I'll go wherever you'll go
---Chapter IV---
Back at Hao's original dimension…
"What a nice day! It is the best opportunity for me to go to sleep now."
A young boy, wearing an orange headphone, says that in such a loud voice that all the birds fly away from their nesting place.
"I wonder how Hao is now…"
"I'm fine."
"HAO!"
"Hey Yoh. I'm back."
"Wait... Are you not going to another dimension for searching for the "love of your life"?"
BANG! Hao hits Yoh harshly on his head.
"I came to get the Spirit of Fire to the other side."
"Hey, at the other dimension, is there someone that looks like me?"
"I don't know. Maybe you are already dead."
"But I'm the Shaman King…"
"Not on that side. 'I' am Shaman King."
"Haha, you want to be this side's Shaman King too? So did you two have fun meeting each other?"
"Not really. He's too arrogant."
"And you are not?"
BANG! Another hit.
"Ouch! It hurts you know!"
"He keeps saying that I'm weak. Like he isn't."
A soft breeze of wind passes by them.
"You going back now?"
"Yeah. Ely can't open the gate of Dimension for that long."
"Ely? Your lover?"
"No, my spirit."
"Yoh, get back to work. Or at least pretend you are working."
"Why?"
"Anna is coming."
"But she's at Japan opening her chains of stores…"
"She'll be here in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…"
Yoh quickly gets up and runs away to his paper work. As soon as he left, Anna arrived.
"Where is Yoh? I thought that Chris told me that he is here. And what are you doing back here?"
"Nothing much."
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'Hao', Ely, Elwynn's Dimension…
Welcome back. What took you so long?
"This and that."
There is somewhere I need to bring you to.
Ely leads Hao to somewhere deep in the forest then deep in an underground tunnel. They keep going on and on until they finally reached to a door. After Ely says the password, the door opened.
This is the hidden headquarter of the rebellions. Let me introduce you to some people…
Ely walks away in search of the others. Just as Hao wants to go after her, someone screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HAO!"
Almost at the same time, few more people come out.
"Hao! I shall kill you this time!"
"Kisama!"
Hao easily dodged their attacks. They seem to be stronger than the friends back at his dimension…
WAIT! Don't attack him! He is not the Hao that you are after.
"Huh?"
"Why did you kill the fun? I was having fun." Hao complains.
Sit down, all of you please?
"NEVER! Hao is Hao, not matter what time or space he is, he is HAO! The killer of the whole not-shaman world!"
"Killer? Who me?"
"Don't act innocent! Everyone knows that you kill people or your minions kill them! A world with no other people but shamans!"
Hao tries to associate his smile and the way that they describe him. Without further adieu, he bursts in laughs.
"How dare you laugh at us!"
"Hey guys, let's stop this. Let's hear what he has to say first."
"But Yoh…"
Yoh? Hao turns at the people he was talking to. He didn't bother looking at them before. Besides that his face is a bit rusty and has a small scar to his left eye, he looks the same as the Yoh he knows.
"Let's have lunch altogether!"
"NOOOOOOOO! ARE YOYU OUT OF YOUR MIND?"
"Kisama!"
Ren, Lyserg, HoroHoro are against it.
"It'll be fine. A person who can see spirits is not a bad person!"
"…"
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My power is so weakened from my last attempt of erasing all memories… Why am I still here… I thought that I disappeared… Is this your doing, Elwynneria? So that I can protect Hao once more?
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"So where are you from?"
"Another dimension."
"You came from all this way? But are you not the Shaman King in your dimension?"
"No, you are."
"Huh? The other me is the Shaman King? He's stronger than you are?"
"No, I just didn't' want to become Shaman King."
"Why not?"
"Too much trouble."
"Hahaha"
Yoh and Hao are talking and laughing during lunch. Ren, Lyserg, and HoroHoro refuse to have lunch with Hao.
"How is Anna from this side?"
"Anna…?"
"Yeah, your fiancée."
"Fiancee? MY fiancée?"
"Hum… Isn't she?"
"She's 'Hao's fiancée…"
"Wow, this is weird… In my world, Anna uses to boss you and you are so scared of her."
"Your world seems to be more fun than mine. Here is nothing but hiding from 'Hao'. If you hide, you may survive. If you don't, you'll die. Knowing that this world is at this condition, why did you come?"
"There is something that I must do."
"Something?"
"Yeah, there are two items that I got and that I have no memories of. I want to find the one who I am looking at or saying it at."
"Huh? Looking at, saying it at?"
Hao takes out the picture and the ring.
"Hao, you got any clue now?"
"Somewhat. Ely says that the ring is something that 'Hao' gave to Elwynn in the past. So maybe there was an 'Elwynn' at my dimension too."
"Elwynn? You mean that girl who follow 'Hao' wherever he goes to?"
"Yeah. That pink haired girl."
"Be careful of her. She's strong."
"Not as strong as me."
"She may not be that strong, but she has 'It'. One of the strongest spirits there is."
" 'It'?
"The Spirit of Time. And 'Hao has 'That' which has devoured all 5 spirits and the Great Spirit."
" 'That'… This seems familiar to me…"
"Didn't you fight with 'That' in your world?"
"Not in my memory."
"We do have the Spirit of Dimension on our side, but… she won't go against Hao or Elwynn."
"Why not? Elwynn is her twin sister. Although she killed her, she doesn't want to betray her own flesh and blood. And since Hao's Elwynn everything, she will not fight against him too."
"So basically, you do not have any power on your side?"
"Yeah."
Hao, if you want, I can be of help…
Some voice echoes in the room.
After all, I have been told to look after you… I do not want to fail my master…
"Who are you? And who is your master?"
You do not need to know who I am or who my master is. The only thing that you will know, is that I will protect you against all harm until the day I disappear.
"Wow, Hao, you got yourself a follower."
Don't be mistaken. I still do not like you, and I probably never will. But my master will want e to protect you, so I will.
"Protection? I need protection?"
Yes…
"And why does your master want you to protect me? And why are you taking like he is dead already?"
My master is dead. And in time, you will understand why I am helping you, although my master will not want you to know…
"Enough with your master or his will."
You will see… you will see…
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