Chuck: Hewo! How's everyone been? I finally updated something. Stupid school work! Anyway, I hope it is enjoyed. I also added some stuff to "Ethereal, Yulin's Love Story", so check that out as well. Well, please R&R!

Chapter 10

Suteki Da Ne

"We were so close!" Yulin slammed his hand into a wall sized mirror. "So close, then that damn midget had to distract me!" He continued to smash objects in the room as Opacho watched helplessly.

"Yulin-sama, please calm down!"

The demon smashed a hole into the wall, then whipped his head around. "Why the hell should I!?!" Opacho pointed to the bed, then Yulin saw Hao trembling. "Hao-chan?"

Hao stared at the ceiling silently, his lips blue.

"Hao-chan!?!" Yulin ran over, and took Hao into is arms. "Hao-chan, daijoubu!?!"

"I'm so cold."

The fallen angel quickly ran into another section of the room, that contained a bath. He drew the blanket from Hao, and slipped into the warm water with him in his arms as he trembled helplessly. "It's gonna be alright, Hao. I'll warm you up." He began to cradle the child.

"Yulin, everything's so fuzzy and cold."

The fallen angel's eyes became glassy. "I'm sorry, Hao-chan. I failed you."

Opacho thought for a moment, then looked up. "Maybe we're not finished."

"Nani?"

"Maybe we can still use Yoh-sama's weakness against him."

Yulin eyed him curiously, then looked down to Hao. It took him a few moments to register what was said, then he nodded. "I think I see what you're getting at, but we'll start it tomorrow, alright?"

"Nande?"

"I wanna have a little chat with my brother." Yulin lifted Hao out of the bath, then laid him back in his bed, and covered him up. "Keep him warm. I'll be back in awhile."

The group had been going to bed, when Horo pointed out that they hadn't had dinner, so they now finished it quietly, thinking of the events that had just occurred.

Yoh looked down at Manta and smiled, seeing he was rubbing his knuckles. "Sankyuu, Manta."

The small boy looked up, then smiled sheepishly. "I still can't believe I got that close to him."

Ren stood up. "Me and Horo are finished."

"Uh, yeah! We're going upstairs now."

Chocolove slurped the last of his noodles, then jumped up. "I'll come with you."

"No!" The two cried in union.

Chocolove sat back down as they left the room. "What's up with them?"

"Can't you see?"

He looked to Shizuka, who sat smiling.

"They're in love. They wanna be left alone."

"I don't blame them."

Yoh looked down to Manta. "Manta?"

"I'm going to bed!" The small boy hopped out of the chair then stormed up the stairs to his bedroom.

P.M sighed. "I'll go after him."

Manta changed into his pajamas, then laid down in his futon. He sighed sensing P.M's aura. "Go away."

"You love him, don't you?"

"Uh! Well . . ."

"Daijoubu. It's alright. I like him to."

Manta gulped. "You . . . do?"

"Aa."

"Oh, great!"

The angel went to his full body mode, then looked down at the small Oyamada. "What's wrong?"

"Well, if you like him, that's more competition."

"Competition? Oh Manta, don't be silly." P.M sat down. "Technically, we're the same person, so I'm not competition."

Manta sat up.

"Why don't you just tell him?"

The small boy looked down. "Every time I get the nerve to, I get interrupted."

"Tell him now."

Manta blushed.

"Come on, Manta."

"I can't."

"Nande?"

"Well, what if zi tell him, and he gets all weirded out, hen he dosen't wanna be my friend anymore?"

"You're a funny little kid, you know that Manta?"

Manta began to pout a little. "If you're me, you're were a funny little kid as well."

"I never said I wasn't."

Manta sighed, then laid back down. "Just let me sleep."

P.M nodded sadly, then slowly floated out the window.

He sat on top of the hotel just across from the group's and watched everyone enter their rooms.

"Why Manta, I never knew you spied on people."

P.M jumped seeing Yulin sit down next to him.

"Relax, I'm taking a night off."

"What do you want?"

"Just to see you. It's been so long since we last sat together."

P.M sighed, then looked to Yoh's window, to find it empty. "Hm?" He began to scan the rest of the hotel to find him, when he saw Yulin grinning at him. "What?"

Yulin rased his hands together, then parted them as if opening a curtain, then a window was formed in the wall, showing Yoh in the shower.

"PHWEEE!" P.M covered his beat red face, as his brother laughed.

"Keep your shirt on, Manta. He's got a towel on."

P.M looked up, then sighed in relief, then looked to his brother. "So, why are you here?"

