Chapter 4
'Tick...tick...tick...RING!!!' the clock beside Asakura Yoh's side of the futon sounded loudly the second it struck 4 a.m. The said person sleepily opened his eyes, he groaned and turned to his other side, placing a pillow on top of his head to drown out the sound of his alarm clock. He hadn't had enough sleep yet. He was thinking too much of his twin brother last night. However, the loud banging of his door prevented him from doing so. Then, Anna's voice can be heard.
'Yoh! Wake up this INSTANT and turn off your alarm!' Anna demanded.
Yoh reluctantly woke up and turned off the alarm before heading towards the sliding door. As soon as he opened the door he was greeted by Anna's legendary left slap.
'Ouch! What was that for?' Yoh touched his cheek.
'It's already 4.01 a.m. in the morning so go and practice!'
Yoh groaned mentally and went to brush his teeth before going back into his room to change his clothes. After folding his futon, he went downstairs and greeted everyone before heading out of the house with Amidamaru.
'It was Saturday yet Anna wouldn't let me sleep longer…' he told Amidamaru but the person addressed didn't give any reply. He stared at his guardian spirit for a while.
'What's wrong Amidamaru?' he asked his spirit.
His spirit was snapped out of his thoughts.
'Nothing…it's just….ummm….did something happened yesterday when you went back to claim your headphones??? You acted really strange as soon as you returned…' his spirit looked at him questioningly.
He stopped running. The smile on his face was struck off. He stared at his guardian spirit for a moment. He wasn't sure whether he should tell him or not. He gave it a second thought before replying…
'It's nothing in particular…'
'Are you sure Yoh-dono? But you wer--'
He sighed and reassured his spirit.
'I'm fine now…that's all that matters now…Anyway, we better get going or I won't be able to finish my run before noon. You know that right?' he gave his spirit his trademark grin. Amidamaru felt reassured after seeing his master smiling at him.
'Yes…Yoh-dono' and he continued running while being accompanied by his guardian spirit. He had reached his house before noon and as soon as he slid the door open he saw Anna standing in front of him holding a few envelop in her hand. Ryu, Manta, Ren and Horohoro were standing behind her and they were holding a plastic bag in their hands.
'Where are you guys going???' Yoh asked.
'We are going to buy stuff for yo--'Manta stopped when Anna shot him a withering glare. Then, she turned back to Yoh.
'Today you can have a rest from training. We'll be going out to buy groceries…'
'Groceries? I thought I have already bought all of it yesterday…'
Anna shot him a murderous glare. He gulped. His spirit looked at him warily.
'U-U-Ummm…well…I'll be going to have some fresh air outside then…bye…' with that he rushed out of the house.
Yoh heaved a sigh of relieve.
'Whheewww….that was so close…'
'Yeah…very close Yoh-dono…'
'So where are we going Yoh-dono?'
'Ummmm…errr…I'm not really sure myself…' he grinned sheepishly.
'What!!! b-b-but aren't you the one who walked here…'
'Somehow I just came…ehehehe…'
Amidamaru's jaws dropped. Yoh stopped abruptly. His eyes widened. Amidamaru looked at his master questioningly...
'What's wrong Yoh-dono?'
He pointed to a direction and Amidamaru followed the direction of his finger. His eyes widened in horror and disbelief…
'A-A-Amidamaru….I wasn't blind am I?' Yoh said to his spirit without shifting his gaze.
'H-H-H-Hao…he is Hao right???' he stuttered.
Standing at the opposite side of the road was his twin brother, staring at the both of them. The strangest part is that he was staring at the both of them in disbelief as well…
