Disclaimer: As usual, I do NOT own 'Shaman King' or any anime and their original characters. If there is a character or story that you never heard of before in here, it's mine and mine alone!
A/N: Oops, looks like this one is much, much longer…hehe!
Shaman King: Ghosts of Hatred
A Cold Day – Part Two: Reason for Power
Thursday,15:53 in the afternoon.
Like bats out off hell, the shamans around Yoh bolted out from the rat hole in the opposite direction without even sparing a glance for their boss, hauling their unconscious comrades behind them. Within a few short seconds, they had cleared the war zone.
For the one who stayed behind, the gruesome game of dodge ball has been redirected to him. Running in a 'zigzag' pattern, the mystery kid effectively avoided the arsenals of the Oni. Every once in a while he would make a hard stop in his track and do a 180 the other way, eluding another round of bombardment.
Then he took a gamble, running at a speed any horse would envy, he ducked behind a tree, his figure turned into a blur as he dash off toward the 'walking-switchblades', one of them nearly took his head off with the steel pole it was wielding. Taking two swift steps, he went around the Oni and slide between two more of them, ignoring the high-speed projectiles zooming above his unprotected skull.
His recklessness was rewarded when a blood-curdling scream rang out in the freezing afternoon. Apparently, one of the Oni had slammed his pole into the gut of his brethren. The impact had torn off the latter's protective covering, but the vital core within was relatively unharmed.
Cursing his lack of good fortune, the unknown boy pushed himself up hastily and began to repeat the process over again. However, the other two Oni spotted him. Instead of pitching another slab of concrete, they took a swipe at their target, their wrist-blade detach in mid motion, which effectively turns into a deadly boomerang.
With a lack of speed and hiding places, it's acceptable for him to give up. Closing his eyes, his waited for the approaching impact…
…Which came in an unexpected direction.
With all the force he could muster, Yoh launched himself onto the boy. As they hit the ground, he felt as if his back was on fire. Placing a curious hand over it, blood was brought back. The stinging sensation had been amplified.
"You okay?" asked Yoh, flashing a cheerful grin. "Can you still move?"
Looking up, "Yeah…Thanks, I own you one," Then nameless guy replied with an equally cheerful smile.
"Good…" Yoh got off and pulled him up roughly, "Cause I don't think they're too happy a with us…"
The foursome began to form a tight circle around the duo, blades flashing.
"Hmph, looks like they really want us to stay…" squeezing his fist, "This is gonna get ugly…"
"On 'three' ?" Yoh gave a nervous smile.
Taking a quick look, "Screw 'three'! MOVE NOW!" Nobody had to tell Yoh twice.
"RRRrrooooaaaarrrrrrrr!" Was the combined reaction from the foursome, along with a lot of big rocks.
They darted across the battlefield, ignoring the objects whizzing pass and above their head. They took occasional twist and turns to hid behind several piles of rubble to throw the Oni off their aim, and to take a breather from the insane madness. The Oni had an advantage in this game as their already dead and require no resting, their assaults are endless as well as merciless. The once peaceful square had been turned into the scene of some terrorist attacks.
Strange, Thought Yoh as he ran, If they're dead, why do they feel physical pain?
Running out off the kill zone, both of them dive behind a building that remains untouched by the Oni's onslaught. This gave them a moment to regain their strength.
"Did we…huff …lose them…puff…?" Asked Yoh, as he collapse onto the ground.
"…huff…Dude, we only ran about thirty feet." Sir. Nameless repiled with a hint of annoyance, "And if there's one thing I learn from this experience….whizz…is that Oni don't forget easily…"
To emphasize his point, the upper half of the small structure protecting them exploded in a glorious shower of ash, sparks and splitters. Peaking up from the lower-half of what was once a complete antique shop, the boys soon discovered that their new found friends had learned a new trick, and are very eager to show it to them.
Absorbing the furyoku of their victims and former brethren, the four remaining creatures seem to had 'power-upped' themselves. Their wounds, if any, have healed. They had grew slightly in size. Their blades and armor have developed a 'shine' , and they now could throw balls of energy from their claws and jaws.
"Upgrades…"
Needless to say, the boys weren't very happy with these new changes…
"MOTHER F!" The rest of the sentence was muffed by a series of very loud explosions. Which indicate that they were created very close.
"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!"
Looking behind, Yoh saw the Oni charging up venom green orbs and throwing them too close to the running boy. Seeing what happen when one of the orbs came into contact with anything solid, the dark-haired boy made a mental to avoid the menacing balls at all cost.
