Title: Ice Breakers
Summary: Yuuri Katsuki was determined. He would own the ice on which Viktor Nikiforov skated. He would make it his own, he would be the best Figure Skater there was and Viktor would regret ever thinking less of him.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yuri! On Ice
Pairing: Victor/Yuuri
Rating: T (Might change later in chapters)
I skipped a few years so don't be startled at first. :P Also I aged up Kenjirou up a bit so he's 10-years-old when Yuuri is 13, only a 3 years gap. And as where are already on the age gaps can I just add that I'm making Yuuri and Phichit the same age for my own purposes. Also, I know Yuuri was 18 when he got Celestino as a coach but I sped it up a bit. Sorry!
Edited: 19/02/2017
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Chapter 2
Kenjirou blew his red bangs out his face as he glided on the freshly glossed ice of the Ice Castle rink. Maybe he was obsessed with his fellow skater to the point he woke up at 5 am and stood out in the cold waiting for the rink to open just so he could watch Yuuri stretch before he skated.
Peering at the black-haired beauty that he knew for a while now, he felt his cheeks grow hot. Yuuri was a nice individual and Kenjirou wanted his senpai to notice him! Maybe he wasn't the best skater or even the most attractive but he wanted his senpai just to give one glance at him. Or even smile. Anything!
And it seemed his wish was granted as those beautiful glowing amber eyes turned to him and sent a dazzling smile his way with a playful wink. Kenjirou's knees gave out and he fell face flat on the ice. Dear lord it should be illegal to be that pretty!
Now you may be wondering why on earth this kid was acting like this and let me illiterate.
A couple of days ago
A 13-year-old Yuuri walked into the corner shop with his taste buds aching for something sweet to satisfy his sweet tooth. Walking through the isle of beers and crisps he reached his goal and reached for a pack of 'Moam's' but another hand reached for the packet too. It was at this moment Yuuri realised that this was the last pack and when he saw that pale hand enclose around the yellow wrapper all hell broke loose. With an elegant pounce Yuuri trapped the candy stealer to the floor beneath him. They were at the isle near the back of the store and nobody would hear the commotion.
A startled yelp leaved the body under his own and he looked into a pair of young brown eyes full of panic. And suddenly Yuuri felt guilty. The boy was relatively small and had tanned skin and had an aura of childish attraction to him. "Hey? What are you doing?!" let out the caged boy as he squirmed against the cold tiled floor.
Yuuri let out a small laugh when the boy suddenly stopped moving and looked out his face. A large red blush adored his cheeks and awe settled into eyes. "Pretty~" he breathed out and it only made Yuuri grin cheekily at him. It made Yuuri happy that his face effected the boy so much. Maybe he would get the Moam's this way!
"Gomenasai! I couldn't help but feel threatened when you took the sweet I wanted." Yuuri said as he made a move to get up. The blonde-haired boy followed his lead and stood.
Kenjirou looked at the blue pack on candy in his hands and then back to the pretty girl in front of him. Clenching his eyes shut and blowing his head he thrust his arms out, still holding the Moam's, towards the amber-eyed girl. "No I am sorry! I shouldn't have stolen from a girl, forgive me!"
'Girl?' thought Yuuri and with an angry growl he kicked the boy in the shin, catching his attention. "Baka! I am a boy!" the ebony-haired boy let out.
"Eh?" replied Kenjirou with confusion clear on his face. And Yuuri lightened up a little. He knew he looked a bit girly but never like a girl. He had a strong jaw and rough hair that he styled like a boy would so he didn't know why this kid was confusing him with a girl. He wasn't even wear a dress!
With a sigh the older boy grabbed the other boy's wrist, making him drop the sweets, and took him outside the shop into an isolated area not that far from it. They were face to face and Kenjirou was even more baffled on what was going on. Grapping the waistband of his joggers he pushed them down along with his underwear, confidently showing of his boy parts.
Kenjirou gaped at him as he saw the girl wasn't a girl but a boy. "Waaaa?" he choked up through his shock. And Yuuri pulled up his pants again, roaring out a laugh at the tomato red face the other boy had.
"See? Boy." Chirped Yuuri, he didn't really care that the other saw his boy parts, after all he was the same gender as him.
