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Yuuri: Midnight, I need your help.
Me: *looks up from writing the future chapters* Yeah, with what?
Yuuri: Please stop torturing Viktor, he's not letting go of my arm and it's starting to die. -_-
Viktor: *hugging Yuuri* Come on love, I must protect you from that devil!
Just Another Wrter: *joins in the hug* Protect the innocent precious cinnamon roll at all costs!
Me: Sorry Yuuri but I cannot end the torture, it's what I signed up for...*looks at Just Another Writer* Guys, you of all people know Yuuri is far from being innocent, *cough*pole*cough*dance*cough!*
Just another wrter: Midnight!
Yurio: Oh geez not this again, *turns to audience* midnight hopes you enjoy this chapter and remember that she does own any of us or the anime.
Yuuri didn't know the directions of the entire castle but he just ran while he had his hand over his mouth to try to muffle his cries. He just ran to find some place to hide until he finally reached what seemed like another garden that looked more like a forest with a giant cherry blossom tree in the center. He sat down with his knees up and being wrapped by his arms while it covered his face. Stop crying...Stop crying...Stop crying! But his tears just kept falling every time that memory came flashing back to his mind. It was great that he finally had a happy memory of his family even though he doesn't remember how they physically look like, but to remember how he managed to get himself taken just like that!
A sudden bark came out of nowhere behind him as Yuuri turned around to see Makkachin right there, wagging his tail in delight. "Makkachin, w-what are yo doing here?" Yuuri whispered as the giant poodle licked his face to try to wipe the stray tears and placed his paws on top of his shoulders demanding for hugs. Yuuri made a small smile as he began to pet Makkachin, but the more he pet him, the more familiar this felt. "It's funny, you remind me of someone but I don't-
"Yuuri, look what we got for your fourth birthday!"
Little Yuuri was racing down the stairs and in the dining hall to see parents holding a cake and his older sister holding a small brown poodle puppy who was happily barking at him with such innocence. "This little ball of fluff is for you Yuuri," She smiled as the puppy barked again on cue. "You can name him whatever you want as long as you take care of him. Remember that he'll be your best friend forever, he's always going to protect you."
His eyes lit up with astonishment as he raced forward to give his big sister a hug with tears of happiness in his eyes. "Thank you nee-chan! I promise I'll take good care of him and protect him with my magic! Thank you!" With that, his sister handed him the little puppy as it licked his face endlessly causing him to giggle.
"So what are you going to call him?" His mother asked curiously.
Yuuri took a moment to think until his eyes lit up once more as he lifted the puppy to the sky as a symbol of pride,"I'm going to call him Victor!" He then added with a small blush, "Or Vicchan to make him sound more adorable." Everyone laughed with happiness.
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"I JUST HAD IT ENOUGH WITH YOU!" The dark figure screamed at a twenty year Yuuri who was on the cold stone ground on his knees with his head bowed low. "YOU KEEP DISAPPOINTMENTING ME AND TRYING TO ESCAPE OR AT LEAST HELP OTHERS ESCAPE!"
"I'm sorry sir," Yuuri whispered in fear, "I swear it won't happen again."
"I wish I could believe you but you've been too much a nuisance for me to trust you," The figure sighed in disappointment until he made a grim grin as he turned around to fetch something. "Beating you would be too kind for you this time, so it's high time I punish you where it really hurts." Yuuri was confused as to what the figure was referring to until he heard a familiar wail! "By using the one who reminded you of home."
Yuuri looked up with his eyes widened with panic only to see the person holding on to Vicchan with a strong grip that it was causing the poor poodle to whimper! He hasn't seen his beloved friend in five years because he had spent that time locked up with his only contact being with the dark figure. This was the first time he ever saw his Vicchan right there in front of him! He got up from his knees as he pleaded, "NO...PLEASE DON'T HURT VICCHAN!"
The figure began to laugh with pleasure as he tightened his grip around the puppy's neck causing both Vicchan and Yuuri to whimper from pain and fear! "You should have thought about that before you disappointed me for the last time...It's now time for you to punished." Suddenly out of nowhere, Yuuri felt himself being pulled down to the floor by ice formed chains as he struggled to get back up again as he breathed heavily to try to reach for his friend!
"NO! NO! PLEASE LEAVE HIM ALONE! I-I PROMISE I'LL DO EVERYTHING YOU SAY! DON'T HURT HIM! PLEASE!"
"Like I said Yuuri," The figure smiled as a stream of cold air was being released from his hands along with haunting white ice slowly began to engulf Vicchan bit by bit while Yuuri was still pleading for his friend to be spared! "It's too late..." At this point, Vicchan's pained cries were silenced when he was covering completely in cold deadly ice. "It's all your fault for what your friend is going through."
"VICCHAN!"
In an instant, the dark figure used his own bare hands to crush the ice stone Vicchan into pieces or chunks of ice that fell and scattered all over the floor! Yuuri fell on his knees, he was shaking, his eyes were releasing his tears from his petrified eyes as he seemed to have lost all the air in his body as he stared at the shattered ice remains of his friend.
"...Vicchan..." He whispered in shock as pulled away from Makkachin in horror. His eyes began to tear up as he buried his face further in his knees as he shook, this was too much to process. "Why? Why him?! How could I forget him like that!"
Meanwhile, Victor was breathless as ever as he finally managed to locate the garden where Yuuri was hiding especially since Makkachin seemed to have beat him to the punch. He rushed in the garden, spotting the giant cherry blossom tree that glowed underneath the moon's light as he spotted Yuuri hugging his knees and trembling while Makkachin whined to grab his attention. He must have remembered something...He concluded as he cautiously approached Yuuri. I don't know how to deal with people crying...I just hope I don't make it worse for Yuuri.
