Wake up
Wake up please Hao!
I could hear a voice but from where?
Can you hear me? Please answer me!
It is dark and cold.
Hao please!
Slowly my eyes open to see an area surrounded by water. The sound of water, it's calming but I feel restless.
Didn't I just die?
Why am I here? Where is here?
"Who are you?"
Images of a girl swarm my mind. Who was she? Why can't I see the whole of her face?
I'm so confused it's almost terrifying. Despite all the unease I feel, the sound of this water removes my troubles. I finally gain the ability to move my head.
I almost gasp in shock as I see that I wasn't the only one in this water prison. I see Ren, Lyserg, Ryu, Horo Horo and Morty too. But I realized that Yoh and Anna are not here. But why?
I can't believe it! Is this all real?
Why am I here?
"How did you get here? Why did you come?" again the voice, she sounded scared but why? Was I intimidating?
I want to get out of here, but how?
"What is it that you truly desire?" a female voice asked me. There was no one here though except myself and the bodies that are not moving. It's as if they are all asleep but why?
I want to get out of here but how? It's impossible to leave or to move from here.
"Asaha my son you need to wake up. She is waiting for you" said a voice who made my heart pound with happiness but at the same time I felt sadness. Who is this voice?
"Father!" I gasp but no air leaves my lips, however I'm too shocked to notice this.
"Mother needs you to remember! "suddenly a small child appears in front of me. The child is actually a small boy with black hair and brown eyes. He has the appearance of a three year old but what is he doing here? Why is he awake?
His eyes show sadness, why? Did something happen to him?
"Mama misses us both, please go back to her and recover your memories" the boy said with a smile. He is calm for a child. Beside him a blond haired woman appears. Why do I feel as if I know her from somewhere?
"When you hate people, you hate yourself" the woman said softly.
"When you forgive them you too are saved" I felt tears leave my eyes.
"Mother!" I cried with relief. I know this woman! She's my mother who died… wait are we all dead?
I feel cold and scared. No, I'm not dead! It can't be…
"Asaha you have to wake up"
"This can't be real mother! Why am I here?" I yelled in fear. I didn't mean to yell at her but this is so confusing. Both mother and the child looked at me with sad smiles.
"Your soul was blocked from crossing over" I felt sick, this has to be a bad dream.
"I died?!" I screamed in shock. I wanted to lash out, I wanted to scream, I wanted to DO something but what? I'm in limbo. There's nothing to do except to wait for the verdict on my soul.
Mother didn't do say or anything. Did I do something to anger her?
"Yes my son, but at the same time your body was taken before it could be healed. Now three years have passed and your body is now fully healed. Just like your friends, it is up to you on whether you want to live now or not" mother replied softly.
"I could cross over and stay with you?" I asked eagerly. Even though I'm happy to go and stay with mother, why do I feel like I'm missing something?
"But mama!" the child whined causing my mother to comfort him. Who is this child and where are his parents?
"Akio it is his choice" mother said while stroking his cheek.
"But Uncle Y-"
"Akio" Mother's voice was stern as she spoke to him.
"Mother he is just a child. Must you be so harsh on him?" I froze. Why did that come from? This need to protect this child. Who is his uncle?
I feel another presence calling me, this time mother and Akio were beginning to vanish.
"Mother wait! I don't want you to go!" I cried as I tried reaching for her. She shook her head while smiling.
"Asaha this isn't your time. Don't lie to yourself anymore" mother said however her eyes went cold.
"You had better thank Yuko for allowing you this fourth and final chance of life. After this don't mess up!" she didn't have to snap in order for me to know she was being serious about this.
Yuko… I still don't know much about her… and yet I feel as if I know. But how and when?
I can hear crying but there is no one there. The crying is getting louder to the point that my eyes blink without thinking.
The area shifts slightly as I look around once more. This water reminds me of the trees in the arena… Yumi's words.
"This isn't real" my voice is hoarse taking me by surprise. How long have I not used my voice?
Immediately the area shatters into glass taking the water with it.
I feel like gasping from the sudden rush of air before I knew it. I was falling into a deep black hole.
"Will you be my friend?"
"Is he alive? Did he not break free from the dimension?" asked a worried voice before the voice yelps after a slapping sound filled the area.
"Yoh are you deaf? Check the heart monitor" I know that voice- Anna!
I released a loud cry as the light injured my eyes from the moment I opened them.
