Yunpea || Audacious Beast

Yunpea lounged on the gnarled, bare branches of a young Baobab tree like an overly pleased cat who's gotten his cream and some. One long leg dangled over the edge, swaying lazily as he snuggled his back firmly against the thick trunk. And between his hands laid the object of his most recent entertainment. He flicked it back and forth Oh, so casually, fingers playfully squishing the soft flesh.

The object in question? His cousin, Aesillin, severed head of course.

The wrath demon's head was hotter than normal, making Yunpea snicker as he pinched down and tugged the hot cheeks mockingly. Ignoring the other demon's angered snark and darting eyes that were too disorienting to focus on anything but Yunpea taunts. "Oh, you really ought to calm yourself, cousin." Yunpea cooed in mock concern as Aesillin tried to bite his finger. "At this rate, your anger shall boil your brains. And we wouldn't want your head to burst into flames, now would we? Haha!"

Aesillin's headless body staggered around beneath him. His hands out, blindly clawing and swiping at the empty air as he attempts to snatch up Yunpea's leg and drag the arrogant man down to his level. His long fingers narrowly missed the pointed edge of Yunpea's tail before he swished it back out of reach. "Damn you, you bastard! You'll pay for this I swear!" Aesillin snarled, voice ragged from his screams of anger as he pointed up to whatever direction he felt like Yunpea was hiding now. "Once I get my head back, I'll drag your scrawny ass to the nearest pit of hell fire!"

Yunpea, however, paid little mind to such a threat. If anything, it made him feel even bolder. At least enough for him to shift himself along the branch until he landed against it. A true bastard he was, gleefully watching his cousin suffer. And he loved it.

"Ah, ah, ah... threatening me is hardly the smartest course of action." He teased, lowering the head down just a few feet above Aesillin grasping fingers. "I could just as easily keep your head as a souvenir of your visit! Hmm... Perhaps adorn it with a pretty bow? Red, I think, to match the shade of your rage. Or maybe a fetching shade of blue?"

Yunpea snickers had Aesillin seeing more and more red. His foot stomps down on the ground in a fit of rage, when an idea finally seems to pierce through his red haze. Hands waving around, Aesillin managed to find the stump of the tree and while mustering all the strength he could, Aesillin began to slam his fists into the bark. Soon the tree—and Yunpea in that matter—began shaking violently from the impact.

Surprised by the jolt, Yunpea let out a high yelp and scrambled to stay onto his perch. The head slipped from his grasp and straight into Aesillin triumphant arms. He pressed it back into the empty space of his neck, twisting it back in place with a sickening squelch before settling his glare back on the now nervous Yunpea. "O-oh haha, Aesillin you know I was j-just joking!" He chuckled, voice strained as he lifted his legs and tails from Aesillin reach before he could make good on his promise. Yunpea always had the habit of pushing his luck a little toooo far, and a little of anything was enough to set off a child of Satan. "You know what they say, forgiveness is a virtue and all tha—"

"Shut your trap, Yunpea!" Aesillin huffed, fingers sinking back into the tree bark. He began lunging up the side of it, chasing a scrambling Yunpea down like a damn mad man. "Just wait till I get my hands on you!"

"ENOUGH!"

The command caused both Yunpea and Aesillin to freeze. Tails and wings looked like a tangled mess as Yranius strode towards the both of them. His head held high and eyes filled with arrogance as he jabbed a finger up towards Aesillin. "Cease this ridiculousness at once, Aesillin and leave my little brother in peace!" He huffed, coming in to save Yunpea from the consequences of his actions. As always. And Yunpea knew better to miss his chance of escape. His grin grew wide as he slunk down from his branch and dropped lightly on the ground beside his twin as Yranius continued on. "I mean it, Aesillin! Run along now, for I call for our father."

Aesillin scoffed in disbelief, his arms gesturing around wildly in his frustrations. But what could he say? Wrath or not, no demon wanted to get under Lucifer's ire. And so, with a shaking fist, Aesillin stepped back. "Bah! Big talk you speak, Yranius. And you, Yunpea, without your damn brother beside you—you'll be nothing more than a pathetic worm, groveling in the dirt! Useless, you are in anything that doesn't give me a headache!"

