Title: Beauty and the Accursed Prince
Genre: romance, adventure and friendship
Pairings:TimaeusxYugi, ArinnorxRyou, KiamosxDreadscythe, TholanxTressa, OrgothxSenira,(later) puzzleshipping, tendershipping, bronzeshipping, supportshipping, cheershipping
Hi everyone! This time I'm doing a YuGiOh style of Disney's Beauty and the Beast! I've had the ideas stuck in my head for a while and I've had the characters all prepared and I just happen to be in the mood for this one. I know I have other fanfics to complete first, but when you're inspired to do a new one, you can't help it.
Yugi and Ryou: That is true!
Oh hey Yugi, Ryou! Where's Yami and Bakura?
Yugi: Seto challenged them to another duel. It's a double duel with Bakura and Yami a team and Seto and Joey a team.
Again? He doesn't know when to give up. That ficken ego of his.
Ryou: Not to mention he's stubborn.
Anyway, would eighter of you do the disclaimer please?
Ryou: Sure thing. Niana does not own YuGiOh, Beauty and the Beast, or the songs.
I'm doing this for fun and the fact that I love to write. For now, enjoy!
Chapter 1
The Cursed Prince
and the Outcasted Beauty
Once upon a time in a far away land, there once was a prince who lived in a castle that shines and sparkles like a priceless diamond. Although he has everything he could ever want and that he is adorned by all, the young prince felt that he is always missing something within his heart. But then one winter's night, a young woman from China with long black hair that reached her shoulders, brown eyes, ruby colored lips and wearing a yellow Chinese dress arrived at the castle, much to the prince's annoyance. The woman claimed that she had been in love with him, however the prince never returned her feelings.
That night had been different from her previous visits, for she had plans to finally win his heart. And so, once they were alone, the young woman presented him a single red rose that symbolizes love in an attempt to win his heart. But that time, he finally told her that he never felt the same way for her like she does for him. After he had finished explaining and told her to leave, the young woman finally revealed herself to be an enchantress.
With a broken heart, she cursed the prince into an Atlantean knight with the Ancestor's Forced Summoning, which would force the victim to take on the form of an unknown ancestor and casted another ritual spell on the entire castle called Ancestor's Forced Restriction, keeping all who live in the castle to remain at the castle grounds, never to leave unless necessary while they were all cursed the same way as their prince.
Ashamed of his cursed state, the prince concealed himself inside his castle and now prison with a single magic mirror as his mirror to the outside world. The rose she had offered had become an enchanted rose that will bloom on his seventeenth year. If he could learn to love someone special and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the curse will be lifted. If not, he would be doomed to remain a cursed knight for all of eternity.
As the years past, he fell into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love someone who has been cursed.
One day, just when Summer ended and Autumn began, a boy of sixteen years, gravity-defying hair with a black base, amethyst-crimson tips, blond bangs with a cute little forelock in the center of his forehead, wide amethyst eyes that hold a pure light and childlike innocence, wearing a simple white long sleeve shirt with a black tank top underneath, dark blue pants and black shoes walks out of a small cottage and takes the bridge to the village, a small basket in hand.
After waving to two birds that flew over head, young Yugi Muto begins to sing in a beautiful voice that no one can turn away from.
Little town
It's a quiet village
Every day
Like the one before
Entering the village, Yugi knows that the residents are now getting ready for the day in the same routine like they have in all of the previous days.
Little town
Full of little people
Waking up to say...
Then, one by one, the villagers open windows to their homes or shops and starting their daily routines.
Bonjour
Bonjour
The first two opening up their shops.
Bonjour
Bonjour
The next two have started cleaning.
Bonjour
The last one removing his hat in greeting to Yugi once he had stepped outside.
Smiling at the man in return, Yugi continues on, seeing many others doing their usual starts on the day.
There goes the baker
With his tray like always
The same bread and rolls
To sell
Watching the baker hand one of his fresh loafs to a young woman passing by, Yugi is politely greeted by a farmer as he pushes a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins and bows in greeting back.
Every morning
Just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town
"Good morning, Little Yugi." said the baker as he walk back up to his window of his bakery."
"Morning, monsieur." Yugi replies as he walks up to the hard working man.
"Where are you off to this lovely morning?" he sets his tray on his window so he could check over the breads and rolls.
"The bookstore and game store. I just finished reading this wonderful story-" Yugi is just about to explain what happens in the story and what game he'll be getting when the baker cut him off.
"That's nice. MIAKA, the baguettes, hurry up!" the baker calls inside, talking to his young daughter who is a year younger than Yugi.
Shrugging off being interrupted and leaving the baker to do his job, Yugi continues on, tuning out anyone who would gossip about him as he pass by, briefly greeting anyone politely that would greet him as they walk by.
