" Tsuki-san… " Hao looked down to Manta, looking a little suprised.
" Oh, Yoh's little human friend. What are you doing here?"
" Helping Tsuki-san to find Azami-san.."
" Azami?"
" You already know who she is, don't you?" I asked annoyed, he looked back at me, smiling.
" Yeah, you're right. You shouldn't worry about her, Akira has already found her."
Well, I guess that's good to know. But now I've got another problem… well two if you count that Manta is here with me right now.
" Why do you care about that?" Hao asked still smiling.
" Don't do that."
" Tsuki-san, you know him…?"
" Not really. You should head back, Manta." I said not looking away from Hao.
" But.."
" It's okay. I can defend myself, now go."
" Basically, you would be in her way." I glared at Hao, that was uncalled for. I could see that the sentence actually got to Manta a little. But that's not at all why I want him to go…
" That's not true, I just need to have a serious talk with that jerk. " he looked up at me, still looking a little sad but a little happier.
" I… I will get the others!" he then ran away. I know that he soon will be back with help. So it's okay.
" Now, what do you want, Hao?"
" You still don't know?"
" I mean what do you want that you can get?"
He laughed a little, then took one step closed which caused Sakuya to appear. Yeah, she rarely appeares if I'm not in some kind of danger.
" No, Sakuya. I will take care of this. I will summon you if there's trouble." I made her go back into the necklace against her will. I should apologize for that later.
Hao looked a little suprised but continued to walk until he was 1 meter from me. " Are you sure that's wise?"
" That depends, are you gonna attack me?"
" No."
" And since you're not gonna do it, I don't have anything to worry about."
Okay, now I should try to not insult him… I'm pretty sure that he will kick my ass if he get's pissed off.
" Now why would I hurt my shaman queen?" he gave me a mocking smile since he knew that him calling me His shaman queen annoyed me.
" Stop calling my that."
" Why should I do that? You are smart so you should already have realised that it will happen."
" Listen, it won't happen."
Suddenly, Hao looked a little suprised, " What?" I asked annoyed, but also a little curious!
" You haven't asked about what I know about your past, why?"
" What, you can't just read my mind and find out?"
" I'd much rather hear you tell me."
" What do I get if I tell you?" I gave him a cocky smile, this is the first time I get to say this!
He didn't react to it.
" You prefer that I read your mind?"
Damn, I do not. " Well, since you want me to say it I won't. So if you really want to know, you will have to do that."
He moved closer and held my waist, " Tell me." seriously, why do I keep letting him do this?
I pushed him off me, he just let go without even trying to keep me there.
What the hell? This feels really strange…. Neither of us said anything for a couple of seconds. " I don't care anymore." I finally said.
" How come?"
" You won't tell me, so I will just defeat you and become shaman queen."
First he just stared at me, then he actually laughed out loud like I told him some kind of really funny joke…. That's just rude.
" W-what are you laughing at?" he stopped laughing and looked at me, still smiling from all the laughter.
" You are so adorable."
" Hey! What do you mean by that?" he pressed his lips against my, even though it has happened before, it was still chocking! And for some reason… I didn't push him away. Maybe I have learned that it is pretty useless to try…?
I felt him smirking into the kiss, then he pulled away. Why didn't I? This just sucks.
" Smart girl. It IS useless, mostly since you have begun to fall for me."
" Bullshit!" I yelled feeling myself blushing, " You are just too stubborn to let go!"
I backed away from him, still looking at him who seemed a little proud.
" Tsuki!" I turned around and saw Chocolove, Ren and Manta run towards me. I guess Manta found him Chocolove and hurried back. But I am a little suprised that Ren is here though. I guess he was out for a walk or something.
Chocolove and Ren was already prepared to fight.
Hao just looked over at them for a few seconds, then back at me.
" Let's meet soon again, Tsuki-chan. I will look foward to it." he was about to leave but turned back to me, " Oh and by the way, I really enjoyed you conversation with your parents." I blushed crimson red which made him laugh and then he disappeared.
Does that guy have nothing better to do than to spy on me? Yes, I call it spy!
