The Dark Side Of The Moon
By: Bratty
Beta-ed by: Cali-chan
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Prologue: Points of View
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He was out there.
For a whole week, He had been out there. Watching, hearing, *feeling* everything that happened there.
But never, ever, letting himself be seen.
And even if he knew that - for now- there was no danger, he couldn't be calm. How could he, knowing that the enemy with his face was out there, just *watching* them?
He was the only one who knew, of course, since they shared a bond that had been there since their birth and just wouldn't - couldn't - break until the death of one of them. And the same bond was what kept him wary about the whole situation, because he just couldn't understand just what was his brother looking for.
A light tap on his shoulder made him turn around quickly to find himself before the calm eyes of Anna. And even when he tried, he couldn't relax. Not when he knew she was around, making herself vulnerable to Him.
Anna just raised an eyebrow at his behavior. "What are you doing?"
Yoh blinked and only then he noticed that he was standing in the middle of the hallway, looking towards the window, in his bed-clothes. "Uh, I." Anna waited for an explanation, but hearing nothing coherent come out of his mouth, she decided to talk.
"Yoh, you have been spacing out the whole week. You have been jumpy and irritable too, even if you try to hide it. Answer now, what's going on with you?" Clear and direct, that was his Anna. And he smiled inside, knowing that she was worried about him.
But to let her know would be to endanger her, and that wasn't an option - Too much was already in danger as to place her directly into the lion's mouth. So he relaxed his shoulder, put a lazy smile on his face, and just dismissed the whole situation with a wave. "Hehe, sorry if I've been acting weird.I probably just need some more sleep. Sorry if I made you worry, Anna." He grinned apologetically.
But this didn't fool her, and he knew it. And she stared at him, studying him and his words, for what felt like the longest time to him, until finally, she just passed him and went to her bedroom's door. "Then you should go to sleep now, don't you think? I don't want your lack of sleep to interrupt your trainings," she said evenly.
"Yeah.go to sleep now. It's late," he said as he saw her silently go into her room, and only when he heard her door close, he let out a breath he didn't knew he was holding.
With a sharp look on his face, showing the intelligence and strength he hid inside him, he walked to the window, and stared into the night, without making a effort to find him in the darkness. It was useless, and he knew it.
"I know you're out there." He was listening, he knew it, as he felt his amusement at the situation in the air. "I know you can hear me. So I'm going to say this just once - Your enemy is me. No one else. So leave the others out of this." Yoh stood there, with a defiant look on his face, but was only answered with the sound of the leaves being swept away by the wind.
And feeling nothing from Him, he slowly retired from the window, only hoping that he would accept his terms.
But in darkness there was no hope. And sadly, he knew it.
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Hao smiled amusedly at his brother's words, knowing completely well what he meant by them. "don't harm them". That was only his way to say "Don't harm her."
Because he wasn't intending to hurt any of the others around his brother... mere fools playing a game that they couldn't understand. Worthless.
It was the Itako that he was interested in.
The only person who had been able to draw blood from his flesh, proving worth of the power not anyone could handle. The only person in this world whom his brother would give his life for.
At first, when he found out just who was the one who had defeated his guardians, Zenki and Goki, he was surprised to find out that it was a mere girl who had done it. But a deeper research showed that she was no "mere girl". She was the one destined to marry his brother. The one trained to become the first lady of the Shaman King. Anna Kyouyama, Itako.
That knowledge by itself had been rather surprising. And it was even more so when he got the chance to see the girl in question by himself. And immediately he understood what made her the perfect wife for the future Shaman King and why she was the one Yoh would go to the other end of the world for.
It was all in her aura. In her presence. I her scent. In her soul. She wasn't just anyone. She was like a rare rose that even if surrounded by thorns, just couldn't hide away its magnificent beauty.
But like all roses, the thorns were useless, and even if they could draw blood, the rose could still be picked away.
And regardless of his brother's words, that was what he planned to do.
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Anna leaned against the door of her room, feeling again the silence of the house. A silence that she hated.
For a complete week, the house had been lifeless, lonely, and silent. And she hated it.
She hated it because it brought back memories. Memories that she didn't hate, but she wasn't fond of, either. Because they were of the times when she was lonely and lifeless. Her life of training at the Asakura household.
