Chapter 6
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Thought / dreams
'Telepathic voice'
[Voice from the past]
=Telephone=
Letter
"Dialogue"
Emphasis
A dangerous tone
"Where is he?" Lyserg – a Demon of Heart with Greenish Black bat-like Wings – asked in worry as he paced around the floor of the house they found for their new Hideouts, "It's been a week and he still hasn't come to us".
"I don't know." Ren – a Demon of Heart with Goldish Black bat-like Wings – said tonelessly as he gazed out of the window, "We can only hope that Hao is alive out there and didn't get killed in that ambush".
A loud sound of something slammed into something caught their attention, they looked to the source to see that Anna – a Demon of Heart with Reddish Black bat-like Wings – had slammed her palms onto the table, "Is that it?" She hissed angrily, "We can only hope?! Hao is the Leader of our Kind and he is out there somewhere! And all you can say is that we can only hope?!".
"What do you want me to say then?" Ren asked coldly with crossed arms, "We don't know where he is. Heck! We don't even know if he is still alive or not, we can't just search blindly with those Angels hot on our tails".
"It's already a week, they won't sent out more than one Angel now." Anna retorted coldly as well, "We can use these weak talismans I stole to hide our Dark presence from them and they won't find us." She smirked smugly, "It's not like we can't fight them if it's One-on-One Battle anyway".
Ren looked at the talismans with interest as he came closer, Lyserg walked closer as well, "Where did you steal this?" He asked curiously as he took one of it.
"From this Miko apprentice called Tamao, she was told to sell these to the people who need them, I took three of them for us when she fell." Anna answered as she folded the talisman until it was no bigger than her thumb, "Look." She said as she picked up a small bag and put the talisman inside, she wore it around her neck, "By doing this, our Dark aura would be hidden from the Angels, and thus they couldn't find us with their usual way of tracking Dark aura".
"I see." Ren said and he and Lyserg followed her example.
"Then, with this, we can search for Hao?" Lyserg asked excitedly.
"Yes." Anna answered with a nod, "Let's head to the direction Hao took off before, I'm going to search in the forest-like place where he could hide himself in the shadow".
"I'm going to the Cemetery and empty houses at the outskirt of any town in that direction." Ren said decisively.
"Well then, I'm going to search in the city in that direction, if I'm not wrong, it's called Tokyo." Lyserg said with a nod to himself.
They nodded together and took off to the direction Hao went to before he went missing.
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"Hao, are you ready?" Yoh asked cheerfully as he running down the stairs, he was dressed in a costume of a Dracula, with high collar, big and long Black cloak and all of that*.
(*AN : I'm bad at describing costumes, so please just imagine it by yourself)
"Are you sure it's alright for me appearing like this?" Hao asked as he came out of his room in a set of a pair of Black leather pants, a White shirt under Black overcoat, and a pair of Black leather shoes. It's just a normal set of clothes, but Hao's Wings was out, making it looked like a part of his costume.
"Don't worry, people would be too busy having fun to notice that it's a real pair of Wings." Yoh assured him as he slipped his sword into his belt, there's no way he would go anywhere without his Sword, talismans, and Shikigami papers.
"If you say so." Hao said with a sigh, he was still looking unsure.
"Come on, let's go!" Yoh said as he pulled Hao out of the house with him, "We are going to fetch my friend first".
Yoh led the way and they walked to Mary's shop and house, they walked into the door that would lead to the house part directly and raised a hand to knock on the door, but the door already opened before he had that chance. "Hello, Mary." Yoh greeted her with a smile, "I was just going to knock on your door".
"Yoh-sama." Mary greeted with a nod, "Chuck told Mary that you are here." She explained as she looked at her doll in her arms that was waving at Yoh.
Mary was wearing a sleeveless Black dress that was reaching her knees, with White frilly lace at the end of the skirt and a big White butterfly knotted ribbon on her chest, a pair of long Black gloves covered her hands, a knee length Black leather boots with star pattern on her feet, and a Black Witch hat on her head.
"Mary, let me introduce you." Yoh stepped aside to let her see Hao, "He is Hao, my friend." He then looked at Hao, "Hao, she is Marion Phauna, but most people call her Mary".
"Nice to meet you, Mary." Hao said with a smile to Mary.
"Nice to meet you, Hao-san." Mary said with a small smile.
Chuck stared at Hao, "This boy is not human?" He asked as he pointed one hand at Hao.
Hao tensed and looked at the talking and moving doll in surprise, Yoh just laughed in response, "Yes, Chuck, he isn't." He answered with a smile before placing a finger on his lips, "But let's keeps this a secret, ne?".
"You had taken another non-human being under your wings, Yoh-sama?" Mary asked with a slow blink of her eyes.
Yoh smiled, "Yeah, you could say that." He said with a shrug, he then looked at the still shocked Hao with a reassuring smile, "Don't worry, my friends know that I'm not a normal boy, and I assure you they won't harm you".
