DON'T KILL ME! Sorry for not updating in so long, been busy and didn't have anytime to update and when I tried I had such bad writers block but I promise the next Chapter won't take as long, I already have half written already.

Again, sorry!


"Aw, why can't I come?" Yoh whined.

"Because if you die I'll get blamed for it," Hao answered calmly.

Him and the others were leaving for the slops early and refused to let Yoh come.

"Nii-Chan, your mean," Yoh sighed. But he had admit, there was some truth in what said. He still couldn't get the hang of skiing and they wouldn't let him near a snowboard.

Hao rolled his eyes at his brother but got distracted by the T.V. "Hey, turn that up Ren."

It was a news cast about something that happened back in Funbari.

"…We don't know exactly how long ago the incident happened but officials say the murder had to have happened about two weeks ago-

"Another Murder?" Pirika gasped.

-We have information that the victims name is Kiyomi Shin, one of the officers of Funbari. He went missing after following a tip tying to the murder investigation he was working on. In other news…"

'Shin? Why is that name familiar…' Yoh thought, trying to remember.

Hao sighed and stood up, heading for the stairs.

"Where you going Nii-Chan?" Yoh asked.

"Just changing before we leave," he said.

HoroHoro watched him go, looking suspicious. "He's hiding something." he said.

"Whatever let's just go," Ren rolled his eyes before turning to Yoh. "Think you can handle being alone with your fiancée for a few hours Asakura?"

"Of course I can," Yoh blushed, sinking lower in his chair. "I'm not like Hao…" he muttered under his breath.

After a few minutes Yoh waved as the others left, laughing as HoroHoro dragged a worried looking Tamao out, ignoring her protests.

'You know, they look good together' he thought before going to sit on the couch to watch T.V.

He kept changing the station until he came to one that had Bob Love doing a concert.

"Whose that idiot?"

Yoh jumped a good three feet in the air. "A-Anna!" He stammered. "Do you have to move that quietly? I didn't even hear you come down the stairs."

She just shrugged and sat down in one of the chairs. She was wearing a black dress and had blue Rosary beads around her neck. She also had a blue bracelet on her right wrist.

They sat in silence, watching the singer dance around, sing some song that Yoh knew the lyrics to.

ORE ga koi wo shita no wa

omae janai

ai shite iru no sa

BOBURABU

hitotsu omae mo itte miro

BOBURABU

tsutsumanaide OBURAATO

BOBURABU

ooki na koe de BOBURABU to

"What a weird song…" he heard her mutter. He looked at her, shocked.

"No it's not!" he exclaimed. "It's awesome! It's-"

"It's him singing about himself." She cut in.

"Next is AwayaRingo with her hit, Ringo Urami Uta."

A women with deathly pale skin and long black hair appeared on the screen. Her hair was in a high ponytail with a skull it. She wore a red, white and blue Kimono that had white skull at the bottom. Over it she had a dark green coat that also had skulls along the sleeves, one of them reminding him of the Oni he saw.

maiochiru you na

yuki no gogo usura kagayaku

taiyou ha shiroku

yane ni burataeru mujin eki no tsurara

watashi to namida tarenagarete iru

tabidachi ga tsurai

no de ha naku

tada omae ga nikui dake

omae no kao nado mitakunai

nidoto kuchi nado kikitakunai

shikashi sore mo kanawanai

datte

watashi ha

omae wo

URAnde iru kara

"She's scary…" Said Yoh as the woman sang in a screechy voice that sent shivers down his spin. 'Who sings about hate like that' he thought.

"It's a façade," Anna said automatically. Yoh glanced at her to see that she actually looked like she liked that creepy song. She leaned against her hand as she watched the singer through half closed eyes. "She dresses like that, and acts like that so she can hide the weakness in her heart. Just like that other guy sings about himself to make him feel better about himself…This poem…is actually a very beautiful song."

Yoh didn't know what to say for awhile then he smiled. "So…she's just like you," he said. Her head turned sharply to glare at him.

"I know from Hao that you see into others hearts, and so I know that it almost torments you. It makes you sad and angry so you try to be at a distance with everyone," Yoh said calmly. He was beginning to finally understand Anna, little by little. And she didn't seem to appreciate it.

"Don't tie me in the same category as your brother," she hissed. "And don't act like you know me."

"I know I don't. but I want to since we're going to be getting married when I turned eighteen."

By now Anna looked like she wanted to throw some at him. Or vice versa. She stood up and walked over to the closet, grabbing her coat.

"Where're you going?"

"Out." she said coldly, putting on her black boots.

"Will you be ok?" "Just fine."

"Should I come?"

He saw her pause, her hand on the door knob. After a few seconds she said quietly, "I'll be fine. I don't need people looking after me as if I were a child."


"See, it's not so hard."

"I-I guess."

Tamao was slowing going down the on her skis, HoroHoro right beside her on his to make sure she didn't fall. she was doing well for someone whose never done it before…well, better then Yoh anyway.

HoroHoro looked away for a second to see where his sister was but that was more then enough time for Tamao to lose her balance and fall.

With a small shriek of surprise she fell in a snow pile, one of her skies falling of in the process.

"You just gotta stop being so nervous. Your making it seem harder then it really is," HoroHoro told her, helping her up.

