A bright light surrounded the area as Yoh finished his fight with Hao. They´ve come a long way to the end of the Shaman Tournament and now it finally was over.

"Did we..Did he...?" Horo sobbered from the ground where he was sitting. Ryu ran to check if Lyzerg was ok and Ren walked next to Horo and reached his hand to him and pulled him up. "You ok?" He asked. Horo nodded and a small smile came to his lips. "I think he did it." He told. Ren smirked and nodded.

"Yoh?" Ren walked next to Yoh who was sitting on the ground next to Anna and breathing heavily.

"Yeah, I´m fine." Yoh said. Then he stood up, turned and flashed that smile of his that made everything bad go away.
They had won.

"But what happened to Hao?" Choco asked as he walked next to Yoh and Ren.

They looked around them seeing nothing. "I guess he vanished." Horo said. "No one can vanish into a thin air you dope." Ren insulted him. "Hey watch it shorty, we saved your life!" Horo argued back. "Cut it out you two." Lyzerg said smiling. He really was happy that he had his revenge.

"Yeah, but you really can´t see him anywhere." Ryu said. Now Yoh looked around somehow getting worried.

"Where is he?" He asked quietly.

Then he saw him.
Hao was lying on the ground behind a tree so it was hard to see him.

"Hao..." Yoh whispered and ran to him. "Yoh?!" Ryu shouted after him and started running as did the rest of them.

Yoh kneeled next to his brother and picked his head to his lap. "Hao?" Yoh tried to shake him. Hao looked so vulnerable and weak. He was covered with mud, cuts and bruises and his own blood. Yoh tried to wake him once more, but without results.
"Yoh, just leave him." Ren told him, not wanting to believe that Yoh was actually worried about Hao. "Yeah, buddy." Horo said.

Anna glanced at her fiancée. "Yoh. You beat him fair and square so let´s get going. Let the counsil take care of him." She said

Suddenly they heard a small whimper coming from Yoh´s lap. They turned to look the evil twin and saw that he was breathing heavily and frowning.

"Hao? Hao, are you ok?" Yoh asked. Hao opened his eyes a little and couched painly. "Y..Yoh...?" He breathed and passed out.

"We have to take him back home!" Yoh said clearly panicking. "Yoh, what´s with you!? Leave him!" Lyzerg said getting angrier by the second. Why would Yoh want to save the enemy that they had tried so hard to fight against.

"I don´t know, but somehow I can´t just leave him here!" Yoh said his eyes watering. Or maybe it was the rain that had started falling down from the dark sky.

Ren sighed and pulled Hao away from Yoh and glanced at Ryu. "So?" He asked. "What are you waiting for?"
Ryu knew what he was refering to and he obeyed thinking that Yoh knows what he´s doing.

They rushed back to the village and treated Hao´s major wounds and soon after they took one of Ren´s planes and headed back home.

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Back at the inn, Ryu carried the unconscious shaman to one of the room and laid him on the futon that Anna had placed on the floor.

"So now what?" He asked. Yoh shrugged his shoulders. "I guess we should treat the other wound too." Anna said. Everyone looked at her suprised. Anna was the last person they would imagine to say things like that about the enemy. Yoh still smiled, happy that she had accepted his choice.
Anna pushed the boys out of the room while she and Tamao cleaned and wrapped Hao´s cuts.

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It wasn´t until after midnight that Hao decided to woke up.

"Wh..What...?" He stuttered. "Where...? Why is it so dark?" Hao slowly stood up and blinked his eyes. Still dark. "Is it night?" He started walking straight ahead scared of what was ahead of him.

"Where am I...!?" Hao was starting to panic so he didn´t noticed stairs infront of him and fell down.

Hao tried to lift himself up again, but it hurt too much to do it so he laid down on the floor of someone´s house.

"Please...Help..."

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In the morning Yoh was about to walk downstairs when he remembered his twin that was sleeping the next room, so he decided to check on him.

When Hao wasn´t in his room, Yoh got scared and thought that maybe he already left, so he rushed to the stairs, but at the top of the stairs he saw Hao lying on the ground.
"H..Hao...!" Yoh gasped and quickly came down and to help his brother.

Yoh picked him up to his lap and shaked him gently so his wounds wouldn´t reopen. "Hey, you ok?" He asked worried.

Hao oppened his eyes slowly. A smile came to Yoh´s face. "How´re you feeling?" He asked. Hao looked at Yoh´s direction, but Yoh could´ve sworn that Hao wasn´t looking directly to his face.

"Hao?" Yoh tried again.

"Yoh." Anna´s voice came from the top of the stairs. She had heard Yoh´s shout. "Anna, there´s something wrong." Yoh whispered.

