enough to afford plastic surgery, liposuction, and a fantastic wardrobe. [alert: catty jealousy] Wait a minute! That hussy is even wearing blue lipstick, and that's my trademark! If K�zi hadn't advised me to wear blood red lipstick tonight, we would have had the same color lips. Hmmph.
Die: [yawning] Man, this party is boring...
Yu~ki: [elbowing him] Oi, Die-chan, that princess looks familiar.
Mana: I was just thinking that. Don't pay her any attention, boys~I'm sure she has no chance of taking either of your places in the prince's heart. [does a double-take and then screeches] Die! Stop scratching yourself in public, you baka! You're supposed to be a girl!
Shinya: [blinks] That loud irritable voice sounds familiar... Oh, no, it's Mana-sama! And Die, and Yu~ki! [sighs in relief] Good, they just looked at me and didn't say anything. They must not recognize me. Well, I am dressed like a girl...
Kyo: [staring] Woah! That princess... kawaiiiiii! ^^ [melting]
Kikasa: [clearing his throat] And of course, since everyone else in the room noticed Shinya, it was to be expected that Kyo himself would too. It didn't take too long for the young prince to settle eyes on the "girl" who had stolen everyone's attention, and he was immediately shocked by "her" mysterious beauty.
Shinya: [looking around the room] Which one is the prince...? [sees Kyo and gasps]
Kikasa: At the same time, Shinya happened to see Kyo from across the expansive ballroom, and he realized how astonishingly attractive he was. Being naive but correct, Shinya assumed that Kyo just had to be the prince. Kyo dumped the girl he'd been talking to by the stairs, and Shinya abruptly abandoned the duke who had been making passes at him. The two started drifting across the room towards each other, barely noticing anyone else, and everyone in the room moved to the side to make room for them. It was like a dream... but then, when they met up in the center of the ballroom, they realized a great problem.
Shinya: [blink blink, thinking] He's so... short...
Kyo: [cursing under his breath, thinking] Damn it! Why are all the hot girls half a foot taller than me? It's not fair!
Kikasa: Unfortunate as it was, this new surprise was impossible to ignore. Even though both of them were wearing heeled shoes of some variety, there was a difference in their heights of approximately five inches. Shinya had to look down at Kyo, and Kyo had to tilt his head back to look up at Shinya. But their mild embarrassment passed, for they still found each other compellingly attractive.
Shinya: [thinking] Oh, well, height doesn't matter. Actually, his tininess is kind of cute... he's such a winsome little runt...
Kyo: [thinking] Forget her height! She's still sexy. It's kind of nice, as a matter of fact... more lap space to fall asleep on.
Kikasa: So with little chuckles, the two realized that they had been worrying over nothing, and without further adieu, they began to dance the moment the next song started up. It was a waltz, which both of them were adept at (Kyo was an okay dancer even though he hated taking lessons in the castle, and Shinya had been practicing with himself for the last ten years). Subconsciously, they acted very friendly with each other, even so early on in their relationship. It was like they'd known each other not just five minutes, but maybe even ten, or fifteen. They realized how comfortable they felt when they were together. Kyo found that it was fun to tease Shinya, and Shinya took joy in pretending to be annoyed with Kyo when he really delighted in the attention. Normally he hated being touched, but he didn't mind when Kyo touched him.
Mana: [seething] How dare that little harlot horn her way into my plans?
Die: [blinking] Actually, I think they look nice together.
Yu~ki: Yeah... so sweet... [sappy sigh]
Kikasa: Shinya was so taken with Kyo that he was even able to ignore the fact that his own stepmother was glaring at him from across the room. It didn't matter anyway, since no one recognized him. Kyo and Shinya were much pleased with each other, and they almost liked the feeling of the other guests' jealous eyes on them, too.
Shinya: Everyone's staring at us...
Kyo: [sticking out his tongue] Screw `em.
Shinya: [blinks in surprise, then he starts to laugh, and Kyo joins in]
Gackt: Well, they look awfully cozy...