"Take it easy Nii-san!" I heard laughing, I felt like laughing from relief. This is too good to be true.
"Yoh you ass!" I roared in anger as I reached for the stupid twin of mine. I can't believe I'm this happy to know that he's okay.
"Sort yourself out will you! You just came back from the dead… stupid idiot" a female voice muttered in anger.
"I'm sorry Sarah but-"
"He's your brother and your happy to see him yeah I know" Sarah muttered darkly.
This time I slowly opened my eyes to see a mixture of blurry images. After a few minutes the blurry images started to fade giving me some relief as I saw Yoh, Anna and a few people who I didn't recognize.
"Where's Yuko? I thought she would be happy to see him awake?" I stiffened at the name. Yuko was here as well?
"She's with mother" Yoh said while smiling. Anna was holding a child… no way. They didn't! And I missed it? How could I of missed so much?
"Wh…at hap…pen…ed?" I tried to speak but it was hard to.
"Drink water fool" a black haired girl with silvery blue eyes passed me some water. I nodded my thanks.
"So this is the idiot who hurt my aunt huh? Moron" the girl muttered as she moved away. I saw her wearing a light blue blouse, black trousers and white socks.
"Poor boy is scared to death Sarah, let him be" said a woman. I almost blanched from hearing that voice. It's the woman who calls our names for the Starving Games!
"Judy I have to deal with this mess for three years and watching these fools murder each other. Some do it for glory but this guy is something else! He just kills without remorse. What she saw in him is beyond me" Sarah replied bluntly.
"Hey! He isn't the only one who was dealing with shock, when I woke up I was scared" Yoh said while as he stood near a machine.
"You forget I was there when you woke up right?" Anna gave him a dark look.
"How could I forget that you were yelling when I was trying to wake up" Yoh grinned weakly.
I heard something near the door, at the same time they stopped talking.
"Is he awake?" my heart skipped a bit, I know that voice- Yumi.
Yuko Prov
Yuko entered the room wearing a white yukata with sewn on threads that created golden yellow leaves on the sleeves.
Yuko felt nervous the moment she saw them. Sadly Yuko tried to remain empty of all emotions, she refused to feel anything.
Hao was looking at Yuko with confused eyes, she refused to give in to her emotions.
"My husband and son are gone and there's nothing I can do about it"
"What is going on Yumi?" Hao asked, he was scared and desperate.
"My name is not Yumi. I thought you knew that before you woke up" Yuko said coldly. It was as if she'd slapped him. Hao went slack from the way she spoke.
"Well you're awake so you can live your life now. Yoh and his family are here so leave when you are well" Yuko's voice was void of emotions as she spoke. She could tell her friends and niece weren't happy at how she was treating him.
"Yuko please-"
"Enough!" Yuko snapped causing him to go silent. "You have got what you wanted, you're brother is alive now be gone" her voice was so sharp that it left chills in everyone's spines. Without waiting for a response Yuko left, she didn't look back to see his reaction.
As Yuko walked through the corridor she gritted her teeth in anger. As his mind still contained no memory of her.
"Rotten luck" she mentally snapped. The sound of ice crackling entered her ears causing her to stop and look. The wood in the corridor had frozen while the windows contained frost on them.
"Oh no" Yuko gasped quietly before running to her room in order to prevent more damage to the house and slammed her door shut. She slowly slid down the door and began to cry.
"This isn't fair! How could he do this to me? I thought- I thought by stopping him from crossing over… he forgot about me without any care in the world! Did I mean so little to him? I lost Akio too" she wept silently while ice began expanding around her. She looked up to see the ice.
"I never knew I could freeze things… water and time were things I could do. Now I'm freezing things?! Why couldn't things just go back to the way they were?" she moaned as the chill began to hit her bones.
Two weeks crept past without anyone noticing the change.
Hao however was walking in the snow. His mind was elsewhere as he continued his walk past some shops.
During those weeks he stayed with Yoh and his family. To his surprise Keiko was the only one in their family that still alive. At first Hao was saddened from the loss until Yuko's words hit home. It was their time.
Hao stopped the moment his mind drifted over to Yuko. He remembering arguing with her before cursing and yelling at her for causing this mess.
Now that he had time to recover. He felt stupid and foolish for taking his anger out on the person who tried to wake him up in the first place.
