Training Schedule

By: Rei-chu Asakura

Rei-chu: I don't own Shaman King. That's all.

Chapter 1: The Ring: Good News or Bad News?

Months have already passed, but the winner in the Shaman Fight was not yet announced. Yoh and his friends have come back to where they used to be and what they used to do.

It was all like this – the trainings, school days, and trainings, the household chores, traings some more, and eating foods, oh… and did I mention trainings? – until the day that they had a reunion, which was also the day that the orange oracle bell rang.

Yes. Yoh's oracle bell rang, as well as the other oracle bells. It brought good news to them, especially to Yoh because the announcement in the oracle bells was:

Congratulations:

Yoh Asakura !

>> the new Shaman King

With that, Horo Horo congratulated Yoh. Manta, Tamao, Pirika, Jun, Pailong, Amidamaru, Bason, Kuroro, Tokageroh, Faust and Eliza did so, too. Ryu hugged Yoh tightly, crying with tears of joy, saying, "You're really the best, Master Yoh!"

Ren, instead of Greeting Yoh, warned him with his sinister smile, "Be a good and strong Shaman King if you don't want to die in my hands."

Yoh, being free from Ryu's hug, just smiled at Ren's statement because he knew that it was just Ren's way of saying "congratulations". He then turned to his fiancée, who was quiet, not obviously happy and who had her arms crossed in front of her chest.

He didn't bother to look at her for a longer time because he knew what would happen if he did, and he knew that Anna was also happy deep inside.

So their reunion went on, this time, there's something to be celebrated, and they were happier. But unbeknownst to them, someone was quite not happy with the news that was spreading through oracle bells.

"So he did win. As expected. Hahahahahah!" muttered a teenage guy after reading the message on his red oracle bell. "As the Shaman King, he should be strong enough to defeat anyone who challenges him and to defend his throne. But I don't think he can be strong enough to defeat me for the second time. Hahahahahah!"

That night in Funbari Inn…

The guests have already left leaving Yoh, Anna and Amidamaru. Yoh was in his room with Amidamaru. The lights were off and Amidamaru was already asleep. Yoh was lying on his bed, sighing happily.

YOH'S P.O.V.

Ahh… It feels good to achieve your goal after all. I should have realized it before so I wouldn't have been slacking off. (AN: Is my grammar correct?) But thanks to Anna, I was forced to train harder, of course making me stronger. I wouldn't be the Shaman King if not for her. How lucky am I to have a fiancée like her. Not only beautiful, smart and tough, but also good and persevere enough to train a bum like me. Hehehe… Ooops… it's already eleven. I still have to train tomorrow and cook breakfast.

When Yoh closed his eyes, he heard some silent but still audible footsteps, but he didn't mind them. Then he heard his door, slowly opening. He didn't open his eyes but he heard a soft speech, "Congratulations, Yoh. Good night… I… love…you." Then the door closed.

He was stunned with that. The first thing that came to his mind was… 'Anna.' The shock on his face slowly turned into a smile. He didn't know that Anna was that kind of… um… sweet.

After minutes of thinking, he stood up and decided to check on Anna's room. By the looks of the upper and lower edges of the door, the lights in her room were obviously off. 'She must be sleeping already.'

He carefully turned the door knob and peeked into the clean and organized room of his fiancée. "Wow. Nice room…" he whispered. He turned to Anna, who was covered with her blanket.

"I'm sorry for peeking in your room… I just wanna thank you… for helping me become the shaman king… so um… good night… and ah… I… love you too…"

He then closed the door and went to sleep.

ANNA'S P.O.V.

Was that Yoh? So it means that he heard me. (she blushed) Baka. How could I do that to myself? I shouldn't have done that. He'll probably tell that to his friends and then, they will laugh at me.

But the tone of his voice is somewhat serious and I know him, he's not a talkative person. He might not tell them about this. Yeah that's right!

Anyways, he said he just wanted to thank me. He also bid me good night. And the worst part, he said he loves me too… I don't know if I should be happy or embarrassed. Haaahhh… forget about it. I just hope he will not remember what I said.