Return To The Horror House:

Appears out of the mist welcome reader, to the final chapter of Return to the Horror House. I'm glad you decided to stick around to find out the fate of our beloved Shaman king characters. Now if you would kindly Hao.

Hao: Fine. Super Sailor Star does not own Shaman king.

Chapter 6

Slowly the doors opened, creaking as his shadow filled the doorway of the library room. . As he looked around he sighed, dust covered almost every corner and space of the neglected room, and spider webs were in many places. "Why do they even have this room?" But that question was never answered, for as Hao made his way further into the room his eye spotted what he had come from "There you are" He smiled as he picked up Hasarume from its stand on the table and felt its lightness in his hand. "Forgive me brother, but you will be avenged " Then he grinned as he had years ago when he had been evil and in the shaman tournament, Hao was back.

His reflection grinned back at him as he looked into the mirror like blade of the knife. His looked a little different from that young boy who had gone to the shaman tournament a few years back. He had not grown but a few inches, which for him was an accomplishment, but that was about it. As he stared at himself in the knife blade manta felt something warm and wet dripping down his face, and as he wiped his off he noticed it was tears. "Why should I be crying, I am about to complete my revenge. " He laughed, a sinister laugh then twirled the knife high into the air, watching as it impaled itself into the tree he was sitting in just an inch from his leg. "Now to finish what I started. "

Silence surrounded the Asakura house as Hao emerged into the front yard, hasarume by his side. "Where are you Manta? I'm waiting" but no one answered except for the whistling wind blowing a pile of leaves left over from the fall. " Well?" Once again silence was the only thing that answered Hao but it didn't last that way for long, for a few seconds after Hao spoke again a knife came flying out from nowhere, headed straight for Hao. Fortunately for Hao (and his many fan girls) he was quick enough to dodge and the sound of Metal on metal rang through the courtyard as Hasarume was drawn. The knife fell a few feet from where Hao stood, its blade stuck fast deep in the ground, where only the handle could be seen. "So you still have your skills I see" Hao said nothing, but just stared daggers at Manta, then let off a cool grin. And flipped back his Poncho to reveal his body. "Foolish boy, lament your stupidity in hell!" Before a normal person could have blinked the two shamans were at it, battling fiercely, for life.

Metal against metal once again filled the Asakura's yard as the two foes battled, both determined to win, even if it cost them their own lives. As he fought on Hao thought back on happier times and the people who had accepted him, even after all the horrible things he'd done in the past.

Flashback

It was a warm day at the Asakura house, and the as he sat outside, a watermelon in his hands Yoh Asakura felt something in the air, something different that he couldn't quite put his finger on. . As he looked over he smiled at his friends, all-munching on watermelon or arguing, in the case of Ren and Horo-Horo as Jun and Pilika watched on with a sweat drop and a smile. Chocolove was telling more of his jokes, and Lyserg had joined them, haven been forgiven for his past mistakes. It was indeed a wonderful day to relax and be together, but that all changed as the doors to funbrai Onsen creaked open and a shadow fell onto the doorway. "Hello brother" In an instant weapons were drawn and facing the figure as he walked in calmly, as if nothing had ever happened "it 's been a while" Yoh smiled "Hey Hao, what are you doing here?"

Hao sighed; he didn't know how he was going to do this, especially with all of Yoh's little friends here and his beautiful fiancée. "I came to ask you ….to forgive me. " There was a collective silence from the group " I admit it, trying to make a world with just shamans was wrong, and I had time to think after I'd been reborn again, you were right. " More silence followed and Hao could see there was still little trust for him; after all he had tried to get rid of them more than once. Turning he flipped his pancho over his shoulder and held his hand up to wave goodbye but was stopped by a hand on his shoulder. "Yoh…" His brother smiled "I forgive you. "

End Flashback

Blood dripped onto the ground as he fell, Hasarume imbedded deep into his chest. " That's for Yoh." He gave the corpse a quick kick to test it, then turned and smiled. The sun was peeking out from behind the storm clouds, and the birds began to sing, it was going to be a beautiful day. "It's over, it's finally over. " Police sirens in the distance, they were coming.

A month later

Hao Asakura sighed as he walked toward the group of headstones on Monument hill, and laid the flower down at the grave "Arigato brother." He smiled and wiped away the tears. Then turning, walked away, and as he did the birds began to sing as spring made its way in.

Arigato means Thank you in Japanese.

Sorry if Hao was a little OOC, but he needed to be that way for the story. Please leave a review with comments or constructive criticism, which is very much welcomed.