Im srry! . I have no life anymore and I hate writing in front of people so that's why this is months late xX I really wanna finish this story! So I shant not try to give up!

Ren, Faust, and Yoh were in the back of Ryu's truck. Yoh was wrapped in a blanket and was laid a crossed the two as his head was on Faust lap; he was patching up the gash. He just got over explaining what Hao said and the horrible deal he tried to make to him. Yoh was terrified that Hao might get to Anna before he did. He also told them about the slaughter house incident. Ren was relieved; he thought it was Yoh's blood all over the backside of his shirt (from the piggy back to the car).

"Were are we going?" asked Yoh in a small voice. He winced in pain as Faust kept trying to fix the gash; with minor stitches (not an easy feat in a car).

"To my summer home in the mountains, the others are waiting for us there. The hospital would be the first place Hao would look for us," explained Ren.

Yoh ignored the last comment about Hao, "So everyone's okay?"

"Yes there fine."

Yoh saw some bandages poking out from Ren's shirt on his arms and neck. The last thing he saw was him pinned to a wall. Since he was the most injured, the others must have been perfectly fine. He was about to ask him if he was all right, but he knew he wouldn't answer a stupid question like that. He was walking around the city in the middle of the night anyhow.

"Soooo… how's Anna?" asked Yoh.

There was silence. Anna has been acting weird since Yoh was gone. She would randomly cry or lock herself in her room. It was very uncomfortable and was scaring the other guys. Yoh looked up at Faust hoping to get some kind of hint from his eyes. But he was just concentrating on his work.

"She's….fine. A little shaken but she'll be better once she sees you." Said Ren looking at the floor.

No one spoke after that, Faust finished Yoh's stitches and slapped a band aid over it. Soon they arrived in the mountains and drove to this little cabin that was almost hidden by trees. It was quaint. Everyone was waiting outside. Everyone except Anna.

As soon as Yoh stepped out of the car everyone was all over him. Asking questions about were he was or what happened to his forehead. If he was all right and so on and so forth. He told them everything, except Hao being after Anna. He knew Faust and Ren understand and wouldn't tell. Of course at the end of Yoh's story Ren had to add that they should still have shifts just in case.

"Were's Anna?" asked Yoh.

This was also the question on Faust and Ren's mind.

"Um, as soon as she heard you were coming she locked herself in her room again!" wailed Horo. "The girls crying to see you then when you do come she just shuts the door! Girls are so confusing." He said the last sentence with a sigh.

"Horo shut up!" said Ren in a raspy voice; he didn't tell Yoh that many details, He elbowed him in the ribs. Horo let out a quick scream.

"What the hell? Did you not know that I was flung into a wall a couple of days ago!"

"You're the one making him feel worse! Just keep your mouth shut for a change!"

Soon the argument went into how Ren could kick Horos butt and Yoh started to drift in and out of the fight and started to focus more on how to approach Anna.

"Yoh, you okay?" asked Manta.

"Huh? Yeah just thinking, ….. um you guys don't mind…" Yoh walked between Horo and Ren, kind of a hint to stop the fighting. "I'm going to take a shower, I smell like raw meat."

"Fine, I'll show you around the house," said Ren. Before everyone went in he shot Horo a killer glare.

"Just shut up!"

"I didn't say anything moron!"

"Don't you start with me!"

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(Moments later in Ren's living room)

After showing Yoh the house Ren went to the comfort of his living room. Even though he didn't look it he was hurting because of the burns and injuries. He walked in to find Anna sitting on the floor next to the coffee table.

"What is wrong with you?" Ren asked.

Anna shot him a glare that sent shivers up his spine; he retreated to the couch and let out a sigh.

After seconds of silence she said in a low whisper, "I'm scared." Her head dropped and she felt tears brimming in the corner of her eyes. She would never say that to any of the other guys but Ren would understand.

"Of what? Yoh?" Ren asked in concern.

Anna didn't say anything but the silence answered his question.

"He….he-he said he hated me! You know how terrible someone has to be to get him to say that!" she wailed and then started to cry in her arms on the table.

Ren got off the couch and kneeled next to her rubbing her back. "He just got angry we all do, its normal for a person."

"N-not for him. He would just laugh and make it better but he didn't this time," she continued to cry. "Ren…I don't want to loose him…because I lov-lo" she couldn't finish her sentence, knowing Yoh thought the opposite of what she was about to say. She just continued to cry.

This was so awkward for Ren he never tended to a girls problem before, especially Anna who never had any.

"What if I talked to him? You realize he probably just said that because of the heat of the moment or something," he said looking down at the blonde.

Silence.

"I'll talk to him, being with Hao for the past couple of days must have made him realize how much he missed you." He said getting up and walking towards the door. He heard a faint 'thank you' as he left.

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Yoh was walking on the porch admiring the mountain view. He had a towel over his head trying to dry his hair after his one hour shower. It's not that easy to get rid of the smell of death on you. That and the fact he had cuts and gashes that never got attended to when he was stuck with Hao.

He walked to the end of the porch and just starred into space. He took a deep breath and went over his thoughts. How were they going to outrun Hao? Or even defeat him this time? Would he find him out here? Then his thoughts fell on Anna. He still felt terrible. Without even realizing it he was on his feet and making his way to the door. 'I need to say something to her,' he thought. He was halfway there when he heard a familiar voice.

"Hello Yoh," said a voice from the trees.

Yoh spun around and stared in front of him trying to find were the owner of the voice had come from. "Lyserg?" he asked the trees.

The green haired teen walked out from the trees in his X-laws uniform and had a serious look on his face.

"Lyserg!" Yoh said happily he ran to him and stopped short when he noticed the seriousness in his face.

"Were have you been buddy? How'd you find us?" he asked.