Kikasa: King Tetsu and Queen Gackt had also noticed that their son seemed only to be paying attention to one special princess in particular by this point. When Kyo and Shinya had danced together for thirty minutes straight, the King and Queen now took the time to observe this mysterious princess thoughtfully, for they realized that Kyo had taken quite a shine to her.
Gackt: [moping] And I was hoping that my son would take on my own bisexual qualities, too... There he is, dancing with a princess, of all people!
Tetsu: [snapping at him] This ball called for princesses, you idiot, don't you remember? How do you think he would end up with a man when the majority of the people here are females, all of whom are staring at Kyo like they want to pounce on him? It's no wonder that he settled on one princess to dance with. It's what we wanted, isn't it? Stop complaining.
Gackt: [shoots him a frown] I was hoping that he would end up with a hot guy whom I could take advantage of at a later time.
Tetsu: Yeah, well, not everyone can be as horny as you, my stupid wife!
Gackt: Wife? How dare you call me that, you... you stoned cretin?!
Tetsu: Woah, woah, woah, I didn't ask to marry you, your highness! I was just as unhappy about getting you knocked up as you were! I didn't even think it was possible to impregnate another man, but then again, with all that wine and those buckets of vitamin pills you were taking every morning... A combination that weird would be enough to turn you into a woman yourself!
Gackt: [shudders at the thought] You're such a moron! No wonder Malice Mizer practically jumped at the opportunity to have me join the band after having such a horrid vocalist like you!
Tetsu: Wait just a minute, you egotistical-- [grabbing his collar]
Gackt: Oi, hands off the dress! You paid for it, after all! [snarling] And if you so much as lay another finger on me, I swear I'll scream rape and land you behind bars before you can say "Vanilla"!
Tetsu: I'm not going to jail for you or anybody!
Kikasa: And unfortunately, a spontaneous catfight broke out near the thrones. Within a few moments, Tetsu and Gackt had pounced each other and were now growling curses while trying to strangle each other, rolling around on the floor. Servants were hastily moving out of the way and watching anxiously, for this happened all the time, even though they had expected their King and Queen to be on slightly better behavior than usual, considering the situation...
Shinya: [staring at the King and Queen in shock, still dancing with Kyo] Oh, goodness... What's happened to them?
Kyo: [sigh] They do this all the time. It's probably best to let them be.
Kikasa: About fifteen minutes later, enough of the princesses and guests had begun to stare at the King and Queen to provoke great embarrassment from the servants. Therefore, a few waiters pulled the snarling couple apart and gave them a stern lecture, and so, Tetsu and Gackt promised reluctantly to be good for the rest of the evening. They now sat in their thrones stiffly, shooting each other glares every once in a while and trying to huffily clean up their ripped clothes and bruised faces, feeling no pain. But it was not long before the clock interrupted even their silent war...
Clock: [chime chime chime chime chime chime chime chime chime chime chime chime]
Kyo: [breathing heavily, looking up from Shinya's face, upon which the lipstick has not yet faded... ahh, the miracle of no-smear lipstick] Twelve chimes... Oi, it's midnight. [gives Shinya a sly look] So, whaddaya say, good-lookin'? Want to continue this in my chambers?
Shinya: [with his hair mussed up] Twelve chimes? Oh, no!
Kyo: Nani?
Shinya: It's midnight! I've stayed too long!
Kikasa: Everyone else continued their dancing and merry-making, but Shinya knew that he had to leave. Just after the clock had chimed, he hadn't noticed any change, but when he realized that he had exceeded his time limit, he could practically feel the lipstick fading from his lips even though it had survived Kyo's attack on it. Shinya knew as he stood there tangled up in Kyo's arms that soon, the illusion would vanish completely! He disengaged himself from the pillar behind which he and Kyo had been making out, and began to hurry home.
Shinya: [sniffling, pushing Kyo away and starting to run] I'm sorry! I have to go!
Kyo: Wait a minute! [runs after him]
Kikasa: Kyo was quite upset, naturally, because he had just found the princess with whom he was ready to settle down, and now here she was bolting out of his life forever without even telling him her name. But Shinya had the advantage of height and much longer legs, so Kyo was left behind. When Shinya disappeared from view in front of the castle, Kyo stood there catching his breath, staring after him.
