Hey guys, Shirotani's back~ Anyways thanks to everyone who stuck around and here's chapter 1! So um, yeah I'm not the best in describing child speech or whatsoever, but anyway enjoy, read and review ~ I'll try updating every one or two weeks FYI, oh AND HAVE YOU GUYS READ KUBO-SENSEI'S COMMENT VICTURI ARE SOULMATES SOMEONE PLZ CALL 911 FOR ME *cries out in joy*


Chapter 1

It was only when Yuri was four that he learned that there was another person in this world waiting for him, or at least they said so. He found out after his soulmarks started to tingle in an unpleasant way making him feel squirmy, nauseous and more importantly, sad beyond understanding.

That day flew by with Yuri having several tantrums and an outburst of tears at least every ten minutes.

His belly was hurting and like his mother had taught him he spoke the magic words. He rubbed over his soulmark that gradually began to warm up and spoke with a slight hiccup. ''Pain, pain fly away! Pwain pwain fwy away!'' his soft cries resounded through the house in the middle of the next where no one, but Yuri himself was awake.

Slowly, but gradually the pain ebbed away much to the boy's relief, sighing happily the boy quickly returned to his futon and threw the blankets as far over him as he could.

This was the first contact that resounded through the soulmark for both Yuri and his soulmate.

"Mommy! Daddy! I rubbed here and the weird pinch go away!" At first both parents had been confused as to what he had been indicating before Yuri pointed to his belly first thing in the morning. His soulmark was faintly shining and if you held your hand against it a faint pulsation could be felt through it. Toshiya put a hand on Hiroko's shoulder and rubbed it slightly before she finally let the dam break and tears started flowing out.

Toshiya and Hiroko looked at each other sweetly before Toshiya pulled his son on his lap. "Why is mommy crying? Does it hurt?" Yuri cupped his mother's face in both his little hands and looked at her sadly.

"No, mommy is just so happy for you Yuu-kun!" Hiroko had laughed and hugged her little boy closer to her softly combing her fingers through his yet black hair.

"You know who gave you that weird feeling? It must have been your soulmate!" Both adults held each other's hand and Mari had already sat down too wondering what it was about a soulmate.

"Mommy, what is a soulmate?" Yuri looked at his mother in wonder as she started to rub the back of her hand which was covered with some drawings on it and started explaining everything to her children from square one.

"Well, a soulmate is something like a best friend. Soulmates are connected by the thing like the red string of fate." Both children stared at the hand of their mother who began fiddling with the ring around her slender finger.

"They will treasure each other and even feel what the other is feeling. But the love isn't the type of love you and Mari have for each other or the one you have for mommy and daddy. It is even prettier than you can imagine." Yuri was squealing in delight as his father hopped his knee up and down bouncing Yuri up and down.

Both children hadn't understood much of it, but that didn't really matter for both of them nor their mother. What was important was that both of them knew that it was something so special that they should treasure it.

"So I will just be like mama and papa?" Mari questioned slightly tilting her head with a look filled with curiosity. "Who knows now." "That's not a real answer papa!" Mari had started pouting already while Yuri was still busy looking at his soulmark

"Like mommy and daddy sparkly!" He placed his hand on his soulmark and started giggling after a while. His soulmark had started giving him more strange feelings, this time pleasant however, in a way he hadn't experienced it yet.

"It's all warm and poofy!" really the lack of vocabulary made it hard to understand him, yet that made it all the cuter. All over his hip and majority of his belly were covered in teal, blue-ish stars. Each of them shining brightly and at last a word or phrase. No one knew since it was a foreign word.

"Mommy, when will Yuri meet my soulmate?" Yuri asked his mother with a sincere look on his face. "Someday, baby boy. Someday." From that moment on Yuri had made it a habit to ask this every day. Every day asking when and where they would meet and every time he would receive the same reply from his mother, 'someday'.

"How will my mate know who I am, mommy?" "What is their name?" little Yuri had started young with his new obsession, but strangely enough slowly started questioning things less the more he got to know. It was useless asking this question because they wouldn't find him. They'd both find each other.

Little did Yuri know that a long silver haired teen was already waiting. Waiting to meet the little Japanese boy, both didn't know however that they were both 3,627 km separated from their respective partners meaning they both would need to cross oceans and many hurdles before finally meeting one another.

Time skip 4 years

I remember that very first time I saw him. I didn't see him in in real life in front of me though, the very first time I saw him it was on international TV. Within not even ten seconds in his performance did he take my breath away. The way he moved, he looked and most of all the way how he became one with the music. It took me in before I could even breathe again.
He always managed to surprise me no matter what, adding in jumps, quads, outstanding scores, but most of all a performance that brought tears to my eyes.

