chapter twenty;

━━━━━━ "DON'T CRY ANYMORE PRINCESS, WE can always have another one", dabi comforted, hugging the girl from behind as she leaned against his chest.

meanwhile shigaraki sat beside kisa on their bed, with inasa and chisaki each holding one of the girl's hands.

     "b-but our first child...they're...they're gone", kisa choked out, sobbing even more as she leaned her head against dabi's shoulder.

     isao and a few of the elders simply watched, not knowing what to do with the lost child. though isao didn't exactly care—as he would've been more human than yōkai—he did feel a tinsel of pity.

     the nine-tailed fox king and his subordinates swiftly came by after hearing the doctors making a hassle about kisa loosing her unborn child.

     hence they were here, watching the girl cry with her four husbands.

     "kisa, I know that it's unfortunate that you lost your child, but..."

     "BUT WHAT?! BUT WHAT FATHER?!", kisa screamed, suddenly jerking upwards as her tear stained face turned into pure rage.

     even isao flinched, not having to have seen kisa this angry before. at least not in front of him.

     "my child...was killed by that bitch...", kisa whimpered out, to which isao raised a brow.

     "who? who killed your child?"

     "the third princess, kimiko", chisaki answered, seeing kisa choke up on her tears.

     "HOW DARE YOU? A MERE HUMAN ACCUSING HER HIGHNESS?!", one of the elder kitsunes yelled, to which kisa glared at the male.

"watch your fucking tone takahiro-san. when speaking to my husbands, add some respect", kisa sneered, to which the old yōkai had dipped his head in apology, mentally cursing the princess.

"one of you, go bring kimiko", isao commanded, to which one of the servants had quickly left, with them and kimiko returning hastily.

"father...what's the meaning of this?", kimiko innocently asked, glancing up to see a disheveled kisa.

"kimiko, kisa claims that her child is gone because of you, is this true?", isao questioned, to which the third princess immediately gasped in surprise.

     "k-kisa nee-chan's child is gone?! I-I didn't even know father!! how could it be me?", kimiko pouted, to which kisa just cried even more.

     "kisa, accusing a royal family member with no evidence will end in a penalty. you know full well of this", isao said, to which shigaraki clicked his tongue in anger from the fox king's bias.

     kisa sniffled a bit, to which kimiko had inwardly smiled.

     'well deserved after what you did to kasumi nee-chan'.

     "oh father...but I do have evidence", kisa said, to which kimiko's head immediately snapped upwards, standing up as she felt a bit clammy.

     "oh? and where is it?", isao asked, furrowing his brows in curiosity.

     "kurogiri!", kisa called out, to which a portal had magically appeared in the middle of kisa's room, surprising even isao a little.

     suddenly, as the portal closed, kurogiri was seen holding a struggling kitsune, who was presumably a maid of the royal fox family.

"y-your majesty a-a-and your highnesses", the maid squeaked out, flinching at kisa's harsh gaze.

"kisa, this is..."

"father, kurogiri over here has been brewing me some medicine to help smooth my pregnancy process", kisa started, then starting to choke up some tears again.

"and...a-and he told me that he saw that lowly servant dropping some ingredient into the mix. we caught her with the drug; it was one that makes you lose your child when ingested", kisa cried even more, to which dabi just kissed the top of the girl's forehead.

"GUARDS, TAKE HER AWAY!!", isao angrily shouted, to which the maid had immediately started crying, struggling against the grasps of the kitsunes.

"N-NO PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY!! I-IT WASN'T ME!! THE THIRD PRINCESS MADE ME DO IT!! PLEASE...PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!", the maid begged, to which kimiko immediately glared at the girl.

"GUARDS, DRAG HER OUT ALREADY!"

"kimiko...i-it was you? you killed...my child?", kisa questioned in disbelief, knowing full well it was her the entire time.

     "n-no no!! father, nee-chan, it wasn't me!! she...she's lying!", kimiko panicked, feeling sweat starting to form and drip down her temples.

