Chapter 5: Morning scare
Hao pov
I went outside and stayed there for almost the whole night. I just sat there staring at the flames. I had made a fire in an open space so it did not catch anything else on fire.
"Sigh what a day. I hope I did not worry Yoh at all…. Huh that's not very likely; everything I do that involves he parents worries him. What do you think spirit of fire?"
I sat there waiting for my guardian ghost reply he talks through the flames of the fire. I can't talk to him without there being a fire or he will speak in a foreign language I understand but I can't translate it.
"You did worry him master Hao. As well you worried me." I looked at the fire strangely. "Don't tell me I have a sensitive guardian ghost now?" "Haha I won't worry master I will still do as you ask. I remember when you first got me and I would not obey you. Oh how I torched you and you used the element of water to submerge me in water till I behaved. I don't want to be submerged or shot with a water gun that you borrowed from your brother again."
I could not help but laugh at my direct spirit. He liked to talk of the past whenever he can. I was older than him and he likes to talk about the good old days as in he was older.
"My lord you should probably get back inside and rest your body it is going to be a long day tomorrow." "Yes it is and I still do not know if Yoh is going or not."
I got up and began to walk as soon as I stood up the fire went out like it was never there. "I hope he is and he isn't. If he is I won't be alone and if he isn't I could get away with doing whatever I like and the family will completely forget me and I could be happy."
I continued on the path to the house and found all the lights off it looked like my brother had finally gone to bed.
I tried to go inside but found the door was locked. "What the hell!" I gripped the handle to the door and shook it. It did not budge. I then went towards a window the shutters had been closed blocking the light.
When I saw into the window my dad, grandpa and grandma was standing in there my mother was no where to be seen to let me in she probably already went to bed. I turned round and headed back into the forest to get spirit of fire's advice. As I walked I found myself exited about tomorrow's trip. No more Mikihisa. No more Yohmei. No more Kino. No more Keiko but I liked Keiko after the talk she gave me. Oh well.
"Spirit of fire!" In an instant the flames started and they were fast and hot they were angry, the spirit of fires emotions and intensity of fire came from my feelings. Right now I was so pissed off.
"Hao-Dana why don't you use your shamanic abilities and teleport into your room?" Oh right I could teleport! "Thanks spirit of fire"
I turned round and walked rather quickly to the house and when I got to the door and I prepared to poof in a giant flame. It felt like my skin was being burned off whenever I did that because of my inner element.
My inner element is fire that's why my mana is red. Yoh's must be water because of his blue mana. Maybe that's why he is so laid back. Calm like the river is what they call water people. I was the complete opposite. If you are fire you have anger problems and were bloodthirsty like a flame. The flame grows in rage. Only wants more blood to grow stronger. They must mean blood as in air. I then poofed and entered my room. I had not noticed the intruder. I let out all my rage then I slunk down onto my hard uncomfortable futon and drifted into a deep sleep. Waiting for morning to approach.
Lufix pov
I was trying to sleep in Yoh's room. Yoh and Tamao fell asleep already and only I had yet to fall into a deep sleep. I wanted to wake everyone up and have another game at poker. Oh how I loved poker. But in my version of poker that we played it did not need cards or alcohol. I created it when I was 5 and was left alone in the dark closet with Hao. Yoh's brother and I were fairly close ever since then.
The poker game that we created in the closet consisted of poking each other. I don't think anyone in the world besides me have ever seen that fun loving and kind side of him.
I had gotten in trouble with Kino that day by accidentally dumped some tea on the floor. Tamao and Yoh cleaned it up while I had to go to the closet of shame. Hao just went in with me because I was afraid of the dark at that point of time.
In the closet I remember that I had been crying and he had cheered me up.
Flashback italic
"Sniff, sniff why me? It's not my fault it was an accident." I was taking to myself with my head buried in between my knees. "Shuuu it's not your fault" I warm soft and rather high pitched person came from behind me and gave me a warm embracing hug. "W-what? Are you Yoh's clone?"
Back then I was rather rude and confused. "No I am not Yoh's clone. When you see two people that look alike and live in the same house those are brothers. If they are girls then they are sisters."
