Chapter 9

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Italic stands for thought / dreams

'Italic with single quote stands telepathic voice'

[Stands for voice from the past]

-Stands for telephone-

Underline stands for letter

"Quote stands for dialogue"

Bold stands for emphasis

Bold italic stands for a dangerous tone

Talent With Spells

Mizuno came out from her pocket when she evaded the two figures's attack, "This things must be what Luna said as a Shikigami." Shouyo said to herself, but she can't fight with half power, in case the two creatures are strong, "Henge!" she transformed to her male form.

"Mizuno, lock their movement for a moment." He ordered calmly as he jumped out of another attack, Mizuno swing her hand once and pointed at the two figures, then their feet get locked by ice, "Good, now. Mighty Air Around Me, Listen To My Voice." He felt the wind swirling softly around him, caressing his while body, "Wind Vortex! Lock them!" he pointed at the two figures, and in time for the ice in their feet get destroyed by their axes, a wind vortex swirling around them, immobilize their movement.

"Now, I wonder if I can work a spell to turned them back into paper?" Shouyo murmured softly as his head spinning to remember every spell he had learn whether he can use it or not, since it's better to know many spells rather than a few. But then he remembered his meeting with Silva, one of the Patch, huh? "The Patch, Yohmei said that Anna is on her way to the Patch Village, that's mean to that place?" he blinked a few times.

**Flashback**

A man grabbed her, it felt like a man from the hand, from behind as she stepped into a place where she can see a big bluish white fire far ahead of her, the man covered her eyes with his hand and dragged her away from the place. Vaguely, she remembered a flash of twin baby boys in her mind, but she brushed it off and turned to the man, "Uh, who are you?" she asked cautiously.

"I'm Silva, one of the Patch." The man with long silky hair answered, his face stern and his eyes narrowed, "What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here, if normal human like you saw the Great Spirit any longer than that, you can get trouble you know?".

Shouyo blinked, "Um, you can call me Yo-san, I was curious about where the alley led into, so I was just wandering around. Um, is this some place I shouldn't go?" she asked in worry.

Silva sighed, "This place is only meant for Shaman, oh, they are people who can see spirits and use spirits for many purpose. You are normal human, so it's dangerous for you to enter this place, you might be dead if you can't handle the blessing from the Great Spirit." He explained in more warmer voice.

"By blessing, you mean the image I saw just now?" Shouyo asked, Silva's eyes widened, "I only saw the big fire a bit, and I saw a flash of image, but only that, maybe because I didn't look at it for too long?" she cocked her head to the right.

"Are you a Shaman?" Silva asked seriously.

Shouyo shook her head and wear an innocent face, "No, I lost my Shamanic abilities when I was 5 due to an accident, I can see spirits still, but just that." She explained calmly, "Are you a Shaman then?".

Silva nodded, "Yes, I'm a Shaman." He admitted, "I have to say that your Shamanic abilities are not disappeared, only reduced into the lowest level, but yes, you can't be called a Shaman with your current level, so I can't let you inside, unless the Shaman Fight start and you have a friend who is a Shaman." He said with a small smile, "I will let you out of this place".

"No, I can get out myself." Shouyo shook her head, but smiled at the older man, "What about Shaman Fight?".

Silva sighed softly, "It's a fight between Shaman to determined who will be the Shaman King, Shaman's power can only be fight with Shaman's power." He said and turned her around, "If you can get out by yourself, get out fast, you will get in trouble if any other Patch saw you".

**End of Flashback**

"I see, she go there to do that Shaman Fight." Shouyo mumbled softly, then he looked at the book, "Shaman's techniques can only be fight using Shaman's techniques, so I need to read this first." He blinked, can I use the technique though? He opened the books and read about taming other people Shikigami, "This is it." He mumbled and read the whole letters.

"Impossible!" He heard the Shikigamis yelled, "To mastering Hao-sama's technique in a short time!" wondering what happened, Shouyo make the wind vortex disappeared.

