Chapter 2
Ryu had laid Ren down in Yoh's room, when Anna suddenly swung open the door. The gang looked at her quickly. "Anna where have you been?!?" Yoh cried. She looked at him quietly than looked down. "Riku's not dead," she said quietly. They all stared at her, than a thought occurred to Yoh. "Did he bite you!?!" Anna looked at him, than smiled. "Of course not, you idiot." Yoh sighed with relief and hugged her. A strange sound was suddenly heard. They all looked around, than heard Horo Horo begin laughing. "I'm hungry," he giggled. Anna suddenly shot to the kitchen. "I'll make snacks for everyone!" She said quickly. Yoh stared into the kitchen confused. "Anna, you never wanna cook! I mean.....can you cook?..uh...I mean..." Anna looked at him quietly, than began making rice balls. "I'm just a little bored." Yoh smiled, than went back into the living as Anna sighed.
They all sat quietly at the table, thinking of Ren and Riku. "Poor Ren," Amidamaru sighed. Anna suddenly ran in. "I made the rice balls." She placed a plate down, than ran up stairs quickly. "Uh..Anna?" Manta looked at Yoh. "What's wrong with her?" "She said she was bored." Ryu looked up. "So,....what do we with Ren?" They all began thinking hard. "Why don't we go check him?" Horo Horo suggested. They nodded, than went up stairs into Yoh's room. They studied Ren as he lay silent, they than saw his eyes open a little.
"Ren, are you ok?" Manta asked. He looked at them quietly than shut his eyes again. "Poor guy." Yoh said quietly. Horo Horo suddenly frowned. "Why did that idiot open that grave?" He asked quietly, not really directed to anyone. He than looked up. "Hey! Shouldn't we go slay Riku if he's alive?" Ryu nodded than looked at them. "We'll, let's get going than." They all turned to leave the room, when Yoh suddenly spoke up. "Hey, shouldn't someone watch Ren?" They all thought, than Faust placed his hands on Yoh's shoulders. "Why don't you and I stay? We could take shifts." Yoh blinked than smiled. "Than it's decided. You and Faust shall stay while we go to check out Riku's grave." Ryu said happily. As the friends ran down stairs and out the door, Manta stopped seeing Anna mopping. "Anna, do you wanna come?" She looked up at him and shook her head quietly. Manta nodded than closed the door.
Yoh came down the stairs then sat quietly on a couch watching tv. He than looked back at Anna, who was keeping herself occupied. She was looking at him. "What is it?" He asked. She sighed, dropped the mop than sat down next to him. "Yoh I just want you to know that...." Yoh looked at her curiously. "You maybe lazy, very easy going and have a bad habit of eating, but you really are a good person." He stared at her in confusion. "It may seem that I work you to hard, but I really just want to help you. You're very dreamy and sometimes go kinda out of it, so I'm just trying to keep you on earth. Also, you trust people to easily, your loyalty could get you hurt." Yoh thought for a moment, than looked at her. "Why are you telling me this? What's wrong?" he asked. She smiled at him. "I just think that you should know this. I don't wanna feel like your enemy." They sat quietly for a long time, than Yoh smiled at her. "You don't feel like my enemy, Anna. You feel like someone who just has different ways of showing someone you care about them." Anna looked away from him, blushing madly.
Meanwhile, Horo Horo was leading the group through the graveyard. "I just think that if Yoh's not here we should have a new name, that's all." Ryu frowned than hit his head. "I think when Yoh's not here, you shouldn't be the leader." Horo Horo looked at Ryu annoyed than looked forward. "We could be called, Anna's Angels!" He shouted. Manta suddenly looked at them. "Speaking of Anna, have you noticed how funny she's acting. I mean when does she cook or clean?" Horo Horo frowned. "When Hell freezes over." Manta looked down. "Plus, before we left, she had gotten pretty pale and her arm was shaking." The two stopped and looked at Manta. "Well that's nice and freaky. When we get home we should check her out." They nodded than finally made it to the grave. They did Rock-Paper-Siccors to determine who would open it. Ryu lost. He crouched down and carefully opened it, but it was empty. Ryu sighed. "Well, I guess we should've expected this. Lets go." Horo Horo and Ryu began walking away, as Manta stared at the grave. He spotted a small piece of paper. "Hey, Guys! Come quick! I found something!" They both ran over and looked down. "What is it?" Horo Horo asked. "I think it's a note," Manta said. He picked it up and read it over, than his eyes went wide. "Oh no! Yoh-kun!" Manta turned around and began running. "What is it!?!" Ryu asked. "We gotta get home!"
