Notes:
Alyona= torch of light.
Luba= loving woman.
In this fic, Lila and Yakov are still married.
Full Summary:
Yuuri found out at a young age how expensive ice skating is and decided to helpd his parents out. He started competing professionally under Minako-sensei's little Academy, he reaches international level and becomes the Viktor of the dacing world, only to disappear before reaching senior level and follow his dream of being a professional ice skater. His first season at the junior division at the age of fourteen, starts relatively well and he ends up getting into the Junior Grand Prix, only to mess it all up at the FS when he finds out Vicchan died. He disappears again, but what if he had caught the attention of a certain retired ice skating figure, who stalks him all the way to Japan and takes him as a student.
Chapter:
When Toshiya and Hiroko Katsuki woke up that day, they surely didn't expect to find an ex three time, in a row, golden medalist of the Olympics at their onsen- less being asked by said legend to allow their son to train under her care.
Alyona Kurosaki, was the only child produced of the marriage between Yakov Feltsman and Lila Baranovskaya. She was trained to dance and ice skate before she was able to walk, both parents had always put great expectations on her and knew she was meant to succeed. And she proved so when she medaled gold at her first Olympics at the age of eighteen, and later on became the only woman that achieved winning three consecutive times said games. She also made history and will always be remembered for being the first woman to land a perfect quad and for being the most medaled female ice skating figure ever- at least for now. Alyona still holds the world record for SP, FS and combined result. She was known as the Russia's Ice Ballerina, for the grace of her step sequences, as if she were dancing ballet on ice.
The Katsuki knew all this because their son was ice skating fan to the heart. What they didn't know, though, was that such success doesn't come without a price. The relationship between her parents and her began to strain when she entered the senior level, they began treating her more like a student than a daughter. Their regimen and control over her life were too much for her to handle, she couldn't even consider them parents anymore... they were simply coaches for her. It all went to hell when she decided to continue with her studies when she tuned twenty-three, to say that her parents were outraged was to say little.
It was the the year of her third Olympics and they were dead set that she had to concentrate on her training. Alyona for once in her life refused to follow her parents orders and went to the best University of St. Petersburg to study to be a translater- she already had a good management of three languages anyways. Russian, because she lived in Russia, she was taught English by her dad, cause she was an International Ice Sakting figure and needed to know well her English, and French forced down her throat by her mother, cause what good ballerina doesn't know French. She being a Feltsman wanted a challenge and chose a new language: Japanese.
That she would end up falling in love with her teacher, was something that none of them were expecting.
The next thing she knew she was cutting all conections with her parents, finding a new coach and moving in with her boyfriend. A year later she got married, her parents weren't invited, and at twenty-eight she retired as a professional athlete, impacting the world with the news of her pregnancy. At twenty-nine she cried at her daughter birth, but also at her husband's funeral. She had lost everything: her love for ice skating, her parents and now her husband. All she had was her little Luba. She too, like Yuuri did when things got hard, decided to dissapear. Little did she know that she would end up being found by the upcoming star in the dancing world.
It seems that Japan's little angel, was chosen to preform at the junior level of the Benois de la Danse- of course, he won. But things were coming to an end and was starting to prepare for the next season of ice skating. Escaping the media and his fans he bumped into a sad Alyona. Yuuri being the angel he is and not having the heart of leaving a depressed lady, he went to her aid and asked what was wrong. He was surrpsied to find out that the russian lady knew Japanese, not that his English wasn't good already, but he was glad of talking to someone with her native tongue- he was feeling homesick after all. Alyona, seeing how similar that young boy was to her difunted husband, couldn't stop herself and began telling him all about her dilema. Japan's angel just sat there and listened to her, then, to her surprise, he answered in a very mature way that no boy of thirteen years should:
"Kurosaki-san, you shouldn't let others ruin something that means so much for you. It happens a lot to me, people trying to perfectionate my ballet and pressuring me to win. But at the end of the day I remember that dancing is my safe heaven, that for me dancing is about letting go and having fun. When was the last time you had fun while skating?" Being honest, Alyona didn't remember the last time she was on ice for fun and not for winning.
