First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASAKURA TWINS! SPECIALLY HAO-SAMA, CAUSE I LOVE HIM TOO DAMN MUCH…xD

Here chapter 4!

Chapter 4: Sidra and Stella

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It was really early in the morning, Mikihisa was already dressed up, and looked at the fading moon in the sky. He wondered if Hao was already awake as he tied his long hair in its usual ponytail. He then headed to a large suitcase resting under his bed, and pulled out a long thing wrapped in dark cloth. He smiled as he stared at it, memories flashed back in his head, he remembered Keiko's expression once again, when she received the present from him...the same present he was about to give his son.

"Mikki...this is wonderful..." she had said as she hugged the man in a deep embrace.

He sighed and made his way to Hao's camp, before he changed his mind, it may not be a really good idea after all.

Hao was washing his face in the river; he had tied his well groomed hair leaving his usual two strands of hair hanging at their sides, covering his beautiful face. He yawned as he sat on the grass. He closed his eyes and dedicated to hear nature voice, it was really relaxing and a kind of special training at the same time. Everything was in peace, when suddenly, the wind told him a man was approaching. The boy opened his eyes and stared at his right, in less than a minute, appeared Mikihisa, with a wrapped package, it seemed like a sword or something.

"Hey..." greeted the man while raising his hand.

"We meet again" answered Hao with a little smile "what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to wish you a Happy birthday, Hao..."

"Hmmm? Birthday? Ah yes, I didn't remember...it's unusual, you have never greeted me before"

"I never had the opportunity, I'm sorry"

"You don't need to apologize...after all I burnt you that day...15 years ago"

"It was self protection; we were trying to finish you"

"Oh, I see... If you put it that way"

"And this is your present...I'm sure you're going to like it..." the man handed his son the package, Hao just stared at it inspecting it, and then turned to see Mikihisa.

"Why are you giving me something? Why should I accept it? Is this part of a plan to aid Yoh or something?"

"Hmm no it isn't, actually this present may bring him problems...but I just think it's perfect for you, come on, you'll like it"

Hao grabbed the package and unwrapped it, revealing a beautiful sword, it was all cream-goldish colored and shone with a unique beauty. It had precious gems on its handle, but what most impressed the boy was the spirit that appeared from the sword. It was the same color as the sword, its hair was white and really long and floated in the air, like a shooting star's trail. Its eyes were purple with blue sparks and it stared right at Hao's onyx eyes.

"Is this..."

"Yes Hao, it is a star's spirit. I found it in a lonely mountain in China"

"It's beautiful..."whispered Hao, as he passed his hand gently over the spirit's cheek. The spirit smiled and sat on Hao's shoulder (its height was 40 cms. Approx) and rubbed its face against Hao's cheek, making a wide smile appear in Hao's face.

"Mikihisa...this is wonderful" he said as he hugged the man tightly. Hao loved stars and now he had a star spirit for himself...but why was he hugging Mikihisa? Well It was a wonderful gift and all but still...they were enemies.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have...I..." said the boy as he tried to separate from his father, but Mikihisa's arms wouldn't let him go. Again he felt that warm caring feeling, so he kind of stopped the struggling.

After some minutes reluctantly, they finally separated. Mikihisa stared at the boy's black eyes, they shone beautifully in the moonlight, yes, they were much like hers and the boy's reaction was like hers too...

"The spirit's name is Sidra, and the sword is Stella, they must remain together, ok? I guess I should be leaving...I still need to give Yoh a present... oh and if you look at the sky, you might find a great present from your comrades"

The boy turned to look at the sky and saw a message written with stars in the night that read "Happy Birthday, Hao-sama! The shaman was really surprised, when Opacho and the Hanagumi appeared from behind a tree.

"Congratulations!" they all said with smiling faces.

"We all contributed with furyoku to move the stars, it will only last this night, but...we made it with love!" said Macchi "oh and we also prepared a delicious breakfast for you: curry bread! Your favorite dish!"

"I can't believe you did all this...Thank you...I really am surprised..."

The Hanagumi girls blushed and little Opacho just smiled. The other members of the crew had arrived a few minutes later. But in the midst of happiness, Lakist, Blocken, Turbine, Peyote, the Chinese guy with the panda spirit and Big guy Billy fainted.

"Wha! What's wrong?" asked their leader as he kneeled down near Lakist and shoved him "Hey Lakist! Are you ok?"

"Mary is sorry...they used almost all their furyoku to move the stars..."

"Yeah, they wanted to protect us because we're weaker...it's kind of sad, hehehe, we just used part" replied Zen as Ryo nodded.

Hao sighed "You silly people..." He then walked through each and every of his fallen comrades and touched each their foreheads, giving returning them a great amount of spiritual power.

"Well there you go, thanks for the detail it was beautiful" he turned to where Mikihisa was, but he was gone, as expected.

"Hao-sama! I'm sorry, we didn't mean to make you waste your power in us...I really feel ashamed" said Lakist while lowering his head.

"It's ok, it was funny you would make that for me even exposing yourselves, I really appreciate it" the boy answered with a smile.

Finally when the night disappeared and the sun arrived, they were celebrating while eating breakfast, it had been the best day for the shaman in his life.

Mikihisa arrived to the cottage, Yoh was still sleeping, it seemed Anna had mercy due to his birthday. The man smiled and pet the boy's head.

"Hey, wake up"

Yoh blinked as he sat on the bed. "Huh? Dad it's early...I'm sleepy"

"Happy birthday" said the man as he placed a large envelope in the boy's hand.

"Huh?" The chocolate haired boy opened it and found 50 parchments with strange symbols on them.

"Those are sacred parchments, with the first 10 red you can summon fire spirits, with the 10 green ones you can summon earth spirits, with the 10 blue ones you can summon water spirits and with the 10 white ones you can summon wind spirits. They will be really useful for you, oh and the last 10 are for communication, like the ones I use"

"Sounds really cool, thanks dad!" Yoh hugged Mikihisa and jumped from the bed "I want to try them out!"

"Stop, don't waste them like that, you can use them during the shaman fights" said Anna appearing through the door.

"Oh...you may be right..."

"Come on, I made breakfast for you" she said with a slight blush

"WOW YOU DID!" Yoh was really surprised to hear that, and Mikihisa was too.

When the boy entered the dining room, he found all of his friends receiving him with a smile and a surprise party.

While eating, Yoh stared at many of his present and thought aloud "Today's must be Hao's birthday too...I wonder if he is having fun..."

"I'm sure he is ok" said Mikihisa, with a wide smile hidden by his mask. And it was so true.

"Yes, he has a lot of comrades..." continued his son "Maybe he can consider them friends with time..."

"I'm sure he will...oh...that damn fight is today...how lame"

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There was chapter 4! Dedicated to the twin's birthday! We all know they deserve it, don't they? XD