Back for today! Yay! Do apologize for the shortness of the chapters. But oh well, they'll always be short! Please Read and Rate! Tell me what you think should happen next! Or any ideas that you have!

Yoh

"Ren, do you wear underwear?" came the teasing voice of a certain blue haired Shaman. They'd been at it for hours. Snipping away at each other. Yoh let out a tired sigh, how long had they been searching? He had managed to get all the help he could find. Ryu, Tamao, Pirika, Ren, Horohoro, Lyserg and Jeanne, but it didn't seem to help.

A low growl came from Ren, his cat like eyes glaring at Horo. "Why? You want to see?" he smirked. "No! I'm not like that! I'm not…ew! That's gross Ren! Ew! Ew! Ew! I don't wanna know if you go commando!" he yelped.

Normally this would have made Yoh laugh, but he seemed downtrodden. He needed Anna back. They were currently in the woods, South of Yoh's house. He sighed and walked into the clearing, staring at the stars.

He felt a hand on his shoulder. "Go away Tamao" he said softly. "I just want to be alone" he muttered. "I know what being alone is like. Locked in an iron cage" for it was not Tamao, but the Iron Maiden Jeanne. He turned to face her. "You know Hao…What does he want with Anna?" he asked the silver haired maiden.

She sighed softly, her crimson eyes full of sadness. "To tell the truth Yoh, I don't know. But we'll find her. And maybe…" she trailed off and looked up at the twinkling stars. Yoh looked at her, intrigued of what she might say next. "Maybe what?" he asked, perhaps the iron maiden knew something.

Her eyes slowly came down to meet his gaze. "And maybe she will be unharmed. But you're brother…he has ways of…uh" she grunted in frustration. "Ways of what? What is it?" he demanded. What was his brother going to do to Anna? "Breaking people" she finished.

A sudden shock overwhelmed Yoh. He wouldn't? Would he? He knew what he felt for Anna…He knew that Yoh truly loved her. "Do not distress too much about it. Jealousy is a terrible thing" Jeanne said in a dazed voice. "Jealousy?" he blinked, now frowning deeply.

She surveyed him carefully. "Hao has had no one I suppose. No one to love him, no one to take charge of. Even though it is the other way around for you and Anna. She takes charge…" she explained. He nodded slowly. "But Hao always hated not to have everything. And he couldn't have Anna. So I'm guessing…" she said slowly.

"He took her because he couldn't have her" he finished. "but the thing is, is that Hao likes to control things, he enjoys breaking them to do his bidding" she said slowly. "So he's going to brake her" Yoh said, his face blank.

They stood there in silence, as if a stop in time had accrued. But it was comforting for them both. But questions were still left fresh in Yoh's mind. But now instead of relieving him of them, they grew and grew. He needed Anna, but could he get her?

Ich! Short again! But I've updated quickly! And there will be more news and Hao and Anna in the next chapter! Read and rate please!