Hi readers!! this is the 2nd chapter and its a bit longer!!! R & R Please and thanks for reading!!!
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DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN SHAMAN KING BUT I DO OWN MY CHARACTER AND SOME OF THE PLOT!!
A gentle breeze blew through Hao's long, dark grey hair and he saw the figure stiffen. Shadowed against the full moon he watched as the figure turned slowly to face him, where the face should be was only a blank mask, where the eyes should be were black slits of darkness.
The ragged hem of the black tattered cloak fluttered in the wind that swept through the clearing. Suddenly the black pits of its eyes were lighted with the colour of a burning flame of silver that seemed to pieerce through his very soul. Hao stiffened ever so slightly, staring transfixed at the eyes that glowed a chilling silver that raged with hate and fury, his slendr hands pressed together in, rapid yet elegant signs were formed.
He flung out his arms, a star sign appeared in front of him and an unseen force was thrown towards it. The demon leapt away from the rock it was perched on and the force hit where it had been seconds ago smashing the rock into pieces that fell to the ground with muffled thumps.
The demon twisted in the air, the hood falling off, revealing ink black hair that whipped out behind at the motion, it landed lightly on its feet before it leapt towards the Buddhist monk, Hao raised a hand towarsd the demon charging towards him and an invisible barrier surrounded around him.
The demon hit the barrier and was flung backwards with terrifying force, Hao thought he heard a shocked gasp of pain come from beneath the mask as the demon had impacted against his barrier. He also caught a smell of jasmines and violets, he frowned and shook his head to clear his mind.
The demon landed on its feet and skidded backwards, snow piling up against its heels as it dug its fingers into the groud to stop herself. The demon stood up and drew out two Sais out of its cloak, a shimmering, near transparent silver aura surrounded them and Hao's eyes narrowed ever so slightly.
'Impossible, a demon cannot have furyoku... Only shamans can…' He thought and peered intently at the figure that was fully clad in black, slender hands were shown as it drew its weapon beside one side of their mask.
Miniscule bead of light formed in front of the blade, it shifted its feet into a stance, Hao's eyes widened as the light suddenly shot towards him silver lightening. Hao made hand signs swiftly and a barrier appeared around him again, the attacks hit the barrier but it did not rebound, it continued to push forwards.
Hao's eyes widened as his barrier began to crack under the pressure of the powerful attack, Hao disappeared as the energy sliced through his barrier. Hao materialized behind the figure, the figure managed to duck just in time as Hao aimed his palm at where its head was.
The blast of energy shot past where its head had been a mere second ago and smashed into the snow covered ground, causing a wave of white coldness to crash down onto both of them.
Hao leapt out of the way and saw the figure do the same, it twirled in a a graceful circle and sliced at the air. The hood that hid the figure's face was swept off and Hao saw a bare, white mask staring at him where its face was supposed to be.
Its flowing midnight black hair was tied loosely in a ponytail with a length of string and strands of loose hair whipped around the white mask that it wore. Multiple streaks of flashing silver light flew towards Hao and the white ground once again erupted as the attacks hit the ground. This time it left a gaping, smoking crater in the ground by the attack and Hao stared at the damage.
'Fortunately none of those humans came with me this time, I can sate my curiosity.' Hao thought as he appeared beside the blasted ground where several more craters had been created, each larger than the other.
'Time to see your true face.' Hao thought as a strange energy erupted from the demon, its sword was incased in what seemed to be a swirling mass of energy, the aura was the colour of the soft silvery beams of moonlight, yet he knew not gentle but was infact deadly.
He swiftly made some hand signs and streaks of white light flew towards the figure, it dodged out of the way and charged at Hao. The silver blades of the twin Sais flashed towards Hao like lightening, the demon suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Hao.
Slashing at where his chest and head was in a downwards diagonal strike that would have hacked him clean in half if he hadn't evaded it. Hao vanished and appeared behind the cloaked figure while making hand signs at an incredible rate.
The demon immediately spun around and lashed out at Hao, the Sais met his barrier and Hao glimpsed the pale, slender hands that grasped the black hilt with silver notches. He also noticed the red rawness that were spread around the sides of its hands before it was thrown backwards.
