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Yuuri smiled as he handed a stone over to the man across the counter, “There you go, holding that should help you with your headaches .”
The man’s fingers curled around the stone and tears flooded his eyes as he gasped in relief. “Thank you, I thought I was going to live with this for the rest of my life but-“ the man cut himself off with a sob as he smiled up at Yuuri, “I can’t thank you enough, you've given me my life back .”
Blood rushed to Yuuri’s face at the praise and he rubbed the back of his neck, “ Really, it was no trouble.”
The man continued to thank Yuuri for a while, before he stumbled out the door, still weeping. Yuuri smiled out after him, it always felt good to help out those in need.
The charm that the man had asked for to fix his constant migraines had been one of the most difficult charms Yuuri had ever created. Due to the fact that the slightest miscalculation in magic usage could be fatal when it came to medical charms, Yuuri had been a bit nervous.
But in the end, everything worked out, the only thing Yuuri wished was that he had gotten to the man’s request sooner. If only the man had been able to find Yuuri sooner...
But that wasn’t what mattered! What mattered was that the man was living pain-free now, and Yuuri had been able to help him.
Yuuri walked away from the counter and into the back room of his little shop where he kept his laptop. Yuuri’s little charm shop was the only place that Yuuri ever felt truly calm, the stones on the shelves were all charmed to help with anxiety, so Yuuri spent almost all his time working there. Besides, it wasn’t like he had the time to do much of anything else, there were so many other orders for him to get to, so many more people that needed his help.
Yuuri Katsuki was honestly nothing too special. He was a dime-a-dozen 23-year-old charmer, who lived in Hasetsu Japan, and for some reason, he was sought after worldwide for his charm making abilities.
Yuuri didn’t really do anything differently than anyone else, everyone had gone through that phase as a teen where they wanted more charms than the ones written down in the books. So they went about created their own, inevitably failing, getting bored of magic, and going into some other profession. Yuuri just so happened to succeed
He really didn’t deserve all the recognition that he got. That should’ve been reserved for people that made a difference in the world, people like Victor Nikiforov.
It was a well-known fact to those that knew Yuuri personally, that he was a huge fan of the charm user. Yuuri found it so amazing how he could take a weak heat charm only meant to warm your hands in the winter, and make fire. He could take a simple cooling charm for the summer, and make it a blizzard. His charm using ability was so amazing, he didn’t even need the special charms to do his job! He just needed a simple one and even if it wasn’t exactly what was needed, he could make it work. Plus, his job was protecting the world it was like something out of a story, he was just like a superhero.
And he wasn’t too hard on the eyes either in Yuuri’s opinion.
Yuuri sighed in contentment as he scrolled through his laptop. Even though he had hundreds upon hundreds of requests to do and not enough time to fill them all, this was his element, and even if he didn’t think he was anywhere near one of the best charmers, he still loved his work and went about picking a charm to make for someone.
Weight loss, learn a language, increase speed, increase strength, etc…
He found it slightly disappointing as he looked through the list, writing down the ones that he could do the quickest. Almost every request was something he had already done before, and they would take him no longer than an hour since he wrote down the instruction for each one.
He planned on releasing the instructions in a book one day, he had just never found the time to write. As he dwelled on the thought of this book, one request caught his eye.
Take away someone’s free will.
Yuuri’s eyes widened as he looked at the title of that request, take away someone’s free will? What kind of sicko would want a charm that could do that? As he stared at the request, his curiosity got the better of him and he clicked on the expansion tab to see the reason behind this request.
Mr. Katsuki
I understand that my request may seem a bit strange at first, but I ensure you, there is a valid reason behind this.
Someone is in a situation where they could get hurt, or even killed. I have the ability to keep them from doing so, but I fear they may not accept my offer of protection, which would not only hurt them but may very well hurt others as well.
This charm would be for the sake of their protection, you may even place blocks to ensure that nothing bad can be forced of them if you choose to accept this request.
Please do consider.