Damn, we need to find shelter now! Thought Yoh.. But anything that ball touches gets blown to kingdom come… One of the energy balls consumed a stray tree that they ran pass while another gaze the side off a metallic status and ricochet off it
Time stopped for Yoh.
Wait a minute, do that again!
As if to oblige to his request. Another orb had slammed itself onto the status. Once again, it had been redirected in another direct.
"THAT'S IT!" Yoh exclaimed as he dragged his fellow companion towards safe haven.
"What the …" Snarl the boy, not happy that he's being dragged by a strange. "What are you doing? We have to get out of here!"
Throwing both of them against the status, Yoh explained in a calm matter. "Metal of this status deflects their attacks, it seems that that new weapon was only meant for living things, like us or trees…"
Taking a look, he saw one ball hit a brush smack dead center, which soon erupted in flames. Another ball made contact with the status, the impact could be felt as the boys had their backs against the metal cover, but no harm seems to be done.
"Oh…Okay, I guess we could take a break here, they don't seem to be letting up…"
"Sigh…guess so…"
After a silence moment…
"My name's Geno, you?"
"Yoh…Asakura Yoh"
The sound of ball against the metal rang continuously.
"Cool," Geno smiled lazily, he place his hands behind his head, Yoh follow suit. "I think will be the start of a beautiful friendship…"
"Likewise…" Yoh gave a yawn.
After more silences, yawns and explosions…
"So, you're a shaman, huh?" Asked Geno, a lazy grin posted on his face.
"Yup, you too, huh?" Yoh replied with equal "enthusiasm"
"Yeah…" Was the answer, then he asked in an excited manner, "Soooooo, where's your spirit?"
"Oh, his right here! Amid" In mid word, a series of facts flash through his head.
Woke up late. Skip breakfast. Rush to catch up with wife. Left the Tablet on" D'OH! "
"Huh?" Amidamaru stopped floating. Listen for a moment, and decided it was his imagination.
I thought I heard Yoh-dono…All wel… Amidamaru had more important matters at hand, namely his Lord's lover.
Things wasn't any better back at the Funbari Onsen hotel. Anna had barricaded her within her room the moment she returns. Since then she haven't left the room once.
Amidamaru was concern. After all, she was the wife-to-be of his lord, it would only be natural for him to worry about her. The only problem was, when Anna was in one of her tantrum moods, nobody, dead or alive, would have the balls to enter the cavern of the breast.
Nobody except Yoh-dono, the spirit thought to himself, although I'm not so sure whether it was courage or ignorance that was at work…
Either way, since Yoh was not home at the moment, and Manta was a few thousand miles too far to make a difference, the responsibility lies on the long dead samurai. For his master, he would have to brave this trial of terror. Swallowing his fear, he moved swiftly towards his mistress's room.
Only to 'bump' into her as she came down from the stairs. Amidamaru didn't have to be a love expert to tell that she had been crying. However, it would be in his best interest not to voice it out.
Anna gave him one of her ice-cold stares but hints of redness could be seen, the voice she spoke in had also confirm his earlier observation.
"You need anything? If not, get out of my way…"
Every common sense that Amidamaru have is now screaming for him to abandon this insanity quests and get as far away as he could from the itako. Sadly, Yoh must have rubbed off on him.
"Anna-sama, if you would lend me your ear for just this moment please," The spirit pleaded " I won't bother you at all for the whole day…'
Anna stopped, turn and just stare at him.
I take that as a yes, Amidamaru swallowed again, heck, I'm already dead…
" In the recent days, I had observe that you and Yoh-dono have been getting into a lot of fights. I know that it's not my place to speak, but if you're questioning his loyalties to you, I can swear upon my honor as a swordsman that he had always been eternally faithful to you and you alone."
Anna turned her back on him again.
So far so good, thought the spirit
"I am unsure of what the young master had done to have such incurred your anger ," he continued "But surely he must have done enough for you to forgive him…"
Amidamaru crossed his fingers.
"Although the time I had known him was far lesser than yours," He smiled at her "But I can tell that he would become a good husband…"
Amidamaru held his breathe (I know, but you get the point), as Anna turned her head to give him a quick glance before continuing her walk to the kitchen. At the entrance she stopped.
"…I never said I was angry…" Then disappeared behind the door.
Amidamaru hanged his mouth open. Not in six hundred years could he believe the words that she had just whispered, more so, he could not believed the miracle that he had just pulled. It would be the stuff of legends. He then did a very, very bad impression of the moonwalk that HoroHoro and Chocolove had shown him.
