Hi there! I got this chapter up as soon as I could; I had writer's block for a while, but only for a while. But now I'm back and I'll start writing again! Disclaimer, you know where it is; if you don't…it's in the first chapter. Not feeling hyper yet today because I just came back from my cousins' house, so I'm a bit tired, but I'm still able to write this story.

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Chapter 5: The Battle Begins

"We're finally here guys!" Yoh looked out the window of the airplane, and they were above desert, and they saw a small figure at the middle of it. "Hao!"

"Huh! Yeah! It's that jerk who stole Anna's spirit!" Horohoro said as he looked out the window.

"Hang on tight! I'm going to try to make a quick landing!" Silva controlled the plane and made it dive towards the ground very fast.

Hao looked above and saw a spirit controlled plane and smiled, "Ah…they're finally here…!" Hao commanded spirit of fire to go into his sword and get ready for battle.

Anna was struggling to get out of Hao's body, but failed to do so. 'Yoh!' She sensed that Yoh was somewhere near.

"This battle shall be most interesting" Hao smiled as he waited for Yoh and the others to land.

The plane suddenly disappeared before landing, and the passengers fell on the ground, good thing it was sand and not concrete.

"Phwwwt! Yuck, sand! Nice flying Silva!" Ren said sarcastically as he rubbed off the sand.

"It was the only way we could've landed fast" Silva said with out wiping out the seriousness in his face.

"I'm never flying in a spirit plane ever again!" Horohoro said as he shook of the sand from his hair.

"Don't look now guys! But I think Hao's over there!" Manta pointed towards Hao who was just standing there.

"Right, let's get Anna's spirit back! Amidamaru! Spirit Ball Mode! Oversoul in to Harusame!" Yoh held Amidamaru's spirit form in his hand and pushed it into his sword. Everyone else's spirits went into spirit control just like Amidamaru and Yoh, while Jun summoned Lee Pai Long, and Faust summoned Eliza. "Let's go everybody!" Everybody ran towards Hao.

Hao smiled as his opponents arrived in front of him, "Finally, you're all here, and I was getting kinda bored waiting for all of you." Hao pulled out his sword with the spirit of fire in it.

"Oh no! We are too late; he already has spirit of fire in spirit control!" Lyserg pointed towards Hao's glowing red sword.

"Where's Anna's spirit Hao!" Yoh asked angrily.

"You seem to be in a bad mood Yoh. Anna's with me, although I can't give her back just yet!" Hao said.

A stong wind blew in between the Hao, Yoh, and his friends, scattering a huge amount of sand everywhere. The sun shined in it's fullest making the place a scorching desert battle field.

"If you won't give her back then I'll just have to take her back!" Yoh angrily charged towards Hao to attack him, but Hao parried his attack, and both of their swords clashed.

Hao jumped backwards and tried to slash Yoh, but Yoh stepped aside and attacked Hao, but he blocked it with his sword. Hao pushed his sword towards Yoh, making Yoh leap backwards far away from Hao. When Yoh landed on his feet, he immediately used Celestial Slash against Hao, but Hao was quick and he used his own special attack to clash with Yoh's Celestial Slash. Both attacks clashed in the middle of the two brothers, bringing forth a strong wind.

"You should try to relax a bit Yoh, you look like you're running out of Furyoku…" Hao said. He suddenly realized that someone was approaching him fast from behind.

Horohoro ran towards Hao with his snowboard equipped on his arm, "You'll be running out of furyoku too once all of us get into battle!" Everybody started charging towards Hao, but Hao jumped in the air and sent fourth a big slash that was enough to knock down all of Yoh's friends.

"Too slow…" Hao just landed on the ground after he finished his attack. Yoh quickly came from behind and attacked Hao. Hao put his sword in front of him, knowing that Yoh would aim for his front, but Yoh suddenly stopped his attack and stepped to the side instead. Hao didn't expect this to happen, so his side was left unguarded, leaving an open spot for Hao to attack. He tried to move aside to dodge Yoh's attack, but he got scratched a bit by Yoh's sword.

Yoh jumped backwards, and so did Hao, "Interesting…you were able to hit me…"

Hao looked at his brother who was still in his fighting stance, "That was just a payback for what you did to my headphones…"

Hao just smirked and stood up as if Yoh's attack did not damage him. He looked around him and found out that he was surrounded by Yoh's friends.

"I'm going to destroy you using my blade!" Ren ran towards Hao to attack him, but Hao held Ren's weapon. "What the…!"

Hao clutched Ren's weapon and tossed it along with Ren in the air, "Too slow…" Hao then jumped and attacked Ren using is sword, but Ren evaded it using his weapon, but Hao used his left hand to punch Ren in the stomach. Hao landed on his feet, but Ren fell to the ground clutching his stomach.

"Homing Pendulum!" Lyserg angrily attacked Hao using his pendulum, but Hao just grabbed it.

