Chapter 4: Introductions
"Disengage your Over Soul and drop your weapon, in that order" whispered the stranger in Rens ear, while restraining him with one hand and holding his blade to Rens throat with the other.
"No"
"Do you have a death wish or something?" muttered the stranger
"I won't admit defeat to the likes of you" Ren hissed gripping his Kwan-do firmly
"Your willing to face death because of your pride? The stranger said to Ren in disgust "Do you really have so little to live for that you would rather die that admit defeat to someone better than you?"
"Your not better than…" Ren started to say angrily but was cut off when the stranger applied more pressure to Rens throat.
"Maybe you haven't noticed but I'm the one with a blade at your throat not the other way around, I think that qualifies me as being better than you" the stranger told a furious Ren, "Now I'm being generous because I don't think your sister would appreciate seeing you die here unable to defend yourself. So give up, you can always challenge me to a rematch later."
Ren was silent for a moment and the stranger could tell he was thinking it over, when he didn't reply the stranger added, "if you disengage your Over Soul right now I'll release you and we'll call it draw"
At this remark Rens anger came storming back as he cried, "I don't need your pity I'll take care of you right here and now, Bason Attack!" Ren shoved his Kwan-do behind him as strongly as he could and the Stranger, caught by surprise was sent flying through the air before flipping up and landing on his feet.
The stranger didn't look angry he just seemed and annoyed and he remarked to Ren "I've come to the conclusion that your family are extremely stubborn, you won't ever admit that your wrong until someone shows you proof, so it looks as though I'm going to have to prove to you that I'm better than you" He raised his sword and shouted "Zhou, Spirit Blade!"
The opals set into the dragons eyes on the sword hilt flashed once more and the blade changed from green to blue and the blade became slightly translucent.
The SK gang watched in fascination as the fight between the two shaman progressed and when the stranger had Ren by the throat, Horo and Rio rushed forward to help but were stopped by Anna who banged their heads together anime style and reminded them that Ren wanted to fight alone, Anna then continued to bash their heads together until they stopped arguing with her.
The two shaman faced each other for some time without moving, then as if responding to some unseen signal began to charge towards to each other, weapons raised for one final attack.
Ren ran as fast as he could towards his opponent, anger coursing through his veins and as he came level swung his Kwan-do in a diagonal slash so that his opponent couldn't side step it but his opponent met the attack head on and amazingly parried it with his sword using only one hand, then with a shock of horror Ren saw his opponents blade lancing towards his throat, the last thing Ren saw before the blow was flash of blue light, then he crumpled to the ground unconscious.
The stranger exhaled and blue blade of his sword disappeared he sheathed the hilt and turned to see Ren lying on the ground.
"REN!" screamed everyone in the SK gang as they rushed towards their fallen comrade they gathered round him and let out a collective sigh of relief when they saw him start to move.
"Uh… what happened?" he said groggily to the others but it was the stranger who replied, "You lost so deal with it". The gang turned round again and focused on the newcomer with dark expressions.
Sensing that the group was about to attack the stranger drew his weapon and summoned his blue blade…
"Stop This At Once!" a figure leapt out of a tree to stand between the gang and the stranger
"Hey Silva what are you doing here?" Yoh asked "I thought the preliminary matches were over"
"They finished yesterday, but it is still my duty to watch over the shaman that are participating in the tournament, and I am afraid I cannot allow you to fight any longer"
"You have no right to stop us" Len told the shaman council representative, as he got back on his feet "this isn't an official tournament battle"
"No it isn't, but I still have the power to disqualify the loser of any fight from the tournament" Silva told Ren eyeing him darkly "and as you have already been beaten once I suggest you step down, besides you have no reason to fight"
"What do you mean no reason" Ren yelled angrily "He was forcing himself on my sister! I think that… "
"No he wasn't" Silva said quietly, cutting Ren off, "you came in on them in the middle of a fight with no idea of how they got there, you didn't ask what had happened, you just assumed you knew what happened, and you were wrong"
Ren looked as though he was about to explode and gripped his Kwan-do tightly as if he was planning to attack Silva but Yoh got between them and tried to calm Ren down,
"Come on Ren, there's no reason to get angry why don't we just hear the guy out, at least that way we'll know what happened" Yoh said trying to persuade his friend
Ren was silent for a moment before he said "How do we now if he'll tell the truth?"
"Just what are you implying" the stranger began, but Anna interrupted him and told Ren,
"We'll know because I can tell when people are lying", Anna said. The others stared at her for a minute and she began to look annoyed.
"It's part of the basic training to become an Ikato, you have to be able to tell when people or spirits are trying to deceive you" she said eyeing them coldly and they all looked away
"Fine then we'll listen to what he has to say but if don't like what he says I'll wipe the floor with him"
The stranger upon hearing Rens last statement chuckled to himself darkly. Ren heard him and wheeled round to face him saying, "What's so funny?"
"You are" the stranger said to Ren "After the little skirmish we just had I find it quite amusing that you think you'll be able to "wipe the floor with me""
Ren attempted to attack the stranger again but was restrained by his friends and they dragged him back inside. One kid stayed behind though; he was wearing a white T-shirt and had a pair of orange headphones hanging on his neck.
He looked at Silva and asked, "Are you planning on sticking around? We've got plenty of room"
"No thank you" replied Silva "I have important business elsewhere" the representative then walked off down the street and was quickly swallowed up by the darkness.
Yoh shrugged, walked up to the stranger and offered his hand saying,
"Hi there, my names Yoh Asakura and this is my guardian spirit Amidamaru, sorry about my friend Ren he can get a little carried away sometimes"
The stranger took Yoh's hand and replied,
"I'm Haru Ogama and this is my guardian spirit Zhou" gesturing to Zhou who had appeared above his masters and was looking at Amidamaru thoughtfully as though he recognised him, however before he could say anything Anna's cold voice carried out to them,
"Yoh get your ass in here your letting in a draft"
Unbeknownst to Yoh or Haru someone else was watching the fight besides Silva, in the darkness not much could be seen of the figure who had watched the battle between Haru and Ren. The figure appeared to be same height as Yoh but his features could not be seen due to the lack of light.
Suddenly a smaller figure approached the first from behind and as it did so passed through a pool of light form one of the street lamps. He appeared to be African child.
"Why is Master watching weak shaman fight?"
"Because they interest me Opacho, especially this newcomer, he is unexpectedly strong. He may be able to teach my brother a thing or two about power. Unfortunately I cannot allow that to happen just yet, so it seems I must remove him from the group."
"What does master have planned?"
"At the moment nothing, his arrival is a complete surprise so I have not been able to prepare anything, however I have a feeling he may be useful to me. So for the moment I shall watch"
Author: well what do you think? Sorry it's moving a bit slow i only just got some info on Hao's followers, thanks for the infoMikauzoran i'll be able to move things on a little faster now.
Anyway please Read and REVIEW come on please tell me what you think i haven't gotten any opions yet even anonymous reviews are welcome