"WHERE ON EARTH IS YOH! IF HIS NOT BACK BY SIX, I'M GONNA…."
So much for not being angry…
Thursday, 16: 07 in the afternoon
"Dude, relax…" Geno patted Yoh on the back, trying to calm him down.
"WhatamIgonnado! WhatamIgonnado! WhatamIgonnado….!"
Smack!
"Snap out of It!"
Taking a deep breathe, "Yeah…your right…thanks I needed that…"
"Any time"
"Ok, ok…Don't panic, don't panic, what to do, think damn it,think…, WHAT TO DO! GOD, I'M PANICING AGAIN! AHHHHH!'
Smack!
"Get a hold of yourself damn it!"
Smack!
"Noboby is gonna die!"
Smack!
"We just have to put our heads together!"
Smack! Smack! Smack!
"OKAY! OKAY! I GOT IT!" SMACK! SMACK! "WOULD YOU CUT THAT OUT!"
Smack! "Sorry…I sometimes get carried away in the violence…"
"Ouch…" Yoh rubbed his swollen face "I don't mind you trying to wake me up, BUT DO YOU HAVE TO USE A BRASS KNUNKLE !"
"If not now, then when?" Was the lazy reply, "Besides, you have to test out all weapons before you use them on the enemy…" He gave an innocence look as he polish them with his coat.
Grumbling, "So you new here?"
Thinking a while, "Er…you can say that…" Looking back at him, "What about you? When did you come to Tokyo?"
"Oh," Yoh thought for a moment, "It's quite a cute story actually, I"
BBBOOOOOMMmmmmmmm…..!
The two of them ducked as a flock of twisted metal wreck flew passed their heads. Soon after the barrage of energy blasts resume it's assaults. One of them flew pass Yoh's head, he could smell burned hair.
Yoh looked at his 'bunkmate'. "How long do you think they'll last?"
Thinking for a while…"Should be too long," Taking a quick peak, "My guess is a minute or two…We just have to sit back and wait till they run out of juice…"
One hour later….
"That's when HoroHoro saw Manta, and thought he was a Koropokuru!"
"HAHAHA…!"Both of them burst out laughing.
"Get out of here!…hahaha! That's a classic!" Geno was rolling on his back
"Seriously!" Yoh was holding his rib. "If you think that's bad, later when Kororo saw Manta, she immediately FELL FOR HIM!"
"HAHAHA! NO WAY!"
"You should have seen the look on his face!"
"God, hahaha…that would have been priceless…"
"Ah…I wonder what Manta is doing now…" Yoh looked to the sky
Geno smirked, "Probably thinking of his GIRLFRIEND!"
Both of them continue to laugh themselves to death.
Half away around the world, a young boy no taller than a table sneezed. "Hmm…"He thought before rushing of after checking his watch.
Back to the boys under siege, the Oni are anything but discourage, in fact, they seem to have gain enthusiasm. They had grown an interest in experimenting their newly developed talents on everything that comes across their way, as several innocent bystanders soon discovered, too bad it doesn't matter anymore.
"AHHHHHHH!" Screamed a man who was cruelly cut short, literally.
Atlas, these victims were left unheard as the two boys were laughing their heads off.
"HAHAHAHA….Ahhhhh…." Yoh calmed himself down.." …Good times…"
As the laughter died down, the screams of sirens from the distance could be heard.
"Hey! That's the police! Finally, We're saved!" Geno twist his neck to get a better look…
KAAAAABBBOOOOOMMmmmmmmm…..!
"Nope, guess not…" He returned to his original posture, then he had a stoke of genuine, " Hey! I know! Let's play 'I spy'!"
"Cool! I love that game!" Yoh's smile grew in proportion.
KAAAAABBBOOOOOMMmmmmmmm…..!
Another One Hour later…
"I Don't know…" Yoh stuttered, he took another swing at the bottle, "Was it something that I did? Was it something I said? Why does she hate me so much…?"
"I'm not too sure myself…"Geno swallowed a mouthful, "Hmmm, I'm no expert when it comes to matters of the heart…"
Some time ago, one of the 'venomous orbs of destruction' found their way into the unexpecting arms of a group of partying drunks. The result was the separation of their arms, along with the ice container loaded with boozes. These lost items had then mysterious found their way to the two very curious teenagers. You don't have to be college material to figure out what comes next. One thing leads to another…
"I mean, sure, she misunderstood the situation," Yoh whimper, "But does she really have to use a DICTIONARY!"
"Ahhh…" Geno was at his third bottle, "…The disadvantage of teenage marriages, you would think that they had learned their lesson by now…"
"Hahaha…." Yoh opened a fresh one, tapping their bottles , "Cheers!"
