Chapter 2

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Fuyu no Shouyo

"What in the world are you thinking, Leader?!" Mai covered her ears from her underling's yell of anger, "He is human! What if he get freaked out?!".

"Oh, please, Fuyu no Ran, lower your voice, he is still asleep, you know?" Mai grumble with a frown, "And yes, he is human, but we have stopped drink human blood from ages ago, we can explain to him and he won't get freaked out".

"But why are you keeping him? You know that those who raised by Leader will become the next Leader, he is a human child, he should stay with humans." The female Vampire with blue and purple dress complained, she had a soft purple hair and a pair of blue eyes like all of the Fuyu Clan, but her blue is more like a blue of blue rose, only Mai had sea blue eyes, the rest of the clan had blue rose eyes.

Ran is Mai's right hand Vampire, but unlike Mai who always wear a white kimono, she is more to the modern dress. It's a common matter though, half of the clan, those who often go to the place where many human gathered preferred to wear modern clothing. Ran like to wear a dress combined with a pair of boots, she is the one who is the most often go to human place after all.

"Because I can't let him back to that stupid old fart, I know, I know I'm older, but still, that guy dare to hurt this little boy, you don't know how gentle this boy. In his dream, this boy always loved his family, even after all the bad things his grandfather did to him, and all he wish at the depth of his heart is only a friend, he is lonely." Mai grumble, she is angry when he thought about the harsh treatment that stupid human gave to the boy.

"But this is Asakura Yoh we are talking about, the heir of the Asakura." Ran hissed, "We had bad reputation to that arrogant family." She eyed Yoh with sharp eyes, "And he is a Shaman, he should lived with Shaman to be able to use his skill and protect himself, if you don't want him to back to the Asakuras, just handed him to Luna. She is a Miko who is in good term with us, as long as we don't harm humans, and she would be able to train him".

Mai's face lit up, "Oh, that's a good idea, we can asked Luna to train him, we would give him two names, his own name and another one that will be used for his new life, he deserve a better life than what his family wants." She said in excitement, she looked at Yoh with affection, "I know he can be a good Leader when the time comes, I will make him my adopted son then".

Ran hissed, "You really want him to be our next Leader?!" shock and annoyance colored her voice, "Does this mean you will change him one day?" she looked straight to Mai's eyes.

Mai smiled at her, "Yes, one day, if he want to of course." She answered truthfully, "Now, what name will be good for him? A name that will be okay for a girl and a boy, since I need to hide the fact that he is a boy, his family would find him easily, and they would force him to kill his own twin, it's cruel for a boy with a gentle heart like him".

Ran sighed, "Okay, I will try to calmed the clan later, if you will let me make her clothes, since he will be a she, right?" she smirked at Mai, who is grinning happily.

"Sure, but I want the clothes like a kimono, modified it to be easy to move would be better." Mai answered, then she lifted Yoh to her lap, "What color do you think will suit him?" she stroke the boy's hair fondly.

"I will have to know his personality first, but I will start make the design." Ran answered excitedly, "Then, what is his new name going to be?" she sat beside her Leader.

Mai stare at Yoh thoughtfully, "I'm not that good with naming, but how about Fuyu no Shouyo meaning Little Leaf? His original name is Yoh, the word contained Leaf in it, so it's similar." She asked her best friend's opinion.

Ran cocked her head to the right and looked at the boy, "Shouyo, it's a nice name and can be use by a girl or boy." She answered with a soft smile, "I hope he is as sweet as you say, Leader".

Mai grinned, then Yoh stirred, Mai and Ran looked at Yoh in surprise, then Yoh opened his eyes, staring blankly at the ceilings of Mai's house. The Fuyu Clan lived in the middle of the forest, they build traditional houses to live in, and Mai's house is the biggest among all the house, but still in the traditional Japanese style.

"Yoh, are you alright?" Mai asked when Yoh's eyes darting to everywhere before locked into her.

The boy blinked, "Is Yoh my name? Who are you?" he asked innocently.

Mai's eyes wide as wide as they can be, what the, he lost his memories?! She thought in shock, but then she smiled, "I'm Fuyu no Mai, your adopted mother but you like to call me just Mai, your name is Yoh, but I give you another name, it's Fuyu no Shouyo." She said softly with a warm smile, it's better if he lost his memories, he can start over from the very beginning.

6 years later . . .

"Shou-chan!" Shouyo is Yoh's second name, he, or rather she since he is wearing a modified kimono for girls, looked up from the lake's surface to a beautiful girl with a long soft purple hair.

"Yes, Ran?" Shouyo asked with her usual lazy grin, "Is something wrong?" she is actually a he, everyone in the clan know it, but they often called her as Shou-chan, it's sounded more girly than Shouyo.

"Leader is searching for you, the time has come for you to be turned as a half Vampire." Ran explained with a smile, they had become a good friends after 6 years life together, "She is waiting for you in her chamber".

"Yeah, I will go now." Shouyo answered cheerfully.

Shouyo had long to accept that Asakura Yoh's identity should stay hidden before the time is right, Mai had told him that if his old family ever found him, then they would force him to do something very bad, but she didn't tell him what it is. The reason why Mai make him wearing a girl clothes is so that his family would never find him.

Fuyu no Shouyo referred as a she while as Asakura Yoh referred as a he, at first, Shouyo confused whether she should call herself a she or a he, but Mai told her that for the time being, Shouyo is a she.

