Disclaimer: oh man this is like the 9th time I DO NOT OWN SHAMAN KING!!!


Chapter 9: I need you Phoenix

Yoh's Place (Morning)

"YOH, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!" Ren yelled opening the door to Yoh's room with a loud sliding sound. "ORANGES!!!" Yoh yelled waking up with a start. Ren sighed. "Kisama, yur stupid when you are asleep as well as when you are awake."

In the living room

"This feather points towards Kita, it can help us." Ren said. Horo Horo snorted "yea, and I'm the easter bunny." "Its true," said Ren angrily. " here I'll show you." He placed the feather flat against his palm, but it did not move a inch. Ren stared in disbelief.

"Give the feather to me." "Huh" Everyone's head turn to see Tamao with her hand out. "Give the feather to me, I know how to make it work." Ren reluctantly handed over the feather. Tamao closed her eyes and almost at once the feather began turning.

"Tamao how did u know how to do that?" stuttered Ren.

Flashback

She looked over into Kita's room. "Tamao is that you?" the girl ask. She nodded. "Tamao……..I dun belong here……….." "huh? What do you mean? Of course you belong here!!" "I can't tell you how, but you'll know. Tamao..?" "Yes?"" I am gonna tell you something, it may sound weird rite now, but this will help.". "What is it?" "I can only say a few words, I duno why but this sentence jus came into my mind." " Okay." "Hold and think of the person you seek, will then it will point the way." "That's it?" "Yea that is it." Kita turned her face towards the pink-haired shaman. "It may sound weird, but trust me, ." "Ummm okay. I gtg I hear Pirika calling me." Tamao left the room wondering why did Kita told her this.

End of reli short Flashback

Tamao gulped " I ju-just k-knoe." she stammered. " I ca-can't t-tell you." "Well at least we got one thing sorted." Said Yoh. "What the other thing?" asked Ren. "how to defeat Hao and get Kita back." Replied Yoh.

"alrite, you guys can go, I'll stay here." Said Pirika firmly. The others gaped at her, wasn't she the girl that always wanted to with them? "But Pirika….." gasped Horo Horo. "this isn't reli my business, Tamao should go because she was the one that knoes how to find Kita, besides she is Kita's best friend."

"I never forget this, Pirika." Horo Horo said giving a hug to his little sister. Pirika waved at them as they set off, following where feather pointed to.

"HEY GUYS WAIT FOR ME!!!!!!!!!" shouted Manta scrambling as fast as he could with his little legs.

Hao's place

Hao was addressing Nichrome while Kita was standing next to Hao, Nichrome could not take his eyes off the girl, she was so pretty, but if he help her, that means in breakin his loyalty with Hao. Kita just look at the ground, as though she never knew Nichrome.

Kita whispered something into Hao's ear and walked off, but Hao grabbed her and kiss her on the cheek. She walked off calmly as though nothing happen.

Kita told Hao. "I'm off for a walk." She walked off, but was surprise when Hao grabbed her, if she didn't turn her face he would have kissed her full on the lips again. "Pervert, always into kissing me." She stopped. She sensed something as though something was looking for her. She shook her head, she must be dreaming.

Hao stopped, he felt his brother presence, not very close, but close. "Hao-sama, are you alright?" Hao looked at Nichrome. "Yes, I am fine, you are dismissed." With a wave of his hand, Nichrome bowed and walked away. Hao kept thinking. "There is no way that they can find us, I did not give them anything to track us. Hmm maybe outoto-san is getting stronger." Hao was so deep in thought, he did not see Nichrome walking in the same direction as Kita.

In the forest

Dragon came out of the necklace and appeared by her side. "Oh Dragon what should I do?" she asked. Dragon closed his eyes. "you dun have any other idea oh well." Dragon's stomach growled. Kita gave a slight giggle, "You must hungry, off with u now, go get yourself something to eat." Dragon looked at her. "It okay, I'll be fine.''she said. He nodded and flew off. Little did she know that someone was watching her.

Nichrome watched her from behind the tree. She was so pretty, when she smiles.

CRACK!

"Wha? Who there!?" said Kita startled, she looked around to see a figure step out. "Oh its you Nichrome." She relaxed. "Morning Kita," Nichrome greeted. "Morning to you too." She replied. "how can you put up with Hao? You know like the way he ask for kisses and stuff." he blurted out. "Curious are you?" she teased, Nichrome blushed with embarassment. "Well, I dunno I guess living with someone like him for hmmm…..4 years u get use to it, but its now that he gets reli demanding." "I see." Said Nichrome. "but why are you talking to me about this, dun you know if Hao finds out you will be in trouble? Most likely DEAD trouble." "yes I know." "then why?" "cause …………I feel this feeling, that I never experience, its like sorrow, except its not sorrow for myself, its for you. Can you tell me what is this feeling?" Kita thought for a moment. "Its called pity, Nichrome, pity."

