The New Kid
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters being that they all belong to Yoshihiro Togashi.
Notes: This drabble series takes place over 500-700 years before the events of my multi-chaptered fanfic, "Musical Espionage" takes place. This is essentially a prequel. If you haven't checked that or the one shots and drabbles that tie into it and the ones that don't out yet, they and the first 18 chapters are all available to read on , AO3, and on my fanfiction side blog .com.
Drabble Series Synopsis: Transferring into a new school is hard but, for the Prince of the Spirit World, it's not any easier. If anything, it's way worse. Prequel to "Musical Espionage"
Chapter 1: Goodbye Home School
The beautiful sounds of piano music filled the large palace music room. A small god that greatly resembled a small toddler with brown hair and large brown eyes with a blue pacifier in his mouth and a large hat sitting on his head took a deep breath. The big blue ogre whom was currently playing the piano then instructed, "Now sir."
Koenma then began to sing his song. His beautiful and enchanting Mezzo Soprano voice filled the palace music room as Jorge continued to play the song's accompaniment. Once the song had ended Koenma stopped singing and Jorge played the last note on the piano.
The blue ogre tore his eyes away from the sheet music and smiled at his pint sized boss, "That was beautiful sir. Every day you seem to greatly improve. I cannot really think of anything wrong with this song."
Koenma formed a smile on his cute chubby face, "Thank you Ogre. Do you think if my mother was here, she would have liked it?"
At the mention of the late Queen Sakura who had been dead for at least fifty years by this point, Jorge smiled and nodded, "I believe she would have sir."
Looking at the clock hanging on the wall, Jorge decided to change the subject so he wouldn't think about the dead queen any longer. He then began to put away his sheet music saying, "Well, that's it for this lesson for today. It's almost time for..."
Looking at the clock too, Koenma then interrupted getting very excited, "My reading time!"
Jorge chuckled at the young prince's enthusiasm, "That's right sir and I promised I would leave you alone to read in the library this time." He got up from the piano bench and closed his song binder.
As Koenma and Jorge were leaving the music room and walked down the corridor towards the palace library, Jorge looked down at the small smiling god, "Koenma sir, may I ask what you have been reading?"
At his servant's question, Koenma's chubby cheeks turned pink and he looked at the floor. Jorge raised an eyebrow at him, "What have you been reading? Sir?"
Koenma blushed again and Jorge sighed and shook his head, "You're reading romance novels again aren't you?"
He just simply nodded, "Y...yes."
Looking up at Jorge and seeing his face, Koenma then frowned, "Oh come on, they are nice stories. I love that the main guy and the main girl end up being together. I want that someday. I want some lady to love me and share my life with."
Jorge chuckled, "You will someday. Right now, you're a little too young to be experiencing those kinds of feelings."
Koenma formed a frown behind his pacifier and not wanting to upset him further, Jorge then responded, "What I was meaning to say is, you should concentrate on your studies first. There is plenty of time for romance later."
Finally arriving at a set of silver double doors, the duo stopped walking. Deciding to change the subject, Jorge took in a deep breath and said, "Okay sir, this is where I leave you. Your father wanted to have a word with me."
The small prince looked up at him and blinked his large brown eyes. He eyed Jorge with a curious expression, "What does my dad want to talk to you about? Are you in trouble Ogre?"
Jorge shrugged his big blue shoulders, "I don't know. I just hope it won't be something negative. I hate how he gets on my case over your lessons. If he cared so much about your education, why doesn't he do it?"
Koenma chewed on his pacifier for a minute before responding, "You know how my father is, he's just..." He trailed off for just a minute and sighed, "Always busy."
Observing his young boss's behavior, Jorge began to feel bad about his little rant even though he knew he was right about King Yama's laziness. Since Queen Sakura died, Jorge knew that the old king resented Koenma and blamed him for her death.
Too him, it was just unfair and he knew it wasn't Koenma's fault. Deciding to banish those negative thoughts from his brain, Jorge then spoke again breaking the silence between them, "I'd better head on over to his office. You know how the king gets when someone is late for their appointments with him?"
