Chapter 22

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The Storm has Arrived

"Caught you!" Hao grabbed Yoh's shoulder as they entered the clearing in the forest, but then he fell to the ground, pulling Yoh with him and ended up in a kiss by accident.

A girly scream make them parted and looked to those that just come, "Ow, that's cute!" Jun said enthusiastically as she take so many pictures of them along with Hanagumi, but then Anna, Lyserg and Keiko stormed out from the crowd.

"Shouyo! I said wait until I'm around to tell him, why did you tell him without me?" Keiko glared at Yoh.

"And why the hell you make us looked like this?!" Anna and Lyserg yelled together, looking furious and their face red, but still, they are ran out of air from the long run since Yoh make them run around the village in full circle.

"Yeah, explain, and how come you are Yoh?" Hao asked with a glare.

Yoh laughed cheerfully, "Well, first about why Fuyu no Shouyo is Asakura Yoh, you will have to wait for later. And about the dress and change clothes, I just want to do something fun with everyone." He grinned, "But I did this mostly because of Asanoha-san's request".

"What?" Hao asked in disbelief, then he sat cross-legged, causing Yoh to laughed again, "What's so funny?".

"Hao, you are wearing a dress, don't sit like that, it's just not suit your image now." Yoh chuckled, "Well, I get some help from one of my underlings, she had brought your clothes here, get change first then I will explain further." He pointed at 4 bag under a tree.

They finished changing one by one with the help of the made up changing room set up by Rose, then they sat in circle with Yoh in the lead and Hao beside him, "Well, it's like this . . ."

**Flashback**

"You are in Spirit World, one of the community inside Great Spirit, I'm Asanoha Douji, Asaha's Mother." The woman speak with equally beautiful voice and filled with love, "I have a request to you according your twin".

"My twin? Wait, Asaha is Hao?" Shouyo asked in surprise.

Asanoha smiled, then take a look at the clothes Shouyo's wearing, "Is this what it feel to have a daughter, Asaha must be very beautiful like you with his hair that long." She mused calmly, chuckled, "Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, Asaha is Hao's original name, I'm his mother in His first life".

"First life, Asanoha . . ." Shouyo stared blankly, "Then, what is your request, Asanoha-san?" She grinned, "I will try my best to help you".

Asanoha smiled, "To play, to having fun." She said with a sad smile, "He had long forgotten how to have fun, and he never play with someone else before, I want you to teach him how to be happy and have fun again, to be able to play with other people".

"You want him to enjoy his life." Shouyo grinning widely, "Oh, don't worry, it's an easy job, he like to compete with people from what I heard from the rumor, so the easiest will be game cat and mouse." She smiled wickedly, "Leave it to me, I won't let Hao not having fun from now on".

Asanoha smiled and bowed her head, "Thank you." She said truthfully.

**End of Flashback**

"But not only Hao, I want everyone to have fun, so I make some of you angry so you will chase after me." Yoh grinned, "And to catch me, you need to work together with everyone, so I was kind of letting Hao feels what it felt to be doing something together with everyone." He looked at Hao deeply, "I know what it feel not have any friend to have fun with, that's why once I have them, I treasured them the most. Hao, all of them that are here are those that already forgive you, so don't do anything that will make their trust betrayed".

Hao smiled warmly, "I already told all my followers that there will be no killing from now on, even if some of them leave me for that, I'm glad that some stayed with me. And you had showed me love, even for one day only, so I will not do anything to make you hate me, and I also won't do anything to make people hate me anymore." He promised.

"That's good, Asaha." Hao's eyes widened and he turned to see his mother, "I'm glad that you had learned to trust again." She walked to the clearing with Mai beside her, they both smiled warmly.

"Okaa-san." Hao whispered in disbelief, his eyes filled with tears as he stood up and walked to his mother, "I missed you so much".

Asanoha hugged her son and pat his back, "I missed you too." She said with love, "I'm glad that your twin able to bring you back, even though I'm surprised that she is managed to do it in two days only." She chuckled, "And you looked beautiful in the dress".

Hao pulled apart abruptly, "Okaa-san, that's embarrassing." He pouted, "I was waking up to found the 'girl' I fell in love with wearing a cloak and a wide smile, then the 'girl' told me that she is my little brother, do you know how shock I was? And then I noticed I was wearing a dress, it even surprising me how I was not awake in the process." He complained to his mother wth a cute pout.

"Oh, please, I had to wear girl clothes for 8 years to hide myself from Asakura family and you." Yoh protested, "Deal with it." He fold his arms together, "And I was merciful for not giving you make-up, you would be a gorgeous princess though".

Hao growled, "Yoh." He warned, but then sighed, "Can you tell me why you must hide yourself?" he asked with a mix of interest and disappointment.

"I said wait for later." Yoh's face turned grim, "Mai, you said you have bad news?" he looked at the white haired woman, who nodded and sighed, "I guessed it's has something to do with the Asakura".

"Yeah." Mai answered, "Since it's already near the time for the fight, so I'm not surprised, the perimeter guards said that your father and grandfather will arrives soon." She shook her head, "I have to go now, I can't away for too long, I need to be in Japan." Then her eyes fixed at Yoh sharply, they looked like they are talking through eyes, "I'm going now, those X-Laws bunch, if they tried to attack you again, don't let your guard down and get killed this time." She said with a cheeky grin, "Because if you get killed in unfair fight, I wouldn't let them see another day." With that, she jumped to the tree and start jumping from branch to branch.