When he walked towards Yuuri, he then sat down by his side as he gently patted his back. "Yuuri? Do you want to talk about it?" For once, Yuuri didn't flinch from his touch especially since it came out of nowhere and as much as it reassured how much trust has been earned, it scared him to think just what must be going on in Yuuri's mind right now.
Yuuri stayed quiet for a moment, he was at a battle with himself at the moment. Should I tell him? He asked himself as he continued to shake. But what if he sees me as weak and leaves? What if he judges me? Will he see me as a horrible friend if I couldn't even protect Vicchan? What if I tell and then he'll send me out to go fend for myself? If he knows who my family was, would he just drop me off and leave without looking back?
"Yuuri," Victor's voice interrupted his state of panic as he laid his hand on hs shoulder. "I'm not going to think any less of you no matter what you tell me. Whatever it is you're going through, I want to be able to help you in any way I can. Please trust me, and if you don't fee like telling me at least let me help you feel better. I will never hurt you Yuuri."
Yuuri's hand tightened their grip around his knees as they trembled while his mind was taking in what was just heard. There were so many countless times when Victor had promised to cause no harm to him, and every time, those promises have been kept. That was enough to reassure him that maybe, just maybe, he could open up to Victor right now...Victor...He could hear his younger four-year-old-self say the same sentence again, "I'm going to call him Victor!" Only then he realized just how much hearing that name caused his tears to go down. The name alone just began to remind him of that horrifying moment, but then again, it's that name of the person who he needed the most support from.
With that, Yuuri finally looked up and without warning, he wrapped his arms around Victor as he held onto him closely as he began to sob. Victor was caught completely off guard with the gesture, but he was enjoying the hug but not enough since he was watching Yuuri cry as he returned the embrace, "Shh, it's okay Yuuri...It's okay."
"V-Victor..." Yuuri sobbed, as he clung onto him. "I-I remembered my family...Well, not how they looked like but I-I remembered how warm and safe it was to be with them... I-I had a mom, a dad, a big sister but, but I-I was taken away from them...I was taken and never saw them again, and I only had my small puppy friend who looked like Makkachin with me for who knows how long I was gone..."
"Do you remember anything else about your little friend?" Victor asked, knowing that he was treading on thin ice right now. That only caused Yuuri to loosen his grip onto Victor, pulling away while he was still one his knees, he explained as he sobbed
"H-His name was Vicchan, and h-he's always been protecting me but then...But then." His tears were endless as he swallowed to continue. "Someone...I don't know who but I knew that he apparently was the person who took me...He was punishing me for trying to escape and he used Vicchan after keeping him away from me for five years..." He hiccuped a bit while looking down completely ignoring the shocked look Victor made. "This person, h-he had ice magic and h-he used it to freeze Vicchan...He froze him and then just like that..." Tears were constantly falling as he began to shake again as he wailed and coughed from the tears and the loss of air he was losing because of the trauma, "HE SHATTERED VICCHAN, HE KILLED MY BEST FRIEND AND LAUGHED! Right in front of me, I was chained down and all I-I could do was watch it happen! Watching the ice scatter on the ground and I was too weak and pathetic to do anything!"
At this point, Yuuri was having a panic attack that could cause an outburst of ice at any moment but Victor was worried about Yuuri's wellbeing right now. He pulled Yuuri into a strong embrace once more, running his left hand through the raven hair and his right hand was rubbing his back in hopes those gestures were enough to comfort him. "I was too weak Victor," Yuuri whimpered as his hands were up holding each other trying to calm his shaking. "It was all my fault, I'm a poor excuse of a friend and a human being! I don't even know why I'm still alive!"
"YUURI!" Victor scolded, realizing that him shouting made Yuuri flinch from the volume. "I'm sorry for yelling but I cannot allow you to say such thing about yourself after everything we've been through so far...Look, I may not know how hard it must be to suddenly remember memories like that and it's driving you crazy and makes you wish you could have done something different but I do know that you're alive and here for a reason. I'm sure Vicchan wouldn't want you to beat yourself down like this, he would have wanted you to keep living for him."
"I-It hurts..." Yuuri whispered with frustration. "It hurts to know that I might never see my family again and that my friend is gone."
"I know Yuuri, I know it's hurting you," Victor soothed, holding him closer. "But I'm right here, I'm right here to help you. You're not alone, Yuuri." He suddenly recalled the first dream he had when he first encountered his soulmate, realizing that those circumstances must be the same. "And I promise you that we'll find your family together, we'll travel the ends of the earth if we have to but we'll find them Yuuri. I'll be there with you throughout the whole time."
What seemed like an eternity, Yuuri's tears were slowly decreasing as he leaned against the warmth from Victor's chest. The ice king was about to get up and carry him back until Yuuri grabbed on to him and pleaded, "Victor, please stay close to me...For now..."
Viktor warmly smiled as he sat back down to hold Yuuri once more very protectively. "Of course."
Viktor + just another wrter: *clapping with tears* that was so beautiful.
Yuuri: You had Vicchan killed like that? *tears start to swell up*
Viktor: *Protecting-Yuuri-Instincts on* *hugs Yuuri* It's okay Yuuri, it's okay, Midnight will pay dearly for making you suffer like that. I will personally see to it *glares at me*
Me: You gotta wait in line Viktor, there are so many people who want me to pay dearly
Yurio: Bunches of idiots, *turns to audience* Midnight hopes you enjoyed this chapter and make to comment to see what will happen in the next chapter.