On a road

"How looooooong do we have to goooooooo? Before we arrive to get what we need to knooooooow" Horo Horo sang, dragging himself along the concrete floor. "Shut up, Boro Boro. Yur a terrible singer." Said Anna. They all stopped at a turn, and started to go along the road when….."Wait!" said Tamao. They stop. "the feather points to that place over there" "that looks pretty far" Yoh said. Everyone groaned.

Phoenix's Tent

(they are talking in their own language. Dragon growls, hisses, purrs Phoenix chirps, singing and stuff like that)

Dragon landed and entered Phoenix's tent. "Dragon is that you?" "Yes. My Phoenix, I couldn't bear to hunt without visiting you." "Right……… Cut it out with the royal thing okay?" "Fine."

"How's Kita?" asked the firebird. "She's fine, but Hao," Dragon growled. "he's starting to take advantage of her. I feel so guilty that I couldn't protect her." Phoenix chuckled. "You are no more as stronger than Kita yourself you know, even though you did train more with her. You will break her heart, if Hao kills you." She reminded Dragon. "Its better than him taking advantage of Kita!" hissed Dragon angrily. "Don't worry," Phoenix cooed gently, "help is on the way." "What do you mean?" asked Dragon. "I discovered a new power. A power that will help Kita's friend find her." "Tell me about it." "I found out that with a great amount of energy I can teleport a small image of myself to a place, and teleport small objects, that is why I am so exhausted, because everytime, one of her friends hold the feather, I use a lot of energy to move the feather towards here." "Does Kita know of this power?" "no not reli, jus subconsciously I put the sentence saying /Hold and think of the person you seek, will then it will point the way/ in her mind as her friend came into the room."

"Phoenix if you continue to do this, you will kill yourself!" Dragon growled getting more and angry. "I know." "If you continue to do this then all that Kita had done for all these years will be wasted, do you know how much she suffer???!!? Do you know!??!? You probably don't know cause you were NEVER WITH HER!!!!!!!!!!" Dragon roared with anger causing several strong hurricanes to appear. "I know Dragon, I know." Phoenix answered softly. She sat calmly in her cage as the wind ruffled her golden-red feathers.

In front of her was a great reptile with teeth long enough to rip her apart. He shook himself, his bloodshot eyes slowly turned back to its sea blue color again then he looked at the bird. "Phoenix, I am so sorry." Dragon whispered and lowered his head in shame. "Its alright, Dragon, you are right, I am never with her. I'll make a promise to you." Phoenix opened her eyes slowly revealing her green eyes. "I won't do it again after this, the only reason I do this is because I want Kita to be free." "I am so sorry, Phoenix, it just that after all these years, Kita finally found some friends and even a guy, and then all is lost, I didn't even think about why you were doing this." Phoenix softly sang a song, telling the beast that it will work out alright. "You know Phoenix I am glad." "Glad of what?" "that Kita is more like you." "But the only reason she is calm to go through this is because she is strong Dragon like you, besides we weren't the ones creating her, she create us, so I am more like her. And you are strong like her I guess, but I cannot be 100 sure." Phoenix said. "I need you Phoenix like Kita needs me, I need someone to be there for me, I am always there for Kita, but not the other way around, well not exactly, but you know what I mean." Dragon said. Phoenix quietly replied. "Dragon I will always be there for you. Even though my physical self is trapped, my spirit, my soul, my heart will always be free and by your side."

Back in the woods (midday)

The sun was high in the sky, and it was quite hot, Kita leaned against the big tree that shaded her from the killing sun. "You mean what I felt, that feeling was called pity?" "Yes Nichrome, I told you, before its called pity. But Nichrome…" "What?" "Why do you feel pity for me?" "Cause i……i…….blush" "Hey Dragon!" "Wha-What?" Nichrome looked up to see a pair of sea blue eyes staring at him. "WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" He jumped 10 feet up into the air. "Dragon you should stop scaring ppl with yur windlike movement." She teased the reptile, her hands were waving around in the air. "WOOOOOOOO!!!!" Kita said. Dragon replied by nipping playfully on her shirt. "Hey!" she laughed. Nichrome stared. "She looks so happy." He thought. "I guess the reason I manage to go through all this with Hao is because I got Dragon here. As well as Phoenix being kept in the cage." She said lowering her eyelids. Little did they know that Opacho was watching them. "Nichrome try to take away Hao-sama's mistress, he must be punished. Opacho must tell Hao-sama."

Hao's Place

"He what?!?!?!" he yelled. Opacho jumped into the air. "Are you telling me that Nichrome, my loyal follower is trying to take away Kita!?! MY FIANCEE!!??!!" Opacho nodded. "yes Hao-sama." "He will pay." Hao said through his gritted teeth. "How dare he! Kita is my servant, my fiancee!" his frown was replaced with a smile. "Well, I get it sorted out. Opacho." "yes Hao-sama?" "call Kita here for me" "yes Hao-sama."