Kyo: A marathon-runner, that one. [mutters to himself]
Kikasa: However, all hope was not lost. Toshiya had been watching all of this from the roof, having finished his little orgy with the slaves at Mana's yaoi plantation not too long ago. He'd been delighted to see Shinya and Kyo hitting it off so well, but had known that Shinya would have to leave sooner or later.
Toshiya: [sighs with clasped hands] Ah, young love...
Kikasa: Toshiya felt sorry for poor Kyo, and knew that somehow, Shinya and the prince had to end up together. So he decided to help the two out just a little more. He was a bit pissed off that nothing had fallen from Shinya's dress as he ran, like a garter or just something exciting like that for Kyo to amuse himself with at night without Shinya himself by his side.
Toshiya: It's just not interesting without a little lingerie!
Kikasa: But he came up with a better idea anyway. While Kyo stood there helplessly, Toshiya secretly conjured up the tube of blue lipstick that Shinya had used to transform. He magically made it look as though Shinya had dropped it behind him as he ran off.
Kyo: [seeing the lipstick on the ground] Hmm? What's that? [pounces it like a cat]
Kikasa: Kyo remembered the luscious lips of the "princess" he'd been kissing, and instantly he knew that this had been the blue lipstick adorning those lips. He pocketed the tube and began to hatch a plan of how he would rediscover his true love, wherever "she" now was. When he went back into the ballroom, most of the guests seemed curious as to where he'd been, and his parents were even more inquisitive. Kyo told them what happened, and both King Tetsu and Queen Gackt were disappointed to hear that Shinya had run off. They'd come to like the strange princess they'd seen their son dancing with. However, they tried to persuade Kyo to just choose someone else, because the night was drawing to a close and he hadn't selected a bride yet.
Gackt: Don't worry, Kyo-chan. There are plenty of other fish in the sea. Just look around you at all the beautiful girls... and boys! [hint hint]
Tetsu: [glares at Gackt] Would you get over it already?
Kikasa: Despite his parents' attempted interference, Kyo was undaunted! He was determined to find Shinya, for he was convinced that Shinya and only Shinya was the one who was meant to be his bride. He didn't even know Shinya's name, but that wasn't so important. Kyo demanded from his parents that he have some time to relocate his true love, the girl he'd met just that night, for he refused to marry anyone else that he saw here. King Tetsu and Queen Gackt sighed and shrugged to themselves, and they had no choice but to agree. They sent all the dozens of disgruntled princesses home.
Princesses: Oh, man! [groaning and walking out]
Kikasa: Kyo then began his search. Over the next couple of days, he set out on one of the most difficult tasks he would ever undertake: sorting through all the decrepit hags and snobby noble girls in the kingdom so that he could unearth his true love.
Shinya: [sigh] That's me... [hard at work scrubbing suspicious stains out of one of the slaves' shirts, once again a normal pretty boy]
Kikasa: Shinya was forced to go back home and become a servant again. Fortunately, he made it home just before the spell wore off and his beautiful outfit disappeared and went automatically back to Lucy. Toshiya felt sorry for Shinya, but knew that his prince charming, Kyo, was in hot pursuit, and so he let things happen for themselves. Shinya was very sad to go back to his normal life, for he assumed that he would never see Kyo again. He couldn't just pretend to be a girl for the rest of his existence, since he appreciated at least some honesty and would never be able to hide it from Kyo. Besides that, he wanted Kyo to know that he was a boy. But another trouble was that Kyo was probably heterosexual, and Shinya knew that he could never approach Kyo again, boy or girl. As far as he was concerned, his life was ruined.
Shinya: [sniffle] Baka baka baka, Shinya... to think that you could have Kyo... [sob]
Kikasa: But don't feel too sorry for him, as his rescue was close at hand. Kyo wasn't about to give Shinya up, even though he was still under the deception that Shinya was a rich female princess, and not the male servant that he was. The prince canceled all his royal duties in order to perform his investigation of the kingdom.
