Shaman KINg
The Curse of Rage
Part 1

It started out like any other day in Doby village. Niether Yoh's or Ren's team had any fight today, so we thought we would just relax at Sylva's cafe. It was just a normal day until Ryu saw a pretty girl and went nuts. Well I suppose that is normal.
“Why hello there. My my aren't you a pretty young girl. Are you single, do you want to go out with." Ryu babbled on. Then after Ryu produced a bunch of flowers from somewhere, a strange guy in a cloak and hood came up behind Ryu holding his hand up to Ryu's neck ready to karate chop his neck. He said to Ryu
"Thats my girlfriend your hitting on."
" Well I'm sorry I was just talking about the shaman tournament with her."
"I'm not stupid ya know. I was only over there getting a drink. I know your type.
"And what type would that be?"
"Lets see, looking at your clothing I'd say you were the leader of a biker gang. Judging by your voice I'd say you were chased out of many hangs just wanting to find the perfect one.  You only became a shaman because an evil spirit possesed you and is now your guardian ghost. Your easily distracted by woman listening to the way you were hitting on my girlfriend."
"Is that all?"
"Oh, and you get really mad when someone does this," then the guy in the cloak flicked Ryu's hair.
"Thats just a rough guess though," said the guy in the cloak.
"ALL RIGHT. THATS IT. NOBODY , BUT NOBODY TOUCHES MY PERFECTLY SCUPTED DO!!!!!" shouted Ryu. "LETS TAKE THIS OUTSIDE SHALL WE!" 
"I don't waste my time with losers like you," said the guy in the cloak.
Then Ryu said "Whats wrong. Chicken. Afraid I'll whoop you butt infront of all these people,"
The guy clinched his fist.Then some other guy said " Ooo he just hit the red button."
   *****
They both went outside to fight. The guy took off his cloak and Ryu put Tokageroh into his sword.
"Hey, I reconize that guy. He's Taku Musaki. He's a shaman who has won four martial art tournaments. He disappeared three years ago though. No one knows why," said Yoh.
Ryu started swinging his sword at Taku but he easily dodged out of the way of every swing.
Ryu thusted his sword at Taku but he flipped over Ryu then kicked him into a wall. Ryu charged back at him only to be uppercut into the air then punch right back down.Ryu got back up and was hit right between the eyes then knock him out. Taku eyes were red like an erupting volcano and was about to finish Ryu off but then his girlfriend stepped in to stop the fight.
"Stop Taku!" she proclaimed.
"Ayumi. What was I doing? Don't tell me I kicked that poor guy's butt?"
"His stomach actally,"
Taku started holding his waists in pain.
"It's the curse again," said Taku in serious pain.
   *****
Back in Sylva's cafe, Taku explained that the only reason he got so mad was because he was put under a curse three years ago. By none other than Hao. He got some of his lackys to destroy his village and they killed his best friend. Then Hao came along and cursed Taku.
"Hey Ryu, no hard feelings about earlier. The guy at the counter gave me the wrong change then you were hitting on Ayumi and I got really mad. You see the curse gets me really mad then makes me wanna fight and then after my energy is exausted," said Taku apoilagising.
"Let me intruduce you to my team," Taku began
 "You know me Taku and this is my guardian ghost Leo the earth lion spirit," then some guy with spiky red hair appeared.
"This is Pyroshi and his guardian ghost Fume the fire dragon spirit," Then another guy with a robe and long blue hair appeared.
"This is Takakura and his guardian ghost Hydros the water manta ray spirit. Last but not least Ichiro and his guardian ghost Falco the wind falcon spirit," Taku said pointing to a guy with a tunic and blonde hair.
"And we're team silver four." they all shouted at the same time.
"Howz it goin guys, I'm Yoh this is Manta, Ryu, Anna and Foust." said Yoh introducing us.
"So why are you guys in the tournament?" asked Ryu.
"To realese the power of the elements into the world," answered Taku.
"Why?"
"So the world will stop declining and return to a golden age of prosperity. No more infertile land, no more droughts. Man will have control of the elements," proclaimed Taku.
“Yeah. Anyway, I’m sorry I was hitting on your girlfriend,” apolligized Ryu.
“Thats ok man. You probably wouldn’t want her. She takes training way to seriously. In my leisuse time I end up kicking some guys butt cause he gets me mad. I have no time for fun,” said Taku.
Ayumi hit Taku across the head.
“I do not take training seriously. For that you can run another 200miles tonight. I also found a brick wall you can smash with your bear hands,” said Ayumi.
