Hello, it's Saku Kinoshita.

I'm here with a new Magi fanfic 'White Days.'

Hope you like it!

Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Magi

Inside the castle of the great Kou Empire, two young men are working on improving their fighting skills. Both bear great resemblance to each other as they are brothers.

From a distance, their baby brother who is sitting down on the wooden terrace is watching them hoping that he could become as strong as them.

"Prince Hakuyuu, the emperor summons you. He demands your immediate presence."

The two brothers are interrupted by a priest of the Kou Empire. Seeing that if it is his father's request, then Hakuyuu must comply. He leaves his youngest brother in the care of his younger brother which might be a problem considering his younger brother's personality.

"Hakuren, I leave Hakuryuu in your hands."

"Yeah, I got it." Hakuren frivolously replied.

"I mean it this time! I won't allow what happened last time to happen again!" Hakuren finds it uncomfortable that his older brother is closing in on him as he speaks.

"I told you I got it!" Hakuren sweat drops at his older brother's stiff nature. 'I only walked into the red district by accident once with Hakuryuu and he's already nagging me. No wonder women call him a bore of a man despite his handsome face.'

As reluctant as he is, Hakuyuu had no choice but to accept Hakuren's words.

Now that Hakuyuu had gone to meet with their father, it was almost time for lunch so Hakuren decided to take Hakuryuu to the dining hall before his brother gives him an earful for not feeding Hakuryuu.

"Hakuryuu, time to-" Hakuren could not believe it. His brother would kill him he found out about this. Fortunately, Hakuryuu was where he was and wasn't missing just sleeping, but that was not the issue right now. Hakuren was wondering how did Hakuryuu's cute face get scribbled with random marks on it. A circle on his left eye. An 'x' scar on his right cheek. Some sort of messy handwriting on his forehead. And a bunch of other things. Hakuren just hopes that ink is washable. If not, he lived a short but good life.

Thankfully, the ink was removable so he didn't have to say good bye to his life just yet. And fortunately, Hakuryuu was still asleep when Hakuren washed his face. Now the question is who would do something like that to Hakuryuu? He's sure that there was no one in the castle or country that would dare soil the face of the emperor's youngest son.

"Brother!" Hakuryuu calls out to his older brother.

"Huh?" But before he could react, Hakuren slipped on a banana peel. He tries to regain his balance but to no avail and ends up falling into the koi pond along with Hakuryuu who was dragged with him since Hakuren was holding Hakuryuu's hand.

"Brother, are you okay?" Hakuryuu looks at Hakuren with concern since it's not everyday his brother falls into the pond. While it is true that he doesn't like to pay attention to details and ends up with the wrong results like when Hakuren wanted to sleep with him and Hakuryuu asked him to read him a bed time story he brought a book with a story for Hakuryuu, but it ended up being one of Kouha's books. Hakuryuu couldn't sleep for days after hearing that story nor look at anyone someone wearing a mask without breaking down into tears. But he was never one to be absentminded. Careless yes. Absentminded no!

"I'm fine, Hakuryuu."

"But Brother, you weren't pay attention when I was calling your name over and over."

"Sorry, Hakuryuu. I was just thinking about something." Hakuren sheepishly grins as he scratches the back of his head.

"Eh! Brother thinking? Is this what our Eldest Brother calls an omen?" Hakuryuu checks the sky for any signs of a storm coming. All he sees is the clear blue sky and the sun shining brightly. Not a cloud in sight.

"Oi, what do you take me for!" Hakuren is brokenhearted to hear just things from his cute little brother. Hearing those words from an innocent child makes it even worse.

"But our Eldest Brother said that Brother's head is just filled with empty space and that there's no room for intelligence in there just women and fighting." Hakuryuu recalls Hakuyuu telling him about Hakuren's way of doing before thinking. It went on for at least an hour.

'I told him it was just an accident!' Hakuren wonders if his older brother holds a grudge against him for bringing Hakuryuu to such a place despite being an accident.

"Achoo!" Hakuryuu sneezes when a gentle breeze passes by.

"Hakuryuu let's go back inside!" Hakuren takes Hakuryuu to his room to change him out of his wet clothes. Who knows what Hakuyuu will do to him if he lets Hakuryuu catch a cold due to his actions.

After taking off their clothes, Hakuren decides to take a bath with Hakuryuu.

"Too bad Hakuryuu but your big brother's going to be the first one in!"

"Brother, you shouldn't run like that! You'll slip."

"What are you talking about your big brother isn't that mu-" Just as Hakuryuu warned him, Hakuren slips on a bar of soap. Instead of falling head first on the ground, he luckily falls into the bathtub or so he thought.

"Cold!"