Sure, there were other disciples, but she wasn't like them. No. She couldn't be like them. Because she had been born to be different. Or so were Grandma Kino's favorite words.
She had received a completely different training. A harder one, that was made to make her strong, both in mind and soul, because the one to be the wife of the Shaman King couldn't be weak.
But since she moved out with Yoh, things changed in the house. The house was always filled with life, and no matter where you went, you knew you weren't alone.
At first, she couldn't understand the new feeling - the change from her old life was strong. But soon enough, the new feeling came to be part of her life. A part that - like many other feelings she had found at her new house - she now couldn't live without.
So, the feeling of loneliness and silence wasn't welcome. Not at all. But for the past week, no matter how much she tried, she couldn't make it go away.
But what was wrong? It didn't take her long to notice: Yoh. Yoh was what was being strange. He hadn't changed physically, nor his aura. It was his behavior - more distracted, irritable, and wary. Like expecting to be attacked at any given moment.
It wasn't that he was tired - she had lightened his trainings in hopes to clean away that darned feeling, but it didn't work. It could have even made the situation worse, since now he couldn't find anything to do in his free time besides staring at nothing.
And in what could be called desperation to what was going on, she decided to try the last thing she thought would have any kind of results - the spiritual way.
She had been trained to feel any kind of presence no matter what the situation was, but she had to concentrate specially hard to feel just a fraction of the presence. And that fraction of feeling she got, was enough to scare her.
Yes. Scare her. A feeling she hadn't got in a long time. And it wasn't welcome either. Especially since few things could scare her in this world.
But that power - it was unnatural. No one, no human, should be able to control such a power - yet, someone did. And that someone was out there.
The time of its presence outside of the house was easy to estimate - a week. The same time things changed in the house. The same time Yoh had changed. And she couldn't blame him. If she were the only one able to feel that power, she too would be looking over her shoulder every two minutes.
But how come Yoh was the only one who could feel it? That was what she couldn't understand. Sure, he was trained to feel presences just like her, but not even his power was strong enough to pass trough the barrier that the one out there had created to hide himself. But he could feel it, and not the mere fraction of power she had felt. No. He could feel all of it, if that was possible. And it was strong enough to scare him, and have him wary about the whole situation.
But the situation was a difficult one. Expecting something unknown to happen, without being able to do anything about it. It was like being trapped.
And as she slid into her futon, she could only hope that everything would turn out okay. Only hope.
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Bratty's rants: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEE! Mwaha! Yes people, today is Bratty's birthday! And because of this special day, she wants to give you the prologue of the story she has been working on for the last months ^__^ Wanna give Bratty a present? Leave a review! She'll give you cake if you do. ^__^
Anyway, 'bout this little story: This is my first Yoh/Anna/Hao, and the first "Dark Fic" I write, too. I'm usually a rabid Yoh/Anna fan, but hell, who doesn't like the Yoh/Anna/Hao triangle? Love is tested, faith and promises. ^__^U I'm so corny.
This is just the prologue, too. many more chapters to come (how many, I don't know, really. I write whatever scene comes to my head, and so far, I haven't been able to find a way to link them. Sorta like a puzzle!.Yeah, I know: excuses, excuses. -_-U)
And now, I'd like to thank a bunch of people who have been wonderful to me:
Starting by my wonderful Beta-reader Cali-chan! who has given so many ideas for this fic to deserve the title of co-authoress ^.^ Without you, I couldn't have done half what I've got done already. Thank you ^___^ (BTW, I'm *really* sorry for the lame title. -_- it's the best one I can think of.)
Rally-chan: My wonderful Imôtochan from Spain! *Hugglez Rally-chan* Get online soon! I finally found the mp3 of the Mexican version of "Trust You" ^.^
Anna-chan: For being such a wonderful person ^___^ and writing such a lovely stories. Write more!
Ele-chan: Who I haven't seen online in a long while ;___; Where are you?
Unmei-chan: You're one I want to thank the most. I owe you, really, because you're one who has been there all the time ^.^ I always smile when I read your reviews, and I hope you like this story as well as the other ones. Thank you!
