Glory of Demimua
Chapter 2: It Begins
Morty walked around Yoh's house looking for his friend. To his surprise, he found Yoh sleeping on his lawn, not even attempting to hide from Anna.
"Hey Yoh." Morty said hoping he wasn't truly asleep.
"Oh hey Morty." Yoh said.
"I'm surprised; I thought Anna would still have you training." Morty said.
"With no news on a rerun of the Shaman Tournament, Anna's finally started laying off me." Yoh responded, "So what's going on with you?"
"Nothing much." Morty said, "My parents still haven't caught on about being a shaman yet luckily."
"So Mosuke is still trapped in the laptop?" Yoh asked.
"Yes!" Mosuke's voice called out from Morty's laptop, "I can't figure out how to get out!"
"And I've been trying, but I can't figure it out." Morty said.
"You'd have to undo the oversoul that put him in there." Anna said leaving the house, "But with your low Furyoku level, I doubt you'd be able to do it."
"That's kinda why I came." Morty said sleepily, "You did such a good job helping Yoh I was wondering…"
"No." Anna interrupted.
"Why not?" Morty asked.
"Yeah Anna," Yoh said, "What's wrong with giving Morty a little training?"
"Two reasons, first, I don't go easy on training." Anna said, "And second if I give him training anything like yours he'd be eaten alive."
"I'm never getting out of here." Mosuke complained.
"Stay strong my friend," Amidamaru said, "I'm sure Morty will be able to control his Furyoku soon enough."
"By the way Yoh, we got another postcard from Rio." Anna said showing him a postcard.
"That's good, wonder where he is now." Yoh said taking the postcard. It was a brief recap of everything he's done sense his last one, but nothing ever that exciting.
"I swear Yoh; you're the only one who looks forward to getting those things." Anna said.
"Well aside for Morty and Len, I don't get to see them anymore." Yoh said, "I miss having them around."
"Ah it's okay Yoh." Morty said, "Why don't you just ask them to come over for a while?"
"Unfortunately I can't." Yoh said.
"Why not?" Morty asked.
"Yoh doesn't want to come off as clingy." Anna said.
"Is that really the reason?" Amidamaru asked, "You didn't even tell me, so I figured it was serious."
"It's more than that." Yoh said, "I get that none of them want to be stuck in the past. If they want to move on without me, I'm not going to stop them."
"Wow, that's noble of you Yoh." Morty said.
"Yes Master Yoh, it cannot be easy to let go of your friends." Amidamaru said. The phone started to ring and Yoh went to answer it.
"Hello?" Yoh asked.
"Hello Yoh, its Jun." The voice on the end said, "Yoh, have you seen Len? He left early this morning. I shouldn't be worried, he has the Sword of Thunder and Bason with him, so he can take care of himself. But I am. He hasn't been the same lately."
"I'm sorry Jun, I haven't seen him. But I'll go look." Yoh said.
"Thank you Yoh." Jun said, "It would be weird if Pailong went out to look or even answered the phone so I'm staying here in case he calls."
"No problem." Yoh said, "Bye."
"Good bye." Jun said as both of them hung up. Yoh went back out to the yard to explain what was happening.
Park…
Len was at the same park where he and Yoh fought each other in the qualifiers. This was the point where everything was turned on its head the first time, so maybe being here would help him figure this out. Unfortunately, he didn't get much chance to think because a mysterious figure showed up.
"Excuse me; are you the one known as Len Tao?" The figured asked.
"And what if I am?" Len asked.
"I'll take that as a yes." The man said, "I am the Shaman known as Shang. I am searching for a Shaman known as Jeanne, last we heard, she called herself the 'Iron Maiden'." Len tensed up at this, "Ah, I see you do know her."
"Maybe I do." Len said, "What makes me think I'll tell you where she is?"
"Because if you or any of the Great Demon's servants stand in our way, we are allowed to use force to remove you from our path." Shang responded.
"Great Demon?" Len asked.
"Yes," Shang Responded, "The Great Demon Zankou. Now, will you tell me where she is or will I have to use force?"
"Let me put it this way. Bason! Into the Sword of Thunder!" Len shouted forming the oversoul from the Sword of Thunder.
"Very well, you insist on fighting." The figure threw off a large cloak revealing a man in a red and black outfit with a staff on his back, "Envoy, spirit form!" A ghost of a man in pearl white armor appeared long enough to transform into a spirit ball as Shang pulls out his staff "Into the staff!" Shang placed his ghost Envoy into the battle staff causing it to become covered in a grey Furyoku and gaining a crescent moon blade at the end formed from his Furyoku, "No I give you one last chance, surrender and reveal the location of the sacred daughter or else!"
"I don't know why you just referred to Jeanne as the sacred daughter, but even if I knew where she was," Len said, "You can bet I wouldn't tell you!"