Chapter 17

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The Date, part 2

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Shouyo's eyes snapped open and she stared at the direction she heard the sound of camera taking picture, she lift her fan again, but she then felt Hao's arms wrapped around her waist, "Don't worry, it's only Hanagumi, let them have their fun for a bit, they won't get to us after we leave this place." Hao whispered to her ears, making her shivered.

"Aren't going to go now?" Shouyo asked as she trying to stay calm, she inhaled deeply, taking the smell of Hanagumi to remember them, "I want to eat something first, I didn't get to eat since Anna and Jun played me from morning." She pulled out from Hao's arms, "Oh, and can you give those picture that Hanagumi taken to me later, Anna and Jun would want that".

"You are rather calm about it." Hao observed, "I don't care though, I will give them to you, but you have to have another date with me." He said without giving Shouyo to answer the first comment".

"If that the case you should date with Anna and not me since she is the one who want the photos." Shouyo answered deadpanned, causing Hao to laughed out loud.

"Great Spirit, you are the only one who can make me truly laugh like this." Hao said as he shook his head, "Let's go, since you said you are hungry, we go to Japanese restaurant first, in Japan." He said calmly as he hold Shouyo's hand.

"Japan, your teleport ability, does it can take you wherever around the world?" Shouyo asked in carefree way, since I'm in a date, might as well enjoy it and learn what people do when they are dating.

"Yup, so there's no way you can flee from me." Hao whispered again, then he snapped his fingers, fire swirled around them and Shouyo felt the sensation like when she teleported herself, then they appeared in front of a Japanese restaurant, she recognize that they are in Kyoto.

Shouyo's jaw dropped, "Wait, not here." She hissed softly as she dragged Hao away from the restaurant, Hao raised an eyebrow and shot her with questioning look, "This part Japan is under the Natsu, it would be embarrassing if they see me like this".

"Why? You look beautiful and believe me, I never lie, I take pride in honesty." Hao said calmly, "And if they appear, I can easily kill them, just tell me who are the people of this Natsu." He raised an eyebrow again when Shouyo shook her head while still dragging him.

"That would make us to be the one provoking the war, that would be very bad." Shouyo explained in low voice, "If they ever appear and attack me, just let them to land their first attack, that would make them to be the one provoking the war".

"Is there something good if they are the one provoking the war? What is this war again?" Hao frowned, in a matter of minutes, Shouyo had become an unsolved mystery to him.

"I can't tell you more than that, it's not your business." Shouyo said sternly, "If you want to go to Japanese restaurant, I can take you to the one in our territory".

Hao's eyes widened, "Don't tell me you are from Yakuza family?" he asked in surprise, Shouyo doing comical action by falling over, "What?".

Shouyo chuckled, "Oh my, Ryu think of it as gangster stuff and you as Yakuza, is my way of explaining make it like that?" She asked in wonder, then when they got to the part that there's no one around, a spear shot to them. If it's not for Shouyo and Hao's quick reflex, they would get stabbed then.

A few figures, around 20, jumped down from the roof, "Are they the one you called Natsu Clan?" Hao asked in amusement.

"Yeah." Shouyo calmly take out her phone and sent a text message, "Report done, I can go all out now." She said with a smirk.

"What did you sent?" Hao asked casually, ignoring the men that walking slowly to them.

"I was telling my Mother that Natsu attacked me and provoking the war, and said that I will take the Kyoto's southern region as our territory." Shouyo answered calmly as she take out her double fans, "Can you step aside and not interfere? This is my fight." She glance sideways to Hao.

Hao smirked, "Fine, but I will wipe them out if I see you can't take them all." He said and calmly jumping to the tree branch, "Good luck".

Shouyo smirked back at him, "Never underestimate me, Hao." She said simply and, to Hao's surprise, disappeared from sight. A scream then rang one after the other, Hao stare at the men before and, again, surprised to find Shouyo easily cut them with her fans. Hao was fascinated by Shouyo's movement, she looked like she was dancing instead of fighting, but her opponent all knocked out.

"You didn't kill them?" Hao asked when Shouyo kicked the last man in the gut, "They can attacked you back when they are awake".

Shouyo turned and for a moment, Hao can't tear his gaze from her eyes, her eyes glowing a faint bluish white light, like when Shaman King use his power. "It doesn't matter." Shouyo said calmly as she wiped her fans clear from blood using one of the unconscious men, "Once I take a territory, our people will come and guarded it, I wouldn't kill them if I can't sense any malice aura from them." She looked at the moon, it's night time in Japan after all, she looked so fascinating in Hao's eyes, beautiful but dangerous at the same time. Hao once read human story of The Goddess of Death, she is said to be beautiful, gorgeous, but dangerous, she can kill people with a single move of her hand, and it's the image Hao get when he looked the blood bathed Shouyo. "I will only kill when there's no way out, so Hao, this is a warning, if you insisted of going this way and continue to kill people simply because of they are opposing you, I might be forced to kill you." She focused her gaze at Hao's eyes, and for the first time in all his life, Hao get frightened.

