Chapter 2

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Thought / dreams

'Telepathic voice'

[Voice from the past]

=Telephone=

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

A dangerous tone

Bringing an injured winged boy to his home was not an easy task, not at all. First, he had to cover the boy up from head to toe. Second, he had to chose which way was good enough to go through and which was not so that no one will stop him from his destination. Third, even though the winged boy was not as heavy as he thought, he had to make sure they boy was still alive the whole time.

Yoh sighed heavily when he finally succeed in bringing the winged boy to his home and carefully laying the said winged boy down to the bed in one of his many Guest Rooms, he was glad that no one was stupid enough to stop him and the boy was strong enough to stay alive the whole trip to his home. But, now that he was home, he had a new problem, and that was how to treat the boy's injury since he didn't have anything necessary to stitch up a wound like that.

It's impossible to bring him to a hospital, and I don't have the necessary stuffs to stitch up his wound … Yoh frowned as he removed the boy's clothes and studied the injuries, I guess … I don't have any other choice aside from wrapping his wounds up first to see if that alone is enough. Nodding to himself, Yoh threw the bloodied clothes to the floor and began working to clean the blood from the boy's body.

After cleaning the boy's bloodied form, applying some salve to the burn wound, and wrapping the boy's body with many bandages, Yoh finally finished his task by covering the boy with a blanket and left the room while carrying the bloodied clothes with him. He then went to the Laundry Room – he had one since his house was actually a small Mansion – before dropping the bloodied clothes to a bucket and filled it with water and put some soap inside, and then leaving the room once again.

Yoh looked up to the clock in the Living Room and saw that it was already past midnight, so he went to his bedroom, the one above the one he placed the boy in, and changed his clothes to his night Yukata. Before he went to sleep though, he made sure to check his Email and mobile phone to see if he had a new message or something. Seeing that he didn't have any, he flopped to his bed and fell asleep right away.

The next morning, Yoh went about his usual routine like cleaning the house with the help of his Humanoid Cat Shikigamis, cooking some breakfast for himself, and take a shower so that he would feel fresh. That's when he remembered that there's someone else in the house, so he get some bucket and a few clean towels and head to the room he placed the boy the night before.

Yoh blinked when he saw that the boy's stabbed wound had already healed, even though it's only a bit, and the burn wound was not as bad as the night before. He smiled to himself, As expected of something not human, he thought as he cleaned the wounds with a wet towel, then he applied the traditional salve for burn wounds and bandaged the boy up again. With that done, he got a new wet towel and began cleaning the winged boy's body before leaving the room.

As he had just closed the door to the boy's room, he heard his phone ringing loudly upstairs and raised an eyebrow, since it was rare for him to receive a call at weekend. He went to his room and picked up his phone to see who had called him, since the phone had gone silent by the time he arrived in his room. He smiled when he saw that it was his best friend, Oyamada Manta.

He pressed the call button and brought his phone to his ear and waited, and just as he thought, the call was answered right at the first rang. =Ohayou (Morning / Good Morning)! Yoh-kun!= Manta's voice rang so cheerfully in his ear.

"Yo, Manta." Yoh answered with a grin on his face even though his friend couldn't see it, "Why did you call?".

=Ah, it's like this, Yoh-kun.= Manta started, =I actually just want to ask if you would come to Shinra Gakuen for the Halloween Party next week, but the School want me to ask you if you would want to take his proposition up, since the position is still being kept empty for the time you return.=

Yoh sighed, "Why is it that the Headmaster so stubborn?" He mumbled to himself before looking out of his window, "I don't think that I would return at all, Manta, could you tell the Headmaster that?".

=Sure, I would.= Manta answered casually, =So … about the Halloween Party?=

Yoh grinned, "Of course I would come, right?" He asked cheerfully, "There's no way I would miss something like that, and I also have an Idea about what kind of costume I would wear next week".

=Really? Great!= Manta said excitedly, =The Party will started at 10 PM, I will meet you at the front gate, alright?=

"Alright." Yoh answered, "I will call you when I arrive, okay?".

=Okay.= Manta answered, =Well, I need to go now, Bye=

"Bye." Yoh answered before the line went dead, he smiled and changed his clothes before heading out to buy some groceries.

Yoh was not the type to use car if not necessary, so he chose to walk to the store instead. After he brought some vegetables and meat and so on, he went to the tailor nearby. It was his usual tailor, he would go there whenever he wanted to make a new clothes.

"Welcome." Come a gloomy greeting like usual.

Yoh looked up to the Shopkeeper and saw a girl with Golden hair tied up in twin ponytails, her expression always showed her boredom and her cold blue eyes make people often think of her as a scary girl, not to mention the girl always carrying a scary looking doll with her, but Yoh know that the girl was a kind girl. "Hello, Mary." He greeted the girl with a smile, "I want to make a new costume for Halloween. Do you have some new designs ready?".

Marion Phauna nodded and turned around to the shelf behind her and pulled out a sketch book, "Here." She said gloomily as she handed the book to him, "I drew many Halloween costume in there, choose anything you like".

"Thank you." He said with a grin and looked through the sketch book.

