"Hao... and Anna's... son?" Yoh asked, confused at what the small boy Hana had said. He thought that he had heard him right, but, what he said could not be true. Yoh was sure that Anna, his Anna, would never... but yet, part of him knew that it was true. Ever since Hao had taken Anna, everything seemed possible, even this.
"Yes. I am Hana, their twelve-year-old son. Why; what did you think I said?" Hana said, looking at Yoh suspiciously, as though asking what he had to do with him. Why would it matter if this stranger knew his parents?
"But, your parents are both fourteen, right? And you're twelve?" Yoh asked, still confused, but sure that what the boy said next would answer all of his questions. The boy laughed a bit before continuing in a voice that told Yoh that he was asking for the obvious.
"Well, I suppose there is not harm in telling you. My father, Hao, has the ability to reincarnate himself. In his first reincarnation, he had a wife, my mother, Anna. Immediatly after they were married, my father bestowed the ability onto my mother, as well as unto me. But, since I am just a child, I can not reincarnate as often as they can, so I am younger still, and they are the age they are now. Does that answer your question?" Hana finished and began walking out of the door. Yoh was about to stop him but thought better of it.
Yoh felt sick, as though he had a lump in his throat that refused to come out. He felt as though he was choking, but the strain on his mind felt much worse. His mind was blank, as though if he tried to think of anything, he would explode from the pressure. It all made sense, even Hana's age. But, if Anna was to be married to him, than why did Yoh not know about it? Could it be that she did not trust him?
Ren stirred in his sleep, moaning a bit as he appeared to be regaining consiousness. Yoh quickly ran over to him, feeling his forehead. He was burning up and sweating. Yoh's heart plummeted at this; he did not want to lose another person he cared about. First Anna had been taken away from him, and now Ren did not seem as though he would live much longer.
Ren started shivering a bit, and his eyes were starting to open. Golden orbs shot open a bit, though not enough to see out of. Ren looked in Yoh's direction, his soft eyes staring blindly in his general direction.
"Yoh?" Ren asked, his voice raspy and quiet. Yoh knew what was about to happen, even before it did, but he could never have been less prepared than he was then.
"Yes, Ren, it's me, I'm here." Yoh put his hand on Ren's shoulder to show him that he was there for him. ToYoh's surprise, Ren did not flinch or try to pull away upon being touched. He seemed to be quite the opposite, comforted by the fact that someone was there for him.
"Yoh, I'm sorry. I couldnot helped you in your journey. Tell Anna... hello for me... when you find her..." Ren smiled a bit, but then he suddenly clutched his side in pain, and then his body went limp. Yoh knew that he was gone, but that did not stop him from crying. Ren had been one of his best friends, and he had been there to help him look for Anna. It was his fault that Ren had been killed, and it made Yoh re-think continuing. He did not want anyone else to get hurt, all because of him.
But something inside of Yoh told him that this was a better reason to move on. Ren had died for Anna, and told him to go on to save him. If worse came to worse, Yoh knew what he needed to do. He would gladly sacrifise himself for his friends, and for Anna. To make sure that no one else got hurt... would be worth Yoh risking his life for.
Anna, Ren's last request was for me to find you. And I will, no matter what it takes. I do not care if you have a son, or what Hao meant to you. If it makes you happy, you can be with him, but I would gladly do anything just to see you once more. Wait for me Anna, because I am coming for you.
Yoh came out of the cave, red marks under his eyes, but he was no longer crying. He had cried too much to have anything left to cry out ever since Anna had been taken from him. The others saw him, but none of them smiled. They all saw the look on Yoh's face and knew right away that it had happened. Yoh knew that they were just trying to help, but to see them all get hurt would kill Yoh inside, worse than physical death could ever hurt. Even if it killed him, he would find Anna alone. He did not want them getting involved in any of this.
"I'm leaving." Yoh said, surprising everyone when he just left without them. They stood up to follow him, but he turned around quickly, yelling at them to stay and not risk getting hurt again. But before anything else could happen, they all heard a slight craking sound coming from behind them. They turned around in time to see Hana walking out of a crumbling building, the cave where they had been just moments before, holding a small, blue sword.
"Chirei, come!" Hana shouted, and all of a sudden a large spirit ally appeared beside him. It looked just like this Spirit of Fire, only this one was blue. Hana smiled a sadistic smile, more like a smirk, and held his sword up as though to fight with it.
"Spirit of Water, oversoul!" Hana yelled, and the blue spirit integrated with his sword, forming something that looked just like Hao's spirit sword.
"Hana, what's-" Yoh began, but he was cut off as Hana came charging at him with full force, something that only one other person Yoh knew would do. He fought just like...
"I just got a message from my father, Yoh Asakura! It seems you two know each other!" Hana said, his oversoul getting larger as he spoke, his furyoku must have been great, "You are my new enemy, and you shall soon meet the same fate as the purple-haired boy who was my last enemy!"
Ren...
