Last update for a while! Short chapter, I know, but it is very action-packed! So I make up for the length with quality. I have been doing disclaimers, or author notes if you want to call them that, lately for one reason: this fic will be coming to an end soon. But I still have a good few chapters left in me. I will not be listing any more of the tasks Yoh had to do, because I can't think of any, and I don't want this to be too long of a story. One last thing, be warned, what happens at the end of this chapter is real, it does happen! R&R!

"What do you want from me?" Anna asked Hao, frightened by his appearance and also scared of what he had done to Yoh. He was gripping her arm tightly, and she had to fight back the urge to cry. She fought her way away from him, but he grabbed her arm again, this time so tightly that Anna literally cried out loud.

Hao could tell that Anna was scared, and that was what he had wanted all along. She was weak; she had no power. She would not fight back eventually, giving Hao all of the strength. He could make her do anything, and she would not have to will to stop him. Not now that her precious Yoh was gone, or at least gone to her. She had nothing left to fight for... nothing left to live for.

"Just for you to be here with me, and become my Shaman Queen. And also, to forget about that stupid Yoh Asakura." Hao said, leaning incloser to Anna. But she pulled away forcefully and began shouting at him, not caring what was to happen to her now.

"Do not call Yoh stupid!" She yelled at him. She knew Yoh was gone, but the memory of him was still vivid in her mind. He was the only one person to ever treat her kindly, as far as she could remember.

Yoh had Anna that they were friends before, but she had known that was all they would ever be. She just wanted to see Yoh again, even if he did not return her feelings, she wanted him to know... how much she loved him .She would not give up on him so easily; although she had seen Hao stab him before he took her away, she still hoped that she would see him again, one way or another.

"Just face it, he is not coming back. You saw what I did to him back there. He is gone for good. Now come." Hao said, reaching out an arm and trying to grab Anna's hand again. She fought him, pulling away with all of her might.

"NO!" She screamed, pushing him away and attempting to run. Hao was beginning to get frusterated. If he could not have her, no one could. He knew that Yoh was still alive, and he would have to finish him off sooner or later. But in the mean time, he would deal with her first.

Hao snatched up a sword that was lying on the ground next to him. It was the Antiquity, one of Yoh's swords. Hao had taken it from Yoh when he had knocked him out when he had stabbed him earlier. He charged some of his furyoku into it, making it considerably larger than it was before. Hao then ran after Anna, who had just gone outside, knowing too well what he had to do, and smirking at the thought of doing it.

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Yoh had just finished off a number of Hao's followers, and was coming upon a cave in the mountains which must have been Hao's hideout. Yoh was walking towards it, however, when a girl came running out, crying, her tears falling all over the ground and onto her black dress. He knew who it was right away.

"Anna!" Yoh shouted, running to her. She looked shocked to see him, but a large smile spread across her face all the same. She stopped crying and ran harder, trying to reach Yoh. The smile on her face widened as she realized that this was all real, and that she was finally going to be with her love. Yoh was smiling as well, for it seemed as though his nightmare had finally ended.

But fate had chosen to be cruel that day, and Hao Asakura came running out as well. It seemed as though Yoh would get to Anna before he did, but Hao already had his, or rather Yoh's, oversoul charged into his sword. Hao used the thrust created from his oversoul to give him more speed, and soon he was closer to Anna than Yoh was by about two feet, but that was enough for him.

Hao pointed Yoh's sword forward at Anna, the tip pointing right at her. Right when she heard him and turned around, the sword jolted right through her. She hit the ground with a thud, the sword still in her. Her eyes looked blank, staring into space, empty, as though nothing was there. Her eyes were lifeless.

Yoh ran to her faster, feeling her arm forher pulse. She was ice cold, frozen cold. She lay completely still, no pulse; her heart had stopped beating. Her skin was pale, and a puddle of blood surrounded her. Tears streamed quickly from Yoh's eyes, falling on the ground next to his love. Her blood soaked through his clothing, staining him completely red. Yoh did not notice, all he saw was Anna, lying there, motionless, eyes forever shut closed... dead.

"If I could not have her, no one could!" Hao said in a maniacal way, as though mocking Yoh of his feelings and for his love. "It is your sword that killed her though, and it is your fault she is dead. I wish I could say that you will see her soon, but where I'm sending you, you will never see anyone ever again!"

I'm so sorry Anna. I was too late to save you. I was too late to tell you... how much I love you...