Dead Man's Party

Chapter 9

...Party Time...

Trey raced to meet his friends across the street. "Yaaah!" he yelled, a car almost running him over. "Hey buddy the light was RED!" he shouted, the driver giving him a quick obsence gesture. Lenny smirked, looking to the blue haired boy. "Aww, did Trey almost get hit by a car? How unfortionate..." he said sarcastically, Trey rolling his eyes. "I didn't expect you to care LENNY!" he shouted, Ryo looking to the two now. "Boys, boys, please..." he said, trying to seperate them.

Morty watched the two, blinking a bit. ...they act more like brothers then friends... he thought, smirking to the two. Yoh finally joined them, quickly tossing a soda cup into a trash can. "Sheesh, took you long enough." said Trey, eyeing the shaman. Yoh smirked childishly, scratching the back of his head. "Sorry." he said. "Guys, we should really head back." began Morty, glancing around a bit. "Yeah, but I think it'd be best we not tell Anna about stopping for a bite to eat." added Trey, the others nodding. Len blinked a bit, looking to Trey. "Wow, 2 intellegent statements in one week, i'm truly shocked..." he said, Ryo quickly splitting the two before they could start swatting at each other.

Yoh laughed, watching the three, Morty at his side. He glanced around a bit, suddenly feeling rather insecure. Morty must have noticed, as he nudged his friends leg. "Hey...you alright?" he asked, Yoh blinking a bit. "Yeah, sorry." said Yoh, smiling weakly. Morty blinked a bit, not really believing his friend, but decided not to push it. Morty then glanced to his watch, noting it was a little past 11 A.M. The boys had moved their butts, getting all Anna's errands done in record time and still managed to have time to spare for a quick snack. "Well, we'd better be getting back." said Morty the others nodding. "Yeah, knowing Anna, she'll have another hundred things for us to do when we get back." said Yoh, the others falling over anime style. "Dude!" shouted Trey. "Don't even say that kidding around!" he screeched, Lenny nodding in agreement. "Yeah, what if she...'hears' us?" asked Trey, glancing around nervously, reminding them of Anna's impecable mind reading skills. Yoh only smirked. "She'd best not read your mind then eh,Trey?" said Yoh, Trey blinking a bit, blushing. "Wh-whats that suppose to mean?!" he stuttered, the others chuckling, also beginning to teasing Trey about his still massive crush on Anna.

The boys continue to laugh when they heard a familar voice from behind. "A little early for lunch isn't it?" They all turned to see...Silva! "Silva!" shouted Yoh, running to his friend, the others following. The man smiled, nodding to them as they all gathered around him. "Hey Silva, what's up?" asked Trey, Silva blinking a bit, wearing his Shaman attire. "My spirits said you all were near by, so I decided to say hi." he said, the others nodding. "What are you all doing out so early?" asked Silva, the boys exchanging glances with one another. "Anna." They all answered in unison, Silva laughing lightly. She truly was a helion, one who deserved great respect and apparently got it. "Well, it's good to know she keeps you all in shape." said Silva, Lenny smirking. "Well, if it weren't for her, Trey here would be a rather large shaman..." he said, Trey growling. "Stop picking on me!" shouted Trey as he lunged for Lenny, only to be held back by Morty and Ryo.

Yoh laughed, watching the four, loved to be able to share moments like these with his friends. ...I mean, it just shows we really care about each other... he thought, smiling softly now. It was true. If Len didn't like Trey, he wouldn't tease him so much. It made Yoh feel good, the whole teasing each other and squabbling thing. It made Yoh see them more then just a team, more then just friends, more like.. ...like a family... thought Yoh. "I HATE YOU!" shouted Trey as he attempted to grab Len, but failed. Yoh blinked a bit, drawn back from his thoughts, then smirked. ...scratch that, more like a...disfunctinal family... he thought, chuckling happily with his eyes closed. The gang continued to rant and what not, truly unprepared for what happend next...

