A Mystical Adventure Where A Ghost Follows Me Everywhere!

5. Vision! Abbadon's Throne World.

"What was that about?!" Shuuta asks Hanako; his curiosity exploded after encountering a cultist maniac, and a blonde dude with powers.

"What's a Mystic exactly?"

"Where to begin with..."

In the old times, Mystics are super-humans tasked to abolish all evil in the form of spirits, demons, and angels. Such powers were granted by the gods and devils to stop one another.

"I guess that's a very compacted summary." Shuuta laughs at how short her explanation was.

"And you're one of them!" Hanako exclaims while keeping her smile

"WHAT?!?! FOR REAL?!"

Blood almost oozed out of his mouth from Shuuta's shock; he can't believe that he was a motherfucking badass "wizard."

"Why are you surprised…you were going toe to toe with that man." Hanako's brow began to burrow.

"With great power comes great responsibility! I shall save thy world from all evil!" Shuuta reveals a brave smile and a powerful pose.

Hanako just frowns at him; his speech, his voice, and even his poses are lame.

"In any case, you haven't even unlocked your Magic, so...you have a very long way to go! Do your best! And…don't forget to protect me." Hanako's face reddened, and she shifted her gaze away from the badass wizard. Shuuta even got startled by her bashfulness.

That is soo cute!!

"I'll do my best if it's for you, Hanako-chan!" Shuuta responded with his utmost honesty, and thanks to that, Hanako almost fainted from her emotional instability.

"Hanako-chan!!" Shuuta went for a hug but was instantly rejected because Hanako became transparent; Shuuta passed through her, face planting the concrete floor.

"That's not fair!" His wine almost seemed childlike.

He stood up and gazed around, after 5 long seconds he realized that Hanako disappeared, she had probably gone home!

He can't believe that Hanako ran away err...flew away!

Shuuta still felt mesmerized; reality just broke his worldview, Magic exists! This fact was eminent now! Screw my old boring life, hello new life!

But many questions still roamed Shuuta's mind; what kind of power does he have? How can he find out? When will he find out? His excitement kept growing exponentially.

"I can't wait! I need to work hard for it."

"I will protect the world from calamity." Shuuta posed imposingly as he spoke in a fervor way.

With all his excitement bubbled up, Shuuta made his way back home to start a barrage of questions at Hanako.

...

"Huh?! What do you mean you can't tell me anything!?!?" Shuuta's face dropped, and his spirits also died out.

Why is Hanako being stubborn, didn't she say that I must protect her?

"It's not that I don't want to tell you; I can't tell you. You need to find the answers by yourself!" Hanako exclaimed.

Yep! She's stubborn, alright!

"Come on! Just tell me already! I'm doing this to protect you and myself from evil Mystics!" Shuuta couldn't think of something to say.

"T-to protect me?" Hanako blushed intensely,

"Of course! From the first time I saw you, I-I don't know my emotions anymore. When I see you, I feel at ease, especially when I'm around you. I always get that urge to protect you, but I don't know why."

This is his first time confessing...not! He's grinning a little bit; his intention should be obvious.

"Really?! I-in that case..." Her face turned red like ketchup.

"You're way too easy..." Shuuta murmured to himself, his face berated and cold.

"Umm...one way to unlock your power is by wanting to protect someone when they are in danger."

"One way...so there are multiple ways?"

"Yep! But I won't tell you more."

Tsk.

Suddenly, Shuuta's eyes flashed.

"Oh god...why am I suddenly feeling hungry...I guess I'll take pudding."

"Hey!! That's mine!!"

Snap!

Shuuta takes a pudding and starts opening it; the overwhelming scent of vanilla, sparkly texture, and suitable size made Hanako hungry again.

"Umm...can I please have one more..." The little winning girl stared at Shuuta in the eyes; like a sad cat, her eyes sparkled brightly.

Shuuta instantly turned around to avoid her trump card; it was very effective.

"Mmmm! It's so delicious!"

