Anna woke up early the next morning. Jun was still asleep. She didn't want to wake her up so Anna tiptoed out of the room in only her pajamas. She really never left the room without her black dress on but nobody would be awake at this hour. It was barely 6 o'clock.

She went pass the boys rooms, hearing the loud snoring from inside. Without making a single sound, she went downstairs to make herself breakfast. There was nobody down stairs, as she had presumed.

Checking the refrigerator, there was nothing but yesterday's leftovers and some juice. Anna decided on the juice. While pouring herself orange juice, she heard talking. Did she wake someone up?

After looking around the empty room, she decided that it was the wind. Of course, she was dead wrong for whenever somebody assumes it's the wind, it's always something much more worse. In this case, it was something a lot worse.

Anna took her glass of orange juice to the back porch that overlooked the beach. The sun was rising and spilled pink and orange over the entire ocean and the beach and all over Anna's pale face. Sipping her orange juice, she was so lost in her thoughts and in the beauty of the sunrise that she didn't even notice the engine of a car running.

Yoh looked at the rundown beach house. It was a nice cottage and it was quiet too. Maybe this vacation was what he needed. To be with his friends and to be without Anna. Yoh grinned to himself. Even outside, he could hear the snoring of Horohoro and Ryu.

"Yoh, can you help me with the luggage," asked Aya as she got out of the car. They had been driving all night to reach here in the morning. Both Yoh and Aya were dead tired but they made it and they were looking forward to the week ahead. It would be wonderful.

Taking the bags, Yoh and Aya entered the cottage. It was deserted and both didn't have the heart to wake everybody up. So they placed the bags in the living room. Aya sat on the couch, clearly tired and fell asleep almost instantly. Yoh grinned like an idiot again and went to the kitchen in search of food. Rummaging around the refrigerator, he only found some leftovers and juice. Taking out the leftovers, he saw something radiant and beautiful through the windows that led to the back porch. There sat the most lovely picture of a girl, still in her pajamas, with sunlight shining over her beautiful white face and her golden hair. Her hair sparkled in the sunlight and her eyes gleamed. Yoh was in a trance for the next five minutes as he stared. She was wearing a tiny slip for her pajamas and he saw a lot of her skin (well this is from his eyes so I guess to a innocent boy like Yoh, it would be "skin").

Yoh didn't know what was happening but all of a sudden, he was walking towards the porch, food forgotten and just staring. She's so beautiful, was all he could think about. And then, she did something, which just made his day. She smiled and it wasn't a insincere smile or forced. It was a real smile. It made her look so beautiful as her face lit up. Yoh knew he was in love right there and then.

Who is she? was the question that raced through his mind as he made his way to the porch.

Anna didn't notice him until he stepped onto the porch and even then, she didn't know he was there. When she heard a creak on the wooden floor, she turned around, slightly embarrassed for anyone to see her in her pajamas. She didn't really want to buy them but Jun forced her to along with the swimsuit.

The glass in her hands fell to the floor in one swift motion as she saw who it was watching at her intently. Shards of the glass splattered everywhere and the orange juice spilled over the wooden floor. It slowly soaked away into the wooden boards. The floor was littered with glass shards.

"YOH!"

That snapped Yoh out of his daze as he heard the scream he was so use to, yet somehow, it was different from the one he remembered.

"A-anna," was all her could say, as he turned away, embarrassed. By that time, the whole household was awake and downstairs in their different pajamas, looking at the scene.

Aya, who just woke up, was exactly as confused as the rest of the household but when she say Anna there, she almost ran out of there. But things weren't so easy for her as she saw her boyfriend staring.

"Um, well I'll make breakfast," was all Tamao could say when she saw what was going on.

Trying to avoid the awkwardness that would definitely follow, everybody else agreed except for Anna and Yoh, who were still blushing and Aya who was staring at both of them.

Yoh was the first to move of the three. He walked from the porch to the living room where his stuff was. Without a backward glance at both girls, he started climbing up the stairs into his room. An awkward silence fell over both the girls. Of course, every ear from the kitchen was pinned to the door that led to the living room. Tamao was pushed back by Ren who was being squished by Horohoro who was being pushed down by Hao while Jun tried to listen from the top and Pilica was in front of them all, with her ears pinned to the door, listening, yet nothing came.

"Anna, what are you doing here?" asked Aya as she stepped into the porch after Yoh had left the room. She needed to resolve this problem and she needed to resolve it now.

At first Anna was wondering is she should waste her breathe on this girl but then decided that if she was going to relax with her friends at the beach, she was not going to let this girl get in her way.

"Same thing you're here, to relax," was all Anna said. She still wasn't looking at Aya, just at the waters. Her eyes didn't shift and she did not blink.

"I'm not here to relax," said Aya, as she looks over Anna. Sure Anna was pretty but not as pretty as herself. What does Yoh see in her?

"Well then why are you here?"

"To be with Yoh and to have a good time with my friends."

"Well that's great. Good for you," said Anna sarcastically.

Aya didn't know what to say to that. She was expecting a curse or a scream or some sort of glare but there was nothing. Just that sarcastic statement and not even a look from Anna. She was definitely not about to loose the best thing in her life to this whore who isn't even paying attention to her. She is the daughter of one of the most noblest shamans, and who is this Anna? Just some poor, stupid Itako.

Of course, Aya didn't dare say that in front of Anna's face. No matter how brave or strong Aya thinks she is, she will never be able to say that in front of Anna's face. She is more than afraid of Anna and she knows it. Not that it would prevent her thinking bad thoughts about her and hoping that she would die and go to hell, but that's all.

"So what do you want with Yoh?" asked Aya bravely. So she wasn't going to say any of that mean stuff but she definitely needed to know what Anna wanted to do with Yoh. Yoh was the best thing that ever happened to her and she was not letting him go without a fight.

This time, Anna turned her face towards Aya. Anna looked Aya in the eye and there was no glare or snare or hiss, just a look, as if she was judging her somehow. Aya wanted to look away. But no matter how hard she tries; her eyes were glued to Anna's. Aya looked at the hard raven eyes, and not a speck of emotion was there. Nothing but coal black. It scared her but she couldn't look away.

Then the look softened and Aya was able to pull away. Anna still had her eyes on her face but they did not meet Aya's eyes.

"You want to know what I want with Yoh?" asked Anna softly.

Aya could only nod as she focused her eyes to the ground, now afraid. She could feel the tears coming to her eyes. She didn't want to lose Yoh, especially not to Anna. As she tried to blink them away, more came. Her throat closed up. She knew she was going to cry.

"Well I'll tell you what I want with Yoh, I want him back..."

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he he, so i left a cliffie. Yeah i know, i'm evil. Well you already knew it was going to happen so dont blame me. anyways, i know its been a long time since i updated and i know this is so much shorter than i andyou bothwanted. Well dont wrry cause the next chapter is goin up fast cause i already wrote it. i was gonna put more into this chapter but i just couldnt resist puttin the cliffie. i know, i'm evil. luv ya all and you better review or i aint gonna put up the next chapter this week and i'm gonna put it up next weekend cause this weekend i'm goin to Canada. So if u review alot then i'll put it up this Friday or Saturday. So review! or u'll hav to ponder about wats gonna happen until two weeks lata.

Sneek peak at the coming chapters: theres gonna be alot of fightin between Aya and Anna, Anna's story on why she left, a little talk with Hao, some choices that Yoh has to make, a visit to the spirit realm and a deadly accident to one of our main characters. Well the end isnt gonna be dat soon but soon never the less.

luv,

lale the assassin