Me: first sorry for not updating for so long . I was getting quicker internet, but like everything that has to do with a computer it went wrong…anyway, here's chapter 26 and I hope you like it ;D

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Family or Enemy?

I waited silently for my friends to wake up. They seemed to be okay; only some bruises and a few little cuts. Nothing serious to worry about, Horo was even snoring!

They would be just fine, but was I going to be? I looked at Kirura who still was floating in the air with her eyes closed. I wondered if she knew about Aori…

'Of course she knows! She always knows! How could I be so stupid to believe those memories really were the last!'

Next to me I saw Hao moving, seemed he was going to wake up first. Aori had not used much of her real strength to bring everyone in sleep. That meant that Yasu wasn't the only one to worry about.

"You won." I smiled sadly as Hao stated what happened.

"Sort of…lets say I managed to damage her a little." It came out more sarcastic then I had meant to, but it was the truth.

"And why the long face?"

I probably looked surprised at the moment. It actually came out as a normal question and not a demanding.

"…I now know how Yoh must have felt when you told him you were his brother…"

Hao's eyes widened for a moment, but he quickly recovered. I heard the others were starting to move as well. They slowly opened their eyes and were holding their heads.

"Man, what happened…Pirika! Are you okay?" Horo asked concerned. Pirika nodded weakly and looked straight at me and Hao.

"Aniki? What are you doing here?" Yoh smiled and stood up as if nothing was wrong.

And finally Kirura woke up as last. She looked confused at everyone before her eyes rested on me.

"Who is Aori?" I asked straight to the point. Kirura seemed to think for a moment, but then shook her head.

"Don't play dumb with me Floral! Who is Aori!" I yelled in frustration. Tears started to form in my eyes as I stood up to face her.

"Keia, I don't know what you're talking about. I never heard of someone whose name is Aori, is she a friend or something?" She looked confused and I started to doubt if she really did knew something.

I sighed deeply before I started talking. "Aori was the demon girl who knocked you all unconscious. She wanted to test my strength…we fought for your lives. Anyway in the end she told me…she was my…sister…"

Kirura had the same look on her face as Hao had a moment ago. Horo and Pirika both had their mouths open while Yoh stood there nodding. He probably knew best how I felt at the moment.

"Keia I swear, I-I never heard such a thing!" Kirura looked helplessly at me. "I promised I wouldn't keep any secrets from you."

She wasn't lying I could see that, but if she didn't know anything about Aori then who did?

"My parents…" I thought out loud. "But they're in Heaven, there's no way I can ask them." At this moment I heard Yoh chuckle; to my annoyance it sounded just like Hao.

"Yea, we can't communicate with them, but I know someone who can." We all looked surprised at him and then at each other.

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"What, you want me to get Keia's parents out of Heaven! Why?" Anna was pulled out of her bed by Yoh and was told to use her itako powers to get my parents here.

Yoh told her the whole story as she had to force herself to keep listening. In the end she had the same face as everyone else had.

"So, this Aori character could be just as strong as Yasu?" she asked amazed.

"She sure felt like it." Horo said still rubbing his head.

"Please, Anna, if my parents know her they maybe also know away to stop her." I looked at the ground.

"What are your parents' names?"

I looked up and smiled. "Sora and Mitsuko."

Anna started her chant while we all waited patiently. It didn't take her too long before several blue colored spirit orbs started to appear. Finally I was going to see my parents again after seven long years I can finally see them and speak to them…

"Keia Hanashi! Weren't we clear to NOT summon us!"

Of course it all was too good to be true… Just like always they yelled at me for doing what I thought that was good.

"Nice to see you too, dad." I sighed and looked away in shame. Just something for them to do; insult me in front of everyone.

They still looked the same; mom, tall, green eyes, pretty face, blond hair and as snappy as ever. Dad, was also tall, had blue eyes, dirty blond hair and was currently looking with such rage at me that even Hao's glare wouldn't scare me anymore.

"I asked a friend to summon you, because we have some serious problems. If you haven't noticed the demons are free, the Keys of Light are reborn and we are in deep shit!" and like always I lost my temper towards them what made my friends' eyes widen.

"What kind of problems?" my mother asked.

"The kind that says 'Damn, we're gonna die.'" I answered sarcastically.

They both sighed and signed me to go on, so I told them about everything that had happened and would probably happen.

"So, then this girl Aori comes and tells me she's my bloody sister! Explanation please!"

"I see…well, it's true…about her being your sister." Sora smiled, but I saw she had a hard time telling the truth.

"You see when you were just two years old, Yasu managed to break free, but because he didn't have enough strength to come in his normal form, he appeared as some kind of shadow of himself. He was after you…since you already had a lot of strength on the age of two, but he didn't count on Aori. She also had some of the cold flame in her and used it to save you, but the price was high and Yasu took her instead." My father continued.