Kyo: [stopping for a break by the side of the road with his entourage and minstrels, quite short of breath and looking quite annoyed] Kuso kuso kuso! This damn kingdom is so freaking big!
Gackt&Tetsu: Now, now, son... [voices echoing even though they're not there]
Kyo: [blinks and looks up at the sky, surprised] What the--? Man, my parents are the weirdest... [grumbling] Oh well, enough of breaktime. Let's keep going, guys! I've got to find her!
Entourage: [groaning in unison] Hai, ojisama...
Kikasa: Kyo's system of inspection was brilliant and yet stupid at the same time. Since he didn't know Shinya's name or where he was from, the only thing that he could track him with was the tube of lipstick that he had supposedly dropped when fleeing the castle on the night of the ball. Therefore, Kyo went around to every home in the kingdom and made every young and remotely attractive girl try on the blue lipstick, to see whether she possessed the same beauty as Shinya had on that night. But all the girls failed, because the secret was that no real girl had lips like Shinya's or Mana's, so the lipstick just didn't look right on them. When you think about it, no real girl would have looked as pretty in the outfit that Shinya had borrowed from Lucy, either. As the old adage goes, "You've got to be a real man to wear tights!"
Kyo: [pouting] Oh, shut up...
Kikasa: Ahem. Back to the story. Kyo was starting to lose hope, and he was running out of lipstick on top of that! He'd had to have so many girls try it on that there was just a bit left, and he was getting worried that he would never be able to find Shinya again. At last, however, he came to Mana's strange mansion.
Kyo: Wow... [looking up at Mana's gigantic estate]
Kikasa: It was a formidable place.
Kyo: Yeah, you're telling me. [eyes the spooky gargoyles and gothic horror-movie-like settings, which little does he know turn Mana on] Ano... [scratches his head as a cheesy burst of thunder erupts, and a bolt of lightning illuminates the mansion almost like a warning] You know, maybe we shouldn't stop here...
Entourage: But ojisama, you said that you wanted to look everywhere.
Kyo: That's true... And besides, I did hear from someone that they'd seen a bunch of young pretty girls wandering around this property.
Kikasa: When Kyo said this, what he really meant was that he'd spoken to Mana's only living neighbor, who was a decrepit lecherous old man who, with his bad eyesight, had by now mistaken all the sex slaves/servants or "daughters" on Mana's acres to be actual girls. Kyo didn't know any better, so he believed the old codger when he said that he'd seen real girls here.
Kyo: I might as well check it out, then. This is one of the last places in the kingdom that I haven't checked, and one of these girls just has to be the one I danced with at the ball.
Kikasa: But then, a miraculous thing occurred. Kyo took the lipstick and told his entourage to wait by the huge black gates outside Mana's manor (that kind of sounds funny, doesn't it?). He didn't want them in his way. The minstrels and attendants patiently waited at the end of the plantation. Kyo was going up the walk towards the mansion itself when he saw someone come into sight. It was a young, rather pretty boy, who was sweeping dust from the pavement.
Kyo: [gasp]
Kikasa: Kyo didn't know that Shinya was Shinya, for even though the boy looked familiar, he was hard to recognize when he wasn't wearing the dress and the makeup. However, for a minute Kyo had to question his sexual orientation because of his odd compelling attraction to the unknown boy. Then Shinya saw him and almost fainted from shock.
Shinya: K-Kyo!
Kyo: [blinks] Do I know you?
Shinya: Uh... Umm... I mean... [stammering, clutching the broom] O-Of course not!
Kikasa: Kyo merely assumed that Shinya had somehow seen his picture somewhere before, or had by chance managed to glimpse him in the city square once or twice. He tried to remind himself that he was straight, and decided to get right to the point, for time was a-wastin'.
Kyo: Do any girls live here?
Shinya: ...Girls? [pauses, then opens his mouth to answer]
Kikasa: But just before Shinya could answer, the front door of the mansion slammed open. Both Shinya and Kyo jumped a foot in the air and then whirled around to see that none other than Mana himself was standing there, gazing rather imperiously down in their general direction. However, Mana was somewhat preoccupied, and didn't even take notice of Kyo yet. He turned to Shinya and put his hands on his hips, acting like his usual self again, for he'd been a bit pissy since the prince had sent him and his two "daughters" home from the ball without even a by-your-leave.
