Unicorn13564: Hiiiiii… you people will hate me forever and for always for this… T-T May I rest in peace

Chapter 11: Till Death Do We Part

Anna walked fast, looking around to see if there were any doors that Horo could be behind.

"Anna, don't walk so fa-"

The young Itako turned her head and glared at the short boy.

"…Haha," he laughed nervously, "Did I just tell you to do something! Silly me! Haha, you walk as fast as you want! Really, I don't mind running, honest! Haha!"

Anna just continued to glare at him, yet Manta noticed her eyes soften, and a tear roll down her cheek.

"Anna…? Anna, what's wrong?" asked Manta, trying to figure out why she was crying.

"Don't worry, it's just her hormones."

Manta spun round at the recognition of the voice, and sure enough, Yoh was standing there. "Y-Yoh!"

Yoh grinned menacingly at the two.

"B-But Ren told us you were dead…" stuttered Manta, wondering why Yoh was grinning like that.

"Yeah, well the bastard shouldn't believe everything Horo tells him. If the Ainu looked closer he would have noticed me breathing slightly. He really is stupid."

"…I…I don't understand…" said Anna, trying hard not to break down.

"I don't expect you too, you always were a blond." Yoh slowly put his hand behind his back, and to both Anna and Manta's horror, pulled out Ren's Kwan-dao.

A/N: Don't ask how he did that… -.-;

"Y-Yoh… what are you doing…?" asked Manta, backing away slowly.

"Only what I'm told… sort of… actually, Hao didn't say I have to kill you…"

Manta stopped, wondering if a part of the kind, considerate, care-free Yoh was still in there somewhere.

"…But I'll just kill you anyway…" shrugged the Asakura, and walked towards Manta.

"Stop!" ordered Anna, stepping in front of the short- and now totally petrified- boy.

"Oh," laughed Yoh, "and what the hell are you going to do?"

Anna outstretched her arms, showing Yoh that she wasn't going to let him hurt Manta.

A/N: I know this kinda looks it but its not a Anna x Manta, just so ya know. She's just protecting him… amazing isn't it O.O

Tears formed in her eyes as she stared into Yoh's, the warm, kind eyes no longer there, and replaced with dangerous, angry ones.

"Oh Yoh," said a voice from behind, "be a good psycho and go un-latch Ren for me."

Yoh turned to see Hao stood there, a more than happy smile on his face.

"What! Why!"

"Oh, and let these two go home, I don't need them here."

"What? You're going to let them all live!"

"Yes, now go!" yelled Hao, growing impatient.

Yoh glared at Hao, before retreating and walking away, mumbling something.

"…Un-latch Ren…?" asked Manta wearily.

"Yes, the little pain in the ass was latched to a cross."

Manta paled.

"Anna, encase your wondering…" said Hao, noticing the teary-eyed Itako, "Yoh is on the darker side of life now."

Anna blinked; looking at Hao, then, suddenly the sound of someone being slapped could be heard.

Hao laughed at the mark on his cheek, and the form Anna was stood in. Her blond hair covering her face as she kept the position she was now in after slapping Hao.

Horo and Ren both looked up to the door as Yoh entered, muttering something about fairness and stupidity.

"What did you do to Anna and Manta!" demanded Ren.

"I didn't do anything," said Yoh glumly, "I didn't get the fuckin chance!"

Yoh un-latched Ren's legs first, then un-latched his arms.

"Ren, don't…" warned Horo.

"Don't what?" asked Yoh.

"Don't do this!" Ren scrunched his hand into a tight fist and punched Yoh in the face, making him stumble backwards and fall over. The Tao quickly patted down Yoh's pockets and found a key. He then turned to Horo and tried the key on the chains, and thankfully, it was the right one.

Despite his physical condition, Horo helped Ren up the stairs, the Tao's body dripping with blood as he walked.

"…H…Hold on…" panted Ren, leaning against a wall for support.

"Ren, are you ok?"

"Yes, I just… keep getting bursts of energy… then… it just drains… out of me…"

"Its ok, I'm not in top condition either, don't worry about it. Were going to get you to a hospital soon."

"You… need checking over yourself…"

The two helped one-another around the abandoned museum, trying to find the way Ren had come in.

As they turned a corner, they both stopped as they noticed three figures.

Ren glared at Hao, who turned to face them. "Let's end this!" he yelled, gaining a burst of energy like before. The angered shaman whipped out his Kwan-dao.

"…Didn't Yoh have that…?" asked Hao casually.

"He did have it." hissed Ren. "You've hurt me for the last time! I'm ready to fight you to the finish!"

Yoh steadily got up, dazed for a moment at the sudden impact of Ren's fist; and then climbed the stairs.

"Fight me to the finish you say…"

"Indeed! Or are you too stupid to understand that I hate you!"

"…Too stupid…" mocked Hao.

"Want me to finish him off…?"

Anna gave Yoh an icy glare as he approached the little group that had formed. "Why?" she asked, her words as cold as her expression.

Yoh sighed; then looked at Anna, his expression changed from content to rage and hatefulness. "Because of you!" he yelled, "You, and your bossy, bitchiness! No wonder you never had a boyfriend! You only got me because I was so pathetic and needy, I said yes to you!"

