Previously:
You met the Lee Five. Yoh was officialy declared team leader and you left the town continuing your search for Dobie village. Hao was watching you and explained to his companion, Opacho that you would be the only one he wanted on his team and said he'd "pay you a visit" tommorow night.
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~Third Person POV~
The silhouette of a boy stood under the street light in the middle of an old town. His spirit floated beside him. Three shaman and not one of them had what it took to defeat me... There must be someone out there who can give me a decent fight...
He sensed something arriving and jerked his head in the eastern direction, from where the aura was coming from. "These shaman I sense... could they be the ones? Their furyoku is incredible..." he said to himself. His spirit twirled around anxiously the face the same direction. "If these shaman don't defeat me... they'll never be able to defeat Zeke." he said, and continued walking down the dark street.
"Thank you again, my good friend for driving us." Who else but Ryu said to Bill.
"No Problem, brother." Bill said and drove off.
"So how are we supposed to find Dobie village? Should we call information?" Trey suggested
"HEY! DOBIE VILLAGE! ANYONE KNOW WHERE IT IS??!!!" Ryu yelled at the top of his lungs. You covered your ears, seeing as how you were standing right beside him.
"Ryu, I don't think that's what Trey was talking about." you said
Ren walked past you and the others. Yoh turned and asked "Hey Renny, where ya goin?"
"To the only place where I could get access to an information nerve center." he replied.
"Huh?" Yoh and Trey asked at the same time, completely clueless.
"He's talking about the internet. He's going to the library." you explained.
"AAAAHHH" they nodded in understanding.
"HUH?! No results?!" Ren said amazed, staring at the computer screen. "Nothing! Not a word about Dobie village!"
~Third Person POV~
The boy stood in the center of the town. This is where their aura is most powerful. he thought looking around at the various buildings. "Now," he said, holding up his right arm. "Show me their exact location."
A Crystal Pendulum which was coming out of a arm wrap pointed to a brick shop. A tall, strange man exited the shop and looked at him.
"Hey! My name is Lyserg Diethel. Im a Dousing Shaman. I've heard a lot about your group." the boy, Lyserg said.
"Oh? Please, so tell more." Ryu said.
The pendulum dropped and a pink nymph like spirit faded in beside it. "This is my guardian spirit, Morphine. She helped me find you!"
"She is Adorable!" Ryu said. "But why were you looking for me?"
"Because people have said you're a great shaman. So i was thinking that we could look for Dobie village together." Lyserg said
"Aah, I see." Ryu nodded.
"But there's just one thing... I'm not strong enough by myself. That's why i need to team up with shaman stronger than me."
Ryu turned beat red and said "You just stick with me!"
"Oh great! Another mouth to feed!" Trey complained looking at the green haired boy. "Ryu you can't just bring stray shaman in from out of the streets!"
Your eyes widened. You remembered how they had accepted you into the group and looked at the floor. Yoh saw the look on your face and put his hand on your shoulder, saying "Don't worry about it, Mizuki! Trey just saying stupid stuff. He doesn't think you're a burden or anything!"
Trey looked shocked and said "WHAT?! What'd I say that'd make you think that?!!"
He pondered, thinking back and sweat-dropped "-_-' oh that."
You nodded, accepting what you thought was an apology, but looked at the green haired shaman, feeling a twist in your stomach.
Yoh shook hands with the boy and said "What's up?"
"Hey! He could be tricking us!" Ren and Trey yelled.
Yoh turned back to them and said "Nah, he's Ryu's friend. We can trust him"
"Thank you Yoh danna! I knew you would understand! This damsel needs us!"
"Whad'ya mean damsel?!! Thats a DUDE!" Trey said pointedly.
"WHAAAT?!" Ryu said shocked
"We can't take this dude in! We already have enough problems on our hands! We arent even close to finding Dobie village!"
Yoh looked disappointed. You avoided speaking and looked away. "I agree with Trey." Ren said.
"Why?!" Yoh asked
"We dont know anything about this guy. For all we know he could be planning to ambush us! We cant let someone we dont even know the first thing about join our group." Ren argued
This made you mad. You looked him in the eye and asked forwardly, "Then why did you let me join? You didn't know anything about me either."
"Anna knew you. And Yoh's father insisted on it." Ren said
"Ryu knows him! We should give him a chance before suspecting him of being an assassin."
"Everyone is guilty until proven innocent!" Ren said.
"Of course that's what you would think. What more could you expect from a Tao?" you shot back.
Ren silenced. Everyone looked at you surprised. Lyserg clenched his fist and said "No matter. If you won't let me join that's fine. I wanted to find strong shaman and i found strong shaman, so lets go!"
He took off his plaid overcoat and held the pendulum up. "Morphine! Into the pendulum!"
