Chapter 2

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A Lost Child

"After being wanted for 5 years, Faust VIII finally arrested by the Police. A Bounty Hunter managed to knocked him unconscious and brought him to the Police Headquarters, but the Bounty Hunter refused to let his name to be said in this case, so the Police keep his name a secret".

Yoh turned off the television, he didn't want to see the news, they kept broadcasted it even after a few days passed since the day he sent Faust to rehabilitation imprisonment. He felt a bit bad for Faust, because even if the man was a serial killer, he had done so out of his insanity and his grudge. The people Faust had killed was the one who killed Eliza, Faust's wife, on the first day they opened their own Hospital. But that doesn't mean that he had agreed that Faust killed those people, that's why he had gone to the Prisoner's rehabilitation center to talk with Faust, so that the man can get over the sadness of losing his wife and become his real self again, an innocent and naive man who care for people around him.

The Police had offered him the money for arresting Faust, but he refused them, he didn't want to accept the money because he still considered Faust as his friend, even after what the man had done in his insane state.

A music then rang throughout his house in Funbari, Tokyo, causing Yoh to blinked and stared at his phone.

Hie kareta sabaku no sumi ni

Yuugure ga sematte kureba

. . .

(Shaman King OST – Silent Weapon)

Yoh reached out his hand and picked his phone, it's the phone he used in the name of The Silent Hunter, so whoever send him a text message was a client of him, whether it's an old one or a new one, but considering that the number was unknown, it's a new one, possibly Liam Diethel. He unlocked his phone screen and opened the message, sure enough, the message was from Liam Diethel.

To Silent Hunter,

I would like to meet with face to face with you, it's about the real job I want to ask you to help me with. The time will be today at 11 o'clock, the place is Tokyo Mall. If you aren't available, please let me know.

Liam Diethel

Huh? The real job? Yoh blinked at his phone screen, That's mean . . . the one he had finished was not because of Liam's curiosity about my skill, but to see if I'm skilled enough to do the real job? He blinked a few more times before he flopped backward to his sofa and sighed out loud, "Oh, my. Even though from the start the intention was as clear as glass . . ." he moaned, How come he didn't even see it?

Today is okay.

Yoh answered shortly as he got up from his lying position and looked at the clock, he still had an hour until the promised time. With a sigh, Yoh get up and went to his bedroom to get a change of clothes consisted of a black leather pants, an orange t-shirt, a black leather jacket, and a black leather fingerless gloves. He had thought he will be at home all day, so he just relaxing himself in his yukata for night wear. After he get the new clothes, he went to the bathroom and had a short shower.

With that finished, he picked up his wallet and put it inside his pant's back pocket, then two guns and two daggers to protect himself in case some criminals come and attack him, it's a risky job to be a Bounty Hunter after all, sometime they hunt the criminal to get the money and sometime the criminals were the one who hunt them to see if they are really as strong. Even if Yoh's main job was to be a normal Hunter who hunt rabid animals, he was also a Bounty Hunter, so he had to prepare himself of all possibilities.

He slipped his daggers inside their sheaths in his belt while his guns in his guns holsters, one on each side of his waist. He then picked up his two smartphone and put them into his jacket's pockets.

Checking himself in front of a mirror, he laughed to himself and shook his head, he really looks like some kind of though guy, he bet that Liam will get a big shock when the man saw him like that. Nodding to himself, he wear a black sunglasses just as how he normally look when accepting a job as Bounty Hunter.

Yoh walked to the living room, he pulled out his car's key from the drawer and headed out to the front door, he pulled out a black Ninja shoes, again a gift from a friend in the past, Kyouyama Anna, to complete his outfit.

Yoh whistled to himself as he entered his car and went out to the Tokyo Mall, it's good that he was at his house in Tokyo and not his family house in Izumo, so he can get to the Mall in a short time. As he arrived at the mall, he went to the place that caused him went out earlier than the promised times, the Curry House, a restaurant that sell all kind of food with curry.

Yoh entered the restaurant and immediately picked up two Curry Bread and a Jasmine Tea before get in line to the cashier, the line was long until he got at the exit door, the place was just that famous. He was waiting for his turn to pay for his foods and drink when something, or to be precise someone, bumped into him due to the crowd in the place. Yoh looked down to see who had bumped into him and if they are alright, he was fine since he was used to be in a crowd place, but whoever had bumped into him might not as used as him.

A boy with long hair and a pair of sparkling onyx eyes stared up at him, the boy had surprisingly a similar face as him, maybe if the boy was older by about 5 years, they would have a same face. He smiled at the boy and helped him up, with his right hand since his left hand had to carry the tray. "Are you okay?" he asked with a warm tone.

The boy nodded at him as he pulled the boy up, the boy looked around before cocking his head to the right in confusion. Yoh looked at the boy before smiling again, "Are you here with someone?" he asked in friendly way, the boy nodded, he smiled again, "Do you know where they are?".

The boy shook his head, "I'm lost." He said with a beautiful voice, and a cute one too with the boy make an expression like a lost puppy.