" You…" I turned around to see that Ren pointed his weapon at me! " what is your connection to Hao?"
" Nothing! I just met him!"
" R-Ren! Calm down!" Chocolove said but Ren didn't move.
" Listen, Ren. I promise you that I'm not working for Hao or anything like that."
" Then why where you talking? And Manta said something about him calling you shaman queen?"
… he had to tell them that…
" Well… okay okay, I have met him a couple of times. And for some reason he continues to call me that but there is nothing about it. I promise." We stared at each other for a couple of long seconds, then he just turned around to walk away.
" Are you okay?" Manta asked, I shook my head as a 'yes' then I started to walk after Ren.
Before anyone were able to go inside our little place I blocked the door. " Could you please… not tell anyone about me meeting Hao?"
" Huh? Why?" Chocolove asked confused.
" Well… um.. I just don't want anyone to worry about it…"
" Fine, whatever." Ren then pushed me gently to the side and walked in. I looked from him back to Chocolove and Manta. " How about you guys?"
" Hm… I guess I won't say anything either!" Chocolove smiled then walked in after Ren.
" Manta?"
" But what if he comes back?" he asked looking down to the ground.
" It's okay! He won't be able to hurt me!" I gave him a convinced smile, even though I know he would be able to if he wanted to.
" But…"
Why does he look so damn sad? I want to know.. he seems to worry alot.
" Are you okay, Manta?"
" Huh.. yeah… I'm just worried.." as I thought.
" About what? Hao? The tournament?"
" About you guys.." he made a sad laugh, " It feels like I can't do anything to help you guys… You all need to fight and all I can do is to watch and worry all the time. I thought I would be able to at least help you find Azami but I weren't even able to do anything about that…"
" Manta…" poor guy.. " That's not true at all! So what if you aren't a shaman? Everyone needs a small guy that cheers them on! Besides, your our friend! So that you are here to cheer us on and to help us if we need it is better than good!"
Manta looked up to me and he gave a small smile, " I- I guess.. thanks! I will try my best to help you!"
" That's the spirit! Now let's go to bed, I need to have the energi to yell at Azami tomorrow and you need the energi to cheer Yoh and the others on!"
" Yeah!" he smiled, then we he went in. I was about to go after but Sakuya blocked the entrence. Of course I could go through her, but that would be rude!
" Why did you send me back?"
" I didn't want to fight him. I would lose and Spirit of Fire eats other spirits…"
" I would be able to take him on. Besides, he kissed you again. That's not okay."
" I know… but what's done is done. I'm sorry, okay?"
I could feel that she glared at me on her own cool way, so I just looked down to look cute. She seems cold, but she really is a softy! Sometimes…
" Hm, fine. But don't EVER send me back against my will. Or I will keep you awake at night."
" Fine." she disappeared back into the necklace and I walked in to try to sleep, tomorrow, Funbari Hot Springs are gonna fight.
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Holy crabs… Ryu, Faust and Yoh are really strong…
Their fight jus ended, and right now I'm convinced that they're gonna win many matches. The other team tried to freeze Ryu like two times or something and he melted the ice without doing anything!
Faust is much stronger than I thought with his spirit ally Eliza. And since I hate hospitals I find all her scalpels and stuff like that really scary… And Yoh has a huge sword! Holy shit, really! He was even able to avoid one of the Ice Men's attacks without even moving!
And guess what…now we're all acting like nothing in the same place we met them yesterday. Talking and hanging out. Quite nice actually!
Now to another important thing, " Hey, Azami! Let's talk, come on." I grabbed her arm and we walked out the door and sat down outside.
" What's up, why did you just disappear yesterday?"
" No reason really! Just felt like going for a walk, talking with Nozomi."
She's hiding something.
" You know, I know about yesterday."
" What? Who told you?"
" You just did. I knew that you were hiding something!"
She just looked at me with a confused face, but then let it go and smiled. " Since when were you able to read me so easily?"
" Since always!" I grinned, " Now would you like to tell me about yesterday? You don't have too…"
" Aw, Tsuki! You know that I have to when you tell me that I don't have too with that puppy face!" she laughed and I joined her.
