Man, it's passed 2am where I am & I just can't find it in myself to stop right now. Well, here's the next Chapter of my story so enjoy. Just so you know though, I haven't the slightest clue as to how many chapters this is gonna be, but it's probably gonna be quite a few fellow readers & fanfic writers.

Ch: 2

Late into the night, everyone seemed to be sound asleep. Even the lovely(more like annoying) sound of Yoh & Ryu's snoring could be heard throughout the Asakura residence. As they all slept, a certain light blue spiky haired teen had woken up with a big yawn & growling stomach. He slowly crawled out from under the small part of the sheets that covered only a single leg since he had been sprawled out on his mat, he sleepily rose up onto his feet & shuffled out of the room he was staying in to go to the kitchen to get himself a midnight snack. As he made his way down the halls though, he came to an abrupt stop & peeked into the room that the young new addition to their group was staying for the night. He saw Cerebus in his flame form sound asleep & floating in the air at the girl's bedside. Yes, even the flame had three heads.

Trey glanced out of the room & made sure that knowone was around before he quietly slipped inside the room, making his way towards the girl's side. As he knelt down next to her, he stared at her calm expression while she slept soundly on her left side. The older teen glanced over at Cerebus, who was still sound asleep & on the opposite side he was on with the owner of the spirit having their back facing them. The boy finally brought his gaze back down towards the young girl before him & soon found himself reaching out with a hand, gently brushing her spiked bangs out of her face. It wasn't long before he realized that he was blushing a bit at the sight of her & he quickly, but quietly rose up onto his feet, leaving the room.

The older Shaman shook his head violently at this, trying to get whatever thoughts he had on the girl out of there. "Damn...Dude, what the heck is wrong with me? I only just met the girl hours ago & already I'm finding my face heating up. Man, this is crazy. Ugh, maybe it's just cause I'm tired...It is like the middle of the night so that could be it...Yeah, that's gotta be it. I mean, what other reason could there be, right? There's no way that I'm starting to like the girl. I barely even know her." As Trey came up with this so called logical explanation, he arrived into the kitchen & got himself a snack before heading on back to his room for the remainder of the night.

When dawn showed itself, taking away the night, Anna had been the first to wake up with Len soon after to get ready for the day & to pack what they would need on their journey as well. When breakfast was almost done, Len had been given the pleasure of waking everyone up, which he was displeased with being given orders to by Yoh's fiancee, but was nonetheless pleased with the opportunity to wake the others up. He first arrived in Trey's room first since his had been the closest & he also happened to be the object of Len's torture the most. The youngest of the Tao Family gripped his Kwan Dao even tighter as a smirk appeared on his lips.

"Time to wake up you lazy bum!!" Soon a loud frantic scream along with a crashing sound was heard from Trey's room causing the others to jolt awake. Well, everyone except for Yoh, who just slowly & groggily sat up as he yawned & rubbed his right eye to try & get rid of the sleep that lingered in the corners. "Huh?...What's going on?" Yoh released another big yawn, one that formed tears in the corners of his eyes as he slowly rose up onto his feet & made his way out of his own room & towards the direction where the bloodcurdling scream & the crash came from. Ryu had also gone to find out as did Manta & Kichi.

When they arrived, they saw Trey sitting up with his back & hands pressed against the wall & a wide eyed, panicked look on his face. He also looked a bit pale too. Their attention then stopped onto the source of this & found that it was none other than Tao Len himself. He had that smirk still playing on his lips, his yellow eyes narrowed, & the blade of his weapon halfway into the floor with the mat that was - correction, used to be - Trey Racer's bed where he had slept only seconds ago & had almost been made into sushi. Yoh shook his head at this & stared at Len with still a sleepy look on his face. "Lenny, couldn't you have woken him up a different way? One that doesn't involve giving our friend a near about heart attack or almost the loss of a limb?"

Len chuckled at this statement & closed his eyes gently as he straightened himself up, pulling the blade of his weapon out of the floor. "Now where is the fun in that Yoh? I'd rather wake him up this way as it's much more enjoyable because then I get to see the scared look on his face...Besides, it makes him wide awake now so I say that I've completed my chore for the day to wake all of you up...Now hurry up or you'll miss out on breakfast." Len then walked on passed them & out of the room.

Ryu shivered slightly at this. "Master Yoh, I would not want Len to ever wake me up like that. I would be sushi for sure." Yoh smiled & laughed a bit at this. "Yeah, Trey would've been sushi if he didn't have such fast reflexes. Anyways, lets get us some breakfast now." Yoh then shoved his hands into his pants pockets & casually made his way down the hall to get to the kitchen with Ryu, Amidamaru, & Tokagero right with them as well.

Kichi had remained behind & let out a tired yawn as she crossed her arms & leaned her side up against the door frame while she stared at the slowly calming down snowboarder fanatic. "Well, that was certainly an unnecessary wake up call if you ask me...Didn't know you screamed like a girl though Trey. Heh. That was rather amusing actually." Trey finally managed to snap out of it completely & he blushed slightly at this. "I-I don't scream like a girl!" Kichi spied the light pink tint to his cheeks & couldn't help but snicker a bit. "Ya know, I was just kidding. Didn't think I'd make ya blush with that comment though."

Trey shook his head, forcing back the blush & quickly got up onto his feet. "I wasn't blushing! You don't know what you're talking about!" This merely made the girl snicker again as she pushed herself off of the door frame. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say Trey." Kichi then turned around & walked off with the floating flame form of Cerebus right at her side just above her to the right. Trey grumbled under his breath & shoved his hands into his pockets as he followed with Kororo floating right above him to his left while holding her left above her head like an umbrella.

Breakfast had been filled with teasing, laughter, & of course the ever popular arguing. When the meal was finished, everyone that hadn't packed what they would need for their long trip, went to do so. After about an hour had passed, everyone was dressed, packed, & ready to go. All of them each had a goal set as they once again set out to head for the airport to board the Patch Plane that would lead them once more to America & dump them all off in the middle of knowhere to make the Shaman who have entered the fight to find their way to Dobi Village within two months time. Will Yoh & his companions make it in time again or will they actually fail?

To be Continued.

Well, there's chapter 2 my friends. Hope you enjoyed it. Just to clear things up though, Anna goes with them from the start this time, but Manta actually agrees to remain behind since he really didn't want to go through any of the events that he went through last time. Anyways, chapter 3 will be put up soon...More than likely later on today along with possibly 4, 5, & maybe even 6. Thank you for reading & I hope to receive your reviews on how it is so far. Later!