*sighs* DONE! Hallelujia! U kno itz hard cumin ^ w/ new ideas, luckily I planned this story from start to finish! *smiles proudly*
But authors come ^ w/ new ideas all the time so tatz my problem haha!
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now those of you who are very observant and get curious at times I bet you guys wonder why Arisu couldn't see, and how Emmetto was blocking her vision, and why Wilhelmina was grinning evilly after Hao saw that picture in Emmetto's head. well those of you who like spoilers I'm going to give you a clue!
Each one of Soragumi (Wilhelmina, Emmetto, and Ari) like Hao have a special shamanic power...but i'm not going to say. YOU GUYS have to figure that out. THIS chapter gives clues to all three powers, also CH. 5 gives a clue to Wilhelmina's power, and CH.6 gives a clue to Emmetto's
~CrysitaNaima
History's Flames:
A Thousand Paper Cranes Arc;
Chapter Eight
Yoh slowly walked the road that seems as if they were never ending. Though he greatly wished they would end so that he may get to his destination sooner.
How was he supposed to face Anna after what she had done? He knew that she couldn't control it; after all it was her first Oni. But yet he never imagined that Anna had ever killed anyone, not to mention a small nine year old.
*Sigh* "What am I supposed to do?" he asked himself.
He raised his head and noticed he was already at the small convenience store Misaka-san worked at.
He saw Misaka-san standing outside; she seemed to be working on some sort of machine, wrestling with it greatly.
Yoh walked over to her and saw locks of blond hair waving in the air beside Misaka-san, he froze, it was Anna-chan.
She was bent down beside Misaka twisting a knob inside the machine with a wrench in her hand, having less trouble than the older girl beside her.
Yoh saw her freeze in her place as she seemed to feel his gaze on her, she looked up, her smooth brown eyes locked with his for a moment, then she turned back to what she had been doing before.
'He isn't here to see me. He isn't here to see me.' She repeated in her head almost as if she were crying inside her head.
Yoh frowned. His little wife didn't think that he was here to see her. She thought he was probably here to check on Misaka or something.
Yoh straightened up and walked over to them, his usual grin on his face.
"Ohayo!" he cheerfully said as he came over to them.
He saw Misaka wince for a slight second at his voice, then a smile slowly crept up on her face, she turned her head to look at him, then grinned.
"Ohayo, Asakura-san." She said taking a small bow at the brunette in front of her.
Little Anna rolled her eyes as the girl's thoughts poured into her head, she continued to work on the machine in front of her until she felt someone breath on her shoulder.
She turned around and saw Yoh looking at her with an absolutely cute grin, his face only inches above her shoulder.
"Ohayo Anna-chan." He greeted her, his chocolate eyes warm and welcoming.
The small girl just stared. Why was he being so nice to her? Did he not know of what happened last night? No. He knew. She knew he did…then why?
She slowly looked away, back to working on the machine, twisting the wrench back and forth to tighten the screw.
Yoh felt his face fall into a sadden look, he reached out and touched Anna's tiny hand that held the wrench, she flinched, and he took the wrench out of her hands.
"Can I help?" he asked, his face more cheerful.
Anna tucked a long strand of hair behind her ear and nodded, Yoh smiled and tightened the screw in one turn.
"Wow, you seem to be very hardy, Asakura-san!" Misaka praised him from behind, clapping her hands as if a baby had walked for the first time.
"She's not saying that just because of the screw." Anna whispered soft enough so that Misaka was not able to hear.
Yoh sweat dropped then he was startled by the sound of the bells jingling at the door of the store.
"I got the stuff…ah? Cadm's relative? Why are you here?" said a deep voice.
Yoh and Anna looked up and saw Edward standing at the door with some tools in his hand, his school jacket casually dangling on his shoulder.
"Edward! Don't be so rude!" Misaka ran up to him and pleaded, grabbing his arm tightly.
Edward just grimly looked at the girl and gently pushed her off his arm. "Who's the one that's being rude?" he said to her.
Yoh stood up and gave a small bow. "Ohayo, Edward-san." He smiled.
Edward blankly looked at him and coldly said. "Don't act so familiar with me, Cadm's relative. We're not going to be all chummy and friendly to each other."
Misaka and Anna just looked at him in disbelief.
"Edward…"
Yoh face didn't fall, he kept his usual smile on his face, making Edward irritated.
"Ah, I wasn't planning on it." Yoh said "I was just being nice, if you don't want to get involved with me then there is no worry."
Anna looked at him in disbelief at his words. "Yoh-kun."
Edward chuckled. "This is your friend, Anna? He is very dimwitted."
The small blonde frowned, her eyes being shadowed by her long sandy hair; she stood up beside of Yoh and wrapped her tiny arms around him in a small embrace. Yoh looked down at her in shock, his mouth slightly opened, his eyes a bit wide.
"Anna-chan…" he murmured under his breath.
Anna didn't look at him her dark drown eyes were on Edward, who seemed equally surprised as Yoh.
"Yoh-kun is my friend. It doesn't concern you. So back off!" she yelled in a viciously cold tone.
Everyone rooted themselves in place, stunned by the small girl's words.
"Ano…" Misaka interrupted, waving her hand frantically in front of her in fear. "Why don't we test out the machine now that Kyoyama-san helped me fix it?" she suggested.
Edward looked over at the machine; he walked over to and analyzed it from top to bottom. "You say Anna helped you fix it?" he asked.
Misaka nodded. Edward chuckled. "Well then" –he popped his knuckles- "let's see how sturdy it is."
"What?" Yoh yelled in confusion. But too late, Edward threw his fist at the machine with all the strength he had.
Yoh just stared wide eyed, he felt Anna's tiny body shake and he looked down, she was giggling. "Yoh-kun, don't tell me you've never seen a strength testing machine?" she asked now hiding her face in his shirt to keep in the laughter.
"Strength testing machine?" Yoh repeated in question.
Misaka nodded. "The rules are simple. With one swing of your fist you see how strong of a punch you have. Then the meter will give you a number, see?" she pointed to the red bar that kept rising and rising, then in the screen appeared the number with stood for Edward's strength.
"350." The blonde boy proudly announced to them, a smirk across his face. "Try beating that." He said to Yoh who just blinked at the number and looked down at the small Anna.
She smiled at him and unwrapped her arms from his waist; Yoh walked over to machine and looked it over.
Edward had his arms crossed in front of him, tapping his foot impatiently. "What the hell are you waiting for?" he asked, his face blank but his tone irritated.
