It is only a matter of time
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of shaman king I'm just borrowing them for a bit of twisted fun.
Summary/Blurb: What if HoroHoro and Pilika had a tougher past than Ren? And what if that past came back so soon?
Warning: this is my first fan-fic on shaman king so excuse all the ooc-ness…oh and there's a few bad words…not much else really so I'll leave ya to it. Enjoy!
Ch 20; Is it over?
Anna watched, from her position on the balcony looking in, as Yoh cradled a clone of her body. She struggled against her chains when she saw the heartache in his eyes, and knew he believed that he'd actually struck her. She was slightly taken aback at finding out how much Yoh actually felt for her, but she had no way of telling him now; the bastard had him in a mind lock and only he could break out of it…
She sighed…
...He was doomed.
His world was a blur…his mind a shambles…but still he managed to take in most of what was happening.
He was walking in a dream land of ice and snow…was he home? He didn't think so, it didn't look like home, but it looked familiar some how…
His eyes scanned the city before him; blood was everywhere, bodies filled the ground, and he could feel the evil lurking just beyond his vision…What happened? Where was he?
Then he noticed a familiar body close to him…'Ren? No, he could never be beaten in battle…could he?'
He walked up to the form on the floor and rolled the boy over…he gasped suddenly. 'It is Ren!'
Slowly he realised that he wasn't dreaming…it was all real. He quickly looked around, and found himself in the middle of a very horrific battle field. 'What the hell happened?' he thought and became very panicky as he whirled around and found more of his friends sprawled on the battle field either dying or dead…
…then he saw her. She was still, unmoving, prone to the elements and cold. He moved closer to her and felt the hot tears fall down his cheeks, knowing that he'd been the cause of all this.
"No, this isn't real!" He yelled and fell to his knees, cradling Lorena's inert body. He silently cried into her soft hair and held her close. "I'm so sorry." He whispered.
"Oh but it is, little one…very real." A horrid deep voice croaked from behind him. Carefully, HoroHoro laid Lorena's head down and turned to see who had spoken, but there was no one there.
"Up here." The voice said and HoroHoro raised his eyes skyward…there on a balcony was the overall Master of the Phoenix Corporation; Lun Chao. He was a young man but greying on the edges. He had a black cloak on and smart black suit to match…he was evil beyond evil…even more so than Asakura, Hao.
"You! You did this!" HoroHoro screamed at him, considerably irrated.
"Yes, isn't it marvellous?" Lun Chao said taking a long satisfied look around the devastated city. Destruction was everywhere, buildings were falling down, people were either trapped or dead in side them…children were either wandering the battlefield trying to wake their fathers up or crying for their mommies…it took all HoroHoro's will power to prevent himself from crying further at the misfortune that had followed him and destroyed yet another one of his homes and friends.
"What's so marvellous? Everyone's dead!" HoroHoro screamed at him. He tried real hard to control his anger and frustration but he was fighting a losing battle inside himself…and felt him losing control of what cool he had left too.
"And now you will join them…" Lun Chao said leaping off the balcony and landing in front of HoroHoro. He pulled out a long samurai sword and held it up for HoroHoro to see. "Such craftsmanship…so detailed and finitely carved. Wouldn't you say?" Lun Chao said as he moved closer to the unarmed boy who just stared at the sword in his enemies hands.
"That was my grandfather's sword." HoroHoro growled as the man moved closer still.
"I know" Lun Chao smiled then he swung the sword high over his head and managed to tug at HoroHoro's tank top that had been given to him from Lorena. HoroHoro ducked down in rolled forward into Lun Chao's legs toppling the man over before reaching for the samurai sword only to have it disappear from his fingers…
Confused, he looked around wondering what just happened but he was hit from behind by a powerful blast that sent him flying into wall.
"Ow." He moaned as he slowly stood up. But this time when he looked at Lun Chao he felt a surge of power run through his veins…it felt like an adrenaline rush but it was so much more powerful than that…it had a kind of Magick to it.
