DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SK!!! BUMMER.

Chapter 3: Only a dream?

"SAGA! WHERE ARE YOU?" An angry Ai shouted throughout the place. The whole place is magical and ethereal. The floors are made of clouds ad golden columns surround the place. The walls are tinge with sky-blue tone. The furniture like tables and chairs are all made of white clouds. There is a narrow hallway full of doors with different colors could be found at the left side of the room. Each door is assigned to each spirit where they decide the fate and lives of humans are planned and created. For instance, the baby blue door is where the future babies are kept but we are not talking about what are the rest of the doors about. Maybe someday but for now, let's look at the Spirits, especially the enrage Spirit of Love, at the main hall. People dressed in different styles like Miko clothes, Roman gowns, are lazing around, reading, watching the people on earth through their mirror, or having the time of their life. They just ignored the enrage Ai as if it happened everyday which is true.

"Ai, stop shouting." A man wearing a traditional shaman clothes with Indian markings on it said calmly. He has a short messy blond hair and maroon eyes.

"Where…Is…That…Woman…" Ai said each word slowly with anger.

"She said she's going to take care of something important." The man said calmly. Ai just glared at the man.

"Nori, when you find her could you please tie her up on a tree with…with…worms and rats?" Ai said with murder in her eyes.

"Is that the best you could do, little sister? You should do better because, we Spirits are immortal," an amused voice said behind Ai. Ai's eyes widen while Nori just laughed nervously. Slowly, Ai turned around to face her sister, Saga. "Hello." Saga said brightly.

"YOU!" it is all that Ai could say before she launches herself on top of Saga and squeeze her neck.

"No…ri…help!" Saga said helplessly until her eyes turned into swirls. Nori decides to stop both of them by pulling Ai from Saga. "Thanks." Saga said while massaging her neck.

"Please give me patience." Nori prayed silently to himself. "Both of you stop acting like little girls and fix this up like mature Great Spirits." He said sternly to both girls.

Saga was brushing off her dress when she noticed that the orange choker she wore on her chest has a tiny crack on it. "Oh no, this is bad."

"Whose memory gem that is?" Nori asked sternly while holding a now calm Ai in his arms.

"I guess I should explain everything to you. When you told me of your plan I started to see some flaws it will do to everyone's lives. So I made some changes about it but then I realize how hard it would be because of those two so I made plans about what to do to them. Keeping Yoh's memory is one of the step I made but now…" Saga looked at the choker with despair. Ai's eyebrow lifts as she looked at Saga closely. Suddenly Ai laughed loudly. Nori let her go confused at the scene that enfolds in front of him as she went happily and embrace Saga.

"You should have told me earlier about this. You never know how you made my job a lot easier. Now I have a plan…" Ai said but Saga interrupted her.

"But Yoh's memory…" Saga said

"Will be fine as long as you help me with my plan." Saga seems to read her mind because she too smiled a little. Both of them went along creating plans that would determine the fate of everyone.

"Sometimes I wonder if those two are really sane." He turned around only to stop by a baby with messy blond hair and black eyes at his feet playing with his robes. Nori picked the baby up and smiled at him. "You little rascal. You sneak away from Akane again." The baby just gurgled happily at him as he pulled Nori's cheeks. "Well young man, let's get you back from where you came from but from everything that is happening right now, your stay here will be lengthen"

Darkness surrounds me as I ran to nowhere. Everywhere I look there is not a single light that I see. Where am I? Why am I here? Where is everybody? Amidamaru appeared in front of me looking sad. "Yoh-dono, why did you do that?" he said to me.

"What?" I asked him. What's going on in here? Suddenly a giant white eagle pass by me and Amidamaru is gone. Instead Anna stood there looking at me with nothing but hate and anger in her eyes.

"I hope you're happy with your wish." She said with anger in her voice. Her voice sends chills to my spine and tears my heart out in pain and sadness. I look at the person in front of me more closely to see if she really is Anna. This Anna is different from who I know. The Anna I know always has a light in her eyes no matter how small it may be. Her voice is soft and isn't as cold as this. Wait…wish?

A television screen appeared in front of me. I watched and saw everything that had happened last night.

"…I wish I never met you!"

"No…this can't be." I turned to look at Anna and saw a dark shadow slowly eating her up. I quickly ran to her to help her but she seems to be getting farther away from me until I couldn't see her anymore. A maniacal laugh came after that as I fell deeper and deeper into an abyss.

"MASTER YOH!!!!!" Wails can be heard outside Yoh's room.

"SHUT UP! YOU'RE WAKING YOH UP!!!!" an angry shout said.

"Oh look who's talking. With your shout I bet even the dead could rise." Someone said.

Yoh woke up with all the noise that is happening outside. He saw Faust sitting at his desk writing something at a piece of paper.

"At least I don't shout nonsense as often as you do."