Yoh scratched the back of his head and laughed. "Where am I supposed to punch it?" he asked sheepishly.
The others anime dropped to the ground.
"Idiot." Edward muttered under his breath as he and the others stood up, he walked over and pointed to a soft silk circle on the machine. "Here."
Yoh nodded and Edward backed away and watched. "One more thing." He said before Yoh punched the circular object. "If your number is higher than mine then you may play with Anna everyday, for all anyone cares. But if my number is higher then you don't get to see her anymore, and must leave the town." He challenged Yoh.
Yoh nodded and brought back his arm forming his hand into a fist. 'I have to get a number higher than his if I want to accomplish my desires of finally understanding my Anna's heart.' -He threw his fist at the object- 'everything will work out in the end.'
BAMM!
DING, DING, DING, DING…DING…DING.
"625." Misaka awed. "That's…more than Edward." She looked from the blond to the brunette and back again. 'And yet Asakura-san is 3 years younger than Edward, who is the most athletic at school! Is that possible?'
Edward was thinking the same thing. 'This kid is he human?' –He looked at Anna- 'or is there something else in his determination?'
Yoh sighed 'I guess it's thanks to Anna's training. I have to remember to thank her when I get back.' He smiled to himself then turned to Edward. "A deal's a deal." He laughed.
Edward narrowed his eyes "I guess so." He hissed. He didn't seem so happy about it, but a deal is a deal.
Yoh grinned "Well then let's go play Anna-…Anna-chan?"
He looked around him to find the mini Anna, or chibi Anna as Ohachiyo called her, he saw her standing in front of the machine. The small girl had her wide brown eyes on the red circle while she popping her knuckles, she furrowed her eyebrows together in complete concentration, and in one blink of an eye she threw her fist at the circle with a BAM, moving the machine back about an inch.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP...BEEP…BEEP
DING!
NEW RECORD, NEW RECORD.
Yoh's mouth dropped impossibly low, a cold chill going down his spine. "…8…hundred…seventy…two." He choked.
Misaka fainted, and Edward just stared in amazement "872…how is that possible?"
Anna looked at the number and smirked "I'm not a prize." She dully said to them walking over and grabbing Yoh's hand. "Let's go Yoh-kun."
"WE HAVE A WINNER OF 872 STRENGTH POINTS!" someone announced over the store intercom, startling Yoh, Anna, Misaka, and Edward.
Then a man in a black suit and microphone busted out through the doors of the store, he grabbed Misaka and stood her back up on her two feet and placed an arm on her shoulder.
"Misaka! Who knew we would be having a new record so soon!" he happily announced, his arm tightening around her shoulder.
Misaka began turning the color of her hair. "Ah! *cough*, Mr. Narutaki! *cough* *cough*"
The man finally let her go, and she fell to the ground on her knees, taking long deep breaths. Then he moved to Edward's side wrapping his arm around his shoulder. "Edward! I'd never thought you would have the strength of 872! You are impressive!" he knuckled the boy's blond head.
Edward shoved him off with on hand and crossed him off. "It wasn't me you nitwit!"
Mr. Narutaki blinked and looked around, his eyes fell on Yoh, he eyed him from top to bottom; Yoh blinked, waiting for the man's reaction/response.
Mr. Narutaki brushed his fingers through his shiny grey hair, and walked up to Yoh and shook his head. "Congrats son! You've beaten our school's most athletic guy! And 872, what a number!"
Yoh sweat dropped as the man kept shaking his hand; he raised his free hand and scratched the back of his head. "Ano…it wasn't me, sir." He told him, trying hard not to laugh.
The silver head man blinked, looking at the brunette in a confused face, his green eyes still blinking nonstop. Misaka got up off the ground and looked at her boss with her hand on her chest to monitor her breathing.
"Mr. Narutaki-sensei," she began, wondering how on Earth she was going to explain this to her boss. Mr. Narutaki turned to look at her and she pointed to the small girl beside of Yoh. The man turned his gaze to the small blonde.
'Small, peach-colored, chocolate eyes, long golden mid-thigh length hair…nothing like a girl who would score 872 strength points.' he analyzed. 'The girl doesn't look like she gone through-'
"Nani?" The girl angrily asked before the man could "analyze" anymore of her.
'Hmmp, demanding too.'He complained in his head. Yoh laughed and Anna-chan narrowed her eyes.
The small blonde pushed the man out of her way and walked over to the machine, all eyes on her tiny body. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and pulled her arm back, looking in the others' direction before throwing her second punch at the machine.
Mr. Narutaki stood impatiently waiting for the machine to show a number, Edward just dully stood in his spot, while Misaka and Yoh were on the edge of their toes.
DING!
NEW RECORD, NEW RECORD
"879? That's amazing!" Mr. Narutaki announced, his mouth practically touching the floor in awe. Yoh stood beside him, he hung his head. "I have been hit by her punch before…" he muttered.
The man turned his head towards Yoh, his mouth still touching the floor, his eyes wide in exclamation. "You have!" *faints~*
Anna looked proudly at her 2nd new record and ran over to Yoh, grabbing him by the hand and pulling him away. "Let's go, Yoh-kun!" she happily said, dragging him by the arm. "Ah! Hai!" Yoh responded, following behind and trying his best to keep up with her fast paces.
"Kyoyama-san! Don't forget about your class placement exam in the afternoon!" Misaka called out after them.
"Hai~!" The small blonde called back before she and Yoh were out of sight
History's Flames;
Chapter Eight
"Hao-sama, could you try slowing down a bit?" Luchist asked, worryingly, clutching tightly to the seat he sat in with Opacho on his lap.
They were inside Luchist's oversouled car, speeding to the limit to get to the Patch village. Hao was driving, Luchist was in the passenger seat with Opacho on his lap, and team The Ren and Faust were in the back. In Marco's car it was Marco (driving), Lyserg (passenger), Jeanne, Tamao, and Manta. Then riding on ridiculously large spirits were Emmetto, "Heika", Nagehiko, Ari, Wilhelmina, and Hana. Hana was sleeping in "Heika's" arms, he did not move or flinch as he rode on Jeikobu who was prancing fast to catch up with the cars.
"There's no way in hell I'm going to slow down, Luchist." Hao hissed at his sweating follower.
"But Hao-sama you are driving at 150 miles an hour!"
Hao ignored him; he kept his eyes on the road, hearing the accelerate to the point that they could only see blurs whenever they would pass a tree or another object.