Look, there he goes
The boy is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell
Two older women he walked by the began the usual gossip about the young boy, watching him just casually walk on even as one older teen chases after two piglets and then being chased by one big momma pig.
Never part of any crowd
A rich, elder woman says as she catches sight of the innocent boy as she enjoys her morning tea.
Cause his head's up on some cloud
A barber in his workplace above the tea shop get's distracted when he sees Yugi pass by, ending up cutting more of his customer's hair than he intended to.
No denying he's a funny boy,
That Yugi
Catching a ride on the back of a horse-drawn carriage, Yugi just sits and watch as the carriage drives through the village, listening the the other villagers greet each other.
Bonjour
Good day
How is your family?
Bonjour
Good day
How is your wife
I need six eggs
That's too expensive!
Seeing the bookstore coming up, Yugi carefully hops off and goes for the entrance.
There must be more than
This provincial life!
Hearing the bell to his shop ring as the door opens, the owner smiles at his favorite customer. "Ah Yugi."
"Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed." Yugi says as he hands the older man the book he had completed.
"You finished already?"
"It was so good I couldn't put it down once I got home. Anything new?" Yugi then started to scan the shelves for the next book that he'll want to read.
"Not since last week." the owner chuckles as he places the returned book on the return shelf so he could put it back up later.
"That's alright. I'll borrow this book." Yugi picks a blue book with a rose etched into the front and back covers of the book.
"This one? But you've read it three times, dear boy."
"It's my favorite! Adventure in far away lands, epic sword fights, and a special romantic bond."
"Well if you love it so much then it's yours." the owner says as he hands Yugi the book.
"But sir-"
"I insist since you're my best customer."
"Well thank you very much. Have a wonderful day." Yugi replies as he starts to leave with him already reading his new book.
The three men that were watching Yugi from the window of the bookstore and then pretending to be talking as Yugi is leaving, they then start to continue with the song as Yugi walk by three young children as they were playing, patting one of the girls on the head.
Look, there he goes
That boy is so peculiar
I wonder if he's feeling well
Just as a woman dumped old water down the gutter and fell to the ground at the end, Yugi lifted the sign that happens to be right by the dumped water so not a single drop landed in his book as he makes his way to the water fountain in the heart of the town.
With a dreamy, far-off look
And his nose stuck in a book
Or his hands glued to a game
What a puzzle to the rest of us
Is Yugi
Enjoying the book like he always has, Yugi begins to daydream as if he is in the fairytale.
Ohhhhhh...isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because...you'll see
Yugi then showed the page he is on to a couple of young orphan children that were taking a stroll with their caretaker as they were curious about his dreamy expression.
Here's where he meets Prince Charming
But he won't discover that it's him
Till chapter three!
Just then the woman that runs the orphanage ushered the young children on, allowing Yugi more peace before moving on.
Now it's no wonder
That his name means 'game'
and 'friendship'
For he is deeply loyal
And quite a player
One older woman says as she tried on different style hats as she and the owner watch Yugi pass by.
But behind that innocent child
I'm afraid he's rather odd
Very different from the rest of us
He's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, different from the rest of us
Is Yugi
Entering the village from the East Forest, a young woman with her long black hair in two buns with her bangs free, brown eyes with a sharpness to them, her perfectly cut nails in a red shade, wearing a fighter's outfit which consisted of a red long sleeve shirt with the sleeves flaring out at the elbow, dark brown tight pants, black combat boots, a red katana strapped to her belt on her waist, and small red dragon perched on her shoulder with a huge bulked man in nothing but black and a terrifying face close behind the young woman, carrying her other weapons.
"You are still the greatest fighter in the whole world, Vivian!" the scary man, Panic says as the duo return to their home village after yet another victory at a fighting tournament.
Stroking her companion on his head, Vivian Wong says with a slight bow of her head to Panic, "I know."
"There's not a single opponent who has hope of ever defeating you, and you have so many desiring after you for it."
"That's true, Panic." Vivian says as she brings him close to her with just one arm. "And I have my eyes set on that one."
Seeing her pointing at Yugi as he is entering the game shop, Panic becomes a little puzzled at her choice in her future husband. "The historian's grandson?"
"He's the one. The lucky boy I will marry." Vivian then begins to smile at the future she'll have with Yugi as her husband.
"But he's-"
"The only cutie with a hidden beauty under that innocence in the whole town." Vivian tucks a bit of her hair behind her ear as she starts to form a blush on her cheeks.
"I know that, but-"
"That makes him the best out of all the others. And I always get the best, right Panic?"
"Well of course! I mean you do! But Vivian-"
Right from the moment
When I met him, saw him
I said he's gorgeous and I fell
Remembering the first time she had been rejected, Vivian had believed that once she first met Yugi, she would have a better chance then when she thought she could have a future with Yami.