"You tease! Fine, I'll tell you another way! But please give me another pudding!"

"Sure here." Shuuta tosses a pudding to Hanako.

"Yay! Okay, another way is danger."

"D-danger?"

"Yes, danger...the feeling of death lurking around, trying to survive something might activate your powers."

"Oh, I see." Shuuta felt helpless; he doesn't want to get in a dangerous situation again, or at least not yet, he needs to unlock his powers first, so that way isn't going to cut it.

"Thanks for the food!" Hanako instantly devoured the pudding.

"Thanks for the information! It was beneficial." Shuuta inwardly sighed. 'Not really, but, I guess.' He stood up from his foam floor and went towards his bed.

"I guess I'll hit the old sack, goodnight Hanako." Shuuta sighed inwardly once more and blacked out.

...

Yaaaaawn!*

Shuuta woke up; his vision was a bit blurry and couldn't make out his view, but weirdly he felt heavier for some reason; he uncovered his blanket, and his head exploded in shock, Hanako was on top of him, but that wasn't all! She was wearing only undies!

Shuuta became red beet! The feeling of Hanako's body gently pressed against him; a soft yet supple feel poked his chest, with a gentle warmth radiating from her. If this went on for a bit longer...something terrible could happen!

'Crap! Crap! Crap! She smells like petals, and she's so soft! Please, little buddy, don't raise. I know that she's hella cute but don't raise now!' Shuuta is trying to keep his composure.

Rustle*

'Gaah!! She's moving!'

Hanako spontaneously shifted her body and made way for Shuuta to escape.

He instantly jumped out of his bed and sighed.

'I thought I was going to die!' Shuuta then contemplates Hanako's beauty. It's unbelievable; he's rather astonished, the fact of her being a ghost made Shuuta bitter…for no reason whatsoever!

He can't believe her, why did she sleep with him?! It's been 2 days since they met each other and now they're sleeping together, what kind of situation is that?! Well, he can't complain because he likes it; having a cute girl...a cute ghost sneak up on you while you sleep is the boy's dream...right?

In the end, he dressed up, washed his teeth, ate a sandwich, and left for school.

"I'm leaving!" He exits his home and walks through a long sidewalk.

His life is getting weirder and weirder as time goes on; he doesn't mind though, who wants a boring high school life? He wants a more action passed and romantic life, and it seems going that way.

"Thank you, god, for this amazing gift!" Shuuta smiles at the sky and keeps going his way.

Suddenly something felt odd. Shuuta sensed being followed, he put no mind to it, but it was creepy nonetheless, anyhow; he finally reached the court entrance and walked in.

Finally, the creep came out and ambushed Shuuta, giving him the scare of his life. Shuuta's voice cracked up almost as a girl would.

"Relax, it's me, Hikaru. I didn't know you were oblivious!"

"No! It was obvious; it's just that I didn't expect you to jump out like that!"

"Yeah, sure!"

Shuuta then proceeds to inspect Hikaru, last night was dark so he couldn't make Hikaru's face, but now...his handsome face makes Shuuta's face twitch, his well-combed hair and his blue eyes, his sharp nose and well-shaped body; could give envy to any other man that passed by him, he also realizes that he's wearing the same school uniform that Shuuta has.

"You attend this school?" Shuuta asked with curiosity in his eyes.

"Yeah, it's my second year though," Hikaru responded with a carefree smile.

Shuuta finds himself shook; that makes him his senpai! He doesn't want to call him Hikaru-senpai because it's embarrassing; if it was a girl, then it would have been alright for him, but a man...

What kind of pride does Shuuta have?

"You might as well call me Hikaru-sen-" Hikaru gets interrupted by Shuuta before he could finish his sentence.

"I refuse!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Aren't we supposed to be rivals?!"

"....I guess you right...Shuuta-kun. Hehe."

"Well that's settled, now excuse me. I must go to class before-." Just as Shuuta turned away.

