Princess Princess: Who'd Have Thought?

written by Meredith Summer

Synopsis:

Tooru, Yuujiro, and Mikoto's reign as Princesses is ending. Soon they'll be second years and on student council—-and they'll need to help choose and train the new Princesses. The new school year starts and there's one small problem: none of the new students are suitable to become Princesses. Not only that, but both Mikoto and Yuujiro's bodies have matured an astonishing amount. They've become taller and more muscular, and their voices have deepened to sexy basses. What is Fujimori High going to do? Will the tradition of the Princesses be ended?

Chapter One: An End of an Era

Many in the crowd of teenaged boys were sobbing even as they cheered. It looked as if three young women stood in a bower, smiling and waving to their adoring and devoted followers. They stood in front of a wall of glorious morning glories and lilies wearing ball gowns. One, with red hair and reddish-brown eyes, wore a gold-coloured strapless gown. The skirt of the dress was both sleek and flowy, and the girl's hair fell in long waves over her shoulders. The one on the far end wore a full-skirted dress with long bell-like sleeves in an emerald green. Her golden hair was styled in ringlets and her chocolate-coloured eyes seemed deep enough to drown in. The most striking of the trio, however, was the girl in the center. She wore a stunning iridescent blue gown. It, too, was strapless. The ruched bodice hid the girl's lack of spectacular curves. The skirt fell to the floor in ripples and waves, trailing a little behind her as she walked. Her blue eyes shone like sapphires and her hair gleamed like a curtain of satin.

That, at least, is what an outsider would see. The students and staff of Fujimori High knew the truth. These were the infamous Princesses.

"This truly is the end of an era," a tall blond spoke to the smaller student with green hair who stood next to him.

"Yeah," the smaller student agreed, "Sensei says that they're the most popular group of Princesses in the history of the school." He looked sideways at his companion. "Sensei also says that Tooru may even be as popular a Princess as you were, President."

"Have you began looking at the profiles of the incoming first years?"

The younger student nodded, his face a bit downcast, "Actually, President Arisada, I'm getting worried. Unless we receive some last minute applicants, none of the new students have either the looks or the temperament to become Princesses. I'm not sure what to do about it."

The blond haired student looked thoughtful. "That is a disturbing problem. I don't think the school has ever had to deal with something like that. Not since the Princess system was initiated." He slapped his companion on the back, "I'm sure you'll be able to think of something, Sakomoto-sama. After all, you're the only one I trust to lead the school now that I'm leaving."

The boy addressed as 'Sakomoto-sama' just winced.

Their attention was recaptured by the three Princesses.

"Minna-san!" chorused the Princesses. "Thank you for looking after us this year! Have a good break!"

"Finally," sighed the boy with the red hair as he pulled off his wig. "It's over. I won't ever have to go through that again!"

His companions merely smiled indulgently in his direction. Tooru turned his back to Yuujiro who began unzipping the splendid satin blue dress.

"C'mere Mikoto. I'll help you get out of that dress so you can run into the arms of your girlfriend."

Mikoto grumbled at the teasing he was getting, but happily allowed his friend to remove the uncomfortable dress.

"Can you believe they're auctioning off our costumes?" Yuujiro asked.

Mikoto nodded. "Not all of them, but I guess they expect to get a lot of money for it. I heard that they're selling a hundred of our costumes."

"It's hard to believe we've worn that many costumes in one year." Tooru said thoughtfully.

Mikoto's response was vehement. "I believe it! I felt humiliation with every dress I wore. I'm just thankful we never had to wear wedding dresses!"

Tooru and Yuujiro were laughing when a knock at the door was followed by Sakomoto-sama himself. All three princesses were dressed in gym sweats but had yet to remove their make-up at that point. "Thanks for all your hard work this year."

Yuujiro shrugged at his friend Akira. "It was a job. And besides, we had fun."

Both Tooru and Mikoto nodded, although Mikoto added as he removed his make-up, "I know we've been selected to be on the Student Council next year, but I'm just glad I don't have to wear any more dresses. I'll work as hard as you want me to as secretary as long as there isn't a dress with my name on it anywhere in sight!"

The others laughed at him as Tooru and Yuujiro removed their own make-up. As they walked out of the dressing room, Tooru asked, "You will help us select and train our successors, won't you Mikoto?"

Akira looked more grim than Mikoto's reluctant agreement deserved.

The group was nearly to the dorms when Tooru stopped suddenly. The other three boys stopped a couple of steps later, turning to look at him.

"What's wrong?" Yuujiro asked.

Tooru shook his head, almost—-but not quite—-blushing. "I know this break isn't that long, but I was hoping you would all come spend a few days at my place before it's over."

Author's Notes:

I hope you've enjoyed this first chapter. There's a few things I think you ought to know. I will be introducing new concepts or new characters in each chapter and I will have a list here in the Author's Notes giving a bit of background about each new character and concept. Also, I will be using Japanese words here and there. Since Princess Princess hasn't been dubbed as far as I know, if you're reading this the chances are that you're familiar with Japanese. Still, I'm going to define any Japanese words used in a chapter. Having said that, here are the definitions for this chapter. I don't think there are that many.

'-sama'This suffix denotes that the person being named is of higher status than others around him. It's usually used for gods (kami-sama), royalty, or leaders.

'minna'everyone

'-san'a suffix denoting respect, but not as much as '-sama.' It's often used for people who are older than the person who is speaking. For example, a child would call her father "otousan" ('otou means father).

I know you're likely to be familiar with the characters that were in this chapter, but I'm going to go ahead and describe them anyway:

Kouno Tooru:the main character, he transferred to Fujimori High after the beginning of the school year due to some problems with the cousin he lived with. He became a princess almost immediately and these problems were solved in the last episode of the series.

Shihoudani Yuujiro:known as the Eastern Princess, he is sorta the leader of the three Princesses, although it's Tooru who often mediates problems between his fellow Princesses.

Yutaka Mikoto:known as the Western Princess, he always objected to his princess duties because he has a girlfriend.

Sakamoto Akira:He's known as 'Sakamoto-sama' because he's the younger brother of an immensely popular student who graduated the year before he began high school. He's been chosen as the next student council president.

Arisada:the current student council president. He's a bit manipulative. In the series, he's a second year student. I would assume that he would normally remain president until he graduates, but I need Akira to be president in his second year, so I'm having Arisada and his student council go on a study-abroad program.