- Bratty
By: Bratty
Beta-ed by: Cali-chan
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Prologue: Points of View
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He was out there.
For a whole week, He had been out there. Watching, hearing, *feeling* everything that happened there.
But never, ever, letting himself be seen.
And even if he knew that - for now- there was no danger, he couldn't be calm. How could he, knowing that the enemy with his face was out there, just *watching* them?
He was the only one who knew, of course, since they shared a bond that had been there since their birth and just wouldn't - couldn't - break until the death of one of them. And the same bond was what kept him wary about the whole situation, because he just couldn't understand just what was his brother looking for.
A light tap on his shoulder made him turn around quickly to find himself before the calm eyes of Anna. And even when he tried, he couldn't relax. Not when he knew she was around, making herself vulnerable to Him.
Anna just raised an eyebrow at his behavior. "What are you doing?"
Yoh blinked and only then he noticed that he was standing in the middle of the hallway, looking towards the window, in his bed-clothes. "Uh, I." Anna waited for an explanation, but hearing nothing coherent come out of his mouth, she decided to talk.
"Yoh, you have been spacing out the whole week. You have been jumpy and irritable too, even if you try to hide it. Answer now, what's going on with you?" Clear and direct, that was his Anna. And he smiled inside, knowing that she was worried about him.
But to let her know would be to endanger her, and that wasn't an option - Too much was already in danger as to place her directly into the lion's mouth. So he relaxed his shoulder, put a lazy smile on his face, and just dismissed the whole situation with a wave. "Hehe, sorry if I've been acting weird.I probably just need some more sleep. Sorry if I made you worry, Anna." He grinned apologetically.
But this didn't fool her, and he knew it. And she stared at him, studying him and his words, for what felt like the longest time to him, until finally, she just passed him and went to her bedroom's door. "Then you should go to sleep now, don't you think? I don't want your lack of sleep to interrupt your trainings," she said evenly.
"Yeah.go to sleep now. It's late," he said as he saw her silently go into her room, and only when he heard her door close, he let out a breath he didn't knew he was holding.
With a sharp look on his face, showing the intelligence and strength he hid inside him, he walked to the window, and stared into the night, without making a effort to find him in the darkness. It was useless, and he knew it.
"I know you're out there." He was listening, he knew it, as he felt his amusement at the situation in the air. "I know you can hear me. So I'm going to say this just once - Your enemy is me. No one else. So leave the others out of this." Yoh stood there, with a defiant look on his face, but was only answered with the sound of the leaves being swept away by the wind.
And feeling nothing from Him, he slowly retired from the window, only hoping that he would accept his terms.
But in darkness there was no hope. And sadly, he knew it.
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Hao smiled amusedly at his brother's words, knowing completely well what he meant by them. "don't harm them". That was only his way to say "Don't harm her."
Because he wasn't intending to hurt any of the others around his brother... mere fools playing a game that they couldn't understand. Worthless.
It was the Itako that he was interested in.
The only person who had been able to draw blood from his flesh, proving worth of the power not anyone could handle. The only person in this world whom his brother would give his life for.
At first, when he found out just who was the one who had defeated his guardians, Zenki and Goki, he was surprised to find out that it was a mere girl who had done it. But a deeper research showed that she was no "mere girl". She was the one destined to marry his brother. The one trained to become the first lady of the Shaman King. Anna Kyouyama, Itako.
That knowledge by itself had been rather surprising. And it was even more so when he got the chance to see the girl in question by himself. And immediately he understood what made her the perfect wife for the future Shaman King and why she was the one Yoh would go to the other end of the world for.
It was all in her aura. In her presence. I her scent. In her soul. She wasn't just anyone. She was like a rare rose that even if surrounded by thorns, just couldn't hide away its magnificent beauty.
But like all roses, the thorns were useless, and even if they could draw blood, the rose could still be picked away.
And regardless of his brother's words, that was what he planned to do.
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Anna leaned against the door of her room, feeling again the silence of the house. A silence that she hated.
For a complete week, the house had been lifeless, lonely, and silent. And she hated it.
She hated it because it brought back memories. Memories that she didn't hate, but she wasn't fond of, either. Because they were of the times when she was lonely and lifeless. Her life of training at the Asakura household.
