Chuck: Sorry it's been so long since I updated, but it's better late then never. Well, enjoy.

Note: (Yulin sings in this chapter. Also, sorry the title for this chapter isn't that great, but hey, give me a break! -)

Chapter 8

A Walk in a Memory

As the angel stepped through the entrance, his world became covered by aqua light, then once it vanished, he began falling. "What the . . ." As he fell, he passed through lights and images, until he finally blacked out. When he woke up, he saw he was in some sort of plain that was covered in green and yellow flowers. He began to study the area quietly, when he suddenly heard a strange sound. It was almost like a scratching, until he heard it grow into a sickening growling sound. "What the . . ." Suddenly, with explosion of flowers, a wolf like creature burst from the ground, landing a few feet from the angel. P.M frowned, and drew his sword. "I should of figured that this wouldn't be a walk in the park.

The creature sneered. "So, you're the angel of justice?"

"Aa!"

The monster smiled, then poked P.M in the stomach. "Hmp, ya sure are puny. Oh well, I guess you'll fill me up." With a lunge, then wolf monster lept at P.M, slicing the angels shoulder.

"Urg!" P.M cringed after dodging, then began shooting small blasts of light from his sword. "Kisama!"

The creature opened it's mouth and swallowed the small blasts. "Mmm, yummy."

"Shit!" P.M dodged a few hits from the animal, then took a hit to the back, throwing him across the field.

"Hmp, I thought you'd be a challenge!"

P.M rubbed his head a little, then looked up only to find the wolf charging at him. "Uh oh." he managed to dodge, but felt the creature kick him with it's back leg.

"He's here isn't he?"

Yulin looked to Hao, then nodded. "Aa."

"Is he being taken care of?"

The older man sat on the end of the bed. "You just worry about getting better."

Hao smiled softly, then looked down. "Yulin-chan . . . I don't think . . . I can . . ."

"Don't say that! You'll be fine! I just need to get your other half, then you'll be good as new."

Hao became silent. "What if you can't get him? Even when he was inside me the last time, he still managed to escape."

"Daijoubu. I have a method."

Hao looked up, then smiled. "Alright, then."

"You really suck, you know that? We haven't even been fighting for 10 minutes, and you're already tired."

P.M stood up slowly, then smiled. "You caught me off guard, and as you know, anyone can be caught off guard."

The wolf sneered. "Aa."

"You also know that looks can be deceiving, right?"

"Hm?"

P.M suddenly began glowing, then his wounds were instantly healed. "I'm not the Angel of Justice for nothing." Drawing his sword, P.M shot at the wolf and began slicing it furiously.

Loud cries came from the monster, then he suddenly smiled. "Good. I was hoping I could drag this out!"

P.M suddenly received a strong blow to the stomach, then froze, feeling he was now out of Manta's body. "Nani?" He whipped his head around to see Manta laying unconscious not to far away.

"Aw, I think I broke your friend!"

P.M was suddenly knocked away by the animal running at Manta. "Manta, wake up!"

"Uh . . . huh?" Manta sat up, just to see the creature lunge at him. "AAAAAAHHHH!" With a quick role, he evaded the monster by a split second, then quickly jumped up, and ran to P.M. while having a spaz attack. "OVER SOUL! OVER SOUL! OVER SOUL!"

"You got it!"

Manta jumped, then suddenly returned to the safe darkness of P.M's subconscious.

"Daijoubu?"

"Aa! I made it, but just by a hair!"

On the outside, then creature licked a bit of blood from his claws. "I think he tasted a lot better."

P.M frowned, then shot once more and began attacking the creature.

"Chow time!"

The angel suddenly felt teeth sick into his side.

Anna sat playing with her beads, when a cry suddenly came from the portal. "Nani?"

Yoh jumped up. "It's P.M!"

Mikihisa quickly stood. "Yoh, it's my duty as your father to tell you that you shouldn't . . ."

Yoh suddenly shot into the portal.

". . . run through that portal. Hm, well I tried."

Yoh's world became flushed with aqua light, then he suddenly began falling. "Nani!?!" As he fell he saw strange lights and images, then finally felt tired. "What's going . . . on?" and with that Yoh's world became dark.

