A/N: second to last chapter of Garden Gnomes…alas all things must soon come to an end… Read and enjoy...n sorry 4 the late update ive got a lot of work to do at the moment so all updates on all stories will be quite late...sorry.

Chapter 5 Reflection.

Yoh hid under the table as the Fire Spirit appeared behind Hao.

Ren and Horo stopped in their actions and looked up at the fiery spirit.

"Oh pretty." Said Horo, looking up with wide eyes.

Hao growled his powerful fire spirit had just been called 'pretty'.

"I'll show you pretty … Fire Spirit attack them." Hao yelled; Yoh quivered under the table.

Horo yelped as the attack headed straight for them, but Ren being the 'great' warrior he is managed to grab Horo and doge the attack.

Horo began to cry, "I'm scared Renny-kins, Hao's being mean."

"Yes he is and he's being noisy too. He will wake Anna up if he's not careful." Ren said still holding onto Horo.

Hao stood there looking at the hole in the fence his attack had made. Then realized Anna was capable of much worse especially if she did not get her sleep. The Fire spirit slowly disappeared.

Yoh came running out from under the table and clung to his brothers' neck.

"Thank you Hao, I knew you wouldn't hurt them." Hao was still staring at the hole; Yoh had thought he missed on purpose.

Hao smiled at his brother. "I just needed to vent is all."

"Awww…" They looked towards Ren, "Coffee's all gone." Ren put on his trousers and walked into the house, Yoh went to see if Horo was alright.

Hao followed the Chinese shaman into the kitchen. When he thought hisnight could not get any worse he found out he was wrong. The kitchen looked like Ren had had a fight with the coffee machine and the coffee machine had won. There were coffee beans half smashed and mixed with water to make a brown-black mush all over the floor and cabinets.

Hao sighed.

"Ren how did u manage to make such a mess." He asked, trying not to lose his temper and fry the coffee addicted shaman to a crisp.

"Erm… well the coffee machine was being mean and I couldn't find the instructions…and I guess… I don't know." Ren looked around the room at the mess he had caused.

Hao liked it better when Ren was the one being mean, shouting his head off that all the milk had gone, this hyper, coffee addicted, child-like Ren was quiet creepy.

"Well clean it up before Anna gets up." Hao said, walking out the room. Ren stood there nodding.

Hao walked back out into the garden and counted the Garden Gnomes, 500 repaired and four half way there.

"What's the matter Hao?" Asked Yoh coming up by his side and fiddling with Hao's long brown hair.

"Nothing little brother," Hao said with a smile.

He thought back to the incident with the paint fumes… the parts he could remember that is and realized the people he lived with were complete nutters. He wondered if Horo and Ren's feelings for each other were genuine or just the effects of the paint, glue and coffee. He thought if Yoh was really such a wimp and Anna, Hao realized Anna was a complete control freak that loved to inflict pain and suffering on those around her, this surprised Hao that he had just figured this out.

Ren came walking out the house his coffee flask no doubly full and he sat down to finish the Garden Gnome.

Horo, who had dressed, tottered off to sit next to Ren, and also fix the Gnomes. Hao thought for a moment if this was a safe thing to do decided to sit next to Horo and keep an eye on him.

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Disclaimer note: man these things are annoying... right i do not own The SK characters that appear in the fic but the Garden gnomes are MINE ... (walks off into distance laughing like a madman)