Chapter one: Out for a walk

There he stood. Tall, powerfull, invensible.

There she stood. Little, shy, not as powerfull.

They both looked at each other, both feeling strange, unknow feelings.

"Who is this girl?" was all he could come to ask himself.

"I know who he is" she thought "but i'm not scared" she concluded. It was true, she knew he was Hao, the lethal enemy of her comrades, the one who had killed dozens of innocent people, some shaman, some human.

What she felt wasn't fear. No. It was another thing, it was something that drove her deeper into his eyes. Those eyes, radiating hate, disdain, pride, and........ fear?

She was right, he was scared. Scared of this strange, new sensation. She was probably the most beautiful thing he had seen in his entire life, or lifes. Her hair, exotically pink, like peaches. She wasn't tall, actually, she looked kind of clumsy, with not a very developed body. But it was her face. Yes, her face. She looked so innocent, so harmless, so..... fragile, like porcelain, as if it could be broken if touched to brusquelly.

"Who are you?" he asked, it sounded almost like a plead, as if it was the greatest mistery in the world. She remained silent for a while, not thinking about the consecuences, of what could mean if she gave him the truth, not thinking about anything at all, just him, and him alone. It was as if time had suddenly stopped in that exact instant, making an space in universal history just for the both of them.

"Tamao" she finally answered, after what seemed like an eternity for him "I'm Tamao" she repeated.

"Tamao" he whispered, it was perfect, the perfect name, it was her's, there was no doubt about it. Suddenly he was completly lost, he didn't knew what to do, what to say, or how to act. This had never happened before, he was completly helpless. And, without him knowing, so was she.

Some time ago:

"Aaaawwwww" yawned Yoh, while taking sometime off the extremely regorous traing he was being submited by Anna "man, this break from the tournament is really boring, nothing really happens, and there is no T.V.!" he groaned, making his friend around him laugh their hearts out, except Ren, of course who was leaning against a wall.

They were all having some time off from the tournament, which had gotten them all tired and fatigued. The fightings had taken away almost all thei furyuku. Manta was wrinting something in his laptop, Ryu was playing poker with Tokageroh, his spirit companion. HoroHoro was playing a very strange game with Chocolove, which consisted in who could tell the worst joke, the judge being thir spirit companions, and as both were unable to speak, neither knew who was the real winner, so they were recurring to a rock-paper-scissors game.

"if you are so bored, why don't you just start training again?" aske Anna from a corner, who was taking some tea with Tamao. Yoh panicked inmediatly.

"No! i'm not bored, just........ expectant, heeheh," he said making a froced smile "but not bored, not at all" he repeated, he looked around the room "by the way, where is Faust?" he asked aloud.

"I-i believe he went with his wife to the roof" answered Tamao, she was pretty bored too, with nothing to do, and no one to fight or talk to, she thought that it was going to be a little bit more exciting being inside of the shaman territory where the fights were taking place.

"Hmmm" said Yoh, looking up "at least someone is having some fun" he said with a smile. Anna looked at him.

"Do you want to go too?" she asked him, everyone froze, and turned to the cold girl, even ren opened his eyes in awe. Anna was being romantic? was it possible? Yoh thought for a moment, then shrugged.

"Sure, why not?" he answered, standing up, and following Anna towards the roof top. After they left, a graveyard-like silence invaded the room, not a single one of the presents being able to believe what they had just saw or heard.

"Well that was clearly unexpected" said Manta, smiling with a funny face.

"Unexpected? it was fucking unbeliavable!" exclamed Horohoro "did you all saw that, she invited Yoh to see the sunset!" they all nooded, still with face of surprise.

"Maybe Miss Anna got a little sick" suggested Ryu. They all nooded.

"Yeah, that must be it" said manta, a little unconvinsed.

Tamao, in the other hand, was feelinga little bit jelaus of Anna. She hadn't yet gotten over her atraction for Yoh, and the idea of both of them hugged a watching the sun set in the horizon, made her a little uncomfortable.

She standed up, catching the attention of manta.

"Are you going somewhere Tamao?" he said aloud so she could hear.

"I'm going out for a walk, i'll be right back" she said puttinga little smile on her face.

"Okay, be carefull" he said while waving goodbye, she nooded an left.

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"Master Hao" said Copacho, standing up "are you going somewhere?" he asked as he watched his master slowly walking away from his group of minions. He turned, smiling.