Yulin suddenly looked up, and smiled, excitement glimmering in his eyes. "I knew you would follow."

Hao tilted his head. "Nani?"

The fallen angel stood up. "I have to leave, but I'll return alright?"

Hao nodded, then watched as Yulin left the room. "Poor predictable Ototo."

"Get off me!" P.M slammed the sword into the creature's left eye, then was thrown into the ground, as the wolf held it's eye. "Well, that wasn't so bad." He began to stand, then suddenly dropped to his knees, as his side bled. "Shit."

The wolf slowly lowered it's arms, then sneered. "Nice shot, but it looks like mine was better."

The angel stood up once more, then began powering up the sword. "If you liked that, you'll love this." A stream of blue light suddenly shot from the sword, then surrounded the wolf. "Celestial ring!"

The area in between the light suddenly became filled with blue light, then the creature began crying in pain.

P.M smiled, then froze when he heard another voice from the circle. "Nani?" He tried to see who it was, but the light hid them from sight.

Mmm . . . mm . . . mh . . . hmm . . . huh?" Yoh slowly opened his eyes to find himself in a new world. "Huh?" He slowly lifted into a sitting position, then as he slowly stood up, he began to look around the area. It was covered with beautiful blue, indigo and grey flowers. "Where am I?" As he turned, he spotted a waterfall, then bright lights suddenly ignited from him and as they did he became older. "Huh? Whats happening!?!" They faded, then he suddenly turned around hearing foot steps. He squinted, trying to make the figure out, but they were shrouded in fog. "Huh? Who . . . are you?"
As they approached, the figure became familiar.
"Ah? P.M? P.M, is that you!?!"
The figure stepped out, revealing what looked like P.M. He stopped walking, then smiled playfully. "I knew you'd be here."
Yoh smiled. "Is it . . . you?"
"Yes. Its me. Yulin."

"Huh?"
P.M took another step, but as he came closer his appearance faded to that of Yulins.
"Uh!" Yoh stepped back, then growled. "You!"
Yulin took another step, looking unusually happy to see him. "I've been waiting for so long. I thought Id never see you again."
Yoh took a step back. "Nani? What are you talking about?"
Yulin continued to approach. "I've missed you so much . . . Hao."

Yoh turned away. "But Im not Hao," he stated in a mix of misery and annoyance.
"Hao, I waited for what seemed to be an eternity. I had begun to believe we would never meet again." Yulin froze seeing Yoh looking away, then smiled softly as he began to sing, while music began to build in the background. (Please don't ask. He's magical, so he can make his own music)

"Find me here
And speak to me
I want to feel you I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place
Where I find peace again."
Yoh looked back a little. "What's he up to?"
"You are the strength
That keeps me walking
You are the hope
That keeps me trusting
You are the life
To my soul
You are my purpose
You're everything
And how can I stand here with you
And not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this."
Yoh watched quietly as the man continued to serenade while approaching him.
"You calm the storms
And you give me rest
You hold me in your hands
You won't let me fall
You steal my heart
And you take my breath away
Would you take me in
Would you take me deeper, now"

Seeing Yulin smile more, the brunette quickly turned away again, blushing as he did.
"And how can I stand here with you
And not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you
And not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this."
Yoh suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, then he was suddenly spun around, and embraced by the fallen angel, who began to enter the chorus.
"Cause you're all I want
You're all I need
You're everything, everything."
As Yulin kept singing, Yoh began to feel his emotions changing, as did his eye color, from brown to silver. "Nani? Whats happening? Why am I liking this. Why am I liking . . . him?"
"You're all I want
You're all I need You're everything, everything
You're all I want
You're all I need
You're everything, everything
You're all I want
You're all I need
Everything, everything. . ."
Yoh slowly looked up at the fallen angel in confusion.
Yulin smiled, then continued his serenade, almost shaking Yoh to pull him into it more.
"When how can I stand here with you

And not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this

And how can I stand here with you
And not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better any better than this

And how can I stand here with you
And not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this"

Yoh slowly closed his eyes, then rested his head on Yulin's chest.
"Would you tell me how could it be
Any better than this. . ."

P.M sat quietly as the ring worked it's magic, when the light inside suddenly faded, revealing a small boy in an orange poncho. "OPACHO!?!"

