Chapter 5
Disclaimer : I Don't own Yu Gi Oh! & I Don't own Shaman King!
Thought / Dreams / Event from the past
[Voice from the past]
'Telepathic Voice'
"Spirit Talking"
-Telephone-
Letter
"Dialogue"
Emphasis
Dangerous Tone
Asaha walked to a clearing he spotted earlier inside the forest of Kyoto, he wanted to do some stargazing that night. He looked behind him and sighed, "Mind to tell me why you following me?" He asked in resignation.
The one followed him around was a Spirit of a Ninetails Demon Fox who looked like a 13 years old girl wearing a Black colored Yukata with White Obi, completed with a pair of White colored Fox ears on top of her head, 9 White colored Fox tails behind her back, and sharp finger nails.
The famale fox grinned at him, "I want to be your Guardian Spirit, you had lost your Spirit of Fire, right? Asaha Douji." She said cheerfully, "I want to go with you, and you saved me back there too".
Right, Asaha thinned his lips as he recalled the event from an hour ago, still quite annoyed by the monk he had met.
He was walking around in the forest of Kyoto, he had arrived in Kyoto for about an hour and decided to take a walk since he was bored. He love Nature, so he decided to visit the forest in the town, but he was stopped by a stranger, saying that there's an evil Demon Fox in the forest and it's better not to enter the forest. Asaha ignored the warning, of course, and entered the forest without a care what will happen to him, he just want to take a short walk in the forest anyway.
Out of the blue, something White crashed onto him, making him fall backwards and landed on his butt. "What in the world . . ." Asaha groaned as he sat up and looked at what had crashed on him, only to see a White Fox with nine tails.
"Are you alright, boy?" A new voice rang from ahead of him, he looked up to see a man wearing a monk attire running to him, "Did that Demon Fox hurting you? Hold on, I will exorcise it immediately!" He then pulled out a piece of paper, "Inugami!" He exclaimed and a big dog Shikigami appeared beside the man.
Asaha sighed and stood up, "Is this really an evil Spirit?" he asked as he picked up the scared Fox from the ground, "I didn't sense any malice from it, and I bet it is harmless." He looked at the monk and raised an eyebrow.
"I received a report that that Fox had been haunting this forest for a long time now." The monk answered, "Get away from that Fox, boy, it's dangerous." And I need to exorcise it if I want to be famous.
Asaha's eyes narrowed, "Shouldn't you do some research first to see if the Fox really dangerous or not?" He demanded, he had heard the man's thought and he didn't like it one bit, "A monk shouldn't exorcise a Spirit just because people told you that a Spirit is dangerous, you should help the Spirit cross over if you find the Spirit harmless".
The monk narrowed his eyes, "You defend it, it had possessing you then." He then pointed at the fox, "Inugami! Kill it!".
Asaha looked unimpressed as the big dog charged at him and the Fox, he simply pulled out two human shaped papers from his jacket's pocket. "Zenki, Kouki." He called out calmly, he had taken back his Shikigamis from Anna during the time he went to take the Great Spirit forcefully, and a second later, the Inugami was nothing but a piece of paper ripped in half. He looked at the frozen monk, "If you want to be a famous person, you should pursue a job as an artist and not a monk".
"I- I'm not . . ." The man stuttered in fear.
Asaha smirked, "I can read mind, so there's no need for you to deny it." He said simply then he left with the Fox in his arms and his two huge Shikigamis followed after him.
Asaha had let the Fox go after he got a far enough distance from the monk, but then the Fox turned into a girl with Fox ears, 9 tails and sharpened nails. "Hello! My name is Kugou. Thank you for saving me." The girl said cheerfully.
Asaha was instantly reminded of Yoh due to the girl's cheerfulness and her carefree behavior, "Asaha Douji, but more known as Asakura Hao." He said back and left.
In the end, the Fox girl had been following him since then, she seemed to know who Asakura Hao was and taken interest in him immediately when she saw that he was not the same evil Shaman from his past.
Asaha sighed before looking at the Fox girl, "You know that I was an evil person, why would you want to be my new Guardian Spirit?" He asked disinterestedly.
