Shaman King fanfic chapter 9

Woah.... this whole bit is 8 pages long. So sorry for the length but woah... I am so proud of this bit!!!! Enjoy~!
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The spirit warriors were all resting against a wall in a hallway. They each thought they were being inconspicuous but in fact the people walking passed them thought they were suspicious looking.
"Okay," Ryu said when the corridor was clear, "The one who draws the short straw does what we planned!"
"I still don't think this is a good idea..." Lyserg protested.
"Because you're the only one who's still sober! Hell even Yoh's drunk and we all know he's gonna get it when he gets home!" Horohoro answered.
"Don't remind me..." He sobbed.
"But I thought Anna said she would only kill you go near any women?" Manta asked, his voice slurring more than anyone else's.
"That's what she said but her eyes were saying if I make an idiot of myself I'm in deep shit."
"Maybe you shouldn't be part of this Master Yoh." Ryu suggested.
"I still want to. It seems fun!"
"Right! Let's do it!" The tall shaman declared. The group pulled the straws that were being held in his hand. Slowly they opened their hands to reveal the length of the straws. There was a collective sigh of relief from all but one shaman; Manta.
Chocolove started laughing uproariously. "The short one picked the short straw."
"Best out of 3?" 'The short one' asked his friends.
"Nope. It's the rules! In you go!" Horohoro answered, opening the door to the ladies' toilets and throwing him in there. Inside Manta took a deep breath and turned around to face the room. Blocking his view was an elderly lady staring down at him. Before any he could utter a word, the woman's left hand was across his face. She gave a sharp huff before leaving.
"Awwww! Are you okay?" A warm voice said. Manta noted it came from a group of females further down in the room. As they approached him his felt himself getting more and more nervous, fearing incoming pain. "What's your name?" The same lady asked.
"M-M-Manta Oyamada."
The girls suddenly started squealing and at that point Manta felt himself at ease.

"What is taking him so long?" Horohoro said impatiently, pacing around and drinking from the bottle he had in his hands, "And where the hell is Lyserg?!"
"Lyserg left a while ago saying he needed to take care of something." Yoh answered, lying on his stomach. "This carpet is soft..."
"Who cares about the damn carpet?! Manta's been in there for half an hour now!"
"If you're that worried go in after him." Ryu commented who was now sitting against the door.
Caught off guard his blue haired friend replied, "Well... well... I just don't want to."
"Scared you'll get laughed at?" Chocolove teased.
"Well at least someone laughs at me, which more than I can say about you!"
"Oh bring it!" He called, getting up to start a fight.
Yoh groaned, enjoying the feel of the carpet too much to move, "Ren... Sort them out..." His response was silence. "Ren?" The brown haired shaman turned his head to face his friend only to find staring back him with a gormless smile. "Are you okay?" Yoh asked. Again Ren remained silent, just gazing at him. "Hey guys I think something's wrong with him."
Horohoro and Chocolove stopped arguing and paid attention to their quiet companion. The latter waved his hand in front of Ren's face; the answer was a wave back. "Let me try," Horohoro said before crouching down to his dark blue haired friend's level, "Hey Ren-Ren... I slept with Jeanne." He braced himself, expecting a barrage of insults and maybe even a punch or two but surprisingly Ren continue to sit there, grinning without a care in the world. "I'm scared..." Ryu sobbed. Suddenly the door he was leaning against opening causing him to fall backward. "Hey! What's the big idea?!" He yelled. Ryu looked up to find Manta surrounded by four beautiful, curvaceous women. At that moment the tall shaman found himself impulsively standing up and greeting his new acquaintances with much enthusiasm.
"Is THAT why you were in there so long?" Horohoro asked Manta.
Manta started blushing, rubbing the back of his head, "Yeah..."
"What were you doing?"
"Just talking of course..." He answered quickly before nervously laughing. His blue haired friend opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by two heavy set men walking up to them. To everyone's surprise Lyserg was being carried by the both of them. "Hey! It's my... my... guys!" He announced, slurring nearly every word and laughing hysterically.
"This guy belong to you?" One of them asked, looking Ren's direction but was answered with manic waving. The guy sighed and turned to Yoh who was still lying on the floor.
"Yeah Lyserg is with us, why?"
"He's had too much to drink and we recommend taking him home."
"N-n-no I haven't! According to these guys I'm still sober!" The green haired shaman protested. Yoh, Manta, Chocolove and Ryu all glared at Horohoro for starting the sober remark.
The other heavy set man cleared his throat to get their attention, "Well we'll leave him in your care." The men started to walk away.
"Wait!" Lyserg said, holding out his hand. Then, without anyway warning, he threw up, most of it landing on the two bodyguards. The hallway went silent.
"And this is where we leave!" Chocolove laughed, running as fast as he could. He was followed by Ren then Horohoro then Lyserg. Ryu gave a last wink to the girls before deciding to leave. He noticed Yoh still lying on the floor. "Master Yoh it's time to go!"
"But this carpet... It's so fluffy..."
"We're going!" He grabbed his master's ankles and started dragging him, despite Yoh's resistance. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He screamed, trying to clutch to his beloved carpet, "I DON'T WANNA LEAVE IT!"
Manta watched his best friend being dragged against his will before facing the girls. "Sorry about this but I gotta leave."
"It's okay," the lady who asked his name replied, "We understand. Give us a call sometime."
"Of course I will!"
"That's good." She answered before swiftly kissing Manta on the lips.