"You expected him to be able to drive? The guy has never driven a car in his 1000 years of life." Chocolove reasoned, he and Horohoro both gripping on to their seats in fear, Ren and Faust just sat normally in theirs.
"Opacho feels sick Hao-sama." Opacho piped up looking a little green.
Hao took his eyes off the road to look at her, she looked horrible but Hao couldn't concentrate on that at the moment.
"Hao-sama eyes on the road please!"
Hao rolled his eyes, a crossed look was now on his face as he turned his eyes back to the road before him.
…
Inside the other car Marco was getting frustrated. "He shouldn't be allowed to drive in such manner!" he protested angrily—his glasses suddenly shattered and Lyserg handed him a new pair.
Jeanne smiled "He's only worried about Miss Annaka, Marco, the Patch are very cold-blooded when it comes to things such as these."
Marco's eyebrows furrowed; he looked at the rearview mirror. "Are you alright Oyamada-san?" he asked raising a brow at the short boy. Manta was grabbing on to his seat tightly and he was sweating like crazy, he looked up at Marco and gave a nervous smile.
"Hehe, its nothing…it's just, last time I was in this car we almost got murdered and well now we're going over 100 miles an hour so…"
Lyserg nodded in understanding, "I know what you mean Manta-kun, but there is no reason to worry, you can feel perfectly safe here."
Marco's face turned grim "If not…you can always ride with those outside." He said in a menacing tone. He meant Ryu who was on the roof of Marco's car, grabbing on tightly to its hood so he wouldn't slip or fall back because of the amazing speed they were going.
Manta gulped.
"Marco, don't scare them like that, remember they're friends. It's thanks to Manta-kun's dad that we were able to get a jet to the Island." Lyserg kindly told him, smiling at Manta's reaction. Marco laughed and Manta flinched at the sound of his low, bass, laughter. Tamao kept looking out the window, her attention constantly shifted itself, her eyes moving around to look at the ones on the gigantic animal oversouls.
She looked over Ari, "Heika", Nagehiko, Wilhelmina, and finally her eyes landed on Emmetto.
His eyes were also on her, watching her, looking over her tiny pale face. Tamao blushed and looked away; she decided to stare down at her hands. Emmetto grimed at the pink across the girl's face and turned his head, with an almost annoyed expression on his face.
Wilhelmina looked down at him from her giant oversoul in the sky, raising a brow at his unusual expression. "You're mad." She said in a dull tone, hovering down towards Jeikobu.
Emmetto didn't look at her he looked at the path ahead "Why wouldn't I be?" he said angrily, gritting his perfect white teeth "She's too…you know."
-"Heika" and Nagehiko weren't listening to the others; "Heika" just looked at the tiny little Hana in her arms, her face and eyes both soft as she held him gently.-
Wilhelmina nodded as she finished his sentence in her head "Eventually we'll change her back Emmetto, you know that. Don't ponder over pointless things."
Emmetto looked towards Marco's car and the tightened his hands "But when we do…we'll cease to exist anymore."
Wilhelmina closed her eyes "I know." She said. End of conversation.
…
"Ryu are you sure you're fine up there?" Manta shouted out the window.
Ryu held up a thumbs-up sign with one hand "As long as Miss Tamao and the pretty maiden are comfortable, I am willing to ride anywhere!" he shouted back in a proud tone.
Manta sweat dropped and looked at Marco, who was now holding the steering wheel with a tight grip, Manta flinched and sank into his seat, rolling up the window in the process.
"Lyserg," Marco said trying hard to calm his temper "do not allow that man around the Maiden, you understand." he finished referring to Ryu.
Lyserg sighed but agreed.
…
"Hao-sama you're going to go straight into the ocean!"
"I know." Hao replied once again to Luchist's worriedly screams. A smirk immediately appeared on Hao's face along with a shimmer in his eyes, and in an instant, they knew.
The car splashed into the ocean, a gush of water and bubbles suddenly appearing outside the windows, the vehicle disappearing in a sea of blue.
…
Marco and Lyserg both felt their eyes grow as they saw Luchist's car run straight into the waters. Lyserg turned to look at Marco as he pushed his glasses up.
"I will not allow anyone such as him to beat me!" –Marco huffed as his glasses glistened in the sunlight that hit them-
He scrunched downward in a ready position and hit the gas pedal, readying himself, then he shifted the gear to drive, Manta and Tamao screamed, and immediately they too, ran and fell into the waters with a grand splash.
The others just stood there on the beach.
"Heika" chuckled softly to herself, "He's very determined isn't he?" she laughed.
The others didn't respond, only Nagehiko who growled under his cloak, "He is not amusing to me." He said in an irritated tone.
Wilhelmina rolled her eyes. Ever since they met "Heika" Nagehiko never bothered to show his face, he always kept it hidden under his cloak. They didn't mind it though, they knew what he looked like far before "Heika" had met him.
Hana yawned, stretching himself in "Heika's arms. The brown haired girl held him closer to her, earning an irritated glare from her cloaked partner. "Honestly, why do you carry that thing as if you were attached to him?" he growled, uncomfortable at saying the word baby.
"Maybe I am attached." She responded dully, paying no more attention to him.
Emmetto saw the cloaked boy tighten his fist, he smirked in response. Then he turned to the pixie girl. "When do we leave, Arisu?" Emmetto asked, humoring himself by watching Ari look around the dark hood to find Nagehiko's face.
Arisu stopped what she was doing and blanked out for a moment, then she turned to the blonde onmyuoji-dresses boy "27.5 seconds." She replied
"Why so long?" Wilhelmina asked, smiling.
Arisu sighed "Because I'll be busy whining about how I don't want to go see the Patch."
"Well, get over it." Emmetto ordered "Because we're leaving now."
Emmetto hopped on Jeikobu's furry back with "Heika" and Nagehiko, Arisu sighed and followed behind with Wilhelmina, all of them also entering the waters to go and join the others.
…
"HAO-SAMA! TOO FAST!" Luchist said as they flew in the deep blue waters.
Hao ignored most of the screams and yells coming from Luchist, Opacho, Horo, and Chocolove. He was thankful that at least Faust and Ren were able to control themselves. He carefully looked past the groups of fish, corals, or anything that got in the way of what he searched for…then he saw it. The continent of Mu.
The engine sounded hard and rough as Hao slammed on the gas pedal, then after a few more screams from the others there was a crash and they were now safely on "land". Hao smirked at the perfect landing and got out of the car while the others recovered from the shock. He carefully inspected the damage of the car and scratched his head "Good thing this piece of junk is just an oversoul." He told himself as he saw the huge damage he'd done.
