Chapter 3

Yoh opened his eyes, than sat up. He saw his room was pitch black with only the moonlight shining in through the window to light it up. He wondered how long he had slept, than he tried to remember when he came in.
"What happened?" He asked quietly.
"Yoh-dono, you're awake!" Yoh looked over and saw Amidamaru smiling at him.

"What happened?" he asked.

"We came in and found you here, so everyone thought you were just sleeping, but than after a few hours you wouldn't wake up, so we started getting worried." Yoh smiled, than stood up. He walked out of the room, down the dark hallway until he reached the dinning room. He opened the door to find everyone eating dinner.
"Yoh-kun!" Manta stood up and smiled. Yoh waved faintly as he smiled, then sat down. He rubbed his head faintly, then grabbed a plate of food and began eating. Amidamaru floated into the room in ghost ball mode, and floated over to Yoh. He felt Yoh's shaman power was very weak.
"Yoh-dono? What's wrong? You look sick," he said. Yoh grinned at him.
"I'm okay. I'm just a little tired." Every looked up, suddenly hearing the doors opening. Yoh's father then walked in.
"Kids, I would like you to meet someone," he said. They watched as a women with long black hair walked into the room, then stopped next to Yoh's father smiling.
"Kids, this is Keiko." The gang stared in amazement at her beauty, then Keiko looked over at Yoh.
"Hello, Yoh," she said cheerfully. Yoh waved.
"Hi, Mom." The group looked at Yoh surprised, than began looking back in forth in shock.
"That's your mom?" Lysarug asked. Yoh nodded with a smile, then Horo Horo grinned as he sipped some tea.
"I see where you get your looks," he said smiling.
"SUPER PRETTY!!!" Ryu cried. Lysarug eyes Ryu in jealously.
"So much for soul mates," he growled
"Yeah! A total knockout!" Chocolove added. Manta looked at her in amazement while Lysarug chased Ryu around the room with a book.
"She's so pretty," he said quietly. Keiko walked over and sat down between Anna and Yoh.
"It's been awhile Anna," she laughed. Anna nodded happily, than began eating rice balls.

Meanwhile, Lysarug had chased Ryu outside. Ryu was now cornered with Lysarug slowly approaching.
"Do you like her better than me?" Lysarug growled. Ryu shook his head, then walked over to him.
"You know no one would ever replace you," he said softly, as he pulled the kid into a hug. They stood there for awhile, until they heard weird chanting. They both looked around the corner and saw Goku. He was standing in a glowing pentagram, holding a red vile and chanting. The vile than shattered, and he smiled.
"I've almost found you," he laughed quietly. He quickly looked up hearing a twig break..
"Who's there!?!" he cried angrily. He made a gesture as if he was grabbing something, then Lysarug was suddenly dragged out from behind the corner. Ryu tried to grab him but missed. The boy was then lifted into the air upside down in front of Goku.
"Uh, hello," Lysarug laughed nervously. Goku sneered, than suddenly waved his hand in front of Lysarug's face. Lysarug's eyes glowed a soft blue for a minute, than became blank.. His body than began glowing and he became a doll. Ryu stared in horror as Goku walked over and picked up the doll.
"I guess it's time I took some action. People are catching onto me anyway. Especially that little Yoh brat." He drop kicked the Lysarug doll, than walked back into the house, not noticing Ryu sitting behind the corner. After a few moments, Ryu crawled over and picked the doll.
"My little Lysarug. What has he done to you?"

