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Iacta: Well Chapter 10. It's been a little over a month since Chapter 1. Hope you all have had enough to chew on. It's been a busy week for me. Friday was a snow-day and I enjoyed the crap out of it. I have been watching a lot of movies lately. And more to come.
I have to thank an awesome app for the Iphone, called "Pandora Radio", it helps me get through pretty much everything by streaming music from all over the world. I listen to it while I write chapters and when I read other fanfics. It is Free, and anybody with an Iphone or Ipod touch should get it.
I also got these new shoes, because the sandals I were year round got ripped up in an accident and they don't sell sandals this time of year. That's right, I wear sandals year round. But I did that before I started reading Shaman King, lol. I miss the sandals already…
Anyway, to the story!
Hana Asakura: All His Own
Chapter Ten: Infamous Kairo
"So your saying, that this will eliminate Coulton Industries as a major competitor?", the teen girl asked, straightening her blond hair with a fancy looking brush. Vaughn didn't like this girl, acting so superior.
"That is correct, and your hands won't even get dirty", said the strong voice of Alan, who stood nearly four heads above Vaughn. This had to work, the Kairo needed the resources if something was to go wrong. There were too many loose ends in this plan of his.
"Hm… well okay then. You have a deal, V.", she replied, with a grin. The transmission ended there, and Vaughn sighed and practically ripped off the suit he had been wearing. He turned to Alan, "You know the checklist?".
Alan nodded, pulling up something on the computer screen. "Check it off".
He did so, leaving a couple of boxes left unchecked. The next one read "Relocate Base". Vaughn secured his robe's drawstrings and shouted to the encampment, "Ready the Boats! We're done here!". The other cultists started loading supplies onto six boats.
These boats were designed for short-distance oceanic travel. They would do to get them back to Japan. After all, the rest of the Kairo got here that way. Only he and Alan had abducted Ryu from the airport.
"Alan, you know what to do.", Vaughn stated before climbing aboard a vessel. Alan nodded, as a transparent scorpion appeared behind him. "You and your girtablilu are ready I presume?".
[Girtablilu are from Akkadian Mythos. They were scorpion men that guard Kurnugi the land of darkness. My knowledge is not entirely accurate but it should do for a fanfic lol.
Another interesting note, Girtablilu also guard the gates of Mashu, mountains belonging to Shamash]
"Yes, Undheti and I are prepared to intercept this man's rescue party". Alan stood, with his cloak covering all but his stern face. Vaughn smiled, and climbed onto the deck of the boat.
"Do not kill them, any of them. And do not harm the flower, without a spirit he is defenseless", Vaughn added motioning two other cultists on deck to start the engines. They did so, and Vaughn continued, "Remember, you are only to hold them off until I signal you".
Alan nodded, and looked back to Ryu and Tokageroh, who were still in the binding circles. "When the signal occurs, release those two and perform the translocation ritual".
Alan nodded for a final time, and Vaughn gave the signal to head out to sea. Alan waited until the boats were beyond his line of sight before walking back to the prisoners.
Ren had found the map, and to his own shock the Golem was correct. Redseb had joked about how Ren was trying to stall them, but the distance was not far either way.
The golem landed silently, in an area that looked caught between a forest and a prairie. The three of them had just barely gotten out of the Golem before they heard a shout.
Alan had planted a speaker off the side of the cliff, to lure them away from the Golem. And now that they were running farther from it, he could only wait for them to set off the trap.
"Redseb-nii", Seyram muttered as they ran in the direction of the scream, Hana a bit behind as his legs were less than half as long. Redseb turned to face his sister, slowing down to a light jog.
"Hm?", he gestured, looking behind to make sure Hana was keeping up.
"That didn't sound like Ryu's scream"
"Yeah… I didn't think so either"
"Should we go back?"
"No Need", said a strong voice that echoed through the speaker. The siblings looked behind them, to a man who had grabbed Hana by the collar.