“I like your style,” said Anna.
*****
 Just when Ayumi and Anna got into a conversatsion on cruel training technices Taku’s oracle bell began to ring.
“Team Flamer. Judging by their name I’d say they use fire spirits and looking at how plain it is I’d say they are not very creative and use weapons like hammers and clubs and have a basic plan of smashy smashy. Oh and have a thing against tall people. Thats just a guess though,” explained Taku.
“Do you always base opponent analysis on guesses?” asked Anna.
“It got me this far didn’t it,” Taku replied.
“Thats pretty impressive,” said Yoh.
 I looked at Taku in shock “You mean to tell me you guessed every opponent and guessed right?!”
“Well all but 2,” said Taku all smug.
“Yeah, it’s true. Guess them all but 2,” said Ichiro.
   *****
Then the next day we all went to see Taku’s team fight.
“Todays shaman fight, team silver four vs team Flamer,” Called out Sylva.
Team Flamer were three guys with fire spirits. 2 of them had hammers and one of them had a club, just like Taku guessed. Taku’s team also had Ichiro and Takakura in it.
“Leo, into the gaia orb!” yelled out Taku. Then Ichiro and Takaura put their spirits into 2 orbs of their own and suddenly a big knight with lions for fists, a giant eagle with wings growing out of his head and a giant metal guy with ice fists and an ice staff.
“Those ghosts are nothing compared to our spirits. OK boys, lets go,” said the guy with the club. Then this giant monster appeared with a dragon, pheonix and a fox head and one dragon wing and one bird wing, fox legs. A dragon claw and a bird talon. They all started fighting. 
“Alright, you’re goin down now.” said one of the guys with the hammer. Then the guy yelled out “FIRE GUN!!” then the monster shot huge fire balls at Taku knocking him into the mountain side. Rocks fell down on top of him. The other 2 were holding up well until Ichiro’s spirit control was broken. He took refuge on Hydros’s shoulder. When all hope was lost Taku leaped out from under the rocks and  landed on Hydros’s shoulder next to Ichiro and Takaura.
“Hey guys, did you miss me.” he started to say. “I have a plan to beat these guys, but  Ichiro, I’m gonna need the rest of your furyoku and Falco.”
“What do you need them for?” asked Ichiro.
“I’m gonna use spirit unity with Falco and spirit control with Leo. Takaura, I need you to get Hydros to throw me directly at the monster.”
“THATS MADNESS. YOU’LL NEVER SURVIVE,” protested Takaura.
“Thats what you said the last 2 times, and I’m still here aren’t I.”
“I guess I can’t talk you out of it.”
Hydros launched Taku at the monster. About a second later a fire ball knoked out Takaura and it was all up to Taku’s plan. A ton of fire balls were being launched at him but Taku was moving to fast to be hit. Suddenly Taku hit the monster and it were struck by lightning and the ground collapsed around it. All three of them were knocked out and Taku had won.
    ******
“WE CAME, WE SAW, WE KICKED SOME ASS!” yelled Taku.
It was back in Sylva’s cafe and Taku was unwinding after the fight.
“Wow. Your Taku the martail arts champian. Aren’t you?” asked some of Lees.
“We didn’t see you last battle but we heard you won. How did the battle go down?” asked Sharona.
“Picture this ladies, it was the middle of the battle, I was launched at this three headed fire monster, I knew there was no turnin back.There was no help from Takaura. The sound of the guns, the beatin in my heart, tore me apart, and I thought what can I do...Then I summond all of my furyoku into one final attack. It was... thunder struck!” bragged Taku.
Then Ayumi cracked him over the head and dragged him away. 
“I’m sorry. I won’t do it again,” appoligised Taku.
“Does this mean we don’t get ice cream?” asked Pyroshi.
“Get what you want, I can’t taste or feel anything thanks to the curse. Hell get spicy chicken for all I care,” said Taku.
    *******
Later, Yoh, Taku and I were hanging around the village. 
I asked Taku “Where are you from Taku?”
“In a small village of shaman down south. It’s loaded with elemental spirits,” answered Taku.
“Is that where you met Ayumi?”
“Yup.”
“How is it you got cursed?”
“Three years ago, a shaman named Chaosarte, a mask warlock. One of Hao’s lackys. He came to convince some powerful shaman to join Hao’s team. My father among them. When they refused he destroyed them. Me and my friend Syaoran managed to hold him off before he destroyed the elders. Then he unleashed his four guardian ghosts, Kajiro the red sparrow. Yasonaka the green turtle. Mutasha the white tiger and tosageko the blue dragon. They obliterated Syaoran. Pyroshi, Takaura and Ichiro stepped in just in time to save me. If I could only have...anyway Hao stepped in to save Chaosarte and curse me. It gives me power when I get angry. But I can’t feel or taste anything and get exausted when I battle with the anger of the curse,” explained Taku.