'Boy indeed…' thought Kenjirou Minami through the fuzzy feeling he felt.
Present
Ever since that the Blonde/red-haired boy developed quite the crush on his senpai. It was purely innocent even with the fact he had seen an intimate area. He was only 10 and had not yet experienced 'sexual desire'.
After the whole gender incident, the two returned to the shop to buy the sweet shop only to find it had already been bought. Both were saddened till they saw a big set of candy canes that were festive this time of year. It was too expensive for them both to buy separately so they decided to unite their moneys and buy it together. It was a start of a good friendship and they both learnt a lot about each other.
Kenjirou was a dancer and actually took lessons from Yuuri's aunty Minako. The younger boy was surprised to find out that Yuuri was a learning figure skating and even more so when the boy invited him to skate with him. After multiple lessons of dance the red fringed boy had enough balance to not fall face first into the ice like he thought he would do. Actually, he was quite good at it and Yuuri was delighted to teach him how to skate better.
This was their 4 meet up since then and Kenjirou was being taught how to do a routine sequence form someone called Victor Nikiforov. Honestly the blonde saw the appeal in figure skating and wanted to join Yuuri in his journey.
"Kenjirou! Watch this!" called a smooth voice that instantly caught the daydreaming boys attention. Wide hazy eyes followed the elegant movement Yuuri placed on the ice and they only widened further when that lithe body was pulled into a toe loop. Yuuko who was watching from the side lines gasped in excitement and in worry.
Yuuko was no teacher, she just wanted to show Yuuri her moves that she had learnt from her Mama who learnt from a professional. The toe loop hardly lifted from the ground but she was still scared that one of these days Yuuri would hurt himself from being so reckless. But even so she was happy to see him succeed after a long time of practising.
Kenjirou was captivated because of the pure beauty that Yuuri displayed and the way his body flowed like water in the air.
Yuuri let out a happy laugh as he landed it with shaky grace. He had been practising this particular move for some time and the fact that he had landed it His heart clenched in his chest. He couldn't wait till he was older and he could skate alongside his idol. He wanted Victor to see how he had changed Yuuri's life so much, how he had compelled Yuuri like he had done everyone.
The beaming 13-year-old met eyes with the incredulity full ones that belonged to Kenjirou. It seemed when this boy was around him he could land a perfect quad. Yuuri skated over to him and hugged the life out of the other boy.
"Did you see? I landed it, all thanks to you!" laughed the older boy as he skated around with the smaller boys in his arms.
Everything was so much better it seemed. He was getting older and he was learning so much. Minako though it was time for him to get a coach and she knew a perfect person. Someone she met through mutual friends called Celestino Cialdini. He had one other student alongside him and Yuuri was excited to meet them. They were coming to see how he skated and if he was up to date with Celestino's other student. Yuuri couldn't wait to show off his skills to someone who actually knew how to grade them. All the help he got was from Minako and the internet. Watching all of Victor's performances helped a lot in how he should move his body but he had no real judgement to guide him. Minako tried her best to keep his body in the right flexibility to help making the jumps and splits easier but she only had experience on the dance floor not the ice.
And so, the youngest Katsuki was hectic to see him. They were to arrive in two days but it wouldn't stop Yuuri from trying to fit in new moves to learn.
It had been 5 years from what his sister Mari said to him but not one day went by that he didn't think about it. His nee-san was the best person in the world. Sure, she didn't express her love for him in the ways normal sisters did but normal was overrated anyway. Mari was best the way she was. She never ever let Yuuri down, always helped him when times were tough and bullying was forced into his life. He could still remember the way his sister marched to his school when she found his in tears (again) about means things the same boys said to him. She had yelled for 10 minutes straight at them, cursing them all the way to their ancestors and future children till they were reduced to sobs.
A smile twitched on his lips just thinking about it. Victor was his idol but his family and friends were his hero's.
(I thought about stopping here but I was like 'Nahhhh')
After 2 more hours of skating (but on Kenjirou's behalf, all he was doing was watching Yuuri while drooling.) the three friends had to depart. Yuuko had to study for her test after all she was 15 now and exams were rolling up for her. Yuuri had to help with the family business (his face was the advertisement after all). Kenjirou had to go back home before it was too late due to the fact he was only 10 and his parents were over protective.
