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Chapter Eight: Come Back

A year later Yoh was accepted by the angels in heaven and his sins were forgiven. In time, Kai finally gave Yoh his wings…and frequently crashed into other angels. He sighed, remembering the time he had crashed into him, making him fall on a pole covered in fire. Kai paused, his hand twitching as he remembered that, and continued writing.

Again, Kai was finishing his latest paperwork which meant that Yoh would be with his brother. He still hung around Fakir and even though he deemed Yoh worthy, Kai was unsure of his (Yoh) actions and really didn't like him hanging around with his brother. Kai frequently sent special angels to watch over Fakir when he hung around with Yoh to make sure he didn't do anything bad to him. Kai paused again.

Then again, this place is heaven. Nothing bad ever happened around here.

Boy was he stupid. Sighing again, he continued writing. Anyway, back with Yoh…

Yoh flew after Fakir in a small game of 'Catch the little angel that pulled his hair.' After a while he caught up to him…when Anna flew right past Fakir. Yoh couldn't stop…and crashed right into her. Fakir quickly flew away, a tint of pink on his cheeks.

"Yoh, I thought you mastered flying with those already." She said. Yoh sheepishly smiled and got up, brushing the dust off his robe.

"Then I guess I haven't yet." Yoh helped Anna up and planted a kiss on her lips. Anna slightly giggled and returned the kiss. Even though he was good friends with him, Yoh never told Fakir that Anna was her fiancé back on earth. Of course, he still loved her and she still loved him. Kai knew of this but never told his brother, for he might not understand. But what they didn't know was that Fakir was secretly crushing on Anna ever since she arrived. Obviously he had a hard time telling her that he was crushing on her. But everyday as he hung around with Yoh, his only friend since forever, he saw Anna. And every time he saw Anna he looked redder than blood. One time Yoh had noticed this.

"What's wrong, Fakir, crushing on Anna?" he asked. Fakir quickly shook his head, still red in the face.

"No, no, no, no! Why would I? She's way older than me!" He said quickly. Yoh gave a slight laugh.

"Haven't you heard that love exceeds age?" he asked him. If possible, his face was red than before. Yoh laughed again, giving a slight pat to the back.

"So it is true. Can't deny it; you're more red in the face than white." He said.

"…I guess I can't hide it anymore…"

"She may look pretty, but she's tough. A kid like you –no offense—isn't going to survive one day with her training." Yoh said, slightly chuckling.

"Why's that, Yoh-kun?" Fakir asked a puzzled look on his face. Yoh put his hands behind his head.

"Because she has training that might even kill you." Fakir blinked.

"How would you know that?" Yoh chuckled again.

"Because when we were still on Earth, she was my fiancé. We loved each other, Fakir." He stood there, quite dumbfounded. Fakir looked down.

"Um…sorry?" Yoh laughed again and pat the angel on his back.

"It's okay, Fakir. We still love each other but I don't think we're engaged anymore." This time Fakir laughed. Yoh laughed along before starting another game of 'Catch the little angel that pulled his hair.'

Ren walked to the mausoleum of Ramius. It had been a long time since he had entered the 'house' of his 'master,' let alone visit Funbari Hill. Amidamaru had been with him for quite sometime now and he hadn't heard from the sly demon for a long time so he decided to go and see why he had lay dormant for at least a year. He was surprised to see the mausoleum standing—it looked like it was going to fall already—but he was even more surprised to see the skeleton door standing near it. Cautiously he approached the door, twisted the knob open, entered and closed the door. When he turned to look at the darkness he saw Yoh's lifeless body lying before him. A snake-like tail covered his forehead. Ren's eyes narrowed at the darkness behind the body.

"What are you doing, Ramius?" He asked, the glow of familiar eyes appearing from the darkness. A low hiss was heard.

My dear boy, I am sssimply complying to this boy's requessst. To bring him back to life. Ren frowned.

"But Yoh now sees his lover up above us! He doesn't need a reason to come back here." The sly youkai-like being chuckled.

Oh, but he ssstill needs to fulfill hisss part of the bargain whether he likesss it or not, He said. The tail slowly slipped away from Yoh's forehead to reveal a hexagram was etched onto it. The low sound of chanting reverberated throughout the room, the hexagram beginning to glow. It sounded wordless to Ren but the sound of it seemed to crawl up his spine and into his brain.

The chanting grew louder and richer as the place grew dimmer than before. It seemed to throb from the walls and floor and vibrated through him. Ren felt his heartbeat slow down to the rhythm of the chant as if the unheard words wrapped around his brain and took control, the ghosts terrified by the mere sound of the chant. Above the body of Yoh, a glowing circle of light appeared in the air, another circle of light appearing in the darkness as well. Ren now knew that the chanting wasn't Ramius' work so he lunged at the circle of light in the darkness. He was suddenly pulled back by the snake-like tail which appeared from the darkness. Ren growled in frustration and waited to see what would happen next.

