Here's the next part! Sorry it's so short, but I'm tired and going to bed now!

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"AYAMAE!" Hao yelled, rushing to where the portal had been seconds before. Hao collapsed to his knees, feeling as if the very ground were caving in. For the second time in his lifetimes he had lost her. He had failed to save her.

Chapter 38: Opacho Searches

Yoh came to stand beside his brother, placing a hand on his arm. For once he was at a loss for words. How could he comfort his brother when he didn't know what he'd do if it had been Anna instead.

Nobody moved for several minutes. Finally, "We'll find her, Nii-chan, I promise," Yoh said.

Hao pushed the feelings of hopelessness and failure aside. He could hear the worry and guilt laced in his brother's voice and found that it didn't fit with his brother's usual carefree attitude. He had to change that, but how?

Last time he had lost Ayamae, he had given into the darkness in his heart and almost destroyed the world. Almost destroyed his own brother, who had become one of the most important people to him in the world. Last time, he had lost her because of the fear and ignorance of the human race. This time, he had lost her to the very thing he had embraced last time. Only, this time, he would fight it. He wouldn't give back into the darkness.

"I know, Yoh," Hao said, getting to his feet. "I know." Yoh could see the steely determination in his brother's eyes and smiled.

"Opacho will look," came a quiet voice, and the twins turned to see Opacho lower herself to sit cross legged on the ground. Her eyes went white, her face screwed up into concentration.

"What do you see," Hao said, kneeling beside the small girl. He had forgotten how useful she was in the rush of everything that had been going on, but now he felt the same fondness that had drawn him to her to begin with. It wasn't a romantic feeling he had towards her, more like a desire to protect her, and he had never been able to figure out where it came from.

"Opacho sees lots of dark shadows. A forest of some kind."

"Where at?" Yoh asked. "Can you tell?"

"Opacho thinks America, but Opacho can't tell where in America."

"Well then," Anna said from behind Yoh, causing him to jump. "Let's go to America. Ren, get a jet ready."

"Why me?" Ren asked.

"Because," Anna deadpanned. "You're family has 32 jets."

"33," Ren said proudly. "We replaced the one that was destroyed last time we flew to America."

"What is with your family and the number 33?" Horohoro muttered.