Chapter three.

[a:n uhm, I think that's some weird lines I've wrote here. Well nonetheless, I've uploaded two chapters in one day. Well that's an accomplishment for me since my other story "when she changes, he changes" hasn't been updated for months. Well sorry for the grammatical errors. I'll edit it if I have time. Pls enjoy these for now

Disclaimer: I don't own shaman king]

Blood. There was blood anywhere…

Huh?

Why am I holding a sharp thing? Mom and dad never wanted me to hold such dangerous things. I touched the fluid oozing on the knife.

Is this paint?

Red paint.

Then the sight of two adults greeted me. They were bathing in red paint. I didn't know what happened. Just then father moved. I was relieved, I thought they were dead. But then he looked at me, his eyes were full of –

HATRED

Why? Why are you looking at me like that?

I have always been the elite daughter you've wanted

And still…

Why?!

Anna sat up on the bed. She was sweating hard. Her heartbeat seems like as if it's running a marathon. But then she felt a warm presence, she looked around her. She was at her apartment. Thank goodness. She would have killed Hao if he took her to their condo. She looked around. She wrote something in a piece of paper and posted it on the refrigerator. She then left.

Hao motioned to open his eyes same with Yoh. They looked at the paper on the refrigerator.

There's breakfast in the microwave, eat it if you want.

The two smiled at each other.

Anna was walking in the hallways. As usual, noise is everywhere but a particular rumor had interested her.

"Did you hear, there's a first year transferee and he's so adorable!"

"First the twins and now another comes again? Oi oi, who would dare transfer when it's already past midterm"

"There he is! The freshman transferee. "

"He's so cool!"

The transferee just seemed to not care about his surroundings when he spotted a familiar face.

"Anna!"

"Redseb…"

"Onii-chan! I'll tell you something great!" 8 year old Seyrarm jumped up and down while Redseb just shrugged and answered" what?'

"There's a new onee-chan and she's really beautiful! I like her already!"

After that day, Seyrarm would always come home about what she did with 'oneechan'.

"onee-chan this, onee chan that, don't you have something different to say?" now Redseb was already irritated.

"but onee chan is really amazing, she would always do this mind reading tricks, it's as if she could really read my mind" Seyrarm still maintained a happy face.

Redseb has decided, tomorrow he will go with Seyrarm.

13-year old Anna sat in the Garden Pavilion of the Asakura mansion. She doesn't want to think. All her life, all she did was think. She needs time to relax and this is the best time, now that she's alone.

The wind was so good. It seemed to sooth her insides. The smell of the flowers was really pleasant. She loved it. Slowly her upturned eyebrows began to relax, her eyes came next, before she knew it, she was asleep.

Redseb saw the whole thing. He didn't know why he, a ten year old who doesn't care about anything was drawn to this girl. He took a step closer, then another step and another until he was standing in front of her sleeping form. He didn't know how to describe the feeling he gets. He didn't know that a thirteen year old girl could look this beautiful.

Huh!? What's wrong with my mind! No no no! this isn't normal and this is not good at all. Oh maybe it's because of the hot weather!

Redseb went to his room and turned the aircon to its maximum. the next day he had a very bad cold.

"what happened to onii-chan? I thought idiots don't catch colds." Seyrarm asked one of the maids innocent.

"well you see, m'lady, he maxed the aircon even though it's already winter."

It was a windy day in Izumo.

"Hao, it's strange isn't it?" Yoh said, it almost sounded like a whisper but his twin, nonetheless heard him.

"I know… she doesn't seem to be that gifted on the chest area…" Hao replied.

"You're talking about that! I'm not referring to that." Yoh blurted a blush forming in his cheeks.

"I know what you're talking about Yoh; it's just that there's no use thinking about it…" Hao's tone changed, his voice was very serious with a tinge of sadness.

"She changed so much… she used to talk a lot back then… and to think that she would be our fiancée" Yoh said.

