Episode 1: Family Visit
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A young boy of about 13 or so of age was sleeping on the sidecar of a motorcycle.
Just then, the man he was riding with nudged him awake, "Hey, Hana, we're here…" he said.
Then the boy called Hana woke up to find that they stopped near a town.
"So… this is where mom and dad stay?" asked Hana.
"Of course, I'll see you in a couple of days, they already know you're coming back, and I think you'll know where to find them" said the man.
"Alright, thanks Uncle Ryu" said Hana as he raised a goodbye hand to Ryu as he bid Hana farewell.
Elsewhere…
Yoh was busy preparing breakfast as usual, although the entire ordeal of doing so had now been a bit more a daily habit as he grew, Yoh also sported a completely new appearance: his hair was now longer and much more like his "twin brother" and among other things, he was wearing a black muscle shirt that exposed his six-pack abs, something he's proud to have his darling Anna for. She trained him endlessly for years until his body became as solid as a rock, even Anna gets SLIGHTLY intimidated by him now. Along with his solid body Yoh also became incredibly agile, able to perform various acrobatic moves to accent his already formidable fighting style.
As for Anna, she grew up to be even more attractive (and seductive) than ever before, oftentimes, (and for the first known time) trying to entice her husband every night and on a few rare occasions during the day. She was also the one who trained Yoh to do acrobatic moves by training with him herself, for "special" purposes, and because she found herself wanting to prove that she's not just some "slave-driver."
Getting back to the story, Anna came in, having just finished freshening up for the day and was already prepared for breakfast, and as expected, Yoh was already done and the two ate as they normally did.
Finally, Yoh spoke up, "Hana's coming over to visit us today…"
Then Anna asked "How do you know he's coming, much less today, even?"
"Ryu informed me last week, and he specifically stated that it was on this day. Hana's also coming on his own and Ryu just dropped him off nearby" replied Yoh.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Go and fetch him already!" commanded Anna.
"Yes ma'am," after finishing his meal, Yoh left to pick up Hana at the drop point Ryu specified.
"Oh, and Yoh…" said Anna.
"Yes, yes, I know Anna, I haven't forgotten."
And Yoh came and gave his wife a small peck on the cheek, as usual…
Elsewhere…
Hana was now on a track leading to the city where his parents lived, along the way, he found a sign which said "Welcome to Funbari, Tokyo!" tilted to the side, he simply straightened it into the correct position and eyed the surroundings, and it was quiet, just like Izumo… Perfect.
Hana continued walking until he came towards the main part of town, it was a little empty, with only a few people selling stuff, then his eye caught sight of a place that sold banana cream cupcakes, like his father, Hana also had a fetish for fruit, but instead of oranges, he liked bananas.
Later…
"This cupcake rocks!" said Hana.
"Heh, well, it's my wife's, she's one of the best cupcake bakers ever, this is only one of her work" said the proprietor.
"Whatever, this thing rocks nonetheless" Hana finished up and headed off to leave, but then the proprietor stopped him, giving him a bag. "What's this?" asked Hana, "Oh, just some free cupcakes, we always give free samples to people who like our stuff," said the man, "But I don't have any money" said Hana, "Oh, nevermind that, consider it a treat!" said the man, "Gee, thanks!" and Hana went off.
Hana continued through the town, still watching the sights as he went along.
Later…
"Are you sure you wanna do this, honey?" asked the wife of the bakery proprietor.
"Hey, if we wanna make money, we have to go for the big league! Make our products known!" exclaimed the proprietor.
"sigh, it's always like you to dream big, isn't it hon?" said the wife as she helped him pack a car full of them.
"Of course, everybody has dreams" said the man.
Meanwhile…
In a dark, vast, black emptiness was a glowing blood-red moon floating against a starless night sky, illuminating this darkness with an eerie light, standing against this was the silhouette of a large, tower-like castle standing against the red light and blackness.
Inside, on its highest point, the personal quarters of its current owner located at the Castle Keep, was a large spiky cluster of magma built into the wall of the inner quarters, near the middle is a large circular altar-thing with a metallic dome, and near this dome were two mysterious people, one looked like a floating skeleton with no lower section, with rags instead of legs, and a peculiar horned headdress, the other person looked like a copper-skinned, red-headed woman wearing black, skimpy surgeon clothes.
"Dr. Cutter, we brought you into our ranks because you held potential to help my daughter, Stella, but in recent times up until now, you've failed to produce results!" boomed the skeleton guy.
"Calm yourself, Telsat, I have only just been recently inducted as you know, so it should not come as a surprise that I was in the process of producing something for the mistress…" said Dr. Cutter.
"That is still no excuse for your laziness, doctor! If you continue to put yourself at work in that idle corner of yours, I'll be more than convinced your just biding your time!" immediately after that, the massive magma pile boomed, before a female voice could be heard resonating throughout the room.
"Father, please, let the doctor do her work…" said the voice.
"Hmph, very well…" said Telsat begrudgingly.
"Very well then," said Dr. Cutter, "ahem, anyway, I spent months working on this project, and so now, here it is!" then she pulled out some kind of a key.
Telsat recognized this, "A Key of Dark Dominance, I have heard of these items, they are a powerful commodity for those shamans who, as those would put it, abuse power and do anything to whatever end to accomplish it." remarked Telsat.
"Yes, and after a little bit of research, I've come to a bit of a conclusion, with this, we'll be able to produce powerful creatures that will be able to help us, and the mistress, greatly…" then Dr. Cutter inserted the key into a slot on the round altar, as she did, the metal dome opened up to reveal a green apparition of a bug thing that had a cog-gear sticking out under its belly…
Elsewhere…
Hana continued to walk around the town a bit; Funbari was a really nice place… until he heard an explosion.
