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Robin barely dodged the red feathered arrow comming his way. He stepped to the side, watching it hit the pole behind him before dropping to the ground. The ginger quickly turned his head back around, focusing on Prince John who still stood infront of the gates out the viking camp.
''Archery is nothing but the mathematical combination of power and Vectors.'' The Prince rambeled, holding the bow he just used to shoot at Robin. The ginger tensed, eyeing John carefully as he talked.
''This time, you won't be able to defeat me, Robin.'' The blonde smirked, a proud and confident gaze. The ginger tried to hide his worry, but he has to admit they've never been this close to defeat. With John having become a super genius and harboring all this power now, the crown actually fit his too big head for once.
But Robin wasn't going to just give up because John happened to finally learn how to shoot an arrow.
''I'll still take the risk.'' The ginger answered confidently, mirrowing the smirk on Johns lips back at him. The blonde just scoffed, and faster than Robin could comprehend, Prince John equipped 3 arrows. He drew back the string, aiming at Robin and letting go. It was so fast, the outlaw had almost no time to react, managing to jump to the side just in time. Well, almost.
Robin hissed in pain as one of the arrows grazed his stomach. He landed roughly on the dirt, his left side exploding in pain. As he tried to prop himself up, he could hear Johns maniacal laughter. The ginger sent him a pissed glare before focusing on his stomach wound. His green tunic got ripped and a delicate slice of blood was clearly visible. He cursed under his breath when he felt the sting emmiting from it. But he deemed it bearable enough for now.
What really got his attention was the yells of protests from his friends. He quickly whipped his head around, watching helplessly as they were being overpowered by the Vikings and Guards. With newfound motivation to save his friends, he quickly got back up, finally equipping his own arrow, specifically one with a net and aiming it towards John.
Just when it was deployed, the Prince parried it with an arrow of his own, changing the nets trajectory and missing the Prince mid flight. John laughed out in amusement as he readied his next arrow. Robin watched as he aimed it not at him, but somewhere above the ginger and shot.
The outlaw could barely follow it with his eyes as it flicked around the entire camp, hitting various surfaces before finally hitting a pole and heading straight for Robin. Luckily, this time it didn't hit him, but he watched in slow motion as the arrow pierced his bow string, effectively making it useless. His eyes widened in disbelief. How did he even-
His attention was once again caught by the noise of Derke as he was trapped with a pot by the guards. With his brows furrowing, Robin turned his head to see his friends all being cornered and caught, having to surrender themselves. Seeing this, Robin knew he had to surrender aswell. He stared at his bow one last time, trying to figure out anything he could still try, but with it being broken, he was useless.
So with a last glare at John, he threw the bow to the ground and sighed.
''You won.'' Robin told the prince, defeat clear in his voice. The princes smile widened at Robins surrender, letting out an evil chuckle.
''I knew that already. Your little troupe is no match for my intelligence.'' Prince John laughed out, taking a few steps forward towards Robin.
''Nobody can stop me now.'' He announced, raising his hands to the air in celebration. The guards and vikings around him clapped as the Prince spun around, bathing in the win.
Robin stared daggers into his back as John rambeled on about going to take over the entire world. The ginger was trying to come up with anything that could still turn this around. But with John anticipating their every move and dodging all of their attacks, they had no chance. They'd have to distract him or throw him off, at least long enough for them to get free.
An idea formed in Robins mind. A very stupid one. A very very stupid one that has absolutely no right to even work, but the sheer absurdity of it might be enough. And besides, if Robin Hood is already going down he better go down doing the one thing he's always wanted to do.
He took a last look at his friends, their helpless stares meeting his. But instead of defeat, he smirked, giving them a wink. Unlike them, the guards haven't restrained him yet, and he was standing relatively close to John. They still had one chance. His friends faces turned curious as they watched him take a few steps forward, standing directly behind John now.
''Don't bother Robin, whatever you're trying to do, I've anticipated everything.'' John chuckled, turning around and facing Robin now up close. But the gingers smirk didn't falter.
In one swift motion, Robin raised his hands, cupping the princes face before moving their heads together and kissing him on the lips.