Mana: Shinya, my slaves and I are going to go shag in the sauna, so if anyone comes calling, just tell them to call back later!
Shinya: [weakly pointing at Kyo] Ano, Mana-sama...
Mana: [his eyes follow the direction of Shinya's finger, as he spots Kyo] ...Oh.
Kikasa: Once Mana finally realized that Kyo was there, it took him but a moment to recognize the short cute person as the prince. He was surprised, and immediately overtaken with delight, for he thought that perhaps Kyo had changed his mind after all, and maybe he did want to marry Mana or one of his daughters! But another interruption came before he could speak.
Slaves: [all, within] Mou....!
Klaha: [within] Where's our master?
Kami: [within, impatiently] Yeah, he said he'd shag us all! The sauna's waiting!
K�zi: [within, whining] Mana-sama... you said you'd whip me...
Mana: What??? [snaps in an irritated voice over his shoulder] Get out of here! I have business to take care of!
Kaoru: [within] Business, eh...?
K�zi: [within] But Mana-sama, you told me that you were going to punish me, remember? You said that you weren't going to let me get away with it another time, and you couldn't wait to try your new black leather whip on me...? Remember? Remember?
Mana: [starting to relax and look as though he wants to go back inside, but catches himself reluctantly] I'll be there in a few minutes.
K�zi: [within] Oh, all right... [sigh]
Mana: [turns back to Kyo and Shinya] Now then... [immediately turns sweet as he looks at the dumbfounded Kyo, thinking that now his chance has come to recapture Gackt and Tetsu again] It is absolutely wonderful to see you again, Kyo-sama! It's an honor to have you visit my humble estate!
Kyo: Um... sure...
Mana: [flounces down the steps and past Shinya, whereupon he drapes himself on Kyo] Well, aren't you adorable up close... [cooing over him, even though Kyo is starting to bristle and look severely annoyed]
Shinya: [there is a loud snap as he breaks his broom in half, having watched the two of them rather tensely]
Kyo: [jumps] Ack! What was that? [looking in confusion at Shinya's two halves of broom]
Mana: [glares at Shinya] What are you thinking, you simple-minded fool? Get back to work!
Shinya: Ano... [takes a few deep breaths and composes himself, even though he's still jealous to see Mana throwing himself at Kyo] Hai, Mana-sama.
Mana: [heaving a sigh of exasperation, turns back to Kyo] Really, I just don't know what I'm going to do with him! He's so useless sometimes! [cuddling him again, forgetting that he's normally not a touchy-feely person...what the hell, he can make an exception for Kyo] But forget him, Kyo-sama. Now, what did you say it was that you wanted?
Kyo: [giving him a wary look] I didn't, actually.
Mana: Oh, I'm so sorry! Then be my guest. I'll do anything I can to help you... No matter what it is that you want... [licking his lips suggestively] So don't be afraid to ask me for whatever you need, ne?
Kyo: [gulp] Um, thanks, ma'am, but... [carefully peels himself away from Mana and pulls the tube of lipstick out of his pocket] I think you and your daughters were invited to the ball that my parents threw for me the other night, weren't you? Well... I met a princess there that was very special... and now I can't find her. But she left this behind, and I've been using it to try to track her down. I need to find her, because she's the girl of my dreams and I want to marry her.
Shinya: [has melted into a puddle by this point]
Kikasa: Now, Mana was by no means stupid. In fact, he was one of the most intelligent and shrewd males ever to walk the earth. Therefore, when he looked at that lipstick he instinctively knew that it belonged to him. He wondered at this suspiciously and cast a glance at the puddle that was Shinya. How, he thought, could his blue lipstick have gotten to the ball when he hadn't brought any of his own?
Mana: [forcing a sweet smile] Why, how absolutely darling!
Kyo: [winces] Thanks, but seriously, ma'am...
Mana: The most wonderful part of it all, Kyo-sama, is that this lipstick belongs to me!
