Aya was still dazed when they were all eating the wonderful dinner. She didn't notice what she was eating but took anything in front of her, even the fish she despises and ate it without difficulty that would usually take her decades just to eat one bite.

She couldn't believe it. How could Yoh have being engaged and not tell her? Yoh was such a nice person that there was no way he could have been so mean as to not tell her he was engaged. And engaged to Anna? This just gets weirder by the minute. Anna was a heartless bitch while Yoh was such a nice and innocent boy. How could they ever get married? This was just plain weird.

There wasn't much conversation in the room that night. Instead of talking about what they were going to do during summer vacation or how their year went, everybody sat in silence and thought about today. The most words that were uttered was 'Can you pass the rice?'

Yoh was still quite guilty about what he told Aya. He hated it and how stunned she looked when he told her. Yoh hated to hurt people's feelings and this one really takes the cake. Yoh was so gloomy that he didn't even notice the food on his plate. For once, he was not stuffing himself full.

Hao thought that the whole situation was pretty amusing, but he also felt sorry for a lot of people. He wondered if he should help Anna with the inn. She probably doesn't want him there but what better way to get the girl you want? This is going to be great. And Yoh was too stuck up with Aya anyways. So there will be no competition. Hao was liking this by the minute but from what he heard in the hallway, all of their friends wanted to go and help Anna with the inn. That left Yoh and Aya along in the house and that's not good. Not that they would do anything, its just that they would be fighting and arguing about Anna. Hao can just pictured it now. When Hao looked at Aya, she didn't look angry, but probably stunned. She'll get angry later. He knew it.

After the dishes were removed, Yoh announced that he needed to train and went outside to run. Nobody stopped him like they usually did. They knew he wanted to get away and think alone. Tamao, Pilica, Jeanne and Jun went up to Tamao's room to discuss about what happened today and a lot of other stuff that needed catching up on since the last time they saw each other. The boys went to the recreation room to watch TV while the car took Aya home. They begged Aya to stay but she just said that she needed to get home and there was a party tomorrow she had to go to.

Yoh ran around the track with Amidamaru and then when he was done, he didn't want to go home. He just wanted to run. So he ran around the city and he finally stopped at the cemetery. The old cemetery where he first met Manta, where he trained, where he first met Amidamaru and where all his ghost friends were. He needed time to think so he sent Amidamaru home. When he came to the cemetery, he went to his usual gravestone and sat there, looking at the beautiful stars.

After a while, he heard breathing that was not his own. Yoh stood up and looked around. There were people who still wanted to kill the shaman king and he had to be on guard. Now he was regretting sending Amidamaru back. When he heard it again, it was coming from on top of him. Yoh looked up into the thick branches of the old oak tree and found a girl sleeping there, in its cradle, where he and Anna spent many nights gazing at the stars together. With closer look, Yoh saw that it was Anna.

She was sleeping there like an angel with her blond hair slightly in her face and her body curled around her pack. She must be cold, thought Yoh. Then, without thinking, Yoh climbed the tree with ease and sat next to Anna. He then put an arm around her to make her warm. Yoh could feel how cold her skin was and then took off his shirt and put it around Anna.

Oh Anna, why are you back in my life? What do you want? Why did you leave and why are you back? And what should I do with Aya?

The questions swarmed though his head. He needed them to be answered but he knew Anna too well to know that she won't be willing to answer them for him. So he would have to wait, until the mood struck her and then he would know exactly what happened to her during the last four years for it did wear her out. She was thinner and paler than ever. Yoh wondered what he was going to do this summer. He knew that his friends wanted to help Anna with the inn. He heard them discussing about it on their way out of the room. He wanted to help too but what would Aya think? Aya was a great friend of him and he really liked her. He'll think about it tomorrow. Soon, Yoh was asleep, next to Anna who he hasn't seen or heard from for four years, after one of the longest days of his life.

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Okay, so not the longest piece that I've written but I just didn't want to give away too much. You are hating me by the second right? Well too bad, just have to wait, although I might get it up by tomorrow or Friday at the latest since I do have a swim meet tomorrow. Please, if you wanna criticize or just review, please please do. Criticism is allowed, especially about the grammar and the spelling and the Japanese for both English and Japanese are both not my first language. Anyways, thanks for the reviews!!