He was standing in in awfully familiar place. Everything was dark, rocks, or whatever they were, floated around. Behind him was a gate. He couldn't remember how he got there, but that didn't stop him from panicking.

"WHY THE HELL AM I IN HELL AGAIN!" Shouted HoroHoro.

"Because you got Hao annoyed so he stabbed you with Harusame," Ren smirked.

"Oh…NANI!"

Slap!

"Urusai, You giving me a headache," Anna said, annoyed. HoroHoro blinked a few times, clearly confused.

"But what are-Why are you- Are you dead too Anna? More importantly WHY AM I DEAD!"

Slap!

"I said shut up, now stop spazzing and I'll explain."

Flashback

"So, how are we going to get Yoh's soul back?" HoroHoro asked.

Everyone went silent. How were they going to get his soul back?

"You-You can't without Kira-Sama," Kiyoko said walking over. "The only way is-"

'WHAT? YOUR KIDDING RIGHT?" HoroHoro shouted.

"N-No but-"

"NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?"

"We can still-"

"I CAN'T BELIVE YOH'S GONE FOR-" Before HoroHoro could get the last word out there was a flash of silver as Hao slashed him across the chest with Harusame. HoroHoro's eyes widened before he fell backwards, not breathing.

"HoroHoro!" Chocolove yelled.

"Kisama!" Ren pointed his Kwan Dao at him.

"I knew you never changed Hao," Lyserg shouted. Hao smirked before smiling innocently.

"He was getting annoying, besides your all going to Hell soon so I gave him a head start, ne Anna?" He turned to the Itako who was frowning at him.

"Yes, but you didn't have to kill him," she said, annoyed. He shrugged.

"I know, but it was fun," he said. "At least he'll get a Furyoku boost out of it."

"What's he talking about?" Ren looked at Anna. "Going to Hell soon?"

"Like Kiyoko was trying to explain, even though Kira's gone we can still get Yoh's spirit back by going to Hell. But as Hao knows," she gave him an annoyed glare. He smiled innocently again. "We don't have to be killed to go."

"We don't?" Chocolove asked.

"No. but I only have enough Furyoku to take me and someone else." She held up the 1080 beads "Ren, you'll do."

"I see," HoroHoro said angrily, his eyebrow twitching. "He just killed me because he thought it would be fun?"

"Yeah, pretty much," Anna said not really caring.

"THAT BASTARD! WHEN I GET I'M-" the ground started shaking, making him stop mid rant. "Um, what was that?"

"The gate…it's opening," Ren said, looking towards it. The ground shook again before the doors opened, revealing a giant red ogre like creature.

"What is that? An Oni?" HoroHoro yelled, bring out his Over Soul along with Ren.

Anna, however, stepped forward and held her hand out, signalling them to stop. "Hold it, it's alright," she said.

"How do you know?" Ren looked at her, suspicious.

"Because it's-"

"MOMMY!" the Oh-Oni ran over to Anna and picked her up, hugging her.

"Mom…?

"My..?

"NANI?"

Kiyoko watched as a white light surrounded her and Ren. Ren collapsed, slumped forward. Anna, however, remained standing, holding the 1080.

"Will they be ok?" She said softly.

"Anna's good when it comes to spells." Hao said, looking at the Itako. "Just before Kira kidnapped her she did a complicated spell that would protect her baby so she wouldn't have a miscarriage. It uses up a lot of Furyoku I hear."

'So that's what she meant,' Kiyoko thought.

"How long do we have to wait?" Lyserg came over, questioning her.

She shrugged. "It depends on how long it takes them to find Yoh-Kun's soul and whatever obstacles get in their way. "

"So this is the Oh-Oni you created?" HoroHoro asked in disbelief.

"Yes."

"And he calls you 'Mommy'?" Ren looked amused.

"So it seems."

"So, anything-"

Slam!

"We'll stop now…" they muttered after the Oh-Oni punched the ground in front of them.

"Good," she said before turning back to the Oh-Oni.

"Are you here for more training tips Mommy?" he asked her.

"WHAT DID HE SAY!"

"IT REALLY IS TRAINING FROM HELL!" they stiffened when she gave them another glare.

"No, I just want to know where my stupid Fiancé's soul is,"

"Ah, the Asakura boy."

"Yes, now tell me where he is."

"Hmm…" The Oh-Oni looked around before answering. "last I saw him he was with an old friend of yours, but that was a long time ago."

"What? So how do we find him?" HoroHoro said in disbelief.

"Easy," Anna pulled out her 1080 and wrapped them around the Oh-Oni. "He's just trying to annoy me by not telling us where Yoh is." She tugged harder on the beads. The Oh-Oni flinched. "But your done with that, right Oh-Oni?"

