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I like writing this. It's a nice break from my exams and school stuff.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately as much as I wish I did I don't own any of the Shaman King characters. Only Krystal and Shadow, they are merely figments of my imagination.
Chapter 3: Can't make me
Everyone had frozen in their somewhat awkward positions over Silva and Silva himself was somewhat embarrassed.
'Excuse me but what's going on here?' Silva questioned. People removed their weapons from him and stood back in a group in front of Silva. Yoh held out his hand to help Silva up.
'So, wait a minute. Krystal's running away from the Shaman Council?' Ren asked.
'You've met Krystal?' Silva exclaimed. He hung his head in shame. He seemed to have thought that he'd done something wrong.
'Hey dude what's wrong?' Horohoro asked. Everyone was asking questions and no one was getting any answers.
'Yeah we met Krystal. She went off with the others just a while ago.' Yoh stated clearly. Faust and Horohoro all looked at him slightly shocked. A minute ago he was trying to protect her and now he seemed more than happy to lead Silva to her.
'Yes but she was running away from Silva wasn't she.' Ren said following Yoh's lead. A cloud of gloom seemed to have settled over Silva's head.
'No one thought this would happen.' He groaned.
'Thought what would happen?' Faust asked. Silva stood up slowly and ran his fingers through his hair.
'She is a special child. The council never thought that she would run away from us.' Silva grumbled. 'She believes that we are going to kill her and that we are trying to send her to the King of Spirits. The whole council is trying to find her, but she just keeps running.'
'So you're not going to hurt her?' Faust asked, yet again Eliza was hanging off him in a love struck fashion.
'Of course not! The council is trying to help her.' Silva exclaimed.
'So…What do we do now?' Horohoro questioned.
'We need to find her.' Silva muttered.
Everyone was shocked by what Krystal had said.
'What do you mean "make sure that what happened never happens again"?' Anna asked. She knelt down in front of Krystal who was still latched onto Mick but now also had Morphin stroking her hair.
'H…Hao…' Krystal whispered. Manta looked at Ryu and they both looked at Anna.
'Hao? You mean about the attack on the King of spirits?' Anna questioned. Lyserg froze up, remembering the attack on his parents. 'But that's over now. Hao is gone.' Krystal released her hold on Mick but left Morphin on her shoulder and stood up. Ryu and Chocolove stood too.
'But is has happened.' Krystal said, trying to calm herself. 'And it can not happen again.'
'And you're the one who's supposed to stop it? I find that hard to believe.' Anna said coldly.
'Now now Miss Anna we have seen strange people do extraordinary things.' Ryu intervened. He was a sucker for any girl whether she was interested or not.
'Within reason, I was created for this purpose.' Krystal said clearly.
'So that means that you come from within the King of spirits.' Anna muttered.
'I guess you could say that.' Krystal murmured. 'We'd better not stop for too long or…'
'See I told you we could find her.' Yoh said he turned the corner. Krystal stared at him for a moment and the realisation took a while to sink in.
'Krystal!' Silva cried and Krystal tried to run.
'Not so fast!' Lyserg yelled as he pulled up his sleeve. 'Morphin!' Immediately Morphin entered the crystal pendulum and raced after Krystal. Morphin twisted around Krystal's legs so that she was tripped up by the thin wire. She fell to the floor and everyone ran to her.
'You stay away from me!' Krystal screamed as Silva came closer. 'Just stay away!'
'There's no need to yell.' Ren said. 'It seems that you're a pretty valuable person.'
'The council has no desire to harm you.' Silva explained and Krystal jerked into an upright position. 'Now. Will you still run?' She shook her head slightly. Not that she could run. She was bound by her fear. Lyserg released her from Morphin's wire grasp.
'So what's going on?' Chocolove asked.
'I have been searching for Krystal for most of today.' Silva replied. 'The Shaman Council has been looking for her ever since we heard that she was coming.'
'I did wonder how you managed to find me so quickly.' Krystal muttered.
'But now you must come to see the council with me.' Silva continued, seemingly ignoring her comment. 'There are many things to discuss.'
'You won't try and send me back?' She asked.
'You won't kill her will you?' Manta asked.
'Who said anything about killing her?' Ren questioned. Horohoro could be seen behind him with Faust, both scratching their heads, no one had told them about any killing.
'I assure you that you will not be harmed.' Silva told Krystal. 'We only need to ask you some questions about the continuing tournament.'
'So how did you manage to confuse "we want to talk to you" with "we want to kill you"?' Anna growled.
'It might have been how she was greeted when she emerged in the star sanctuary.' Silva intervened. 'We had discovered Krystal in the star sanctuary before we had received the messaged from the King of spirits that she was arriving and was therefore treated as a criminal.'
'That's it? Where did the killing part come from?' Ren asked half heartedly.
'We believe that the way out of the star sanctuary Krystal was mistakenly attacked.' Silva continued. 'On behalf of the council I would like to apologise for any upset that may have been caused.'
