Jikook: T w o W o r l d s (ジクック: 2つの世界)
"Mommy! Mommy! Tell me that story again!" Jungkook jumped and jumped in excitement. His eyes are full of childhood innocence and enthusiasm. Jungkook is a 6-year-old lad who lives with his mother, Yong-sun, who is ill. His father works 24/7 to buy medicine for his mother because that's the only thing they can afford. No matter how much they need to go to the hospital, she just stayed at home so that her husband wouldn't exhaust himself from working.
"What story?" His mother asked, messing with Jungkook's fluffy wavy hair. Her mother couldn't stop smiling.
"The story of the Kitsune princess!" Jungkook exclaimed with excitement.
"Alright, alright, calm down, darling," Yong-sun said, guiding the little lad to sit by her side. Jungkook sat beside his mother, cross-legged.
"This is the story of the Kitsune princess..."
Once upon a time, there lived the crown princess of the Inari. Her name was Shizuku, meaning 'relaxing sky'. She grew up with 2 brothers who are twins, but in which they were never found after the Emperor sent them out of the household. This was because of their rebellion against the dynasty. In that time, Shizuku was desperate to see her brothers again, so she rebelled against her family with anger. She broke the rules little by little, but she gets away with it, as she is the crown princess. Then, she broke the golden rule, not to go to the human world.
At night, she swiftly shapeshifted into human and sneaked out of the Imperial House, with her subordinate covering for her. She then found herself walking into a small village in Hyogo. It was nighttime, the cold as freezing as ice, the wind as slow and swift as the cats at night. She strode through the sleeping streets, with her hakama gliding through the concrete ground. She then saw a Cherry Blossom tree, blossoming in the moon's light. She runs towards it and danced with glee under it.
She had a lot of these in the Imperial House, but this one feels different. The peach-coloured flowers gay her in delight, as the moon shone like a spotlight for her. As she didn't notice, a guy stood far away.
He looked at her suspiciously, for she wore a hakama.
Shizuku stopped, she looked at where the voice came from. She flushed in embarrassment.
"Why are you here this late at night?"
"Um..." She couldn't say a word, she can't tell him what really happened or he'll find her crazy.
The guy then walked closer to her, keeping a meter away from where she's standing. He looked at the flowers and help one in his hand. He smiled, she blushed more.
"I remember when I was young, I danced under the tree," He then glanced at her. "Like you did earlier."
"Don't worry, everyone will want to dance under this tree," He smiled at her.
"Um...Shizuku. Ito Shizuku."
"Does that mean 'lawful and just'?"
"Well, that what it means," She then stood closer to him.
Seiji then took his hand out for a handshake, Shizuku followed.
"It's nice to meet you, Shizuku-san."
But little did Seiji know, Shizuku found his name...familiar.
Yong-sun smiled, to see her son asleep on her lap. She gently caressed his hair, being joyful that this angel existed in her life. She placed a small kiss on his head and covered him with a blanket. She laid down beside and bid him goodnight.
The moon watched over the two sleeping humans, tears are starting to fall from her eyes.
Morning came, birds singing their endless tune, animals staring to do their morning routines. The sun blinded the eyes of Jimin, who woke up early in the morning to play with Jihyo, an adopted fox that Grandmama took custody of. Jimin looked at the sky, covering his eyes a little because of the sun. Jihyo was sitting beside on Jimin, playing with a sunflower.
"Jimin! Jimin!" She called.
"Look," she pointed at the butterfly that was sitting on the sunflower she's holding.
The butterfly then flew away from the flower, it then rested on Taehyung's nose.
"What's this?" He interrogated, still fuzzy in sleep.
"Good Morning, Tae-Tae," Jihyo greeted.
"Mornin'. What time is it?"
"7 am, my darling twin," Jimin replied with a sweet smile on his face.
"I'm going back to sleep," he said, walking back into the small house.
"NO!" Jihyo then stood up from her seat then grabbed Taehyung. "You're not going anywhere..."
"I'm still sleepy, Jihyo."
A small chuckle then escaped Jimin's lips.
"It's already morning. Waking up late are for lazy foxes. You won't have the energy to run and do things..."