48 hours went by in a flash. Toshiya Katsuki drove his son to the airport at 7 am to wait for Celestino. The ebony-haired teen was bouncing in anticipation as the minutes ticked by. If the coach found Yuuri worthy of being a figure skater under his name (Which Yuuri knew he was) he would have to move to Detroit to train. It was a frightening thought leave his family and friends (even the new one he made) but they all supported him and who was he to let them down?
Yuuri was holding up and sign that quite clearly stated who he was waiting for. In bolding letter were:
CELESTINO CIALDINI + OTHER
Yuuri didn't know the name of the other person only that he or she were Celestino's protégé. And Yuuri felt eager to beat said person in their game. He never had competition with Yuuko because they skated together, they learnt together they were equal in all ways.
After a bit on waiting a tall man with long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, thick matching eyebrows and sideburns with light green eyes with a strong play in the jawline, came into sight with a younger, shorter man in tow. With tan skin, black hair and what Yuuri guessed to be black or dark grey eyes with a messy fringe blocking out most of the features. His eyes were glued to a phone screen and his fingers were whizzing across it and Yuuri's eyes struggled to keep up with the movement. Yuuri instantly knew who was who. The protégé was about the same age as him by the looks of it. And Celestino was in his mid-20's at least.
Light green eyes caught sight of the cardboard sign in Yuuri's hands and followed the hands up to the, now nervous, face of the 13-year-old. There was a twinge of uneasiness in those green eyes as the duo approached them. Yuuri was growing anxious as they grew closer. The boy seemed to realise they reached their destination and pocketed his phone and placed a charming smile on his face, obviously forced and fake. That was till he occupied his eyes to the shy looking girl holding the board up with his coaches name on it. And he guessed 'other' was supposed to be him. A nudge of annoyance hit him.
"Are you Yuuri Katsuki's relative miss?" asked Celestino cautiously as they stood in front of the girl. Those amber eyes, burst into agitated flames and she glared at the taller man.
"Excuse you! But I am Yuuri Katsuki!" she he said with a snarl. Then started muttering something about 'gender assuming baka's'.
Celestino and Phichit were both shell-shocked that the girl was actually a boy. 'Wow, shocker.' Thought Yuuri as he watched the normal reaction settle onto the faces of these newcomers. This was now a natural recurrence to people who mistake him for a girl. And at first, he just shrugged it off and politely told them they were wrong and he was a boy but now he couldn't stand being gender assumed and lashed out on the people like a mad person.
"Sorry! You just look a bit… girly?" said Phichit slowly not wanting to rile up the already annoyed boy.
Said boy just hummed in forgiveness, still a bit pissed. But before he could even open his mouth to let out his own reply, Celestino interrupted.
"How about you take us to the place we see you skate?" he said fast before the two boys could fight. He also just wanted to get this over with. He wasn't sure why he had agreed but Minako had threatened him that he had to come or he would be bald for the rest of his life and he loved his hair dearly.
Yuuri instantly turned happy to the idea of Ice Castle and smiled at them both before leading them towards the car where his father was waiting patiently for them.
Timeskip because I don't want to write an awkward car journey…
Phichit looked around the ice rink in curiosity. Yuuko had closed the rink for this moment just for Yuuri and she, along with others, were here to watch Yuuri skate.
"This is where you normally skate?" questioned the ponytailed man. As he examined the freshly polished ice from the side lines. Yuuri was seated, fitting on some skates. They were relatively new, an early Christmas gift from his sister. But with how much time he spent in the rink they were already broken in and were like another layer of skin to his feet.
The ebony-haired boy looked up and replied with a smile. "Yes, since I was 8."
The tanned-skinned boy smirked behind his phone, he had started skating since he was six. That meant that he had more experience that this rookie.
And as if Yuuri knew what he was thinking he gave the Thai boy a devilish smirk of his own.
"Well, let's see what you got?" said Celestino. And honestly, he didn't know what to expect, Yuuri was a total wonder. Minako said he was definitely the best figure skater in the world but that was probably biased. What he saw now was someone who definitely had the looks to win over the crowd and the lithe body that was good for flips and jumps but he didn't know the flow and skill that was a requirement in all figure skaters.
