(A/N: Okay, looks like we'll need another chibi in here! Can you figure
out who that chibi is? (I used the chibi's english name because I can
pronounce it easier.)
Yeah, that and I don't own Shaman King or Yugioh. Too tired to get creative with my disclaimer.
Oh, and I would like to thank all who send their (in some cases chapterly) reviews for their support to this fic. Which, if you're reading this, probably means you.)
Chibi Begininngs: Chapter 4: Bwak-mayowd!
Anna had just slammed the door on Yoh, despite poor Yoh's attempts to apologize to her. She darts back over to her bed and continues bawling heavily, burying her face in the bright pink pillow near her sleeping bag.
Chibi Anna: After crying for a while, she lifts her head up from her pillow. "Yow cuwd nevew wuv a sdweed owfan. Hez guna be da Shawmun Kyng yn a wittew byt, an hew wan' a pweteew, nycew guwl fuw hys Shamun Kween. I dun' hav a chayns." (Yoh could never love a street orphan. He's going to be the Shaman King, and he'll want a prettier, nicer girl for his Shaman Queen. I don't have a chance.)
Chibi (drum role, please...) Tamara: She slides open Anna's door and enters her room. The pink-haired girl in a light blue kimono grinned with malice at Anna's misfortunes. (mocking) "Aw, wuza mattew? Diw Yow huwt yowr feewins agin?" (Aw, what's the matter? Did Yoh hurt your feelings again?)
Chibi Anna: She lifts her hgead off her pillow again. *Dat voys. Nod ugen!* (*That voice. Not again!*) "Shuv awf, Tamawa!" (Shove off, Tamara!) She violently throws her pillow at Tamara.
Chibi Tamara: She easily sidesteps out of the way of the pillow that Anna threw at her. "Uh-uh-uh. Twowin piwwows ad de appwentis idn' vewy nyse. Iy bed dat Kenow an Yowmey wud wuv tew heew abowd hou yew twyd tew utak me. Dat cuwd vewy wew ged yew twown aut." (Uh-uh-uh. Throwing pillows at the apprentice isnt very nice. I bet Kino and Yohmei would love to hear about how you tried to attack me. That could very well get you thrown out.)
Chibi Anna: She quickly jumps to her feet and runs over to Tamara, at whick point she wrings her hands around Tamara's neck. She shook Tamara back and forth. "Juz twy id, Pynkee! Yow'll wiv ta wegwed id! Iv dun tew much stewpid stuf fer ya, an Im nod afwayd uv yer gawsip eniemow!" (Just try it, Pinkie! You'll live to regret it! I'v dun too much stupid stuff for you, and I'm not afraid of your gossip anymore!) She throws Tamara to the floor.
Chibi Tamara: She turns up to face a fuming Anna. "Wew meybie yew shud, cuz I sah yew an Yow wasd nyte..." She giggles.
Chibi Anna: She gasps in embarrassment. "Haw much dyd ya se?"
Chibi Tamara: She stands to her feet and brushes herself off. "O, Iy dunno. Iy gess fyv ow syx." (Oh, I don't know, I guess five or six.)
Chibi Anna: She wrings her hands around Tamara's neck again and shakes her violently. "Fyv ow syx wud?" (Five or six what?)
Chibi Tamara: "GAAK! Piktuws, uv couwz." (GAAK! Pictures, of course."
Chibi Anna: Her eyes shot open and she loosened her grip around Tamara's neck. "Piktuws?!"
Chibi Tamara: "Uh-huw. An I tink dat Yow miyt be sweed awn ya, Annah. Wich juwsd myt distwakt Yow fwom bekomin da Shawmin Kyng. Ya' now dat cuwd ged ya' twown awt o' heyr." (Uh-huh. And I think that Yoh might be sweet on you, Anna. Which just might distract Yoh form becoming the Shaman King. You know, that could get you thrown out of here.) She snickers.
Chibi Anna: She drops to her knees, letting go of Tamara entirely. "OWKAY! I gad id. Wud naw?"
