This scene I got the idea from Full Metal Alchemist! Kk then enjoy!

Yoh sat there trying to figure out how to get out of this mess. He stared at the black poncho that Hao threw to him a couple days ago; it was still furrowed up in the corner. Ever since then Hao has been constantly beating up Yoh, trying to break him, make him forget his friends.

'I did it to Anna so easily! Whats his problem? He's just hurting himself.' Thought Hao as he left the room leaving Yoh unconscious on the floor.

Hours later Yoh woke up with more bruises and a major gash above his eye. He supported himself against the wall, lost in his thoughts again. He couldn't believe that he was forced to join Hao's group. The fact that he was tied up and Hao was planning to kill Anna wasn't good either. He knew he wasn't going to let him do that though. He will find a way out of this. Even if Anna did tick him off he still couldn't bare loosing someone over his own feelings.

'It can't get any worse than it is now, so it has to get better from here right?'

He kept thinking over and over again trying to figure out how to get out of this horrible place. His first priority was to get free of the ropes. He only had so much mana left and since Amidamaru wasn't there he couldn't cut the ropes. He couldn't do anything really, with him absent. Since his usual tatics wouldn't work he thought about how Hao used his mana.

'He usually just beat the snot out of me or had SOF, but I'm not a yin yang master soo….doy…' this was beginning to seem hopeless.

Just then it dawned on him. The way he used his mana before to make him weak! In the woods he said that if you focused all of your mana into an object it could overflow and make it weak. If he focused all of his into the ropes then they could probably become weedy and frail and then he could break them! But he was running low on mana and strength, but it was his only option. He focused all of the mana he had left on the ropes but nothing. He did it over and over but to no prevail. He couldn't give in, not now. It was his only way out and he didn't want to die in his twisted brothers schemes. He then thought of the guys. How they stuck by him, how he helped them, the way they talked and acted. He had to see them again; they were the only friends that were like him, different! Then he thought of Anna, he never did say he was sorry and regretted using the word 'hate'. He couldn't let Hao destroy her she was the only reason he made it through the shaman tournament in one piece. He couldn't let his last image of her, being on the floor stunned! He had to apologize!

Just then his mana grew furiously and made the rope burn instead. It soon turned to ash and fell on the floor; Yoh could move his arms again. He got up, a little stunned, but then gave a silent cheer. Yoh then realized 'Hao could of done that to me a while ago….' His stomach turned at the thought as he looked at the smoldering ashes on the floor. He turned to the door as he stretched his arms. This hurt his back a little because of the rope burns; it felt like a killer sunburn.

He then faced the door. He felt no mana behind it, so he held his breath and reached for the handle. He hesitated as his hand was on the knob. 'There's no other way…I'll have to do this.'

He pushed the door open. There was a loud screech and he faced a new room. It was a stone circular room with 3 doors. He felt Hao's and Opacho's mana from 2 of them so he guessed those 2 were there rooms. One of them was the exit. He put his ear up to one of the doors and he didn't need his 6th sense to tell that it was Opacho's. The girl snored so loudly. Then there were the 2 to the left. Hao had masked his energy so Yoh could barely sense it. He could behind anyone of those doors. Yoh knew no other way to find out who was behind the door, than to open them. He used the most logical way he could think of to pick the first one.

"Inni…Minni….Miny…Moe" He whispered as he pointed to the door. It was the one all the way to the left.

He held his breath as he walked over, and slowly creaked the door open.

He peeked behind only to see a warehouse. But it was full of slaughtered cows and pigs on hooks, a slaughter house to be exact. Yoh gasped a little. 'I guess this is better than ending up in Hao's room.' He said.

He walked away from Hao's hell right into another; he left the door open since it was his only source of light. He walked around the carcasses that send shivers down his spine. He looked for an exit but wasn't having any luck. He tried to stay close to light that was projecting from the other room he didn't want to wander into the dark. But he started to stray from it, he wanted to get out of here now! He was then in complete darkness he had to feel the cold, blood dripping animals to not run into anything. He was so grossed out.

'I eat these things?'

He lost his train of thought for a second. 'Maybe I should be a vegetarian….' Not noticing were he was going anymore, he ran smack-dab into a cow which Moo'ed! He feel on his butt with blood all over his front side and started screaming. A white cow came out from the carcass and walked through the wall next to him.

