Two Weeks
by Icy and J
A/N: We're trying out a new format with a big gap between paragraphs... Like a primary school book. Yeah. We once again remind you that the characters are not ours. So don't sue us. This fic is straight. As in, there is no hinting of any gay oriented characters. To heed this new policy, we now announce that in this fic, REN IS NOT GAY. (Neither am I. Remember that.-J)
"Yoh-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"Have you ever looked at the stars and wondered what was your purpose in life?"
"No."
"Oh... Okay."
"......"
"......"
"......"
"Ne, Yoh-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"When was the last time you did this?"
"I don't know."
"Oh... Okay."
"......"
"......"
"......"
"Ne, Yoh-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"How is Anna?"
Yoh sat up rather suddenly, brushing the fallen twigs and leaves from his shirt. "Where is this going, Manta?"
The small boy also sat up with slight difficulty, considering that it would be a task to sit up after having spent the last few hours lying on the top of a grassy hill doing what the two of them normally do...
(I know what you yaoi thinking people are thinking! You're thinking yaoi!-J)
(Well, isn't that obvious...-Icy)
(Let me warn you yaoi thinking people out there thinking yaoi! There is no yaoi in this! Bwahahahaha!!!!-J)
(I do not know this guy...-Icy)
... which was nothing.
Yoh sighed, leaning his weight back on his hands as he continued to look up at the stars in the bountiful darkness of the night sky. It had been far too long since he actually sat out, simply watching the stars. And even longer since he had done this with his friend, Manta.
What was it? 2? 3 years since he gave up the shaman fight? Probably so... He hadn't really kept track of such things having more mortal stuff to tend to such as school and his overbearing fiancée who, after the last episode involving shamans, had become more sane... In a way. She ordered him around less and became a more sullen person.
Being unable to attain a goal does that to you.
Their wedding was to be in 2 weeks... The date decided by Yoh himself, seeing no more reason to delay, considering he no longer needed time to vie for the title of Shaman King. Anna was kind of shocked when Yoh announced the date. Firstly because he had neglected to consult her. And secondly because she had a feeling that he was gay from all the time he was spending with his midget of a friend, Manta. Since then, the Asakura household had been nothing but a big daily rush to prepare for what was now known as 'the big day'. The two young shamans, caught in the eye of the storm, were constantly shooed out of the house to do their 'almost-weds' thing. They were only needed for their tux and gown measurements anyways.
"So, how was last night?" Manta questioned. "What did Anna and you do? The both of you were cooped up in that place for hours!"
Yoh blinked, slowly recalling the day's incidents. Frankly speaking, he wouldn't have even dared challenge his fiancée if he had known her prowess in the area. For one, she didn't seem the type. And another thing, the moment she got started, she became a completely different person. Normally calm and composed, in the matter of several seconds, she had worked up a sweat and began putting everything into it. A fire he had never seen in her began to balze forth and outshone anything else. He had to admit. She was good.
(Now, readers, I know you are thinking dirty... I can read your minds...-J)
(Shut up... You're scaring em away...-Icy)
"Anna?" Manta scoffed. "She doesn't look the type to get into this kind of thing..."
"Yeah... I know what you mean..." Yoh agreed, running a caulloused hand through his hair. "But, you'd have to admit. She *is* good at it. Of course, you'd have to see it to believe it."
Manta nodded, brow furrowing in deep thought. "I highly doubt she would let me see that..."
"Maybe if you asked her..." Yoh shrugged, mind beginning to wander again. Sensing this, Manta gave his friend a timely kick in the shins. "... She'd might let you come with us one day. I mean, you are a tad too short for you to actually experience it first hand." Yoh finished.
Another kick in the shins. "I resent that remark." he stated testily. "Besides, you won't know until you've tried! And I intend to one day!"
Yoh stared at him incredulously. "Not with my wife, you don't! You'll get yourself trashed!"
Manta raised an eyebrow. "Now it's 'my wife'?"
Yoh turned a peculiar mixture of the colours red, green and purple. "I... I... Well, might as well right? She's going to be my wife in less than 2 weeks, after all..."
"Yeah right... You expect me to believe that."
"Yes."
"Well, I don't. In fact, I think... You're actually starting to like her!"
"I do not!"
"Well, you have to eventually anyways. She *is* your wife after all..."
