Chapter 7: Death

Hao pov

I moved into bathroom after Yoh left the room I changed into my bath robe and headed into the hot springs. These Hot Springs were joined to our house so we did not have to walk far. I left the door open so I can find my way through the smoke back to the building. I felt my way through the smoke so I did not trip or fall on my face getting to the tub. I tore off my towel and went to go bathe.

I soon finished my bath and headed back into the room. I got dressed into my school clothes so I would not have to change back later on in the day. I was wearing a white shirt unbuttoned. My green pants were perfect fitting; I wore my tie hanging loosely around my neck. I put on the jacket but wore it unbuttoned like a vest.

I left the room and went to go make some breakfast before my father yelled at me. I heard a scream and then I had realized that they had awoken from there slumber.

I hurried towards the kitchen to hurry up and grab some supplies to make some quick breakfast.

I grabbed some bread some fish and started chopping up some crap like that. I burned the fish but for some reason it smelled pretty good. I felt my brother's presence coming over and I fixed everything up with the spirit of fire. I made everything perfect it smelled so good. I set it all on the table and went back to the kitchen to work on some more stuff. "Hao." I had heard my brother's voice. I turned around to face him. He was sitting at the table in his uniform along with Tamao and Lufix. It was an odd silence between us for some reason. Did Lufix tell Yoh about our night incident? … Nah I know Lufix better than that. "GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!" Everyone sort of jumped at my mother's introduction. "Morning Yoh honey, Tamao darling and Lufix how is you? Good mourning Hao!" She greeted everyone so kindly but I knew she was going to go back as soon as Mikihisa comes back to enter the room. "Mourning mom." Yoh got up from his seat and wet over to give his mom a big hug. Lufix and Tamao got up to give Keiko a hug because she was letting Yoh go with them. "Mourning everyone." My dad waked in. "Mourning dad"

"Mourning Mr. and Mrs. Asakura" Tamao and Lufix aid at the same time it was quite scary. I could not leave my station at the kitchen or else the eggs would burn like the fish. I had to be under complete control with the sprit of fire one loss of focus and they could be burned to ash. "Mourning Hao." My dad had greeted me.

"Mourning dad." That was all I could say, maybe Keiko put him up to it to force to say good mourning. I was too lost deep in thought I thought everyone had sat down to start one breakfast but I was wrong. Keiko had walked up behind me and grabbed me by my waist and gave me a big squishy hug! "Mourning my beloved son. Have sweet dreams?" She was whispering in my ear so no one but me heard. "Yea I had a good sleep how about you?" I accidentally went off focus and the eggs went well doe in a matter of seconds. The spirit of fire tuned itself off and I just stared at the perfect eggs blankly. My mom had started laughing. More like giggling it was a happy sound.

The stream from the eggs had blown up and my face went black. Mom then left me. She went back to the table to go get something to eat. I finished up with the eggs hurriedly so no one had seen. I finished up the eggs and went to go get a towel. My mom was standing behind me holding a wet towel and began to wipe my face clean. "I have been waiting to do this for so long my beautiful son." "Thank you" She had been waiting to do this? She must have been scared of what father would have done to her. "There all clean now come and join us for breakfast.

This time I made sure she left towards the table. I took the eggs and headed towards the table to eat waiting for my father to banish me back up to my room to eat there. I waited for him as I placed the eggs on the table. I pulled up a chair and he spoke. "You look good in that uniform Hao." I looked sort of surprised at him. "Thanks" We all began eating. Yoh and Lufix started a new conversation I was a little out of it so I did not teach most of it. They were talking about housing on the trip to Tokyo and everything. When everyone finished I just sat there waiting for everyone else to collect there dish then give them to me to go wash. They collected them and Mikihisa collected them and put them in the sink. "We will tend to these later."

He then sat right back down. "So I guess that you guys will be headin off in 2 mins. "1 min dad." Yoh had corrected him. "Ah yes, Do you have your stuff packed?"

There was a complete silence. "Yoh you don't have you stuff packed do you?" "Yoh-kun" Lufix then Tamao put there hands on him then Yoh got up and ran to his room, stopping in the doorway. "Can you guys help me?" "Sure." Both Lufix and Tamao got up at the same time and spoke at the same time. Mikihisa then directed his attention towards me. "Do you have your stuff packed?" "Yes but still need to collects one more thing." "Make that 2" Keiko added in. "huh?" "I have to give all my children a hug before they leave."

"Let's go get that last thing son." Mikihisa got up and headed towards my room he stopped in the door way realizing something. "Not once in my life besides making this room for you when you were born have I been in your room." He went back to me and grabbed my hand and led me towards my room. My mom followed me and Mikihisa towards my room as well.

He opened the door and he saw my room his mouth opened with a short gasp. "Wow look at all this blood and burns on the walls." He went to go inspect the damage on his pretty room. "I see that you do your own decorating." "MOM! DAD!" my brother was calling looking for his parents. "Where in Hao's room! Yoh!" I heard hurried steps and there now in the doorway stood Yoh, Lufix and Tamao. Yoh and Tamao eyes bulged a little because there was blood on the walls and the floor. Lufix didn't seem to mind he had seen my room last night.

"Well Hao this is some … nice decorating." My father was touching the walls and smelling it. "It smells like blood and ash." I replied coldly, "It is blood and ash." "Oh." That shut him up.

"So where is that last thing you needed?" He turned around and asked me. "My suit case it's under my futon. I rolled it up with it this mourning." He then headed to my futon and got my bag. "Here." "Thanks"

Yoh cut in the nice moment Mikihisa was having 'bonding' with his oldest son. "We better hurry or we will miss the next train. "Right." I turned and faced Yoh and his friends. We all left the room with our suit cases. We got on our shoes mom hugged us all so tightly wishing us good till next year when we will be home again. Mikihisa gave a hug to us all even me. We left the house caught the bus and in a few hours we would be in Tokyo.

To be continued….

Author note: sorry about the long update I had a lot to do this week - -" I should be able to update faster now that all that stuff is out of the way hopefully, I still have that homework - -"

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