A Royal Return

Chapter 1

A/N: Uh oh.

Here's number eight of the 'A Royal-' series! Numbers one through seven include A Royal Meeting, A Royal Winter, A Royal Spring, A Royal Summer, A Royal Fall, A Royal End, and A Royal Encore.

This has come much farther than it should've. XD

"Fran!" Belphegor called from his place on the couch. "Fraaaan! You've been gone for more than fifteen minutes! This annoys the prince! He's going to unpause the game if you don't-"

"Be patient, senpai!" he heard his kouhai's voice snap. "I'll be there soon, okay? Keep it paused!"

The prince snorted, and took out a knife, then started to polish it with his sleeve. "Bel," came a small voice. The prince glanced up to see Mammon, and he grinned widely.

"Yeah, Monta?" he giggled.

"Look," Mammon started, "you and Fran have been playing video games all morning, and Luss has some soap opera he wants to watch."

"So? If that's the case, why doesn't he come ask the prince himself?" Bel snickered. The illusionist looked away, blushing lightly, and the prince's eyes lit right up. "Oh, I see!" he laughed. "Monta wants to watch the thing with Luss!"

"I- I do not!" Mammon protested, flushing red. "Soap operas are dumb! They're for drama queens like Lussuria!"

"And you've been trying new things lately," Belphegor said with a grin. "Don't forget, the prince is a genius."

Mammon sighed. "All right, Bel, fine," he growled. "I confess."

"Ushishishi! Take the tv, I need to tell Fran!" Bel said, leaping off of the couch and running off.

"No! Don't tell... Fran...," Mammon sighed, before taking a seat on the couch.

"Froggy! Oh, Froggy!" Bel said, walking into the kitchen. He froze upon seeing a cake on the table, and his lover lighting a few candles on it. He grinned once more. "Cake?"

Fran looked up, and called for Squalo. "Fish-face! Senpai's here! Stop him from getting at the-"

By time the illusionist looked back, Bel had already invited himself to cut a piece and start eating. "What's the occasion?" the prince asked. Fran groaned.

"Man, and we were so close to celebrating it normally," he sighed. "Well, whatever. Happy twenty-eighth birthday, senpai."

"It's my birthday?" Bel replied. He turned around, then started counting on his fingers, before gasping. "It's my birthday!" he announced. After completely annihilating the last bit of his slice of cake, Bel darted around the table, and glomped him. "It's the prince's birthday, Froggy!" he shouted. "This makes him happy!"

"It makes me happy, too, senpai," Fran monotoned, but his lips hinted at a smile anyway. "We were going to take that down to the cafe where your sasquatch of a brother works, but I guess this is all right, too."

"We should've celebrated down at our villa," Bel mumbled. "But Froggy's right! This is all right! Shishishi~" On that note, the prince made it his business to cut the cake into a less than even eight slices, and he went ahead to take the piece that he'd cut for himself - even though he'd already had a slice.

"Well, I suppose as long as the brats are happy, I don't need to do anything," Squalo sighed, setting plates at each of the different Varia members' places. "I'm going to go get Xanxus."

"Good luck getting him out of bed," Fran snickered. The swordsman glared at him, but left anyway. It wasn't long after that Lussuria came in, and he smiled.

"Aw, did I miss the suprise?" he sighed. "I guess I should get a little something for Mammon and I. Happy birthday, Bel-chan."

Bel allowed the Sun guardian to take two of the smaller slices, and as Luss was leaving, Fran called, "Enjoy your soap opera!"

"Ushishishishi~," Bel giggled. "Prince and frog are alone now."

"Yeah," Fran answered. "For like... two minutes." The illusionist closed his eyes as Belphegor came in and sealed his lips in a kiss. The two had been married for nearly a year now, and had been lovers for a few more. They were incredibly close, even if it didn't seem so at times.

Bel backed off, grinning widely. "How was that, Froggy?"

"Pretty average for you," Fran snickered. The prince clicked his tongue in disapproval, and took a seat at the table, Fran soon joining at his side.

"Morning, scum," Xanxus greeted, walking in with Squalo. "So the prince trash is what, twenty-seven?"

"Twenty-eight," Fran corrected. "I didn't expect you to come in for cake, boss."

"I came because shark trash cooked," the boss growled in reply, taking his seat. "Bel, since Squalo, Lussuria, Levi and I are going on an assignment tomorrow, I want you and the frog trash to stay and guard the base."

"Hey, since when did you start calling me frog trash?" Fran asked.

"Listen," Xanxus snapped. "I want you two to guard, but-"

"We heard you," Bel snickered.

"I want you to to guard, but," Xanxus pressed. "We need a Storm trash tagging along with us during the mission, too. I'm not comfortable with just leaving the two trashy illusionist trashes here, so I want to know if your trashy prince trash brother is available to join us tomorrow."

"Is it me, or is he using 'trash' a little much today?" Fran wondered. Bel shrugged.

"Ask him if he's available," the boss sighed.

"All right, all right, fine," Bel groaned. He devoured the last of his cake, and stood up, before dragging Fran off.

"But senpaaai, I wasn't finished," Fran whined.

"C'mon, we're gonna go see Jil," Bel said, grinning widely.

"Never seen you so excited to visit him," the Mist sighed. The prince giggled, and the two continued on towards the cafe where Belphegor's brother, Rasiel, worked. The two walked in, however, on an apparent party, of which Rasiel was the center of attention.

"Sheshe~ Really, I've got to thank the boss for this one," Rasiel was saying to a man which Bel and Fran both recognized as Fran's cousin, Flem. "This is great."

"Ha! Yeah, I'll bet," Flem said. "Twenty eight, and you've added another year of complete lameness under your belt."

"Sure I have," Rasiel snickered back. He then took notice of Bel and Fran, and he headed over, then gave each of them a brief hug. "What's up, brother and frog?"

"Ushishishi~ Boss has a request," Bel answered. The three took a seat at a table, and Belphegor began, "They have a mission tomorrow and need a Storm person. I'm supposed to hang out at the base, though. Think you can take over?"

"Shesheshe," Rasiel answered. "Well, I was going to take tomorrow off, so I guess it wouldn't hurt."

"Thanks, hairy twin of Bel-senpai," Fran sighed. "Can we leave now?"

"Shishi~ 'kay, Froggy," Bel replied. "See ya, Jil."

"Bye, Bel," the older twin replied, before returning to his fellow waiters and waitresses. Belphegor and Fran started heading back at that.

"You know, Bel?" Fran sighed as they walked up to the headquarters.

"Hm?"

"Life is pretty good," the illusionist commented.

And so it was... but not for long.

-End Chapter

That's right~ Phoenix is back again with season 2 of the 'A Royal-' series! This is something that I'm sure many will appreciate. And so...

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