Chapter 11
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Italic stands for thought / dreams
'Italic with single quote stands telepathic voice'
-Stands for voice from the past-
Underline stands for letter
"Quote stands for dialogue"
Bold stands for emphasis
Bold italic stands for a dangerous tone
Shukumei no Ibara
Yoh laugh humorlessly, "What was he come here for? Just to say that?" he asks to no one and shake his head, he look at his mother, who stare in sadness at the spot Hao was before, "Kaa-chan, that's a strange son you have there".
Keiko blinked, she laugh humorlessly at Yoh, "That's a strange twin you have there." She sadly, "It seems like he don't want to acknowledge me as his mother, I wonder if anything will change if I am able to stop Father and convinced him to just seal his power when you were born".
Yoh walk over and hold his mother hands, "Cheer up, Kaa-chan." Yoh said warmly, "It's no use to drown in the past, you have to see the light of everything and start to take action to correct our past mistake, if you not able to raise him and make him change, then you have to try from now on." He then look at Aoi, who look at Yoh with the same understanding in his eyes, If it's not because of that kind of past, Aoi won't be born at all, "I will help to change him too".
Keiko look at Yoh with more bright expression, "You are right, I have to try from now on." She said with a small smile.
"Excuse me." Ren asks for attention from the family conversation, "Can you explain to us who is this Hao exactly?" he asks seriously.
Yoh look at his mother, "Should we tell them now? Or the time is not right yet?" he asks for her opinion.
Keiko look at the kids, she shook her head, "I'm sorry, this is family problem, and it's not the right time for us to tell you yet." She said apologetically, "We will tell you someday".
Ren looked not happy about it, "I'm sorry, Ren." Yoh said calmly, "Oh, it's the time for us to meet up with the rest now".
When they go to the meeting place, they are told to get on the Patch Jumbo plane. As soon as they are boarded, Yoh and Aoi fell asleep, causing their friends to sweat-dropped. But the trip is taken a long time, so, sooner or later, everyone fell asleep, everyone except the Hao's group and Patch Officials.
Hao know what will happen and don't give a damn care about it, but he can't sleep, his mind is in circle, why? Because he can't hear Yoh's thought, not only him, but also Anna and the hooded boy. In Anna's case, he figures that Anna have immunity to Reishi since she has ability to summon Oni, that kind of dark power often protected the master's mind. But Hao can't understand why Yoh and the boy minds are silent, no, even if Hao try to enter their mind by force, there's a force from outside that prevent him from going in.
Hao frown, he really can't hear them, even when other people's thought are invading his head until it feels like about to explode, the three teens thoughts still remain silent to him. Hao don't like it when he can't hear the thought of someone he want to hear, he can hear other people thought thanks to his Reishi. But he hate this ability when those thought become too much to him, he can't control his power. And just when he want to hear a certain people thought, he really get pissed when he can't hear them, just like Yoh and the boy.
"Hao-sama." A small girl voice make him take his eyes off of his twin, he look side way to the little girl, Opacho, "It's about time, Goldva will announce the news in 10 seconds".
"Yeah." Hao said calmly and look at Yoh again, he want to see his twin reaction.
Yoh awaken by the noise from the screen in the plane, he yawn and look up to the screen, "Greetings participants, thank you for enduring this flight. We are currently in 15.000 meters above ground and 1.200 km away from Patch Village." Goldva said in calm tone but serious face.
"Why is he waking us up now then?" Horo Horo grumbles with sleepy voice.
"Just listen to him." Yoh said calmly, "Maybe it's something important".
Goldva clear his throat and continue, "From now on, I wan't everybody to get there by yourself, I will not tell you where the village is located or how to get there. We will wait for three months, if you can't get to the village in the meantime, you will be disqualified from the Shaman Fight. This is the first round of real Shaman Tournament, please get your things, once this announcement is finished, the plane will disappear".
Right after that, the plane disappear and all that in the plane fall from the sky.
Aoi whistling in high pitch, a few second later, Sora fly to him with a roar. "Yoh-niichan!" he called and dive to Yoh.
"Aoi, the whip!" Yoh ordered as he caught his mother and Anna, then push them up so that Sora can catch them on her back.
Aoi rummage his backpack and take out a black whip, "Here!" he throw the handle to Yoh while he hold the end of the whip, Yoh catch the handle and Aoi release right away.
"Shinrin!" Yoh called out loud as he take out a green Ihai (memorial tablet).
A small fairy come out of the Ihai, it's has bluish white body with clover leaf painted on it's bofy. Two pair of green wings in the shape of leaf adorned it's back, the upper one is longer than the lower one. It's wearing two small leaf bracelets, it's hair is also green and tied in a pair of pony tails.
