A Change of Heart

Chapter 5: Temptation of the Devil

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King or its characters. Please don't sue me!

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Yoh got home, a little later than he used to be.

"So, how's your day lil' bro?" Hao asked while bringing out stuff from the fridge.

"Ya know what? Mine's a blast! Anna was such a sucker to get fooled that easily! And being you feel's so nice. No girls tearing your body apart…No people tearing your clothes off…But I sorta kinda miss those girls chasing me around the school campus. And I even had to hide in the Janitor's room." Hao said while munching some left over pizzas.

"GOOD for you. Living your life meant living with Hades!" Yoh replied.

"Who's that?"

"Never mind." Yoh answered as if Hao was a hopeless case.

Next morning…

"Hey, aniki! Why are you wearing YOUR clothes?" Yoh alarmingly said.

"I just wanted to be me, today. I kinda miss being MYSELF..being sexy." Hao replied in his normal manner.

Then they ran off to school…

"Good morning, class."

"Good morning, Mr. Bokutou." Hao never greeted the Elvis-looking guy. He'd feel terribly sick if he did that.

"Class, we have a foreign exchange student from England. I want you all to meet Lyserg Diethel."

Then girls in the classroom went berserk when a green-haired British boy walked into the scene. "Isn't he so dreamy?" one of the girls almost fainted.

'What's the big deal about that? I'm cuter than that guy!' Horo-horo muttered to himself.

As if reading his mind, Ren told him, "The world would end if people like you would be called cute. I'd rather DIE. I think I'm going to be sick…"

Then, Lyserg's face suddenly changed its look when his vision turned to Hao.

"Asakura Hao! No, it can't be! Don't tell me you're following me up until here in Japan!" Lyserg barked.

"Wow! A very rare coincidence! An international one, I should say! Do you know each other?" Mr. Bokutou was seemingly amazed.

"NOOOOO! I can't believe it! I'm dreaming, aren't I? Would somebody pinch me!" Lyserg hollered some more. "You, the girl with silver locks, pinch my arm!" Lyserg screeched at the girl sitting in front of him.

"Are you sure? About this?" the girl was afraid that she might hurt him.

Then as Lyserg requested, the girl did pinch him. Ouch!

"I'm so sorry! Did it hurt so much?" the girl was anxious about what she just did.

"Am I awake? Has this dream ended?" Lyserg asked while rubbing his eyes and touching his sore arm.

"YOU'RE STILL HERE!" Lyserg screamed.

"What is happening here? Tell me! Could someone tell me?" Mr. Bokutou was puzzled.

Hao stood up as soon as Mr. Bokutou finished his statement.

"Yes, Asakura Hao."

"Well, Yoh and I stayed at London for a very short vacation. But I was amused to tour the place so we asked permission to extend our stay. That was the time when we, the charming Asakura's were away from this place. I knew that the girls missed us so much-I mean missed ME. Well, let's get back to the story. So we both studied at London for a year. And Lyserg was our classmate, back then. We did so much FUN things together! We were like the best of friends! But I got bored eventually so we decided to fly back to Japan-and the girls were happy to see us! The end." Hao concluded.

Almost everyone clapped and cheered after Hao finished the story. Some of the girls were even crying "tears of joy".

"WHAT? That's not HOW the story goes, HAO!" Lyserg halted everyone.

"Then give your version of the story. We'll listen." Mr. Bokutou answered.

"The part of the vacation thing was precise but, on the school part. It was VERY, I tell you, VERY WRONG! Hao and Yoh went to school as exchange students. Everyday, Hao played pranks on me! He made my life miserable! Everyday would be like a horrible nightmare I couldn't wake up from! It was terrifying! I even wished I just died rather than experiencing ALL of Hao's wickedly evilness! I even rejoiced when Hao said he would be gone to go back in Japan—but Hao made a GRAND FINALE of his FAREWELL…he did a very horrendous prank on ME! He said it was a farewell GIFT!" Lyserg was panting after he finished the story.

"Is that true?" Mr. Bokutou asked Hao.

"Well..sort of. But Lyserg exaggerated some of the parts." Hao stared at the blackboard.

"We can't do anything about that anymore." Mr. Bokutou wistfully said.

"I know the past can't be changed, but PLEASE! Place me as far away from Hao as possible!" Lyserg was tugging Mr. Bokutou's shirt.

"Okay. Look, this seat in front is vacant! Hao's sitting at the back. You wouldn't have problems with him when you're this distant. Oh, Jeanne, would you mind Lyserg sitting beside you?" Mr. Bokutou asked.

"No, not at all. I'm comfortable with it." Jeanne answered. She was still thinking about the pinch.

Then without warning, a big man with blonde hair arrived on the scene from the window.

"No! I have to see who sits beside with Mistress Jeanne!" the big man declared.

"Marco, I think this isn't really necessary." Jeanne silently told him.

"Where'd he come from?"

Marco gawked at Lyserg from head to toe. After all the checking, he nodded; seemingly satisfied and leaped from the window sill—and heaven knows how he LANDED.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg! The school bell for recess rang. The students ran off and tore down the cafeteria door like wild animals.

Meanwhile, Hao and Yoh went to the restroom…

"Let's switch again." Hao ordered Yoh.

"Okay." Yoh replied.

Each took their respective cubicle and tossed their things from one cubicle to another, exchanging their clothes and other stuff.

When they were done changing, they looked at themselves at the bathroom mirror and walked away. As Hao exited the door, Anna approached him with a worried expression written on her face.

"Yoh! Where have you been? I've been looking for you almost everywhere!" Anna was concerned.

"From the restroom."

"Weird. You never closed your shirt buttons before. Did anything happen?" Anna asked while looking at Hao's shirt.

"Oh, I forgot. I guess the weather's a bit colder than usual." Hao quickly answered.

He opened the buttons anyway before Anna becomes suspicious of him. But he knew Anna was intelligent. She would find out sooner or later. But right now, all he wanted to do was enjoy himself. He didn't want to think about those things…

And that's the fifth chappy! I'm sorry about the title. It really had nothing to do with the chapter but it sounds good so I put it in.

And I'm also sorry about the whole chapter. I wasn't really in the mood to write the stuff. So it's really not that funny.