Manta, still feeling up from his achievements, caught up with the rest of his friends who were sitting on a bench under a street lamp. "Now what do we do?" Ryu asked.
"Well considering that fact Yoh is still crying over carpet, Ren is so drunk he can't even talk and Lyserg is... well out of it, I think that best option is we go home."  Horohoro answered simply.
"But what about our bets?" Chocolove asked. Yoh stopped crying and replied, "That's right! Well reveal your numbers boys!"
"Seven!" Lyserg yelled almost immediately then started laughing.
"I have 5... Which means I have to wear a stupid dress..." Horohoro sighed.
"Don't worry, I have five too." His short friend responded although he started blushing again.
Chocolove started laughing uproariously. "I have seventeen!"
"What? How is the even possible?" Horohoro demanded.
His friend winked at him, "I have my ways."
"How many do you have Ryu?" Yoh interrupted in order to prevent another fight between those two.
The tall shaman gulped. "I... uh... still have three..." Which provoked predictable cackling from the group. "What's the forfeit Master Yoh?" He queried, getting slightly frustrated with the laughter
"Simple, from here until we get home, you have to be naked."
"Whatever you say!" He called before completely stripping to his birthday suit. Ryu looked at his friends shocked faces knowing his willingness would stop them laughing. Ren tugged on Yoh's sleeve, pointed to Horohoro and started indicating various gestures with his hands.
"Do you want us to stop to buy a dress?" His friend asked, to which the dark blue haired shaman nodded enthusiastically.

As they walked towards the shop Ryu was secretly thankful it was dark and no one was around, however that was short lived when Chocolove suddenly stopped. "What's the matter?" Manta asked.
"I just had an idea. I dare Ryu to buy the dress and if asked he has to say foxes stole his clothes." His friend replied.
"What?!" Ryu answered, "Hell no!"
"You have to do it," Yoh grinned, "It's part of the bet."
"Since when?"
"Since now!"
"Fine but you're coming with me Master Yoh." He retorted, dragging his friend to the shop that was just down the road. While there, Ryu got stared at but he put on a brave face and boldly walked up to the dresses. Yoh waited by the counter in a daze.
"Can I help you sir?" The woman by the till asked.
"No, not really. I was just wondering why there's a clothes shop open so late at night or early in the morning, whatever way you look at it."
"It's so we can talk to charming people such as yourself." She joked before winking at him.
Back at the Funbari Hot Springs Anna, who was watching television suddenly shouted, "Don't even think about!" Scaring Hana, Junior and Men who then realised she was only responding to something she was watching.
Yoh suddenly felt a violent shiver down his spine. "What's the matter sir?" The lady asked with a concerned expression.
"Um... Nothing... I just... yeah..."
At that moment Ryu came and placed a dress on the counter, "I'll like to buy this please."
The guys sensed her mood dramatically drop. "May I ask why you are naked sir?"
Ryu silently groaned as he wished this wouldn't happen but he took a deep breath and at the top of his voice bellowed, "Foxes stole my clothes!"
"Get out."
"Not without this!" He laughed, leaving money on the counter and taking the dress before running out of the store.
Yoh and Ryu caught up with the rest of their friends and explained the whole ordeal to them; however Horohoro was distraught at the fact he had to wear a bright pink dress for the next 24 hours.
"Look on the bright side," Chocolove said to him, "At least you have your manhood covered up."