The declaration hung in the air as Aesillin stomped back towards the gnarled woods, his body disappearing from their sight before the sound of complaints truly did. And while Yranius just clicked his teeth in annoyance, Yunpea could not let such an insult go. One slender hand pressed against his chest—agasped, was he apparently—while the other pointed towards the woods in perpetant anger. "Ah! Brother, did you hear it like I? Are you going to let him speak to me in such a way?! We cannot stand such insults, even from our cousin!"

Yranius lips curled into a displeased scowl, giving his brother a look that proved he wasn't completely in the clear himself. "Oh, hush your whines, dear brother. You brought this upon yourself stirring up trouble as always. Must you continue provoking and angering those around you, especially when I may not be around to save you? When will you control such a reckless tongue?"

Now, Yunpea was truly agasped. His mouth hung wide-eyed at the shock of his dear brothers’ 'betrayal' against him. His cheeks grew hot as he stumbled to defend himself. But when that didn't work, tried his favorite method.

Lying.

"I did not start this!" Yunpea protested, but such words fell on deaf ears and rolled eyes. Yranius didn't wish to speak of this more clearly. And Yunpea let out a yelp of surprise as his brother snatched him up by the horns, Yranius grip firm as he began to drag him away from the forest. "Ah, Unhand me!" Yunpea cried, hands scrambling to push Yranius off him all to no avail. Perhaps he shouldn't have skipped so many training sessions for impromptu snack times... "I-I am sensitive, damn you! You're not being a very good brother at all!"

Yranius just rolled his eyes again, and tightened his grip just slightly as he hauled the flailing demon through the thick underbrush to the walkable pathway that led its way back to the main castle. "I've not? Hm. What a pity." He mocked with a low, stale drawl. "Perhaps I'll learn by the time you learn how to behave, little brother. Your antics have become tiresome, perhaps you need a nap."

Up the castle gates they went, the matters of how willing–questionable—but up they went regardless. Servants scattered out their path, head bowed and eyes averted in subservience. But they mattered little when the men were too busy bickering to pay them any mind. Through the door, up the long halls and the winding staircase they climbed until they reached the very top of the east wings tower and the thick door of Yunpea's private chambers. Yranius knocked the door open with a kick, finally releasing his younger with a rough shove that send him dramatically tumbling to a bed of six cushions and a hundred pillows. Made best for a brat like Yunpea.

"Stay here." Yranius commanded, or threatened. His arms crossed as Yunpea flopped around to face him, mouth already opening to argue. "At least till Aesillin has cooled down and returned to his own quarters. I cannot watch and protect you always. You will thank me later, dear brother."

The door slammed shut with that, followed quickly by the click of the outside lock. Yunpea glared at the closed door as he propped himself on his elbows. He couldn't believe it—locked in his own room like a mere child! Aesillin's taunting words mixed with the last of Yranius and it rankled him.

Deeply.

Uncharacteristic shame and helplessness filled him for a moment, but he shoved it back, bringing forth his anger as his fist clenched together and brows furrowed deeply. "Do I look like I need a damnable babysitter?" He shouted out to nobody in particular, voice bouncing off the tall walls and echoing back to him. "I am a Prince! I do not require anyone to watch over me like a mere child!"

Being left in silence did not give Yunpea a moment of reflection his older brother clearly hoped would. No, he just fell back on the bed, a haughty puff leaving his lips as he glared up at the ceiling. Letting all his thoughts clash throughout his mind like a storm of the damned. The arrogance of them! The audacity! It all set a fire into Yunpea's gut, how dare someone dictate what he could or could not do? What he was or was not capable of? And with thoughts came an idea.

A brilliantly, wicked one.

A slow, manic grin spread across Yunpea's face as he rolled over onto his stomach, pulling one of his pillows underneath his chin. His feet kicked up in the air behind him in excitement as he imagined his grand scheme. "Hm, I'll show them! Perhaps a little vacation is in mind, the damned in a Leciolas realm will understand true power when they see it in me hehe. But where exactly..."