Sure, there were other disciples, but she wasn't like them. No. She couldn't be like them. Because she had been born to be different. Or so were Grandma Kino's favorite words.
She had received a completely different training. A harder one, that was made to make her strong, both in mind and soul, because the one to be the wife of the Shaman King couldn't be weak.
But since she moved out with Yoh, things changed in the house. The house was always filled with life, and no matter where you went, you knew you weren't alone.
At first, she couldn't understand the new feeling - the change from her old life was strong. But soon enough, the new feeling came to be part of her life. A part that - like many other feelings she had found at her new house - she now couldn't live without.
So, the feeling of loneliness and silence wasn't welcome. Not at all. But for the past week, no matter how much she tried, she couldn't make it go away.
But what was wrong? It didn't take her long to notice: Yoh. Yoh was what was being strange. He hadn't changed physically, nor his aura. It was his behavior - more distracted, irritable, and wary. Like expecting to be attacked at any given moment.
It wasn't that he was tired - she had lightened his trainings in hopes to clean away that darned feeling, but it didn't work. It could have even made the situation worse, since now he couldn't find anything to do in his free time besides staring at nothing.
And in what could be called desperation to what was going on, she decided to try the last thing she thought would have any kind of results - the spiritual way.
She had been trained to feel any kind of presence no matter what the situation was, but she had to concentrate specially hard to feel just a fraction of the presence. And that fraction of feeling she got, was enough to scare her.
Yes. Scare her. A feeling she hadn't got in a long time. And it wasn't welcome either. Especially since few things could scare her in this world.
But that power - it was unnatural. No one, no human, should be able to control such a power - yet, someone did. And that someone was out there.
The time of its presence outside of the house was easy to estimate - a week. The same time things changed in the house. The same time Yoh had changed. And she couldn't blame him. If she were the only one able to feel that power, she too would be looking over her shoulder every two minutes.
But how come Yoh was the only one who could feel it? That was what she couldn't understand. Sure, he was trained to feel presences just like her, but not even his power was strong enough to pass trough the barrier that the one out there had created to hide himself. But he could feel it, and not the mere fraction of power she had felt. No. He could feel all of it, if that was possible. And it was strong enough to scare him, and have him wary about the whole situation.
But the situation was a difficult one. Expecting something unknown to happen, without being able to do anything about it. It was like being trapped.
And as she slid into her futon, she could only hope that everything would turn out okay. Only hope.
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Bratty's rants: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEE! Mwaha! Yes people, today is Bratty's birthday! And because of this special day, she wants to give you the prologue of the story she has been working on for the last months ^__^ Wanna give Bratty a present? Leave a review! She'll give you cake if you do. ^__^
Anyway, 'bout this little story: This is my first Yoh/Anna/Hao, and the first "Dark Fic" I write, too. I'm usually a rabid Yoh/Anna fan, but hell, who doesn't like the Yoh/Anna/Hao triangle? Love is tested, faith and promises. ^__^U I'm so corny.
This is just the prologue, too. many more chapters to come (how many, I don't know, really. I write whatever scene comes to my head, and so far, I haven't been able to find a way to link them. Sorta like a puzzle!.Yeah, I know: excuses, excuses. -_-U)
And now, I'd like to thank a bunch of people who have been wonderful to me:
Starting by my wonderful Beta-reader Cali-chan! who has given so many ideas for this fic to deserve the title of co-authoress ^.^ Without you, I couldn't have done half what I've got done already. Thank you ^___^ (BTW, I'm *really* sorry for the lame title. -_- it's the best one I can think of.)
Rally-chan: My wonderful Imôtochan from Spain! *Hugglez Rally-chan* Get online soon! I finally found the mp3 of the Mexican version of "Trust You" ^.^
Anna-chan: For being such a wonderful person ^___^ and writing such a lovely stories. Write more!
Ele-chan: Who I haven't seen online in a long while ;___; Where are you?
Unmei-chan: You're one I want to thank the most. I owe you, really, because you're one who has been there all the time ^.^ I always smile when I read your reviews, and I hope you like this story as well as the other ones. Thank you!
- Bratty