I have not seen a single story up to this point about Yukiya actually going back home to see his family. I always wondered if he would, but so far in the actual game, he has not. Hence, this two-part one-shot (or would it be considered a two-shot?). Anywho, I can proudly say (after a lot of searching) that this is the first story on this site that is about the topic of Yukiya actually going home!

I've realized something. I've forgotten a disclaimer: I don't own anything but my OCs and my original ideas! But then again, that should be implied for any story on this site, as it's a fanfiction site...shouldn't it? If anything, the disclaimer is here and I'm good for the rest of anything I post for this series of shorts!


Sabrina and Yukiya were in the middle of their first argument. It had been going on for nearly two days. Well, in all honesty, Sabrina was trying to persuade Yukiya to do something, but he kept saying "No." to her plans for them for summer vacation, which was a week and a half away. Now, it's after class and students are going off to whatever it is they're going to do-and Sabrina finally snaps.


Return to Home.

"YUKIYA REIZEN!"

Yukiya freezes-Sabrina has never raised her voice at him. Or at anyone, for that matter. Elias, who was about to get up from his desk does the same, and didn't move a muscle. Luca, who was in the back of the room, looked at the argument with interest. Wolfy just left the room.

"You will be going home over summer vacation!"

Yukiya sighs, "This again? I've already said no." He gave her pleading eyes.

"Yes, you will. Or so help me…" she took a breath and put her hands on her hips, "Or so help me I will break up with you!"

Her threat worked. Yukiya had frozen with a wide-eyed deer-in-the-headlights face. She hated to do this, but it was her last resort. She had to get him to return home. She knew he hadn't seen his family in nearly two years and missed them terribly. It was for his sake.

He slumped in defeat, "Alright. I'll do it."

"Woah. That was impressive, Sabrina." Luca laughed, "Way to stick it to the man!"

"Oh shush it, Luca. Shoo." She waved him away. She grinned gleefully up at her boyfriend and grabbed his hand, "Let's go."

…. …. ….

A week and a half later. On the train.

Sabrina was bouncing up and down in her seat, completely excited to be reuniting Yukiya with his family. Yukiya, on the other hand, wasn't so thrilled. Sabrina knew he was worried but was supporting him wholeheartedly. He was staring out the window, silent as a ghost-while Sabrina was babbling. She was worried about something in a different way. Wolfy was on the ground, napping.

She bounced in her seat and fidgeted. "I so worried that they won't like me. I mean, what if they don't? Or what if your siblings don't like me? I've heard that can be a big problem for people in a relationship. I love kids, but I'm not around them that much. Oh! I just can't stop worrying! I just can't get that thought out of my head! I…" Yukiya suddenly leaned forward and pecked her on the lips, effectively silencing her. She blushed and bit her lip, embarrassed. Too embarrassed to notice the slight coloring in her boyfriend's cheeks.

Yukiya smiled that gentle little smile of his. "I'm sure they'll love you. How could they not? You're so easy to love, after all." This just made her blush more.

"But what about you? Something is clearly bugging you. You try to hide it, but I can tell you're worried more than you were during that time." She was referring to the little (big) mishap in the East Forest soon before her Judgement. "Come on, don't deny it. I know you too well. You can tell me anything, you know that right? After all, I do the same with you." She switched seats in their little train booth and sat next to him instead of across from him. She leaned over and gave him a hug. He smiled again, and sighed, returning the hug.

"I'm just wondering how they're going to react. I mean, I left without telling them anything-after the raiders attacked, in the confusion. I'm pretty sure that only my oldest younger brother saw. I was afraid they'd hate me because of what I did and what I became."

She leaned her head on his shoulder, "I'm sure that if we just do a good job explaining everything, they'll understand why you did what you did and forgive you. I mean, they are your family. I'm sure they'll love you no matter what."

This somewhat calmed his nerves, enough to where she wouldn't be able to see them. They still squirmed beneath the surface though. It's impossible not to be anxious in this sort of situation.

