Title: Ice on my Fingers

Author: Animeangel

Rating: R

Warnings: Eventual Yaoi, Eventual Yuri, Incest, Rape, Sex, Violence, Language (Although not in English) and just about anything else you can think of ^_^'

Summary: AU. Lady Hikari of Yagami is the only survivor after the rest of her family is murdered by a secret enemy. With revenge in mind Kari hides as a kitchen scullion, and plots the downfall of Lord Yamato.

Eventual Takari, Sorato, Taito, implied Sokeru, Kensuke, implied Yamasuke, Kousora, Jyoumi.

Prologue

Hikari pressed her face to the glass and stared out the window at the swirling snowflakes outside. She'd always had a fondness for snow, since as far back as she could remember. Behind her she could hear her older brother kicking his ball around the room.

"Taichi?" She asked, turning away from the window, "When are mama and papa going to get here?"

The boy shrugged, "Wanna play ball?" He asked. Nearing 15 he still had an unsaitable passion for the ball game the younger children played.

Kari looked disapproving, "Shouldn't you be practising fencing or something? Someday you're going to be Lord Yagami."

Taichi rolled his eyes, "You're just a little girl. What do you know?"

"I'm 12 today!" She objected, "I'm not little at all."

"Yeah, yeah." The boy replied, "Do you wanna play ball?"

"Fine." The younger girl consented.

Taichi dropped the ball and began kicking it in little bounces, then stopped as he heard a sound he'd never heard before.

Outside the door someone was screaming.

"We're under attack!" He realised with shock, "Run Kari! Get away, I'll distract them.

Kari shook her head, "I won't leave you Taichi."

"I said go!" Tai yelled.

"No!" She screamed back, "Not without you."

Tai grabbed her arm and pulled her through the door and into the kitchen. Lifting the lid to the flour bin he hoisted the protesting girl inside.

At that moment the door to the kitchen was flung open and Kari froze unable to move as she heard the thud of many footsteps.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" Sneered an arrogant aristocratic voice, "Young Lord Yagami… it has been a long time."

"Ishida!" She heard her brother say, voice filled with defiance.

There was the sound of flesh hitting flesh and Kari heard her brother gasp and his body slammed against the flour bin with a resounding clang. Kari gasped

"Taichi…" She bit her lip to stop herself from saying more.

Tai whimpered and took in a rattling breath of air, trying to breathe through the punches.

"Enough." The same aristocratic voice as before commanded.

"You don't say…" Taichi spat hoarsely

There was a cold laugh, "Bring him to me."

There was a scuffling noise and then the voice again,

"Seeing you squirm is so delicious."

"Glad to know you can satiate your appetite so easily." Taichi responded coldly.

There was the sound of steel scraping against steel as a sword was drawn out of a scabbard.

"Insolent brat!" An angry voice yelled.

There was a loud thump as the body hit the ground and Kari gasped, tears streaming down her face.

"Taichi," She sobbed softly, "I'm so, so sorry."

Animeangel: Well all is going according to plan, Kari is miserable.

Kari: Taichi's dead?

Animeangel: Well…

Ken: Why are Kari and Tai the only one's starred?

Takeru: And when do Kari and I get to the steamy making out part?

Animeangel: Never if you don't shut up. I have to go work on falling now!