Even though Mary always wearing a bored expression and talked gloomily, her skill was unbeatable, so many people would come to her and request her service. At first, she was making design if people requested her only, but now she would drew many design beforehand and let her customer to choose by themselves from all those drawings.

"Mary is bored." Mary said in third person point of view, she liked to talk like that since her childhood.

"You are bored?" Yoh asked as he still looking through the book.

"Mary is here by herself only, and Chuck." Mary answered as she pat her scary looking doll, "Mary want to play".

Yoh found the design he want, the one that was similar with the Idea he had in his mind, and showed it to the girl, "Why don't you come with me to the Halloween Party next week?" He asked her with a grin.

Mary looked at Yoh for a full minute before she nodded, "Mary thank you for the invitation, Yoh-sama." She said with a small smile, "Kanna will come?".

Yoh nodded, "Yup!" He answered cheerfully, "I heard Kanna would be the one baking the Halloween Cake, so I'm sure she would come to give Candy for free as well this year".

Mary nodded again before she placed the doll on top of the counter, "Then, Mary will make Halloween Costume for Yoh-sama and herself." She said as she walked to the door on her left, "Mary will be back shortly, she needs Yoh-sama's help in choosing design for herself".

"Sure." Yoh said with a grin before Mary left, he then looked at the transparent girl standing nearby, "You haven't show yourself to her yet, have you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

The girl laughed sheepishly, "No, I'm afraid that she would faint if she knows I'm always near her." She answered cheerfully, "I was hoping that visiting her dream would be enough, but it seems that it's not enough".

Yoh sighed, "She loves you as her Sister, Macchi." He said softly, "Her love is strong, and she would never be able to happy again until you show yourself up to her." He picked up Chuck, "She was brave enough to still keep Chuck around, I'm sure she would be happy if she know you are still here for her." He looked at the doll, "Right, Chuck?".

Chuck nodded, "That's right." He agreed, "Mary even want me to talk to her more since she is lonely, Macchi-Sire".

Macchi was a Daughter of a Witch and a human, so she was Half-blood Witch. She was not an immortal like a Witch so she could die, too bad she died at such a young age. But her power as a Witch was even stronger than her Mother, so she could make her spirit be seen by others, and she could touch stuff as well. When she was alive, since she had a feeling that she would separated from her best friend who already like a Sister to her, she decided to make a doll and give that doll a power to move and speak, which later had grown its own Soul.

Macchi had given Chuck to Mary when she felt that the separation was near, saying that the doll would keep her company since Mary lived by herself because her parents were busy with work. When Macchi died protecting a child from becoming a hit and run victim 2 years ago, Mary who was only 13 had become so gloomy from sadness and loneliness. Chuck couldn't stand seeing the girl like that and talked to her, Mary was shocked at first, but she was happy that she was not alone like she thought and started carrying Chuck everywhere she go, aside from bathroom since Chuck told her that he was a boy.

This time though, she left Chuck on the counter because she was sure Yoh would like to have a talk with Chuck and checked him over, Yoh was an Onmyouji so he could check Chuck's condition and give the doll some energy to continue moving and talking. Mary was grateful that Yoh helped her making sure Chuck was alright, she then began calling Yoh with honorific.

Macchi sighed, "I know." She looked at the door Mary disappeared into, "I will show myself this Halloween then, to see how she would react".

"I'm sure she would be happy." Yoh answered before closing his eyes and use his Furyoku to check the doll in his hands over, and after he found that Chuck's energy to move and talk was nearly empty, he sent his Furyoku to the enchanted Ruby inside Chuck's body, which would act as a battery for Chuck to move and talk.

Macchi put an enchanted Ruby inside Chuck's body was for two purposes, one was so that Chuck could move, second was so that Chuck could protect Mary when she was in danger. Ruby was known as a Jewel of Fire in Witch Community, and with a strong enough spell and a medium, a toy gun in Chuck's case, the doll could use the Fire element in the Ruby to shot Fire Bullet to whoever or whatever endangering Mary.

"Sorry to keep Yoh-sama waiting." Mary said as she walked into the Shop, her house was behind the Shop, "Mary wants to ask, which one better?" She asked as she showed two drawing of clothes.

Yoh studied the clothes and sneak a glance to Macchi to see that she was looking at the one in Mary's left hand, he smiled and looked at Mary, "This one suit you more." He said as he pointed at the one Macchi was looking at.

Mary looked at the drawing and smiled, "The one Macchi drew for me in the past." She said fondly, only now that she wasn't looking like she was bored to death by everything.

Yoh shot a sneaky look to Macchi, telling her silently that Mary was happy to have something from Macchi, Macchi grinned sheepishly and nodded, telling him that she would surely show herself to Mary at Halloween Party. Yoh nodded to Macchi, but pretending to nod at himself so Mary wouldn't know what was going on. "Well, I need to do something at home." He told Mary, "Could you finish our Costumes by Friday? Since the Party would be at Saturday".

"Mary could do it, don't Yoh-sama worry about it." Mary said with lighter mood than usual, "Take care, Yoh-sama".

Yoh waved at her and left the Shop, he then head back to his Mansion, he had a non human patient that he need to attend to.

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To be continued …

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