(A/N) To PandaYumi7 : - To see a definition of a Mary Sue you can look to my reviews and find from "iownyou" , and there you will find a very lengthy description that I find difficult to understand and so skimmed it briefly. Lol . xxx

(A/N) To inthecorner : - Horo Horo and Jessica were training…at first, what they got up to after that is up to the reader's imagination….if you know what I mean… Heh heh. Thanks. Xxx

It had been a few days since Hao's reappearance. Since then, there had been a smile across Ren's face that seemed impossible to shift. He Had also seemed to never leave Kacia's side, unless training alone, which contrasted greatly with those days when he would try his hardest to avoid her.

"You don't want to leave your girlfriends side then?" Horo Horo teased. "kissy wissy kissy wissy." Ren looked at Horo Horo with a expression on his face that was difficult to interpret. "You are goning to hurt me now aren't you." Horo Horo said. Ren then smiled again and turned away, as though he had not heard a word he had said.

"If he keeps this up," Ryu whispered, " His cheeks will crack when ever he stops smiling."

"I know. Ren has always been creepy, but I think this is the creepiest thing he has ever done. I almost want him to get angry." Horo Horo hissed back.

" I have a way of doing that." Ryu said grinning. "Ren!" Ren looked at him. "What are you going to do to Hao when you get your hands on him?" Ren's amber eyes darkened. The smile slipped form his face.

"I.." Ren said, his voice trembling with rage. "I…" He was unable to construct a sentence that would express his hatred. Ren took a deep breath. "I am not entirely sure yet. Though I think we can safely assume it will be quite creative and colourful."

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"Yoh! Why have you not done the dishes yet?" Anna screamed.

"I am so glad you are not like that." Ren said to Kacia.

"Why is that?" She asked.

"Well, I would try to ignore you and then you would hurt me." Ren said laughing.

"Hmmm." Kacia said. "Anna is a little…"

"Scary." Ren said.

"Well I was going to say bossy, but scary works just as well." Kacia said.

"Ren!" Anna shouted. "While you are in my house you will obey my rules. Yoh will help Yoh with the dishes."

"This is not your house." Ren said. "It is Yoh's." Anna raised an eyebrow threateningly. Ren sighed. "Oh alright."

Horo Horo and Jessica would train in the garden in the morning and disappear in the afternoon. Ryu would often be answering to Anna's requests but was in a Shaman fight that morning and so Anna was bossing Ren to help Yoh that day. As soon as Ren had finished with washing with Yoh he disappeared to train by himself. He loved Kacia but still valued his privacy.

When he returned Ryu had also returned from his shaman fight.

"How did it go?" Ren asked with passing interest.

"Oh, I kicked the other guy's butt! I was all over him!" Ryu boasted. Ren listened to his bragging mildly. He was also aware that Anna and Yoh were ingaged in a deep conversation. Ren could not ignore the look or worry on their faces.

"And then I kicked him down and I took my wooden sword! I ran at him and I…"

"How do you know?" Anna hissed.

"I just…do." Yoh replied.

"And he was begging for mercy at my feet! And I said " Surrender to the guy in the white dress with fethers in his ghair I your beating will stop!" and then …"

"Do you think I should tell Ren and Kacia?" Yoh asked Anna.

"I don't know." Anna sighed.

"And that is how I won my shaman fight." Ryu ended. Ren looked at him.

"So you managed to scrape a victory huh?" he said with a smirk. He left Ryu glaring at him, but knowing that we was joking.

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"I don't think I have ever attmited to loving someone before." Jessica said with a blush.

"I am glad you did." Horo Horo said. He was holding her hand and looking deep into her eyes. "Though, I have to admit, when I first met you, I was actually scared of you."

"You were scared?" Jessica laughed.

"Yeah, you behaved a lot like Anna, and ….don't tell her this…but she scares the pants off me!" Jessica doubled up with laugher. "Stop laughing!" Horo Horo whined.

"I cant help it!" Jessica said with tears streaming down her face. Horo Horo smiled. Then they noticed someone running towards them.

"I've met they guy before." Horo Horo said. He tried to remember where. He was quite big and wore and orange hat. "I think he is in Ryu's gang." The person ran towards Horo Horo.

"Hey, do you know where Ryu is?" he panted.

"Yeah, he is at Yoh's place." Jessica said looking confused.

"We must go and see them. It is important." he said. The set off back to Yoh's house.

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"Hey what are you doing here?" Ryu asked. He was taken to one side and as the news reached his ears, his face turned pale. "Thank you." Ryu said. He turned to meet Yoh, where he joined the convocation between Yoh and Anna.

Ren was looking at them with interest. Kacia was next to him and talking to him. He wanted to listen to what she was saying but was more interested in trying to over hear Yoh's conservation.

Yoh walked over to Ren and was followed by Anna and Ryu.

"We need to tell you something." Yoh said. They sat down opposite him. "Each of us has been approached by Hao." Ren looked at them with deep interest. "Well, actually, Ryu's friend was approached with the message to tell Ryu, but each time Hao has said the same thing.

"He had changed you to a fight tomorrow at ten." Anna said impatiently.

"So? I will fight him." Ren said confidently.

"He also claims that is when your next shaman fight will be. You will have to choose between fighting him or competing in the tournament." Anna said. Ren looked down. "And there is something else. If you choose to fight in the tournament and not him, he will leave you alone, but…he will take back Kacia…dead or alive…"

(A/N) Thanks for reading. Please review!!! Will update soon!!!