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Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King. I just ship YohXManta to death! LONG LIVE YAOI!

Manta lay motionless on the bed roll. As he had been for the last few hours, not a sound, not even a single twitch. If not for the rising and falling of the youths chest Yoh would have thought the worst.

Yoh had been watching Manta ever since he brought him back to his house. Which was in fact the hot springs he and Anna had lived at all those years ago. Manta's wound was not very serious, or so the ghost of a very well trained doctor had told him (Poor guy was killed by someone who did not want to pay their doctor bill.). Even with all the blood Manta had lost he would wake up probably by morning.

All the same the shaman still never left his friends side. His friend that he had just gotten back, and had come so close to loosing again. Who made his heart stop with every glance, every smile.

"Lord Yoh?" Said boy jumped a little at the sound of his name. He looked once more to Manta. Who was still motionless as ever, before looking to who called his name.

"Yeah?" Amidamaru looked at the brunette sadly.

"Lord Yoh you must get some sleep, the sun will be rising soon."

Yoh shook his head and gave a sleepy smile. "I'll be fine." Then he turned back to Manta.

The ghost sighed, he knew all along he would not be able to get boy to sleep. But he had to try at least. There had to be a way to make the boy get some sleep even for a little while. Maybe there was a spell or maybe he could take over his body and-

Amidamaru was brought out of his own thought by the sound of soft snoring. He looked up to see the shaman in question was in fact...asleep! Yoh had fallen asleep with his head slumping forward, this was sure to give him a sore neck when he woke. The ghost smiled softly before settling away from the two on the other side of the room to watch over the them.

It was no more than an hour later when one began to stir. Manta opened his eyes slowly, he blinked a few times to clear his bleary vision. Once his eyes focused he looked around him, the room had an air of familiarity about it. Yet it also seemed foreign. Manta sat up and winced at the slight pain that coursed through his abdomen. A quick looked showed he had bandages wrapped around his upper body, even his arm had been re-bandaged.

"You should not try to move yet." Amidamaru said floating next to Manta.

"Were are we?" Manta asked looking around. Though part of him already knew.

"I suppose it has been a while since you've been here." Amidamaru said and looked around the room himself. "We are at the Funbari Hot Spring Inn." (A/N: I have no idea if this is the right name for the inn. I had to look it up on the internet. Feel free to tell me if it is wrong so I can change it.)

"I thought it looked familiar." Manta mused aloud.

His thoughts were broken when he heard soft snores coming from beside him. He turned to see Yoh sitting cross legged beside him with his head slumped forward.

"How long has he been there?" Manta asked.

The ghost smile softly. "All night. Not once did he leave your side."

All at once Manta found himself falling more in love with the boy in front of him. Yoh had came to his rescue last night, more like had saved his life, and then sat with him all night. Manta's heart felt as though it was about to burst. Manta moved closer to the sleeping boy moving some of his brown hair from his face.

"He is going to have one heck of a sore neck when he wakes up."

"My thought exactly." Amidamaru agreed.

It took some time but after while Manta managed to move Yoh to the bed roll and under the covers where he was sure to be more comfortable. Though he would still more than likely have a sore neck when he woke. Once Yoh was settled Manta went about finding his close. Amidamaru led him to the laundry room where his cloths had been mended, thanks to the help from a spirit of a skilled tailor, and washed. His bag lay next to the washer on the floor.

Manta quickly slipped into his cloths, glad that the hoodie no longer had a huge hole from when he had been cut, before venturing further into the all to familiar home. The two made their way to the kitchen. The mission objective: Find some damn food! But alas all Yoh seemed to have there was instant noodle cups. The milk in the fridge did not even look safe to drink. And Manta was pretty sure he just saw something move in there!

"Something tells me Yoh hasn't gone shopping in a while." Manta frowned, then let out a frustrated sigh.

Ten minutes later Manta slipped in his shoes and, after checking on Yoh, who was now laying on the mattress sideways with drool trailing out the side of his mouth, head out to a near by store.

Amidamaru floated beside him, not wanting to leave the shorter boy alone after what he had seen the night before. Though the boy had insisted he would be fine the ghost stayed with him. Partly Manta was glad he had a few questions for the spirit.

"Hey," Manta said catching the samurai's attention. "Yoh had you watching me for the last couple of weeks right?"

"Yes," Amidamaru answered. "Since you would not talk to him, he had me follow you to see when he would be able to catch you and keep you from running off so he could talk to you"

"And did you watch me just during the day or...did you watch at night too?"