     "I-I promise I'm not your majesty!! I can prove it to you! the third princess paid me and I still have the currency right here with me!", the maid said as she took out a pouch of money from her kimono and dropped it onto the ground.

     isao sighed as he rubbed his temples in agitation.

     "kimiko...why would you do such deeds?", isao asked, not wanting to punish his favorite daughter.

     "I—father...I didn't!! I really didn't!!", kimiko cried out.

     kisa suddenly gasped, covering her mouth as she successfully caught the attention of all the foxes and her husbands.

     "I know why...it's because you're jealous aren't you kimiko?? you're jealous that kai married me?", kisa whimpered, acting scared as kimiko glared even harder at kisa.

     dabi only held the girl closer, meanwhile chisaki kissed the girl's hand, seeming as if he were rubbing it in that he was kisa's.

     "I—"

     "guards, imprison the third princess to the cold palace. no one is to enter or let her out without my permission", isao announced.

     "NO FATHER, PLEASE!! I CAN'T—YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!! IT'S ALL KISA'S DOING!! IT'S ALL HER FAULT!!"

     isao had nearly taken back his imperial edict until he heard the sobbing of his second daughter, who had even purposely touched her stomach to remind him the loss of her child.

     "guards, escort the third princess away. she's to be locked up until I say otherwise. and drag the maid out to be beheaded", isao grunted as the kitsunes did as told, to which kimiko had continued yelling unfair until she was inaudible.

     "kisa...since it's all taken care of, I'll be taking my leave now", isao said as him and a few elders started heading out.

     "wait father!"

     "hm?", the fox king hummed as he turned his head around.

     "I was wondering...if my husbands and I could spend our honeymoon in the human world", kisa softly asked, to which isao lightly flinched as he turned back around.

"do as you please", isao coldly said as he hastily left with the elders, to which as soon as the doors closed, kisa started laughing.

kurogiri excused himself as kisa sweetly kissed chisaki's cheek, giggling as she did the same to inasa, shigaraki, and especially dabi.

"did you see her face? she looked pissed as hell when you kissed my hand", kisa laughed, running her hand through her hair as she fell back against dabi.

"you're such a conniving woman", dabi whispered, to which kisa simply closed her eyes and smiled.

"why thank you love~"

"what if the king lets her out? he seems to really favor her", inasa deduced.

     "he won't", kisa smiled, wrapping dabi's arms around herself as she played with the male's fingers.

     "and how do you know?", chisaki asked.

     "because he won't live long enough to be able to change his mind", kisa smirked.

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     "can't you take me with you guys??", kaoru whined, clinging onto kisa.

     "I'm sorry kaoru, but it's our honeymoon. we need to spend some time alone", kisa smiled, kissing kaoru's cheek as she let the boy down.

     "I trust you two to take good care of him", kisa said, addressing todoroki and bakugo, who just scoffed.

     "of course, your highness", todoroki answered, to which kisa just nodded.

     "nee-chan...", kaoru pouted.

     "don't worry kaoru. when I come back, I'll bring you a lot of presents", kisa smiled as she patted the boy's head, making kaoru nod.

     "I love you nee-chan!! come back soon!"

     "I love you too kaoru. now be a good boy", kisa whispered as she latched onto inasa's arm.

     "goodbye niichans!! take good care of kisa nee-chan!!", kaoru shouted, to which the three men just gave a curt nod, meanwhile dabi just gave a thumbs up.

     as the five mounted the carriage, the horses neighed as they started galloping, flying up into the sky, with another carriage—containing the villains' friends—following behind.

     kisa sighed as she knew this was going to be a long trip. sitting beside shigaraki and dabi, the girl suddenly grinned as she stared at shigaraki.

     "w-what the hell do you want?", shigaraki growled, to which kisa had immediately slipped her way onto the male's lap.

"I'm tired", kisa quietly whined, wrapping her arms around shigaraki as she nuzzled her face into his neck.

shigaraki clicked his tongue in annoyance, though he encased the girl's body tightly in his arms.

"you're going soft, tomura".