"Prince, what's wrong!" Several servants on standby rush into the bathroom upon hearing Hakuren's shout.

A servant wraps Hakuren in a dry towel while another dries off Hakuryuu's body before putting some clothes on him.

How could the water be that cold! It was practically freezing in there. The servants had prepared the bath so there's no way that it should be lukewarm let alone that cold.

Hakuren was bedridden with a slight cold. Worried about his little brother, Hakuyuu took a brief break from his studies to see his brother. Apparently he wasn't the only one worried when he saw Hakuei and Hakuryuu outside Hakuren's room. He thought it was cute how his little sister and baby brother brought stuff for Hakuren to make him feel better. Hakuei brought a first aid kit while Hakuryuu brought a tray of food for Hakuren. Seeing his two younger siblings dressed in nurse outfits was adorable.

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Wait! Both of them dressed in nurse outfits?!

As much as it does suit him especially the mini angel wings on his back, why is Hakuryuu wearing it despite being a boy? It was morally wrong for Hakuei to wear such things but Hakuryuu! Now that was down right nasty. What kind of person gets turned on by making little boys cross dress.

Hakuyuu only hopes that Hakuren isn't turning into a pedophile with sick tastes.

"Hakuyuu ni-san, are you here to see Hakuren ni-san too!"

"Yes." Hakuyuu answers his little sister dressed in an angel nurse outfit.

"That's good! Now we can all see Hakuren ni-san!"

"Hakuei..."

"Yes?"

"Why are you wearing that?" Hakuyuu is internally praying that Hakuren isn't turning into some sick pervert.

"That's because if I'm going to nurse Hakuren ni-san, I'll need the right clothes. And I heard some female servants saying how popular these clothes are in the west especially with men."

Hakuyuu remembers to make note of finding these gossiping old women so that he can fire them for giving his little sister such misleading information.

"Then why is Hakuryuu wearing one too?"

"I planned to make Seishun wear one with me so that I won't be the only one wearing it but as soon as I showed him the dress he disappeared."

'Good call, Seishun.' Hakuyuu internally praised the absent boy for his quick witted act.

"So I had Hakuryuu wear it instead when I ran into him in the kitchen!"

Hakuyuu pities his poor little brother who ended up getting the short end of the stick.

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Why is Hakuryuu crying? Hakuyuu knows how emotional Hakuryuu is among his siblings but was he that embarrassed to wear it that he's crying.

"Brother, you think I look weird, don't you?" That's why he's crying.

Hakuyuu pats Hakuryuu on the head.

"No, you look perfectly fine. It suits you..." Hakuyuu assures his baby brother. 'To the point that it's frightening.'

"That's right, Hakuryuu! Ignore what Lord Kouen said."

"And what exactly did Kouen say..." The tone of malice in Hakuyuu's voice was clear as daylight that he was seething in anger but went unnoticed by both Hakuei and Hakuryuu.

"Just before Hakuyuu ni-san arrived..."

Lord Kouen and his younger brothers Koumei and Kouha wanted to see Hakuren ni-san after hearing that he caught a cold.

"Good evening, Lady Hakuei. How is your brother doing?"

"I'm not sure I just got here with..."

"Since when did you get a little sister!" Koumei is interrupted by Kouha. Kouha points at Hakuryuu.

"This is a surprise I wasn't aware that you had another sister. I thought Lady Hakuei was the emperor's only daughter." Like Kouha, Koumei mistook Hakuryuu for a girl.

"That's because I am."

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If the little girl wasn't Hakuei's sister, then who was she?

"That's Hakuryuu."

A deadly cold wind blows through the hallway.

The three Kou brothers take a good look at the girl (?).Those teary eyes and that feminine face there's no doubt about it that was definitely Hakuryuu.

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Now this was awkward for the Kou brothers after finding out that cute girl was actually their cousin.

"You look good in that like a girl."

"Waaaahhhhhh! I don't want to look like a girl. I'm suppose to be a man like my brothers. Yet so I'm so weak that people see me like a girl!" Hakuryuu breaks down into tears when he recalls Kouen's words.

Although Kouen didn't intend to put in any spite when he said it, Hakuryuu found it degrading to be called a girl.

"Don't worry Hakuryuu. You're cuter than any girl out there!"

"How is that suppose to make him feel better!" Sometimes he wonders if his little sister had a few loose screws.

"Hakuren, are you alright?"

Hakuren is happy to see that his siblings care about him, but one thing bothered him. Why was there a little girl that looks so much like him and his siblings?

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It can't be that...

*pats*

"?" Hakuyuu has no idea why Hakuren just patted his shoulder.

"Brother..." The serious tone in Hakuren's voice was odd to Hakuyuu as it is rare for Hakuren to act serious. "When..."