The demon impacted the ground hard, Hao saw drops of crimson liquid fly out of where the mouth of the mask was as the demon flew backwards. Hao raised a hand and pointed at the demon, a invisible energy shot from his hand and flung the figure further back. It dug a hand into the snow covered ground and managed to slow its speed before it pushed off from the ground with its arms and flipped backwards.
It landed roughly on the ground, having overbalanced ever so slightly, Hao heard a sickening crunch as the figure wobbled and then stood up without making a single sound of pain or distress.
The demon moved its left foot forwards, Hao narrowed his eyes as it took a step with its right foot forwards and jolted ever so slightly. It would not have been noticebly if it was a normal human that had been watching.
'She must have either sprained or broken her right ankle.' Hao took the chance of her hesitation to point his hand at her and streaks of white light towards her.
The light hit her square on and she smashed into a projecting rock, Hao heard a sharp cry of pain, as the dust cleared the figure tumbled forwards leaving an indent in the rock. Hao watched as one of her Sais fell from her limp hand in slow motion and clatter onto the pieces of rocks that littered the white ground.
Long raven black hair swept out behind it like a rippling blanket of black as the string snapped from the Hao's attack the figure fell into the river that trailed from waterfall with a loud splash. Ripples cascaded from where it had fallen and the figure quickly tugged off their cloak which quickly became heavy and threatened dragged its wearer down.
'Definitely not a demon, she must be a shaman of some sorts.' Hao thought as he watched silently as the delicately framed figure plunged her remaining Sai into the half frozen river bank and dragged herself out of the water.
Her black hair hung in dripping strands down their back and across their mask covered face, a slender hand was clutching its abdomen and Hao could hear her coughing violently, spitting out blood and panting heavily as he walked towards her.
Hao waved a hand and strings of light shot towards it again, but this time it wrapped tightly around the figure. The Sai that was held in her hand fell to the ground, its fall muffled by the snow that covered the ground. Hao approached the figure that was immobilized by his technique and as he neared he confirmed that the figure was a definitely a girl.
Warm crimson fluid dripped steadily from the bottom of her cracked mask, drops of blood fell like a gleaming ruby to the ground and stained the pure white snow bright scarlet. The brilliant colour contrasted splendidly with the dazzling white landscape that stretched on as far as the eye could see. Hao heard ragged gasps and saw the twitch of her slender fingers as he stepped even closer towards the still, masked figure.
Piece of her half broken mask fell to the ground, revealing the top right of her face an elegant ink eyebrow that was slightly scrunched and a firey red eye that seemed to pierce his very soul. Hao approached the girl and halted in front of her, he examined her closely as she twisted in his bindings.
Burning silver eyes glared coldly into his black ones as he reached out a hand, grasped side of the cracked mask that was still clinging onto her face and tugged it off.
Hao took a sharp intake of breath as a beautiful face met his eyes, his eyes roamed across her face and he took in her pale skin, her slightly flushed cheeks from their fight and her pale pink lips that were partially open in a slight snarl, showing her white teeth.
A trail of blood led from the corner of her lips to her chin like a crimson ribbon, there was also a trail running down the right side of her face from her hairline. Her face was deathly white because of the cold, the girl shivered and the water dripping from her began to pool in a puddle beneath her bare feet.
Hao took in the strands of dripping midnight black hair that fell across her face and down past her waist and the slightly ripped white yukata she wore. A fragrance seemed to hang around her like a faint mist, the smell of jasime, violets and rain.
He could see her left foot start to swell an angry red as she shifted her weight to her uninjured foot. Hao heard her thoughts that darted across her mind.
'He's strong… stronger than me...' Hao smirked in his mind at that thought and he continued to listen to the thoughts that flitted across her mind like swallows.
'I don't think I can escape this time...' Suddenly he sensed a change in her, he could feel pain, sadness and loneliness envelop her. Hao listened to her thoughts and heard slightly contorted and fuzzy voices that did not belong to her whisper in her mind.
'She's a demon in disguise…'
'Keep away from her or she'll possess you…'
'Begone… You filthy demon… Don't you dare come back to our village…' Hao then heard her own voice say softly at these voices.
'What do they understand?'
'Why can't they believe in me?'
'Why can't they accept me?'
