"Well I'll tell you what I want with Yoh, I want him back. I want things to have never changed. But you know all of that, don't you?" asked Anna as she kept her eyes at the ocean. While others would have said it with feeling, Anna said it without any emotional at all.

The tears streamed down her face now. Aya just couldn't help it. With what Anna said about how she wanted Yoh back and what was going on, she couldn't help but cry. But there was more to her crying that she didn't realize or didn't want to realize. She knew that Anna wasn't lying when she said this and she knew that Yoh still loved Anna and she knew that from the bottom of her heart, Yoh wanted things back to normal, to the times when she wasn't around but when Anna was. But Aya would never admit that. She would never admit it was true even if the last breath was squeezed out of her. She loved Yoh more than anything in her life and from the beginning, she promised herself never to give up on Yoh because she believed that it was her destiny in life to be with him. She loved him until it hurt but deep inside her she knew he didn't feel the same. Yet she would never ever give up and never admit it either. She would rather live years of ignorant bliss with Yoh than face the facts and see him live years of happiness with Anna. It may be selfish but everybody is selfish to some degree.

"Don't cry," was all Anna said as she heard the tears fall to the ground and splattered. She didn't say it like she meant it to comfort someone. She said it more of a way to shut someone up because they were doing something to annoy her.

Aya sniffed and tried to stop but the tears flowed down her face. She sank to the ground and cried her eyes out. She made no sound as she cried. Her hands were at her side and the tears just fell from her face, which faced the floor. Anna didn't bother looking. She kept her eyes at the sun, which was now half way up the sky already.

"Don't cry," repeated Anna again, this time looking at Aya. She sighed at the pathetic girl and stood up. Walking past the girl, Anna left the porch for the living room but before she left, she threw a few words over her shoulders at Aya,

"There is no use in crying. You know what I want and you I'm ready to fight for it. But Yoh hasn't picked yet and I suggest you dry those eyes and save your tears for later."

With that, she left and Aya still kneeled there, on the floor, crying. The broken pieces of the glass of orange juice were right at her knees but she didn't care. Tears poured out even though she didn't want it. And then, the perfectly sunny day changed as quickly as the tears that were flowing out and clouds rolled in. Soon, within a few minutes, the skies were covered with dark black clouds and thunder cracked in the distance. Heavy rain pelted on the sands just as Aya's tears fell to the porch's wooden boards. Lightening struck and thunder sounded in the skies. But her tears were the same, flowing nonstop like the rain.

The sudden change in weather didn't affect Yoh. Even if he hated rainy days, he just didn't care today. He didn't care and all he could do was lie there on the extra bed in the attic. There was an attic in the house where Yoh had brought his bags up to.

He heard the thunder but he didn't care. He didn't care that the bright and sunny day turned to darkness. He didn't care that the rain pelted down on his window and he didn't care that there was no sound in the house. He just didn't care anymore.

Thinking of Anna and Aya made his head and his heart hurt. This was not how things were to turn out. Things weren't suppose to be like this after he became Shaman King. He was suppose to live the easy life, rich and happy. He was to marry Anna and they were to live together in ease and happiness. He was suppose to be surrounded by friends and shamans. He was suppose to be living the dream he had wanted ever since a child. But the dream wasn't here. The dream he had so long wanted to happen wasn't here.

What was here was the reality of things. Sure he had become shaman king and sure he was rich, but that was it. No happiness, no easy life, and no Anna.

When Anna left, the happiness of what he had accomplished, being shaman king, just all melted away. It turned victory into ash and it turned the dream he lived into the nightmare he didn't want to be caught in.

When Aya came, she got him out of the nightmare. Maybe she didn't bring him into his dream but she did get him out of the nightmare. She brought him to reality and he was glad of that. But it didn't beat living the dream. He probably will never live his dream ever again.

Anna looked at the food Tamao and Ryu had prepared. Hao was sitting across from her, looking at her eat. Everybody else was looking at her and she knew it. She didn't bother yelling at them. Aya had gone upstairs ten or twenty minutes after the rain started. Her eyes were all red and puffy from crying and she walked as if in a trance. Tamao had sent a tray of food upstairs to the bedroom, which Aya'll be sharing with Jeanne and Tamao. Pilica will be in Anna and Jun's room. Anna didn't care and she didn't care about Aya. Looking straight at her food, Anna ate all that's left of the plate and put it in the sink. Without looking at the others although they were all looking at her, she left the room for the living room.

