The nights at the hot spring are sure noisy. But tonight, there was no one around but Anna and Yoh. Yoh fell asleep after his bath. He sure felt peaceful and relaxed, the way he always wanted to be.
Anna motioned toward his door. Anna wore a robe over her body just like before. She knocked on the door lightly.
Yoh, usually a sound sleeper, opened the door. "Anna. What are doing up?"
Anna said softly, "I can't sleep tonight. Can I stay with you?"
Yoh rubbed his eyes. He can't believe that Anna was like that.
Anna can't believe it either. Elrich, controlling her, was trying to seduce Yoh. "Of all of the ways to kill, why this?"
Elrich answered, "I wanted him to be happy before he dies."
Anna replied, "Just don't do anything nasty."
Yoh answered Anna's, well actually Elrich's question, "Anna, we can't do that, you know. Even if you're my fiancée, we are still not married."
Anna answered, "I don't care really. I just want to stay with you. I just wanted to be near you, to see what's it like to be sleeping with you."
Yoh wasn't ready for this. He was barely awake to answer her so Anna just kissed his lips to silence him and slept in his bed.
Yoh never made a reply and just slept beside her. Anna smiled slyly.
The real Anna was raging mad. "Why the heck would you do this? Okay, I know. You just want him to feel safe and happy before you murder him with the use of my hands. But this is outrageous. You kissed him again."
Elrich said, "Chill out. This is fun." She looked at Yoh. "Hao's pretty cute when he's asleep."
"I told you he's not Hao. Yoh killed him 12 years ago."
Elrich said, "He's Hao. Stop denying that fact. I'll just get some rest and sleep before I kill him."
Elrich fell asleep. The real Anna still can't control her own body because of the spirit, Elroy.
Anna just slept since she can't do anything about it. 'At least, Yoh will be safe from her.'
Manta and Tamao ran toward the house/hot spring. Everything there was so quiet and peaceful. It's like nothing bad will ever happen to the place. Pino, Ponchi, and Conchi finally caught up with them.
Manta and Tamao crept silently and opened the door. The others followed.
Tamao whispered, "Ponchi, Conchi, scan the area for corpses or spirits."
Ponchi and Conchi nodded and went into different directions. After a few minutes they came back.
Altogether, they said, "No corpse or spirits around."
Tamao was relieved. "Good. No one is dead."
Manta said, "Let's go check the rooms. All they did was scan the area around this floor."
Tamao and the others nodded. They followed Manta go upstairs. Ponchi and Conchi opened each door on each side. There was no one around.
The last two rooms belonged to Anna and Yoh. Tamao was scared to find out what they'll see in either room. Yet, Ponchi and Conchi opened them at the same time. Ponchi opened Anna's and Conchi opened Yoh's.
They were facing in Ponchi's direction and they saw no one. But in Conchi's direction, What they saw was indeed a surprise for all of them. Anna and Yoh are sleeping together in one bed. They looked so peaceful and so cute together.
Tamao shriek at the sight of them together. Yoh was surprised by her shriek. Anna rose up too.
Yoh looked at Anna, then at Tamao. He was so surprised and doesn't know what to explain or who to talk to first.
"Hi… You see… um…."
Manta looked at him slyly. "Both of you are playing houses huh?"
"It's not that!" Yoh turned scarlet red.
Pino doesn't know how to react to such situation. She hid behind Manta who was also speechless.
Anna, Elrich inside, moved toward the cabinet and took out the knife. All of them looked at her.
"Anna," Yoh said. "Put that down."
Anna laughed menacingly. "You think I'm Anna, didn't you? You noticed the changes and took them for granted. You see, I'm an evil spirit that fused with this girl here, the girl you love, Hao Asakura."
"Hao!" Manta and Tamao said, shocked to hear Anna say that name of Yoh's twin.
"Anna," He said. "It's me, Yoh? Not Hao."
Manta shouted, "Don't you get it? SHE IS NOT THE ANNA THAT WE KNOW!"
Tamao said, "You're an evil spirit? Who are you?"
Anna suddenly closed her eyes then smiled. "I am a shaman killed twelve years ago by Hao Asakura during the shaman fight. I am ELRICH RIDGETON!"
Pino reacted, "Great Grandma Elrich?"
Anna glared at Pino. "YOU DARE CALL ME GREAT GRANDMA AGAIN. I AM NOT RELATED TO YOU."
Pino looked at Anna. "You said you were Elrich Ridgeton right? That's the name of my great grandma that died 12 years ago. I was told that she can see spirits like me so I was wondering if I could learn more from you."
Anna laughed. "HAHAHA. Well now, I guess my sister married too early. I must be the same age as your mother when I died. My sister and her daughter married so early. As soon as they found out that they could have children, they got themselves married for all I care. At least your mother was in the right senses eh?"
Pino answered, "Well, not exactly…"
Anna waved the knife in front of Yoh. "Hao Asakura. How dare you kill me? I tried to be your servant and what did you do? You ordered Opacho to kill me."
Tamao wasn't just watching at what happened. She was thinking of something to let the spirit go. Then the idea struck her. 'Anna's beads. Gotta go find them.'
Tamao scampered to look for Anna's beads. She found it on the floor. 'Good. They're here.'
Anna was pointing the knife down at Yoh's throat. Tamao hurried and stood in front of Yoh.
Anna snickered. "My, my. Another servant?"
Tamao hurriedly muttered a chant. All of a sudden, Anna let go of the knife and fell to the floor. Manta caught her. Two spirits came out. It was Elrich and Elroy.
