Author's Notes: THIS, is squeezing out almost all my brain juices. But still… Haha. Enjoy~!
Ren stared at Yoh deeply, and back to Amidamaru. "He wasn't in any sort of pain?" He questioned.
Amidamaru took one look at Yoh. "Nothing." He muttered sadly. "He was sleeping normally and peacefully."
Yoh waved his hands uncomfortably. "Come on… don't worry. I'm sure it's nothing…"
"Having a nightmare for two consecutive days is not exactly 'nothing', especially since you don't show signs of it!" Horohoro exclaimed.
Yoh sighed. This was giving him a headache. A terrible one in fact.
"Come on guys. Let's give Yoh a break." Faust gave one of his angelic smiles. "After all, he's the one having the nightmares. He should be the most uncomfortable one."
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Ryu whined as he held Yoh's hand, tearing uncontrollably.
"Yoh." Ren's sharp voice broke the dramatic scene. "Do you know who the mysterious figure that appeared in your dreams was?"
Yoh was taken aback at the question. Nevertheless he regained his composure quickly and bluntly replied a single "No."
Ren looked at Yoh suspiciously but kept quiet.
… … …
At night, Yoh flopped tiredly on his bed.
I can't tell them…not now…
Sighing, he closed his eyes. Breathing in slowly. Suddenly, he felt a chill up his spine. He opened his eyes and sat up. Nothing appears to be wrong.
Did I imagine that?
Yoh looked around. No one was with him. He heaved a sigh of relief and laid back down.
Wait…No one?
Yoh sat up again. He looked around frantically.
"Amidamaru?"
No reply. His guardian spirit was nowhere to be seen. Yoh glanced around the room, his eyes resting on the opened window. He froze.
I don't recall opening the window.
As the cold air blew in once more, suddenly Yoh was afraid. Very afraid.
… … …
"He's lying." Ren concluded finally. "I think he knows who the person is, but yet he's not telling us."
"Who do you think it is then?" Horohoro asked. He was sure that the single-spike haired had an idea of who the person was.
Ren glared back at Horohoro and growled. "Don't you relate to anything when you hear Yoh mentioning 'fire'?"
Suddenly, as if on cue, everyone became quiet. All of them deep into their own thoughts. Slowly, everyone's eyes widened in fear.
Manta looked up at Ren. "I'm going to keep Yoh-kun company tonight." He declared and he ran towards Yoh's house.
As soon as he reached there, he was shocked to find Amidamaru outside of the house, heavily wounded.
"Amidamaru!" The smaller boy rushed to the spirit's side. "What happened? Why are you out here?"
Before Amidamaru could reply, fire burst out from the window of Yoh's room.
… … …
Yoh faced the person standing in front of him. He was surrounded by flames, like how it was in his dreams. Every single step the person took, Yoh took a step backwards. Until he was finally backed to a wall. The mysterious character laughed slightly as he advanced closer towards Yoh.
Yoh never kept his eyes off the boy. He watched carefully as he made each step closer. Soon, he was just in front of him.
"Where is Amidamaru?" Yoh managed to mutter. Although he knew who this person was, the fear factor was still there. The boy smiled back.
"He's outside." He replied softly as his hands reached out for Yoh. "He can't come in because I've set a barrier."
Yoh flinched as the hand ran through his hair. Deep inside, he was trembling, but he did not want to show it. He grabbed the boy's hand and roughly threw it aside.
"What do you want with me?"
The boy smiled again and this time, smashing both his hands onto the wall, trapping Yoh in the middle. He looked at Yoh in the eyes and smirked.
"What do you think then?
Yoh gave a firm stare at his captor.
"I'm not afraid of you, Asakura Hao."