Chapter 2
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Thought/ Dreams/ Event from the past
'Telepathic voice'
[Voice from the past]
-Telephone-
Letter
"Dialogue"
Emphasis
Dangerous tone
Relaxing Together
(1987) The next day . . .
Hao woke up to a smell of something sweet, "Ah, you are awake." A voice commented from above him, his eyes wandered up to see who it was and saw a woman with Black hair and Black eyes, the woman smiled at him, "Your eyes are aware of what you see, that means you must be Hao".
'You must be Luna then?' Hao asked telepathically.
The woman nodded, "I am." She answered, "Suiryu-sama had explained everything to me about you and your Twin".
Hao yawned, 'I see. We will be in your care from now on, thank you for your cooperation.' He answered sleepily.
"You're welcome, I always want to have a child anyway. I'm glad that you and Suiryu-sama grant me this wish." Luna answered with a chuckle, "Can I ask your Twin's name? Or should I name him?".
Hao looked at Luna, 'His name is Yoh.' He answered before looking around him, only to panicking a bit when he didn't see his Twin, 'Where is he?' He asked with a forced calmness in his voice.
"In here." Luna answered as she stood up so Yoh, who was in her hands and drinking from a bottle filled with White liquid, could be seen by Hao, "He woke up crying due to his hunger and his cry woke me up, I'm feeding him with some Milk at the moment".
Hao's stomach rumbled at the mention of Milk, 'Seems like I'm hungry too.' Hao said telepathically with a blush, causing Luna to chuckle in amusement at the cute sight.
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(1987) 6 months later . . .
"Ah, Yoh refused to eat." Luna said in confusion when Yoh looked away from the porridge filled spoon she offered him, the porridge was the one made specially for babies of course. She looked at the baby beside the one she tried to feed, "Hao, what's wrong with Yoh?" She asked in confusion.
Hao looked at Luna as he sucked from his Milk bottle before looking at Yoh, 'Otouto?' He asked through their Twin Link, he couldn't read Yoh's mind because Yoh subconsciously build a Mind Barrier, but in exchange of that, he had a Twin Link with Yoh so they could talk from mind to mind.
Yoh couldn't talk yet, well in his mind since even Hao couldn't make his current body to talk yet, so he sent an Image as an answer.
Hao blinked when he received the image and chuckled, 'Yoh wants his food to taste like an Orange.' He told Luna telepathically since he was a Telepath and has Reishi, he could speak to whoever he want through their minds and read their minds if they didn't protect them. In Luna's case, Hao could speak telepathically but he couldn't read what was going on in Luna's mind, she had the protection of Suiryu The Deity of The Lake.
"An Orange tasted porridge?" Luna asked in bewilderment as she stared at Yoh with blinking eyes, Yoh chirped happily in answer.
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(1988) A year after Luna found Hao and Yoh . . .
"Hao, you have to finish your breakfast." Luna said sternly from beside him while feeding Yoh, who sat on her lap.
Hao crossed his arms, 'No.' He said firmly.
"Hao, eat it." Luna said again with a frown, Yoh caught Luna's hand when she accidentally pulled the spoon away from Yoh's mouth when she talked to Hao, she looked down to Yoh and let Yoh to eat his Orange and Milk tasted Oatmeal.
Hao scowled, 'No.' He said stubbornly.
Luna sighed, "Hao, it's the same Oatmeal, with milk like usual." She said in frustration.
Hao looked away, 'You forget the Strawberry pieces.' He said sulkily.
Luna face palmed, "I already told you that the Strawberry ran out everywhere." She said exasperatedly.
Hao's scowl turned into a pout before he halfheartedly eating his Oatmeal by himself, since he could eat by himself already thanks to his past memories.
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(1988) One and a half years after Luna found the Twins . . .
Luna looked at Hao with a raised eyebrow, the toddler was staring intently at the wall across from where he was sitting on the floor of the Shrine where Luna worked as a Miko. What is he staring at? She thought in confusion before gasping when Hao suddenly start crawling to the direction of the wall he had been staring at.
Hao grinned and chuckled in childish way when he managed to crawl halfway to his goal, he was proud of himself that he could crawl already, but he halted in place when he heard Yoh's cry. He looked behind to see Yoh was crying while looking at Hao with a pair of big and teary eyes with Luna checking over him, he figured that Yoh had managed to crawl a few steps but then fell, so he was crying in shock and pain.