Koenma nodded, "Yeah Ogre you should. See you when you get back."
The small prince then opened one of the silver doors and walked into the library, eager to start his reading time. Jorge sighed watching the door close and began to walk in the direction towards King Yama's office.
His mind began to wander. Jorge wanted to know what it was and prayed that the old tyrant wouldn't start criticizing him. As he approached the two wooden double doors to the king's office, Jorge took a deep breath to psych himself up for it. Now standing in front of the doors, he counted to five and they slid open to let him in.
The blue ogre walked into the cold room and politely bowed before the old king. Looking over his desk, King Yama scrunched his black eyebrows and pursed his lips. He then barked at his son's servant, "Finally you get here. Stop your groveling!"
Jorge then got up from his kneeling position and asked in a fake polite tone, "You wanted to see me your majesty?"
The king continued to glare at him, "Yes I did. It's regarding my son."
Jorge gulped. He had a bad feeling about this. Finding his voice again, he then responded, "Wha..what is it about? Lord Koenma has been progressing very rapidly with his studies and…"
"Silence!"
Jorge immediately shut up and began to listen to what King Yama was going to say. The old king then cleared his throat, "I already know of how intelligent he is and speaking of his studies, I think he can progress a whole lot more than how he is right now."
Feeling as if the bad feeling he had was spreading to his stomach, Jorge then asked in a shaky voice, "Wh..what do y…you mean King Yama sir? Koenma is doing quite well. If there is something you think I should be teaching him, I'll do it."
King Yama rolled his dark eyes not wanting to hear the ogre's lame excuses, "That is where you are wrong Jorge Saotome. From being around you, my son is becoming soft and weak. So, I think it is time to end all of his lessons with you, except for his voice lessons. You will enroll in him in the Spirit World Kindergarten where he will learn how to hone and control his powers and abilities which is something he is lacking all thanks to your incompetence!"
At King Yama's harsh words, Jorge narrowed his eyes and he didn't know what the hell came over him but, he then lost his temper and retorted, "My incompetence? MY INCOMPETENCE! LOOK WHO'S TALKING OLD MAN?! Who has taken care of Koenma for these last fifty or so years? I have! Who was there to change his diapers, potty train him, teach him to read, write, learn math, science, politics, language, literature, art, poetry, and music? Me! Who is always there for him when he's lonely and needs someone to talk to or when he has a nightmare? That's me! I don't see you doing all that stuff. If Queen Sakura was still alive, she would be ashamed of your majesty!"
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE WORM! KOENMA IS GOING TO THAT SCHOOL WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT. NOW, GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
Shaking from being yelled at by the king, Jorge turned around but, not before saying, "I hope you're going to be happy King Yama sir. I heard horror stories about the student body at the Spirit World Kindergarten. Those kids will chew poor Koenma up and spit him out. He won't stand a chance in that place."
"SILENCE! GET OUT!"
Deciding that arguing with the old tyrant wasn't worth it, Jorge just sighed and walked out of King Yama's office. As he was walking down the hallway, the feeling of dread in his stomach grew worse by the minute.
Jorge finally arrived at the palace library and stood in front of the two silver double doors. He took a deep breath and thought to himself, "What am I going to tell Koenma? I don't know how he's going to take it?"
Opening one of the doors, the blue ogre walked into the vast library with hundreds of tall wooden bookshelves that held thousands upon thousands of books of many genres and subjects. Jorge then proceeded to walk in between the bookshelves in search for Koenma.
He didn't want to tell him the bad news but, he knew he didn't have much of a choice. After walking and searching between the wooden bookshelves for what seemed like fifteen minutes, Jorge then spotted Koenma sitting comfortably on a soft cushion with several tall stacks of books beside him.
The small prince was currently engrossed in his reading material, Jorge just stood there feeling like his heart was breaking already. Koenma looked so happy being in his own little world, the last thing that Jorge wanted to do was destroy his young boss's happiness.
The blue ogre clenched his fists at his sides and took a deep breath. He then thought to himself, "I hate King Yama for this. I know that this is going to end badly."
~To Be Continued