Spoiler: This chapter contains weapons and furioku use that hasn't appeared in the American publication of the manga.
Chapter 5: What Are You Doing Here?
Yoh restlessly fidgeted with his fingers. /Where did he go/ Worried, anxious thoughts filled his mind. /What is he doing now? Why can't I stop worrying/
"Damn…" he swore under his breath. Something was seriously wrong. Something bad was happening.
"Yoh-dono!" Amidamaru materialized in the room.
"What?" Yoh rose to his feet hurriedly.
"Faust-sama(1)…he's in trouble."
"What? Let's go!"
Yoh reached for Harusame and the King's Sword and sprinted out the door, pausing for only a second to put on his sandals.
"This way, Yoh-dono!" Amidamaru gestured in the direction of the park.
Yoh ran as fast as he could, heedless of the rain that plastered his clothing to his skin.
A splash of muddy water fanned out around the sole of Yoh's sandal as he came to a sudden halt. There, in the center of the park, illuminated by the now-frequent bursts of light that sprung from the sky, was not only Faust, but two strangers as well.
AND SO TWO WORLDS CONVERGE IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING
Faust staggered to his feet, blinded with rage. Both of his eyes were blackened, he was covered in scrapes and bruises, and a drop of blood issued from the corner of his lips.
"You can still stand? Perhaps we underestimated him, do you think?" Destiny snickered smugly at the doctor's attempt to keep fighting.
"Clearly, we have. Let's stop going easy on him, shall we?" Amodeus cracked his knuckles as he spoke.
Faust forced himself to remain standing, despite the incredible amount of pain he was in. His muscles screamed as he took a wobbly step towards his attackers, but he continued to move.
Amodeus and Destiny simultaneously turned their heads to look at whatever was making the splashing sound they heard.
Yoh ran towards them at full speed.
"Amidamaru in Harusame in King's Sword!" The familiar glowing blue sword materialized in his hands, ridiculously oversized. It shrunk rapidly to the size of a normal sword.
Amodeus's eyes opened wide. He hadn't expected any other opponents, much less one with the incredible amount of furioku that he sensed in the boy who was rapidly approaching. /He's too powerful. We can't win./ He grimaced and turned, grasping Destiny's hand in his own. The American shaman made a gesture with her free hand, and the two disappeared in a puff of red smoke. As the smoke dissipated, a thought echoed through the injured blonde's mind.
/This isn't the end…/
Amidamaru returned to spirit form upon Yoh's command, and he approached the battered doctor. Yoh followed closely.
Faust's muscles, and his mind, gave out, and he fell to his knees, his arms dangling limply by his sides. He felt his eyelids getting very heavy and his torso falling towards the ground. The next thing he felt was Yoh's arms, supporting and embracing him with a gentle warmth.
"Faust…you're so cold."
Before losing consciousness, Faust thought he felt something warm on the crook of his neck. Something like a kiss.
THE WARMTH OF A SINGLE KISS CAN BURN HOTTER THAN THE SUN
The next morning, Faust awoke suddenly, his eyelids snapping open. When he realized that he was in his bed, he relaxed somewhat. When he realized that he was nude, he re-tensed.
A faint pink blush colored the pale cheeks for an instant before it disappeared.
Looking around his room for the first time since waking up, Faust noticed Yoh's sleeping form in a chair in the corner. The brunette's bangs swept over his face, concealing his features, and his arms were crossed limply over his chest. Faust could see that Yoh was still covered in mud from yesterday.
The sound of light breathing spilled from Yoh's lips in a slow, steady rhythm. The sound of it made the doctor's heart ache.
Author's notes: Aww, I'm so touched! I had no idea that I actually had readers that were interested enough in my ramblings to ask for more! (Thank you, noone! Everybody else who supports my story gets endless thanks too, I just thought it was cute that noone asked me to update.) 3 Anyway, this is not an action genre story, so I left out the action scenes that could have been inserted in this chapter. If I get enough reviews asking for them to be inserted (let's say seven. They must be from different, registered users), I will write them, but for now, I didn't have the inspiration or mindset to write about violence. I'm almost done being schoolwork's bitch, so bear with the lack of updates for just a teensi bit longer, onegai! –SemeDesu
(1): If anyone knows how Amidamaru really refers to Faust, please tell me. I just didn't have time to watch all nine of my DVDs to find this. Thank you!