'You can't make me go.' Krystal hissed viciously. She wasn't just going to forget how afraid they had made her. 'And I won't go.' Silva sighed.
'You are right, I can not make you.' He grumbled. 'I hope that you will change your mind.' He started walking away when he turned to the others. 'Please try to convince her to come to the shaman council.' He shot a glance at Krystal who ignored him and continued to leave. Once he had left, Krystal shuddered and wandered back into the group. She felt safe with them around her, with their company. Everyone just stared at her and they couldn't believe her point blank refusal to go with Silva.
'Why are we still standing around?' Anna asked. She was the first to break the uncomfortable silence.
'Erm…Well why don't we head back to the apartment?' Yoh suggested.
'That's gotta be better than staying here.' Horohoro smiled. Krystal grinned and stepped away from the group.
'Do what you want but I'm gonna head to the edge of town. I still haven't quite got the hang of being a shaman.' She said clearly and calmly as if Silva had never even been there.
'We can't let you go alone. Some shaman may attack you. They can be pretty ruthless.' Faust said.
'I don't need looking after.' Krystal smiled.
'Well we'll train with you then. I'm only a learner shaman myself.' Manta grinned.
'You don't all need to come with me. What about that pink haired girl?' Krystal asked.
'You mean Tamao? She'll be fine. She's with Jun.' Anna stated swiftly.
'Yes Miss Anna but maybe someone should check on them.' Ryu said.
'Thanks for volunteering Ryu.' Anna said coldly. 'Anyone else like to volunteer?' Several members of the group took a step back. Faust was left standing by himself and then he realised that by standing alone he had been volunteered by the others. 'Faust you go with Ryu.' The two men wandered off to the apartment blocks, Faust threw a dirty glare at Ryu when he started to flirt with Eliza.
'So let's go!' Krystal cried happily jumping up and down on the spot. Anna shot a glance at her and sighed. Horohoro and Chocolove decided that jumping up and down looked liked fun and joined Krystal's antics. Yoh didn't have the energy to jump up and down and Manta and Lyserg just watched the three idiots bounce around. Ren simply watched, although he was fascinated by how Krystal's mood had suddenly changed.
'Let's go.' Anna said 'Before the three musketeers here burn up.' Krystal chose this moment to tackle hug Ren. A look of pure horror and embarrassment flooded over his face and Yoh started to laugh.
'Wh…what are you doing!' Ren exclaimed. Krystal had wrapped her arms around Ren's neck and she too had flushed red.
'Oh… um… I…' Krystal stammered as she released Ren. 'Come on let's go!' She bounded away from Ren and was followed closely by Chocolove and Horohoro.
It took them only a few minutes to reach the edge of Patch Village and Anna sat herself down on a stone wall. Krystal took Manta's had and dragged him a little way from the others who then followed Anna's lead and sat down.
'So how strong do you think she is?' Yoh asked Anna. She, being an itako, would have the best idea of them all about how strong Krystal would be.
'Well, she said that she'd only been around for one day.' Lyserg said. 'So she can't be all that strong.' Chocolove grinned.
'But she is pretty cute. Cute enough to…'
'Don't start.' Horohoro groaned.
'But we need to remember that she was created by the King of spirits.' Ren said calmly. Anna nodded. Krystal could be seen waving at them, signalling for some kind of weapon and Manta was sitting on the floor talking to Mosuke, who was still in the laptop, while he retrieved a hammer from his rucksack.
'If she was created by the King of spirits to represent him then she should be a skilled shaman.' Anna replied. She looked up at Krystal who was still waving frantically. 'So who's going to give her a weapon?'
'I will. I want to see what she can do.' Yoh grinned as he stood up. Krystal ran over to him with Manta's bag. 'Here, you can use this.' Yoh handed her his sword and she smiled at him.
'Thank you Yoh.' Krystal said sweetly. Before she turned to run back to Manta and their waiting practise fight she flicked a glance and Ren, who seemed to be ignoring her. Her smiled faded and she ran back to Manta.
'Are you ready? I've never really fought anyone properly before so…I don't know if I'll be any good at this.' Manta said quickly.
'I've never fought anyone before either.' Krystal said. 'Well then let's get this started.'
'Here they go.' Lyserg said.
'Mosuke!' Manta cried. 'Hyoui Gattai! Into the hammer!' The hammer grew in size until it was as big as Manta.
'Shadow!' Krystal cried. 'Hyoui Gattai! Into the sword!' The blade twisted into a new shape, much like a wolf's fang, and Krystal's eyes narrowed.
'Wait, isn't her guardian ghost human?' Chocolove asked. This wasn't right. Krystal was being affected too much by Shadow. Krystal lunged at Manta whos small size allowed him to dodge the attack. Krystal hissed at him, defiantly not normal when using a human spirit.
'So what does this mean Anna?' Yoh asked. Manta rolled underneath Krystal to avoid another swing and he aimed his hammer at her back.
'Let's wait and see…'
Woot! I wanted to get to a fight scene, and it's just around the corner Yay!
