Okay, since one of readers love YohxOC and this person has read my other stories too and stuck by me, I'll make it a YohxOC…it won by votes anyway. Sorry but NO more complaining about making it an AnnaxYoh because there are plenty of those out there, plenty. Okay? Good!

Chris and Shiow started talking if they did the right thing at the usual place they eat and Silva was serving their meal on the counter. Though they both did have something to remember their spirits by.

"I hope Yoh can win, I WILL NOT FORFEIT A MATCH AND NOT HAVE THE WORLD RID OF DISEASES!" Chris shouted.

"Calm down!" said Shiow as she plugged her years and ignored the people staring at them.

"Sorry, I just can't put my faith in someone that's never serious," said Chris.

"If you want someone more serious, you should see how serious Anna can be," said Shiow.

"I have," said Chris as the two took a few bites out of their meal.

Kira took her seat next to them,

"Hey guys!" she greeted.

"Where were you?" Chris asked,

"Around, checking out the stores, hanging out with Blueberry, and such," Kira answered.

"Who?" Chris asked with a puzzled look on his face,

"She means Horo Horo," Shiow answered for Kira.

"Yeah him, so what were you two doing all day?" Kira asked,

"Sulking, what else?" Chris answered as the two continued drowning their misery in their food (with anime tears).

Kira got a sweat drop,

"Give me a break," she said.

Yoh and the gang came in,

"Hey, there they are!" said Horo pointing to them.

Anna, the girls, Ren,Horo, andC.L. went to get seats and order their food.

"Kira told us about your spirits," said Faust,

"And we are sorry," said Ryu.

"Yeah, it must've been hard," said Yoh.

"Its fine, it's not like they died," said Chris.

"Because they already did!" and Kira started laughing at her own joke.

Her friends just got a sweat drop,

"Oh come on! You got to admit it's funny!" said Kira.

"Hey Kira! Come over here!" Horo waved from where his team was sitting,

"Coming!" and she dashed off like a cheetah.

"Chris!" the girls called.

"Come sit over here!" Pirika called.

"Uh...no tha-"

"He's coming!" Ryu finished for him,

"Wait, WHAT?" and Ryu started pushing him towards where the girls are sitting.

"Now Ryu, don't force him to do what he doesn't want to do," said Faust following.

Yoh just laughed, then he took a seat next to Shiow.

"How've you been?" Yoh asked,

"Okay…" she answered while poking her food which was only half done finished.

"Not hungry?" Yoh asked,

"Not anymore," said Shiow.

"I'll have it," said Yoh reaching for her plate.

"Yoh! You're not allowed to eat that!" Anna called.

"Ah man," said Yoh as he resisted.

Shiow giggled a bit,

"Hey, you're laughing," said Yoh and Shiow immediately stopped,

"I'm not laughing," she said with a straight face on.

Then Yoh laughed,

"Okay, you were giggling, but same thing!" and Yoh puts on that usual smile.

"No it's not," said Shiow.

"Yes it is! Because you're happy!"

"It's not my fault it was funny that you get pushed around by a girl," said Shiow.

"Hey, I don't much of a choice. She'll kill me if I don't," said Yoh (as he anime whimpers).

"What will you do when you two actually get married?" Shiow asked.

"Whoa! Hold on there! Who told you that?" Yoh asked in shock.

"My friends told me you two are engaged," said Shiow and took a drink from her glass.

"Ah man…hey, you're part of a famous Chinese family; shouldn't your family have you engaged too?" Yoh asked.

"No, I'm the youngest of the family and not many other families want their sons to marry me since I'm at the bottom. Even if I was engaged, it's not going to happen because my family is gone. Once I marry, the last member of the Shing family is gone," said Shiow in a timid way. She gets up, puts some money on the counter, grabbed her sword, and starts to leave.

Chris and Kira immediately looked up.

"What did you do, Yoh?" Kira asked like Yoh did something bad.

"What did you say?" Chris asked in a serious way.

"Nothing, I just, said something about,-"

"I'm just going for a walk guys, it wasn't Yoh," said Shiow.

"Take one of my spirits, they can protect you," said Kira as her spirits appeared.

"No thanks, I just want to be alone for a while," said Shiow and walks out the door.

"Hey, Shiow Ying, if it's something I said, wait hold on!" Yoh was about to go after her, but Shiow's friends stopped him with their weapons. But this got Anna to release her spirits (well, technically Hao's) on Kira and Chris.

"Hey! If you want to pick a fight, you could've just asked!" said Kira as she dusted herself out.

