Between Betrayal And Salvation
Chapter Two
Warning: Slight mature themes, yaoi, shounen ai, and emotional abuse.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Now get on with it!
A/N: I forgot to mention that this is actually a fanfic I wrote back in my younger days, back in the year 2006...
I proof read this again and found some slight plot holes, along with some lack of details so I decided to redo most of the chapters, so I'm sorry to those who had added the 'old version' ('Please Trust Me' is the old title) into their faves/alert list.
I know its been 3 years (again since I updated this, but I promise that the more I re-read this, the more new ideas starts flowing, reading Shaman King character profiles on Wikia helps wonders too. ^_^
Its typically warm in Japan around October, and Lyserg walked into the Asakura household, reveling in the peace and quiet followed by warm greetings from the residents of the house (except for Anna). He could feel Morphine at his side and almost smiled. The sky was a leaden thing that hunched over the earth, rain lurking somewhere, ready to drop at the faintest sigh of wind. Outside, it was humid and dark, he loved it.
One of the things that he appreciated being a shaman dowser is that he could come to places where his friends are at, without needing to ask for directions or address.
Soon he was bombarded with various antics and questions from everyone. Mostly about his life in London after their adventures. Ryu would not stop cuddling him affectionately, and normally it will make boys at his age feeling disturbed. But Lyserg, being Lyserg, with his naivety about sexual relationships and boundaries, things along those lines, he just smiled at the much larger man in his infamous Elvis hairdo.
''Lyserg-kun!''
The green haired shaman's head turned over to the side. He smiled as he recognized a form detach itself from the crowd that was greeting him. Who...? Asakura Yoh?
The one who had called him, Yoh looked anything but happy. He was ahead of the others and moving towards Lyserg, followed by Amidamaru. Morphine's shivering body caught Lyserg's attention. He gently placed a hand on her. The others stayed silent, all feeling something is not right. This is not the usual Yoh that they knew.
It was obvious that this will turn into something that the dowser couldn't control. Along with dowsing, Lyserg can be perceived as paranoid by some people while others who understands him would say that he's probably intuitive, which is not surprising since he's aspiring to be a detective and your own gut feelings could come in handy when dealing with certain cases of investigations. He just assumed that Yoh is unhappy about other matters and not because HE was coming over.
''It's nothing,'' Lyserg murmured to Morphine. ''Stay here. I can handle this myself. He is nothing.'' Morphine gave a look that says ''If it gets bad I'm coming out.'' Lyserg nodded and looked at Yoh.
At first everything turns out friendly and welcoming among the group of male shamans, laughter ensued when Ryu have comical tears in his eyes, saying something about people meeting again by fate while hugging Lyserg tightly.
Then there's Tamao and Pirika's cooking. All of them chatted about the good old days with occasional quarrels from Horo and Ren everytime they brought up embarrassing subjects about each other. Lyserg simply felt contented that everyone still stayed the same.
They've told the dowser that Chocolove could only come for a visit on December during Christmas, he plans to earn as much pocket money as possible by working at a restaurant in order to make his dreams of becoming the world's best comedian become a reality and one cannot doubt that money does help when you need to travel far. So Lyserg stated that he would come again on December as well. As annoying as Chocolove can be sometimes, he is a nice dude in Lyserg's opinion.
Except for Yoh. He wondered what makes Yoh so quiet, and... perhaps moody?
He gave a forced smile and said ''Hey how's your life? You don't seem happy so I assume that either you didn't get your precious lazy naps or maybe Anna-san made you do things again? I think a group outing would be good so...''
''We have to talk.''
For some reason, Lyserg felt uneasy at Yoh's tone of voice but kept calm. He waited patiently. Anna looked at the two males but stayed in her cool exterior while Tamao is practically looking like a worry-wart, for whatever reason she wasn't so sure herself.
Lyserg most certainly did not expect Yoh to physically attack him. But he did, and Lyserg barely had time to avoid falling on the surprised crowd as he hit the ground. His eyes widened and a hard fist connected with his stomach.
''Why, you...! I'm gonna... GET YOU FOR THIS YOH ASAKURA!''
The younger boy grabbed Yoh's hands and jerked the older boy down. He smashed his forehead against Yoh's, sending his reeling. Lyserg roll over so that he was on top.
''Yoh-sama!''
''Somebody do something!''
''Ren, break it up!''
''Shut up Horo! I'm trying! Ughh..''
''Tamao! Get Anna for help!''
''B...B..But...''
''He's hurting my Lyserg-kun!''
''Enough Ryu! Do something!'''
Yoh wrenched his hands free and yanked his opponent's green hair, jerking his head back. Lyserg just managed to punched Yoh's shoulders. Morphine suddenly flies in and steeped in between the two to stop them. Both boys could feel the crowd trying to pull them apart, but to no avail.
The Japanese boy punched Lyserg's face, sending the dowser sprawling and he blacked out.
When he opened his emerald eyes, his arms were pinned above his head and Yoh sat down on his hips, looking amazingly calm. Then, scary enough, he smiled...
The kind of smile that reminded him of Asakura Hao.
''Now, what do you want from me, Yoh?''
''As I was saying we need to talk.''
''Talk away, Shaman King.''
''That's enough, Yoh.'' Anna's cold voice said from behind them, in her right hand holding up her infamous necklace beads ready to stop the fight.
''Stay out of this, Anna. I can handle this myself.''
Before anyone in the room could move or say anything though, something unexpected just happened right in front of them.
Yoh just bent down and kissed him. Hard. On the Lips.
The rest of the crowd was horrified.
I really think my story sucks...Anyway, read and review ok? THANKS!