Hallo, and Please forgive me in advance. (Cry) I hope you enjoy this chapter and . . . don't kill me when you're done with it. Please Review.

Love,

Victoria Faust

KutsuuPain and Agony

Disclaimer: Shaman King isn't mine, sadly, but if anyone is selling it . . .

Rating: In this chapter- T for Language, Shonen-Ai and Violence (Gulp)

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Faust sat up in his bed and looked around. Yoh was asleep on the other side of the bed, peacefully. Faust put his hand up to his forehead and closed his eyes.

Hell, I've got a damn headache!

Faust stood and walked to the bathroom, blinded by his headache.

"Damn, this hurts!" He said to himself, looking in the mirror.

Yoh suddenly appeared in the doorway, out of breath and flushed.

"What's wrong Yoh?" Faust asked, rubbing his head.

"Where's Lyserg?" Yoh asked, panicking.

Faust looked up. Oh, that's right. Lyserg.

"Well, last night something happened and he ran away." Faust said.

"YOU LET HIM GO?" Yoh cried.

Faust jumped and looked at Yoh.

"Yes, why?" Faust asked, confused.

"Faust, I think I need to tell you about my dream now . . . " Yoh said, walking back to the bed.

Faust followed him and sat on the bed, unable to think. What was so bad about letting Lyserg go? He didn't see anything wrong. Lyserg was probably back in his room by now anyway.

"Faust, I'm ready to talk about my dream now." Yoh said.

"Are you sure? Because if you don't want to, I can wait." Faust said, looking at Yoh.

"I know. But, I think I really do need to talk about it." Yoh said, smiling faintly.

Faust nodded.

"Okay . . . well in my dream, you, Lyserg, and I come here and . . . well, let me skip to the important part. Lyserg runs away because you denied his confession of love. Silly, huh?" Yoh said.

"Actually, it might not be so silly . . . Yoh, that really happened. It happened last night and afterwards, he swore that I would regret it and ran into the elevator." Faust confessed.

"It's going to come true . . . " Yoh whispered.

Faust held onto Yoh's hands.

"Tell me the rest please."

"Well, someone comes to the hotel and . . . they kill you." Yoh said.

"Who? Who kills me?" Faust asked, thinking about how awkward that sounded.

"That's what scares me so much . . . I don't know." Yoh said, burying his face into Faust's chest.

Faust became somewhat frightened by Yoh's dream. What if it did come true? Faust shook his head.

It wouldn't, it's just a dream after all . . .

Faust stood up and grabbed Yoh's hand. Yoh wiped his teary eyes and followed Faust to the door.

"Do you want to go for a walk? Maybe you'll feel better afterwards." Faust suggested.

Yoh nodded and opened the door. Faust and Yoh walked, hand in hand, down the wide hallway and turned the corner.

"Faust."

Faust looked straight ahead and let go of Yoh's hand.

"Marco."

Marco, the leader of the X-Laws, stood in front of Faust, a menacing look in his eyes.

"Nice to see you, Faust. How has everything been?" Marco asked, sarcastically.

"Just fine . . . and yourself?" Faust asked, highly suspicious.

"Actually, I'm just wonderful! But, I know someone who isn't feeling so wonderful, thanks to you." Marco said, stepping to the side.

Lyserg stepped out from behind Marco and looked sadly at Faust. Faust looked at Yoh.

"Yoh, you might want to leave." Faust said.

"I'll never leave you." Yoh said, holding Faust's hand.

"Isn't that sweet? It's disgusting, is it not, Lyserg?" Marco said, stepping toward Faust.

"Please, just do it." Lyserg whispered.

What?

Yoh began to panic. It was beginning to look a lot like his dream.

"Anything for you Lyserg." Marco said, pulling a gun on Faust.

"What the hell? I didn't do anything to him!" Faust cried.

"Oh, but you did. You broke his heart, and that . . . I can't forgive." Marco said, snapping his fingers.

Yoh turned around.

"Faust! Look out!"

One of Marco's henchmen appeared out of nowhere and jabbed a long stick into his side.

"Argh!" Faust fell to the ground, holding his side.

"Faust!" Yoh bent down beside him and touched his shoulder.

Marco laughed.

"I believe, you have broken your ribs, my friend." Marco said, calling more henchmen over to Faust.

Yoh stood up to try to fight them off, but two burly men held him back. Yoh kicked and tried to wriggle out of their grip, but they were too strong.

Faust laughed and stood up, slowly.

"That wasn't fair now, was it?" Faust snapped.

Marco frowned and snapped his fingers. Three henchmen ran over to Faust and attempted to knock him senseless. Faust was doing fine until one of the henchmen kicked him hard in the back. The blow caused Faust to fall to his knees. He tried to stand again, but he couldn't move his legs. After that single blow, it all went downhill. Marco's men took turns hitting and kicking him. After a while, Marco snapped his fingers and called them off.

Ahh! . . . Pain . . . now I remember why I used morphine . . . ha. Where's the morphine when you need it?

"Y-you definitely . . . agh . . . don't fight fairly, you dirty snake." Faust said.

"Me? Me not fighting fairly? Well, was it very fair to throw Lyserg's dreams away? Was it fair to break his heart? Thanks to you, he came running to me for help. Thanks to you- . . . "

"God damn! Will you shut the hell up? You're making my ears bleed you bastard." Faust said, holding his side, which was now bleeding heavily.

Marco snapped his fingers once more and a large man carrying a heavy metal rod appeared in front of Faust.

"Kill him." Marco said, smiling.

"NO! FAUST!" Yoh screamed, trying as hard as he could to get free.

The man rose the bar up and prepared to hit Faust over the head with it. Faust closed his eyes and braced himself for the worst pain of his life. But instead of feeling immense pain, he heard a loud, Crack!, like the sound of metal hitting wood. Faust opened his eyes to see Eliza standing in front of him, blocking the metal rod with a wooden handled scythe.

"E-Eliza? How . . . " Faust asked, bewildered.

"I told you, if you need me I will always find you." Eliza said, hitting the man over the head with the scythe and knocking him out cold.

At that certain moment, Faust loved Eliza with all of his heart.

Thank God for her and her "Faust-Sense" . . .

Eliza continued to knock out henchmen, one by one, until they were all lying in a heap on the floor. Yoh dropped down next to Faust and hugged him, crying.

"Thank you...E-Eliza." Faust said.

Eliza looked at him, tears in her eyes.

"My baby . . . " Eliza whispered.

"It came true! My dream is coming true!" Yoh cried.

Marco laughed.

"Well, I might as well leave . . . there's not much more I can do. Come on Lyserg." Marco said turning around.

Lyserg looked, apologetically, at Faust.

What have I done?

"Come on Lyserg, he's going to die, don't worry!" Marco said.

As soon as Marco said that, Faust fainted and fell onto his back. The last thing Faust saw was Lyserg running toward him, crying. Then it all went black.

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