The bumper completely fell off, probably from the crash Hao thought, then there was the problem where the tires were completely flat. Hao laughed at that, looks like he won't be driving for a while, the car was a total mess! Then he saw a shadow forming below him, getting bigger and bigger in seconds, he looked up and saw a different car coming down.
He stared at it as finally it hit the ground, well actually it fell on Luchist's car with the others still inside. He raised a brow, waiting for something else, like and explosion or something to happen. When it didn't, he walked over to the pile of rubble and bent down.
"You guys alive?" he asked uninterested in an answer.
He saw a piece of metal move and in an instant it flew in the air and out from under it came out Horohoro.
"What kind of question is that!" he shouted in irritation.
"The kind of question meaning that I really don't care if you're alive or not." Hao responded calmly.
"AAGGHH! You bastard!"
Chocolove held Horohoro back from doing anything. "Calm down Horohoro! You're opponent is Hao!"
"I don't care!" Horo shouted, fidgeting around, trying hard to shake Choco off of him "I'll kill him like the piece of shit he is!"
Hao rolled his eyes.
"Why couldn't you die?" he joked, sitting on the floor with his legs crossed and his head being supported on his right hand.
"WHY YOU!"
"That's enough Horohoro." Ren said.
He stood up from the pile of metal, just as the others began as well, and he walked over to them. His face was covered in dust, but with one quick wipe of his hand, he rubbed it all off. "We need to hurry and find the Patch." He ordered.
Hao stood up. "You don't have to tell me twice." He said, now in a dull but serious tone. "Luchist."
The pile of metal slowly evaporated into the air as Luchist and Marco both undid their oversouls, revealing everyone who had been crushed underneath.
This is how they were:
Faust was at the bottom with Eliza beside him, Ryu was on top of the both of them, Marco was over Ryu's back, Manta was on top of Marco, Lyserg was right side up on Marco and Manta, Tamao, Opacho, and Jeanne were both on Lyserg.
"Itai~" Manta groaned in pain, as well as the others under him.
There was an echo of laughter coming from behind and instinctively everyone turned to the sound. Hao just stood still not bothering to turn to look at whomever was behind him; eight different thoughts poured into his head.
He closed his eyes and half-smiled. "Well looks like there's no need to look for guys," –he turned around- "is there, Patch?"
"The Patch!" Ryu yelled in surprise and pushed himself up with his long muscular arms, causing everyone on top of him to fall back to the ground with a thump. They all mounted right back up on their feet and angled themselves to the view of the Patch.
The Patch Tribe all stood there, in a perfectly straight line, each one facing Hao and company, the lower half of their faces grim, and their eyes being shadowed by their hair long coal hair.
"You guys have something that belongs to me" –Hao went on menacingly- "and I want her back. Unless you all wish to do otherwise…" he let himself trail off, already knowing their answer.
The Indian-like shaman equipped themselves with their spirits on their shoulder or on their sides, all set to crusade with the shamans before them. Then they heard a loud gnarl heavy running footprints. And in the blink of their eye a large bloodless white bear with golden armor stood 25 feet before them. Everyone who was behind the mammoth bear winced, full of surprise and fear… all except the great Asakura Hao, of course.
Hao just eyed the bear from top to bottom, looking almost impressed by its strong, durable appearance.
"Interesting." He muttered with two fingers on his chin. "You impress me, Arisu."
"Arisu?" "Arisu?" the other voices murmured around him.
Then they heard them, coming from the ocean above them, falling, closing the distance between them and the underwater continent with no slowing effort at silence. Both sides were motionless in expectation. But the Patch's side scowled in fresh confusion.
Then Arisu gracefully fell onto the clearing from above, landing on her feet. Beside her landed Jeikobu with a loud BANG as his huge furry Grey paws hit the ground, with "Heika", Nagehiko, Hana and Emmetto with his eyes sharp fierce.
Then, finally, down came a huge featured creature, moving the air on the continent with its long amber wings. On its back was Wilhelmina, her eyes as sharp and fierce as Emmetto's, her spirit's eyes reflected hers.
All the Patch watched, speculation in their eyes, as the unknown latecomers came and went over to Hao's side of the continent. They eyed each one of them. Curiosity came to them as they saw the two hooded ones on the wolf's back, then they gazed at the, impossibly, perfect looking shaman who came with them.
But out of those three, their eyes fell on Arisu. Her golden eyes were full of rancor, bother, disgust, and irritant loathe. Her stance was cautious but at the same time prepared for any attack.
It was as if she had hated the Patch for centuries.
Ren smirked at the expressions the Patch gave. 'How could eight priests be afraid of such a Barbie?' He asked himself. Hao just looked on at the Patch as their eyes traveled from Ari, to the huge polar bear, then back at Ari, a smile formed on his face.
"So are you going to tell me what I need to know?" he asked.
"I believe they won't either way…" the brown haired girl said –She jumped off the 25 feet tall wolf and landed perfectly on her feet with Hana still in her arms.- "At least not until they know what has come about."
The Patch's heads all jerked to the ringing sound of "Heika's" voice, they were silent and did not ask questions as to who she was and why she was holding the Shaman Prince. Though it was Nichrome who spoke up, causing looks of confusion from the older members of his tribe.
"You look well…Nianna." He said with a grin on his face, as he recognized the ringing sound of the girl's voice.
Heads jerked, and questions began to form in the tip of the shamans' tongues, desperately wanting to know what the hell was going on. Hao and Opacho rapidly began skimming through Nichrome's thoughts, trying hard to find the source of the name that belonged to the brown haired girl. The brown haired girl ignored all the whispers and murmurs behind her, she only looked at Nichrome and smiled.
"I see you remember me well. I'm not surprised." She courtly said, earning a snarl from Nagehiko who in an instant appeared beside her.
Nichrome smiled in response. "Heika"/Nianna turned to Arisu, who had not let her guard down once.
"Ari, undo your oversoul." She politely ordered.
Arisu hesitated. She looked at Nianna, then at the Patch, then her eyes landed on Hao, who seemed to be trying to look through her. Hao noticed that while she looked at him her eyes went blank for a few almost unnoticeable seconds. She shivered before she let out a sigh,
"Hoshi." She softly called as she looked down at the ground.
The mammoth bear turned its white head to look at her, then disappeared into a ball at her a moment everyone was silent, pondering over what was going on, until a certain Tao had enough.
