"One big mood swing!" HoroHoro yelled. "That's what this guy's been lately!"

"Really? Tell me all about it!"

"I just haven't been myself since Hao came back, that's it okay?" Yoh said, closing his eyes. This wasn't exactly a lie.

"So you're not going to tell him?"

"Ah … nope. Not right now…"

"Okay, that's fine Yoh."

"Yoh, why is your face all wet?" Anna asked suddenly. Yoh smiled. "I thought I was hallucinating… The heat and stuff – you know, that kind of thing." It was still Hot in the airplane after all, and Yoh wasn't the only one who noticed. HoroHoro grinned. "If you were hot you could've asked me!" he said. Ren laughed. Yoh looked back there and said, "Hey Opacho sure is quiet…"

"She's fallen asleep." Ren said, gesturing towards the little girl, who was sure enough all curled up in her seat.

"Aw!" Yoh said. "That's so cute." He laughed.

No matter how many times I see that, it's still as cute as ever!

"Hey where's Manta?" Chocolove asked. Yoh sighed. "I k - "

Everyone stared at Yoh. "What?"

"I … couldn't tell you even if I tried." He said.

"Yes." Ren added. "He went to England. Lyserg wrote to tell us that he came back but we never found him – "

"So we think the little dude found Hao."

"No way!" Chocolove exclaimed. Everyone nodded sadly.

Yoh laughed. "If only he hadn't seen me…"

"What are you talking about! Yoh, do you know something we don't?"

"Huh?" muttered Yoh opening his eyes to see them all staring at him. "What? What's the problem?"

"Have you seen Manta?" asked Anna face with fear.

"What? No! What made you say that?"

"Cause you just said 'if only he hadn't seen me' Yoh!" she replied.

"I was talking about him!" he laughed pointing to Chocolove. "Now he's with us. If he hadn't seen me then he would have gone off and he wouldn't be here now would he?" he said yawning.

"Oh…" sighed Anna.

"We thought…" muttered Ren. Yoh stretched in his seat and closed his eyes.

"Wake me up when we get there okay?" he said falling asleep.

"Okay. We will." Said Anna looking up at HoroHoro. They could tell by just looking at each other that they both thought the exact same thing. And they both shared the same guilt to think he would do such a thing to his best friend.

Finally they reached America, after a very hard trip through the airport that was packed with people and tourists. Anna was forcing HoroHoro to carry all hers and Yoh's bags, plus HoroHoro's. Opacho was happily skipping along in front of them all on their way to the bus stop, again. Yoh yawned and smiled. Ren was walking with HoroHoro and was sort of, well, encouraging him to keep going.

"Is that all you can do! C'mon HoroHoro put your back into it!" shouted Ren making HoroHoro jump on the spot and walk faster.

"Dude…these…things are…heavy!" he wheezed.

"Nonsense! Here, you can carry mine too." Laughed Ren throwing his leather bag up to land on the huge tower of suitcases and bags HoroHoro was carrying. Unfortunately causing HoroHoro to collapse under it all.

"Ow!" he shrieked.

"Weakling." Sniffed Ren. Yoh turned around to see Ren and Ryu digging for HoroHoro in the luggage.

"Hey! What happened?" he laughed approaching. "Oh and hey Ren. It's a lot cooler here don't you think?" said Yoh picking up a bag and surprisingly finding HoroHoro's foot under it. "Hmm?" smirked Yoh grabbing hold of the foot and dragging HoroHoro out of the heap rather quickly. HoroHoro coughed a few dusty coughs and then got to his feet.

"Thanks Yoh. I didn't think I'd make it out alive in there!" he gasped helping Ren and Ryu collect the rest of the bags.

"Hey no sweat!" giggled Yoh helping too.

"You are right Master Yoh. It is rather cooler here." Mention Ryu.

"Hey! Hey you guys! Over here! Yoo-hoo!" yelled a voice. Yoh, Ren, Ryu and HoroHoro turned to see a very recognizable green haired boy stood with Opacho, Anna and Chocolove near the bus stop.

"Oh! My precious Lyserg!" screamed Ryu running towards him. "Lyserg! Lyserg!" Ryu threw the suitcase he was holding over his shoulder, hitting HoroHoro in the head and knocking him back onto the floor again.

"Oof." He muttered hitting the ground. "Why is it always me eh?"

"It isn't always you, just, most of the time it is. C'mon let's go and see him." Smiled Yoh helping HoroHoro get up. Ren was already on his way.

"Hey Lyserg. A word?" greeted Ren nodding his head to the left to indicate a bit of privacy.

"Sure." Said Lyserg approaching him after shaking Ryu off of him. "Is it about our letters?" he said to Ren once their backs we're turned to the rest of them. Ren glanced to see Yoh arrive with the others carrying some suitcases and smiling at Anna. HoroHoro was begging Anna not to be punished for dropping them but earned a slap instead.

"Yes. And about my little theory about that Yoh." Whispered Ren.

"Yeah?"

"Hey what are you two talking about over there?" called Yoh waving at them.

"Nothing! Just a few simple things that's all!" replied Ren.

"Oh okay if you say so!" giggled Yoh.

"Do you still think that -"

"He is Hao? Indeed. It did once seem that way but now it is becoming harder to tell. There was definitely something wrong with Yoh only a few days ago. And he still keeps doing strange things even though he seems better."

"Oh? Like what?"

"Well he keeps having all these moments, shouting out and lashing out at the air. We heard him muttering a few things in his sleep while he was on the plane. And Chocolove mentioned hearing him talking to himself in the toilet too."