The small African boy looked up, then grinned. "Uh, hi?"

Manta felt himself gain control over his body, then shot and punched Opacho in the cheek. "You jerk! You were the monster!?!"

P.M watched in amusement as Manta beat Opacho up.

Manta was suddenly flipped. "Eh?"

"Even if you do kill me, I already did my job anyway."

P.M looked up. "What do you mean?" Just then, all the flowers' colors changed to blue, indigo and grey. "Nani?"

Opacho smiled. "It's almost over for you guys."

Manta frowned. "What do you mean?"

P.M listened carefully, then his eyes filled with horror.

"P.M? What's wrong?" Manta suddenly felt his control fade away, then sighed, seeing darkness. "What is it?"

"Yulin has Yoh-kun!"

"Hao? You awake?"

Yoh opened his eyes to find himself standing with Yulin. "Nani? Yulin-chan? What happened? I thought we were in the temple? Where'd the angels go? I thought we were . . ."

Yulin placed his hand over the panicking shaman. "It's alright. That's all in the past now."

Yoh smiled. "I thought you were gone forever."

"I was gone? You left me first." Yulin giggled, then embraced Yoh. "I missed you so much."

"Get away from him, Yulin!"

The two looked to see P.M standing before them, Opacho in one hand, and a sword in the other.

Yulin frowned. "You actually survived?"

"Am I standing here?" P.M looked to Yoh, then his eyes became sad. "Yoh-kun . . . no . . ."

"Yulin, isn't that your brother?"

"Aa."

"Isn't he gone yet?"

"He was, but his reincarnation found him."

P.M frowned. "Yoh-kun, don't you remember what's going on!?!"

Yoh looked to him. "Nani?"

"You're not Hao! You are Yoh Asakura! You're Mom and Dad are Keiko and Mikihisa, and you have a twin brother named Hao. You were both reincarnated from King Hao. Three months ago, Hao killed you, but you were brought back by your friends!"

Yoh's eyes began to fade back to brown. "What?"

P.M left Manta, allowing Yoh to see the smaller boy.

Manta smiled. "Yoh-kun, don't you remember me?"

Yoh eyes became fully brown. "Manta? What happened?"

Yulin frowned, then suddenly turned Yoh to face him. "Gommen, Hao-chan. I wanted to end this quick, but it appears I'll have to drag it out longer," then, lifting Yoh's left arm up, and wrapping his around Yoh's back, then fallen angel slowly kissed Yoh, as P.M and Manta watched in horror.

Yoh became wide-eyed for a moment, then suddenly passed out in Yulin's arms.

"Yoh-kun!"

P.M quickly shot back into Manta, then charged at Yulin.

The elder man simply laid Yoh down in the flowers, then smiled.. "I'll be back soon."

P.M tried to slice his brother, but the instant he brought the sword down, Yulin was gone. "Shit!" He then ran to Yoh's side as the boy became younger, then he held him in his arms. "Yoh-kun! Yoh-kun, wake up!" He cringed, then quickly began to run through the plain, until he found the portal. "It's gonna be okay, Yoh-kun. We're almost there."

Marcus had been listening to his diskmen, when he suddenly lifted his headphones, and listened. "Dude, I think someone's coming."

Ren looked to him. "That's impossible! How would you be able to hear over . . ."

P.M suddenly shot through the portal, then continued on to the hotel.

The group quickly fo0llowed, then Ren looked to Marcus. "I'll never doubt you again.

Yoh was soon laid down in his futon, and P.M was in ghost-ball mode once more. The angel had tried many chants, but the young Asakura stayed asleep.

The group now sat quietly, watching him closely.

Kino placed her hand on Yoh's chest, then smiled. "It's alright. He's dreaming normally. Yulin might've just been trying to mess with your head, P.M."

P.M still hovered over Yoh. "Either way, I'm not leaving him alone tonight."

Anna sighed. "Suit yourself, but don't expect any extra sleep tomorrow."

Manta smiled, then looked to Yoh. "I'll stay in here too." and so the group slowly left the room one by one, and turned in for the night, anxiously awaiting the events of the next day.

Chuck: Well, I hope the chapter was okay. - I can't think of much else to say, so laters!