Kyo: [faints]
Mana: No, let me show you! [points at his lips and pouts them in a coy way] See, Kyo-sama? I am, in fact, wearing that exact shade right now. It's my trademark, so to speak. [poking the unconscious Kyo until he wakes up and stares at him] Could it be that I'm the woman of your dreams? [clasps his hands and flutters his eyelashes]
Kyo: Eeep... [thinking: weirdo, you think I don't know you're a man...] Well, I'm sorry, but... I really don't think that you're her. No, I'm sure of it, actually. You're too short.
Mana: [gasp, becoming enraged] What? You're calling me short?
Kyo: I know, I know, I shouldn't talk... [sigh] But I'm only saying that the girl I danced with the other night was just a teensy bit taller than you are. Well, not much, but... okay, fine, let's put it this way--I am not going to marry you.
Mana: [sigh] Oh, I was afraid of that. All right, then... Die! Yu~ki! [snaps his fingers]
Kikasa: Mana was disappointed that his scheme had faltered. Clearly Kyo wasn't going to accept him as his wife, and thus it would make things much harder for Mana, if he wanted to have an open shot at Gackt or Tetsu, or both. But there was still hope, for Die and Yu~ki were nearby, and Mana could still manipulate matters to the best of his ability with their help. At his call, Die and Yu~ki came running... both looking somewhat rumpled...
Die: [fixing his shirt breathlessly] Hai?
Yu~ki: [panting] Did you need something?
Mana: Well... [he eyes them suspiciously] Not if I interrupted anything...? [when both of them blush and start to stammer excuses, he shakes his head] Oh, never mind! I can see that the two of you are going to be of no help.
Kyo: O.o;;
Mana: [ignores the expression on Kyo's face] Now, Die, Yu~ki, I need you to do me a little favor. [puts on his sweet look again] Onegai? I need you to go to the sauna and get all the slaves out here. I need the two of you and the four of them now that Prince Kyo has come.
Die: What?! No!
Yu~ki: [pales] But Mana, you can't possibly ask us to go in the sauna! The four of them are probably doing weird things in there... and they outnumber us two to one... so we wouldn't stand a chance...
Mana: I don't care! Do it!
Kikasa: So with fearful hearts, Die and Yu~ki trudged to the sauna. As they'd expected, the horny slaves had already leapt into action, since Mana was taking so long about joining them, and for a few scary minutes there, Die and Yu~ki feared for their lives. But luckily, they managed to get the slaves to listen to them. Therefore, though they grumbled considerably, Kaoru, K�zi, Kami, and Klaha got dressed quickly. Then, the four of them plus Die and Yu~ki came outside to follow Mana's orders.
Mana: Now, here we go. Kyo-sama, I'm sure that one of my lovely daughters or my gifted servants is the girl that you've been speaking of. Please have them try on this lipstick, and then you'll see which one.
Kyo: Ano... okay...
Kikasa: One by one, Mana shoved one of his slaves/daughters forward, and Kyo gave that person the lipstick to try on. Of course, Kyo somewhat skeptically noticed that all of them were men, and just decided to humor Mana, for he had the distinct sensation that saying that he knew the truth would land him in extreme danger. Needless to say, none of the slaves or "daughters" turned out to be the girl of Kyo's dreams, and there was very little lipstick left when they were done. Kyo was a bit annoyed by this point, because he'd wasted a lot of lipstick on a bunch of men, and he was about to turn and fetch his entourage so he could go look someplace else. But then, at the last minute...
Kyo: [as he's walking by, he spots Shinya, who has been standing silently off to the side during this entire ordeal] Ano... [smiles and half-heartedly holds out the lipstick] I've got nothing better to do... Why don't you try it on, too?
Shinya: [surprised] M-Me?
Kyo: Sure.
Kikasa: Kyo's reasoning was pretty simple. He figured that he wouldn't find his princess anytime today, so after this place he would just give up and go home. But he was sick of being alone during the dark hours, and since he found this stranger so very attractive, why not turn gay for one night? That was, if he could snag the unknowing servant. Kyo didn't know what he was truly getting himself into...
Shinya: Are you sure? I mean...
