(A/N: Finally, we get to see some Yugioh people again! And checking form
the title and the suggested time period (six years ago), you probably could
figure it out. I don't own Yugioh. I don't own Shaman King, and this is
the first time in a while that I have had to really say that I don't own
either.)
Chibi Beginnings: Chapter 6: Annah iyn da Ofanidg
Chibi Anna sleeps in a dark, damp alley all night, next to a dumpster, with her only shelter from the cold and rain being her short black dress, which was really too short and wet to help anyway, the crude and stinking buildings that surrounded her, and the red scarf that barely covers her body entirely. She shivers as the wind races over her body.
Suddenly, a bright spotlight is shined on Anna, accompanied by a deep voice.
Voice: "Oh no! Hey, get over here! There's somebody sleeping under this red cloth over here!"
A strong and powerful hand lifts the scarf, finding a short and deathly pale little blonde-haired girl in a black dress, shivering in her sleep. Her arms are scarred and dirty, her hair is wet and messy, and her face is smudged, bleeding lightly, and is freezing cold to the touch.
Another Voice: "Oh my, you did find someone! Is she even still alive?"
Voice: "Yes, by some miracle, she's still alive, but not for long. We've got to get her to the nearest homeless shelter. Otherwise, she'll freeze to death."
(somewhere else, next morning)-----
Chibi Anna: She wakes up, lifting her heavy eyelids while groaning. She lifts her head up very lowly off the ground and looks around at her new surroundings.
Sleeping children littered the floor, almost impairing anyone unfortunate enough to have to walk around in that room.
Chibi Anna: *An owfanidj... Tamawa awweyz sed Iy'd end uwp in heew wun o deez. Nevew tawt she wuz wyt.* (*An orphanage... Tamara always said I'd end up in here one of these days. Never thought she was right.*)
A short, brown-haired boy in a sweater and blue jeans leans over Anna as she wakes up.
Chibi Seto: (A/N: Well, he's not only twelve years old, but he's highly intelligent to boot. So don't expect any chibi talk out of Seto. Sorry. But Seto falls under chibi simply because the fic is entitled "CHIBI Beginnings, not "Pre-Teen Beginnings".) "She's awake. Hey, Mokie, the new girl's awake!"
Chibi Anna: She yawns softly. "Cuwd ya pweez nawd shaut dis uwie inda mownin?" (Could you please not shout this early in the morning?) She rubs her eyes with her hands, then she stretches out. As she stretches, she reaches around her neck as her eyes shoot open. (to Seto) "Uh, hay, wewz miy stuwf?!" (Uh, hey, where's all my stuff?!) She feels around the area she woke up in, glancing around frantically "Miy nekwus an pynk dewss! An my skawf! An da smaw peeys uv paypuw!" (My necklace and pink dress! And my scarf! And the small piece of paper!) She wraps her arms around Seto's legs tightly, staring up at him with big, watery 'puppy-dog-eyes'. "Wud hawpnd tew aw uv miy stuwf?!"
Chibi Seto: Unable to stare at 'that' expression, (LOL!) He turns away from Anna. (coldly) "I'm sorry. I saw when they brought you in last night. And I saw most of the stuff you mentioned. Some of it was badly damaged."
Chibi Anna: (verging on crying) "Damidgd?" (Damaged?) Her eyes well up with tears as Seto continues.
Chibi Seto: "The pink dress was badly soiled and was ruined. The pillow was so drenched that it was virtually a sponge. That walking stick was moldy and wet. And the piece of paper..." He stares at the opposite wall, trying to avoid the subject.
Chbi Anna: She tugs on his legs. "Wud?! Dat stuwf wuz impowtand tew mee! Wud hawpind tew da paypuw?! Teww mee!" (What?! That stuff was important to me! What happened to the paper?! Tell me!)
Chibi Seto: He turns to face Anna, then kneels down to her. "That paper. It must have been very important to you, telling from your expressions. I'm so sorry. It was, uh, well... It was... drenched. Destroyed. Ruined. Totally soaked. It peeled apart at the slightest touch." He can just about see Anna's heart break as he looked into her eyes.
