To original metamorphosis: I don't mind people giving criticism, but did it had to be so rude? I mean sure you can have your own opinion about what you like and what you don't like, but if you don't like something why do you keep reading? And isn't it better to read all chapters first before you give such a harsh comment? I like my story the way it is and I'll continue it that way ;) As for my OC, it was my intention to make her worse then Anna and the Anna I mean is the one from the manga. And like I said in chapter one, I'm not from a country where it is regular to speak English (or write it). This is only my second fic and I'm happy about it, so if you want to continue reading, be my guest and if you don't want to then it's too bad… There are also other ways to say what you want to say without hammering someone in the ground ;)
Me: well this chapter frustrates me! I lost my memory stick, with the original chapter 21 on it, so I had to write it all over again, WHY! Anyway I hope you still like it, have fun reading :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King!
Path of Fear
Entry two
It has been a wile since I have written in this… a lot has happened lately.
A few days ago we met this guy named Lyserg Diethel, in the sketchbook a.k.a. information book (Jessica's notes) stood he's gonna betray Yoh, I didn't mention it though, that stuff is their business.
And I don't really like him. According to what I've read and now seen his appearance wasn't what you would say friendly and he really hates Hao, I mean really, really hates him. He told us his parents were killed by Hao, after beating Ren and Horo in the hospital! I'm glad Yoh didn't told him that I am part of Hao's team, only too bad he did told him that I'm from another world…
But that doesn't matter, what does matter is that we find Patch and I sure hope that's going to be soon. Because on our way to it lots of thing happen.
I'm forced to stop writing now, the guys are trying to read the notes in my sketchbook, sigh again…
"What may I ask are you doing!"
They quickly dropped the book and looked up; a girl was standing there looking very pissed off.
"Tory! N-nothing, we were –er- just looking for…" stuttered Yoh.
"For who was gonna win the tournament?" she finished his sentence, looking more annoyed as they backed off.
"Listen you guys, it isn't that I don't want you to know, but tell me if you knew wouldn't you lose the reason for fighting?"
She looked them all in the eye, trying not to sound too mad. After a few moments of simply staring at one another, the boys stood up and handed Tory her book.
"Thank you. Can we now continue the journey, please?" Tory said when she had put her book into her bag.
They were still in the dessert area of America, with still no clues of Patch village. It was extremely hot and still they were moving forward with no idea of were they were going.
"I wonder when those priests show up again. I haven't seen them for a wile now." Tory said walking after Ren and Horo.
A blue flamed phoenix appeared next to her. "I dunno and should we care about that? I mean, they only cause us trouble when they appear." The phoenix, Jessica, said.
"Yeah, I know, but if it wasn't for them I wouldn't be here and if it wasn't for them I wouldn't have had the sketchbook with those valuable notes of you in it." She laughed at her spirit friend.
Before Jessica could reply a bright light appeared in front of the group. Out of the light three figures emerged all wearing cream colored robes.
"If you talk about the devil…" Destiny whispered in Tory's ear.
Tory on the other hand was very surprised of the appearance of the three spirit priests. The last time she had met them they stopped time to make sure her friends wouldn't help her. Now they had just appeared in front of all of them.
This can only mean one thing they want us to fight all together…the last test! Tory thought.
"Who are those guys?" Lyserg asked, taking out his pendulum. All took out their weapons and waited for what would happen.
"We are here for Miss Tory's last test and this test is one for you all to complete," said the male priest Gavin.
"If you win, Tory can get one more thing from her world to this one…" Jada continued.
"But, if you lose…well lets not talk about that." The last priest Fawna said.
"Here I thought you guys were all serious again. So what's the test about?" Tory smirked and pulled out her beads.
"Arrg, you baka, watch out! You can't possibly trust them!" Ren was pointing his kwan dao towards the priests. Bason was already oversouled in it.
Yoh let out a small chuckle, but immediately stopped it when Ren glared at him. "I never said I trusted them, but it would be handy to have some more info about some upcoming events…" Tory trailed off.
"We take it as a yes then. You last test will be one of team work, yes again Miss Bluehill." Jada said seeing Tory's surprised face It was right that they had already fought the priests as a team the first time they met them.
"You will have to find your way through our Path of Fear," Fawna continued.
And then another bright light surrounded them, taking them away from the dessert into a small, dark space, with walls on every side of them. The floor, walls and even the roof seemed to be made out of large stones, the ones that those medieval castles were made of.
"Welcome to the Path of Fear! This 'path' is actually a labyrinth filled with your greatest fears. It is well known among the ones who have passed on with mixed feelings…but lets not go further into this. Your job is to walk out of the labyrinth wile facing your greatest fears. One by one you will end up in rooms with ones fear, it is then for your friends to help you face that fear. Once you have done that, the room will open a door to the labyrinth again and you have to find the next room. IF you find the last room it will reveal a door back to your dimension." Gavin explained.
"Do you three morons think we have time for that!" Ren almost shrieked of anger.