"Wait." Hikaru tugged Shuuta, with a firm grip.

Shuuta remained staggered from Hikaru's action. 'Yo…I don't swing that way dude!' Shuuta tried to organize his thoughts, but out of the blue.

Hikaru tilted his head to Shuuta's ear and whispered: "Here's some advice as a fellow Mystic, if you say any word that we exist, I'll have to kill you. Keep that in mind; you're one of the only Mystics that I've met out of the school so far, so please don't make me kill you." Hikaru had a contoured face that turned tender after speaking.

"Y-yeah." Shuuta nods awkwardly; Hikaru then departs afterward, waving back at him.

Shuuta immediately sighed after that, he was rather confused, a handsome boy turned into a cold murderer in 3 whole seconds, only to switch back into a warm kind boy.

He probably has a switch or something cause holy hell!

Nonetheless, after some seconds of thinking, he made his way back to class because he was taking his time; in other words, he was going to be late.

Finally, arriving at his class, Shuuta sat in his seat and rested his head on the desk.

For some unbeknownst reason, he felt fatigued, like if something sucked off his energy, he couldn't help himself from napping.

His eyes closed, drifting off into the abyss.

...

"Huh? Where...?" His eyes opened up glancing at a room that was massive and very well decorated, like an old European castle.

Rattle*

"Master!" The sound of a screechy girlish voice shouted in concern.

"Shuuta-sama!" Another girl shouted worried.

"Shuuta-Kun!" A well-known voice screamed for him.

"Shuu-Kun!" A gentle but clear voice yelled, worrying for him.

"Shit-Kun!" A rather tsundere and mature voice hooted for his well-being.

"Shuuta!" A sweet voice yelped for her savior.

Cages, many cages were hanging from the well-built ceiling, a red carpet stretched across the vast room, at the end of the carpet he saw an entity.

A dark grin appeared on such an entity, menacingly glaring at the stunned boy.

"You're here. Shuuta. I was expecting you."

Many demon-kin surrounded him, hundreds...no, thousands of demons were closing in on him, he didn't know what to do, it felt like a lot was missing, he gazed back at the girls but couldn't see who they were, it's not because of his distance, they were black! Like an unlock-able character of a game.

The only visible girl was Hanako; astonishing enough, he recognized voices too, but some he couldn't realize who they were.

"What the hell is going on?!" Shuuta yelled; that only sentence roamed his mind, he wanted to wake up but couldn't, or rather he didn't know how to.

Finally, a demon got close to his face and battered him across the hall into the big doors tearing through them; when Shuuta landed; blood left his mouth.

"That hurts!" Shuuta couldn't bear the pain; his actual body hurt, and even blood started dripping from his nose in the real world.

He slowly stood up feeling powerless, can he really kill demons without his Magic? Gnashing his teeth, he glared helplessly. "Is this it? Is this how it ends? I couldn't even unlock my powers...I'm sorry Hanako." A tear splashed on the wooden floor.

But, just as things were getting better, his friend Kazuma woke him up in time.

"Shuuta, are you okay? You have a nose bleed...were you thinking perverted things?" Kazuma chuckles with a smirk plastered on his face.

After waking up, Shuuta felt dizzy. His body felt heavy. His stomach had an unbearable sensation of pain; he unbuttoned his school shirt and saw a big bruise painted on his stomach.

"What...?!" Shuuta's vision faded gradually, and he fainted on his desk.

"Shuuta? Shuuta!" Kazuma then proceeded to shake him, but to no response; he even saw the bruise, but what could he make of it? As his best friend, he asked for help and got sent to the infirmary with Shuuta.

...

"Again?! What did that Mikazuki do this time?!" The nurse yelled in anger.

"Ummm...actually, he just passed out, he was sleeping when I arrived, I just woke him up and started bleeding from his nose, when he woke up he looked weaken, he then checked his stomach and had a big bruise." Kazuma tried to explain the best he could.

