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The Priests' last Card

Hao and I were walking through the dessert, when we finally found Opacho. The white flash that was supposed to send us all back never came and the Spirit of Fire was back to its usual form.

Two days had passed by and I was starting to get worried about my body in the real world. I could imagine my mother and father crying over the unconscious body of their only daughter, not a pleasant thought…

"Emerald, have you head anything of the Priests yet?" I asked hoping she would say yes this time.

"No, I'm sorry Tory-sama, but it seems they have just vanished from the face of the earth…" she replied sadly.

Great, I'm K.O. in the real world, my parents probably think I'm dead and those damn priests are gone! What a mess…

"You shouldn't worry so much." Hao said just as calm as always.

"I know, but it's hard to not worry when you look dead in your own world and may I ask what you're planning to do?" I almost forgot about his plans of the shaman world only.

If he would try to continue killing humans, there was no way he would live peacefully.

"I don't know. Maybe I pay a visit to my little brother…he would probably try to kill me." he said with that smirk on his face.

I looked sad at him. Ever since the end of the tournament Opacho and I have been his only 'followers'. I almost felt guilty to leave…

"Is Tory-san really going back to her world?" Opacho asked probably hoping I would change my mind, but to be honest I still didn't know if I wanted to go back.

"I don't know Opacho, but I'll see when those priests decide to show up again." I sighed.

We walked on further in silence.

"Tory-chan, ya think when this is over I…can go…you know…" Destiny shrugged, but I knew perfectly well what she was talking about.

"You want to pass on to be with Ike huh?" my spirit ally smiled sadly as she nodded.

I had hoped that I would be back in my world when this would happen, but it seemed that it really was something to be with.

"Well, that is when your job here is done…"

"Destiny my job here IS done, there is no need for you to stay any longer…Emerald will be more then enough to handle the priests. So go on and enjoy your afterlife and say hi to Ike for me!" I smiled happily, but on the inside my heart was breaking.

"Ya sure, Tory?" Destiny doubted, but I knew she wanted to go.

"Yea, I'm sure. Please take care of yourself…" I gave her a quick shaman to spirit hug.

"Thank you, Tory and thank you for letting me be your spirit ally it was an honor. Take care…" she closed her eyes and a bright light appeared and then she was gone.

"Goodbye…Destiny…" I whispered softly, before bursting out in tears.

In these past few days I had lost two of my very best friends. Emerald was the last spirit I had left now.

"There, there don't cry…" suddenly I found myself being embraced by Hao. We stood there for a few moments, till I stopped crying.

"Thank you…" my voice was still a soft whisper, but he had heard it.

It was getting dark and luckily we found an oasis nearby to spend the night. Unfortunately we didn't have the tents anymore so we had to make one out of some big leaves.

"Opacho is tired." Opacho said when we were done finishing the leaf tent.

"Opacho should go to sleep then." I smiled at the little child rubbing his eyes.

He said goodnight and went into the tent. I on the other hand wasn't tired at all; the events of the past few days were still clear in my mind and that wouldn't go away for awhile.

I walked to the small lake and sat near it, watching the water and the reflection of the stars and the moon.

"Can't sleep?"

"Hmm, no and you?" I kept staring at the water when Hao sat next to me.

"I don't feel like sleeping… I never thanked you for saving me…so uhm thanks." I quickly turned my head to face him. This was unbelievable I just got thanked by the 'Great Hao Asakura', unbelievable.

"Oh, i-it was nothin-. No, I gladly did it." We both smiled at each other and continued staring at the water.

"Why are you so worried about your body in the real world? Did you forget time goes A LOT slower there?" he suddenly asked.

"No, but the Priests said that when this world also got real time would be the same…so I've been out for like two days there." Again I shuddered at the thought of my parents and family.

I looked up at the sky; the stars were very clear as usual and the moon was so big. Leaving this world would be something painful to do. If there was a way to stay and at the same time let my parents know I'm okay, there would be no doubt about it that I would stay. Again I stared back at the water.

I want to stay…my family is the only thing I'm returning for; nothing else, no fiends, and no other people I love…If I go back I wont be able to see spirits anymore; it would be the plain old human lifestyle again. Slowly I would forget this world and all of the people I liked and…loved…and soon it would be nothing more then a dream, a child's dream.

"Stop it." A familiar voice woke me up out of my miserable thoughts. I looked up again and was staring straight into Hao's eyes; I didn't even notice he had placed himself in front of me.

He was holding my shoulders and I noticed his hands were shaking.

"I'm sorry I just don't wanna go away. It already was too good to be true to actually be here in the first place; now and ten years ago. It almost feels like I don't belong there anymore, but I want my parents to know that I'm okay and that I'm happy here…I love this world and…"I stopped.

I never actually told him what I felt, not like this, face to face. I started blushing and didn't know what to say anymore.

"What's wrong?" he asked innocently and I was praying he wouldn't read my mind.

"I-I-I-I-I uhm, n-nothing eheheheh ahem." I looked away.

"Oh."

