Chapter 7

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

'Telepathic voice'

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous tone

Macchi walked into the Living Room of their house with a yawn, she looked around to see the rest already woke up as well. "Any word from Hao-sama?" She asked Luchist.

As if on cue, Luchist Oracle Bell began beeping, he picked it up and his face brightened when he saw who called him. "Yes, Hao-sama?" He called out after he accepted the call. Oracle Bell had a function that was similar to a phone, they could use it to send text message or make a call.

-Luchist, tell everyone that you all are free now.- Hao said from the other end of the call, his voice sounded sleepy, -I won't pursue a goal of becoming Shaman King and creating Shaman only Kingdom anymore, so you can go to wherever you want to go-.

"A moment." Luchist said with a blink before relaying the message to the rest.

"Eh? We can go to wherever we want?" Peyote asked in surprise.

Luchist nodded, "That's what Hao-sama said." He confirmed.

"Hao-sama . . ." Opacho said with big eyes filled with tears.

Kanna frowned, "But, even so . . ." She trailed off.

"Where should we go?" Zhang Ching asked for her, "It's not like we all have a place to return to anymore".

Mary nodded, "Hao-sama saved Mary." She said gloomily, "Mary doesn't know where to go if not with Hao-sama".

"Yes, that's right." Macchi said with a nod.

Luchist nodded, "Hao-sama." He said to the Oracle Bell, "All of us don't have anywhere else to go, would you mind if we go to stay together with you?".

-Ah, if that the case . . .- Hao started thoughtfully before he yelped and swooshing sound could be heard.

-It's not a problem at all, Luchist!- Yoh said cheerfully, -The more is the merrier! So just come here, we are in Funbari, Tokyo!-

-Get more specific, Yoh.- Hao's voice sounded in the background.

-We are in the forest near the Inn I stayed before I went to America, you know the place, right?- Yoh explained more.

"Yes, I know." Luchist answered firmly, but was surprised that Yoh would be that cheerful after getting kidnapped, "But where's in the forest?".

-Just go to the forest, we will fetch you up if you couldn't find us.- Hao said, once again taking over the conversation.

"Understood." Luchist said in answer, "We will head there once we have breakfast".

-Alright, see you later.- Hao said before the call ended.

Luchist put his Oracle Bell into his pocket again, "Let's have breakfast, we will go to Hao-sama's place after that." He explained.

The rest were relieved that Hao would still have them around, "Where is he?" Macchi asked curiously.

"Tokyo, in the forest near Yoh-sama's house before coming to America." Luchist explained with a smile.

"Let's have Breakfast!" Opacho chirped, happy that she could be with her Hao-sama again soon, "Opacho hungry!".

Luchist chuckled, "Let's go then." He said and the rest nodded in agreement.

They went to Silva's cafe, since Silva's place was the only one serving Japanese food, they happened to love Japanese food after years of traveling with Hao. When they got near the cafe though, their way was blocked by X-Laws.

"Where's Hao?" Marco demanded as soon as he saw them.

"We won't tell you." Luchist said with a glare, "What purpose you have to find Hao-sama aside from trying to kill him anyway? None, so we won't tell you".

"What's happen here?" Ren asked as he and the rest walked forward, they were planning to go to Silva's cafe to get Breakfast.

Lyserg saw them and immediately approached them, "Guys! Yoh had betrayed us!" He said right away, "He's siding with Hao!".

"What's make you say that?" Anna demanded with an icy glare pure of anger.

"Well, first, Yoh purposefully didn't kill Hao." Lyserg started with serious expression, "Then, when we questioned Yoh, he said just think whatever we want to think since he doesn't care. There's also a fact that Hao broke into our place and took Yoh away!".

Anna's eyebrow twitched and she slapped the green haired boy using her left hand as hard as she could, "What if Yoh merely miscalculate everything and he just happen to fail to kill Hao, hm?" She demanded with an angry hiss, "And by questioning Yoh, you tortured him, didn't you? You kidnapped Yoh and tortured him just because Hao is still alive, you didn't make sure that Yoh really spared Hao or not and just go to X-Laws the first moment you saw Hao." She narrowed her eyes in hatred, "If anyone her betraying us, it's you, traitor!".

"What?" Lyserg asked in shock as he stepped back, "What do you mean? It's clear that Yoh is the one who betrayed us and siding with Hao".

"Do you have proof?" Ren asked coldly, "Because as far as we know, you are the one who betrayed us".

"Lyserg." Horo Horo called coldly, "Yoh had defeated Hao and prevented him from killing us all, you saw it yourself, and you don't even have a bit of faith in him?" He demanded.

"If Yoh-kun really didn't kill Hao on purpose, then he must have a reason." Manta said with a frown, "Yoh always like that, you should know it, but why do you go to X-Laws right away and even accusing Yoh to siding with Hao? Even go as far as torturing him, you are the one who betrayed us".

Lyserg looked at them in shock and anger filled eyes, "I can't believe it." He said before glaring at them, "You all protecting Yoh, even when he is siding with Hao . . . don't tell me you all are siding with Hao too?".

Ren growled, "Talking with you is useless." He snapped and looked at Anna, "Hao saved Yoh, so they might go away from here. Now that the Shaman Fight had ended, let's get back to the Inn, it's pointless to stay here".

