CHAPTER FIVE: MY YOKO…
LYSERG'S POV/ POINT OF VIEW
Zachary…she reminds me of my Yoko-chan, is she…really my Yoko-chan? No, no she's not…but if she is…she was never hot head or even had the urge to kill. Yoko was naïve, immature and sweet. That's impossible. She isn't the Yoko I knew, but maybe…she is…I remember when she would always cry at the front porch and I would always ask her why she was crying. She would always say, "My Mommy and Daddy…" I would constantly climb up at the balcony and calm her down. She never was tomboyish too. Maybe it's all because of her parents. Yeah! It's all because of her parents she's like that! One time I climbed up at the porch again and I never saw her again since that time. She was gone with her brother…
FLASHBACK
"Huh?" I searched for the crying voice. I looked above then there was Yoko, crying hardly with a stuffed animal in her arms. I climbed the veranda by hand then walked over to her. "Why are you crying?" My tiny hand positioned itself on her shoulder. "My mommy and daddy…" "What did they do to you?" "They…" Yoko said with the weak voice. "What? Come on, you can tell me. I'm going to help you."
"They were fighting and I tried to stop them…but they…they stabbed me with…a dagger…" Yoko cried even harder, showing her front to me. It was bleeding hardly. No one was there to help her, only me. Her brother was… "…He fainted…" She sobbed at my shoulder.
"Don't worry, stay here, I'm going to get a medical kit." I patted her back. "Thank you Lyserg-kun…but I…I hate mommy and daddy sooo much! Onii-san and me did nothing wrong to them, we just didn't want them to fight…" Yoko cried. "Well, I know you're telling the truth." "Yes, I am…" She stopped crying. "Well I'm going to get the medical kit, just stay here and don't move around much." "Uh-huh!" She nodded in agreement.
After a while, I came back clasping the medical kit at my hands. I went back to Yoko's area and sat down. "So…what do you do Lyserg-kun?" Yoko blushed. "Can you…take off your…clothes?" I asked, blushing at the same time. "Oh okay…" She cleared her throat and started to take her garments off. While she did, I took bandages from the bag, an empty bowl and a bottle of warm water.
I situated the warm water on the bowl then I got a rag and soaked it in the water. "Please be brave. I know this'll hurt." I said. "Oh-okay! I know I'll be fine because…Lyserg-kun is right beside me…treating my wounds…" She looked away, still blushing. "That's good." I smiled at her.
After a few minutes or so, I finished treating her injury; she got her clothes back on and leaned on the wall. "Thanks Lyserg-kun…I really appreciate it…even if it hurts a bit, I know you'll help me because you promised so…" "I know, because you are my friend. My best friend." I smiled again. "Say, Lyserg-kun…" "What?" "When we grow up, will you marry me?" She blushed like a tomato. "Sure…" I nodded. Then I held up her minuscule hand and promised to her. "If there's trouble, just, just call me, I'll never leave you." "I love you Lyserg-kun!" She hugged me. "Me too."
Another day has come; I decided to visit her by climbing up at the porch. It was our meeting place. But when I was up, there was no sign of her presence around, Yoko was not there nor her parents. The items of the household were gone either, I investigated the house when a police officer came up to me and said.
"Oh, hello there, little boy, what are you looking for? Right now you shouldn't be allowed in here. We are investigating a crime." "A crime?" I mumbled. "Yes, a crime. It was very odd though; Mr. and Mrs. Umenokouji were at the living room, slaughtered to death. And their children weren't found around the area. Do you know of any place were the little girl and boy went off to?" The man asked me.
"No, I was looking for Yoko-chan too…where is she?" I asked. "We don't know, now let's get you back outside. It's very dangerous here." The man said kindly.
Because of that incident, my mother and father decided to bring me back to our homeland, in England. And everything went wrong too…it's because of Hao! He doesn't deserve to kill anyone, just as Assassins or serial killers don't deserve killing people. I know…they're both the same! And I won't believe the fact Zachary really IS Yoko. She won't kill her parents and if that really is Yoko, why isn't she with her brother? Now that proves it.
There are too much differences in them.
