Anna had stayed in the living room, watching TV. She was watching a very sad soap opera in which some girl's fiancé was in a bike accident and thought to be dead but actually kidnapped by her arch nemesis who wants to marry her fiancée herself. Like all soap operas, it was totally unrealistic and it'll never ever happen. Anna chuckled to herself. This stupid thing with Aya and Yoh, all seems like a stupid soap opera. Except this time, it's real.

Then bursting down the stairs came Aya. Anna noticed her when she first came down stairs but her eyes stayed glued to the television, not moving at all.

"What do you want?" asked Anna finally as Aya stood in the hallway facing the living room, not at all moving and just staring.

"You said I had to fight for Yoh. Well I'm ready for it, anytime, anywhere. I will do anything for Yoh and fighting you is nothing. I will walk through hell for him before I let you win and have him. If you want to fight for him, let's do it," Aya said in a shaky voice. Her eyes were still red and puffy from crying, but now, she stood tall, as if not afraid of anything.

"You sure you want to do this? Don't be such an idiot just because you cried. It won't help you much by fighting me. Shouldn't you be fawning over Yoh right now or something?" asked Anna in a nonchalant voice as she watched TV.

Aya felt the anger rise up in her at the last sentence. She wanted to fight for Yoh's love and she's going to do it now. "What are you, afraid?" asked Aya carefully. She wanted to light a fire under Anna's ego but didn't want to make that fire too big or else she could find herself dead.

Anna was still calm to this.

"You said you would walk through hell for Yoh? Well don't worry, you will be walking through hell when I'm done with you," said Anna at last and then, she stood up from the couch.

"If we're going to do this, we might do it outside," said Anna when none of them moved.

Aya didn't bother responding and just went through the back porch to the sand. Anna followed, not saying a word.

Ren and Horohoro were pacing back and forth again after Ren's third glass of milk. There was nothing to do.

"You think he got caught?" asked Horohoro suddenly as he stopped in mid-pace, which caused Ren to run into him.

"Who got caught?" asked Manta from the corner.

"Well you know, Hao. It can't take him this long to go to the bathroom. Maybe he got caught by Aya or worse, Anna," said Horohoro with a groan at just imagining what it would feel like to get caught.

"I don't think so. At least I hope not. Oh my god, what if he did?" asked Manta worriedly.

"Don't worry he didn't get caught. If he did, we would have heard his scream," said Ryu.

This wasn't that great news to any of them as Horohoro and Ren started pacing again and Manta went back to studying from his textbook.

Suddenly, Ren stopped in mid-pace, which caused Horohoro to run into him.

"What the hell?" asked an annoyed Horohoro to Ren but Ren wasn't listening. He was staring out the window at two girls on the beach. And those girls looked mighty familiar.

Running, all of the shamans and Manta in the kitchen rushed out and into the beach in the back. Pushing and shoving, all of them got through the porch door at the same time and outside, to the surprisingly bright day after the rainstorm. There stood Anna and Aya, facing each other like opponents about to battle.

"Well you did say we need some entertainment," said Horohoro at the sight of the girls.

Anna looked at the blacked hair girl she was facing. Aya didn't seem so tough. Last time, she broke Aya's sword without a sweat and beat her. But this time, something was different. Something was definitely different with Aya. But what?

She seems stronger than last time. I shouldn't underestimate her even if I had beaten her last time, thought Anna.

Anna waited for the first move. None came. Then from nowhere, a huge sword, bigger than the one Anna had broken appeared in Aya's hands. It wasn't made of steel like the last one but made of wood. And out of the blue, Aya's spirit popped up, the same little wood nymph only this time, it had friends. There were at least twenty of them surrounding Aya and all of them weren't the friendly fairies Anna had made fun of in their first fight.

"I don't think I'll be the one going to walk through hell, Anna," said Aya and she spit out the last word as if it was poison.

"Still little stupid fairies no matter how many of them you got," Anna said as she prepared herself. There was nothing really needed for her to prepare for this battle. She knew Aya's abilities and she knew that there was no way this little fairy shaman was going to beat her.

But Aya didn't stop to chat as one of her fairies bombed at the place where Anna was standing. Smoke billowed out and Aya smiled. She had been practicing after Anna had beaten her. She did not accept defeat and had worked every single minute with her father and other powerful shamans to get her Furyoku up and to be one of the best shamans in the world. She even did a practice session with her father in which case she beat him and he wasn't just any shaman. He was one of the best in the world and one of the top ten that would have tried to be shaman king if he wanted.

