Dead Man's Party
Chapter 10
It's A Dead Mans Party
Yoh was pissed, was absolutly enraged. ...Faust... he thought bitterly, in absolute shock. His friend, whom he had believed in all this time, had betrayed him. ...no... he thought. It couldn't be true, it just couldn't. Something had to have happend, had to have taken place. Faust wouldn't just help Hao like that. ...it's not like Faust... he thought, then growled low in the back of his throat. Hell, how did he know what Faust VIII was like? All this time he thought he had the doctor figured out, but, low and behold, it appeared he knew nothing at all about his necromancer friend. ...except he was on Hao's side since the beginning... he thought, cursing himself over and over. He hated himself, hated himself so much for losing his friends and the woman he loved. ...Anna... he thought, wishing he had taken Faust with him, wished he could have done something more to protect his furture bride...
...Enough... he thought, throughly annoyed with his mindless rantings. It didn't matter, what's done is done, there was nothing he could do...to change the past anyway. What DID matter was him and his friends reaching the cemetary, cooking up a plan, and stopping both Hao and Faust VIII before they could do anymore harm, and right now, time didn't seem to be on their side. It was nearly noon, had taken them well over half an hour to make their way across town and to the old cemetary.
They had approched with caution, standing across the street from the cemetary, feeling it better to plot at a distance in the bushes, then at the gates. They sat now, all the shamans, excluding Silva who had vanished as soon as the boys had taken off. "Okay..." began Yoh, drawing in the dirt with a stick, the others crouching in a circle beside him. "This is the gate and this is the wall." began Yoh, motioning to the appropriate symbols on the ground. "We're gonna go this way, to the right side of the gate, peek over, see what's going on, then ambush them." said Yoh, the others nodding, Len especially, eager to fight the notorious Asakura brother. "Wait, wait, I'm confused" said Trey, scratching his head some. "Is it your right or MY right?" he asked, quickly being smacked by Len. "Idiot! What kind of stupid question is that?!" shouted Len, the two standing now, preparing to fight, but were quickly tackled down by Ryu.
"Shut up!" Morty whispered loudly, nervously poking his head out of the bushes to scan the area, and breathed a sign of relief when he saw some kid walking a dog. He then crouched back down, joining the shamans again, slapped his forehead when he saw Len on top of Trey, stranggling him. "Ack!" gasped Trey, Ryu quickly seperating the two once more. Morty shook his head some turning his attention to his friend.
Once again, Yoh seemed to be in his own world, staring at the map drawn in the dirt of the Earth. Morty blinked some, following his friends gaze, was perplexed as to what he was studying. The map was simple, as was the plan, so there really wasn't much left to think about. "Yoh..." called Morty softly, the shaman blinking a bit, looking to the short boy. "Sorry, I kinda spaced out." said Yoh scratching the back of his head some. Morty smiled slightly, nodding. "It's ok." he replied, the two looking to each other. "I think we should get moving..." began Morty, Yoh nodding about to speak when...
"GAH! I HATE YOU!" shouted Trey, quickly tackling Len and tugging on his purple hair. Lenny shouted, pinned under the blue haired shaman. The others staired, sweatdropping. "Yeah, let's go before these two waste their furioku." said Yoh, the others nodding, Ryu seperating the two and dragging them along. "Hey! I'm not done with him yet!" shouted Trey, reaching for Len, who despritly searched for his weapon, the two unable to reach one another, seperated by Ryu.
They had reached the gates silently, kneeling outside the large walls. All had their weapons drawn, ready to either run through the gate or leap over the wall. Yoh glanced at the others, to Amidamaru, all nodding. Yoh nodded back, slowly standing, peeking over the wall...and was shocked at what he saw.
There stood Tamora, pinned to a tree with surgical sciccors through the palms of her hand, waterfalls of red blood rushing down her slender arms as she despritly attempted to free herself. Yoh winced some for her, knew she was in great pain by her expression, her tears, her clenched teeth. His heart went out to her, but he needed to know more, he couldn't just rush in there, knowing not where his friends were, where Anna was, if they were hurt, if it was safe to battle in such an area. ...gotta hurry... thought Yoh, quickly turning his attention to the tree beside the pink haired shaman, saw Pillica pinned there with yet another surgical instrument through her hands, heard her soft sobs as she stood, trying hard to keep her knees from buckling. Yoh felt a pain in his gut, felt a deep sadness. This was wrong, sick, twisted and just plain...gruesome! He couldn't imagine the pain the girls were in, didn't want to think about it.... "Dude, you see anything?" asked Trey, looking up to his headphone wearing friend. Yoh looked to him, quickly looking away, knew it wouldn't be a good idea to mention that Trey's sis was pinned to a tree, bleeding and crying. Yoh knew telling Trey would send the young shaman into a rage, putting the lives of not only the girls in danger, but the boys as well, also ruinning the plan.