Yoh and Anna explained that the name calling was never random. It was all Yuko who chose those who are meant to either cross over or wake up from the dimension, based on how much time they had left and how much damage had been done to the original bodies. It was so that those who had suffered could finally find peace, whether it was in the life they were brought back into from or in the next life.
Hao later then found out that the only time Yuko would take any spirit out early was if they were in real danger or it was their time to go.
This left him with regret as he remembered how harsh he was. Regardless of the fact that Keiko said that Yuko forgave him. It wasn't the same since Keiko was only passing on the message, even now Yuko refused to face him or speak to him.
Who could blame her after what she saw and endured?
She lost everything and what did he lose? His memories nothing more. Right?
Why did he feel like something was missing? His mind also went towards that small boy. Who was he? Why did Hao's heart go to him?
Why did that child call him father?
Hao lifted his hands in order to look at them. Suddenly they were covered in blood causing him to shake in fear. Hao swallowed a gasp as his breathing quickened.
"What is this?" Hao's voice was a little high, he then moved his hands away from his sight and started to run without knowing where he was going.
"You don't understand! They're not like you. Their animals!" Hao stopped to hear a man's scared voice. He peered past a fence and froze. Yuko was sitting on the side of a well cross legged. At first he was worried about her falling, that was until he saw a pale skinned man. He was shaking with fear while Yuko kept her frosty look.
"I wish she would stop scaring people… wait why am I thinking this?" Hao scolded himself as he watched them.
"Look I know we all have jobs and lives. But those hoodlums are messing with not only my shop but they're breaking the windows of my house! It's not fair on my wife who is pregnant" the man pleaded for help.
Yuko kept still before nodding slightly.
"I understand Mr. Lee, I'm too fed up with the cold hearted antics as well. Rika please escort this man home and make sure he is safe please"
"Yes Yuko don't worry about it" Rika a brown haired woman who wore a white blouse with rolled up sleeves, brown trousers that went past her ankles and brown furry boots said as she jumped off her seat on the stairs.
"Thank you! Oh thank you Yuko. You have no idea of how much this means to me!" not once did Mr. Lee approach Yuko. Instead he did a small bow before going near the fence.
"As for those hoodlums-" he stopped and looked at her.
"They will not be a problem anymore" Hao gulped as he had an idea of what she was about to do with them.
"Thank you for listening, you are a good woman. Your husband is a lucky man to have such a wonderful woman like you in his life" Hao went still as he saw Yuko's reaction. To his surprise she was smiling, it was small but it was a smile nevertheless.
"Watch over your family" Yuko said as she remained seated. Mr. Lee and Rika left without looking back leaving Yuko with Hao standing far from her.
"Are you going to send those people to the dimension?" Hao asked after gaining the courage to speak. She didn't say anything except kept her cold composure.
"I take that as a yes. Yuko you can't keep-"
"I was going to give them bad luck but there's an idea" Yuko snapped. Hao started to lose his cool.
"You can't keep playing with everyone's lives like that?" Hao said sternly.
"Why not?" he faltered at how sharp her tone was.
"No one should suffer that massacre. This way death is brought to a minimum and I don't have to see or hear that someone has died. Consider it detention only they have to wait until they've learned their lesson" Yuko said. Yuko looked away in anger.
"You'll never understand Hao, you only died before it got worse. Those people needed help but refused to help each other. I couldn't allow another event that occurred twelve thousand years ago to happen again. Ties were destroyed, trust vanished like it never happened. No one was safe, no had any idea of where to turn to. Think about that" Yuko said sharply again before getting off the well.
"I wanted to thank you" Yuko paused. "For bringing me back to life. Mother said you did a lot without asking or wanting anything in return. I'm also sorry for giving you a hard time. I didn't know any better and it was wrong of me to assume" Hao felt his pride leave him from having to admit that. He just hoped she knew that he was being honest.
Yuko gave him a surprised look.
"There's a first but you're too late. The damage has already been done" Yuko started her walk.
"How can it be fixed? I don't know you Yuko" Hao said without thinking. He mentally winced from the statement. Yuko just kept walking without looking back at him.
"I don't expect you to remember me Hao. It was a long time ago, nothing of great significance" that was a lie and they knew it. Even if Hao forgot her in mind. His body still knew her and that's why he felt the pull towards her.
It was frightening but at the same he felt excitement. The fact she kept pushing him away gave him a reason to chase her. But the more she pushed, the more he pulled.