When they came to their stop about an hour later, it was just after noon. They both grabbed their bag and got off, and as they walked out of the station, Sabrina's stomach rumbled. Wolfy rolled his eyes and continued on. She laughed, "Leave it to my stomach to choose the most random time to shout at me."

Yukiya smiled. He does this a lot with Sabrina. "We have time to stop for lunch before heading to the village." Wolfy sighed. He just wanted to get there and find a nice place to hunt and sleep. He hated traveling.

"That sounds perfect." Sabrina said right before another grumble was heard. She giggled and he smiled. Again.

Quick interjection here.

The town they stopped in is the nearest town to Yukiya's hometown. His town is more of a village, and is one of those small town types of places where everyone knows everything about everyone. It doesn't have a train stop, and can only be reached on foot or by wagon or something similar to that. Only dirt roads lead into and out of it, unless you count the surrounding forests. Magic is rare here, as it is in most small villages. The few people with magical abilities are outsiders who've moved in, or the ones with weak abilities, like the healer woman. Just thought I should clear that up.

Also Yukiya has six younger siblings. I thought I should tell you a bit about each since he's already told Sabrina about five of them:

-Nico, age 12, stubborn and jealous of Sabrina-but a decent, hardworking kid. Looks very similar to Yukiya with raven's-wing hair and brown eyes.

-Cyrene (sigh-reen), age 9, hyper, cheerful, and a chatterbox. Has blond hair and brown eyes.

-Heather, age 9, Cyrene's identical twin sister, pretty much the opposite of her sister-calm and quiet. Is like Yukiya and is very thoughtful.

-Idabelle, age 8, a shy, sweet girl with brown eyes and blond hair, who is usually afraid of strangers.

-Rosa, age 6, has raven's-wing black hair and brown eyes, loves romantic stuff, like marriage and love stories. She's at that age where that phase occurs. She's dreamy, excitable, and eager.

These are the names of his parents:

-Kathleen, age 32 (so she was 17 when she had Yukiya), raven's-wing black hair, blue eyes, a very motherly/friendly woman

-Orel, age 33, blond with brown eyes, is like Yukiya in nature, kind of a background character compared to his wife, occupation is a trial guide/tracker

You'll find out about the sixth one later. Interjection over

After a nice lunch, they began walking to Yukiya's village. It's about a two and a half hour walk. Luckily, there was a wagon heading that way. Wolfy had already gone ahead when they stopped to eat lunch, and was probably there by now. Yukiya said that they'd probably not see him for a while.

"Are ye headed ta Fores' Hollow?" A rough voice said-the driver.

"Oh, yes. We are." Sabrina replied.

"Would ye like a ride? I'ma headed back tha' way."

"Oh, that would be wonderful! Come on, Yukiya."

Yukiya had frozen at the sound of the voice.

"Wai'…Yukiya? Yukiya Reizen?"

Sabrina nodded. Yukiya turned around, nervously.

The man's mouth turned upward, grinning, "Why, ya're back! Ya've had ya poor motha worri' sick! She'll' be gla' to see ya, boy. An' wass with the eye cova?"

Yukiya wrung his hands and smiled shyly. "Magic accident," Sabrina supplied, "He got it about two years ago, a bit after he left."

"Pit'y. I see he'sa still a lad a' few wor's, I see. Ge' on. I'll get us there in plen'y a' time."

"Yukiya, come on." Sabrina urged. "You can do it!" she added, whispering in his ear encouragingly. He nodded and put their bags into the back of the wagon and helped Sabrina in before climbing in himself.

"I'm Ol' Lev, by the way, lassy."

Sabrina grinned, "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. I'm Sabrina Raven."

The old man smiled in return, flapping the reins slightly to get his horse moving again, "I ain't no sir, lassy. Jus' Ol' Lev. Speakin' of you, lassy, are ya with Yukiya here?"

"Yes, si-Lev. I am."

"His girlfrien'?"

She blushed and looked down, "Y-yes." Yukiya was silent.