" I just felt a little homesick, that's all." is it? I won't push her I guess..
" I see! Well let me know if you ever want to talk about it!" when did she stop telling me stuff like this…? I don't know what it is but I know that it's worse than homesickness. But I guess that she doesn't have to tell me everything, we all need our privicy.
" Yeah, thank's Tsuki." she hugged me tightly. She let go when she heard the oracle bell beep. " Oh, the next match!" she yelled happily.
I heard how mine beeped too so I looked down at it and saw the text ' 3-A vs In your Face!'.
Akira opened the door and sat down beside us.
" You know…" he said, looking down at the bell, " this moment would be much more epic if we didn't have that lame name! "
" Hey, Akira! Don't diss my name! At least we give them a message! Right Tsuki?"
Oh no, they pulled me into their small fight again…." Well… the name is pretty badass, but in a lame way!" I laughed.
" You heard, Akira? BADASS!"
" In a lame way she said! That's bad, you know."
They were given each other mean glares and faces while I, who was in the middle, were just sitting there, happy. I know it might sound weird that I would be happy while my best friends fight with each other, but they aren't really fighting at least. And this reminds me of before the shaman fight.
I'm not saying that I don't want to be here, I'm happy that I met Yoh, Horohoro and the others, but a part of me just, I dunno, misses those days. I mean, after this fight it will never be the same again. I know that.
" THAT'S NOT TRUE! TSUKI!" they both screamed which caused me to jump.
"Calm the heck down! Let's just go in and talk with the others, then sleep, then fight and THEN you can yell at each other again."
The looked at each other then said " Fine!" then we walked inside.
I was having so much fun talking with everyone, I don't know why, but it makes me feel all warm inside to know that these persons are my friends… I love them!
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Akira's POV:
Where am I? " Akira…"I looked behind me where a girl with blue eyes, brown hair like mine and a green dress.
" Mimi, this is a dream, isn't it?"
" Yes it is."
This couldn't be real, she is able to see me here.
"I want you to know… nothing will be the same after the fight."
" I know that. Dad already warned me."
" No, he told you that the difference will be that you are stronger, smarter and much braver."
" Then what do you mean?"
" I want you to come back after the fight. Never let your guard down. When one team-mate is in doubt, the whole team fails. When the other is ready to sacrifice too much to get what she or he wants, the rest of the team will pay."
" What are you talking about?"
" Please be careful, Akira. Things will change." she started to fade away.
" Mimi! Wait! Tell me what you mean!"
She was then gone…
I opened my eyes and looked around in the room. A dream? But why would I dream about my sister at a time like this? And the way she said those things… she makes it sound like Azami and Tsuki is up to something… something really bad.
One is in doubt… maybe she means Azami..? But why would she be in doubt, she is the happiest person I know.. And would that person who is ready to sacrifice to much be Tsuki then..?
No, it must have been just a dream. Azami can't be doubting anything about this fight… and Tsuki would never do anything to hurt someone else.
God, what's going on? I need some fresh air I guess…
I walked out of the room, then went out. I started to walk, feeling the wind touch my face. It felt nice.
" Makoto." I said quietly. My spirit ally appeared infront of me, looking curiously at me.
Makoto had white long hair and grey eyes. He wears a black robe that goes down to his feat and always his hood on, you can only barely see small bangs from his hair. His weapon is a black chain sickle.
" What's wrong Akira-kun?"
" You know what I dreamt, right?"
" Yes. Your sister must have given you a message from home."
" Yeah… but nothing she said made any sense to me." What could she possible meant?
I know that things will have changed after this tournament, but she made it sound like Tsuki, Azami and I wouldn't be friends anymore… I should call her tomorrow.
" She might have had a vision?" Yeah, my sister is a little psychic. But she neves has complete visions. They're always just blurry sights and small voices.
" She could never see such a thing perfectly. There must be something else."
I would never let that happen.
" True. I'm sure there's a good explanation. But for now, let's return home and rest for tomorrow."
" Yeah, you're right." I turned around to walk back but something jumped into my mind,
" There is something else I'm a little suspicious of."
" What?"
