Chapter 4

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Underline stands for letter

"Quote stands for dialogue"

Bold stands for emphasis

Bold italic stands for a dangerous tone

"Ready to go?" Ren asked as he opened the door to Hao's room, his eyes widened a bit when Hao standing beside his hospital bed with Faust looking panic at him, "What's wrong?".

"Nothing, just that Faust insist to assist me in changing my clothes, but I can do it by myself just fine." Hao answered as he looking at the ground. Indeed, his hospital robe already changed with a white shirt, a blue jeans and a pair of wooden sandals.

"But, if your wound reopen because of your action, it would be bad!" Faust glared at him.

Hao looked up at Faust briefly before looking back to the ground, "I still have my healing ability, my wound will closed completely in a few days, so there's no need for you to worry." He mumbled softly.

Ren huffed, "So, are you ready to go or not?" he asked impatiently.

Faust sighed, "Yes, we are." He answered in defeat, "But after we arrived, Hao need to rest all day".

Hao looked up with a slight glare, "No need to rest all day." He protested, "I want to go somewhere after we arrived." Then he looked down to the ground again.

"Where to?" Ren asked as he stepped in and closed the door, "You need to heal, there's no way I would let you die if you won't kill again, I don't want what Yoh had done go to waste." He complained nonchalantly.

"A lake nearby." Hao answered softly while still looking at the ground, he still feel bad for what he did, "When we arrived, it would be night time, the lake is the perfect spot to watch the stars".

Stars, Ren thought gloomily, the twins really like to see the stars, they are so alike and yet so different, he huffed, "Okay, but after you see the stars, you will have to rest, or I will knock you out by myself." With that, he turned around and walked to his plane, leaving the startled Hao and glaring Faust.

"Oh, that's new, someone threaten me like this." Hao mumbled to himself, "If it's the old me, I'm sure I will chuckled at that, but why is it that I felt scared at him now?".

"That's because the threat is for your own good, you are unused to people threat you well without hatred." Amidamaru said as he appeared beside him, "If it's the threat to kill you like how you usually get, you can ignored it, but when someone threaten you for your own good, subconsciously you will remember the threat and get scared".

"That's aside." Faust give Hao a creepy stare, "Just because Ren said that you can go to watch the stars in the lake doesn't mean that you don't have to rest." He then chuckled darkly, "After you do your star gazing, the day after, I will make sure that you will stay on your bed from morning to night." He then laughed evilly, "I will make sure you rest or I will give you a sleeping drugs!".

Hao stared at Faust in disbelief, "What the hell?" he asked softly, "What's wrong with him?".

Amidamaru sighed, "It's just he can't be angry at you anymore since you want to change yourself, and he get a bit stressed because Anna get more pissy since Yoh-dono gone, he chose this way to relieved his stressed." He told him tiredly, then he looked at Hao sharply, "You better keep your words that you won't kill anymore or you will face our wrath".

Hao smiled sadly, "I won't break my words." He promised, "I bet that even if I still have Spirit of Fire, I will send him back to the Great Spirit immediately." He sighed, I guessed I will try not to use my shamanic power for the time being, I still have nightmares because of it.

"Good." Amidamaru said and disappeared again.

Faust get over his evil chuckles and looked at Hao, "So, let's go, the sooner you get to the plane then the sooner you get rest." He said normally again.

Hao, for the first time in his life get scared of the doctor, so he nodded and walked to the door quickly. Because he want to get away from the scary doctor as soon as he can, he didn't see a small figure standing in front of the door. "Uwa!" Hao blinked when he looked down to see none other than Oyamada Manta in front of the door looking surprised, Manta then looked up to meet Hao face to face, "So, you can walked by yourself now, huh? Even though it's only four days after you were brought here".

"I still have my healing ability so I heal faster than normal Shamans." Hao answered even though he is surprised that Manta talking to him casually, "What's bring you here?".

Manta sighed, "I don't know, I just want to see for myself if you really had changed." He answered calmly, then he looked straight to Hao's eyes, "And, actually, what Yoh had done to you that makes you want to change?".

Hao looked down to the ground, he become sad again when he remembered what had happened to him, what Yoh had done, "Yoh . . ." he mumbled, "He make me experience by myself what I had done, what it feels to be my victims, getting killed by Spirit of Fire, or seeing their relatives getting killed by me, what they feel." He explained softly, "I was thinking that what I did is for saving this world from destruction, but in the end I was the one who make that destruction".

Manta smiled, "It's good that you finally understand." He said, "Then, I better go, you better go yourself, before Anna see you, the others are still angry at you." He then ran off.

"He is right, you better go." Amidamaru commented as he floating in his human ball mode beside Hao while looking behind him, "Or else Faust will make real his threat".

Hao looked behind to find Faust staring at him with the same insane glint from before, gulping, Hao make his way to the plane Ren talking about in a haste, and he didn't forget to wear the cloak he was given before from Silva. Somehow even Silva helping Hao to go without being seen by the others, he wondered why all of a sudden he, Faust, Ren and even Amidamaru were helping him, but he figured it's because they are loyal to Yoh and are helping Yoh, not really him, after all, he is the bad guy.

The ride on plane take a very long time, and true to his words, Faust make sure Hao rest up while in plane. After they landed, Faust make his oversoul and fly to the location Hao mentioned. And after they arrived, Hao walked to the house and unlock the door, "This is the house, must be a bit dusty since hasn't been used for a few years.

Ren make a face, "Great." He said sarcastically, "Not only it's night time, me have to do some cleaning before we can sleep." He complained.

Hao smirk for a short time before being gloomy again, "Just wait." He said and went to the backyard, when he arrived at the center, he snapped his fingers and many leaf shikigamis appeared, "Clean this house." He ordered shortly.

"Oh, right." Faust commented as the shikigamis went off to many direction to do their job, "I forget that you are originally an Onmyouji, you can get the help from shikigami".

Hao nodded, "You can sleep when they done their job." He said calmly and jumped off the back wall, "I will take my leave to the lake." Without waiting, Hao walked to the lake direction, Amidamaru didn't following him, maybe because he thought there is no danger around the area.

Hao arrived at the lake not long after, and after he make sure no one around, he flopped down then gaze at the stars. He smiled when he looked at the stars, "No matter where, stars are always beautiful." He whispered to himself.

"That's right, beautiful, aren't they?" A voice answered him.

Hao blinked and looked around, that's when he felt something different with him, normally he would narrowed his eyes and getting ready for attack at all times, but now he only raised an eyebrow while looking around to see who was talking to him.

"I'm here." The voice asked again from the lake direction, there, he saw a boy about 10 years old flopped out of the lake. His hair is dark blue, Hao don't know if it's long or not because the rest is in the water, and his eyes are dark green, "We finally met face to face, but I have heard many things about you, but some say that you have changed due to your brother action, is that true?" he cocked his head to the right.

Hao stare at the boy for a long time, "Yes, that's right, though I'm still learning to be a good guy and not be a bad guy anymore." He don't know why he answered the boy's question.

The boy smirked, "I see." He said calmly, his eyes brightened for a few seconds when Hao answered, then they back to their normal color. The boy then smiled with closed eyes and place his face on his right palm, "My name is Yozumaru, the Deity of this Lake, nice to meet you, Asaha Douji".

To be continued . . .

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