Anna frowned and came down also and looked at Hao. She gasped. She would´ve never imagine that Hao would look so scared and hurt, but there was the proof.

Anna raised her hand to touch Hao´s forehead, but as she did so, Hao quickly moved away. wincing while he did. "D..Don´t..." He sobbered. Anna´s frown deepened. Hao had been calm before she touched him, but after she did...

"Hao." She said. "What time of the day is it?" She asked. Yoh was confused by this question, but guessed that Anna had a point.

"N..Night...?" Hao said his voice barely above a whisper. "As I thought." Anna said and stood up. "What?" Yoh asked. Anna sighed. "He can´t see."

Yoh gasped. "You...You mean he´s...blind?" Anna nodded. "I guess it was from the battle..."

Yoh turned to look his brother who had just realized his blindness himself. Hao bend his head down, but still Yoh and Anna could see his falling tears.

"Why is Hao like this? He never would be scared like a child! Did he hit his head or something? Or maybe it´s because the blindness..." Yoh thought.

"Well, let´s get you something to eat." Yoh smiled to Hao, even though he knew he couldn´t see it.

Hao looked up not knowing exactly where. He heard footsteps coming for his direction and he tensed up. "Don´t worry, it´s ok. You´ll be fine." He heard his twin say. Somehow he felt relieved.

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"Morning." Horo said as he entered the dining room yawning. He rubbed his eyes and saw that everyone else where sitting by the table eating.
"Man, I´m really the last one up." He mumbled. "Hope you saved something for me." "Now, whatever gave you that idea?" Ren said calmly. "Stuff it you..you..you..." Horo had troubles thinking a good insult to toss back at Ren. "Don´t strain your brain." Ren said smirking. "Why you...!" Horo growled. "Shut up both of you." Anna said. Horo sighed and sat down. Then he noticed that Hao was sitting next to Yoh. "Oh yeah, I´ve forgot about him..."

Everyone ate in silence that was making Hao more bothered that he already was.
"Yoh." Lyzerg started to break the silence. "Yeah? What is it Lyzerg?" Yoh asked and turned to look his friend.

"Why exactly is he here?" Lyzerg asked. Hao flinched. He could hear the venom in the boy´s voice. No wonder. After all, he did kill his parents.

"We can give him a chance, Lyzerg." Yoh said. Hao gasped soflty. Yoh really wanted to trust him? To be his friend?

"What the hell are you talking about!?" Lyzerg yelled and slammed his fists to the table while standing up. "Are you honestly saying that you want that monster to be here!? To live with us!?" Now Yoh was starting to get annoyed. He started to talk back at Lyzerg, but Hao didn´t hear it. All he heard, was the word that Lyzerg had said.

"Monster"

"Listen lyzerg, it´s my decision who lives here and who doesn´t! If I want to give him a chance then I will!" Yoh shouted. The reast of the gang was getting scared at Yoh´s shouting. He never shouted. Not to his friends.

"Well sure it´s easy for you to say, your parents weren´t murdered by him!" Lyzerg defended.

Hao have had enough. He stood up and started walking fast to the door. (Yoh had escorted him to the room so he remembered where the door was.)

"Hao?" Yoh asked. "Hao, watch out for...!" Too late. Hao had already bumbed hardly against the wall and fell down.

Yoh was immediately by his side helping him up. "You ok?" He asked. Hao sniffed. Yoh noticed that once again, he was crying. "Why..?" He asked. "Huh? Why what?" Yoh asked confused. "Why do force yourself to be with me...? To...*snif* To be nice to me...?" Hao asked his voice breaking.

Yoh sighed. "Hao...You´ve changed somehow...The battle between us..." Yoh said. "Do you remember hitting your head or something?" He asked. Hao shaked his head. "No, but...somehow I feel...weaker and...empty...My team left...and Opacho...I don´t know!" Hao cried. Yoh didn´t know anything else to so he wrapped his arms around Hao´s shoulders and pulled him into a hug. He heard Hao gasping. "Don´t worry brother. You´re safe now." Yoh said.

Hao calmed down a little.

"I´m going." Lyzerg said. "Lyzerg..." Ryu tried to stop him. "No, I won´t stay anywhere near him." That was the last thing they heard from him before he rushed out of the inn.

"Well it´s not like we need him anymore." Horo said half jokingly, subconsciously wanting Hao to feel better. Ren nodded slowly. "If he has problems with us, he shouldn´t be here." He said.

Yoh looked at his two friends and smiled. "Thanks you guys." He said. "Okay Hao let´s get you up."

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AN: Okay the first chapter is done. How was it? This is actually an old story of mine that used to be on , but I decided to rewrite it. Hope you´ll leave a review! And thanks for reading!