A Faithful Companion By Koyukix

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King, and I never will unless Hiroyuki Takei-sama decides to give it to me for my early Christmas present. So please, don't sue. X3

Brief summary: Yoh gets turned into a dog due to very mysterious and magical reasons. Anna panicks over Yoh's disappearance. And to make matters even more out of hand, Hao finds Yoh (as a dog) and decides to adopt him. What will happen?

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The story is in Yoh's POV.

Prologue

"Yoh." Anna started, slamming close the fridge.

I turned my head away from the TV and faced my fiancée.

"What is it? Anna?"

"Go and get the groceries." She faced me and gave me one of her famous threatening looks.

Eh? Me again? She really likes tormenting her fiancée does she? I could feel my invisible tears of sadness roll down my cheeks.

I glanced at her; I could tell she was getting impatient. She's going to kill me if I refuse. I sighed. Sometimes I'd wish she'd go buy the groceries herself. Oh well. I looked up at her and gave her one of my reassuring smiles.

"Alright."

I stood up from the floor and took my orange headphones which were lying beside me. I had to take them off ever since Anna made me do those awful handstands this morning. She called it training. Eeggh...I shivered at the thought. All of Anna's training must be dangerous to my health.

I made my way cautiously across the room, reaching for the door, trying not to anger Anna in any way. She crossed her arms and watched my every step.

I closed the door quietly behind me after finally leaving the room; I could hear her doing her own things again. I gave a sigh of relief. I walked freely through the hallway, grabbing the grocery bag from the shelf along the way.

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"Hmm...what to get," I mumbled to myself, sticking my hand into my pocket and pulling out the grocery list. "The list sure is long..." I read the list over again quietly to myself, trying to memorize the content of the piece of paper. I stuffed the list back into my pocket, repeating the list in my mind continuously.

After having collected all the items, I walked over to the cashier and reached into my other pocket and grabbed the money that Anna had given me for the grocery. I wonder where Anna gets all the money anyways...and she keeps it all to herself.

I paid for the groceries and left the shop, the sky was still bright and alive though the sun was starting to go down. I walked down the road home, holding a grocery bag in each of my two hands. I lifted my head up and started staring at the sky, still walking unaware of what was in front of me. The clouds are so pretty...

Crash.

I felt myself drop to the floor. Ouu...I rubbed my head and looked up. My eyes met an old woman. She was wearing a dark black robe that covered most of her body, the sleeves were awfully long and covered most of her arms. And the hood covered almost half of her face. I never knew old people wore these kinds of clothes. I guess I never paid attention to old people. I felt somewhat ashamed, I had no idea why.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry," the old lady said. Her voice sounded gentle and kind.

"Oh, it's okay." I murmured, getting back on my feet, picking up my two grocery bags from the floor. Oh boy, let's hope I didn't spoil any of the food. Anna'll kill me.

"Here, as an apology, please take this." She reached out her hand.

I stepped forwards and observed her hand.

"You don't have to be so cautious. I'm just giving your this cookie as an apology for bumping into you like that," the old woman said, smiling. "Take it."

She's giving me a cookie? Might as well take it.

I thanked her as I popped the cookie into my mouth, tasted just like any other normal chocolate-chip cookie, though I've got to admit, chocolate chips aren't really my type.

"Well, bye now." I waved at her as I continued with my walk home.

Ahh! Now that I'm going to be late going home, I'll probably get severely punished by Anna again.

I hummed softly to myself as I continued with the every-day route home.

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Just as I reached the main entrance of the door, I stopped. What's this weird feeling? I felt strictly unusual as my heart beat began to rise in speed.

The next thing I knew, I had collapsed.

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Tsuzuku

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