Yoh froze in terror at the sound of the voice. There was no doubt that the speaker was Anna. But there was something different with this Anna also…something he couldn't figure out.

He heard a swish of what seemed like robes, or maybe bandannas. There were many of them and they were becoming obstreperous, as if coming closer. But there was still someone at his ear. He could hear the loud, warm breathe on his ear. Was it Anna? It had to be her. The voice and the feeling seemed all too real. Whoever it was, it had become rather taciturn. But Yoh could hear someone else moving around and towards him.

Suddenly, Yoh was blinded. A sudden gush of light came forth. The darkness around him vanished and Yoh shielded his eyes against the light. Slowly, his eyes adjusted and little by little, he opened his eyes. He was still suspended in midair but what surprised him more was what was around him. Yoh was incredulous at what was around him. Yoh didn't believe what was in front of him. There, in front and around and below him were more Anna's than he could count. Some were wearing black; some were wearing pink, which is something he had never seen Anna don. Some looked as boorish as a gangster, others looked as urbane as a princess. Some were lugubrious with tears forming in their eyes. Some were stolid like the Anna Yoh knew so well with the stone face. Some were sophomoric and naïve like the little Anna he had met. And then, there were the ones who had an aurora of enormity around them like the one who was by his ear. There were hundreds of Annas. But as Yoh looked closer, some seemed bright and vivid while others seemed faded and tenuous like a shirt washed too many times.

They all stared back at him, just as he stared at them. Every one of them was different, yet they were all the same.

"How can we help you, Yoh?" said a timid Anna who approached him from behind. Yoh jumped; well actually his heart did since he couldn't move at all. The Anna beside him, who was snickering, still had her arms around him.

"Ummm..." Yoh was at a lost for words.

"Anything you ask for, Lord Yoh."

The girl was starting to sound like Tamao now. But where was his Anna? As if reading his mind, the "Anna" next to him responded. "She isn't here."

"What!" asked Yoh, surprised.

"The Anna you're searching for isn't here. Everyone here is a part of her and yet, everyone isn't her. Look for her all you want in this realm but you will only find parts of her. Not that I care or anything," she sneered and stuck her petite nose at him.

"What she meant was that the Anna you are searching for isn't here or anywhere in the spirit realm," coming closer, the timid Anna placed her hand on Yoh's chest, right next to his heart and right over the pendant. "She's right there."

"In the pendant?"

"No silly," here came another Anna. She was laughing and she seemed so naïve. Her foolish little smile reminded Yoh of his own and he smiled back. "She's at your heart, where she always was and always will be. Whenever someone dies, their personalities and what makes them who they are is taken to the spirit realm…"

"But who they really are deep inside lives on forever in the heart of those that they loved," the one who said that was another Anna, this one somber yet sedate.

Yoh took in what they all said. Anna is living on in himself? How could this be? Anna was dead, or is she?

"She's never dead," said another one who came forward. "She will always live on in your heart."

"But then how do I get her back, in human form? How do I get her to come back to me?" Yoh was desperate now. He looked pleadingly into the eyes of every Anna there. But all the answers he received were a knowing grin and a loving look in their eyes.

"You will know…" all the Anna's said at once.

There were so many questions Yoh wanted to ask but everything was fading. Everyone was disappearing, or was he?

"HOW DO I KNOW? WHEN WILL I KNOW!" Yoh's voice echoed in the darkness and his own mind. What did they mean by he will know? This was all getting immensely confusing. Soon, everything around him turned black again, as if someone turned off that switch that had just lighted, but another light went on inside his head. He knew how to do it. He knew how to bring back Anna.

Colors. A never ending array of colors, from flamingo pink to lapis lazuli to a dazzling red to grass green. That's the fist thing Yoh saw when his eyes opened to the world again. The Annas were gone. There was nothing beside him except for the colors. He found himself standing up and yet suspended. He was in that sea-like sky again. They colors roamed the sky and everything around him seemed to be filled with colors. Yoh welcomed the fresh colors after the never-ending darkness.

He was starting to wonder where everybody else was. Where were Ren and Horohoro and the rest of them? But more importantly, he knew how to get Anna back. He knew with all his heart. They said he would know when it was right and this was definitely right.

Taking the pendant out from his shirt, Yoh dangled it in front of him. The light and colors swished around and were caught inside the small glass pendant. Yoh burnished the little pendant with his thumb and hoped to the Great Spirit it would work. The lights mollified Yoh for a second. Then taking a deep breath, he threw the pendant into the sea of colors.

The pendant fell, like a single cherry blossom falling to the ground. It drifted, taking its time and slowly, making its way to the bottom. The season was over and now, it was the time to go. But it still wanted to enjoy every last second of its time here, before waiting a whole year. It would sway in the wind, as it did now. Falling into the deep vortex, there seemed to be a lonesome voice, or maybe just the wind as it carried it to the ground. Sadness and death seemed to surround the little blossom.

Yoh closed his eyes as it fell. He wouldn't dare look at it or what he's done. That pendant, which he had carried around for four years, meant the world to him. It replaced what had been lost…Anna. But he was going to get her back now.

The pendant drifted down and Yoh didn't hear anything. There never seemed to be an end.

A piercing sound came through the air. The sound of glass shattering but there was a dulcet sound to it. A lovely melodious and harmonious sound that filled the air. When Yoh opened his eyes, he couldn't believe who was standing in front of him. It was his Anna, the Anna that he loved.

But this Anna wasn't all loving. She wasn't actually happy either. She was mad. She looked the way when Yoh broke the dishes or refused to do his chores. She didn't look like she was happy that he had come all this way to save her. She looked really angry and Yoh had no idea why. He was her prince in shining armor, come to rescue her from the dead, yet she was unhappy. Why? Then, her lips opened, first in shock, then in anger.

"What the hell are YOU doing here, Yoh?" the famous snap was back.

"What do you mean what am I do doing here. I'm here to save you Anna. What do you think?"

"Save ME? I don't need you to save me. I don't want you here. Take your buddies and get the hell out of here."

"But Anna…" Yoh was confused now. Why does Anna not want him to save her? What happened?

"Leave me alone Yoh. I don't ever want to see you again. Do you understand? Get out of here!"

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Confused? Well dont worry, the explanation is coming. Why is Anna mad? You'll soon find out. I have to apologize, yet again. I was suppose to update a very very long time ago. I didnt forget, I just sort of got lazy. I'm so sorry. I had to drag myself up to the computer to do this but it is done. I wont make any promises of when the next chappie will be out since I really dont know. But thanks for the support and reviews. Did anyone get the new Harry Potter? Its out! I wont spoil it for any of you but I know all that happens. I havent read a page but my friends have told me everything, much to my disappointment but I guess life just doesnt always go your way. Please review. Dont give up on me, I'll update no matter what.

Thanks,

Lale