He let go of my shoulders and also looked away. The guilt I felt at that moment is indescribable. I wanted to tell him so badly, but was afraid of what he would say.

The sun was already starting to come up and a new day would begin. We broke down the leaf tent and after that continued our travel to who knows were.

"Hao-sama, what's that?" Opacho pointed to something that looked like a burned piece of cloth.

"OMG! Tory-chan isn't that the robe of Jada the Star Priestess!" Emerald exclaimed.

I quickly ran toward it and picked the piece of cloth up. Emerald was right it WAS Jada's robe. Did this mean something had actually happened?

"Oh no, this is bad, this is really baaaaaaad!" I slowly got up still holding the robe.

"Well, actually it isn't THAT bad…I just lost it…"

"I'm DOOMED!"

"Tory-san, uh we're here…Hello?"

"I'm so miserably DOOMED!"

"HEY! We're up HERE!"

I looked up annoyed and saw them floating a few feet above me.

"Do you Priests know I hate you?"

"Maybe, but that's not the point! We came here to ask you if you want to return to your home?"

"You came here to ASK me?" I was caught totally off guard. "And why ask me if I'm like, DEAD in my world."

"Well, since you were here we placed Jessica's soul in your body and she's playing you so good that even your family doesn't now it. You have to understand we had to collect some new power before we could send you back. Now we have it and you can go home if you want to that is."

"You. PLACED. Jessica. In. MY. BODY! How sick are you guys!" I shrieked, but quickly came to my senses.

This would make things different, if Jessica is there I could stay here, but that would mean I would never see my family again. I would have to go to school here and I didn't know the slightest thing about Japanese history and stuff, but on the other hand I could stay with Hao.

"What are you going to do?" Hao asked. I totally forgot he and Opacho were still here.

"Well, uh, I don't know…"

"WHAT!" Hao and Opacho.

"WHAT!" the three Priests.

"Nani? I want to stay, but if I do that I will never return to my world. But then again, in my world they don't even know I was away. I just don't know it anymore…" every adventure of the past few months a.k.a. hours in my world flashed through my mind.

Flashes of me almost crashing onto Yoh. When I first met Hao and when I finally gave in and joined him. When I discovered my missing memory and also found out Jessica was Blue Flame. The times that Hao and I were irritating each other and when we were laughing. And then the main question came; do I want to give that all up? Especially when I had the chance to stay here without actually being away There.

"Do I have to decide now?" I whined.

"Yes, we can't keep the portal open much longer. We're sorry; it's now or never."

I looked at Hao and then at Opacho. What should I do! I love this place, but I also love my family. I love Hao, but does he love me? Oh god, why did it had to be now?

"Tory, stop torturing yourself like this and follow your heart." Emerald had appeared next to me.

"Follow my…heart?" this wasn't the right thing to say for my heart was screaming to me to stay.

I looked to the ground and noticed it was raining. I had to make a choice…my heart, would the decision of my heart be better then the one of my mind?

"Please, Miss. Bluehill we don't have much time left."

"I-I-I-I-I'LL………….STAY! OMG!" I couldn't believe what I had just said.

"T-Tory? Are you sure?" Hao stood beside me; looking me worriedly in the eye.

"Y-yes, I'm sure. I want to stay here, because…I love you Hao. It doesn't matter if you don't love me I just want to be with you…just to see you and know you're not…dead." I whispered and was blushing heavily.

He was smiling at me and that only made me blush even more. He softly stroke my cheek and placed a light kiss on it.

"Why didn't you just say that sooner?" he smiled again and pressed me against him.

"H-Hao? Wha-!" before I could say anything, he had pulled me even closer and had placed his lips on mine…

"Very well then, Tory Bluehill of the Real World here by, we the Three Priests of Spirits, give you the full life of an inhabit of the Shaman World."

A bright light surrounded me and suddenly I felt warm. It didn't take long though. In a few moments it was already gone.

"Have a pleasant life Tory-chan. We won't be bothering you anymore from now on and Emerald, please keep an eye on her."

I heard them laugh and then there was another bright light. We're alone in the dessert yet again.

"Hao, why-?"

Again he cut me off, this time holding up his hand and smiling.

"I'm glad you decided to stay, because…I love you too…" again he smiled and it just came through to me what he had said.

"……w-wha-. Serious?"

"More then ever."

"Asaha…no, you're Hao…" my voice still was a soft whisper.

Suddenly I felt someone tug on one of my boots and saw Opacho standing there. "What's wrong Opacho?" I asked still smiling.

"When are we going further, Hao-sama and Tory-sama?"

"Patience Opacho we now have all the time of the world." Hao said also still smiling.

"Yea, we have all the time in the world…"

It turned out to be that I had made the right choice after all and I was happy. Jessica got a second chance at life and I also got my second chance with Hao. It would be difficult to get used to the peaceful life, but I knew that eventually I would love it; just like how I love him…

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Me: Oh, it was so hard to write this chapter :D I'm tired ,but don't want to stop…

Chapter 30 is an epilogue it will be on soon!

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