Title: Doctor Minamoto
Inspiration(s): Doctor Zhivago
Author: Miss Rei Faun
Anime: Yu Yu Hakusho
Type of Fanfic: Alternative Universe; set in Revolutionary to Communist China and it begins in the year 1923 to 1973 (the "present").
Genre: Romance/Drama
Couple(s): (Not telling you)
Yaoi Yuri, or Het: Het
Original Characters: Er...let's just say, the only characters that are NOT original characters are Kurama and one other person...
Notes/Warnings: Well, I like Doctor Zhivago, so, I made this. The Communist Revolution/Civil war in China is similar to the Russian Revolution, yet quite different on many points. By the time the story starts in 1923, there's already severe tension between the Nationalists and the Communists (in the late '20s there's already civil war) which doesn't really affect Kurama and company, but for now the threat is the imperial Japanese occupying China in the '30s (which gets deadly by 1937). As time goes by, both these obstacles will affect everyone (including Kurama) more and more.
This is really a love story between Kurama and two women (one of them is NOT an OC). One is by marriage (childhood sweetheart), another is an affair.
I'm not really a huge Kurama fan (he's still cool, though), but of all the guys he's perfect for Zhivago (Yusuke's too much of a bad ass, Hiei is too cold, and Kuwabara-kun would never commit adultery (it would go against his honor code), not that Kurama hated his wife at all. Plus Kurama would be the type to write poetry, and because he's very smart, he'd be cool as a doctor.
Okay, most of this is based on the famous 1965 version, and other parts are based on the lesser known PBS's Masterpiece Theatre's production (2002...with more...ahem...adult stuff...). They say the 2002 production is more accurate to the novel, but I'll have to read the book and then watch the movie again to be sure.
Overall, aside from the historical inaccuracies I may create, this story may do just fine.
Rating: R for some language and violence/death (because of war and revolution) but mostly because of hard lime (almost lemon)
Chapter Rating: PG (this is a prologue)
Disclaimer: YYH Togashi/Toei/FUNimation; Zhivago Boris Pasternak

Shanghai, 1973...

The chaos of the Cultural Revolution had died down, thanks to Chairman Mao Zedong's decision that the violence has outlived its purpose. Slowly, things were getting back to normal.

Slowly.

At a car factory, a one of the workers ran to the office. He was summoned for something.

I hope I didn't do anything bad, the young man thought.

There was the door. The young man took a deep breath and knocked.

Suddenly, the door flew open and he was pulled in.

"Shiang!" A short man cried. "We've been waiting for hours on you!"

"What!" the young man known as Shiang replied. "It's only been ten minutes! What can be so importa—"

"This SUPERIOR wants a word with you!" The short man whispered.

Shiang glanced at a tall, older man in a uniform. He was a gruffly looking older man with grayish, black hair and emerald eyes. As son as he saw the uniform, he gulped. He must've done something REALLY bad...

The tall, older man cleared his throat. "We will begin shortly." He turned to the short man. "Please leave us."

"OH! Of course sir!" And the short man scattered out of the room, leaving the two alone.

Both simply stood there, saying nothing.

Finally the tall, older man spoke. "The name is General Gao Li."

"Oh!" Shiang replied nervously, unsure of what to do.

Gao Li extended his hand to him. Shiang was confused, but realized the man wanted to shake hands with him. And so they shook hands.

"Please sit down," Gao Li said.

Shiang sat at the desk, while Gao Li.

Gao Li glanced at the young man.

Shiang was tall. His hair was red like a rose. His eyes were as pink as...well...a pink rose...

"You see," Gao Li began, "I am looking for my nephew...my half nephew that is."

Shiang turned to him. "You think I know of him?"

Gao Li didn't answer. Instead he asked, "Do you know the name of your mother?"

Shiang, a bit surprised by the change in the subject, replied, "Um...usually, I just call her mama. I never knew her real name..."

"Is that so?"

"Of course! I've never seen her"

"Your father?"

Shiang looked at him. "Qing-Po..."

"Qing-Po?"

"Or...Yuo-Ling."

Gao Li eyed him suspiciously, "Well, which is which?"

Shinag shook his head, almost in frustration. "I don't know...I can't remember!"

"Well, there's one thing I know..." Gao Li paused. "Neither of those two men is in fact your father."

"How do you know that?" Shiang was frustrated. "You think your half-brother is MY father!"

"Of course."

"I don't even know him!"

"True, you don't." Then he took out a book. "This...is a collection of poems, written by your father."

"I don't know how to read." Shiang looked at the book. "What's the title anyway?"

" 'The Beauty That is Botan.' "

"Botan?"

"Yes, Botan Yuo-Ling. Her maiden name was Xiao."

And then Gao Li looked at him straight in the eye. "She is your mother."

Shiang couldn't really believe him. "Wha—"

Gao Li flipped to a couple of pages and then there was a photo.

The photo was of a young woman. She had long, sky-blue hair. Her eyes had the color of a pink rose...just like Shiang's eyes...

"She's very pretty," Shiang smiled.

"Do you recognize her?"

Shiang nodded.

"These poems were written by your father."

"Did they...love each other?"

"If they didn't, why, you wouldn't be here. It's logic."

Shiang was curious... "Is there a photo of my father?"

Gao Li was flipping back the pages until he found the very first page. "Ah! Here he is."

Shiang looked at the photo. It was a young man...well...the guy was about thirty-something, but he still looked young. He had long flowing red hair, just like Shiang's, and his eyes were emerald, just like Gao Li's.

"He was also a doctor. Unfortunately he died, years ago. He was thirty-nine."

"That's awfully young."

Gao Li sighed. "Heart disease."

Shiang looked up at the photo. "Can you tell me how they met...you know...anything?"

"I suppose I should..."

"I mean, there's so much I want to know about my father...and how he and my mother got together..."

Gao Li smiled. This boy is just like his father all right...

Shiang looked at the bottom of the book and saw some words. "What does that say?" He tried to spell it out. "Koo...raaah..."

"Kurama...Doctor Kurama Minamoto."

((A/N: Stay tuned...))