"What? That's strange...after waking up he checked if he had a bruise? Was it because of sleeping? No, I doubt it...could it be..." The nurse got lost in the forest of thought.

"Mmm...Noara-san, I'm going to leave, I need to go to class...please take care of Shuuta." After that, he waved his hand and left the nursery office.

Noara then inspected his bruise; she was shocked! It was big! So big! It looked like a fist...whoops, words!

It looked like the shape of a fist; she realized that it wasn't a normal bruise. Something huge struck his guts to leave a mark that big.

"Are you...." Noara suddenly got interrupted by someone knocking on the door.

Come on in!

A blonde lad entered the room; it was Hikaru.

"Hikaru? What business do you have with me?" Noara asks patiently, as she inspected Shuuta's abs.

"I sensed a dark aura nearby, it led to him." Hikaru's statement shocked Noara furthermore.

"Wait. So he's a Mystic?"

"Yes, he's a good guy, so please take care of him." Hikaru then was about to leave but got stopped by Noara.

"Do you remember when you had those visions? Before the Mazumi incident?" Noara asks with a light on her pink eyes.

"Yeah...why?" Hikaru answers with a perplexed look on his face. 'Mazumi…'

"Remember the damage that you got? You only got cuts and a small bruise."

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Well, have a look at this."

Noara showed Shuuta's bruise to Hikaru.

Hikaru was left speechless; his eyes bulged wide in shock.

"Is that his first vision?" After Noara said that, Hikaru looked back at Noara with a somewhat concerned face.

"I don't know, but I recently met him, and he did act like he didn't know what a Mystic was." Hikaru told himself, reassuringly enough it was his first vision, "If his first vision was "like that" then he had a big possibility to die from it."

Noara remained quiet, only to break it by looking excited.

"If he succeeds on the other hand...he'll be the one to change Mystic society as we know it!" Noara was astonished; there was a time when almost the whole population was a Mystic; the chances of a mythical level appearing were the same as finding a phoenix bird or winning the lottery.

"This guy..." Hikaru's smile broke down, he met an incredible guy, but he doesn't know what to make of it.

"Hikaru, as your Mystic branch vice-leader, take care of him. Having him in our branch will boost our rank." Noara instructed, that if he succeeds, the society of Mystics can definitely change dramatically.

Finally, Shuuta woke up, and both Hikaru and Noara gazed at him.

Shuuta sat up and placed his palms on his eyes; his head felt like blades were piercing him.

"You good? Shuuta-Kun, what happened?" Hikaru sat on the bed next to him.

"I had a dream...I don't know why but…I felt rather sleepy, so sleepy that I passed out, but then...I was surrounded, there were thousands of demons, A demon king, and a bunch of girls in a cage." Shuuta is trying to recall everything that happened.

"Then what about your bruise?" Noara curiously asks.

"I got slugged by a demon and was sent flying through some big doors...It was a big room, like a castle." Shuuta suddenly feels as if his head wants to explode; he clutches his head as if his life depended on it; he even howled in pain.

"Demon king? A castle? Don't tell me...." Hikaru is left speechless once more.

Shuuta glances at Hikaru's expression; he can tell that this is bad; he's probably in great danger.

"You're a carrier!... I can't believe it, Shuuta you have the power to slay deities!" Noara excitedly says that Shuuta was a miracle, but she knew that he still hadn't unlocked his powers; she will do whatever is necessary to help him.

"Carrier?" Shuuta suddenly felt a flash of pain on his skull, a quick image of a person smiling warmly flashed in his eyes.

"Hold on...What happens if I die in my dreams?!" Shuuta is now really concerned.

"You die," Hikaru replies.

The atmosphere changed after that comment. Shuuta can't believe it; supposedly, he has great power but has a big flaw; Shuuta's death can prevent his knowledge.

"Nonetheless, I'll gladly help you out with the dreams but on one condition." Noara smiles coyly.

Shuuta smiles wryly and nods, knowing that something was not right.

"You're going to..."