Ren pulled out his spear and aimed it directly under Nianna's chin, right at her neck. The girl didn't even wince. "I don't like things that are unclear," he said in a malicious tone "so why don't you explain what is going on…Nianna am I right?"
Nianna just looked at the spear and shrugged "I guess it can't be helped." She said before turning to the cloaked Nagehiko.
He angled his head and looked at her for a brief moment, hesitating, before reaching out for the girl's cloak and in one hard tug-
He ripped it off of her and it slowly glided down to the ground.
Ren dropped his spear. Ryu choked on who knows what. Chocolove and Horo's mouth dropped to the ground. Marco's glasses cracked. Jeanne, Lyserg, Manta, and Tamao stared in awe. Faust dropped Eliza, whom he was holding in his arms until just now. Opacho fainted. Luchist broke his gun from clutching it too tight.
And Hao's eyes widened for the first time in who knows how long.
The girl before them, the one who had hidden her face beneath the cloak, now stood there…completely cloakless.
Her brown hair flowed down, a bit past her shoulders; her face was a peach color and completely flawless in every aspect of perfection; and her eyes were a smooth emotionless auburn, which matched Anna's, as well as her face. Her clothing were similar to Anna's usual dress, only with longs sleeves that had wide cuffs, and it was a brown color with Patch symbols around the ends of the dress. And on her dress was a, metal-looking, chest armor which all the Patch wore.
It was as if Anna was looking inside a mirror right in front of them and this is what she saw.
A black-haired, reflection of Anna…that was exactly what she was…that was the only way to describe her appearance.
Then it hit Hao, it hit him as if someone had swung an imaginary baseball bat with the word "duh" written all over it. Nianna. 'Ni' meaning 'two' and adding it to Anna's names. Hao mentally chuckled. The Patch had never been good with names. All the time they would name themselves after elements in the Periodic Table, never once being unique.
"My name is indeed Nianna." the brown haired girl announced in her clear, bell-sounding voice. As she continued, it was apparent she had prepared herself to tell this story, her story.
"The Shaman Queens have existed since the first Shaman King had been born, constantly being a great help for the Patch, but this time in order to protect her from an…'evil being'" –she gestured her head towards Hao- "she was forced to stay away from this continent until the preparations for Shaman Fight were soon to begin. But when the time came closer, Goldva realized Anna-san did not have knowledge of being Queen or helping with the preparations…"
She trailed off to let out a sigh, she shook her head mournfully, and then she continued. "That's when she decided to make a…copy of Anna-san, so to say." She stopped and smiled at herself.
Faust looked intrigued 'A new way of cloning.' he noted in his head. He looked at Eliza with a hopeful look, and began making calculations in his head.
He cleared his throat. "Nianna-san," –Nianna turned to him- "You're made out of what?" he casually asked, trying hard to hide the eagerness in his voice.
The girl smiled, "Earth." She casually replied. "Earth wetted by the holy water, stirred with the winds of the Aztec Eagle and shocked by the thunder of Taoism."
Faust took a mental note of this. His lazy eyes began to glisten with excitement, his smile never leaving his face.
Everyone else was trying hard to process the story through their heads. An Anna clone. That was unbelievably incredible.
Nichrome deviously smirked at Nianna and then said "You are not going to tell them about your defect?" saying it like if she was some sort broken toy.
Nianna shrugged. "Why not?" She said, unhesitating, Nichrome's face fell due to her calmness. "I had all the elements in me," she began once more "but I was missing the element of fire." –Hao swore Nagehiko shot him a look from under the hood of his brown cloak- "That element was the one that was suppose to make me…'human'. But since I was missing it many things happened. I grew impossibly rapid, getting an older body with only a few years of age, and still growing."
"My furyoku would not recover once I lost it, causing me to grow weak when I created the Island where the Shaman Fight was held. I never got my Reishi; therefore I didn't know what Goldva planned when Anna-san appeared with Yoh-san in the Shaman Fights…she planned to get rid of me."
She shivered as the memory came to her. "She used an old ancient unreliable method to do it, leaving me only half dead; with her thinking I was fully gone. But I remained alive and eventually met Soraguimi." –She pointed two fingers towards Emmetto, Wilhelmina, and Arisu.
Lyserg, Jeanne, Marco, and Tamao all found this name familiar for some reason, though they couldn't remember a thing. Hao's expression on the other hand darkened suddenly.
"Since I did not receive the last element I could not be fully 'human'. I cannot control my feelings; they are controlled by the way the Shaman Queen is suppose to be. So…" she looked at Hao and wrinkled her face in plain disgust. "So when the King was first announced, the first instinct was…love towards the King."
Tamao suddenly felt jealousy flood through her body, she tried hard to restrain herself from asking a certain question, but her weakness didn't let her.
"Ano…you…love Master Yoh?" Tamao asked timidly, feeling bubbles of jealousy bursting from within her.
Nianna looked at her smiling, Tamao felt her heart sank. "No…" the brown haired girl responded.
Relief washed over her, she felt the bubbles disappear inside her and involuntarily let out a sigh.
"Then…who…?" Manta asked.
Nianna continued to stare Hao's direction; everyone's eyes grew, including his. But the expression on his face was quite unlike the others.
It was a strong mixture of shock, puzzlement and amazement, and he simply gaped at her for a full ten seconds; her expression faltering, now being exchanged with a rather offended looks, almost defiant. "You mean me?" he asked her, his eyes still wide in exclamation.
She nodded, her face blank, but by looking at her eyes and hearing her voice you could tell that she wasn't entirely expressionless. "It's a horrible defect." She replied bitterly.
"I'd rather think it as amusing." Nichrome responded. The Patch all looked at him in wonder.
The girl glared hard at him, before turning back to Hao.
"Gomen." She dully said with a shrug. "I did not realize about Annaka until you all came to the village. But I do not like to see people suffer due to me, therefore that is why I am exchanging her life for mine. It has nothing to do with you."
She said the last sentence with such a cold tone that even Luchist, Ren, and Marco flinched at it.
Hao just smirked. "I don't care what your decision is in all of this; I only wish to get my wife back. With or without your help." His face was a mock.
But then he got serious, he knew now why they had mistaken Annaka for…Nianna. The two looked identical to Anna so it wasn't a huge mistake, but…
'They still have my wife.' Hao reminded himself.
He searched the heads of the Patch, scanning, seeing if anyone of them knew where she was…he found the answer in Nichrome's head.
