Anna was walking through the dark halls of some strange castle. After they
kidnapped her and Yoh they bound her hand and put a clothe over her eyes.
She was walking solemnly, her head down. They were taking her to a master
bedroom that was completely equipped with a queen sized bed and everything,
until they got further instructions from their master, who turned out not
to be the one they were calling 'boss.'
A few minutes later.
She sat, her knees brought up to her chest and her head nudged against them, waiting. All her thoughts were on Yoh. Finally the doors opened again, she looked up and wasn't at all surprised to see Hao standing there. "My dear Anna, you must forgive my idiot henchmen for their ruff behavior. I told them to be gentle with you however, and should I find that they weren't." He shot a meaning full glance at the two men behind him. They cowered away into the growing darkness of the already gloomy castle. "Anna you know why you are here don't you? I will let you take all the time you want to prepare for it. And during that time you can do what ever you please." "Let me see Yoh, where is he!" She said, she was standing and her eyes were a mixture of worry, hate, slight fear and something else, something she was tried to hide deep inside her. "As you wish my love." "I am not your love!" She yelled at him as he walked out the door. "No, not now, but you will be soon." He said quietly to himself.
One of the men that had taken came back a few minutes later, he threw Yoh into the room. He crashed to the floor, a moan escaped him. "Yoh!" Anna yelled as she ran to his side. "Here. Some food n' water, and Master Hao sends his wishes of ya' happiness." The man gruffly said as he turned around and left. Anna watched him leave as if making sure that he wasn't going to turn his back and do anything. Then she turned her attention back to Yoh. His lip was bleeding and he looked bruised and battered. She ran to the bathroom and got a bowl of warm water, a few clean rags and some bandages. She pulled his head onto her lap, took a towel and dipped it in the water. Then she took a rag and softly pressed it against his forehead and other bruises. He stirred in his sleep as if it was painful, his eyes slowly opened, he looked up at her weakly. "Anna.are you alright?" Was the first thing he said. "I'm fine. What about you?" He smiled at her and said, "Eh, I've been better." 'How? How can he still smile at a time like this?' She shook her head and let a small smile form on her lips. Yoh tried to get up but Anna saw him wince and forced him back down, she put a hand over his eyes. "You should rest Yoh. Don't be trying to move yet alright?" Yoh sighed and closed his eyes, relaxing in her lap. Anna took a blanket from her bed and covered him carefully with it. About an hour later Yoh was sleeping peacefully, Anna was still watching over him, her back leaned against the side of the bed. She was afraid to sleep, she didn't want anything else to happen to him. 'Look at him. Sleeping away, as if he had not a care in the world. He doesn't even know what kind of situation we're in. Oh Yoh.' Yoh suddenly woke up, he smiled up at Anna. She brushed some of the hair out of his eyes and sighed. "How do you fell? Any better then before?" He clutched his head with his hand. "Well my head still hurts a little but other then that I'm ok." "Good. Now go back to sleep." She said flatly, like an order, as she planted a quick kiss on his forehead. Yoh blushed and was stunned for a few seconds. Then his eyes wondered to the thin cloth that made her dress. Although it was long sleeved and went down to her feet it was still thin and didn't keep the cold out. "Aren't you cold Anna?" "Not really." She lied, she pulled the deeply cut neck of the dress further onto her shoulders. "Yes you are. I can see you shivering." He with some effort he sat up, took the blanket that Anna had laid on top of him and put it over her shoulders. But he stayed upward only long enough to do that, the next second he was on the floor again. Collapsed from weakness. "Yoh!" Her voice held concern and worry. Yoh smiled goofily up at her again. "I'm ok. I'm just hungry." She let out a sigh of relief and smiled another small smile. She hadn't even thought of the food the man had brought in until then, she looked over at it. Some soup and one slices of bread. "Can you sit up Yoh?" "I think so." She helped him up, he leaned against the wall. "Here." She said as she took the soup, still a little warm but not hot. She scooped out a spoon full and put it close to his mouth. Yoh chuckled. 'I'm not that weak Anna.' He though but didn't say anything as he let her feed him the soup. After at least four bites he took hold of the spoon just as she was about to put to his mouth again. "You need to eat too Anna." He said with a laughing tone. Her smile widened this time and her eyes softened a little.
