Hikari Ai

By Citrus Luver

Author's Note: A new story but I wrote this one a long time ago. It's my twist on the classic story Little Mermaid only without mermaids, talking fish and seagulls. I'm posting this chapter up to see how it goes.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh!

Prologue: Hikari


Hikari World- Reign of the Tenshi
The wind blew through the land… though the trees… softly and peacefully bringing with it a sweet lullaby. Leaves danced in the breeze… carrying with it the light and tranquility. It was all so lulling… so extravagant. The way that when the sun's rays hit just right it magnified the cerulean drops of water from the majestic waterfall beyond the horizon. The way the newly bloomed sakura trees let the wind magically pull it… it was as if they were under some sort of spell. It was so… so entrancing… so enthralling carrying with it the soul of a young woman with silvery- white hair. She had a set of lovely, caring emerald eyes that yield only innocence and purity. Fine and unnaturally smooth ivory white skin that was mixed with that of a light tint of pink… flushed her flawless skin.

Her emerald eyes glazed down at the small bundle within her arms. The bundle held all. A precious secret, prize, power and future for the world that she lived in. The bundle was wrapped in a fine silk cloth. A small lopsided smiled appeared upon her tired face. The day's events had tired her out. A small whimper came from the bundle… then movement. The young woman sighed... fatigue radiated from her otherwise vibrant eyes. She raised the bundle closer to her cheeks before removing a sip of the cloth that sealed the bundle. Revealing a tiny infant… barely a week old. The infant was glorious. Traces of hair already appearing upon the child's pure ivory skin… much like the woman. A pair of big… innocent amethyst eyes flicked open then close. The child was dozy and confused. Signs of sleep still present in the child's eyes.

The baby cooed again… waving its little arms… reaching for the woman that gave the child comfort. "Shh," muttered the young woman. Gently she rocked the infant silencing its whimpers. "Shh… my little one. My sweet baby boy. My Hikari," muttered the young mother. As quickly as it had started, the whimpering muffled. The sweet melody that the young mother was humming was all that disrupted the quietness of the land. Sighing she sat down… leaning upon the newly bloomed sakura tree. Its puffy, pink flowers radiated from the eternal light of the land. The gentle breeze eloped the couple. The flower petals surrounded the mother and her son. Some landed on the baby as he slept in his mother's caring arms.

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The sound of giggling erupted from a castle. A beautiful, crystal castle that loomed over the land… situated upon a hill. Within the castle gates a young boy was seen sitting on a small stab of stone. A pair of sandals laid forgotten beside him. His small feet broke through the surface tension in the small pond beside him… creating ripples in the clear, crystal water. A sketchpad on his lap… a fine burnt stick in his other. His amethyst eyes gazed down at his artwork as he tried to perfect his masterpiece. His eyes sparkled as he admired his almost complete artwork. It was a boy… much like himself… only different… almost an older form of himself. The boy's in the picture eyes were less innocent, more powerful but caring. His lips formed a smirk. The boy liked that. A smirk instead of a cute smile. He didn't think a kawaii smile fitted this mystery man. This mystery man had infiltrated his imagination and his dreams over the years. It wasn't till now that he gained the courage to put him on paper. A small melody escaped his petite lips as he continued to draw.

"Hikari!" A voice called destroying the quiet atmosphere the boy had created for himself. A look of worry flashed over his calm face as he looked up. The stick in his hands shattered. Breaking into shards, it destroyed the artwork. "Hikari!"

"Coming Okaasan!" returned the boy. A look of worry flashed over his face before being replaced by a crimson tint. The boy was embarrassed. He knew his parents didn't like his love for drawing. They had said it was for earthlings not tenshi. Haphazardly he shut his sketchpad, locking away the ruined drawing before cramming it under the stab of stone he was sitting now.

"Hikari!" The voice was more urgent now, filled with anxiety and worry.

"Okaasan!' shouted the young boy. He slipped his feet into his shoes before leaving his hidden oasis covered by blooming sakura trees, the boy's favorite. He pushed his way through the trees. The sky clouded over, darkening. It startled the boy. He shivered. It never got dark here. The boy whimpered as he looked into the sky, hoping it was just his eyesight playing tricks on him. He hoped that he would see the blue sky and the white, pillow soft pillows hovering overhead, but that wasn't what the boy saw. Instead dark clouds rumbled threateningly overhead. The light gone. The boy whimpered, scared.