"Too weak…" Hao pulled the pendulum while Lyserg was on the other side slowly going towards Hao.

"I gotcha dude!" Horohoro grabbed Lyserg and tried to pull him back, but Hao was strong, and he still continued pulling the two boys using Lyserg's pendulum. "Let go of the pendulum!"

"I can't!" Lyserg answered, "It's currently tied to my wrist right now!" It was not long before Ryo grabbed Horohoro and tried pulling him, so now this whole thing turned into a tug of war.

While pulling on the pendulum, Hao was attacked by Pai Long using his weapon. Hao blocked Pai Long's weapon and pushed it away before kicking Pai Long away from him.

Manta decided to help out by pulling Ryo who was pulling Horohoro who was pulling Lyserg. Believe it or not, Hao was slowly being pulled by the four boys. Hao suddenly grinned and let go of Lyserg's pendulum.

"Huh? Guys, let g…" Lyserg and the others fell hard on the ground, with poor Manta at the bottom of the three Shamans. Hao couldn't help but laugh a little at what he has done.

Hao stopped laughing and took a step to the side, making Eliza miss her attack. Yoh grabbed his brother and tightened his grip, but Hao got loose anyway, just like how he got lose from Anna's beads. "Do you remember that trick little brother?"

Yoh's eyes flared up and he began doing a diving attack against Hao. Hao jumped into the air towards his brothers to clash swords with him, and as they were falling towards the ground, the sounds of their swords clashing with each other could have been heard by the whole Dobie village if it was still there.

Hao landed, and before Yoh landed, he fired another celestial slash at Hao, who fell into the ground. "Tell me where Anna is right now!"

Hao stood up from the ground and looked at his brother straight in the eye, "Can you not see Yoh? Anna was here the whole time…"

Yoh wore a puzzled look before asking, "What do you mean by that Hao?"

"Can you not sense her Yoh?" asked Hao as he went near Yoh. "I'll give you a clue; not only am I in spirit control, but I'm also in spirit unity! This means, I have two spirits with me!"

Yoh closed his eyes for a second and opened them once again. Yoh has to agree with Hao, because he could sense Anna nearby, but he couldn't see her. He looked at his brother's eyes, and he could see his brother smiling evilly. "His eyes, there's something different about them…it looks just like…"

"No! I couldn't be!" Yoh stared in disbelief into Hao's eyes.

"Looks like you found Anna little brother…" Hao drew his sword and attacked Yoh, pushing him far away from himself.

Silva ran to Yoh and tried lifted him up to his feet, "Yoh, are you ok?" Yoh replied with a slight nod. "Good…but it looks like he won't give us back Anna's spirit if we won't fight him…"

"No…" Yoh stood up using his sword as support.

"No? What do you mean 'No'?" Jun asked Yoh.

"Anna…Anna's spirit is in Hao's body! They're in spirit unity!" Yoh managed to say out aloud.

"What! So the person that we were looking for is the person who we're fighting right now?" Ryo asked in amazement.

"Yes…I'm surprised that all of you noticed it only now!" Hao laughed.

Yoh could not believe what he saw, but he recognized Anna's eyes anywhere. 'If Anna is within Hao, then that means I can call her! She'll probably hear me!'

Before Yoh could call out her name Hao interrupted, "Don't waste your time Yoh. I used my furyoku to make a barrier just to block all her five senses! She can't hear you nor see you!"

"HAO!" Yoh angrily attacked Hao, but Hao held the blade of Yoh's sword and stopped his attack.

"Anna's senses may be cut off, but if I receive injury, so does her spirit which resides in me" Hao said as he pushed back Yoh's blade. "If her spirit receives injury, her body receives injury, although she does not feel the pain just yet. Just imagine that Anna is in the tunnel of Tartarus…"

"…" Yoh was speechless, and so were the rest of the gang. How can you save somebody who's inside your opponent's body? How can they fight Hao without hurting Anna? It was the only way to get her back, so it was like fighting Anna…Why does it have to be this way? Several questions ran through Yoh's head every time he had to think about it. "Anna…"

"Hey Tamao! Get me a bandage or something! Quick! Anna's hand is bleeding!" Pirika said as Tamao suddenly rushed into the room with a bandage.

"What happened? Why did her hand suddenly bleed Pirika?" Tamao asked as she handed Pirika the bandages.

"I don't know Tamao…" Pirika answered as she wrapped Anna's motionless hand with bandages. "But I think something bad is happening right now…I hope they're all alright…"

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Question: When Hao grabbed Yoh's blade, did he bleed?
Answer: Yes, but only a little…Kinda like a paper cut

Question: Is it possible for Yoh and the others to hurt Hao without hurting Anna?
Answer: Read the chapter again…second to the last paragraph before shifting to Tamao and Pirika's scene.