Luna looked up when Hao crawled back to her and Yoh, she saw that Hao and Yoh had a staring contest before Yoh's cry become louder. Then Hao pat Yoh's head, Yoh's cry subsided before Yoh wiped his eyes with his tiny fists, and as Luna was watching in confusion about what was happening, Yoh and Hao then crawled together to the direction Hao took off earlier.
"Aw! How cute!" A female voice make her looked up to see a woman with Dark Green hair and Turquoise eyes standing at the doorway of her Shrine, "Your Sons are learning to crawl together! How cute!" She sweat dropped when Hao looked at her sharply before showing his tongue at her and took off with Yoh again.
Luna chuckled and stood up, "Welcome, Mizuki." She said warmly as she walked to the woman, "What can I help you with, my friend?".
"Ah, I just come here to visit you and have a chat, Luna." Mizuki answered with a smile.
Luna nodded and looked at Hao and Yoh to tell them that she will be in the Inner room, a room where she would have a talk with her clients, only to see the two toddlers were sleeping soundly next to each other near the wall Hao had been staring at earlier.
"How cute!" Mizuki squealed quietly at the cute sight while Luna chuckled in response.
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(1989) 2 years after Luna took the Twins in . . .
Hao was wearing a determined expression again, and he was staring at the wall across from him again. Luna noticed this as she looked up from her talisman papers, she had been working on them, What is he planning now? She thought in amusement, she also noticed that Yoh was also wearing the same expression. A second later, the two suddenly stood up and began walking, not crawling again, to the said wall.
Luna chuckled, I see, they are planning to walk to the wall across from them, she thought in amusement. She saw that Hao was the fastest, not a surprise since he had his memories of his First and Second lifes, but Yoh was not too far behind because he was a fast learner.
Hao touched the wall and turned to Yoh with a peace sign, "I win!" He said with a smirk.
Yoh pouted, "Moo, I lost to you, why is it you always so fast." He complained before yelping when he suddenly fall.
"Yoh!" Hao yelped and rushing to his fallen Brother, Luna arrived a second later, "What's wrong?" He asked in worry and he looked over Yoh to see if Yoh had injured himself when he fell.
"I don't know." Yoh said in confusion, "I felt as if my left foot caught on some . . ." He trailed off when he looked at his left leg.
Hao and Luna followed his lead and saw Yoh's left leg, only to see a small Oni snickering beside his leg, telling them that the Oni was the cause of Yoh's fall.
Pik!
Hao had a vein mark on his head and he caught the small Oni with his bare hands, he walked to a window and threw the Oni out while yelling, "Die! You stupid Oni!" He the huffed while clapping his hands like he was cleaning some dust from his hand.
Luna sweat dropped and shook her head while Yoh only laughed cheerfully, he was already used with Hao's antics when it concerned him.
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(1990) 3 years after Luna took the Twins in . . .
"Thank you very much." Luna said to the Postman.
"You're welcome." The Postman answered with a bow before leaving the gate of Luna's house.
Luna closed the gate and entered her house only to find Hao and Yoh already waiting there, with their eyes looking at Luna expectantly. Luna chuckled and offered the package to Yoh, "Here, the reading book you want." She explained.
"Yay!" Yoh exclaimed happily as he accepted the package, he then looked at Hao, "Let's go, Nii-chan! You promised you will teach me how to read and write!".
Hao chuckled and nodded, "Let's go to our room then." He said warmly as he offered his hand for Yoh to take, Yoh took the offered hand and they walked to their bedroom together.
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(1991) 4 years after the Twins arrived in Luna's house . . .
"Nii-chan, look!" Hao looked up from the novel he was reading to see Yoh barging into the Living Room with a book in his hand, "I did it!" He showed the book to Hao.
Hao looked at the book and smiled when he saw that Yoh finally could make a writing that was enough to be readable, he ruffled Yoh's head, "Good work, just need to work a bit more and your writing would be more clear to see." He said warmly to his Little Brother, "Why don't you take a break and have some warm milk with me?".
Yoh squealed in happiness and hugged Hao tightly, "I would love to, Nii-chan!" He exclaimed before releasing Hao to run into the kitchen.
Hao shook his head fondly and followed after Yoh in a more leisure pace.
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(1992) 5 years after the Twins arrived . . .
"Preschool?" Hao and Yoh asked together as they looked at Luna.