"I'm not listening to this..." Yoh said, rising to his feet and turning to leave. "I'm going ho-"
He was rather rudely cut off by banging into someone. "Gomen! I wasn't watchin-"
TTHHHHHWWWAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!! (Thwack.)
"Watch where you're going!" Anna yelled in his face... Or rather at his face, since he was rather busy flying off the hill top. Manta cowered before the itako. From the stories he had just heard from Yoh, he was now looking at her in a different light...
"Good... Evening, Anna-san..." Manta laughed nervously. "How are you?"
Anna sat herself down on the grass with a languid sigh. She had become more serene. More... normal. "Argh... I'm still sore all over from last night... Baka, Yoh... I should have never let him talk me into going there..."
"Eto... Anna-san?" Manta asked trepidly, ever ready to sprint off.
"What?"
"What do you think of Yoh-kun?"
Anna frowned, hugging her knees and looking out at the stars as if she was really talking to them. "He's such a baka. Useless! And insensitive, and an idiot, an under-achiever, a humble... nice... caring..."
Manta gazed at the normally ferocious itako who now had a wistful look in her eyes. Her voice had trailed off into nothing and the rest left unspoken... Well, they were better left unspoken. Her respect, amongst many other emotions, had grown for this young shaman ever since she had first met him back in Aogiri. It was the first time anyone had shown any hint of care towards her.
"Anna-san..." Manta swallowed audiobly. He was, obviously, frightened half to death by the possibilities of her answer. What if she said no? He would be punted across to the ends of the world. He would never be able to walk again. Maybe never be able to breath again... But what if she said yes? The possibility of a 'yes' was a chance too great to miss out on. So he took a deep breath... "Do you remember what you did with Yoh-kun last night?"
Surprisingly, Anna smiled. "Of course I do."
"Well... Erm... Would you like to do that again? But... With me?" Manta squeezed his eyes shut, waiting for the blow to the head that would give him a one-way ticket to either Africa or even heaven... But it never came. Instead...
"Sure. Why not?"
~TBC~
Hahaha... Please R&R... We WON'T post chapter 2 until we get a decent 5 reviews. 5 is all we're asking for...
by Icy and J
A/N: We're trying out a new format with a big gap between paragraphs... Like a primary school book. Yeah. We once again remind you that the characters are not ours. So don't sue us. This fic is straight. As in, there is no hinting of any gay oriented characters. To heed this new policy, we now announce that in this fic, REN IS NOT GAY. (Neither am I. Remember that.-J)
"Yoh-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"Have you ever looked at the stars and wondered what was your purpose in life?"
"No."
"Oh... Okay."
"......"
"......"
"......"
"Ne, Yoh-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"When was the last time you did this?"
"I don't know."
"Oh... Okay."
"......"
"......"
"......"
"Ne, Yoh-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"How is Anna?"
Yoh sat up rather suddenly, brushing the fallen twigs and leaves from his shirt. "Where is this going, Manta?"
The small boy also sat up with slight difficulty, considering that it would be a task to sit up after having spent the last few hours lying on the top of a grassy hill doing what the two of them normally do...
(I know what you yaoi thinking people are thinking! You're thinking yaoi!-J)
(Well, isn't that obvious...-Icy)
(Let me warn you yaoi thinking people out there thinking yaoi! There is no yaoi in this! Bwahahahaha!!!!-J)
(I do not know this guy...-Icy)
... which was nothing.
Yoh sighed, leaning his weight back on his hands as he continued to look up at the stars in the bountiful darkness of the night sky. It had been far too long since he actually sat out, simply watching the stars. And even longer since he had done this with his friend, Manta.
What was it? 2? 3 years since he gave up the shaman fight? Probably so... He hadn't really kept track of such things having more mortal stuff to tend to such as school and his overbearing fiancée who, after the last episode involving shamans, had become more sane... In a way. She ordered him around less and became a more sullen person.
Being unable to attain a goal does that to you.
Their wedding was to be in 2 weeks... The date decided by Yoh himself, seeing no more reason to delay, considering he no longer needed time to vie for the title of Shaman King. Anna was kind of shocked when Yoh announced the date. Firstly because he had neglected to consult her. And secondly because she had a feeling that he was gay from all the time he was spending with his midget of a friend, Manta. Since then, the Asakura household had been nothing but a big daily rush to prepare for what was now known as 'the big day'. The two young shamans, caught in the eye of the storm, were constantly shooed out of the house to do their 'almost-weds' thing. They were only needed for their tux and gown measurements anyways.
