Name: Crystal Witch
Author: Rain on your back
Pairing: LysergXMacchi, as promised to Zero-kun^^
Theme: Omega… Of Zero-kun, my bro, and me! %)
Disclaimer: Some themes are Zero's, or Otôto's. Shaman King is Takei's. I only own my view on that pair.
Note: … Sometimes Mathilda is called Macchi. And sometimes Matti. So I use both. %)
1 - Duty
He's following his duty – she can understand that, she's doing the same after all – but it hurts to see him rising his gun towards her, it hurts so much that she does nothing and let him shoot her right in the chest, gasping when the cold burning pain slowly overwhelm her, and smiling when she hears him shrieking her name – it's all too late.
2 – Hope
Revenge is what he needed to go on living when Hao killed his parents; but now, he functions on hope – not that it will be enough for him to get the orange-haired witch he wants…
3 – Despair
If Hao functioned on despair rather than on souls, he would just need Lyserg and Mathilda kept apart from each other.
4 – Future
As the new Shaman King resuscitates them all, they find themselves lying next to each other; he's not really at ease with having girls around him (Jeanne-sama is a totally different thing, she is the goddess and he is the servant), so when usually it's the girl who blushes, here it's him who's red as a tomato and it's her who begins the conversation, the relationship, the future.
5 – Reunion
They didn't want to see each other, because old feelings still hurt, but Hao and Jeanne can be deviously smart when they want (and now that they're together, they can surely deal with every issue they come across), so they meet, and all they can do is stutter a whispered hello (the chuckles of some brown-haired devil not-so-well hidden behind a bush do NOT help).
6 – Cry
"Please, could you stop crying – it hurts my heart when a girl cries in front of me; Jack, stop bugging me so much, what do you wanna say, whaaat – w-w-w-waaaait, you what – you're a boy ?"
7 – Pretty
The idea of being called pretty wasn't exactly pleasing to the young dowser; however, that little witch did it with so much innocence and confidence that he didn't dare to comment the statement; but he did react to the distinct snicker of her master – not that he could do much to the great omnyouji anyway, not when even Jeanne-sama protected him.
8 – Stand
Her pride is in the way when she wants him to do something for her; but he's clever, and he often understands what she wants – now she just needs someone to help her stand, and he's more than happy to comply.
9 – Flame
At first, he hated fire – no one ever understood why he finally used it as his element (and only him, Hao and the fire-haired Mathilda knew why; men do so much for the girls they love…).
10 – Crushed fairytale
If they lived in a fairytale, he would be the white knight, and – no, wait, Jeanne-sama would be the princess, and she would merely be one of the Witch Hao's minions – their story wouldn't work anyway.
11 – Jacket
"If you stay here, you'll catch a cold", he says quietly, and he leaves his white X-Law jacket on her shoulders; she can only look up at him, that enemy, that kid who dares interrupt her – but suddenly it's not so important, and she falls into his arms, whining and crying because Hao-sama's dead, he's dead and he won't come back, bring Hao-sama back please!
12 – Night
She never thought she would sneak out of the base of Hao-sama, during a cold night without even a shadowy moon, let alone want to do it; however, when she does sneak out, she runs like her life is in line (well, it is) and suddenly he's here; all her fear vanishes and she smiles as the innocent orange witch she is.
13 – Day
That famous day, she was already dead; however, when he died too, before departing to help Yoh, he visits her; and when she finds out that he came for her, her smile brighten the day, and he forgets everything about revenge and anger and all of it…
14 – Dust
He falls in the dust, his Over-Soul broken, his power gone – there it is, he thinks while closing his eyes, fire and death were going to get him – but suddenly he hears a scream, and he looks up, and she's there and she's burning and – "Nooooo!"
15 – Coward
When he sees the Hana retreating after some fight, he wants to go and call her, but he does not; when they randomly meet in some Pache street, he wants to talk to her, but he does not; he has countless occasions and still he does not dare to do anything – maybe Hao's taunting voice and the word coward were really what he needed to finally grab her hand and get to know her; afterwards, that relationship amused some (snicker of Hao), contented some (smile of Jeanne) and frightened others (but whatever girly shriek of Marco was hushed by some light-brown-haired X-Law).
16 – Please
"Pu-leeaaaaase", she whines, her cute eyes shining with tears damn why does she have such eyes it should be forbidden raaah, and after a sigh he finally accepts, and there she jumps in joy, her tears all forgotten, and she goes to her friends, shouting about how wonderful and magical it is to go to DisneyLand with Lyserg-kun.
17 – Rank
Even if he doesn't realize it, he has one of the highest ranks of the X-Laws, when she is just another minion among them all (Rackist being the strongest and Opachô the closest to Hao-sama), and sometimes she gets a bit jealous – then he reminds her angrily that her rank offers her a place in the Shaman Kingdom and his only gets him to get killed in the end, with Marco and Jeanne-sama – those fights are the longest between them (but they do end, don't worry).
18 – Elsewhere
If they had lived during another time, in another place, if they had elsewhere to go, they would be together, but they live here and now and there's nothing they can do about it, so they fight, hurt, kill each other, because only the greatest shamans' wishes count; and surely a ridiculously weak dowser and a pitifully jealous witch are not so great after all.