~WPA
Yuuri frowned as he looked over the letter. That did seem to be a valid reason if others could get hurt should this person refuse. Plus he could definitely pull off a charm like that if he had the proper ingredients.
He sighed as he looked down at the request, wincing a bit as he hit the accept button. This was such a morally grey area, Yuuri couldn’t help but feel a bit bad as he hit accept.
Although he would definitely be putting so many precautions on this charm, he would not contribute to any sort of crime. But he would, however, contribute to someone’s protection.
Yuuri frowned, rolling his neck around as he stood up and went over to the bookshelf. There he had more books on charms than he believed any library in the world carried.
There was a reason Yuuri didn’t think he deserved the recognition he got for creating charms. All he did was take bits and pieces of other charms and add a bit of his magic here or there to make things fit together. Each new charm was just a combination of old charms, and charms he’d created in the past.
He scanned over the spines of the books and found three that he felt would be useful, a book on dark charms, protection charms, and removal charms. He set the books down on his workstation and went over to get the object he would charm, and finally he got out his notebook, used to write down each step of trial and error until he finally had a charm that worked, all written out.
Although Yuuri had the suspicion that this was a charm he would not be sharing with the world, that would be far too dangerous.
But with the base supplies that Yuuri knew he needed, he opened the book to find the charms necessary and began his work.
Xxx
Yuri Plisetsky was not a fan of many things, he got irritated with almost everyone on the World Protection Agency. Especially since most of them still treated him like a kid even though he wasn’t 12, he was 15 for fuck’s sake! He’d already proven himself to be more than capable of taking care of himself after becoming the youngest member to ever join. Not even the forgetful old geezer had managed to join at the age Yuri had. Who cared if Victor’s scores had been higher? He had been 19 when he’d taken the tests, the old fuck.
But at the end of the day, even if Yuri got annoyed very easily, he wasn’t an inherently cruel person, and even though people may think differently due to his attitude, Yuri didn’t hate very many people.
Except for Jean-Jaques Leroy, that man could die!
Ever since that snide, cocky piece of shit had popped up out of nowhere the World Protection Agency hadn’t had a moment of rest, because he had been doing things that concerned people all over the world! Although nothing he did was too serious, it was almost as if he was showing off!
But not this time, this time the fucker had gone too far.
The charmer that they all went to to get the charms that they all used had been put under some kind of charm making him unconscious and unable to be awoken, and JJ’s magic signature was all over it!
They all were checking out to see whether there was a charmed object on him, but they couldn’t find one anywhere. JJ’s magic seemed almost as if it was coming from the charmer himself, but that was impossible because that would mean that-
“Maybe, JJ charmed Celestino himself and not an object?”
Everyone turned to look at Victor incredulously, and to everyone's surprise, Yuri was not the first to speak.
“Ah yes, except that would mean that JJ has the ability to charm people, which is impossible!”
They all turned to Mila, who had just spoken, as she stood with wide eyes staring at Victor.
The man in question simply shrugged, “I don’t really think it’s all that outlandish, think about it! There is no object nearby that's been charmed, and we know that because we would all be feeling it if that were the case, and the magic signature is clearly belonging to JJ. I don’t see how there is any other possibility.”
This time, it was Yuri who spoke up, “Yeah, except the thing is, nobody has ever done that before baldy!”
Victor touched the back of his head with concern, “Is it getting that thin…?”
Yuri couldn’t help but cry out in frustration as Yakov pinched the bridge of his nose, “Look, Victor. I’m glad that for once you are actually using your head, but that’s not possible. Nobody can do that!”
Victor gave a wide heart-shaped smile, “Nobody could make special charms either until that cute Japanese boy figured it out. I don’t see how this is any different.”
Blood drained out of everyone’s faces as they considered the possibility, everyone, except for Yuri that is. Yuri was fixated on something else Victor had said.
“Cute…” his lip curled in disgust, “That pig is not cute, old man!”