Then in an instant he ran past the Patch before they could make any defense or attack to stop him. Which they didn't bother to do.
The others on Hao's side went and followed behind him keeping their weapons in hand, prepared for any sudden attacks. They ambled fast, easily chasing him into a huge room, leaving the Patch alone with their thoughts.
When they were out of sight, Silva turned to the youngest Patch.
"Nichrome," he began, his low tone was a warning. "How do you know about all this while we stay in the dark as to what they are talking about?"
Nichrome dully looked at him, not bothering to show fear at his warning voice.
"Goldva decided to get me to teach her what I knew about the Patch, just for a while at least. Until she should see our ways, it's no reason for you to worry."
Kalim stood by Silva's side equally annoyed. "This has been going on for years and Goldva never decided to tell the rest of us of a threat caused by her!"
A smile came up on the young boy's tan face. He chuckled soft before answering his fellow brothers, who eyed him as if he were insane for laughing at such a great threat that had been alive for years.
"Nianna…is only three years old."
…
Hao ran as fast as he could, feeling the aura of the others trailing behind him. He didn't need to look behind him to know it was his side that was following him, he didn't care.
Instead he concentrated hard, searching, scanning the rooms for a familiar mental echo in his head, he finally heard it.
It echoed loudly in his head, as Annaka's thoughts reached him.
'…for the love of all that is holy…no…'
Hao felt a sharp pain in his chest. 'Take a right,' he ordered himself 'Take a damn right!' His body finally listened and turned right, leading him and the others into an enormous room; the one in Nichrome's thoughts, the one where Hao heard her voice, the one where Annaka was in…
And there they saw her, in a large container full of water, rocks, cutting metal, and longs shocks of lightning, she was being tortured deeply, the rocks and metal cutting roughly through her pale skin, the lightning shocking her, sending rays of electrical activity through her veins…her life was almost at an end.
Manta felt weak, this was worse than seeing a million people die right in front of him, this was unnatural, unreal, and completely wrong.
"Annaka!" Hao shouted.
The name echoed through the whole room, ringing through everyone's ears, including the almost unconscious blonde.
She dully opened her wine eyes, their color matching the red water that she was in. her eyes looked everywhere searching for the source of the voice, then her eyes landed on who she was looking for. Her mouth curved up in a smirk.
Hao's mouth mashed into a hard line. How cruel the world was indeed. Here was an angel being tortured with such cruelty for no apparent reason, and yet she didn't smile at thinking her life could be saved. She smiled because she saw him.
Life was unfair.
Ren, who had been surrounded by death all of his life, was amazed at the way they were taking the blonde's life. The cruelty was too much. But what was ticking him off the most was the Patch Elder at the side who watched with an amusing look on her face as she watched the girl die. He saw the two twins trying hard to avoid eye contact with anyone; obviously they were being forced to do this treacherous thing.
Goldva took a step toward them. "I see you arrived to save her, eh? Well I'm afraid it's almost too late for her, as you all can obviously see."
"You're one hell of a bitch Goldva." Horo criticized in an obvious pissed off mood.
"To force two small children to something like this, it's unforgivable." Ryu said taking out his katana aiming it at Golva's head. "I will protect all tiny lovely ladies, and fight for their free wills." He finished.
Goldva snorted. "Haha! Their own free will! You know nothing about us Patch do you?"
Ryu grimaced at the comment.
"The ten Patch Officials' task is to organize the fight that will decide the new Shaman King. My granddaughters were the priestess chosen to teach this to the future Ten Officials' that follow." The Patch Elder stated as-a-matter-of-factly.
Lyserg felt the pixie girl move uncomfortably beside him, out of the corner of his eye he saw that she was viciously glaring at Goldva, her fist both clenched, and her teeth were gritted.
"Calm down, Ari." He heard Wilhelmina order the girl in a low whisper.
Arisu struggled. "I…I. Can't." she hissed as Goldva went on.
"They are both burden with a great and important mission. We Patch have no free will; all of it is decided by the Great Spirit. That's the way it will be, and I, will not allow that to EVER change."
There was a loud snarl and Arisu pushed everyone out of her way, bringing out Hoshi in his golden armor. Hoshi instantly disappeared into the two claws that the girl had hanging from her belt. The belt stiffened and turned into a two sided kama*, with the two bear claws as the blades. She did all this in 3 seconds and then launched herself at Goldva, until Lyserg tried to stop her.
"Morphine!" he shouted as the small fairy entered the crystal pendulum and flew almost invisibly around the girl, tying her down and pulling her back to where she was.
Ari struggled growling long vicious breathes. "Let. Me. Go." She ordered, struggling to get out.
There was a sigh from Emmetto as he walked over to her, he bent down in front of her and for a while Ari was still and silent.
"Ari," he began, his voice soft but demanding. "Will you calm down, please?"
She struggled to answer back, as if someone was keeping her from talking. "Emmetto," she hissed "Let. Me. See!"
Tamao shivered at the sound of Ari's words, recalling her own moment with Emmetto, her sight not working, her body not responding to her commands to move. 'I didn't numb your sense of talk.' She shivered and blush at the sound of his strong but sweet voice in her head.
Hao heard the words Tamao was repeating but ignored it. There were other things he was worrying about. He walked over to where the Patch Chief stood, a sound echoing from under him.
Footsteps; the soft, almost musical-like pattering brought down upon the ground with each step like the ghostly rhythm to a song, a serene atmosphere brought upon the almost gruesome scene with haunting definition.
Darkness fell and light was brought upon. The footsteps echoed throughout the entire room until it slowly beat down to soft pats onto the ground below.
"I want my wife, Goldva." He demanded -his tone violent and cruel, bringing shivers down the shamans' backs.-
Goldva smiled "You want her half-dead?" Hao clenched his teeth together in response.
"Enough. Goldva."
Goldva's head jerked at the sound of the ringing voice, the one who was similar to Anna's. She saw Nianna, standing there, holding the Shaman Prince in her arms, her eyes baring holes right through the Elder.
Fire erupted and coursed fire between the two of them. Enemies that at one time were practically family.
"Nianna…" Goldva said, not hiding the disgust in her tone. "If I would have known you would have come yourself I would have spared Annaka here, her life. Or…does her life not concern you?"
Nianna looked at Annaka. "Gomen." She told her and all Annaka did was give a glare in response to her insincere apology.
Oblivious to the glare, Nianna handed Hana over to Ryu, who blinked as he watched the girl walk towards the Elder. Goldva gave a despicable smile and turned around, her back now towards the brown haired girl. The girl glared at her back.
