"Your lucky I came in time to help you Yoh."

"Yeah, I know Ren. If you didn't show up and distract the Naka-Oni with the Spirit of Thunder, I don't know what would of happened to us."

"Hmp, If I didn't know better I'd say you've gotten weak in the past year."

"Heh, Heh,"

Yoh was sitting outside of Anna's door to her room talking to Ren and HoroHoro.

"Naka-Oni…I've never heard of that before, what is it?" HoroHoro asked. He almost fainted when Yoh and the others showed up with Anna and Melin unconscious and Yoh's chest bleeding.

"Well, I can't really explain without Anna's permission so it'll have to wait," Yoh said nervously. "Anyway, where's Hao?"

"I think he went in his room when you guys showed up," HoroHoro shrugged. Ren looked suspicious.

"You know, I still don't think we can trust him," he said.

"I know, but I do, he's a lot nicer then before-"

"Nicer? All he does is insult me!" HoroHoro exclaimed.

"Hmm, maybe he isn't so bad after all," Ren said.

"WHA-" he started to yell but Yoh covered his mouth, looking terrified.

"Shhh, if you wake up Anna then we'll all be killed," he said. HoroHoro eyes widened and he started crying.

"I don't wanna die…" he sobbed.

"Then I suggest you shut up for once," Ren said going down stairs.

"Why you!" HoroHoro followed him.

Yoh laughed as he watched them go. He turned, opened Anna's door and peeked in. she was sleeping soundlessly and seemed to be relaxed. That was good, Yoh reflected, since she hasn't been sleeping well for a long time.

He closed the door and went to his brothers room. He knocked once before walking in.

Hao was sitting in the middle of his room, surrounded by a white light, his long hair flowing around him. His eyes were closed, his hands together, concentrating on something.

"Your friends are very loud," he said without opening his eyes.

"Yeah, Anna thinks so too," Yoh said. He was wondering what his brother was doing.

"I'm trying to communicate with the Great Spirit," Hao said, opening one eye to see his brother's shocked expression. "I don't need to read your mind to know your curious Otouto." he said, amused.

Yoh blushed in embarrassment. "A-A-Anyway, do you have any idea why the Naka-Oni showed up Nii-San?" he asked.

Hao opened both his eyes, a serious look on his face. The white-blue light disappeared and his hair fell. "I do." he said in a flat voice.

"Then what is it? What's happen-"

"I can't tell you."

Yoh looked at him, shocked. He knew?

"Why not?" he said upset.

"Because I can't."

Yoh thought for sure that he was mocking him. He walked up to his Twin, lifted him up by his shirt and pushed him against the wall.

"Hao, Anna could be in danger because of this. I need you to tell me why this is happening to her!" Yoh said angrily. Hao's eyes flashed at his younger brothers words.

"You think I enjoy watching her burn each time she closes her eyes?" he said in his calm yet fierce voice. "You think I wish to see that again? I would tell you, but just like you I need permission before I say anything about her. Now let go of me or you will regret it Yoh Asakura."

Yoh let go of him, his eyes sad.

"I'm sorry, I'm just…I feel so helpless. I want to help her but she doesn't want my help and I can't do anything but try to protect her…" Hao watched as Yoh left his room, feeling sad for him.

'she wants and needs your help more then you think Yoh,' He thought.

Anna didn't wake up until the next day while Melin didn't wake up the day after, which puzzled everyone. According to Yoh, Ren, and even Manta they didn't see her use a lot of Furyoku.

But when she did wake up everyone could feel tension between her and Anna; it was much, much worse then with Anna Hao, if that's possible.

But Yoh didn't think it was that bad until…

"You know Anna," Melin said. They were outside watching Yoh, Ren and HoroHoro fighting to see how much stronger they've gotten under Anna's training from hell. "Yoh's been complaining that his chest hurts. It probably wouldn't if you hadn't ignored him while he was hurt."

Yoh looked at Melin, confused. He never complained about his chest hurting…did he? Ren and HoroHoro to this opportunity of him being distracted to strike him with lightning and ice, which he barely dodged.

"It's his own fault, I told him not to day dream while fighting," Anna replied calmly. She was sitting down, leaning against a pole reading a book.

"You could act like you care about him," Melin glared. Hao was watching them, torn between amusement and annoyance.

Anna didn't answer. She just turned the page of her book.

"Hey Melin," Hao called to her. She looked over at him.

"What?" she asked.

"Your last name is Kitsune, right?" he said.

"Yeah, so?"

"That's not your parents last name though, am I right?" There was a curious look in his eyes.

"No, for some reason my parents gave me my grandma's maiden name," Melin's eyes went cold. There was more to it then that.

Anna shut her book with a snap and stood.

The others stopped what they were doing and looked up at her.

"Where are you going Ann?" Yoh asked.