The priests gave a chuckle and walked a bit closer to a wall and before disappearing in it they said: "Time is a simple thing to control, letting it stop is no problem…"
"I guess they stopped time again…GREAT! Sigh, I think we might as well walk the 'Path of Fear'." Tory said mimicking the priests.
They quickly found a door, leading them to the start of the labyrinth. It was made out of the same stones as the room the only thing that was missing was a roof.
"Maybe it is a good idea to tell our fear before we enter one of the rooms?" Yoh suggested. "What I fear most is losing my friends…"
"I'm afraid of…scene were Hao burned down my house and…parents…" Lyserg whispered.
"I'm scared of never finding a sacred place…or a girlfriend." Ryu said scratching the back of his head.
"I'm afraid that if I don't win the tournament, the Kokkuripor (I hope I wrote I correctly) will vanish from the earth." Horohoro said looking at Kororo.
"I won't lose my family's pride!" Ren said refusing to use the word fear.
Tory on the other hand didn't know what to say. She feared the car accident of Jessica and that she might never return to her world. All kinds of different thought raced through her mind before she said: "I think what I most fear is not being able to return to my…world and family."
They nodded to each other and started walking. It didn't take to much time to find the first door.
"So –er- who's gonna go in first?" Horo asked.
"I guess I'll go first, since I was the one who said his fear fist." Yoh laughed and walked to the door. He sighed one time before he opened the door.
Yoh entered first followed by the rest, as soon as they all were in a blinding light surrounded them. Suddenly they stood on the street in Funbari, Yoh was looking around him but he couldn't see his friends anywhere.
"Guys? Guys were are you?" he yelled into thin air.
"I guess the room made us invisible for him." Tory said standing right behind Yoh.
Everyone was there, but Yoh was unable to see or hear them. After a wile he started walking and the rest followed him. He walked around a corner and then he saw what he most feared.
All of his friends were lying dead on the ground. Blood was everywhere; they were all covered in cuts and bruises. Yoh sank to his knees; he looked terrified and kept starring at the bodies of his friends.
"I-i-it's not real, it's not real, it's not REAL!" he whispered to himself.
Although he couldn't hear them, his friends were screaming things like: "We're here!" "Don't fall for it!" "Everything's okay!"
"STOP YELLING!" Tory suddenly screamed above all. "Don't you guys see it's no use? He can't hear nor see us. We have to find another way to talk to him, to tell it's not real…"
Everyone looked shocked and then nodded. They all stood after Yoh, trying to talk to him. Yoh was still on his knees starring at the bodies, but after a little wile he looked up. He turned around as if he could see something and he slowly approached where the group was standing.
"A-are you there? Are you all, okay?"
They all stopped and looked at him. "Yoh we're here!" Horo said. Yoh was now looking right at him, but he still could not see him. Then he just laughed and talked to himself.
"This isn't real; they're probably standing right in front of me, trying to talk to me." This time he sounded convinced.
Immediately the room lightened up again and they were standing in the labyrinth room again. A door appeared right in front of Yoh, shining white.
"That was…scary…shall we go on then?" Yoh smiled one of his famous smiles and walked through the door, leaving the rest behind gapping at him.
They quickly ran after him. After two dead ends, they finally reached the second door. Lyserg was the first one who entered and with that the seconed one to face his fear…
"This shouldn't be too hard; I mean it's only a memory." Horo said hopefully.
"…Would you like it to see your parents get murdered in front of you?" Lyserg responded sad.
"No, but it's more a memory not a fear."
"But you can fear a horrible memory, baka." Said Ren annoyed.
They all watched how a little Lyserg happily ran home, finding his house in flames and Hao standing in it. The real Lyserg was shuddering at this sight.
"Don't worry we make sure nothing like that will ever happen again!" Ryu exclaimed patting Lyserg on the back.
The rest let out a chuckle knowing Ryu once thought Lyserg was a girl. But it seemed to cheer him up and a green glowing door appeared. Lyserg opened it and they already stood in front of another chamber door. They decided to open it by who named their fears first, so Ryu was next.
He opened the door and stood on a road that was looking like it was going on until infinity. "THIS IS WHAT YOU FEAR! KISAMA!" this time Ren lost it and hit Ryu full on the head.
"What's wrong about that a road that goes on forever without any town and ladies is horrible!" Ryu yelled pointing at the horizon.
"But you LIKE riding on your bike don't you? You can ride forever if you want." Tory said raising an eyebrow and shaking her head.
"Oh, yea…hey, your right!"
Everyone was sweat dropping when a purple glowing door appeared behind Ryu.
They were back in the labyrinth again. "This really is a waste of time." Horo sighed also getting pretty annoyed.
A few wrong turns and dead ends later they arrived at the fourth door. This time it was Horo who opened it. One moment they were standing on a dead field with trees cut down and the other a door of blue light appeared.
"How come you're so quick!" Lyserg wanted to know.
"I simply know this isn't going to happen, heheh, so no need to worry for me." Horohoro laughed proudly as he opened the door.
They where now in a huge chamber with pillars and torches on the walls. On the left and right side were both one door.