"His momma will be downri' pleased wi' tha'. She wa' worrie' he'd never get a girlfrien', shy a' he i'." Sabrina giggled at that. "Heck, she wa' worrie' he'd ne'er come back." He glanced back at Yukiya, suddenly stern, "Ya betta have a good reason to giva. Whol' town wa' worrie', but she was downri' scared for ya." Yukiya nodded.

"He has a reason. I think it's a really good one, too. Though it took me near a week to convince him to come back, and some threats I wish I didn't have to use. But it all worked out." Sabrina was clearly proud of her efforts, and her expression make Old Lev chuckle.

"Wel' good for ya! He mi' be shy an' qui' bu' he'sa sur' stubbor'n, if he wan'sa be." Sabrina could only barely understand the man's heavy country accent, but all was well. The man just talked on happily, informing Yukiya of things that had transpired since he had left.

He told him that exactly ten marriages had taken place, fifteen births, five deaths-four elders and a young child (from pneumonia after falling down into the frigid spring melt streams)-and of various other events. He mentioned that one of the marriages might surprise him, and wouldn't tell him who it was who got married. The same thing happened with the births-but Yukiya whispered in my ear that he was suspicious of it being his mother who had a child. When Sabrina asked how old she was, to be having such an age gap between oldest and youngest, he responded that girls in his village married as young as they were, and often had children soon after. When Sabrina flushed at his teasing smile, he chuckled and assured her that he would wait as long as she wanted. And that his mother was only in her early-thirties, so having another child wasn't that surprising, especially since she already had five children.

The closer they were to the village, Sabrina could sense Yukiya's growing anticipation and nervousness. He kept fidgeting. She held his hand to encourage him, and he clutched it tightly, as if he was drowning and it was his only lifeline. They reached the edge of the small town and Lev let them off. It was a few hours until sunset, if only because the summer days were long. "Come on, Yukiya, let's go!" Honestly, Sabrina seemed more joyful than she had in a long time, maybe even more than she ever had been, at least while Yukiya had known her. And that was saying something. She was finally going to get to meet her beloved's family! Her earlier nervousness was dissipated by her utter excitement.

Yukiya led her through the small town. It was a nice evening, and it seemed as if everyone from small children to the elders were outside. People kept staring at them, and when they recognized Yukiya, they called out, mostly the same things Lev had been saying/asking-about where he's been, glad he came back, that he'd worried his poor mother half to death, where'd the eyepatch come from, who he is (from small children who were no older than six or seven), is that his girlfriend!? That was a big one, they were all so surprised that he had caught himself "such a beautiful girly" as one of the elderly ladies referred to Sabrina as, making her blush and look down at her feet. Yukiya just avoided their gazes, face red. Sabrina suspected he was both embarrassed (by the teasing) and ashamed (by the wonderings of where he had been). She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, letting him know that she was fully supporting him and was completely with him for the entirety of this ordeal. That made a few of the elderly whistle or giggle, making them flush even more.

Sabrina was smiling proudly and happily, though. Pride came from her daring with helping Yukiya, and joy because this reminded her a bit of her own small hometown, where everyone knew everyone and everyone helps each other out. Like raising the children who has lost their families to the epidemic years ago. Orphans like her.

Yukiya wasn't meeting anyone's eyes, instead he opted to stare at his feet. Sabrina, however, was smiling and waving cheerfully at everyone. They walked for a little bit before a girl only about a year older than the two of them appeared out of nowhere, ramming into Yukiya with a massive bear hug. "YUUUUUUUKIIIIIIIIIII!" She squealed, clearly overjoyed. She released him from the hug only to grab his left hand and jump up and down.

Then she started talking a million miles a minute-Sabrina was very confused and Yukiya almost looked...resigned. "Oh my glob! You're back! You're back! Where've you been? Nevermind! You're home! That's all that matters!" The golden-extremely-corkscrew-curly haired, bright blue-eyed girl who was the very definition of a country beauty went on for nearly five minutes before noticing Sabrina. Then she gasped, wide eyed and surprised. Then she looked a bit smug. "Oh. My. Globbity. Glob. Glob." She looked at Yukiya and waggled and eyebrow, " Oh Yuuuuuuukiiiii~! Is this your girlfrieeeeeend~?"

