Chapter 3

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A New Friend

As the next Leader candidate, Shouyo has two forms and identities.

The name he got when he was born is Asakura Yoh, he has brown hair that went pass his shoulder blades and a pair of onyx eyes. Yoh is from Shaman family, but because of the accident 8 years ago, he lost all his Shamanic ability accepted for the ability to see spirits, so it's more like he is normal human who can see spirit. Mai had told him the consequence that will happened if the Asakura find him, they will force him into following their way and do bad thing, but he still doesn't know what that bad thing is. So, Mai make him wearing a girl clothes as a disguise.

Mai also gave him another identity and name, it's Fuyu no Shouyo, Fuyu no Mai's son, the next Leader of Fuyu Clan. It's true that every Vampire in Fuyu clan knows that Shouyo is a boy, but since he always wears a girl clothes from 5 years old until 11 years old, they often called him Shou-chan, but in official events he is called Young Leader.

As Fuyu no Shouyo the Half Vampire who will become the next Leader, Yoh's brown hair become white like snow and his onyx eyes become sea blue eyes, it's the sign of the one in Leader's Bloodline, so every Vampire, even Vampires from other clans knows that he is a Young Leader. Because his second appearance, there's no need for him wearing a girl clothes anymore as Shouyo. The clothes for Shouyo as a boy is a set of white tight sleeveless t-shirt, a blue jeans, a black long coat that reached his knee, a dark blue belt with a small waist bag and a pair of Ninja shoes.

But as Yoh Asakura, he needs to wear a girl clothes, so he called himself a she and the others called him Yo-chan so that human won't know his full name since both Shouyo and Yoh have 'Yo' in them, and both names have leaf character in them.

As Fuyu no Shouyo, he had learned Healing magic, and surprisingly, when he was turned as a Vampire, he has affinity with wind, so he learned about Wind magic too.

Mai taught him transformation magic too, just one thought, it's a magic to change the clothes he is wearing with a set of clothes which had been set for Shouyo, in Yoh's opinion, it's like the transformation of magical girl in the cartoon, without making him naked though, it's only need a second to change.

Shouyo is currently stand above the hill of Izumo, a bit far from the Asakura estate. He sighed, he want to stay near humans, it's about time for him to stop hiding all the time, even if he had to wear a girl clothes, he will if that's mean he can go to humans place. "That's it, I will talked to Mai", he talked to himself with determination in his eyes.

"Talked to me about what?" Mai's sudden voice from behind him make him jumped a bit, it's rare for Shouyo to get surprised, it's natural for a Vampire, or Half Vampire, to has a sharp senses, so they often already know who was approaching them.

"Mai!" Shouyo greeted cheerfully, no matter how old his is, he still a cheerful and childish boy, not that he can't act maturely though, he is just a carefree boy most of the time, "Mai, I want to go to human place, I want to get along with human".

Mai smiled warmly, "I had thought so, that's why I told Ran to enrolled you into a human middle school." she answered calmly, "But it would be dangerous for you to enter the school in Izumo, so I enrolled you to the school in Tokyo".

"Tokyo? Then I can't meet you often? Everyone too?" Shouyo frowned, "Can I visit you often?" he asked with his puppy eyes.

"Of course, and don't forget that we are all have hand phones, it's not like just because we live in traditional house mean we don't have some of human advance technologies." Mai said cheerfully, Shouyo and Mai's personalities are really similar with each other, maybe because they live together, "You can visit us with the teleportation magic I taught you, just make sure no one seen you".

Shouyo's face lit up, "Thank you, Mai!" he yell excitedly and hug his Vampire mother, "Then I will go today, I need to find some place to stay".

Mai shook her head, "Go find Ran, she had prepared everything for you, including the place to stay." She informed with a grin, "You have to go to school with girl's uniform though, and you have to hide your name as Asakura Yoh, okay?" she looked straight to Shouyo's eyes.

"Sure, it's alright, I'm used to wearing girl clothes after all, so it doesn't matter to me anymore." Shouyo grinning widely and ran to find Ran immediately.

Oyamada Manta is an ordinary short boy who happened to be friends with a few Shamans, his encounter with them causing him to be able to see spirits, that make him want to know more about Shaman's ability. He is a diligent student who always brings a thick dictionary around, he also have a great score in school, but even his smart brain can't help him figure out why is it that one of his Shaman friend, Kyoyama Anna always ordering him around. When he refuses, he will get slapped by her, even he had a fresh slap mark on his face now.

"Class, we have a new student today." The teacher's voice pulled him out from his gloomy thought.

Manta looked up in time to see a beautiful girl with a pair of onyx eyes and a long brown hair tied in high ponytail using an orange ribbon walked in to the class, she has a warm smile formed by her lips. Manta can heard many guys inhale deeply in admiration, but what Manta can do is only stare at her, she is even more beautiful than Anna, and her snow shape earrings is really suit her.

"This is Shouyo, she comes from Izumo, she was home schooling before, so she isn't used with normal school yet, I hope you all can help her if she has difficulty with the school." The teacher said with a boring expression.

The girl bowed elegantly, "My name is Shouyo, pleased to meet you all." Her voice is more like tenor boy's voice, but it's somehow make her even more charming.

The teacher nodded his approval, "You can sit in beside Oyamada Manta, Manta-kun, please raise your hand so she can know where to sit." He said boringly.

Manta snapped from his daze and raised his hand immediately, "I'm Oyamada Manta." He told the new student.

Shouyo smiled a lazy smile, causing the boys to sighed in regret for why Manta get the luck to be sit near the stunning girl, then a chill downed his spine, "What's with that girl, she looked so stupid smiling like that." Anna's voice rang with the utmost coldness.

"I can hear that." Shouyo smiled at Anna as she walking to her place, "I'm sorry if you don't like to see me smile like that." She sat calmly to the empty seat beside Manta, right in front of Anna, "I'm Shouyo, can I know your name?".

Anna glare at her, but answered, "Kyoyama Anna." Her voice still filled the coldness, no wonder she is the Ice Queen, Shouyo nodded and focused on the lesson afterwards.

Manta can see that even though Shouyo never goes to normal school before, she more or less know how the normal school goes. "Shouyo-san." Manta called once the school ended.

"It's hard, isn't it? Just call me Yo-san." Shouyo interrupted gently as they walked through the school hallway.

Manta smiled, "Yo-san then, where do you live, Yo-san?" he asked in friendly way.

Shouyo blinked, "Um, I just come here and go to school immediately, so I don't know where the place is, but my friend had told me what the place called." She answered with a thoughtful expression.

"What is the place called then? Maybe I know where it is located." Manta offered kindly and stopped just outside the school's gate.

Shouyo grinned happily, "It's called Funbari Onsen, I was told it's an old inn but has a nice onsen." She told him cheerfully.

"Oh! It's Keiko-san's inn, Anna staying there too." Manta said surprised, then he looked up the the beautiful girl in front of him, "Would you like me to show you the way, Yo-san?".

Shouyo's grin widened, "Yes, please." She said gratefully, "I'm new here, so I'm really grateful that you are willing to help me, Oyamada-san".

Manta smiled, "Just Manta is alright, I would glad to become a good friend with you, Yo-san." He said cheerfully and show her the way to Funbari Onsen.

To be continued . . .

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