Yuuri lased up his second skate fast and took of the guard on the blade before stepping onto the ice. At first, he wasn't sure what to skate too. He couldn't choregraph his own performance due to his lack of knowledge and Celestino wasn't asking for that either. So, he settled for one of his favourite performance by Victor Nikiforov, the one he had performed at 15, two years ago. Yuuri had cut out many of the quads and jumps. He wasn't great at them and didn't want to risk permanent damage by practising them. Instead he added splits and spirals.
A soft Piano tune was turned on by Yuuko and Takeshi who stood with Kenjirou watching. They didn't want their Yuuri to be alone on the day he was so anxious about. Plus, Kenjirou could ogle at him more.
The tune was soft and flowing like water and it hypnotized Yuuri completely. He inhaled deeply before gliding of the ice like his life depended on it. He readied his body for his first jump, the toe loop he had just learnt, a grin smeared his face when he landed it and kept his leg outstretched.
The song was facing a twist and Yuuri smiled softly to his friends and family, who he was skating for, this sequence was helped to remember by Minako who stood by the edge of the stadium tears in her eyes. Maybe Yuuri was rushing the footing a bit too much and by the frown on Celestino's face she was correct but it didn't stop her from feeling proud of her little sunshine.
When the tune started to calm done again Yuuri did an axel, he knew how to do one rotation but not three like Victor did in his routine but that was okay as he had so much time to learn. And by the smiles on his friends face he had aced it. Grinning at them he started to have fun, ignoring the stress eating away at him before. Skating was supposed to be like this he was supposed to have fun, enjoy the ice.
He knew that now this was were Victor did a quad but he replaced it with a charlotte split followed by a spiral, his arms eagle spread and one leg raised to the roof as he glided on one leg. And as he closed his eyes to the spirals that moved his body he could feel the music in his veins and his ears blocked the music out. He could hear it within himself. Controlling his body in such a captivating way that even the strongest willed humans couldn't even imagine to look away. The song was coming to an end so he did his best move. It wasn't a jump but rather a spiral. Spiralling downwards with 6, 360 rotations with his leg out and his other bend and spinning on the ice. And with that leg he stood grabbing his blades handle and flexed his body so leg was out near his head and his two arms were up too making a globe shape the more he spun. Letting go of his leg and let it go the sky and pulling his body down into a charlotte spiral. He knew that he was pulling of many female based spins but he loved the way these certain spins brought a pulchritudinous aura. He blamed Minako for it.
Quickly loosening his joints from their position, he did a small sequence to just be a show off and ended with his body twisted in a tantalizing way, sweat drops falling down his chin and his arms out. His chest was heaving with air. As he looked towards the man who was to be his coach.
Celestino was standing, emotionless as Yuuri glided towards him. And it made the amber eyed boy perturbed. And it only got worse when the man started to talk.
"Yuuri, I have never seen some do those spins so young and untrained. It was reckless and immature for you to even try them without professional guidance. What were you honestly thinking?" demanded the man. And Yuuri felt a bit guilty and a bit freaked. "But even with that, you gave a divine performance. You made it all look so resplendent. And to think your just a kid with a passion and a hell load of talent. Imagine what your life is going to be like with someone to teach it all with all the rules, tricks and short cuts?" carried on the man. And Yuuri felt twittered. Did this mean?
"I can't wait to be that someone Yuuri." Said Celestino and Yuuri let out an unmanly squeal and launched himself at the man. Who was surprised to say the least. His family and friends cheered as they heart everything. Even Phichit was happy. It seemed he had a rival. A very good rival.
MWAHAHAHAHAH, I USED SO MANY BIG WORDS! WERE YOU CONFUSED? I LITERALLY HAD A THESAURUS NEXT TO ME!
Edited- 19/02/17
I made Yuuri way too good to be true for his age so I made his whole routine a bit more childlike and fun. He's not good at jumps in the anime but rather sequences and footing as he was a dancer first so I used that as my advantage. I know he is very ooc but I also don't care.
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also now that it's updated, tell me if it's more realistic please! Thank You!