"Yeah" he answered "I thought of going to watch the sunset" he then noticed the sadness in Copacho's face, and sighed "sorry Copacho, but I would like to have some time alone, but don't worry, i'll be back in no time, okay?" he asked him smiling. Copacha smiled back, not sad anymore. He nooded enthusiastically, and returned to the group. Turning around, the manna-be shamn king walked slowly away, taking with ease every step that he took.

In the present:

Both were know watching the sunset, he was sitted on a rock, serious, thoughtful, tense. She was sitting a few meters away from him, on the same rock, nervous, timid, not knowing what to say. Neither of them knew what to say. They had been staying like thet for what seemed like an eternity, being that only ten minutes.

The sun was beggining to hide itself behind the mountains, making a mesmerizing view in the horizon. Colors that would never repeat themselves. A unic moment in time and space, a moment where the sky and the earth combinated themselves, making what seemed like heaven itself, coming down to touch the floor. It was beautiful.

"It's beautiful" said Tamao. She froze, she had not wanted to say that aloud, first because it sound too corny, and second, was she allowed to say anything while being around him? She truned to him, he was looking in the same diretion, hypnotized by thw view.

"Yes" he answered, turning towards her "yes it is" he kept looking at her, studing her, memorizing every deatail, every imperfection, every feature in her face "beautiful" he said, while still looking at her, making her blush, and turning her face in another direction. He smiled.

Thay stayed that way for a while, until the sun had completly hide itself in the horizon, giving way to the first stars of the upcoming cold night. Noticing how unprepared she was for the night, he unbottoned his coat, and in a fast movement, he placed it over her shoulders. She hadn't noticed his movements, and was surprised by them, making her look at him, watching how he was left with nothing besides his trousers. Revealing the well-crafted body of the young man. She blushed, he was very hot, anfd looked very handsome and pasive.

She blushed at the thought, and turned her look away from him.

"Uhmm....Th-Thank you" she said, not looking at him.

"No problem" he answered.

"Won't you get cold?" she asked, noticing that the night was indeed getting very cold. He fell silent for a moment, still looking ahead.

"I'm never cold" he answered, making her unable to say anything else. He turned to her "Are you a shaman in the tournament?" he asked.

"Uhmm.. no, but i'm a shaman in practice" She answered, feeling a little intimidated. He nooded, they fell silent again, something that was begging to annoy both of them. Finnally, finding the bourage to do so, she asked: "Y-you are Ha-Hao, right?". He turned to her, serious.

"Yes I am" he answered, watching her reaction. She just nooded, thus, surprising him. Usually people would get scared, or feel uncomfourtable after knowing who he was. Why wasn't she showing any of these? She was an enemy, or something else. But then she turned to him, with a dterminate look in her face.

"I'm with Yoh" she said, serious. He froze. How would he react? she didn't know why she had said that. But she couldn't bring herself to be dishonest to him. For some reason, he made that effect on her. He looked to the front, nooding slowly.

"I see" he said slowly, he turned to her "are you an spy?" he asked

"No!" she answered inmediatly "of course not!" she looked outraged. this made him start laughing, "What's so funny?" she looked annoyed know, which made him laugh even more.

"Nothing" he said while calming down "nothing at all" he repeated. He turned to the sky, full of starts. She followed his eyes, and fell hynotized by their spell. It truly was an amazing view. There were so many of them, uncountable little shining dots, embodied to the dark sky.

"They truly are beautiful" she said, not turning her gaze from them.

"Yes they are" he consented. He looked at her, "What are you to Yoh?" he asked. She looked down, meditating the answer.

"I'm an apprentice of his... i mean.... yours, no wait, both your's father" she said, difficulting herself, he samiled.

"Oh, I see" he said "so you are that little girl who can read the future?" he asked, she nooded, smiling, she wasn't so unknow after all "and what are you doing here?" he asked

"Oh, I just went out for a walk" she answered shrugging, he laughed.

"No, I mean what are you doing here in the tournament, I bet you are not going to fight, are you'" she laughed a little. He couldn't help to notice how cute she looked when laughing.

"Haha, no, I'm just staying with them, trying to help in anything I can. They are having a very difficult time fighting against other shamans, like Ha.." but she fell quiet, suddenlt remembering with who she was talking. He looked at her, more serious. She froze; this was Hao, the shmanic tyrant who wanted to destroy all humans. The murderer. What was she doing talking with her supposed enemy? He probably had noticed her reaction, for he know looked her in a suspicious way.