He let go of me and I could tell he was not smiling because he never smiled whenever I saw him. He always had this down face on his lips, what Uriko called it was "emotionless" Uriko was in her tablet as punishment during the closet.
"What are you in here for?" I glanced at him and saw he was staring at the door like he could see right though it. "I am in here because you are afraid of the dark are you not?" I was rather surprised about that. Yoh when he found out promised he would not tell a soul! "How do you know?"
"Don't worry Yoh kept his word he did not tell, I can read your mind and besides I have to be in here at least once everyday for 1 hour till I turn 6. So I thought I will keep you company and do my time." "Why is that!" I was demanding an answer hoping that he would respond. "That is simple, they are ashamed of me and they have guests come over everyday for 1 hour so they keep me in here."
I was shocked at his words Yoh had never told me this! "Yoh does not know either he is always occupied with something to notice that I am missing 1 hour out of each day since I was 4. Don't tell him or I will be in big trouble." He pronounced all his words perfectly and he was smart also had this huge mass amount of mana inside of him that would make you shiver and his parents were still ashamed of him! Those… those stuck up people!
I had not learned enough vocabulary to trash talk them like my father had always did when he was angry. I was so deep in thought I did not notice him speaking to me. He was also poking me.
"Huh? What?" "Haha, that took 37 pokes you are lazy." I could tell from the happy sound in is voice he was smiling. "Lazy? Eh?" "Yep" "Well bring it on!
I began poking him and he was poking me until our skins felt bruised.
I barley breathed after we had finished, "You are 196 pokes you are happy." "You are 289 are you slow?" Just before we were going to start a new poking war, he had stopped dead and was frozen solid. It looked like something spooked him. "Let's call this game poker." He said in a dead voice that lost all happiness "Alright do you wanna pway again?" "I would love to but well-" Just before he could finish the closet door opened and Mikihisa had opened the door. It was so bright I was blinded when I looked at Hao he was used to this light. His expression was not smiling at Mikihisa but smiling at me. He did this by being half of his face toward me and the other half at his father.
"Now it's been 1 hour and you can come out now Lufix and... Hao. Lufix your friends are in the kitchen." He then grabbed Hao by the top of the head and pulled him to his feet. He then took him by the wrist and tugged him away from me into the other room. His last word to me of that day was "bye" I ran back into the kitchen to join my friends and apologize to Kino.
End of flash back
I sat there fully remembering that moment that I had seen Hao even the least bit happy. I looked at the clock to my right it had said 3:45 am. I had been asleep from 9pm-2am then I woke up and could not get back to sleep. I looked at Uriko's tablet and there was a cute little sign on the front of it saying do not disturb.
I got up from where I was sleeping and left the room. I was wearing my day clothes a bright red vest with yellow buttons and lime green shorts. I had no shoes on because it was rude to wear shoes at a friend's house and no socks because liked to wear sandals.
I went exploring around the house and found myself in a very small and uncomfortable room it had blood stains on the floor that had not yet been cleaned.
It had been the most eventful day in a while for Hao I guess. He was still outside and he parents had just came home I heard there footsteps downstairs.
I was relieved that Yoh reminded us to do the dishes when we found out Hao was out of commission.
His room was not painted and furnished like the rest of the house. It was covered in what looked like burns and blood. I know what the blood was from his injuries and he gets fed up with it. The burn marks I have no idea maybe he likes fire? Or his room was the oldest in the house and it was not rebuilt out of the fire.
Yoh had told me that this once was an old inn that was gutted by a fire. Maybe this room never was redone?
I walked over into the corner where he had placed himself out of the way were no one would look, when he was hurt earlier today. I placed myself in the exact position that he had been in. It was the most uncomfortable place ever! Well this is the place where Yoh had found him. When I saw him he was in the middle of the room.
I attempted to get up but had little success. My pink/purple hair was under me and every movement it pulled. After a while I just gave up and decided to wait for Hao to come and rescue me in the morning.
