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"Are you for real?" Leo asked with a inquisitive tone,"Sweet!" He exclaimed as he jumped down from the huge Cherry Blossom Tree and walked back inside. "And don't worry I'll take a bath in the river tomorrow morning after I was my sheets." Leo insured Anna as he just smiled and waved. 'She is nicer than you think at first glance, you were right Yoh.' Leo thought as he paused then walked up the stairs to the guest rooms.

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[Apparently, the next day!]

Yoh stretched his arms as he walked down the stairs, yawning loudly. The sun was shining, birds were chirping and a scarfing sound. He felt surprised, looking into the kitchen through the door. Kaze sat there, scarfing down almost all the food in the house. Kaze grinned widely between bites and said, "Hey!"

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Leo was still asleep enjoying the softness of a bed and loving the warm feel of the blanket he was using to cover himself. Then he heard a loud noise come from the kitchen and woke up unhappy about it ending his nice sleep. He Leo walked down the stairs to see what was going on, and to his unsurprise it was Anna yelling at Kaze. He just looked at Yoh with a depressed face, "He was eating a your food wasn't he?" Leo asked already thinking he knew the answer.

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Yoh smiled. "Yeah", he said, "and Anna is gonna be pissed if she finds him here."

[Gray]

"Yeah... so Yoh could I ask you a favor?" Leo wondered as he looked at Kaze still stuffing his face and not caring what was going on around him.

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A piece of bread hit Yoh's face and he picked it off. "Sure." He said, dropping the small fragment. "What is it?"

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"Would you fight me?" Leo asked wondering if he had what it took to be a Shaman. "I want to see if I can stand my own with a real Shaman." Leo explained as Kaze and Yoh seemed a little confused why he asked.

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Yoh pondered the idea. "Well", he said, starting off in a disappointing tone, "since you asked nicely!" Grinning like an idiot, he motioned for Leo to follow him to the yard. "K-ck hi as Y!" Kaze yelled with a mouthful of bread, making it hard to understand what he had just said.

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"Cool." Leo followed him into the yard just excited to see what a Shaman's true power was. "So... how do we start this off Yoh?" Leo asked not knowing how a Shaman Fight worked.

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"Well first you unify with your spirit. Amidamaru! Spirit form!" Amidamaru complied, in a ball form. "Unity!" Yoh shoved the ball into his chest, light flowing in. When the lights cleared, Yoh stood there as he had before. He picked up a piece of pipe lying by the house and held it as a sword. "Get ready Leo, cause now we fight."

[Gray]

"Well, that certainly was interesting Yoh... but I have a few surprises of my own." Leo his ears out and his twin daggers appeared and were firm in hand. Leo started thinking, 'This will be the most fun I've had in a long time I just know it.' Now getting ready to fight there was one thought racing through Leo's head he just couldn't shake. 'If I go out of control will Yoh be able to stop me?' Leo now trying to focus at Yoh and stood in his fighting stance.

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Yoh smirked, Amidamaru talking to him within his mind. "We should strike from the rear if we get the chance." Amidamaru said, whispering the battle strategy within the inner cortex of Yoh's brain. 'I trust your judgement.' Yoh thought as he ran towards Leo, having a plan. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to run at Leo without knowing his battle strategies.

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"Now!" Leo exclaimed disappearing without a trace. "What do you think Yoh, do I have the power to fight.? Leo asked as he reappeared behind him.

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Yoh's eyes went wide as he dug his feet in the ground to stop and turned around to slash the pipe at Leo.

[Gray]

"Sorry... not gonna happen!" Leo bringing up his daggers to block taking the hit anyways. 'I guess Yoh is a little rattled now, just the way I like my fights.' Leo chuckled not caring that Yoh saw him laughing.

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Yoh remained calm. Leo was being cocky at the moment, and a pipe was an insufficient weapon for any fight, especially when working with a samurai. 'Amidamaru, I got a plan but you're gonna have to trust me.' Yoh thought and his samurai agreed. Leo didn't appear to be in any form of spirit control, he didn't even have a spirit. So how was it that he could move like this. Yoh stood, pipe held in front of his face, just as a true warrior. His face was no longer fun and playful. He was serious.

[Gray]

"You got serious all of a sudden I can tell, it's emanating off you. I see, the Lust it's burning in your soul and I know it." Leo not really knowing what he was saying started to change he wasn't the same person at the beginning of the fight, he was someone completely different. "Now that I have seen your Lust.... Let me show you my Blood Lust!" Leo now his eyes that of a cat and his weapons giving off a vibe similar to Furyoku, but much darker. Leo had now gotten serious too... more than anyone could have imagined.

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Yoh's eyes hardened, and him and Amidamaru spoke as one. "Do what you wish. Although we fight as one. Something you haven't learned yet. Now, come at me!"

[Gray]

"I am one..." Leo his head leaned down to the floor, then he exclaimed "...WITH MYSELF!" Leo ran towards Yoh at an amazing speed, Yoh just watching his movements. "Now I can fight freely without restraint, and can finally get rid of that weakling Leo!" He shouted as he started closing in on Yoh.

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Yoh stood his ground, watching Leo come at him with a fierce speed. Staring them down, Yoh grasped the piece of metal hard. "We fight as one my friend!" Yoh and Amidamaru yelled together as Yoh swung the pipe towards Leo's face the second he got in range.

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Leo tried to moved away, even though it dislocated his shoulder, Leo just stood the his head leaning to the ground. There was a pause until Leo grabbed the pipe with his right hand. "Did you honestly think.... an attack from a pitiful like you could hurt me." Now Leo looking into Yoh's eyes, his eyes told Yoh many things... but the one sure thing he knew. That Leo wasn't to person he was fighting...

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Yoh stared into his eyes. Full of hatred. "One thing you need to learn Leo is that your opponent is actually a reflection of you." He said, staring in his eyes. "You will defeat yourself!" Jumping slightly, still clutching the pipe, Yoh rocketed his feet right at Leo's stomach. He needed his weapon back.

[Gray]

Leo now forced back started to increase with anger. Leo leaving his left arm hanging like a rag doll decided to pick up his right hand holding his dagger. "I will not lose... my Lust for Blood is stronger than yours!" Leo yelled not really talking like he was last night. "This battle will be a fight to the death Asakura... if you don't finish me here I will finish you later." Leo his head down once again, but this time when he rose his head his eyes were filled with overwhelming sadness. "These are my options Yoh, I kill you and my Blood Lust becomes more powerful and I lose one of my friends or you win and you have to kill me. So I lose either way." Leo now tears starting to fall down his face.

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Yoh did not put down the pipe for a second. This could be a trap. This more dangerous Leo could be playing a trick, ready to strike the minute he chose to drop the pipe. Although, it could be real and Yoh would have to slay him before he lost control again. "I can't kill someone when I don't have to." Yoh said, dropping the pipe.

[Gray]

"What are you doing Yoh? Pick up the pipe and finish me..." Leo did not understand why Yoh was not going to fight him, but he knew he couldn't let his Blood Lust take over again.