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Fate Fell Short This Time - In the Desert

"No," said Yoh quietly. "No, Anna. She can't be gone she just can't be gone. She can't be!" He started to cry.

"Yoh," pleaded Amidamaru. "Please, I'm sorry, Yoh, but we will get Anna back safely."

"How can you be so sure," said Yoh sadly, as he continued cry.

"Because she believes in us and she knows we'd never let her down," said Amidamaru.

Yoh stopped crying, but continued to sob.

"Yoh," said Amidamaru sympathetically. "If you continue to act like this we will never get Anna back, and that's something you don't want to happen, right?"

"I guess," Yoh said quietly. He used his sword to help him get back on his feet. "But where could they have taken her?"

"I don't know, Yoh," said Amidamaru. "We just have to wait for that letter."

"I swear!" said Yoh, rage and anger taking over his sorrow. "If Hao dare touches or causes any harm to Anna, he will pay for it with his dear life! Twin brother or no twin brother, he will die!"

"Oh…." said Amidamaru with some concern.

"Well," said Yoh, "we'd better get home fast, who knows when that letter will come, and as soon as we get it I'm going to find Anna." Yoh started to run back to his house, as Amidamaru followed.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In the desert with Hao, Obacho, and Anna……

"Oh man," groaned Hao. "How much does Anna weigh? She's as skinny as a toothpick, but yet feels like 300 pounds!" Hao was carrying an unconscious Anna over his shoulder while Obacho followed him.

"Here master," said Obacho as he stopped in front of Hao, "let me carry her so you may have a break."

"Good idea," smirked Hao. Hao gave Anna to Obacho and he flung Anna over his shoulders like a sac of potatoes.

"So," said Obacho, "where is it that we are going now?"

"To my castle, of coarse," said Hao. "Yoh is probably wait impatiently for his letter on Anna's whereabouts." Hao laughed.

~*~*~*~30 minutes later…..

"We're here, Obacho," smiled Hao. "Take Anna to her room, it's on the top floor in room 2. Understand, Obacho?"

Obacho nodded and went to the top floor to drop Anna off.

~*~*~*~Top floor…

"Room 2. Room 2. Room 2," Obacho kept saying. "Ah here it is!" He opened the door and threw Anna on the stone-cold ground.

All Anna did was let out a painful moan.

'She'll be put for a couple of hours still,' thought Obacho, and with that thought he left the room, leaving Anna all alone.

~*~*~*~2 Hours later…

"Uh…," moaned Anna as she turned onto her stomach. 'Please,' she thought. 'Please let this be a bad dream.' Anna opened her eyes and lifted her head a little to see where she was. She wasn't a home, she wasn't in the field, and worst of all she wasn't with Yoh. "Yoh," she said softly as she lay her head back down. "Where are you?" she questioned herself.

She gave herself another couple of minutes to recuperate. Then, she lifted up her head again and looked around at the room. There was a white silk bed with a canopy, with white silky see-through curtains, a dining set, and a min washroom.

Anna slowly got to her feet and approached a nearby window. She looked at her outdoor surroundings and saw that she was in the desert and in Hao's castle. 'My,' thought Anna. 'Hao sure knows how to live in the desert.' She looked outside again and saw that she couldn't see a city for hundreds and hundreds of miles. "Oh," she whispered. "I need you, Yoh. Please be careful," and she gazed out into the open land.

~*~*~*~Hao and Obacho...

"Obacho," said Hao. "I need you to deliver this letter to my very concerned brother, Yoh, if he ever wishes to see Anna again." Hao handed Obacho a sealed envelope that was addressed to Yoh.

Obacho nodded and set out to fulfill his masters deed.

~*~*~*~Night time at Yoh's place…

Yoh was sleepless that night. To many things where on his mind. 'Anna,' he thought. 'I will find you! No matter what!'

"Yoh," pleaded Amidamaru. "Get some rest. You're going to need it if you want to rescue Anna sooner."

Yoh didn't want to sleep, but he agreed with his spirit partner. "Okay," he said.

'I'll find you,' thought Yoh as he was just about to fall asleep.

Bang!

There was a noise at the door. Yoh and Amidamaru's eyes shot open.