“So you can’t even...taste triple cheese burgers, thats really sad,” said Yoh beginning to cry.
I asked Taku curiously “Whats a mask warlock?”
“They’re shaman who use the land around them to create monsters by placing furyoku in masks. My friend Syaoran was one only he used the elements. He had a spirit for each element,” he answerd.
     ******
Later on we ran into Ren.
“Hey Ren, this is Taku,” Yoh said.
“Renny, long time no see. Howz it goin,” said Taku.
“No. NOT YOU. Stay back. I’m warning you,” Ren yelled scared.
“Do you guys know each other?” I asked.
“We fought  in the first round. I may have gone a bit hard on him,” Taku answered.
“He was like a storm. Powerful of rage,” Ren said scared.
“I was under a friggin curse, gimme a break will ya. I’m really a nice guy,” Taku explained.
Just then Taku’s oracle bell started ringing.
“Lets see, team...? No, not them, not him,” Taku said scared.
“Who is it,” I asked.
“Team Majora. Caosarte’s team. I gotta go,” he said and then left in a hurry.
     ******
A few days had past and we hadn’t seen Taku or the rest of his team. Me and Yoh saw Ayumi in Sylva’s cafe.
“Hey Ayumi. I havn’t seen Taku in a while. Do you know where he is,” I asked. She replied “He has been training. Please exuse me I must be going.”
  *******
Meanwhile, Taku’s team were training in the desert outside the village.
“Come on guys. We need to get this right. It’s a four shaman aside match. We only stand a chance if we get this right. Now lets try this again,” Taku said.
“What about your silver spirit cannon?” asked Ichiro.
“I’ve almost got it right. I just need more time,” replied Taku.
We watched them stand in a cross back to back. Then they put their spirits into orbs turned around and fused the orbs together. Then this giant spirit rose from the middle of them. It had a dragon shaped helm, wings like an eagle, a body like Takaura’s ghost, aface like Taku’s ghost, huge metal fists with spikes and a kwan dao.
They all yelled “ GOLDEN SUN BLAST!!” and the spirit raised his arms into the air and created this giant ball of energy and blasted it towards a mountain and blew it right off the map.
   *****
Later on Taku told us that they were  summonning the golden warrior. Something that hasn’t been done in 300 years. If they can summon it during the fight they might stand a chance. But all of them must be in perfect syncrony. Just as we ordered a round of milkshakes, team Flamer’s leader walked in.
“You, Taku. You were not supposed to win,” he said in a deep voice. He raised his club to Taku’s face. Then some other guy who looked sort of like Taku but paler and a different hair do.    
“Settle down now Guntz. You lost. Get over it. I However, I am intreaged by the power of this Taku. I wish to test his power,” he began to say. “I, Hanzou Shudas challenge you to a one on one fight. Do you accept? If you should decline let it be known that Taku is scared of a simple challenge,”
Just then Taku’s eyes shoot over at Hanzou. Hanzou then said “That your girlfriend?” he said pointing at Ayumi. “She would me much better off me.”
Taku then got up from his chair getting angry. He said “ Shall we step outside then.”
He pulled out his silver guantlets and put them on. They both stepped outside, we all followed. Hanzou put a fire spirit into a sword,Taku didn’t do anything with his spirit. Then they both started fighting. Hanzou began thrusting and slashing but Taku dodged  every attack. Hanzou’s sword hit on Taku’s guantlets. Then Hanzou said “You don’t need to worry. When your girlfriend dumps you for losing, I’ll take good care of her.”
Then Taku snapped and his eyes started glowing red. Then he hooked Hanzou, upercut him then punched him dead in the face. Hanzou swung his sword to have it broken in two by Taku’s fist. Taku then blasted him into the wall with a powerful punch. Then Hanzou said “Impossible. You didn’t even use spirit control, not even spirit unity. How did you beat me without the help of your guardian ghost?”
Taku was holding his side in pain. Then Hanzou drew another sword on ran towards Taku to strike while he was weak but Ryu stepped in to stop him.
“You don’t know when your beat, do you? Where I come from we never strike a wounded man,” said Ryu blocking Hanzou’s blow. Then he dulap attacked him. Hanzou got up and said “Your power is stong Taku. I won’t forget this. Come on Guntz. Lets go,” then he walked away. 