" I want to know who that guy is, who Tsuki talked to that day…"
Makoto gasped and gave me a weird expression, " Akira-kun! Are you jealous?"
" What, no! I'm worried! She doesn't seem to like him, but it seems like she always talks to him." how could Makoto think that? God he's stupid sometimes.
" I see… why don't you ask her about it?"
" I think I will soon… maybe tomorrow."
I stood infront of the house we slept in and just looked at it. It somehow feels like we are growing apart.
Then I went inside, but it took a while for me to fall asleep.
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Tsukiko's POV:
Today is our first match! It feels kind of weird… I almost forgot why we were here. I'm so nervous, I barely slept at all last night. I looked over to the bed next mine, but it was empty.
I guess Azami was already running around and stuff…
" Tsuki, Tsuki, Tsuki! Wakey, wakey, wakey!" she screamed from the entrence. " It's time!"
Weird… I thought she'd still be down… well I'm glad she isn't!
I put on my clothes and ran to the others. They all seemed pretty tired, I guess Azami must have woken them up.
" Isn't this awsome! You are finally gonna see us fight!" Azami yelled happily, jumping up and down holding Horohoro who blushed.
Cute I guess..?
" And Ren, belive it or not, but you are coming too!"
" What? Why should I come?" Ren asked annoyed, Azami let go of Horohoro and ran towards him in the speed of light.
" Because if you don't I will be really, freaking sad. And you don't want me to be sad." she gave him a really scary look, like she were gonna kill him.
" I don't ca…" he were interuppted but me yelling, " Yay! Thank you for coming to support us later!"
He was gonna say something, but let it go and just sighed.
" Well good luck, you guys." Yoh smiled.
" Yeah, kick some ass!" Ryu yelled happily.
" Of course we will! The other team will wish they didn't even participate in the fight!" Azami laughed like she was crazy. Sometimes she scares me…
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Okay, okay, the fight is soon beginning. We haven't seen our opponents yet, but in a couple of seconds. We are on our way in to the arena.
When we got into the ring in the middle of the whole arena we saw our girly opponents…
One of them who was standing to the left had green hair and blue eyes, she wore a blue shirt with a flower on it and black shorts.
The on in the middle had black hair and brown eyes. She had blue jeans and a white top.
The last on to the right was also a brunette and had blue eyes. She was wearing white jeans and a red top with a blue hoodie.
" Ladies and gentlemen! Let me introduce the teams! Team A-3! Why A-3 you probably wonder? Cause they all have names that begins with A! And the second team In Your Face! I'm guessing they will be in your face all the time!" The judge screamed all over the place.
" What a pointless name." the shaman in the middle said bored.
" Say what now? Like A-3 isn't the dorkiest and least awsome name in the world!"
… Azami seems to be pumped… well at least she will be the one to in your face them when we win.
" The teams are already picking a fight with each other! Who do you think will win?
Let's not wait anymore! "
Then Goldva started the battle in the name of the Great Spirit.
" What are you talking about, bitch!" the girl with green hair yelled angrily.
" Calm down, Amy." The 'leader' said, " let's not get provoked by weak creatures like this. The last girl who had been quiet this whole time seemed to be thinking but then yelled, " It's You!" and pointed at me.
" W-what?" I asked confused.
" Ameko! That's H.A.O's partner!" I heard her whisper to the 'leader', Ameko who's eyes widened.
" You're right." say what now? H.A.O? HAO? Bullshit! Bull to the shit! No, no, no! How could they possibly know anything about me and Hao? I don't even like him!
" Who the heck is H.A.O?" … is Azami this stupid…? " Akira, what do you know about this?"
" Why do you ask me? Isn't it that guy that the others told us about?"
" Oh right! Aren't you girls a little off? Tsuki doesn't even know him!"
God damn it… this can't be good…
" You are right, Asema. I do recognize her." Amy said suprised.
Ameko took her sword and pointed it at me, " We saw it, we know who you are!"
" No you don't." I simply answered nervously.
" Yes we do. We have seen you talking to him."
Was that all? Phew, at least they didn't see the kiss…
" We also saw you kiss."
