Chapter 2
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Italic stands for thought / dreams
'Italic with single quote stands telepathic voice'
[Stands for voice from the past]
Underline stands for letter
"Quote stands for dialogue"
Bold stands for emphasis
Bold italic stands for a dangerous tone
After Ren managed to calm himself and accept the fact that Yoh is dead, he stood up from his sitting position and wiped his tears then walked back to the fight taken place, he want to know if Hao is also dead or not.
No one talking to him when he was back, he also didn't say anything either, he only walked to where he last saw Yoh and from there he looked around. A soft gasps then caught his attention, he walked to where he heard the noise from and found what he was looking for, or to be exact, who he was looking for. Asakura Hao is gasping for breath and has a big cut on his chest, he looked like he is in so much pain, but he is alive nevertheless.
Looking at the 1000 years old Shaman in that kind of condition make him pitying the older twin of Yoh, he know that he is angry at the Shaman before him, but he knows that Yoh wouldn't want him to die. If it's Yoh, if Yoh is still alive, then he would surely help Hao, no matter even if Hao had done so many bad things, but Yoh wouldn't let him die.
Now that I thought about it, Yoh always said that he wouldn't want to kill anyone, even Hao, so it's a high possibility that Yoh spared Hao. Ren thought as he walked closer to the wounded Shaman, because of Hao, many people die, many people suffered, many people lost their family and friends, but Yoh would still help him if he is still alive. Yoh spared him, he didn't kill him, even if he had to die because of it, but he want to give Hao a second chance. So, even if they lost Yoh because of Hao, Ren would follow Yoh's way and help him, he would try giving Hao a second chance and change him, just like how Yoh change Ren himself. Because Yoh is their unspoken leader, because Yoh himself spared Hao's life, Ren wouldn't let anyone to kill Hao but he would never let Hao to kill anyone either.
Hao looked so vulnerable in Ren's eyes now, with all the blood and all the gasps the other boy making, not to mention the pale looked on his face, Ren knows that Hao wouldn't be able to stay alive so long. He can't let Hao die, Yoh wouldn't want it, so Ren bent and lifted the 1000 years old Shaman's body, noticing just how light and how thin his body is, then he walked to where the others are.
"What do you think you are doing?!" Anna hissed right after she spotted who is it in Ren's arm, causing the others to turned to look at him and gasped, she looked so angry and ready to kill Hao and even Ren himself for helping him, but Ren already decided to follow Yoh's way of doing things, he wouldn't let Hao die and giving him a second chance.
"Anna is right, Ren, what do you think you are doing?" Chocolove asked when Ren stay quiet and not answering Anna.
Ren sighed softly so that no one heard him, "What I think I'm doing is to get him some help." He looked at Faust, "Faust, he will die if he left alone, but I'm not sure if the Patch's doctor will agree to help".
"Just leave him to die then." Lyserg snapped in anger, "He killed my parents, and now Yoh is dead because of him, let him die, he doesn't deserve to live".
Ren glare at the green haired boy, "Yoh wouldn't want him to die, if he is still alive, I'm sure he would help Hao." He stated calmly, then looked at Faust again.
"What the hell you are saying?! Yoh is dead because of him!" Anna yelled, her eyes wet from tears, "Lyserg is right! Just leave him to die!".
"I'm not talking to you when you are all angry and can't think clearly of how Yoh would react if he is still alive, and even if he is dead, what Yoh had thought me, that everyone deserve a second chance, would never died along with him." Ren said coldly, "I know Yoh would want us to give him a second chance".
Faust nodded, "I understand, Yoh is so kind and forgiving, so of course he would want to help Hao." He said calmly, "I will treat his wound, let's go to the patch hospital".
Ren nodded, "We need to, and fast, Faust. We need your Oversoul if we want to get there fast." He said as he looked at how much Hao's blood staining his poncho and is still flowing from his wound.
They flew with Faust's Oversoul, Faust then get Hao taken to the operating room and he make sure the other doctors helped him to treat Hao's wound. After the operation success, Faust take Hao to one of the hospital room, the one in the deepest part of the hospital so that no one will know about it, he said that Hao had passed the critical situation and will live. Needless to say, Anna and Lyserg are furious about it, but Ryu, Horo Horo, Manta, Chocolove and Silva stay quiet and leave to think by themselves.
"You will stay here?" Faust asked as Ren flopped down to the chair beside the bed.
"Yeah, people might want to kill him." Ren answered calmly, then Amidamaru appeared floating on the other side of the bed.
"I will also stay here." He stated firmly, even if his eyes still filled with sadness, but now there's determination in his eyes.
"Why?" Ren and Faust asked in unison, they understand if the ghost wouldn't want to be around the one who caused his master death, so they are surprise when the samurai spirit stated something like that.
"Because it's Yoh-dono's last wish, he want me to not let him to die, and to give him a second chance." Amidamaru answered as he looked at Hao, "Yoh-dono said that the Great Spirit had taken back Spirit of Fire and he won't be of any threat anymore, he didn't want Hao to be killed".