Tears form once more in the Itako's eyes; yet she refused to let them fall, and held her icy stare.

Anna gasped as Yoh uttered a small sound and his pupils became small dots. "…You… bastard…" he uttered, before falling to his knee's, then to the floor.

"…You… You killed him…" whispered Manta, shocked at all the savageness.

"Hmm, I don't need him anymore. My use for him is gone; he is worthless to me now." said Hao, and removed the knife from Yoh's back.

The young blond rushed to Yoh's side and cradled him in her arms. "Why! Why Yoh, why!" she screamed, letting the tears drop off her face and onto his. No matter how much she told herself he was crazy, she still loved him… she still wanted him. "Please…" she cried, hugging his body, "…come back…"

"Hm, and I thought Yoh was crazy…" muttered Hao.

Ren and Horo looked on in horror, for they had just witnessed their former friend die, they had just witnessed the killing of Yoh Asakura.

Hao looked at the blooded knife, then at Ren. "So… you want a fight to the finish huh… ok, winner take all!" he said, and grinned at Horo.

"Whatever!" agreed Ren, and moved away from Horo, getting into fighting position.

"No, Ren you can't! You don't have the energy!" shouted Horo.

"I don't care, where there's a will, there's a way…"

Hao chuckled, knowing that he had an advantage. He then quickly advanced on Ren, trying to out speed him, trying to cut him before he did with his Kwan-dao.

Ren deflected the knife each time it tried to cut him, yet still, he felt like he was loosing. The energy from his body was draining fast; every move he made was as if he'd done it ten times. It also hurt him to move so fast, for his stomach was no where near healed, and he could tell he was beginning to bleed again, for he could feel the blood running down his body.

The Tao stepped back as the knife scratched his arm, leaving a long line of blood to slowly appear and begin to bleed. Ren glared at Hao, and let the battle continue.

Hao was fast, and in much better physical condition, yet somehow, Ren eventually managed to get the knife away from him by flinging it across the floor with his Kwan-dao, leaving Hao wide open and defenceless.

Anna let Yoh's body rest on the floor as she stood up, her vision blinded by her tears.

"…You…" she said, her word full of hate, "…You killed Yoh… YOU KILLED HIM!"

The now crazed Itako lunged at Hao, making her hand into a fist, and struck him hard across the face, knocking him across the corridor. "..You killed him…" she cried.

Hao jumped to his feet, quickly scooping up the knife that lied next to him. "And now I'm going to kill you!"

The Asakura ran towards Anna, but to his surprise, as he pushed the knife forward to stab her, she quickly yanked it out of his hand, and turned the tables as Hao felt the cold steel slide into him.

"…H….How…?" asked Hao, feeling the warm blood escape his body.

"Simple… you kill Yoh… I kill you…"

All four allies watched as Hao staggered down the corridor, trying desperately to escape the death that was sure to come.

Horo slowly changed into his old clothes and folded his hospital ones, placing them neatly on the bed.

"It feels good to be getting out of here…" smiled Horo.

"Agreed." Said Ren.

"I'd still feel better if you stayed in here for a few more days Ren." Muttered Horo.

"Look, the doctors said they can't keep me here, so I'm going. Besides, I'll be fine."

Horo sighed. "Yeah, that's what you say now… but what happened when your stitches come undone, or you fall and they rip open or-"

"Horo!" scolded Ren, "What have I told you?"

Horo sighed in defeat. "…It'll be fine…"

"…And…?"

"You are the great Tao Ren, no-one can defeat you… although I still don't see how you were giving it all you've got and had a Kwan-dao, yet couldn't take down Hao… and Anna comes along with her bare hands and smacks the bastard, then kills him!"

Ren glared at Horo, who laughed nervously.

The two exited the hospital after discharging themselves, and walked down the street, on there way back to the Asakura residence.

After about five minutes of walking, the whining began.

"Re-en…"

"What?" sighed the Tao, after trying to ignore the Ainu.

"…You don't have any water on you or something do you? I'm dying of thirst here!"

"What am I? Your friggin slave!"

"…Depends… would you like to be my slave…?"

"No… and just so you know, that wasn't remotely sexy…" Horo hung his head in disappointment. "…But…" Ren said, patting his pockets, "…I do have this, whatever it is."

Ren removed the small bottle from his pocket and tossed it to Horo, who opened it and quickly drank it, not even bothering to look what it was.

Within seconds, Horo was on the floor, coughing up sick and blood.

"Horo! What's wrong! What's-"

Ren's eyes immediately darted to the purple bottle that was now on the floor… the purple bottle with yellow triangles.

"When you're ready to die… drink this..." Hao slipped the bottle into Ren's pocket and patted it.

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The lone figure sat in the dimmed room, it's only source of light was a flickering candle. It grinned; then laughed, looking down at the bandages that were wrapped around its stomach. "It's not over yet Usui… remember; I always get what I want…"

END TILL SEQUEL

Unicorn13564: TA-DAAAAAA! …This is the part were you kill me… (cowers) BE GENTLE! T-T

Life Is Like A Jigsaw Puzzle 2

The story picks up were it left off, and this time there are more twists, more adventures, and more yaoi! After Horo is admitted to the hospital, he mysteriously disappears. But who is behind his disappearance? Can Ren solve the puzzle once more? Or is it all over?