The atmosphere tensed, both remained silent for a while, neither of them saying anything. She not knowing what to do, fearing for her life. He being angrier, and a little bit hurt, she had reacted like the rest, like all of them, she wasn't different from them. She feared him, like everyone else.

"Why do you do it?" she suddenly asked, he turned to her, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Why do I do what?" he asked back.

"Why do you want to destroy the humans?" she asked, not backing away. She didn't know where the courage to ask him that question was coming from, maybe it was just unconsciousness, or even foolishness. He remained quiet for a while, meditating his answer. The reasons were so many, it was so much the hate, the experience, the feelings of revenge and indignity. How could she understand? she couldn't understand.

"You wouldn't understand" he finally said "you are too young, too naive, too innocent, too..." he stopped, he wasn't able to say it correctly. He sighed, the looked up to the stars, there so manny of them, all of them shining eternally, always there, never leaving alone the loyal watcher, who is able to found company in their eternal stories of ancient times. Tamao wasn't able to speak, he looked so sad, so..... helpless. He didn't seemed like the coldblooded killer she had been told. He was so different, so unexpectably appealing. She didn't knew why, but she wasn't scared anymore. She smiled, a made a little laugh, surprising the powerful shaman, who inmediatly turned to her, a look of surprise on his face "what?" he asked, she looked at him, smiling warmly, curiously confident.

"It's just that you are not exactly the way I imagined you to be" she said, he looked at her, and smiled too.

"I see" he said "and how did you imagined me to be?" he asked, she though for a while, finding the moment good for a joke, something she was not used to do, make a joke.

"Hmmm" she put a thoughtful face "like a horrible, giant, coldhearted man, with a face ugly enough to not make you able to sleep for an entire month" he laughed loudly, almost faling backwards.

"Is that so?" he asked, she nooded smiling "wow, I never thought I was that ugly" they bursted in laugh again. Then they slowly fell silent, but the smiles never leaving their faces. They both felt so relaxed, as if without any effort, they were having the time of their lifes. An idea suddenly hit him, and tuened to Tamao "Hey!" he said, calliing her attention

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to go for a ride?" he asked smiling. Her smile disappeared, putting a look of confusion on her face.

"For ride?" she asked, Hao nooded confidently, she didn't understand, "a ride on what?" she asked again. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the enormous figure of the spirit of fire appeared before them, kneeled in front of the rock. Tamao shrieked in surprise at the sight of the huge creature, and almost felt backwards, but Hao put a hand behind her back, probably expecting that reaction from her. He looked at her, and pointed to the spirit.

"On that" he said confidently, almost proudly. Tamao fell silent, she had understand everything that had been said to her. But, going out on that? It made her very suspicious, it could a trap, maybe he would take her somewhere isolated, then kill her without a second thought, but, why would he kill her? Seeing that she was distrutful form the situaction, he mentally gave an order to the spirit. The giant creature extended one hand towards both, and placed it near, almost touching, the rock, with the palm opened. Confidently, Hao stepped on it, then he turned to the timid girl, and rised his hand, "I promise that nothing will happen to you" he said encouragingly. Tamao looked from his gaze, to his hand, to the massive figure standing behind him. Then back to his eyes. They had a curious effect on her, making her heart beat faster, not allowing her to think, and, at that exact moment, she had no interest in thinking. Still hypnotized by his truthful eyes, she slowly rised her hand, and took his.

Closing her eyes know, she took a step forward. Specting to find a strange, pulsating surface. She was surprised when she fel under her a solid floor, like a rock. With heat emanating from below her. She opened her eyes, only to found his darker ones staring directly at her. His face was so close, that she could feel his rhythmic breathing touching her forehead. She blushed, she had never been this close to a boy in her life. He felt a little nervous himself: he had never done this, at least, not with a girl. Nor he ever imagined that he would do it with such a pretty one. Seeing that she was still a little doubtful about the situation, he smiled, and bringing his mouth near her ear, he wihispered.

"I promise" the sound of his voice made her feel so safe. She nooded, more determined know. He smiled, and surrounded her with his arm. He turned towards the sky, and, moving slowly, the spirit rose in the air, taking it's to passenger towards the uncatchable sky.

To the sky.

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Well, that's it with the first chapter.

I curiously love the idea of Hao and Tamao making a couple, so I decided to write it down.

I'm not a very romantic guy, so, sorry for being so corny about the way i write things, but i don't find any other way.

this probably is going to end in the next chapter, for this is just an small idea.

so....... erm.....thank you!.....for...ee..you know.............reading.