"Yoh! Yoh!" the gang turned, blinking, shocked to see Conchy and Ponchy sprinting towards them. "Hey guys, what's wrong?" asked Trey, the two spirits stopping. Something was wrong, very wrong, Yoh could already feel the panic fuming from the two. The two spirits looked to Yoh, leaping to him. "Yoh! He took her!" they shouted, the boys exchanging glances, puzzled looks on their faces. "Took who?" asked Trey. The spirits growled, shouting once more. "He took Anna!" shouted Conchy. Yoh's eyes widdend as he became horrifield. ...no... he thought. ...God no... he repeated, already feeling faint. "Who?!" shouted Yoh, even though he already knew the answer. "Hao!" cried Ponchy, covering his face as he sobbed. "They took Tammy and Pillica too!" added Conchy, Trey at Yoh's heels now. "Whoa whoa WHAT?!" he shouted, throughly upset. The others shortly joined in, ranting and shouting, while Yoh on the otherhand, stood in the back, in absolute shock, unable to even speak, let alone move. ...she's gone... he thought.

Silva watched the madness, watched as the spirits and shamans argued among themselves, watched as Yoh stood in what seemed to be some strange trance. ...this has to stop... he thought, knew they were all just wasting time, time which was very important. "Enough!" shouted Silva, the group silencing. They focused on the Native American shaman before them, saw the anger in his dark eyes due to their frivolous arguing. "Enough all of you." he said, looking to the group. The boys all lowered their heads some, feeling embaressed. "He's right." said Lenny, stretching some, the others nodding. "Uh, not to be...annoying or anything....but...WHY ARE WE JUST STANDING HERE!?" shouted Morty, panting heavily. "He's right!" added Conchy, glancing to the shamans. "Yeah! Let's go save them!!!" shouted a now desprite Ponchy. Silva, nodded some, and blinked as the boys began to head off. "Wait!" he said, all stopping.

"Do you even know where you're going?" he asked, the gang falling over anime style. "Gah! That is a good question..." said Trey, rubbing at his chin. "Yeah fools, you tell us to save them and don't even tell us where they are!" said Len to the two spirits who exchanged glances. "Oh, the...the cemetary!" shouted Ponchy, Conchy nodding eagerly. "The cemetary? Why would Hao go there?" asked Ryo, the others shrugging a bit. It didn't make sense. Hao couldn't use the dead or anything, so why travel to a cemetary? It wasn't like ghost scared shamans...at least not good ones. "What does it matter?" asked Lenny, the others blinking. "Let's just hurry up and save them." he finished, the others nodding, beginning to move out, and stopped when they noticed Yoh was still in his own little world.

"Yoh!" shouted Trey, looking to his headphone wearing friend. Yoh didn't reply, didn't even shift his empty gaze from the sky. "Dude! Come on! Anna needs you!" he said, shaking his friend by the shoulders now. Yoh blinked a bit, looking to his friend. "Dude!" shouted Trey, the others at his side now. "Are you alright Yoh?" asked Morty, looking up at his friend, worried. "Yeah, you look like you've seena ghost..." said Ryo, eyeing the young shaman. Yoh blinked a bit more, pushing from the group and looking to the two spirits. ...no... he thought, fearing the answer to the next question he asked.

The others blinked watching him. "Yoh! Dude COME ON!" shouted Trey, getting pissed. Yoh was wasting time, for what, he didnt know or care for that matter. He needed to save Tamora, Pillica and Anna. What was Yoh doing!? Trey growled as his friend slowly approached the spirits. "YOH!!!" shouted Trey, about to slap his friend silly. "Horo Horo..." said Silva, the blue haired boy blinking a bit, looking to the older shaman. "Let him be..." said Silva softly, Trey forwning a bit, but nodding. "Aw fine...but it had better be good!" he said, crossing his arms.

Yoh continued to make his way to the spirits, still in denial. ...how... he thought. ...how could Hao take her... ? Yoh couldn't help but wonder how, knew something wasn't right, especially when the three girls hadn't been the only ones in the house... ...Faust... thought Yoh wildy. It had hit him earlier, but apparently not the others. Faust was there wasnt he? Hadn't he seen Hao, heard some kind of commotion? He wasn't sure what had happened, but ws determined to find out, even if it scared him to death... He stopped now, looking to the two spirits, his expression sad. The two blinked, not sure what he wanted. "Conchy...Ponchy..." said Yoh softly the two spirits ear's perking up some. "How did Hao take Anna and the others....if Faust was there...?"