"Really? Fascinating. Mind telling me what he was saying his sleep?"

"All kinds of strange things." Ren said, putting his hand to his forehead and sighing with stress. "The one I found strangest was when he said, 'Get up Yoh! Get up!' He was really acting strangely… He said this on the bus."

"Odd… anything else?" Lyserg inquired. Ren shook his head. "Not really… but he told Anna that when he slept he was talking to his brother."

"Who was?"

"Yoh."

"Talking to Hao?"

"No…"

"Huh?"

"I'm lost…" Ren shrugged. "You've gone and confused me."

"Sorry, Ren." Lyserg said.

"No worries…"

"This is getting intense!" Lyserg exclaimed, a little too loudly. Yoh decided to come over and ask what was going on. "Hey guys." He said. "Mind explaining this to me?"

"Yoh!" Lyserg blurted. "It's – it's nothing! N-nothing at all! Heh Heh!"

Yoh raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" he asked. Then HoroHoro came over. "Lyserg! Dude! How ya been?"

"Oh, just great HoroHoro!" Lyserg was glad to get Yoh's attention away from him. "Yeah, I've been doing great with my studies!"

"That's awesome!" HoroHoro laughed. Opacho came over and Yoh picked her up, laughing. Lyserg leaned over and whispered in Ren's ear, "I see what you mean…"

"Hey Lyserg!" Chocolove called, running over. Ryu followed soon too, and Anna came reluctantly to the side of Yoh. Lyserg greeted each one of them friendlily, until Anna got impatient. "Are we going or not?" She shot at all of them, annoyed. Yoh nodded. "Of course we are Anna just give me a sec." Yoh let Opacho down and she giggled. "Yoh-sama Opacho wants to go quickly!"

"Yes yes we will Opacho!"

Anna walked out of the airport and boarded a bus. "Hurry up!" She yelled to them. Everyone ran quickly, paid their fare and sat down at the back of the bus. Yoh yawned. He began to slip back into sub consciousness, away from his newfound friends, into the dark abyss where he would once again face his twin…

"Oh no… I can't be back!" Hao yelled to himself. "Why do I find myself here?"

"Its because you can't avoid this place…"

"Yoh!" Hao yelled, running up to his twin. "Why do you keep bringing me here?"

"I think we both know why… its because – "

"I am you and you are me."

Yoh sat up straight, his eyes wide. "You…"

Hao smirked and finished Yoh's sentence. "… can not escape that fact…"

"Hao!"

"… My brother…"

They had switched roles again, Yoh now on the receiving end of the torture. "Why? Why did you do this?"

"Do what?"

"Kill me. Take me away from my friends… I miss them… a lot…"

"I think you know the answer Yoh. We are brothers. We are one."

"We were born separate. I think that means we were destined to be different people."

"No… your destiny is to come back to me, your place of Origin. Your destiny is to destroy humans. We can't exist without each other!"

"Hao…! Don't do this to me!" Yoh cried, a tear forming in his eye. His body began to grow faint and translucent. "You're… making me disappear…"

"This is how it should be… You should not exist any longer…"

"If I don't exist, neither can you…"

"Yoh…"

"Hao…"

They reached out simultaneously, and grasped each other's hands. At the same time, they recited the words both of them had grown to be so familiar with.

"I am you and you are me. You can not escape that fact … my brother…"

There was short pause between them, as their thoughts stopped and concentrated on their relationship at that time, each of them staring. Watching one another closely. Hao was the first to break the stare. He let go and stepped back shaking his head in denial. Yoh just stared at him, like in trance. Yoh opened his mouth and then spoke.

"You are one."

"No Yoh. We are one, together."

"No." Yoh shook his head. "You are one."

"What are you talking about? You are with me too."

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"You killed me. You took me away."

"No…"

"I don't exist anymore because of you."

"Yes you do! We are one."

"No you are one."

"What do you mean?"

Yoh chuckled slightly before continuing. "I am you aren't I? It has been that way since I was born."

"That isn't what you said a second ago. You said that being twins makes you your own person."

"It isn't true though is it? I am you. I am Hao."

"Yoh…"

"Yoh doesn't exist anymore." His body began to fade once again.

"No! Yoh! Don't leave!" Hao ran towards him trying to grab him, but his hands slipped through his image, like a ghost.

"I am not Yoh. I am Hao. I am Hao's other half. I am you."

"But you are me too right?"

"Yes, exactly. But you can escape that fact. Because we are not brothers. I am just you."

"No there is a you!"

"Is there?" Yoh faded completely, but then appeared again.
"Yoh! You are fading!"

"Have you heard yourself?" laughed Yoh. "You're acting like you are sad. Like you feel guilty. Like you don't want me to be gone anymore."

"I don't!"

"And you know why that is don't you?"

"No…"

"It's because you are whole now. Because you can feel all the feelings you once couldn't. Just like I couldn't feel revenge, hate and sorrow. But you could."

"That's because…"

"I am you. And we are torn in two. Torn into two separate emotions. Putting them back again makes it whole. Makes it one. Makes it Hao."

"No! I don't want you to go!"

"I must. Because I am no longer some body."

"Yes you are! You…you…you are my twin!"

"No. I'm just you."

"No! You are Yoh!"

"I am Hao." Yoh held his hand out to Hao. Hao reached for his hand but Yoh disappeared completely.

"Yoh…" Hao turned around. "Yoh!" he called out into the darkness. "No! You are you! You aren't me!" He looked around but he was on his own. Yoh was gone. And wasn't coming back.

But that is even worse than him being there.