In The Arms Of An Angel
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Tao Ren never thought of a marriage. He left it to Anna and Yoh. But suddenly the will of the destiny changes and a cold-hearted boy must be the Saviour... Love, family, pain, sorrow, destiny... Feelings, you never wanted to feel before. "You're in the arms of an angel; may you find some comfort here". The Romance Of The Water Lily story's rewritten version. Enjoy it!
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Everything belongs to Takei Hiroyuki and Mizushima Seji
The story of this fanfiction belongs to YamadaKeiko.
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26th of October 2008. : Welcome everybody in the world of the In The Arms Of An Angel! This story is very dear to me. Since I hope this will be my first finished fanfiction here, and maybe it will be one of the last Shaman King stories. Nowadays I prefer the own stories but I love the fanfictions still, so I will write those, too. I hope you all will enjoy this story. I tried to write not as stereotyped as the most of the fanfictions (respect for the expectations). Reviews and all types of comments are accepted with pleasure. I will answer all of them, if it's necessary. And if you would like to talk me or just write an email, I'm open for them. So this is all. Enjoy the story!
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Chapter 01.: Awaking
On the 4th of December 1998 an accident happened on the motorway between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The rich and noble Shi family's car crashed with another one. The person responsible for the collision was the owner of the other car's. He drove his car while he was drunk and he drove in the wrong traffic lane. Shi Zhen and his wife, Shi Ming died in the collision immediately. Their ten years old daughter, Shi Mei Hua was the only one survivor of the accident. But she is in coma in one of Hangzhou's hospitals since four years... Meanwhile the trusteeship council decided to appoint Shi Zhen's elder sister, Shi Zhi Nu as the foster-mother of Mei Hua. But she didn't come even once to visit her niece. Opposite this her grandmother, Shi Xin Mei, didn't move from beside the bed of her unconscious grandchild. She was waiting for the awaking of Mei Hua since the day of the accident.
That day was very special day in China. It was Moon New Year's festival day. The city celebrated the coming of the new year. But in one of the hospitals wasn't so great the happiness. Shi Xin Mei sat sadly next to her grandchild's bed. During these four years, when she just slept like Sleeping Beauty in the fairytale, Mei Hua grew a lot. She started to become a woman.
"Oh, my dear... It's been so long, since you talked to me for the last time" Xin Mei sighed. She believed, Mei Hua could hear her, when she speaks to her. "It was so long, when we celebrated together this festival... I wonder, what your parents in the Heaven do."
Xin Mei smiled. Every time, when she looked Mei Hua, she saw her mother in her. They were very similar. Mei Hua looked like her mother. Expect their eyes. Those black, almond-eyes was got by her father. Mei Hua had shoulder length blondish brown hair. Her face was like the angel's. The calmness and the cleverness were in her black eyes. But Xin Mei was afraid of the changing of this look. If she learns about her parent's death, her view will change and her eyes will be filled of sorrow. Xin Mei loved her only one granddaughter, and she loved her as much as she could. Xin Mei didn't want to lose her grandchild, so she decided to endowment her as soon as she can. Xin Mei just could hope, Mei Hua won't have a serious amnesia. But the doctors said, they can't preclude the possibility of at least a mild amnesia.
"I wish you could awake as soon as you can" wished Xin Mei. "This uncertainness is very worrying."
Suddenly like her wish found a listener, Mei Hua's right hand started to shake.
"Oh, my God! She starts to awake... Somebody call a doctor!" asked for help Xin Mei.
Soon a doctor came to the room and he started to examine Mei Hua.
"How is she?" asked Xin Mei.
"Good news, Mrs. Shi. Your granddaughter will awake soon" answered the doctor.
"And... will she have amnesia?"
"Maybe she won't remember the year of the accident. But it won't be very serious. Thanks for your caring the accident won't have a very serious affect on her. She will remember the most things, that she learned before the accident. But I guess, you must tell her the truth, when she asks about her parents."
"Yeah, I thought so, too. And will she remember after a while?"
"She will need time to remember again. Years, maybe months. But she will be fine. This is the most important."
"Yes."
After the doctor went out, after a few minutes, Mei Hua regained her consciousness. She opened her eyes and she saw her grandmother.
"Grandmother..." whispered Mei Hua. Her voice sounded angelic.
"Oh, my dear..." smiled Xin Mei. "Thank God, you are awaken..."
"Did I sleep?"
"Yeah, you slept for a very long time."
"How long did I sleep?"
"For four years."
"My God... and what happened to me? I mean, why am I in a hospital? And where are my parents?"