"Wow, I'm glad that I have Shamanic ability, even though it's just very low and nearly nonexistence." He said in awe when he saw the Shikigamis turned back into human shape papers, "And I'm glad that the Shaman spell is similar with Magic spell, but . . . who is this Hao?" he shook his head and picked the papers, "Henge." He turned back to his female form.

Shouyo looked at the human shape papers, "Zenki and Kouki." She read the names written on the papers and surprised when the papers turned back into Shikihamis, "I see, I only need to call your names to turn you from papers into Shikigamis." She mumbled to herself, "Well, you can come back into papers." She get surprised again when the Shikigamis listened to her. She shrugged it off anf put the papers in her pocket and looked at the book again, then an idea come into her mind, "Let's copy this book, maybe I can use a few spell from this book?" She looked at Mizuno who only flew around her and then sat on her shoulder, Shouyo copied the book, one she will keep for herself and the real one for Anna, then she went to sleep.

The next day, Shouyo found Manta in front of the inn's door, he said that Yohmei called him to her go to America. She didn't mind it a bit and they soon fly using Oyamada's private helicopter, there is one problem though, they don't know where Anna currently is.

"How can we get to Anna?" Manta said with a humorless laugh, "We don't know where she is".

Shouyo sighed, "Ah, if only I know Luna's phone number." She mumbled in resigned tone before she remembered that Mai know her number, "Ah, how can I be this stupid?" she then typed a message to Mai, Mai, give me Luna's phone number.

A moment later she get the replied, without waiting, she called the number, -Yes, Luna here.- she heard Luna's voice from the other end of the line, but the signal is not good it seems, she can heard the buzzing sound through the line.

"Luna! Oh Thank Goddess. Luna, I and Manta are in America now, we have something for Anna, where are you?" Shouyo asked in excitement.

-We are currently in a cave in a snowy mountain, waiting for the blizzard to died down.- Luna answered, -I think I had seen this place somewhere before, but I can't remember-.

Shouyo blinked, snowy mountain in America . . . she take a peek on Manta, she smiled and walked away for a bit, "Say, do you think it's the snowy mountain you passed if you want to go to the village of Fuyu Clan in America?" she whispered the question.

-Ah! That's it! You are right! It's the mountain before we reach the village, no wonder I thought I had seen the place before.- Luna answered in excitement, -Hurry up and come here, everyone already missed you so badly here-.

"Yeah, don't worry, we will arrived in a moment, I will use the teleportation spell to go there and then we can search for the cave." Shouyo informed her.

-Huh, but is that alright?- Luna asked, knowing surely what she meant, Shouyo chuckled a bit.

"Don't worry, I can just say that I learned a spell to teleport in the past on whim." She explained, "Shamans wouldn't surprised to know that Magic is real, right?".

-You are right, then be careful.- Luna said cheerfully, -See you soon-.

"Yeah, see you soon." Shouyo answered and ended the call, she walked back to Manta, "Say, Manta." She started, "Do you know about Magic?".

Manta blinked, "Um, yeah, but it's only in story book, right?" he asked in confusion.

Shouyo grinned, "Well, I will show you a Magic then, we will teleport to the place Anna and the rest are in, but make sure to wear winter clothes, it's snowy there." Her grin widened when Manta's eyes nearly out of their place.

"You serious?!" Manta yelled in shock, "You can use Magic?".

"A little bit." Shouyo answered calmly, they wear their mantle and then Shouyo hold Manta's hand, "Brace yourself, this will feel a bit strange." She warned cheerfully. Shouyo inhaled deeply, "Mighty Air Around Me, Listen To My Voice." She started, giggling when Manta gasped as the wind swirling around them, "Teleport." It's feels like they are weightless for a moment, the wind swirling so fast and when the wind stopped, they found themselves in the middle of a blizzard in a snowy mountain.

To be continued . . .

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