Lady Prince (Kurapika x Reader)

2: Meet the Beasts

As you walked into the dining room, you noticed the surprised face of the young man who had burst into your room. Turning your nose up at him, you decidedly took your seat with your fourteen other siblings. As you noticed the man staring at you, you took the time to first stick your tongue out at him and then address then nen beasts in the room. And it was only polite that you address the king's beast first and go in descending order.

"Breset, how is my father lately?" Many eyes turned to look at you, but you kept your conversations quiet enough not to disturb the majority of those around you.

The Kind's beast slobbered as he spoke, tongue hanging out of its mouth. "Is good, pwince. Happy. Many women."

"Hmm. Yes, that seems typical. Thank you, Breset. Allyan, I know you rarely talk to me, but I always do enjoy your presence. Brother Benjamin is so strong because of you."

Prince Benjamin's beast clicked its constantly barred teeth at you calmly. You figured it wasn't able to talk, but you weren't one to ignore a beast for such a small reason. You continued down the line.

"Anem, have you grown more  tentacles? Positively delightful." The beast wiggled in response. Camilla's beast wasn't able to talk, but it was very fond of you. Had you been closer, you would have been engulfed by the beasts tentacles. It was so cuddly, that it often inspired jealousy in Beast.

"Dharm, is Brother Zhang Lei feeling better? I had heard of a slight sniffle. Are you feeling sick as well?'

"Thank you for inquiring, prince. We have been feeling the ill effects of a virus, indeed, but recovery is inevitable. Our immune system is not as weak as some  would assume." The beast glared at other smaller beasts. Zhang Lei's beast often felt above the others, garnering some resentment among the group.

"I'm glad to hear that. It truly would be a shame should you both not feel well. I would miss our conversations," however one-sided they tended to be. You finished the thought in your head, causing Beast to chuckle as it sat behind you.

"Pretty, are you going to ignore me today as well?" Tserriednich's beast hated you, because this brother of yours hated you as well. Most of your siblings didn't care one way or another about you and only felt slightly suspicious of your odd inclinations. But Tserriednich couldn't stand that you were gaining more attention than him, although he was genius. He simply never applied himself.

"Very well, I'll move on, but it was nice to see you. Flarg, I've missed you as well! Sister Tubeppa has been away for so long."

Before you could even register it, the beasts tongue whipped out and attached itself to your face. As you flew backwards into Beast, more eyes looked at you.

"I'm alright, please continue your conversations." You announced as you held Flarg's tongue in your hands and pet it. Flarg loved you as well, but it was difficult for it to talk, so it often just showed you affection.

"Sister Tyson looks beautiful today, don't you agree, Hivette?" Tyson's nen beast took the form of a hive mind. There were multiple little beasts that hovered around her, similar to the guards she hired.

"Oh, YN! Such a sweet younger sister I have! Always giving me compliments!" Tyson called out, as her selective hearing chose to hear the compliment you paid to her. You rolled you eyes but smiled, Tyson was one of the few siblings you had that enjoyed your company. Mostly, because you knew to pay her as many compliments as she would accept.

"Yezzz, Lady Tyzzzon is very beautiful." Hivette buzzed in unison. This beast often tired of you quickly when you weren't providing Tyson with compliments, so you chose to be wary of this as well.

You sighed, exhausted although you were only halfway through the beasts.

"Shlarc, has Brother Tserriednich been picking on Brother Luzurus again? He seems a little bit down." You adored Luzurus as well, who Tserriednich often called a moron. In reality, he was probably the sweetest of all of your older siblings and often tried to help who he could. You also liked to tease him about his hair, which came out in two curly puffs on the sides of his head.

"Yes, Pretty's human is rude as usual." It gnashed its teeth towards Pretty, who simply turned its head away.

"I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps I will come see Luzurus after dinner." Some of the nen beasts whined, jealous of Shlarc's attention.

"Enough, enough. Let me get through all of you. "

"Ball, is BrotherSalé-salé feeling well? Or was he out too late last night? He looks pale." Ball twirled around and smiled. You weren't sure if this beast could talk or not either, but Salé-salé was such a fun brother that you often ended up playing with him in your free time.

"...Moving on. Yegi," you turned next to you to look at the scowling gargoyle-Yeti cross beast of your brother Halkenburg's. "Where's my hug?" You opened your arms and accepted the massive beast's love. Although he looked grumpy and could only grunt, Yegi was very friendly.

"Be careful with my prin-ssss-e, Yegi." Beast warned as you started having difficulty breathing, causing even more people to stare at you.

"Please, ignore her honored guests. That prince of mine is... different. We humor her playful imagination and hope for her to eventually grow out of such things." The king announced, almost embarrassed by your antics. But you didn't care that everyone thought you were deranged. You knew one day, you would be proven right.

"Jin and Jang, are my twin sisters Kacho and Fugestsu enjoying their time here? I heard they went to a ravishing party last night." The two beasts simply nodded. Though they didn't despise you like Pretty did, they definitely didn't respect you enough to talk with you at length.

"Meesee, did Sister Momoze's mother return her guards to her? I thought Brother Marayam had plenty."

"He can never have enough! My prince is precious and needs all of the protection he can get! An unwanted creature such as yourself would never understand!" Marayam's beast roared at you.

"Got it, Drakon. Thanks for the reminder. Always love to be put in my place for no reason." You rolled you eyes and looked pointedly at the mouse-like beast next to your dear sister Momoze.

"She's okay. I will protect her if I can." The creature squeaked out. "Please come visit my dear Momoze. She is lonely."

"Yes, it appears so." You turned your head to look at the sister next to you, who was politely ignoring your "craziness".

"Sister Momoze, would you mind if I came to your chambers later this evening? I thought we could knit together."

"Oh, but Sister YN, you hate knitting!" Momoze said to you, concerned.

"But I love you, sister!" You reached out to pat her hand gently. Momoze giggled and returned to her original state of polite indifference.

"Sister Woble is looking adorable today as well. Such a cute baby, don't you agree Moskeet?"

Woble's beast was the most volatile, since it was the youngest of all of the beasts. It also hadn't learned to, or couldn't, talk yet. You knew what damage it could inflict however, and almost remained wary of it.

And that was all of the beasts. As your father noticed you had finished, he decided it was time to introduce you, your siblings and the explorers. He always let you finish speaking to your "imaginary creatures", since he had learned many years before that you wouldn't stop speaking until you were finished, and should someone try to stop you from speaking, they were often afflicted with terrible, waking nightmares.

"Let us begin with the formal introductions."

AN: If you want to see what most of the beasts actually look like, simply look up Guardian Spirit Beasts Hunter x Hunter. They're pretty creepy! Thanks for reading, voting and commenting and I hope you all look forward to more updates!