"Maybe that feeling of not competitiveness is what never allowed me to see a future in dancing... though, I wouldn't want to someone to ruin ice skating for me either!" He added rapidly in a fluster way, that made the older woman cooed at how adorable young Yuuri was and make a mental note to check for future upcoming stars from Japan.
"I cannot tell you what to do about Mr. Kurosaki-san's death... it hurts and will continue to hurt, but when I feel bad I go to my mommy and she fixes me up! Or to my dad! Or my sister! Or Minako-sensei! Or my friends! You shouldn't be alone, that won't help either of you!" The last comment he looked at Luba, making sure Alyona knew who he was refering to the baby too "Things might not be ok with them now... but they are still your parents and they'll be there for you. It might be difficult at first, but don't stop trying! Luba-san will need her grand-parents"
He then was called out by his sensei and left in a hurry, that meeting soon forgotten to the young boy... but not for the older woman who followed his advice. To say Alyona's parents were surprised to see her again aftter five years was an understatement. Not that it means they weren't happy. Though their hearts broke when they had to held their only daughter, as she cried on their chest. Things weren't easy but in a year they had mended their broken heart, though things were still hard, they were better than ever. That's how a thirteen years old boy fixed a broken family, with wise words and kind smiles.
And now it was Alyona's turn to help that angel that brought her back from the brink of insanity. He allowed her to get back her love for ice sakting and her parents, to see that even if her husband was dead he was still in her heart and in their love child. Who Lila was dead set on turning into a ballet dancer, after all the Feltman family already had enough ice skaters: Yakov, Alyona and their son, by everything but blood, Viktor- who Alyona loved as a little brother. After Yuuri left that night, Kurosaki-san made a follow up of his career: he had won various medals in the junior level in different international competitions.
Five times, in a row, gold medalist on the Japan International Ballet Competition. He was medaled gold at least three times on The Genée International Ballet Competition. And has two silver medals and one godlen medal at the World Ballet Competition. Not to mention the Benois de la Danse that he had won before meeting her. He also won various times the Prix de Lausanne, earning scholarships for summer programs at their Academy, until he began to preform professionally- that's when he was not allowed anymore to compete, for the championship was only for amateurs.
Japan by noticing how their little angel was taking on the dancing world, they decided to mont a little experiment: make a tour around Japan, during the summer when school was over of course, and have Yuuri dance his gold winning presentations. Of course, when it became a great success, they went overbroad and began selling merchandise and DVD's with the recorded performances of their angel. He bacme the face for Japan in anything that had to do with dancing, it reached a point where the best brand of ballet clothes, training gears and shoes reached him for an endorsement deal. There were even deals for a photo book! Of course, he accepted and became rich before he reached high-school. And making his parent's business very popular, which saved them from closing up like many onsens did when tourisms in the little town decreased.
Not that the fame, the popularity and wealth changed him in any way. He was still the same akward boy in social event, he still blushed and stuttered in live television- though the media found that adorable- and was still the kindest and level headed boy you could find. Not to mention polite and mature. But even though, everyone had great expectations on him when it came to dancing, no one saw his talent on ice skating: his real passion and dream. That lead to various anxiety attacks, that distrupted his performances. No one wanted to coach him professionaly, so he had Minako-sensei listed as his coach and decided to compete in the junior level with her choreographies and what his coach from Ice Castle taught him. He medaled bronce in Nationals and made it to the Junior Grand Prix Final, barely scraping, but still for a novice without a coach was a big deal.
Though his luck ran out when Yuuri received a call from home telling him that his dear Vicchan had died, which lead to an anxiety attack that caused him to flunk every jump he did, which were already not the bests in the championship. Such shame and loosing someone dear, lead him to hide and not come out.
How did Alyona know all this? Well, Minako had called her ex-teacher Lila Baranovskaya and explained her predicament, she wanted to know if she could talk with her husband and see if he knew someone who could coach Japan's dear angel. Alyona hearing that the boy that brought her from the brink of darkness, was in the same predicament, got the bull by the horns and decided to travek to Japan and train the boy herself. Her parents after learning that this was the boy that brought their daughter back to them, they supported her completely.
Now we are at the present, where Alyona Kurosaki was waiting for Yuuri's parents' answer. Or at least, they were until someone opened the door with a bang.