"That's it shark head you're dead!"

"Bring it on Boro-boro!" then sounds like fighting could be heard.

"MASTER YOH!!!!!"

"Oh good you're awake." Faust said to Yoh. Faust went to Yoh's side and checked his temperature.

"What happened?" Yoh asked groggily.

"I put you to sleep after you started acting weird shouting some girl's name…" Yoh's eyes snapped open at what he said.

"I need you to be honest to me…do…do you know a girl named Anna?" Yoh asked slowly to Faust while holding his shirt. There is desperation and fear in his face and his voice. Faust just looked at him worriedly and shook his head. Slowly, Yoh let his hands drop to his lap and bowed his head. "It's all my fault. I should have never made that wish." Yoh said softly until he punched the floor beside him.

When Yoh lifted his bloody hands there is a large hole in the floor beside him. Ryu opened the shoji door forcefully while still tied to a pole and was about to go at Yoh's side when Faust stopped and shook his head sadly. Ren and Horohoro went in to pull Ryu out of the room but they stopped on their track when they noticed how quiet everyone is. Ryu, Horohoro, and Ren all turned to look at Yoh and quickly understood everything. All of them left the room quietly. Once Yoh is alone he gave a weak sigh and called Amidamaru.

"Yoh-dono?" Amidamaru appeared in his ball mode.

"Could you answer a few questions for me? My mind is hazy right now and I seem couldn't remember a few things." Yoh looked up at Amidamaru with a fake smile on his face.

"SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHO IS THIS ANNA? IS YOH GONNA BE OKAY?" Ryu, Ren, Horohoro, and Manta all asked Faust simultaneously. All of them are seated at the round table in the kitchen while Tamao is cooking with Pilica and Eliza.

"Guys, stop pestering Dr. Faust. He will all answer your questions one-by-one." Pirika said with a vein popping in her head.

"By the way, what are you doing in here? I thought you said you are going to stay at the mountains." Pirika just blushed and ignored her fuming brother.

"Humph, that is the best welcome I've ever seen from you Boroboro since you lack manners." Ren said while drinking milk.

"WHO ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION? AS IF YOU COULD GIVE A BEST WELCOME WITH YOUR SHARK HEAD AND ITS HOROHORO YOU IDIOT!" Horohoro shouted to Ren. Ren's hair stood straight when he heard the name shark head.

"Onii-chan, you're embarrassing me." Pirika said as she stood between Ren and Horohoro, who are now glaring daggers at each other.

"Guys, stop this Master Yoh is resting." Ryu said

"Here we go again." Manta said in a bored tone. "I wish someone could stop them."

"You really want me to show you." Ren said who suddenly turned calm.

"I dare you." Horohoro said. Without said, Ren pulled Pirika in his arms and kissed her softly on her lips. Pirika was surprised at what he did that her mind turned blank. She couldn't move because Ren's arms are holding her yet she is glad because if Ren didn't hold her she might faint right now. Meanwhile, Horohoro is burning with anger at what he saw. He was about to kill Ren when Faust injected and made Horohoro fall asleep on the floor with a loud thud.

Both Manta and Ryu stood there with mouths hanging agape. While Tamao and Eliza have dreamy faces. Ren eyes widen when he heard the loud thud. He is frozen in his place blushing very hard while looking at Pirika.

"I…I…I'm sorry!" Ren shouted as he ran outside. Too numb to move she watched as Ren ran away. Slowly tears started to flow in her eyes.

"Why?" With downcast eyes she went back to the kitchen to continue cooking silently.

"Awww…I wish Yoh-kun would do that to me." Tamao said wistfully just then she realizes what she said out loud. She covers her blushing face both her hands and ran out of the room.

Manta heard what she said and looked sadly at the sleeping Horohoro. "Poor guy. He fell for dense woman. Oh well, good thing it wasn't me."

"Ryu could you take Horohoro upstairs?" Faust said to Ryu. Ryu just stood there with his mouth still hanging open. "Oh well, maybe I should take him myself. Eliza darling could you help me?" Eliza smiled at him and picked his mini pouch where he kept his injections while Faust carried Horohoro. Both Faust and Eliza went out of the room smiling at each other leaving Manta, Ryu and Pirika alone in the kitchen.

"WAIT! Faust still hasn't answered our question!" Manta suddenly said and went out of the kitchen running after Faust.

"Wait, Faust already know this…and he said…umm…it is better to ask you…since umm…you know everything…Hehehe." Yoh said to Amidamaru. 'I really hate lying but I have no choice.' Yoh thought to himself. Amidamaru looked at Yoh suspiciously but he let it pass by.

"Are you sure you are okay, Master Yoh? Maybe this dream of yours made you…umm…am…am…amnesiac. Just like Faust-dono said awhile ago." Amidamaru said.