Chibi Anna: "Nou!" (No!) She buries her face in her hands and cries her eyes out.
Chibi Seto: He attempts to cradle Anna in his arms, trying to comfort her. "Now, now, just let it all go."
Chibi Anna: "Now, YEW wed gow!" (No, YOU let go!) She shoves Seto over on his back, then she continues to cry into her hands.
Chibi Mokuba: He ducks his head through the open door, into the room. "Wew, whooz da noo kyd, Settow?" (Well, who's the new kid, Seto?)
Chibi Seto: He rubs his backside as he climbs off the floor. "Ugh, she's strong. No doubt about that." He rubs the back of his head, stands up, amd walks away, leaving Anna on her knees, with her face buried in her tear- moistened hands, surrounded by many other sleeping children.
Chibi Mokuba: He stares back at the crying bonde girl in the black dress. "Bud hew iz shee? An wud'z shee kwyin abowd?" (But who is she? And what is she crying about?)
Chibi Seto: He turns Mokuba away and leads him out of the room. "Leave her alone. It's her first day here. The first days are always the worst."
(later that day)-----
Later that day, Anna sits on the swing set in the playground, completely isolated. Her hair sticks out every which way, and her black dress is stained and wrinkled. Some relatively small distance away, the other kids that were about her age are playing with a ragged and worn ut miniature soccer ball, giggling and yelling. But alone on the swings, Anna seems too distant form all that joyful energy.
Chibi Anna: She grips the cold metal chains of the swings tightly as she stares at the ground. Suddenly, through all the melancholy of the voices, she picks out two familiar voices.
Chibi Mokuba: He practically drags Seto behind him by tugging on his arms, as Seto tries to resist. "Bud Settow, Iy'm juwzt twyin ta bee fwendwee." (But Seto, I'm just trying to be friendly.)
Chibi Seto: "Mokie, she already made it clear that she wants to be left alone."
Chibi Anna: She glances up at Mokuba and Seto as they approach. "Wudda' yew dewin' awownd mee? Iy'm da noo kyd." (What're you doing around me? I'm the new kid.)
Chibi Mokuba: He takes a seat in the swing next to Anna. "Settow an I wew da noo kydz beefow. Id'z now fuwn, Iy'ul tew ya! Id wudev ben niys yf sumwun beesydz Settow wuw dew fow mee." (Seto and I were the new kids before. It's no fun, Ill tell you! It would've been nice if someone besides Seto were there for me.)
He slowly begins to swing on the swing that he sat on. He glances to Anna. "Iy'm Mowkewbah. Wudz yewr naym?" (I'm Mokuba. What's your name?) He begins to swing high into the air.
Chibi Anna: She flinches away. *Ow, Iy wawd tew shuwn hym awf, bud Iy juwzt kaynd. Hee'z sow niyz * (*Oh, I want to shun him off, but I just can't. He's so nice.*) (timidly) "Hiy... Iy'm Annah." (Hi... I'm Anna.) She slowly begins to swing, but can't seem to get high into the air like Mokuba does. She sighs deeply. Then, she feels a sleight push from behind her, allowing her to swing on the swings like Mokuba was. She giggles.
Chibi Mokuba: He glances back behind Anna, to where his big brother stood, pushing Anna on the swings. "Hay, Settow!"
Chibi Anna: She glances back behind her, at Seto. "Sew yew muzd bee Settow, wyt?" (So you must be Seto, right?)
Chibi Seto: "Yep, that's me. Mokie and I are brothers. That's why we're always together." He continues pushing Anna on the swings.
Chibi Anna: (in disbelief) "Weewie? Yew tew aw bwuddewz? Yew tew muzd bee pwiddy wukkie ta hav eech uddew awownd." (Really? You two are brothers? You two must be pretty lucky to have each other around.)
Chibi Mokuba: "Yew bedt! Settow's teechyn mee haw ta pwey Chezz wyk dat pwo giy awn TV. Wud'z 'iz naym, Settow?" (You bet! Seto's teaching me how to play chess like that pro guy on TV. What's his name, Seto?"