"Bottoms-up!"
KAAAAABBBOOOOOMMmmmmmmm…..!
"Sigh…There goes our rescue again…"
"Some people never learn…"
Adjusting their position again to prevent cramps. Suddenly Yoh realize something was wrong. A moment later he screamed a curse that he would never dare say in front of Anna.
"What!" Geno was stunned by the outburst.
"I just discovered something…"
"What!" He repeated again.
Yoh turned and looked him darkly straight in the eye.
"…"
"WHAT!"
"I think I need to pee…"
Silence.
"Crap…"
"No, 'Pee'…"
Yet another hour later…
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Yoh scream in agony, "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE! IT GONNA BLOW!"
SMACK!"No need to thank me…"
"I won't…" scowled Yoh as he rubs the back of his head.
But who could blame him? IF you had to hold your bloated bladder for one full hour because of a group of very persistence Oni would not heist to fry any part of your body that you expose, even Jeanne would be snappy. Strangely enough, upon Yoh declaration of his call of nature, the Oni seem to hold all fire.
This fight soon turns into a battle of endurance. The cease-fire was too tempting for Yoh to run out. The only thing holding him back is the weight of Geno's crushing down on him, effectively preventing him from playing into the monster's hands.
"Kisama…" Sworn Yoh, Ren must have really rubbed of on the guy.
"Well, I didn't warn you that alcohol turns to water in the liver…" Geno replied in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone, "Which in turn becomes urine store in the bladder, before release…"
"Ahhhhhh!" Yoh had finally snapped, "I WANT OUT! DON'T YOU have a spirit with you! You're a shaman as well right?"
Silence.
"Oh…that reminds me!" Geno said in his usual cheerful tone. "Lookie what I got!"
Pulling something out from the upper right side corner, he revealed three golf ball size orb which he promptly place on the group. The one towards Yoh's extreme left was glowing in fiery magma colour, it reminds Yoh of pictures of the sun in his science textbooks, Yoh could sense raging power from within, it was almost the same as the spirit of fire that Hao owns, but on a much smaller scale.
Another 'golf ball' beside it was of navy blue colour. Unlike the pervious one, Yoh felt a sensation that could only be describe as 'static' radiating from within, as Yoh hover his hand above it, the feeling of energy surge through him like lightning through a steel rod, it was overwhelming.
With one final orb left at the extreme right-hand side, Yoh expected a massive flooding of energy to be emitted from it. He couldn't be more wrong. For the last orb, which was the colour of azure, brought a feeling of peace and calmness. It's a feeling that Yoh felt every night as he gaze at the stars. It's a feeling that Yoh felt whenever he was with his friends. It's a feeling that Yoh missed.
Needless to say, this was his favorite.
"Cool…"
Geno flash him a grin, "I take it that you like that one?"
Yoh reach out and enclose the azure orb with his palm, the sensation amplified tremendously. Yoh quickly release it from his grasp, and his conscious return to him.
"What is it?" He asked with a silent whisper.
With a smirk on his face, "Hehe, that's a new class of spirits that my research team developed."
"The physical shape of the spirit is usual beast-types, this is because animal spirits are far more easier to control that their human counter parts. What's more, different creatures have certain enhance abilities that over-powers human's…"
"Some of them have certain elemental powers that matches it's physical capabilities. For example, if the creature is an eagle or a shark, then it's elemental power should be wind and water respectively. These strengths come from the creatures themselves…"
"Most of these spirits are 'synthetic' so to speak," Geno continued, "They had suffered accidents that occur when they're living which cause them to lose part of their bodies, an eye or a claw. Other's were born with these defects. We use technology and sorcery to fusion them with machinery to improve their performance…"
"These three are the new prototypes that were recently developed." Pointing to the three balls that he placed, "Before them, all the creatures that we use could be found in modern time…"
"Tigers, bears, bulls, horses…" Geno ticked off his fingers as he count, "Stuff like that. However, the real power comes from creature of mythology…"
"Dragons, chimeras, unicorns, hydras, griffins, wryerns, phoenixes…" His smile broadens, "These three you see here are result of all the years of research…"
Yoh picked the azure one up to eye level, "So what? You got these from a mythic spirit or something?"
"Hmmm…something like that…But that's not the point!" Geno picked the blue one up for himself and pocket the red one. "Since you like that one so much, I'll present it to you as a token of our friendship"
"What! There's no need for that!" Yoh exclaimed
Geno smiled, "I insist, take it as my gift to you for saving my life…"
"B-But all that effort…?"
