Finally they got to the Patch Village. The group was one of the first there. Well, it's been only few days after orders to go to the Patch Village... Most of the shamans in the village were from the last time, so Yoh and the gang had a nice chats whit a few old friends... Everybody seemed to be relaxed and happy to be in the village again... All exept one... Anna...
She spent a lot of time alone, wondering around the village... Thinking... Since they came here, Anna had been secretly hoping to see Hao, but she knew that it was imposible... He's at the spirit world now... But still, something forbitted her to let him go...
One day Anna and Yoh somehow decided to go for a walk together... Neither of them knew why... They walked in silece, closeing to the forest, where The King of Spirits is seen best. Both sat on the edge of the lake... And wached the Light of Star Sanctuary. „ Do you think he could survive it?" suddently asked Yoh. He was talking about Hao. Annas heart stumbled, but she didn't show it. „I don't know, Yoh. He was a strong shaman..." she said. „ Yeah... And to think Hao was my brother..." Yoh didn't finish. He had nothing to say. For the first time in his life he regreted killing Hao... „I wonder how it feels to have a brother..?" Anna was looking at him in a surprise. She knew that Yoh had a soft heart, bur she never expected him to regret killing someone like Hao. „ But you regret it to" told the small voice inside her head. Yes, she really regret it. „ Maybe he could've changed, if we would just given him a chance..?" Yoh said more to himself. „ Yes, maybe he would have..." said Anna silently. „ But now it's too late to regret, Yoh..." Her words were interupted by other voice... Voice which Anna was so longing to hear again. „ Well well, isn't that my little brothers conscience talking out...?" It was HAO. He appiered in the ball of fire, created by his guardian ghost Spirit of Fire. The boy didn't seem to change in his appierance. Even the battle whit Yoh didn't leave any marks...
Yoh stood in surprise. It was Hao in front of him. The very same person he defeated about two months ago. The very same person he thought to be dead...
Anna was surprised too... But she somehow felt happyness and relief to see him alive and safe. After all, she did hope him to be alive. Well, her hopes weren't in vain...
„ How..." started Yoh, but didn't finish. „ How did I survived?" asked Hao. A small laugh came from his mouth. „ Well, I guess you weren't tough enough to defeat me entierly." He looked right into Yohs eyes. For a while there was silence. Two enemies were looking at each other, but neither of them seemed to hate each other. For same reason there wasn't any hate in Yoh. Nor in Hao. „ I'll leave you from here,Yoh. I just wanted you to know that I'm still alive. Oh, and give Ren my best regards. His last fight was just extraordinary." And he disappeared. Yoh and Anna were standing there, not available to move. They were at the state of shock... Only one thought went through their mind: „Hao is alive..."...