Nobody was around as she opened the TV in the living room. Nobody dare come into the living room. Yoh was upstairs in the attic while Aya was in her room. Nobody was around. Flipping on the television, she changed the channel to a soap opera and watched it through the day. The rest of the house was silent. All the gang stayed in the kitchen, afraid to go upstairs or even to the living room and they definitely didn't want to go outside. It was raining and even if they wanted to be outside instead of the house with Anna, Aya and Yoh, they just couldn't go outside because of the rain.

Finally the girls got so bored of staying in that they snuck out through the back porch to the car. Anna didn't notice as she kept watching TV. Pilica, Tamao, Jeanne and Jun all got in the car and drove off as fast as they can to the nearest mall. The boys wanted to go too but the thought of spending their time in a mall while holding bags filled with clothes didn't appeal to them as much. So, they stayed in the kitchen, listening to the patter of the rain and sometimes battling with their ghosts. It was a very quiet day in the house. Lunch came and went without any of the three coming into the kitchen for food. Ryu cooked for the guys and they had a silent meal. The afternoon was worse because Hao had to go to the bathroom and Ren absolutely forbid him to go to the bathroom in the kitchen.

"Well what am I going to do? I really need to go!" whined Hao as he started jumping up and down.

"Well you definitely aren't going to the bathroom here," was all Ren said as he drank his milk.

"And plus, why do you need to go? You didn't even drink anything today," said Horohoro as he paced back and forth, clearly bored.

"Its not that I drank something, it's the rain. It just makes me want to go."

"Well you aren't going in my kitchen," said Ryu as he looked at Hao.

"Then what can I do?"

"Go upstairs to the bathroom," was all Ren said. Ren knew it would be clearly suicide to go up there what with all of them moping around and everything but he was not going to have Hao pee in front of him. No way in hell was that ever going to happen.

"WHAT! Are you kidding me! It would be suicide and you know it," said Hao in which everybody else nodded in agreement.

"Oh to hell with this. If they can't make up, I'll do it for them because I will not suffer from them having a stupid little fight," said Hao as he stormed out of the kitchen.

Standing in the hallway that led to the living room and the closest bathroom, he shook his head at Anna who was watching the soap operas. He would rather go through hell a million more times than to go past Anna in this mood. Instead of going down the hallway to the living room, he climbed the stairs to his left. From what he could here, there was not a sound upstairs. Running to the bathroom, he locked himself in there and sighed with relief as he entered.

Two minutes later, a happier Hao came out. That's it, I need to solve this problem here and now. I do not want to not be able to pee when I want to because this is going to cause serious problems to my bladder. But who to talk to first? I definitely don't want to talk to Anna. Aya is okay but I don't really want to hear her whine, thought Hao as he looked around.

Then it hit him and a slow grin spread over his face. He was going to pay a little visit to his little brother.

Taking the ladder to the attic, Hao climbed up to a stuffy room filled with junk and a bed. In that bed lay the shaman king. What I would give to be Shaman King and a pick between such beautiful girls such as Aya and Anna, sighed Hao.

"So how are you, Yoh?" asked Hao as he looked at Yoh who was still lying there with his back to Hao.

There was no reply but in a few minutes, just when Hao was starting to think Yoh was asleep, a slow monotone voice came, "What do you want?"

"Um, well I was hoping we could talk this out, you know among brothers," said Hao with a smile as he strode forward to Yoh.

Finally Yoh turned around which stopped Hao in mid-stride. Yoh looked terrible. His eyes were all dull, without the smile it always contained, and his face was ashen.

"Well okay, I guess I need someone to talk about this situation with," said Yoh, now some of the color spreading back into his face.

"Sure," said Hao as he sat on top of a box that seemed covered with ages of dust and probably filled with things that shouldn't be ever mentioned.

