Truth
Hi. Here's the chapter that I promise would be up today! It is long so put aside some time to read. Enjoy!
Zeke is back. After his fight with Yoh he recovered at a street boys hospital, then escaped with a mask to hide himself from the world. Fonix has accepted Hao's demon side and the two of them have told their hard life stories to each other. Hao has introduced himself to Yoh as his guardian and now rescued him twice. Hao also gave Yoh half of a ying-yang necklace, which he has been instructed to never take off, and kept the other half for himself. Yoh's friends and family have now seen 'Yoh's Guardian' and are no longer worried about Yoh's mental health. After Hao's daring second rescue, which could have gone better, Hao was left injured and unconscious after scaring away Yoh's attackers. Hao is in the care of Yoh's friends and family who hate him. Will they find out who Yoh guardian really is? Will Fonix protect Hao identity? What will happen if Hao identity is revived? Who are the people who attacked Yoh? What were they after? When did I turn into Fonix?! So many questions and most will be answered in this chapter!
Now the story begins.
The unconscious guardian was picked up and move into a resting hut, the same one Yoh had woken up in. Faust quickly came to his side to inspected the damage and Fonix didn't leave his masters side. Faust quickly set to work inspecting the injury on his head first taking a quick look at the cut on his cheek and then lifting him gentle into a sitting position to look at his back where he had been kicked. With skilled hand that had done this many times before Faust removed the boys shirts without damaging them any farther. This reveled a nasty surprise to all that watch from the wall nearest the door, Yoh's friends and family, Yoh and Silva who sat near by, Silva was inspecting Yoh for injuries, and Faust and Marco, who was helping Faust with the brave boy. He was so thin! Faust was the first to recover from the site and turned to Fonix who sat beside where the boy's head would lay, when he was lying down and said, "You know about this?" Faust gestured to the to thin waist of the boy. Faust question was met by silence. "We know you can talk, so talk." Faust had seen people with eating disorders before and they were sad cases, he was worried about the boy and do to that his words came out more harshly than he has intended. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be that harsh. It's just he's your partner, right? And you must know that he's much to thin." This time Faust did get a response. "Yes. I do know that he is to thin. But he is not sick. He knows that he has to eat and I try to help, but we live in the wilds and we have to stay close to Yoh. That leaves no time to fish or go off to track and follow a herd." "Why not live in a city or travel with Yoh's group then?" It was Marco who asked this. "Living in society doesn't work for us and sir didn't want to be known to widely about." Fonix said the last part looking over at the determined injury free Yoh asking a silent request. Marco opened his mouth to say more but Faust interrupted with, "Marco. Some help please?" With that Marco took hold of the boy keeping him in the same position Faust had had him in as Faust went about treating the large dark bruise on 'sirs' back. As the treatment started Fonix became even more on guard, watch every move Faust and Marco made and watching that no one else moved. Once Faust had finished treating the guardians back and rapping bandages over it he allowed Marco to gentle set the boy down. Faust then went about treating the boy's head and rapping it in bandages before moving on to the small cut on his cheek and washing the blood that had run down the boys face away. To do this Faust had to remove the mask that still covered the boys face. (A/N I just realized that I never described the Hao's mask. Oops… Ok, well, basically it's like Sango's, from Inuyasha, mask. Sorry. I'll shut up now.)
As soon as Faust touch the mask the fox batted his hand away. Faust looked up at the angered fox wondering what he had done to deserve the swat, which was a warning, and the death glare he was currently receiving. "Stay away from his mask! You are not Yoh so if you so much as try to touch it again I will not hesitate to kill you!" Fonix shouted. Faust calmed down from his shock from the fierce threat and said calmly, "I need to move it a little to treat the cut on his cheek and to clean up the blood that is beneath it." Fonix increased his warning to Faust by standing, puffing out his fur and spilling a bit of fire from his mouth. Fonix was showing Faust and everyone else there that he was dead serious. Faust and everyone else there was quite afraid now but Faust simple continued talking in a calm voice, "How about this then? You keep your paws on the mask to keep it in place and I will just move it a small amount so that I can treat the cut?" "Fine." With that Fonix put his paws on Hao's mask and allowed Faust to move it a centimeter down. Faust completed his treatment and Fonix move the mask to where it was support it be.
"There." Said Faust. With that Anna came forward and looked down at the boy who protected her beloved Yoh. She had all eyes on her, Fonix's were weary, as she surveyed theunconscious boy up and down then her eyes flickered to his discarded shirts. She picked up the shirts without a sound then turned to Marco and said, "Give me his pants" with her hand out to receive them. Everyone just stared dumbly at her. This time it was Fonix who recovered first and it was a loud recovery. "What do you mean, 'give me his pants'?! How can you say such a thing?! And so calmly too?!" Anna simply looked down at the outraged fox and said in an icy tone, "He's filthy. His clothes are filthy and torn. I will forgive his filthiness do to the reason that he lives in the wild, but that does not mean that I will not show my gratitude to him by cleaning and mending his clothes." The fox was stunned, weather it was because of the icy tone or the completely reasonable reasoning was unknown, but the fox stood stunned. "Um… Anna… what should he wear while your fixing his clothes?" Yoh said coming forward. Anna then turned her icy gave to her 'beloved' Yoh and said in just as icy a tone, "Some of yours" and said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, then she started spiting out orders. "Yoh stop standing there and go get some of your spare clothes. Len, Ryu, Horo. Escort Yoh back… Well get going."