19 – Pervert
"Nee, nee, Macchi-nee-chan," whines Opachô, "why does Lyserg-kun's nose bleed every time you bend forwards?"
20 – Devil
Lyserg really feared turning into a girl when Mari turned mad (that meaning when she had the marvelous idea of using her knees to hurt very sensitive areas) after he accidentally walked in when his orange-haired bride and blond-haired bridesmaid were changing – Hao laughs each time Matti babbles about how he still has nightmares of Marion in her Devil Mari Mode.
21 – Latin
"What do you mean Lyserg-kun, with your 'you always use latin before attacking with Jack', of course I use latin, I'm a witch, you never heard of the latin witch spells – and you dare to say you're English; BAKA!"
22 – Deny
"So, boy," began Marco, and immediately Lyserg just knew that he was caught; and, knowing Marco, there was no use to deny it, "you have a little love affair with that little red-haired witch, right?"
23 – Girls
Girls are evil (soon enough Lyserg discovered even Jeanne-sama was, and his beliefs all got crushed under this awful truth), but Matti isn't just that: she was sent by the devil himself (Hao nods when he hears the dowser say that – being the devil pleases his ego, even if he always gets hurt by his not-so-kind silver-haired angel when he says that).
24 – Marry
"I'm happy you finally found your someone, Hao-sama", whispers the red head as she watches from afar the brown-haired shaman putting the ring around the pale finger of his former arch-enemy; suddenly tears overflow, and she turns back, running without knowing where exactly; she bumps into him, and they fall on the floor, and his innocent smile is just too much for her – while she cries, she discovers that he too has a ring, and the name graved on it is hers.
25 – Brother-in-law
"So I'm your new brother-in-law, I guess" and suddenly the thought of marrying Mathilda does not seem so much of a good idea; Lyserg retreats slowly as Hao's eyes watch him with great amusement, "Lyseeeerg-kun!" – of course, seeing his future bride is enough to stop any thought of escape…
26 – Idiot
"You're such an idiot," Mathilda yelled, and poor little dowser Lyserg was left with a red mark on his cheek – Hao burst out laughing and ended hit by some angry Maiden, "Baka, now how do we get them back together now?".
27 – Snow
A little boy plays in the snow; his green eyes are covered by orange curls, but that doesn't bother his best friend, some girl with red eyes and brown hair (she is too occupied at writing the names of her parents on the ground, copying him); at lunch time, they are gathered by an older teen, with glasses and light-brown bangs, who looks down on the horrible writing before helping her getting her letters right ("H-A, not G-A, stupid girl – and there are two "n" in Jeanne – and you, boy, there is some "h" after the "t' in Mathilda" and some "g" after the "r" of Lyserg) – soon their parents come, worried, and Mathilda is the first to scream, "Matthew, Keiko, Antonio, come on, the pancakes are getting cold!"
28 – Beg
Matthew is just too cute for Mathilda to resist when he begs her not to tell Lyserg that he has issues with dowsing; but Lyserg overhears, and later that day, he explains to the little orange-haired kid that he had the same problems when he was young – being nice to his son allows him to get kisses from his lovely orange-haired bride, so he doesn't need to be begged for it (not that he doesn't love Matthew either).
29 – Grave
When she crosses the place where the X-Laws were buried, her mind reads the names (it's an habit of her, of course now she knows the names by heart, plus the silver-haired captive of Hao-sama called for the different X-laws enough times for her to learn everything about them), John, Meene, Marco, Lyserg – sometimes she thinks it's sad that Hao-sama killed them; sometimes not.
30 – Deal
"Okay, we have a deal here, dear Maiden-chan: you get the English kid to come here at two, I'll get Matti to do the same, and they meet and I'll FINALLY be able to sleep without hearing her constant whining about how handsome and nice he is – ah, but I have another idea, maybe you could help me ignore it, don't you think – OWW you just ruined my perfect face BIG MEANIEEEE!"
31 – Torn apart
Tearing apart very slowly a picture of the green head SHOULD help Mathilda relax – however, it does not.
32 – Laugh
Her laugh is not Hao's dark one and not Jeanne's honest one either; he doesn't know how to characterize it – the only word he can think of is that it's simple, but it's so much more: childlish, innocent, bright – and it calls his own, light and short.
33 – Emerald
Hao-sama is just too clever for her to outsmart him: "Macchi dear, would you please explain to Hao-sama as to why the emerald is your favorite stone when it clashes so much with your hair?"
34 – Ethereal
Contrary to Jeanne-sama, she isn't ethereal (well, she is more than the embodiment of the contrary in fact, but say that out loud and Jack kills you); but Lyserg would fear too much for her if she was delicate (your mother is always delicate for you when you're seven) so he likes it better that way, people envying him for having a hyperactive and tough fiancée.
35 – Betrayal
Her betrayal hurt him, but he should have known it (why would a strong girl like her want someone as weak as he is after all) and that night, when Marco asks him what he was doing with her, his answer is not important (he will get beaten anyway) – what he doesn't know is that she's crying in Kanna's lap, not so loud little one, not so loud, you don't want Hao-sama to hear you right?