Yoh and Anna had been sitting quietly for a long time, when Yoh suddenly looked up at her. "What's wrong with you?" She looked up at him confused. "You didn't yell at anyone when you got home, and you're cleaning. This isn't like you, so what's up?" She looked down. "Yoh......I" "Yoh-kun, my shifts up!" Anna and Yoh jumped as Faust walked down the stairs. He smiled at them than sat down next to Anna. "He was quiet when I was up there. Maybe he'll wake up for you." Yoh nodded than climbed the stairs. Faust looked at Anna smiling. "So, what are we talking about?"
Yoh walked into his room quietly and sat next to Ren. His skin was pale and he appeared skinnier. Yoh sat silently, when he suddenly heard Ren. "Yoh..." "Ren, are you okay?" Ren looked at him helplessly. "I can't move and I hurt all over. I was such an baka opening that grave. I should've waited for you guys." Yoh smiled softly. "Hey, it wasn't your fault. I probably would've done the same if I sensed that darkness." Ren looked down. "I... don't wanna die." he said quietly. "I wanted to see Jun's wedding when she got older and babysit her kids, but now, the only way I'll even be able to walk again is if I drink blood." His eyes filled with tears, as Yoh thought. "Ren, why don't you take some of my blood?" Ren looked at him confused. "I'm already so lazy, that it probably wont change much anyway." "Are you sure?" Yoh nodded. "Yeah, but I'll tell you when to stop okay?" "Okay." Yoh helped Ren sit up, than moved his hair away from his neck. He closed his eyes as he felt Ren's fangs sink into his neck. "Remember, don't take too much okay?" Ren nodded slowly as he continued drinking. Yoh soon started getting dizzy and nudged Ren's shoulder. "Ren, that's enough." Ren didn't answer. Yoh nudged him harder. "Ren, please stop." Ren still didn't respond. Yoh kept shaking his shoulder. "Ren, stop!" He tried to pull away, but he couldn't, proving that Ren had more than enough strength to get up. Ren continued holding him, as he bit into him more.
Downstairs, Anna sat next to Faust, talking about medicine, when she heard something from upstairs. She then smelled something familiar. It was blood. She stood up quickly recognizing it was Yoh's. "Anna? What's wrong?" Faust asked, also standing. She suddenly frowned and ran upstairs. When she opened the door, she stared in horror as she saw Yoh laying on the floor, and Ren feeding on him. He looked up at her and smiled. "Hello, little sister!"
Ryu had laid Ren down in Yoh's room, when Anna suddenly swung open the door. The gang looked at her quickly. "Anna where have you been?!?" Yoh cried. She looked at him quietly than looked down. "Riku's not dead," she said quietly. They all stared at her, than a thought occurred to Yoh. "Did he bite you!?!" Anna looked at him, than smiled. "Of course not, you idiot." Yoh sighed with relief and hugged her. A strange sound was suddenly heard. They all looked around, than heard Horo Horo begin laughing. "I'm hungry," he giggled. Anna suddenly shot to the kitchen. "I'll make snacks for everyone!" She said quickly. Yoh stared into the kitchen confused. "Anna, you never wanna cook! I mean.....can you cook?..uh...I mean..." Anna looked at him quietly, than began making rice balls. "I'm just a little bored." Yoh smiled, than went back into the living as Anna sighed.
They all sat quietly at the table, thinking of Ren and Riku. "Poor Ren," Amidamaru sighed. Anna suddenly ran in. "I made the rice balls." She placed a plate down, than ran up stairs quickly. "Uh..Anna?" Manta looked at Yoh. "What's wrong with her?" "She said she was bored." Ryu looked up. "So,....what do we with Ren?" They all began thinking hard. "Why don't we go check him?" Horo Horo suggested. They nodded, than went up stairs into Yoh's room. They studied Ren as he lay silent, they than saw his eyes open a little.
"Ren, are you ok?" Manta asked. He looked at them quietly than shut his eyes again. "Poor guy." Yoh said quietly. Horo Horo suddenly frowned. "Why did that idiot open that grave?" He asked quietly, not really directed to anyone. He than looked up. "Hey! Shouldn't we go slay Riku if he's alive?" Ryu nodded than looked at them. "We'll, let's get going than." They all turned to leave the room, when Yoh suddenly spoke up. "Hey, shouldn't someone watch Ren?" They all thought, than Faust placed his hands on Yoh's shoulders. "Why don't you and I stay? We could take shifts." Yoh blinked than smiled. "Than it's decided. You and Faust shall stay while we go to check out Riku's grave." Ryu said happily. As the friends ran down stairs and out the door, Manta stopped seeing Anna mopping. "Anna, do you wanna come?" She looked up at him and shook her head quietly. Manta nodded than closed the door.