"Well see, I just don't know what to do. I mean there's Aya and I have a wonderful time with her and I really have a wonderful relationship with her. But then there's Anna and whenever I see her, there's this weird thing that I feel but I don't know what it is. I know its not fear cause it doesn't feel like before when I knew she was going to scream at me or make me do fifty laps around the inn," said Yoh all at once. It felt good for him to tell someone. It's been so long since he was able to tell someone besides Amidamaru because Amidamaru didn't give much advice, just said that whomever Yoh chose, it's for the best and even though it may sound like good advice, it doesn't help at all.

Hao thought about what Yoh just said and right now, he didn't really want to be Yoh. It was a tough choice, Anna or Aya. He really did feel sorry for Yoh right now.

"I think you love Anna and that's why you're feeling what your feeling when you're near her," concluded Hao. It didn't take a genius to figure that out although Yoh is really not that great at figuring out emotions and girls.

"WHAT! I don't love Anna. Anna was gone for four years without a word. I don't love her. I love Anna, I mean Aya, I mean An…. Uh," screamed a frustrated Yoh.

"I think you should figure out who you love first to make this a little more easier," chuckled Hao.

"This isn't funny," groaned Yoh.

"Well I'm just saying, you really need to know who you love. And when you do know, all you have to do is chose between the two lovely ladies and one ends up in your arms and the other one ends up hurt and probably hate you forever," said Hao matter-of-factly.

This just caused Yoh to groan more and fall back into his bed. It isn't going to be an easy choice, even if he finds out who he loves.

"Hey, I didn't say this was going to be easy. Anyways, remember that whoever you don't choice, I am always a good shoulder to cry on and perhaps provide more service," said Hao with a wink, in which Yoh returned with a confused stare.

"Ah forget it," said Hao when he say Yoh's stare. Yoh really was the innocent boy.

"Well this still doesn't help. I mean I still don't know who to choice. Aya or Anna. And does Anna even like me? Because I know Aya loves me but does Anna?" was all Yoh could say as he returned to his thoughts.

"I think that she may like you more than you think," said Hao with another wink at Yoh.

"What does that-" but he never finished that question as a loud explosion came from outside. Yoh checked the windows. The rain had stopped but the air was filled with smoke. Exchanging a look, both Yoh and Hao quickly climbed out of the attic and down stairs. Nobody was in the kitchen and to Hao's surprise, nobody was in the living room either. Taking the back door outside, they stood on the porch, gaping. Outside, stood all the boys to the side of the beach and in the very middle of the beach, stood two girls, facing each other like opponents. One with long black hair and one with blond hair.

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Pplz reading this story should read this. It contains vital info that i will kill myself if i hav to repeat. This means U! okay, remember me, the beautiful and most wonderful author of this most wonderful fanfic. lol. Anyways, i luv all of ya who reviewed in the last chapter and i would like to thank all of you so that i could get this chapter up so soon. And for u pplz who want Aya and Anna to fight, well dont wrry, its coming next chapter, as you can see from the cliffie. I'm not completely sure that theres gonna be more chats with Hao. I luv chats with Hao but i just dont know. Oh and for u pplz who dont get it, Aya has black hair and Anna has the blond hair. I said Aya had black hair in the first or second chapter. it may be hard to remember but watever. And if u dont know that Anna has blond hair, all i gotta say is where the hell hav u been?

I'm leaving for Montreal like right now so u pplz better be thankful that i am doing this right now, right before i leave instead of packing like my mom is telling me now! Nothing more excitin than 7 hours in a car. So if u live there, look me up. i'm the gurl lookin lost with a weird family. Trust me u cant miss. Ok, so no updates this weekend or next weekend. Srry but i gotta attend a batmitzvah next weekend. (just so u peoples know, i aint jewish. I'm atheist or however u spell it. Just happen to hav loads of jewish friends) Oh and any suggestions on what i should get her besides money? So happy birthday Allie. I luv ya!

And everybody better review or else its gonna take me longer to put up the next chapter. From the wonderful reviews u pplz hav wrote, i found that many of u want Anna and Aya to fight. Well the next chapter is definitely it so u pplz better review!

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lale the assassin