"You're an arse, Goldva." She said, and boy did she mean it.
Goldva froze, stunned, she slowly turned her head, trying to keep calm. "What. Did. You. Say?"
Nianna smirked and took a step back for every word that came out of her mouth.
"You."–step- "Are."-step-"An."-step- "Arse."
Goldva shook in anger. "You…DARE TO CURSE IN THE BODY OF A QUEEN!" she shouted out in rage. "BIG CHIEF!"
The big eagle came out from the ground making holes and bricks roll from underneath it as it came out.
"Destroy her!" the Patch shouted out.
The mammoth bird clenched at fist and threw it the girl, Nianna only stood there smirking smugly as it came towards her.
"Shit, what is she doing?" Horo shouted.
Him and Chocolove oversouled and launched themselves in front of the bird; Horohoro was able to grabbed and push aside the birds hands, while Chocolove grabbed Nianna and pulled her away with him.
"Has all that dirt finally gone to your head?" Chocolove yelled at her while holding her in his arms.
"Put me down." She dully ordered.
Chocolove did as told; he placed her down across the room beside him. Nianna turned to him, her eyes focused and serious.
"McDonnell Chocolove, I need you to injure me." She told him.
He stared at her through his shades; she wanted him to injure her?
"Ahhhggg!" Horohoro yelled as Big Chief knocked him out of the way by punching him hard in his gut, causing him to go crashing into the wall.
Next Ren, Faust and Lyserg launched themselves as well.
"Bason: BUSHIN FISH FIN; RASIOU!"
"Eliza: MEPHISTO E!"
"Morphine, Zeruel: MASTEMA DOLKEIA; TENSHI NO HONOO!"
Each attack flew with amazing speed invisible to a regular person's eyes, but yet it would seem these four attacks were not enough, Big Chief shifted to his right and all the blast did was cut through one of his arms, which of course was easily restored.
Goldva smirked at the four shamans' expressions of surprise. "Big Chief…knock them out with your strength!"
The half eagle oversoul lifted one of his enormous hands and with one quick swing, knocked the shamans into the wall next to Chocolove and Nianna.
"Guys!" Manta shouted, Tamao shut her eyes to avoid looking at her friends getting injured.
"They can't do anything about it." Wilhelmina told them. The two jerked their heads to look at her, amazed by her words. Wilhelmina didn't look at them, she just locked her gaze on the fight occurring in front of her, her expression blank and bored. "They are not using the Elemental Spirits, that's why they cannot win at the moment. Last time you guys fought Goldva you guys didn't kill her, that sandy-blonde haired girl with the robot did." She reminded them, referring to Seyram.
"At the moment," Emmetto said, interrupting their thoughts, "we don't know what to expect, we don't know who will win. Seeing as last time the girl, Seyram, took Goldva by surprise." He looked down at Arisu, who was no longer tied down by Lyserg, due to the fact he went to fight Big Chief, but the girl didn't move. It was as if something was still holding her down. Emmetto smirked at her, still in front of her view. Tamao felt as if someone dumped cold water on her, by the way he looked up and stared at her, "If we all just keep a calm head I'm sure we'll be able to find a way through all this." He said.
Tamao saw a smile forming on the blonde boy's lips, it wasn't a regular smile, it was a smile as if he knew something they didn't, like some hidden joke that only he understood. Hao noticed this smile too and narrowed his eyes, hard, as if trying to get inside the boy's head, but something was blocking him from reading Emmetto's and the rest of Soraguimi's heads.
"I can't see." Arisu complained still on the floor. "Emmetto, please let me see."
Emmetto gave that secret smile again, this time Wilhelmina joined him.
Hao was irritated enough. Annaka was losing more blood. He could tell by the fact that the water was now a darker shade of red.
Ryu handed Hana over to Tamao, who stood beside Marco, then Ryu took out his katana. "Let's go Tokageru!" he said and went to join in the battle.
"LET ME SEE!" Ari wailed, in annoyance.
Jeanne stared at the girl. She turned to Emmetto "Why not move aside to let her see?"
Emmetto ignored her, Arisu on the other hand didn't. "I don't need you of all people to help me." She coldly hissed.
Marco fumed. "Why you unworthy-"
"Marco." Jeanne interrupted "Don't."
The X-Law looked at her in disbelief. "Maiden-sama! She just spoke rudely to you! That's unforgiva-"
The Maiden looked at him with dark eyes, and he immediately shut his mouth, earning a few chuckles from Luchist behind him. Tamao looked worried between the Arisu and the Maiden, who looked at her with hurt eyes.
"Ano…" –Emmetto looked up at her- "maybe you should let her see." She told him shyly, blushing like mad and hiding her face behind Hana's tiny body. Emmetto stared at her for a while, causing Tamao to turn red and hide behind Jeanne and Marco, with Hana still in her arms. "Or not!" she responded once she was behind her safe sanctuary. Emmetto said nothing he just moved out of the way, and Arisu let out a long sigh, as if a whole bunch of weight had been lifted off her.
And for once Hao heard/saw the boy's thoughts as Emmetto got distracted by Tamao's voice.
The image of a girl, slender, pale, long pink hair and pink eyes that showed nothing but malice, as if her eye color was made by a lighter shade of blood.
Then the image was gone, blocked once again. And Hao saw Emmetto glare at the red headed Chinese shaman, whose eyes never left the fight in front of her, but her lips were curled up in an evil smile.
Lyserg and Faust crashed into a wall far off to the right, while Ren and Horo crashed right back to Chocolove's side, and Ryu crashed right into the ground making a huge crater in the floor
Nianna looked at Choco, "Do it now." She ordered.
Chocolove hesitated. Ren struggled to get up. "What is it you want?" he demanded to know.
She turned to the Tao. "Injure me," she told him, her face serious. "Injure me now."
Ren blinked and thought about it for a second, until he saw Goldva's spirit now running towards them out of the corner of his eye.
He sighed very quickly. "Where?" he asked.
"My arm."
Big Chief was now approaching, rapidly closing the distance. His footsteps shaking the place as if it were a city in the middle of an earthquake.
Nianna grew impatient "Stop thinking about it and do it now!"
Ren obeyed and took one swing of his BUSHIN FISH FINat the girl's arm. A shriek escaped the girl's lips.
The ground shook viciously knocking many to the ground. All oversouls disappeared and the container of water across the room shattered, and Annaka's almost lifeless body fell to the floor with a thump. All of this happened with just one wail from the girl.