When?

"When did you hitch a wo-"

*SMACK*

"Brother, you shouldn't hit a patent! Violence is bad!" Hakuei scolds Hakuyuu for hitting Hakuren.

Hakuyuu felt something tugging on his sleeve. He turns to see Hakuryuu holding onto his sleeve.

"Brother, what does hitch mean?"

"That's..." Exactly how was he going to explain to an innocent child something that dirty.

"Alright I'll tell you. You see-"

"Don't you dare!" Hakuyuu stops Hakuren from corrupting Hakuryuu's innocent mind by whacking him in the head with his spear fortunately he used the pole section of he spear as tempted as he was to use the blade.

"What are you thinking! Telling a child something as vulgar as that! Do you not have any shame!"

Hakuren didn't see how he was hit twice despite being a patient and now he's being scolded by his older brother.

"And here I thought idiots couldn't catch colds."

"Can't be helped. That water was freezing. I thought I was going to die."

'So you acknowledge yourself as an idiot?' Hakuyuu had expected his younger brother to fling some sort of retort at him. Looking at his younger siblings, Hakuyuu worries about their future seeing how they are right now.

"Eh? This is Hakuryuu!" Hakuren points to the cute little girl that he mistook as his older brother's child but was actually their little brother.

"Yep!" Hakuei casually answers.

Hakuren is dumbfounded for a moment. He looks at Hakuryuu, then turns to Hakuei, and then back at Hakuryuu.

"It's like I have two sisters!"

"But Brother, I'm a boy!"

"On second thought..." Hakuryuu brightens up as Hakuren speaks. "Actually Hakuryuu more suited for one of Hakuei's clothes."

"Now that I think about it you're right!" Hakuei agrees with Hakuren as she pulls out of no where one of her old robes for Hakuryuu.

"Except the colors don't really suit him though..."

"Big brother!" Unable to stand it any more, Hakuryuu runs towards Hakuyuu's arms crying at how neither of his two older siblings that he loves and respects sees him as a man but rather as a girl.

Seeing how late it was, Hakuyuu asked one of the servants to take Hakuryuu to dinner after they changed his clothes back his normal clothes.

Once Hakuryuu left, Hakuyuu explained to his younger siblings that their father had informed him of a special individual would be joining the Kou Empire.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Hakuei asked excited to find out about their new guest.

"Hakuei, it's not like someone's pregnant with a baby." Hakuren sweatdrops at his little sister's question.

Despite the protests of the servant Hakuyuu asked to watch over Hakuryuu and the kitchen staff, Hakuryuu cooked his own meal since he knew he couldn't rely on the servants to do everything for him. Hakuryuu made sure to include his older siblings' portions as well as his own's. Hakuryuu waited for his brothers and sister to arrive before eating. While waiting for his older siblings, Hakuryuu took a look outside the window to pass the time however he did not expect to see some random person lying on the ground of the castle's courtyard. Hoping the person was okay, Hakuryuu took a couple of rice balls before leaving for outside.

"According to our father, our guest is a child around Hakuryuu's age. He's a bit older than Hakuryuu by a couple of years. However do not let his age deceive you, he's a magi, and starting from today, he will be serving the Kou Empire as its oracle."

Hakuryuu found the person he saw before lying underneath one of the trees. Now that he had a better look at the person, the person was a child like Hakuryuu and a bit older than him. The child was not someone Hakuryuu recognized since there weren't many children in the castle aside from his cousins and siblings. He wore the Kou Empire's imperial robes meaning that the child must be someone working for the Kou Empire. What's more is that he had his hair in a long segmented ponytail. Hakuryuu never met anyone with hair as long as his.

"You mean he's a magi?!"

"That's correct." Hakuyuu reassured his bedridden younger brother.

"Ano, excuse me, but it's bad for your health to sleep outside. You'll catch a cold." The young Hakuryuu nudges the sleeping boy in hopes of waking him up so that he can take him to one of the guest rooms. Hakuryuu wonders how can someone sleep like a rock. It's like he hadn't slept for days.

"Ngh..."

It looks like the boy is finally waking up.

"I'll call someone to-"

"Brother, what's a magi?" Hakuei asked.

"A magi is a creator of life chosen by the flow of rukh. They are beings who are said to guide kings into dungeons and lead countries to prosperity. Throughout history, there are only three magi born each era." Hakuyuu informs his baby brother. "Listen, no matter how rude or disrespectful he may be, just leave let him be. He's still our country's magi. Understood?"

Horrified wasn't exactly the right word to describe Hakuryuu's present state of mind as he had not expected to be suddenly kissed by some unknown stranger he was trying to help.