Heart to Heart (Kuzco x vitiligo! Reader)

Chapter 16

Thank you to every single one of you readers, who dared to open this fanfic and came until this chapter. I am so sorry for the crazy story and cringy moments you had to go through and even though we all died a little bit inside, it still means a lot to me that so many liked this story and it was so much fun to write (even if it took like fuckin forever). 

So before this gets too emotional, let's get to the final showdown!

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"GET THEM", with a nasty scream Yzma commanded the guards to catch you. Instantly they ran after Kuzco and Pacha and luckily no one noticed you in your hiding spot. While the guards tried to catch the emperor, you snuck up on Yzma and blocked her way, preventing her from participating in the llama hunt.

"So this is it, granny."

Yzma threw you a nasty look, as you dared to step in front of the empress. Or more like fake empress. Then the frown turned into a wicked smirk.

"Ahhhh the emperor's true love", she cooed, emphasizing the word 'love' in a weird way. Nonetheless, it made you blush a bit to be called like that. The granny crossed her arm in front of her chest.

"Or do you really believe he thinks about you that way?", she asked mockingly.

"What do you mean?", you were getting confused now.

"Do you really think he loves you?", Yzma took a few steps away from you, "That a selfish and narcissistic man like him, would care for a random girl who coincidentally visited the palace?"

The old woman started to circle you, like a predator pinning down their prey.  

"Trust me, I raised him for 18 years. I know who he is, what he thinks, and how he makes his way through his life. And you can believe me; there wasn't even one time he acted out of 'love' or 'compassion'. It was always his own goals and his own benefits that had driven his decisions."

You could feel your inner self tremble. You felt your insecurities and self-doubt that influenced your whole life rising again, agreeing with the old hag. Damn it, why now?! You managed to keep those thoughts at bay during the last few days. You even became more confident in yourself.

"He changed", you tried to counter the torrent of her hurtful words.

"You think so?", the old woman chuckled, "let me guess, he told you you mean the world to him, he never wants to lose you...he loves you? Something like that?"

You simply glared at her, already sensing where this was going.

"And were you, by chance, one of his few possibilities to get back to the palace?"

She leaned forward until her face got so close to yours, that your noses were almost touching.

"You don't mean anything to him, sweetheart. He is a self-absorbed, selfish, arrogant, cold-hearted, and ruthless emperor, who will do anything to get what he wants. He's not the kind to look out for others."

Yzma spit out the words with such hatred you felt like it was something personal from her side. You backed off a bit, trying to bring in some distance between you too. The old woman laughed.

"He doesn't need you. He used you to get back to the palace. If he succeded and turned back into a human he would just go back into his...what does he call it?", she snapped her fingers in the air, looking around as if the right word was somewhere in this room. "His "Groove". And ignore your existence... But!"

The old woman changed her grim expression to a sympathetic one.

"I know how that feels. I was once like you too. Not in a romantic kind of way, of course, but Kuzco once looked up to me. Though when he got older he started to disrespect and ignore everything I said. When I stepped down to be a mere consultant, he didn't care about my opinions at all, only about his selfish wishes."