Goldva shook deeply from where she was standing; she fell to the ground in pain, she opened her mouth as if to speak; a rattle proceeded from the depths of her throat, her teeth chattered; she stretched out her arms in her agony, opening her hands convulsively ad fumbling about like a drowning person; then suddenly her hands fell back at the old woman's sides, limp. Lip and Rap dropped the cactuses in their hands and ran over to their grandmother. Faust ran after them, instantly connecting Goldva's body to a Multiparameter Monitor to check her heart rate.
Hao ran across the room to where Annaka laid, he scooped her into his arms and held her close to him.
She was losing so much blood that it was all rubbing against his clothes, but he didn't give a damn, he just held her tighter to his body to keep her close, not letting her body out of his sight.
"Faust!" he shouted "Get over here now!" he ordered in a loud shout.
Faust immediately rushed over to Hao's side, with Eliza trailing fast behind him, leaving Goldva adapted to the machine which gave off the beeping rate of her heart.
BEEP
BEEP
Hao placed the blonde's body on the hard floor so Faust could examine her.
"Let's see," he began as he bent over "intense bleeding, trouble breathing, cuts and bruises, abnormally low pulse…" he mumbled to himself as he examined the blonde from top to bottom.
BEEP
BEEP
"Get on with it Faust." Hao demanded behind him. He impatiently shifted his weight and crossed his arms, waiting for Faust to hurry up and cure his wife.
"Right." Faust nodded and returned to his work, placing his right hand over Annaka's chest.
BEEP
BEEP
"CHOU. SENJIRYAKKETSU." He whispered into the air, bringing out a small fog of golden mist. Everyone waited until the fog cleared up, all impatient to see the results, when it did clear up they saw that Faust's hands were still on Annaka's chest. A puzzled look plastered across his pale, sweating face.
"Faust?" Ryu asked a seeing his teammate's expression "what's wrong?"
Faust began to breathe harder and sweat more. His face now completely wet and tired out.
BEEP
BEEP
"I'm not sure." He responded through his loud breaths, "My furyoku is nearly gone and yet she won't awaken!"
"What!" they all shouted in unison.
BEEP
BEEP
Hao pushed Faust out of the way and bent over to look at his wife. Her wounds were all gone, but yet she was pale as snow and hardly breathing, Hao placed his hand on her forehead; her skin was now cold and dry.
"That can be expected." A voice said.
He turned and looked at Nianna across the room, she was knelt down on the ground putting pressure on her bloody arm, Nagehiko was down beside her, ignoring the gaze from the others.
Hao narrowed his eyes at the girl. "What do you mean by expected?" he asked in an irritated hiss. At the moment he was in no mood for anything that would piss him off.
BEEP
BEEP
Nianna turned her head so that she did not have to look at him in the eyes "The Shaman Queen's furyoku increases by day, we are meant to have unlimited furyoku until the king is born. But…Annaka-san was revived after the King's birth therefore her furyoku does not stop increasing until her death or…another five hundred years…"
Faust suddenly felt useless, the medicine needed to revive Annaka-san was far off from his skills, he felt as if he was a grand failure as a doctor of modern medicine. There was only silence among everyone until Faust voice broke out in a soft whisper.
"Funbari, funbari, working hard, Funbari, Funbari, it's been found…"
BEEP
BEEP
Hao felt his eyes grow abnormally, he looked down at Annaka, she was not breathing as much as before, Hao clenched his fist in anger. This was why he hated being human, he had no power, no control over one's death. Suddenly he regretted ever reviving his brother's wife, if he would have never revived Anna then…then what? Now that he thought about it, it was Anna who resurrected Annaka, who brought her back from 500 years ago. Why did she do it? Because she felt sorry for him? Because she had some motherly affection towards him? Or…because she was returning the favor of reviving her and letting her stay with Yoh?
BEEP
BEEP
Suddenly the answer didn't matter to him, his wife was dying, and no one on this damn planet full of humans had enough furyoku to revive her, the only ones who could revive her were still inside the Great Spirit.
Why the heck was life so unfair?
He pulled her to his arms once more, burying his head in her long -blood tinted- golden hair. He ignored the looks he was getting from everyone, looks of pity, helplessness, those looks that made the Asakura leader look weak. Every single one of Yoh's stupid friends looked at him that way, all except Opacho who stared at Annaka's almost soulless body with practically dilated eyes.
"H-Hao-sama" she said, shaking.
BEEP
BEEP
All eyes were now on the small African girl. She walked over to where her Hao-sama was and looked at Annaka, not once bothering to blink.
"Hao-sama" she said in a tone full of awe. "Let go of Annaka-sama."
Hao for once was confused. "Opacho…" the small dark skinned girl gave him a look, Hao hesitated before he placed his wife on the ground.
BEEP
BEEP
Opacho moved down to her little dark knees, leaning forward to the half-dead body, her expression suddenly intense in a strange way. Hao grew impatient.
"Opacho, what the hell is going on!" He shouted. He had enough, all he wanted to do was sit peacefully on the ground with his almost-deceased wife in his arms, and here was Opacho messing around with him.
BEEP
BEEP
The little girl gently touched his face with her tiny hands. "Hao-sama, listen." She ordered, and she softly pulled his head on her chest.
There was a gasp from behind him but Hao ignored it, instead he concentrated on his hearing, which became a bit difficult due to that annoying Multiparameter monitor that he could hear all the way across the room.
BEEP
BEEP
His faced grimaced and looked at Opacho, not moving his head off Annaka's stomach. "I don't hear anything!" he shouted in rage, "Opacho what am I suppose to be…" Opacho winced and Hao's eyes dilated about ten times as big as normal size. "Shit." He muttered out loud, earning looks from everyone around him.
BEEP
BEEP
He raised his head and froze, his gaze frozen on the half-dead body of his wife in front of him. His eyes wandered to her chest, it still moved up and down as if she were breathing. The Asakura placed his fingers on her neck. No pulse. Hao gritted his teeth together, "Shit. Shit. Shit!"
Finally it was Luchist that dared to ask what was going through Asakura Hao's head. "Hao-sama? What is the matter?" he asked, keeping his distance in case his master was to have an attack.
Hao looked at them, his eyes wild in anger, rage taking over him. "She…"
The beeping of the Multiparameter began accelerating, it's high pitched beeps suddenly growing more continuous in its rukus.
"…doesn't have a fucking heart."
The Multiparameter let out a long final tone that echoed throughout the silence of the whole Mu continent.
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