36 – Magic
Old English magic is sacred; Lyserg knows that (and isn't crazy enough to dare interrupt his wife when she teaches their son how to summon old spirits), but lunch time is lunch time – "Mathi, Matthew is going to be late for school!"
37 – Hell
She can go through hell and heaven for her Hao-sama; however, Lyserg is the only one that can make her go to the dentist, and behave towards the doctor (last time, she ripped him into tiny tiny pieces – he had dared to say that she ate too much sweets).
38 – Bet
"Don't Move", she mumbles as she finishes repairing his jacket (she made a bet with Pirika, to win she would have had to create new clothes for a boy), and when the dowser can't help but ask why he had to wear it during those hellish hours, her only answer is that she wanted to be sure that this time it would fit on his "awfully thin waist of girl-looking boyfriend".
39 – Monster
She knew telling him the truth wouldn't work either, but she had to try – now his words hurt, they hurt badly, because "You work for him now, no matter what humans did to you in the past they didn't deserve that, MY PARENTS DIDN'T DESERVE THAT, he is, well, YOU are a monster!"
40 – Forest
He walks in some forest, humming to himself an old British nursery rhyme; suddenly he stops, and he finds her following her slowly, eyelids closed – she opens them and while he discovers delicate violet orbs, she asks with a soft voice, "It reminded me of home, why did you stop?"
41 – Bruise
He walks slowly, and suddenly they meet; he tries to hide it, but she's clever enough to see right through his little I-am-your-enemy-don't-even-try-to-approach-me speech, and she leans in, stopping him from covering it, and she sees the bruise and Marco will be mad and – "Come here, I have something to help", what?
42 – Figurine
"Look, look, Silva made something for your birthday daddy; is that how you and mommy were when you were fifteen – why are your figurines fighting each other?"
43 – Instrument
After all, they're all instruments for Hao's cruel amusement, from Jeanne-sama to his own soldiers, and he knows exactly how to use the weaknesses of each of the instruments – otherwise, how could Lyserg explain the fact that the pyro ordered Mathilda to fight him and him alone?
44 – Light
The X-Laws are supposed to be just, kind, they are supposed to be the light; however, sometimes she makes him doubt that – he doesn't get how Marco can be willing to erase a so kind and just girl of the surface of the world – and just when light make her hair shine like fireworks, he believes that the blondie is utterly wrong.
45 – Board
"Pawns on the chessboard, if you ask me; don't bother trying to break their stupid relationship, Jeanne-chama (you don't have to scream at me like this, I know you didn't think of something like that – you're too disgustingly pure for such a thing, I was just warning you), as I said, they're not important – what can pawns do?"
46 – Plant
"Uuuh, you know, I, uh, Hao-sama gave me that plant and, uh, I asked Mari but she didn't know either and well, I saw you growing those flowers last time so, well I figured you could help me growing this one – but I understand if you don't want to, I'm your enemy after all, and – aaaaah, Kanna, don't scare me like that I was trying to think of what I'll say when I'll go ask Lyserg on a date – UUUUH I meant when I'll ask him about the plant Hao-sama gave us!"
47 – Edge
He's on the edge of the cliff, more than ready to receive her deadly blow; Jack is also more than ready to give him what he wants; it's Mathlida who can't say the words, give the order, and she can hear Hao-sama fighting with his precious Jeanne-sama in the background – it's his worried face when they hear the so-called saint scream that finally decides her, and he falls, and it's too late for her to jump and catch him, even flying with Jack, because she's the one who killed him.
48 – Ever ever after
"Witchie and Dowsie, ever ever AFTEEEER"; I swear, thinks Lyserg, I swear I'll NEVER pick her up in front of the mansion she shares with Hao again…
49 – Save me
Mathilda is falling, her spirit and power gone, she's falling right towards the ground, and she is going to die – her mind goes overdrive, why me what did I do I'm going to die, no, please I don't want to die and – she sees him, up there; her pride disappears as she sees some big rock falling towards her and she screams, extending her hand, some weird thought passing in her head, I'm pitiful what would Hao-sama say – but Hao-sama is not here, Lyserg is; Morphin flies, and she's saved, and it all feels better…
50 – Let me die
Mathilda is falling, her spirit and power gone, she's falling right towards the ground, and she is going to die – her mind goes overdrive, why me what did I do I'm going to die, no, please I don't want to die and – she sees him, up there; but some rock blocks her sight, and she crashes down on the ground, one last thought passing by her head, I'm sorry Hao-sama; Lyserg-kun…
Rain: I like Matthew and the others! I'd like to draw them %)
Hao: ... If I understand it all, Matthew is the son of Dowsie and Macchi, Antonio Blondie and Brownie's, and... Keiko is... The Iron Girl's daughter... Whom she had with me...? Why am I not surprised...? T.T
Rain: YOU GOT IT ALL! %)
Hao: Stop shrieking, baka. My daughter (who will NOT be Maiden's) will NEVER be friend with such weaklings... %)