"Out. Ren, I want 900 push us and sit ups done by dinner-"

"What did you say?"

"HoroHoro, you can do 1500 chin ups and do the Electric Chair for 20 minutes-"

"TWENTY MINUTES?"

"And Yoh, you can do a five mile run with double weights and cook dinner by 6." Anna finished. The three boys looked at her in disbelief and in pain.

'We're gonna die…' they all thought.

"What about me Anna?" Hao smirked, knowing she wouldn't give him any work,

"Your going to run with him and clean the house." she turned to leave, ignoring his look of disbelief, when Melin stood up.

"Ren and HoroHoro, I can understand, But why does Yoh have to do all that? He's still injured, he should rest!" she said angrily.

"Like I said, it's his own fault. And it's only five miles, usually I make him do twenty." Anna looked at Melin, clearly annoyed.

"Well aren't you just a saint! You don't care about him or love him, do you? Your just with him because it's an arranged marriage, I bet you cheat on him with Hao or some other gu-"

!SLAP!

Melin fell to ground hard as Anna backhanded her with her left hand. HoroHoro and Ren hurried over to her while Yoh and Hao starred at Anna.

"Don't you dare say I don't love Yoh you pathetic little excuse for a Shaman." Anna's eyes had a cold look in them that scared the others. "And if you ever say that I would cheat on him I will hurt you."

Melin's blue eyes fill with tears as she touched her stinging cheek. Anna turned around to leave.

"Your such a…a…a cold heart bitch Anna," Melin hissed at her.

Anna stopped where she was, as if she was frozen to the spot. Yoh's eyes widened and he went to hurry over to her but stopped when she spoke.

"Maybe," she said quietly. "But even though my parents hated me, at least they didn't lie to me." with that, she left. Leaving silence in her wake.

That night Yoh and Hao sat in the kitchen, eating silently.

"I wonder where Anna is…" Yoh said quietly. He didn't know what to feel right now. He was worried for one, because Anna hadn't come back and afraid that Melin went to too far this time with her.

Melin left soon after Anna and Ren and HoroHoro left when they finished training. Ren was staying at a house he bought here since he didn't feel like staying where Hao was at.

"Nii-San," Hao look up at his brother. "Can you…is Anna, I mean, are you sure you can't-"

"I can't tell you. I will when the time is right." Hao glanced at the clock. It was 7 and it was getting dark out.

When it was 7:30 Hao went out saying he needed to check on something leaving Yoh alone.

He was watching T.V when he heard the door slid open. Right away he could tell who it was.

He stood up and went over to meet her. He got there and what he saw made him fee cold.

Anna was leaning against the wall, clutching at her right side. A dark red liquid was dripping down her side, over her hands, onto the floor. Her face was ghostly pale, her eyes closed in pain.

"Anna!" Yoh ran over to her to catch her as she collapsed. Her eyes opened a little before they closed.

"Anna," Yoh picked her up and as carefully and quickly as he could he took her to her room.

He laid her down on her Futon which made her gasp in pain. She was still clutching at her side. Yoh reached and tried to move her hands but they wouldn't move.

"Anna, I need to see how bad it is," He told her gently. She shook her head and clenched her teeth together. Yoh sighed and somehow got them to move.

Her right side was cut but to Yoh's relief it wasn't deep , but it was bleeding a lot. He had to stop the bleeding but it meant…

"Just stop the bleeding Yoh…" She whispered. Yoh looked at her in time to see her eyes close. He blushed like crazy but nodded.

Suddenly really glad that she was wearing a shirt instead of her black dress, he lifted it up and saw that the cut was bigger then he first thought.

He grabbed some bandages and clothes. He gently started cleaning her wound, the blush still on his cheeks.

"What happened?" he asked. Her eyes were opened now but they still held pain in them.

"Another Naka-Oni. Caught me by surprise," she said quietly.

Yoh frowned. He started putting the bandages on.

They both stayed silent as Yoh fixed Anna's wound. When he finished he just sat there, starring at her.

'Why can't I help her?' he thought. He wanted to be there for her. He wanted to protect her and yet…

"Just don't leave." She whispered. Yoh looked at her, shocked. "I know how awful I can be, but I do love you."

Yoh smiled at her and laid down. He wrapped his arms around her waist, being careful not to disturb her wound. He noticed how warm she cold she was.

"Your never awful Anna," he whispered. "Sure, your training from hell can be horrible but it does help us get stronger." he pulled her closer to him. "And don't listen to Melin. Your not a…what she called you. And I'm not going to hang out with her anymore. She hates you and I don't like that."

"Yoh…" Anna's eyes widened slightly and widened more when Yoh bent down and kissed her. She closed her eyes and kissed back, feeling more happy then she ever had in the longest time.

Don't you just hate Melin? So do I, the next chapter is going to surprise some people and make some people sad, more or less, and love Hao even more!

R&R!