Yoh went into the kitchen of his huge estate to get something cold to drink after communicating with the Great Spirit for a rich shaman. It was wonderful being the shaman king. He had already earned lots of money and has the best house in the world. His friends were all with him and he has a really nice girlfriend who he has been dating for the last year. He met Aya two years ago when her father came to consult with Yoh. They have been friends ever since and has been dating for the past year. Everything was perfect for him. He had Amidamaru with him and Ren and Jun are returning from China tomorrow. Horohoro and Pilica were also coming for the summer tomorrow. They had just finished school and are spending the whole summer at Yoh's house. Tamao of course is already here. Tamao has been living here ever since Yoh moved in. Ryu is also living here and training hard with Tamao. Hao is also coming back from his travels since winter and Jeanne and Lyserg are spending the summer too.

It's going to be great. Fun every single day for the rest of summer. The gathering of friends. Yoh can hardly wait and he had already finished all his homework for summer from school. Yoh really didn't need to go to school, but he felt it was something he should accomplish. Plus, Manta was there every single day so that made it so much more fun. Of course, during the summer, Manta will always be in the huge manor too. As Yoh downed the orange juice his head of house, Yami gave him. Yoh hired Yami a few years back when he first moved in. He decided that he needed someone to keep track of the shamans that visit him and to clean the house. Yami has been a kind old lady who was honest and very very kind, although stern when she wanted to be. Yami reminded him of a nicer version of his grandmother. Although she isn't a shaman, she can see ghosts just like Manta and is totally okay with it although it freaked her out at first. Now she's in charge of all the servants in the house.

"Master Yoh, please drink your juice slowly. No need for you to choke and please do not touch those cakes. They are for tomorrow, when your friends come," said Yami kindly although sternly.

"But Yami, I'm starving. Please pretty please," begged Yoh with his puppy eyes. He knew that Yami will give in.

"Oh fine, but eat this, and make sure not too much because your going to have dinner tonight with Mistress Aya," said Yami giving Yoh a pastry and scowling at him kindly.

"Thank you Yami," said Yoh with a bow, which but a smile on Yami's face.

"By the way Master Yoh, a girl fainted on our doorsteps and I took her in but there is no room for her," said Yami while stirring something in a huge pot.

"What do you mean there isn't room? There is lots of room," said Yoh.

"Well actually there isn't a spare bedroom at all. We have prepared all the bedrooms for your friends and who knows when she'll wake up so we cant her in there.

There are twenty-seven master bedrooms in all and sixteen smaller bedrooms. The servants and the people studying under you take all the smaller ones. That leaves the master bedrooms but ten of those are taken by you and your friends," said Yami still stirring the pot.

"Then there are seventeen more bedrooms, so put her in one of those," said Yoh.

"Well sixteen of those are taken up by those shamans who came to visit today and are leaving tomorrow and can those people eat. I mean those people eat so much that their stomachs are bulging and I have to cook for them," said Yami going off topic.

"Well then isn't there the last bedroom?" asked Yoh quickly who wanted to get some training done before dinner.

"Well yes, but it's the room in the attic which is haunted by all those ghosts. I don't think the poor girl minds waking up to a roomful of ghosts now do you. I mean she's going to be screaming her head off."

"I see. Well then I'll take the room in the attic and you can put the girl in my room."

"Yes master Yoh. That's very kind of you."

"Thanks Yami. Make sure my stuff is in the attic room. I'm going to train. Bye!"

"Okay master Yoh but remember to be back by dinner," said Yami to the retreating back.

Yoh ran around the track in his usual clothes. He didn't know why he still trains. It was useless and his friends told him that multiple times. Yoh just did it, without being asked, unlike when he was training for a shaman. Yoh knew that whenever his friends said that, they always wanted to add something to it, but always held their tongue. Yoh knew what it was. They always wanted to say that he was turning into what Anna wanted him to be. Training every single day.

Anna. He had stopped thinking about her two years ago. He tried with all his might to not think about her and finally he succeeded. It's been four hard years, but he made it through without her. He made it through without ever thinking about her once and whenever he did, he would always tell himself that she was gone and good riddance. Now he didn't have to train every single day and run laps and do pushups. But he still did them. Every single day. And whenever he did something bad to other people, he would always do more as a punishment, just like when Anna was there. As Yoh ran, he thought about where she might be. He thought of looking for her after she left, but he knew that she didn't want him anymore. She was gone and she was the one who left, not him. But sometimes, he would ask himself, was he the one to make her leave?

No! He shouldn't be thinking about her. He really shouldn't. She was gone and was never going to come back. He had Aya now, so that was better. As Yoh ran, he looked at his watch; it was almost time for dinner. So then, he ran back to his manor. He took the long way for he had still more time until dinner. As he ran, he stopped, right in front of the old inn. It was still there. Although the weeds have over grown and the house needed to be repaired, it was still there. Yoh looked at the place he once lived with Anna and Amidamaru. He had brought the inn after he moved out. First of all, it was really cheap because it was haunted and although he really didn't want to realize it, he bought it so that he still had a piece of Anna left. Nobody knew he bought the inn or even that he still went there. Instead of the graveyard, he now goes to the inn to think with Amidamaru.

He then ran past the inn and went home, to change for dinner.

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I know its kinda boring this chapter and its kinda long but I promise there will be fluff between Anna and Yoh later. And next chapter, people they know are going to come back, including my favorite, Hao. Please Review