Luna nodded, "Yes, it's time for you to enter the Preschool." She repeated her words.
"Me too?" Hao asked with a scowl, "There's no need for me to enter a school again".
"You still need to, or people would find it suspicious." Luna said sternly as she take a bite of her toast.
Hao's scowl deepened and he opened his mouth to protest but Yoh stopped him by slipping his hand to Hao's, Hao looked at Yoh and was attacked by Yoh's Puppy Dog Eyes right away. "Yoh?" Hao asked in confusion as to why Yoh suddenly attacked him with his Puppy Dog Eyes.
"Please enter the Pre School with me." Yoh said with with a cute pout while his Puppy Dog Eyes were still on Hao, "I won't want to go alone".
Hao's scowl disappeared and he was melted by the cute sight, he nodded in defeat, "Okay." He said softly, Yoh beamed him with his brightest grin right away.
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(1993) 6 years after the Twins arrived . . .
"Hey, wake up!" Hao woke up with a yawn and looked up to see who was waking him up, he saw a girl with short Green hair that turned Brown at the tips and a pair of Turquoise eyes looking down at him, "Come on, Hao, you and Yoh need to get down soon or you will late for class".
Hao sighed and stood up, "I hate school." He said and shook Yoh, who had been sleeping beside him, to wake him up.
"Hmm, five more minutes . . ." Yoh mumbled in his sleep.
"No, since I already awoke, you have to wake up as well, Yoh." Hao said sternly, "We will late for class".
Yoh moaned and sat up, he rubbed his eyes sleepily and cutely before looking around, "Huh? We aren't at home?" He asked in confusion.
"No, silly." The girl giggled, "You and Hao had fallen asleep at the school roof, now let's get to class".
"Sure, Mia." Yoh answered and stood up, he look at Hao and raised an eyebrow, "Hao?".
Hao smirked, "Nah, I'm skipping, you two go in." He said as he waved them away with his hand and flopped back in his previous position.
Yoh gasped, "You cheater! You said I had to wake up but you are going to back to sleep!" He yelled when he was dragged away by Mia, their normal human friend, the only one who knew about their ability to see Spirits but didn't shun them away like the others, the one that Hao respected for her kind personality.
Hao laughed, 'I already know the lessons, Otouto, you are the one who need to go to school, I only come along to make sure there's no suspicion arise.' He explained to his Twin.
'Cheater!' Was Yoh's only answer.
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(1994) 7 years after the Twins arrived . . .
"Ah, I failed." Yoh said in disappointment when he couldn't summon a Leaf Shikigami.
Hao walked over to Yoh and pat his head, "It's alright." He said with a smile, "You are still new in this, I'm sure you will be able to summon Shikigami soon, you are a fast learner after all".
Yoh smiled at Hao and nodded, he then looked down to the Brown colored leaf sitting on a rock in front of him and concentrated to summon a Shikigami again. He sent his Furyoku into the leaf, but instead of forming a Shikigami, smoke was flowing out of the leaf. "Again." Yoh groaned in frustration as he failed yet again.
Hao chuckled and shook his head, "Be patient." He advised calmly and walked to his previous spot and continued his push-up.
Yoh sighed, "I will." He said slowly and tried again.
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(1995) 8 years after the twins arrived . . .
"Uwaa!" Yoh yelped when the water ball between his hands exploded and the water drop hit him in the face, "Bleh, I couldn't keep it in a Ball shape".
Hao shook his head, "Maybe you put too much Furyoku inside?" He suggested as he walked over, "You see, if you put too much Furyoku, the shape will shake and the water ball will explode." He explained as he gave him an example by doing as he said.
"Then, I need to control the flow of my Furyoku?" Yoh asked curiously, "Ah, I want to mastered this soon so I could learn how to walk on the water surface like you." He said with a pout.
"Don't rush things." Hao reminded him patiently, "Patient is the Key, and Insistence is the Way." He said and stood back to watch Yoh trained to lift a water ball without touching.
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(1996) About 9 years after the Twins arrived . . .
"Yoh! Take care of the smaller ones!" Luna commanded as she and Hao fight against a bunch of bigger Onis, it's near New Year, so people's wishes attracted Oni even more than usual, Luna brought Hao and Yoh with her to hunt down the Onis.
"Yes, Mom!" Yoh answered as he pulled out his Bokutou (Wooden Sword), "Let's go, Matamune!".
