Chapter 1: The Graveyard Boy and the Menacing Threat!
"And I heard he hangs out at a graveyard," Katy explained, sharing her info on the "Graveyard Boy."
"Yeah right!" Joey cried.
Everyone at Yohashi Academy High School was talking about a mysterious boy who wanders around graveyards, talking to nothing.
Joey Warrior (Jonouchi Kouhei in Japanese) was a seventeen-year old senior who loves to study. He had brown hair that was a little spiked up and was wearing his school uniform (blue).
"Okay, class," Mr. Hickman announced, "we have a new student today!" The class grew silent, waiting for the new student to come. "His name is Niro Tashi!" A boy with brown hair in the back and blue hair in the front walked in. His hair was spiked in the front, running past his face. He was wearing a blue long-sleeve shirt and his left sleeve was torn off. On his left arm, he had a strip of cloth that said NIRO and was wearing brown gloves. He had a shark tooth necklace and had sandals on, and black pants. Everyone stared at him as he walked over and sat next to Joey.
"He moved from Tiyocoun on his own, so I hope that everyone will teach him with respect," Mr. Hickman explained.
"Hi, I'm Joey," Joey said to him.
"Konnichiha, Jonouchi," Niro joked.
Joey starred at him blankly.
"I'm just kidding you!" Niro laughed, "Jonouchi is Japanese for Joey and Konnichiha is Japanese for hello!" Niro explained.
"What's MY name in Japanese?" Katy asked.
"Well, what's your name?" He asked.
"Katy!" She said excitedly.
"Hmmm..." He went into a deep thought. "I'm not sure exactly."
"I knew my mom should have named me something else!" Katy cried.
********* Joey rushed through the bushes. "Man! I gotta get home! The only other place left to go is through the graveyard!" He said to himself. "Oh well, like those stories are true!" He climbed over the locked gate and walked until he saw something he was hoping not to see. He saw Niro looking up at the sky, standing on a gravestone.
Joey's eyes grew bigger than saucers when he saw him. He crawled behind him and watched him for some time. He dozed off to sleep. When he woke up he looked at his watch.
"11:59.30!" He thought. He looked up and saw Niro still gazing up at the stars. This time he was on a huge hill. "Dang!" Joey said aloud. He clasped his hand over his mouth when he said this.
"Come look at the stars with us," Niro said, not looking at Joey. "Come on, Jonouchi."
"Us? But it's only you and me..." Joey said starting to get freaked out.
"No, I mean US!" Niro said. Suddenly a gust of wind blew and the clock struck 12:00. He looked around and screamed at what he saw. He saw ghosts flying above him, around him, everywhere.
He woke up when he saw the sun in his eyes. Niro was sitting on the same grave looking at Joey.
"Finally, you woke up!" He exclaimed.
"Was all that...last night...real...?" Joey asked.
"You mean you could SEE the ghosts?" Niro asked, surprised.
"Who couldn't," Joey said.
"That's not what I mean!" Niro exclaimed.
"Then what do you mean?" Joey asked.
"Only those that are honored by Shamans can see the ghosts," He explained.
"What is a Shaman?" He asked.
"Let's just say I can connect this world from the next."
********** "Sheesh! A Shaman! What fool does he take me for?" He crossed his arms. "I doubt it's even in the dictionary!" He pulled out a dictionary from his desk. He flipped through the pages. "What! It's here!" SHAMAN, N. IN ANIMISTIC RELIGIONS, A PERSON WHO COMMUNICATES WITH (OR POSSESED BY) GODS, SPIRITES, AND THE DEAD, USING MAGIC TO CURE ILLNESS, FORETELL THE FUTURE, AND INFLUENCE EVENTS. ENTERING A SPECIAL TRANCE TO BORROW THESE SPIRITES' POWERS, SHAMANS ACT AS MEDICINE MEN, GUIDES, OR MEDIUMS, FORMING LINKS BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS. IN ANCIENT TIMES, THEY WERE THE CENTERS OF SOCIETY, AND STILL ARE IN SOME CULTURES TODAY.
"Like I'm supposed to believe THAT crap!" Joey thought, closing the book, "What the Heck was he talking about!" He cried.
"Mr. Warrior, please stand outside, or maybe go home, if you'd prefer," Mr. Daine, the night teacher said.
"My name is Jonouchi Kouhei, to you!" He yelled, stomping out the door.
"That kid has some serious issues to work out!" Katy said.
"Mr. Warrior, please stand outside, or maybe go home, if you'd prefer, my @$$!" He mimicked. Joey (or Jonouchi, I should say) was waiting at the train station. It was late that night and he had been at his night class that he had been going to. "Sigh," He said gloomily, "Why does Niro get to skip class, be a "Shaman," and look at the stars at night... when I don't...I would do anything to have that life..." His voice trailed off as he heard the sound of the train.
He walked toward the coming train and looked in the sky. He saw stars, millions of them, all over the crescent moon. "Stars," He said, "I wonder if he's there tonight..."