"Well then I guess one's for Ren and the other one's for me," Tory smiled happily, because they had finally reached the end.
They decided to first go into Ren's. But as quick as they were in, they were out through the shining golden door. Ren's room only existed out of darkness and a shining door. "I guess I have no fears." He gave as explanation.
Back in the large chamber they immediately walked to the last door and Tory's fear. "My turn, wish me luck." She cheered and opened it.
First there was a bright light and then the scene of a place were pillars stood and two people were fight on spirits…
"NO! No, not this; stop it they can't see this! It's too soon, dammit!" She yelled out of pure anger.
"Is that the Spirit of Fire?" Lyserg asked looking in the sky.
"Is that…ME?" Yoh said holding his hand up against the light.
Without their knowing Tory dropped down on her knees and started to cry. She refused to look it this, she refused to see how Hao…died.
A big explosion was heard and the other finally looked at Tory, who was now looking terrified at the sky.
"…hao…HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOO!" she cried and tried to get closer to the scene.
Again she dropped to her knees, but this time she wasn't crying, she was laughing. "You think you're so funny, huh priests? You think I won't be able to save him, but you're wrong! YOU HEAR ME YOU ARE WRONG! I WILL save him, I…Will…Save…Him…" she screamed and with a bright flash they stood in the dessert again.
"We see you have all managed to look your greatest fear in the eyes. You may choose an item from your world again Miss Tory." Gavin smiled.
Tory, who was still on her knees, finally looked up. "I do not wish to have another item from my world," she whispered standing up with tears in her eyes.
"Very well then. We have only one more thing to do…" Jada announced
All priests began to speak as one; "We the Three Spirit Priests of the moon, sun and stars, give Tory Bluehill Shaman Acolyte the status as…Shaman Allure of Energy and leader of the Azure Army."
Tory's face had no emotion on it whatsoever. The priests made a deep bow and disappeared in a flash of white light.
"So, you're now an Allure?" Horo finally broke the silence.
"I guess so…"
"Who cares about her being an Allure! What was that image of Hao we saw in the path of fear? I thought your greatest fear was not returning to your world!" Lyserg yelled angry.
"He's right, is that going to happen Tory?" Yoh asked suspicious.
"Forget what you saw! It doesn't matter anymore, because it isn't gonna happen! I'll make sure it doesn't happen…my job here is to make you just as real as me. And I have to change as much as I can to do that…so from this moment on, NO more deaths, no more pain and suffering…I can't stop betrayal, but I can forgive…" she cried looking sad at Lyserg with the last words she said.
"Tory-sama…calm down please." Emerald her serpent, dragon said.
She only gave her spirit a glare and continued talking. "It is true Lyserg, I am one of Hao's followers…and…I realize now that I shouldn't have come here…I'm sorry…"she added quickly.
"One of Hao's followers…THEY NEED TO DIE!" Lyserg yelled and shot his pendulum at Tory.
She could barely doge it; but when she turned around she got hit in the back and fell on the ground. "LYSERG STOP IT!" Yoh yelled trying to calm down his friends.
"You traitor! Following Hao, DIE!"
"TRAITOR! Should you say; betraying THEM for the XLAWS!" Tory yelled back firing
an energy orb at Lyserg.
They all looked surprised at her. She just said something that didn't happen, something that would happen and she didn't realize it. She was too outraged to know what she had just said.
"W-what did you just say?" Ryu said looking shocked at Lyserg.
"Oh crap, not again…ARG I have to get out of here!" she yelled in frustration.
"Big Ben Wire Frame!"
"Curse you Lyserg." She said. She was trapped in the wires of his pendulum. With no way out there was no other option then to wait and see what they wanted to know…
"Tory calm down…why do you want to go back to Hao and…what exactly do you know?" Yoh walked up to her.
"Sigh, I know the main events…ending, new friends,…deaths, betrayal and…some other little things. The sketchbook I got from my world is filled with notes from Jessica…info she got from friends over internet and sites, heheh. She probably did so much because she didn't forget…" Tory tailed off.
She smiled and started to glow; she was trying to break out. "I was here once before…I met Hao in his first lifetime, as a kid. We became friends, but as I returned I lost my memory or…actually Emerald stole it. Jessica on the other hand got back earlier and managed to keep her memories. When I got transported here she traveled with me and never left my side as Blue Flame the phoenix."
"So that's why you called her-?" Ren started.
"Yep!"
She smiled one last time before she vanished completely out of the Big Ben Wire Frame. "Tory wait!" they yelled, but she was already gone. They exchanged a few looks before they continued their journey to Patch Village.
"I hope she knows what she's doing," said Yoh.
"If she joins Hao it is undeniable she's going to fight against us." Ren added.
"We don't know for sure, dude!" Horo laughed a hit Ren at the back.
"KISAMA!"
They didn't notice that they were watched from the top of a mountain. "Don't worry you guys everything will be alright." Tory whispered before vanishing once again…
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Me: this chapter was 3221 words, my longest chapter ever:)
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