Chapter 6

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Italic stands for thought / dreams/ event from the past

[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

I Want To Know About You

Hao was shocked when he and his surrounding were engulfed by smoke, he then saw Yoh walking to him, he get to his battle stance and ready to attack Yoh if Yoh tried to kill him. But what Yoh did was only placed a hand on his head and smiling sadly, "I will retreat . . . for now, but I will return and take you away from Marco, please wait, Hao." He said before turning and running away.

Hao know that he should follow Yoh and kill the older man, but he didn't want to, so he let the man to flee. But then a thought came to him, he looked back at his surrounding and noticed that everything was still covered in smoke, he bit his lip as he make his decision.

Silva covered his mouth and nose with his hand, he had been watching the fight, but he left halfway in order to get to the Garden and help Yoh if needed, he know just how strong Hao really is after all. When he just opened the back door that lead to the Garden though, he heard an explosion, then the earth shook, and then everything just engulfed by smoke.

He planned this? Silva thought in amazement, he smirked as he run to a tree near the wall to hide himself, taking advantage from the smoke. He know he should get out of the mansion as fast as possible like what Yoh told him to do, it's a wise thing to do at the moment, but he need to know what happened before he run, he was still concerned about Hao after all.

The smoke cleared not long after that, he saw that Marco looking around, "Where's that brat?!" Marco yelled in anger, "And where is Hao?!".

Silva raised an eyebrow, Yoh took Hao with him? he blinked his eyes in confusion since it's not like Yoh to kidnap someone, his nephew was wise and smart, and kidnapping Hao clearly not a smart thing to do. But then again, he thought as he heard Marco ordering his men to search for the two, Yoh was known to take some reckless move if he deemed it worthy of the trouble in order to get what he want or need to do.

He shook his head before he turned around and jumped to the wall, he jumped from the wall to the ground and start running to random direction, he shouldn't stay long if he didn't want for Marco to caught him.

Yoh was running from the mansion as fast as he could, well, he know that his speed alone was fast enough to get himself away from Marco's men since he was a Hunter, but he didn't want to take any risk, so he run through alleyways and take so many turns to make sure he will be able to lost whoever it was who chase after him.

When he's sure that he had run long enough and had get far enough from the mansion, he slowed down his run to a jog before slowed again to a walk. He sighed when he walked leisurely to his hotel direction, he had to checked out and get away from Maine as fast as possible, in case Marco tracked him down. Not that it's possible for Marco to find his location, since the hotel itself was owned by Kyouyama Anna, he is sure that Anna will order her worker to make sure that his room was unknown, but he didn't want to bring trouble for Anna.

Yoh raised an eyebrow as his left ear twitched, he had heard an extremely soft noise from behind him, and with the emptiness of the street, it's nearly impossible for any of Marco's men to approached him without him hearing it. The footsteps were from one person only, if they are one of the thugs, he is sure that the person will attacked him right away since the street is empty and he had his back on them. It's also would be strange if the one following him was Silva, his uncle could just walk straight to him since they are family. That's left with two possibility, one being a random stranger that took the same road as me by accident, but it would be unlikely since people often make noises when they walk. The other being Hao, since the boy was a Living Weapon, surely Marco had trained him to move without a sound. Yoh then took another turn that was so dark until the road was invisible, a perfect place to hide.

Yoh took a long breath, but a soft one that no one can heard it even if they have sharp hearing. He held his breath as he jumped to a higher place, he then get down on one knee so he could observed Hao's movement. Not that he would attack Hao, he just want to know what causing Hao to follow him, he had make it clear that he would be back to freed the boy from Marco's clutch. Well, maybe he want to kill me as Marco ordered him to, he was brainwashed after all, it's no wonder if he would do everything he was told to. Yoh thought with a grimace, he hate that possibility.

Yoh looked sideways when he heard the footsteps from the entrance, sure enough, he saw Hao standing there and looking around with a confused expression. He smiled to himself as he saw the confused look, it's better than the cold lifeless eyes he saw in the boy's eyes when they start their fight.

