Chapter 2

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Thought/ Dreams/ Event from the past

'Telepathic voice'

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous tone

People were walking around the street, some of them chatting around while some of them searching for a certain someone. That someone was Asakura Hao, the strongest Shaman in the world who can control the 5 elements, but having crazy goal of eradicating all humans from the face of the earth, creating a Shaman only Kingdom.

"Do you think he really had died?"

"Of course, with that kind of attack, who could survive?"

"But he is Hao! A Shaman with 1.250.000 Furyoku! Surely he could survive?"

"If he survived then he is not human at all, he is a monster."

"A Demon to be precise, with that kind of goal."

A boy with shoulder length dark brown hair bit down into his french fries while trying his best to block the talking all around him, his onyx eyes were staring blankly at the food in front of him, his eyes were open but he didn't see anything at all. "Still feeling guilty?" A voice pulled him out of his trance and he blinked, he looked up to see his friends all looking at him, waiting for his answer.

"You know the answer to that." The boy answered absently as he picked another french fries and put it into his mouth, still trying to ignore the whole world.

"You are too kind for your own good, Yoh-kun." A small boy, who could be mistaken as a 6 years old kid despite him being 13, said with a sympathetic smile.

Asakura Yoh, the Twin Brother of Asakura Hao, blinked his eyes again and smiled reassuringly at his small friend, "It's alright, Manta, I only did what was needed." He said softly and focusing on his food again, still trying to shut up the world.

Now, he didn't feeling down at all. Sure, he felt guilty for what he did to Hao, but it was necessary, but it was not the reason why he tried to block the world out. Not that at all, he was trying to find out where in the world his Bother had gone to heal himself, for he know that Hao would try to stay as close with him as possible while hiding himself.

Yeah, Asakura Hao was still alive, he know that for sure because he didn't kill his Brother, he would never did something like that, ever. He might had injured his Brother, but like he told Manta, he only did it because it was needed.

"Omae (You)." A cold voice enough to send chill into everyone's spine, aside from Hao and sometimes Yoh, interrupted him from finding out his Brother's location, "Don't lie to us, you are not alright with killing Hao at all".

Yoh sighed and looked at her, "So?" He asked in casually, feeling annoyed that he couldn't have some time for himself so he can tracked down Hao's whereabouts, "Do you prefer me become all gloomy and lock myself up in my room or something? You were the one who forced me to go out with everyone, Anna".

Silence fell upon the whole cafe they were in, all of them was staring at Yoh and Anna now, waiting for Anna to deliver her usual slap when someone opposing her. They didn't have to wait long, Anna's left eyebrow twitched and she slapped Yoh, hard. "I don't know what had gotten into your head, but I will pretend that it's your grief speaking." Anna said coldly as she glared at Yoh, "Go and clear your head or something, I want you to be back by Dinner".

Yoh stood up and looked at Anna, "Thank you, Anna." He said and left with his hands in his pockets, he figured that he would go to the forest and search for Hao from there, no one would bother him in the forest since they would probably thought he was sleeping.

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A boy with long reddish brown hair panted as he walked slowly through the pathway around the cliff, his onyx eyes scanned around the area to make sure that no one was around. He gritted his teeth as a pain shot through his chest, he right hand gripped the rocky wall harder and forced his legs to move, his left hand hovering in front of his chest, sending a wave of Furyoku to ease the pain while walking to a more secure place.

He saw that the cave he had seen earlier was only a few meters away and hastened his pace, the sooner he was out of plain sight, the better. He entered the cave and walked a bit further into the cave before his legs giving up and he dropped to the ground, he stayed there for a few minutes to regain his breath before sitting up.

I guess this place is good enough, He thought as he looked out of the cave where he could see the greenery of the forest below. The cave was in the middle of a cliff, the cliff itself was in the middle of the forest, separating the forest into two different parts, and not that deep, but enough to hide the cave from view.

Now that he had found a good place to hide while healing, he removed his torn poncho and take a good look at his wound. He saw the damage he received and had to smile despite the pain, Yoh is really an artist with his sword, huh? He thought to himself after he found out that the wound on his chest was enough to make him lose consciousness but not enough to kill him, not to mention his bleeding had been slowed so he wouldn't lose too much blood, something that possibly had been done at the same time as Yoh deliver the blow.

He leaned onto the wall with a sigh, he had regained his consciousness only to find that he was at the base of the cliff, he figured that he had subconsciously teleported himself into that spot right before his Spirit of Fire explode. He wondered how much time has passed since then, he guessed that it was between a day or two, but he couldn't be sure.

I wonder what happened after that explosion, I really hope Yoh was quick enough to shield himself. He thought absently as he ripped his poncho to make a makeshift bandage, he had to at least stop his bleeding completely, else he would die of blood lose. He sighed in relief after he finished bandaging his wound, with much difficulty of course, and let his head leaned onto the wall as well, I guess a quick shut eye wouldn't hurt.

He was woken up by a sound of an explosion below him, then some vague talking before it was quiet once again, he thought that he was safe, but then he heard footsteps heading his way. He tensed and looked at the entrance of the cave in anticipation, he really hope that whoever it was would just walk passed without noticing the cave. Although it was almost impossible to miss a cave as big as the one he was in, but he could still hope for it to happen.