"I've just been remembering back in the day, you know, when I wasn't with Hao. Oh, we used to have fun, didn't we?"

Manta remembered back to his childhood, then smiled softly. "Aa. I remember it all like yesterday. You were my idol, then you betrayed me."

Yulin looked to his younger brother. "You know, Manta, there's still time."

"Eh?"

"To be brother's again. There's still time."

P.M stood up. "I see what you're getting at, and I say no, same as the other times." The angel readied himself to fly from the roof.

"You know Manta, we're quite similar."

"How would we be similar?"

"Well, we both love the same person."

P.M looked back. "Nani?"

"You like what I like in him. His soul. You might say it has it's own flavor."

The angel cringed, and leapt off the building.

"Just remember, Manta. He may be a little different, but all in all, he's still Hao." Yulin sighed as his brother went back inside, then heard something land next to him. "Did you do your job?"

"Yeppers, Bossman! The future will be altered as soon as he screws up."

"Good. I can't have anymore failure."

P.M walked into Manta's room, and found the small boy had a nose bleed. "What's wrong?"

"I walked in on Yoh when he was in the shower."

P.M giggled, then saw how sad Manta looked. "Manta, could I borrow your body for a bit?"

"For what?"

"You'll see."

Manta suddenly felt himself lose control of his body, then shift to P.M's subconscious. "Kisama!"

"Don't worry, it's for a good cause."

"What are you going to do?"

"Act out one of your innermost fantasies."

P.M left the room, then walked into Yoh's room, finding him changing into his pajamas. "Kon Ban Wa, Yoh-kun."

Yoh quickly looked back, pulling his shirt on, then grinned. "Yo!"

The angel walked over, and poked the light blue shape on his shirt.

Yoh grinned. "It's a star."

"You like stars?"

Yoh nodded, then walked to the window, and smiled softly, becoming drifty. "Whenever, I look at them, everything feels right. They feel so close that I could touch them, but they're so far away. They have no boundaries, or limits. They're peaceful."

P.M smiled softly, then held his hand out to Yoh. "Would you like to see it?"

"Nani?"

"Come. I wanna show it to you."

"Uh, maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea."

"Why not?"

Yoh looked down. "Well, I always thought that if I saw it up close, the scientific facts about it would destroy the feeling I get from them."

Manta took Yoh's hand then suddenly pulled him to his feet and held him up by his waist. "Trust me. It'll be fine."

Yoh felt unsure, but is doubts faded seeing the soft expression in the angel's eyes. "Alright."

The angel smiled, then lifted Yoh from the room and flew high into the sky with him. He looked down, feeling Yoh beginning to tremble, then grinned. "Well, I found one thing about you that's different from Hao."

Yoh looked up. "What's that?"

"You're mortal. If you were truly Hao you wouldn't have to worry about plunging to your death. I noticed you also aren't as seductive as he is, er, was."

Yoh looked back down at the ground dizzily. "I feel kinda light headed."

P.M suddenly froze realizing Yoh wasn't trembling from the height, but from the lack of air. "Oh! Gommen, Yoh-kun!"

Yoh felt P.M's mouth go over his then he suddenly felt his air supply return. "Nani? What did you do?"

"I made it so you're furyoku can provide you with air at the this altitude."

The shaman grinned. "Sankyuu."

P.M nodded, then carried Yoh higher into the sky.

It wasn't until a few moments later Yoh found himself staring in disbelief. "I can't . . . believe this . . ."

"Aa. It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"This is . . . . overwhelming."

P.M looked down at Yoh, hearing his breathing becoming heavy. "Daijoubu?"

Yoh looked up with a soft smile. "I'm getting the funny feeling I get whenever I watch stars at home. I'm getting it again, only . . . it almost hurts, it's so strong."

P.M smiled, then released Yoh.

"Huh?" Yoh felt himself begin to drift away. "Uh, P.M!?!"

P.M chuckled. "Daijoubu, Yoh-kun. I'm watching you."

Yoh looked down then began to move a little, fully understanding that he could float. "Whao!"

P.M smiled. "You're really are young, aren't you?"

"Huh?"

"You've never experienced these feelings before, am I right? You feel happy, but insecure and scared, but it's that fear that adds to the warmth in your heart."

Yoh stared at him quietly, then nodded happily. "Yeah. I think you're right." Yoh began to try and float back to his friend. "This feeling reminds me off the time Manta dragged me on this ride at the carnival called the 'Drop Zone'."

P.M tilted his head curiously.

"They basically strap you into a chair, then raise you up about 100 feet, then you rise slower, there's a pause, then you drop."