Without realising what he was doing, HoroHoro held his hand up to Lun Chao and chanted a low rhyme. He then watched as the sword spun from Lun Chao's hand and flew into a random wooden pole probably used as a telephone pole or something to that nature.
Lun Chao glared at the Ainu. This one wasn't so pathetic… 'No matter, all Ainus were easily dealt with…'
Lun Chao smiled and raised his hands…he took aim…and fired
HoroHoro fell to the floor in agony. Lun Chao had done something but he couldn't see anything…blinding pain shot through his body as he curled in on himself…this was it now…this was then end…he could feel it
"Anna?" Yoh called as he held her body before him…tears flew down his face faster than Niagara falls, his body was shaking with the effort to keep in control but his emotions; his heart was winning out and breaking apart at the same time…how could he have done this?
"You haven't done anything Yoh." A small voice said…Yoh looked up curiously…he knew that voice.
"That is not Miss Anna. Look with your heart, not just your eyes." The voice commanded. Yoh did as he was told, feeling a slight trust in the voice that called him 'Master'. He looked deeper at the body in his arms, closer at the fine details of the contours of her face, the smells of her hair…that's when he started to see the true being he held. Her hair was darker with slight red streaks…she was wearing mascara, but Anna never wore makeup…her dress was a deep navy blue instead of the adorable black dress she donned every day…and her face…was longer…as though it was melting away…then he realised how true that statement was…the Anna in his arms slowly melted into thin air…
Yoh clamped his eyes shut and focussed on getting his brain back into his mind. Then just as he felt the edges of a memory, he screamed, he grabbed his head and fell to the floor on his side.
Then silence filled the air…
Anna heard an agonising scream from outside, she quickly tore her eyes away from Yoh and looked past her chains that held her to the rail of the balcony and saw the evil phoenix dude crash HoroHoro into a wall. She saw him get up slowly and hold his hand up. Suddenly the samurai sword in the phoenix mans hand flew out and embedded itself in a wooden pole. But just as HoroHoro was about to claim victory, the phoenix man held up his hands and…did nothing…or so it looked that way, but HoroHoro suddenly fell to the ground writhing in obvious pain.
'he's gonna kill him!' she thought to herself as she turned her eyes back to Yoh who was currently looking around himself, wildly…it looked like he was fighting the mind block. Then something caught her eye, in the background, just beyond her view, there was a shape of a person, some one… helping Yoh.
Then a horrifying thought hit her. 'Horo's fighting with out Koloro! He'll be killed!' she quickly turned her gaze back to where HoroHoro was currently crying out in pain.
"Yoh! You have got to help Horo!" she cried out to the very confused boy who having a difficult time fighting his mind block.
Yoh couldn't determine which way was which. His mind was telling him one thing, but his body was telling him different. He felt nauseous and just wanted to curl up and sleep it all away but he knew that wasn't an option.
"Yoh!"
'Yah! What was that?' he thought as an ear piercing shout shocked him to alertness. 'Anna? That you?' he asked but no words escaped his lips,
"You have got to help Horo!" the voice spoke again, but it was muffled this time, as though coming from a distance. He suddenly felt tired and cold, as though some one was zapping his energy away.
"Master Yoh, you cannot give up. You must fight this trickery." That strange voice again… 'Master? I'm a Master?' He no longer knew anymore…
"Master Yoh. Think of the children you helped today." The voice said. Images flashed through Yoh's mind, images of children being killed in an arena, of others working in mines and digging or sewing or fighting…then another set of images flashed across his brain…the children were free, happy…going home.
"One of those children still need your help Master Yoh…you cannot give up now." The voice said in his regal way and vanished. Yoh slowly stood up. He turned toward the evil power emanating from his left.
Anna looked back at Yoh and saw him looking directly at her. She gasped when she saw the pure hatred in his eyes as he slowly made his way over to her. His Harusame somehow appeared in his hand and he began to move faster feeling a sense of urgency.
"Yoh?" she called as she tried to free her self in case he wasn't out of his mind block. "Yoh! Answer me when I'm talking to you!" she yelled getting frustrated. But Yoh just ignored her and jumped down off the balcony and over to the battle.