Mary nodded her head, "Mary won't do anything to harm you." She said seriously, "Yoh-sama's friend is Mary's friend as well".
"Ah, okay." Hao blinked his eyes then looked at the doll in Mary's hand, "How is it that your doll could talk and move?" He asked curiously.
"Chuck was a present from a Dear Friend of Mary." Mary said with a small fond smile, "Mary's friend was a Half-blood Witch, she made Chuck for Mary and gave him the ability to move and talk. Chuck had been accompanying Mary all this time, and would comfort Mary when she was lonely and sad".
"Half-blood Witch?" Hao asked as he caught something behind Mary, it was a Spirit of a 13 years old looking girl with Orange hair, she caught him looking and motioned for him to keep quiet.
'You can see her?' Yoh asked as he smiled at Mary, "Let's go then, Mary." He said cheerfully, "I'm sure Kanna is waiting for you".
"Mary wants to meet Kanna soon." Mary said with a nod and locked her house before they began walking.
'Yeah, I can see her.' Hao answered as he glance at the transparent girl who was following them silently, 'Who is she?'.
'Matilda Matisse or Macchi, the Half-blood Witch that Mary was talking about.' Yoh replied before sending a look to the girl.
Macchi grinned sheepishly, "Later, I'm going to show myself in the party, when the time is right." She said as she scratched the back of her neck.
"You better." Yoh hissed lowly, so Mary wouldn't hear him, "Or I will tell her myself".
Macchi gasped and pouted, "Meanie." She said sulkily.
Hao shot Yoh a confused look, 'Mary had become so gloomy after Macchi died, but Macchi was always near her as a Spirit, kinda like a Guardian Spirit.' Yoh explained after he saw the look, 'Mary doesn't know that Macchi was always near her and keep her gloomy attitude, so I had been convincing Macchi to show herself at Mary, she promised that she would do it today'.
'I see.' Hao commented casually, "By the way, Yoh." He called out normally to break the silence, "Who is this Kanna you were talking about?".
"Kanna Bismark is our friend, she is an owner of a bakery." Yoh explained, "That's what most people know of her though, she is actually a Psychometer and had been helping the Police in catching criminals".
"Hee, do all of your friends have some kind Power?" Hao asked curiously.
"No." Yoh shook his head, "Mary is a normal girl, and Manta, the one who invite us, is also a normal human".
"Yoh-sama is a famous Onmyouji, so the people who had Power often come to him to see if they can be friends, since normally people with unnatural power often shunned by the people out of fear." Chuck explained to him, "That's the reason why Yoh-sama has many friends who are not just a normal human, most of them have some kind of Power that caused people to fear them, but Yoh-sama always accept them with open arms".
"But as Yoh-sama said …" Mary added, "Not all of his friends are having Power in them, normal humans also want to befriend Yoh-sama because he is so kind and gentle".
"Stop it." Yoh said with a blush, "You make me embarrassed".
Mary, Chuck, and Hao chuckled before they all continued walking in comfortable silence. They arrived at the party and saw a small figure waving at them, "Yoh-kun!" The small figure called out to them.
"Manta!" Yoh called back with a wave of his hand and walked to the small figure, which turned out to be a small boy wrapped in bandages, "Ah, you are a Mummy!".
"My Sister doing." Manta said with a sweat drop, "So, you are a Dracula, huh?" He asked as he looking at Yoh's costume before noticing the other two, "Hello, Mary. Oh, who is he? He looks just like you!".
"Hello, Manta." Mary said back calmly.
"My name is Hao." Hao introduced himself, "And I don't know why I look like Yoh".
"Just coincidence." Yoh said with a shrug before looking at Manta, "So, where's the rest?".
"Inside." Manta answered and motioned for them to follow him.
The party was held at the Gym, because it was the only place in school that was big enough for all of them. They could see many students wearing many different costumes chatting with each other, and in the center of them all was a big table with foods and drinks on it.
"Wow." Hao couldn't help but say that, in this kind of crowd, many non-human beings could just show up and interact with humans in there, and the people wouldn't think that they weren't human at all. No wonder Yoh said that he shouldn't worry about his Wings.
"Yoh!" A loud female voice reached their ears, they looked at the source and saw a dark blue haired young woman, looking about 20 years old, walking to them with a scowl. She was wearing a Pirate outfit, but without an eye patch.
Yoh blinked and raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong, Kanna?" He asked in surprise.
"Help me a bit in the Kitchen." Kanna hissed lowly, "There's this stupid Spirit or something – I don't know – that's causing Poltergeist in the Kitchen. I can't make the Candies if this kept going on".
Yoh sighed, "Okay, show me the way." He said with a smile.
Kanna nodded and show them the way to the Kitchen, and true enough, the tools and ingredients were floating in the air and being moved from place to place so they couldn't catch them. Yoh looked around for the cause and saw a Spirit of a little girl, "Hello there." He said to the Spirit softly as he squat down in front of her, "Why are you doing this?".
