hao-addict: ah ha! i decided to have a plot! hao goes to school?... um... not a good idea... uh... oh well! just keep reading if you guys wanna find out!

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King. End of conversation.

Chapter 10: Okairinasai!

It was 4:00 in the afternoon. After countless hours of Hao and Horo bugging Ren like hell. The school bell finally rang for the end of classes.

"Hm?" Hao said as he stopped poking Ren.

Hao just heard the bell. It was kinda loud at the house, well, because of blindness, well not really...

Hao looked over at the clock as he saw it was 4:00 already.

Horo looked at Hao. Why did he stop poking? "Hey! Why'd you stop poking Ren?" Horo asked.

Ren just sighed as he was not bothered for at least a few while. He looked over the clock to see its 4:05.

"Kisama, its already time for Yoh and his fiancee to go home from school." Ren said as he sighed.

Hao just smiled to himself. Yoh-kun was coming home!

"I'll just go out." Hao said as he went out of the house.

He was just walking out. And waited for Yoh. He sat down at the entrance of the Asakura residence. He folded his legs in front of his chest and wrapped his hands around it. He burried his head at this legs. He began to think.

'I wonder, what caa-san is doing right now...' Hao thought as he looked up into the sky. Hao heard footsteps coming to his direction.

"NII-SAN!" Yoh shouted as he was running towards his brother. His hair was dancing with the wind.

Hao stood up and waved back at Yoh. Yoh was still running waving his arms wildly in the air.

Anna was just behind and walked calmly. But there was another boy. Manta.

Manta just followed Yoh and saw a person with long hair and a blindfold.

"Yoh-kun? Who's that?" The Midget asked. (Sorry for all Manta fans, but it really suits him! glomps)

"Ah... This is Hao." Yoh replied with a big smile on his face.

Manta's eyes widened. Hao? Wasn't he supposed to be dead?

Hao just continued to stare down at Yoh's best friend. Will this cause chaos to the world?

"Ahh... Manta. I know that you have many questions in mind, we can all discuss it inside." Hao just said.

This wasn't usually like him. He would never trust anyone, that is why he had never lost the ability to go inside another person's thoughts. He would go alone, and that is fine with him. Its kinda sad for him. But he doesn't care anymore.

Yoh, Manta, Anna, and Hao stepped in the house.

Once the four of them stepped in the house, they saw Horo and Ren playing "Tip the Ren". It was as amusing thing to watch. Oh well.

"You two stop it or else I will kick you both out and never return to this house ever again!" Anna yelled at Horo and Ren.

Horo and Ren stopped being annoying and sat down at the living room. After that was long silence.

A terribly long silence...

Until, Yoh broke it.

"Manta, I really wanted to tell you this before. Lets talk about it now." Yoh said calmly at Manta who was currently twirling his fingers together.

Hao just looked at the both of them. He wanted the same attention Yoh was giving to Manta. For some reason, he does.

Manta looked up at Hao and Yoh.

"Hao. Why are you wearing a blindfold?" Manta suddenly asked.

"That is because, I am blind." Hao replied.

"How come your not dead?" Manta asked again.

"That, I do not know." Hao just replied.

Hao just closed his eyes and sighed with relief.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

"Moshi, moshi. Asakura Yoh desu." Yoh said as he picked up the phone. He pouted for the call not to be his.

"Horo, its for you." Yoh said as he handed the phone to Horo.

"Moshi, mosh. Horokeu desu." Horo said at the phone.

"WHAT!" Horo shouted at the phone.

Everyone's eyes landed on the phone and Horo.

Horo slowly puts down the phone on the machine and looks at everyone else.

"I'm going home already. Pirika was on the phone a while ago. She said that I need to go home for family business." Horo sadly said.

"When are you going to leave?" Yoh asked.

"Now. As in TODAY." Horo replied sadly as he slugly went to his room to pack his things.

Hao continued to watch and look at Yoh and Manta at the same time.

"It's fun having you company, Ainu." Hao said. He showed a little smile on his lips.

"You too." Horo replied with also a smile on his face.

After a few seconds. The phone rang. Again.

"Moshi Moshi. Asakura Yoh desu." Yoh said with a happy voice on the phone.

"Oh... Its for you Ren." Yoh said with a sad voice again.

"Hn?" Ren said on the phone once he got the phone from Yoh's hands.

After a few seconds of talking. Ren banged the phone on the reciever.

"What's wrong?" Yoh asked.

"I'm having the same fate as Ainu baka." Ren said as he was going back to his room. Just to pack only a few things.

"WHAT! You're going too!" Yoh shouted as he stood up. "Oh well..." He sighed sitting back down.

"Yoh-kun..." Manta started.

"Doushita no?" Yoh asked.

"Eto... I have to go somewhere too..." Manta said carefully, trying not to hurt Yoh.

"Ahh... That is fine Manta..." Yoh said sadly.

After a few minutes. Manta, Ren, and Horo went out of the Asakura residence and back to where they belong.

Hao just watched. He didn't really care that much. It really doesn't mean that it will be the last time to meet them ever again. So why was Yoh so upset about this?

Yoh, Hao, and Anna went back to the house and into the living room...

hao-addict: okay... no plot yet... and yes yaoi! very near! evil plans...

next chapter: Anna is going too!

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