"!" The air in Yuko's body left her as Hao sent her to the floor. Yuko opened her eyes and saw him looking at her while her back was on the grass.
"Please leave me" Yuko's voice was meek but was on deaf ears. She bit back a moan as he kissed her neck.
"Mother had a small boy with him, he looked like you. Was he yours?" Yuko released a full blown sob knowing that he saw Akio. It hurt her to know that Hao didn't recognize their son and that she wasn't able to see their child.
Hao's heart was pained by her sorrowful cries. He placed his head on the nape of her neck. At the same time Yuko felt his breath on her neck but didn't retaliate.
"He's safe. He wasn't in any pain" Hao's voice was gentle when he spoke, Yuko nodded weakly as she looked away. Tears shone from her eyes from the raw pain that was eating at her soul.
In truth she felt that she wasn't worthy of seeing Akio, knowing that she couldn't save him or his father, it burned deeply at her soul.
"It was my fault he died, I should have kept him close" her voice vibrated on his cheek.
"No… there was nothing that you could of done"
"Stop acting like you know what happened. I lost him pure and simple. Unlike you at least I bothered to try and retain my memoires" Hao froze.
"That's not fair Yuko" Hao said as he looked down at her. She sneered.
"It isn't is it? I saw my husband and son die. Each act was more evil than the last" she tried to get him off of her but he held her wrists down.
"I may not know Yuko but I know what suffering is" she barked out a sadistic laugh. Hao looked at her with stone cold eyes.
"Good one! I almost fell for that Hao, my own husband said that and now he's gone" he heard her bitter tone which left him at a loss.
"I can't forgive what happened and I can't forgive you either you insufferable-!" Hao blocked her from speaking with his mouth.
"How about you stop talking Yuko-"
"How about you leave me alone until you find out what your priorities are?" Yuko snapped.
"I will but after we continue our unfinished business" Hao smirked as Yuko gave him a dark look.
"Bastard" she muttered causing him to laugh. Why did this feel so familiar to him?
Hao walked towards his house feeling tired. His ears caught the sound of crows cawing nearby however that didn't matter to him. Hao placed his right hand to his lips and smiled slightly. He felt his body become giddy from excitement knowing that Yuko allowed him to have her despite the raw anger she felt for him. Hao knew that he wasn't the true cause but it didn't stop him from feeling guilty.
What was it he was suppose to remember? He needed to ask Yoh.
"Sorry Nii-san I can't tell you" that shot Hao's hopes down. His jaw almost dropped.
"Why not?" Hao asked now feeling desperate.
"It might damage your soul if I tell you something your mind isn't ready for" Yoh replied.
Hao went out the side of the orsen to see the stars. They were better than when he saw them in the dimension because he was free. Now he felt saddened and lost.
"How can I remember what I lost? I don't even know where to start" Hao muttered before pausing.
"This can't be real" Hao froze as he saw a smaller version of himself wearing a poncho. Hao could assume his younger self was about eight at the time. But what was more shocking was the area around his smaller version had changed. His younger self went towards a lake that was clean and filled with trees.
"Who are you?" Hao jolted up from hearing the voice. It was the girl that plagued his mind and his younger self had stopped near where she was. A small girl was wearing a pure white cloak with a hood that was big enough to hide her face in.
To Hao's dislike he wasn't able to see her face.
"I should be asking that? Why are you in the lake dirtying it with your filthy feet?" he heard his younger self snap angrily. The girl raised her head Hao could still not see her face but could tell she wasn't happy.
"The spirits said I could relax here since I was just running" the girl snapped coldly. Hao's younger self frowned.
"Why should I trust a human?" he snapped while the girl didn't retaliate.
"Arrogance is a weakness remember that Mr. I'm so powerful" the girl said. The boy growled.
"Do you know who I am?!" the boy yelled. This shocked Hao to the point he almost laughed.
"Was I always like that?" Hao asked himself knowing that he was alone.
"Asaha Douji the Shaman who was executed for being too strong and lost control of his powers" the boy yelped in shock before glaring.
"How did you know that?" he asked angrily.
"Your mind did… did we meet before?" the girl asked eerily causing Hao to gulp.
"Why do I feel as if I've met her already?" Hao asked wearily until the scene vanished. Hao took that as a sign for him to go to sleep.
Hao had continued his stay at Keiko's home during the next few days.
"What happened to our old house in Izumo?" Hao asked one morning as he was making coffee.
