Beautiful Gem

Genre: Drama | Romance | AU! Highschool | Hurt-Comfort

Rating: T (for now)

Pairing: (mainly) Yamato no kami Yasusada x Kashuu Kiyomitsu. Side pairing will be Izumi no kami Kanesada x Horikawa Kunihiro.

Summary: To Kashuu, that person meant everything to him. It was until he discovered his fate was down to the hills.

Disclaimer: I don't own Touken Ranbu - DMM & Nitroplus, but this fanfiction is mine. ©AsakuraHannah

A/N: Hello everyone. It's me again. I just love writing Highschool!AU I don't know why. And Yasusada is badass here hahaha Anyway I hope you enjoy this chp one ;) Also, thank you koichii for beta-read my story.

Chapter 1 : Meeting

Kashuu Kiyomitsu, a teenage boy around the age of fifteen, yawned while he walked down the pavement. He slung his bag on one shoulder, and stretched wildly. His closed his eyes as he did so, enjoying the feeling of his body stretched up. Apparently his hand accidentally hit a person who ran into his direction.

"Hey! Watch it!"

Kashuu gasped and turned around to apologize. There, he saw a boy with his blue hair tied up with a white ribbon, scoffing, rubbing his forehead.

"I'm sorry… I did it unintentionally," Kashuu muttered, as he frowned at the temperamental boy. Their eyes met and he saw a mole below the other's left eye. His eyes then wandered down to the boy's clothing. He was wearing a kendo attire and He somehow looked a little bit out of breath. Then suddenly, someone appeared behind the angry boy, slapping the top of the boy's head.

"Hey! What the heck, Okita?!"

"Sorry! My cousin was in rush. He is late for his training. Yasusada, apologize!"

The boy named Yasusada has a wavy hair instead of straight like his cousin. Somehow they looked similar in a certain way. Okita obviously looked a bit older of the two. His hair was pulled into a ponytail with a white ribbon, matching his cousin.

The older guy elbowed Yasusada on the waist, grumbling for his behavior.

Yasusada rolled his eyes and muttered, "Right… I'm sorry," before quickly running past Kashuu.

Kashuu raised an eyebrow at the boy and look at his cousin.

"Are you not late for school?" Okita spoke up.

"Uhh not really, I still have much time before the class started," Kashuu mumbled, staring the guy up and down. He wore kendo attire too; they must be in the same dojo somewhere.

Kashuu started to pace away, eyes still trailing on the guy. He continued, "Well, my house is actually not that far, so it's pretty convenient. You guys from a Kendo Club?"

Okita nodded excitedly.

"As you can see from our attire, yes! Our school has a Kendo club. I'm the captain actually." He pounded his fist on his chest proudly. "But today is Yasusada's turn to clean up after our training club. Morning duty. Ah, Yasusada is my cousin, I know you have heard his name when I scolded him." The guy chuckled yet again.

"I see. I learn Kendo as well."

"Ooh that's good to know! Our house is a dojo! If you wanna join in, you are welcome!"

Kashuu smiled at the offer. "Cool."

They walked in a comfortable silent until the person pointed at the school building they were approaching.

"That's my school."

"That's my school as well, from today onwards." Kashuu nodded.

The guy looked surprised. "You just transferred?" A nod of reply and he got his answer.

"Oh, my bad. I never introduce myself properly. Okita. Okita Souji." He extended his hand.

Kashuu shook his hand with a smile. "Kashuu Kiyomitsu. Nice to meet you." His fingers wrapped firmly and their eyes met with each other.

"Beautiful," Okita couldn't help but to let the word slipped his mouth. The red hue spread across Kashuu's cheeks as soon as he heard him.

Kashuu pulled his hand away, shifting his legs awkwardly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude or anything. But really… your name is beautiful." Okita stopped once the boy in front of him started to chuckle and then burst out laughing.

"Sorry I laughed, but… that's… you are pretty blunt." He chuckled again when Okita grinned at him.

"I guess…" He scratched his cheek, feeling warm all of the sudden.

Kashuu smiled and walked towards the gate. "Shall we go?"

Okita nodded and followed him. He couldn't stop smiling.

Yasusada leaned down on his mop with a huge sigh.

"Yasusada, keep working. We still have to send reports to the council room after this," his friend complained.

"Listen, Kunihiro! Someone hit my forehead this morning, I got overly pissed off. How can that person walk so casually slow?"

The boy named Kunihiro sweat dropped. "You already got a fight with someone in the morning? Don't do something that will get you suspended again. You just got back to school for a week after that… accident… or incident as the way they called it."

Yasusada groaned. "It's not my fault they are weak. I train Kendo not for nothing."

Horikawa Kunihiro sighed at the retort of his best friend. "Anyway, let's keep moving." He continued to mop the floor, facing away from Yasusada who kept on grumbling.

"I wonder where his school is…" Yasusada mumbled and started mopping again.

Horikawa raised an eyebrow at him.

"… Don't search for trouble…" Horikawa reminded him. Yasusada just rolled his eyes at that.

They finished moping the whole area of their homeroom class. Horikawa brought the report to the council's room while Yasusada was told to send the cleaning materials back to where they belong. On his way to the janitor's room, Yasusada spotted his cousin walking to the principal room. A person who tagged along with Okita was none other than the boy he met this morning.

"New student?" His word flew to them and both of them turned their head to him.

"Ah, Yasusada, this is Kashuu Kiyomitsu. He will be in the same class as you are, it seems. Take good care of him" Okita said while patting him on the shoulders.

"Huh? You are an upper classman?" Kashuu's tone sounds surprised.

"I'm a senior in year 12. We are just two years apart," Okita explained.

"Why are you getting familiar with him?" Yasusada spoke up, raising his eyebrow. Both of them stared at him as if he grew another head. Okita's eyes sparked after seeing a look in his cousin's eyes. He smirked and patted Kashuu's head intentionally.

"Kashuu, shall we go to the principal now?"

"Oh yes, let's go. I don't want to be late on my first day." When he turned around, Okita sent his cousin a grin. Yasusada stuck up his tongue and stomped away.

"New student, huh…?" Yasusada muttered, smirking as he recalled the boy's face. "Not bad, Kashuu Kiyomitsu. Welcome to the jungle. Let see how long will you survive in this school."

TBC