Let's see, I had a cliff hanger, right? Yeah. Man, I just updated about two minutes ago, and already I'm getting ready to continue. Horo: What about your homework? Akina: Who gives a crap if I fail? So I can enjoy high school for another year. Horo: Who would want to stay a junior for another year? Akina: I don't want to leave!

All fans, please don't hate me for this first part. I already know how it's going to end up, and you will not like me for it. But I shall still write! Some crazed fans will never stop me!

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"Option one is to mate with her." He gulped when he saw Yoh's expression. "Give me a minute here to explain! Mating with her gets rid of the instinct to make her your mate. Get it?"

The look of anguish on Yoh's face was priceless. "Horo!" He whined, sounding much like a three year old (A/N: thank my little brother for that). "I just said she's too young!"

"Well, you'll have to get over that. You remember for yourself; sixteen used to be the prime time for marriage, even for having children."

Yoh sat back, grumbling. "What's my second option?"

"If you didn't like the first one, then I know you won't like the second."

"Just tell me, Horo."

"Are you sure?"

"Horo."

"Alright, alright already." He heard the threat in Yoh's voice. "You could... maybe not see her for a while."

"A while? three days? Three weeks?"

Horo's voice dropped until it was barely audible. "Three years?"

There was a stunned silence. Horo recognized it as the 'quiet before a storm' silence. Just as he was getting ready to usher Yoh out the door, he exploded. "THREE FREAKIN' YEARS?!?!?!?!?!?"

The ice demon held his ears as Yoh kept on screaming. "HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO AVOID ANNA FOR THREE YEARS?!?!?!? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME WITHOUT HER?!?!?!"

"Well, at least you love her so much that you can't live without her. That's a good thing."

Yoh turned blazing eyes on Tamao. One looked at her motherly smiled calmed him down relatively enough. He stopped, took a deep breath, then turned back to Horo. "Explain why not seeing her for three years will help me."

"That's easy," Horo stated matter-of-factly. Yet it was easy to hear the shake in his voice. "See, the longer you're away from her, the less the instincts will pull. You'll be able to think of her without having that little feeling." Yoh tried to summon the picture of Anna in his mind. A wave of desire rushed over him, and he shivered.

"But that's not the point. What about us? What if I do decide to leave for three years? There's nothing stopping her from finding someone else."

"There's always a risk in things," Tamao said. "It is possible that she could tire of waiting for you to return, and find someone else." The demon smiled. "But I don't think Anna would do that."

Yoh groaned in frustration. "Why does everything have to be so hard?"

"Nothing's ever easy, Yoh," Tamao replied, putting her arm around his shoulders. She pulled him into a motherly embrace. "The two of you love each other so much, though. I think, whatever you choose, it'll be the right decision."

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(A/N: Alright, this is during school, right? I'm gonna alter the alphabet just a bit, so that it fits my story. But know this: 'K' does not come before 'A', nor does 'O' come before 'K'.

"Oyamada!"

"Here!"

"Kyoyama!"

"Here!" Anna sighed. School. The ever cursed place.

"Asakura!"

There was no reply. "Asakura?"

Anna bit her lip. "Yoh..." she whispered under her breath. She could remember the night clearly. What if he lied when he said she hadn't offended her? What if he decided to leave without telling her so?"

The door slid opened, and everyone looked to the intruder. Horo Horo coughed. "Ma'am?"

"Yes? May I help you?"

"May I talk to Miss Kyoyama Anna, please?"

The teacher sent a skeptical look at Horo. She looked at Anna. "Miss Kyoyama? Do you know this man?"

Anna nodded. "He's my cousin."

The teacher nodded reluctantly. Horo coughed again. "May I add that Anna-chan will be having an early dismissal?"

Once again the teacher was shocked. "Where are you going?"

"Ah, if you don't mind me not telling you. See, it's family related."

The teacher's harsh gaze turned to one sympathetic. "I see. Well, just be sure to check out before you leave."

"Thank you for understanding, ma'am."

By this time, Anna was packed and ready to go. Horo nodded to her in greeting, then lead her out of the classroom. Once out of earshot, Anna looked up at Horo. "Where are we going?"

He shook his head. "Let's not talk about it here. Do you realize how many demons surround this place?"

Anna raised her eyebrows in shock. "Are you serious?"

"Does it look like I'm joking?"

She looked at his straight, slightly wary face. "Not really."

Without another word, Horo lead her to his car. "Can you drive?"

"Yes."

He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. "I want you to go to this address, and stay there, no matter what happens."

"Why?"

Horo shook his head again. "She'll tell you when you get there. Do you carry a cell?" Anna nodded. Horo scribbled something on the paper. "If you get into trouble before you reach her place, just call this number. Tamao will be there before you know it."

"Where's Yoh?"

He looked taken back by this answer. So she did worry about him... Horo smiled for the first time that day. "He'll be here soon. Don't worry, I'll make sure that the idiot doesn't hurt himself."

Anna smiled one of those award winning smiles. "After all this, you owe me, big time."

She climbed into the car, and drove off. She never got the opportunity to drive often, speaking she had no car and could walk anywhere she needed to go. It wasn't long before she figured out how to operate the radio, and soon the priestess was jammin'.