"Did you here that?" asked Amidamaru.

"Yah," said Yoh. "Let's go check it out."

Yoh slowly made he way to the door. Afraid of what might be on the other side, he opened the door, regardless, and braced himself for an unexpected attack.

There was no attack. Yoh stared into the miles of darkness in front of him. A cool breeze whipped past his face making him shiver and look down. As Yoh was looking down he saw a white envelope addressed to him. "Huh," he said as he bent down to pick it up. He opened it and read it out loud to Amidamaru. It read:-

" 'Dear Yoh,

I'm sure you know who this is, isn't that right, little bro? Oh, and I'm sure you are ever so worried about Anna, your dear girlfriend. Well, she's fine, for now, but we'll have to change that soon, wont we? After all, what fun would it be to not see you in any pain or suffering.

Well, I sorry I have to leave so soon, but I do believe a nice little meeting with Anna is necessary at this point. You can find us at my castle located in the desert, it shouldn't be that hard to miss. After all, it's the only sign of living things for hundreds and hundreds of miles.

Bye Yoh, and do take your time, the more I get to torture Anna. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Your twin bro,

Hao' "

Yoh looked down at the letter in horror. He had to find Anna, and fast. Who knows what kind of danger Hao might put her in.

"Yoh?" questioned Amidamaru. "Are you ok?"

Yoh tightened his grip on Hao's letter and said, "We've got to find Anna, and fast! Who knows what kind of danger Hao might put her in!" He ran up the stairs and got dressed into his shaman tournament clothes and hurried outside. "Amidamaru," said Yoh. "Mind giving me a lift to Hao's castle in the desert?"

"Not a problem, my friend," replied Amidamaru, and Yoh got on top of his friend and they were of to the castle in the desert.

~*~*~*~Back in Anna's room at the castle…

'Why has Hao given me a room with all these nice things?' thought Anna. 'Humph, probably thinks that I am going to stay here. Ok whatever, like I'm going to stay here with him, I belong with Yoh. He loves me and I love him. I'm going to go find Yoh right now!' Anna got off of her bed and approached the door. 'I wonder of the door is locked?' Anna put her hand on the door and twisted the knob. 'It's not locked. That's odd,' but ignoring her thoughts Anna fully opened the door and went into the hallway.

'These hallways are huge,' thought Anna. She was looking for some stairs but couldn't find any. "Oh," she said in frustration. "I'm never going to get out of here." But that didn't stop Anna, she quietly kept walking through the hallway looking for an exit of some sort.

As Anna was walking she stepped on a secret stone, and when she activated the stone, the ground beneath her fell apart and she fell through a hole. Surprisingly thought, she didn't plummet to her death. Instead, there was a huge slide guiding her downwards. "Ah." she was screaming until she landed hard on the ground. "Ouch," she complained rubbing her butt. "Where am I?" she asked herself as she got up. She looked around and to her surprise she was on the ground floor facing the exit. "The exit," she said happily. Anna began running as fast as she could to the exit. She was so close in escaping and finding Yoh, but she had to make sure that she wasn't spotted. 'I'm almost there,' she thought. But there was one thought that kept worrying her. 'Why hasn't Hao stopped me yet?' And just as she thought that thought Obacho appeared in front of her. "Ah," she said as she fell backwards.

"Well, well, well," smirked Obacho. "Looks like we've got a run away. How delightful." He reached down to Anna and picked her up by her hand.

"Get your filthy hand off of me," she demanded.

"My, my," said an extremely calm Obacho. "Seems that Hao will have to teach you some manners while you are staying with us, which will be a very long time." Obacho stress the last part into Anna's ear making her shiver.

Anna gave Obacho the cold shoulder.

"Hmm, in that case," said Obacho. "I think that it is time to go see Hao, don't you?"

When Anna didn't respond to Obacho, Obacho simple picked Anna up and brought her back to room 2 on the top floor.

"Put me down, Obacho!" shrieked Anna. Obacho showed no sign of listening, so, Anna decided to just scream until they arrived.

"My, my, my, Anna," said Hao as she and Obacho arrived. "You certainly have quite the voice."