"I-I'm sorry," she stammered, her face flushing in embarrassment. "I-I know I'm bad at this. You-you shouldn't be wasting your time…"

'Ah great, did I hurt her feelings?' "Well," HoroHoro scratched the back of his heading. "If it helps, your doing way better then Yoh did. From what Ren said, he fell over every five seconds and hit a tree about ten time."

Tamao giggled a little. "That sounds like Yoh-Sama," she said.

'-Sama huh?' HoroHoro smirked. "Say, you don't like Yoh, do you?"

Tamao's face went bright red. "U-uh, um, I-I-"

"Your so stupid!"

"Me? I'm not the one that almost crashed into the Cabin at the bottom of the hill!"

"Urusai, only because you were distracting me with that high pitched voice of yours!"

"What did you say?"

HoroHoro and Tamao turned around to see Ren and Pirika walking over, arguing like crazy.

"YOUR SO ANNOYING!" they shouted to each other.

"Uh…guys?" HoroHoro wasn't sure whether to intervene or not.

"STAY OUT OF THIS HOROHORO!" they turned on him, making him hide behind Tamao.

"Sorry…" Now he knows how Yoh feels when him and Ren argue.


Anna walked down the path, annoyed and confused.

'Why does he do that? Why does he have to act like he cares…' she thought angrily. She hated how he always smiled at her, how he would think about her, how he would act like he cares about her and…and…

She stopped where she was, an unexpected wave of dizziness coming over her. Snow…hate…memories of the past flowed through her mind.

"Damn it," she mumbled, leaning against a near by tree to the side of the path. "It shouldn't…bother me…any…anymore…"

Last thing she remembered was a low growl and a voice shouting "Anna!" before everything went black.


She could feel a warmth coming off of something. She was vaguely aware of someone holding her on their back, easily falling into the rhythm of their foot steps.

"Ah, your awake." her eyes flickered open at the sound of his voice.

"Yoh…?" she mumbled.

"I'm glad your ok. I thought I was too late for a second when I saw that Oni in front of you."

Anna didn't say anything. She was still feeling a bit light headed. Slowly, after a second of hesitation she wrapped her arms around his neck.

After a few minutes they were back at the cabin, their friends not yet back.

Yoh placed Anna gently on the couch and kneeled down in front of her. She was pale but otherwise un scathed. She was looking down, her brows furrowed, looking a bit upset.

"Your arm." she mumbled. Yoh glanced down and blinked. He forgot, his arm got cut a little from the demon.

"Oh, yeah I got a bit careless," he said, shrugged. He saw something flicker in her eyes as she reatched forward and, very gently and lightly, her fingers barley touching the small wound, she ran her finger over the cut.

"Clean it so it won't get infected," she said quietly, standing. "I'm going to lay down for awhile."

"Anna…" Yoh, still kneeling down where he was, watched her go up the stairs.

"I see you got a glimpse of the real Anna-San." for the second time that day Yoh jumped three feet, startled.

"Matamune! When did you get here?"

"Just now, I wanted to check on Anna-San," the spirit said, hoping onto the couch. "But it seems I needn't too."

Yoh smiled sheepishly, leaning against the couch. "I wish you were there. Honestly I was terrified when I saw that thing. If it didn't disappear when it did I might not have been able to get Anna away in time…"

Worried, Yoh decided to follow her just in case. He was surprised when she never noticed him, what with the Reishi, but then again she said it was hard to Hear him and she seemed like she was in deep thought.

He watched as she stopped unrepentantly and leaned against a near by tree. That's when the Oni appeared. It was a small thing, probably only a meter high if not less. And it was going over to Anna.

"Anna!" Yoh ran forward. Catching her just before she fell.

"Yoh…" she whispered before blacking out. A low growl made him look up and he just jumped out of the way in time as sharp claws came towards him. He flinched as one grazed his arm but he ignored it. Holding Anna close, he stood and froze as he made eye contact with the creature. He felt a fear he never in his life felt before. The hate and bitterness and darkness that radiated from it was suffocating. He started to tremble…a cold sweat ran down his face…

"Yoh…"

Yoh blinked, feeling like ice cold water jolted him awake. That's right, he has to help Anna, he can't lose control in a situation like this.

Holding her bridal style he turned and ran, looking back now and then to see if he was being persuaded, all the while cursing himself for not bringing Amidamaru with him.

Suddenly the small Oni was in front of him. He stopped where he was.

The thing only took two steps before disappearing.

Sighing in relief, he shifted Anna onto his back and headed back.

Yoh sighed leaning his head back while Matamune nodded.

"Everyone if afraid when they make eye contact with an Oni, " he said. "That's why when you do, you avoid not too. It's natural that you were afraid."

"I guess," Yoh muttered. He remembered something the Nekomata said earlier. "You said I saw a glimpse of the real Anna. What did you mean?"

"Exactly that," Matamune pulled the pipe out of his mouth. "You said you were terrified when you were with the Oni. Anna-San's fear of them is like that but a hundred times worse. I guess you could say it momentary changes her back into the kind girl she once was before all this happened."

"You mean when her parents were killed and the Reishi got worse?" Yoh asked him. He nodded. "Matamune, how did they get killed? Why would someone do something like that? Who did it?"

"I did."


R&R