Confession: This is super late because of a number of things. The first week it was supposed to be out, I lost power because of a tropical storm and it didn't come back until the following week. The second week I felt too crappy to focus on writing. The third week I decided that I wanted to update (almost) everything and decided to put everything off until I finished them. I have two other chapters of this already written to make up for it and they will be up soon.

This story was 100% inspired by the artwork above (that I also used for the cover) by Sequoia-lana on DeviantArt. It's gorgeous and I wish I had the skills to create something half as good.

Anyway... Onto the chapter!

Enjoy!

Chapter One: Before

It wasn't a secret, not really. How could it be when his name and face aired internationally multiple times a year? He just had no reason to say anything about it. No one asked or mentioned it and for Hinata Shouyou, it was a part of the past, even if it had only been a few months.

Similarly, it also wasn't a secret that Hinata had become interested in volleyball fairly late in his life. Serendipity, a chance meeting. Simply riding his bike and seeing him on tv. It was the same for his old hobby too.

Hinata was a toddler when he first saw the figure skaters on the tv while his parents watched the Winter Olympics. Despite the constant moving he was forced to deal with, even back then, his mother let him take lessons. He'd fallen in love the second his blades hit the ice. Though most considered him clumsy, Hinata took to the ice like a fish took to water. His monstrous stamina, even as a child, was more than enough to power him through the lessons with ease. He fell of course, but he never lost hope-how could he when he was always having so much fun? Even when he struggled, the ice was like a second home to him, a calming presence in his chaotic young life.

Of course, that meant it couldn't last.

By the time Hinata was seven he was good. A prodigy for his age, though not even close to being old enough to compete in the Junior circuit. He had excellent balance and his jumps, though small and with few rotations, were flawless, not to mention he was (and planned to stay) highly flexible. Some of his rinkmates were jealous and didn't like him for his natural ability but it didn't end up mattering much because the inevitable happened. His mother was transferred for work again and the friends he'd made, the rink he'd grown accustomed to the last couple years, and the teacher he respected (and his second teacher he'd had since he started) were gone.

None of them wanted to stay in touch.

They ended up in Hasetsu. It was a small, coastal town in Saga, Japan. It was beautiful, but it wasn't Takashima. The only upside, he supposed, was that there was an ice rink. It was kind of surprising since, according to his mother, the town was known for its hot springs, but Hinata wasn't going to complain.

He ended up loving Hasetsu more than he'd ever have wanted to admit-at least not to his mother. It was in Hasetsu that he met his mentor, Yuuri-nii, and his friends Yuuko-san and Nishigori-san, along with their three baby girls. They were younger than Natsu, though not by much, and the four got along like wildfire. He ended up getting into dance (thanks to Yuuri-nii) and was trained under the famous Okukawa Minako.

When Yuuri-nii had left for college in America, Hinata struggled a bit with the adjustment-normally he was the one who was leaving, afterall. They did stay in touch, though, which Hinata appreciated a lot. But he was given a mission and he wouldn't fail his mentor and older brother figure. It was Hinata's job to make sure Vicchan wasn't lonely while his owner was gone and he took it very seriously. Yuuri-nii had taught him a lot over the years they spent in contact. While the older skater was in Hasetsu, he taught Hinata everything he could about figure skating, and when they weren't on the ice-even after he left-he'd helped with everything else. Making sure the adorable poodle was happy was the least he could do.

If Hinata wanted to be on the international circuit, he'd need to know English. It was a fact and as hard as it was, he slowly got a grasp on it. It only got better when he was introduced to a few of Yuuri-nii's friends from America who were able to give him practical experience. He wasn't as good at languages as he was at athletics (he learned at school that pretty much anything that made use of his stamina was something that he would excel at-most of the time), but he made do. And if he decided to take up attempting to learn two other languages while he was at it, that was no one's business but his own. His mother was just grateful that the older skater's presence in his life was improving his academic performance.

At thirteen he made his debut in the Junior division and took it by storm thanks to Yuuri-nii and Minako-sensei's teachings. Where Yuuri-nii was called Japan's Ace, people started calling Hinata Japan's Junior Ace. On a National level, he became close with Minami Kenjirou and on an international level, his biggest rival was Russian Junior's skater Yuri Plisetsky.

Hinata ended up scoring just two points below the blond in the Junior Grand Prix and took silver.

Vicchan passed away the night before Yuuri-nii's Free Skate and he suffered a devastating loss in his first GPF. Hinata would rather not remember most of the banquet-he also made a mental note to never drink alcohol at an event. Ever. Yuuri-nii ended up coming back to Hasetsu after that.