'Humans are such insignificant and foolish beings…'
'Sooner or later they will destroy this world…' Hao's eyes widened as he heard her thoughts.
'This girl…'
"Kill me." The girl murmured, her voice was emotionless and cold, she gazed up at Hao with her flashing silver eyes that reminded him of the stars that shone above them.
"You were sent to kill me weren't you?" It was more of a statement than a question, Hao quirked an eyebrow at her as she smirked. She no longer struggled against his bindings, but became motionless as if to see what will happen next.
A sudden want to touch her pale skin overcame Hao and he lifted a hand. The girl narrowed her unatural gleaming eyes but remained still as he slowly reached his hand towards her.
The soaking girl flinched ever so slightly as he gently placed his hand on her cheek, he felt a strange tingle shoot through his body as soon as he touched her cold yet soft skin. His chest felt as if it was on fire and a sudden churn in the pit of his stomach.
The girl regarded him with fiery eyes as Hao moved his hand and brushed a strand of wet raven hair out of her eyes. Hao tucked it behind her ear as she continued to look at him warily, he flicked his hands and the bindings disappeared around her.
She slumped to the ground and her head bowed down, Hao gazed own at her and saw her shivering slightly in her wet clothes. Snow started to fall from the sky, the girl looked up and to Hao's surprise her eyes were to longer silver, but a fathomless black, like his.
The girl scraped some snow onto her swelling left ankle, she winced and let out a hiss as Hao continued to watch her pile snow onto her injury, attempting to sooth the swelling.
"Why? Why did you not kill me?" The girl suddenly questioned, her voice was soft, calm and strangely soothing, Hao watched as she tried to move her foot but she immediately froze when pain shot up her entire leg.
"Don't tell me its pity?" Her voice was mocking, her lips tugged up in a mirthless smile.
"Not because of pity." Hao murmured softly in reply.
"I didn't kill you because you are not a demon." The girl at his feet stiffened and then she started to laugh, at first it was with a chuckle, light and soft at first but then it burst out wildly of control, her laughter rang around the clearing and over the pounding of the waterfall.
It was laced with indescribable sadness and Hao could see the pain that darkened her eyes like the clouds that covered the moon. Her laughter was wild, insane and out of control, full of contempt as it gradually faded into a soft and sad sound, to Hao it felt like someone was clenching his heart.
"You are the first to ever have said that to me." The girl stated after her uncontrollable laughter had subsided, her voice was full of surprise and yet always filled with pain. The ache in Hao's chest settled, he knelt down beside her on one knee and asked gently with a slight smile.
"What is your name?" The girl looked up at him, her deep black eyes searching his. Hao stared transfixed at the girl as she smiled faintly, sadly and then replied in the same soft voice that was forever overflowing with the same soft sadness.
"I do not have a name." Hao smiled softly and she wiped the back of her hand over the trail of blood that had dried into a dark red line leading from her lips to her chin.
The dried blood rubbed off but left a slight smudge just beside her mouth, she then rubbed at the line of blood that ran into her eyes. She looked up at Hao with curious eyes and Hao once again felt a slight squirm in his stomach.
"Then I shall give you one." Hao paused and then declared.
"Reina. Your name is Reina." The girl's fathomless black widened in disbelief but she quickly erased it with her usual cold, hard stare but it was too late the damage was done.
'Nani?! How did he know...' Hao had saw and heard, he smirked inwardly as she half growled, not liking his smug expression.
"Don't joke with me, just kill me already." Hao smirked at her boldness and murmured into her ear.
"I refuse to do so." Her cheek twitched in what seemed like irritation before Hao asked.
"Where is your home?" Reina stared at him before letting out another laugh but this time in was bitter and hard.
"Where is my home?" She repeated in an incredulous voice, scoffing lightly.
"I have no place called home, there is no place for me in this world." Reina trailed off and then muttered.
"Even if I return home, there will be no one waiting for me there..." Hao frowned and asked.
"What do you mean by there will be no one waiting for you?" Reina smirked and replied.
"They're dead, every single one of the people from my clan...It's not like it concerns you anyway." There was no emotion in her voice as she had said that but her eyes had started to pulse dull grey.
''My' clan?' Hao thought but then pushed it to the back of his mind.
