66A/N-This is my first FanFic. Reviews would be awesome! The title I got from D. . Yuki means snow in Japanesse.
Disclaimer: I do not Own Yu-Gi-Oh!.
Ice and Snow
Chapter 1
Domino City, Japan my new home.
I've lived in Japan for a little over a year now. I had been going to boarding school in Tokyo. It was nice but now I'm free, I have graduated high school and moved to Domino.
Here I plan on finding a job and raising my little brother. Well, not so much "raise" as watch you see he's 16 years old and he's probably more mature than I am. Not that I'm immature, he's just… wise beyond his years. To me he's more of a friend than a brother. Considering that I'm only 18 we are very close. Ryou and I have always been close because our whole lives our father has been moving around a lot because of his job and working very hard but he hasn't really been there for us that much. So we grew to depend on each other. We used to say that nothing could tear apart the amazing Bakura's. Oh how happy we used to be.
Then about two years ago, after our father returned from Egypt, Ryou started to change he talked less, which I didn't think was possible, I mean he's always been quiet but not like this. And no matter how many times I ask him what's wrong he just says that nothing is wrong, I know he's lying but what can I do? Every now and again he even gets angry and even violent, which is very out of character for him. He has never become violent towards me or any other person, as far as I know; I just worry about him and his happiness. But I hope that everything will change now that he and I will be living together. You see my father got relocated to Australia and Ryou actually said he didn't want to move! Normally he just agrees and then mopes around for a few weeks.
I told my dad that I would be willing to move to Domino and watch over Ryou. Because to be honest, I missed him, and I didn't want to leave Japan. I really love it here, the people, the food, the language and even the crowded streets of Tokyo. It has become a second home to me like England. I wonder what made Ryou decide to stay. Maybe a girl? Or is it his friends? With what little contact Ryou and I have had all he ever talks about is his friends and some game called duel monsters. I've heard of it but I've never played or seen it played. Ryou said he was even in tournament but he didn't really want to talk about it, I wonder why I'd be bragging but that's just my competitive nature.
Soon I pulled my car into a new parking structure for the flat I was to live in. I walked up to the fourth and final floor staring the whole time at the cement steps which slowly turned to a lovely wooden floor. Then my mind decided that I might want to pay attention to where I was going. So I shifted my gaze from the floor to the cold metal numbers accompanying the large white wooden doors. 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, ah ha 406!
I turned to my new home and opened the door expecting to find myself enveloped in silence. However, I soon found myself hoisted into the air in a bone crushing hug delivered by my little brother. Wait, since when was he this tall? When I finally felt my feet touch the ground I found myself feeling rather small and then I was looking into a familiar pair of warm chocolate eyes and I noticed how long his white hair had gotten.
"Hey Yuki! I've missed you soo much! How are you?"
I had to laugh at his excited voice.
"Well now that I can breathe I'm fine"
I hugged him tightly, my top of my head coming up to his chin.
"I missed you to Ryou it's been too long, and since when did you get so damn tall?"
"Well since when did you get so short?" Was his response, a snide remark, which he probably learned from me. He was still laughing when I finally noticed the other man standing in the room.
"Dad!"
I lunged at him and he caught me in tight hug.
"Oof, well Hello to you to"
I pulled back and smiled at him, I had missed him and Ryou so very much. Ryou and my father were so similar and yet so different. They are both quiet and they share the same chocolate brown eyes. Ryou inherited our mothers white hair, while I got her green eyes; although where I got my red hair I'll never know. My father says that I inherited my mother's feisty and competitive spirit.
Looking around the apartment I was impressed, it wasn't too big but big enough. It was a two bedroom flat with a good sized kitchen and a spacious living room. The walls were painted in Tuscan colors, reds, yellows, oranges, with dark furniture, it was beautiful. My dad picked it out because I've been so busy looking for a new job.
I was so lost in my thoughts I didn't even hear Ryou calling my name. Suddenly I was being shaken slightly. I looked over and smiled at my baby brother.
"Yes?"
"Yuki, are you ok? I've been calling your name for a few minutes."
I had to smile at my brother's worrisome nature.
"Yes, I was just thinking"
"About what?" My father asked curiously.
"Oh you know everything. The new apartment, getting a job, and dealing with that little monster Ryou" I stuck out my tongue after the last bit.
"Hey! You're lucky you get to spend so much time with me" I had to laugh at the haughty air he spoke with.
Several hours later after unpacking everything we sat down to eat our recently delivered pizza.
"So dad, when do you leave for Australia?" His face instantly darkened and I knew that he didn't want to talk about it…man I wish hadn't asked that
"Tomorrow"
One word…one word is all it took to bring the mood down.
"That's short notice…" It was all I could say; I'd been hoping that we would be able to spend some time together, as a family, like it was before mom died. My father just sighed "I know, I asked if I could stay just one more week but they said they needed me immediately" I looked at Ryou, he looked hurt but calm.
"It's okay dad I know how important work is to you. Yuki and I will be fine but we'll miss you" I couldn't help but notice the slight anger in his voice when he said he knew how important his job was. I wasn't surprised that my father didn't notice it sometimes I think he's just oblivious to things like our obvious disdain towards his job.
Shortly after we finished eating dad left promising he would stop by before he left for the airport. And we knew he would. He always kept his promises; that's probably why he makes so few. Sighing as I stood I couldn't help but think how different life could have been had our mother lived. No I couldn't think of the past it's too painful. I began to clear away the dishes, cleaning was one of my many nervous habits. "Ryou, are you looking forward to the new school year coming up?"
"I guess, school is school, but I am looking forward to seeing my friend's every day."
"Oh yeah! Tell me about your friends, I mean you always say how great they are but I know nothing about them."
Instantly his pale face brightened up and a wide smile graced his face.
"Well, they are awesome! One of my closest friends is Yugi he's really nice and he's an amazing duelist. He's the one that won that tournament that I was in. Then there's Joey he came in fourth in the tournament, he's pretty tough and he has a little sister named Serenity. There's Téa she's cool I guess, she's pretty tall she is a novice duelist, but she's not too bad. She's really big on friendship and often goes into these odd speeches about it. Then there's Tristian he's nice he really likes his hair I'm not sure why though. And finally there is Duke, he owns a game shop and he invented the game Dungeon Dice Monsters. Have you heard of it?"
He seemed a little out of breath when he finished but he looked like he enjoyed talking about his friends.
"Yes, actually I have heard of Dungeon Dice Monsters, I've never played but I've seen it played a few times."
"He'll be glad to hear it. How's the job hunt coming along?"
I groaned and let my head fall to the counter I was leaning on.
"Not that great honestly, it's hard trying to find a good paying job with only a high school degree. But I'm thinking positively, or at least trying to. I have a job interview tomorrow at some big company for an assistant job. It's not my first pick but it pays well and it's close to home. Well I don't know about you but I'm tired so I'm going to go to bed."
He nodded and said goodnight
I soon fell into a nervous slumber thinking of the past and the future, all the while hoping for the best.