Lady Dragonfly23: Will Ely have to kill Hao? Oh well, I haven't decided that yet, so please keep on reading. And welcome back (you seem to have gone for a long time...)

Michi: Thanks for your long review! Don't I love you or what! Hehehe! The past is fun? Yahoo! I thought that it'll be boring! Happy!!! Can Hao die? Well... My story is a tragedy. But tragedy doesn't mean that someone must die, you know. So... e may not die... It'll depend on my mood, like always. This chappie is supposed to explain everything in the past, so if there is anything that is not clear, tell me... And I'll fix it. There are still some things that I did not explain, that are for later! Hao is a sweet guy, well; at least I try to make him sweet to Ely! Ely's curse, S-E-C-R-E-T!!! 2nd kissy pic is to make it up to you after the first one. I hope to get more reviews too! (Oups, my reply is quite long too!)

Winner-Loser: Ely is a sad character (maybe not at the end), but her life is a sad life...

Wingweaver22: I really hope that I'm not losing reviewers... I don't think that Hao actually got to be Shaman King. He thought he got the Great Spirit, but the Shaman fight continued after the anime, right? so the no one got the great spirit yet, and that means that Hao never was Shaman King. So the Great Spirit is not his ally. The Great Spirit doesn't want any bad guy to be shaman king, right? So... But that's just my own opinion. I thought that No one was Shaman King, so my story will make sense, right?

ChuChu: Of course they'll be interacting with each other! I'll kill myself if they don't! And this chapie will have them together. But thanks for the remark! (I almost forgot about that...)

Disclaimer: I do not own SK characters, the only things I own is my story and my original characters.

This story happens few months after the end of SK anime. I have no clue what the manga is about so.... Please stick with the anime story line!

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...---Chapter 15---...

Imprison, premonition

Elwynn went to Mount Aureate despite the fact that she may have the chance to make her curse grew. Even though she was there, she was only inside the mirror and trained like she was before. She continuously stored her furyoku inside the mirror. That action made her tattoo grew, but not as much as when she turned to the spirit of time. She, herself, was the medium to bring the spirit of time. Each time she would summon it, it would take a lot of her lifetime. 0

The Great Spirit hadn't given her any orders. It seemed that it would let her do anything on her own will. She kind of missed the way it used to lead her. At least she wouldn't have to feel guilty about it.

On the other hand, Christopher seemed not to want to talk to her. He was probably mad at her.

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"Hao-sama, Elwynn-sama seems not to want to appear. What should we do?"

"Ah."

"Hao-sama, can I lure her out?"

"Hm."

"If I hurt her, will you be mad?"

"No, because you won't have the chance to."

"But if I really did hurt her..."

"I will not mind."

"I won't fail you!"

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The trap that that person wanted to lure Elwynn out was a disaster. All Elwynn had to do was to ask Yin and Yue to take care of him. Of course, bringing two people back to life took her furyoku too. However, the tattoo did not grow because of that. It seemed that small use of furyoku would not affect the curse.

Elwynn received an order from the Great Spirit. It seemed that it wanted to quickly have the new Shaman King. Knowing that, she imposed a new rule to the tournament. Of course, the ten priests did not want to listen to her, but since it was the order of the Great Spirit, they had to follow. The new rule was that in three days, all those whose level of furyoku that hadn't reached to the 100 thousands will be exterminated from the fight. Having that rule, more than half of the people were gone. The ones remaining were Hao and his companion, Yoh and his friends, Elwynn's team, Jeanne, Lyserg, Marco, and few other people.

A lot of people complained about that rule although Elwynn didn't seem to be affected at all. She let the priests deal with all those problems. After she did that, the Great Spirit told her to go to a place called Illyrian.

Illyrian was only the name of a lake. There was a waterfall, and the water came from Mount Aureate. It had absolutely nothing else than water. She dived in it and saw, at the bottom of the lake, a box shinning in purple. She touched it, and it electrolysed her. Using her power of time, she turned back to the time when the box was not electrolysed. After doing that, she carefully opened it. It was a bracelet with a long ribbon with ancient scriptures written on it. She took it and worn it on her left hand. Three small chains, attached to a ring, appeared on three of her fingers.

This is a sealing device that you shall use very soon.

"Yes, what is the next thing you wish me to do for you?"

There is no need for that for now for Asakura Hao will soon arrive.

"Then shouldn't I be in hiding?"

No.

"Should I fight him?"

No.

"If he were to kill me, should I still remain motionless?"

