"Okay Anna, I get the point," said Yoh,

"YOH! I WAS WORRIED SICK!"

"Huh? Worried sick?" Yoh asked,

"Yes, worried sick! You've been missing the whole day and no one knew where you were! How do you think I feel?"

"Um…Sorry Anna, sorry guys," said Yoh looking at Anna and his friends.

"So…can I hang out with her again tomorrow?" Yoh asked.

"NO!" Anna answered.

"No way, Yoh!" his friends replied.

"Why not?"

"Do you know how long we had searched for you?" Horo asked,

"Not to mention how tiring it was!" said C.L.

"And you skipped a whole day of my training," said Anna calmly.

"Um, not really," said Yoh to himself.

"What should I do, Amidamaru?" Yoh asked that night,

"About what?" he asked,

"Shiow and her friends are cool so I want to get to know them better, but what if Anna won't let me? I mean, she doesn't want me near other girls," said Yoh.

"Well, you can leave a note tomorrow that your with Shiow Ying so they won't worry like today," Amidamaru suggested.

"I might as well," said Yoh and went under the covers to sleep,

"Tomorrow will be the last time I sneak out or wake up so early," Yoh mumbled.

Anna was passing by Yoh's room,

"Don't ever scare me like that again," she said quietly.

Shiow was walking back when she stopped and took out her sword and her face grew serious.

"What do you want, Hao?" she growled with anger.

"Another fight, lets see if you've gotten better," he said behind her.

The next morning, Yoh left a note this time so no one will worry like yesterday.

He reached that secret place and saw Chris and Kira chowing down on breakfast.

"Hey Yoh!" Kira waved.

"Join us," and Chris threw a rice ball to him.

"Thanks!" said Yoh as he sat down with them,

"How'd it go?" Chris asked,

"Huh? Oh Anna was pretty upset," said Yoh,

"So were my friends," he added.

Then Kira looked worried and looked around,

"Yoh, did Shiow stay with you last night?" she asked and Yoh shook his head.

"Oh no…" said Kira and Chris looked worried too.

"What's wrong?" Amidamaru asked.

"Shirako, did Shiow Ying return last night?" Chris asked,

"No," his spirit answered.

"What about Shami?" Kira asked her spirits and they all shook their heads.

"Not good," said Chris as he stood along with Kira and Yoh.

"I'm worried! Where could she be?" Kira panicked.

"Let's stay calm," said Yoh trying to calm Kira down.

Chris was just thinking,

"Try the Dobe Village hospital," Chris, Kira, and Yoh shot up at the top of the waterfall.

"IT'S HAO!" Chris and Kira exclaimed as they got their weapons.

"Nice to see you too, Chris…and whatever your name is. I can never remember your name," said Hao with that smile of his.

"It's KIRA dufus!" Kira shouted with an anime vein.

"You guys know Hao?" Yoh asked.

"OH MY GOSH! YOH LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HAO!" Kira exclaimed.

Yoh and Amidamaru got a sweatdrop,

"You didn't notice?"

Chris slapped himself,

"Of course, his last name is Asakura,"

"ALRIGHT HAO, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU DID TO MY BEST FRIEND AND I MIGHT GOT EASY ON YOU!" Kira yelled.

"I'm her best friend too," said Chris.

"That's not important right now," said Kira,

"Last time you picked a fight with Hao, he broke that baseball bat of yours and you went loco. And Shiow and I had to share the pain! He sent me flying across the sky and sent Shiow Ying through a few walls thanks to you!" said Chris.

"That wasn't an ordinary baseball bat! It was a weapon for one of my spirits, right Nico?" said Kira petting one of her spirits which is a horse.

"And it wasn't my fault he wanted to pick a fight with you guys!" Kira added.

"We saved your butt! If we didn't step in, you would be in the spirit world by now!" Chris argued back.

"Um, guys? I think you forgot that Hao is here," said Yoh with a sweatdrop.

"Oh yeah," and the two got back in fighting position.

"She and I had a little fight again; but unfortunately for her, her sword-fighting skills are getting sloppier that it's sad," said Hao.

"Leave us alone, Hao. We're not interesting in joining you so beat it!" Chris snapped.

"Very well, I'll come back when Shiow Ying feels better. I 'accidentally' stabbed her a little too hard," and Hao disappeared.

"Come on!" said Kira as she dashed off towards the hospital with Chris and Yoh.

"So, how did you guys know Hao?" Yoh asked on the way there,

"Long story," said Chris.

"I got time," said Yoh.

"Shiow doesn't want to talk about it so even we don't know all the details," said Kira.

"Man, I wish for once Shiow Ying would just run away from a fight," said Chris.

"Why would she do that?" Yoh asked.

"Because every time she picks a fight with Hao or the other way around, somebody gets hurt or even dies," said Chris.

"Stubbornness kind of runs in the family if you ask me, Chris. How do you think her family died?" Kira reminded.

"HER FAMILY DIED?" Yoh exclaimed.

"Her entire family, she's probably the last one," said Kira.

"Well, at least the Tao doesn't have to worry about them anymore," said Chris.

"What does the Tao have to do with Shiow's family?" Yoh asked.

"It was a family rivalry thing," said Kira.

"Yeah, speaking of her stubbornness, remember how long the argument of whether Hao was good or evil lasted?" Chris asked

"Yeah, about a couple of hours," laughed Kira,

"Why would you have an argument about that?" Yoh asked.

"Shiow thinks Hao isn't all evil. She says that no bad person can be a shaman. I believed that until the day we met Hao," said Kira.

"Me too, I don't really have an opinion on whether he's evil or not, I just think he needs to be stopped," said Chris.

Then they three ended talking about that subject until they reached the hospital.

