The trip to Yoh's took me at least triple the usual amount of time it takes for me to get there but that's understandable considering the beating I took the night before, but I promised Yoh that I'd go see him today I can't believe I totally forgot, Yoh's always been there and I forget the simplest of promises! Some friend I am. I'm now standing outside the inn but I have to catch my breath before I go in, thinking about this now I think I should have gone to the hospital just in case... Nah I'm sure I'm fine just tired... Very very tired and now that I think about it, the pain is starting to come back... oh no! I'm bleeding through the bandages it's a good thing I brought some more just in case, there all done... I'll just put my jacket on. I don't want them to worry and the last thing I want is to be checked out by Faust he might ask me how I set my own ribs and then they might find out, I'm just lucky that none of them want to come to my house and I don't need them worrying about me they have their own problems to think about.

"Owww Anna what was that for!" oh no what's Horohoro done now?

"I told you to clean out the hot tub as a punishment for eating my breakfast."

"But I did clean out the hot tub Anna."

"Well you did a very bad job, I almost fell over the cleaning supplies, go sort it out now!" at this point I decided to enter the inn. The first thing I saw was Horohoro soothing his cheek, looks like he got Anna's left, poor Horo I hope she doesn't ask me to do anything. I don't think I can.

"Hey Manta!" Yoh! I could never mistake that voice, as soon as I heard him all my aches and pains disappeared, well okay not quite but it dulled down to bearable level.

"Hey Yoh it's good to..."

"Shorty, take Yoh and Ryu to the stores to get some groceries," Anna said from her vantage point, cutting me off mid sentence.

"Ahehe sure Anna," I replied, as if Anna would let me visit without finding a chore for me to do.

"But Anna he just got here," whined Yoh with a pout.

"Yes Shorty, where have you been? You were supposed to be here 3 hours ago," well I told you it took me longer to get here than normal.

"Sorry Anna I er... Got held up," I offered as a lousy excuse, somehow I don't think she bought it, but it's not too far from the truth, I got held up because I was doing my best no to pass out on the way over here.

"That's okay Manta you stay here, me Ryu and Ren can get the groceries," offered Yoh giving me a smile.

"What? I am not your errand boy besides I..." protested Ren only to be interrupted by Anna.

"He can't go; he has a room to clean along with Horohoro."

"What? I will do no such..." that's as far as Ren got before Anna's fiercest glare silenced him. I held back a chuckle, Anna had that kind of power over everyone even half the teachers at our school are weary of her.

So, me, Yoh and Ryu went to do Anna's shopping, and I just know that this was for the best, if I was left behind with Anna, I don't know what kind of backbreaking chore she'll give me, and in my condition, I could do without that.

"Come on Manta what's keepin' ya?" Yoh shouted looking over his shoulder at me.

"Sorry Yoh," ok now I know it was a bad idea to leave the house, I'm struggling to keep up and my chest in now burning, I think I'll go to the hospital on my way home that way I can avoid seeing Faust as his shift at the hospital should end any time now actually.

"Hey are you okay little brother? You look whiter then Faust," Ryu asked looking down at me with a worried expression.

"What? Oh no I'm alright," okay so it was a total lie but it wasn't like I was going to collapse at any minute, my wounds can wait. Oh great now it's raining, it's a good thing I got my hoddie and about 4 layers of bandages on, the last thing I need is an infection in my wounds.

Normal POV

Meanwhile in a distant land the sound of a slap could be heard echoing across the land, in the barren landscape a lone figure stands with her hand on top of her forehead standing over a well that appears to be showing the actions of our heroes.
"That idiot I gave him that energy to help him get better so he can find help, not go to his friends house to go grocery shopping! Humph I must have given him too much, he's slowly dying but he can't feel it, but then again from what I can see of his thoughts I think he can feel it but he doesn't want to let his friends down or make them worry... I swear if he dies I'm going to revive him SO I CAN SEND HIM TO THE NEXT DIMENSION MYSELF!"

Manta's POV

We finally made it to the store but now I'm completely soaked, I'm shivering violently and that just makes my ribs hurt more, they feel like they're on fire. Me and Yoh went to get a cart while Ryu went to find some ingredients for the special dinner he's making tonight and that's when my plan of getting my wounds seen to without the others even knowing about them went down the drain, it was no one's fault really, I just slipped on the wet floor, but at that instant I felt something break, I knew that fall had done more damage to my rib cage, I felt a huge panic sweep over me every breath I took hurt and then I got a nauseating taste in my mouth, the same taste I had this morning. Blood. Looking down I could see blood start to stain my clothes I shakily stood back up, I had to find help but where had Yoh gone? I was sure he was right behind me.

I looked around there was no one down this aisle so there was no one to help, the pain from this morning had come back with a vengeance. I hurt so much I couldn't even scream, but my luck went from bad to good because one of the workers came down the aisle I can only assume it was to restack the shelves. I clumsily make my way over to him, fighting the urge to pass out.

"Hey Kid are you ok?" he asks me as I started to sway a little.

"Please sir... I need... Help... Have to find Yoh," and that's when he noticed all the blood, of course it did help him to see it more when I coughed up some.

"Oh my god what happened to you!" he runs to me as he starts calling out for help and for someone to call an ambulance, suddenly a crowd gathers.

"I need... Yoh... Ryu..." that's all I manage before I passed out.