Chapter 11
It wasn't long before Yoh awoke.
Of course--when he did so; the first thing he wanted beside him was his brother, his mother, anyone who could comfort him.
When he found out that it was HoroHoro and Ren whom was taking care of him--he had burst into tears again; the last flicker of hope he had left vanishing.
Who could blame him? Yoh was still young; he had lost his parents at a very young age, the only people left for him right now were two people he still barely even knew. What were the chances of loosing them next?
...He didn't even want to think of it.
Ren's eyes widened when Yoh cried quietly, unsure of what to do. He wasn't used to taking care of children like this...
"Do something!" He hissed, glaring at HoroHoro.
"Me? What do you want me to do?" The ice shaman sent him a look in disbelief.
Ren rolled his eyes, biting back the urge to slap HoroHoro again for his stupidity. "Anything. Just make the kid calm down!"
Yoh whipped his eyes quickly upon hearing that, looking at the two in a sad manner as he slowly stood.
"...Do you know where Hao is?" He sent the two hopeful glances; frowning slightly as Amidamaru appeared beside him; floating beside him, gazing at his young mater in a worried manner.
Really, they had been lucky that HoroHoro and Ren had found him; not that he would have let anything happen to Yoh, mind you. It was just lucky. Who knew how long Yoh was willing to wait there?
The two older shamans sent each other wary gazes upon hearing that question; Ren slowly turning to Yoh and sighing a little. How was he supposed to explain what happened...?
"Your brother... isn't coming back, Yoh." Ren was the first to speak up, slowly sitting beside him.
The younger boy's heart stopped beating for a moment. "...Huh? Why! He promised he would!" He shouted. He wouldn't believe that his last remaining family member wouldn't come back. He refused to believe something like that.
It wouldn't be fair!
The Chinese shaman frowned a little, sending HoroHoro yet another look. What was he supposed to tell him? That Hao was dead like his parents...?
"He... might be dead."
HoroHoro sent him a look. "We don't know that, Ren! He could still be fighting the X-Laws!" His fists clenched. Did they want to upset him again...?
...Even though, chances were that he was dead.
He wanted to punch something. Dammit! Why didn't Hao take them with him! He could have come back safely if he had! It wouldn't have hurt to bring them with him, if it meant having a better chance of winning!
Ren sighed, answering HoroHoro's unvoiced question. "...Hao didn't want us in danger." He said quietly, cursing under his breath. "He treats us like we're weak."
"Huh...?" Yoh sent them looks. "The X-Laws...?" His eyes quickly widened, shaking his head and quickly standing, grabbing his katana and running out of the room quickly.
If Hao went after the X-Laws, he surely had to go after him! He had heard about the group a few times from HoroHoro, Ren, and his own brother a few times--and from what he had heard they were dangerous.
They were the reason that they were always moving around.
If his brother was to hide from them so many times, what made him think that he could defeat them by himself!
When he ran outside, aware that he was finally alone, he fell on his knees, tears slowly falling to the soft, dew-stricken grass, letting the tears fall once more,
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Emerald colored-eyes stared into tired-looking dark ones.
Currently, she was staring at Asakura Hao, waiting to get an answer from him; the other shaman looking wary from the previous battle; still weak from blood lost and uncared for wounds.
He was still bleeding badly.
On top of that, she had made sure that he was kept paralyzed under her spell. It wasn't hard, really. He was weak; being weak made it easy for the victim of the said spell to become paralyzed; and possible a bit hurt by this spell.
Despite this, though; he still kept his head held high; sending her a harsh glare. Oh, she wasn't going to get away with doing this to him, not at all. No one did anything like this to him without getting hurt.
"Where are they?" She asked calmly; eyeing him in a bit of a disgusted manner. She hated Asakura Hao. Why should anyone have to kill a part of her family like this and expect them not to go after them!
Hao rolled his eyes. "I told you, didn't I? You'd need to be more specific if you wanted me to tell you."
She waved her hands a little, sending a wave a shock through his body. Hao clenched his teeth together, as if to hold back from showing pain. She slowly approached him, stepping even closer. "You know who I'm talking about, Asakura Hao."
He slowly smirked. Did they really think he'd tell them? "Hn." He chuckled lightly under his breath, his bangs covering his eyes. "How stupid..." His smirk only widened. "You've killed countless families, and yet you don't expect retaliation against that." He glared. "If there's anything I hate, its hypocrites." What kind of shamans killed their own kind! This group was ridiculous!
Her eyes widened a little before hardening, murmuring another spell and turning, looking to Marco. "It's obvious he isn't going to speak up anytime soon. Let's plan on what we can do next."
Hao bit back a sigh of relief, watching them leave and looking up.
His eyes saddened ever-so-slightly. Hopefully, Yoh was alright...
Hao's fists slowly clenched. When his brother found out where he ... knowing him...
If any of those three come after me for any reason at all, I'll kill them myself.
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"Should we go after him?"
Ren watched HoroHoro cook calmly upon hearing that question--it was his turn to do this, after all.
"No. He'll come back when he realizes he can't do anything about this." That might be harsh sounding, but it was the truth. At Yoh's state, even if he found out where the X-Laws were, he'd die easily. Very easily.
...Possibly even with HoroHoro and Ren there to protect him.
"Poor kid." HoroHoro muttered quietly. He could relate with Yoh--almost; except this time, he was defenseless.
HoroHoro hadn't been.
He shook his head quietly. He shouldn't think of the past. It hurt him to do so--and that made him sad and... again; that wasn't like him at all.
Ren shrugged. "Life is supposedly full of losses, isn't it?" An odd smirk made it's way on his lips, isn't it.
HoroHoro frowned, starring at Ren. "...But, with some of those losses, you gain something too, don't you?" He was referring to Ren, really. Where would he be if he hadn't of found him on that day, a few years ago...?
He paused, clearing his throat a little. Again, this wasn't like him; and it wasn't like he should be talking about this now, anyways. They had other things to worry about.
"About that kiss..."
Ren froze at that, blushing slightly at the thought as he set the table. "...Don't you even think I'm not pissed off about you doing that." His tongari twitched slightly before smiling a little.
Then again, the kiss hadn't been so bad, had it? It didn't... feel bad... not that he would admit this, of course!
But then again--the more he thought about it...
The more he wanted it to happen again; if only to feel like that once more.
After all; HoroHoro was the one person he really felt comfortable about, even if they did fight a lot; even if they didn't get along all that much.
But they had their moments of happiness as well.
He looked at HoroHoro, a small smile on his features; blushing heavily. "...Perhaps... it wasn't that bad."
HoroHoro merely grinned at that, opening his mouth to answer that with an 'I knew it!', but he was cut off when Yoh ran back into the room, a determined expression on his face.
"...Take me to where Hao is. We have to save him."
Ren's smile slowly turned into a smirk.
He knew this would happen as well.
...Training for Yoh would begin tomorrow.
To be continued.
Author's note: Wow. Listening to the Bleach Soundtrack while writing this made it really easy to write. xDDD;;;; (Especially 'Nothing Can Be Explained" o.o It fits this fic so well it's scary. Talking about children loosing mothers and stuff...)
Er... :coughcough: I'll be updating this fic as much as possible from now on. I have a lot more fics I want to post so... yeah... this'll be over within the week, hopefully. X3