Yoh blinked a bit, shaking his head some. "I can see the girls.." he said softly, Trey blinking, beginning to stand but stopped at Yoh's raised hand. "They're ok..." he said, not looking to Trey. Trey raised his eyebrow a bit, but nodded some, sitting once more. "That's good." said Trey, the others nodding, Yoh exhaling, glad Trey hadn't seen his now grim sis. That's all he needed; a necromancer doctor who seemed to be on their side, but wasn't, a nut case brother who was obsessed with killing Yoh and his bride to be, and oh, a enraged shaman friend of his who was randomly hitting various trees and headstones. Yoh shook his head some, quickly focusing again. ...Anna... he thought, getting anxious. Where was she? Where was Anna!? He hadn't seen her yet, felt his heartbeat pick up as he looked about the area. She wasn't near the girls, she wasn't on the other side of the graveyard... Yoh began to panic, felt sick. Where the hell was Anna!? He was about to jump the wall, when he caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye.
He felt his heart skip a beat when he saw her. He closed his eyes, remembering how to breath again. ...thank God... he thought, feeling weak in the knees, was certain he had lost her for good... He then opened his eyes, looking her over some, saw she was tied to the tree with rope, knew she had been struggling for quite some time, her chest heaving heavily. Yoh felt less anxious now, felt a little better, was glad she wasn't hurt... and blinked some, noticing Anna seemed to be staring at something or someone... Yoh followed her distant gaze, growled low when he noticed it was Hao, perched on a rock like the creepy bird he was.
Yoh knelt now, joining the others whos backs were pressed up against the outter walls of the graveyard. "Well?" asked Len, looking to Yoh. Yoh blinked a bit, his gaze away from them. They blinked some, exchanging glances, then focused back on him. "Dude, did you see him?" asked Trey, Yoh nodding. "Yeah, he's a good distance back, near Anna..." said Yoh softly, the others exchanging glances again. They knew Hao being near Anna was never a good thing. "Well what are we waiting for?" asked Trey, looking to the others. Len nodded. "I agree..." he said, nodding to his spirit. He then looked to the others, smirking cooly. "Shall we?" he asked, the others nodding, about to stand, but stopped when Yoh raised his hands to them. "Wait..." he said softly, getting one hell of a bad vibe. The others blinked a bit, sensing it too apparently. "Let me take one more look." said Yoh, Len rolling his eyes, but nodded. "Hey, better safe then sorry." said Ryu, elbowing Len softly in the side, Len frowning some. "You know, there's such a good thing as being too safe..." he began, arguing with the two quietly.
Yoh drowned them out, caustiously peeking back over the large wall, saw Tamora and Pillica, still bloody as hell and pinned to their trees. He saw Anna, saw her heaving chest, saw Hao still pearched upon his rock. Yoh blinked some, frowning as he turned his attention to his arguing friends. "Alright let's go." he said, looking back over the wall and almost shit a pickle.
"Boo" said Hao, now face to face with his twin. Yoh stood, stuned, didn't even have time to react, let alone move as he was grabbed and sent sailing over the wall of the graveyard. His friends were already in motion, sharing unity with their spirits...but were quickly blown back by a powerful blast, no doubt from Hao himself. The boys quickly recovered, rubbing sore heads and rears. They then charged at Hao, Hao's smirk dangerously cool as they closed in on him. "Dude, I got a bad feeling about this...!" said Trey. Len growling. "Shut up and hit him!" he shouted, Ryu and Trey leaping in now from the left while Lenny took the front. Hao smirked, snapping his fingers, the three shamans stopping instantly as they watched what happened next.
It had seemed the Earth had opened up, hundreds of half rotted corpses ripping from the ground, hissing and shouting, moaning in pain as they stood, half skeletal, half decomposed. The boys staired in horror, back to back now, watching as more tore through the hard ground, noted they were mainly skeletons, but strong as hell if they could get through this rock hard ground.
The skeletal creatures slowly made their way towards the shamans, the rotting ones reeking of death, maggots eating away of any flesh left to their bleached bones. The boys wrinckled their noses in disgust, noted a few were still bleeding, still had fluids in them, were leeking them and other things on the ground. The monsters groaned now, closing in on the boys, the uglier ones keeping to the back, the skeletons mainly in the front. The smell was really getting sickning as the skeletons closed in on the boys, a little less then arms lenght away.
Hao smirked, standing atop what was left to the wall, peering down at the helpless trio. "So sad." he said softly, the three glairing at him. "You!" shouted Trey, Hao smiling to the blue haired boy. "Get down here and fight like a shaman!" shouted Trey, Hao rolling his eyes, crossing his arms now. "Sorry, i've got better things to do then play with you." said Hao, smirking. "But i'm sure they wouldn't mind to entertain you for a bit." he said, motioning to the now large group of skeletons surrounding the shamans. "Hao..." said a voice from behind him, the long haired male, turning some, saw his brother standing.
