Title: Hao's Destiny
Summary:Meet Asakura Hao. Now, meet the girl who changed his life 500 years ago.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hao, Yoh, the spirits, Shaman King, ect. I only own The Sensei and Sukira.
Chapter One: The Girl Who Never Smiled
Twelve year old Asakura Hao was with his sensei training. He had been chased from his villege for being "unclean" and met the old man 5 years before. Hao was training hard yet had a smile on his face.
"Apprentice," His sensei called. "tell me why it is that you are so enthusiastic about the training you once loathed?"
"No reason sensei." Hao lied.
"Asakura, do not lie to your teacher." the man threatened. Hao stopped.
"Sensei, I have a dream now. When the times comes, I will enter the Shaman Tournament. I will fight all my battles using 100 percent of my abilities and I will win with honor. I will become the Shaman King with a respectful queen who I love at my side and I will cleanse this planet to keep it alive and beautiful and restore it to its former glory. I will bring the respect to the Asakura name that I know it deserves and I will settle for nothing left. I will put every ounce of my pride on the line and I will fight to the end, even if the cost is that of my very life. Sensei, I will take your teachings and put them to good use, I will restore the sight to those who have lost track of this world's beauty and I will show them to believe. Everyone seems like they could use a little faith, Sensei, ne?" Hao grinned as he got back to work.
The old man smiled on the inside as he watched his student. His intentions were pure and so full of passion, and his confidents was overwhelming. Hao was a very bright boy and he had great potential. He wasn't afraid of commitment, pain or responcibility. He has strength, courage, wisdom and talent that he would someday put to good use. The old man was proud.
He saw that Hao had stopped training and was looking at something. He turned to see his newest student, sitting alone on a bench and staring at the ground. Her legs were kicking gently back and forth in mid-air and her brown hair was blown in her face by the wind. She wore a light blue dress and a frown on her face, not very suiting for such a cute girl.
"Sensei, who is she?" Hao asked curiously.
"Ah... her, that is Sukira Toshi. She is another student of mine. Strong, couragous, wise, and kindhearted girl she is. ....Never speaks though, that Sukira, never smiles." The man sighed.
"....But why ever not sensei?" Hao asked again.
"Sit, Hao." so Hao sat and listened intently to his master.
"Sukira is a very troubled girl. I met her not long ago, but I'm afraid something had happened to her before then. She had just turned eleven and was found by some cruel humans, who hated her for her power. THey abused and raped her and she, at the time, was too weak to do anything about it. They changed everything for that girl. Ever since, she hasn't spoken, nor smiled to a sole."
Hao looked over at the girl. She was crying. Hao stared at her for a minute, taking in what his sensei had told him.
Hao went back to his work, still looking at the girl who never smiled.
A week later, Hao had just finished his training and went over to talk to the girl.
"Konnichiwa. My name is Asakura Hao. Sensei says you don't talk to I guess I'll just talk to you for a while. You look like you may need a friend.
One day I'm going to be the Shaman King. I'm going to cleanse the world, you know, to replace all this evil with a little good? Anyway, I'll team up with other shaman from all diffrent places, with bad pasts... you know, like you and me?" The girl looked up at him.
Hao talked to her every day after training for the next 2 weeks. One day he sat down and said, "You know SUkira-chan, you shouldn't frown. I think you'd be a lot cuter if you smiled once in a while. Don't you think so?" Sukira looked down.
"T-they r-r-ruined my l-life... I'll ne-never... for-get it b-but you un-under-stand m-me.. H-Hao-kun... T-Thank you." She spoke stuttering and softly but Hao heard every word.
"You talked Suki-chan... for me?" Hao looked confused at the girl. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Suki-chan! You do look cuter when you smile! I knew you would!" You will never see an Asakura grin bigger than Hao was at that moment. He hugged her. "You just made my day! Thank you."
-5 Years Later-
Hao and Sukirasat on a cliff looking at the stars. Hao had just lost the Shaman Tournament.
"Hao-kun, I know you wanted to meke me happy. I am happy Hao-kun. The Tournament doesn't matter to me anymore."
"Suki-chan... I was so confident in my abilities, yet I still lost... why?" Hao asked sadly. He sighed and shook his head. He looked over to Sukira. "I wanted to win and take you as my Shaman Queen and the world would be a great place to live again, Suki-chan, even now, after I've lost every ounce of my pride, Will you marry me?"
"Hao-kun..." Suki said shocked, "Of coarse I will, you saved me. you taught me how to live again. WHy would I ever say no?" She hugged him. They sat like that until Suki cried out in pain.
"Suki-chan?? Suki-chan what's wrong? Are you okay?!?" Hao looked down and to his horror he saw an arrow piercing Sukira's flesh as he felt the warm sticky red liquid that was pouring from the wound.
End of Chapter One.
Samè: I think this is my best fic yet. Sorry for the short chapters. I got the idea one night and stayed up until 2 AM writing it. Please review! I'd like to know what you think. Couplings in this story will be MacchiXHaoXSukiXRen TamaoXYohXAnna HorohoroXOC MariXNichrome and MillieXLysergXJeanne, possibly more. (For those of you reading my name, it's pronounced Sah-may) The next Chapter is going to be short but it's the saddest thing I've ever written. Sniff bring your tissues. (No flames please Hao lovers, I love him too!!! TT)