HoroHoro had managed to stand up and fire a large amount of pure energy into Lun Chao's chest that sent him backwards…and lost him quite a lot of energy too.
"Why can't you just leave me alone? Just go away!" HoroHoro yelled out.
"Because you're Ainu and Ainus are weak; they must be wiped from the face of the Earth!" Lun Chao replied
"I am not weak!" HoroHoro yelled back. "Nor will I go easily!"
"We'll see how weak you are after this!" Lun Chao said before charging again with all his Mana (furyoki).
Yoh jumped down from the balcony, still unsure of where he was and what he was doing in the real world. He had only the word of this trusting voice that guided him.
Slowly he made his way around the battlefield, not seeing where he was…it was almost like he was blind…but he could see. He didn't understand it at all.
Then he felt something deep inside him twist, painfully. Someone he cared about was hurting. He had to get to them, but how?
How!
"Open your eyes Master Yoh! Open them!" the trusting voice said forcefully.
All of a sudden Yoh was outside, on the battle field again, His Harusame in one hand, Amidamaru hovering over his shoulder. He quickly took in his surroundings and found to the left of him a battle between HoroHoro and a stranger. He ran at the stranger hoping to catch him off guard but he ran into a large powerful force field instead, stopping dead in his tracks…
…He couldn't get in!
And HoroHoro couldn't get out.
HoroHoro was alone now…Yoh was trapped outside from what he could see, Ren was almost dead and unable to help, he didn't want to think of the others…it was up to him now…
"What do you want from me?" he growled as he stood once again facing the enemy…he was not going down this time, not with out a fight!
"To drop dead." Lun Chao screamed and raced towards the boy who crouched in a fighting position ready to battle. But just when Lun was about to hit HoroHoro with his fist, he brought out his second hand with a small knife hidden inside…
He plunged the knife deep into HoroHoro's gut. HoroHoro gasped as his body fell upon Lun's. Shock paralysed him more than the pain, but he still drew breath and he still had fight left in him. He grabbed Lun's hand and managed to weakly throw him off balance. He then grabbed the knife and tore it quickly from his stomach, leaving a gaping wound behind. He clutched his gut and stood once more ready to face Lun Chao… to the death…for he had no other choice now.
Lun suddenly called upon his main spirit and fused with him. He didn't know who was more shocked, the Ainu or the pathetic excuse for a Shaman King.
His spirit, a spirit of fire, gave a grunt and became restless, wanting to get into action. Lun took that as the sign and charged.
He was just meter away from victory!
HoroHoro saw him coming and braced him self for the end. He knelt down in the snow and hung his head. He was no match against a spirit union with out his own…it was suicidal…let alone a fire spirit!
Thump, thump
He heard the footsteps coming closer…
"Horo! Move!"
Yoh's mad screams to get up…
"Koloro!"
Koloro's little squeak…wait a minute!
"Koloro! You're here!" HoroHoro yelled looking up as Koloro threw an ice wave at the enemy.
"Koloro!" the small spirit squeaked again and glomped her friend as though her life…er I mean death…depended on it. (A/N she is dead right?)
"GRRRR!" a loud growl bellowed as the ice wave smashed and melted away. Lun was not giving up yet.
"Koloro spirit form unity! Now!" HoroHoro yelled. He slowly began to notice the different feeling inside him this time…it didn't feel like the usual spirit form he'd done several time before, no this felt different.
When he looked up he saw Lun on top of him. He was too late.
Lun Chao's attack hit home with a resounding boom. The mad man smiled then lowly started to laugh madly…finally defeating the Ainu population…
As the smoke cleared however, a form could still be seen standing in the center of a large crater.
It was HoroHoro!
Yoh watched fascinated by how HoroHoro could survive such a blow…he looked on as HoroHoro raised his head and his eyes became visible…but they were pure white.
Slowly HoroHoro lifted his hand and aimed it at Lun then he chanted a few words. A pure white light shot out from HoroHoro's out stretched hands and engulfed Lun Chao.
"No! It cannot be! No!" Yoh heard his voice yelling denial as the light pulsated with power then exploded into a million thousand starlets.
