Here's the next chapter of this fanfic so I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King. If I did, I wouldn't have killed off Hao.

Ch: 3

Early the next morning, Yoh and his companions were still sound asleep, just enjoying whatever dreams they were having. Considering Ren had a certain smirk on his features, he more than likely was dreaming about him being Shaman King instead of his friend. However, all of that came to a breaking halt as the house suddenly shook as if an earthquake was going on, startling everyone awake as they rushed outside in their pajamas, or in HoroHoro's case, a white t-shirt and light blue boxers with snowflakes on them. "What the heck?" They didn't exactly make it outside of the inn because they had all come to a screeching halt at the foot of the stairs, all baring witness to a thick slice from the roof to the bottom of the front door. In fact, there was no front door anymore.

Yoh stared at the damage in surprise and glanced around him carefully. "How did this happen? Guys?" Before anyone could even try to answer his question, a chuckle was heard just outside the inn, but the owner of that chuckle soon stepped into their sights, revealing it to be Kichi. "Hello Yoh Asakura. You may not remember or even know me, but I assure you, I do know you. Why don't you step outside, hm?" Yoh hesitated for a second, but then just casually followed the girl out despite his friends' dislike of this. Sadly, the moment he stepped out though, the young girl lashed out at him, causing Yoh's eyes to widen in surprise and just narrowly missed being cut in half as the blade of her scythe smashed into the ground. "What? Hey, what's the big idea?"

Red orange mixtured eyes narrowed piercingly at him now as she glared murderously. "I'm here to avenge my fallen Lord that you killed Yoh Asakura! You'll pay dearly for taking Lord Hao's life and dreams from him!" As Kichi straightened up and pulled the crimson blade out of the ground, HoroHoro quickly tossed Yoh his Harusame, but he also had his board with him. "Yoh! We're coming to help dude!" As he ran over though, Yoh held out his hand to stop him and shook his head. "You guys stay out of this. I mean, I know you had a part of my twin brother's defeat, but I'm the one that finished him off with the help of Matamune...This is my fight."

HoroHoro was about to complain about this, but Ren rested a hand on his companion's shoulder and shook his head. "This is Yoh's fight...Let him do this alone since this is what he wants HoroHoro." The Ainu clenched his fists at this in frustration, but then gave in as he nodded his head in compliance before turning his gaze back onto Yoh and the girl who attacked him. "You better be careful Yoh! If you die, I'll never forgive you, you got that! I'll bring you back and kill you myself!" Yoh grinned at this and nodded his head. "Don't worry HoroHoro...I'll be fine. So who are you anyways?" Yoh had turned his brown gaze back onto the younger girl before him as he spoke to her.

Kichi tightened her grip onto the onyx carved handle of her scythe as she glared at him with murderous intent. "...My name is Yomi Kichi. I'm the soul survivor of the Dark Shaman race." This actually caused quite a bit of surprise from the others since all the Shaman had thought that the last of the Yomi Chan had been killed eight years ago, but apparently not if the girl before them was claiming to be one. Yoh nodded his head once at this in understanding and unsheathed Harusame. "I don't want to fight you Kichi, but if you seriously insist on fighting me, then I don't really have much of a choice. Amidamaru! Into Harusame and Futsu-no-Mitama. Over soul...Spirit of the Sword." As Yoh spoke, Amidamaru had fused into both items, combining them to create a giant sword using his mana.

Kichi leaped back at this, but then sneered lightly as she held out her scythe straight out at her left side. "Cerberus...Time to play...Into the scythe!...Over soul...Underworld Demon Scythe." A large three headed dog with deep violet fur, three tails, blazing crimson eyes, and chain links attached to their steel armored collars, linking the three collars together appeared before them in all his legendary glory. He then released a frightening bark at his enemies before combining with the scythe soon adding two more crimson blades under the other and seemed to explode with mana, but this mana was actually crimson red instead of pale blue. What was also strange though, was that the mana engulfed the young girl's body like flames as well. "How do you like my over soul Yoh Asakura? It's not as big as yours is, but then, mine's more concentrated. Now lets go!"

It was then that Kichi pushed off from the ground and clashed with Yoh's weapon, creating a burst of mana around them, only to send both skidding back. The young girl growled slightly under her breath at this, but then her eyes widened as a cut appeared on her cheek and her cloak - which was like Hao's had been - ripped in a few places. "Huh?...How did...?...I see...So you got me as well, huh?...Not bad at all Yoh Asakura, but I still won't lose to you. I'll avenge Lord Hao no matter what the cost! I'll kill you and then you'll finally understand the pain that you caused him!" She was glaring once more now as her teeth clenched tightly in rage.

However, as she took a step forward to suddenly lunge at him again, but with strategy this time, her eyes widened as she stumbled a bit and started coughing. Her hand had quickly been brought up to cover her mouth as she did so while her eyes were tightly shut. When she finally stopped coughing, her eyes slowly opened up slightly into slits and she slowly pulled her hand away from her mouth some, only to be staring down at her hand now covered in blood as a thin stream of it slipped from the right corner of her lips. "...Damn it...This is bad."

Yoh blinked slightly as he watched this, but then he became a bit concerned for the girl before him despite the fact that she was trying to kill him. Heck, he even had a slice here and there on his cheek and arms from that single attack that he had blocked...Or so he had thought. "Uh hey. Are you ok over there?" Yoh took a step towards her to see if she needed any help, but stopped suddenly when she yelled at him to not come near her.

"...I don't have much time left...I need to use up all of my mana in this attack Cerberus if we're going to succeed in this final battle;...to finally kill him and avenge Lord Hao." Cerberus seemed to understand this as he allowed her to increase the size of the blades. "...I'm gonna give it everything I've got so prepare yourself! This is the end for you! Yoh Asakura!" Kichi then leaped up into the air as she glared down at him from high up in the sky.

"CERBERUS SLICING FANG!" The amount of mana that she released was in a huge burst as the three heads of Cerberus appeared in giant flame form as they growled, opening up their jaws to strike as she lashed out with her scythe. Yoh's eyes narrowed as he stood his ground. "Amida- Style...Halo Giant Blade." He then pushed off with his right foot as he leaped up and sliced his blade against the opponent's own attack as the colliding attacks met halfway. Because the two attacks had been so incredible, the sheer force of their collision caused an explosion, catching both Shaman in the blast as they disappeared in the smoke causing Yoh's companions to cry out to him in fear, hoping that their friend was ok. "YOHHH!"

To be continued.

Wow, I ended it in a cliffy. Heheh. What do you think will happen? Will Kichi succeed or will Yoh survive? I know what it is since I'm writing this, but I'd love to know what you think will happen. Well, I hope you liked this. I know it wasn't much in the fight, but sadly, it's late at night & I was working on a brain that got off work only a few hours ago. Hope it turned out alright though. Anyways, the next chapter will be the last so wait till next time people & please review. It'll make me happy.^^...Reading & reviewing my other stories would be nice too. Thank you!