God damn it!
" Kiss?" both Akira and Azami yelled at the same time.
Waaaaah, this sucks… now I gotta explain after the fight… I can't possibly do it now..
" Tsuki, what the hell are they talking about?" Azami asked angrily.
" Um… let's talk about it after the fight…" she glared at me but then nodded. Akira also seemed a little angry but decided that the fight comes first.
" Girls!" I heard Ameko yell, " Take her out." then Amy and Asema attacked… ONLY ME! They were about to hit me but both Akira and Azami protected me with their weapons.
" Let's get this party started!" Azami yelled, " Oversoul! Nozomi in Yari!" The yari spear started to glow in a purple light and got a bigger, then she sent Asema flying over to Ameko.
"How troublesome that you had to try to make an unfair fight with Tsuki… Oversoul! Makoto in Chain Sickle!" The whole weapon started to glow a dark shade of red and the sickle became much bigger.
He tried to hit Amy but she were able to avoid. I can't belive that I will have to tell them what I have been up to… not that I were up to anything with Hao but still!
" Come on, Tsuki! Oversoul!" I heard Akira yell.
" Oh right…Oversoul! Sakuya in Katana!" I felt how Sakuya disappeared into the katana which made it glow in a white light. There was also a long white bond hanging from the red handle, symbolising the band around Sakuya's eyes.
All three of us were standing on our spirit allies who also appeared outside the weapons.
"Very well.." Ameko said, " Oversoul! Akahana in Bow!" she held a big green bow in her right hand and an arrow in the left one. She stood on her spirit Akahana who had pink long hair and a green long dress.
" Oversoul! Fujie in Needles!" Amy held four needles between her fingers who turned into a darked shade of gray. Fujie had red hair and wore a white kimono with red flowers on it.
" My turn! Oversoul! Himawari in Spear!" her spear looked a little different from Azami's, it was completely white and were a little taller. Himawari were a little shorter than the other spirits and had brown hair and wore a black short dress.
" Come on!" Amy yelled and tried to attack me but Akira got in the way.
" Fight me, crazy woman!" anyone could see that the 'crazy woman' comment made her angry. He always used that line on Azami when we were kids.
I looked over to Asema who looked a little bored but looked over to Azami who had her spear pointing at her, " And I guess that you are my opponent?"
" Damn right I am." she smiled.
I then looked forward where my opponent was standing, looking irritated at me. I wonder if those guys are like the X-Laws but not… the X-Laws… I mean I wonder if Hao have done something to them. Since they seem to be so angry at me.
Amy started to attack Akira, Asema attack Azami and Ameko started to run towards me.
Well actually the spirits did it but you know what I mean.
They didn't come too close to me since they used bow and arrow, and that could suck a little for me. But if I get close, they won't be able to use their weapons that good.
" Sakuya, try to get close!"
" Yes."
" As if I would let you do that." Ameko said and Akahana jumped back and shot an arrow.
Sakuya continued to run and simply moved the head to the side to avoid the attack.
I could see that Ameko was suprised that she could avoid it that easily, and the cooler thing is that she actually is doing it with a blindfold!
" Impressive, but not good enough at all!" she avoided Sakuya's attack and jumped up a few meters behind her and attacked with the bow again.
God damn it! This is more the type of enemy Akira could beat… with his chain and everything, but NO! I have to fight her.. And after that I need to talk about Hao with them! Could this get any worse?
" Holy hell!" I fell down from Sakuya! God I suck! I really should pay attention to the fight…
" Is that all you've got?" she jumped down a bit from me with her arrow pointing at me. Akahana had stopped attacking in a distance and was now holding Sakuya to the wall with the bow. So I guess that it would be hard for her to help me now…
" Seriously, what does Hao see in such a weak girl like you?"
" You know, that's a question I have been asking me for a while. He's just weird like that."
" I see. Well, surely you understand that because of it, I can't allow you to live?"
I could see both Azami and Akira looking over at me worried but couldn't walk away from their opponents.
" I can't say I do, but either way I won't let you."
" Then fight me!" she ran towards me. I stood up and pointed my katan forward, ready to attack. " Not good enough!"