************* Jonouchi walked past the graveyard and looked at the hill where he saw Niro that day. He wasn't there. He walked over to the grave that Niro had sat on and looked into the stars.
"I don't see how he could do it-'' He said.
"Do what?" A voice from behind him asked.
Jonouchi darted around to see who said that. He was face to face with a ghost. His eye twitched when he saw him.
"AHHH-'' He started, but the ghost put his hand over his mouth.
"I do not wish to haunt you!" It said.
"Then...why...are you...here...?" He asked, taking breathe in between words.
"Are you a Mr. Tashi?" He asked.
"Not really..." Jonouchi answered.
"I won't take "no" for an answer!" He laughed. Jonouchi laughed, too, just in case... "I have come to warn you that there is a huge threat throughout Japan!" He exclaimed. "All the Shamans have been threatened by an evil doctor. He has threatened to slaughter one Shaman at a time!"
"But that's in Tiyocoun...we're in Achihar! Big difference here!" Jonouchi yelled.
"Yes, but he said he would kill anyone who would get in his way, even innocent people!" He announced.
"So you want me to warn Niro about all this..."
********
"So that's what the guy said, is it?" Niro asked after Jonouchi had finished telling him about the threat.
"I'm tellin' you! We gotta go save those people!"
"Why?" He asked.
"Are you just going to let all those people died because of you?" Jonouchi asked.
"Well you see a Shaman is supposed to look after himself so..."
"Fine then I'll go by myself!" He turned around and started walking.
You're going to need a little help, you know...so I'm coming with you!" Niro said, holding on to his shoulder so he wouldn't walk off.
"And like you could help me at all!" Jonouchi sighed.
"Sure I can!" Niro answered vigorously.
"How could you..." He stopped at the sight of a ghost standing next to Niro.
"This is Shiroyu he's my ghost!" Niro said happily.
"Y-You...have a g-ghost?" He stammered.
"Of Coarse I do! Every shaman needs a GHOST!" Niro said.
Why are you afraid of a little ghost? Shiroyu asked.
"N-no, I was just surprised you had one," He said, looking at Shiroyu with huge eyes.
"Fine then, Shiroyu, we shall go save the other shamans, but we need more companions!" Niro laughed.
"Why am I not good enough!" Jonouchi yelled.
"No, I didn't say that..." Niro answered.
"Sure ya didn't! I know you meant I wasn't good enough for this journey!"
"Yeah, right!"
"That's right, you better run!"
AND SO STARTS OUR LITTLE JOURNEY, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA WE WERE BEING WATCHED...
"And I heard he hangs out at a graveyard," Katy explained, sharing her info on the "Graveyard Boy."
"Yeah right!" Joey cried.
Everyone at Yohashi Academy High School was talking about a mysterious boy who wanders around graveyards, talking to nothing.
Joey Warrior (Jonouchi Kouhei in Japanese) was a seventeen-year old senior who loves to study. He had brown hair that was a little spiked up and was wearing his school uniform (blue).
"Okay, class," Mr. Hickman announced, "we have a new student today!" The class grew silent, waiting for the new student to come. "His name is Niro Tashi!" A boy with brown hair in the back and blue hair in the front walked in. His hair was spiked in the front, running past his face. He was wearing a blue long-sleeve shirt and his left sleeve was torn off. On his left arm, he had a strip of cloth that said NIRO and was wearing brown gloves. He had a shark tooth necklace and had sandals on, and black pants. Everyone stared at him as he walked over and sat next to Joey.
"He moved from Tiyocoun on his own, so I hope that everyone will teach him with respect," Mr. Hickman explained.
"Hi, I'm Joey," Joey said to him.
"Konnichiha, Jonouchi," Niro joked.
Joey starred at him blankly.
"I'm just kidding you!" Niro laughed, "Jonouchi is Japanese for Joey and Konnichiha is Japanese for hello!" Niro explained.
"What's MY name in Japanese?" Katy asked.
"Well, what's your name?" He asked.
"Katy!" She said excitedly.
"Hmmm..." He went into a deep thought. "I'm not sure exactly."
"I knew my mom should have named me something else!" Katy cried.
********* Joey rushed through the bushes. "Man! I gotta get home! The only other place left to go is through the graveyard!" He said to himself. "Oh well, like those stories are true!" He climbed over the locked gate and walked until he saw something he was hoping not to see. He saw Niro looking up at the sky, standing on a gravestone.
Joey's eyes grew bigger than saucers when he saw him. He crawled behind him and watched him for some time. He dozed off to sleep. When he woke up he looked at his watch.
"11:59.30!" He thought. He looked up and saw Niro still gazing up at the stars. This time he was on a huge hill. "Dang!" Joey said aloud. He clasped his hand over his mouth when he said this.
"Come look at the stars with us," Niro said, not looking at Joey. "Come on, Jonouchi."
"Us? But it's only you and me..." Joey said starting to get freaked out.