A few months later Viktor Nikiforov showed up naked at Yū-topia. Kind of. He was naked in the onsen. From that point forward, the Russian became Hinata's rinkmate's coach. Yuri Plisetsky showed up not long after and the Onsen on Ice commenced. Yuuri-nii won, just like Hinata knew he would and Yurio, as Mari dubbed him, went back to Russia with his short program to figure out his Free skate.

The four of them, Hinata, Yuuri, Yurio and Viktor, ended up becoming quite close-even if the blond skater would never admit it. It was almost like the family he never had. They cared about each other and took care of each other in ways his own parents never did. Hinata basked in the love he felt while Yurio hissed like a cat at every opportunity. It only got better from there, especially when the two oldest skaters got engaged-at least, he was pretty sure they were engaged? Victor said their were going to get married when Yuuri-nii won gold, at least.

Hinata won gold in his first Junior Grand Prix since Yurio's movement into the senior division.

Yuri was able to keep Yuuri-nii from retiring and Viktor was returning as a competitive skater during the next season. Yuuri-nii ended up moving to Russia to be with his fiance and Hinata was forced to move once again. They spoke occasionally but their practices took up most of their time and despite his mother's barely-there presence in his life, he was still forced to listen when she said he couldn't stay up late (the consequences weren't worth it). The six-hour time difference didn't help.

He wished he could've gone to Russia with them.

Then he was forced to uproot everything he'd come to know and move from Saga to Miyagi.

Miyagi was nice, similar to Hasetsu in a way since it was so small, but it wasn't the small coastal town he'd grown to love even more than Takashima. The air was fresh and the weather was nice and there was a skating club, The Miyagi Figure Skating Club. His mother hadn't wanted to pay for it but as long as he kept his grades up, she'd thankfully relented and let him join. They were more than happy to have him, even if some of the other members were jealous of his status, and Hinata was back in business. He had a new coach and found a new choreographer and he was set to prepare

Then he saw the Small Giant.

Often when skating, Hinata felt like he was flying but him, the Small Giant, he was truly flying. The orange haired middle school third year wanted to fly like that too. After that, while also keeping up with his figure skating regimens, Hinata studied up on everything he could on volleyball.

He ended up attending Yukigaoka Junior High, where they had nothing in terms of sports. There was football (soccer) and basketball but everything else was either nonexistent or unsupported. He started his school's volleyball team after gathering some friends together. Friends always came easy to him, according to Yuuri-nii he was magnetic, like he was a flame and everyone else were moths helpless in the face of his light and inevitably drawn into it. Some of them even quit their clubs to help him or tried to balance both. He'd thought that since they were all athletes, the transition would've been easy. He knew they were inexperienced and while he wanted to win (obviously, no one wants to lose), he also wanted to have fun, to fly.

Hinata had perfect control of his body, near-endless amounts of stamina, and could jump higher than most people taller than him, let alone those who were his height. It didn't matter how inexperienced he and his team were because he'd carry them, win or lose.

They were destroyed in the first game they played and a stupid, pale, tall jerk had the guts to insult him and his friends for their lack of experience. It wasn't a secret that the volleyball team was recently formed so why was he at all surprised by their performance? Yukigaoka wasn't known for its athletic programs, it was known for its academics. Hinata just wished they'd been given a different team for their first game-because it was just his luck that his first volleyball game ever was against a school known for its volleyball team's greatness.

"What have you been wasting your time with for the last three years?!"

It was so obvious then that Kageyama didn't know a thing about his opponent but that didn't change the fact that the words hurt. He wasn't wasting his time, nor was any of his team. They didn't have three years, the club had barely been around for a few months (it had always existed but no one ever joined so it was basically brand new) so none of them had any idea what he was going on about.

If Hinata had been paying attention he would've noticed the same frustration with Hinata that Viktor had expressed with Yuuri early on in their partnership on Kageyama's face. To him, Hinata clearly had the physical skills to be amazing at the sport but for some reason he couldn't grasp, he wasn't. For Yuuri-nii, it had been his near-crippling anxiety and his depression about his dog (and the endless amount of regret he felt about it). For Hinata, though Kageyama had no idea, it was his inexperience.

Hinata was determined to face him on a volleyball court again and prove to him just how much he could really do.

He never expected to end up on the same team though.

Despite their less than stellar past, the two of them actually learned to get along fairly quickly. It was nice. Hinata was (eventually) able to actually score and the physical activity meant he had to do less during the off season.

Their first practice game was against a strong school-because that was always Hinata's luck-but they pulled through with his and Kageyama's "freak quick." Kageyama had some kind of beef with some members of Aoba Johsai's team but Hinata didn't even pretend to understand it. The raven was a private person and Hinata wasn't going to incur his wrath because he asked too many questions.

They were scheduled to play against Nekoma not long after. Apparently they'd been Karasuno's greatest rival team back when they were on top.

