Chapter: 5

Game: Catch Me If You Can

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They had left Horo behind.

This made Ren feel strangely happy and upset all at the same time, an emotion he never knew he could have and it was damned conflicting. Ryu was worrying about their friend that was left behind and Anna was angry. She had made it clear that if Hao dared leave someone else behind she was going to blow a gasket. Therefore, his plan might have been shot down, but he was still satisfied with having left Horo behind at Amazon.

Soon they arrived at their new destination. "Where are we?" Anna asked, she was not yet familiar with every place, but she had been to a lot more places than Yoh had ever been. One look at their surroundings in confusion and the others knew where they were, as for Hao, he was the one who had chosen this destination.

"Fairy tale" he answered nonchalantly.

"Why did you choose Fairy tale though?" asked Ren, he never really liked this place. When they had come here, many strange things had happened between him and Horo that made him uncomfortable and at the same time giddy with excitement. He hated it. Still, it was not something that he was going to dwell on or think about, Horo was not here so he was safe.

"Fond memories here Ren?" Hao asked.

"Shut up!" The Chinese boy yelled, in a flustered tone.

"Master Hao" Ryu asked, "Are you sure that Master Yoh is here?" Hao shrugged an indifferent look on his face.

"No, he's not here. How am I supposed to know for real?" Hao looked around "Maybe he was here though" he muttered, he was not completely sure, but now he really felt as though he was following Yoh around.

"All of you guys are really annoying the hell out of me" Anna snapped, she turned her back on all of them and walked in a different direction. Hao turned around to regard her for a while and then turned to the others.

"Do we leave her?" he asked. Only Hao would dare to pull such a stunt after all.


Faust VII had teleported all of them to Northern light City in a blink of an eye, right in the heart of the city. Yoh had to find out how he had done that for he probably would have ended up taking them somewhere else and gotten them lost "That was quick" he said, "How did you manage to stay focus to come so far? Isn't Fairy tale and Northern far from each other?" the blond tall male smiled down at Yoh.

"It's simple, when you have traveled the lands as much as I have, there is nothing to travelling, the scariest thing is simply staying in one place" Yoh tilted his head; he had no idea that the man had just said. He shrugged and went on, Faust had to laugh inwardly about how clueless the prince seemed. Yeah, he was aware that he was in the presence of the prince himself, but he had to wonder what the prince was doing all the way over here, miles away from his palace that was.

"So, this is the land of dreams" And what about his look alike, that was certainly not prince Hao, he had met Prince Hao once, from a far distance. Still, he knew that was not the other prince. This was someone new, where there triplets?

"Yeah" Chocolove said, his eyes glittering "I never thought I would live to see such sights, the lights, all of them are all so beautiful"

"Yeah" Admidamaru agreed. Yoh kept looking up at the dark sky, it was supposed to be the middle of the day but the sky here was as dark as if it where night. Still, it held a blue glow that traveled across the city far above and it changed to a light purple, orange, the colors were so beautiful. That was just the sky; the city itself was buzzing with life, and glowing bright along tall skyscrapers. "So, what are we going to do here?"

"I'm not sure," Yoh said with a smile "Faust, this is where you wished to come, right? Why haven't you come here before?"

"I never really was authorized to do so" Faust said "But with you at our side, dear prince, we can finally come here," He said, making Yoh flinch back.

"Why does he keep calling you prince Yoh?" Chocolove said.

"Ah, who knows" Yoh said, trying to brush it off. Still, before he knew it, his hand was grasped and Faust was on one knee before him, a pleading look on his face. "Ah"

"I know you are the prince"

"You have it all wrong!" Admidamaru said, trying to help his master "What makes you think that he is the prince, no one has really met the prince right?" Chocolove was looking back and forth, his eyes lingering on Yoh, until he understood, until he found t hat it was true.

"You are the prince, Prince Hao himself came to Fairy tale, but it was said that you couldn't" Chocolove said "And now you've come!"

"Oh man" Yoh said, with disdain. This was not what he had expected, and he had never thought that someone would find him out, and yet they had. Admidamaru sighed as well, figuring that there was no way out of this mess, and they had to deal with it now. "Fine, you got me, I am, but you can't let no one else know, I kind of ran away so it's a must keep secret"

"You ran away, why?"

"To play a game long overdue with my brother" Yoh said, "I'm sure Hao is looking for me right now, he should find me soon"

"And who is he really?" Chocolove asked, pointing to Admidamaru. Faust stood up and straightened, wanting to get an answer out of that one as well.

