Chapter 02

When they arrived at Yoh's house they were greeted by Asakura Yohmei. "Welcome kids! It's good to see you again."

They all nodded, than looked past him, seeing a tomb in progress.

Yoh gave a long sigh, then looked to the elderly man. "Where's Grandma?"

"She decided to take a little trip to the Bahamas." Yoh raised an eyebrow, then looked up at the tomb."So, that's his?" he asked quietly.

His grandfather nodded, than turned to it."It's being filled with furyoku to keep his soul from being reincarnated."

They all watched as three 17 year old shaman filled the onyx monument with magic. One of the boys sighed than began walking away. As he walked pass Yoh he smiled. "His soul will be mine."

Yoh's eyes went wide and he quickly turned to the boy. "What did you say?"
"Huh, what do you mean?"

"You just said..." Yoh was suddenly grabbed by his grandfather.
"Don't mind him, Goku. This is the grandson I told you about. As you can see he's very

imaginative."

Goku stared at Yoh for a moment, than smiled. "Nice to meet you, Yoh!" He than turned around and walked back to the house.

Yohmei waved as the boy left, then he pulled Yoh's bangs. "That kid is a very talented shaman and he lost his parents a while ago, so I don't want you giving him any trouble! You got it!"

Yoh nodded, than looked back at the monument.

"May I put some of my furyoku into it?" Lyserg asked.

Yohmei nodded silently, than Lyserg ran over to it. The elder shaman looked to Yoh. "We were hoping you would contribute some furyoku into it too."

Yoh was silent for a moment, than turned away from him. "No."

The gang looked at him surprised, then Yohmei frowned. "But we need your power to fully seel him. Once he's sealed he can never be reincarnated again!"

Yoh frowned. "You're asking me to condemn my own brother. He wont even be able to cross over and find peace. Did you really think it'd be that easy?" With this he turned away from the group. He began walking away, when Mikihisa ran up and caught his shoulder.

"Yoh, you're not gonna help?"
"No. I refuse to keep a spirit from crossing over." With that, he walked back to the house. Manta followed, but was then grabbed by Yoh's dad.
"Just leave him."
"But, Mikihisa-san..." Mikihisa shook his head, then Manta sighed. "Yoh-kun..."
The door soon swung open and Yoh stepped into his room, only to find Goku. He had

formed a pentagram on the floor and was now chanting. "Goku, what are you..."

Goku walked over and tapped his chest. He became numb, then felt dizzy and dropped to the floor unconscious.

Goku walked over with a knife and faintly cut Yoh's wrist, than began filling a crystal vile with blood. "Now I can track his soul better." He finished filling the vile, than using magic, cauterized the wound. He than lifted the shaman and laid him down in his bed. "Just sleep now."


Yoh found himself floating in darkness again. The dream was pretty much the same as always, except he now felt someone holding him from behind, with their arm around his neck..

"You don't belong in this world. Let yourself go and it wont hurt," a voice said.

Yoh tried to pull away, but the person held him tighter and began choking him.

"Let yourself go..." he repeated, his voice going hypnotic.

Yoh felt himself beginning to forget everything. He couldn't remember his friends, family. Even breath seemed foreign to him. He slowly closed his eyes, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Don't go!" it cried. The figure behind suddenly disappeared as Yoh opened his eyes again, regaining control."Who's... there?" he asked softly.

The tv screens suddenly all shattered and Yoh held his arms up, trying not to be hit be the glass. After a few moments he slowly looked up, then stared in confusion as familiar person approached him. "Hao?"

"Yo!"