WARNING! Blood and Gore below!

Pillica moaned softly, slowly coming to. She had been out,...what? ten...twenty mins? An hour? She wasn't sure, only had faint memories as to what had happened earlier. ...Hao...Faust... she thought, shifting a bit and blinked some when she was unable to move her arms. She raised her head some, was shocked as to how heavy it felt. She glanced around, saw numerous trees...and tombstones. ...where....am I...? she thought, still a bit groggy. She knew this wasn't from being knocked out, knew she had been given something. She went to move her arms again, but still, was unable to. She growled a bit, getting annoyed. Why the hell couldn't she move her arms? She was about to try once more, but stopped when she felt something warm hit the top of her head.

She blinked a bit, felt it on her head again and again. She tilted her head back some, wasn't able to do so too much since she was against a tree. She saw it this time, though was unable to focus on the source, since her vision was still quite blurry. She squinted a bit, trying hard to get her vision back and was shocked when she did.

She staired wide eyed above her, saw her hands pinned to the tree, a surgical scalpal through their palms. She felt her breath come qucikly, felt panic wash over her ...oh my God... she thought, watched more blood run down the palm of her hands. She screamed, was in horror, not only because she was pinned to the tree with a scalpal through both her hands, but also because she couldn't feel her hands. She screamed again, tugging at her hands, couldn't get free, or feel any pain either. Why? ...Why..?! she thought wildy, not sure if she should be realived to feel no pain or afraid because she seemed to have lost feeling altogether.

Tamora blinked a bit, shaking her head. ?" she called softly, looking around. She ached all over, felt like she hadn't slept in weeks...and where the hell was she? She blinked some when she heard what sounded to be a scream to her right. She glanced over, seeing Pillica, who was despritly struggling to get free. "Pillica..." called Tamora, blinking more, saw that Pillica was beyond horrified. "Pillica!" she called again, attempting to move towards her struggling friend...and stopped when she was unable to move her hands. She blinked, puzzled as to why her hands were above her head, not to mention the fact that they seemed to be in alot of pain. She raised her gaze up and was shocked to see large surgical sciccors, rammed through both her palms, pinning her seculy to the tree.

She staired wide eyed, in disbelife. She instantly yelled out, struggling a bit, but stopped, the pain becoming unbearable. Tamora turned her gaze back to her sturuggling friend, saw Pillica had now lowered her gaze to the ground, her knees bent as she panted heavily between sobs. "Pillica..." Tamora called, frowned a bit when her friend didn't reply. ...is she in shock...? she thought.

She winced now, tugging at her restraints once more, but stopped shortly, upon feeling warm blood rush down her hands. ...it hurts... she thought. ...it hurts so much... Tamora closed her eyes tight, moaning painfully a bit. This wasn't real...it couldn't be. One minute she was doing laundry, the next she was pinned to a tree and bleeding in what appeared to be a graveyard. ...ohhh.... she thought, closing her eyes. Everything that had happen between the two events was a blur, no matter how hard she tried to remember. ...enough, I need to focus on now, like how i'm going to get free... she thought, raising her head slightly.

She had a few options. One was screaming despritly for help, and see if anyone would come, moreoverly, hear her, or she could attempt to rip her hands free, which involved excrushiating pain. And lastly, she could just stand here, thinking and wait until Hao came back and finished her for good. None were pleasant and seemed to be a good idea...except the attempting to free herself thing. ...oh... she thought, closing her eyes, couldn't imagine feeling more pain then what she was feeling already. ...theres gotta be another way... she thoought, scanning the area, noting the numerous trees and headstones. There seemed to be nothing useful in sight, and no one. ...ohh, where's Anna...? she thought, knew Anna was like the leader. Then it hit her. ...Anna... she thought, remembering Anna had been kidnapped right along side them. Where was she? She turned her gaze to her right again, past Pillica now, and saw...Anna, pinned to a tree, not by some sort of surgical tools, but bound by her wrist with thick rope.