Chibi Tamara: She grins widely. "Bud wemembew, wike awwayz, yf ya tew aniebudie, Iy giv owd da piktyurz. Den, Yowmey an Keenow ged tew see haw cyuuwt yew wuk kwadewd yn Yow's awmz... Hehehe." (But remember, like always, if you tell anybody, I give out the pictures. Then, Yohmei and Kino get to see how cuute you look cradled in Yohs arms... Hehehe)
Chibi Anna: She grits her teeth. *Sumdey, I'w ged yew bak! Yew won' ged awey wid diz!* (*Someday, I'll get you back! You won't get away with this!*)
Chibi Tamara: "Yew cen stawd wid MIY chowz. Wich iz to skwub da fwowz. AWW de fwowz! Puwfikt fow yew. Da kynd dezewvin ta bee douwn own da fwoow, bouwin tew us aw!" (You can start with MY chores. Which is to scrub the floors. ALL the floors! Perfect for you. The kind deserving to be down on the floor, bowwing to us all!)
Chibi Anna: She gets up off her knees and walks out the door. (muttering) "Diy Tammie!" (Die, Tammy!)
Later that afternoon, Yohmei and Yoh walk in from the main entrance. Yoh wears a towel over his shoulders.
Chibi Yoh: "Aw, dowz sikigawmeez keyp awn nokin me in da wivew aw da tiym." (Aw, the shikigamis knock me into the river all the time!)
Suddenly, Anna races across the floor, wiping a path in front of her with a towel. Almost knocking over Yoh and Yohmei, she immediately disappears around the corner.
Chibi Anna: She calls back down the hall. "Sawee, Yowmey! Gawta kween da fwows! Down twack duwt on da fwowz!" (Sorry, Yohmei! Gotta' clean the floors! Don't track dirt on the floors!)
Yohmei: He stares dumbfounded to the corner that Anna just raced behind. "Hmm. That's strange. Cleaning the floors is Tamara's job today. So why is Anna doing this for her?"
Chibi Yoh: He just now catches his balance. "Wike Iy sed. Annah's weerd." (Like I said. Anna's weird.) He dries his hair off on the towel on his shoulders.
Yohmei: He continued to stare at the corner. "Yoh, go ahead and get ready for lunch. I'm going to have a word with Anna."
Chibi Yoh: "Owkey. Bud bee cawfuw." (Okay, but be careful.)
Yohmei: He walks down the hallway, which Anna came down.
Chibi Yoh: He walks down the hall the other way. He keeps his eyes on Yohmei, and he notices that Yohmei is not watching his back. He turns around and follows Yohmei. *Dis iz mi chaynz tew fynuwee figyuwr aut ubowt Annah. I'm gunna' fowwow Yowmey an seey wut he seeyz. Sow I cun fynd awt stuwf ubowd Annah.* (*This is my chance to finally figure out about Anna. I'm gonna' follow Yohmei and see what he sees. So I can find out stuff about Anna.*)
(A/N: Well, chapter end. I would've done more, but I'm a little cramped for time, that's all that my title suggested would be in the chapter, and, most importantly, I GOT MY YUGIOH DVDS AT LONG LAST! So, in honor of such, I think I'll be a little merciful on poor Chibi Anna and close out the chapter now.
Oh, and a small thing to think about with Japanese pronunciations and making connections, you Shaman King / Yugioh fans may enjoy this little insight: Why does Yoh have such a weird name? Well, now that I own Japanese anime, I think I can answer that.
Asakura Yoh. His first name is pronounced just like it sounds, 'Yo'. Like the slang. And Joey Wheeler's japanese name is Katsuya Jounouchi. I'm getting somewhere with this.
I've heard Jounouchi pronounced (albeit wrongly) 'joe-now-chee' 'Joe-' like the name, '-now-' like not later, and '-chee', like that stuff in Jackie Chan Adventures. However, being an actual anime-owner, I know better. The Japanese pronunciation is supposed to sound more like 'jow-o-no- chee', with four syllables. But in Japanese, J's sound a lot like Y's when said with a Japanese accent, like in the Yugioh anime, making Jounouchi actually pronounced 'yow-o-no-chee'. Also, in some japanese manga scanlations I've seen, sometimes he's called 'Jou' for shorthand of Jounouchi. And if Jounouchi would be 'Joey', then 'Jou' would logically be 'Joe' to us American people. But 'Jou', using the above logic about Y's and J's, would be pronounced 'Yow'. Sounds like 'Yoh', doesn't it? So does that make 'Yoh', as in 'Asakura Yoh' a Japanese pronunciation of 'Joe'? Hmmm...
Thought you'd like!