Yoh came down the stairs then sat quietly on a couch watching tv. He than looked back at Anna, who was keeping herself occupied. She was looking at him. "What is it?" He asked. She sighed, dropped the mop than sat down next to him. "Yoh I just want you to know that...." Yoh looked at her curiously. "You maybe lazy, very easy going and have a bad habit of eating, but you really are a good person." He stared at her in confusion. "It may seem that I work you to hard, but I really just want to help you. You're very dreamy and sometimes go kinda out of it, so I'm just trying to keep you on earth. Also, you trust people to easily, your loyalty could get you hurt." Yoh thought for a moment, than looked at her. "Why are you telling me this? What's wrong?" he asked. She smiled at him. "I just think that you should know this. I don't wanna feel like your enemy." They sat quietly for a long time, than Yoh smiled at her. "You don't feel like my enemy, Anna. You feel like someone who just has different ways of showing someone you care about them." Anna looked away from him, blushing madly.
Meanwhile, Horo Horo was leading the group through the graveyard. "I just think that if Yoh's not here we should have a new name, that's all." Ryu frowned than hit his head. "I think when Yoh's not here, you shouldn't be the leader." Horo Horo looked at Ryu annoyed than looked forward. "We could be called, Anna's Angels!" He shouted. Manta suddenly looked at them. "Speaking of Anna, have you noticed how funny she's acting. I mean when does she cook or clean?" Horo Horo frowned. "When Hell freezes over." Manta looked down. "Plus, before we left, she had gotten pretty pale and her arm was shaking." The two stopped and looked at Manta. "Well that's nice and freaky. When we get home we should check her out." They nodded than finally made it to the grave. They did Rock-Paper-Siccors to determine who would open it. Ryu lost. He crouched down and carefully opened it, but it was empty. Ryu sighed. "Well, I guess we should've expected this. Lets go." Horo Horo and Ryu began walking away, as Manta stared at the grave. He spotted a small piece of paper. "Hey, Guys! Come quick! I found something!" They both ran over and looked down. "What is it?" Horo Horo asked. "I think it's a note," Manta said. He picked it up and read it over, than his eyes went wide. "Oh no! Yoh-kun!" Manta turned around and began running. "What is it!?!" Ryu asked. "We gotta get home!"
Yoh and Anna had been sitting quietly for a long time, when Yoh suddenly looked up at her. "What's wrong with you?" She looked up at him confused. "You didn't yell at anyone when you got home, and you're cleaning. This isn't like you, so what's up?" She looked down. "Yoh......I" "Yoh-kun, my shifts up!" Anna and Yoh jumped as Faust walked down the stairs. He smiled at them than sat down next to Anna. "He was quiet when I was up there. Maybe he'll wake up for you." Yoh nodded than climbed the stairs. Faust looked at Anna smiling. "So, what are we talking about?"
Yoh walked into his room quietly and sat next to Ren. His skin was pale and he appeared skinnier. Yoh sat silently, when he suddenly heard Ren. "Yoh..." "Ren, are you okay?" Ren looked at him helplessly. "I can't move and I hurt all over. I was such an baka opening that grave. I should've waited for you guys." Yoh smiled softly. "Hey, it wasn't your fault. I probably would've done the same if I sensed that darkness." Ren looked down. "I... don't wanna die." he said quietly. "I wanted to see Jun's wedding when she got older and babysit her kids, but now, the only way I'll even be able to walk again is if I drink blood." His eyes filled with tears, as Yoh thought. "Ren, why don't you take some of my blood?" Ren looked at him confused. "I'm already so lazy, that it probably wont change much anyway." "Are you sure?" Yoh nodded. "Yeah, but I'll tell you when to stop okay?" "Okay." Yoh helped Ren sit up, than moved his hair away from his neck. He closed his eyes as he felt Ren's fangs sink into his neck. "Remember, don't take too much okay?" Ren nodded slowly as he continued drinking. Yoh soon started getting dizzy and nudged Ren's shoulder. "Ren, that's enough." Ren didn't answer. Yoh nudged him harder. "Ren, please stop." Ren still didn't respond. Yoh kept shaking his shoulder. "Ren, stop!" He tried to pull away, but he couldn't, proving that Ren had more than enough strength to get up. Ren continued holding him, as he bit into him more.
Downstairs, Anna sat next to Faust, talking about medicine, when she heard something from upstairs. She then smelled something familiar. It was blood. She stood up quickly recognizing it was Yoh's. "Anna? What's wrong?" Faust asked, also standing. She suddenly frowned and ran upstairs. When she opened the door, she stared in horror as she saw Yoh laying on the floor, and Ren feeding on him. He looked up at her and smiled. "Hello, little sister!"