Hello...so here I am, with the 5th chapter...I am soooo sorry it took me so long to update, but our internet accounts froze, so we had to so all this crap, and wait, and...oi. It was very stressful, even though it took almost four months, I'm ready to continue the story...Okay, Here's chapter Five.

Disclaimer: Must I repeat myself? I don't own Shaman King. I only own my characters, and if you read the previous chapters, you know who they are...

Chapter Five: Serious changes, and Yuna's rematch...

Seven days have passed since Yuna went into the tunnel. Everyone waited by the exit, just like they did for Yoh. Ren was getting more and more nervous, to the point, where it was almost unbearable. Minna was a bit sad to see her master go, but then again, who wasn't sad to see her go..? A million thoughts ran through everyone's head.

She's not as strong as Yoh, she doesn't stand a chance... Anna thought..

I hope she's alright...That's all I want...Ren thought.

Yuna...I hope you made the right decision...Yoh thought to himself.

Miss Yuna...Please be okay... Minna thought.

This will be a miracle if she makes it out alive... Manta thought.

...Telda's hot... Horo thought.

A few more hours passed before Yoh heard the faint sound of shoes and panting. It was Yuna. She was alright after all.

"You guys, do you hear that! It's yuna!" Ren yelled. They anticipated that she would come out of the tunnel.

What they would never have guessed, is what she looked like.

She came out of the tunnel, looking at everyone as the morning sun shined in her face. Her hair was almost unevenly cut to about Yoh's length, and there were scars all over her face. Her pants were ripped and you could tell by the rips that she tripped on alot of things. A small path of blood ran down her cheek from a cut, and Her shirt was ripped to the point that there were pieces missing. It had a rip accross the front where you could see part of her breast.

"What a day...er- week..." Yuna started. "That tunnel was just as you said, Anna. It was pitch black...I kept tripping on things, and I kept running the wrong way.. it was like the tunnel was a catacomb...but I kept going and eventually made it out...I didn't think I was going to make it out alive, but now, I..." she started, her expression darkening, making everyone's eyes widen slightly.

"I'm ready for her now..."

Yoh smiled, making Anna, along with everyone else, confused.

"Alright then, let's head back to Kawasaki, and tell your mother the news..." Yoh said.

...Once they reach Kawasaki...

Yuna, Yoh, Ren, Manta, Horo, Anna, Ryu, and the others stood outside of the hotel door where Yuna and the others stayed for the tournament. Yuna placed her hand on the door, sighing. It wasn't the fact that her shirt was ripped, and there was blood on her face that she was worried about. It was the fact that she cut her hair that she was worried about. Her mother hated the first time Yuna cut her hair, and it was a family tradition to have long hair, until you get married. Yoh placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"It's alright...'' he said. Yuna nodded and smiled, turning the knob and walking in the hotel, Ren by her side.

"Mooom...? Daaaad?...Samona?" Yuna asked. She walked halfway down the hall where she heard the faint sound of sobbing. She turned her head to her mother's door, which was slightly open, allowing Yuna to see her mother sitting on the bed, her head in her hands. She was the one who was crying.

"Why did she have to fight...why?" her mother said in between sobs. Yuna's eyes widened. Of course! She hasn't seen Yuna ever since she was rushed to the hospital. But she was alright now...she had to tell her mother.

"Stay here..." she whispered to Ren, who was sitting on a nearby couch. Ren nodded and Yuna slowly opened the door to her mother's room.

"Mom...?" Yuna asked. Her mother looked up from her tear-stained hands. To Yuna, having 3/4 of your clothes ripped, and a cut on your cheek, and smelling like you haven't bathed in weeks was hell enough, but to her mother, it was heaven just to see her talking.

"Oh, Yuna!" Her mother yelled, drawing Yuna into an embrace. Yuna smiled, wincing slightly at the cut. She wrapped her arms around her mother, hugging her back.

"Yuna! Your hair!"

"I know mom, and I'm sorry that I cut my hair...again. But now, I'm tired, and I stink...can I take a bath?" she said, smiling. Her mother huged her again, letting the last few tears escape her eyes.

Oh, my god! Ren! Yuna thought. I have to tell her about Ren!

Yuna broke away from the motherly embrace, brushing herself off.

"Um...mom? There's something, I need to tell you..." She said, nervously scratching the back of her head.

"What...what is it?" her mother asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Uh, one sec..." she started, running out the room, grabbing Ren, and coming back. They both entered the room, Yuna's hand on his back.

"Mom...this is Ren...your future son-in-law..." she said. Her mother's and Ren's eyes widened in shock and amazement. "And Ren...this is my mother..."

"Nice to meet you, Ren..." her mother said. "I see you care deeply about my daughter..."

"Um...yeah..." Ren blushed, scratching the back of his head. Yoh placed his head on the door of the hotel, listening to distant laughing.

"I think everything has gone pretty well.." Yoh said.

...Later that night..

Yuna laid in the bed in her hotel room, writing in her diary. There were several empty pages in there, where she simply wrote "In Tunnel" on it.

15 days...

8-12-05

This has been very interesting...I can't even start to explain all of the emotions I'm going through...but tomorrow is my fight with Telda...I'm so nervous, but I'll have my family, and my friends to have my back...I just hope going through the tunnel did something for me...I should train tomorrow just in case, well, I'm tired, and after having a hot bath, I'm extremely tired, so Bye.

-Yuna..

Yuna placed her journal on her nightstand, and bundled under the covers for warmth, awaiting the final fight with Telda...

End of chapter...