Anna helped Yoh onto the soft bed, she sat up and watched over him once more, the blanket still around her shoulders. Yoh shivered slightly, Anna saw. Yoh blushed when she leaned her head on his shoulder and snuggle close to him, pulling the blanket up onto him. "You're cold." She whispered in his ear. He rapped his arms loosely around her. Soon they were both asleep. But Yoh woke up some time in the night, he heard voices outside the door. He let go of Anna and snuck over to the door. He put his ear close to it so that he could listen. He could just barley make out the conversation. "So have you gotten the girl to agree yet?" "No. But I think we can do something to persuade her." "What were you thinking?" "That boy. I'm thinkin' that if we threaten his life she'll give in right away." "You know I've been wondering what'll happen if the girl dies while doing this." Yoh's eyes widened. "It's not our job to worry about da' welfare of that little bitch, all we want are her powers. I mean calling the Great Forces or what ever it is, is a difficult thing to do. Why do you think she's the only one who can do it? But Hao has confidence in her. An' if she pulled this off he's going to make her marry him. " Yoh didn't want to hear anymore, he walked back over to Anna. She had woken and was sitting up. "What's wrong Yoh?" She was talking about the look on his face. Yoh looked into her eyes, they weren't cold like usual. Yoh climbed onto the bed and his knees just a few inches in front of her. "Yoh are you a--." She was cut off when he suddenly pulled her into a tight embrace. "Yoh?" "Anna how come you didn't tell me. Did you know this whole time?" 'He must have figured it out.' She clung to him, nuzzling her head into his neck. "Yes I knew. How could I not? But how did you find out?" "I heard those guys talking about it just now." He paused for a moment. "How come you didn't tell me?" Anna bit her lip. "I'm sorry Yoh. I-I didn't want you to worry." Her grip on his shirt tightened. "Besides, you were in no condition earlier for me to have told you. I know you would have wanted to do something about it, I know that just the thought of Hao would make you go crazy." 'She was.worried about me?' Then Yoh pushed her gently away from him and looked into her eyes, she didn't look afraid at all. "Aren't you afraid Anna? You could loose your life." "Don't worry Yoh, I was born to do this, it's my destiny, if anything it is my one purpose in this world." He took her hands in his and nudged his forehead into hers and whispered. "I just don't want to loose you." She smiled at his words and gripped his hands tighter. "Trust me. You won't."
They went back to sleep. Yoh's arms protectively around Anna. He felt much more protective of her then usual, there was NO way he was ever going to let Hao have her. She clung loosely to him.
A few minutes later.
She sat, her knees brought up to her chest and her head nudged against them, waiting. All her thoughts were on Yoh. Finally the doors opened again, she looked up and wasn't at all surprised to see Hao standing there. "My dear Anna, you must forgive my idiot henchmen for their ruff behavior. I told them to be gentle with you however, and should I find that they weren't." He shot a meaning full glance at the two men behind him. They cowered away into the growing darkness of the already gloomy castle. "Anna you know why you are here don't you? I will let you take all the time you want to prepare for it. And during that time you can do what ever you please." "Let me see Yoh, where is he!" She said, she was standing and her eyes were a mixture of worry, hate, slight fear and something else, something she was tried to hide deep inside her. "As you wish my love." "I am not your love!" She yelled at him as he walked out the door. "No, not now, but you will be soon." He said quietly to himself.
