Manta: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! 

Manta woke up from a nightmare! 

Manta: WHAT A NIGHTMARE! Stupid Anna. She told me that stupid story, and now I had that stupid dream. And no one's here for me to talk about it. 

He saw his dreams, the worst thing! HAO IN DRAG! 

Manta: Princess Hao. The depths of the sea, the mythological continent of Mu. I wanted to go too. But I wouldn't have been of any help. I came here, so I really still want to know how they're doing. No, I know. Even if they manage to kill Hao, his soul will still be in anger and hatred. They're not just trying to stop him, they're also saving him from his hatred. I wish I could do something to- 

Anna: Manta! 

Manta: AGH! 

Manta: You took your time. 

Manta: Anna! 

Anahol: Don't forget me! 

Manta: Anahol? 

Anahol: At teh beginning I thought they couldn't make it, but it's really inconceivable. Somehow, when I was staying with you guys, I suddenly thought, "They can probably do it." 

They walked into the Sphinx's mouth. 

The next morning... 

Yoh woke up even earlier than everyone else. 

Yoh: Yeah, we stayed over at Kalim's place. 

Amidamaru: Lord Yoh, we still have quite a bit of time, so wouldn't it be better for you to rest? 

Yoh: It's fine, I've slept enough. More importantly, Amidamaru, it's been a long time since we've gone for a stroll, hasn't it? 

They soon went for a walk outside. 

Amidamaru: I've missed this. Especially this refreshing morning air. I haven't had a feeling like this since the Funbari Hills. 

Yoh: Nevertheless, today's the day where everything will finally be over. But even with that said, I can't help but feel a bit lonely. It's kind of funny actually, you know that I, who was going to live my days carefree, ended up in this situation. 

Amidamaru: Lord Yoh. 

Yoh: Amidamaru, thanks for everything up until now. 

Amidamaru: WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?! THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR YOU TO TELL ME LATER- 

Yoh: There's not much time left. Becoming the Shaman King is the same thing as dying. The Shaman Fight is the fight decided by this planet's god that happens once every 500 years. And obviously, there aren't any 500-year-old humans around. In reality, even Hao, in his sleep of death to become King, is waiting for that time to come. 

Amidmaru: But Lord Yoh, if that happens, then Lady Anna will- 

Yoh: What are you talking about? She came to terms with that a long time ago. Everyone dies sooner or later. That's why we aren't really living to have a long life. We're living to have full lives and die properly. That's why today will really be the final battle. So I ask once again that you help me. 

Amidamaru: Yes, as you wish! 

(Y/N): Geez, you getting up first? 

Yoh: Huh? 

Yoh turned to see everyone else up and awake. 

Weiss: That's really out of character for you. 

Yoh: Wow, you're up pretty fast! 

Ren: Of course, the early bird gets the worm after all. 

Pinkie: And our showdown with Hao is coming, so it's going to be big! 

Joco: Thanks to that good night's rest, everyone's all fired up! We should be grateful to Kalim! 

Rarity: That and (Y/N) baked a bunch of bread for breakfast. 

Much later... 

Kalim arrived. 

Kalim: Well, looks like everyone got a good night's rest. 

(Y/N): Hey Kalim! 

Horohoro: Why are you acting so friendly? 

Kalim: I want to make sure that I can fight you at full strength. Have you the resolve to fight now, Horohoro? 

Horohoro: Hey, come on now, something like that first thing in the morning's going to give me heartburn. 

Kalim: OVERSOUL: BLACK SICKLE! RUN BULL BULL BULLARM!!! 

He smashed Horohorho into the ground! 

Rainbow: HEY! HOROHORO! ARE YOU OKAY?! 

He jumped out. 

Horohoro: Of course! Something like that can't kill me! TIME FOR ME TO GO ALL OUT! RAGING DAREDEVIL HAIL!!!! 

Horohoro used his ice gauntlets to unleash massive bursts of ice! 

Kalim: Is this what you call "all out?" You still haven't shown me anything serious yet! BONE DEAD BONE!!! 

He cut through the ice, shattering it! 

Kalim: Now show me your true form before you die, Horokeu Usui! 

Horohoro: SHUT UP! DON'T CALL ME BY THAT NAME!!! 

(Y/N): Horohoro? 

Fluttershy: Why does he seem so angry by that name? 

Jeanne: From his heart, there is ... great sadness. 

Horohoro charged at Kalim! 

Horohoro: I THREW THAT NAME AWAY A LONG TIME AGO! THAT NAME IS THE NAME OF THE KIND OF BASTARD WHO WOULD KILL THE ONLY GIRL HE EVER LOVED!!! 

Flashback to 1995 ... Hokkaido... 

Horohoro was in school when a young girl approached him. 

Girl: I think I'm going to call you something else besides just Usui-Kun. I KNOW! How about I call you Horohoro? 