Chibi Seto: "You mean Gozuboro? Uh-huh. He's the world chess champion, and chess is my hobby of choice. Hey, Anna? What do you do for fun?"
Chibi Anna: "Um, wew, hm, I havynd puwd much tawt inta dat. I weewie down' now. Bud I'd pwobabwee sey, uh, miy twaynin." (Um, well, hmm, I haven't put much thought into that. I really don't know. But I'd probably say, uh, my training.)
Chibi Mokuba: (chuckling lightly) "Twaynin? Wud, aw ya pwannin awn bekumin an Owimpik twak wunnew?" (Traininng? What, are you planning on becoming an Olympic track runner?)
Chibi Seto: He glances at Mokuba. "Now, now, Mokie, don't make fun."
Chibi Anna: She freezes up. "Um, yewr seyin dat dis izund a skewul fow shawminz?" (Um, you're saying that this isn't a school for Shamans?)
Chibi Seto: He chuckles and nods his head back and forth. "No, this is an orphanage. Shamans aren't real, ya' know."
Chibi Anna: *Auw tew!* (*Are too!*) She loses her grip on the chains of the swing right as Seto pushes her, knocking her off the swing, into the dirt below. "OW!" She lands face-first on the ground.
Chibi Seto: "Anna! You okay?" He rushes over to where Anna laid on the ground, and holds out his hand. "Sorry. Didn't mean to over push you."
Chibi Anna: She slowly comes to her feet. "Iy'm owkey, bowyz. Iy'm tuffew den yew tynk." (I'm okay, boys. I'm tougher than you think.) She stands to her feet, with not a tear or a scar on her face. She paces towards the orphanage building.
(later that evening)-----
All the kids at the orphanage were gathered around several large tables. Anna sat at the table at the end of the room closet to the large exit doors.
A tall, brown-haired woman walks up behind Anna.
Woman: "Excuse me, honey." She kneels down to Anna.
Chibi Anna: She sees the woman approach her, and she glances around before pointing to herself. "Huw, mee?" (Who, me?)
Woman: "Yes, you. You've just enrolled in our facility today, but we need a record of who you are, but we don't know your name. I need you to tell me your name, and how old you are. Okay, honey?"
Chibi Anna: She stares blankly at the woman for a second. (innocently) "Dew yew hayv miy stuwf?" (Do you have my stuff?)
Woman: "Your stuff?" She chuckles lightly at the cuteness and innocence of Anna's comment. She places a finger on her chin. "Oh, your stuff! Oh, I'm so sorry, honey, but we threw a lot of it out." She shakes her head back and forth.
Chibi Anna: "Iy duwn cayw. Az woung az Iy hayv sumfin ta wemembew miy owd howm biy." (I don't care. As long as I have something to remember my old home by.)
Chibi Seto: He approaches Anna and the woman. "Hey, just give her all her things back, okay?"
Woman: She turns to Seto. "Oh, there you go again, Seto. Always sticking up for the new kid. Sorry, Seto, but you know the policy by now. I can't let every orphan that comes in here keep everything they want. Stuff has to go."
Chibi Seto: An irritated stare appears on his face. "Her name is Anna. Not 'honey', or 'new girl', or 'some other orphan'. And you're right about one thing. I do know your policy. The policy that states clearly that as long as none of your space is used up, Anna can keep whatever she wants to!" He grins as he pulls a large pamphlet out from behind his back. He held his thumb in the small booklet, holding it open for the woman to see.
Chibi Anna: She glances back over her shoulder at the triumphant Seto. *Tanks, Settow.* (*Thanks, Seto.*) She blushes lightly.
Woman: She takes the booklet from Seto, and holds it up to a light. Then, she mutters something under her breath quickly, while clearly frustrated. "Seto, do you have nothing better to do than look for the loopholes in the orphanage's rules?"
Chibi Seto: "Hey, you put my little brother and I through a living nightmare with our inductions into this pit of an orphanage. And I ALWAYS keep score!"