"I actually didn't recognize that it was her, she grew a lot prettier in the last 5 years."

"Uhm, a-a-Anna s-s-sama…" Tamao tried to break the cold atmosphere between the blonde and the brown haired transferee. The mood was so intense; it's as if they are already having a bloody fight in their heads.

Redseb decided to break the ice when suddenly-

"So, what brings you here?" the ice queen was the one who spoke.

"Uh…." Redseb tried to think of a reason that doesn't concern her but no matter how he scanned every corner of his brain, he can't find anything.

Anna raised one eyebrow.

Redseb started to stroke the back of his head. He does this whenever he feels uneasy about something and what makes him uncomfy now is her presence.

"Whatever. It seems like you don't intend to answer my question."

Redseb was now looking to his side, trying to ignore her.

"Anna sama!" (You know who)

"Hello to you too Tamao" Anna said without moving an inch.

"Anna-sama, there's some- AAAAAAHHH!"

TAMAO'S took reset's attention.

"What now?" veins popped on Anna's head. She closed her eyes, to calm herself.

"The transferee!"

"Huh?" Anna and Redseb said in unison.

"He's the one who rejected Rena-san" the pink-haired girl said.

"Who's this Rena-san?" Redseb, who now stood straight, answered. Anna noticed that his shoulders are higher than her is already.

'When did he grow so tall?' Anna wondered.

For the first time in her life, Anna somehow felt interested in this little boy she used to see a lot. Tamao started babbling about this Rena person and Anna couldn't help but feel amused at the boy's look of confusions. It kind of reminded her of Yoh.

'Yoh? No that can't be… I only met him this month. There's no way that a thing like this will remind me of Yoh. Besides, I never really had a proper conversation with him.'

"I'm going home…" Anna turned her back and started to walk.

"Anna…" Redseb muttered. Feeling a bit disappointed.

Then Anna finally glanced at her back, "and by the way Redseb…"

"What?"

"Call me Onee-san in school." With that she walked away.

Anna opened the door to her condominium. Well, luckily, there has been no sign of any break-in. thank goodness, she thought. If someone made a mess of her lock system again, she would explode. Everyday has been a lot more stressful ever since the twins came. Silence, the thing she loves the most has been too cruel to her.

She removed her shoes and went straight to her bedroom. She threw heself on the soft mattress without bothering to remove her socks. Her attention has been caught by the moonlight that made the white curtain of her window sparkle. Yes, she always longs for times like this. Times when her mind can rest.

Her eyes slowly started to close and her she thinks that her mind is already seeing the gates of dream land when-

She heard the alert sound of her security system, someone's going to barge into her place again-

"Anna~chan~~" an familiar angelic voice called her name.

-and she thinks she knows who THEY are.

"jean, what are you thinking, coming in here in this hour." Anna appeared from her bedroom.

"Datte~ I want to see Anna-Chan! Oh, you look haggard today. Did something happen? "

"please stop hacking my system every now and then. You can come in normally you know." The blonde said.

"but it's more fun seeing your face after the break in~" the silvernette replied.

"Mei, stop harassing her." A certain guy with a pointy head appeared behind the silver-haired lady.

"ara, ren-kun, could it be that you're jealous? Don't worry your punishments are always on a higher level~" the girl said darkly but her "innocent smile" is still plastered in her doll-like face.

"oi, don't treat like I'm some kind of masochist!" the Chinese guy rebutted.

The blonde placed her hand in her waist and glared at the two people.

"so, what do you need?" she asked icily.

the pointy head looked away and stroked his forehead and the silvernette brightened her smile more, a

"a place to stay"

Yoh looked at the full moon. It's so round and big and bright. it's a very beautiful view yet looking at it makes him feel sad.

He stretched his one arm such that his palm has covered the moon.

Yes, the moon is just like her. It seems so distant, so unreachable.

Anna, did you forget about me?

His eyes were full of longing and sadness and so was the eyes of his double in the other room.