"Y-Yes, Mommy…" He sobbed.

"Scary…" Ren and HoroHoro sweat dropped.

"Mommy should be careful. There are lots on Oni's and other demons here who will try to hurt her," The Oh-Oni said, who was in Spirit Orb Mode. Anna still had the 1080 wrapped around him making it look like some sort of leash.

"I know. That's why I brought these two with me," Anna pointed to Ren and HoroHoro. They scowled but didn't say anything.

They walked a good distance before Anna suddenly stopped without warning. HoroHoro, who was behind her, almost crashed right into her but stopped in time.

"Shesh, next time give some warning Anna." He said. "Anna?"

Her eyes were narrowed dangerously, anger and frustration written all over her face. "Their here, get ready." she said as she took the 1080 off the Oh-Oni, returning him to his original form. "Whatever you do don't cancel your Over Soul."

"What?"

A bunch of Oni's started to show, crawling up the rocks and cliffs, the eyes on one person.

"It's her."

"The one that made us."

"She betrayed us."

"Kill her!"

They all jumped toward her, ready to kill.

"I don't think so!" HoroHoro had his O.S Nipopo Tekunpe out. "Shushu Waki: Kamuiranke Opukeni!" he caught about five Oni's, flash freezing them and smashing them in one hit.

Ren sliced the rest with his Kwan Dao, easily killing them.

"Heh, show off," HoroHoro muttered, cancelling his over soul. Bad idea.

"Idiot there are still more!" Anna's shout caught him completely off guard.

He turned and was punched right in the face, sending him over the edge of the cliff.

"Kisama!" Ren switched the Kwan Dao with the Bao-Léi Sword. "Over Soul: Super Bushin! Tougen Kyou!" Thrusting the blade into the ground, weapons randomly shot out at the Oni's, killing them. He turned back to where HoroHoro fell and saw the Oh-Oni placing him back on the ground. He must have caught him when Ren wasn't looking.

He walked over to see HoroHoro unconscious. Or so it looked like at first until you looked closer and saw that he was actually sleeping.

"Kisama…" Ren held up his weapon to hit him but Anna beat him to it.

"Wake up," She stepped hard on his chest.

'Ah!" HoroHoro's eyes flew open to see the Itako glaring down at him, her foot still on his chest. She pressed down hard making him wince. "I told you not to cancel your Over Soul and what do you do? You cancel it," Ren and Oh-Oni backed away. "We can't get back until we find Yoh, and that means all of us have to be there. It you get killed here we can't bring you back to life nor can we get back. So stop messing around or you'll find out how scary hell can really get. Got it!"

"Ye-Yes Anna…" He winced as the pressure was realised. Turning around, still muttering angrily to herself, Anna walked away.

"Man, is just me or she scarier then usual?" HoroHoro asked, getting up.

"Mommies temper is worse when she's worried." They turned to see the Oh-Oni, in Spirit Orb Mode again, starring after the Itako. "And the sight of the Oni's made her worried. We should go before more show up."

"Well she sure has a weird way of showing-Wait, more?" HoroHoro yelled.

"Hurry up!" Anna's voice made them stiffen.

"Coming."

Yoh sighed as he looked up at the blank sky.

"You seem troubled Yoh-San,"

"Well, yeah. I mean, Anna and everyone else is probably worried and it's because I was careless," He sighed again.

"You shouldn't be hard on yourself." his friend told him. "I'm sure Anna-San will understand."Just because she understands doesn't mean it'll stop her from slapping me senseless Matamune," Yoh muttered. Matamune smiled at him.

"Like you always say, everything will work out." The Cat spirit comforted him.

"I guess your ri-"

"So this is where you've been hiding Yoh,"

Yoh stiffened. 'Oh no…' he thought, turning around.

"Hello, Anna-San," Matamune bowed politely.

Ren and HoroHoro watched from afar, not sure what to do.

"So that's Matamune, huh?" HoroHoro said.

"Yeah, the one that sacrificed everything for those two," Said Ren.

"This must be hard on her," HoroHoro said sadly.

"AH! MATAMUNE!" they sweat dropped when they saw Anna kick the cat off the cliff.

"You ignore me when we need you to help defeat Hao and you think you can just say, 'Hello Anna-San'?" they heard her say angrily.

"You were saying?"

"Never mind…"

Matamune did a simple flip and landed beside Yoh again.

"Forgive me Anna-San, but you know why I chose not to fight," Matamune said calmly.

"Hmp," Anna turned around, her arms crossed. "Just because I know doesn't make me any happier," then she added softly, "But you kept Yoh safe here so…I'll let it slide this time."

