This is a fanfic written for the 30threesomes community on Livejournal, where I have claimed Kira/Katou/Setsuna.
I do not own Angel Sanctuary, it is the brain child of Kaori Yuki.
This was written for the theme Star.
Also, this will be a multi-chaptered fic. I'm hoping it will span four chapters. It starts here, and will continue to the end of Angel Sanctuary. This chapter has no spoilers, but by the ending chapter there will be spoilers until near the end of the manga.
Katou had known Kira since kindergarten, but didn't pay much attention to him until grade two. The quiet, withdrawn and rather nerdy Kira had gotten into a car accident, lost his mother, and suddenly became a delinquent.
Setsuna met Kira when he was entering middle school. He had been twelve years old.
Kira was a senior in that middle school. He was fourteen.
Katou had only just barely passed his second year, and that was either from forcing the smarter kids into doing his work, or copying from Kira. He was thirteen.
Kira stopped Setsuna from nearly killing some bullies that had been picking on him, and they became fast friends.
He later found out that Setsuna was struggling. He was studying hard so that he could get into the middle school his mother had been so keen on. He had just suffered through a divorce that he was sure had little to do with his father's affair and a lot to do with the freakish demon child, himself. He was sure if he studied hard and got in, his mother would reconsider, and he'd be able to live with Sara again.
Kira didn't have to study at all and had done his summer homework the first day of summer. He was confident he'd be able to get into the highschool the next year with no problem. His only problem was getting his protective father off of his back.
Katou knew he should be studying or doing homework or something, but decided other things were more important. Things such as finding a place to live, since he wanted nothing to do with his family any more, and drugs. Plus, he could always cheat off of Kira during the exams. After all, he had for the other years.
Kira and Katou had been best friends. Kira was going to invite Katou to live with him until Katou found his own place.
Then, Kira found Setsuna. He had offered to help tutor him for his entrance exams. Kira cut back on the amount of time he spent with Katou to help Setsuna.
Katou was, needless to say, pissed, and had decided he'd rather live on the streets for a few months than live with Kira.
What made Katou angrier was when he finally met Setsuna.
School was about a month in. Katou was skipping, as per usual. He was walking on an overpass, and saw Kira and Setsuna walking together below.
Setsuna looked innocent, self-conscious, as though he didn't want to skip but felt he had to.
Katou immediately didn't like him. Not in the least. He hated kids like that, the do-gooders and the try-hards. They always thunk themselves better than everyone else. It had nothing to do with the fact that Kira wasn't skipping with Katou.
Katou walked down the overpass onto the street below, confident he'd get there before the other two boys. He walked along the sidewalk, until he met up with them. Then he stopped and looked at the two of them. Setsuna first, then Kira. The other two boys had stopped as well.
"Hey, Katou," Kira greeted, grinning slightly.
Katou looked at him, and nodded in acknowledgement. "Kira."
Setsuna looked between then, then up at Katou. "So, you're one of sempai's friends?" he asked.
Katou looked at him, then nodded.
Setsuna smiled slightly. "Is everything okay?"
Katou blinked, feeling somewhat confused, before sneering slightly. "What do you mean, 'is everything okay'?" he asked.
Setsuna shrugged. "You just seem really, really sad."
Katou felt something stir inside of him. Quickly, without thinking it out throughly, he punched Setsuna square across the face to abolish the feeling, and then turn and ran as quickly as he could before Kira could say anything.
He ran into an alley a few blocks away, and leaned against the wall, panting. Something about that Setsuna kid drew Katou towards him. He had felt a sense of awe, and affection towards the boy for a split second. Setsuna had a strange sort of charisma about him.
Katou hated that. He wasn't supposed to like the boy who stole Kira from him.
Katou decided then that he hated Setsuna.
Pleas read and review. Constructive Criticism more than welcome, flames will be mocked.