Nine Months
This is my first try at a Shaman King story, and a citrus fic…so please tell me what you think in your reviews. I'll try and put all the lemony/limey stuff in italics, so you do not have to read it if you do not want to.
I'm also using an OC, not for the first time, but I'm going to finish this story (hey, I just jinxed it!) and the OC is going to be one of the main characters all the way through. Please tell me if at any point she becomes a Mary Sue, I'm paranoid of her becoming one, and I HATE Mary Sues.
Hao's also going to be OOC here, but if he weren't, the story wouldn't work so well, however, I'll do my best to keep in character as much as possible.
Thanks for reading, Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: As much as I would love to own both Yoh and Hao, I don't. (Sob)
Trey HoroHoro
Len/Lenny Ren
Zeke Hao
Morty Manta
Tammy Tamao
Jove Chocolove
Ages: Ryu – 23
Jun – 22
Lyserg – 16
Tamao – 14
Pirika – 15
Everyone else - 17
Basically, 2 years after the Shaman King Tournament…I think
"What is he doing here?"
The menace in Ren's tone made everyone simultaneously stop their conversations and look in the direction Ren was currently death staring.
Silence reigned for what seemed like hours, but was probably only five minutes.
"He's meant to be dead."
HoroHoro finally spoke; the hatred in his tone matching that had been reached by Ren previously.
Yoh whispered only one word in reply. "Hao."
At that moment the object of their attention, who was sitting on the opposite of the cafeteria with his back towards them looked up and smiled as black-haired girl sat down opposite him.
"You know, there's a bunch of people over there who are death-glaring you. It's kinda freaky."
Esmeralda sneaked a quick look at the group before turning back to her boyfriend.
"I think one of them could be your brother or something. He certainly meets the description you gave me."
Hao stopped in mid-chew and looked at her; before swallowing.
"You are kidding."
The tanned girl shook her head.
"How many?"
Esmeralda again glanced her eyes over the group.
"Six, the ones called Ren, HoroHoro, Chocolove, Manta, Anna and obviously Yoh."
Hao pulled a face and swore.
"Typical. The one school I chose to go to is the one my younger brother and his bunch go to and we haven't got enough money to move again."
Esmeralda put down her chopsticks and reached across the table for Hao's hand.
"Sorry," she whispered.
Hao shrugged.
"It's nothing. I must have really pissed someone off in a past life."
He and Esmeralda looked at each other and cracked up.
"Who is that girl?"
Ren and the others were still staring at the opposite end of the cafeteria, where Hao and the girl sitting with him were now in fits of laughter. Yoh had to admit that his brother looked a lot happier than when the two had last met, but then, Yoh quickly amended to himself, the last time he and Hao met, they were trying to kill each other.
"Who is she?" Anna had quickly grown bored of staring at Hao and his companion and was now giving Chocolove the double-whammy of her ice-glare and her "you-will-do-this-or-else-I-will-hit-you" voice.
"I don't know…"
Chocolove winced as Anna's eyes started to narrow.
"…but I can find out for tomorrow."
Anna leant back in her chair.
"You'd better," she muttered darkly.
The next lunchtime Chocolove triumphantly slammed a photo down on the table.
"Hao's companion….or should I say girlfriend" Chocolove paused dramatically, "is a native gypsy by the name of Esmeralda Lee. She and Hao met in Paris almost two years ago and started dating just over a year ago. She's 17 years old, can speak French and Romanian fluently, but is next to illiterate so is in the same year as Tamao." Chocolove paused for breath, to be met with blank faces.
"You're having us on, Chocolove. Why would Hao bother with someone like her?" Ren spoke for all.
Chocolove grinned.
"You haven't heard the best bit yet. She's not special in any way. Not a shaman, medium, necromancer, nothing. Just a mere human."
Not even Ren had an answer to that statement.
A/N: I know this chapter's short, I'm just setting the scene...please review and tell me what you think! Ja Ne!