The entire crowd gasped, mouths fell agape, eyes widened and one person even screamed at the sight of Robin Hood kissing Prince John.
The prince in question looked equally as shocked as everyone else, eyes wide open, face tinted red as a tomatoe. He dropped the bow in his hand, frozen in place by what's happening.
When Robin finally pulled back and opened his eyes again, he stared right into Johns. Prince John, who just a few seconds ago porclaimed himself as the super genius who will rule England, now standing there completely flustered and in disbelief.
''I- you- what-.'' John couldn't get a proper sentence out, stuttering words as his face just grew more red by the second. Robin watched as John tried to talk just a few more times before his eyes rolled back. He fell backwards, the ginger managing to catch him just in time before he fell on the floor, the crown falling off his head. It rolled away, towards his friends and the crowd who were still watching in shocked silence.
When the crown hit Little Johns feet, he slowly picked it up, eyeing it for a moment. He then realized they were still being cornered. The Outlaw slowly moved his head towards the equally stunned guard before punching him in the face and restarting this battle.
With their intelligent Leader currently fainted in the arms of Robin, the rest of the vikings and the guards were easy enough to defeat and talk sense into. As the crowd started to settle again, with the vikings cleaning up the mess in their camp, Richard and the other two lords freed and the peace being restored again, Robin carefully picked up Prince John who was still unconcious and set him on the nearest bench where he started to stirr awake. Richard and a few other guards immediatly flocked the Prince, either to make sure he's alright or to ask questions. Maryan did so aswell, trying to make sure she can reverse the spell before he woke up.
After this, Robin turned back around and promptly walked out of the Village himself, hiding his own red tinted face. Well, that's what he would've wanted to do, if it wasn't for Scarlet catching his arm and dragging him back.
''Oh no no no, you are not leaving. You are staying here and explain to us what exactly just happened.'' She announced, gaining a few protests from Robin who wanted to do anything BUT that.
''Please just let me-''
''No.''
Robin sighed in defeat, hiding his face behind his hand when they walked past a crowd of guards who all saw him kiss Prince John. Scarlet dragged him back to their group of friends. All of them stood there, arms crossed, staring at Robin intrigued and amused. They all stood there in silence, waiting for Robin to speak up.
''Heyy, isn't it great that we won?'' Robin tried to evade any questions, forcing on a smile and fingergunning everyone. But they all just raised a brow and exchanged glances.
''How about we focus on how we won.'' Little John suggested, making Robin grit his teeth.
But then, his saving grace walked towards them.
''Maryan! Did you manage to fix the spell?'' Robin asked her, trying to remove any attention from himself. But the Princess had a smirk of her own on her face.
''I didn't have to, his ''high intelligence'' was gone when he woke up.'' She informed the group, gaining a few suprised looks.
''Huh, how is that possible?'' Tuck asked into the round. But the first to speak up was Derke who jumped up behind Maryan.
''It's obvious.'' He stated, gaining everyones attention.
''When Robin kissed him, his brain short circuted and had to restart so the super intelligence faded on his own.'' He explained. Robin immediatly hid his face in his hands again, trying to hide how red it has gotten. Everyone around him burst out laughing.
''I can't believe you managed to fix John by kissing him. How did you even get the idea?'' Scarlet laughed, swinging a hand over her cousins shoulder. Robin really didn't want to explain his thought process. He didn't even know why he did it. It seemed reasonable enough in the moment.
''Look guys, I think somebody is telling Richard what happened.'' Little John pointed towards the royal family. A guard whispered something into the Kings ear while John sat next to them, face red and horrified. Richard next to him had to cover his mouth, obviously trying to supress the laughter.
John buried his face in his hands just like Robin did, eventually looking away from Richard. This unfortunately resulted in him making direct eyecontact with Robin.
''Alright, have fun everyone, I'm gonna go now.'' Robin quickly said, immediatly whirling around and almost sprinting to the exit, all while he heard his friends laugh behind him.
The following week was the worst of his entire life.
''Have you heard? Prince John and Robin Hood kissed.''
He was never going to show his face around Sherwood again.