Now I really wish I still have Spirit of Fire with me, He thought as the footsteps sounded nearer and nearer, he regretted it a bit that he let his Guardian Spirit go when he did, he should really wait until he fully healed before returning Spirit of Fire back to the Great Spirit. It wouldn't be a problem if Yoh was the one who found him, he was worried that it was someone else and they would attack him. He had no way to protect himself if he was attacked now, his current condition was making it hard for him to use another power aside from Shamanic ability.

He hid himself in a shadowed area and held his breath, only for him to notice something that make him wanting to kick himself. He had left a trail of blood, probably from the base of the cliff until the cave, therefore leading whoever saw it to his place, and whoever saw it would most likely thought that it was him who left that trail.

The footsteps stopped and he could see the owner of the feet, the single spike haired boy with a pair of hard golden eyes. The boy was none other than Tao Ren, who was currently looking straight into his eyes with wide eyes filled with disbelief.

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Ren couldn't believe his eyes, really couldn't believe his eyes, or more precisely what he was seeing at the moment.

It's all started when Anna ordered him and the rest to train themselves in case the tournament start again, since no one had been crowned as Shaman King yet, thanks to the stunt Hao pulled that time. Then Chocolove was stupid enough to say that Shaman Fight wouldn't continue since the Great Spirit had damaged by what Hao done, not to mention the pathetic comedian also dragged him and Horo Horo into the mess he made, effectively causing the fuming Itako to send one of her big Shikigamis to chase after them.

They had to run if they want to make sure they wouldn't get stomp by Anna's Shikigami, and their run had leading them deep into the forest, where their run had been put into an end by the sight of the cliff ahead of them. When they turned around, they saw the big Shikigami pulled back a hand to punch them, Horo Horo and Chocolove had moved in time to avoid the punch, but he didn't quick enough thanks to Chocolove blocking his way, and so making him thrown backwards into the cliff.

He managed to block the blow with his Kwan-Dao, so he didn't received any wound from the punch, and he had created his Oversoul in time to prevent an instant death by falling straight to the ground. Still, it did nothing to ease his anger, he let it out by cursing Chocolove for his stupidity and promising himself that he would give his revenge as soon as he got onto the top of the cliff again.

As he stood up though, he caught a sight of blood stain, telling him that something was there bleeding before it removed. He also saw the trail of blood, so he was certain that whatever or whoever was on that spot earlier had moved by themselves. His curiosity won and he followed the trail of blood, wondering what or who had left it, but he had a nagging suspicion of who it belong to, he just refused to believe it.

So, he had followed the trail along the pathway and arrived in front of a cave, it was perfectly hidden from above the cliff but could be seen from below. His suspicion was proven correct, as much as he wish that he was wrong.

Imagine his shock when he saw the Shaman whom people talking about lately, the one the Patch had been searching for, so they could be sure that the Shaman had died and wouldn't cause any more problem to them. Who he saw was a boy with the same face as his unspoken leader, Yoh, but with longer hair and a slight different in their hair color, the one and only Asakura Hao.

He broke out of his shock and disbelief and get into a battle stance, to protect himself in case Hao attacked him, to make sure he couldn't tell anyone that Hao was still alive, or making sure he wouldn't have the chance to tell anyone about Hao's whereabouts and work together to kill the fire Shaman. As much as he hate to admit it, he alone could never defeat Hao, even at the weakened state he was in, so he was not stupid enough to believe he could kill Hao by himself. He was ready for any attack at any given time, but then he saw that something was off.

First, Hao didn't attack him, instead he had this glint in his eyes that telling Ren that he was worried. Second, Hao didn't even form his Oversoul at all, he should be able to do at least that. Last, the fact that the almighty Asakura Hao would look so pale and wear an expression of worry alone was something that he thought would never see in the fire Shaman's expression. The older one of the Asakura Twins was just too proud to show a sign of weakness, that much was for sure.

"Hey, Ren!" Horo Horo's voice make him looked away from Hao and up to the top of the cliff, "Hurry up and come here so we can start out training! Else Anna would send another Shikigami to chase us throughout the whole Village!".

Ren's tongari (the single spike on top of his head) grew longer as a vein mark appeared on his head, "I'm on my way, Baka (Stupid) Ainu!" He barked out in annoyance, "Just go to the usual place and get start with the training! I will be right behind you!".

Ren sent a suspicious glance at Hao before continuing his way, he could come back later with more people. Right now, his first priority was to get up there and get done with his training, so he wouldn't be the receiving end of one of Anna's slaps. It's not like Hao could move much with that kind of wound anyway.

To be continued . . .

Froim : So, this is the first real chapter, I hope you like it ^ ^

Hao : When will you update this time?

Froim : I will try to update once in two days for this Story.

Yoh : Really? That's great!

Anna : So, give her Review if you want her to update once in two days. (Glare)

Froim : Now, don't be like that, you are scaring our dear Readers.

Anna : (Glared at Froim) So what? (Turned around and left)

Yoh : Sigh, well don't mind her. Please Review ^ ^

Hao : Don't forget to remind Froim to update if she didn't update after in two days.