"Do you think so?" Yoh said thinking of the possibility of it.

"Well it's possible because last night you bumped your head on the tree while star-gazing but…you said it didn't hurt at all so, I just ignore it." Yoh slowly touched his forehead and felt a little sting. "Oh look it's starting to bruise!" Amidamaru poked at Yoh's forehead.

"Ow." Yoh gently rub his forehead. 'It hurts…then that means, every memory and time I spent with Anna is just a dream. No…this is just a nightmare where I get hurt physically. That must be it.'

"Sorry, but just as the old people say that if you get hurt it means you are not dreaming. It means you must wakeup and face reality. Well, something about that." Amidamaru said simply.

"Not dreaming…" Yoh said with his shoulders slumped. 'There might be a truth to it but somehow, something inside me still refuse to accept it.'

"Master Yoh, are sure you're okay? You seem down about something." Amidamaru asked worriedly.

"I'm fine." Yoh said devoid of any emotion. "So tell me, what happened to the tournament and who bought this place up?"

"Master Yoh, the tournament is already finished remember." Yoh just gave him a blank look. "Okay, let me start from the beginning where I met you…"

"I remember that. I met you at the cemetery then I met Manta the next day and Ryu then you became my partner. After that Ren came and I ended up in the hospital then…what happened next?" Yoh said in a confused tone.

"Your grandmother came with your cousin." Amidamaru said simply

"Cousin?" Yoh said in a surprised tone. "I thought I don't have any cousin."

"She's from your mother side. She's a miko and her name is Setsuna. She's the one who trained you to become a Shaman King and helped you on your journey by getting Hao's shikagamis and bringing Faust..." Yoh's eyes widen at what Amidamaru had said.

"Just like Anna." Yoh whispered.

"What?" Amidamaru asked.

"Nothing, so where is Setsuna?"

"After the tournament she went back to Izumo and stayed there. Well let me continue my story…" Amidamaru said but Yoh interrupted him.

"No, I think I remember it all now. Thank you." Yoh stood up and went to the bathroom to change. 'It seems to me that Anna is replaced by some cousin of mine whom I never met. Where are you Anna?' Yoh said to himself while looking at the mirror. The bathroom is just small where a shower with curtains on it and a toilet with a sink and a mirror beside it. 'You can't be gone…you can't.'

"Master Yoh?" Amidamaru called outside.

"I'll be out in a minute." Yoh sighed sadly and looked at the mirror. "Everything's is going to be okay." Yoh said and went out of the bathroom with Amidamaru still looking worriedly at him.

"Ahhhhhh!" Tamao shouted as she opened the door. "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to…to…come here Miss Setsuna." The lady in the doorway is wearing a sunglasses and her long black hair is tied in a blue ponytail. She wore a light blue top and white denim flare pants. She has an orange choker in her neck. She just passed Tamao silently.

"Where is my cousin?" the woman said in an annoyed tone. Just then Yoh appeared at the doorway followed by Ren, Ryu, Pirika and Manta.

"What's wrong Tamao? I heard you scream and…who is she?" Yoh asked Tamao. Slowly the lady took her sunglasses off revealing Saga with a smirk on her face.

"Is that a way to greet your cousin?"

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Wow! Finished at last. Cliffhanger isn't it? Well, next chapter will be the blond hair's comeback…oops. Well sorry it took me so long to update this because I still have to look at Anna's background and I still have to look for my picture of that freaking cat. I wonder who is that baby? CAN YOU GUESS?

Kendricks Alashane – She's not gone she just went back to where she came from before she…argh…just read the next chapter.


Jen – wow thanks for e-mailing me. Maybe when I ran out of ideas I could ask you or maybe you could remind me bout the next chapter. Yeah…Yoh made a stupid mistake but…argh…just read the next chapter. Rock on!!

anime-obsession260 – yeah…I wonder what happened to Anna? Hehehe!!!!

Eric – thanks for the review dude!!!

Crazygirl18 – Hahaha…I know…Hey tell Kuya he should start that idea of his bout SM!

Animefreak – hmmm…I wonder too…would be bad or good? Well thanks for the review!

Yohna – well sad to say she did forget but there's a reason for it. Uh oh I told you something about the next chapter. Well anyway I hope you still continue to read it.

Garnet Hime – believe me this will not be the only chapter that will put you on the edge of your seat.

YamiandAnzu4ever – hey I have a question if you don't mind…do you love Yugi Oh because I really love that Anime. Well one of my favorites in fact. Well let's see about what happens.

Koneko-koneko – I read your fics and I tell you I love them. I just forgot send review to the other stories but their great. Especially the part where Anna and Yoh broke up…shucks I forgot the title. Anyway I am so flattered about what you said but you shouldn't envy me because all of the writers in here are great because not all can write a story with dialogues…believe me I've already proven that.