A/N: Had to boost the rating…it's PG-13, now. ^^;; For future violence and shonen ai. Meh, I really don't have much else to say…Did everyone have a good New Years? It's a bit late to be asking that, though…*Sweatdrop* Oh, and this chapter takes place on Christmas day. -.-;; It's a very, very late X-mas present for you all.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King. But, I do own Azin, Hikaru, Chloe and Sierra. ^_^ You have no idea good it feels to say that I own something!

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Chapter 3- Cloudy Horizons

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            Yoh turned over in his sleep, brushing away the long hairs that tickled his cheek.

"Wake up, sleepy-head," A voice said teasingly in his ear.

Yoh blinked, meeting brown eyes that mirrored his own. "Morning, Hao." Yoh said, brushing a few strands of his twin's hair out of Hao's face.

"It's about time you woke up!" Hao said, sitting cross-legged on top of Yoh's stomach. "You sleep like a log!" The elder twin accused.

"I do not!" Yoh snapped, sitting up on his elbows and attempting to shove Hao off of him.

Hao stretched like a cat, lying down and placing his head on Yoh's shoulder and closing his eyes. "You're warm…" He purred.

Yoh sweatdropped, "Why'd you wake me up if you were just going to go back to sleep, and use me as a pillow?"

Hao opened one eye lazily and shrugged, "To torture you, I suppose."

Yoh glared down at his brother. "It's Christmas. If you don't let me get up, you aren't getting any presents!"

Hao pretended to pout, getting off of Yoh and climbing off the bed, "You're evil."

"I learned it from you, dearest 'niichan," Yoh smiled sweetly.

Hao blinked, "You have been spending way to much time with me." He said simply, walking out the door and closing it behind him.

Yoh dressed quickly, throwing on a sweater and jeans, hurrying after Hao.

He found his twin sitting at the table, drinking a cup of tea and mercilessly torturing HoroHoro and Ren.

"You argue a lot." Hao said, sipping the tea carefully.

"And that makes you think we're sleeping together why?" Ren snapped, blushing and looking ready to murder Hao.

Hao glanced up from his tea, looking Ren straight in the eye before saying two words with an evil smirk, "Lover's spat."

"THAT'S IT!" Ren said, standing up, a butter knife in hand and glaring at Hao.

Hao blinked, before standing up and with an extra smirk at Ren, he said to Horo, "Can't you control your boyfriend?" And with that, he took off running.

"KISAMA!!"

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Two hours and a very expensive china vase later, Ren had calmed down, Hao had come out of hiding and the four were gathered together in the living room.

Yoh hugged his brother tightly, the new CD he'd wanted clasped in his hand. Hao smiled, fiddling with the copper bracelet studded with amber that hung from his wrist.

The twins broke apart to stare expectantly at Ren and Horo.

"…What?" Horo asked fidgeting under the gaze of the brunette shamans.

"Don't you have anything for Ren?" Yoh asked, barely managing to keep a straight face.

"And Ren, I saw what you picked out for Horo, don't you think you should give it to him?" Hao said, smirking in the direction of Ren, eyes narrowed lazily, like a cat's.

Ren twitched, a slight blush forming on the Chinese boy's cheeks, "Here." He said, shoving a medium-sized gift wrapped box at Horo.

The Ainu glanced at Ren a look of wonder in his eyes. With nimble fingers, he removed the wrapping, opening the box, pulling out a beautifully woven scarf.

"Wow, thanks Ren…" He said, lifting the scarf up to the light so as to better see the pattern.

"There's more." Ren said without looking at Horo.

The blue-haired boy blinked, looking into the box and pulling out a second object, a silver pin in the shape of a feather.

Horo turned the pin over, admiring the piece of jewelry. "It's beautiful," He said, smiling at Ren, and giving the other a quick hug.

Ren smiled slightly in spite of himself, "You're embarrassing both of us, baka."

HoroHoro pulled back, his usual grin plastered to his face, "I don't think my present is half as good as yours but here it is anyway!" He handed a small box that had been messily wrapped to Ren.

Ren opened the box, revealing a small wooden figure of a tiger, painted orange with many black stripes. On the tiger's head was a tiny golden crown.

"Do you like it?" Horo asked eagerly.

"Yes," Ren said, smiling at Horo.

Horo grinned widely. "That's good."

The Chinese and the Ainu looked at each other for a minute, then turned away, blushing.

A chorus of "Aww…they're so in love!" was heard from the brunette twins in the background.

In a moment, Ren had his spear in hand, waving the weapon at Hao and Yoh with a very mad look on his face.

Hao sweatdropped, "Yoh, I think we may have overdone it…"

Yoh nodded, eyes wide.

"Ren, they were just joking, cut 'em some sla-" Horo gulped, finding the spear pointed in his direction.

"KISAMA!!"

Christmas wouldn't be complete without Ren's annual rampage.

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Four figures were gathered in an old, abandoned warehouse downtown, the entire building blended into the shadows.

"That was a close one, last night." A small voice, definitely belonging to a young female said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to attract that much attention," A soft voice said quietly.

"It's not your fault." A third voice said, icy blue eyes glancing at the owner of the soft voice. "I should have known that it was too dangerous."

"You never let us have any fun! Such a stick in the mud!" A fourth voice added.

The icy eyes glared at the fourth, "You on the other hand, caused a great deal more trouble then we wanted. If you hadn't been stopped, I bet you would have tried to fight him right then and there."

The fourth shrugged her shoulders, "Hey, I can't help it, it's in my…blood." She stated, smirking softly at her choice of words.

"Cute." Icy eyes said sarcastically.

"It's not her fault, Azin…" The soft voice said, "I was the start of the whole incident."

"It wasn't your fault at all," Icy eyes, also known as Azin, said, voice softening a bit.

"Let's forget about, nothing really happened." The fourth said, with a casual toss of her hair.

"We just have to remember to be less conspicuous." The first said, she stepped into a ray of light to reveal herself as a small blonde girl of about 11 years of age. "After all, it won't be very much longer now until we're free…" She said, bright blue eyes scanning over the three others. "Not much longer at all…"

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Not my best but I had trouble with this chapter…^^;; I hope you enjoyed!