Yukiya nodded, looking a bit dazed (which wasn't all that unusual, to be perfectly honest...). The girl squealed and developed Sabrina in a tight hug before releasing her and putting her hands on Sabrina's shoulder's. "Thank you thank you thank you! I was so worried that he'd forever be alone because he was to darn shy to talk to girls!" Sabrina noticed that the girl was about an inch taller than her-it seems like everyone is taller than Sabrina.

"Ange…" the red-faced Yukiya almost sounded like he was...whining.

This only made Ange grin more, and wink at him, "Yes?" Yukiya just sighed and shook his head, so "Ange" turned her attention back to Sabrina, who was confused, and feeling a little jealous. This "Ange" seemed to know Yukiya, pretty well. She even had a nickname for him. "So, Yuki's girlfriend, what's your name? I can't keep calling you 'Yuki's girlfriend' because that would be rude. How did you guys meet? Oh, I bet it was some grand adventure and the love story of a century!" Little did she know that the events that had actually occurred were pretty spectacular. "Anyway, I want to know all about the girl that stole Yuki's heart!"

"Ange. Calm down. You're going to fast again."

Ange gasped and let go of Sabrina, whose head was spinning from the speed-chatter of this girl. "Sorry!" Ange said meekly.

"Ange, this is Sabrina, Sabrina, this is Angelina. She's a childhood friend." Yukiya introduced the two.

"Not just a childhood friend, his only friend from childhood. He was always too shy to play with the groups. Heck, he never even stood up for himself when he was teased because of it-the only time his shyness disappeared was when he went into big-brother mode." Sabrina knew that mode all too well. It showed most often when Luca was teasing her about something-you don't argue with Big Brother Yukiya. "You're name is really pretty by the way! Can I call you Ina? I love giving people nicknames!"

"Uh...sure. Go ahead."

"Yay!" She hooked arms with the two of them and began pulling them along, "Come on! Let's get Yuki and you to his house! You have to meet his family!" Yukiya gave Sabrina a soft smile, which she returned with a grin.

Angelina dragged them to a house, one a little bit away from the main part of town. It was a cute house, about the size of Sabrina's own house. There wasn't a fence, but a good-sized yard with a woods behind it, on the other side of a grassy field. The house was also in much better repair than Sabrina's-there was only so much she could do by hand (she wasn't to that level of magical ability...haha…). "MRS. REIZEN! MRS. REIZEN! YOU HAVE TO COME OUT HERE!" Angelina squealed.

"Coming, coming!" A voice replied from within. A stout woman with black, raven's-wing hair and youthful blue eyes walked out the front door-which was propped open to let in the cool evening air-wiping her hands on an old apron with flour all over it. "What's so urgen', Angelina? Normally you'll just come right insi…" she saw Yukiya, who was biting his lip and kicking the dirt, and trailed off.

She slowly walks over, looking dazed. She gently cups Yukiya's face in her hands. "My baby…" she whispered, misty eyed. Then she pulls him into a hug, tears beginning to stream down her face, "Oh, I was so worrie'...I though' I'd ne'er see you 'gain."

Yukiya's face changes, and he looks like a little kid, and a few tears slide down his cheeks, making him look a lost child who had been found by his mother. It warmed Sabrina's heart, and it made her a little sad too, because she'll never get to embrace her own mother like that again. But she just smiled her usual big smile at the scene. Angelina, for once, is utterly silent, and Sabrina glances at her to see the tears in her eyes. It's a sweet scene that would affect anyone.

Yukiya's mother pulled back and wiped her tears on her sleeve, "Now you hear me, boy! You bett'r ne'er pull a stunt like that 'gain! I was beginnin' to think you was dead, and that nearly broke my hear'!" Yukiya looked almost like he thought he deserved a great, big punishment. "Butcha came back and my heartache is gone. But what's wi'h the eyepatch, boy? Were you in an accident?"