1 hour and 18 minutes later.
Hao woke and do to his years of training he kept his eyes closed and breathing even. Hao used all his senses, but site, to determine where he was, who was around, both human and sprit, and if it was a safe place to be. After determining that his injuries had been treated, Fonix was beside his, he still had his mask on, he was lying on a resting bed and Yoh and his friends and family, minus the necromancer/doctor and the evil blond girl, and the X-laws were the only ones within a 50m radius. Hao tried to move and groaned softly at the pain in his back. His groan had been very soft but it was still heard by everyone in the quiet room. "Your awake!" Yoh cried out overjoyed as he ran over to where his guardian was slowly sitting up on the bed. When Yoh sat down he started giving Hao an odd look, which made Hao unsure that his mask was in fact on. Hao touched the tips of his fingers to the mask and was relieved to find his fingers touching metal. "Your mask is still there sir. I didn't allow them to take it off." Fonix said softly as he came up to Hao and placed his front paws on Hao's leg, looking up at Hao with worry. "Are you feeling all right sir? Your head? Your back? Are you in any pain?" Fonix was very worried. "I'm fine. I have a slight headache and my back hurts a little when I put pressure on it, but I'm fine. Don't worry, it wasn't your fault I got hurt." Hao then pick Fonix up and placed his in his lap and started to scratch between his ears, which Fonix pushed up into to gain more of the wonderful feeling. "And it wasn't your fault either, Yoh." Hao said not taking his eyes off the fox in his lap. "However I probably would have come out of that battle with less injuries if you hadn't stepped in." Then Hao signed and before Yoh could even react Hao grabbed hold of the back of Yoh's head. Then switching his gaze from Fonix to Yoh. Hao signed again then said completely calmly, "Yoh. I am your guardian." Yoh nodded as much as he could to show he understood. "I know how strong you are." Another nod. "And I know that you can use that power to defend your self." Another nod. "I am not here to be a hero and get all the glory for saving you when you could do that on your own." Another nod. "So when I tell you something like to stay somewhere, for example, I know that you cannot handle whatever it is and are more safe there. So the next time I tell you to do something please do it. Ok?" Hao finished by letting go of Yoh and Yoh nodded of couple time to show complete understanding.
"Ok, now that that is settled. I have a few questions for you." Len stated in an 'I'm in command and you can't argue' way. So Hao said, "Of course you do, but mine first. Why am I wearing Yoh's clothes?" Len was stunned that some one, other than Yoh, ignored his command. Hao loved annoying Len but he didn't show it. Yoh started to answer, "Anna…" "What about me?" Anna interrupted, coming into the room with Faust right behind her. "Oh! Anna, he woke up and was wondering why he's in some of my clothes." Yoh tolled her. "I see, well you are in Yoh's clothes because yours are filthy and torn. So I'm mending them." Anna said very matter-a-factly as she came over to sit by Yoh's side. "I see that's very kind of you. I thank you for that." Hao didn't want to be here, everyone here hates Hao Asakura. 'I do owe them answers, but I need to get out of here and I'm not sure it's the right time for them to know yet.' Hao thought as he spook to Anna. So Hao took the opportunity given to him to take his leave. "Please just leave them by a window and I will take them and return these." Hao said gesturing to Yoh's clothes and Fonix jumped out of his lap.
"Wait what about our questions?" Yoh asked as his guardian started to stand. "In due time Yoh, but for now I must be goiiinng." Hao's voice rose a little on the last word and he did a typical anime fall back, with arms and legs in the air, as Faust pulled him down to the bed from behind. "I am afraid that as your doctor at the current time I must put you under doctors orders to remain where you are." Faust said calmly, much like he had with Fonix earlier, when Hao was laying on his back once again looking up at him. "I see. So tell me doctor how long will I be without my right of free movement?" Hao said trying not to sound annoyed. Faust answered with a cold smile which clearly said 'Obey my orders or face the terrifying consequences', "A week." All thoughts of leaving stopped there. 'Maybe I miss judged who the most frightening person in Yoh's group is.' Hao thought more then a little nervous now. "Well then may at least sit up Dr. Faust?" Hao asked. "Yes, as long as you do so slowly." Faust answered in the same tone and with the same smile. With that Hao sat up, slowly. "Well then now that you have time why do you answer our questions?" It was Len speaking again and he didn't really sound to pleased. (Wonder why.) Hao gave Len a look then signed and shifted his gaze to Yoh again. "I don't think your ready to hear this, but" Hao shifted his gaze to Faust now, "it seems fate believes you are." Faust noticing the look he was getting and just smiled. Hao turned away and rested his elbow on his knee and his forehead in his hand he mumbled, "I have no luck with doctors, it would seem." "What was that?" Yoh asked in complete ignorance. "Oh, nothing. I just had a doctor before who…cared quite a bit about me." Hao chose his words carefully and Fonix snickered in Hao's lap. (Fonix decided since they weren't leaving why not be comfy.) Hao had shared his stories of Dr. Cody with him before. "Hmm. Yes we doctors who are concerned and care about our patents are the worst." Faust seemed to enjoy the little joke. "Hmm. Concern. That's one word for it." Hao answered, which seemed to increase Faust amusement of their conversation. Hao signed again looking at Yoh and changed the subject, "I will answer your questions, so long as they don't have to do with my identity." Everyone nodded in agreement and understanding, except Anna.