"Yes, Yoh-sama." The Nekomata answered calmly as he turned into Hitodama, Hao finally had found Matamune and gone to contacted his old friend and explain everything to him, the Cat then chose to follow Hao again. At the moment though, Hao lend Matamune to Yoh since Yoh was still hasn't found his Guardian Spirit yet.
"Onigoroshi!" Yoh exclaimed as he pushed Matamune's Hitodama into his Bokutou, a big Golden sword Oversoul appeared in his hand and he fought against the smaller Onis.
"Spirit of Fire!" Hao yelled when he saw Luna nearly got attacked from behind, Spirit of Fire responded immediately and stabbed the Oni with it's clawed hand.
"Thanks, Hao!" Luna said to him before focusing at the Onis ahead of her, "Tsubaki!" The big Hawk Shikigami responded to the commanded and flew through the bodies of the Onis, it's body had been made as sharp as knife after all.
"Time to eat, Spirit of Fire." Hao said coldly, the Spirit of Fire caught one of the Oni and eat it before it's size growing bigger, then the Spirit of Fire caught another Oni and eat it as well and so on. Spirit of Fire grew from eating Spirit, but since Hao couldn't let his Spirit Partner, since his Guardian Spirit now was Matamune, to eat human Spirit, he let the Spirit of Fire to eat Onis instead, so it's two birds with one stone. Hao looked around and noticed that a few bigger Onis heading his way, he pulled out two human shaped papers and threw it to the approaching Onis, "Kiki, Chikou." Two big Shikigami, just like his Zenki and Kouki in the past, appeared, but instead of one Red and one Blue, one of them was Green (Kiki) and the other was Brown (Chikou), each of them was carrying a big Lance.
"Onii-chan is so strong!" Yoh said happily as he cut an Oni in half, then he went to another smaller sized Oni.
"I have years of experience, Yoh." Hao answered calmly and continued his attack.
"You are strong as well, Yoh." Luna commented as she take a break, her Furyoku was not as much as Hao's or Yoh's, "You surpassed me in just two years after you started training".
"Because I'm his teacher, Mom." Hao said proudly as he watched Yoh destroyed the smaller Onis while he let his Shikigamis and Spirit of Fire to kill and eat the bigger ones.
"Maybe I should ask you to train me as well." Luna joked with a smile.
Hao grinned, "I would gladly train you as well, if you want to." He winked at his adopted Mother.
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(May 12th, 1997) 10 years after Hao and Yoh were born . . .
Hao woke up with a yawn, he sat up and stretched himself before looking at his side to wake Yoh up, only to find that Yoh wasn't on the bed anymore. He blinked and dressed himself before walking downstairs to the Dinning Room, he smiled when he saw Yoh already sat on his usual seat with Luna across from him. "Good morning, Yoh, Mom." Hao said before he sat down beside Yoh.
"Morning, Hao-niichan!" Yoh said cheerfully as he hugged Hao and began snuggling immediately.
Hao chuckled and pat Yoh's head, Yoh always like to snuggle to Hao whenever he get the chance. "You are more snuggling than usual, Otouto." He commented with a warm smile.
Luna chuckled, "It's because today is your Birthday, Hao." She reminded him, "You know that Yoh always clinging to you when it your Birthday".
Hao blinked, "Right, today is our Birthday." He said in realization, "I forgot".
Yoh pulled away, "You forgot our Birthday?" He asked with a pout, "Why are you always forgetting our Birthday?".
Hao shook his head, "Not always." He said innocently, "I remember it last year".
Yoh raised both of his arms, "But only last year! You forgot the other 9 years!" He complained with a cute pout.
Luna clapped her hands, "Alright, as amusing it is to watch you bickering with each other, it's time for breakfast." She said softly, "We will have breakfast and go to Tokyo later today".
"Tokyo?" Hao and Yoh asked at the same time, Yoh already snuggling back to Hao.
Luna nodded, "Yes." She confirmed, "We are going to Tokyo today, we will go to the Amusement Park to celebrate your 10th Birthday".
Hao smiled and Yoh grinned, "Yeah!" Both said in high spirit.
Luna smiled back and clapped her hands, "Itadakimasu (A prayer you said before you eat)." She said.
"Itadakimasu." Hao and Yoh said as well and they began to eat, they were having Curry Rice today, a special breakfast they have when it's the Twin's Birthday.
To be continued . . .
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