"Oh, shut up, Hao," spat Anna. "Don't think that your charming behaviour will get me to stay here with you, my heart belongs to Yoh, and Yoh only. He loves me and I love him."

"Oh," said Hao. "Isn't that disappointing, because if you chose me over my half witted twin brother than looked at all the stuff you could have."

"I don't care about how rich Yoh is!" stated Anna. "I love him because of the carefree man his is! And nothing is going to change that!"

"Oh, isn't that too bad," smirked Hao. "Looks like I'm going to have to change that then, too."

"You're despicable," Anna spat at him.

"Ah," said Hao, "An that's the way I like it!" Hao laughed, but then stopped. "Don't find that funny, Anna?"

"No, actually, I don't," replied Anna. "I find that really stupid."

"Oh," said Hao in sarcasm. "Your beautiful words hurt me so much."

There was silence between the two for a while until one of Hao's men entered the room. "Master Hao," said the young man, "your dinner has arrived."

"Very well," Joe. "Please place it on the table."

Joe did what he was told.

"Joe," said Hao.

"Yes?" he replied hesitantly.

"You are dismissed," and with that Hao turned back to Anna.

"Thank you, sir," said Joe quietly as he left the room.

"Now that the food is here, shall we dine?" asked Hao with a smirk.

"Not on your life," spat Anna.

"Oh, but I can't eat all this food myself," said Hao. "Please just eat then."

Anna looked at Hao. She was hungry. "Fine," she finally answered.

"Good," said Hao.

Anna took her seat, as did Hao. Anna didn't talk to Hao at all, she just kept giving him her death glare.

"Well," said Hao, when the two were done eating. "That was good."

"Hmm," said Anna not looking at Hao.

"My look at the time," said Hao as he looked out the window. It was black outside. "Time sure does fly when one is having fun."

"Fun?" questioned Anna. "Fun? You think this is fun! First you threaten Yoh with your letter, then you tell us to meet you, then you almost killed him, and then you kidnapped me! And now you are sitting in a chair! You call that fun!"

"Why, Anna," smirked Hao. "That is fun, to an evil genius."

Anna gave Hao a twisted look. "When will you ever learn?" she questioned.

"Why never, my dear," smirked Hao. He arose from his chair, and approached Anna.

Anna was about to get up, when Hao snapped his fingers. Some kind of force pulled her back down, and metal straps wrapped around her legs, hands, and mouth.

"See," said Hao. "I'm having fun now, but it's only the beginning."

Anna tried to escape, but sighed in defeat. "Oh Anna," said Hao. "I'm going to say this once, and once only: You are never going to escape." Hao approached her with a white cloth drenched in a chemical that makes a person pass out for a while when taken into the body. Anna tried to move her head back, but soon realized she couldn't. Hao walked behind her and whispered, "Don't worry Anna, this wont hurt, only give you more dreams of Yoh finding you." He laughed lightly and then placed the white cloth over her nose for five seconds.

Before Anna lost full consciousness she thought one last thing, 'Yoh.' She went limp in her chair.

~*~*~*~Somewhere in the desert at night…

"Yoh," said Amidamaru, as he looked down at his tired friend. "I think we should set up camp and continue our search in the morning. It's pitch black and we can't see anything."

"Hmm," said Yoh. It took him a while to speak. "Alright," he finally managed to confince himself. "But as soon as we wake up we're going to search for Anna again."

"Alright, Yoh," laughed Amidamaru, as he helped Yoh find shelter and settled in.

~*~*~*~Hao's Castle…

Hao looked down at Anna's limped body strapped in the chair. "Hmm," he smirked, then quickly snapped his fingers. Anna was sent free, but almost hit her head on the table before Hao caught her. He carried her to her bed and laid her there until she woke up, or at least until he could think of something to with her.

Hao decided to give Anna a dosage of a drug, just to make sure that she would sleep the whole night and not escape. He took out a needle from his pocket and injected it into Anna's left arm.

"Uh!" Anna let out in a painful and sleepy moan.

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WELL I'm DONE! Hope you enjoyed it, chapter six will hopefully be out soon! -?-

Later! Please r & r! -?- dude