Beauty and the Beast
Author's Note: And just so we're all clear, this is a heavily, heavily, heavily edited version of the original Beauty and the Beast concept, this is in order to preserve the original personalities of the characters I thoroughly love (or, well, just so I can have them 'in the palm of my hand' so to speak, ahaha). The events of this story will be based more on the musical version of Beauty and the Beast, simply because my school is currently holding that as its musical production and I happen to get lucky and be required to need a libretto of it. And, just to make it clear, it is going to get different very, very quickly.
Warnings: KaiShin pairing, fantasy-themes, in a sort of Naruto-like setting (seemingly old fashioned but with random technology here and there), and female Shinichi, DCMK story.
Please vote on the poll on my account if you'd prefer this as a shounen-ai KaiShin, or whether it's fine as Kai/FEMShin (it makes no difference to the plot, really, it doesn't. :)
This story is set in an alternate universe, makes use of 'magic' and characters that belong to Gosho Aoyama, and I in no way claim them as my own. (Nor is any of story written for profit.)
Act I: Prologue
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived the Kuroba Royal Family, their kingdom blossomed and was full of life. Though their kingdom was small and surrounded by forest, they were renowned for their magicians and yearly carnival atmosphere. In the centre of it all, a young mischievous Prince along with his father, the King, and mother, the Queen, lived in the land in a shining white castle.
The young Prince, though he could have anything he wanted, was neither spoilt nor arrogant, as many would expect. In fact, the Prince abhorred all formality, and would grow up to be a heartbreaker, a flirt and a notorious prankster. The Prince loved both his parents very much and took after them in many ways – his cheerful, happy-go-lucky disposition from his mother and his unique dexterity for sleight of hand from his father. He lived by the code of the magician his father had taught him; namely to 'never forget his Poker Face.'
But all was not to stay as they were, for at the tender age of ten, the Prince lost his father to what was classified as a stage accident. But, the Prince knew better, he knew his father – the King of Magicians no less! – Would not die from a mistake from a new routine. But, he had neither the power nor the ability to understand more of what happened to his father. Soon after, his mother too passed away, and he was left alone to rule the Kingdom.
The Prince fell to despair, but never once did he let a soul know what was really inside his head and heart. He built walls around himself; he let everyone in yet let no one into his heart. He was a loudmouth and said what he thought yet no one ever knew what was on his mind. The Prince perfected his Poker Face to protect himself from the anguish and hurt that washed over him from his parents' deaths, and at night when he knew no one would bother nor hear him, he would cry to the full moon.
Although the Prince had tried his best, he was still only a child, and was unable properly oversee the whole of the Kingdom, and soon it fell into harsh times. But, the people stayed loyal to their young Prince, and everyone did their best to live as well as they could.
On the morn of the Prince's birthday, he had discovered the well-kept secret of his father when he whimsically explored his father's old room that was used for his larger 'contraptions.' He discovered his father's 'night occupation' as the world famous Kaitou Kid and learned of the people who had murdered, as he suspected years ago, his father: an underground syndicate, the 'Black Org,' the search of a legendary gem named 'Pandora,' and the assassin sent after his father's life – Snake. The discovery shook the Prince's world, and soon, the second coming of Kid appeared in the world once more.
But then, one winter's night, a witch of the Red Sect came to the castle. She was a practitioner of Black Magic, and was a proud but vain beauty. The witch naturally casts a spell causing for all men to love and adore her, and thus demanded for the Prince to welcome her and keep her as happy as a princess inside his shining castle.
However, the witch's spell had no effect on the Prince whatsoever, because the Prince lets no one into his heart or mind. Disgruntled by the witch's arrogance and demands, he refuses, angering the witch for him not obeying her. Her wrath incurred, she casts a curse over the whole Kingdom for their insolence against her – the Prince was transformed into a hideous beast, and his people to inanimate household objects.
As the witch disappeared off through the night, to the Prince she left this message:
"To you, the one who closes his heart so
This curse be yours, 'till the day that the crow
Shall finally set afoot to destroy you and all you know.
By your hand, each blessed moon, become that
Elusive thief of the purest dove to your top hat,
Seek and destroy the tears that shed upon moonlight
That is sought to cheat the reign of Hades
Let the crows not complete their goal, white knight
Become the ace of spades, jack-of-all-trades.
Let them not become both of God and Devil
For they will raise the dead against the stream of time.
Alone, you will not conquer you shall stumble,
Lay waste your walls, they are set to crumble,
obtain the faith of the child of lotus
Be not deceived by appearance take notice
The palette blue, red, pink, purple and white
Lotus shall become your greatest ally
Of heart, mind and soul.
Heed my warning, O Prince, for if not
Once the years of Spider Infinity passes,
A greater calamity shall find you and your people
In the depths of Hades."
As the years passed, the Prince grew slowly more and more into his despair, but never stopped waiting and hoping for the one called the 'Child of Lotus.' His apparent ally, from what the riddle could be made out, was but a child, but his hope stayed within him.
'Where are you, Ren-chan?'
To Be Continued…
Author's Note: Alright… Finally prologue done! Not sure how long the next chapter will take, maybe quite a while since I haven't thought through how the story will go completely.
And just for anyone who is following my other stories, I'm not sure I'll continue them but I can put any of them up for adoption if anyone is interested, just PM me first please.
Thanks for reading! And, yes, I know, I am bad at riddles. Very, very bad. Argh.
(Prince calls the person from the riddle 'Ren-chan;' Ren means 'lotus' in Japanese)
Next Chapter: the introduction of our heroine in this strange tale.