"I still go two more! Besides, I can tell that you're a powerful shaman! I'm sure you'll have no problem wielding it's power…"
Yoh look into the small orb, behind the calming azure shade, Yoh saw a silhouette of a…thing. Yoh could make out the shape of the creature, it was nothing that he had seen before. Yoh was taken back by surprise, whatever that thing was, Yoh sworn it had just winked at him.
"But still…"
"Look, they hit everything BUT us, sooner or later they are gonna hit us by accident…" Geno put up a pissed off look, "Do you want to get out of here a not?"
Yoh remembered the bladder problem he was suffering…
"How do you work this thing?" Said Yoh with new determination.
Geno smirked, "Like this!"
Against all sanity, Geno stood up and faced the Oni. He raise the orb in his right hand, and with a like squeeze, cracked the glass cover and press the shattering fragments against his chest.A navy blue light exploded from the 'impact'. When the light dispersed, Geno had a change in attire.
"Woah…"
On each of the two shoulder blades there is a large blue tower shield with three mini spikes in the center which form a triangle. Strapped to his back was what looks like a pair of small 'blaster' of some sort. Gauntlets had replaced the leather gloves he was wearing. All of them in the same shade of blue as the orb which produces them, and in Yoh opinion, it seems like his clothes had taken a 'shine' to it.
Geno was also wearing that same look of impress on his face, "Nice…very nice…"
Celebrations were cut short by a series of roars. The blinding light had caught all of the Oni's attentions. They present this new comer with a shower of green bolts.
"Look out!" Exclaimed Yoh
However the attacks were too fast and too close to avoid. They slammed into their target with a force strong enough to knock over an elephant. The impact had blown Yoh back a few feet into a tree. When the dust cleared, Geno was standing there, relatively unharmed. The two shield attaches to his shoulders swung foreword to protect himself. Not surprise that the Oni were shocked, till now nothing had been able to withstood their weapon, even the status that protected them had dents.
"Cool…" Geno inspect his shield as they returned to their original place. Looking back at Yoh, "Try to catch up!", with a flash, he went to confront the Oni.
Now why did he used those in the first place! Thought Yoh as he got up, looking around, he saw much destruction cause by the Oni. Remembering his purpose, he quickly hid behind a tree. Ahhhhh…This is heaven….!
Thursday, 19:15 in the evening…
Geno was ecstatic. After merging with the spirit, a wave of raw power surges through his vein. It was a feeling he had never experienced before in his life. It was overwhelming, it was the sugar high of all sugar high, it was what superman felt like on crack, it was the feeling of being king of the world, nothing came close to it.
This change was not only a feeling, Geno accelerated to speeds that are close to becoming supersonic.
"It's pay back time!" He crackled with a mad grin as he covered the distance between him and his target. "Bring it on you bastards!"
His first target was the Oni will the crack breasts-plate, the one that he nearly took down.
"You ready for seconds, punk!" taunt Geno, effortlessly evade the blasts send by his prey, gliding lower to the ground, dodging the deadly blades on it's forearm. Then he popped up in front of it.
"CHEW ON THIS!" He fired the twin beam cannons, now mounted on his shoulder, at point-blank. The explosion recoiled him back a few yard, but had shattered the armor completely. The Oni itself was now flat on it's back.
"Hahahaha!" Geno zoomed in for the kill, "HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW!"
Before he could get close enough to smash the core, two blur movement came from his two sides. Two healthier Oni sidle in the way, they had their blades and claws charged up with bright-red energy and were eager to introduce them to him. With too much velocity to halt his action, Geno slam his fists into each of the burning red claw to push himself away before they close.
Geno did a back flip to gain back his balance, his knuckles were stinging. He fired his beam cannons again but the new super-heated weapon deflects them in another direction.
Damn, I need to get closer! He thought, suddenly a large shadow cast upon him. A quick glance shows a scarlet armored Oni with a charged up claw coming down fast. With no time to act, Geno brace for impact…
"ARUZE STIKE!" A light-blue arc soars through and smacks the bastard dead center.
Huh? What the hell…? Geno turned.
To his left stood Yoh, a new Yoh, different from the goofy one he met earlier. Standing there was a pumped up Yoh, basking in the power of his new spirit.
"Four against one doesn't seem like a fair fight," Yoh flashed a grin, "Hope you guys don't mind extras?"
"Well well," Geno said with a mocking voice, "Glad you decided to join the party,"
"Am I too late?" Yoh replied with a fake concern face, "I had to take a leak…"
Geno laughed, "You know, if you hold it long enough, it's almost as good as sex…"
"And what would you know about sex?"