Amidamaru could see were he was getting at. "Also at night."

Manta's face was now very red. "So you saw."

"Yes."

"Did you tell him?" Manta had to know.

"No I did not." The blonde let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding.

"Why?"

"It is not my place to." Amidamaru stated. Though he would have rather told Manta that Yoh felt the same about him, but then again it was not his secret to tell. No to mention he still felt like a total peeping tom!

"Thanks." Manta smiled. "And I'm sorry for ignoring you before."

"It is quite all right. But might I ask why you did?" The two had now reached the store and Manta had to watch how loud he talked when he talked to the ghost.

"It wasn't anything personal." Manta grabbed a backet and started to place things in it. "After you guys left I started to ignore anything to do with ghosts, but I could still see them and they would try to talk to me but..."

Amidamaru waited for the boy to continue.

"But they all reminded me of you guys. All the fun we had, I even started to miss Anna bossing me around." Manta laughed lightly at the last part. "You guys were the only friends I had, and it hurt to loose you all."

"And when Yoh said those awful words, those words that all but killed me." Manta thought sadly. "It felt like something had broken inside me. And all that was left was pain and hate."

The rest of the shopping was done in silence, as was the walk back. Manta did not ask anymore questions nor did Amidamaru. The silence dragged on until they reached the inn, then the heard the yelling. Though he could not hear what was being yelled.

"Yoh's awake." Manta said stepping through the door. Now he was able to hear what the shaman was yelling.

"Manta were are you?" Yoh ran passed not even noticing the two standing by the door. Manta just shrugged a figured he would tell You he was here after he had the food out away. Amidamaru smiled awkwardly at his shamans behavior.

Mean while on the other side of the inn, Yoh had finally come to a stop. He stood catching his breath, hunched over with his hands braced against his knees. He had woken about ten minutes ago on the bed roll he had put Manta on last night and no sign of Manta or Amidamaru. And this worried him a little...okay so he was freaking out. What would you expected Manta was just attacked and hurt very badly just the night before. Yoh could still see all the blood, Manta's blood that had been spilled. Well those three men that had attacked the blonde were sure to never come near him again. Yoh made sure of that.

There was no way in hell, Yoh was going to loose that boy again.

He was knocked out of his thoughts by the smell of food cooking. Yoh forgot momentarily why he was running around like a chicken with its head cut off and, with his mouth watering, followed the wonderful smell. He was reminded of why he was freaking out a little while ago when he reached the source.

Manta stood in front of the stove, eggs cooked in the frying pan on the stove. He held a spatula in one hand as he waited for them to cook. Yoh stood in the door way just watching the blonde move around the kitchen checking on other foods and gathering plates. A soft smile found it's way to his once frantic face, a loving look in his eyes. He liked this sight very, very much. It felt right.

"Did you sleep well Master Yoh?" Amidamaru asked , suddenly popping up in front of Yoh. Who in turn let out a yelp and jumped ten feet into the air.

"Y-Yeah I slept fine." Yoh replied, his heart racing in his chest. Now normally he would not have jumped, he was use to ghost popping out like that but this time he was deep in thought. Then his thoughts were interrupted again, but this time, it was by something more pleasant.

Manta clutched his sides as full blown laughs rang through the room. Tears filled his eyes as he continued to laugh. Yoh watched with a smile upon his own face, loving the sound.

"Sorry." Manta said after calming down. "I used to be the one who freaked when ever a ghost would pop out like that. It was funny to see the roles switched."

"Uh..yeah." Yoh said a bit embarrassed now.

"Speaking of freaking out," Manta said placing plates of food on the table. "What were you doing yelling a while ago?"

"Uh..." Yoh was not sure how to answer that. So he did the only thing he could think of. "Oh look! Food!"

Change the subject! And what what was a better subject then eating? Manta just rolled his eyes and joined Yoh at the table.

OKAY! That chapter is done. This one was more of a filler chapter really. Just one to tie up a few loose ends. Answer some questions...if any were answered I think. Anyway as always please tell me what you thought and don't be shy I can take it! Just please keep it on the down low nothing to harsh. I will have the next chapter up soon until then post those reviews and have a great day (or night)!

Later Peeps!

P.S. What would you say for favorite Yaoi couple is? It can be fan based or from an actual anime, hell it doesn't even have to be an anime. I personally can't really narrow it down to just one. I am addicted to Yaoi!