Victor smiled down at Yuri, “Oh sure he is, his mouth looks to be very-“
“GROSS!”
Yakov’s face began to fill with blood again as he looked at the two boys in anger, “You two! This is not the time to be messing about! I’m not sure if you noticed, but there is a charmed man in here!”
Mila looked at Yakov with wide eyes, “So you really think that-“
“It’s the only explanation that fits.” the group all stared at each other, unsure of what his meant for them.
Or anyone.
Xxx
“Yes!
That was the first thing Phichit Chulanont, the selfie king, heard as he walked into the little charm shop owned by his best friend.
Phichit made sure not to make any noise as he walked into the back room where his friend sat, as per usual, staring down at some new charm, as per usual. Phichit put on a wide smile and spoke up, “Hey Yuuri!”
The screech that came from Yuuri was so high pitched that Phichit wouldn’t be surprised if it shattered a few windows.
“Ph-Phichit, what’re you…?”
Phichit laughed as he pinched Yuuri’s cheek, “Awww, did I scare you? Sorry!”
Yuuri swatted Phichit away and deadpanned back at him, “Why am I still friends with you?”
Phichit grinned as he pulled Yuuri up from his seat and held him at arms lengths, “Because I’m the one you need to get your voice out there! You’re the famous cinnamon roll charmer and I’m the charming best friend that handles your social media!”
Yuuri squinted, “Charming? That’s bit of a stretch, and I’m not even going to comment on the cina-“
“You’re pure Yuuri.”
Yuuri flushed as he looked at his friend, “I’m what?”
Phichit’s eyes gained a dangerous sparkle as he squished Yuuri’s cheeks and looked him in the eyes, “You are smol, and precious, and must be protected. If you handled your own social media you would simply put pictures of the charms and not of yourself! People look at a pure man such as yourself, someone who has never sinned-“
“Phichit, what the-“
“And they immediately know how genuine you are! I’m surprised that you haven’t had more people hit on you, although I must say that when people do hit on you, you are wonderful at completely ignoring them-“
“People don’t hit on me, Phichit.”
Phichit looked sadly into the eyes of his hopelessly adorable best friend, memories of high school when people would throw themselves at Yuuri and he would assume they were trying to make friends or were making fun of him came back, “Oh, my poor oblivious son .”
“Son? Phichit I am older than you!”
Phichit let go of Yuuri’s cheeks in favor of wrapping his arm around Yuuri’s shoulder, “ Physically yes, but mentally I am wise beyond my years, and you young one, are as innocent as a twelve-year-old .” Phichit turned to look Yuuri in the eyes, “Which is a good thing! You’re pure and everyone loves you because of that! Because you’re the best!”
Yuuri gave a sigh of disappointment, “Phichit, you do this everytime you come over. When are you going to stop?”
Phichit laughed, “When you believe that it’s the truth!”
Yuuri scowled, “So never.”
Phichit furrowed his brow, “Yuuri…” he began in a warning tone.
“I know, I know, no talking bad about myself.” Phichit nodded, “But you never said I couldn’t say the truth.”
“WHAT!?”
“Nothing!”
Phichit narrowed his eyes at his friend before finally dropping the subject and instead focusing on Yuuri’s new charm, “What’s that?”
“Nothing!”
Had Phichit not known the capability of the charms Yuuri created, he would’ve found it funny how Yuuri violently recoiled and ran to cover up the charm. But Phichit did know about Yuuri’s capabilities, so instead all he felt was concern.
“Yuuri Katsuki, what the fuck is that charm?”
Phichit couldn’t help but smirk at Yuuri as his friend turned pink and looked to the floor like a scolded child, “Would you believe me if I said that it was just a necklace ?” Phichit’s expression shut down that idea, “It’s a charm to take away someone’s free will.”
The fuck?
“Yuuri what the fuck?”
“No, listen-“
“Yuuri, you made a charm that takes away someone’s right to consent.”