"It was blown up by a bomb which made by one of your haters" Hao pulled a stern face before nodding.
"It was lucky Yuko got us out when she did but I'm afraid one night we were murdered in our sleeps. Next thing we knew was waking up to the forest area of the temporary homes, Yuko told us it was our time but only I could come since my parents were not so lucky in their injuries" Hao gripped the mug tightly from hearing Yuko's name again.
"She's been busy I see" Keiko noticed the look on his face.
"It seems your memories did go didn't they? Did you forget me as well?" Keiko asked calmly. Her smile unnerved him.
"I-Yes" Hao confessed now feeling guilty to the point that he turned his head. He didn't want to see how much he disappointed her. Instead Hao stiffened as a pair of arms wrapped themselves around him.
"Don't trouble yourself. It wasn't something you had control over" Keiko said softly. This didn't make him feel any better. Keiko allowed him to sit on his seat while she returned to hers.
"There is a saying about memories" Hao looked at her after the short silence.
"Once you forget something. It's very hard to truly forget it, it just takes time until your mind adjusts"
"Adjusts to what?" Hao asked as he looked at her with worry.
"To what you know, for example what you studied at school. You can say that it's easy to forget what you were taught but once you revisit what you've learned. It becomes second nature" Hao's mind went back to Yuko once more.
"I admit I don't know her but at the same time"
"You do remember her. Is that what you're trying to say?"
"More or less"
"What a day, it's a good thing I only had to get one thing from the store" Hao muttered as he remembered Anna's raging tone towards Yoh for breaking a plate. Hao rushed out in order to get a new plate and a drink for later. Today he chose to wore a white shirt and brown trousers which slightly hid his black shoes. He never considered having a hair cut and said that it wouldn't feel right to cut it.
As he passed a narrow path that lead to a fork in the road he spotted the girl from last night. Her cloak still covered her head making it hard for him to see her face.
"Hello?" Hao asked as he went closer, he noticed that she was standing still.
"Who are you?" the girl took off towards the left, confusion set in but without thinking he chased after her.
"Hey wait!" Hao called as he chased after her.
"It's you" the girl said, at that moment he wanted to close his eyes but kept running.
"And who exactly are you?" he heard himself ask.
"That's funny coming from a guy who thinks he's all that!" Hao stopped at the forest. His body refused to move which made him upset.
"Come on why can't I move!" Hao snapped angrily knowing that she was getting away.
"It's because you are not ready, you do not want to feel hurt and sadness again. Isn't it better just to forget everything?" a voice entered his mind. For that moment he pictured Yuko wearing a black yukata with red maple leaves at the sleeves talking to him.
"No I don't want to forget, who are you to tell me that?" Hao willed his body to move knowing that part of him wanted to go back. He spotted the girl standing ahead of him.
"Who are you?" Hao asked before the girl took off. Hao took a deep breath before forcing himself to move. To his surprise he moved his left foot forward followed by his right. He smirked from succeeding before running.
"Wait!" Hao called as he chased after the girl. He stopped at a lake that he saw from his dreams with the girl standing beside it. It looked as if she was looking at it from the side of her head despite the fact that the hood was looking at him.
"Can you tell me who you are?" Hao asked softly as he approached the girl.
"Only you know the answer" the girl's eerie voice haunted his ears causing him to feel chills down his spine.
"What?" Hao felt breathless from the sudden lack of air.
"You don't remember the water we played in? Didn't we meet already?" Hao felt pressure inside his mind. It was starting to become unbearable knowing the answer could be in front of him. Knowing that he was suppressing it made him moan from frustration.
"Once every five hundred years there's a tournament for Shamans, I only wanted them to stop hurting me and my family" the girl said meekly as she scuffed her shoe on the grass in a nervous manner. Hao blinked as if he had heard those words before.
"Who would chase after you?" Hao asked as he knelt down to look at her.
"Bad guys who claim they are doing it for the sake of good, and the other guys do it to hide a secret" the girl replied. The more Hao heard her voice, the more he could almost pin point who it was he was talking to.
"Can you put down your hood and tell me your name?" Hao asked softly. The girl stood back.
"No! I don't show my face to strangers who are not kind!" Hao nodded slowly.
"Can I ask though… is your name Yumi?" the girl tilted her head to the side.
"My friends call me Yumi, are you my friend?" the girl asked softly. He could tell that she was staring fiercely at him.