As the smoke cleared, there was no sign of Anna. Aya smiled more but she knew that it wasn't over. Anna isn't that dumb to fall for a single bomb. Of course, she was right as she saw Anna in the air, jumping gracefully down to the sand. No impact whatsoever as Anna landed softly as a feather down to the ground from a twenty feet jump.

They stood facing each other, like opponents. From the corner of her eyes, Aya saw Yoh. Good, so he's here to watch me win. Well I'll definitely win and win his heart along with this fight with her, thought Aya as she watched Yoh and Hao from the corners of her eyes.

From out of nowhere, fire sparks came at Aya. She jumped but it was too late. As the sparks cleared and died away, everybody found Aya lying on the sand, her thigh thick with blood. Blood poured down her thigh and she bit her lip to keep the pain away. Yoh almost ran to help her but Hao held him back. Yoh knew that if he interfered with this match, he would probably end up with neither of the two girls for they wont listen to him at all.

"What are you, tired already? Down after a single hit?" asked Anna in a haughty tone. Aya returned the words with a face as she tried to stand, but her leg was useless.

Pilica got out of the car to a very smoky beach. Smoke was everywhere as she coughed. Tamao and Jeanne were all coughing. Something was definitely wrong. The went into the house, hoping that Horohoro and Ren didn't burn the house down or something. Nobody was there as they checked upstairs and downstairs.

"Uh, guys…" said Tamao as she stared out the kitchen window.

"What!" yelled Jun and Pilica and Jeanne all at once. But when they saw what was outside, there was no need to ask.

Anna saw the girls running out of the house to watch the fight as she taunted Aya. Anna knew Aya had been practicing. The way Aya held her new sword and the spirit control Aya had was quite improved. And Aya isn't down yet. She has more fight in her and Anna knew it. Looking at the black haired girl with the wooden sword and clutching her bleeding thigh, Anna almost felt pity, almost. Looking at Aya's hair, she saw that it was glistening and lovely. It was a midnight black that shone beautifully. No man wouldn't be entranced by that hair. And what kind of shaman skills was that? The power of conditioning and blow-drying? Anna laughed at the joke, but only to herself.

"I wont be the one losing," said Aya as she climbed up. Her thigh was bleeding badly but she wouldn't stop. She stood up and slowly wiped some of the blood off. Anna knew the girl was in pain and knew that this was going to be an easy fight for sure.

With a slash of her hand, her guardian ghost appeared. But there was something weird about the nymph now. It was definitely stronger, and angrier than before. Just like the shaman, the ghost was definitely angry, with Anna. Anna wasn't afraid though. She just looked at the ghost and scoffed. It was still a fairy.

"INTO THE SWORD!" yelled Aya as the nymph went into the sword. Anna had to admit that the wooden sword was a good idea. The nymph seemed to be a wood nymph and having a wooden sword seemed like a much better idea. And then the sword grew huge. Soon, it was just the size of Aya's whole entire body.

"But that's not possible. You need a double oversoul for that," said Anna, now getting just a little nervous, although not much.

"But Millie here can do it without a double oversoul. My little secret," was all Aya said as she charged Anna with her sword.

It may have been a wooden sword but it was sharp and could kill. Aya charged and the thought of killing Anna once and for all jumped into her head. Nobody could dodge her attack. It was strong and fast. She had worked on it for weeks with her father, day and night until it was absolutely perfect. She even took her father down with this attack.

What? thought Aya as somehow, she was stopped in her tracks. And there was Anna, right in front of her, standing calm and still with her bandana blowing in the wind. Aya charged again but she couldn't move. She couldn't even move her head as she stood there, still as stone. Her mouth couldn't move either as she wanted to voice her complaint. But her ears were working fine.

"Didn't expect that, now did you Aya?" asked Anna sweetly. Anna was answered by a muffle.

Anna did a swift movement with her hands and suddenly, Aya bounced off from her standing position. Aya flew up into the sky, although she still couldn't move and then, she dropped at last. When Aya felt the impact on her body, her body seemed to be screaming with pain and after a few seconds of pain, she couldn't feel her legs. Suddenly, she could move again as she stretched her numb arms but her legs were unmoveable since they were in so much pain. Not only was her thigh bleeding from before, she couldn't feel the pain of the leg anymore. She couldn't feel anything below the waist. Coughing, a pool of blood emerge from her mouth.