"Shinrin, Hyoui Gattai in whip!" Yoh pressed Shinrin's small Hitodama to the whip, "Shukumei no Ibara (Thorns of Fate)!" Yoh swing his whip to his friends, the Oversoul from the whip is long enough to catch everyone's waist, normally it would cut them, but Yoh make the thorn disappear to prevent it from hurting his friends.
Yoh caught Sora's left leg, "Guys, hold tight!" Yoh ordered, "Aoi, search for a forest and land there!".
"Understood!" Aoi answered firmly.
Not far from their place, there's a small forest-like area, Aoi lower their flight and slowed down to let the others jumped down safely. Aoi commanded Sora to land when the rest are already safe on the ground, he get down to help Keiko get down since Anna can get down by herself.
Yoh sigh in relief as he flopped down under a tree, "Oh my, I never thought that the Patch will drop us just like that!" he complain tiredly.
"It's good that we bring Sora along." Aoi agreed, "It would be troublesome to land from such height".
"There's no way we can land from such height!" Horo Horo yelled in anger, "What the heck is wrong with the Patch?!".
"They want to test our skill." Ren said derisively, "We can land from that height, it's just troublesome like Aoi said, we have to calculate the right moment to make our Oversoul to be a cushion of our fall, late or to fast by a second and we will injured badly".
Yoh nod, "That's right, and it would be impossible to do if we don't calm, only a few people can calm if they fall suddenly like that." he add, "Seems like the second round is not to fight against Shaman, but it's more to a selection by time".
Ren nod, "But there's a chance that we would get attacked by other Shamans who want to eliminate the opponents before the real fight." he look around, "We have to get to Patch Village carefully, if we in a rush, there's high possibility that we get attacked".
"That's right." Anna agreed, "But Yoh, what was that Oversoul? You never use it before".
Yoh blinks, "Oh, that's right, I get Shinrin when I move to Funbari, she is a forest spirit that live in the forest behind my house." he said sheepishly while scratching the back of his head, "I'm not using Shukumei no Ibara if not emergency, and I want to give her to Aoi after this, he is not have his own spirit yet".
Yoh look at Aoi who give him a surprise look, "You serious?" he asks with a low voice, not sure if he is hearing right, "I'm not participating in the second round, remember?".
"That doesn't mean you shouldn't have a spirit partner, I'm sure you can combine the Oversoul with Sora's flying ability." Yoh said cheerfully and handed Aoi the Ihai and whip, "You are more a good friend with Shinrin than me after all".
Aoi accept the Ihai and whip with a sheepish grin, "Thank you, Onii-chan." he said happily. He look at Shinrin, "How about we try to make an Oversoul for a bit?".
Shinrin make an okay word with leaf int the air, Aoi turn Shinrin into Hitodama and press it to the whip, "Shukumei no Ibara." Aoi said calmly, he make the Oversoul in the way Yoh usually make it.
"There's thorns on the whip." Ryu commented, "Before, there's no thorn when Danna make the Oversoul.".
"Yes." Yoh answered the comment, "I purposely disposed of the thorns in order to not to hurt you when I used them to caught you back there".
"I see, so you still able to change the shape of your Oversoul at will." Horo Horo comment, "That's Yoh for you".
"Thank you." Yoh said with a wide grin, then he look around, "We better start to move now, before we found by another group, I saw them land not to far from us".
Keiko nod, "Then we better walk as fast as we can." she said in agreement, "We don't know if they are good people or not".
They walk fast but seems like not good enough, they are surround by a group of Shaman who wear all white. "What do you want?" Ren asks coldly, "Get out of our way".
"We are the X-Laws, we are serving the one who will be Shaman King, our Lady Jeanne." Said a blonde guy with glasses.
"What do you want?" Ren growled, "Why are you surrounding us? Get out of our way!".
"We are here to kill Yoh Asakura." The guy said calmly.
"Why do you want to do that?" Keiko asks in horror.
"Because he is Hao's twin." Come the short answer from a green haired boy.
"And why is it matter if I'm his twin?" Yoh asks calmly, "It's not like I killed someone before".
"You are Hao's twin, you will be an evil like him one day." The guy answered coldly, "We will kill you before that happen, because we are people of Justice." He then shot Yoh with a gun.
To be continued . . .
Froim : What an ironic name for his Oversoul.
Aoi : That's my line, you stupid writer.
Froim : Well, just don't mind me.
Aoi : Sure, Please review.
Next Chapter : "But that doesn't mean she is Docile towards people who injured my Beloved Onii-chan."