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Jinderella

To Arty...

Once upon a time, in a far, far away land called Japan there lived a young boy in a quaint house with his stepfather and two evil stepbrothers. The boy's family was very cruel to him; they made him do everything in the house, even the simple things that a monkey could do. However, the boy didn't complain once. He took it as it came.

The boy's name was Jin Souichiro.

Jin was academically gifted and athletically gifted. He played basketball for Kainan High school as the shooting guard. That made him very popular with the ladies.

His stepfather was Moichi Taoka, a very aggressive and competitive coach. He had no plans dealing with Jin after Jin's mother had passed away. Unfortunately for Taoka and Jin, the boy was in Taoka's custody until Jin turned 21.

Taoka wasn't the only one unhappy with the fact that Jin was staying with Taoka until he was a legal age. Jin's stepbrothers, Maki and Uozomi were not at all happy that Jin was stuck in their house for another solid 3 years. So they did everything they could to make his life miserable.

It looked like 3 years for Jin was going to feel like 10. It was true, he was miserable, but with basketball and academics in mind, he didn't think too much about being a slave for the cruel Taoka, Uozomi and Maki. He attended to his duties obediently and silently hoping someone would change his life.

"JIN!" Taoka's voice boomed through the halls of Jin's late mother's modest house. "GET YER ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!"

Jin briefly glanced up and sighed. He had to finish ironing Maki's shirt or the big, sometimes scary, resilient man was going to wrangle his throat. "Coming," He replied and placed the iron down, bent over to unplug it and neatly folded Maki's dress pants. Listlessly, he placed it neatly on the bed and exited the room, shutting the door quietly behind him.

He entered the living room a moment later and saw Taoka sitting lazily on an armchair. Because of his build and weight, the cushion had sunk halfway to the frame. "Yes?" He asked politely.

"Open this letter for me." Waving a crisp white envelope in the air, Jin paused for a brief moment and eyed it. Taoka was that lazy to open the letter himself.

Jin took the letter and opened it. Taking out a card from the envelope, he read the card, "You are cordially invited to Lady Kiya Nobunaga's 18th birthday. Tonight is the night, that the lady will choose a suitor and she shall wed him in a week's time."

Before Jin could continue, Taoka jumped from his chair and grabbed the envelope from Jin's hand, giving the boy a paper cut. He hissed and Taoka glanced at him mockingly. "Aww, you hurt wittle Jin Jin?"

Saving face, Jin shook his head. "May I go with you?" He asked as Maki and Uozomi entered the living room, feeling the earth shake as their father jumped. "It is for all of us…"

Taoka bellowed in laughter, "You? Go to a party? Don't be silly Jin, you have to stay here and clean. EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE. I WANT IT DONE BY MIDNIGHT." Closing his mouth, he grinned arrogantly at Jin as the evil brothers mimicked their father's grin.

The boy sighed. "All right." He walked away quietly, but instead of doing his chores, he went to his room and lay down on the bed, his eyes bordering in tears. Instead of allowing them free, he held it in as he fell asleep.

When his eyes opened, a flashily dressed man was sitting on his windowsill, waving a stick. Upon closer inspection, the tip of the stick was sparkly and the man had a wide smile on his face. "Hey there!" He greeted.

Jin's eyes snapped wide open. There was an intruder in his room! An intruder! A male intruder at that! "Wha—who are you!" He demanded and grabbed the closest thing he had to protect himself. Which turned out to be a stuffed turtle.

The man on the windowsill laughed in amusement. "Relax buddy. I'm here to grant you your wishes! I'm your awesome, so hot, hot fairy godfather! The name is…AKIRA SENDOH!"

Jin almost fell off his bed as the stranger bellowed his name. "Okay…" He trailed off unsure of how sane he was at the moment.

Sendoh leapt off the window sill and petted the stuff turtle Jin was holding close to him. "Well Jin, I'm here to make your wildest dreams come true."

"Wildest…dreams?" Jin stammered, his face turning red as a perverted thought came upon him.

Sendoh chuckled and shrugged. "Hey man if that's what you want, then I can grant it!"

Jin's eyes widened uncontrollably as he backed away from the perverted grin that his 'godfather' was giving him. Looking behind him, he saw a bucket near the door and dove for it.

Sendoh gave out a yelp at his sudden actions and brought his arms in an X, shielding his face from Jin's assault. His face was precious.

However, the assault didn't come and Sendoh moved his arms and stared at Jin. The boy was staring back blankly at him, the bucket in his right hand.

"Help me clean," Jin meekly said.

Sendoh lowered his arms and gave a relived smile. He thought the boy had gone nuts and was about to scar his pretty face. "Is that the only thing you wish for?"

Jin nodded.

"Really?"

"Really."

Sendoh gave in. He approached Jin and waved a magic wand in the air. "Clean this house!" He commanded and was engulfed when a tornado of glitter surrounded him.

Jin stood wide-eyed. He'd never seen so much glitter in his life. Shaking his head he stared at Sendoh. Why in the heck a man would surround himself in glitter was beyond him. "What?" He asked as the bucket he held lifted into the air and disappeared in the tornado of glitter.

The tornado was spinning faster and faster as it grew in size. Jin backed away and tried to watch Sendoh but the air colliding with his face made it harder to see. He bumped into the wall and slid on the ground, eyes still on his fairy godfather.