Hana went to the site of the explosion; it was the place with the bakery where he got the cupcakes, "Aah! What is that!?" shouted the proprietor, suddenly, a giant bug thing jumped out and gobbled up the entire car that was loaded with the cupcakes.
The wife stumbled back at the sight of this thing, but the man got angry instead, "You stupid monster! Look at what you've done!" then the man took a broken metal pipe and started hitting the giant bug-thing. But the monster simply shrugged him off and the man stumbled back with his wife.
"Wha- what is this thing!?" said the man with a growing sense of fear in his voice.
Hana, on the other hand, saw the whole thing, especially the giant bug-thing, and he was crossed, "Why you-! You ate all of these two bakers' precious cupcakes! I shall not forgive you!" then he picked up the metal pipe and started fighting against the bug-monster, and this time, he actually hurt it, well, a little bit.
The bug robot, with the gear on its chest, seemed to have been annoyed by this and turned to leave, but Hana jumped onto its back to try and stop it, "Hey, are you trying to run away, you coward!?", the bug robot wasn't listening, and jumped very high as it ran off…
"What was… that about?" said the bakery owner, dumbfounded.
Meanwhile, Yoh was on his way to pick up Hana, "sigh, why did Ryu ever have to pick a location that's practically on the other side of the district!?" he grumbled, but moved on. After a while, Yoh heard a sort of thumping sound, which grew louder and louder, until he saw a giant bug thing on the roof of building, snarling loudly, but then he also saw a blonde haired boy astride the back of the beast, shouting "Hey, you stupid monster, why don't you stop running and fight like a bug!" said the boy, before the bug robot jumped away yet again.
"H-Hana!?!"
The bug robot was still jumping around building after building; until it jumped so high every building from where Hana was looking at was the size of a pebble, but Hana continued to hold on despite the turbulence, "Hey! HEY! Are you even listening to me!?!" shouted Hana against the turbulence, just then, a white light blinked in the sky, "Huh?" but before Hana could react, a white light came falling out of the sky and hit him, causing Hana to lose his grip and fall back into the city, "YAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" Hana screamed as he fell back towards the city. Hana fell until he crashed through the roof of an old Buddhist temple.
Inside, Hana woke up to find that "What? I'm… alive, but how…?" before he could gather what happened, a voice spoke to him, "Hey, kid!" Hana looked up to find a glowing white sword jabbed onto the floor, "Huh? Who are you?" asked Hana, "Nevermind that! We got company!" said the spirit inhabiting the sword, just then the bug robot came rushing into the temple, breaking through the walls searching for Hana.
"What do we do!?" asked Hana.
"Grab me!" said the spirit.
"What?"
"Just grab me!" Hana did as told, and he felt a surge of energy pass through him as he did so, immobilizing his entire body, "What- what are you doing?" asked Hana.
"Sorry kid, but for now, I'm taking over your body" said the spirit, and Hana felt his entire nervous system go against his will, with the spirit taking control of his body movements as well as his mind.
"Alright, let's go!" he exclaimed as he raised his sword at shoulder level, pointing towards the bug robot, with his free hand open near the tip of the blade, like he was a samurai or something.
The bug robot then rushed out for Hana, at which point the young boy grabbed the sword with both hands and countered by parrying each of the bug robot's attacks. Then the bug robot grabbed the sword with its teeth and threw Hana towards the wall, Hana simply jumped off the wall and behind the Buddha statue, where he came out from the other end and jumped on the back of the bug robot. Then, Hana stabbed its head with his sword, but the beast started bucking around like nuts, before it threw Hana to the ground, Hana rose up, watching the bug monster about to bite him again, Hana blocked with his sword, but the bug monster tossed Hana through the hole in the roof. Hana remained calm in spite of this, and then he summoned his spirit out, "Oversoul!" Hana fused the spirit with the sword, and the result was the same sword Hana saw with the white aura, as how it looked, it glowed with a white aura whenever it was in Oversoul, as well as featured a pair of blue plate like shields formed by blue hexagonal pieces with an eerie glowing red eye in each one near the cross-guard.
Hana then fell back towards the opening from the roof, but this time with his Oversoul diving down first, as Hana came down from the roof, he started to spin like a wheel as he fell further, finally slicing the monster in two in the typical "slicing in half" motion, pretty old, but still cool, especially if the monster leaves white-glowing residue from the battle…
Outside…
Yoh ran after where the bug robot went, finally reaching the temple with the broken roof on top.
Inside…
Hana stood inside the temple, but fainted as the spirit which took over his body left, the strain of bearing him was simply too much for Hana; Yoh finally arrived, and found Hana unconscious, "Hana? Hana!? Are you okay? Hana!"
That Night…
Hana laid on one of those futon beds you see in some Japanese homes, with a damp cloth on his forehead. "Will he be alright?" asked Yoh, "He'll be fine, just a lot of pressure on his part due to his body being taken over…" said Anna, "Speaking of which, what about the rogue spirit that came to him?" asked Anna, "Oh, he's going to be sticking around for while, I had Amidamaru keep an eye on him, I have a few questions that need answering…" replied Yoh.
"Good," then she turned to her unconscious son, "Hana, it's good to see you again…" said Anna rather solemnly, then gripped his hands tightly.
Hana smiled, realizing that it was his mother's touch…
Comedic Ending:
The sign "Welcome to Funbari, Tokyo" from earlier tilted to the side again… (sweatdrop)
A/N: Well… after months of deciding the plot, I finally have this thing down-pat, I know, it was a little crazy, but hey, this is just the beginning, trust me, and absolutely, positively, one hundred percent no flames! Or else, Hana does to you what he did to the bug robot…