Well…it's me, Orenji-17, who is an average fan of Shaman King, with a fic about Yoh and Anna's son, Hana, who writes to his other self, whom he calls "Nii-chan," of an alternate universe.

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To my Other Half, the Other Me

I have a family.

I have a mother and a father who are always busy doing work around the world, a makeshift mom to take care of me, a fiancée who seems to be in control of things, lots of uncles and other people who help us around, a dear friend who is always hot-headed, distant relatives who hate us, and a makeshift brother I treasure a lot.

Still, I have a family, and I'm happy. I hope he is happy, too, regardless of the situation.

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Dear Nii-chan,

Oi, Nii-chan! I haven't been hearing from you. How long has it been since our last contact? Five months? Ah, whatever. I'll just tell you about the awesome, crappy, and average adventures I've had so far.

Kaa-chan praised me for the first time! It seems weird, but it happened, really, and I was soooooo happy! I'm getting better scores I school, all thanks to you. If you don't mind, could you teach me how to do trigonometry, on the part with the SOH-CAH-TOA. It's in preparation for future exams, Kaa-chan says.

Also…MEN BOWED DOWN BEFORE ME! I was threatened, you simpleton! Eh…Men wrote that, okay? Please disregard tha-fighting for the pen! I mean…we were fighting for the pen just because he's being Men! Tch! What a brat! So annoying!

So anyway…Anna-chan's dad, Silva, came and stayed with us for a few weeks after our last meeting. Imagine the look on Anna-chan's face when I showed her our picture together! She thought you were a ghost, Nii- Wait a minute, what Nii-chan? Oh, Anna-chan came in. And made my writing be postponed for one whole day. Kaa-chan was angry at Tou-chan for nothing. Ahahahaha!

You know what, it might be because you're the other me that I can feel your loneliness in my soul. Though I am happy with what is happening today, I can still hold sadness in my heart, your sadness, that is. I have a great desire not to say that it will be alright soon, about your family. But do your best, Nii-chan! I'll see to it that you die happily!

Anyways, I'll be including here a copy of my current standing and grades. You tell me if I do good, alright? And uh…sorry if the paper's all dirty because of the strikeouts.

Best wishes,

Your otouto

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The other Hana grinned as he read the letter. 'That boy…' he thought while shaking his head, smiling.

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Hm…since alternate universes mean that something else happened, what is the conflict with Nii-chan's family? Go to the next chapter!

By the way, if you didn't catch, the bolded text is from Men, then those in italics are from Anna the Itako the Third...whatever they call her (Why must it be so long?). There isn't any option for strikeouts, so pretend that those bolded and italicized text were stroked out.