Chaoter: 3
Game: Catch Me If You Can
Encounters
Everyone was frozen with shock.
"Are you sure you checked everywhere?" the pink haired girl trembled but nodded her head. Hao narrowed his eyes in slight anger and slight understanding. He could not say that he knew his twin anymore, since he had not talked to him in a long time. Still, he was confused as to what was going on. Where would his little brother have to go? Yoh was never one to worry anyone, at least as he remembered, "this can't be, he's probably just hiding" Anna said. "Please excuse me"
She headed down the corroders; she snapped her fingers and teleported to her study, once there she brought out her magic mirror. "Show me where Yoh is hiding" her eyes widened when the mirror cracked down the middle, and the magic left it. It angered her, no one had ever blocked her mirror before, and no one could since her magic was advanced…it could not be Yoh someone must be doing this. She angrily threw the mirror to the side and ran out of her room.
She would just have to search for him herself. "Has anyone seen Yoh?" she asked as she walked into the kitchen, but there was no sight of him. Everyone shook their heads and she growled. She closed her eyes and mentally searched everywhere her mind could reach. She did not feel him, she could not feel him. Yoh…she hated to admit this as much as it hurt and worried her to no end, her dear prince Yoh was gone.
Sighing, she walked back to the royal room, where everyone was waiting for her to return, "He's really gone" She made a face "But I don't understand,"
"Isn't it obvious, he ran away" Hao said, a smirk on his face, "I think we should dispatch a search party for him" He looked around to the other's who were his guards "Guys? What do you say?"
"Sure, it might be fun" Ren said.
"Count me in, dude!" Horohoro added in.
"Any time Mater Hao," Ryu said.
"Wait Hao, you can't go out just like that, you are the prince and you have many trying to kill you!" His mother said worriedly.
"They will never kill me mother, no matter how hard they try" He smirked "and besides, if my precious brother is out there somewhere, he could be in danger. And I have to protect him." Besides, he could always hide his identity.
"Master-"
"Don't call me Master anymore, remember? It makes it sound weird since you look like me," Yoh said as he lay back under a tree. They had moved out of the Village they had been. He had decided that seeing his cousin would only alert people back home of his whereabouts. Admidamaru had been shocked that his master actually had a plan on what to do from here on out. Yoh was just waiting for his older brother to come and find him. Regaining his bearings, he tried to rephrase himself.
"Yoh" It sounded wrong without the Master "How are you so sure that he will come and look for you" His Master looked up at him with a confused look.
"Huh"
"How are you sure your brother will be here to look for you" Yoh shrugged.
"I don't know, something tells me that he will" Admidamaru sighed and nodded. His Master has always been strange and always believed in his twin. They both sat idly by, not noticing the world around them until a shadow fell over them. They opened their eyes to see a dark skinned boy, with an afro, orange shirt, and baggy black pants.
"Yo, what are you guys doing just hanging around here?" he said, "I have never seen you around, that is for sure" Yoh opened his eyes, as did Admidamaru and stared at the boy.
"Hay there" Yoh said as he sat up. "I am Yoh"
"Oh" said the boy, nearly confused. Still, the boy sitting up now with his big smile looked so cute, and friendly, that he could not help but feel sheepish and want to talk to him more. "I am Chocolove McDonnell," He said with a smile on his face.
"So, Chocolove, what is the story here?"
"Huh" the boy said.
"You know, what is this town called, what happens here?"
"Oh!" The boy laughed now "Don't tell me you have never heard of Fairy Tale Town!" the boy made a pose and left Admidamaru and Yoh with blanked expressions.
"Fairy tale?"
"Yeah," Chocolove said, "Fairy tale town, where we are all half breeds, we are humans with animal characteristics, we are interbred." He said, but tilted his head to the side. "I am one as well" Yoh blinked.
"That's cool, what are you?"
"Ah! I am a Jaguar" He pointed to himself "My name when I transform is Mic, and by the way, you can call me Joco as a nick name" Yoh blinked and then nodded his head.
"Sure thing" Yoh stood up then "Could you show us around?"
"Are you guys relatives, it is freaky how alike you look!" Admidamaru and Yoh looked at each other and then back to the other boy.
