Disclaimer: I do not own Hao's present lives I just borrow them and return them a lot better

Okay I did say that the first life is important but I did not expect this to happen……its too long! How am I suppose to do the 2nd and 3rd life!

Please please please review I desperately need it for inspiration! Probably for the fourth story of Anna's sister

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i had to redo this chapter because of the new really (no reason at all) no song fic thing i will be posting this onto even though there is no lemon in it, i suggest you read the songfic as it is not the one i'm posting here... the rest of the chapters following this do contain song lyrics therefore i REALLY REALLY suggest you go read it

Actually i might change the stuff here since it doens't go without the lyrics..

Chapter 4: 1st life ends

The present

Hao looked up and smiled. The stars seemed to twinkle back at him as though they welcome him again. And yet again his fate always seemed to be playing around with him letting him having what he wanted and just suddenly taking it back…

Back to first life

Hao smiled down on his newly wedded wife. Kahiya smiled back. He felt happy and fulfilled and so did she. Dragon and Phoenix were content with their lives and felt joyful for Kahiya. It was already 4 weeks since Kahiya's decision, and she didn't regret it at all for making her choice and not leaving.

Sadly, a call from the far western side of his land decided to oppose him and he would have to leave her to go to battle although it wouldn't be very hard, the destination would take two weeks for the whole army to go there. He expected a far bigger reaction when he told her the news.

Kahiya smiled reassuringly and said, "I'll be waiting right here, Hao, I'm not going to run away." He embraced her, happy that he had met this woman. (oh goody there a lot of "happy" in here I'm becoming a crappy author my vocabulary has gone very limited)

He left the next morning, kissing Kahiya before stepping into his carriage. He watched as the carriage rode away, and Kahiya's figure grew smaller and smaller.

Phoenix and Dragon appeared by her side as she waved good bye to her husband. "Can I wait that long?" she sighed, 'Can I wait that long for his return? I want to be in his arms all the time."

Dragon snorted/You're not that desperate are you? You use to be so strong/ Phoenix nudged Dragon on the side. /That something to say, Dragon especially when you won't leave my side for a minute./ Dragon started to go red in his scales which was pretty noticeable since his whole body was going red. Kahiya sighed again and look at the ground. "Can I?" she whispered. Phoenix gently brushed her cheek with her wing feathers. /You're strong, Kahiya, we all know it../ Kahiya smiled reassuringly, but Phoenix felt it, she had a stronger connection with Kahiya. She felt Kahiya' sadness, Kahiya was already missing Hao.

1 and a half months later

It was night and Kahiya was overjoyed, Hao was coming back. A month ago, a messenger came, to give Kahiya a letter from her husband. He said that the war was almost won by them and he will return shortly. The date of when he was coming home was tomorrow.

The big gong rang out. Kahiya left the servants to open the door and went back to the garden where she and Hao first walked together. She sat down against the oak tree and sighed closing her eyes to remember the days when she wasn't married to Hao. He softened her heart a lot, she remembered hearing one of the elder woman talk about how love conquered all, and she didn't believe that, until now.

A sudden rustle caught her attention, but it was too late, a flash of silver shimmered in the dark, before slashing deep into her side. She dropped to the floor gasping from the pain unleashing itself. She opened her eyes weakly to see her right side bleeding heavily and a dark clothed man walking away before collapsing.

It was morning when Hao arrived, he couldn't wait to see his beloved wife again, and he longed to be in her arms. He stuck his head out of the window, only to see the palace completely deserted.

Completely deserted with anyone alive.

Bodies littered the palace; the smell of blood was still fresh.

He jumped out of his carriage frantically, running through all the room ignoring the cries from his army. He dashed through the gardens with inhuman speed. (Of course he can do that, he's a shaman remember) Only to stop at the garden where he and Kahiya took their first walk together.

His eyes widened in terror. There lay Kahiya, her side drenched in blood, a crimson lake surrounded her. He took her into his arms and lay her down on a clean patch of grass. He pushed into her mind, there was no wall this time, he blindly reached out to find any life. Kahiya weakly opened her eyes, her eyes glazed and unfocused. Hao pulled her closer, giving her all the warmth she could possibly need.

"Hao is that you?" she croaked hoarsely. "Hai. Gomen ne!" He cried, tears brimming his eyes dripping onto his blood soaked clothes.

Kahiya tried to raise her hand and wipe Hao's tears away, but found she had no strength. "Its not your fault," she whispered. "Who would have thought that the people would have attacked here."

"You'll be all right, Kahiya." Hao said desperately. "It'll be just like last time, when I saved you from the worm demon." Kahiya smiled, Hao looked at her, how could she smile at a time like this.

