Disclaimer - I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Enough said.
This is set in the past in a different world. No one is a duelist and unless it states in the story they're not related. Hopefully this comes out right.
Chapter 1 – The Meeting
Katsuya walked through the halls of his future father-in-law's house. In just four days he would be married to a high ranking woman of the Fujikara family. His parents were quite excited as he would be the first one to move up in the family since his father's brother had married a cousin of the Emperor. Mai, his soon-to-be wife, was a pretty girl and enjoyable to be around, but sometimes Katsuya would find his attention wandering to the white haired boy that knelt in the corner of the sitting room. Every time he went to visit Mai Fujikara the young boy was there, in the same spot, staring at the floor.
Katsuya shook his head to clear it and found that he had wandered into the garden whilst he was deep in thought. The sakura trees were in full bloom and the moon shone onto the fountain nestled in the middle of the garden. A soft smile crossed the eighteen year old's face as his eyes traveled down the path of moonbeam and across the sleeping form of the white haired mystery boy. Katsuya walked over and sat on the bench next to the younger boy. His gaze crawled across the boy, starting at the shining white hair and ending at his bare feet. The boy stirred a little bit and rolled over on the stone bench. He mumbled something in his sleep before falling back into the deep slumber that had grasped him earlier that evening.
Katsuya couldn't help but notice that the boy looked even sweeter then the stone woman that made up the fountain. She was Quan Yin the Chinese goddess of mercy. The water ran in rivulets from the crown on her head to fall down her face, almost like tears, and get caught in her cupped hands before spilling over into the basin filled with bamboo and koi. Katsuya decided that he would enjoy spending time here especially if the boy also came here often. The Jonouchi descendant was quite befuddled as to why he'd rather spend time with the boy than his new wife, but figured it was because the young child was the only other male in the house.
The Fujikaras had 12 children; all but one of them were girls ranging from between the ages of 29 and 7. Katsuya knew Ren was the youngest at 7 and Yuna was the oldest at 29. His future wife, Mai, was 20. He believed the boy was about 14. The family has been going strong since the late 1500's. They were a huge producer of tea and the family coffers weren't just deep but also lined in silk as the family often tied the knot with other families of high influence. That was the reason Katsuya couldn't understand why he was chosen to marry Hawijuha's rumored favorite daughter. He and his clan came from a modest background of farmers. They weren't lacking but they also weren't rich.
Katsuya shrugged at the strangeness of it all and trailed his fingers across the cool water of the fountain. He glanced again at the boy only to find to his surprise a pair of cranberry colored eyes staring back at him. The boy was sitting against the other side of the bench, his bare feet resting on the cold stone and his head resting on his knees that he had drawn up against his chest. Katsuya smiled softly at the boy. "Um hi. I'm sorry to bother you and didn't mean to wake you."
The boy returned his smile almost shyly and replied in a voice so soft that Katsuya had to lean forward to hear. " It's not a problem at all. You didn't wake me anyway. You're Jonouchi-San right? I'm Kin-Taro but my mother calls me Noah." He held out a pale hand and Katsuya shook it. "You know the story of Kin-Taro, the strong boy right?" Katsuya nodded his head and realized he was still holding the boy's hand. "Well, whereas he was strong and able to kill demons I'm most definitely not and would rather not kill anything. So you can just call me Noah or Kin if it pleases you. After all you'll be calling me kin soon enough. " The boy paused and a frown crossed his angelic features. "Sorry that wasn't really that funny. My father says I'm not serious enough and that I'll never get a wife because of it unless he pays the other family to take me." The smile spread across his face again and his eyes lit up as the two young men locked gazes. "That's OK with me though. Why would I want to marry and settle down when there are so many places to travel? I'd like to just pack a small crate one day, strap it to a horse, and follow the silk road all the way to the end."
Katsuya tilted his head and his smile grew wider as he listened to the boy. "That does sound pretty exciting." Noah beamed up at him.
"Does that mean you will go with me?" he asked in that whispery voice of his. Just then a shadow fell across the two boys as someone stepped in front of the lamps placed by the door.
"It's time to come inside, Noah-Chan. Oh, Jonouchi-sempai I didn't realize you were out here. Shouldn't you be in your room resting for tomorrows proceedings? After all the Katsuyato priestess will be here in the morning and I know Mai-chan wishes for both of you to meet with her." The woman speaking was a rather large but soft-hearted lady that Katsuya knew had raised the children since they were young. Noah frowned again and crawled off the stone seat. He reached the doorway and turned around to wave shyly at Katsuya before following the caretaker inside and down the hallway. Katsuya followed the two at a slower pace and came to a stop outside his rooms. Once inside he quickly undressed and crawled into his futon, dampened the lantern for the night, and fell to sleep dreaming of traveling to far off places.
Well what do you think so far? I think it's coming out pretty good. There will be one more chapter for this story which I'll upload tomorrow, then one more chapter for the other story before I upload the third one. I know the other story might not suit any yaoi readers but you will be confused in the last story if you don't read it.
Sincerely,
Chazz-It-Up