END FLASHBACK
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NORMAL POV/ POINT OF VIEW
"So who's the stupid person huh?" Zachary stuck her tongue out. "ARGH! I'm gonna get you for this!" Ren growled, he was numb, just standing there while he can't move. "That's called my special ummm…never mind! I can control your body with this technique! You can't cut the strings either, because it's invisible and has a reflective force. If you try to oblige the spell, you'll feel a electric shock!" Zachary grinned evilly. "You wretch! Get the spell off of me!"
"Let's do that later…" Zachary fell down to her knees, caressing her thigh. "Ren…" Zachary called. "What do you want?" "How does it feel like to be a shaman?" Zachary continued. "Why are you asking me that question?" "I tried to be one, but I never was…" "Well if you ask me, life is way easier when you're a shaman. You won't be scared of seeing ghosts, you will be able to sense phenomenon things and you can do lots of things with it!" He smirked.
"I envy you people. Even if I can be Shaman Queen if I want to, I can't because I'm not even a shaman and I…killed my parents, there's no connection to it. They're not like my guardian or what you think. But I killed them." "Well, if you're not a shaman, it's still fine the way it is. And you killed your parents? Well I would gladly do that to mine, but hell they're stronger than me!" "Hmph, well that's nothing to scandalize, I had a rough past you know." "What about it?" Ren again rambled a question. "Never mind about it." Zachary stood up and walked off the area. "Hey wait! Take the spell off!" Ren yelled at her.
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"Not much of an opponent. The Ren guy is too weak…" Zachary sighed and sat at the sofa. Yoh also sat beside her. "Hello." He mumbled to her ear. "What the heck?" Zachary shrieked, pointing a kunai in front of Yoh's face. "Calm down, calm down, I'm Yoh Asakura." Yoh smiled. "I know! We tried to assassinate you friend's wife you know!" Zachary said. "Yeah, yeah, I know that. But we can still be friend's right?" "Oh-alright…" Zachary blushed and looked away. "What's the matter? You're getting all red! Maybe you have a fever or something!" Yoh exclaimed. "Never mind…" Zachary crossed her arms.
"So, you're Zachary right?" "Yeah…" "Do you have a surname or something?' Yoh asked. "Zachary's really not my name. It's just my name. It's just the popular name they gave to me." "So what's your real name?" "It's not your business." Zachary turned her head at Yoh, then again looked away. "I bet your real name is pretty." "Huh? Why would you say so?" "I just have a guess…" Yoh smiled. "But you have a wrong guess. My name's not so nice. It's for very weak people. If it hadn't been for our Colonel, I would've still been such a pathetic, feeble little girl." Zachary stood up and went up. "I wonder what happened with her in the past…" Yoh said out of curiosity.
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ZACHARY'S POV/ POINT OF VIEW
I slowly walked in front of the door to Lyserg's room. His room was just beside the room I was occupying. I cleared my throat then deliberately knocked on the door. And there he was, just standing in front of me. Lyserg-kun… "Zachary…? W-what do you want?" He asked. "Can I…talk to you?" I hesitantly said. "Oh-okay…come in…" he said opening the door wide for me. I walked in then sat by his bed. "So how do you feel?" He asked me. "I feel fine already, though my thigh still needs a few days more…" "Oh. And I'm sorry for the rude words I told you the first time we met. I can't help it."
"That's fine with me now, it is true anyway…" "So, what do you want to talk about me?" He asked. "Ummm…you really don't remember me?" I said again. "I'm not sure…" He answered uncertainly. "Lyserg…look at my eyes!" "Your eyes…?" 'Yoko-chan…' He thought. "No, no, it's not true! You're not Yoko!" "Lyserg…it's me!" "No your not! My Yoko-chan is not a killer! Not like you, an eradicator on the loose!" "Lyserg! It's me---" I stated, until becoming completely cut off. Lyserg-kun…I thought we're gonna be together forever? Don't you remember that? Oh Lyserg-kun!
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souloverdrive: My! My! What could've happened? Well that's the end of the 4th chapter! I hope you liked it! Whispers Ren! Continue!
Ren: All right, all right! But you have to get the spell off me afterwards!
souloverdrive: All right! Just say it! Come on! Do it! Or else I won't let you go!
Ren: Okay…okay! Well please read and review!
souloverdrive: Okay! Now I'm leaving!
Ren: Hey!
souloverdrive: Again, I hope you liked the chapter! I'll see you again! Ja Ne!
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