Meeting Kenma, who turned out to actually be Nekoma's setter, seemed to have been something like fate (at least that was what Victor called it when Hinata told them). Something about how they were destined to be friends and rivals like him and Yuri-senpai (he'd taken to calling Yurio senpai instead of the nickname Mari-nee gave him since it made him significantly less angry). Victor liked to make it seem like some kind of fairy tale or story book. Hinata was just glad he found a friend he could talk to about things other than volleyball. He loved it, don't get him wrong, he just liked other things too. Kenma said he wasn't really athletic, even if he was good, and Hinata had taken to playing video games with him during his off time-he even went to some of his skating practices.

Then they were off to their first proper competition.

They actually did fairly well in the Interhigh, until they played Seijoh. They played full sets and lost, their spirits were crushed but the pain was only temporary because they were going to Spring was also pretty sure he made acquaintances with the scary middle blocker from Date Tech. Hinata was just concerned that the two worlds he'd kept so separate- though, it wasn't on purpose but it was better than having insane, rabid fans like Yuri-senpai had (and he had plenty of fans, his Instagram could attest to that, but they weren't Yuri's Angels) were going to collide. Miyagi was just quiet-at least the part he lived in. Hinata found that he liked it that way, being able to live his life as a normal person. He only wanted recognition when he deserved it-that meant at shows/competitions only, and occasionally online.

Just before exams and their trip to Tokyo, GPF assignments were released. Hinata set out preparing for Skate Canada and Cup of China. He decided to push the fact that he would be competing against Yuri in both events out of his mind until he actually had to do it. Skate Canada would be his official Senior debut in the GPF circuit and he refused to let his nerves over his renewed rivalry get in the way of him taking the gold.

Instagram blew up about it and their fans were stoked to see them competing against each other again. Yuuri and Viktor were especially excited to see how it went, especially since Hinata was being so secretive about the meaning and inspiration behind his theme.

It had been during their week-long training camp with the Fukurodani Group that Hinata managed to make friends outside of Kenma and Lev. He would call his teammates his friends but they weren't really close. He texted Kenma regularly (and Lev wanted to learn Russian) where he didn't really talk to his teammates outside of class and practice (he'd like to, but he always felt too awkward to ask). The closest he had were Yachi and Kageyama and even then, they didn't really see each other for reasons not school/volleyball related. His new friends were older, and unfortunately would be out of school much sooner than Hinata. He had the suspicion that they liked each other, neither were ever going to admit that though (unless...). Bokuto was... a lot like Hinata, if he was being honest with himself, and he was cool. Really cool and he was really good at volleyball. Akaashi seemed to balance him out perfectly with his calm, almost stoic personality and Hinata found that he enjoyed hanging out with them-both with volleyball involved and without. Kuroo ended up becoming something of a friend too-if only because he occasionally tagged along with Kenma (despite the bottle blond's protests). That didn't mean he was any less intimidating, Hinata just found him easier to deal with. Even Yaku, the Libero from Nekoma, hung around them on occasion. Hinata found that being surrounded by so many amazing people was one of the greatest feelings.

Hinata left Tokyo with many more numbers in his cell phone and a brighter grin than he can ever remember wearing. If his teammates looked at him weird when he waved to the Fukurodani Group, he didn't notice.

Not long after their training camp Karasuno had their preliminary rounds before they could go to the qualifiers for Nationals in October. They made it through easily enough (he totally wasn't scared of the guy who was two meters tall, why would you say that?) and between his regular practices to prepare for Skate Canada and preparing for the upcoming qualifiers, Hinata's schedule was packed. Luckily, both coaches did give days off (because regardless of the intensity, practicing every single day wasn't good for you).

Admittedly, Hinata's exhaustion wasn't noticeable-even when he was tired he had a tendency to be hyper and he'd always powered through his soreness anyway-so no one said anything. He was told to take more breaks than anyone else but Hinata suspected that had more to do with them feeling like he never rested and less to do with his extreme schedule.

Then Coach Ukai and Takeda made arrangements to go on Fukurodani and Nekoma's yearly trip to an onsen hotel... Specifically, an onsen hotel in Hasetsu (why they decided to go so far away was beyond Hinata but he wasn't going to complain). They were going all the way to Saga to relax for just under a week-no volleyball allowed.

Hinata was going back, not only to Hasetsu, but back to Yu-Topia.

If Hinata wasn't so distracted, he would've seen the instagram posts and text messages about how Victor and Yuuri were coming back to Hasetsu as well, and they were dragging Yuri Plisetsky in tow.

There we have it! Let me know what you think! This is my first fic in either fandom so please tell me what you think and if you're interested check out my other insane crossover (there's more to come) and/or my two Naruto fics. One is a deaf!Naruto and the other is a Kakashi/Naruto Timetravel fic.

I also have a few non-crossover ideas for both of these fandoms so let me know if you're interested.

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