"I'm still more powerful than you," Jihyo smugged.
"Jeez, yes, God Jihyo..."
Jimin started to laugh quietly. Things never change, huh, he thought.
Then, someone called from the kitchen.
"Now stop fighting you two and come here for breakfast. Jimin, can you set up the table In the garden?"
"Yes, Grandmama," Jimin then stood up from log he's sitting on and went to the garden to begin preparing.
"Haiiiiii!" Jihyo and Taehyung answered loudly.
"Now, follow your god," Jihyo then pulled Taehyung towards the garden.
"All right," When Jihyo let go of Taehyung, he ran as fast as he can to his room. Unfortunately, Jihyo watched him immediately.
Jihyo smirked. She dragged him forcefully to the garden.
"Oh, my daughter, looked at how your twins grew,"
She then went back to preparing the food.
"Thank you for the food!"
They all said in unison, while Taehyung said it to Jihyo. He got a smack in the head.
Jihyo ignored him and ate her food.
"Lazy fox," Jihyo replied softly.
"Stop fighting and just eat," Jimin sternly butted in.
"Yes," Taehyung replied. Then, from the corner of his eye, he saw Jihyo smirking.
Their breakfast was still as tasty as ever. And the secret ingredient, the laughs and stories between the family.
Chapter 1 is done! I'm sorry if I took a while...
But anyway, I'm going on a fast hiatus right now, both not updating that much for the Hanahaki and the Two Worlds Series. Why? Tests.
We just had or the first day of school last week and we're now having our tests immediately. It's insane.
But, I would like to self-advertise like a saleswoman here, but please check out my Quotev account. I just like it there than Wattpad because you can make quizzes. And people there find the stories faster than here. I just posted the prologue and it already had 8 reads but here on Wattpad, no one has read it yet. How sad. But, I still have faith that this story will be read and enjoyed by many, I hope so.
But I'm really sorry if this is short and all...but I already have the plot and structure of the story. It just might take a while because I still have to search some words from the million words the English vocabulary has to find a good structure to express this story.
But, I hoped you enjoyed Chapter 1! Chapter 2 will be Jikook's meeting...
-Jihyo is two years younger than Jimin and Taehyung. Those are facts. Jimin and Taehyung are born on October 13 and December 30 1995, Jihyo is born on February 1, 1997 (real-life)
-Ito Shizuku and Tanaka Seiji are Incarnations. You'll know more in the next few chapters.
-Yong-sun is Solar's (Mamamoo) real name. In this fanfiction, she will be Jungkook's mother.
-The twins are more than a hundred years old, same as Jihyo. Jungkook is 6 years old, as said earlier.
-Jungkook's father won't have that mush storytime here. He'll be anonymous.
-The gif above is from the Ghibli movie Whisper of the Heart, their appearance will be Ito Shizuku and Tanaka Seiji. The names of those characters are Tsukishima Shizuku (Girl) and Amasawa Seiji (boy). Ito and Tanaka will be original characters based on the movie characters.
-All questions and confusions in this story you have will be discussed more further in the next chapters, also the prologue.
-Spoiler and note: Yong-sun and Jungkook will be half-Japanese, half-Korean.
-Kitsune (is a type of Yokai that) can shapeshift.
-Ito Shizuku is born from a dynasty. She is the Crown Princess of the Ito Dynasty. The twins (her brothers) were disposed from their positions as the crown princes.
-Facts: Shizuku's mother is the Emperess, her father is the Emperor. The emperor is the son of the Empress Dowager, Shizuku's grandmother. The Grand Empress Dowager is Shizuku's Great-grandmother, the mother of the Empress Dowager. A crown princess could be the spouse of the crown prince or the heir to the throne, or the first-in-line to be the heir of the throne.
(knew this from The Last Empress, what a good K-drama)
-Shizuku's kanji should be 雫, but it's meaning is literally droplet. Changed it into 穏空, meaning relaxing sky. Seiji's kanji 聖司 should mean sacred and precise over, but we'll use the meaning lawful and just for this fanfic.
REMINDER: This is a fictional drama based on the facts of Japanese folklore and the Constitutional Monarchy of Japan.