The group stood outside the Funbari Hot Springs, each trying to be as quiet as possible while Yoh patted himself. "Shit," he whispered, "I've left my keys inside..."
"Does that mean we have to wake Anna?" Manta asked fearfully.
"No... No it doesn't. I have an idea..." He replied before taking a phone out from him pocket and dialling a number.
Loud, tuneful beeping sounded from a similar phone on a bedside table. An arm from the sheets reached out to answer it. "Hello?" A sleep ridden voice answered.
"Hey Hana..."
Hana groaned angrily. "What Dad?"
"Could you let us in?" His father asked in an intentional innocent tone. He could hear Hana sigh and string a continual sentence of swear words together but finally he barked, "Fine."
Less than a minute later the door slid open to reveal Hana in a dressing gown, he had his arms crossed and wore a livid expression. The spirit warriors walk passed him, looking shame faced but were trying their hardest not to laugh.
"This isn't funny," he hissed when they were all inside. He then noted Ryu and Horohoro. "Why do you two look like idiots?"
"When don't they?" Chocolove added, causing the spirit warriors to laugh.
Hana started massaging his temples. "How drunk are you guys?"
"What? So they have to be drunk to laugh at my jokes?"
Without saying anything the young teenager swiftly kicked Chocolove in between the legs. "I'm serious! Dad do you have any idea how pissed off Mum is? Where were you? Most places closed hours ago!"
"Well you see Son... Horohoro-"
"Don't blame me for this!" The blue haired shaman cut in.
"But it was your fault..." Yoh sulked. He looked back at Hana. "Horohoro felt depressed about losing his bet to Ren and needed cheering up so we bought a load more drinks and we sat by the river having a good time. I guess we lost track of time..."
"Lost track?! It's nearly five in the morning!"
"But I'm home now..."
"That's beside the point!"
Without warning Lyserg threw up again. "Hana..." he whimpered, "I don't feel well..."
The blonde teenager smacked his palm against his forehead. "You know what guys? Just go in the front room and go to bed and I'll clean that up because I know if you start going upstairs you'll only wake up Mum."
"At this rate I'll rather face Anna..." Manta whispered to Ryu. Once more Hana retaliated with a kick to the gentleman area.
Yoh wrapped his arm around his son's shoulders. "Hey Son calm down. We're sorry okay? We'll go to bed like the naughty children we are."
Hana sighed, not being able to say mad at his father when he was like that but the moment didn't last long as Ren unexpectedly started to burst into masses of tears. "What now?" The young shaman asked, getting angry again.
Through his tears Ren sobbed, "I want my son! Why should Yoh get to see his? It's not fair!"
"I swear to God you guys are going to be the death of me." Hana spat before turning his heel and going up the stairs silently. He returned a minute later with a half awake Men. Ren opened his arms out wide which his son immediately responded to with a hug.
"He hasn't had his three bottles of milk has he?" Men asked the adults accusingly.
Ryu replied anxiously, "No he hasn't..."
"You're a bunch of fools!" He snapped.
"It's okay son," Ren interrupted, still wearing his simple smile, "All I want to do is bed..."
"I think you should ALL go to bed," Hana commented sternly.

Lyserg opened his eyes. It had only been a couple of hours since he fell asleep although his mind was still hazy but one thing he was clear of was that he needed to use the toilet and urgently. He stood up, ignoring the pain in his head and vaguely noted his friends sleeping on the floor. The green haired shaman swiftly left the room in order to find a bathroom, but through in his incomprehensive state of mind, Lyserg could only remember the whereabouts of one of the toilets which was upstairs. After he had relinquished himself, Lyserg stepped into the hallway however he suddenly couldn't remember where he was but decided to go into the nearest room anyway. He opened the door and noticed a body lying on a futon mattress and assumed it was the room he was sleeping in.
The tranquillity of the house was disturbed by an ear shattering scream followed by a slap. Everyone but Yoh woke with a start.
"What happened?" Horohoro yawned, looking at Chocolove, although his question was answered by Lyserg rapidly running in the room and slamming the door shut. The guys noticed him panting and the red hand mark on his cheek. He became aware of his friends looking at him quizzically. "Okay," the green haired said, knowing they were looking for explanation, "I accidently got into bed with Anna..."
Before any of them could take in what Lyserg said, Yoh jumped from floor and punched him in the face causing him to fall to the ground. He stood up shaking, wiping the blood from his mouth.
"What the hell Master Yoh! He said it was an accident!"
Despite his words, Ryu was overlooked by his master who then grabbed Lyserg by the collar of his shirt and started to punch him continuously. Jumping into action Horohoro grabbed Yoh's wrists and attempted to restrain him. "Calm down!"
The door to the room flung open. "Let go off him!" Anna called desperately. The blue haired shaman hastily moved allowing Anna to lasso her husband with her beads.
They watched with bated breath as Yoh's aggressiveness calmed down. He suddenly stopped all movement and looked up everyone. "What's going on? Why am I tied up? Am I being punished for coming home late? I'm sorry Anna..."
"Don't worry Yoh, you will be." She said emotionlessly as she dragged him out of the room and into the garden. She returned to her awaiting guests.
"What the hell was that about?" Ren asked, knowing Anna knew more than she was letting on.
"That's not the first time Yoh's lost control like that..." She replied, looking away, "It's happened twice before. The first time was when we discovered he lost his Shamanic powers. He was upset and just lost it. It was a struggle to keep hold of him." Anna slid her dressing gown slightly off her shoulder to reveal a long and deep scar. She continued despite the round of gasps, "The second time was when we went to visit his grandparents to see if they knew anything about the loss of his powers. Thankfully Kino was able to contain him which is why I know how to stop him. The most I've come up with is Yoh knows nothing of when he loses control and it definitely has something to do with him losing his ability and is triggered by emotion."
"Do you think what happened to me and Junior is somehow related?" Hana asked, remembering the confusion he felt after his fight with his friend.
"There's a possibility but all I know is something is happening to the Shaman world. Something bad..." Anna stood up. "Well I'm going to bring Yoh back in, and no one is to tell him of this."

Over breakfast everyone continued to act as normal and they were relieved that Yoh believed their lie about Lyserg tripping over and hitting his face off a table, but deep down they feared their friend; feared what was happening to him and most of all, feared him. The doorbell rang causing everyone to jump.
"It's probably a guest," Anna stated, "Go answer it Yoh."
Her husband did as he was told. He opened the door to find a figure standing before him. Shock entered the brown haired shaman's face. "It's... you!"