"It's a long, long story." Sabrina spoke up, and was noticed by his mother for the first time.

"Who's this young la'y?"

"Her name's Sabrina-she's Yukiya's girlfriend." Angelina replied, smirking at the aforementioned boy.

-To cut out some time because this is already really long, I'll just summarize what happens: Yukiya's mother gets teary over her son's first love. Four little girls between ages 6-9 come out to see what the commotion in but are ushered by inside by Kathleen. She invited her eldest son, his girlfriend, and Angelina inside, but Angelina says she must be getting home before Fletcher gets worried. Yukiya learns that Fletcher, a kid he knew as a child, is now Angelina's husband (now we know what Levi was talking about). Yukiya gets to reunite with his sisters, the youngest doesn't really remember him, him having left when she was four, but since he looks like Nico, she says, he must be her brother (she had heard from her sisters about their quiet older brother who was an amazing cook, though Nico refused to talk about him)-she also asks Yukiya if he and Sabrina are "gonna get mawried?" to which he replies, "One day." making Sabrina blush and Rosa squeal and sit herself on Sabrina's lap, calling her "big sister!" (which makes Sabrina smile, a lot). When Yukiya asks where Nico is, Kathleen tells hims he's out with their father, checking their traps. She looks a bit sad when Nico is mentioned, then soon changes the subject to what Yukiya's been up to. He explains his time at the academy, and that Sabrina is his buddy and all that. Kathleen expresses how proud she is, and that he must have gotten the magic from his great grandfather on her side, and that it must have just show itself a lot later than most. Yukiya's content with letting her believe that. And when his sisters ask about the eyepatch, he just says there was an accident he'd rather not talk about.

It's getting late and so all the little girls are (unwillingly) put to bed. Kathleen tells Yukiya that Nico is still in the room the two used to share, and that he and Sabrina can use it tonight, that Nico can sleep in the parent's room for now with Paxton, the little eighteen month-old boy who was born about six months after Yukiya left. He's asleep, so we'll meet him in the morning. This way they'll have the room all to themselves (she winked when she said this, making the couple turn crimson to their ears).

They went to the room and Kathleen went to go clean up the kitchen, where she had been making dough for the next morning.-

Yukiya's face was as soft as she'd ever seen it. It thrilled her to no end how happy he was. He opened the door and gestured for her to go in first. Inside the smaller room there wasn't much decoration. There were two rolled up sleeping pallets in a corner, a small little dresser and a closet that wasn't much bigger. There was a small lap desk and a few papers in another corner, and a few small animal pelts tacked up on wall, which Yukiya revealed with a nostalgic look on this face, were the first few animals he and Nico had caught together when they were younger. And since it was the attic room, the only entrance was the narrow set of stairs in the corner, and the ceiling was slanted down each side, at it's highest point in the center.

"Let's get to bed. It's been a long day, and I'll bet my sisters will be in here to jump on us bright and early, like they always would to Nico and I on holidays." He walks over and unrolls the bed rolls, laying them next to each other, right up against each other, in fact.

"U-umm...Yukiya? Don't you think those are a bit cl-close to one another?" Sabrina bit her lip, nervous.

"No." He nonchalantly responded, "It gets pretty cool during the night this far north, even in the summer. Come one, let's get to sleep." He sat on one of the pallets.

"O-okay then…"

Sabrina sat on the other one, pulling off her shoes and setting them aside before pulling out the ribbons that held up her pigtails. She combed her hair with her fingers-to lazy to go dig out the actual comb from her bag, which had been set by the door with Yukiya's-before crawling underneath the blanket and laying her head on a pillow that had obviously been used for a long time. It had a smell similar to Yukiya, but not quite. It was a little more...woodsy, in a way. She closed her eyes as a wave of drowsiness hit her. Until this point, she hadn't realized just how tired she was. As sleep began to take over, she heard Yukiya climb into his own pallet and shift around a bit. She felt a warm hand ruffle her hair affectionately before grabbing her own, holding it tightly. That alone could keep off the chill of night.

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