One of the men that had taken came back a few minutes later, he threw Yoh into the room. He crashed to the floor, a moan escaped him. "Yoh!" Anna yelled as she ran to his side. "Here. Some food n' water, and Master Hao sends his wishes of ya' happiness." The man gruffly said as he turned around and left. Anna watched him leave as if making sure that he wasn't going to turn his back and do anything. Then she turned her attention back to Yoh. His lip was bleeding and he looked bruised and battered. She ran to the bathroom and got a bowl of warm water, a few clean rags and some bandages. She pulled his head onto her lap, took a towel and dipped it in the water. Then she took a rag and softly pressed it against his forehead and other bruises. He stirred in his sleep as if it was painful, his eyes slowly opened, he looked up at her weakly. "Anna.are you alright?" Was the first thing he said. "I'm fine. What about you?" He smiled at her and said, "Eh, I've been better." 'How? How can he still smile at a time like this?' She shook her head and let a small smile form on her lips. Yoh tried to get up but Anna saw him wince and forced him back down, she put a hand over his eyes. "You should rest Yoh. Don't be trying to move yet alright?" Yoh sighed and closed his eyes, relaxing in her lap. Anna took a blanket from her bed and covered him carefully with it. About an hour later Yoh was sleeping peacefully, Anna was still watching over him, her back leaned against the side of the bed. She was afraid to sleep, she didn't want anything else to happen to him. 'Look at him. Sleeping away, as if he had not a care in the world. He doesn't even know what kind of situation we're in. Oh Yoh.' Yoh suddenly woke up, he smiled up at Anna. She brushed some of the hair out of his eyes and sighed. "How do you fell? Any better then before?" He clutched his head with his hand. "Well my head still hurts a little but other then that I'm ok." "Good. Now go back to sleep." She said flatly, like an order, as she planted a quick kiss on his forehead. Yoh blushed and was stunned for a few seconds. Then his eyes wondered to the thin cloth that made her dress. Although it was long sleeved and went down to her feet it was still thin and didn't keep the cold out. "Aren't you cold Anna?" "Not really." She lied, she pulled the deeply cut neck of the dress further onto her shoulders. "Yes you are. I can see you shivering." He with some effort he sat up, took the blanket that Anna had laid on top of him and put it over her shoulders. But he stayed upward only long enough to do that, the next second he was on the floor again. Collapsed from weakness. "Yoh!" Her voice held concern and worry. Yoh smiled goofily up at her again. "I'm ok. I'm just hungry." She let out a sigh of relief and smiled another small smile. She hadn't even thought of the food the man had brought in until then, she looked over at it. Some soup and one slices of bread. "Can you sit up Yoh?" "I think so." She helped him up, he leaned against the wall. "Here." She said as she took the soup, still a little warm but not hot. She scooped out a spoon full and put it close to his mouth. Yoh chuckled. 'I'm not that weak Anna.' He though but didn't say anything as he let her feed him the soup. After at least four bites he took hold of the spoon just as she was about to put to his mouth again. "You need to eat too Anna." He said with a laughing tone. Her smile widened this time and her eyes softened a little.
Anna helped Yoh onto the soft bed, she sat up and watched over him once more, the blanket still around her shoulders. Yoh shivered slightly, Anna saw. Yoh blushed when she leaned her head on his shoulder and snuggle close to him, pulling the blanket up onto him. "You're cold." She whispered in his ear. He rapped his arms loosely around her. Soon they were both asleep. But Yoh woke up some time in the night, he heard voices outside the door. He let go of Anna and snuck over to the door. He put his ear close to it so that he could listen. He could just barley make out the conversation. "So have you gotten the girl to agree yet?" "No. But I think we can do something to persuade her." "What were you thinking?" "That boy. I'm thinkin' that if we threaten his life she'll give in right away." "You know I've been wondering what'll happen if the girl dies while doing this." Yoh's eyes widened. "It's not our job to worry about da' welfare of that little bitch, all we want are her powers. I mean calling the Great Forces or what ever it is, is a difficult thing to do. Why do you think she's the only one who can do it? But Hao has confidence in her. An' if she pulled this off he's going to make her marry him. " Yoh didn't want to hear anymore, he walked back over to Anna. She had woken and was sitting up. "What's wrong Yoh?" She was talking about the look on his face. Yoh looked into her eyes, they weren't cold like usual. Yoh climbed onto the bed and his knees just a few inches in front of her. "Yoh are you a--." She was cut off when he suddenly pulled her into a tight embrace. "Yoh?" "Anna how come you didn't tell me. Did you know this whole time?" 'He must have figured it out.' She clung to him, nuzzling her head into his neck. "Yes I knew. How could I not? But how did you find out?" "I heard those guys talking about it just now." He paused for a moment. "How come you didn't tell me?" Anna bit her lip. "I'm sorry Yoh. I-I didn't want you to worry." Her grip on his shirt tightened. "Besides, you were in no condition earlier for me to have told you. I know you would have wanted to do something about it, I know that just the thought of Hao would make you go crazy." 'She was.worried about me?' Then Yoh pushed her gently away from him and looked into her eyes, she didn't look afraid at all. "Aren't you afraid Anna? You could loose your life." "Don't worry Yoh, I was born to do this, it's my destiny, if anything it is my one purpose in this world." He took her hands in his and nudged his forehead into hers and whispered. "I just don't want to loose you." She smiled at his words and gripped his hands tighter. "Trust me. You won't."
They went back to sleep. Yoh's arms protectively around Anna. He felt much more protective of her then usual, there was NO way he was ever going to let Hao have her. She clung loosely to him.