"You and your parents had a fatal accident four years ago. Your parents, forgive me for saying this, died immediately. They care of you from now from the heaven. You are the only one survivor of the accident."
"My parents... are dead?"
"But this isn't the worst of all. As soon as you discharged from the hospital you have to move to your auntie."
The death of her parents shocked her enough much but this new sounded her enough bad.
"But grandmother, I don't want to live with auntie Zhi Nu! I want to live with you!" Mei Hua started to cry.
"I know as well as you do, my little. But I can't decide this on my own. This was the will of the trusteeship council" explained Xin Mei.
"Can't you do anything against it?"
"I can do but I have fear you won't like that idea."
"Tell me!"
"If you weren't the member of the Shi family any more, your auntie won't control you."
"But I want to belong to this family."
"If you remain here forever, your auntie will be your foster-mother? Do you want this?"
"No."
"This is the only way. If you get marriage someone, you will escape. Since you are the fiancée of him, you will belong to that family."
"And... whom I must marry?"
"As soon as you discharged from here, you will meet him."
Mei Hua got out of the bed and she walked to the window. She watched the fireworks from there.
"From now I will make a secret promise to myself. I will lock my heart away from everyone. I won't allow to myself to love anyone. I'll save my heart from the most dangerous fear of all: the love. I won't say that sentence again. I will never fall in love" promised in herself Mei Hua.
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Far from Hangzhou, in the Tao Manor Ren trained in his training room.
"10502, 10503, 10504..." counted Ren.
Suddenly Ren's father, Tao En entered to the room.
"I have some good news for you, my son" stated En.
"10505, 10506, 10507, 10508, 10509, 10510" finished the exercise Ren and he turned to his father. "Jun will move from here with Pyron and I can make the training room bigger?"
"No. Jun will stay here" answered En.
"What a pity... I wanted some new machines..." Ren sighed.
"Tao Ren!" shouted En.
"What's it?" enquired Ren.
"Tomorrow will be a very important day for the Tao family."
"Why?"
"Tomorrow you will meet your fiancée."
"WHAT?! I don't need something like that!"
"Ren! Don't be so rude, when you didn't see her!"
"Wait! You already saw her? And you agreed with her parents?"
"I didn't see her yet. But I knew well her parents. They are a noble but not too rich family."
"The worst kind of woman. She will want just the money of the family."
"You are wrong. She has a great inheritance from her parents and from her grandparents. But she can get it only then, when she is ready and she lives in her own family."
"It's the same."
"Don't judge her so soon! Tomorrow you will meet her and her grandmother. She will explain to you, why she chose you."
"I don't want to learn it."
"It's better, if you know, you can thank your life that woman. She saved your mother, when she was pregnant with you. If she wouldn't heal your mother, we could lose you."
"And a simple 'thank you' isn't enough for that old hag?"
"Ren! How many times should I tell you being more respectful with the old people? By the way, a noble family always express its gratitude to the other family."
"Father, can I ask something?"
"Of course."
"Why did you speak about her parents in past tense?"
"This the most important reason, why I ask you to behave to her a little kinder than to everyone. Her parents died in a car accident in Hangzhou four years ago. That collision was very terrible... I won't wonder, if she won't smile tomorrow..."
"Is she orphaned?"
"Yes. And never tell her, she is in the better situation! But you shouldn't pity her. Maybe she gets hurt at it. Promise me, my son, you will try to be kind to her tomorrow!"
"But..."
"Ren, the future of the Tao family is in your hands. You will marry her, no matter what. If it's necessary, I will take you to the altar with two kyonshiis! Promise me!"
"But..."
"No objections! Promise me!"
"All right. I will try to act kinder..."
En went out of the training. While he went downstairs he met his wife, Ran.
"How did he receive it?" asked Ran.
"Not too well... I wonder, if these two will get on well with each other someday..." En sighed.
"Don't give up the hope so easily! Maybe he will be able to live with her!"
"I hope you're right, my dear. I hope."
"Maybe the new came to him a bit sudden. He will get used to the thought sooner or later. Since he is a Tao."
"That's why I trust him to do his best tomorrow."
"And what do you think about her?"
"She will be fine. She is as strong as her parents were. I believe this strong blood lane won't disappoint us. Tomorrow everything will turn out."
To Be Continued
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Author's Note: I'm very busy because of the school. And it is very difficult to write 5 stories at the same time. So I'm afraid you must wait for the next chapter a bit... Until that please leave reviews!! Thank you: YamadaKeiko