A red demon suddenly jumped right in front of her window shield, causing her to swerve. The demon resembled an ogre, with the little horns and everything. She quickly parked the cat, and stepped outside the vehicle.

Bad idea. More demons jumped at her, causing her to shriek in panic. She tried to grab her bracelets. but she was overwhelmed. She began to feel tired, and sank to her knees as the demons surrounded her.

There was a terrible shrieking sound, and the demons fled in fear. Anna turned around, and saw a woman, mid twenties with long green-black hair and green eyes , standing before a demon with it's head severed off. Anna grimaced at the sight. The woman cast a calculating eye over the young priestess. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Anna stood and immediately put on her cold, emotionless mask.

"You shouldn't get out of the car when you see these kinds of demons. They don't have enough strength to break the car, but they lure someone out. It would be best to keep driving next time."

"Who are you?" Anna asked.

The woman smiled warmly. "Call me Megumi. Horo Horo told you to go to my house, but you were running late, so I decided to come and get you."

Anna removed her mask slightly. "Are you a demon?"

Megumi looked shocked, then she laughed. "Oh, no, I'm not a demon. I'm a miko, actually."

She totally removed her mask. "How does a miko know a demon?"

"Well, actually, I know Yoh. He was the one who told me that you were coming."

Anna felt a sudden wave of depression. "Yoh..."

Megumi realized she had touched a sensitive subject. She immediately brightened up. "Why don't you come inside my house! I just baked a cake, and it's cooling right now. I hope you like lemon cake!"

Anna smiled. Lemon was her favorite. Megumi took this as a yes, and lead her to the house that was just around the corner. It looked more like a temple instead of a house, and Anna could tell that there were wards everywhere, keeping demons out. Only the really strong ones, like Yoh and maybe Horo Horo could get past them. Megumi ushered her inside.

"Tea?"

Anna nodded, and watched as Megumi put a kettle on the stove. The miko them proceeded to cut some cake. "You know, I don't get much company often. I find it fine most of the times, but sometimes it can get to be really lonely."

"Do you have any family?" Anna asked, eyeing the cake hungrily.

Megumi shook her head. "I do, but we don't talk much. See, everyone in my family was a scientist, and here I was, straying away from scientific matters to believe in demons and spiritual powers. We don't get along well, obviously."

"At least you have family. My parents died not to long ago."

"I'm sorry," Megumi said as she placed the cake in front of the young girl. "You're right. I should just count my blessings." She smiled suddenly. "Maybe this will cheer a couple of girls up. Let's eat!"

They ate in silent bliss, both loving lemon cake. Anna looked up, noticing Megumi staring at her. "Yes?" She asked, half ticked.

"Oh! I'm sorry for staring. I was just thinking."

"About what?" Anna asked. Megumi shrugged.

"It was nothing really."

"It must have been important if you get caught staring at someone."

The miko smiled slightly. "I was wondering, how a priestess like yourself could love a powerful demon."

Anna nodded slowly. "I've often wondered about that, too. I mean, I'm a huntress. I can't be falling in love with the hunted. It makes one weak."

Megumi sighed. "That works both ways, actually. Demons devour humans, humans capture demons. Like a cobra and a mongoose. Bitter enemies from the start to the finish."

"There's no other way around it. No way for him to become human."

"Yet there is a way for you to become demon," Megumi said as she finished her last bit of cake. "The mixture of blood."

"I am familiar with that," Anna said, all the while thinking: 'If only you knew.'

"Yes, but I heard that it can strike back at you, though. Like if you mix opposite types, you can get a demon with uncontrollable destructive instincts. Like Yoh had."

"Uncontrollable?"

Megumi nodded, and the girls settled into 'girl gossip' mode. "Yes. It was all instincts that caused him to reek terror on the world. After a while, he learned to control the instincts, but I heard that sometimes, they resurface. That's why everyone's so afraid of him. They all worry his instincts are gonna take over."

"I always wondered what they feared in such a carefree person."

"That's not all, did you hear that..."

(A/N: we'll end that section there. Girls gossip way to much, and we do not want to hear what's going on in this imaginary life. So let's continue elsewhere, shall we?)

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Ren grinned, but it turned into a wince of pain. "Damn wounds. They ruin the evil tension!"

Jun sighed. "Are you sure this is a good idea, Ren? Yoh is much more powerful than any of us could imagine."

Ren nodded. "The whole reason Yoh gets his way is because we are to scared of him to oppose. If we finally object, others will rise, too, and that evil demon will be no more."

Jun looked nervous. Her brother was forgetting the fact that Yoh could defeat a hundred enemies at one sitting. The plan was doomed from the start.

The demented little demon smirked. "Just you wait, Yoh... I'll pay you back for these wounds. I live to hear the delightful melody of your screams of pain..."

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Brrr. Ren has gone twisted... I'm starting to feel worried for the Yoh-gumi. I am once again sorry. I waited so long to upload this. BUt this time, I will tell you in advance. I'm going out of town on Sunday, so I'll be away from the internet for a while. This week has just been laziness and school. I am sorry. I'm feeling lazy, so I'm not going to check my reviews. I'll do it soon, though. Please review, even though I won't respond for a while. Do know that I do read them though