"Leave them alone!" shouted Yoh, Hao smirking, narrowing his eyes. "Yoh!" shouted Anna, struggling once more, Yoh looking to her. "Anna..." he said softly. "Yoh, it's not Faust VIII's fault, it was Hao, he-" began Anna, but was silenced with a swift smack from Hao. "Now now, you're ruining the surprise..." said Hao lowly, a hint of anger in his voice. Yoh growled, felt his furioku soaring now. "Bastard.." spat Yoh, fully enraged. No one hit Anna, ever. Anna looked to Yoh, tugging at her restraints. Yoh wished he could free her and the others but knew he couldn't do that until Hao was out of the way. "Move!" shouted Yoh, Hao frowning. "Sorry, I can't do that." replied Hao simply, smirking to his brother. Yoh growled louder, getting pissed. "Let them go." said Yoh, Hao sighing. "Now now, where would the fun be in that?" he asked, Yoh glairing some.
Hao smirked, knew Yoh was distracted, knew his brother didn't care so much about defeating him, it was Anna, her life, that's what Yoh wanted, to save her. ...perfect... he thought, snapping his fingers again. Yoh took a few running steps, prepared to strike, but stopped, blinking, the ground rumbbling now, began to shake.
The other shamans felt it too, as did the skeletons. "Come on!" shouted Len, leaping over the skeletons, landing behind Hao now, in his fighting stance. Ryu and Trey followed, Ryu having Morty tucked under his arm. Morty hadn't been doing too much, just clinging to Ryu's leg, screaming, vomiting, all that good stuff.
Hao smirked now, knew HIS plan was working perfectly. Not only had he lured them here, but they had moved to the exact spot Hao had hoped they would. The three were preparing to attack but blinked as they felt the ground shaking beneath their feet. "What the?" began Trey, looking to the ground.
Without warning, massive skeletons burst from the ground, quickly disarming the boys and restaring them. "The hell!?" shouted Trey, fighting despritly to get out of the bleach boned giants grasp. "Bason!" shouted Len as his weapon went flying, his body quickly being restrained with the massive arms of the skeletal warrior. Ryu and Morty had suffered the same fate, Ryu having to deal with two skeletons, where as Morty was dragged off by three others. "Yoh! YOH!" screamed Morty in horror, so many horriable flashbacks, nightmares, coming to life. "Morty! Trey! Len! Ryu!" shouted Yoh, watching as his friends were taken prisoner. "Yoh Move!" yelled Anna, but knew it was too late.
Yoh blinked shocked, when he felt his sword slip from his grasp, felt the crushing arms of the huge skeleton quickly pile on him, bringing him to his knees, restraining him. "No!" he shouted. "Lord Yoh!" called Amidamaru, the samurai forced to watch helplessly as his shaman was subduded. Anna hung her head sadly, knew that hope and luck were quickly fading away, like a light in the darkness. Soon they would all be at Hao's mercy.
Hao smiled now, pleased his plan had worked so well, and he had hardly lifted a finger! "Ah Yoh, so helpless as always." said Hao lightly stroking his brothers hair. Yoh growled, jerking his head some. Hao smirked, kneeling now. "You know, I can't take all the credit for this." he began, Yoh blinking a bit. "A very good friend of yours did help." said Hao standing now, snapping his fingers once more.
Yoh blinked some, followed Hao's gaze, and blinked in shock when he saw Faust step from the shadows of a tree. "FAUST!"roared Yoh, rising from the ground some. Hao blinked a bit surprised, quickly adding another skeleton to hold his brother down. Yoh yelled out, still struggling against the calcium creatures. Hao smirked, stepping to Faust now, standing beside him. "Yes, he's been a big help and he doesn't even know it." said Hao, Yoh blinking a bit, felt his rage dwindiling, Anna's words from earlier echoing in his head. ...it's not his fault, Hao... Yoh glaried now at his brother, Hao smirking, knew Yoh had caught on, as usual. "Yeah, I did it." said Hao, a strange proudness rolling off his tongue. Yoh growled low in the back of his throat, still on his knees, decided he'd play this out for now, until he got a chance to get back on his feet, literally.
Hao smirked, looking to everyone, knew he had them all. ...finally... he thought, felt so excited, like a teen age girl at a boy band concert. He just wanted to shout out he had caught them. He smiled now, deciding to continue his little plan, seeing as everything had already fallen into place. "You're probably all wondering..." Began Hao. "Why have a party in the graveyard?" he asked, Yoh trying to distract his pychotic brother, by showing some fake interest in his words.. Hao smirked, taking a slight bow now. "Isn't it obvious?" he asked, all bliking a bit. Hao smirked widder, letting the words roll off his tongue slow and eerily. "It's a Dead Man's Party..."
(woo Took me long enough, damn computer xX Finally got chappy 10 done, 11 is in the works as is 12 and im thinking ill be able to sum this up in 13-14 chapters maybe 15 but lol who knows x.X Anyhoo, there wasn't too much blood and gore in here, im saving that for the next chapter(s) XD Also, i'd like to take this moment to say...i do not, repeat, DO NOT own shaman king or anything of or related to it, im just a huge fan who has nothign better to do ten to write random stories XD Also, teh Song "Dead Mans Party" isn't mine, so i give credit to that band/group/singer Oingo Boingo i believe... loves her 80s XD Anyhoo, please continue to read and review and i will post warnings before any really gory crap, so please enjoy this chapter and the one after. D -Melis)