I'M NOT DEAD!!!

I SOOOOOOOOOO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED FOR LIKE 1000 YEARS!!! I was on a really long cruise thingy, which didn't have internet connection!!! Annnnnd... my computer got screwed up by Kazaa for a week. But that's not all; I've become very busy with some stuff, so I never got the time to update. So I didn't update.

Since doesn't allow pure A/Ns in chapters, I wrote a tiny bit of the chappy before I went to bed. I know it's really short, and it sucks, but I promise I will do the full one... someday... I haven't really the time to write more, so don't expect another chapter any time soon. I'm planning on a different fic that I've meant to write ages ago. On the rare occasion I do have spare time; I will be working on that. I apologize for the long wait now, and in advance for the next long wait.

As for the half-chapter...

Here it is...

"I've had enough of your wining. 15 laps around the vicinity!" Ordered Pillika.

"OK!!!" A hyper Horo-horo yelled maniacally.

"Now go! I want you back before sunset. Aaaand you will wear these." Pillika held up a pair of 10 pound strap-on weights Anna had so kindly loaned to her (in exchange for her Horo-horo capture net). Pillika thought it essential for her brother to go through a variety of different training methods. Of course, she wasn't going to the extreme Iron Maiden training. Even Anna thought it was a little too intense-mainly because of the fact that your life is at risk. "Put them on." Horo-horo grabbed them and started squishing them around in his figures as if it were a stress ball. The only thing was that Pillika doubted that Horo-horo dealt with any stress-he only stressed others.

"Stop playing with them, and get a move on!" Said Pillika exasperatedly. "Not on your head!"

"Squisheeeeeeeeee..." Said Horo-horo. "...but heavy."

"Ugh... Just go!"

"Kurru!" Kororo tapped him on the shoulder.

"Fine, fine." Horo-horo tossed the weights behind his shoulder and started running faster than usual. Pillika sighed as she picked up the weights. At least the coffee made him go faster. Pillika absent-mindedly pet Kororo as she saw her brother running into the distance.

The fuki fields were laid out in squares, so Pillika could see everything her brother was doing. Seeing all of her brother's actions, Pillika was able to see him stopping in the middle of the track. He was looking at the sky.

"ONIIIIIIIII-CHANNNNNN!!!!! You're supposed to run, not look at the sky all day!" Pillika fumed.

Horo-horo ignored her and continued to look up. Pillika stomped towards him angrily. "What are you looking at?!"

"Spirit of Fire!!!"

"What-"Pillika looked up and saw that he was right. There, up in the air, was none other than the spirit of fire and Hao. No- it wasn't Hao. It was Yoh. The spirit flew over to the two and landed." Low enough for Horo-horo and his sister to see Yoh, Anna, Tamao, Jun, an annoyed Ren, a sick looking Manta and Hao.

"Oooooo lookie there's Horo-horo" Yoh stood up and pointed to his hyper friend.

"Yoh, we are landing soon so I'd appreciate it if you sit down-unless you want to crash into a tree," Hao glared at his brother. Yoh took his word for it, and plopped himself down next to Manta. "Which can be easily arranged." Hao added with a smirk. Yoh then regretted sitting next to Manta, for in a few minutes, the spirit of fire landing causing Manta to vomit all over the spirit almost soaking Yoh in it. Yoh edged away slowly to seek refuge behind Lyserg, who also edged away.

"Horo-horo and Pillika are attacking us from below. Hold on tight." Hao steered the Spirit of Fire left to avoid a huge icicle from hitting them. This was followed by a sharp turn causing Manta to turn green.

"Wh-what's going on?" Asked Yoh as the Spirit of Fire narrowly missed another icicle fired at them. Ren folded his arms and closed his eyes calmly.

"Don't you get it? Icecube-brain freaked out when he saw the Spirit of Fire flying above him. His typical reaction would probably be to attack, so that's what he is doing." Yoh bent over and saw he was right. Horo-horo was down below shouting something that they couldn't hear. "He probably thinks that it's going to burn those stupid plants." Ren added sarcastically.

"Hey, I heard that!"

"Huh? We've landed already?"

"What the heck is going on?!"

"Well w-"

"Yoh, please let me share some of your burden by letting me explain." Said Hao calmly.

"You?! Like I'd believe you, you sick, stupid-"

"Hao claims he has changed." Said Ren glaring at his former team-member. "And, we are on quite a tight schedule here. We have to get to the Hogwarts train station in an hour, so if you don't mind-"

"You all trust him???" Asked Horo-horo.

"I'm neutral." Said Lyserg quickly averting everyone's gaze.

"It's true!" Said Yoh earnestly.

"Yeah right-"

"Just give him a chance..."

"Well, he didn't give you a chance when he sucked your soul outta your body!"

"Innocent until proven guilty." Said Ren. "Now get on." He pointed to the Spirit of Fire.

"Heck no!"

"Big brother, calm down. If they say it's ok-"

"Hao is alive and has won their trust and you expect me to stay calm?!"

"Well stay calm today, and learn to do something Yoh is good at." Muttered Hao.

"You are not making this any easier for us." Said Ren. "I'm sure everyone else has been MUCH more co-operative than you."

"Well actually... I wasn't really too co-operative myself but I-"

"A-HA!" Shouted Horo-horo in triumph.

"Well you can't blame him because his parents were killed by him!"

"Feeling better Manta?"

"I'm fine Yoh."

"He's still a murderer!"

"Fine. Be that way. We'll just go to Hogwarts without you."

"You're going to Hogwarts? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Why don't you ever listen?" Said Anna who was glaring at him. "Ren clearly mentioned that they were going to catch the train to Hogwarts at 11. You are wasting our time, so make a decision quickly, or we leave without you."

"Okay okay... We're going- but if we get hurt in any way, it will be your own faults."

"That was like what Ren said..."

"Wow... he's actually using his brain for once..."

"What was that???"

"Nothing."