'For the first time something I didn't know because I was too young…oh crap…'

"But she used the demon's power to fight, why is that?" I had forgotten that the other were also in the room and got shocked awake when Anna asked that.

"Simple, Yasu probably thought her a thing or two. So it doesn't surprise me she now had demon powers, but deep down inside she still is a Floral so watch out." Mom warned.

This was so weird, I just didn't get it. Sure I knew Kirura wasn't there when I was young, she probably came after the first attack, but why did they never told me about her?

"Listen we thought it was better for you this way, Yasu almost had you that day…and it may sound cruel, but at the moment you were the strongest and you needed to forget about her." my parent both sighed deeply as something it me.

"Wait a minute, so you're actually saying that if Aori wasn't taken by Yasu…she would have been the one who should save the world?"

Both my parents nodded and smiled sadly as I stared half confused, half angry at them. This was unbelievable! I only had to train because their strongest daughter got taken by demons, I had to go through all of that only because I was left, and worst I wasn't even the strongest!

"So, this Aori really is Keia's nee-san?" Horo broke my thoughts.

"Yes, she is. Unlike you Keia, Aori does not posses the cold flames completely, but Yasu has thought her a lot so be careful and be strong." My mother smiled.

"Strong! Strong! I still can't control the flames nor can I control the Floral power, heck I don't even know what that is, the 'Beast' hasn't showed itself and Yasu is probably planning an attack as we speak, so don't tell me to be strong! I wasn't supposed to do this in the first place; I only was Aori's replacement! I thought that if years passed by things would turn out to be okay with us, but now…" I slowly shook my head. "I hate you even more then I already did."

I bowed to my parents and stormed out of Anna's room back to mine, leaving everyone gazing at each other.

"…that's not true Keia…"

"What's not true?" Yoh asked.

"Aori wasn't stronger she just studied more then Keia…we expected Keia to be the same and pushed her into doing what she hated most. And when Yasu tried to take her as well, we had to ask someone who was strong and who could help Keia if she lost control." Mitsuko continued.

"And that was Hao, ne?" Horo stated somewhat angry. He waited for a response from the fire shaman, but that never came. Hao wasn't in the room anymore…

I couldn't stay in my room much longer and snuck out of the inn for some fresh air. When I past by Anna's room I heard her sending my parents back, I smiled, it didn't hurt at all to not say goodbye to them.

People were finally walking over the streets again and smiled at me. Most I even didn't know, but I figured they were part of the Keys of Light, so I smiled back.

Instead of going to the lake like I usually did when I was sad, I walked to the end of the barrier and stared into the empty desert. It would be stupid to go out there, even though it was still around eleven o'clock in the morning, it looked more like eight o'clock in the evening. But I couldn't take it anymore; I had to go out of Patch, we were locked away in the village while the demons were freely walking the earth killing off humans and shamans.

I smiled to myself when I stepped out of the safe barrier. The desert seemed so peaceful and quiet, so deceiving.

'First Yasu and now also Aori to worry about…I hope we can handle this 'cause thing aren't looking very good for us at the moment….a sister, who would've thought…'

I breathed in the fresh air and sighed. Patch still was right behind me and I wasn't planning on going much further into the desert, I didn't have a dead wish at the moment.

"Decided to go somewhere else for the change?"

"Ee, same for you or did you just follow me, Hao?" I smiled.

"Hmm, no I'm not going to flee away from places that belong to us shamans." He suddenly appeared next to me and gazed at the empty desert.

"…to us humans. At the moment there is no difference between us, strong, weak, smart, dumb, tall, short it's all the same to them and it should be the same for us as well." For saying this I received one of his death glares, but I didn't care, I know I was right.

For the demons everyone was the same as long as they had energy in them we were all seen as a nice meal and nothing more. The Keys of Light were their enemies and the rest was just a meal, but I'd rather be an enemy then a snack.

"You think the shaman fights will continue when this is all over?" I decided that it was best to change the subject.

"Heh, it better be. What, thought you were off the deal if it doesn't?" his serious look changed into that smirk again, very annoying.

"No! I was just wondering! Jeez, does it ever occurred to you that I might not even live through this?" I shot back.

Hao only chuckled and turned to me. "You'll live, one way or another." He quickly places a kiss on my cheek and disappeared.

"What kind of answer is that! And what's with all the kissing! HAAAOOOO!"

With a last sigh of defeat I also went back to Patch. As the adventure went on people just started to act stranger and stranger. For some it was good for others it just looked weird, but in the end we were all the same and yet we were all different…

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Me: OMG this was so short! T.T well I had to get into it again, gomen nasai… next chapter will be longer and there will be more action, I promise and I will update quicker…

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