Yoh sighed softly in annoyance, The boy's parents clearly were really a reckless one, they should take care of their child more carefully, he complained in his head. He smiled again, "Do you like Curry Bread?" he asked curiously, the boy nodded again, "Okay, why don't you get them from the shelves? I will pay them for you." He offered with his trademark grin, "Once we finished eating, I will help you searching for your parents".

The boy then shook his head, his expression turned into a plain one, "No parents, I have none." He said softly as he looked at the floor with an unreadable expression.

Yoh sighed again, this time in pity, he know how it feels to not have a parent, "I see. Okay, so when we finished eating, I will help you searching for whoever you came here with." He said with a warm smile, "Just go and get your bread, and don't forget to take a drink too, I will waiting here".

The boy looked at Yoh with blinking eyes before running off to do as he was told to, Yoh paid for their foods and drinks before took a seat on one of the tables, the boy sat across from him. Yoh smiled at the boy before started eating, the boy looked at Yoh for a moment more before start eating by himself.

"Okay." Yoh said as he drink his Jasmine Tea, he smiled at the boy when the boy finished eating, "So, boy, what's your name?" he asked as he removed his sunglasses.

The boy looked at Yoh with a curious expression, "My name is Hao." He answered sweetly.

Yoh's smile widened, "I'm Yoh." He said as he stood, then he held out his hand for Hao to take, "The person you came with didn't come back here, so we should search for them, let's go." He grinned before he wear his sunglasses again.

Hao nodded and took Yoh's hand, they then walking around to search for the one who brought Hao to the mall. Yoh still had plenty of time before he had to meet up with Liam, so he didn't mind going around to search for whoever Hao came with.

"So, who were you come here with?" Yoh asked as they walked around to see if there's people searching for Hao.

"My Boss." Hao answered calmly.

"Boss?" Yoh asked in surprise with his eyebrows raised, Hao is only around 13 years old, and the boy already has a Boss?

Hao nodded his head, "Yup." He answered before cocking his head to the right, "What is that?" he asked as he pointed at a room full of game machine.

"It's FunZone, it's like an arcade, a place for people to play and have fun." Yoh answered with a smile, he wondered why the boy didn't even know what that place was, every children know of it! It's as if the boy had been locked up from the outside world all his life! He shuddered at the thought before smiling again at Hao, "Do you want to go there?" he asked.

Hao looked at Yoh with a wide eyes before he nodded a few times, his expression still like a curious child. Yoh chuckled at his reaction before taking the boy with him, he went to the counter and get a few coins for them. He looked at the boy, "What do you want to play?" he asked.

Hao looked around before raising his eyebrows, he then pointing at a shooting game as he looked at Yoh, "Play with me?" he .

Yoh grinned, "Sure." He said and they walked to the machine, he inserted two coins before pulling his toy gun, he nodded at Hao and Hao copied his move, "Do you know how to play this?" he asked with a warm smile.

Hao nodded, "Boss have this game at his mansion." He answered before looking at Yoh, "Are you good with gun?" he asked.

"Yup, I once get a high score." Yoh answered with a grin before looking at the screen, "Let's see which one of us can get the higher score." He said with a smirk and threw a challenging glance at Hao.

Hao blinked at Yoh before smirking back at Yoh, "I will win." He said with confident and focused on the screen.

Yoh and Hao then have a shooting battle in the game, they tried to kill more enemies than the other, until the stage is clear and the screen showed that Hao had a higher score than Yoh. Yoh pouted, "I got beaten by a child." He whined.

Hao surprisingly chuckled at his whining, before looking surprised himself, Yoh raised an eyebrow at that, but Hao simply smirked at Yoh again, "I said I will win, right?" he asked before a hand landed on his shoulder, causing Yoh and Hao to looked behind them.

Yoh raised an eyebrow when he saw two men wearing suits stood behind them and looked at Hao, he heard Hao sighed at the sight of the men before looking at him, Yoh get a surprise when he saw Hao's face turned into an expressionless one. He didn't look like a curious child anymore, and his once light filled eyes become dull and cold, "I will go now. Thank you for today." He said tonelessly before walking away with the men.

Yoh's eyes widened before he blinking his eyes a few times, the change was so sudden that it surprised him, he wondered what causing Hao to change so suddenly like that? And what had he experienced in his life to become like that around those men?

Yoh looked at his watch, he still had more time before he had to meet up with Liam. Shrugging, Yoh decided that he will have to found out about the boy later to satisfy his curiosity, for the moment though, he will just have fun with the coins that he already got.

To be continued . . .

Froim : Um, there's a bit of misunderstanding it seems. When I said that I would rewrite every one of my stories, the ones I meant were the one that still in progress. the stories that already completed will be left alone.

Yoh : Oh, I : Why the hell I'm younger than Yoh by 5 years?! (A ball of fire ready in hand)

Froim : Because I planned it like that. (Shrugged)

Hao : I will kill you. (Growled while throwing the fire ball)

Froim : Please review ^.^ (Running away from Hao)