The Way of the Wind
Author: Gu Mok
Translate: MoonlightOutsider
Disclaimer: Sailormoon is the property of Takeuchi Naoko, Kodansha and Toei Animation. All characters, settings etc. are used without permission. This is a fanfiction of Sailor Moon, for my interest in the KunZoi pair, and I promise that there is definitely neither illegal nor financial purpose.
The story:
Chapter 1
It was nine o'clock. Zoisite woke up on time as usually. The sunlight was gently caressing his room while the elegant white curtain was slightly floating in the breeze in of the morning. It is—or at least, seems—a mild and comfortable morning. With a sense of upset Zoisite hid his face in his hands before threw a pillow onto the floor angrily—the nightmare happened once again! It was always like that, thought Zoisie. The nightmare was like graved in his memory torturing his fragile nerves that he could not escape.
Zoisite woke up losing all his memory six years ago. However, the nightmare was becoming clearer and clearer, day by day. He could not find out where it came from, but an indistinct voice calling "Forgive me, Zoisite" was echoing in his nightmare, one night after another. In the dream Zoisite felt himself was like being drown in the endless darkness, every night before he woke up with a start.
What should I do? With anger the boy thought, hasn't it been enough? He breathed the peaceful air and felt the calmness in the room, it seemed that everything was deriding his worrying about imaginary troubles—Zoisite was driven to the edge. He threw the quilt away before climbed onto the windowsill, and by seeing the tiny world he remembered that he was at the attic he lived in, which was the highest architecture of the Illusoul City.
The warm breeze was caressing his messed hair slightly and gently, and the path running zigzag rounding the castle was like a demon speaking his name seductively: Come on, Zoisite, only one single step forward, all your suffer, all your nightmare would come to an end. The boy was about to give up to the demon that he tried stepping forward with his hands released…
"Don't, Zoisite." The voice from his dreams appeared again, it was serious, deep, but sounded like an illusion. The copper-haired boy was lost in mind, and his mind was lost in the endless darkness again.
When Nephrite entered he was taken aback for an instance by what he saw: Zoisite was standing at the windowsill with his mind wandering and one of his pale feet stepping out of the window. Nephrite fought back his urge to cry out before rushed to Zoisite held him in his arms and asked with his calmest voice:"What are you doing?"
Zoisite was threatened. He turned back, and felt in to the older one's arms: "Brother…"
"The one hundred and sixtieth time, Zoisite. You are really challenging my nerve." The answer was serious, but warm and mild. "Never think about those nightmare, Zoisite. According to the cliches resulted from the routine inspection yesterday, Zoisite…you have to go back to the Starrycloud Castle to learn something you should learn."
Zoisite sat up slowly smiling ironically:"Really? So your clan is definitely a powerful one, isn't it? I mean, are you even able to find another mentor for me?"
"Of course. But Zoi, don't let me imply again that it is our clan instead of mine." With these words Nephrite took a deep glance at Zoisite before set breakfast on the table:"Well, so much for that. Now get up and enjoy your breakfast, Mother Beryl asked me to take you back to the Starrycloud Castle, and your new mentor is already waiting there."
"But…"
"There is no 'but', Zoisite. You can't even survive if you were always like that. Don't make mother Beryl and me be threatened by the possibility of your jumping down from some buildings one day after another, and that is also for your own good." Nephrite concluded at last, with a hard voice. Those emerald eyes twinkled, yet finally Zoisite lowered his head timidly:"Yes…brother."
At the end of the rugged road into the depth of the Starry mountain chain, the Starrycloud castle located on a highland surrounded by trees and springs. It was not too far away from the capital city of the Illumystery Empire, but the distance was already enough to get rid of the noisy mortal life in the cities. Nephrite pulled the still-sleeping Zoisite out from the carriage, and the servants bowed the two in the main hall of the castle, in which there was a tall man already waiting.
Nephrite bowed to the man with great respect before turned to Zoisite and nodded:"This is your twenty-sixth mentor, with the name of Kunzite." Hearing such words Zoisite bowed unwillingly before took a careful glance to his new teacher. The older man was tall, and with gorgeous silver hair and silver eyes, and his was exhaling a sense of coldness, as if everything close to him would be frozen.
The auburn-haired man was introducing the new teacher. He told Zoisite that Kunzite was the only posterity of the Illuicy bloodline, which was once the most glorious clan. He had also taught prince Jadeite from the Illushadow clan, who has passed away. What is more, Kunzite was the highest-ranked general of the royal force of the Illumystery Empire at the moment.
At last Nephrite implied:"Lord Kunzite has a lot or important work to do. Under Queen Metallia's order could he come here to be your mentor. Hence, Zoisite, don't let Her Majesty down."
As the answer, Zoisite simply nodded carelessly. Lord Kunzite, so what? Even Mother Beryl, who was the younger sister of Queen Metallia, was unable to do anything to deal with the spoiled boy, not to mention a general of the royal force. With these thought Zoisite lowered his head, and a charming smile escaped from his rosy lips. What he didn't noticed was, the silver-haired man in front of him was staring at him with a fond expression hiding under his usually glacier-liked eyes. When those silver sights were caressing the boy's delicate face it was gentleness instead of coldness flowing deep in those eyes.
However, such fondness disappeared—or was hidden again—before Zoisite raised his head to meet his new mentor's sight. Nephrite was continuing:"Zoisite, you would live in the Starrycloud Castle from now on, and General Kunzite would be in charge of all your training, and other things would be under the charge of Yasha." After finished these words he turned to Kunzite:"My Lord, I think that Mother Beryl has told you everything about Zoisite, well, I wish…please…don't give him up." Seeing Kunzite nodding without a word, Nephrite paddled Zoisite's with release:"Then I will go back, please, take care of Zoi, and I will come to visit you frequently." With these words, the auburn-haired prince slowly disappeared in a flash of starlight.