I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. But at least now, I own a piece of Japanese Yugioh anime ALL TO MYSELF! MUAHAHAHAHA!)
Yeah, that and I don't own Shaman King or Yugioh. Too tired to get creative with my disclaimer.
Oh, and I would like to thank all who send their (in some cases chapterly) reviews for their support to this fic. Which, if you're reading this, probably means you.)
Chibi Begininngs: Chapter 4: Bwak-mayowd!
Anna had just slammed the door on Yoh, despite poor Yoh's attempts to apologize to her. She darts back over to her bed and continues bawling heavily, burying her face in the bright pink pillow near her sleeping bag.
Chibi Anna: After crying for a while, she lifts her head up from her pillow. "Yow cuwd nevew wuv a sdweed owfan. Hez guna be da Shawmun Kyng yn a wittew byt, an hew wan' a pweteew, nycew guwl fuw hys Shamun Kween. I dun' hav a chayns." (Yoh could never love a street orphan. He's going to be the Shaman King, and he'll want a prettier, nicer girl for his Shaman Queen. I don't have a chance.)
Chibi (drum role, please...) Tamara: She slides open Anna's door and enters her room. The pink-haired girl in a light blue kimono grinned with malice at Anna's misfortunes. (mocking) "Aw, wuza mattew? Diw Yow huwt yowr feewins agin?" (Aw, what's the matter? Did Yoh hurt your feelings again?)
Chibi Anna: She lifts her hgead off her pillow again. *Dat voys. Nod ugen!* (*That voice. Not again!*) "Shuv awf, Tamawa!" (Shove off, Tamara!) She violently throws her pillow at Tamara.
Chibi Tamara: She easily sidesteps out of the way of the pillow that Anna threw at her. "Uh-uh-uh. Twowin piwwows ad de appwentis idn' vewy nyse. Iy bed dat Kenow an Yowmey wud wuv tew heew abowd hou yew twyd tew utak me. Dat cuwd vewy wew ged yew twown aut." (Uh-uh-uh. Throwing pillows at the apprentice isnt very nice. I bet Kino and Yohmei would love to hear about how you tried to attack me. That could very well get you thrown out.)
Chibi Anna: She quickly jumps to her feet and runs over to Tamara, at whick point she wrings her hands around Tamara's neck. She shook Tamara back and forth. "Juz twy id, Pynkee! Yow'll wiv ta wegwed id! Iv dun tew much stewpid stuf fer ya, an Im nod afwayd uv yer gawsip eniemow!" (Just try it, Pinkie! You'll live to regret it! I'v dun too much stupid stuff for you, and I'm not afraid of your gossip anymore!) She throws Tamara to the floor.
Chibi Tamara: She turns up to face a fuming Anna. "Wew meybie yew shud, cuz I sah yew an Yow wasd nyte..." She giggles.
Chibi Anna: She gasps in embarrassment. "Haw much dyd ya se?"
Chibi Tamara: She stands to her feet and brushes herself off. "O, Iy dunno. Iy gess fyv ow syx." (Oh, I don't know, I guess five or six.)
Chibi Anna: She wrings her hands around Tamara's neck again and shakes her violently. "Fyv ow syx wud?" (Five or six what?)
Chibi Tamara: "GAAK! Piktuws, uv couwz." (GAAK! Pictures, of course."
Chibi Anna: Her eyes shot open and she loosened her grip around Tamara's neck. "Piktuws?!"
Chibi Tamara: "Uh-huw. An I tink dat Yow miyt be sweed awn ya, Annah. Wich juwsd myt distwakt Yow fwom bekomin da Shawmin Kyng. Ya' now dat cuwd ged ya' twown awt o' heyr." (Uh-huh. And I think that Yoh might be sweet on you, Anna. Which just might distract Yoh form becoming the Shaman King. You know, that could get you thrown out of here.) She snickers.
Chibi Anna: She drops to her knees, letting go of Tamara entirely. "OWKAY! I gad id. Wud naw?"
