Me:Please don't cry-

Hao: I will kill you if you sing another lyric of that stupid song!

Me: -pouts- I'm sorry if you don't like Shining colletion… here's chapter 9! They meet the X-laws...

CHAPTER 9

Horo was about to pounce on Lyserg, but Lyserg threw his wire at him and held him in place. Though Horo was still writhing and squirming. "What do we do with him now?" Ryu asked. Yoh smiled. He walked up to Horo and grabbed his head. Then he let Horo's teeth dig into his skin. Lyserg gasped, then realized something. Where was the samurai ghost? Then he looked and saw that Yoh was perfectly fine. And Horo was back to normal. Lyserg hugged him and said, "Horo, you're alright!". God, this play was too easy. Ryu in the background was cursing silently at the ainu.

The doors burst open again and there was the real (or called real anyways) vampire. Boris. He flew over to Lyserg and bit the boy's neck. The preist smirked and seemed to have disappeared. Lyserg knew it was to inform Hao that Boris attacked him. Lyserg felt the spirit in his body, controlling him. He pretended that he couldn't hold it back until he grasped Horo, and was about to bite him. Then he let down fake tears and said, "I am weak,". Horo winked at him and let him bite him. Apparently Horo learned something from Yoh. Then Ryu hit the fake vampire with his sword, and the man flew into the other room.

When he did, they all saw a bright light hit him. He screamed and he then turned to ashes. Lyserg looked and saw them. The X-laws. Those stupid people who try to kill his beloved Hao... as soon as this was over, he was going to kill them too. Slowly and painfully. The blonde, Marco, saw him and smirked. "Diethel Lyserg, it seems you came to your senses and are no longer with Hao." Marco said. Then he saw a slight twitch in Lyserg's act and then frowned. "Or perhaps things don't appear as they seem," and with that, the blonde turned to Yoh. "I'd be careful of that one." and all of the members of the X-laws turned around. "Hey, you didn't have to kill him. Who do you think you are?" Yoh asked.

Marco turned to him and said, "We are the X-laws. We were sent from the Heavens to destroy evil like Hao. That man was a servant of Hao, and therefore he must die,". Yoh was angry, but said nothing. "Master," Ryu said, but then Horo gave him a signal to be quiet. Yoh just stayed silent and let the X-laws leave. Then Yoh turned to Lyserg and said, "I don't know what that guy is talking about. After all, everybody here is my friend. How could he say I can't trust you Lyserg?". Lyserg actually felt slightly guilty. When Yoh smiled like that, it made him feel small. Lyserg just nodded his head and smiled back. "Let's just keep going," and with that, they left.

Though past this town. All they could see was desert. Just pure sand. Then while they were walking, they could hear the laughter of girls. 'So Kanna, Machi, and Mari are here.' Lyserg said to himself. He then pointed at the edge of a cliff where the three girls stood. One with long blue hair and was the tallest one, the other shorter and with orange hair, and one with blond hair and in a black dress. "I remember them from when I was under Hao's spell. They're his followers," Lyserg gasped. But why send them? Yoh and the other two weren't strong enough yet. Then he let his other vision take over and saw that Hao was near by, watching. He just wants to know how strong Yoh is.

The three girls prepared their oversouls, just as what Yoh, Horo, and Ryu were doing. Lyserg decided to go 5 percent on them, since if he put up anymore effort, the girls will lose. "You know Lyserg, Hao misses you. Why don't you come back to him? He is your master," Machi said. "Shut up!" Lyserg yelled. He didn't want to listen to the truth right now, otherwise he would miss Hao. Even if he was close by. Mari smiled. "Lyserg amuses Mari," she said. Then they all were going to fake attack Lyserg, when Yoh and the other two stopped them. Then Lyserg looked and saw Ren watching the girls fight. Horo saw him too and got distracted, so he got hit it the stomach by Machi's oversoul. The fight was like playing with five year olds for the girls, and the guys were struggling really bad.

Soon Hao came in and called them off. Then he smirked. "Are you sure you don't want to be on my side, Lyserg love?" he asked. Lyserg wanted to say "Of course I want to be with you, I love you to death!", but said instead, "I will kill you Hao!". Hao's smirked went from ear to ear. He turned his attention to Yoh and said, "Get stronger otouto, after all, you are the one who's going to return to me for sure.". Yoh didn't understand. Horo seemed to get it and yelled, "You sick bastard!". Ren smirked and said, "I can't believe your little brain could possibly know what Hao is doing,". Ryu looked at Horo and asked him what Hao was going to with master. "He's going to takeYoh's soul," Horo said. Hao laughed. "Wow, you aren't as dumb as I thought Usui. I got to give you that," Hao said.

