Yay..chappy 3 is up!. Review please....Ren and horo horo are kinda perverted...but oh well...everything kinda happens out of sequence to...don't linch me please!

Chapter 3:

Hao glared out on the horizon from the hilltop that he had been sitting on alone. Dawn was breaking and Hao had lost another Shaman. Not in the usual way, and not

how Hao had expected.

"Dammit!" Hao slammed his fist into the ground causing it to break around his clenched hand. The rest of his group was avoiding him because of his temper. Hao

breathed angrily.

"Why didn't they kill her?" he snarled. "Damn you Yoh. You aren't what I had expected at all. Why is it so hard for you to do this one damn thing?"

He looked at the uprising sun again. "Why do I have to do everything myself?" his thoughts turned to Pyro.

"Pyro, I trusted you too. Why were you so quick to turn?" he sat there for some time before he lifted himself off the ground and stood, planning what he would do once

he got hold of those two.

Back at the group…

"Horo Horo! That's my rice!"

"Oops."

"Give it back!" Py tackled Horo Horo, who in turn, started to stuff his face with rice. Ren was seated next to Yoh and was watching with amusement. Yoh and the rest

were to busy talking and eating to pay any attention. This was usual for the group.

"Give it back or I'll make Seraph beat up your shaman!"

"Oh yeah? Well, my shaman could whoop your shaman in a second!"

"That's not what happened yesterday." Py smiled slyly and pinned Horo Horo down and pried her bowl of rice from his hands. Then she stood up and walked over to

where everyone else was.

Yoh smiled up at her. "You fight with Horo Horo just as much as Ren. It's been over 5 fights in the last hour."

Ren grinned. "Well, he deserves it. Doesn't he, Pyro?"

"Yes. Especially when he thinks he can steal my food. And call me Py."

Ren grinned. "I'll call you what I wish."

Py shrugged. "Ok, but I'll have to launch Horo Horo on you if you don't."

Ren smirked. "Nice try, but Frosty couldn't hurt me for his life."

Horo Horo popped up beside Ren. "What was that, Ren?" he said angrily.

Ren grinned again. Horo Horo tackled him and they were at it again. This time, Py didn't join the fight like she had done before. Instead, she took Ren's seat on the

ground next to Yoh and continued to eat her meal.

Ryu turned to her and grinned. "You really know how to get into fights don't you, Py?"

"Yup." She smiled.

"You and Ren have a lot in common." He replied. Ren looked up. "Excuse me, but I do not have anything in common with a shaman of her stature."

"You mean, a more powerful shaman then you'll ever be?" Py smirked.

"What! No! Of course not… I meant…"

Py grinned up at him and tried to degrade him. "Ren, you're so uptight. Loosen up. I was kidding." She really wasn't but whatever.

"You just sounded like Yoh." Ren muttered. "You two really need to get serious about the tournament. That's your problem. You're both are too laid-back."

Py smiled. "Hear that Yoh?" she turned to him. "We need to become serious." She imitated Ren, by stiffening her face and frowning. "You're both too laid back...blah,

blah, blah."

Yoh laughed and Ren tackled Py. It was unlike him, yes, but it was the only way to get back at her. Py rolled over and put Ren in a headlock. "Ren, c'mon, I was

joking!"

"Get off!" he snapped.

"Not until you say sorry." She said happily.

"Never!"

"Then, I'll have to keep your head like this all day."

"I didn't do anything. You should be the one saying sorry!"

"You tackled me! Horo Horo, remind me to put you in a headlock too." She laughed, remembering Horo Horo tackled her as well.

"Bason!" Ren called.

"Seraph!" Py countered. Bason tried to get at Ren, but Seraph immediately held him back.

"Bason, watch, it's a form of entertainment." Seraph coaxed. Bason smirked and stayed back. Both spirits watched in amusement.

Ren was struggling like crazy.

"See?" Py smiled. "Now, what would happen if an enemy did this too you?"

"An enemy is doing this to me!"

"I meant someone that was going to kill you."

No reply. Ren just kept struggling and Horo Horo took great humor out of Ren's dilemma.

Py drew her head close to Ren's ear. "If I let you go, do you promise not to tackle me?" she whispered.

"No."

"Do you promise to tackle Horo Horo if he steals my food, so I don't have to?"

"That can be arranged." He whispered slyly back.

Py released Ren from her grasp and backed away, immediately stealing his seat on the ground again.

"Hey! I was sitting there!" he argued.

"Well, I am now." Py said coolly.

"Push over." Ren hissed as he lowered himself to the ground. Py ignored him. Ren retaliated by pushing her over, near Yoh, and he sat in between Py and Lyserg, leaving

Horo Horo out of the circle that they sat in.

"Hey! Where do I sit?" Horo Horo complained.

"Out there somewhere." Ren snapped.

Py noticed Lyserg hadn't spoken in quite a long time. "Lyserg?"

He looked up quickly.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah." Lyserg went off into his thoughts again. He was thinking about the X-Laws again. They could've defeated Hao and his minions by now. But, Lyserg was stuck in

this group, and not only that but with one of Hao's followers. He didn't trust Py, not in the least bit. He would keep an eye on her.