"Okaasan" he shouted. He fell to the ground. A flash of lightening filled the sky soon followed by a crackle of thunder. The young boy screamed, crowning in fetal position. Splashes of tears fell from his amethyst eyes. "Okaasan!" he cried again. Another flash of lightening crackled in the sky. The slap of a tree was heard before collapsing in front of him.

"Okaasan," muttered the boy again. Rain drops splashed over his body. Strong gushes of wind surrounded him. "Okaasan," sobbed the boy.

"Hikari," a voice penetrated through the wind. Warmth touched his cold and damp skin. "Hikari," muttered the comforting voice. The young boy looked up. Immediately he sighed. His mother had found him.

"Okaasan, where's the hikari?" asked the boy innocently. His tears still present in his big, innocent, yet scared amethyst eyes.

"It's gone Hikari. Kurayami has… has prevailed," muttered the distraught mother. Tears filled her emerald eyes as she wrapped her arms around her only son.

"Kurayami? No… no… yami scary. Kuroi scary. I like hikari. I like shiroi," muttered the distraught boy.

"I know Hikari. I know my son," muttered the young mother, cradling her son.

Drip… drip… drip… something warm streamed onto the boy's face causing him to look up. It possessed a silvery red pigment. The boy gasped in horror. "Okaasan… you're bleeding," muttered the boy.

"Shh…" muttered the young woman.

"Demo."

"Hikari…" muttered the young woman. She knew she could no longer help her son. He was born of hikari. That was the only way he could live was under hikari. Now… now… the land was being covered by yami. Slowly, she knew he would disappear if he stayed here. His life force, his soul was intertwined with hikari and without hikari. He would disappear. He was hikari. If he disappeared then hikari would be no more. If his heart became tainted, hikari would fail. A single tear fell from her eyes as she looked into the innocence of her son. She sighed. She knew since the day he was born. Someday something like this would happen. If only he was older, she sighed. She knew she couldn't choose. She knew that she had to let him go. He was their only hope to restore hikari to the world.

"Hikari," muttered the young woman. The child looked up. Tears stained his eyes.

"Hontou-ni moushiwake-gozaimasen, Hikari. Demo… you have to go."

"Go?" asked the boy innocently. "Where?"

"Earth," muttered the young woman. Just saying the world appalled her. Earth, it was a place where hikari and yami lived and resided in unity. A place where hikari and yami shared the land, it was a place that she couldn't believe every existed… but she knew over time. Yami was taking over hikari. Soon, she knew hikari would be no more then Hikari would… die. But now hikari wasn't gone from Earth, Earth was the only place now with hikari… at least half the time.

"NANI!"

"Shh! The senshi of the Kurayami world are still here looking for us. Hikari, listen to me. We don't have much time. You must go to Earth and only Earth. There's a country there…"

"Country?"

"A piece of land… it's like the regions of Hikari. It's made of islands."

"Islands?" the boy asked again. He was confused by these new terms. The young woman sighed.

"Oh… Hikari. If… if only we had more years, I could teach you more about Earth, about everything. If only your Otousan… no… no… it's no time to dwell on the past. What's done is done. Hikari, listen to me. There's a place on Earth called Japan. Your Ojiisan is there."

"Ojiisan?"

"Hai. You will live with your Ojiisan… till… till…" Her words were never finished before another crack of thunder illuminated the sky. The young mother gasped, throwing herself over her son. A sound blast of darkness surrounded her. She screamed shielding her son's body.

"Okaasan," muttered the boy. He whimpered looking at his mother's body. Her soul was slowing leaving her. "Okaasan."