"Strange." Hao mumbled to himself as he looked around again, he was following Yoh secretly, he was planning to find out where the man stayed so he could come and talk. But when he looked at the way Yoh took, he only saw darkness and the man was nowhere in sight. He looked up, there's no roof that was low enough for Yoh to jumped up, the road ahead was so dark that he couldn't see anything.

He sighed as he looked down to the ground, he lose track of Yoh, there's no way he can find out where the man now, and he didn't want to get back to Marco's place. He shuddered when he thought of the possibility of him getting back to the mansion, surely Marco will punish him for being failed to kill Yoh, not that he mind being punished if that mean Yoh will stay alive even for another day, but he didn't want to fight Yoh again Yoh when the man come to get him if he come back to the Mansion to take him away like what Yoh promised.

"Why are you following me, Hao?" Hao jumped when he heard Yoh's voice rang suddenly from the darkness, and due to the emptiness of the alley, his voice echoed so he couldn't pointed out where Yoh's location is.

"I just want to talk." Hao answered calmly, his voice also echoed around him. He looked around again to see where Yoh was, but again he couldn't see the man.

"Talk about what?" Yoh's voice held a strange note in it that Hao couldn't understand, but when he heard Yoh talked in that kind of tone, he somehow can imagined the man to had a smile or grin on his face.

"About letting me go with you." Hao answered as he looked ahead, giving up in trying to see where Yoh was and just wait for the man to approached him, "You said you will come back to take me, I don't want to wait, I want to go with you".

Yoh smiled when he heard that, he jumped down from his hiding place and walked to the boy, "Why do you want to go with me?" he asked as he come out from the darkness and to the lighter place so Hao can see him.

Hao looked at Yoh with wide eyes, he didn't expected Yoh to walking to him with a smile on his face, he had nearly kill the man after all. "Because I want to know about you, I want to know you better." He answered with a small smile, his cheeks hot so suddenly.

Yoh raised an eyebrow at the answer, a bit confused since Hao was blushing, but considering Hao was nearly killed him earlier, it's normal for the boy to feel sheepish for wanting to go with him after that. He grinned and closed the distance between then, he offered his right hand to the boy, "Sure, I will take you with me then." he said cheerfully.

Hao's smile widened and he accept the offered hand, "Thank you, Yoh." He said with a breath of relief.

Yoh nodded, "You are welcome." He said warmly before leading Hao to his hotel room, he then packed his belonging and checked out from the hotel.

"Where are we going?" Hao asked as they entered the airport, but he also get out from the taxi when Yoh get out, they then walked in to the airport.

"To Japan, my house." Yoh answered with a bright smile, "It's not safe for us here, Marco can attacked us anytime. But in Japan, he couldn't attack me even though he knows that I take you with me." He explained before hearing his plane was ready to take off, "Come on, hurry up." He said and hastened his pace.

Yoh didn't brought many stuffs with him, only a small travel bag for his clothes and his weapons are with him, so he can move to the gate immediately. As a Bounty Hunter, Yoh had permission to bring weapons with him, so he only need to show his License and he can passed the guard easily. It's good that he took Hao's dagger beforehand, or they might unable to pass the security.

Yoh sighed as he flopped down to his seat, with Hao beside him, he was still tired from his fight with Hao. "At least, I can have plenty of time before I need to face Marco again." He mumbled to himself.

"You need to face him again?" Hao asked in surprise, "I thought we didn't need to".

Yoh nodded and closed his eyes, "My intention was not to take you from him only, I want to exposed his evil deed and put him to jail." He answered tiredly, "Marco know that I won't stop with just taking you with me, he will attack me to make sure I wouldn't talk and taking you back from me, the next confrontation is inevitable".

Hao pressed his lips to thin line, "Then I will fight with you, I won't let that man to kill you." He said firmly with determination.

Yoh opened one eye to look at the boy, "I'm sure you will, but never underestimate me, I can fight by myself just fine." He said with a grin before closing his eyes again, "The flight will be long, use your time to sleep".

To be continued . . .

Froim : Sorry for the wait.

Hao : What happened?

Froim : I just didn't have time to post the new chapter. (Sweat dropped)

Yoh : Well then, please review!