"No, I mean US!" Niro said. Suddenly a gust of wind blew and the clock struck 12:00. He looked around and screamed at what he saw. He saw ghosts flying above him, around him, everywhere.
He woke up when he saw the sun in his eyes. Niro was sitting on the same grave looking at Joey.
"Finally, you woke up!" He exclaimed.
"Was all that...last night...real...?" Joey asked.
"You mean you could SEE the ghosts?" Niro asked, surprised.
"Who couldn't," Joey said.
"That's not what I mean!" Niro exclaimed.
"Then what do you mean?" Joey asked.
"Only those that are honored by Shamans can see the ghosts," He explained.
"What is a Shaman?" He asked.
"Let's just say I can connect this world from the next."
********** "Sheesh! A Shaman! What fool does he take me for?" He crossed his arms. "I doubt it's even in the dictionary!" He pulled out a dictionary from his desk. He flipped through the pages. "What! It's here!" SHAMAN, N. IN ANIMISTIC RELIGIONS, A PERSON WHO COMMUNICATES WITH (OR POSSESED BY) GODS, SPIRITES, AND THE DEAD, USING MAGIC TO CURE ILLNESS, FORETELL THE FUTURE, AND INFLUENCE EVENTS. ENTERING A SPECIAL TRANCE TO BORROW THESE SPIRITES' POWERS, SHAMANS ACT AS MEDICINE MEN, GUIDES, OR MEDIUMS, FORMING LINKS BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS. IN ANCIENT TIMES, THEY WERE THE CENTERS OF SOCIETY, AND STILL ARE IN SOME CULTURES TODAY.
"Like I'm supposed to believe THAT crap!" Joey thought, closing the book, "What the Heck was he talking about!" He cried.
"Mr. Warrior, please stand outside, or maybe go home, if you'd prefer," Mr. Daine, the night teacher said.
"My name is Jonouchi Kouhei, to you!" He yelled, stomping out the door.
"That kid has some serious issues to work out!" Katy said.
"Mr. Warrior, please stand outside, or maybe go home, if you'd prefer, my @$$!" He mimicked. Joey (or Jonouchi, I should say) was waiting at the train station. It was late that night and he had been at his night class that he had been going to. "Sigh," He said gloomily, "Why does Niro get to skip class, be a "Shaman," and look at the stars at night... when I don't...I would do anything to have that life..." His voice trailed off as he heard the sound of the train.
He walked toward the coming train and looked in the sky. He saw stars, millions of them, all over the crescent moon. "Stars," He said, "I wonder if he's there tonight..."
************* Jonouchi walked past the graveyard and looked at the hill where he saw Niro that day. He wasn't there. He walked over to the grave that Niro had sat on and looked into the stars.
"I don't see how he could do it-'' He said.
"Do what?" A voice from behind him asked.
Jonouchi darted around to see who said that. He was face to face with a ghost. His eye twitched when he saw him.
"AHHH-'' He started, but the ghost put his hand over his mouth.
"I do not wish to haunt you!" It said.
"Then...why...are you...here...?" He asked, taking breathe in between words.
"Are you a Mr. Tashi?" He asked.
"Not really..." Jonouchi answered.
"I won't take "no" for an answer!" He laughed. Jonouchi laughed, too, just in case... "I have come to warn you that there is a huge threat throughout Japan!" He exclaimed. "All the Shamans have been threatened by an evil doctor. He has threatened to slaughter one Shaman at a time!"
"But that's in Tiyocoun...we're in Achihar! Big difference here!" Jonouchi yelled.
"Yes, but he said he would kill anyone who would get in his way, even innocent people!" He announced.
"So you want me to warn Niro about all this..."
********
"So that's what the guy said, is it?" Niro asked after Jonouchi had finished telling him about the threat.
"I'm tellin' you! We gotta go save those people!"
"Why?" He asked.
"Are you just going to let all those people died because of you?" Jonouchi asked.
"Well you see a Shaman is supposed to look after himself so..."
"Fine then I'll go by myself!" He turned around and started walking.
You're going to need a little help, you know...so I'm coming with you!" Niro said, holding on to his shoulder so he wouldn't walk off.
"And like you could help me at all!" Jonouchi sighed.
"Sure I can!" Niro answered vigorously.
"How could you..." He stopped at the sight of a ghost standing next to Niro.
"This is Shiroyu he's my ghost!" Niro said happily.
"Y-You...have a g-ghost?" He stammered.
"Of Coarse I do! Every shaman needs a GHOST!" Niro said.
Why are you afraid of a little ghost? Shiroyu asked.
"N-no, I was just surprised you had one," He said, looking at Shiroyu with huge eyes.
"Fine then, Shiroyu, we shall go save the other shamans, but we need more companions!" Niro laughed.
"Why am I not good enough!" Jonouchi yelled.
"No, I didn't say that..." Niro answered.
"Sure ya didn't! I know you meant I wasn't good enough for this journey!"
"Yeah, right!"
"That's right, you better run!"
AND SO STARTS OUR LITTLE JOURNEY, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA WE WERE BEING WATCHED...