"You are all siding with Hao!" Lyserg yelled angrily and pointed ut his gun at them, "You are all traitors!".

"You are the traitor, for you are the one who betray us first." Anna said coldly, "You let your hatred to rule you, just like Hao." She then turned around and began walking away, one by one, Yoh's friends left as well.

Luchist shot his gun to the air, Marco and Lyserg get ready to shot their gun as well, Luchist merely raised an eyebrow and looked at the rest of Hao's followers, "Let's go, we can get Breakfast somewhere else." He said as he hopped to his Fallen Angel Oversoul.

The rest jumped into the big Oversoul as well, Kanna then looked at Lyserg, "Listen brat, if you don't want to become a heartless murderer like the one you hate for killing your parents, you better let go of that hatred you have." She said coldly, "We won't kill anyone anymore and will not participating in the fight anymore, be glad and just stay away from us".

"Who would listen to your words?!" Lyserg yelled angrily, "You are no better than Hao!".

"Then you have no brain." Kanna said simply and sent a look at Luchist, who nodded and ordered his Oversoul to fly away.

XXXXX

"So, Yoh is with Hao?" Keiko, Hao and Yoh's Mother, asked Anna and the rest once they finished telling Yoh's family about what had happened.

"Yes." Anna answered with a nod, "That's why we are going to leave. Hao's followers said that they won't participating in Shaman Fight anymore, so it's a high possibility that Yoh and Hao would also stay away from America".

"But, do you think it's alright?" Mikihisa, Yoh and Hao's Father, asked in worry, "We don't really know if Hao had changed or not, we couldn't be sure about it".

"I can assure you that he had changed." Ren said calmly, "I saw him during his weakest state, if he said he won't kill anymore just to save his own life, I could tell it right away. Hao didn't emanate any malice aura anymore, and he didn't have any insane glint in his eyes anymore".

"Well, if Hao changed his mind and begin killing again, I'm sure we could stop him again." Yohmei, Yoh and Hao's Grandfather, said with a crossed arms, "The problem is where they are right now, it would be bad if we couldn't keep an eye on Hao".

"Do you really think we could stop him that easily the next time though?" Chocolove, always the pessimist one, asked in worry, "Even the last time, we need to lend Yoh all of our power. If Hao changed his mind and begin killing again, now with his Furyoku that is even larger than the last time, can we really win?".

"We will find a way." Horo Horo said decisively, "As long as we keep training ourselves, we will find a way to defeat Hao again in case he change his mind".

"I don't think that will be a problem." Amidamaru said from his Hitodama mode.

"What do you mean, Amidamaru?" Anna asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yoh-dono's power is stronger than he actually show you." Amidamaru admitted, he thought that it wouldn't be a problem to let them know now, since they had somewhat loose about Hao being changed into a better person.

"He held back?" Ren guessed, "I figured it out when I saw Hao's injury, the damage is not enough to kill him, even though people would be dead when they received a direct attack like that".

"So, Danna really had spared Hao?" Ryu asked in confusion, "But, why would he held back his power?".

"Because people already fear him as it is." Anna explained to them, "Because Yoh is Hao's Twin, he had to make it looks like he was weak so people wouldn't fear him more than they already have".

"Yes, that's right." Amidamaru said with a nod, "Although, he already hid his true power right from the very start, because somehow he knew about Hao before Mikihisa-dono told us about him".

"Eh?!" They gasped in surprise, "How come?" Kino, Hao and Yoh's blinded Grandmother, asked in everyone's place.

"I don't know." Amidamaru said sheepishly, "Yoh-dono said that he would tell me when he have the time, because the story is long, but then he got kidnapped and Hao saved him, so he didn't get the chance to tell me yet".

"So, how much power Yoh really has?" Ren asked curiously, "If he already hid his true power right from the start, how much power that he hide?".

Amidamaru moved up and down nervously, "Yoh-dono said that he's already at the same level with Hao right from the start, so I guess the power he hide is as much as the power Hao had before their fight." He said thoughtfully.

The room fell in silence before they yelled, "What did you say?!".

Amidamaru flew back, "I don't really know if it's true or not." He said nervously, "But I know that Yoh-dono can use teleportation, he used it right before Anna-dono ordered him to go buy Dinner".

Ren groaned, "Yoh is more mysterious than I thought he was." He said in frustration, he had thought that he and Yoh were rivals, but Yoh turned out to be far more stronger than he was, "How could he has that much power?".

"Could it be that this is not his first life?" Manta asked them thoughtfully, making all of them looked at him, "I mean, Hao has that much Furyoku was because it's his third life, what if Yoh could use the same technique that this is not his first life?" He explained to their confused face.

Yohmei looked thoughtful, "I guess, if it's really true then it's no wonder if Yoh decided to hide his power right from the very start and him knowing about Hao even before we told him." He said before grinning, "Well, at least we can relax now, if Hao changed his mind again, it would be easier if Yoh use his real power".

"Well, why don't we go to the airport now?" Keiko asked them with a smile, "We need to get back to Izumo anyway, it's better if we go together".

Mikihisa looked at Tamao, "Try to find Yoh's location after we get home." He said to the timid girl, who nodded her head shyly.

"I will try my best." Tamao answered.

To be continued . . .

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