Then the spirit of fire appeared and carried Hao and his followers away. Ren waved to them, with a smug look on his face. He hoped his friend will be okay. Yoh sighed and looked at everyone. "Well, we're not injured that badly. Let's keep going," and they started walking again. Though it was odd, when they stopped to rest, waiting for them was some familiar faces. Anna, Manta, Tamao, and Pirika were there. They all had backpacks probably filled with food and water. "Yoh, hi," Anna said. Yoh smiled. "Hi Anna," he said. Their relationship seemed weird in Lyserg's opinion. Pirika jumped into Horo's arms and said, "Onii-chan, I missed you so much! Why are you covered in dirt and scratches? I must get the first aid kit!". Then she spotted Ryu and Lyserg. Ryu held out a flower to her, asking her to be his happy place.

Horo gave him a good one to the head! "Stay away from Pirika perv!" he yelled. Pirika walked to Lyserg and shook his hand. "I'm Usui Pirika, Horo's imouto-chan (i thinks that little sister... or is that little cousin?)." she said. "Diethel Lyserg, nice to meet you Pirika-san," he said. Pirika blushed and pulled her hand away slowly. Then she turned to Horo and couldn't look at Lyserg. This made the green haired boy raise his elegant eyebrow. Then Ryu went on his knees and hugged himself. Muttering that Lyserg shouldn't be charmed by some strange girl that he just met or something, and that a place in Lyserg's heart was Ryu's happy place. Lyserg wanted to kill him, but just walked up to the midget boy. His name was Manta, and could see ghosts.

Anna glared at Lyserg, like she could see right through him. Then she handed Yoh the book. She used her beads to open the portal and pointed to it. "In there, you will get stronger. But be warned, this might lead you make hesitation when you face Hao. After this, you might actually want to join him. Do I make that clear Yoh?" she asked. Yoh nodded. Horo and Ryu smirked and said, "We're both going in too. All of us. Right Lyserg?". Lyserg nodded. "We are Yoh's friends. We'll always be by his side," Lyserg said. Even Anna started to believe him and sighed. "Fine, I can't deal with you all right now." she said. Tamao went up to them and blushed. Then she muttered good luck to them and stepped away with Pirika.

They all stepped inside. It was dizzy and nothing was happening, until the scenary was clear. It was vast grassy hills with a river flowing downstream. The wind blowing the oak trees, and giving a cold bite to the air. The waterfall that was starting the stream was thunderous and loud, but it's sounds were kind of peaceful in a way. Then the form of Hao's first body appeared. Lyserg gasped and knew who he was. He wanted to run to his arms and stay there, but just stood still. Then the landscape began to change again. They were in Japan, and Hao was banishing two wicked demons that no one could stop. Everyone around him, he could hear their thoughts and so could Yoh, Ryu, Horo and Lyserg. They all thought he was a monster, him! A holy monk who took away their fears. But now they feared him because of his power.

Lyserg felt his body grow hot from anger and he wanted to hurt everyone that talked bad about Hao. Everyone felt it and thought he was angry though cause he figured out that was Hao. Hao started talking how humans were selfish things. Even though they got what they wanted, they only wanted more. And they were destroying our world and how he planned to save the planet. That only an all shaman world was the answer. Then it was all white open space, and Hao was floating up. They felt the air around them start to carry them up to Hao. He then said he would gladly welcome them to his kingdom and give them his powers. They felt their auras pulsing, and something was filling their bodies. This energy, it felt so warm and safe.

Like when a child was in their mother's arms. Then they emerged out of the passageway. All of their heads down. The X-laws and Hao were their waiting for them. Marco shot his gun at Yoh, but something happened. They all oversouled and stopped the attack, the X-laws could feel the power. The statue of iron told Marco that they had Hao's tainted aura inside them. "I will give you all a chance to repent for your sins. Join us, and god will forgive you," Marco said. Everyone smirked. "No," they answered at the same time. Marco frowned and the X-laws walked away. Anna came to Yoh and handed him a new sword. "Don't break it," she scolded lightly. Yoh smiled. "I won't, and... thank you Anna," he said.

Hao walked away and smirked. The results were better than he thought...

CHAPTER 9 OVER

Me: That's it!

Ren: I was barely in here.

Lyserg: I hate this story.

Me: Too bad. Read and review!