“We would have beaten them if they weren’t so tall boss,” said Guntz.
 We went back into Sylva’s cafe so Taku could get back his energy. “I need some music to calm me down. Silva, number 16 on the Juke box,” he said. Then Silva said “Got ya.”
Suddenly this loud rock music came on. “TNT. I’m Dynamyte. TNT But I Win The Fight. TNT I’m A Power Load. TNT Just Watch Me EXPLODE!!!!!” it blared. 
“That calms you down?” I asked.
   *****
The next day we went to Doby Colloseum to watch Taku’s match. Chaosarte wasn’t in his team though. The fight began and Taku’s team summond the Golden Warrior right away. Caosarte’s team summond this huge thing with a turtle shell, a dragon head, bird wings and tiger claws. They called it Majora’s incarnation. They started fighting. Majora and The golden warrior raised their arms and summond these huge energy balls. Team Majora called their attack the death moon and Taku’s team called theirs the golden sun blast. They both fired them at each other. Then there was this huge explosion and it looked like they were both destroyed but then the Golden warrior appeared and slashed Majora with his kwan dao destroying him completely.
“They did it, they deafeted Chaosarte’s team,” I yelled. 
But Ayumi was nowhere to be seen. We met up with Taku and told him that Ayumi had dissapeared. Just after we told him this guy in a cloak and a skull mask appeared. He said “Taku, that was quite a fight. I didn’t think you would beat my top four students and my guardian ghosts. In fact you’ve gotten so strong I wish to test how strong you have gotten.”
“No dice Chaosarte,” Taku replied.
“I assumed you would say that so I kiddnapped Ayumi. We shall battle in the desert tonight. I will see you at sunset,” then he vanished in a shroud of smoke.
   ******
Taku ran for the desert his eyes glowing red. He had spirit control on his guantlets ready for a fight. The rest of his team behind him also with spirit control at the ready. 
They made it to chaosarte. He said to them “We meet again Taku. You know I never thought you’d make it this far. Especially with such second rate shaman on your team.”
“SECOND RATE!” Takaura said getting mad. Chaosarte then said “Look at them. They are such wimps.”
“WIMPS?!” Ichiro said getting really mad. Then Chaosarte said “I never thought they had the mental capacity to pull of something like the golden warrior.”
“MENTAL CAPac...WHAT HE SAID.” Pyroshi said really really mad.
“I can’t fight all of you. I only wish to fight Taku anyway. I have a few friends you can fight though.”
Chaosarte then threw tons of masks all over the desert. Then all these  guys made from sand rose up and started to fight Taku’s team while he started fighting Chaosarte. A while into the fight Yoh and Ryu came in to help fight the sand guys.
“Hey guys we’re here to help,” said Yoh.
“What took you?” asked Ichiro.
There was too many for them to handle.
“No matter how many times we beat them they keep coming back,” complained Ryu.
He then smacked his sword on one of their masks shattering it. The monster then went back into sand and didn’t come back.
“Hey guys, just smash their masks and thats them gone,” said Ryu
Meanwhile Taku and Chaosarte were in a serious battle.
“Come on Taku. Lets see some rage. Ayumi’s life is at risk. If you’re not going to give it all you’ve got I might aswell finish her off,” he teased. 
 Then Taku exploded with anger. His furyoku turned black and a strange dark aura surronded him. Yoh and the gang finished off the masked guys and saved Ayumi who was tied up somewhere. We saved her quickly while Chaosarte wasn’t looking. Taku smacked Chaosarte miles away and was about to finish him off when Marcus and Lyserg appeared and where about to do it for him when he dissapeared. So when they saw how evil looking Taku got the decided to get him instead.
“You with the dark aura. All evil must be destroyed. Lyserg, this is your chance to prove yourself,” said Marcus.
“I will prove myself,” Lyserg said determind. 
 He pulled out one of those fancy X-Law gun things and shot Taku right before he was about to attack us.
  *****
Lyserg hit Taku directly and knoked him to the ground. Which was weird because most people shot by an X-Law gun would be destroyed. Taku got up and his spirit control was broken and the dark aura and stuff were gone. 
 Then he said “So it’s a fight you want then green hair. Well then, Leo, into the gauntlets,” but nothing happend. 
“Whats wrong? Where is Leo?”
“Leo has been sent to the netherworld. And thats where your going now!” yelled Lyserg.
He then shot Taku but before the shot hit him something flashed in front of him and yelled
“I don’t think so!”  

To be Continued.....