I waited for like half an hour and he never came, not even the sound of his parents to come check up on him. I was just about to yell and scream for help there was a giant fire ball in the middle of the room. I stared at it for a few seconds and found out it as Hao!
"Damn it Mikihisa! Lock me out will ya!" he began trash talking to no one in particular it was quite disturbing then I remembered that I did it as well.
I zoned back in to watch how angry Yoh's brother could get. "Fuck you Mikihisa! Tomorrow I will be out of here and never come back to see your ugly face. When Yoh comes back to you because you love him more." He just sort of stopped there I thought he had noticed me but then. "MIKIHISA IF YOU HURT YOH LIKE YOU HAVE ME I WILL DO THIS!" I did not now what he meat but I soon found out where the burn marks had come from. Small little fire balls started flying round the room which made the room hot like an inferno burning up all the walls. There was one huge one in the middle that just stood there. "You will be burnt to a crisp. You only use me for assassinations, but soon you will be my next target."
The giant fire ball stopped and disappeared the little ones kept on moving because he was pissed off. I then thought back to when he first came in here. He had said "how dare you lock me out!" he must have not been in his room because he was being locked outside. He had also said, "Assassinations" did Yoh's brother murder people? My attention then went back to him
He walked over to his closet and grabbed an medical box and the little fire balls burned off the bandages and started mending the wounds and wrapping it up. It looked so cute from where I was but if you looked closely his flesh was being burned. His face remained emotionless at the burning like he could not feel it.
The fire balls finished and began to circle the room but slower this time. "Thank you spirit of fire" The fire balls instantly burnt out and Hao got into his futon and went into a deep sleep. As soon as I was sure he was asleep I decided after seeing that, it was not safe in here if he wakes in the morning he will not be happy to see me in there with him. I struggled and struggled but could not break free of this spot.
I was scared, but not of him himself just his rage. I could tell he had no control of his rage from the marks on his wall. I could not hold it in anymore I started to have soft and silent tears flow free from my eyes. I continued squirming until I noticed 1 small flame came up beside me and was going up and down my body. When it came near my face I tried my best to hide the tears but I couldn't anymore. Sure he would call me a crybaby if Yoh or Hao woke up but I just wanted to go out of this place.
It came close to my face dried my tears and went over to Hao. It gently bumped him and he awoke.
He sat upright and the fireball began to speak in a different language to him. He replied back and the flame disappeared. The tears in my eyes came back as I watched him come up towards me. He ran his fingers near my eyes gently brushed away my tears. He pulled me up from the craves he then held onto tight which me which made me feel so much calmer. "Don't worry Lufix I won't hurt you in 1 million years and even farther. I am sorry you had to see my ways of letting out my anger." I noticed even though his voice was deep and scary but this time it had this calm sound in it and I felt better.
"Sorry, I am sorry I should have never trespassed in your room." I was barley able to make out because my voice was so shaky. "It's okay you are welcome in my room anytime you like. I hear you are also going to Tokyo. What school are you going to?"
He suddenly changed the subject catching me off guard. My confused look must have been entertaining because it seemed to have made him laugh. "I am going to Funbari."
"Same I have to go to Funbari, but Yoh is going also, I bet he is going for you. Looks like it made everything perfect and we can be good friends in Funbari if you like I am attending the school also."
"Awesome I can't wait till then we can all go into the school and we are all in the same grade and we can have so much fun! Is this your first time in school?" I asked quite fast it had been so long since I had heard him speak to me like this
"Yes, but I don't think I will attract a lot of girls like you say." I had almost forgotten he could read minds. "Haha, I bet you will."
"Haha, maybe I don't know well you want to be fresh tomorrow so you better go to bed."
I nodded at him and he let me go and I walked out of his room feeling so much better retuning to my room ready for a good nights sleep.
To be continued….
Author note: sorry it took me so long to update also sorry that I replaced Yoh with Lufix. I hope you guys like the Original character I made its not very good but he is cool. There will be Yoh in the next chapter. When they are actually at the place.
HAO-Addictive: Yes Hao is getting beaten a lot but it will get more less depressing either soon or this chapter.
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