"Ouch, touchy," Geno smiled back at the Oni, "So, any one of them you particularly don't like?"
Yoh stepped up to him like nothing was wrong, "No need to be choosy…There's plenty of trash to take out…"
"Well then, lets show these gentlemen the real deal.." Said Geno as he cracked his knuckles.
"Hehe, I could use the work out…" Smiled Yoh.
Flashback: A few moments ago…
"Damn…hurry up already!" Yoh yells as he shook himself dry. He fumbled with the zipper for a moment before he got everything on. The sound of battle could be heard behind the tree in which he marked. Behind the trunk, he saw an Oni taking a faceful of Geno's cannons. The results were explosive.
"Okay…Here goes nothing!" Yoh cracked the orb with a light squeeze, and planted it into his gut. The effects were instantaneous.
As soon as it touches Yoh, a bright light erupted from within it. Yoh could feel a secondary entity making way in his body, for a moment Yoh thought he had blacked out. He felt his mind being invaded. Yoh found himself surrounded by darkness, An azure light appear, and took a humanoid shape, it seems to be made up of crystal. A deep voice rang throughout his head from the being.
"Dear Child, you seek my aid?"
"Er…Ya, sort of. What is your name?"
"Me? Ha, I have not been given one yet…Perhaps you could pick one for me?"
Yoh was stumped, he had ask to choose something as important as a name before. "Erm…how about…"
A name indicates the existence of a thing, That was a sentence that his grandfather had once told him, to choose a name for this being, Yoh decided to use something that represent it. Looking back at it, the only thing that came to his mind was it's crystal covering…
Crystal? Nah, not original enough… Wait, I got it!
"Sapphiron, I'll call you Sapphiron!" Yoh gave himself a pat on the back.
"Hmmm, 'Sapphiron' huh?… haha, good one! So be it then! "
The being took a step closer to Yoh, radiating power to every corner.
"Asakura Yoh! You seem to be a powerful shaman, do you desire my strength?"
"Yes, I do…"
Sapphiron chuckled, "Very well. Then tell me, with so mighty a power, what would you do with it?"
Images flashes through Yoh's mind, his family, his friends, their family, his partner, Anna…The response was quick.
"I will protect the ones of great importance to me!"
The being now known as Sapphiron gave a hearty laugh, "I applaud your dedication and fortitude! As you wish. My powers are yours to command, my MASTER!"
End of flashback: now…
Yoh walked up to Geno, his body was emitting a bluish aura. His new partner had opened his sense, strengthen his body and sharpen his mind.
.Like I declared, I desire power to protect the ones of grave importance to me. To safeguard their peace…Are you willing to battle it out with me? Yoh asked the entity within his soul.
The replied came right away, "But of course, my master!"
Smiling to himself, "Then lets do this!"
The azure aura surround his body glowed brighter. On his left forearm, the glowing aura began to take the form of a white diamond-shaped shield, tattooed on the center of it is the marijuana in orange. On his back straps to what looks 'jet-packs' of some sort. On command, the upper end of the shield produce a 'beam claw', powered by his furyoku. The lower ends of the shield fires beam boomerang.
"I'm impress," Geno admits truthfully
"Why didn't you bring these out in the first place?" Yoh demand.
"Well for one reason, I want to be sure that you are a powerful enough shaman to wield it's force," Geno expression then turns to a sheepish smile, "Another reason was because I forgot…hehehe…sorry…"
"How the heck can you!"
"Look, we can spend all day arguing about this," Geno cut him off, "Or we could save the chitchat for later, and give these suckers the ass-whooping they so desire.."
Yoh grumbled, "Fine! But you better have a good reason for this!"
"Er…right, 'reason'…"
The Oni had enough of this insolence, for the first time in there…'after-life', a human dares ignore their existence and act as if they were no threat! This behavior shall not go unpunished. With a battle cry, all four of them leapt into the air and surround the two boys in a circle just like they had done before. Just when their blades were about to touch flesh, a powerful bright light erupted from the center of the circle.
"AZURE STIKE!"
"TWIN DESOLATION!"
The force of the blast slammed them to the Four Corners of the field, only to stop when they collided into any structures in that line. When the dust settles, Both Yoh and Geno were untouched.
"I'll take the jokers on the right," Geno pointed to the ones getting up from the convenience store, or what's left of it. "You take the goons over there…"
"Let go!" And they're off.
