hao-addict: really sorry for the shortness of the chapter 22... i have to make it up. i had author's block that time... please continue reviewing! thankees!

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Chapter 23: To the Land of the Stars

Everyone was going to the Land of the Stars. They only have 2 hours left so they left immediately once they arrived from the Patch Village. They passed through the forest, then the land with weird looking rocks on it. Lastly the arrived to the Gate. The Gate of Ilvirakan. For this time, the Shikose (those shining phoenix thingys). Not like what they always say, "Sono tamashii wo, warenishinese (is that how you spell it? oh well...)". (That soul, show it to us)

This time, the Shikose said...

"Hao and Yoh are the only ones allowed inside the Land of the Stars."

Horo: How come? Why only them?

Hao: Like what I thought. Yoh and I are the only ones who fill fight the Great Spirits...

Yoh: Aniki...

Mikihisa: Good luck Hao and Yoh.

Later there was a blast of light covering everyone else except Hao and Yoh. After a few seconds, they were gone.

Yoh: Probably, they were teleported back to the village...

Hao: This is it... Yoh, are you ready?

Yoh: Ikuzo, Aniki...

Both of them went to the Land of the Stars...

Everyone else---

Horo: That wasn't fair! We came here to support the both of them.

Anna: Horo, deal with it. We have nothing to do.

Goldva: That is right, we have nothing to do...

Mikihisa: The only thing we can do now, is wait...

Yoh-mei: And see what is the result of the fight...

Faust: If the both of them are in danger... There is nothing we can do...

Keiko/Hao, Yoh, please be careful.../

Everyone hopes that the two Asakura twins will be able to come back safe and sound from any danger.

Back with Hao and Yoh---

Yoh: This place didn't change since the last time I went here...

Hao walks to the middle of the place. He remembered perfectly what had happened before. This was the exact place where he got Yoh's soul... This was the place where he tried to kill Yoh's friends. This was the place where he was defeated...

"Welcome, Hao and Yoh Asakura."

Both twins looked at the Great Spirits. The GS (Great Spirits) was talking to them...

Yoh: Great Spirits, if you can hear me! Why did you let us go back here?

Hao: Why do you want us to fight you?

"It is to determine, who is the Shaman King."

Hao and Yoh looks at each other, curious by what it means...

"The Shaman King job is to save the world from danger. Unfortunately, the match between you two ended in a draw. If Hao died, Yoh was going to be the Shaman King. Hao survived from the attack Yoh gave him... This time, whoever survives the fight will become the Shaman King."

Yoh: Survive? Does that mean that one of us has to die?

"Precisely."

Hao: Can't you end the match with no one dying?

"Impossible, I am the strongest in the world. No one can beat me. If someone did, they would die as well..."

Yoh: But that is... so unfair...

"Let us start now, to end this problem."

Hao: Matamune! Hyoi Gattai!

Matamune transformed into a Spirit Ball. He merged with Hao. Hao has cat ears and a tail. (Aw... how cute... I mean... Go Hao! Go Yoh!)

Yoh: Amidamaru in Harusame!

Amidamaru's spirit ball goes into the Harusame.

Yoh: In Utsu no Mitameno Tsurugi!

Yoh puts the two items together to create a big sword. Almost 6 of Yoh's height tall. Slowly it became smaller and smaller into a size of a normal sword.

"Let us begin this... NOW!"

The sky between them became the shade of Purple, not light of peaceful blue anymore...

Back at everyone else---

Kino-sama: The fight has started...

What will be the result of the fight?

end of fic---

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