(10 minutes later)

"You called?" asked Kita as she walked into the tent. "Hey cutie!" Hao teased. He hugged her. "Err okay……..what?" "that strange, normally he goes for a kiss, oh well jus glad he didn't." "I know this is hard, and you normally throw up after I'll tell you what I want you to do, but after all these years you should be strong." "oh no he's gonna ask me to…."

"Kita, I want you to kill Nichrome for me."

Kita's face showed no emotion, she learned to control her facial expression even though inside, she was shocked with horror. "Fine. Whatever, just dun ask me to kill again you know how much I hate killing I'll only do it once." "Sure."

She left the tent, "Nichrome." She called. Nichrome immediately came out. "yes?" "I feel bored wanna go to the forest with me?" "Sure." Kita's face immediately broke into a smile.

Somewhere

"Where are we?" asked Ren. "I have no idea." Said Tamao. "Wait! Maybe I can find out." Said Manta he sat down and propped open his laptop. "I'll just send a signal to a satellite and its can pinpoint where we are. There!" They looked, "Hey we near a mountain where there are loads of natural hot springs and caves. Some are even in the caves!!!" said Manta excitedly. "But first," Yoh began they all look at Anna. She sighed "Fine, we'll rest by the nearest hot spring for a while." Everyone cheered except Yoh who was puzzled. "I said FOR A WHILE." They all shut up.

"WOOHOO!!!!!!!! A SPRING!!!!!" Horo Horo yelled. He began taking taking off his clothes, did he then remembered that Anna and Tamao were there. He slowly turned around and there was a blushing Tamao and a very angry Anna. His face turned very pale.

"AAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Horo Horo was smashed into the nearest tree. (it would have been a wall if it wasn't in a forest.) "Look there is a spring over there, guys are over there, girls are here." Anna said. "Why should we be over there and not here." Asked Ren. Anna sighed, "Fine, do whatever you want I am going for a walk." Tamao walked towards the other spring. While the boys undress. "Errrrr guys, I'll join you later." Yoh told them, he hastily walk after Anna.

"Anna, whats wrong? You're not yourself." Yoh asked worriedly. "I dunno, I guess I'm not sure about meeting my sister." "What do you mean?" Yoh asked curiously. "I mean, what if we were wrong, what if I was wrong and she did join Hao willingly?" Anna said looked to the ground. "She won't," said Yoh reassuringly, hugging her. " Nan ko naru (it'll be alright)" "How could you be so calm? Asakura Yoh, I hate you!!" she cried furiously burying her face into his shirt. Yoh smiled, and held her tighter. "That why I love you, Kyoyama Anna. I would have married you even though we weren't fiancee." He said softly brushing her hair from her face. She looked up at him and smiled. "Let go back, before they start to worry about us." They walked back together, hand in hand.

"Okay, EVERYONE GET DRESS AND LETS MOVE!!!!!!!" shouted Anna. Yoh grinned. Anna back.

They walked on through the woods. "Hey!" Tamao cried. "What?" asked Ren. "The feather, it stop." "I think I know why." Said Yoh. "We's there." He pointed in front of them not that far away was a camp of tents.

In the Forest

Kita led Nichrome deep into the forest. "Kita why are we here?" Nichrome asked. "Nichrome, run away from here." "Why?" he asked bewildered and confused. "Hao sent me to kill you, but you are my friend I can't kill you." "What!?! Why!?!" Nichrome shouted. "Shhhhh….he might hear you, I have no idea why, but he wanted me to kill you, run away from here, Nichrome, I dun want to kill a friend." Nichrome nodded. "Wait!" he stopped. what now? Dragon appeared and bit his arm hard, blood seeped out of the bite marks. "OW!!" What the hell did you do that for?" "I need proof that I kill you, but I doubt he'll believe that its yur blood." Kita replied. "Oh, here have my feather, I guess he believe this one, anyway thanks Kita I dun know what I'll do if I didn't have you as a friend." Nichrome ran away leaving his only home, the home that now wanted to kill him.

Kita turned around and headed back to camp.

"I see, you have proof?" Hao asked. Kita summoned Dragon forwards, his muzzle had blood on it. "How can I be sure that this is Nichrome's blood?" Hao asked. Kita handed him Nichrome's feather. "hmmmm seems that you did kill him." He said thoughtfully after inspecting the feather, though he was surprise he thought that Kita wouldn't dare kill Nichrome.

"Whatever, come on Dragon lets go to the river to wash the blood off." She turned and walked towards the river, when someone's arms wrapped around her and dragged her inside the tent. "Dragon can do it himself, I didn't finish with you yet." Kita struggled pushing her arms aginst his chest trying to make him let go. But his arms were wrapped tightly around her waist. 'Hao, LET GO OF ME!!!!" she shouted. Hao dumped her onto the bed, and was about to go in himself when he felt his brother's presence and someone said his name.

"HAO!!!!!!!"


One thing straight though, Kita was NOT in love with Nichrome nor he was in love with Kita. The reason, he blush was because it was the first time he told his feelings and he wasn't use to it and he was telling it to a beautiful girl, chances are that she might laugh at him if she was mean, which she was not.