"But you are certainly had changed, if not then you would kill that monk from earlier already." Kugou said cheerfully, "I want to go with you and make sure your new self wouldn't get killed, you had been given a second chance in life and took it, so I want to be there for you. As a friend and Guardian Spirit." She grinned at Asaha, "I know you from your childhood, Asaha, I already think of you as my Little Brother".
Asaha looked at Kugou, "You are a 1000 years old Spirit?" He asked curiously.
Kugou grinned more, "I'm a 1050 years old Ninetails Fox, had been a Spirit since 1000 years ago." She explained, "I had been friends with Asaha too, in secret though, before I got killed a few days before her".
Asaha's eyes widened, "You were friends with my Mother?" He asked in shock.
"Yup!" Kugou said with a nod, "No one know about it, so don't you dare to blame me for your Mother's death, it's not my fault".
Asaha sighed and turned around, "Not your fault, but that stupid monk who killed Mother for fame and money." He said as he continued to walk, "I hate humans, but since I had been given a second chance in live, I'm willing to let the humans have a second chance as well".
"So, you don't mind me going with you, right?" Kugou asked as she run to his side, "We could be friends and partners".
Asaha smiled at the offer, "I don't mind." He said softly, "I'm going to get lonely if I don't have someone to talk to anyway".
"Why don't you go search for Yoh if you are lonely?" Kugou asked curiously, "From what I heard from my friend, he is a sweet boy who want to change you so you could be like a real Brothers, I'm sure he would be happy knowing that you are still alive and had changed for the better".
Asaha shrugged, "I will think about it." He said simply, they walked in silence after that.
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[Do you like the Coffee, Yoh?]
[It's bitter! I like Orange Juice more.]
[You are still a child then]
[I'm only 13, of course I'm still a child]
[Really, you acted so mature before, and now you acted like a little kid]
[What? I can't let myself relax once in a while?]
[You can. But I thought you were relaxing all the time, so your real self is a child?]
{Hm, no. I acted mature because I need to, I'm aware that I'm their unspoken Leader, I had to made sure every decision I made is wise. By relaxing, what I mean was not my body like the usual, but my mind.'
[In other words, you would let yourself become a child once in a while, since making a wise decision all the time is tiring]
[Are you reading my mind again?]
[You think?]
Yes.
[Correct then]
[Ha, I had to learn how to block you soon]
[No one can block me]
[I will one day]
[Impossible, Yoh. You are a part of my Soul, even if you could block the usual way, I could still read your mind using our Twin Link]
[Tell me how to use it then]
[Don't wanna]
[Meanie!]
[I was kidding.]
[Tell me then.]
[You could only do it if you figured it out by yourself, even if I taught you, you still wouldn't able to.]
[I envy you and your knowledge]
[Then read more, you lazy Brother]
I'm happy.
[At least, at this moment, I'm happy as well, Yoh]
[We have to do this more often then!]
[No, this is the one and only I would be your Onii-chan. Otouto]
[Nii-chan . . .]
[One of us will die one day, it couldn't be changed. I will be the one to life, and I will eat you before I become the Shaman King]
[No, because I will be the one who will become the Shaman King, Onii-chan]
[Think as you like]
[Let's enjoy our coffee then. Ehehe]
[Want to add milk?]
[Yes!] You are beautiful when you smile, Hao.
[I'm no girl, but I accept the compliment. You are also beautiful when you smile, more to cute though than beautiful]
[Onii-chan! Meanie!]
"So, what kind of unbelievable experience did you do?" Atem looked at Yoh when Jou asked that to the boy, that's why he know that Yoh didn't even listening, he was locked up in his own world, a sad one if his guess was right.
He looked at Yugi and nudged him, "Has something happened to him?" He asked quietly. He had seen that expression so many times, the boy always make that kind of expression every time he was alone. He had watched over Yoh and Yugi when he was in the afterlife, but his priority was Yugi, so he didn't know what had been plaguing Yoh until he would make that expression.
Yugi sighed, "Truth to be told, he ran away from home." He told them, "But he refused to tell me or Jii-chan why he ran away, but he always crying himself to sleep".
Atem looked at Yoh sadly, for such a young boy, to be crying to sleep was definitely a sign that something terrible had happened to him, and his heart ache to help the boy. That's when he know that the attraction he felt for the boy had turned into Love, he want to help the boy and make him smile a true smile, not the half smile he showed them earlier.