Horohoro: H-HUH?! 

He was drooling at the sight of her. 

Girl: If you're looking for everybody else, they went home while you dozed off at your desk. You know you drool a lot. 

The girl's name was Damko. Well, that wasn't her real name. She came here from a city to Hokkaido because of the dam construction. She was a transfer student from there, so that's why Horohoro named her Damko. 

Soon, they were walking home. 

Damko: HEY! IS it okay if I call you Horohoro? 

Horohoro: SHUT UP! Stop coming up with weird names for me! Anyhow, you shouldn't get yourself involved with me. I don't really know what it's like to transfer schools like you do, but as my name already indicates, I'm a bit different from everyone else. You don't want to become an outcast, right? 

Damko: Well, it seems that you and I are no different. 

Horohoro: WHAT?! 

It turns out, if her family's dam was completed, it would sink teh entire region around it. Everyone in the area began to hate her, she was left to fight alone behind enemy lines. 

Horohoro: Okay, fine, do what you want. 

Damko: YAY! 

She hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, much to his irritation. 

The two would start to hang out of sight from everyone else under giant butterbur fields! But those days wouldn't last forever. 

Lycan: Horokeu, you shouldn't associate with this Damko. She's part of the ones who are taking God's land from us. 

Horokeu: (blushing hard) She's none of your business, Dad. I mean ... we're not ... you know ... like that. 

Lycan: Even if you say that, your face is turning red. 

Horohoro: I-IT'S NOT RED! ANYHOW, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS BABBLE ON ABOUT ALL THIS CRAP ABOUT THE GODS! IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE BELIEVES THAT SHIT NOWADAYS! 

Lycan: Horokeu, did you forget the meaning of the name I gave you? We are the children of the Gods who live in coexistence with nature. The wolf, a God incarnate, was destroyed by the hands of humanity. Even now, they're destroying the land. You, my son, are a wolf. Don't forget that you are the one who will walk into the Shaman Fight. 

Horohoro didn't understand it at all. Even though they live well enough, a long time ago, the Ainu had to deal with huge discrimination, and it's only better now because Lycan stood up to them. 

After half a year, Horohoro began ignoring Damko. 

Damko: Horohoro, since then, you haven't talked to me at all. Why won't you talk to me? Is it because I'm the one who's building the dam in this village? 

He got up and walked away. 

Damko: WAIT! HOROHORO! 

She chased after him. 

Damko: DIDN'T WE PROMISE TO GO TO THE BUTTERBUR FIELDS AGAIN?! PLEASE! ANSWER ME! DO YOU HATE ME NOW?! 

Horohoro: No, not at all, Damko. I can't tell you why I'm acting like this. We just live in completely different worlds. 

He ran off at a fast speed. 

Damko: HOROHORO! WAIT! 

She began to cry as she tried to look for him. 

After that, Damko stopped going to school, and the next time that he saw her, it was spring. All the snow had melted, and she was found frozen in the mountains. Dead. 

Present... 

Horohoro: THAT'S RIGHT! I KILLED HER! AND EVENTUALLY THE VILLAGE ALSO GOT THE DAM! HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?! PATHETIC HUH?! NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUTH! 

(Y/N): Horohoro. 

Rarity: (crying) TO THINK HE WAS HIDING THIS MUCH PAIN INSIDE! THAT POOR GIRL! 

Kalim: Thank you! Now I can fight with all my heart! 

Joco: This mana's insane! 

Fluttershy: Horohoro, why didn't you tell us this before? 

Horohoro: I'm really sorry you guys. I really don't care how disappointed you all are in me. At least you can go ahead while I- 

Kororo: No! You can go with all of us too! Because I can go all out for you! 

Kororo transformed! 

Everyone: KORORO?! 

Ren: She's- 

Lyserg: She talked! 

Yoh: SHE BECAME A PERSON! 

Horohoro: This ... this can't be. DAMKO?! 

Kororo: Because you finally told your friends about me, that was the promise I made when I became a Koropukkuru. On that day, after I froze to death on the snow mountain, they came to guide my soul. But I kept refusing to let them, and they became worried. That was because I wanted to see you and hear the real reason you wouldn't talk to me. That's when an even bigger guy appeared with a suggestion. 

Horohoro: GORORO?! 

Gororo's Words: The only way to stay on this plane is to become the same as us, and forever protect the land and its people. If you decide to come with me and endure my difficult training, you can become a Koropukkuru. 

Kororo: "However, once you become a Koropukkuru, you cannot return to your original form. Except you can return for one time and only one time when your master's ice thaws." I didn't really understand that at the time, but I think I do now. With this, you've finally become your true self, Horohoro. And as your partner, I'll always be by your side from now on. 

Horohoro: K-Kororo. 

Kororo turned back to her original self and the two embraced! 

All of you just watched with smiles, and some with tears flowing down their faces. 