"Yoh…what happened when you were with Hao?" he asked staring in Yohs eyes.

Yoh didn't know what to say. Hao was planning to kill Anna and wanted him to join him. Not something you wanted to say around Lyserg who was trying to destroy all of Hao's followers. Yoh panicked and looked at the ground trying to find an answer.

Lyserg noticed his hesitation and asked him a little louder, "Did he ask you to join you?"

Yoh was silent for a moment, "Yes, but you know I would never--"

"I never thought you would hit your fiancé and say your hate her, now I know anything is possible" Lyserg said coldly.

"You've been watching us? How come you didn't bother to help when the guys needed you?" Yoh asked out of curiosity but his face started to show anger.

"Im only interested on getting my revenge on Hao, I figured out he wasn't dead a couple of months after the shaman tournament. The first thing that came to my mind was to follow you; I knew he would want to see you again."

"You chose revenge over your friends? I thought you changed but you're the same as the day we met you…" Yoh turned around and started back to the house, he couldn't stand this.

"Yoh!" Lyserg called after him.

Yoh stopped but didn't turn around.

"Just a warning, if you join him you are considered a threat to the world and I will kill you if I have to," Lyserg said without any remorse in his voice.

"I will not--!" Yoh snapped around but only saw wind blowing up dirt were Lyserg was standing.

Yoh growled and walked into the house. Ever since Hao came back its been changing people. Its changed his friends and himself, and he hated it.

Instead of going to talk to Anna like he planned to in the first place Yoh explored the house to calm down a bit. The house was huge and everything in it looked expensive, old armor, paintings, and statues. He never realized how rich the Tao's actually were. He was on the third floor looking in random rooms just for the fun of it, then he realized he was lost. He walked through random hallways and went down two sets of stairs and somehow managed to end up in the same spot he was in 15 minutes ago.

"Eh? How the? gargle Oy I need to get back down stairs, im soooo hungry," now that he thought about it he hasn't eaten since yesterday, since Hao only fed him enough to live for a couple of days.

Then he heard it. The taunting laugh of his twin from behind him. "How do you expect to beat me when you cant even get out of a house alive, onii-chan?" he whispered in his ear. Yoh could feel him grinning.

Yoh was terrified and without even thinking he turned around and attempted to punch him in the side of the head. All he did though was punch through a wave of fire and burn his knuckles. His brother was gone and he was facing an open window.

Yoh panicked and started running through the halls. He wasn't sure if that was real or just an illusion from the lack of food but he didn't want to be alone after that experience. Yoh started to pant as he kept trying to find his way out of the never ending maze. He then heard Ren's voice. He turned the corner to follow it and ran right into him, knocking them both over.

"Ren yelped a little as he grabbed his burned arm. Ren jumped up and headed towards him.

"Im so sorry!" he said as he helped him back on his feet.

"It's no big deal, I'm fine," Ren lied. "You got lost didn't you?"

Yoh gave him a dumb smile, "a little."

"Hmph, don't worry you're not the first. Horo did too and it took us 45 minutes to find him," He smirked.

Yoh gave a little laugh, "so you know how to get out of her right?"

"Of course it is my house if you've forgotten."

Ren led the way back downstairs as Yoh followed, thinking.

Should I tell him? Yoh looked at his knuckles and saw the burn marks. 'I've could of gotten those when I was with Hao…'

"What?" Ren asked looking back.

"O-uh-n-nothing" Yoh didn't realize he was thinking out loud.

'I'll tell him later, but I'm sure its nothing….not like I can do anything right now anyway'

"Yoh."

Yoh was dragged out of his thoughts, "Y-yes?" he stuttered, hoping it wasn't a question about what he muttered before.

"You should really talk to Anna."

Yoh looked at the ground, realizing he was suppose to do this sometime ago before his visit with Lyserg and getting lost. "I know" he said in a low voice.

"You know she cares for you, she's even cried for you which she nobody has ever seen her do."

This made Yoh think back a couple of days ago when Hao was kidnapping him and the last thing he saw was Anna yelling his name. "I know," he said barely above a whisper.

The rest of the walk was in silence.

They finally reached downstairs and everyone was already there waiting for food. Even Anna, who was in the back.

"Isnt Ryu and Manta done yet? We're starving." Ren said very blunty, which announced there arrival. Once Yoh entered Anna turned red and stared at her plate. Ren thought it was a very good impersonation of Tamao.

"Give 'em a break Ren, Ryu still tired from that long car ride and manta can barely reach the stove," Faust said with a sleepy smile.

"Hmph" was all he said as he took a seat between Yoh and Anna. He was sure both of them didn't want any complications in front of the guys.

(In the kitchen)

"Ryu are you almost done? Everyone is downstairs now," Manta asked.

"I just drove 2 hours and then Alfalfa expects me to cook like I'm his slave! You could at least give me some more time," Ryu whined.

"Hehe sorry," apologized Manta.

"Um is that suppose to be smoking?" he asked pointing to a pot on the stove.

"Ack! Quick open a window!" As Ryu tried to save what was left of the burnt food. Then kitchen started to fill up with thick smoke.

There were no big enough windows to get rid of all the smoke so Manta opened the only door that led to the outside. Manta started to cough as the smoke flooded past him out into the yard.

As the smoke cleared he was able to see again. He saw the sky and the backyard with Ryu's truck, but there was something there that didn't belong. He rubbed his eyes as he slowly started to see the outline of a brown long-haired boy with a white sheet or something around him. 'Is that a ghost?' he thought. The outline started to walk towards him. Manta gasped and went wide-eyed as he figured out what it was.

"Manta?" Ryu yelled from the kitchen. He ignored him.

Manta turned to run but was frozen to were he was standing.

"Hi, can Yoh come out to play?" asked Hao.

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Ill write more when I can ppl.