"Then I shall give you a place to call home." Hao murmured and the girl merely gaped at him, her eyes no longer pulsing silver but glittering black with shock and surprise.
"W...What?" She whispered and Hao continued on.
"I will give you a place called home, with someone who will be waiting there for you." Reina recovered from her initial shock, scoffed and then asked sarcastically with an raised eyebrow, forgetting the situation she was in.
"And where exactly is that place called 'home'?" Hao smiled and replied.
"By my side." Reina's eyes flew to him, but the man was not smirking horribly, he looked sincere as he gazed at her with his deep black eyes. Reina turned away from his gaze and whispered tonelessly, but her emotions and thoughts were a raging storm in her mind.
"Don't...your just playing a cruel joke on me...just kill me..." Hao shook his head and leant towards her, but she leapt to her feet and scrambled away not giving a single thought to her injuries. Hao straightened and walked towards her, she backed away until her back hit the stone wall.
"Don't come any closer!" Reina ordered as she picked up the Sai that was on the ground besider her feet, she lifted it in front of her as Hao approached her. Hao was a metre away from her when she swiftly raised her Sai and pointed it threateningly at Hao, but Hao could see the blade trembling.
"Don't come a single step closer." Her voice trembled as Hao gazed at her unblinking.
Hao said as he took a step forwards, Reina darted forwards, her Sai aimed to plunge into Hao's beating heart. Hao didn't move as she rushed forwards her Sai's blade flashing towards his chest, instead he stood there silently as if waiting for her.
The Sai jerked to a sudden halt a hair's breadth away from Hao, Reina was shaking as she dropped her Sai, turned away and tried to flee. Hao swiftly reached out a hand and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to a halt. Reina tried to wrench her hand away but Hao tightened her grip, she scowled and swung around to strike Hao with her other hand.
Her left hand flew through the air and hit Hao directly on his right cheek, but Hao didn't even flinch as she struck him. His cheek stung and flamed red as Reina froze and her eyes widened, Hao watched her lips thin and straighten into a harsh line ad she tried to tug herself away from him.
Hao suddenly yanked her towards him forcefully and wrapped his arms around her from behind, Reina stiffened as Hao tightened his hold on her. Giving her no chance to escape and her arms were pinned to her side by Hao's.
"Why?" Hao heard her say softly, her voice trembled and shook with confusion and sadness. Hao merely pulled her closer to him and warmed her cold body with his own.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Reina whispered and Hao felt wet drops fall onto his long sleeve, he looked down to see tears falling from her beautiful black eyes.
Hao didn't answer and a sob escaped her lips as she squeezed her eyes shut as tears continued to drip rapidly from her closed eyes. Reina bit her bottom lip as her whole body shook silently, Hao closed his eyes and gently rested his chin on her shoulder.
"Come with me." Hao murmured and Reina tensed but then relaxed as Hao continued to say.
"You and I are similar, come with me and let us create a world with only shamans." Reina gazed up at him.
The one and only person in her entire life that had not ran away from her at first glimpse of her eyes. The first to not have called her a demon, clear trails ran down her face.
"Trust me." Hao murmured. Reina lifted a hand to her face and touched Hao tenderly on his flaming red cheek. Hao closed his eyes as a soothing warmth swept through his entire at her gentle touch and felt a warm sensation start in the pit of his stomach.
Reina drew away her hand and Hao felt a twinge of disappointment as the mysterious warmth vanished with her soft touch. Hao took the cue and took a step away from her, she turned around and asked in her calm, soothing voice.
"Your name…What is your name?" Hao smiled down at her and brushed his fingers through her soft black hair.
"My name is Hao, Asakura Hao." Reina smiled gently and murmured softly.
"Hao…" Hao stood up and extended his hand towards her. Reina gazed up at Hao, her face lined with tears as he said in a clear voice.
"Come with me, Reina." Reina glanced away for only a second but then she smiled and reached out her own hand to Hao's.
'I trust you... and will stay by your side...Hao...'
Hao black eyes widened and a warm feeling spread from his chest as he heard her thought, he smiled and it was a true smile from his heart. He took her outstretched hand and closed his hand around hers.
'Arigato…' Hao faintly heard in his mind as he clasped her hand tightly in his and a blinding light flooded around them.
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