"I think so" Yumi walked towards another part of the forest with Hao trailing behind. He stopped to see an area where the trees were charred and the ground was bare and lifeless. Voices of sadness, agony and anger filled his ears causing him to grunt from the pain. He knelt on the ground so he could try to regain his composure.
"You shouldn't fight it it'll only make you more sadder" the girl patted his shoulders in sympathy.
"What's happening to me?!" he cried as images of a baby being murdered in front of him. To make it worse his heart wept from knowing the baby.
"Give him back! Give my son back he's done nothing wrong!" he heard himself yell at something.
"No Hao! Don't die stay with me, please don't die not when we found each other! Don't leave me like Akio has!" Hao felt tears run down his face as images of the day he died entered his mind followed by other images that he wished to forget. It was as if someone flipped at switch on and released all of his memories. Hao's mind throbbed from the intense pressure and the emotions that had been sealed were making every bone in his body ache, as if a dam had broken he felt his body shake from repressed tears. He felt like he was drowning without anyone or anything to save him.
How could he of forgotten? Why did he forget? He was powerful enough to cheat death but he couldn't stop his mind from being invaded to the point that his memories were sealed so tightly. The seal was so strong which made anyone think that the memories were stolen. Instead they were there the whole time just waiting for him to access.
At that moment he felt like a fool for allowing himself to be weakened in such a manner.
"Yuko is it? Did I really have my memories stolen or were they sealed?" Hao asked the girl. Immediately the girl pulled her hood back, he felt a bitter laugh leave his lips for right in front of him was a miniature version of Yuko. Her fringe was up to her shoulders while the back of her hair was being held by the cloak.
"They were taken along with your body, but I stole them back the moment I sent Yusuke and YVS to hell" the miniature version of Yuko replied softly. Slowly the memories stopped hurting his mind to the point that he felt only guilt and anger.
"How could this of happened?"
"Revenge is always something people want" Yuko replied softly before vanishing.
"What is your name?" I remember myself saying this to someone, who?
"If you must know you jerk it's Yuko!" I felt like laughing when I heard that answer. My mind however was a blur but there was an irony to this.
The girl who caught my attention also is the one who I can't seem to remember at all. No matter what, now that I remember I am almost at a loss of what I want now.
Hao raced back towards Yumi's home with determination. His memories, everything was back except Yuko. He wanted her to be the first one to know that after all he owed her that much.
He opened the door to an old house and saw Judy with Sarah who was looking at his exhausted form.
"What do we owe the pleasure?" Sarah asked dryly.
"Where's Yuko I need to speak to her, it's important" Hao said between pants. Judy looked at Sarah who was just as trouble. This made him stop for a moment.
"What's wrong?" Hao asked now dreading the looks.
"Hao, Yumi did a runner" Judy said softly. Hao felt as if his heart had been punched.
"W-What?!" Hao asked now feeling his heart shatter knowing that Yuko would no longer wait for him.
"Hao you need to understand, Yuko's dealing with grief and it's not easy for her to see someone who just hurts her everyday" Judy gave Sarah a look.
"Follow me Hao" Judy said as she led Hao to the garden.
"Judy don't!" Sarah called now trying to catch up.
"Why here?" Hao asked until he saw what looked like a tombstone near the cherry tree. Hao immediately felt sick as he saw the name on the tombstone.
"Here lies Akio Asakura,
Even though his spirit was devoured.
May his spirit rest easy"
"My son was buried here?" Hao asked weakly as he went on his knees, just then the sense of loss for the first time made tears run down his cheeks. It made him sick knowing that he had just lost his son who was too young to even understand anything. The women looked at each other then at him.
"You remember?" Judy exclaimed in disbelief.
"Just now… I wanted to tell Yuko that I know" Sarah sighed weakly.
"We couldn't bury his body for it was destroyed cruelly by YVS with Yosuke helping him" Sarah explained.
"Greedy bastard" Judy snapped crossly. Hao looked at the tombstone and touched the earth softly as if it had his son's body.
"All this time she had… where is she?" Hao asked now looking at them.
"I don't know Hao, no one knows" Sarah replied softly.
"I'll look for her and bring her home" Hao brushed the dirt of his brown trousers and looked at them fully.
"Be careful she's not known as the Ice Queen for nothing now" Judy said as she patted his shoulder. Hao smirked.
"No matter what title she's has now, she's still my wife" Hao said with a grin.
The End!