Chibi Tamara: She grins widely. "Bud wemembew, wike awwayz, yf ya tew aniebudie, Iy giv owd da piktyurz. Den, Yowmey an Keenow ged tew see haw cyuuwt yew wuk kwadewd yn Yow's awmz... Hehehe." (But remember, like always, if you tell anybody, I give out the pictures. Then, Yohmei and Kino get to see how cuute you look cradled in Yohs arms... Hehehe)
Chibi Anna: She grits her teeth. *Sumdey, I'w ged yew bak! Yew won' ged awey wid diz!* (*Someday, I'll get you back! You won't get away with this!*)
Chibi Tamara: "Yew cen stawd wid MIY chowz. Wich iz to skwub da fwowz. AWW de fwowz! Puwfikt fow yew. Da kynd dezewvin ta bee douwn own da fwoow, bouwin tew us aw!" (You can start with MY chores. Which is to scrub the floors. ALL the floors! Perfect for you. The kind deserving to be down on the floor, bowwing to us all!)
Chibi Anna: She gets up off her knees and walks out the door. (muttering) "Diy Tammie!" (Die, Tammy!)
Later that afternoon, Yohmei and Yoh walk in from the main entrance. Yoh wears a towel over his shoulders.
Chibi Yoh: "Aw, dowz sikigawmeez keyp awn nokin me in da wivew aw da tiym." (Aw, the shikigamis knock me into the river all the time!)
Suddenly, Anna races across the floor, wiping a path in front of her with a towel. Almost knocking over Yoh and Yohmei, she immediately disappears around the corner.
Chibi Anna: She calls back down the hall. "Sawee, Yowmey! Gawta kween da fwows! Down twack duwt on da fwowz!" (Sorry, Yohmei! Gotta' clean the floors! Don't track dirt on the floors!)
Yohmei: He stares dumbfounded to the corner that Anna just raced behind. "Hmm. That's strange. Cleaning the floors is Tamara's job today. So why is Anna doing this for her?"
Chibi Yoh: He just now catches his balance. "Wike Iy sed. Annah's weerd." (Like I said. Anna's weird.) He dries his hair off on the towel on his shoulders.
Yohmei: He continued to stare at the corner. "Yoh, go ahead and get ready for lunch. I'm going to have a word with Anna."
Chibi Yoh: "Owkey. Bud bee cawfuw." (Okay, but be careful.)
Yohmei: He walks down the hallway, which Anna came down.
Chibi Yoh: He walks down the hall the other way. He keeps his eyes on Yohmei, and he notices that Yohmei is not watching his back. He turns around and follows Yohmei. *Dis iz mi chaynz tew fynuwee figyuwr aut ubowt Annah. I'm gunna' fowwow Yowmey an seey wut he seeyz. Sow I cun fynd awt stuwf ubowd Annah.* (*This is my chance to finally figure out about Anna. I'm gonna' follow Yohmei and see what he sees. So I can find out stuff about Anna.*)
(A/N: Well, chapter end. I would've done more, but I'm a little cramped for time, that's all that my title suggested would be in the chapter, and, most importantly, I GOT MY YUGIOH DVDS AT LONG LAST! So, in honor of such, I think I'll be a little merciful on poor Chibi Anna and close out the chapter now.
Oh, and a small thing to think about with Japanese pronunciations and making connections, you Shaman King / Yugioh fans may enjoy this little insight: Why does Yoh have such a weird name? Well, now that I own Japanese anime, I think I can answer that.
Asakura Yoh. His first name is pronounced just like it sounds, 'Yo'. Like the slang. And Joey Wheeler's japanese name is Katsuya Jounouchi. I'm getting somewhere with this.
I've heard Jounouchi pronounced (albeit wrongly) 'joe-now-chee' 'Joe-' like the name, '-now-' like not later, and '-chee', like that stuff in Jackie Chan Adventures. However, being an actual anime-owner, I know better. The Japanese pronunciation is supposed to sound more like 'jow-o-no- chee', with four syllables. But in Japanese, J's sound a lot like Y's when said with a Japanese accent, like in the Yugioh anime, making Jounouchi actually pronounced 'yow-o-no-chee'. Also, in some japanese manga scanlations I've seen, sometimes he's called 'Jou' for shorthand of Jounouchi. And if Jounouchi would be 'Joey', then 'Jou' would logically be 'Joe' to us American people. But 'Jou', using the above logic about Y's and J's, would be pronounced 'Yow'. Sounds like 'Yoh', doesn't it? So does that make 'Yoh', as in 'Asakura Yoh' a Japanese pronunciation of 'Joe'? Hmmm...
Thought you'd like!
I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. But at least now, I own a piece of Japanese Yugioh anime ALL TO MYSELF! MUAHAHAHAHA!)