"Anna..." Tamora said softly, wondeirng what Anna had gone through, how long she'd been out. She shifted a bit more, moaning some. It hurt so bad, knew the metal in her hand had hit bone. She wasn't grateful for that since it didn't make removing it any easier. ...I have to try... she thought, knew if she didn't, Hao would finish them one at a time...if they were lucky.

Tamora blinked a bit, taking deep breaths, summoning up all her courage...and yanked, hard, yelling out in pain as her metal restraint moved a bit. ...how far is it in...!? she thought, panting. It hurt even more now, and was bleeding just as badly. "Oh..." she said, tugging a bit more, bitting her lower lip some to hush her painful cries.

"Shhhh..." said a soft voice to her right. Tamora blinked, quickly turning her gaze to the figure. Sure enough, Hao crypted from behind Anna's tree. He smiled at Tamora, stroking Anna's hair softly. "Hao..." Tamora said, her breath coming quick as his icy gaze met hers. "It's good to see you're both awake..." he said, smirking. Tamora blinked, fear her only expression. Hao smirked widder, enjoying the fear, not only on her face, but in her eyes. He then turned his attention to the young blue haired girl, who seemd to be busily sulking and whimpering. "Aww..." he said, stepping to her. Tamora watched, horrified, not to mention in a world of hurt. She prayed Hao wouldn't harm Pillica, was afraid he just might...

Anna moaned soflty, finally coming to. She raised her head some, her vision blurred and whatnot. She felt like she had been hit with a truck. ...make that two trucks... she thought, wincing some. She tilted her head a bit, her right temple throbbing. "Ohhh..." she said softly, searching the area some. ....grass...trees...tombstones... she blinked a bit. ...tombstones...? Where the hell was she? She turned her head more, saw who appeared to be Yoh and Pillica. ...Yoh... she thought, then shook her head. ...no... she tugged at her hands some, knew who was before her. "Hao.." she said.

Hao stopped, blinking a bit, felt a chill run up his spine when he heard Anna's voice. "Mm, you're awake.." he said, facing her. Anna glaired at him, narrowing her eyes a bit. Hao only staired at her, watched as her gaze went past him, focused upon her two friends. Hao blinked some, smiling. "Don't worry, i've no intention of hurting them...at least not that badly..." he said, smirking a bit. Anna looked to him once more, giving him her favorite experssionless look. Hao frowned some, stepping to her. "Hmm, you look troubled..." he said, stroking her hair. Anna growled, jerking her head back some, began to tug at her restraints.

Hao smiled widder, licking his lips. "Please don't do that.." he said leaning closer to her, Anna only thrashing more. "It only turns me on..." he finished, Anna growling angrily now. "You're disgusting..." she spat, wishing more then ever she could smack him down. Hao chuckled a bit, entertained by her desprit struggle. "Don't get too tired, the party's just about to start." said Hao, winking at her menacently. Anna growled, glaring at him, her chest heaving with her heavy breathing. Hao smirked, eyeing her up a bit, loved when she got all excited.

He turned then, his back facing her now, the wind lightly blowing his large poncho. "The rest of the guest will be here soon." he stated, walking now. He took a seat on a large boulder, smiling contently as he staired off, letting his mind drift with all the happy thoughts that would soon take place. He couldn't wait, had had everything set up ahead of time. ...soon... he thought, licking his lips in antisipation ...soon ...it'll be party time...

(Well, chapter 9 is FINALLY done. Took me long enough and this chapter is HUGE xx So, sorry for the lenght, i just didn't want to breeak it into like 2 or 3 more diff. chapters xX' Anyhoo, yeah, got some blood here, but there will be plently in the next chapters, so stay tuned and like i said, ill put warnings before hand to let you know where the gores at. So, with that said, please continue to read and review, and please enjoy this chapter and the next -Melis)