"Alright well during the battle I tried to use my over soul but I couldn't, why?" Yoh started the questions. "It was because the woman had your sprit crystal. Do you know what a sprit crystal is?" Yoh waved his head side to side saying 'no'. The waving stopped when Yoh was hit by some leaf sprites. "You don't listen at all when I talk do you?!" Yohmei yelled. "Ow! Grandpa! …Hey wait. You're my guardian aren't you?" Yoh pointed at Hao and Hao nodded. "Then why didn't you protect me from that?" "Because, I don't see how a little education can hurt you." Hao answered with an amused gleam in his eye. Yohmei chuckled a little then breathed out through his nose and started, "A sprit crystal is a Shaman's connection to the sprit world. It is where a shaman's fury-o-kow (That's how I'm spelling it from now on.) comes from. Each Shaman has his or her own crystal. The crystals are located in places where normally they cannot be reached, like in mountains and deep under ground." Yohmei finished his little lesson. "Well said." Hao complimented. "However you left out a bit. Like these crystals cannot be seen by their shaman or the fury-o-kow of the shaman will be suppressed or these crystals can be found by non-shamans. When that happens the crystal is normally turned into jewelry, which means taking it away from the earth. By taking it away from the earth that shaman become simply a person with a sixth sense. Another thing you left out was that the size of the crystal directly shows the amount of fury-o-kow a shaman has." Hao finished Yohmei's lesson. "You're missing something." Anna stated. "All the crystals look the same, except for size. Those people would have had no way to know that that was Yoh's sprit crystal." "Normally that would be true, but the one difference of size plays a big factor here. True that Yoh fury-o-kow amount is average making it imposable to find his crystal, on the other hand, Hao Asakura's fury-o-kow amount is anything but that." Receiving many confused looks the guardian explained; "At this time Hao Asakura's fury-o-kow amount and thus sprit crystal are huge." "He's right. When I checked Hao's fury-o-kow amount all the numbers didn't even fit on the screen." Horo said pointing to his oracle pager. "Yes. Meaning that his crystal is huge as well." "I don't see what that has to do with Master Yoh." Ryu interrupted. "It has everything to do with Yoh. You see Hao's crystal would be very easy to identify and Yoh and Hao are two parts of the same soul. Now don't get me wrong that doesn't mean that they are the same person. It does mean that Yoh crystal is a broken off part of Hao's. So basically Yoh you are feeding off of Hao, since he was the original one." Hao explained. 'It feels so strange talking in the 3rd person.' Hao whined in his mind.
"All right next question. Why are they after me? What do they want?" Yoh continued the questioning. "That was two questions. But they are after you because of what you did to Hao and as to what they want with you I don't completely know. They either want you to replace Hao or they want you dead. Neither is good. " Hao explained. "What I did to Hao? Well then why don't we just explain to them why I had to do it?" Everyone in the room went quiet at Yoh's… plan? Hao broke the silence by starting to laugh. Once Hao had calmed down he said, "My dear Yoh. They know completely what Hao did. They're the ones who made him do that." "And how do you know so much about Hao and these people?" Anna's icy words cut in. "I'm sorry I can't answer that. It would give you a huge hint towards my identity." "Fine. Then how about this, why didn't you help Yoh during his fight with Hao?" Anna's words seemed to get icier, if that was even possible. "Easy, because I didn't become his guardian till after that and even if I had been his guardian at that time, I would have simple been there to keep an eye on him. He was and is fully capable of defeating Hao, with his friends help. Not mine." Anna seemed stunned that some one had stood up to her icy tone so calmly and with out even the tiniest amount of fear. The conversation stopped there.
Hao obediently stayed still in the resting hut bed for the week, as to Dr. Faust's orders. They gave him food, which Hao ate when none of them were around. Anna finished mending and washing his clothes but refused to give them to him till he himself was washed. So Hao had a bath during his stay as well. Then on the night the week ended Hao left a note on the bed and was gone.
The Note:
Dear Yoh,
Thank you for looking after me this past week. Do not worry I am not gone, just watching from afar. Do not take that necklace off; it is what I use as a warning system when you are in trouble.
Your guardian
P.S. if you need to talk to me come alone to the field.
Now can I make up crap or can I make up crap! Sprit Crystals and Secret Hao controlling people and demon blood, a hospital of street kids, all of it! Please review.