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Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Title: Frozen Follies
Characters: Shou, Ryou
Word Count: chapter 1: 500||story: 500
Genre: Family, Drama||Rated: PG-13
Challenge: Written for the Diversity Writing Challenge, section G1, a drabble novel; Written for the Halloween Trick of Treat (Advent), Day #14, write a drabble novel; Written for the Dice Gods Challenge, write for a random character (Shou) ; One Sibling Boot Camp, prompt #47, learn
Notes: This takes place in the world where Ryou was the one abducted by Kagemaru and Daitokuji instead of Fubuki, became one of the Seven Stars, and gained power over ice, cold, and snow. This takes place at a point post-canon, but contains few spoilers for those unfamiliar with the storyline aside from what I just stated.
Summary: Those who think Hell Kaiser of Ice has gone soft are about to find out how hard the ice can be.
Shou knew that his brother wasn't the nicest person ever. He'd been kinder when they were younger. But spending months in the darkness and more in Dark World itself, mastering the powers he'd gained from his trip through the shadows had changed him. Ryou had never suffered fools lightly even before that, however, and with the acquisition and control of his powers, those who dared to oppose him were few and far between.
But there still were some who thought the Hell Kaiser of Ice wasn't nearly as vicious as he'd been prior to his return to the world. There were those who thought that he was not only softer, but less inclined to take vengeance on those who wronged him. Rumors ran strong about him wherever dueling existed, in multiple worlds. If one could get him to strike, he could and had killed before.
Shou wriggled his shoulders, trying to get as much blood flowing through the bonds that held him as he could. Then he looked up at the other people in the room.
"You think this plan of yours is actually going to work?" Really, he needed to work on his own reputation if people thought kidnapping him was a good idea. Sure, it had worked before, but mainly with aniki. And there'd been that thing with Camula, but that had really been more because of the feud that reigned between the vampire and Hell Kaiser in those days.
This was someone trying to go after his brother directly and if Shou had had a hand free, he would've facepalmed over it.
"We wouldn't try it if it wasn't going to," Dark Warrior Grepher declared, his voice trying to be as cold as Ryou's ice and failing miserably. "I knew him when he served Brron. He wouldn't have so much as looked at another person then. He was a true warrior!"
"But now," one of the others, whom Shou couldn't identify off the top of his head, "he's not only got you, but he's claimed a lover. He didn't even have those needs when we knew him!"
So they were all remnants of Brron's army? Shou had kind of thought most of those had either joined Juudai's during his Haou reign or just crawled off to hide in the hills. Maybe they had and now they were sneaking back out.
Shou kept his mouth shut about what needs his brother may or may not have had, as well as the existence of his lover. It wasn't as if he didn't know already, but there were things no nineteen year old wanted to imagine, and top on his personal list was 'exactly what either Ryou or Juudai's romantic or sexual lives are like'. He knew in general. He did not want to know in detail.
The dark warrior traced a hand across Shou's cheek. "But now that we have you, he's going to do exactly what we want. Or else."
Shou sighed. Today wasn't someone's day at all.
To Be Continued
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