Kyo: Yeah. Really, go ahead. [smiles]
Kikasa: Shinya's heart skipped a bit, though he couldn't really explain why. Maybe he hadn't given up his hope after all! Suddenly, without warning, his fairy bass-player Toshiya appeared out of nowhere, realizing that this story had to end sooner or later.
Toshiya: [pushing Shinya forward, ignoring everyone's stares] Come on! Do it, Shinya-chan!
Kikasa: And so, once Toshiya urged him to proceed, Shinya had all the encouragement that he needed. He knew that he couldn't get all nervous now when it was so important, so...
Shinya: [takes the lipstick shyly] Thank you...
Mana: [is growing furious, realizing what's going to happen now that his plans have been ruined] Shinya! Don't you dare put that lipstick on! That's mine, and you know how angry I get when you use my things! [trying a different approach] If... If you do it... I'll sodomize you! That's it! I'll lock you in my room tonight and sodomize you until you don't know what hit you!
Shinya: [turns pale very quickly]
Toshiya: Oh, don't mind him. He's just pissed off because he missed out on his sauna action with his slaves to finish up the story with us. Go ahead, Shinya-chan! Your destiny is waiting!
Shinya: O-Okay... [opens the lipstick, feeling Kyo's eyes on him]
Kikasa: And so, Shinya summed up the courage and bravery even to ignore Mana's threats of assault and forced sodomy. Even though nine pairs of eyes were on him, he tried to calm his heart down as he slowly put the lipstick on, making sure that it was perfect on his lips. It used up all the lipstick there was left, but that didn't matter, because it was humanly impossible for Mana to ever completely run out of blue lipstick. Trying on the cosmetic proved to be a catalyst for a major transformation. All of a sudden, Shinya was not just another boy servant sweeping the walk, but he was a beautiful young man-turned-girlish-looking-guy, and if he had been wearing a dress Kyo would have sworn that he was the princess from the other night!
All present: [gasp]
Shinya: [blushing, not knowing what to say]
Kikasa: ...but Kyo was a bit dense, however, and he just stood there staring at Shinya, clearly puzzled, scratching his head and drooling for a few minutes as he tried to figure out what was going on.
Mana: [heaving a huffy sigh] Oh, well. I can see that my plans to snag Gackt and Tetsu in bed at the same time have been temporarily dashed. That's all right, I'm sure I'll figure out an even better way sometime. Slaves?
Slaves: [leaping up in anticipation] Hai, Mana-sama???
Mana: ...To the sauna!
Slaves: [all] Yay!
Kikasa: ...and there was much rejoicing.
Toshiya: [blinking at where they used to stand] Hmm...
Die: [turns and looks at Yu~ki] Oi... Yu~ki-chan... you want to...?
Yu~ki: Right now? But I want to know how the story ends!
Die: Oh, come on, you know it'll be a happy ending! I'm randy!
Yu~ki: [sigh] Oh, fine. I'm randy too. Let's go.
Kikasa: And so, Die and Yu~ki filed into the house together as well, and sounds of heavy breathing and rapid undressing met the ears of everyone still assembled outside. At the moment, Shinya was still standing there blushing and staring down at the ground, for he was afraid that he had made a bad choice and would end up having to stay here with Mana and the sex fiends (that sounds like some kind of weird band... O.o;;) forever. Kyo was still gazing at Shinya lustfully, trying to figure out what the hell was going on. And Toshiya...
Toshiya: [sigh] I might as well get out of here and leave the two of you to yourselves, ne?
Kikasa: With a puff of smoke, Toshiya disappeared again, but he was probably watching from somewhere far away in fairyland [snicker snicker]. Now Kyo and Shinya were left alone, and suddenly it seemed too quiet. At last, due to the peace and quiet, Kyo figured it out.
Kyo: So... Shinya, I think they called you, ne? Well... you're a man...?
Shinya: I...
Kyo: Then, you were just disguising yourself when you were a princess?
Shinya: [staring at the ground and starting to tremble] Hai...
Kyo: [blinking] ...Oh.
