Eye of the Beholder
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Yuyu Hakusho › Yaoi - Male/Male
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Yuyu Hakusho › Yaoi - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
6
Views:
3,546
Reviews:
13
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own YuYu Hakusho, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Prologue
(Standard disclaimer: You know I don’t own YYH or its characters; they are the sole property of Yoshihiro Togashi, Shonen Jump Comics Weekly, Studio Pierrot and Fuji Television; nor do I own the fable, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, upon which this story is based.)
We begin our tale as all good fables are begun, with those immortal words:
Once upon a time…..
…..in a land far away and a time long ago, there lived a man of noble birth; a merchant by trade, whose wealth and power were unrivaled among his peers.
The merchant, one Kazuya Hatanaka by name, lived with his two sons in a grand manor house on the very edge of the port city from whence his immense fleet sailed.
Shuuichi the Elder was, in actuality, Hatanaka’s stepson; his mother having been the merchant’s second wife. She had passed away with the first days of the previous summer, leaving the young man bereft, for they had been very close indeed.
Kurama, as he was known, so as to avoid confusion with Shuuichi the Younger, was tall, his form slender, willowy some might say, yet athletic; the lithe form of a dancer. He was truly beautiful, with long crimson colored hair and eyes the deep emerald of the forest’s pine. His smile was gentle, his voice a soft tenor. Highly intelligent and possessed of a quick wit, Kurama was quite popular among the daughters of the nobility. However, at 18, he’d yet to express an interest in any of the young ladies who openly flaunted their affections before the quiet young man; a fact that caused considerable consternation for his stepfather, as Hatanaka had long dreamed of the boy making a favorable match with one of the young women, and in so doing, increase his wealth and power.
Shuuichi the Younger, affectionately called ‘Shuu-kun’ by his elder stepbrother, was a vivacious lad of 14. Dark brown hair and eyes of deep blue, he was every inch his father’s blood; heir to the vast fortune Hatanaka had accumulated over the years. Shorter than Kurama in height, and stockier in build, he was his stepbrother’s equal in wit, if not brains, for Shuu-kun was a prankster, forever indulging his love of jokes and good-natured teasing.
Thus, the merchant and his sons passed their days in comfort. Yet all too soon the winds of Fate, as they are often wont to do, would change, irrevocably altering the life of one of these three. And this, gentle reader, is where our story truly begins…..
We begin our tale as all good fables are begun, with those immortal words:
Once upon a time…..
…..in a land far away and a time long ago, there lived a man of noble birth; a merchant by trade, whose wealth and power were unrivaled among his peers.
The merchant, one Kazuya Hatanaka by name, lived with his two sons in a grand manor house on the very edge of the port city from whence his immense fleet sailed.
Shuuichi the Elder was, in actuality, Hatanaka’s stepson; his mother having been the merchant’s second wife. She had passed away with the first days of the previous summer, leaving the young man bereft, for they had been very close indeed.
Kurama, as he was known, so as to avoid confusion with Shuuichi the Younger, was tall, his form slender, willowy some might say, yet athletic; the lithe form of a dancer. He was truly beautiful, with long crimson colored hair and eyes the deep emerald of the forest’s pine. His smile was gentle, his voice a soft tenor. Highly intelligent and possessed of a quick wit, Kurama was quite popular among the daughters of the nobility. However, at 18, he’d yet to express an interest in any of the young ladies who openly flaunted their affections before the quiet young man; a fact that caused considerable consternation for his stepfather, as Hatanaka had long dreamed of the boy making a favorable match with one of the young women, and in so doing, increase his wealth and power.
Shuuichi the Younger, affectionately called ‘Shuu-kun’ by his elder stepbrother, was a vivacious lad of 14. Dark brown hair and eyes of deep blue, he was every inch his father’s blood; heir to the vast fortune Hatanaka had accumulated over the years. Shorter than Kurama in height, and stockier in build, he was his stepbrother’s equal in wit, if not brains, for Shuu-kun was a prankster, forever indulging his love of jokes and good-natured teasing.
Thus, the merchant and his sons passed their days in comfort. Yet all too soon the winds of Fate, as they are often wont to do, would change, irrevocably altering the life of one of these three. And this, gentle reader, is where our story truly begins…..