Shouyo wears a modified black and orange kimono, the upper part is like a normal long sleeves kimono while the lower part is more like a modern short skirt. Instead of obi, ran make the skirt goes up to where the Obi usually is on. The upper part of the skirt goes from the waist until a bit below the chest, tight like obi and tied by a pair of threads that goes in zigzag way. The lower part of the skirt is like a short school girl uniform that goes from the waist until a bit above the knee. The clothes is mainly in black, the orange only goes for the border line and the threads on the upper part of the skirt only. The pattern of the kimono is bluish white leaves.

Inside the skirt, Shouyo wears a tight black short that goes to her knee. She also wears a long boots in orange color, but the boots strangely looked good even if it's from modern style and not traditional Japanese. Two pieces of steel fans placed inside the kimono's inner pocket, so that she can use them whenever she needs.

Shouyo's hair had reached her shoulder blade, which tied in high ponytail adorned by an orange ribbon, and the front hair is cut above her shoulder. With her clothes and hair, she is stunning, even though in reality Shouyo is a boy.

Shouyo didn't remember anything about her childhood as Asakura Yoh, she even lost her Shamanic ability, she can only see spirits, but other than that, she can't do anything. So, to protect herself, she learn martial arts and sword dancing, but instead of sword she used a pair of twin steel fans in black color and decorated by orange roses picture.

In 6 years, from the normal human child who viewed as not so good choice as the next Leader, Shouyo become respectable in no time. The Clan viewed her as a stunning girl with respectable wisdom to be a great next Leader, well, everyone know he is actually a boy, but it's doesn't matter as long as she can become a great Leader one day.

She is wise, smart, and cheerful, she can get along with just about everybody in the clan, but sometimes she acted childish, but it's also her charm. So, everyone accept the fact that she will be their future Leader once Mai retired, but it would be a really long time, so Mai will only turning him as a Half Vampire first before turning her into a full Vampire when she reach 18.

"Mai, I'm here." Shouyo greeted cheerfully when she opened the door of her adopted mother, Mai never lie to anyone, so she also had told her about how she decided to take advantage of Yoh's lost of memories to make him live a new life away from his original family.

"Shouyo." Mai grinned when she saw her adopted son, or daughter for now, "Come in, you are ready to be a half Vampire?" she asked as she patted the spot beside her.

Shouyo smiled and sat beside the Leader of Fuyu Clan, "Well, I'm not ready to be a full Vampire yet since I don't know if I will go back to human world or not, but since a Half Vampire can still grow old, I'm ready." She smiled her usual lazy smile, "Oh, and I can start learning healing magic after this, right?" she looked at Mai expectantly.

Mai nodded calmly, "Yup, okay, now open your upper kimono, I need to bite you after all." she told her cheerfully.

Shouyo complied obediently, she had learned the process to be a Half Vampire, she need to get bitten and get a blood transfusion from a Vampire in a small doses. So, after she opened her upper kimono and carefully so that the lower part is intact, the fact that she is a he is still there after all, she closed her eyes and bracing herself for the pain that sure to come.

Shouyo had prepared herself for this, so she didn't even flinch when two sharp canines pricked her skin, but when her wrist sliced for the blood transfusion, she passed out from the freezing sensation.

The eleven years old boy with a long brown hair and onyx eyes is furious, he had just visited the Asakura family, but then he found out about his twin.

**Flashback**

He teleported to the living room of the Asakura family, he had a smirked on his face, but he blinked when he found out that there are two figures missing.

"Hao!" Yohmei and Mikihisa yelled in shock.

"Where's Yoh? And where is Keiko? Strange that it's only you three are here." Hao asked casually as he looked around the Asakura estate.

Yohmei looked annoyed while Mikihisa angry, for Kino, she sighed in sadness. "Yoh is dead, that stupid old man attacked Yoh 6 years ago just because Yoh unable to master how to make a leaf Shikigami, he fell off a cliff and into a river." Kino grumbled as she glared at her husband, "Keiko found out about it and left Izumo, she was so angry at the old man".

Hao felt his anger rising, he know right away that Yoh is still alive, or else, he would felt it, but that would mean that Yoh is under someone else care. From the extremely weak furyoku, that's mean that he is under a non Shaman family's care.

Hao growled, "You stupid old man." he snarled in anger, "I said to raised him properly, don't tell me you did it on purpose so that I won't get all my power back?".

Mikihisa shook his head, "It's an accident, but it's highly possible that he is still alive." he said in anger, "I'm searching for him all this time, but no one know about Yoh's whereabouts at all".

"Why the hell are the two of you telling him that?!" Yohmei yelled furiously.

Hao shook his head and teleported back to his followers right away, he didn't want to hear the family's argument, oh, he didn't forget to burn Yohmei's hair before he went away though.

**End of Flashback**

Hao sighed, no, he can't think about his lesser half forever, he still need to gather more followers. "Luchist, send someone to search for Yoh, I know he is still alive, but if I don't find him soon and train him, he will be a total useless." he ordered one of his followers, a tall man who wear all black and a black hat.

To be continued . . .

Yoh : Why must I wear a girl clothes?!

Froim : Because it's how the story goes.

Hao : You are cute though, but why need to become a Half Vampire?

Froim : Because he is the Young Leader.

Yoh : You are playing with my live too much!

Mai : I love it though, Please review.

Next Chapter : "Would you like me to show you the way, Yo-san?"