Horo Horo thought of tackling Py, then Ren, but thought against it and started hurling insults at them. The group just laughed and continued their conversation.

Py sat there, silent for many minutes. She could feel Hao coming closer. Why was he back-tracking? Ah, he must be coming to check on her status. She made up her

mind to visit him that night. After everyone was asleep. She would meet him and tell him her plan to be rid of the group.

Ryu rose to his feet. "Master Yoh, shall we get going?"

"Yes, Ryu, in a minute…let's just try and figure out where we're going."

Py looked up. "There's a hot spring about five miles from here."

"How do you know?" Horo Horo asked suspiciously.

"Hello? I've been with Hao's group…we passed here already, then I was sent back."

"Oh yeah. Heh."

Yoh stood up. "Okay, we can spend the night there. It'll give us a place to relax for the day, too."

Py stayed silent. That would be the perfect place to meet Hao. Somewhere at the hot spring. It was the perfect way to escape.

The group walked along in the directions that Py had given. She stayed at the back of the group, deep in thought. She looked at her bracelet, then at her hand. She was

filthy. Oy, I need a shower…she thought. She'd wash up at the hot spring. Wait a minute…

Py realized she was in a group of only boys. "Crap." She said aloud.

"What?" Horo Horo asked.

Py slapped her head. "How am I going to get in the springs? You're all guys!"

The group laughed at this comment.

"You can always come in with us…heh heh." Horo Horo smirked, draping his arm over her shoulder.

"That's right. Why don't you join us?" Ren teased. The two of them started to get into this.

"Ha, Ha, very funny." Py muttered sarcastically, shoving off Horo Horo's arm, which was quickly replaced by Ren's. "I don't think so, you perverts."

Ren and Horo Horo snickered. Py pushed Ren's arm off. "Stop it. You're being perverted."

They snickered again. Py thought of killing them, right then and there, but figured it probably wouldn't work out to well. She just best be getting to the hot spring and

ditching these guys quickly. She couldn't put up with them all day.

Two hours later…

Hao led his group back along the trail they had made. "They are at the hot springs. We shall rest here, it is far enough to not be sensed, but close enough so that I may

know what is going on…"

His group agreed. They did not want to get on his bad side, not now. They stayed in silence or total agreement with him presently, and set up camp. Not one shaman

dared to ask why they were back-tracking. Not one.

Hao isolated himself for much of the day. He didn't talk much to his group members, just thought aloud to himself.

I have had enough of this. Time to set things straight. He thought. Hao patiently waited until nightfall. Then, he would see what was going on.

At the hot spring 15 minutes later…(okay, I know this is cheesy, but oh well)

Py wrapped the white towel around her and put one foot in the spring. The others had gone to another one and Py would be left alone in this particular spring pool. She

was glad to be here; she wasn't able to do this when Hao had brought them.

The water was nice and hot. A small waterfall was at the other end. She slowly waded in and sat under the mini waterfall, trying to relax. She was really tense, despite her

argument about how to be calm with Ren. This mission that Hao had given her…it was harder than expected. She hated to admit it, but she was enjoying herself with

Yoh's group.

She let the water flow on her head and down her face as she thought. Hao. She wished she could see him right now, but that would be saved for later.

Seraph popped up next to her. "Excuse me," he said.

Py looked up, clutching the towel tighter to her body. "Seraph, what is it? You aren't trying to peek are you? I know how you are."

Seraph smiled. "No, but they are." He pointed across from where Py was sitting.

Py looked over and saw four eyes peering over at her, snickers emerging from the bushes enveloping them.

"Damn perverts." She rose slowly, then immediately launched herself at the bushes. She clutched her towel tightly. She unveiled Ren and Horo Horo, who were in their

towels, but too busy laying on their stomach trying to peer in through the bushes to get in their own spring. Py stepped in front of them.

"Well, what have we got here?" Py said, picking up a stick off the dirt ground and glaring down at the two of them.

They looked up and grinned. "Heh, we uh, dropped something, yeah…heh," Horo Horo said unconvincingly.

Ren got his aloof personality back. "Why would we peek at you? There's nothing to see."

"What did you say?" Py asked angrily. She gripped the stick in her hand. Horo Horo elbowed Ren. "Nice going,"

Py twitched. Ren looked back at him. "Well, there isn't."

Py slammed the stick over Ren's head. Then she turned and tapped the stick in her hand. "Now, why were you here Horo Horo?" she asked menacingly.

"Uh, curiosity of the unknown?" he laughed nervously, and more asked then said.

"Wrong answer perverts!!!!!!" Py yelled and slammed the stick at Horo Horo. Both shamans got up and ran for their lives, Py tailing them, her temporary weapon raised

in the air.

"Come back here!" she shouted. Her wet towel was weighing her down, so she stopped after a while.

"Ugh, I can never get any peace." She complained to herself.

Seraph appeared. "Hao is near." He said.

"I know, I will go to him tonight." And she headed off back to her spring, resting up for her late night visit to her beloved Master Hao.

End Chapter 3

Yay! all done w/ this chappy. next is da meeting with Hao...whose not to happy with Py.....review and update!

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