“What, no-“
"Yes! That’s exactly what you did! Yuuri!”
He frantically began shaking his head, “No! The charm is for someone’s protection, I made sure the person can’t be forced to do anything illegal or sexual!”
Phichit paused, “What do you mean for their protection?”
“Apparently someone is in danger.”
Xxx
“What do you mean he’s in danger!?”
Victor Nikiforov was an inherently suave man if he did say so himself, and the second he saw a picture of Yuuri Katsuki, he knew that boy was something special.
And he was right! Being the only person capable of creating charms, no, not casting, not using, creating. So it was only natural that as soon as he found out about this boy he had gone straight to Yakov, demanding he be added to the World Protection Agency. However Yakov had immediately denied the idea, and he did make a few good points.
“How would you convince him to join?”
Victor grinned, what a stupid question, “I would show up at his charm shop and say ‘Yuuri, come join my team.’ And then he would join .”
“Or he would be scared by how forward you were and then deny us any help should the need for it ever arise in the future.” Victor opened his mouth to refute but Yakov quickly shut him down, “No. We are not going to him unless absolutely necessary. Everyone on this team is here because of necessity. He is a young man who doesn’t need to be dragged into this.
And that was the end of that conversation, Yuuri Katsuki would not be joining the World Protection agency and Victor Nikiforov was going to die alone.
But that was then, and this was now. And now, Yakov had just shown up while Victor was training and dropped a major truth bomb, “I think Yuuri Katsuki may be in a lot of danger.”
Victor nodded, “Yeah ok sure- What do you mean he’s in danger!?”
Victor looked up panicked as Yakov sighed, “Why couldn’t you be this concerned about the people I ordered you to protect?”
“Because.”
Yakov looked at his student with disappointment before finally explaining his thoughts. “Well as you know, recently JJ has been charming the more powerful charmers into a deep sleep they are unable to be roused from .”
Victor nodded, “Yes…”
“And Yuuri Katsuki is arguably the most powerful charmer in the world…”
Victor’s eyes bulged, “Oh no,” he ran over to Yakov before gripping him by the front of his shirt, “Yakov, I know you said that we shouldn’t drag him into this. But he’s in danger Yakov! We need to save him!”
Yakov sighed, “Yes, but from the little research I’ve done on him. He’s unlikely to believe he’s powerful enough to be put in danger by JJ.”
Victor gave a wail of frustration and began pacing around the room, “But then he could be touched by that disgusting JJ! That cannot be allowed !”
“Oi! You sound crazy, old man!”
Victor turned around with an offended expression on his face to see the youngest member of the team glaring at him with his arms crossed over his chest, “What do you mean ?”
Victor looked on confused as Yuri sneered up at him, “You’re talking as if you actually know the pig! Why are you so concerned?”
This time, it was Yakov who replied, “Yuri, if that Yuuri kid is charmed by JJ then we may not be able to defeat him, and we don’t know what’ll happen if JJ isn’t stopped .”
Victor grinned, “Does that mean we can go get Yuuri?”
Yuri scowled and began muttering, “We don’t need another Yuri… Geezer…”
Victor gasped and launched himself at the blond, wrapping him in a tight hug, “Don’t worry, he won’t replace you Yurio!”
“The hell!? That’s not my name!”
“Having multiple Yuri’s would be confusing, so it is now!”
Yakov sighed, “We still don’t have a plan to convince him to come with us.”
Victor let go of Yuri to look over at him in confusion, “We could just explain the situation to him." He continued on, although a bit more reluctantly. "Besides, if it is necessary we could always force him to come with us.”
Yakov sighed, “Yes, but we also need more complicated charms in order to get a leg up on JJ so…”
Victor grinned, “Are you saying that he’s gonna be working with us?”
“Only if we can find a way to make him come with us! If he says no then we’d be completely screwed!”
Victor paused for a moment, seeming to be in deep thought, before lighting up and saying happily, “Yakov, how do you send Yuuri charm requests?"