Forgotten Memories

The Revenge of an Angry Soul

"Is that a bunch of rotten-smelling paper that had been soaked in baby's pee?" Chocolove asked with extreme disgust at the object Yohmei had taken out from his robe.

"You've got such a wild imagination young lad," the old man sweatdropped. "Anyway, this is the journal of an ancient tribal leader of the Patch by the name Aureum. In order to defeat our enemies we must know their backgrounds first. This journal here contains all the information we need." Yohmei raised the bundled papers higher for everyone to see.

"So that bunch of rotten-smelling pee-soaked old papers is the key," Horo Horo said in awe.

"As soon as Kino told me that the seal containing Hao's wife and Ayako's merged soul was broken and that Hao had returned with a new spirit, Mikihisa and I went to visit the Patch Village to do some research. The current tribal chief Goldva was well-versed when it comes to Patch history. She held vital information that had been kept secret through centuries. She only agreed to tell us the details if we let her see Mikihisa's face behind the bird mask."

Yoh's dad cleared his throat from the corner. "Master Yohmei, I believe that's not a necessary part of the story."

"As I was saying," the old man continued, "Goldva agreed to lend us Aureum's journal on the condition that Mikihisa will return it to her after 3 days. That old Patch woman must have a crush on your father, Yoh."

"Yohmei! Please stop telling insignificant details." Old Kino punched her husband in the head. Everybody sweatdropped at the embarrassing sight.

"Sorry Kino…" Yohmei rubbed his balding head.

Manta snickered to himself. If ever they would end up together, Yoh and Anna would be like these two old people.

Yohmei straightened himself up and continued, "Goldva also related to us the story of the five guardian villages. Not many shamans knew about this," he paused to check on everyone's eagerness level. All of his audience seemed to be listening attentively to his tale.

"According to Goldva, five shamanic tribes prospered once around the Patch Village. Each tribe served as guardians to the five elemental spirits: fire, rain, wind, earth and thunder. Nobody from these five tribes could match the dominant Patch clan who guarded the entrance to the Great Spirit's dwelling. Despite the blessings they received from each of their elemental spirits, these five tribes hungered more for power. They secretly formed an alliance to revolt against the Patch Village so they can gain access to the Great Spirit. However, their plans were foiled by the young healer Aureum who saw a vision from the Great Spirit warning him of his clan's possible destruction. He was personally endowed by the Great Spirit with a gift which he described in this journal as the gift to manipulate souls using furyoku. It was a very powerful technique which allowed him to absorb and transfer spiritual energy. He can absorb completely the furyoku of a shaman and kill him out of spiritual exhaustion then he can transfer his newly gained furyoku to another shaman and have the full control of that person's soul whenever he pleases."

"That sounds scary," Manta shivered.

"This Aureum guy, is he related to Argon? He seemed to be displaying the same ability," Lyserg thought out loud.

"That's a good observation boy. Aureum was a kind-hearted man and was against killing his co-shamans from the other five villages. Aside from his pro-life convictions, he also had personal motives of his own. He had a secret affair with a woman of the south eastern shamanic tribe during his training years as a healer there. Before he left for his own village, he had a son from an illegitimate affair with the tribal chief's daughter. The boy was named Argon--"