She used her arrow as a type of sword, I moved my head to the side and got a small scratch on my cheek. I took a swing at her but she escaped, then I used my hand to wipe away the blood that ran down my cheek.
Ameko tried again to attack but this time shooting arrows at me while running, and damn she's fast!
" Hell no!" I just my sword to protect me from the arrows and it worked out nice! But when were gonna look back to Ameko, she wasn't there.
Where did she…
I felt a strong pain in my shoulder, a really fucking big pain! I let out a scream then looked down to see what caused the pain… a freaking arrow in my shoulder! Then I looked behind me where I saw Ameko standing with her bow in her hands.
Oh god it hurts…
" Tsuki!" I heard someone yell… dunno who. I'm too pissed off to notice.
" There. Now stand still and take the final blow." she were about to attack but were interrupted by me.
" Final blow? Are you crazy? I haven't even gotten serious yet!" I held my katana, ignoring the pain and yelled, " Dark Slash!"
Then I attacked in the air but a big black slash flew out of my sword hitting her perfectly.
A little too perfectly… I hope she's okay.
" A-3 is out of furyoku! The winning team is In Your Face!"
I waited in a couple of seconds, then said, " Ameko?" she were just laying on the ground.. not moving. Surely it wasn't that strong?
I took a few steps closer, " Hey? Ameko? Are you okay?" please answer? I heard how everyone were cheering, but I couldn't really focus on that.
Her spirit had already disappeared, so had the other two's, but at least they were sitting up.
God damn it, why won't she answer?
I sat down next to her and moved her a little, " Ameko? Come on. Wakey, wakey…"
Still no response, please no, no no.
" Ameko!" I heard Amy and Asema yell, running towards us. " What did you do?" Amy cried at me.
" I didn't do… I mean I did something… but I didn't do it on purpose….!" I don't know!
" Ameko! Open your eyes!" Amy said with tears in her eyes.
Azami and Akira walked over to us looking down at her. Akira took her hand on the side of her throat to feel the pulse…
" Barely." he said, removing his hand. " It would be nice with some help over here!"
Barely? " What do you mean barely?"
" I mean barely. Almost no pulse, but there is one." I can have… no I can't…
I felt how my eyes started to sting a bit and then felt tears run down my face, and without a second thought I whispered, " I'm sorry… so sorry! Please forgive me!" loud enough for the other team to hear.
" Forgive? How could we ever forgive you! You almost killed Ameko! You selfi-"
" Hey back off, Asema! She didn't mean too. Besides, Ameko wanted to kill her, so she defended herself." Azami said, " I understand how you feel but at least she will live."
They both looked at her, sad, not saying anything.
" Azami…" I whispered, grabbing her shoulder and sat down with Asema and Amy.
" I truly am really sorry. Please tell her that when she wakes up…"
Amy nodded and then I started to walk out, but then ran, with tears falling down my face.
I heard Azami and Akira screaming " Wait!" but I didn't. I can't face them now.
The explanation about Hao will have to wait, I almost freaking killed a person in my first fight…
I was the first time I used that move, I usually just fight normally but, I got scared that she would kill me! I am selfish! Nothing but selfish…
" Tsukiko. Where exactly are you running?"
I didn't answer, Sakuya sighed while following me.
" Don't feel bad! Things like that happens in the shaman fight. She will live."
I stopped running and looked down at the ground, " I will never use that move again, never."
She simply sighed.
" See, you are truly worthy to become my queen." I ignored him this time and just started to walk with Sakuya after me. " There's nothing to cry about, she was just another worthless shaman, and besides, I'm planning on killing her anyway."
What?
I stopped walking and looked him right in the eyes, " If you touch any of them, I will kill you."
Hao grinned…
Hey! I'm done with another chapter! Sorry if the fight scene was a little weird… I'm not that good with writing battle scenes and stuff like that…
And now since I updated, I don't need to worry about a person in a white bloody dress is gonna show up in my mirror! ( If you don't know what I mean, look in my reviews!)
Well thanks for reading! Please let me know what you think and yeah… the same thing I write in every story! Byebye!