"Ronau? Sorna?" said Yoh as soon as he saw the shaman he met in the first round.
"Yep. It's us." said Ronau, and smiled.
"And who's the girl next to you?" asked Yoh, looking at the mysterious girl with them.
"Oh, that's Sorna's sister, Sonna." said Ronau. "She's a shaman too, and a competitor. The three of us are a team, Team Death."
"Team Death?" said Ren.
"Yes. And we're scheduled to fight with Team Asakura. That would be you three, I presume." said Ronau, pointing to Yoh, Ryu and Faust.
"You got it." said Yoh. "So where and when's this fight gonna be?"
"Here and now." said Ronau.
"Are you sure, pal?" said Yoh. "Wouldn't you rather rest before fighting? Eat something? It really wouldn't be fair if we beat you guys when you're not at your maximum."
"You seem to be very confident of your victory." said Ronau. "Well, I'll prove you wrong. Since my battle with Horo, I've ascended to Rei Shaman level 3, and so have the two of them."
"So have we. But tell you what: We'll beat you without becoming Rei Shaman. How about that? That seems fair." said Ren.
"I'd like to see that." said Ronau. "Kinei, Spirit Form! Unity! And now, Rei Shaman level 3!"
Ronau and his team transformed, and attacked Team Asakura. But Yoh, Ryu and Faust were using Sayuro, and easily dodged or blocked each of their attacks. Ronau, Sorna and Sonna kept using very powerful attacks, but they weren't effective. Fifteen minutes later, they were almost completely out of furyoku, and couldn't maintain the Rei Shaman level 3 form. They descended into their normal form. Then Team Asakura transformed into Rei Shaman level 1, and delivered the last attack. They won. Then Yoh heals them, and he and Ronau talk.
"Tell me, Yoh." he said. "How could you fight like that? You weren't even Rei Shaman and yet you avoided all damage from our attacks. You didn't use a spec of your furyoku to attack us, yet you won. How?
"It's a technique I mastered. It's called Sayuro. Unlike the Rei Shaman form, it doesn't focus on power, but on speed, agility, precision, caution and stuff like that. It can be used to defeat much more powerful opponents with little effort."
"But you had the ability to transform into Rei Shaman level 3. Why didn't you just defeat us the old fashioned way?"
"No way. That form takes way too much out of me. I'm suprised you maintained it as long as you did. I can teach you Sayuro, if you like."
"No thanks. It's a good technique, but I prefer to fight normally. Besides, as soon as I reach Rei Shaman level 4, I'll beat you. No wait, I won't, I'm out of the Tournament! Darn!"
"Well, see you later, Ronau." said Yoh.
"Yeah, see ya!"
"Tsk tsk. Ah, Yoh. Only in the future a few days and you're already making friends." said Hao.
"You. What do you want? To fight me? Well, I'm ready. "
"Don't worry, little brother. We will fight. Sooner than you think. For now, I just want to wish you good luck."
"Keep your luck to yourself. You're gonna need it." said Yoh with the same confidence his brother had.
And with that, Hao dissapeared.