~Her Existence~
It was a hot afternoon at patch village, the right kind of temperature for a stroll. It's in the middle of the first round of the Shaman tournament. And right now team Funbari Onsen is about to fight their first match, the Icemen. Every Shaman was in the arena, awaiting their turn and observing the current contestant's abilities. Including the most powerful of them all.
Hao Asakura.
Hao is more than eager to see how Yoh is progressing. He was hoping he would see something interesting during his other half's match today. Other than the fact that he's brother somehow irritated the icemen, he was also amused that Yoh, like him, was calm when being sassed by people. And because of Yoh's nonchalant attitude, the icemen were even more furious.
Hao had to laugh at that.
He was fond of Yoh, he knew that. He acknowledge his brother on some level that he didn't understand. And he knew that if Yoh were to join him in his plan to save the world from its diseases, it would be great. He wouldn't have to kill his younger half. And nothing would please him more than not to kill Yoh.
But no. His other half would never agree with him. He would even fight him to stand with those friends of his. And because his fiancé said so.
A shame though, he was full of surprises. Like now, when he revealed his two part oversoul, the Budoyu soul sword. No shaman has been able to master a two-part oversoul in just two months.
Impressive.
Hao watched the first half of the battle. When Yoh and his group had every thing by the upper hand, he didn't need to stay to know who's going to win the match. With that he stood, smiled brightly at Yoh. . .
. . And walked away.
"Hao-sama your not gonna stay and watch?" opacho asked.
Without stopping or turning around Hao replied "No need, I already know what's going to happen. I'll just go for a stroll outside." He raised his hand to wave at his followers, who he knew was staring at his back, also wondering about his actions.
It was a sunny day, the perfect weather for a stroll.
Hao continued to walk up until he's out of the Arena. People who noticed him either walked faster or suddenly decided to turn around to go on the other direction. He smirked at the thought that those weak shamans feared him.
He enjoyed that idea. They fear him.
They fear me.
When he reached the exit he summoned the spirit of Fire so that he wouldn't have to walk anymore and see all these weaklings gawking at him. Plus, he didn't like the idea of strolling on the desert. So he thought it would be good to search for a much greener place to lie on the grass. It was possible because he has his spirit. He's powerful, all well trained spirit that can fly and carry him to any place he pleased.
And that's exactly what he did.
The spirit of fire flew until Hao spotted a nice lake covered by a rich thick forest just outside of the patch village's territory. He ordered the spirit of fire to land near the water.
Once he was down he took a moment to appreciate the natural beauty of the place. The lake, untouched, the ground not tainted, the air fresh and the trees that are full of life. This is what he wanted the world to look like, to feel like.
"Ah… nothing beats being one with nature." He muttered to himself as he took a step closer to the lake and kneeled right before the water. He could see his reflection, long dark brown hair, chestnut eyes, tan skin… nothing resembles her.
A sudden ache came jolting through his heart. He clutch his poncho and stared at his pain filled reflection on the water. Thinking about his mother always bring him to pieces, like it was only yesterday when she was murdered. He felt the need to shed a tear.
This pain, I've been enduring this pain for a thousand years now.
I really miss you,
Mother
"Boy, why are you crying?" A gentle voice spoke from behind him.
Still clutching his poncho he slowly turned to his sudden visitor. A visitor, who would never again see the next sunrise for disturbing him. With a grim expression, Hao turned to that person.
To his surprise though, it was a girl. No, it was a Human girl. That's why he didn't notice her at once, she has no furiyoku nor a reishi. He chuckled.
Well this is too easy.
The girl stood there with her head tilted and her eyes wide, out of curiosity. She continued to look that way even as Hao stood up and face her. With a dark smile on his lips, Hao regained his normal composure that radiated smugness, evil and fear.
"I wasn't crying and aren't you a little lost?" he asked in a cold voice that somehow did no effect on the girl.
After a few seconds of silence the girl blurted a loud "Nope." And did a quick shrug with her lean shoulders. Hao's eyebrows shot up when she did this.
Interesting, in her mind there was no trace of fear or horror, just curiosity and humor. Hao came to the idea that this girl must have a one track mind. She must not know him, for she should have registered fear if she knew who she was talking to, but she didn't. She was human after all with no knowledge at all of shamans, of course she didn't know him. But she should have felt the evil presence none the less, but still no reaction.
She must be stupid.
"I'm at the north east of Angus forest, near the lake of Pasgua. I'm not lost." She clarified with a calm tone and walked right past Hao to the lake. Hao whirled around, shocked of how she spoke to him. He was the future king for fucks sake! A mere human can never talk to him like that.
His palms were heating up when he noticed what the girl was doing. She had two medium size bins and was currently filling them up with water. Her thoughts were fixated to what she was doing, completely forgetting about his presence. That irritated him more. She had her back at him, he stride forward.
Perfect, humans are the reason this planet is dying. They must be r-
"You shouldn't cry at a place like this, you know?" she said aloud. That stopped him on his tracks.
What is she blabbering about now?
"It's beautiful here, so many reasons to smile, not to cry." She spoke as she finished filling the bins with water. "No matter how painful it is, whatever you're dealing with, you should just take time to appreciate nature." She stood up and turn towards him with a comforting smile on her lips. "I know that makes me happy."
He could only stare, realizing the truth in her words. Though she's a human, he can now sense that she's not the kind of human that he loathes. She's one of those few people who actually cares about nature. And now that he thinks about it he can feel something radiating from her, Purity. She must have a kind heart, It doesn't change the fact that she's Human though, she's still one of them.
But her words did change his mind about killing her, that's certain. He was still staring at her, and she was staring back, he looked away.
"Hnn, I told you before I wasn't crying." He grunted with his eyes closed. The girl pressed her lips in a tight line.
He was crying. With that amount of Ego, it must be hard to accept the truth. The girl thought, and it didn't miss Hao's ears. With his mind reading abilities and all. He found it amusing though, that this girl almost had her life taken away from her and yet now she was teasing him.
"Okaaay.. whatever you say." She said nonchalantly as she walked past him again. He opened his eyes to take a peek at her and where she was headed. She walked deeper into the forest holding both her bins without a backward glance.
Hmm.. good riddance. He thought. He realized he was still staring at her back and that peaked his curiosity. What's with that girl? He was satisfied without having to kill her, he liked to eliminate his enemies but whenever he kill innocent people there's a part of him that screamed Monstrous for being too unworldly evil, a small part.
No matter how small, it's still there.
So he just decided to continue what he came here for. A relaxing nap. He found a very good spot a few meters from where he was standing now. The tree was leaning back which makes it comfortable to lie on.
He did so, both hands on the back of his head and his foot place on his other knee. He closed his eyes and thought about how relaxing this is. Nothing but the bristling of the trees and the sound of the wind againts water. It was very relaxing.
Boy, why are you crying?
The phrase suddenly entered his mind and made him open his eyes. He had a very interesting encounter today. Interesting because it all happened with a mere Human girl. He found it funny, very funny.
A few more seconds, Hao asakura was smiling with his eyes close.
The next chap is coming soon. For now just…
Kate =]
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