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Chapter 3The Fight Begins
The sun shone brightly announcing the fight between Yoh and Hao. The gang was ready and waiting outside for Yoh, they were nervous because no one seem to talk much that day. Yoh went out carrying the Harusame with Amidamaru following him closely. He looked at his friends and smiled at them.
"Don't worry guys, everything is going to be just fine." Said Yoh
"We believe that you can do it Master Yoh." Said Ryu
"We'll always be there to support you." Said Faust
"Good luck Yoh." Said Lyserg
"You'll need to stay alive but if you die, we'll finish him off for you." Said Ren
"Thank you guys…" said Yoh
"Hey! I haven't said anything yet!!!" shouted Horo
"What? The cow is made of bread?" joked Chocolove
"SHUT UP!" shouted everyone.
"Hey Yoh! You have to win this to find Anna!!! So you'd better stay alive!" said Horo
"Yeah. After this fight I'm going to look for Anna." Said Yoh
"Come on! Let's go!" then they walked away
Yoh was determined to win the fight but without Anna he doesn't feel the same. It's like a part of him was gone. He quickly shook the thought off his head because he has to win the fight so that he could look for her already. They reached the designated place and Yoh's friends sat on a distance to watch the battle. It wasn't long when Hao appeared and smiled at Yoh evilly. He is quite sure that he can beat Yoh now, without Anna he is sure that Yoh lost some of his self-esteem.
"So Otouto let's begin." Said Hao then the oracle bell rang
"I'll beat you Hao!!!" shouted Yoh as he performed his big oversoul and attacked Hao.
"No you can't do that my dear little brother…" said Hao then the spirit of fire appeared and blocked Yoh's attack with one hand. Then Yoh started to attack it again.
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, little brother how could you? You're the first person who made that itako cry her out." Said Hao evilly
"What? She-she cried?" said Yoh as he stopped dead in his attacks. Hao saw it and attacked Yoh.
"Yoh! Be on guard! Don't let him fool you!!!" shouted Horo
"Who says I'm fooling him? I saw it." Said Hao as he attacked Yoh again.
Yoh fell on the ground and performed big oversoul again whole breathing heavily. He was full of bruises and with the attacks that Hao gave him he almost got knocked out. But Yoh didn't care about the fight, he was thinking of Anna; he made her cry. That was the thing in his mind the whole time. Then he looked at Hao again and attacked him. The spirit of fire lost it's balance and almost fell but Hao controlled it.
"Tsk, I didn't know you're still that strong." Said Hao
"But too bad I'm going to kill you now!!!" said Hao
"Yoh! Hao is still weak because of your fight before! You can beat him already!" shouted Manta
But Yoh didn't hear anything, he was so angry at Hao for planning everything; for making him and Anna fight, but he was also angry at himself for what he did to Anna. He was awakened form his thoughts when the spirit of fire attacked him. He ran towards Hao and attacked him making the spirit of fire fall on the ground.
"I'll kill you Hao!" shouted Yoh.
Hao was badly injured already. Yoh attacked him again and again but Hao is still alive and he still have enough furyoku. Yoh was angry resulting the increase in the furyoku that he was losing. Hao knows that Yoh is getting weak already and decided to attack him already. The spirit of fire attacked Yoh and Yoh fell on the ground while his furyoku quickly vanished. Amidamaru turned back into spirit ball mode and went beside Yoh.
"Master Yoh! Are you okay?!" asked Amidamaru worried
"Yoh!!!" shouted the others
"Say you're farewells little brother, not that I'll let you get out of here alive." Said Hao as he laughed easily
Yoh's POV"Am I going to die here?"
"I still haven't apologized to Anna…"
"I didn't want to make her cry, that's the last thing I wanted to do…"
"I wish I could see her one last time…"
"I'm very sorry Anna…"
Then Yoh closed his eyes waiting for the attack but nothing came. He opened his eyes to see the spirit of fire being held back by white beads surrounding it. He recognized the beads and looked at the direction where the bright lights came from. Not far from him he saw a blonde girl with a red bandana wearing a black knee-high dress. Her hair swayed with the wind and there was a bead that floats in front of her.