He will not kill you. He needs you for something.

"What thing? It's it... 'That'?"

Yes.

The Great Spirit's voice faded away.

"Hao."

Elwynn said without even looking at her back. Few spiral of water surrounded her and blinded her. She took no motion to resist it.

"I thought you want to kill me. Now, you are giving up without a fight?"

"I am not brainless. This water is not normal water. It comes from Mount Aureate, doesn't it?"

"Yes."

"The only thing that I despise and fear is Mount Aureate's sacred water. I will not be crazy enough to fight it."

"Or you are just following the orders of the Great Spirit. But... There is a flaw of what you just said."

"There is?"

"Yes. The only thing you despise and fear should be I."

"Why?"

"You fear me for my power, and you despise me because you want to kill me."

"That's not the same."

"It is to me, so it is to everyone."

"Still so stubborn."

"Is that bracelet worth this much that you have to risk a chance of your appearance?"

"I don't know."

She really didn't know. The Great Spirit told her nothing of it. Maybe the only way that she would find was through her nightmares...

This sacred water had to power to seal. Of course, it was empowered by the bracelet that Elwynn took. Since Elwynn was sealing her current furyoku so that her curse would not grow, it wouldn't be wise for her to break the seal of the sacred water. They took her, and she did not resist.

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They put her in a chamber. It didn't look like a prison or anything alike. Instead, it was a very beautiful place. The whole room was covered by her favourite colour: violet. It seemed that it had been decorated according to her likes.

"Do you like it?"

"No."

"I thought that you would love something of this type. Am I wrong?"

"You are wrong."

"I am never wrong."

"Never is a too uncertain word for one to say. A person can chance from one day to another."

"Like you betray me?"

"If you must think in this way."

"I have given you chances to explain yourself. And you did not take them. I never give chances..."

"And yet you did to me. What would change if I tell you? The answer is nothing."

"Didn't you want to be at my side? Wasn't that your wish?"

"You say so yourself. 'Was'. That is the past. Now, the only thing I want is to kill you."

"You want, or the Great Spirit wants?"

"I want. No one in the world can force me to do something that I don't want to, including you. This is my will, and forever mine."

"So you don't like this room?"

"No."

He ordered two people and 'escorted' her back to the dungeon. He was mad, and she could tell. He never was a good-tempered person and probably never will be. The dungeon wasn't anything nice. It was stinks, wet, and freezing cold. A warm and comfortable room wasn't for her. Never had she enjoyed her life without something bad happened to it afterward, and she shouldn't take things like that as granted. Each time she has fun, horror will come to her. It was mostly like rule to her.

She sat at the corner of the place. Her white dress was dirtied by the floor. She didn't seem to mind it. She meditated and tried to fall asleep.

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Where am I? Where is here?

Elwynn walked in the snow. It seemed that all the scenery was purely snow and nothing else. Somehow, the floor wasn't cold although she didn't have her shoes on. She was wearing a white silky dress that went along with her body and had purple silks to accentuate that white colour. Few animals walked her by. They seemed to be hungry. By using her power, she transformed the snow into a lake of fresh water and some fruits. Since she was feeling quite tired, she sat by the lake and drank some water. However, at the moment she looked at the water, she froze. Why... Why did she look like the spirit of time? When did she change to the spirit of time? Her black tattoo grew so much that was impossible to cover. Even her face had one. She was scare.

Where is here? Why do I have that? What am I doing here?

As to answer her curiosity, someone appeared. It was Hao. He seemed to be very evilly. That mustn't be he! He was nothing like that! She stared at him. Her heart was signalling her to run, but she didn't. Wait... Wasn't he... No! He hadn't! When... When did he become 'That'? He lifted his hand and aimed at his own heart...

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"Hao! Don't!!!!!!!"

"Don't what?"

Elwynn woke up in terror. Was it a dream? No! All her dreams were the future. It must be about to happen... If her theory she understood in the dream was right, then...

"What's wrong, Ely? Did you have a nightmare again?"

"Hao..."

She went into his embrace and dried her tears of fear on his clothes. She mustn't let that happen even if it'll mean the end of the world!

"Go back to sleep, I'll be right here with you."

"But..."

"You haven't had a real sleep for years, hadn't you? Did you not say that only in my embrace that you will not have nightmares? Go back to sleep. It's an order."

She didn't answer him. Why was he still so kind to her after all she had done? Yes, he vowed to kill her but... He never actually did. He was still Hao... She hugged him even harder than before and felt into a dreamless sleep.

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