"Anna…" Yoh smiled. But it quickly disappeared when she turned around, glaring at him.

"And you!" Anna stomped towards him.

"He's a dead man," HoroHoro commented.

Ren Nodded. "Yup."

"Getting your soul taken, in front of me like that. Do you have any idea how much that scared me?" There was fire in Anna's eyes as she advanced on the poor boy.

"I-I'm s-s-sorry Anna," He stammered, backing away.

"Don't 'Sorry Anna' me!" She held up the 1080 and wrapped them around Yoh's neck, almost strangling him and started walking to where Ren and HoroHoro were. "Come on, I want to get back to my Inn and soak in the Hot Springs."

"A-Anna-Can't. Breath!" Yoh gasped.

Matamune watched them go, smiling. "It was good seeing you two again," he said. "Tell Hao-Sama I am grateful to him."

"Tell him yourself," Matamune blinked and next thing he knew he was tied up with Yoh by the 1080.

"What-"

"If I leave you here Yoh will become depressed and I won't be able to handle it so your coming too." Anna said, a blank look on her face.

"Man, what's taking so long…" Chocolove muttered.

As if to answer his question, the light surrounding Anna and Ren faded. Ren's eyes flickered open while Anna just turned around and walked away.

"Hey, your back!" Chocolove yelled. He heard a groan behind him and saw HoroHoro waking up.

"Where's Hao…I'm going to kill him, Shaman King or not…" he muttered.

"Um, maybe you should rest first," Lyserg sweat dropped.

HoroHoro muttered something under his breath and stood up. Walking back to the building he said, "I'm going to check on Tamao,"

"Why, when she's right here?" A soft voice said.

"Huh?" HoroHoro turned around and his eyes widened. Tamao was standing behind him, looking perfectly fine. Sure, she did seem a bit pale but there was still a small blush on her cheeks. "Tamao…."

"Um, Hi, I, um I-" before she could finish HoroHoro ran up to her and hugged her tightly. "HoroHoro?""Thank god your ok," he whispered. "thank god." he pulled away and looked at her. "But how? I thought-"

"Um, Jeanne-San healed me," she said.

HoroHoro frowned. "Jeanne? You mean the Iron Maiden?" he looked around and, sure enough, he saw the silver haired girl kneeling in front of Ren, who was still sitting on the ground. "WHEN DID SHE GET HERE?"

"Um, Ren sent Ponchi and Conchi for her, after I, um," Tamao started to say.

"Huh, so that's where they went." HoroHoro mused. "Wait, how did he know where-"

"I told you I'm fine," Ren said, annoyed.

"I know, I just wanted to make sure. You were like that for a long time," Jeanne said, not bothered by his temper.

"How long?" Ren asked her.

"Hmm," Jeanne tapped her finger on her shin, thinking. "About…five hours I think,"

"Hmp, that's nothing," Ren said. He looked around. "Where did Hao and Anna go?"

"He went off somewhere with that Cat you and Anna-San brought back."

"Oh?"

"And I think she went to where Yoh was." Jeanne and Ren looked over to where she was and saw her standing over his body. "He should be waking up soon."

Yoh's eyes flickered open. At first everything was blurry then it became clearer. The first thing he saw was Anna beside him, a blank expression on her face.

"Yo," he said, his voice sound hoarse.

"Baka…" she muttered standing up. Yoh sat up and looked around, a bit confused. "Where's Nii-Chan?"

"He went to talk with Matamune," Yoh looked down and saw the Bear-Claw necklace her wore was gone. He smiled.

"That's good," he said. He heard Anna make an impatient sound and looked up, confused. She was looking away, holding her hand out to him, a faint blush on her cheeks. Smiling softly, Yoh took her hand and let her help him up. So it confused him even more when she continued to hold her hand out at him as though expecting something.

"Er, what?" he asked.

"My bandana. I want it back." she said.

"Oh," Yoh took off her bandana from his neck, noticing it was ripped at the ends. "Um, maybe I should just get you a new one."

"No. that's mine, you gave it to me, so give it back," she had a stubborn look on her face that made Yoh laugh.

"Heh, Heh, Alright," he reatched forward and, like when he first gave it to her, tired it around her head. Not too loose, not too tight. "There," he said when he finished, blushing.

Anna didn't say anything. She just took the orange headphones around her neck off and put them on Yoh's head. She turned around. "Hurry up, I want to leave as soon as possible."

Yoh walked up to her and took her hand. "Right, let's go home Anna."

She smiled softly. "Home. That sound nice."

NOT THE LAST CHAPTER!

Next is the last chapter then after that there's an Epilogue, so R&R and I'll update faster on those.