Lun Chao was no more.
Yoh stood from where he'd been blown backwards, and looked around quickly to find HoroHoro. He was still stood in the crater, but as Yoh neared, he heard him chanting something. His voice was to low a whisper for him to hear but when he noticed that rubble was slowly rising to the buildings, it was clear what HoroHoro was tryin to do.
He was fixing everything Lun Chao had destroyed.
"Horo?" Yoh asked, wondering if he was ok…he'd been through a lot today, he could tell but HoroHoro remained focussed and unknowing of Yoh's presence.
"Ugh! What happened?" a familiar voice asked, Yoh turned to see Ryu slowly sitting up.
"Ryu!" Yoh called out shocked.
"What hit me?" Ren muttered as he stood holding his head…everyone was waking up…
Yoh turned back to HoroHoro who was slowly looking more tired. A crowd gathered behind Yoh as they all watched HoroHoro work. Slowly HoroHoro stopped…and collapsed.
"Is he going to die?" a shrill voice asked…
HoroHoro felt like shit. He ached all over, even in places he didn't even know about. And his head was splitting.
Slowly he opened his eyes and found at least a hundred pairs of eyes looking back at him. But the ones that stuck out the most were the bright blue ones directly in front of him.
"Pilika?" he asked squinting. Pilika cheered and glomped her brother hard, crying but at the same time laughing hysterically.
"What happened?" he asked randomly as everyone smiled and cheered as their saviour awoke.
Slowly the memories of recent event crashed back into HoroHoro's mind and he apologised profusely about bringing his problems to their sacred city, but the elders argued back that he in fact had no say in how he'd come to be in their village.
Days later… HoroHoro was ready to venture home, but he had one last question to sort out in the back of his head. He walked outside with Lorena and asked his question;
"Lorena? Am I still a Shaman?" Lorena looked at him and smiled.
"Ofcourse you are Usui. You cannot be changed from who you are, and you cannot become a proper Homo Magi without the proper initiation…" Lorena said sitting down on the frozen fountain wall.
"So what did you do to me when my head was splitting apart?" he asked, "and what was that power I felt inside me?"
"Well, back when you were 'splitting apart' we merely unleashed the real power with in you, see we also have a higher power too usui, we just unleashed it and let you become like us. The power you felt, was your own." Lorena explained smiling still. But HoroHoro, although happier in this new knowledge was still not happy.
"Lorena?" He asked, slowly (A/N how many time have I used that word already?)
"Yes Usui?"
"I'm going home soon, but I don't want to leave you. I'll miss you, like last time." HoroHoro said tentively. Lorena cupped her hand under his chin and held his icy gaze.
"Do not worry Usui. We'll always be together, the hands of fate beckon it, and though we may be small and far away, there will always be a part of me in you, and a part of you in me…we will meet again, as the great prophecy foretells." Lorena said before standing up and giving HoroHoro a tight hug.
"Thank you Lorena…you don't know how much that means to me." HoroHoro said into her hair.
"I believe I have a hunch…anyways you must go now…it is time, your friends await you." Lorena said before letting HoroHoro go and disappearing into thin air. He looked around startled by her rapid disappearance before grudgingly heed the calls of his name.
"Goodbye Lorena." HoroHoro sighed contently, and ran back to his friends.
After all goodbyes were said and many thanks were given, they gathered in a large circle and held hands. Those who could; oversouled when instructed to. Then a final comment made its way across the glaciers;
"Yoh? Why didn't you do this before?" it was Ren's voice.
"I didn't know if it would work." Yoh's voice said, and you could practically hear the sheepish grin plastered on his face. The group began to glow a yellowy white halo engulfing the friends.
"What!" Two voices, presumably Faust and Ryu, yelled as the light grew brighter and a loud crack resonated through the canyon and then disappeared completely.
"Goodbye Usui, we will meet again." she whispered into the dancing wind.
THE END
A/N: ok that was a quick ending and not one of my best but hey who cares. Sequel coming soon so don't worry! And there'll be a repeat appearance of Derrick and some other shamanic armies from different compounds…but until then….good bye!