On Yoh's side…
As soon as the closest one got up, Yoh introduce the front side of his shield to it's face, senting the creature back into the wall, impaling itself on a stray steel pipe. Although it missed the vital core, this would stop it for the moment.
Yoh then direct his attention to the other Oni who was already up, it's blades and claws were charged with super heated energy, and from what Yoh could tell, he was pissed.
"I guess who wouldn't when you're slammed through a wall…" He muttered.
The creature displayed a sudden burst of speed as it close the distance between them in a few short seconds. Yoh himself was taken by surprise but raise his shield at the last moment to counter the advance. He recoiled a few meters before regaining his balance. With a swing, he revealed the energy claw on his shield and charged toward his opponent.
Sparks flew as the two energy charged weapons clash into each other. Although slightly shaken, Yoh manage to hold his ground, he began trying to get around the Oni's defenses to land a deadly blow. This however, proves more difficult as the creature possess two advantages over him. One, while Yoh is being restricted to using only his left side, his opponent is free to use which every side it sees fit. Two, because it could use both sides, the Oni would not suffer from have an exhausted arm, what's worse, the arm in question was not favored by Yoh himself. This exchange went now for at least five minutes.
Damn, if I only had some other weapon, a sword would be best, I could
Master, behind you! Came a voice from his head. Knowing it was Sapphiron, Yoh did not heist to jump out of the way as a blood-red claws came slicing through the air. The other Oni that had been impaled by the pipe, manage to free itself from the rubble that collapsed onto it. Yet, the pipe that impaled it was still attached to the gut of the beast.
The pipe, master…Taking his/it's advice, Yoh sprang himself onto the Oni with his foot and an everyday smile.
"Hi!" The Oni was indeed shocked, "Hope you won't mind me 'borrowing' this, would you?"
With that said, he grip the steel pipe and kicked himself and the tool free from the Oni's belly. As Yoh did a back flip, he could hear the groan of pain from the brute. Landing on his two feet, Yoh tighten his grasp on the metal. Focusing his furyoku onto it, the light blue aura on his body move to invade the new medium. The weapon grew in size as it began to take shape of a blade.
The metal end of the sword was huge and broad, again there was the marijuana symbol at the lower end towards Yoh. The blade twisted itself to make out an indescribable shape. Nevertheless, it was cool, and it was what Yoh really need right now.
The two brutes were beyond pissed. Releasing another series of war cries, they charge in blind rage. Yoh welcomed one with his shield, he did a spin around it to avoid the other Oni, he then slash with all his might against the lesser protected back of the monster with his sword. The weapon cut through it's target's covering, and crushed the core of the beast. With a final roar of surprise, the Oni exploded into dust.
The remaining Oni was now powered with new rage. It charge blindly into Yoh's path. Sensing the danger, Yoh threw his sword/pipe toward the creature. It defended itself by using it's forearms' weapon to block the attack. The weapon lodges itself into the arm, however this was what Yoh wanted.
While using it's forearm to protect it's core, the Oni had blocked out it's line of sight. Yoh took this advantage to get behind the Oni. Another thing, because the blade of the weapon is so broad, it had effectively sealed the movement of the forearms when it struck. Leaving the creature venerable to Yoh.
With just the thought of it, Yoh produce the energy claw again and jammed it into the spine of the Oni, and processed in ripping through it's body with the claw upward to the core. The Oni didn't even had time to scream.
Out of the corner of his eyes, Yoh saw Geno dusting off the remains of the Oni from his coat…
On Geno's side…
"HeeeeeHawww!" Cried Geno as he planted his boots into the face of an Oni. Another one try to sneak up from behind. Geno countered with a small twist, his right shield blocked the attack, he then proceeds to giving the bastard a face-full of energy. Once again the blast pushed him back a few feet away from the two Oni.
When the smoke clears, the Oni retaliated with a barrage of green blasts. With a light boost, Geno jumped high enough to avoid them all, he had a smirk on his face when he notice that their armor suffered a lot of cracks from his 'Twin Desolation'.
He dived in again for another round, but was force up in order to evade the incoming balls.
"Twin Desolation!"
The blue beams missed there target, but the splash damage send showers of debris onto the Oni's body. Geno was unaffected by the shower from his attitude. Firing two more times while focusing on one of them, he rid the brute of it's armor. It was not expose to energy attacks. However, the blades remain intact.
Damnit… this spirit is still in its early stages! He flew low to avoid the Oni's fire. I need to find a melee weapon! Anything will do!