Sendoh was in the eye of the glitter storm where he stood frozen.

Then, as surprising as the tornado had arrived, it stopped and everything fell on the ground. Afraid of the mess, Jin looked up and was deeply surprised.

Everything was in their places. The room had been cleaned up but, everything was…glittery. "Glitter! Everything's glittery!" He turned to Sendoh, desperation evident in his voice. "Why did you turn everything glittery?" His stepfather would kill him!

Sendoh waved him off, not worried at all. "If everything works out tonight, you won't have to worry about anything at all. Come with me Jin-Jin." He pulled the boy out of the room and into the garden. "Fetch me an avocado."

"A what?"

"An avocado Jin-Jin. For a genius, you don't seem very smart."

Jin frowned and walked away to grab an avocado. He handed it to Sendoh. The fairy godfather waved his magic wand over it and it dropped to the ground, withering as if it were having a seizure. Then right before their eyes, it grew into a carriage. A sleek, shiny green carriage. "What's this for?"

Sendoh grinned. "For you," he replied, touching the tip of Jin's nose with his wand.

A tornado of glitter engulfed Jin but it suddenly went away. He looked down in surprised. He was wearing a tuxedo. "Where am I going?"

"Really now Jin-Jin. I thought you'd be smarter than that. I am your fairy godfather. You're going to Lady Kiya's ball!"

"What?"

"Yes." Sendoh pushed him aboard the avocado carriage. "No go, this carriage with basketballs as the wheels will take you to the palace. But remember, you have to come back by midnight or this magic will fade and you'll discover a terrible secret." Sendoh waved him off.

Jin sat dumbfounded in the carriage. His mind was blank the whole ride to the palace and when the palace guard opened the carriage, he had to poke him to wake him up.

He walked up the stairs and into the ballroom. The music was lively, the room well lit and the guests seem to enjoy every aspect of the party. On one end of the room were a group of chairs. One for the king, the queen and their daughter Kiya.

Jin studied Kiya. She had black hair that fell past her shoulders and a sour look on her face.

She looked up and caught his eye. Standing, she ignored her parent's protests as she waltzed to him.

Jin felt the heat rising to his face. It was odd seeing Princess Kiya in a dress and parading around as a princess.

"Hello."

"H-hi princess Kiya."

"Oh please Jin. Call me Kiyo…ah. Kiya. Just call me Kiya. You know the princess thing bothers me."

Jin sighed. Kiya attended Kainan high school and the two were quite acquainted. "Would you like to dance?"

"Of course." And the pair danced with everyone's eyes on them. Whispers fluttered in the air, looks followed them and minds cursed them. Well Jin actually because every male was jealous of him.

"Jin?"

"Yes Pr-Kiya?"

"Why are you wearing basketball shoes with a tuxedo?"

Jin glanced down and shrugged. "It's a long story and I don't think you'll be believing me anytime soon."

Kiya didn't reply as they continued dancing away from prying eyes and ears.

Before Jin knew it, the great grandfather clock in the hall struck twelve. He looked up. "I have to go Kiya."

"What?"

"Sorry, can't explain." He pulled away from her and ran off with her calling after him. Running down the stairs, he lurched forward and fell a few flights down. The laces on one of his sneakers had gotten loose. Looking behind him, he saw the shoe was a couple steps up but couldn't get it, for the fear of his secret being discovered. Instead he ran off, jumped into his avocado carriage and went home.

"JIN!" His stepfather bellowed out. Jin trudged into the living room.

"Yes?"

"Princess Kiya and company are going around town to fit a shoe so bring me the fresh pot of tea. OH MY GOD, here they are."

Rolling his eyes, Jin entered the kitchen and took the tea pot boiling over the stove and placed it on a tray. Next he grabbed a couple cups and placed them on the tray he carried into the living room.

Princess Kiya was there holding, his shoe. She didn't meet his gaze as she handed the shoe to one of the stepbrothers. "Princess, will you marry me if this shoe fits?"

"Maybe."

Maki placed the shoe as delicately as he could but it wouldn't even go halfway in. "It's not fitti – I mean, wow, my feet must've grown overnight."

Princess Kiya grabbed the shoe away from him and handed it to Uozomi. It wouldn't even cover all his toes!

Taoka stood. "Why Princess, I assure you that one of my boys is the owner of that shoe."

"Yeah, yeah. That's what everyone says. But Jin didn't try it." She offered the shoe to Jin, fully knowing that it was his."

Taoka protested, "Jin? That's impossible. He was here all night."

Princess Kiya glared at Taoka. "Just let him try okay?" Turning to Jin, she gave him a sweet smile.

Jin lowered the tray and took the shoe. He sat on the ground and smoothly slipped the shoe on. He looked up at his stepfather and stepbrother's bewildered faces and at Princess Kiya's entourage who had a slight look of surprise. But Kiya had a smirk on her face.

She knelt down and held his face in her hands. "See. Jin is the owner of the shoe. So therefore, he wins whatever it is he wins." She hugged him as he hugged her back. "Happy Jin?"

Jin smiled. "Yes Princess Kiya."

The princess smiled. "Silly boy. It's Kiyota."

Author Notes: Because everyone wanted JIN! Heh. Thanks for reading!