Hao stared at her for a long time, it seems that she is perfect to be The Goddess of Death, her glowing eyes looked eerie and cold, "Do you think you can kill me?" He asked calmly even though he is still frightened, "I'm the strongest among Shaman, you as weak Shaman who can only fight in that low level of Shamanic and a bit advance at Martial Arts, you can't win against me".

Shouyo stared passively at Hao, she is angry at the moment, she was just forced to fight against many Vampire who are just following the order from their Leader, it's true that she said she will taking control over the area, but it doesn't mean that she was happy. Scratch it, at first she was excited to fight against that many, but then she noticed the didn't has any malice aura, that would only mean that they were simply following order. She is sad and angry for that, since she know that once they are back to their remaining territory, there's a huge possibility that Natsu no Bi would kill them.

Then Hao said that she can't kill him, it's a complete wrong, she can, she is just don't want to. So if she unable to change Hao, unable to stop Hao without killing him, if she doesn't has any choice anymore, she will kill him. So, hearing Hao said so confidently about how she won't be able to kill him because she is weak, she laughed. She laughed out loud maniacally, she then calmly looking to Hao's eyes, "Do you really think of yourself that high?" she asked.

Hao get a chill on his spine, it's a new sensation to him, since he never felt like that before. People fearing him, worship him, hate him, but no one ever making him felt intimidated before, and yet, Shouyo's cold laughter managed to make him intimidated, and her question send a chill down to his spine. Then Hao smirked, "You are really interesting, Yo-chan." He said instead, he jumped down to face her eye to eye, "If I want, I can kill you now. Don't try to bait me, or I will kill you, no, I will kill your friends first and make you see it with your own eyes".

"I-" Shouyo's word cut off by waters dropped to her head, then she blinked, Hao can see the glow disappeared and her eyes back to normal.

"Tsk, this is why I always told you to be careful not to get their blood on your lips." A voice rang from above them, Hao looked up and find a girl with snow white hair, sea blue eyes, and white kimono with sakura pattern standing on a tree branch holding a bucket, "Their blood has bad effect on you since our Clan is opposing each other in blood and power." Then she looked at Hao, "Oh, my, I didn't see you. I'm sorry but I had to wipe the memory of this conversation from you".

"Oh, I see, so the bad effect is to make me angry." Shouyo claps her hands together, "It kind of dangerous seeing how good I'm fighting, I can be a monster then." She then laughed cheerfully, "Thank you, Mother, or else I might kill Hao on the spot just now".

Hao blinked, "She really is acting different from before." He said in surprise, his fright disappeared when her eyes back to normal, "What do you mean by their blood has bad effect? They are just normal human right?" he asked the white girl, that looked too young to be a mother of Shouyo's age.

"Mother, just tell him, maybe he would think the better of my warning then." Shouyo said in carefree way, "But the decision is yours, you are the Leader after all".

The white girl looked at Hao seriously, "Do you give your oath not to tell anyone about this?" she asked slowly, staring sharply at Hao's eyes.

Hao huffed, "What's with the secrecy?" he mumbled, but then sighed, he hate to be ordered around, but he is curious about the girl, and having his memory wiped out would be a complete waste, "Fine, i give you my oath that I would never tell a single soul about what you are about to tell me." He said with a sigh.

Thw white girl smiled, "An oath of a person who take pride on honesty like you are absolute, so I will let Shouyo to tell you about the matter if she want, I give the decision to her." She said and dropped a bag to the ground, "I'm going." She said cheerfully, "I don't want to disturb you date".

Shouyo sighed when her mother left, then she sighed again when she looked at her drenched clothes, "Anna and Jun will definitely make me pay if they know that I change my clothes." She mumbled.

Hao appeared in front of her, "If you can make the blood cleanse from the clothes, I can make them dry in a second, I like them after all." He offered with a gentle tone, it seems like he is back to date mode and not Asakura Hao The Great Onmyouji anymore.

"Really? How nice, but I can do the same." Shouyo grinned at the surprised expression of Hao and take a look at the bag Mai dropped, "Let I see what in this first." she find a black kimono with snow pattern, "No, I don't want to wear this when you are wearing something like that." She sighed again, "Mighty Air Around Me, Listen To My Voice." She whispered softly so that Hao wouldn't hear her, "Send this paper bag to Mai." She watched as a small whirlwind engulfed the paper bag and the bag disappeared in the blink of eye.

"So, how will you dispose of those bloodstain?" Hao asked calmly with a smile.

"Like this, Mizuno." Shouyo called, the small fairy appeared, "Help me separate the blood and water from my clothes." She smiled when the fairy gave her a salute and with a swing of her arm, the blood and water flew to the air, leaving her clothes as good as new, "Thank you." Mizuno dropped the water and blood to the ground and disappeared again. She found Hao looked at her with amusement, "Well, want to continue our date? We can go to the restaurant now that this has become my territory".

Hao laughed cheerfully again, "Yo-chan, you are really an interesting girl." He shook his head in wonder, and Shouyo has a bit hope that she can move Hao to good side, "Let's go then".

To be continued . . .

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Next Chapter : "It's surprised me that you never go to this kind of place, you are normal human before, normally they go to this place often."