"Hey? Yoh?" Jou called out to the boy when the boy didn't answer him.
Yoh blinked and looked at Jou for a moment before answering with a sad smile, "I'm sorry, but what I experienced is not something that I like to talk about".
Atem frowned, his suspicion grew bigger, but he was also confused, How in the world Yoh could answer a question that he didn't even hear? Atem was sure that Yoh didn't hear the question due to the boy spacing out in his own world.
"You could tell us if it troubling you, we are friends after all." Ryou said softly in concern.
"Thank you, but it's my problem, and mine alone." Yoh answered softly, "I shouldn't troubling you with something that you shouldn't involved with".
Yugi sighed, "We would still help you anyway." He said with a warm smile, "It's your decision if you want to face it by yourself, but remember that we are here for you".
"Thank you, Yugi." Yoh said with a grin on his face, but Atem could see right away that it was forced.
"Well, there's something we need to tell you." Atem announced, he got everyone's attention right away. He sat straighter and his face showed that he was serious, "We might got another chance to live, but we received a mission in exchange".
"Mission?" Yugi asked curiously.
Bakura cleared his throat, "Yeah, we received a mission, and if we succeed in this mission, we could continue to live our new life." He explained.
"This mission is for us to protect our Hikaris and their friends from a new evil." Marik continued, "But with the level of danger from this new evil, we might have to fight to protect the whole world and defeated them for good".
"Again?" Anzu asked in worry.
"Again." Atem answered with a nod.
"What new evil?" Yoh asked with a curious expression.
Atem's face grew grim, "They are called Raven." He started, "This group, we didn't get information on who or what they are, had managed to create a replica of the Millennium Items, all 7 of them".
"WHAT?!" Jou, Shizuka, Anzu, Honda, Ryou, Malik, Mai and Yugi yelled at the same time in shock, they were gaping at the three Yamis.
"And that's why I'm guessing that we would have to fight for the whole world." Marik said with his arms crossed, "In my and Bakura's case, we each only controlled one of the Items, but we have to go against all 7 of them this time".
"Not to mention that those replicas were made not only by sacrificing 99 Souls, they also perfected them by their Black Magic." Bakura added seriously, "I'm afraid that their Items would be stronger than our Millennium Items".
"But . . ." Yugi started in worry, he was biting his lower lip, "The original Millennium Items had been destroyed after the Ceremonial Duel".
"Aibou." Atem called out to his Hikari softly, "Bakura said Our Millennium Items." He said as he showed a bag that only now they noticed him carrying it, he pulled some things from it and placed them on the table nearby, they gasped when they noticed the Items, "Ra had returned the Millennium Puzzle, Millennium Ring, and the Millennium Rod to us. We would need these Items, so Ra had decided to let us have our Items back as long as we wouldn't misuse them".
Malik balled his hands into fists, "But, with us only have 3 Millennium Items, how would we fight against their 7 Millennium Items?" He asked in near panic, he was from a family of Tomb Keeper, he knew just how powerful the Millennium Items were.
Atem sighed, "That's right, we are worried about it as well." He admitted, "Those Black Items, we could only hope that our own Shadow Magic could assist us in our mission".
Seto finally looked up from his laptop and to Atem, "There's more, right?" He guessed, "For if it's only that, you wouldn't call me here in the first place, saying that you need my help and all".
"Eh, the help of the CEO of Kaiba Corp?" Jou asked in surprise, "What help?".
"To help us searching for the location of Raven." Bakura explained seriously.
"And one other thing." Marik added, "We need Kaiba's help since his intelligent network is so advance, he might be able to help us find out what is this great power called Great Spirit".
Yoh stood up suddenly, knocking his chair over and making the others jumped from the sudden motion and noise. All of them looked at the boy while Yoh was staring at Marik in disbelief, "What's wrong, Yoh?" Yugi asked in worry as he stood up and walked to Yoh's side.
"You've got to be kidding me." Yoh mumbled in disbelief, his eyes were wide and filled in shock, "Great Spirit, you said?".
That got everyone's undivided attention.
To be continued . . .
Atem : I don't see Froim anywhere, so . . . Review Please. ;)