"Ghost cow….go figure…" he laughed at the obvious.

"Hao-samaaaaaa!"

"O shit!"

His scream woke up Opacho and she found out he was missing. He saw Hao come out of his room holding a flame in his hand for light. Yoh frantically looked for a place to hide but Hao was gaining on him. He then had to hide inside a cow that was already gutted out. The smell was unbearable he wanted to barf.

"Yo0o0o0o0o0h. Were are yo0o0o0u?" sang Hao.

"Do you like my little hideout? Opacho said it suited me." He laughed.

Yoh could see the light from his hand make a shadow across the wall in front of him. The shadow crept up and down the wall and it fell unto a sign. Exit! Yoh almost ran for it but stayed put. Hao could see him easily. He was so close yet so far away…. He also noticed that his shoes were tracking blood! He could lead Hao to right were he is! He had one more idea that would cause him all the mana he had left, which isn't a lot. He quietly took off his shoes and transferred his mana into them. Something like an oversoul. He shaped it into a ball and held his breath as he took it and rolled it between his legs. Hopefully Hao couldn't sense that little amount of mana. It rolled across the warehouse floor and all of a sudden exploded on the other side.

"Opacho! Over there!" yelled Hao. Yoh heard there bodies run over to the other side. Hao was flaming all the carcasses that were in his way.

Yoh then ran, as the echo of the explosion covered the sound of his foot steps. He never looked back to see if they were onto him. He just ran as fast as he could his lungs were aching. He then found himself out of the warehouse. He was so happy to be out of there he felt tears in his eyes. But his moment of bliss was interrupted as he heard Hao yelling.

"Where the frig is he!"

Yoh saw flames through the windows and started running again. Fortunately he knew were he was. They passed this place on there bus to school. So it was 15 minutes away from the city, but 45 away from his house. He ran to only place he liked in the city, hopefully his friends would find him.

Ren started patrolling the cemetery, again. Ever since he was released from the hospital he had on a non-stop search for Yoh with the others. He knew the cemetery was his favorite place to hang out and look at stars. A lot of memories were here also. He looked there about 5 times each day asking the spirits if they had seen him, same result, no. Ren's pocket started beeping, he picked up his cell phone.

"Yeah?"

"I know its late Manta I'm not an idiot!"

"I know but I can't just sit around and do nothing!"

"If you'll stop blabbing I'll be back in half an hour. God Your worse than my sister." He hung up and continued his walk. He opened his mouth to ask a spirit who was floating by about Yoh, but he just said a plain flat 'no', before Ren could speak.

He grunted and looked elsewhere. Then there was the smell of blood everywhere. Ren thought it was disgusting.

'Maybe an animal got run over or something' he thought.

Then as he was about to make his way out of the cemetery when there was rustling in the bushes next to him. He jumped back and held his Kwan-doe in front of him. Then out came a pale, blood-soaked, breathless Yoh. His shirt and shoes were missing. Ren just stared at the image before him.

"….yoh?..." he thought this was a dream it was horrifying to watch.

"Ren!" he cried walking towards him, dripping blood, but only to have his knees fold in from all the running he did. Ren ran to his side.

"Are you ok!" he saw the gash on his head and all the bruises on his body. What a stupid question…

"We need to get home Anna'a in trouble!" cried Yoh.

"Fine explain to me on the way home , if you can, though." said Ren as he got Yoh on his back (the dreaded piggy-back!).

"Fine…" said Yoh as he just slumped on his back.

Ren got his phone and dialed a number.

"Manta get the car here now! I got him!"

"Stop asking stupid questions and just do it!" he screamed into his phone.

"Wow he actually managed to escape….he's smarter than I gave him credit for, but it would have been hilarious if I locked the door." Hao smiled at the thought. Opacho and him were in a tree watching the Chinese shaman help his brother.

"Does this interferer with Hao-sama's plans?" asked Opacho.

"Not at all, it was just surprising really. I guess we can move the extermination to tomorrow."

"But didn't Hao-sama not break him?"

"No he's too strong obviously so I'll just have to force him."

Taa daaa! Whats ging to happen: 3