Sorry for the wait, guys...I was a little tied up...in the middle of no where...but here is the first official chapter...thank you for your reviews... I really appreciate it!
Disclaimer: sigh... No...I don't own them...
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On The Way Down
Chapter One
It was about noon on that cloudy day when Yoh, Manta and Silva were waiting as patiently as they could for Yoh's next opponent to appear. They had been there since about ten, and even Amidamaru was slowly losing his patience. It wouldn't be long before the match would be over and Yoh would win by default. The three of them waited there, Yoh and Manta on large rocks and Silva standing on a tree branch where he often did.
"What's wrong, Amidamaru?" Yoh asked. Amidamaru had disappeared into the memorial tablet about fifteen minutes ago, due to the fact that he was sick of waiting, but Yoh could still sense his uneasiness, and he had heard the light sigh that came from the samurai. Being broken from his thoughts, Amidamaru jumped slightly, not aware that he had sighed aloud, and then smiled warmly,
"Nothing's wrong, Lord Yoh..." he lied, making Yoh smile,
"Sure...I bet you're just anxious to get this fight done and over with..." he said. Beside him Manta frowned,
"They sure are taking their sweet time getting here..." he pointed out.
"Indeed..." Silva agreed, looking down at his watch. "If they aren't here in six minutes they are disqualified..." Yoh frowned,
"I would hate to win by default..." he said, then sighed, "After all that Anna put me through yesterday..." both he and Manta shivered, remembering how Yoh was so tired he could barely move when he finally got to lay down. "We should probably get ready, just in case they get here and start with a surprise attack..."
"Agreed." Amidamaru came out of the memorial tablet lazily. Yoh pulled out a wooden sword, Amidamaru on spirit form.
"Amidamaru, into the sword!" Yoh called out.
Nothing happened....
"Uh....?" Manta raised an eyebrow at Yoh, who was sweat dropping widely. "Are you O.K. Yoh?" he called.
"Yeah! I'm fine!" Yoh called back. After about 6 tries, the two finally got it right. "I just hope that it can last the whole match...I don't even want to explain to Anna that I lost because I couldn't keep my Spirit Control going..."
"I don't think you have to worry about that, Yoh, you only have thirty seconds before---"
"WAIT!" a voice suddenly called. A girl Yoh's age came running out of the forest a few yards away, a large scythe sling over her shoulder. Her hair was long and black, but it was pulled back into a ponytail, bangs falling widely into her eyes. Her large baggy black pants looked two sized too big, and her red hoodie had a few holes in it. She had leather gloves on that were the same color as her eyes, dark navy blue. As she drew closer, Yoh felt his Spirit Control waver, but not because of him, it was Amidamaru this time. He watched in interest as the girl raised her free hand and scratched the back of her head and smiled, "Sorry I'm so late, but I have this older brother that was busy...and let's just say he held me up..." Yoh felt it again, and began to worry. His focus shifted back to the girl when her expression slid to a serious one, a glare that was cold enough to scare any animal. "I was at the graveyard the other day..." she began, "You are Yoh Asakura, are you not?" Yoh hesitated before he gave her a nod, her glare darkening as she brought the scythe down and brought it out in front of her. "Right...I would say that it's nice to meet you...but your not exactly on my good side right now, Yoh Asakura...isn't that right, Tsume?"
"Indeed..." a large white wolf with red eyes appeared behind her. "Let's hurry and get your revenge, okay?" he said as his aura filled the scythe. Yoh blinked in confusion.
"Revenge?" he asked. The girl nodded,
"Yes."
"For what???" Yoh asked, "I've never even seen you before, I don't even know your name!" he pointed.
"Don't act stupid!" she yelled, "You know damn well what you did!" As Yoh tried to remember what all he had done within the last few weeks, the girl made a charge for him, barley hitting him as he jumped back. Yoh became serious as he felt the sting of the cut that was across his chest. He raised the possessed sword, ready for another attack.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" he called out to her. She growled and began to slowly walk in his direction.
"My name is Mine Makasero..." her pace quickened, and she prepared to swing the scythe as she got closer, "I swear I'll kill you, Yoh Asakura..." she jumped in the air and swung the blade hard and fast, "For destroying Amidamaru's grave!" Yoh stopped in his thought of how to evade her assault at those words,
"Lord Yoh!" but thanks to Amidamaru, he was able to move, the only injury was another slash on his left arm.
"Your lucky you didn't lose your arm, you grave breaker!" she ran at him again, ready for another shot, "Next it will be your head, and this time I won't miss!!"
"Forgive me, Lord Yoh..." Amidamaru said as he flew out of the sword, only a small flame left to show that the Spirit Control had not been completely broken. He took his place in front of Yoh, his arms spread out, leaving Yoh, Manta and Silva staring in confusion. They weren't staring because of Amidamaru's actions, but rather Mine's.
Her scythe lay on the ground where she had slowly dropped it, her Spirit Control broken, and she was staring at Amidamaru with large, confused eyes. Next to her, Tsume sighed,
"Great...just great...all that big talk about defeating Yoh...and now you make an appearance...such a nuisance..." at that he disappeared. Manta turned to Silva who had jumped down from the tree.
"It's over...? Just like that?" Silva slowly nodded, as if he himself wasn't sure. Yoh took a step back, and let go of his Spirit Control. Amidamaru, however didn't move, all though his expression seemed to soften. Mine stared at him, her eyes slowly watering,
"Amidamaru...sama?" she asked slowly. Amidamaru gave her a warm smile and nodded, as his arms dropped to his sides. After a moment she returned the smile, "It's been a while, huh?" Amidamaru just nodded, leaving the three people behind him in total confusion as he just smiled. Yoh put his sword away and sat down.
"It most certainly has, Mine Amidamaru finally said "You sure have grown since I last saw you..." he said. Mine smiled and wiped the tears from her eyes,
"You really think so...?" Amidamaru nodded,
"I barely recognized you, with your hair the way it is, Mine..." she blinked at him for a moment and smirked,
"Yeah? Well you haven't changed a bit, Amidamaru-sama!" at that they both laughed. Manta finally stood up off his rock and pointed a finger at them.
"What is going on?" he yelled to them. They both stopped laughing and turned to his direction, as if the had no idea he was there they blinked at him, then began laughing again. Yoh smiled, Manta glared, and Silva shook his head and left with a smirk on his face.
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That was a really crappy chapter, huh? But it had to be written! I might go back and rewrite it...but that's all I could think of right now...
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