"Amidamaru, do you think that Yoh spared him?" Faust asked as he take a seat next to Ren, "I noticed that the cut is deep enough to make him unconscious but not deep enough to kill him".
"Yoh-dono said that he didn't kill Hao on purpose, he can't." Amidamaru answered with a sigh, "Please, don't talk about Yoh-dono for the time being, we all need time to accept the fact that he is dead." He then turned into invisible mode, he is still around but no one can see him.
"What are you doing here?!" Anna shrieked just when Ren opened the door to the house they borrowed from the Patch, "You helped that murderer! You are siding with him! I won't accept you here!" she glare at him as she get in Ren's way to enter the house.
Ren sighed, Anna is just as stubborn as Hao and Yohmei, Yoh's grandfather, once she had an idea in her head, she will never change her thought. The only person who can change her though was Yoh, and now that Yoh is dead, Ren is afraid that no one can change her thought anymore, and that would led to destruction sice Anna is violent type just like Hao and Yohmei.
Ren scratch the back of his head, Faust said that he will stay in the hospital since he would do as Yoh wished, he would protect Hao so that no one can kill him, that's why Ren decided to come back to the house and take some rest because he don't like the feel to sleep in the hospital, he is not Faust after all. "Look, Anna, I don't want to have an argument with you, that's just tiring and I'm very tired right now." He grumble on his spot, "Just let me get inside, and if you really are Yoh's fiancee, you would want to fulfil Yoh's last wish to give Hao a second chance." After he said that, he walked pass the furious Anna and went to the second floor immediately, he doesn't want to have any argument with anyone right now.
After some shower and dinner by himself, Ren went to the roof, once he got to the roof and looked at the stars, the thought of Yoh entered his mind. He can't help it, really, Yoh like to watch the stars so much in the past, and whenever he looked at the stars now, he remember about Yoh, not to mention his death is so fresh in the memory.
Another thought about Yoh reminded the Tao of another problem, Yoh is their unspoken leader, he was the one who always keep everyone together, now that Yoh is gone, I wonder if everyone still going to stay in one place? Ren closed his eyes, he somehow doubted it, without Yoh, there's nothing that will keep them close, since Yoh was the only one capable of united everyone. Even at the last battle between Yoh and Hao, everyone lent their power to Yoh, every Shaman in the Patch village did, except those who followed Hao.
It's a chain reaction, when someone close with Yoh looking at the stars, they will think about Yoh, then after thinking about Yoh, they would think about Hao, and that is what happened to the Tao. Hao is Yoh's twin, a connection which would never go unnoticed by anyone, in fact, what happen when one think about Yoh or Hao, they would also think about the other one.
Vaguely, Ren heard a soft footsteps from the door to the roof, someone also decided to come to the roof it seems. "Ren." Oh, that's the Ainu's voice, he sounded so hesitant, does the Ainu also think that he had siding with Hao?
"What is it?" Ren asked without opening his eyes, his mind still spinning around Yoh, he really wondering if everyone would scattered around without Yoh, he also wondered what Hao's followers would do when they know that Hao is still alive.
During his walk to the house, no one talked about Hao at all, none about Yoh either, all those who was stay up and walking around the town late at night was talking about the discontinuation of Shaman Fight. The Patch officials said that Great Spirit decided to cancel the Shaman Fight, the reason is unknown, but Ren, and maybe all of the contestants, thinking that it's because of what Hao had done to the Great Spirit so that they need to rebuild after Spirit of Fire ate Great Spirit.
For a moment, the Ainu didn't answered, but he heard Horo Horo's footsteps coming closer to him until he got beside Ren. "Do you think it's really alright to helping Hao? What if he start killing again after he is fully healed?" Horo Horo asked nervously, "And Yoh is dead because of him, why would Yoh want us to keep Hao alive?".
Ren snorts as he opened his eyes, "You are really stupid, baka Ainu." He said derisively, he always thought that the Ainu is a moron, but to think that he would asked something that the answer is so obvious. He shook his head, "Do you know what Yoh's last wish that he told Amidamaru is?" he asked to blue haired Shaman.
"What is Yoh's last wish then?" Manta's voice joining their conversation as the small boy entering the roof.
"Amidamaru said that Yoh want him to make sure Hao won't get killed and to give him a second chance." Ren answered as he looked at the stars again, "Yoh said to Amidamaru that the Great Spirit had taken back Spirit of Fire and he won't be of any threat anymore, he didn't want Hao to be killed. Yoh spared Hao's lived, even if somehow Yoh knew that all that would happened, he still want to give Hao a chance." He shook his head again, "I know that Yoh is too kind, and Hao always said to him that his kindness would be his downfall one day, how ironic that what he said is true, Yoh is dead because of his kindness and the kindness that make him down is the one he showed to Hao himself".
To be continued . . .
Froim : I'm happy I can write this!
Hao : But you make me suffer (glare)
Froim : Not so much, you must be know that all my story are happy ending.
Hao : Without Yoh then there's nothing to be happy about (Death glare)
Froim : That's why I said just wait (sweat dropped)
Hao : (Sigh) Please review or I will burn the writter
Froim : So mean (Cry)