"Maybe you shouldn't of had raised your weapons to my Yoh then," said Anna,

"Fine, we're sorry, but Shiow needs time alone," said Chris.

"Shiow Ying doesn't usually show much emotion in font of her friends. She hates it when people fell sorry for her. She wants to be strong, but refuses to let people get through to her," said Kira helping Chris up.

"Why? Doesn't she trust you guys?" Yoh asked.

"She does, but you have to respect her. She lost everything she had in one night. You have to respect the fact that she doesn't want to lose anything else," said Chris.

"Is there something else you're not telling us?" Anna asked also concerned about Shiow Ying.

"Whenever she's out at night on a walk, Hao pays her a visit," said Kira looking away.

"And is not afraid to kill others with her just so the two could get some time alone to talk," said Chris.

"Well, Hao wouldn't kill us because last time he threatened that, Shiow slapped him so hard that it was priceless!" Kira laughed.

The others were shocked that they let their friends walk around with their worst enemy.

"Anything else?" Anna asked.

"Should we tell them?" Kira asked,

"Might as well," said Chris.

"There's a path to the Great Spirit, which we all know, but there's one thing you have to get by, it's kind of like a gate," said Kira (work with me here).

"Shiow acts as the key to the gate, it only opens when Shiow's there because she has the missing link in that gate inside her," said Chris.

"Shiow Ying's a powerful shaman, but not powerful enough to fight Hao," said Kira.

"Okay, now can we please change the subject? Shiow Ying should be left alone, end of story," said Chris and went to sit back down.

"Okay," said Kira and went back to her seat too.

"What kind of friends are you?" Ren asked,

"Friends that trust her," the two answered.

"Um, you sure I can't just see if she's okay?" Yoh asked,

"NO," the two answered.

"It's Yoh's choice; he can do what he wants. As long as he comes back in one piece," said Anna and looked over at Yoh.

"As long as he doesn't make her feel worse," said Chris.

"Yoh wouldn't make her feel worse. Go ahead Yoh (Kira's face turns serious) As long as you don't make her feel bad,"

"No problem!" said Yoh and was about to leave,

"You can go after you have dinner!" Anna quickly added.

"Oh alright…"

Shiow Ying was walking around until she reached this small, plain hill with nothing but a few trees and flowers. Nothing but nature.

"…why can't the rest of the world be like this?" She asked herself.

"I know, humans are such despicable creatures," said Hao from behind startling Shiow Ying a bit.

"Humans aren't that despicable," said Shiow and sat down.

Hao just sat next to her.

"You're too soft," he said.

"So?"

"You're not going to be strong that way. You saw how weak you're family was," said Hao.

"Shut up!" Shiow was about to punch him but he saw it coming and stopped it.

"I'm not letting you hurt me twice. Tell me, what are you going to do after this all over?" Hao asked and released his grip on her.

"I don't know okay? I just want my family back!"

"You know I can't bring the dead back. But don't worry, there's a place for you in my shaman-only world. If you're willing to help me," said Hao.

"Not ever (reaches for sword),"

Hao stops her,

"You're not going to have much of a choice anyway when I'm ready to take the King of Spirits."

"Shiow Ying!"

The two looked over to see Yoh.

"Stay away from her, Hao!" Yoh demanded as he got Amidamaru into Oversoul.

Hao just smirked,

"I'll pick you up when I'm ready to take the King of Sprits. It'll be much more easier now that you don't have a spirit. Oh, one more thing, I know you fancy Yoh; you can't have him, he's got a fiancée," and Hao disappears.

Shiow sighed and fell back on the grass.

"Shiow Ying, you okay?" Yoh asked when he rushed over.

"Yeah…what are you doing here?" Shiow asked and sat back up.

"To check on you," Yoh answered in a concerned voice.

"I'm fine, don't need help. Even though I'm not going to be able to depend myself much anymore…" said Shiow as if she's given up hope on everything.

Yoh got an angry expression on his face and slapped her.

"Snap out of it! What's wrong with you?"

Shiow was too shocked to reply. Never, did she think Yoh would slap anybody.

"Uh…what happened again?" Shiow asked.

Yoh shook his head,

"Let's head back, I'll explain on the way," said Yoh getting up.

"No really, Yoh, why'd you slap me?" Shiow asked.

"No reason," Yoh joked.

"Yoh, tell me, what did I do?"

"Somebody get me out of here," thought Chris.

"I hate being around other girls but Kira and Shiow Ying…and Ryu is driving me nuts…"

Next: Shiow Ying, Chris, and Kira meet Lyserg. Yoh is confused whether to go with his heart or go with what his family wants.

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