"Anna!!!" Yoh shouted
Anna looked at him and smiled then looked at Hao again.
"I'll finish you here Hao!!" shouted Anna
"That won't work without Yoh Anna." Said Hao despite of his difficulty to move. He tried to break free but failed he tried it again but failed.
"You can't break that Hao! I don't need the king's sword to do this! The great spirits will help me! You're still weak from the battle before and this time…this time I won't fail!" shouted Anna as she performed the ritual.
The others and Yoh looked at her in awe. They haven't seen the 1080 beads work before because the last time she used it they failed and the beads fell back on the ground.
"You will lose your life!" shouted Hao
Everyone looked at Anna wishing that it wasn't true but Anna looked at Yoh and smiled at him sadly.
"No Anna…" whispered Yoh
"We will beat you Hao! With the help of the 1080 spirit mediums that sacrificed themselves! We will beat you Hao!!!" shouted Anna
"No! this can't be-" said Hao as he struggled
"Anna no!!!" shouted Yoh as he tried to stand up but failed miserably
Anna just stood there with her arms in front of her while praying on the last bead.
Flashback"Anna it's very dangerous to use the 1080 beads…I'm sure you know the history behind this power that has been given to the spirit mediums…" warned Kino
"Yes Kino-sensei I know the danger of using this but I have to." Said Anna calmly
"How about Yoh?" asked Kino
"He can do things by his own anyway, I must do it Kino-sensei please let me…" said Anna determinedly
"Very well child. I'm giving you the permission but think everything out before using it." Said Kino
"Arigatou Kino-sensei…" said Anna as she left Kino
End of Flashback"I'm sure now." Said Anna as the bright light enveloped her. She closed her eyes then the light entered the last bead in front of her. The bead glowed and Anna pointed towards Hao as the last bead that resembles Anna flew towards Hao and joined the other beads. The beads bind each other and covered Hao. There was a bright light that surrounded Hao and it was disappearing slowly. When the light disappeared, so did Hao.
Anna was just standing there while everyone looked at the place where Hao used to stand at. He wasn't there anymore. Then Anna's arms fell on her side and her eyes went blank, she fell on the ground while breathing heavily. Yoh summoned all his power to stand up and go to Anna. He took her head and rested it on his lap while crying.
"Anna why did you do it!! Don't leave me Anna!!!" said Yoh as he cried
Anna managed to lift one arm and touched Yoh cheeks and smiled. She saved Yoh; that was all that matters to her. Yoh touched her hands that was getting cold already and kept it near his cheeks while he cried.
"I-I, Yoh… I love you… don't forget that…" whispered Anna as her body was fading slowly and small firefly-like lights surrounded her.
"Anna! No! Don't' go!" said Yoh as Anna disappeared and the lights flew towards the great spirits
"Miss Anna…" sobbed Ryu
"No she'll come back right???" asked Horo then he looked at everyone expecting them to agree only to see them crying
"No…" whispered Horo
"I'm afraid that she's gone…" said Ren under his breath
"Miss Anna is gone…" said Faust as he held Eliza close to him
"Anna!!!!" shouted Yoh as he held Anna's bracelet and cried.
Author Notes:
What a sad ending! (sob) Hope you'll like this one! I made it teeny tiny bit longer than the other chappies! Hey I'm not so good at writing really sad chapters so bear with me!! Feel free to email me and please Read and Review! Thanks to the people who supported me with this! Martha-chan and Jojo Kyoyama-chan! Thanks!!! (hugs) Happy New Year!!! Hope you'll like this!!! Everyone I hope this will pass your taste! I haven't received many reviews!!! Please Read and Review!!! Oh and I almost forgot I must make it clear to you the this is a sad ending of a chapter! "chapter" I thought maybe you guys will think I wrote an angst! Please Read and Review and Feel free to email me! Bye! Happy New Year!