Shinya: I... I... [starts to cry] I know that you probably hate me now, but I really didn't mean to lie to you... I just wanted to meet you so much... I'm [sniffle] I'm sorry for not being a real girl... I'll understand if you never want to see me again!
Kyo: What? Don't be ridiculous! [hugs Shinya... around the waist, anyway]
Shinya: [stops crying in surprise and stares down at him]
Kyo: Don't worry, Shinya! I want you anyway! [tee hee] After all, there comes a time in every man's life when he questions his own sexuality, and I thought once that I would never, ever be gay. But if you've found a way to prove me wrong, showing me that I'm actually bi, then hey, who the hell am I to fight my natural impulses? [sticks out his tongue... ooh, grr] Clearly we're meant to be.
Shinya: [glomps him] Oh, Kyo-kun!
Kyo: [choking]
Shinya: I'm so glad you still want me! I've been thinking about you all the time! [releases him for a moment] I... I love you, Kyo-kun.
Kyo: I love you too... Shin-Shin. [and so, they kiss... wheee]
Kikasa: [just when a bit of an excess of tongue is starting to show] Woah, woah, woah, not so fast here. Let's leave them at least one moment of privacy, ne?
Sarah: [sulking] But I know Jessie would want to see it...
Kikasa: You should be ashamed of yourself! Just because they happen to be attractive young Japanese men in drag and makeup doesn't give you the right to intrude on their special relationship. [shaking a finger] Now, turn yourself around this very moment and let them be.
Sarah: [sigh] Oh, all right, Kikasa-chan... [goes away]
Kikasa: That settles that. [dusts his hands off... then glances off to the side and sneaks a rather voyeuristic peek at Kyo and Shinya getting a little down and dirty in front of the steps] Oooh...
Sarah: [reappearing] Oi! Hypocrite! Kikasa no hentai!
Kikasa: Eep! The boss is back! [jumps up, flustered]
Sarah: [blink blink] The boss? He's calling me his boss? [starts to smile] Hey, I kind of like the sound of that... Maybe I can use that to my advantage... [begins to get images of fun sadomasochistic games in mind] Hmmm.... [drooling]
Kikasa: Wait a minute~and you call me a hentai... [eyeing her strangely] Anyway, I'd better just finish up the story while I have the chance. Kyo took Shinya back to his palace and explained the entire situation to his parents, from start to finish. Gackt was utterly overjoyed that his son had brought a beautiful young man back home, but Kyo threatened his mother not to come near his fiancee. Tetsu, despite what may have seemed to be his mostly heterosexual instincts, also approved of the union. Helping Kyo and Shinya with their wedding arrangements simultaneously helped Tetsu and Gackt to rekindle their old flame... uh, they had a flame in the first place? O.o;; Anyway, within a month or so, Kyo and Shinya were married in a beautiful ceremony, and they lived happily ever after. Meanwhile, Mana and his "daughters" and slaves lived happily ever after in their mansion too, shagging continuously. And... well... I guess that's the end...
Sarah: [concerned] What's wrong, Kikasa-chan? You seem upset.
Kikasa: [sigh] No, it's not that, it's just... Miyabi and Sakito are always shagging back at our place, and... I feel so unloved! [sniffle] And now, telling this story with all the happy endings and the content relationships only makes it worse...!
Sarah: Oh, don't cry, Kikasa-chan!
Kikasa: But I'm lonely! No one loves me!
Sarah: You don't know what you're saying. I love you, Kikasa-chan. ^^
Kikasa: [sob] Really...?
Sarah: Of course I do ^^ You don't look like you're in any condition to go home by yourself tonight. Everyone else has already left [gestures to the empty, deserted set] so why don't you come home with me?
Kikasa: But... are you sure?
Sarah: Absolutely! I'll make you some hot chocolate and we can watch fun J-rock footage together ^.~
Kikasa: [smiles] Aww, thank you, Sarah-chan... What would I do without you?
Sarah: I don't know. [slings an arm around Kikasa's shoulders and starts to walk with him off the set... as they're disappearing around a corner, turns around and winks at the camera with a thumbs-up] Score. Bonus. The end ^^ How sweet.
(o: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER :o)