"So, how was last night?" Manta questioned. "What did Anna and you do? The both of you were cooped up in that place for hours!"
Yoh blinked, slowly recalling the day's incidents. Frankly speaking, he wouldn't have even dared challenge his fiancée if he had known her prowess in the area. For one, she didn't seem the type. And another thing, the moment she got started, she became a completely different person. Normally calm and composed, in the matter of several seconds, she had worked up a sweat and began putting everything into it. A fire he had never seen in her began to balze forth and outshone anything else. He had to admit. She was good.
(Now, readers, I know you are thinking dirty... I can read your minds...-J)
(Shut up... You're scaring em away...-Icy)
"Anna?" Manta scoffed. "She doesn't look the type to get into this kind of thing..."
"Yeah... I know what you mean..." Yoh agreed, running a caulloused hand through his hair. "But, you'd have to admit. She *is* good at it. Of course, you'd have to see it to believe it."
Manta nodded, brow furrowing in deep thought. "I highly doubt she would let me see that..."
"Maybe if you asked her..." Yoh shrugged, mind beginning to wander again. Sensing this, Manta gave his friend a timely kick in the shins. "... She'd might let you come with us one day. I mean, you are a tad too short for you to actually experience it first hand." Yoh finished.
Another kick in the shins. "I resent that remark." he stated testily. "Besides, you won't know until you've tried! And I intend to one day!"
Yoh stared at him incredulously. "Not with my wife, you don't! You'll get yourself trashed!"
Manta raised an eyebrow. "Now it's 'my wife'?"
Yoh turned a peculiar mixture of the colours red, green and purple. "I... I... Well, might as well right? She's going to be my wife in less than 2 weeks, after all..."
"Yeah right... You expect me to believe that."
"Yes."
"Well, I don't. In fact, I think... You're actually starting to like her!"
"I do not!"
"Well, you have to eventually anyways. She *is* your wife after all..."
"I'm not listening to this..." Yoh said, rising to his feet and turning to leave. "I'm going ho-"
He was rather rudely cut off by banging into someone. "Gomen! I wasn't watchin-"
TTHHHHHWWWAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!! (Thwack.)
"Watch where you're going!" Anna yelled in his face... Or rather at his face, since he was rather busy flying off the hill top. Manta cowered before the itako. From the stories he had just heard from Yoh, he was now looking at her in a different light...
"Good... Evening, Anna-san..." Manta laughed nervously. "How are you?"
Anna sat herself down on the grass with a languid sigh. She had become more serene. More... normal. "Argh... I'm still sore all over from last night... Baka, Yoh... I should have never let him talk me into going there..."
"Eto... Anna-san?" Manta asked trepidly, ever ready to sprint off.
"What?"
"What do you think of Yoh-kun?"
Anna frowned, hugging her knees and looking out at the stars as if she was really talking to them. "He's such a baka. Useless! And insensitive, and an idiot, an under-achiever, a humble... nice... caring..."
Manta gazed at the normally ferocious itako who now had a wistful look in her eyes. Her voice had trailed off into nothing and the rest left unspoken... Well, they were better left unspoken. Her respect, amongst many other emotions, had grown for this young shaman ever since she had first met him back in Aogiri. It was the first time anyone had shown any hint of care towards her.
"Anna-san..." Manta swallowed audiobly. He was, obviously, frightened half to death by the possibilities of her answer. What if she said no? He would be punted across to the ends of the world. He would never be able to walk again. Maybe never be able to breath again... But what if she said yes? The possibility of a 'yes' was a chance too great to miss out on. So he took a deep breath... "Do you remember what you did with Yoh-kun last night?"
Surprisingly, Anna smiled. "Of course I do."
"Well... Erm... Would you like to do that again? But... With me?" Manta squeezed his eyes shut, waiting for the blow to the head that would give him a one-way ticket to either Africa or even heaven... But it never came. Instead...
"Sure. Why not?"
~TBC~
Hahaha... Please R&R... We WON'T post chapter 2 until we get a decent 5 reviews. 5 is all we're asking for...