I always adored him, the way his long silvery hair flowed in a very much so graceful motion whenever he glided across the ice. I would often feel my heart throb whenever I saw him, however it would only be later in life when I would find out what this feeling was. For now I would pass it off as simple adoration, after all he was my biggest idol.

"Mommy! I want to learn how to skate!" Yuri ran to the kitchen where his mother Hiroko was drying the dishes and jumped up and down to grab her attention. He himself would remember this day oh so well when he got older, it had been a rash decision, but it had all been worth it. "Huh, Yuri, aren't you supposed to be sleeping? Weren't you feeling dizzy?" Hiroko dried her hands on her pants as she made her way towards her hyperactive little boy who was quite out of breath, his face was entirely red and to be honest, it had the shape of a peach. Round and chubby. He was the cutest eight-year-old you would ever find in Hasetsu.

"Hm, seems that your fever still hasn't gone down. You should go back to bed, sweetie." Yuri stared at Hiroko with slightly dazed eyes as she softly held her baby's hand in her own and took the little boy to his own room to rest again, much to the boys own protest.

"But mommy! Victor was on TV! He went all like bwaah and zoom! And-And he was so pretty!" Yuri's eyes were literally shining with excitement as he told her all about Victor's latest performance and about how he wanted to be just like his favorite idol.

The family had even gone as far as to buy a poodle and name him Vicchan. He had really dedicated his life to that one person who captivated him at first sight. At first they really didn't know what to do with this new obsession of his but since he would never ask them for something before he had found out about Victor Nikiforov and figure skating they just relented and went with it. And who could resist those cute puppy eyes? That's right no one.

Later that night Hiroko and Toshiya both sat down together at the table, laptop and all with them after putting both Yuri and Mari to sleep. They both looked at each other lovingly, but both of them were getting worn out. Even if they put up an energetic face it was still all too hard at times.
Hiroko sat down next to her husband and looked at him with a slight frown marring her face, "Dear, Yuri told me something today. It seems that he wants to learn how to skate…" She silently sighed and looked at her husband with worry present on both their faces. "I know he wants to, but is it really such a good idea? I looked online and it would be very hard on his body." It wasn't an old subject, really, since Yuri had already started begging to both of his parents months ago about wanting to skate.

Toshiya scrolled through the ice skating pages again and then just stopped. "Right." The wedded pair looked in silence at the computer screen as they frowned and scrolled through more ice skating sites. ''You know, he looked really happy when talking about that Victor. We could always consult with the doctor if he could go?'' Toshiya looked up at his wife before coming to an agreement to indeed do their best for it to happen.

And with that it had all been decided. Hiroko and Toshiya both took Mari and Yuri with them to the hospital the very next week. Since Yuri just got better from his fever he was still a little bit sluggish. "Mom, why do I also need to go to the hospital?" Mari looked at her mother in question who in return replied "Well, we are a family after all and family should always be there for each other." Mari glanced at her little brother and immediately knew what her mother had meant.

She herself had always been quite overprotective over Yuri. Yuri had been smaller than everyone his age and easily got bullied so she took care of him whenever she could. This was no different, everyone wanted for Yuri to be able to do something he actually wanted, instead of staying cooped up in house every day lying in bed with fevers and whatsoever.

"Ah, I see you brought your entire family this time Yuri?" Shimada sensei said, he had been Yuri's doctor since he had been an infant. A tall man in his early thirties and always had a huge sweet spot for little children. And everyone liked the doctor too. "So shall we start with some tests then?"

Time passed as everyone waited for the results anxiously, many things happened after that hospital meeting. And finally Yuri had gotten the doctor's permission to figure skate and with that years passed by in a flash. Meeting new people, like Yuuko, Nishigori and Phichit.

Skating brought miracles into Yuri Katsuki's world.

Believe it when Yuri said that he had fallen as many times as he had set foot on ice, but he had one thing others didn't. Time, Yuri had time to practice and I did practice like that with all his might.

He trained and trained, more and more until he would reach the top. Yuri had reached the GPF final stage, his dreams to meet his idol, to achieve something in life, everything was worth all the hard work.

Katsuki Yuri, finally set his first steps towards becoming a professional figure skater, Japan's national ace.

However everything wasn't meant to go as smooth as I had hoped to, in one single blink of an eye everything was destroyed.

"You need to stop skating, I'm sorry.", "And Japan's skater Katsuki Yuri has fallen down again?!"