"It's a good thing they actually have hospitals here," said Chris.

"I know," said Kira.

"Yoh!" Yoh stopped.

"Over here!" Horo Horo and the others were waving and Yoh waved back.

"Where are you going?" Manta cried

"The hospital!" he answered.

"Why the hospital?" C.L. asked

"Hey, ho-"

"No jokes," said Ren as he stopped him.

"Let's check it out, then," said Ryu,

"Might as well, I may be of service," said Faust.

"Shiow Ying? Wake up, girl," Kira pleaded when they found her.

"She'll be fine," said Chris.

"YOU CALL BEING STABBED RIGHT UNDER THE RIBS FINE?" Yoh and Kira exclaimed.

"I thought this was a hospital, where there's no yelling," said Ren,

"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Yoh asked.

"My Shaman Queen is hurt!" Ryu exclaimed.

"She is not your Shaman Queen!" and Ren hits him.

"Hey, it's Chinese boy, Blueberry, and the Chocolate joke boy! And others," said Kira.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL US?" Horo and C.L. exclaimed.

"SHHH!" went everybody else.

"I know you know our names," said Horo.

"Yeah, it's Faust, Manta, Ren, Chocolate Love, Ryu, and…Boro Boro," said Kira.

"IT'S HORO HORO, IDIOT!" he hissed.

"I know…" Kira whispered to herself with an evil smirk on.

"Oh! My Shaman Queen remembers my name!" said Ryu.

"No I don't!" and Kira pushed him away.

"By the way, Yoh, Anna is upset about you skipping training," said Faust.

"He can just use this as an excuse," said Chris.

"That's nice," said Kira.

"Hey, Faust, do you know if she'll be alright?" Manta asked.

"Lets see…" Faust then asked some questions and other stuff.

"Yes, she'll live; she'll be fine as long as she keeps resting until her wound is fully healed. Otherwise, they'll open up again," said Faust.

"And how do you know all that?" Kira asked.

"Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I was a doctor," he said.

"That means, he is a Faust from that long line of doctors! But…why necromancy (sp?)?" Chris asked and shuttered.

"Little Chris is afraid of dead stuff!" Kira teased.

"And you're afraid of things that don't exist like Goblins!" said Chris with a vein.

"They are too real! If ghosts can exist, I don't see why Vampires and Goblins can't!"

"Whiner…" Chris mumbled.

"I heard that!"

"She's not going to get any rest if you two keep arguing so loudly," said Faust.

"No kidding…you guys woke me up from a nice dream,"

"Shiow Ying!" Kira was about to hug her but Chris along with Yoh and Horo held her back,

"Hey, Shiow, you okay?" Yoh asked.

"I feel pain when ever I breathe," said Shiow.

"Isn't breathing an important part of life?" Horo asked.

"I got one! You have to breathe to live through-"

"We don't care!" Ren said after he smacks C.L. again.

"I still can't believe you picked a fight with Hao," said Chris.

"SHE WHAT?" everyone else exclaimed.

"He...picked a fight with me…ow," Shiow corrected.

"You could've run away or something," said Chris.

"Hao would've been able to catch me…besides, it's not my style," said Shiow.

"Shiow Ying, you are as stubborn as I remember you," said Ren.

"So are you. And I can tell that you still have a temper," said Shiow.

"I do not have a temper!"

"Only when you're embarrassed you are," said Shiow.

"You're just as annoying as when I first met you!" said Ren pointing at here,

"So are you," she said.

"This is entertaining!" said Kira.

Then someone's oracle bells went off.

"Not ours," everyone said but Shiow, Chris, and Kira.

"It's ours," said Chris.

"What timing," said Kira.

"I can't even lift up my arm," said Shiow.

"So who are we fighting?" she asked.

"Team Dragons," Chris answered.

"Phpt! So much for creativity for their names…dragons? I want to see!" said Kira jumping up and down.

"Dragons aren't real," said Chris.

"Are too! I have two unicorn spirits! So why aren't dragons real? Huh? What now, smarty-pants?" Kira teased Chris.

"Okay! I get your point!" said Chris.

"Looks like I can't stay here for long, when's the fight?" Shiow asked.

"Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m." Kira answered.

"Great," said Shiow.

"Yeah, how are you three going to fight if one of you is injured?" Horo asked.

"I'll be at the fight, but…I guess these two will have to battle without me," then Shiow smiled.

"You two up for it?" she asked

"Heck yeah!" said Chris.

"Of course!" said Kira.

"Hey, where's Shami?" Yoh asked.

"Outside," Shiow answered.

"What if Hao's spirit snatches it or something?" asked C.L.

"He wouldn't, I know he won't, besides, Shami would sense him coming," said Shiow.

Everyone left after a while.

Yoh was the last to leave.

"You sure you're okay?" he asked,

"Yeah…these things don't bother me much," said Shiow and, looked out the window.

"Um, you know that I look just like Hao right?" Yoh asked.

"Yeah, I did. The moment I first saw you. And before you ask, I knew you weren't Hao for different reasons," said Shiow.

"Like what?" Yoh asked curiously and sat down.

"Well, the obvious one is the hair. Then I saw your smile and heard your laugh. It wasn't like Hao. Sure I've seen that smile of his many times, but it just wasn't the same even though it did look the same. And the way you're friends with everyone, I just couldn't believe that someone with such a pure heart be Hao," said Shiow.

"Oh, thanks," said Yoh and gave a grin.

Please R and R. And in case you guys don't know, I don't continue a story unless I get at least 1 supportive review. And if you're wondering what couples are in this story, let's just say you can decide. There are many different couple combinations here now that there's Shiow, Kira, and Chris...okay, Chris is not interested but you guys decide.