"Now, if you want your friend ba -", was all Alan could say before Hana kicked his face. This caused him to drop Hana to the ground.
"You deserved that, creep. And what's with the robe anyway?", exclaimed Hana. Redseb nearly preformed a face palm, didn't Yoh teach him not to judge others yet. Alan spat on the ground, and grinned at the boy in front of him.
"It seems you are not completely defenseless are you?", he said before a rope shot out at Hana, from under his sleeve. The rope wrapped around Hana, and secured itself. "Wha?", Hana shouted.
"Thank you, Undheti", he said respectfully to the spirit, who had returned to standing next to Alan. Redseb shouted across the distance of about ten yards.
"Yeah, excuse me?"
"What is it?"
"Why did you tie up my little brother there?"
"So he wouldn't get in the way"
"Of what?"
"Our fight"
"Why would we fight you again?"
"Because I have your friend… and now your brother too"
Redseb didn't look convinced, he sighed. "May I have my brother and Ryu back please?". Alan's stern face nearly broke out in a laugh when he heard that. "What? No! You'll have to fight me for them!".
Redseb laughed, "I had to see if we could skip fighting".
"Afraid you'll lose?"
"No, I've just learned that fighting isn't the answer"
"Well to be honest, the Kairo do not like to fight either"
Redseb and Seyram faces went pale. This is why that robe looked so familiar. The Kairo! The cultists that tried to use Hana as a sacrifice when he was a baby!
[Referring to a possible prequel fanfic]
"So, what are the Kairo up to these days?", asked Redseb, getting serious. He had seen what the Kairo had done years ago.
[Flashback in Italics]
5 AM train to Chicago, Illinois- Sunrise- 2001
Yoh sits in a compartment of the train, he hasn't slept all night. Two things are on his mind, his son, Hana who was taken by a cult called the Kairo. And of the demon that they spoke of, that his son's soul would be sacrificed to summon.
Sleeping with his head against his shoulder was his adoptive brother, Redseb. The only one who made it this far with him. The others were coming later, he and Redseb had made the 5 AM train to Chicago. On a mission to rescue Hana, no matter what.
Redseb awoke with the latest a bumps on the train tracks. "Yoh-nii, are we there yet?", he said sleeply, with the predictable yawn following. Yoh looked down at the boy and smiled, "Not quite".
"Oh…", Redseb replied, looking out the window at the dark sky, the sun would start to slowly elevate soon. "Hey Redseb", Yoh said calmly. Redseb looked up to his brother's face, sitting up as opposed to leaning on him.
"Yeah, nii-chan?"
"I need to ask you something"
"Okay"
"After all this is over… Anna and I are leaving"
"You mean like?"
"Yes, for a while too. Hopefully not too long"
"We're all gonna miss you, nii-chan"
Yoh smiled, he liked hearing stuff like that. He felt good knowing he'd be missed, even though he'd much rather actually be there. He patted Redseb's messy hair, just as he would Hana's before too long.
"But, since we're not going to be there… I need you and Seyram to be part of his family".
"Heh, we already are, aren't we?", Redseb asked casually, folding his arms behind his head, laying back in the seat.
"Of course, I just want you guys to be there for him", Yoh assured Redseb, who let out another yawn. Redseb nodded, looking out the window at the sun, which was slowly breaking the horizon.
"One day, He'll call you 'nii-chan', and that's what I want you to be to him", Yoh whispered into Redseb's ear. The boy blushed a bit, and smiled. Yoh held out his hand, "Can you do that?", he asked as sincerely as he had ever sounded.
Redseb returned the smile and shook Yoh's hand. "Yes. I'll be there for Hana". Orange light filled the train within minutes.
Yoh joined Redseb in looking to the horizon. Good, because I'm counting on all of you… to be his family… both before and after we return…
Iacta: And that is chapter ten, I'll probably write the prequel, later. But for now, full attention. By the way, this is officially the longest chapter yet, GO ME!!! Until then, Everything will work out.