Inside, the gang talked about a lot of things. Chocolove had preformed a few jokes, only gaining the laughs of Yoh and Keiko. Yoh's dad then stood up and sat down next to Yoh.
"Yoh, why wont you help?" he asked. Yoh looked up at him, than his expression saddened.
"I don't think it's right to keep Hao from crossing over. Everyone thinks he was very evil, but when I was in him, I felt something, like a sadness." Yoh then looked up at his mom.
"You don't really think he was truly evil, do you?" She smiled softly, then shook her head.
"Even if he was pure evil, I still love him. He was my child." Yoh smiled then began eating again, when suddenly the doors slammed open and Ryu came running in.
"Boss! Goku's evil! He turned Lysarug into a doll!" he cried. Everyone looked at him in confusion as he pulled out the small doll. Morphy flew over and stared at the doll, then hugged the doll, knowing it was Lysarug. The others stared in horror, when suddenly the light flickered off and on. When they came on again, Goku stood on the table, eating a rice ball. They all jumped back as he grinned.
"What lovely food," he laughed. He than looked down at them smiling. Grandpa frowned, then turned around quickly as the two other visiting shaman suddenly became orbs of dark energy and shot into Goku.
"What happened to them?" Grandpa asked.
"Oh, them? They were parts of me?" he said casually. He than jumped down of the table and landed in front of Yoh's dad.
"I'm just going to explain things to you now, so I wont have to later. My real name is Jigoku. I'm the soul keeper of Hell. I take sad and evil souls. I've lived for millions of years and I have now come for Hao Asakura's soul and if you get in my way, I'll kill you, okay?" The shaman all pulled out there weapons.
"Oh my god! Must everything I do involve a bloody battle to the death?" He asked, rolling his eyes. A huge battle ax appeared in his hands and his clothes changed to a black battle costume. Everyone shot out of the room quickly, then came back in their battle costumes. Jigoku smiled.
"Well, I gotta go! Hao's soul wont wait forever!" he laughed as he crashed through a window.
A few minutes later, Jigoku was standing on top of the waterfall. He was in a deep trance, when his arm was suddenly cut off. He shrugged and turned around as his arm reattached. Ren jumped back seeing his attack had failed.
"Do you really wanna fight me?" he asked. They all nodded, than Ryu stepped out in front of them.
"I will fight as long as my Lysarug is like this!"
"I can turn him back, but it's gonna cost you."
"Cost what?" Ren growled.
"Yoh Asakura's life." He suddenly shot at Yoh, almost cutting his arm off. He than turned around and brought the ax down on Yoh. Using his shield, Yoh blocked the attack, then stood up.
"This a special ax called Satan's Calling. It drains energy from it's opponents, so I suggest you give up." Jigoku laughed. Yoh frowned.
"Why do you wanna kill me?" Jigoku grinned at him.
"Because, I'm trying to attract Hao's spirit and I think he'll come if you're in danger." He then quickly swung the ax, slicing Yoh's back. Yoh landed on his feet, than bounced up and slashed Jigoku's chest .He landed quickly, then turned around only to see the flat side of Jigoku's ax slam into his chest like a hammer. Yoh skidded across the stone almost going over the waterfall, than slowly stood up, only to find his opponent's chest healed.
"I've fought spiders who are stronger than you," Jigoku laughed. The demon began swinging his ax rapidly, repeatedly slicing Yoh..
"Just give up! I promise I wont take your's or Amidamaru's souls. I only take dark ones." Yoh stood up weakly and looked up at Jigoku.
"I will not let you take Hao's soul," he cried weakly. Jigoku sneered as he lifted his ax.
"Very well," he said as he brought the ax down. Amidamaru braced himself for pain, but only felt a soft impact. He looked up and smiled.
"Ha! You must be getting weaker, cause I didn't even feel it that time!" he laughed. Jigoku sneered and pointed behind Amidamaru.
"Ami....damaru...." Amidamaru whipped around quickly hearing Yoh, and saw why he hadn't felt the pain that time. He had been pulled out of Yoh, leaving only the shield, which the ax had impaled deeply.
"That wasn't fair!" Chocolove cried. Jigoku turned to him and smiled.

"I'm a demon from Hell, why would you expect me to be fair?" Amidamaru kept staring at Yoh, hoping the ax hadn't hit him..
"I might've forgot to mention that I stole some of his power earlier today" Yoh's shield suddenly shattered, revealing that the child had been deeply impaled in the rib cage.
"Yoh-dono!" he quickly floated over to Yoh. "Are you okay?"
Jigoku laughed than lifted the ax once more.
"I'm afraid not Amidamaru. Good-bye, Yoh!" He brought the ax down and slammed it into Yoh, throwing him off of the waterfall.
"YOH-DONO!!!" Amidamaru shot at the edge, but he hit a force field. All he could do was watch Yoh-disappear from sight.
"Well, I guess Hao really doesn't care about his brother." The Lysarug doll, than glowed and became human again."Lysarug!" Ryu ran over and check his pulse, then feeling it had returned, looked up at Jigoku.
"You can have him back," the demon laughed. He than disappeared.

Meanwhile, Yoh saw the river below rushing up to catch him. He hit the water hard. He saw a figure jump into the water and begin swimming toward him, then went unconscious. The figure swam down and grabbed him, then brought him back up to the surface and laid him down on the ground. The water was pumped out of his lungs, then he was checked for a pulse and when his wounds were discovered, he was carried into a cave behind the waterfall. The next day, the force field disappeared and Amidamaru shot down and began looking for him. He found his Spring Rain sword washed up on the land.
"Yoh-dono..." He held the sword close as tears began to weld up in his eyes, then was about to leave, when he found a trail of blood on the ground that led to the waterfall. When he went in, he saw the trail of blood, then a backpack full of bandages. He examined them for a moment, then looked up hearing something.
"Yoh-dono?" He slowly floated up the cave, until he spotted a figure laying on a rock. It was Yoh.
"Yoh-dono!" He floated closer to the bandaged boy, only to find that Yoh wasn't laid on a rock., It was a lap. He looked up then stared in shock at the figure who had helped Yoh.
"Hao?"
"Hi, Amidamaru."