Summary: AU, Character Death. "Everything will work out" was his motto. But this important moral was thrown out the window as the most powerful shaman came back into his life. The elder Asakura, however, remember only three things: his family, his shamanic superiority over other shamans, and his loneliness.
Please do not disregard my spelling and grammar mistakes; I want to correct them since I've seen some with bad grammar mistakes and the sentence end up meaning another thing. I don't want to confuse my readers. If I got any important information wrong, please inform me of that as well; that includes the Japanese.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot line, though I wished I own Shaman King.
Hey, everyone, I just want to point out a few things. I have not watch the anime for Shaman King, and can only slightly guess at the ending due to the other fics I've read, but I am kind of basing the story on the ending of the anime series, despite the AUness, since I didn't like the confusion that the manga ending caused me. I will also be killing off quite a few characters, but please don't kill me.
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Nantoka Naru
Prologue
The night was silent and dark, and no light shone, save for the moon and the twinkles that surrounded the glowing orb. There is no sign of life, with the exception of a few trees, grass that peeked out from the crevices of the rocky ground, and a single body lying in the middle of the near-barren land.
The limp figure opened his eyes and stared into at the starry night sky. He blinked. Once. Twice.
He stayed there for a while, just lying there, when he flinched and instantly held a fingerless gloved hand to the side of his head as pain shot through it.
The figure sat up after much effort, only to cringe at the pain it caused him. He looked down at his chest and saw a long cut down his middle. The wound had stopped bleeding but the cut is still there, awaiting recovery.
He calmed from the pain after a while and looked at his surroundings. It was darkness all over. He can dimly make of the shape of a boulder to his left, and a barren land with few trees to his right.
Instinctively, he called out his spirit, which illuminated the place with an eerie glow.
He got a good look at where he was, now that light shines on the place. There are no human civilizations in sight, and he surprised himself as he gave a sigh of relief when he sees that the land is not 'tainted', but still full of nature.
Where am I? Who am I?
He silently asked himself the questions that he cannot answer. He thought hard about his name, and one came to his mind, though he knows that the name isn't his, or at least not what he calls himself.
A—…A—k—…Asak—…Asakura…!
It was weird. A feeling of anger flowed through him at the name. It is the name of his family, he realized. He doesn't know how he knows, or why he is angry at them. Then another feeling, this time a bittersweet one, surged through him as he thought of one of the Asakuras, very close to him but he couldn't quite place who.
He cringed as another gush of pain jolted through him, reminding him of the bruises and scratches he have that probably resulted from him falling to the ground, as well as the occasional large pebbles blown by the heated wind in the barren land that just happen to land a blow on his motionless body while he's unconscious.
What had happened? Another self-asked question that he cannot answer.
When pain slowly subsided, he looked to his source of light, and stared in astonishment at the awesome creature that stood tall before him, the flaming body glowing of red and orange.
The…Spirit…of Fire…
The creature's familiar name slowly appears into his mind.
A spirit…shaman…I am a shaman…
Another piece of the puzzle called his memory fitted into place, and he felt a feeling of pride at that. He was, no, is, a powerful shaman, and he knows it. Then confusion overtook him.
If I am so powerful, why haven't I killed the Asakuras that angered me so much? Why do they anger me?
He realized that he dislikes, instead of love, his family, and a feeling of loneliness flooded through him.
That's right. I have no one.
He held onto a jutting edge in the boulder with his gloved left hand, and used it as a support to stand up.
They tried to kill me. I have no one. Everyone left me, including Op—. Hmm? Op—? Opa—? O…
Another splitting headache made him stop thinking about the person he forgot. He thought about the Asakuras, and his eyes turned cold as anger overcame him once again.
"Spirit of Fire." He voiced the familiar name, and the giant spirit responded with a half nod as it looks down at its master. The Spirit of Fire reached out a clawed hand out of its master's will.
Hao silently and calmly stepped onto the offered hand and willed the spirit to take flight. There's only one thing to do now. He has to do what the former him didn't: get rid of the family that caused his loneliness and anger.
To Japan…
To be continued…
A/N: So, what do everyone think about this? I know this is a short chapter but hey, this is only the prologue. This is my first shot at a fanfic so please don't flame too badly.
I am not the type to add overly complicated Japanese into the story since not everyone know them but if I decided to add some, the meaning will be at the end of the chapters. Sorry if I get the meaning wrong to the people that knows them.
Yes I am evil this way but Yoh will be pretty damaged mentally in the fic, and maybe a bit of OOCness. This fic will not be Hao-centric.
I need to clarify a few things:
My idea of the ending for Shaman King anime is that(don't laugh out loud) Hao fell off of Spirit of Fire, which simply dissipated into wherever spirits go when they're not being used, after Yoh's last attack, hitting the ground head first, thus resulting the bruises, as well as the memory loss. Also, Opacho left him before he after he took Yoh's soul. As off as that sounds, this is AU and purely my imagination. From what I know, the Shaman Fight was postponed, but I decided that it won't be a big part of the story.
As aforementioned, I will be killing off quite a few characters, and I want to know everyone's opinion on who they don't want killed off. But if it is an Asakura or related to the family, most likely s/he will be killed by Hao, since he's my favorite character and the bad family who was mean to him can die.
The possible ones that I will kill if no objection are: Anna and Tamao (since they are related to the family), Ryu (since I'm gonna make it so that he was with Tamao when she confronted Hao), Youmei, Keiko, Kino, Mikihisa, and Unknown relatives of the Asakura family.
I'm not sure if I want to kill Anna since I'm debating with myself on that. I mean, Yoh is with her. I'll keep her alive if people beg for it. I've decided, though, that I will kill Tamao and Ryu. There's also a big possibility that I will kill Chocolove, just to put him in the story, since I don't know his character that well, except for his bad sense of humor.
The ones I won't kill in my current plot but might kill if too many object to any of the people above: Ren, horo, and Lyserg (three whom I assume no one wants to see dead), Chocolove (who probably won't even come in the story except death if chosen), Marco, Jeanne, Manta, Pilica, and more unknown relatives of the Asakura family (hey, some Asakuras have to die).
Please tell me who you don't want to die and who should replace him/her.
If the opinions are too widespread, I will just go with the original plan.
The X-Laws will not be including in the story, nor Hao's followers. They might come with in a side story, but I don't think it'll fit into the plot, what's with his memory loss and all. I might be able to squeeze Jeanne and Marco's death in the plot if they are chosen.
Coming up next: Living the Carefree Life
"You're an Asakura, aren't you?"—— "Hao! What are you doing here? I thought, no, I know you're dead…"——"When you say 'Hao', do you mean me?"
I want to hear everyone's opinions. I will continue anyways but please REVIEW!
