I'm getting better at this updating thing...not too many people have read this, I'm kinda upset over that...but my Sai story has been great (for me at least)...

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"Hey what's up Lyserg?" Ryu asks as Lyserg gets up. "It's him," he shouts as he runs out of the cave. "Lyserg, no," Yoh shouts after him as we all follow, including the girls. "Hey the snow stopped. It must have blown over," Horohoro said as he looked around. The snow wasn't near us; it was being shielded by something. "Look again, ice-for-brains," Ren says. "Watch it!" Horohoro shouts. I giggled. "It's still snowing, just not where we are, look," Yoh said as we paid attention to who was in front of us. "I knew I sensed a evil darker than any other force, on Earth, which meant it could only be you Hao!" Lyserg shouted at him.

Chapter 20 ------

"Lyserg," Hao said calmly. "I've been waiting a long time for this day to come, and now that it's here…" Lyserg started, but I started to listen to Horohoro. "Hey guys check that out," he said pointing to some kind of barrier. "He must be the one behind the wacky weather," Yoh said in a mean way. "It's like the storm's afraid of him," Ryu said. 'He really can't be good. And he was in my room!' I thought. "He may be able to push Mother Nature around, but he can't intimidate me," Ren said with attitude.

I heard the girls say something, but I didn't care. "She's right Yoh, maybe you should think about what side you want to be on before it's too late," Hao said rather coolly. "What are you talking about?" Yoh asked confused. "I'm talking about self-preservation. Once I win the tournament, and I will win, I'll be looking for Shaman to carry out my mission," Hao said. "I've got my own mission," Yoh said defending him. "Your only mission should be getting ready for when Master Hao helps us create a better world," this Ryu guy said until Hao cut him off by putting his arm up in front of him.

"You'll come around eventually, but until then, I need you to get stronger. That, and I think I'll take this lovely lady right here," Hao said before a smoke bomb went off. I covered my eyes and coughed until someone grabbed me. I went along with it, thinking that it was Ren, or somebody. I had been knocked out or something, because I didn't wake up for like 30 minutes. I was resting on somebody's shoulders, "Good, you're awake," it said. My vision was blurred for a few seconds, but I finally realized that I was on Hao's shoulder. "No, go away, I don't want anything to do with you!" I shouted as I kicked him and tried to escape his grasp. It was no use; he had gotten some of his followers to calm me down.

He set me down and said, "Don't even think about escaping, it won't work." It was kind of hard for me to stand up, because I hadn't used them for a few minutes. He had a hand on my back and one near my belly button, making sure I wouldn't fall. I stood up and pushed his hands back off of me. "Now we want to be a good girl if we ever want to see our friends again, right?" Hao asked like I was a baby. "I'm not 2 years old, ya know. I have a brain and I can think like an adult," I said sarcastically. "Good, then you'll understand that I'm going to wipe out all of the weak Shaman and defeat all of the stronger ones," he said as he looked out onto the river. "You can't just take them by surprise," Sharona shouts at him. I turned and looked at her. "What are you doing here?" I asked as I walked over to them. "We have no use for weak Shaman," Hao said as he held his hand up to them and they were blown off the cliff.

"What was that for?" I asked as I walked over to him all pissed off. "Like I said, I have no use for weak Shaman," he said. "What about me, I'm like the weakest one there is, I just barely learned Oversoul and all that stuff," I said. "I know that, you are beautiful, and I want you to be my Shaman Queen after I win." "Qu…queen?" I asked scared. "Yes, now Spirit of Fire, melt the ice and rid the mountain of the weak!" Hao shouted as this giant red thing came out and got everything warm. Then the entire river that was ice turned into water and it was flowing fast. 'Oh no, Ren, Hao's going to pay for this,' I thought. "Let's go," he said. All of them left while I stayed and watched the water run towards the gang. Someone's hand grabbed my shoulder and turned me around; it was Hao. "That meant you too," he said. I had no choice but to hope for the best and follow his orders.

We all walked for a while, and decided to set up camp around 5 o'clock. I had no way to tell time. Sakura had come out, "What's wrong?" "What do you thinks wrong? I got separated from Ren, and now I'm stuck with this psycho. My life's a totally mess now," I said as I watched everyone gather firewood and set up tee-pees. I wanted to cry, real bad. I got up and started to look for Hao. He was the only one I wanted to cry on. He should feel my pain; I'm really not myself. I found him ordering people around telling them where the firewood goes. I ran up to him and started to cry into his chest. I wrapped my arms around his neck and cried harder. I felt his arm wrap around me. That made me feel better, but not enough.

Aw...Hao actually loved someone...I betcha if you read my Sai story it'll make a little more sense...

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--Sakura