"Admidamaru? He is my most loyal pet. He's a shape shifter, and usually takes the similar appearance as me," He said, a smile of him face. They were all stunned by their prince and what he was pulling this was all a game?

"That is interesting," Faust, said a smile on his face. He was greatly amused by the prince.


Anna had turned her back on them for one second, one damned second and now they were gone. She swore if Hao thought this was funny and had left her behind, she was going to make his life a living hell! Crossing her arms in front of her she looked around, but did not spot anyone them. She sighed, resigned to this.

She pulled the long beaded charmed necklace from her neck and pulled it off; she made every bead roll around with a silver lock of magic, and sent it on the search for Hao and his delinquent friends all over the land of Fairy Tale. She slowly followed each and every one of them. That was when she saw that a group of her beads gathered on one area and a huge bubble was soon covering all the delinquents. Except for one.

"Where is Hao?" She demanded when she saw that there were only two of them. Ryu and Ren were glaring angrily at her.

"What's the big idea? Hao said to move out and look around for Yoh," Ren hissed with displeasure. He hated being controlled and that was what Anna was doing at the moment.

"Still" She hissed, "Where is Hao?"

"Behind you" Came Hao's playful voice, she turned to face him with an angry expression. Did he think he could just make a fool of her, did he think that he could just leave her behind!? "Calm yourself Anna"

"I am going to kill you Hao!" She growled and jumped towards him with that intention. Before any of them knew it, Anna was chasing Hao around with the need to kill and him and Hao was just well…he was having fun.


Hours and they were still walking around.

That was when suddenly Yoh bumped into a small kid…with blond hair and a suit shirt buttoned up. "Oh, sorry" he said, a smile on his lips as he offered his hand to the small kid. The kid looked frozen before him and then slowly took his hand.

"You…you were nice to me" Yoh looked at him confused.

"Well, I was the one who bumped into you" Yoh tilted his head "what is the matter?" Faust, Admidamaru, and Chocolove all stared at the little boy.

"Wow, you are so small, how old are you? Six perhaps?" That was when the boy got a shocked expression on his face and soon exploded on all four of them. Chocolove even hid behind Yoh when the kid started ranting.

"I am eighteen years old! I AM NOT A KID!" He hissed "DON'T YOU EVEN DARE CALL ME MIDGET!" Yoh chuckled, stopping the boy from whatever else he had to add to that thought.

"So, what's your name?"

"You want to know my name?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, sure why not"

No one in their right state of mind would ever want to get to know him. No one ever asked his name, they just beat him up for the little money or food that he had. It was probably what had stunted his growth, then again, his family was not exactly tall, "I am Oyamada Manta, and you are?" He was still wary of these people.

"I'm Yoh," Yoh said, a small smile on his lips.

"And I am Admidamaru"

"Faust" Faust turned to his fiancée.

"I'm Eliza" She said softly. She looked so beautiful and she was so silent that Manta had almost missed her there.

"Chocolove!"

"Ah" Manta said. "It's nice to meet you guys"

"It's nice to meet you as well Manta, you are from here right?"

"Yeah" The boy nodded.

"Can you tell us about this place and show us around, we're new" So that explained why they were so nice. Still, if they were to meet the other gang leaders here, would they turn their back on him and backstab him?

"Uh well" he said unsurely.

"Come on Manta!" Yoh pleaded. Oh, there it was Yoh's charm. Manta could not refuse as he smiled and nodded his head in agreement.

"Alright" With that Manta started to lead them through the city. Unknown to all of them that a bunch of gang members were looking down at them with smirks on their faces. They loved new people and they loved bothering that little midget, this was the best opportunity they had to get him and his new friends for being so dumb.


"Okay, so Yoh is not here" Hao said to himself, as he had gotten bored of being chased around by Anna who was still insistent about killing him. He smirked when he saw Opacho come back, she had teleported herself somewhere for him and Anna stopped all movement when she saw something in the girl's hands.

"I got it Master Hao! I got it!" She cheered and handed Hao whatever was in the piece of rag.

"Oh, thank you Opacho" he said petting the small girl on the head making her giggle and look up at him with delight.

"Seriously Master Hao, what are you collecting so much?" Hao once again said what he had first said in the first time.

"That is for me to know and for you to never find out" He placed whatever it was on his bag once more and turned to them with a smile "So, where do we go next?"

"Oh! Opacho wants to go to where a lot of flowers grow" Hao smiled at her and nodded his head.

"How about Tsuki"

"Ah, that place is just awful!" Ren hissed.