Here in town there's only he
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo
And marry Yugi
Glancing back, Vivian realized that Yugi has left the game shop with not only a new game in hand, but walking beside him is his best friend Ryou and they chat among themselves as they walk on through the village.
Needing to keep young Yugi in her sight, Vivian follows the duo with one villager watching her with a dreamy expression on his face.
Look there she goes
Isn't she dreamy
Mademoiselle Vivian
Oh she's beautiful!
Ever since the day he first met her, watching her fight her way to the top at one of the previous tournaments she took part in, Shane Jordan a young man of eighteen, shoulder length black hair, gentle brown-grey eyes, a tan cowboy hat settled on his head, an orange shirt with tan sleeves folded at the elbow under a brown vest, dark brown pants and black cowboy boots, has complete utter respect for Vivian along with a special love for her.
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
She's such a slender, dark,
Strong and graceful beauty.
Scanning the crowds, Vivian at last caught sight of Yugi as he and Ryou weave their way through the thick crowd as many people are shopping or making bargains.
"Bonjour!" one shopkeeper greets Yugi and Ryou and they bow their heads in respect to the older lady.
"Pardon." Vivian says as she also tries to weave through the thick crowd to reach Yugi.
"Good day." both Yugi and Ryou said to the shopkeeper as they continue on.
"What lovely grapes!" another woman calls as she examines the delicate fruit on display as another woman not too far yells, "You call this bacon?!"
"Some cheese, only one pound!" one man calls from his stand to get a buyer.
"Excuse me! Please let me through!" Vivian says as she still struggles to weave through.
"This bread is stale!"
"These fish smell!"
Finally out of the crowded area, Yugi spins around to see the rest of the village around him before he and Ryou make their way back to his home.
There must be more than
This provincial life!
Just watch, I'm going
To become Yugi's wife!
Look there he goes
The boy is strange but special
A most peculiar monsieur!
Not wanting to lose sight of him as the crowd still keeps her from catching up to Yugi and Ryou, Vivian takes a shortcut by climbing up the last couple of buildings to get to the roofs.
It's a pity and a sin
He doesn't quite fit in
Cause he really is a funny boy
A hidden beauty but a funny boy
He really is a funny boy
That Yugi!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Thinking he had heard a voice he never wants to hear, Yugi and Ryou glance behind them to see everyone in the village get back to their daily routine. Continuing on, the boys stop when Vivian appeared in front of them. "Hello Yugi, Ryou."
"Bonjour." Yugi and Ryou say as they walk past her until Vivian snatch his basket away.
"Vivian, what are you doing?" said Ryou as they watch Vivian examine the contents carelessly.
"May I have my things back please?" Yugi said as he went to get his things back.
"How can you read this with barely any pictures and what's the point in this game?" Vivian says as she examines each card that have different random statements, half of the large deck being black and the other half white, keeping the items out of Yugi and Ryou's reach.
"Some people can use their imagination with a great story and you would be surprised how entertaining any game could be." said Yugi with Ryou nodding in agreement.
"Yugi, it's about time you got your head out of the books and mind off the games and pay attention to more important things. Like me." then Vivian just tossed the book and cards over her shoulder at a near-by mud puddle, but Ryou successfully caught them before they landed in the dirty spot that could ruin them.
Hearing a dreamy sigh, the two friends see Shane leaning against a building. Rolling their eyes at the dizzy dreamer, Ryou hands Yugi the book and cards, Yugi being grateful to his friend. "The whole town is talking about it. It's just not right for boys like you to read or play games. Then they'll just start getting ideas, thinking on their own."
"Vivian, you're absolutely prime evil." Ryou said as Yugi replaces his things back in his basket that he had managed to earn back from Vivian.
"Thank you Ryou. What do you say we head over to the tavern and take a look at my trophies?"
Not liking the idea of seeing her 'trophies', which are the hearts of her opponents she's fought outside of tournaments, Yugi simply says as he and Ryou made sick faces behind Vivian's back, "Maybe some other time." As Vivian still insists of them coming with her, Yugi and Ryou pull away from her with Yugi saying, "Really Vivian, I can't. I have to get home and help my grandfather. Farewell."
Just as they were taking their leave, Panic appeared beside Vivian and burst into laughter. "That crazy old loon, he needs all the help he can get!" he said as he and Vivian started to laugh.
"Don't you dare talk about my grandpa that way!" Yugi snaps with his hands on his hip in a disapproval manner.
"Besides, Professor Solomon Muto is not crazy, he's a genius!" Ryou added with his arms folded across his chest. Just then they heard an explosion coming from the cottage Yugi lives with his grandfather to see smoke coming out of the windows.
Worried of what had happened, Yugi and Ryou run back to the house, leaving Vivian and Panic laughing at the stunt that the Professor pulled off again with his experiments.