Chapter 4

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Thought/ Dreams/ Event from the past

'Telepathic voice'

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous tone

"So, you are here." He jumped when he heard a voice, it was so quiet that he was surprised by the sudden noise, he looked up to see his Guardian Spirit floating beside him, "I was searching for you, Yoh-dono".

He chuckled at the Samurai Spirit, "Hey, Amidamaru." He greeted his friend before tilting his head to the side, "Why were you searching for me?".

"Anna-dono told me to tell you to go back." Amidamaru answered with a smile before looking at the cave, "Did you always coming here every time you went by yourself?" He then caught as sight of Ren walking into the cave, "What is he doing there?".

"He was helping Hao to heal." Yoh answered softly.

The branch he was sitting on was a perfect spot to watch what was happening in the cave, it was tall so the view of the cave didn't get blocked but the one in the cave or nearby couldn't see him. He had been watching Ren from a far when he left by himself for 5 days now, from the time Ren found out that Hao was still alive and was hiding in the cave.

"Hao?!" Amidamaru gasped in shock, "He's still alive?!".

"Shh." Yoh pressed a finger to his lips, "Lower your voice before Ren hear you".

Amidamaru lowered himself so he was at Yoh's height, "He doesn't know that you know him is helping Hao?" He asked in whisper.

Yoh nodded, "No one knows aside from me." He explained to his Guardian Spirit, "He still doesn't tell anyone, even after 5 days now that he found out that Hao is still alive".

"Yoh-dono, you knew that Hao is still alive?" Amidamaru asked as he looked at Yoh sideways.

"Of course, I didn't kill him by purpose, Amidamaru." Yoh answered calmly while still looking at the cave.

Amidamaru stared at Yoh with wide eyes, "You spared him?" He asked in shock, Yoh nodded his head in answer, "Why?".

"I don't want to kill him." Yoh answered with a smile to the Samurai, "I did always said that I don't want to kill him, right?".

Amidamaru blinked, "That's true." He said slowly before looking at Yoh in worry, "But what if he start killing people again once he get back to his feet?".

Yoh motioned to the cave, "Do you think Ren would help Hao if he think Hao would still killing people once he is healed?" He asked calmly, "Hao won't kill anyone anymore if he could help it".

"How would you know that?" Amidamaru asked with a frown, he was worried and it was normal, considering what Hao had done.

"Because I'm his Twin." Yoh answered simply and stood up when he saw Ren leaving the cave, he then felt Hao's presence disappeared from the cave and into the Village. He figured that Hao's injury had fully healed since his Brother left the cave already, so he decided that there's no point in watching the area around the cave now. He turned to his Guardian Spirit and smiled, "You are my Guardian Spirit, Amidamaru, surely you know how much power I actually have?".

Amidamaru nodded, "I thought it's strange that you would hide that much power from everyone, but then Hao appeared, so you are afraid that people would fear you as well if they know your true power." He admitted before looking confused, "Have you known from the start that you are Hao's Twin?".

Yoh smiled and nodded, "Yes, I have." He answered, earning a wide eyed look from his Spirit friend, "The story is long, Amidamaru, but please believe me when I say I won't let Hao eradicating all humans and build Shaman only Kingdom, I won't betray everyone just because I'm hiding a few secrets".

Amidamaru looked at Yoh seriously, "I know for certain that you won't betray us." He said with certainty in his voice, "But you will tell me, right?".

"Of course." Yoh shot him a grin, "I will tell you as soon as we got the time, for now, we have to go back before Anna murder me for being late".

Amidamaru gasped when he remembered the reason why he searched for Yoh, "But how will you get back to the house that fast? You are not a Spirit!" He said in panic.

"I guess I will show you one of my Secret, Amidamaru." Yoh said cheerfully and offered a hand, "Hold my hand so you wouldn't get left behind".

Amidamaru was confused, but he held Yoh's hand, and the next thing he know, they were already standing at the edge of the forest. He gasped, "You can use teleportation?" He asked in shock.

Yoh laughed at Amidamaru's shocked expression, "Yes, I'm actually on the same level with Hao right from the very start." He winked at his Guardian Spirit before running back to the house, intending to avoiding Anna's slap this time.

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"Huh? It's already fully healed." Hao blinked when he heard Ren's voice, it's strange that Ren would come to the cave in late Afternoon instead of midnight. He looked up to see the said Shaman staring at the scar on his chest, running from his navel straight to the area between his collar bones, "It's only a week since you got it . . .".

"I can heal wound, remember?" Hao asked calmly as he finished removing all the bandages, he looked at Ren with a raised eyebrow, "So, what are you going to do?".