Asanoha shook her head, "Even after a long time, she still didn't change at all." She said with a smile, "Your Mother is really something, you are pretty much like her, so be careful of your temper, and please take care of Asaha".

Yoh bowed, "I will remember you advise." He said as he got up, "I will give the two of you some time alone, I need to change my clothes into girl clothes again, in case those two come to see Keiko-kaasan".

"Why not face them?" Hao asked in surprise, "Isn't it time for you to let them know?" he blinked when Yoh grinned wickedly at him, "I see, just don't give them a heart attack, literally I mean." Yoh's grin widened and he waved shortly before running back to the house.

Sure to the news, two days later, Mikihisa and Yohmei come to the house where Keiko's group stay when the night comes, Yohmei growled when he saw Hao and his group walking to Keiko's group's house, their houses are next to each other, "What do you want here?" he asked in anger.

Hao raised an eyebrow, he had gone back to his usual confident self, "What are you doing here?" he asked back calmly while looking innocent. Kanna, Mary, Macchi, Luchist and Opacho were going to have dinner together with Keiko and the rest when the two came.

"We are here to meet Keiko, what are you doing here, go away!" Yohmei snarled, Hao blinked and shrugged, he and the rest casually walked to the door and knocked it.

"Keiko-kaasan! Grandfather and Father are here!" He called out mockingly as he take a glance back to Yohmei who stared in shock, Mikihisa wearing a mask so his expression unreadable, "They told me to go away! Should we have dinner in Silva's shop instead?!".

"No! Get in!" Come the answer from Keiko, then Yoh, again appeared as Shouyo in girl clothes, opened the door with a wide grin.

"Hao, Opacho, Kanna, Mary, Macchi and Luchist!" Shouyo greeted cheerfully, "Come in, Luna and Ryu just finished making dinner." She looked behind them to see Yohmei glared at her when Hao's group already inside, she doesn't know how Mikihisa's expression is because he is wearing a mask, "Do you two want to come in? Keiko-san told me to let you in if you want to come in".

Yohmei snorts and walked passed her rudely, Mikihisa catch her when she nearly fall from the rude action, "I'm sorry about Father, he is in angry because Hao is here, Hao is dangerous and a murderer after all." He said with a soft voice, "Be careful around him, he can kill you anytime".

Shouyo grinned and walked in, "Thanks for worrying about me, but if Hao want to kill me, he would have already done it days ago since I'm pretty much opposed him openly about his goal to eradicate all humans." She said cheerfully as she practically dance all the way to the dinning room where everyone already on their seat, Yohmei shot a glare at her as she take a seat beside Keiko, on the other side of Hao.

"Then what are you doing here with Hao?!" Yohmei bellowed in anger, "He is a murderer! You should kill him!".

Shouyo's eyes narrowed as she glared dangerously at him, "Old man, I'm not one to take order from those that not in position to give order." She said with a calm voice, "And do you think I would leave him alone if he didn't change his mind until the end? I would kill him myself if didn't stop, but he stop, he has changed, he will no longer kill humans".

"As if that monster can change!" Yohmei yelled again, then flinched when Shouyo, Keiko, Lyserg, Ren and Anna stand up abruptly with their hands hit the table, they glared at him, "What?" he demanded.

"Father, I won't tolerant you for calling my son a monster, even if in the past he killed people, but he had learned his mistake and want to start over." Keiko said sternly.

"He has changed, he won't kill anymore, and he never do something to hurt you, why do you hates him so much?" Lyserg asked seriously.

"Oh, I once burned his hair." Hao interrupted calmly.

"Only hair." Lyserg sighed then blinked, "Why did you do it?".

Hao chuckled, "Well, kind of gotten myself angry for he nearly killed Yoh when I told him to raise my twin properly." He said in explanation way, "So I kinda wanted him to pay and then burned his hair".

"Again, only hair." Lyserg replied, then looked back at Yohmei, "Hao killed my parents, it hurts more than just getting your hair burned, but I want to give him a chance, so when he apologized to me after realizing his mistake, I accept it. So what's your problem?" he frowned.

"I bet he is holding too much on old prejudice, just like my father." Ren commented, "Before Anna get pissed off because my constant question of where Yoh is, I was told that I had to get rid of the heir of Asakura family, that time, there's only one and he is Yoh. So I come to her inn and bugging them of where Yoh is, then Anna got angry and dragged me back to China and completely defeated my father for that, do you want to feel the same fear as I felt when Anna did it?" He smirked at Yohmei's pale face, "Shouyo said that you sent Anna Chou Senji Ryakketsu for her to use to kill Hao, do you know that it's only pissed her off?".

"Yeah, it pissed me off." Anna agreed with cold voice, "Because I don't like to take order, and the ones who raised me were Kino-sama and Keiko-sama, you have no right to make me listen to you, old man." She glared, "And do you know how happy Keiko-sama when Hao change? I won't let you destroy her happiness by killing her son".

"Seems like, the storm have arrived." Shouyo commented grimly when Yohmei glare at them furiously, and just then, a lightning and thunder explode in the sky.

To be continued . . .

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