Hao stopped where he was, looking around. He could feel another's presence besides their own here. Somewhere in the shadows.

"Nii-Chan?" Yoh asked, worried.

"It seems that we're not alone." Hao said, looking towards a corner of the room.

A tall boy with brown hair and jet black eyes stepped forward, his hands in his jean pockets.. He was wearing black shirt, jacket, and pants. Around his neck was a dog tag necklace that said something that the others couldn't see. He had a smirk on his face.

"So you knew I was here. Guess I should expect as much from the Shaman King." he said.

"Of course." Hao said. "You may be able to hide your presence from these losers but you can't hide it from me."

"Really? Interesting." the boy said.

"Hao, we can't get held up, we need to find Anna," Yoh whispered to his brother. Hao nodded.

"True. One of us will have to stay behind while the rest go one ahead." he said.

"I'll stay." Chocolove stepped forward.

"You sure Chocolove?" Lyserg asked. "He seems strong."

Chocolove nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure. We're not sure where Anna is, just somewhere on the top floor so we can't waste time. I'm the fastest here so I'll finish this quick."

Hao smirked. "Fine. Suit yourself." he said, walking away.

"Be careful Chocolove," Yoh said.

"Don't worry. I'll blow him away with the wind of laughter," Chocolove grinned. Yoh laughed.

Chocolove watched as his friends and Hao left, a smiled on his face.

" 'Wind of laughter' huh?" Chocolove looked at the guy. He had a smug look on his face. "From what I hear your more of a joke then the jokes themselves."

"HEY! I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT AGAIN!" Chocolove shouted. His jokes were funny…weren't they?

"Alright. You. Are. A. Joke."

"Why Yo-"

"Calm down idiot!" Pascal Avaf said, hitting him on the head.

"Ouch! That hurt Sensei," He said, waterfall tears running down his face.

"I don't care. He's trying to provoke you and your falling for it. Idiot," he added, shaking his head before turning his head towards the boy. "So, gonna tell us your name?" he asked.

He shrugged. "Sure, why not. Names Shin, now let's fight."

Ren was running down the hall, trying to catch up with HoroHoro and Tamao. He was still annoyed about his fight with Kimiko.

'I better get a better fight in the near future to atone for this,' he thought. Atone? Since when does he say that? Damn it, that girl was rubbing off on him.

His thoughts broke off as he heard a scream.

Chocolove looked around, trying to find where Shin went but he couldn't feel his presence at all. He had his Armour O.S Jaguarman

"Where is he…" He muttered, frustrated. He heard a laugh.

"This is no fun. I need a challenge." Chocolove turned around in time to block a gun shot of Furyoku. His frustration was getting bigger.

"Use your senses instead of focusing on your frustration!" Pascal Avaf's voice said.

Chocolove sighed, and tried to concentrate. It wasn't that this Shin guy was fast, it was that Chocolove couldn't feel his presence.

'Maybe if I listen for footsteps…'he thought. He calmed down his system and let his hearing spread. He could hear water somewhere…a lake near by? But that's not what he's looking for. Wind howling…a door closing…an animal somewhere…bells…wait, bells? He listened harder. No, not bells, it was more of a jingle…like a necklace with charms…a dog tag necklace to be exact. He knew where he was. He turned but as soon as he made the movement he felt something shoot into his left leg.

"Ah!"

Shin watched as Chocolove fell, a smirk on his face. "Nice one lily…" he murmured to his spirit, a woman with bright red hair and green eyes wearing camouflage pants and a tan t-shirt, as he dissolved his sniper over soul. "Let's see how much damage it did since he can't run anymore," Lily said.

"Yeah, who knows, he might have something valuable on him."

"Sorry, can't say I do."

"What-" Shine turned around in time to see claws headed towards him.

"Jaguarshaft!"

Shin jumped back but the claws still got a bit of his back. He looked up at Chocolove, annoyed.

"Your faster then I thought," he said, standing straighter.

"I'm a master of thought?" Chocolove tried to make a joke. Tried.

Shin's eyebrow twitched. "Your jokes are horrible why bother telling them? Mato hazure no sensu ga shinjou darou?" (is it to feel like you've accomplished something?)(Got it from Anime)

"Mata zurete leggu ga shinjau!" Chocolove sobbed. (My legs split and they're going to die!)

"Damn it! How does the woman stand you!" Shin re-did his sniper O.S and started shooting at him. "since she's so selfish I though for sure she'd get rid of you!"

Chocolove dodge all of the Furyoku Bullets and the ones he didn't just bounced off his Armour.

"Sure, Anna's selfish," He agreed. He appeared behind Shin and kicked him so hard he went flying across the room. "But she does care about Yoh, So it doesn't really matter."

Shin wiped some blood away from his mouth. "Doesn't matter huh…interesting."

The fight continued until finally Shin fell from lose of blood.

Chocolove cancelled the O.S and walked over to him. "I wonder what that tag says." He kneeled down and felt his head droop in disappointment.

"Selfish…that explains so much…" he got up and went to catch up with his friends.

Tamao looked up at HoroHoro, who's shoulder was bleeding.

"HoroHoro, a-are you ok?" she whispered, tears starting to form in her eyes. He looked back at her and grinned. "Duh, that barely hurt."

"Tamao, HoroHoro," Tamao looked behind her to see Ren rushing towards them.

"R-Ren," Tamao stood up, shaking.

"What happened?"

"I-I-I had a vision, b-but in the m-middle of it we w-were attacked," she said, trying to calm down. "HoroHoro p-pushed me out of the way and got hit in the-the shoulder."

Tamao felt guilty and worried. It was her fault.

"Hey, I'm fine. This brat won't get me." HoroHoro grunted. A girl with dark brown hair stood the looking confused. Her eyes were dark and like the rest, she wore black jeans and white shirt.

"Ren, take Tamao and go ahead. She'll tell you about the vision. I'll catch up." HoroHoro whispered to them.

"But-"

"Go with him Tamao." Tamao looked at him worried. Then she nodded. "Right."

Her and Ren ran towards the other door and disappeared. The girl continued to look confused.

"What's with that face?" HoroHoro asked.

"I don't get it. You protected to her." she said. "I don't understand."

"Heh, I don't care if you do or not. Your going to pay for attacking Tamao and taking Anna." HoroHoro, looking angry. "Kororo, into the Ikupasuy!"

A pair of Ice like arms appeared on HoroHoro's arms. "O.S. Nipopo Tekunpe!"

Sorry it took so long to update, been busy and I really, really, really suck with battles. Almost have 100 reviews, wow. R&R and I'll try to update faster.

Oh, and I started a new story, check it out if you want.