"You will be having more than just an adventure… my brother."

Yoh sat up quickly in bed; shocked and stunned he glanced around the room. But no one was there.

"Amidamaru? Did you just hear someone?" whispered Yoh. There was a short silence. "Amidamaru?" Yoh looked around but he wasn't there. Yoh jumped out of bed and grabbed Amidamaru's stone and then shook it violently. "Amidamaru! Amidamaru! Where are you come out I need you! I think Hao is in here - " Yoh dropped the tomb on the floor and then fell back on the bed. Anna burst into the room.

"Yoh! Yoh! Are you alright! I heard shouting!" she looked over at Yoh. "Yoh! Wake up! Were you just shouting?" HoroHoro, Ren and Tamao all rushed into the room. "Yoh?" Anna approached Yoh and then gently nudged him. "Hey Yoh! Wake up! I heard shouting were you talking in your sleep?" Yoh did not move. Ren picked up Yoh's arm.

"Anna he's stone cold." he murmured. Anna stared at Ren like she was looking right through him.

"He's not" she whispered. "He can't be." she began to shudder slightly.

Yoh was lay on his back in his pajamas with one arm and hand spread out and one lay over the top of him. Both his legs and feet were hanging off the side of the bed. HoroHoro began to laugh but he didn't seem humorous.

"Hey, he's only joking! See! He's smiling!" laughed HoroHoro, with a face of terror, pointing at Yoh with one hand and holding onto Ren's shoulder with the other.

"He's gone." Ren whispered. "Yoh Asakura is dead."

"No. Yoh can't be dead." Anna whispered in disbelief. Her eyes filled up with tears. "He just can't be…"

"He… he is…" Ren said, closing his eyes with sorrow. "There's nothing we can do about it… He's gone." He stood up, and walked out of the room. Tamao stared at Yoh's body, tears flowing like a flood down her face. "Its … its all my fault that he's dead!" she cried. She buried her face in her palms and left the room sobbing. HoroHoro ran right after her, worried.

"Hey, Tamao! It's okay, It's nobody's fault!"

"Yoh…" Anna whispered again, kneeling beside his bed. "I … I …" she shook her head, unable to say those three simple words out loud.

I love you!

She screamed it in her mind.

I love you, Yoh! That will never change!

She too began to cry, staying beside him for a bit longer, trying to get over the fact that he really was gone. She left his side, and closed the door. She walked over to Tamao, and put her shoulder on hers.

"Don't worry Tamao …" she said, trying to hide the tears staining her own voice.

"It'll work out."

Everyone stared at Anna. "Somehow…" she said, not believing the words she just uttered herself.

"Anna…" Tamao smiled despite her emotions. The tears continued to flow, and HoroHoro was shaking, pale, in shock. Then the door opened to Yoh's room.

"What are you crying for?"

Everyone looked up at Yoh, not believing their eyes.

"Yoh… no way…"

Yoh smiled, but not his usual kind, carefree, cutesy smile. It was darker and more mysterious. His eyes shone and showed no emotion in them. Anna could tell right away that something was wrong. She couldn't identify it, but the feeling was still there.

Yoh wasn't dead.

How was it possible?

"Ren!" HoroHoro called. "Yoh's here! He's alive!"

Ren came out quickly, not trusting his ears. "That's preposterous. Yoh was ice cold, not breathing, and – " he cut off, seeing Yoh's body standing before him.

"You were saying, Ren?"

"This… this can't be real …"

"It is." He said, still smiling that strange, new smile of his. "I'm standing right here after all, aren't I?"

"Yeah, but … you were dead. I know it."

"Ren, its late. You're delusional. Maybe we should all just get to bed." Yoh said, yawning. He really was tired. "Good night, everyone."

"Good night, Yoh…" Everyone said, returning to their own rooms, Ren having to share the room HoroHoro 'Borrowed' for the night. As Yoh closed the door, he laughed to himself.

"Those fools. They didn't even notice…" his voice echoed with that of his twin brother. The two of them had become one, and this time Hao would keep it that way, using the body of his weaker half. "Though I think I'll have to work a bit to gain their trust." He looked around, smiling to himself. "Its too easy. And soon, when I get them to the Patch village … The Great Spirits will be mine."