Leaders and Servants
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Morphin tilted her head as Lyserg finished packing his things. Morphin whimpered.
"I know it'll be different, but it won't be so bad, you'll see…" comforted Lyserg. The sprite nodded and floated over to Lyserg's shoulder.
"Is this truly necessary, Lyserg?" asked Jeanne, walking into the room. Lyserg nodded.
"It's not just this thing with Hao, it's just everything…" Lyserg shook his head and smiled at Jeanne. "Don't worry about me, Jeanne-san, I'll be fine."
And with that, Lyserg left the X-LAWS, determined to put that chapter of his life behind him. If Jeanne had really been seeing Hao, then why were they fighting? Why all those pointless battles, when they could have worked together? Was being Shaman King more important to Hao and Jeanne than working together to stop their losses?
"… He didn't address me as -sama…" said Jeanne thoughtfully.
"YEAH!" screamed Macchi and Kana as Kana drove the brand new car down the streets of Funbari, heading towards the Onsen Inn. Hao was clutching the seats as if his life depended on it, wide eyed, and Mari was smiling faintly as all the buildings flew by.
"Can you please slow down?" yelled Hao over the roar of the wind. "I've never been in one of these before!"
"That's why your first time should be memorable, Hao-sama!" yelled Kana as she took a huge turn. Hao turned green.
"I… I'm gonna…" Hao grabbed the paper bag he had brought and began throwing up.
"Mari thinks Hao-sama looks funny when he's green." commented Mari lightly, Macchi laughed and Kana smirked at that comment. Mari just giggled, but frowned when Hao threw up again. Before another comment could leave her lips, the car skidded to a stop in front of the Onsen Inn. Hao leapt out, and kissed the ground.
Macchi opened the trunk and grabbed her and Mari's suitcases, before heading towards the Onsen Inn.
"If I wasn't getting married I'd ask for your number." Hao told the ground, kissing it again. Kana raised an eyebrow as she picked up her suitcase from the trunk.
Macchi felt a pang in her heart when Hao said that, even if it was just to the cement. Scowling, she strode forward, and was going to slide open the door when she reached it, however, just as she went to open it, Lyserg opened it, causing Macchi to grab him and throw him into another room.
"This is what I get for trying to help people!" yelled Lyserg from the other room. "Wait… AAAHH!"
Curious and almost worried, Macchi set down her and Mari's suitcases, and walked into the room she threw Lyserg into. She saw him covered in books, an empty bookcase behind his head.
"Pain…" mumbled Lyserg as he stood up, as if in a daze, walked past Macchi, grabbed the suitcases and walked past many rooms until arriving in one. He looked at the suitcase and saw a skull on it. "Mari sleeps in this room."
Lyserg tossed the suitcase into the room, and walked some more, Macchi still following. Lyserg pointed to one room.
"My room." Lyserg pointed to the room across from his. "Your room."
And Lyserg fell on his back in a faint.
Lyserg dimly ate the food at the table, as he and the Hanagumi had a late lunch. Anna was sitting at the table as well, with Yoh, Tamao, and Ryu. Ryu and Kana were flirting, as were, to a lesser extent, Anna and Yoh. Tamao was talking to Mari, albeit nervously, and Macchi was eating silently, as was Lyserg.
"Now, there is the matter of the bookshelf." said Anna after a moment. Macchi gulped nervously. Due to Ren and Faust's often visits, the bookshelf had multiplied it's contents exponentially. In simpler terms, there were a lot of books. "Matilda."
Macchi flinched. Not because of her name, no that wasn't really a problem. It was the tone of voice.
"You will clean up the books." Anna turned to Lyserg, who wasn't paying attention. For some reason, the green dowser had decided to use his chopsticks to squish each of his peas, one by one. "Lyserg."
"Squishy…" mumbled Lyserg, poking at another pea. He looked up at Anna after a moment. "… Yeah?"
"You will assist Matilda in cleaning up the books." commanded Anna. Yoh suddenly blushed.
'That's the tone of voice she has when she puts on the leather…' Yoh's grin spread wide, before he shook it off. "I need to have some oranges."
"W-Why me?" exclaimed Lyserg. "She was the one who threw me at the bookshelf!"
"Well, you were the one who was weak enough to be thrown." replied Anna, somehow pulling an orange out of nowhere and handing it to Yoh.
"She's got a point greenie." said Macchi, winking at Lyserg. Blushing, Lyserg stood up.
"If that's how it is, fine! I'll start now!" And Lyserg stalked off.
"… I believe Lyserg is upset." said Ryu, looking up from Kana for the first time in over half an hour.
"He's just acting…" said Macchi, going after him. "Might as well start too…"
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