"H… Hikari…take this… don't… open it t… till… your k…kokoro tells you it is time." Weakly the young woman placed a small package within her son's small… pale… blood covered hands. The boy sobbed. Tears fell staining the ground. "G… go… my son. My light… go… live…"

"Okaasan," muttered the boy. There was no movement… no breath. Tears fell from the child's eyes. The sounds of chuckling could be heard… footsteps. "Okaasan," muttered the boy once more. His body was so cold. He was so terrified. The footsteps drew closer. "Ilie… Earth." Using his last few ounces of strength, he moved from his mother's gasp. He set her body aside before standing up. His eyes closed. A strong gust of wind surrounded his body, illuminating it white. From his shoulder blades a pair of beautiful pure, shiroi wings appeared. They slowly grew to their fullest. The sight was beautiful… breathtaking… as Hikari transformed into Hikari no Tenshi.

His eyes color… the amethyst tone in his eyes brightened as Hikari took flight…away from the land he was born too. The land he was destined to rule someday. The land was now filled by yami. Two crystal tear drops fell from his violet eyes as he watched the Kurayami no senshi surround his mother… his okaasan. "Okaasan..." muttered Hikari. "Someday… someday I will come back. I promise… and bring hikari back. I promise. Sayonara till then… Okaasan… Otousan… Halakti."

The young angel flew into the sky… the dark defying sora… to the gap in the sky that led to Earth, where humans lived, where his Ojiisan was waiting for him. Where there would be hikari for Hikari to live under, to grow and someday become powerful enough to challenge Kurayami for his kingdom.

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The Hikari World clouded over. Darkness befell the land covering it with darkness. The thunder cracked the sky. The lightning sparked the sora with evil. What was once the beautiful crystal castle darkens. The kokoro of the castle darken as darkness ruled over light. A sinister, ominous chuckle filled the castle halls in the grand dark throne room a being… not human… not tenshi… almost demon-like sat on the throne. Its body was draped in midnight black. A set of kuroi eyes sparked with death and torture for all that got in its way.

The sound of wings filled the room as three identical beings lands before the creature. "Kurayamiou, your majesty" started on of the beings.

The creature flicked its eyes to his minion. "Did I ask you to talk senshi? Did I? You… will… do not… speak… till… I… address… you!" snapped the dark king. The being whimpered, flicking its spear like tail back and forth. His ears drooped.

"Gomen," muttered the being.

"Gomen… gomen what?" snapped the dark king. His paws snapped open and close before reaching to grab the senshi.

"Gomen Kurayamiou…" muttered the minion.

"That's better." Its voice immediately softened… like a kitty. Looking already he found something missing before cursing. "Where's the prince and the queen?"

"Uh… uh…"

"Tell me… where are they?"

The minion trembled… watching the midnight eyes darken… disappearing with it the spark… turning yami… more yami then it was. "The… the queen's with us… she… she hasn't awaken yet… but… the prince… Hikari… he… he got away."

"Damn!" His curse rang through the castle before flicking his head away from his minion. "Damn! Hikari is gone. The light, can't you bastards do anything right? Damn!" and he cursed looking around the castle before setting his glaze upon the window that revealed the dark world outside. "Damn!" He bit his lips exposing the black, charcoal red blood that stained his mouth. It ran down his chin. His claws gave one final clasp. The senshi within his paws gasped, drawing air once more before everything gave away. "Get out!" snapped the king, turning to the other two minions. "Out!" The two weakly muttered a small hai. Their eyes were as wide as pancakes. They looked at their leader in their king's clasp before exposing their bat like wings. They blended into the shadows of the wall and disappeared.

"Damn!" cursed the king once more. A glow flashed over his eyes. "Earth… pitiful… only place with hikari now," he spate the word out as if it was venom. "Pitiful… Earth… the weakest of all the empires. Does the baka tenshi really thing the prince will be safe there? I could invade it any day then yami will rule all. Ilie… Ilie.. I'll play with the prince. Watch him suffer. Hai… suffer," an ominous laughter left his lips. His dropped the senshi before exposing his wings… long… kuroi… wings… but not bat wings… tenshi wings… as he too disappeared into the walls.

Leaving only the head of the senshi leader…

Time… time was of no essence now. Darkness knew no time… no space. It was just there… taking over all… cause as all knows. Yami is easier to become then hikari. It took purity to be hikari, but it was easy to be yami.

TBC

A/N: What you guys think? Bad? Good? Not original? I would love to hear your comments.