When Yoh saw Aya fall, he ran towards Aya even though Hao was holding him back. He ran across the sands and ran to the bleeding figure on the beach. All the thoughts that ran through him was hoping that Aya was alright. Its all my fault that this starter and if something happens to Aya, its all my fault, thought Yoh as he ran. Yoh ran towards Aya as she started coughing. When he saw the blood that fell towards the sand, he ran faster.

When he reached her, he gently sat next to Aya in the sand and didn't mind the blood. He reached over and gently placed Aya in his lap. Her head was on his lap as he looked at her bleeding nose and face.

"Aya, are you alright?" asked Yoh gently as he tried to clear up some of the major blood.

"I cant feel my legs," said Aya as she groaned when Yoh accidentally bumped a bruise. Yoh checked Aya's legs and found the thigh bleeding badly but the worst part was that it look dislocated.

"Call a doctor," he screamed at the others. But Anna was already walking towards him and Aya.

When she reached Yoh cradling Aya, she gently placed her hand on Aya's leg. Aya wanted to pull away but she couldn't move her legs at all. Then, all the numbness and the pain stopped as Anna's hand touched her leg. Everything, pain and all stopped as she watched, amazed. A flashing light went off as Anna touched and all of a sudden, she could feel her legs. She could move them. All her cuts were healed and she felt as if she had never had a battle.

Yoh sat amazed too as he looked at Anna. Right there, he knew his decision. When he saw her beautiful blond hair and her perfectly white face and so many perfect things about Anna, he knew who he was choosing and for the first time in weeks, his thoughts were perfectly clear. Thoughts of him and Anna came flashing through his head as he watched her. Thoughts of their training and the time they spent together. Thoughts of her smiling and their talks and walks together. The thoughts of their childhood and when he first met her. The thoughts of when he won shaman king and the thoughts of just after the tournament, when everything was just right. The thoughts of just a few weeks ago when they first kissed. All thoughts of Anna raced through his mind. He wasn't confused or lost anymore. With a single look at Anna and her perfection, he just knew.

"Thank you," murmured Aya as she watched Anna too, amazed.

Anna didn't say 'your welcome' but just stood up again and waited. Aya stood up too, regrettably from Yoh's lap and arms.

"I think you have a decision to make Yoh," said Aya as she looked down at the ground. Aya knew she had lost. She knew that Anna won the fight and even before, she knew that Anna had won the battle for Yoh's heart. Now, all Yoh had to do was deliver the last blow and then, she and Yoh will be over forever. But unlike before, Aya wasn't at all mad. A part of her knew that Yoh was going to be with someone who really loved him and cared about him. She knew that she had lost, but to someone who loved Yoh more than she did and she was happy about that. Her feeling about Anna had changed. Sure Anna was still the cold hearted bitch but now, Anna seemed to have changed, or at least Aya's perspective of her changed.

More thoughts of Anna raced through Yoh's head. He knew he was hurting someone with this decision but he had to do it. His heart filled with regret as he thought about it. Will he ever doubt this decision? Of course he will, but it was for the better. This was what he was suppose to do. He was sure of it. No matter what, he knew what he was doing.

Now, Yoh's face was blank. He looked at the two girls standing in front of him. His friends gathered around, but not too close. He looked sadly at both girls, first at Aya and then, his sad chocolate brown eyes set on Anna and they were the saddest that Anna had ever seen them.

Anna have changed and I have changed too. We all changed since those four years ago. Did she change for the better or for the worse. Did I change for the better? Or for the worse?

Those thoughts raced through Yoh's head as he said the words everybody was waiting for,

"I chose..."

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That chapter took me a long time to do and I'm soo sorry that I kept you guys waiting. Well I guess you kinda hate me more because of the cliffie. Hehe, did I say I was sorry? So please review. And I have bad news and good news. I'll give you the good news first. I think I'll do a sequel to this story after it ends but only if you guys want me to. Now the bad news. Please dont hate me for this but well next month is finals and I wont be updating anytime next month. So you guys will have to wait until like the beginning of June to find out what happens next. I AM SOO SORRY ABOUT THIS! So yeah I will be studying all next month for finals and when June comes, I'll update. I'll update on the first of June. I totally promise that. And this goes for all my stories. If I have time, I will try to get one more chapter in before May starts like next weekend but I really dont know because I have projects and papers due so I really dont know. So I hope you all review and then I might get my next chapter up next weekend. SO PLEASE REVIEW!