He attacked you and the others. You took out your sai and broke open a window then jumped outside. "Awai, Kurai, spirit form! Into the sai!"
They obeyed and your sai glowed black and white. Ren stood beside you, his spirit control ready as well. "I hate to say I told you so."
You felt anger building up towards him, but knew he was right. Lyserg jumped out after you three (Ryu was still inside). You looked at him angrily and asked, "Why are you doing this?!"
"For revenge!" He replied
"We did nothing to you!" Ren yelled.
"I'll tell you what happend! Eight years ago, when I was supposed to officially become a douser, so I could be just like my father... But when I came back after passing the test, my home was on fire... Everything in it... everything was burned. There was a guy standing there, in the ruins. He told me my father had tried to defeat him, but failed. I never saw my parents again after that. But I promised myself, no matter how long it took, I would seek my revenge for them... I'd avenge their deaths no matter what! That's why I set out to find other shaman stronger than me... to help me. That's why... I need you to defeat me, or else you'll never be able to help me defeat him."
"Who is he?" you asked
"Defeat me and you'll find out!" Lyserg yelled as he aimed a shot at You and Trey, who was standing to your left. You two dodged his attack. "Corey (aka Kororo)! Into the snowboard!" Trey shouted.
"You dont have to fight, Trey!" Yoh yelled.
Lyserg easily attacked him. Ren took the opportunity to attack from overhead, but was caught by the thick thread that held the pendulum. Lyserg pulled on the string and destroyed both Trey's snowboard and Ren's kwan dao. The two collapsed to the floor. "The entire wire is filled with his furyoku." Ren said weakly. You stood still, refusing to move, and gazed at Douser with rage. Even after fighting with Ren you were angry at the shaman for hurting the people closest to what you'd considered friends. You held your sai in a fighting stance, but before you could attack, Yoh put his hand on your shoulder and said "Dont."
Lyserg smirked and said "If you wanna go before her, be my guest. I'll even let you make the first move!"
Yoh stepped forward, and to your surprise, walked past Lyserg to sit with Trey and Ren. "You guys alright?"
"I'll be fine! But next time be careful about who your friends drag home." Ren said
"My snowboard!" Trey struggled to sit up.
You walked slowly over to them and put your hand in front of Ren. He looked up surprised, but took it. You let him lean on your shoulder as you glared at Lyserg.
"I am so sorry Master Yoh. This was all my fault" Ryu said
"No it wasn't. Anyways, right now we jsut have to get these guys to a hospital." Yoh said.
Lyserg clenched his fists and turned around "You coward! Im giving you an open shot so why dont you show me what you're made of?!"
Yoh stood up and looked back at him saying, "I've got better things to do than play games with you Lyserg. I have to get my friends to a hospital so either help me or stay outta my way."
"I choose neither!" Lyserg yelled as he attacked with the pendulum. Yoh turned around and with one blow, shattered the crystal pendulum.
Ryu picked up Trey and Yoh helped you with Ren, then said "C'mon guys. Let's go."
"Wait! You might just be able to help me! But I'll need to have a full fledged fight with you before I know for sure." Lyserg called.
"Forget it! We dont want to help you with your revenge or fight you." Yoh said.
"No, you will fight me!" Lyserg said.
Yoh signaled you and Ryu to continue walking. "How dare you walk away from me Yoh! You could be my only chance to avenge my parents and I wont let that slip away!"
"Someone will just get hurt, Lyserg. There's no point in fighting!" Yoh insisted.
Lyserg seemed to be deaf to what Yoh was saying. "I dont care! Im going unleash the full power of my furyoku! The Big Ben!" he shouted
A giant building appeared overhead. I asked you, but you refused my pleas. You should've never refused my challenge! I'll have revenge on you and him!" Lyserg yelled.
"Lyserg!!! Your anger will only lead to your destruction!" Yoh said, now seeming just as angry. He turned to look at Lyserg who looked shocked. "It's you!" he said hatefully. He attacked with full force.
"This ends now!" Yoh said. He took out his sword and yelled, "Amidamaru! Shinkuu Buttagiri!"
The attack stopped Lyserg in his tracks causing him to fall to the floor. Yoh walked up to him and said "You weren't fighting me... you were fighting your past... your memory of "him". That's a fight you'll never win and you need to face that. Your anger is clouding your mind and all you can think is to destroy or be destroyed. Just ask Ren."
Lyserg looked at the floor shamefully. "Now..." Yoh said "Are you gonna come with us or not?"
Lyserg looked up surprised, as did everyone else. Yoh turned around and started walking. "Cmon guys, lets get going."
Lyserg stood up and followed. You looked at Yoh thoughtfully. Even me... he accepted me back then, when I came to fight him. He didn't even know me back then... How can he always see the good in people... even people like me? People who are so imperfect... people who don't even deserve to breathe...
REST IN RESULTS
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