"Twin Desolation!" He fired to distract them for the time being. He then flew around in circle looking for a weapon, but to no avail. Changing his path, he decides to backtrack to the earlier battleground to see if he can savage any scrap metal. The Oni went off after him.
Geno is getting desperate.
Being eight meters off the ground gives him the advantage. At least he doesn't have to run anymore. With the energy balls being thrown from the ground at him, Geno begin to hasten his search. From his attitude, he observes the mass destruction that they caused. The ground had been littered with bodies. Constructs had been leveled. Foods, in case of some stores, were wasted. Locating the bodies of his fellow shamans, or what's left of them, proves to be more challenging than anticipated. He had hoped to savage their equipment…
Then, against all odds, a gleaming light caught his attention from the corner of his eye. Praying that it wasn't another sick joke by any higher beings, Geno did a nosedive toward the demolished antique shop that he and Yoh hid out for a moment.
On ground zero, he begins tearing through the wreckage, looking for his Holy Grail. The sounds of explosion grew closer, indicating the arrival of the dumb and dumber.
"Come on! Come ON! Where is that FU!"
Suddenly, like a miracle from god, his hands hit something, sharp, long and shiny. His hopes soar. Pulling it out from the rubble pile, he began to stare in awe and wonder, as if doubting his eyes and good fortune.
It was a halberd of some sort. At least two meters from one end to the other. On one end, it had to large axe-like blade on both sides, pattern with ancient markings unlike anything he had seen before in any textbook. On the opposite end of the weapon was a spearhead, tattooed with similar markings. Though smaller than it's other side, Geno could tell that its sharpness was an equal.
"Sweet…"
CCRRRRAAASSSSHHHHHH!
That was the Que. for the wall to grow a new hole, with two stooges from the other side, looking pissed. Geno pointed his new toy at them will ease.
"You knuckle-heads ever heard of a door?"
Now they're really pissed.
"RRRrrooooaaaarrrrrrrr!"
Not wanting to cause more damage to the place, Geno high-tailed his way out of the store and flew back to where he left Yoh. Nine meters below him, he saw Yoh pulled off a sweet move by ripping a pole from an Oni's gut.
"Haha, that kid got style!"
Geno landed on top of a flaming wreck of a patrol car on his two feet, and waited patiently for the two Oni to return will his halberd place behind his back. The wait wasn't long.
"RRRrrooooaaaarrrrrrrr!"
They were about to charge when he raise his hand to signal a stop.
"Thank you," Geno cleared his throat, "Because graveness of the situation, I was not able to introduction myself to you earlier, for that I apologize." Geno took a sincere bow.
Straightening himself up, " My name is Geno," He reveal his halberd from his back, "And you are…"
Geno spin the weapon above his head with the similarity of a helicopter's propeller, and slash it downward to charge it up with his furyoku. The blade is now glowing navy blue.
"…Toast"
With a look of arrogance on their faces, both creatures charged unknowingly to their demise.
Before either one of them could react, Geno sprang forward to the closest of the two, which so happens to be the unprotected one. With a mad gleam in his eyes, Geno slashed off it's offensive claws to disarm it. Before the Oni could realize the danger, Geno jammed the spear end of the weapon into it's core. Effectively killing it before it could scream.
The Oni behind it strike with all it's might through the red dust, hoping to rip Geno's heart out through the confusion.
It's blades met air.
"Surprise!"
Geno had caught the creature off guard from behind, and punished it's inattentiveness with two sonic speed slashes to the back.
"FALX WEAPON X!"
The attack penetrated it's armor and destroyed the core within milliseconds. The bugger didn't even know what hit em.
"Hmph," Geno dusted off the Oni's remaining from his coat, "Trying to get me while I was busy with your friend, huh?"
Geno disengage his spirit. "That's the oldest trick in the book, dumbass!" Then he saw Yoh waving to him, his spirit disengaged as well, "Oops! I forgot! They can't hear me now…!"
Geno turned and smile to him and yelled, "How's everything on your side?"
"I'm cool, you?" Yoh gave him a thumb-up.
"Easy-peasy" Geno returned the gesture.
Yoh, still shouting from the distance, "How come you never tell me about the can(s) and can't(s) do with these spirits of yours!"
"How should I know!' screamed Geno, "They're still in the experimental stage!'
"'Experimental'? What you mean 'experimental'!" Demanded Yoh, "I thought you said they were ready!"
"Ya, ready to be experiment" said Geno as-a-matter-of-fact.
Silence.
"You gave me untested products…!"
"Well, you tested it, and there's nothing wrong!"
More silence.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
AN: Howisit! Howisit! HOWISIT!……TALK TO ME!
