"Why did the Great Spirits fail me...?"

"It can't be..."

"Oh, my beloved Spirit of Fire, I summoned thee because I believed that our joined power can make a world for all shamans..."

"But..., you disgust me!"

Hao seemed to be really upset of what had happened, but he hasn't lost his pride yet.

"... I owe you a lot my dear power spirit, and because of this failure, the pain of depression makes me feel alive again."

A huge fire bloomed around them. Hao and the Spirit of Fire's power were seemed to be increasing.

This is it! I can feel my overwhelming power!

Hao shouted as the flames became much bigger and the whole area almost became a realm of eternal flames. Suddenly,someone walked through the ring of fire and continued to walk towards them. Hao seemed to be surprised that someone could resist his burning flames. When the two mysterious people got nearer, Hao was surprised as though he saw something that could scare him.

"Still having fun Hao?" Mistress Jeanne asked.

"Heh, if it isn't the Iron Maiden... You startled me... So what brought you here?" said Hao as he stood up.

"We're not here to make some foolish conversation with you... And will you please respect our Mistress...?" Marco snarled.

"Oh well, I suppose I should've burned you before so I'll never be wasting my time with the both of you now. I know you're here to stop me, but you both know that you can never beat me. Perhaps, I should say that you're here for some other reasons. Good timing, my Spirit of Fire is hungry." Hao showed his demonic eyes... Mistress Jeanne knows that Hao and the Spirit of Fire had become more powerful. Even so, Jeanne seemed to be in a trance by that time.

"This time, I'll take you down," Jeanne said.

"Impudent fools, you dare to fight me even though you don't have your Shamashu? You're making me laugh."

Mistress Jeanne didn't make any response, but instead, she gazed at Hao's eyes and gave him a mysterious smile...

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Even though the Shaman Fight is over, many shamans stayed at Patch Village because they were all aware that Hao might come back. On the other hand, Yoh and his friends took a long rest and seemed to be pretty calm that Hao would never come back.

"Yoh Asakura... You have shown us the true spirit of a shaman... We have chosen you as the new inheritor of our power... Now come to us."

"Who is it?" Yoh asked. Wondering whose voice was speaking to him.

"We are the Great Spirits. Come to us..."

"Great Spirits? Inheritor? Me?" Yoh wondered as he could see himself in a dark abyss.

"Master Yoh, Master Yoh..."

Yoh woked up and he realized that it was just a dream.

"Master Yoh, you're dreaming," said Ryu.

"It seems that you're stressed out Yoh," said Horohoro.

"Get up there Yoh, we took our meal already," saidChoco Love.

"Oh, you're all awake..."

"Yoh, are you alright? You seemed to be bothered by something," Manta asked.

"... It's nothing." Yoh didn't tell them about his dream. They were all seemed to be fine aside from Ren and Ana.

"Ana... Ren... Don't think too much, everything is going smoothly," Yoh said with his charming voice.

"...But no matter what struggle we do, our strength is still insufficient..." said Ren.

"I can still feel him, even though he doesn't have the power of the Great Spirits, he's still strong, and he's gaining his power..."said Ana.

"I know... But for now, there's nothing to worry about," Yoh said calmly.

"What? Have you forgotten that you were almost killed by Hao?" Ren shrilled.

"I know that..."

"Then how could you say that there's nothing to worry about? You know that Hao might come back anytime!" Ren sneered.

"But we must not let that fact upset us," Yoh muttered.

"I agree, if we can't calm ourselves, then if Hao comes back, we might never beat him again," Lyzerg said.

"There's nothing we can do now but to stay calm and alert," Faust added.

Ren seemed to be relieved from his anger. He realized that Yoh's gentle face and encouraging voice could make everyone agree to him. "He's absolutely different," Ren said to himself.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of their room.

"Who is it?" asked Ana.

"It's me, Shilva".

He seemed to be in a rush to tell them something important as he entered the door.

"Yoh, you have to come with me, it seems that the Great Spirits have chosen their inheritor," Shilva said.

"What do you mean?" asked Yoh.

"You mean Yoh is the chosen one?" wondered Ana.

"I don't know, but the Great Spirits are calling for their inheritor. We must go now".

"Master Yoh, this is what we've been waiting for, we must leave at once," said Ryu.

"You can't be so sure Yoh... We'll see who the real Shaman King is. Don't forget that we're rivals!" Ren said.

Yoh smiled, "Just like before...!"

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"The Great Spirits... They don't seem to be in a way they were before... This is the first time I saw them like this... It seems that they're being devoured by some negative energy... A very strong power indeed... But who could it be?" Goldva wondered as she recalls the past memories of the previous battle of the Shaman fight…

"Is it him...? The former Shaman King...? No, it's impossible..."