"Oh, he's my cousin, they always tell us we look alike, right Admidamaru" He grinned. Admidamaru had no other option but to nod in agreement with his Master and pretend to be as he asked him. Something told him that this was just going to be getting worse. Especially when Anna got her hands around Master Yoh's neck, she was surely going to kill us. Besides that, he knew it was his duty to forever protect his Master from any danger.
"Wow, I didn't know cousins can look so alike"
"It's possible" Admidamaru assured.
"Freaky!" The boy yelled, "You're voices are the same." Yeah, Yoh and Admidamaru were perfect replicates in everything, from appearance, voice, to behavior. All adopted by Admidamaru to enhance the copy he became of his Master and make it more realistic.
"You'll get used to it" Yoh said, "So, will you show us around?"
"Ah, sure" Chocolove was just happy that he was making friends. Usually he picked on random people to get into fights, to make him feel more popular, and above the ranking gangs. He always felt as though he did not belong anywhere, if he was somewhere, his future was never concrete to him. "Come along, I can show you to some stores, I especially like this one that is called Collections, it sells the best magic charms ever."
"Charms?"
"Yeah, you've never used a charm?"
"Ah, yeah" Yoh laughed, he had used charms, he knew how to use them. His bear claw was a charm with powerful magic. It was just rare to be introduced by charms from other places. This was probably going to be a good experience. "So, what kind of charms can you find there?" Yoh asked.
"Well," Chocolove said as he started walking, Yoh and Admidamaru at either side of him "there are those who last only one day and for one spell. They are powerful and must be used with caution because they have a negative reaction. Powerful charms that last a lot, and become helpful, and of course, charms that are like lucky charms and give hope to whatever aspect that you might like, like love life, or things like that"
"Interesting" Yoh said, "So, why did you decide to talk to us, just earlier"
"Ah, I was looking for someone to fight" Chocolove tried to excuse himself "Don't get me wrong, I'm a good guy, it's just hard for me to fit in around here, people don't exactly like me?"
"They don't? But you are such a nice person" Yoh commented. Chocolove shrugged his shoulders.
"Thanks" Then he sighed "I think is because I am not really from Fairy tale, I come from an even farther placed called New York, and wanted to go to the Amazon, but ended up back here" Yoh looked perplexed.
"That sounds incredible"
"Yeah" Chocolove said, "I wanted to come here to tend to my grandfather, but he passed on and I have no idea what to do with my life anymore. He was the last family I had" he bowed his head with a serious look "There are things even Charms can't prevent, not even the greatest magic in the world, nothing can stop something as powerful as death" Yoh bowed his head as well, he knew there was pain in the world no one could stop.
"I'm sorry," he said.
"Hey, it's not your fault"
"Still, I know it hurts"
"Yeah"
Admidamaru looked at both of them, Yoh not really lost anyone to death, but he had lost people close to him, important people. Especially his precious twin brother, Master Hao. He could still remember the hard cries, that seemed to tare from the back of once heart to the front, the crying did not stop for days. The lashing out, the hiding, the lifeless eyes, it had been too much for Yoh, and now he was running of just to savor being alone a little longer. He never got to see the world, only his brother, and now it was Master Yoh's turn.
That was when a tall shadow befell their short forms, they looked up to see someone tall, well built and looking mean. He was huge; Yoh, Chocolove, and Admidamaru stared. "GAAAAAH!" The guy yelled sending a gust of powerful wind their way. This made Chocolove and Admidamaru tremble a bit, but Yoh just stayed standing, a little chuckle parting his lips.
"You need a breath mint"
The tall guy snorted, Admidamaru tried to regain more confidence while Chocolove thought 'this boy must be crazy not to flinch'
"Who are you? I've never see you around this territory before" the man huffed, a heavy voice.
"I'm new here, I'm Yoh" the boy cracked his knuckles and smirked.
"Well puny, get ready to get your face punched in"
"Are you insane!" Ren yelled, he was dressed in a sleeveless tight muscle shirt that was a blood red color with buttons slanting down his chest and stomach. Baggy black pants and normal Chinese shoes that warriors wear for flexibility, along with a wristbands, and his sword. "We are going to have to travel up the providences, we can get there if Hao teleports us and we can search Patch Village, since according to Anna is one of the places Yoh has visited!" His golden eyes glared.