The bitter taste in my mouth, the bitter taste of loss.

In more than one way did I lose my battle, I had placed last in the GPF and wasn't even a match against all the other contestants. A crushing defeat, I had gotten my last chance and ruined it.

I remember how I desperately tried to climb out of the pit raising the amount of jumps in the program…but I never landed one. Triple Salchow, double Lutz everything, I came in last with a score less than half of the others. Every jump and quad alike turned into a single or a double at most, even the crowd just sat there in silence.

Sounds were drowned out by my brains thumping against the back of my skull. I could feel the pitying stares digging into my back but I just couldn't bring myself to look up as I collapsed to the ice in crushing defeat. It was frustrating, so frustrating.
I felt numb, not aware of anything anymore as Celestino got me off the ice after a while and gave me something to drink with worried eyes asking me if I needed anything. He had known ever since day one. I wouldn't be able to skate anymore soon. My time on ice was limited and how frustrating it was.

Celestino slung the black jacket decorated with many logos of Japanese sponsors over my shoulders in attempt to warm me up as we both waited in the kiss and cry. My world had become cold and this time the mark on my body made no attempt to soothe this empty feeling inside. This time I was all alone.

"Yuri Katsuki, sixth place with a total score of 150 points. Fifth place –" the sound of soft clapping could be heard through the entire arena. But Yuri just sat there in silence with his face blank devoid of any emotions. But inside he was just like a tornado, his thoughts were all jumbled together in one big heap and his heart was slamming against his ribcage.

He ruined it, this year he would retire without a doubt. Phichit was ensured to take his place with Celestino and Yuri himself would just fly back to Japan as a dark shadow in the history of Japan's ice skating.

It felt like sinking in a black lake. The darkness didn't bother me, but it was so silent. No one was there only me. Just like always.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to the toilet for a second." Vicchan had died right before my turn, I wish I had been at least there for him. He had been with me since I had been eight-years-old, he had always been there for me to cheer me up when I was down and I just let him on his own for three years unable to witness his last days, I felt suffocating. Not only was the bitter taste of disappointment weighing down on me, but the unbearable guilt of leaving my companion behind was simply crushing my bones. Gravity intensified by ten and like my shoes were filled with lead.

"Yeah, hey mom, yes I'm alright." Lies it was all lies. "I'm sorry I couldn't be there for Vicchan." Words were exchanged as I sat there in the toilet stall. And before I noticed it tears were starting to stream down my face, I wasted my chances.

"I'm sorry mom, but I have to hang up. Say hello to everyone for me and I'll be back home soon."

"I'm sorry, Yuri, the results came in today, there's no way you can keep on skating like this. Any longer and you could seriously get injured I'm telling you now, just-"

If I was silently sobbing at first then just now the dam must have broken down. I cried and cried, not wanting to stop, I wanted to skate, but what right did I have now?! My heart felt like bursting, my eyes were red and it already hurt to just breathe.

Someone, please. Even God, please someone save me. Breathing hurts. Moving hurts.

Living hurts.

My soulmark started burning desperately trying to ease the pain I was feeling right now, but nothing could help me right now, it was too late. I didn't need a figment of someone's feelings to help me when it did no such thing earlier. I needed someone, someone I could cry with, this burning longing for someone to feel at ease with finally. I couldn't feel my legs as they had become stiff and refused to budge any more.

Time skip

Probably half an hour had passed and I could hear light tapping of shoes towards the toilets, just as I made my way out of the stall I was immediately trapped in a corner again?!

'Bang!' A foot kicked against the stall of the toilet I was sitting in and I could hear some angry grunts coming from the other side. Slowly I opened the stall after quickly wiping my tears and stood in front of the other person that had in the moment of anger probably also broken down the door of the toilet stall.

"I'm sorry, I'll be going right now!" Quickly I stepped out the stall only to be halted by a boy none other than Yuri Plisetsky?! What did the Russian child prodigy skater need from me? Did I maybe do something wrong? Without noticing I slightly started panicking and looked at the blonde boy with my mouth slightly ajar.

"There's no need for two Yuri's on this rink, you should just retire, idiot!" he kicked the wall next to my head once again and glared at me, however before he could continue where he had left of I scrambled away and ran to Phichit and Celestino. 'Since when were fifteen-year-olds this scary?!'


So there you have it folks chapter 1~ From here on the real story will start! If anyone has any cheesy suggestions for shit I could put in the story please let me know, I'm a sucker for Omakes too, so that's either way soon bound to happen too~

Well then people, Shirotani out~