"I smile, because I like to make people feel warm and comforted. Hao, smiling makes everything better, its causes people to wonder why we would smile at a time like this, smiling is better than giving a angry frown."

Hao stared at her, his face filled with sadness. "Hao-san, it won't be like last time, I lost too much blood, Hao, and I'm tired." She smiled gently and went on, "Hao, you always wanted to know who Dragon and Phoenix were don't you?" Hao shook his head, "I don't, I just want you to come back and stay here with me."

Kahiya continued, "Dragon was the sub guardian of the water and wind in his past life, millions of years ago. While Dragon was in his 1000th life, just several hundreds of years before, he fell in love with the other guardian, Phoenix, the goddess of fire and the earth, because of that, Dragon was banished to be created from a human body, and he was created from me, my right arm (I can't remember which arm okay?) where the birth mark was. Phoenix couldn't stand it and decided to become a normal Phoenix, she would lose her powers when she dies and reborn again. So therefore I will protect Phoenix until I die."

Hao couldn't stop crying. "Hao, I won't wake up," She blinked slowly, "I'll wait for you, Asakura Hao. If fate allows you and I to cross again, it'll be great."

She smiled weakly and said,

"Hao, promise me you will smile."

Hao couldn't speak. She smiled again and closed her eyes, letting sleep overtake her.

Forever.

"KAHIYA!" His scream traveled through the walls through the gardens. When the echo finally faded, Hao stood up quietly, easing Kahiya's now forever sleeping body on the ground.

The army's leader came through the doorway to the garden. "Hao-sama?" he questioned. When Hao turned around, the captain took a step back, Hao's eyes had turned white and the dust flared around him. The captain was knocked backwards, by one of the oni's large hands; he lay still, for his spine was completely broken in two.

Hao questioned quietly to himself, "Why? Why? Why must my life be such a disaster, I lost her, fate will never let me have her, I know it!" His rage grew, and unleashes itself on his own army. The terrible wave wiped out the entire military in a matter of seconds. The onis turned wild in Hao's anger and rage, killing everyone who weren't powerful enough to protect, which were mostly humans and weak shamans.

His onis turned completely wild, taking over him and driving Hao's heart down the wrong path.

"Humans and weak shamans have everything, they make this world so filthy, if the humans haven't oppose me, I wouldn't have left her in the FIRST PLACE! HUMANS RUIN MY LIFE AFTER ALL I DONE FOR THEM!" he screamed, his face twisted in anger and pain.

Dragon appeared, trying to calm Hao down, he responded by slamming Dragon into a pillar, leaving a dent in there. Phoenix screamed and hurled fiery rays at him, burning everything in its path, Hao turned all his onis onto Phoenix, the bird weakened as she cowered under all the blows being thrown at her, trying to block all of them at once.

She was still the guardian of the sun, she needed its rays in order to recover, but the many dark clouds in the sky caused by Hao's anger covered the sun. Suddenly a wind of blades appears, cutting the smaller youkais in slices. Dragon roared, his muzzle covered in youkai's blood, he bared his teeth and darted at inhuman speed for Hao's throat. But he was pushed down; Hao had combined all his onis into a large one.

"YOU DON"T DESERVE TO LIVE, YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN SHE DIED!"

Suddenly, the oni was engulfed in dancing flames, it roared in pain and stumbled back, Dragon struggled free and noticed that Phoenix was safe until… the oni swiped at the guardian, catching her by surprise and cutting her, but Dragon could not retrieve the body, the burning oni dropped on Phoenix, her body was smothered by the fire of the sun. Dragon dropped to the ground, and spewed water on the burning carcass.

It was already too late; Phoenix's body had completely burned away.

Dragon glared at Hao, but he was too weighed down with sorrow to fight anymore, he felt as though his strength left him, and he felt as though he was no stronger than a grass snake. He flew off, the once water guardian gave a long sad cry into the sky, the wail echoing.

Hao was still angered, but yet Kahiya's words went through his head.

Promise me you will smile.

His fury softened, and he looked up. "Humans don't deserve to be in this world, they are all selfish, only wanting things for themselves, they don't deserve to live!"

He walked back to where Kahiya's body lay and picked her up. He gazed at her beauty, before brushing his lips over her body one last time. He set her down on the grass again, his eyes filled with tears, he set it alight. "We will meet again…I hope…"

He left the palace, leaving the ashes of Kahiya to be blown away in the wind, so her spirit can fly free.

After then the years after this, ex-king Hao walked throughout the land, killing any who opposed him. They never knew why he smiled, they only knew it looked insane and he was on the merge of madness. But in fact, he smiled, for her.

And for her only.

The ending is different! The link will be up soon!