The Shaman Fight ended a few months ago and Faust VIII has found that he has grown comfortable with Yoh and Company, he and Manta have even developed a father-son kind of relationship. But with the Shaman Fight restarting and the stress of the new rules bearing down on him, will he be able to keep his friends and stay sane?
This story mixes the manga and the anime.
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I walked down the road with Yoh and Anna. The subject of the Shaman Fight came up for the third time this week. We were all getting anxious about it. Something was happening, Shaman committee members were setting up shop in town, foreigners started showing up left and right, and there had been a spike in the crime rate.
"What do you make of this Anna?" Yoh said inquisitively. Anna shook her head like it didn't concern her.
"Most likely the shaman fights gonna restart soon, but it doesn't matter. If it does Faust is ready and so are you. Heck, even Manta is gonna enter it when it's back." I nodded and smiled in synch with Yoh. Anna always laughed when we did that. It would put her in a good mood. "Hey, let's pick up Manta and get something to eat."
"Whoa, really?" Yoh exclaimed, astonished. "We don't have to cook today?" Anna's eyes narrowed dangerously, but she still smiled.
"Don't say it like it's unheard of, Yoh!" I laughed as Yoh and Anna teased each other. There were very few living people I could be happy with. The little group of people who had accepted the zombie-like, necromancer that I am. They understood me like no one ever could before, except Eliza, but she had been murdered a long time ago. Her soul stayed with me though and I had sworn to bring her back. I was close, I could feel it in my grasp, but I was missing a vital element and I couldn't figure out what it was.
I was jarred back to reality when I heard Yoh call out my name.
"Faust, haiaku, we're almost there," Yoh and Anna were about ten feet ahead of me. I realized that I had come to a dead stop in the middle of a road we had been crossing.
"Oi! Buddy get out of the street!" Someone screamed from a car that had come to a screeching halt about a foot away from me.
"Gomen nasai desu yo!" I replied running to Yoh and Anna. I heard him mutter,
"Baka, is he trying to get killed?" before he drove off.
"You okay, Faust? You kinda spaced out there for a second." Yoh asked a little worried. I smiled and nodded.
"I'm fine, thank you, Yoh-kun." Anna smiled.
"Thinking about Eliza-san again?" She asked understandingly. I laughed a little and said yes. Yoh smiled and nodded slightly.
"I thought so, you always smile like that when you think of Eliza-san. Anyway we better hurry, it's gonna rain soon." Anna smiled and added teasingly.
"Don't worry we'll help you cross the street, jii-san,"
"Jii-san?! I'm only thirty-three!" Yoh and Anna gasped as if they had never heard this before.
"Sooooooo old! He's like a grandpa!" Yoh sighed in astonishment, and we playfully chased each other the rest of the way to Manta's house. I had never seen his place before so when Yoh rang the doorbell on the gate of this huge mansion I practically fell over.
"Manta-kun lives in that?!" I cried out in amazement. Yoh nodded and an intercom on the gate crackled to life.
"State your name and business with the Oyamada family." Yoh pushed a button and started answering the voice.
"Hey, it's Asakura Yoh. Can I see Manta please?" The voice didn't answer, but the gate swung open.
"Come on, guys." Yoh called out crossing the thresh hold. Anna beckoned me forward with her hand. I followed hesitantly, I really hated the thought of meeting Manta's father. He sounded like exactly the kind of person who triggered my episodes, elitist and abusive.
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Chapter 1 is up! 2 will come when I feel like it.