"Well, it did have some odd flowers, but I must agree with Ren, it was a bad place to be in." Ryu added in. Anna on the other hand just shrugged. She had never been there, so she was sure that Yoh has never been there as well.

"Well, we'll stop for a quick visit there and then head somewhere else. Yoh should be close" Hao snapped his fingers and teleported them to a small village hidden between Fairy tale and Northern lights city. That was when Anna learned what was so bad about it. The people there had dead blue skin and bright yellow eyes, long fingers and were very tall.

It nearly scared her, but it did not! She was not scared!


Yoh yawned as he looked around trying to follow along. Still, everything was just so boring.

"A lot of spirits gather around here, they call it the city of dreams because many miracles happen here it's almost normal," Manta said. That was when Manta noticed that they were being fallowed. It scared him big time, he froze.

"Hey Manta, what's the matter?" Yoh asked when he saw how stiffened the short boy had gone.

"I uh…ah!" He was stuttering.

"Huh?" Yoh asked tilting his head to the side. That was when Faust also noticed it and stood protectively in front of all of them.

"We're being fallowed," He said. This made them all freeze and look cautiously around them. The gang leader noticed that his presence had been spotted and stepped out in the clear. A smirk on his face, his glasses shining in the little light that was in Northern, and his blond hair nearly comed to the sides. His long white suit made him look as if he were a spy and a doctor in one.

"Alright" He said in a booming voice that clearly made him a much older male, "all I want is the midget, and you can all walk free" Yoh gritted his teeth at the request.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING MIDGET?" Manta growled out.

"You, why who else would be helping stranger, like a goody two shoes!" That was when the man turned to all his gang members. "Go get him!" Before any of them knew it, boy after boy was sliding down the buildings, the people around them ignoring everything as if it was not happening. They were surrounded by what looked to be at least a population of boys.

The leader smirked, and then said, "Why don't you try running"

Yoh narrowed his eyes, fear fluttering in his heart but at the same time, he knew he could not give up. He was not going to give up! He was going to fight and protect all his friends, yes, all of them even Manta was his friend! "You are a bastard, what makes you think that we'll just let you take Manta away from us!"

Manta looked over at Yoh with disbelief.

"That is right" Faust said, "Nothing gives you the right to claim someone that is clearly not yours, and clearly wants nothing to do with you!"

The boy narrowed his eyes and then hissed "ATTACK!"

"RAAAAWWW!" Boys all over moved in on them, and Yoh built a bright bubble around them. A boy who had thick hands started to slam on it, soon everyone was hitting the bubble trying to burst it and knock Yoh out.

"Master Yoh!" Admidamaru said.

"Help me hold it!" Yoh said through gritted teeth. Admidamaru nodded his head, threw his open arms forward, and built a second layer to the bubble with his master. Faust and Eliza hugged each other. He started to chant something in a different language.

"BEAT HARDER, MOVE FASTER!"

Bang, bang, bang, could be heard they were attacked even more fiercely. Chocolove got in his animal form and ran out of the bubble, as did Faust and Eliza run out as well. No longer under the protection of the prince, they started to attack. Yoh turned to look at them for a split second and was shocked at what he saw.

They were fighting with all their might.

Yoh closed his eyes and pushed more of his strength forward, the bubble growing to smash everyone around it. 'Please, don't let any of them die here'

"AHAHAHAHAHA!" The leader laughed "I've got him! I've got him RETREAT!"

"AH HELP!" Manta yelled.

"Master Yoh!"

How, how had they gotten Manta away from them? What had happened? In his confusion, he had let his guard down and he had been hit hard in the chest. That was when Yoh fainted.

"HELP!!" Manta's cry echoed everywhere. Chocolove decided to follow them all through the shadows.


Hao had been laughing one second and the next he was bent over and clutching his chest in pain "Augh" he hissed and tried to breathe normally.

"Master Hao are you alright!"

"Hao!" Anna and Ren said at the same time.

"Hao!" Opacho hugged him.

"Yeah" He breathed, "But Yoh is not, we must go and get him. He's in northern lights!" Eyes widen and they nodded, hoping this was not a joke from him. He got to his feet and quickly snapped his fingers teleporting himself to where he knew his beloved twin brother was.

Someone was going to pay for causing him pain!

They were going to pay dearly.


Hello there, OMD, it's almost new years(In a few hours!). Thank you all for reviewing, And next chapter there will be Hao and Yoh finally meeting! I'm glad more are liking the story! I hope this chapter was not to bad. Have fun this new years everyone!!