"I want Candy." The girl said with a pout, "Momma said I can have Candy today, but got separated".
"So, if we give you Candy, you will stop doing this?" Yoh asked with a smile, the girl nodded cutely with a grin, he looked at Kanna, "Do you have some Candies, Kanna? Or do you need to make a new one?".
Kanna sighed, "You see, Yoh." She started tiredly, "The kids were bombarding my shop earlier, so all the Candies in the store are gone, I need to make a new one".
Yoh nodded and looked at the Spirit again, "You heard her, right? She needs to make a new one first." He said softly, the girl nodded in understanding, "But she couldn't make the Candy you want if you keep doing this, so, will you let her do her work? You will get your Candy then".
The girl hummed before she slowly let everything back into place, "Promise to give me Candy later?" She asked cutely.
"Sure." Yoh promised with a smile then looked at Kanna, "You can work now, Kanna." He told her, "But please gives the first one to this girl".
"You do it, I can't see her." Kanna said with a smile, "Wait a moment, it shouldn't take too long." She then started working.
Yoh stepped back to Manta, Mary, Hao, and, even though only Yoh and Hao could see her, Macchi. "So, you often do something like this?" Hao asked curiously.
"Yeah." Yoh answered with a sheepish grin, "The people, albeit relying on me on such occasion, are afraid of my ability, so I don't have that many normal human as friends".
"Among all of us, I was the one who didn't get shunned but want to befriend Yoh-kun it seems." Manta commented, gaining Hao's attention, "Kanna is a Psychometer, so people often avoiding getting to close to her, and Mary always carrying a scary looking doll, so people thinks of her as strange." He sighed before looking at Hao, "I was just a normal boy, you know, having friends and normal live, but then I saw Yoh-kun in the Cemetery talking with ghosts. I then gained the ability to see ghosts as well, and after awhile, I began spending my time with Yoh more than my other friends." He then smiled, "What about you? How did you meet Yoh-kun?".
Hao didn't know how to explain to the small boy, but thankfully Yoh answered for him, "Hao got attacked and I saved him, that's how we met".
"Oh, I see." Manta said with a nod before raising an eyebrow, "Attacked by Oni? Does that mean he had Sixth Sense as well?".
"Yes, I do have a strong Sixth Sense." Hao answered this time, "The one who attacked me was not an Oni, but something else that you wouldn't want to know".
Manta blinked in confusion but then smiled, "If you say so." He then looked at Yoh, "Horo-Horo said he couldn't come today, there's some problem with the Dam".
"Ah, is that so?" Yoh asked calmly, "Too bad, I'm sure he's drooling now while thinking about all the delicious cakes that Kanna had baked for the party".
"I'm sure he is!" Manta said with a laugh.
"Finish." Kanna announced and offered one of the wrapped Candies to Yoh, "Here, for the girl".
Yoh smiled and took it, he then went to the girl, "What's the Keyword?" He asked with a smile.
The girl looked thoughtful for a moment before grinning and cupping her hands together, "Trick or Treat!" She chirped happily. Yoh smiled and placed the Candy on her palms, she glowed as soon as she got the Candy, "Thank you!" The girl said with a big grin and shot up to the sky in a pillar of light, the Candy dropped to the ground.
"She passed on?" Kanna asked curiously.
"She did." Yoh said with a smile as he picked up the fallen Candy, "I will keep this, to place on her grave when I found it".
"Sure." Kanna nodded and wrapped up the rest of the Candies into many small plastic bags, "Well, I finished, let's get out of here." She then looked at Mary and smiled, "Mary, long time no see".
"Long time no see, Kanna." Mary said with a small smile.
"How about we go to the school garden for a bit? To catch up." Kanna said as she offered her hand, which was now covered with gloves, "After I give these Candies to the Maids".
"Sure." Mary accepted the offered hand and looked at Yoh, "See you, Yoh-sama".
Yoh smiled, "Sure, have fun!" He said with a wave of his hand, he then looked at Manta and Hao, "Well, why don't we get some snacks?".
"Sure." Manta and Hao answered at the same time.
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Lyserg couldn't believe his eyes. He was currently flying above the City of Tokyo, and everywhere he looked, he saw the people wearing costumes, he nearly mistaken all of them as Supernatural beings. He sighed and looked around to see if Hao had somehow hide himself among the humans, considering the people were wearing costumes, it wouldn't be a surprise if Hao chose to hide himself among humans for now, it would hide his presence from the Angels.
He was flying around aimlessly above the city when he saw some White dots in the night sky, he frowned. Stars? He asked himself before gasping when the dots moved, "Oh no, it's the Angels!" He hissed to himself and was about to fly away when he saw where the Angels were heading, it's a big building, the biggest around there. School, that's what his mind registered, but why would the Angels heading to the school? His eyes then widened. Don't tell me, Hao is there?!
He looked at the building up ahead of him and set a determined face, if Hao was there, he had to help his Leader. With that thought in mind, he flew to the building direction.
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