Horohoro: I'm sorry Kororo, I'm sorry Damko! 

He then looked at Kalim. 

Horohoro: Thank you, Kalim, this happened all thanks to you. 

They had one final clash and- 

(Y/N): Thanks for the help, Kalim. 

Ryu: I can't believe Horohoro had such a cute chick as his partner! 

Ruby: Awww, don't worry Ryu, you still got Tokagero! 

Tokagero: Yeah! What does that girl have that I don't have? 

Lyserg: Still, it's crazy to think that the girl that Horohoro was in love with turned out to be Kororo. 

Rarity: But it's so beautiful! Look at them! 

Horohoro was in a daze with Kororo cuddling against his face. 

Rarity: AWWWWWWWWWWW! HOW ROMANTIC! He finally found her after all this time! 

Ren: Geez, he really picked teh worst tie to go stupid on us. 

Medaka: Brush it off, Ren. Next up is the Forest Plant! 

And so... 

You all entered- 

(Y/N): This is a jungle! How is this a forest?! 

You all looked around. 

Yang: Say, shouldn't the Patch Warrior be here? 

Joco: Well, we'll be ready! No matter how long it takes for us! 

Rainbow: HEY! PATCH WARRIOR! COME OUT AND FIGHT US! 

AJ: Dash, no one knows who the Warrior who guards this place is. It could be his plan to hide and strike us when we least expect it. 

Yoh: We could look around. 

(Y/N): Yeah, and it'll take a long time. 

Twilight: Well, what about your nose, Joco? 

Joco: No, I can't sense anyone's presence! 

Twilight: Hmmm ... Lyserg, your dowsing? 

Lyserg: No good Twilight, my dowsing won't let me sense anyone at all. 

???: Hahahahaha. Yes, look for me all you want, you'll never find me, you bastards! 

Renim was watching you all. 

Renim: I still can't believe they got past Kalim. But I'm not stupid enough to try and fight them since they've already defeated half of the Patch Warriors. My Partner is Clear Coat, the Chameleon. Whether it be my visibility, my sounds or my scent, everything is erased. No one can find me! They'll never find me up here. If things stay like this, I can spy on them all I want. It may be a bit cruel with this method, but they'll have to learn how reality is. 

Lyserg: It may be a bit unexpected, but I could use Spirit of Fire to burn down the entire jungle, so we can find the Patch Warrior. 

Joco: WHOA! Lyserg, don't you think that's a bit too extreme?  

Ren: No, under these circumstances, there's no time to care about trivial matters, so I'll help as well. While Lyserg burns down the jungle, I'll flood the rivers with electricity and steal away another hiding place from him. 

Fluttershy: But the poor forest. 

Twilight: Actually, I think I know where he is. 

Renim: WAIT WHAT?! 

Sunset: Where is it, Twi? 

Twilight: Well, there was no signal at all. So he can't be hiding in the jungle or river. Therefore, he must be hiding in some place that's neither of those. 

Ren: At any rate, he must be a coward who doesn't want to confront us directly. 

Renim: What's up with these guys/! I can't believe they used their cheeky mouths to trap down my possible locations! Damn! 

Joco: Don't you think determining that is risky? I mean, what if he really isn't around here? 

Twilight: Well, according to the rules, that's now how it works, right, Renim? 

She had a sneaky look in her eyes. 

(Y/N): God, you're cute like that. 

Renim: AGH! 

Twilight: You're wondering how I know it's you. You already showed us your Partner at first. The forest shows that the Warrior who guards it takes pride in his ability to blend in. Also, just that data up until now, each and every Plant has been suited to the needs of the ones who are stationed there. And if you look at all the remaining Plants and Warriors who remain, the fact that you have a Chameleon Spirit Partner makes those chances extremely high. Furthermore, you must be in a place where you can spy on us and be able to attack instantly when you can. With that being the case, the points you could be at become further restricted. That means- 

She pointed up!

Twilight: You're above us! 

Lyserg: Yes, exactly what I was thinking. Twilight, I think you make a good detective. 

Renim: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! THIS BITCH ACTUALLY FOUND ME OUT JUST THROUGH THINKING ALONE?! 

Twilight: As for why I've been talking? Well, I was stalling for time. Opacho found you too. 

Opacho was next to Renim. 

Renim: EEK! O-Opacho! 

Opacho: You! You wouldn't shut up in your head, so Opacho couldn't sleep at all! OVERSOUL: HAIR IN- 

Opacho scratched her head over and over and transformed into a sheep! 

Opacho: MAMA! 

Renim was easily defeated! 

Rainbow: Well, that was easy. Good one, Opacho! 

Yang: To think the kid is this strong. Good thing she's as sweet as a button. 

Ren: Yoh, you knew about this all along. Why is that? 

Yoh: Guess nothing gets past you, Ren. Well, I was kind of talking with Hao when (Y/N) saved Team Flower.