Ren crossed his arms, "Well, since you said you won't kill anymore, I will leave you alone." He said and turned around, he walked a step before looking at Hao across his shoulder, "Oh, I will pretend that we never meet each other this past week, and I don't know that you are still alive, so don't you dare telling anyone that I helped you." He looked seriously at Hao before walking away.

Even without me telling someone, Yoh already know that you helped me. Hao thought with a chuckle as he looked right at the spot Yoh was watching him, on one of the tree across from the cave, before looking at his body in distaste, "I really need to bath." He muttered to himself before teleporting himself to the house he used before all that fight. Thankfully he didn't need to have a Guardian Spirit to teleport, he still could, but there wouldn't be a burst of flames when he did it anymore.

A gasp resounded as soon as he appeared in the Living Room of the house he and his followers used, "Hao-sama!" Luchist pleasantly surprised voice rang out right after the gasp, "You are alive!".

Hao looked up at Luchist and smiled, "I am." He answered and looked around, he saw nearly all of his followers were there, aside from those who died before his fight with Yoh. Big Guy Bill, Blocken, and Turbin died on their way to the Land of The Stars, he would have to make sure to search for their Spirits and apologize once he got the chance.

"Are you alright, Hao-sama?" Macchi asked in worry, "Are you injured somewhere?".

"I'm alright." Hao told them all, "My wound had healed completely, that was why I couldn't come sooner, I was still healing".

"That's good to hear." Luchist said in obvious relief, "We were afraid that you got killed that time".

Hao smiled at them, "Thank you for your concern, Luchist." He then looked at the rest, "Everyone".

"Hao-sama." Opacho timid voice called out to him.

He looked down to see the small girl and smiled, "Opacho." He said and picked the girl up, "I'm sorry I yelled at you that time, will you forgive me?" He asked the girl.

Opacho cried and hugged him, "Opacho forgive Hao-sama! Opacho is sorry that Opacho left Hao-sama!" She sobbed as she buried her face in Hao's chest.

Hao's eyes softened and he pat the girl's back softly, "Now, now, don't cry." He said softly before looking at the rest, "Anything happened when I was away?".

"Nothing unusual aside from X-Laws and the Patch trying to find you." Kanna reported to him, "They want to make sure that you are dead by that blow, but I'm relieved that you survived".

Hao hummed, "Killing me was never Yoh's intention." He said absently as he let the small girl down to the floor, "Now, I really need a bath, where's my spare clothes?".

"Opacho will get them!" Opacho chirped happily as she wiped her tears, she grinned at Hao and ran to get Hao's spare clothes.

Hao looked at the rest, "One thing I need to tell you all." He said, gaining everyone's attention, "We won't kill anyone from now on".

"Eh?" There's a simultaneous noise of surprise before Mary stepped forward, "Hao-sama, Mary don't really mind to not kill anymore, but why?" The rest nodded to show that they wanted to know as well.

Hao smiled, "Let's just say that my eyes had opened for now." He said as he saw Opacho running back to him with his clothes, he took them and looked at everyone in the eyes, "I will head out to the Onsen, if any of you have a question then I will answer them once I get back from my much needed bath." He told them before vanishing into thin air into the Onsen.

Hao reappeared in the Onsen and looked around to make sure no one was around, he placed his clean clothes on a dry space then pulled off his bloody pants and his accessories. He cleaned all the dirt from his body and stepping into the Onsen, letting a contented sigh once he was settled in the warm water. I really miss this feeling, He thought with a closed eyes, happy that he could enjoy the Onsen again.

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"Here is all your orders, Yoh." A Patch Official with long black hair and black eyes said with a smile, "It's really a lot, could you really bring them home by yourself?".

"Yes, I can, don't worry." Yoh said to the Patch Official as he took the plastic bags filled with foods, "Thank you, Silva. See you around".

"You are welcome, Yoh." Silva answered with a smile, "Be careful on the way".

Yoh beamed at him and nodded before leaving the cafe, he was humming on his way back to the house he and his friends stayed while in the Patch Village. Anna had sent him to buy food enough for everyone as another form of training, she was holding Amidamaru as hostage to make sure he wouldn't slack off, but how could going out to buy foods was considered a training was beyond him.

He stopped his humming when he felt another presence nearly, two presences that were full of malice. He turned around to look at who had followed him, but all he saw was something white heading straight to him before he was thrown backwards by the impact. His back hit a wall and he dropped to the ground, he looked up when he heard footsteps. Two figures were looming over him, but he didn't know who they were because his vision was blurring, and he was not fully conscious to recognize the Furyoku emanating from the two. He saw one of the figures reaching a hand to him right before everything turned black.

To be continued . . .

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