"No, Horo makes a point though" Hao said, he was wearing a white poncho along with fingerless gloves that were odd, odd shoes, pants with an odd design and multiple belts. He had his reddish round earrings and a star design in them as well. He looked fairly good, the buckle he wore at the middle being his Star Charm, that he never left behind. "Just at the curve here is a hidden village of Guadalupe, where Silva lives, Yoh could have ended up there, if he doesn't know how to make good direction when teleporting."
That was when they all turned to Anna for reference. She rolled her eyes as she looked up from her novel "Yes, Yoh knows how to teleport, last time he did that he ended up just teleporting to a different part of the castle. But never for a long distance, so it could be possible in both way" Then she leaned up "Though, knowing Yoh, he would feel like he failed and would try to teleport once more, taking him even further. Since it's obvious he has minimal ideas of where he is going, he's never been out there, so he could be somewhere lost"
"So that also means Yoh could have traveled to The Amazon, or even further, from here, The Americas" Horo said.
"Could Master Yoh be so carefree to do that?" Ryu asked disbelief all over his face.
"Once again, knowing Yoh, that is without a doubt" Anna then closed her eyes in an annoyed matter "Now can you all go wash up for lunch, I want to make sure we leave with proper things before we set off on t his search"
"Sure"
"Whatever"
All the boys left except for Hao who looked at the blond female with dismay. "How has my brother been? Why would he run off…either you did something to make him want to leave"
"Part of your inference is right, but now. Yoh had no reason to leave, I mean I told him you were coming, he seemed surprised, now that I think about it" She smirked, but hid her face back in her book as she said, "Maybe he didn't want to see you again." She knew that was un-called for, Hao loved Yoh and Yoh loved Hao, both twins loved each other way too much to never want to see the other again.
"Don't say things like that" Hao snapped and left.
Anna glanced up and sighed, "I know," she said to herself "But why would Yoh leave so suddenly then?" Even she was in turmoil about his disappearance. She tisked, as soon as he got back, she was going to hit him over the head and embrace him tightly, to squeeze the life out of him. Then, just maybe, he will never leave again.
Yoh stood where he was, but at the last minute, he moved to the side, the man's wrist barely greasing his cheek "Ouch" He muttered. He glared, but it looked like a slight childish pout "What gave you the right to get violent"
"Master Yoh!"
"You piss me off, you and your face, piss me off! That is what gave me the right" Yoh grinned and Admidamaru relaxed as he took that in. It was the sign that his Master Used to get ready to be by his side.
"Hey! Marcus, this is a friend here, you can't just go on punching him, so can you let him be, he's my boy, you know, my homie"
"Look McDonnell, I don't give a rats ass who he is to you, This is my pray so BACK OFF" He growled to the dark skinned boy who fell backwards, the wind strong enough to push him all the way back and hit his back. This made Chocolove feel anger rush through his veins, a burning rush that highlighted them over his body like a mark. The other man, on the other hand, gathered powered energy into his wrist and was getting ready to hit the small brown haired boy, Chocolove's eyes widen. One punch from that energy bolt in the man's hand, Yoh's skull was going to be dust!
"YOH LOOK OUT!" He yelled.
Yoh's eyes widen as he dodged the hit completely but the hit slammed on the ground, cracking it and making it fall in. He fell down as he lost his footing and fell to the pit. "Mater Yoh!" Admidamaru yelled, before he found himself being the next target. Yoh rubbed his behind and then looked up when there was a loud growl. "Joco!"
Chocolove had launched himself to the other man from behind and was grasping him in anger. Yoh on the other hand pulled himself up, just in time to see his new friend get thrown to the side as if he was nothing "You are still weak McDonnell, you will never pass to my superiority. Why don't you go back to where you belong to you weakling!" Snapped the man.
"Zenigata!" Growled Chocolove as he managed to barely stand, the man on the other hand drove his hand back into the ground and hit Chocolove in the process, with a deep impulse.
"I think It's time I got rid of you, you've been a bother to me for too long, you'll never amount to anything" He hissed, swelling power back into his hand, this time with the intent to kill that dark skinned child. He was about to approach the half jaguar boy when a blade came to his throat and steered his attention back to angry little brown haired boy. His eyes glowered at him with dislike, a great displeasure that it was funny. "And what do you think you are doing?"
"Stopping you" Yoh hissed his voice angry.
"Ahahahaha! You are a riot kid, with spunk" The man pulled his hand back, "It is too bad you have to die this way, puny" the punch was coming his way but Yoh stood his ground.
"YOH!!"
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