The angel's eyes went wide. "Eh?"

"It's okay though, cause they slow the ride down near the bottom before you can be harmed." Yoh looked up. "Before I went on, I actually did feel a little worried, but Manta said it would be fun. So, they strapped us in, then as we were rising I shut my eyes and began to think of all the bad things that could happen to us if the ride were to break. When we were above the Faeroes Wheel I opened my eyes, and began to calm down a little, realizing I had already endured one of the worst part, then when the ride finally stopped in the air, I think I actually smiled, knowing I had faced my fear, then when we were dropped . . ." The shaman closed his eyes. "The feeling was . . . unimaginable, sort of like this. I felt like I was as weightless as a leaf, and I could fly from the chair into the night sky. I felt like . . . I was closer to nature then I had ever been . . ." Yoh reopened his eyes, finding P.M closer to him with a stupid face.

"So what you're saying is . . . you have a fetish for falling and putting your life at risk."

Yoh stared for a moment, then dropped is head. "I think you just missed the basic point of that whole speech."

P.M began to laugh, then floated over. "No, no. I understand. As a shaman you are not only linked to life and death, but nature, Heaven and Hell as well. Hmmm . . ." The angel examined his friend, then tilted his head. "But it also seems your link is stronger then most."

Yoh looked down once again. "Maybe . . . it's because of Hao."

P.M felt Yoh becoming sad, then took him into his arms. "Come. I wanna show you something."

"Alright."

The two floated the lit sky for a few minutes, then found a large star in the distance.

Yoh stared in amazement. "Wow."

P.M looked down at him. "Wanna see something unimaginable?"

"O . . .kay."

P.M lifted his arm, and clenched his fist, then, as if commanded, it began aging at an incredible speed.

Yoh stared in amazement. "Nani? What's happening?"

"I want to do something. Just watch."

The star quickly became a supernova, then it suddenly exploded.

"Ahh!" Yoh quickly rose his arms to shield him from the blast, but Manta moved them away.

"Don't look away. Watch."

Yoh watched in aw as the star soon became a small ball of light in the distance. "Wow."

Manta smiled, then suddenly carried him over to the light. As they flew, the two past through clouds of star dust. When they finally reached the ball of light, small specs of light illuminated them. Yoh looked up at the small star. It was much bigger now, but it still held the same beauty. He smiled. "Wow. I could touch it."

"Go ahead."

"Huh?" Yoh looked up in confusion, then looked back to the star, slowly moving his trembling hand toward the great light.

"Don't be afraid."

Yoh fully placed his hand on, then an undescribable feeling suddenly passed through him. "That was . . . weird."

"Daijoubu?"

"Hai." Yoh rubbed his hands on the star again, getting the same feeling, then when he looked down at his hands he saw it was if they were covered with glowing chalk. "Eh?"

P.M smiled. "Now you can draw. Hee hee hee!" The angel quickly covered his hands in the light, then drew a happy face in the air. "See?"

Yoh giggled. "Yeah! Uh . . ." The shaman began wondering what he could draw. He suddenly grinned, then drew funny looking boy.

It took a minute for P.M to realize the drawing was future Manta. "Ha! Kawaii."

Yoh grinned, then doodled a small head, with a point on top.

"Ren!"

"Yeah!"

P.M watched Yoh with a soft smile, then for some reason remembered the fate imp's prediction.

"You will have to choose between yourself and the one you love."

"I would obviously choose Yoh. Why would he tell me such an obvious thing?" He thought for a moment. "It must be deeper then I'm think. Hmm . . . . "

"P.M?"

The angel looked up.

"Daijoubu?"

"Aa! Just . . . thinking about stuff." P.M watched Yoh for another few moments, then suddenly wrapped his arms around the smaller boy's waist. "Come on."

"Where?"

"Just around."

Yoh suddenly felt P.M's lips against his. "Nani?"

"Daijoubu." and for the remainder of the night P.M and Yoh glided threw the night sky. That is, until Yoh's furyoku was used up. Hours later, P.M laid Yoh in his futon, and covered him up. He smiled softly as the shaman slept. He then left Manta's body.

The small boy's eyes popped open. "What the . . ."

"Did you have a pleasant evening?"

"P.M! How could you . . . why did you . . ."

"Just expressing the feelings you were keeping up inside."

"Please don't let him remember! Please!"

"I'll make it as if it were a dream." The angel waved his hand over Yoh's head, then smiled as Yoh curled up. "All done."

Manta walked over quietly, then after a soft kiss, he crept out of his friend's room. "Good-night, Yoh-chan."