A glow of light came from the hooded figure's cloak. The figure hid it with the rest of his cloak but, no use, the light still shone from his cloak brightly.

"You know, you never told me your name." The figure looked behind and saw Hao, smiling as usual.

"Oh…Hao-sama…" The figure began.

"You have called me that but not only have you not told me your name, you did not reveal that thing that hides under that cloak." Hao crossed his arms. "Now tell me…why is that so?" The figure seemed to cower under his gaze.

"…Well, Hao-sama…There was someone watching us…and I couldn't risk letting my name out, being the secret one I am…" Hao simply raised an eyebrow.

"If there were humans watching us, I could've burned them down and I could've sensed them…"

"You did not sense them when you left to kill Yoh a year ago."

"Impossible…"

"Not really. Only a handful of people can sense them."

"And let me guess; you can sense them?" The figure sighed.

"Yes, Hao-sama. And fortunately, they are gone for the time being." He answered, bowing politely. Hao nodded at him.

"So can you tell me your name now?"

"Yes…" He removed his cloak, revealing a man of sixteen wearing a long-sleeved black polo and beige khakis. He had snow-white hair and soft hazel eyes. He bowed once more.

"My name is Ryou Bakura (1). This," a man slightly taller than Ryou appeared wearing a red robe and beige shorts, gold accessories adorning most of his body. His hair was like Ryou's but in a duller shade of white and it was shorter and his eyes were blank and burgundy, a scar over his right eye in a sort of F-formation. His arms were crossed as he simply glared at Hao. "This is Bakura, my guardian ghost who was, and still is, a thief." He said the last part in a matter-of-factly tone. Hao slightly smirked.

"So I see." Bakura's glare turned to Ryou.

"Look, Hikari, I don't steal. I borrow." Ryou rolled his eyes and said something back to the tombrobber, starting an argument. Hao chuckled slightly and crossed his arms.

"I see why Bakura calls you Hikari. Both of you practically look like each other yet your…personalities are different. If I knew any better, you two would've passed off as twins. But may I ask…" Both of them looked at Hao expectedly.

"Yes?"

"I believe you said that Bakura was and still is a thief. Now tell me, how is that?" Ryou rubbed the back of his head.

"Anou…you see…" Bakura went straight to the point.

"I take over him. Isn't that obvious already?"

"Well yes, but…wouldn't Ryou take control instead of you?"

"Well... little Hikari here is apparently too weak to handle my energy, yet he can still use me in oversoul…"

"And your oversoul medium is…?" Ryou pulled out a ring with a pyramid that had an eye in the middle of it in the inner part of the ring; five gold spear-like things hanging from the outer part of the ring.

"This is the Millenium Ring. Bakura used to inhabit this and took control of me to do his bidding. When he relinquished his control to me, I wouldn't know what he did unless he told me." Ryou explained, smiling sadly. The memories of those days still fresh in his mind.

"Of course, one day I became sick of being stuck in that puny thing and wanted out. I was separated from the ring by…some itako whose name I forgot…" Bakura continued. Hao nodded once more.

"I…see." The Millenium Ring lit up again. Bakura's eyes narrowed at the ring.

"Shadow magic is being used again, Hikari…" Ryou nodded, Hao confused.

"Shadow magic is difficult to explain right now. But in short, it's being used on the carcass of your brother which is in a mausoleum in Funbari," Bakura said stoically. In an instant the Spirit of Fire appeared, Hao on the palm of its hand. Its other hand was stretched out to Ryou.

"I may need assistance, Ryou." He nodded and jumped onto the hand. The Spirit of Fire flying away.

/If we are there, Hikari, let me know. / Ryou nodded, a bit nervous by being so high up in the skies.

"So Yoh…what are you planning to do next?" Kai asked the lazy angel. He had summoned he and Anna to a meeting a day ago and now they were here. Why he asked for him…he really didn't know.

"Well…I don't know really but…" Yoh suddenly felt pain at his upper body. He put his hand on his chest where the heart would be. Both Kai and Anna were concerned.

"Yoh…Yoh, what's wrong…?" Kai stood up from his seat as Yoh quickly dropped down to the floor.

"Asakura…Asakura wake up, do not…" Kai stopped in mid-sentence as a hexagram appeared on the angel's forehead.

"…Kai, what do you know of this?" Anna asked the commander. Kai looked away from her and the body in shame.

"The hexagram…it's supposed to bring soul of the one who has this sign etched onto the body…back to earth, whether or not it is in a different plane." He then turned to the seemingly broken angel.

"I'm sorry, Kyouyama, it's going to take a while before Yoh will come back to you." Tears streamed down Anna's eyes as Yoh suddenly disappeared. Anna suddenly threw her arms to the now surprised commander. Kai's cold face softened, trying to calm Anna down.

Author's notes:

(1) Ok, so I put a bit of Yu-Gi-Oh (Which I don't own) so what? Well…I really don't have a reason why I put them there I just did…yeah…

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-LazyShamanist