When You were Gone
Chapter 1: Why Now?
It was a Sunday morning, a couple rested on a soft bed. The girl woke up and saw herself beside her fiancée. She yawned loud but the boy didn't hear her. The girl gazed at her fiancée, her fiancée was still asleep. She stood up, now, her fiancée felt that movement.
Quickly, he grabbed her wrist. She turned around and saw his eyes that said: "Don't leave yet." The girl went back to bed and lied down beside him. She embraced him, real tight, but he did not mind. The boy closed his eyes. "Yoh…" she mumbled. He opened his eyes once more.
He turned to her and saw her glowing, milky-white face, and her eyes that looked teary. "What is it?" he asked. But she said nothing. "Anna is there a problem?" he asked again. But still, no answer.
She embraced him more tight. In turn, the boy did too. They both closed their eyes, they couldn't help it. They fell fast asleep.
After a couple of hours, the boy woke up. He saw the girl who slept beside him was no more. "Where is she?" he asked himself. He got up from bed and went out of the room. He rushed down the stairs, and into the kitchen, but she wasn't there. He thought that she might be in the living room, "She must be watching her TV show," he thought.
He stopped as soon as he reached the room's door. He swung the door open and saw her fiancée, as usual, watching the TV. "I thought you were gone." Yoh whispered. "What?" Anna asked, for she did not understand what he said. He shook his head.
"Yoh, make me breakfast…I'm hungry." Anna said. "Yes, Anna." Yoh went to the kitchen and made breakfast for the both of them. After a few minutes, breakfast was ready.
"Anna! Breakfast is ready!" Yoh cried. Anna heard him and went to where he was. They ate and after that, Yoh couldn't believe what he was seeing. Anna was cleaning the table and washing the dishes.
"A-Anna, you know I can do that," Yoh said. But he was ignored. Yoh just sat there and watched her while she was doing chores. She wasn't used in doing these things, that's why she was slow. "Anna, in case you're having a hard time doing that, I'm always here to help you," Yoh said.
Anna turned to him with a glare on her eyes. "What did you say? Are you telling me that I'm weak and I don't know how to do these stuff?" she said furiously.
"No! No! I didn't mean that…" Yoh said as he bowed down his head. He felt that he made her mad, but no, she was only acting.
"Oh, Yoh!" she started laughing. "I was only acting, silly!" He never saw her being like this, being happy and playing tricks on him. It was like a brand new Anna. But Yoh hesitated; he didn't know if he should like the new Anna or the old one.
"Anna?" he whispered under his breath. Then, an unexpected visitor came. "Ding-dong! Ding-dong!" the doorbell rang. "Who could that be?" Anna said, a little irritated. "I'll go get it," Yoh said as he rushed to the door.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw a familiar face he didn't expect to see. "Hao!" Yoh was shocked to see his evil twin brother. "Hello there!" Hao greeted. He had a smirk on his gorgeous face. "Did you miss me, little brother?" he asked.
Yoh was pretty mad. "What are you doing in here?" he yelled. "What do you want from us?" he was ready to slam the door at Hao's face. Then, he did it; he slammed the door on his brother's face.
Outside, Hao slapped his forehead. "Oh, Yoh, when will you learn?" he thought. Then, he called on Spirit of Fire. He started emitting flames from his palm. After he felt that the fire on his palm was good, he threw it right at Yoh's door.
It made a hole on Yoh's door. Yoh was behind that door when that happened. Luckily, he dodged it. "Yoh? Who's that?" Anna yelled, she was still in the kitchen. But no answer. Anna was getting worried. She went out of the kitchen and straight to the door. She saw the hole, but no Yoh was found.
"Yoh, where are you? Don't play tricks on me!" she cried, fear written all over her face. She did not find him there; so she went to the living room, the comfort room, the bedrooms, the dining room, outside and back to the kitchen. But still, no Yoh was found.
While she was searching for him, little drops of water came from her eyes. "Yoh…" she mumbled, wiping of her tears with her hand. She was crying hard now, real hard. She went back to the living room, turned on the television and watched her favourite show. It made her happy, but only a little bit.
When the show ended, tears came from her eyes again. She was sad now. "Where's Yoh?" she thought. Then she thought that he might be at Manta's place or Ren's. Or maybe even at Horo-horo's.
So she called them, one by one. When she called Manta, he said that he wasn't there. This also happened when Anna called Horo-horo and Ren. Now, she was afraid. "Why now? Why was he gone now? Now, that I've learned to show my affections to him…" Ann said to herself as she wrapped her arms around herself. She was all alone in the old inn. It was a cold night. Then, she decided to go back to the entrance. Hoping that he would come back.
She went downstairs, from her bedroom, and upon seeing the door with a hole on it, she saw a note under the door. "Huh?" she picked up the note and read it. "Dear Anna," Anna read the letter loudly. "I've decided to go away, really far away. For I don't love you anymore. I'm sorry, but you just have to understand me. I have my reasons. Yours truly, Yoh." But no, if you thought that she would believe the letter, you're wrong. She threw the letter. Yoh's handwriting wasn't neat like what was written on the note. So she thought that he was just hiding or Hao was hiding him.
So, she went to her bedroom, and slept on her bed. She didn't worry about Yoh. She had faith in him. She slept soundly. The next morning, Anna was awakened by the loud sound. Somebody was outside. Anna went down and ran to the person who was knocking on the door.
"Yes?" Anna asked. Then, the man showed his license, he was a police. "Are you Ms. Anna Kyouyama? I believe that this is your fiancée, Yoh Asakura." The policeman said while showing her a picture of Yoh.
"Yes, I am Anna Kyouyama." Anna said frankly. "Why? Why are you showing me a picture of Yoh?" The policeman hid the picture and bowed his head. "I'm sorry, Ms. Kyouyama, but---" the policeman said. "his body was found at an old warehouse. It seems that he was burned to death."
Anna covered her mouth. She was shocked upon hearing those words. "I'm really sorry." the policeman apologized as he took off his hat. Tears came flowing down her face. She was really sad. "Where was Amidamaru?" she thought. When the policeman left, she went to her room and cried.
"Yoh! Why! Why! WHY!" she was crying. She didn't stop crying for two weeks. She didn't sleep, too. For a few months, she tried not to remember him. The others comforted her but no, nothing worked out. She was still sad. Nobody knew how she felt, only herself.
One night, Anna pulled herself together and thought that she can find out who did this to her beloved. "Hao," she whispered. He was the number one suspect. The policemen haven't found out yet. They were still searching for more evidence.
But, Anna was determined to know who did this to Yoh. The next night, she went out looking for Hao. Hao showed himself and Anna started scolding him. "Bring him back to ME!" Anna cried.
Hao didn't mind her much. He brushed his hair gently. After a few minutes of hearing Anna's nagging, he slowly neared his face unto Anna's. Anna was so exhausted from noticing that she was being kissed by an evil man, she didn't feel anything at all.
After a few seconds, Hao's lips parted from hers. Anna fell into a deep sleep. It seems that Hao's kiss was poisonous. "My, my." Hao said as he carried Anna. "Let's go home, my dear love."
The both of them went off. From that day on, neither Anna nor her shadow was seen. The others got worried and decided to find her. But they didn't. She was nowhere to be found. They also searched for Hao, but stopped when they thought that he was clever and know where to hide. They were all lonely, nothing seemed to be more tragic than loosing your best friends.
END OF CHAPTER