Woman: She stares down at Seto, realizing she had lost Yet another argument to the strategic, quick-thinking Seto. "Okay, Seto. Her name is Anna, and she gets her stuff back. You win."
Chibi Anna: She stares at Seto in awe of how he stood up to that woman who came up to her. "Settow, haw'd ya' dew dat?" (Seto, how did you do that?)
Chibi Seto: "Don't thank me, Anna. Just watch out for her!" He points to the woman he had just confronted.
Woman: She walked towards a closet, with the label "Storage" above it.
Chibi Seto: "That witch is the worst. But if we all stick together, she won't boss us around just to line her own pockets. But she can't, or at least not as long as I'm around."
Chibi Anna: She grabs onto Seto's hand for protection.
Chibi Seto: "Just remember, there's no 'I' in 'orphanage'."
Chibi Anna: *Weewie? Now 'I' iyn 'owfanidj'? Senz wen? Aw wew, nevvuw mynd.* (*Really? There's no 'I' in 'orphanage'? Since when? Oh well, never mind.*) (shyly) "Tanks, Settow."
Voice: A young boy's voice echoes from across the room. "Aw man, how come Seto gets all the cute ones?"
Chibi Anna: She quickly withdraws away from Seto. "Um, sowee. Iy meen, uw, wew, yowr weewy niyz an aw, bud... Iy..." (Um, sorry. I mean, uh, well, you're really nice and all, but... I...) She blushes brightly.
Chibi Seto: He shrugs his shoulders, not disturbed by what Anna had said to him. "Nobody's forcing you to do anything, or like anybody, Anna." He turns away, staring at the ceiling. "Well, personally, I stick up or the orphans for the thrill of thumbing my nose at the counselor, to be honest. Next to Chess, that's my favorite past time."
Chibi Anna: She leaves the table and paces towards the closet, where the woman had disappeared to. (timidly, to Seto) "Tankz. Fuw unduwstandyn." (Thanks. For understanding.)
Voice: That sniping voice, from the same young boy as before, piped up again. "Aha, so ya' can't win 'em all, can you Seto?"
Chibi Seto: He turns his attention to that irritating voice across the room. (frustrated) "Rrr, shut up, kid!"
Chibi Anna: She enters the closet marked "Storage", following the woman.
Woman: She pulled out a small box from a shelf. She pulls out a blue beaded necklace and a bright red scarf.
Chibi Anna: "Ow, yayyayyay, ya didun' twow aud aw uv miy stuwf!" (Oh, yay, yay, yay, you didn't throw out all my stuff!) She jumps up and down in ecstatic joy as she runs up to the woman and snatches the blue necklace and scarf from her. She quickly prances in the opposite direction, out of the closet.
Woman: She knelt down at the box, having had Anna's blue necklace and red scarf snagged out of her hands. She remains frozen in place, totally dumfounded. *Was that the same timid girl I talked to before?*
(A/N: Yay, yay, yay, I'm finally done rewriting this chapter! I think I'll join Chibi Anna in a happy dance right about now! (LOL)
And that 'thing' between Chibi Seto and Chibi Anna, how many of you actually saw that coming? Honestly. Even I didn't, and I'm the author! Hey, I said I was gonna' be sympathetic towards Anna. Didn't necessarily say how.
I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. And there's more Yugioh stuff coming up. Meaning that I'm not done yet!
But just out of curiosity, do you think Chibi Seto and Chibi Anna make a cute couple? Forget stuff in the present for just a second, just Anna and Seto. No future problems with irritating stepparents and stepbrothers, no engagements to any future Shaman Kings, no Egyptian God Monsters. Would they make a good couple had they met under different circumstances? You decide!
And I'm closing in on my TENTH review, that's right, the big 1-0, the landmark of all reviews, so keep it up, all my adoring fans! And, if my math is correct, then by the time this is posted, I'll already have ten reviews! Though just remember: quality over quantity. Don't review just for the sake of it. Be honest.
Going on Chapter 7, so, until next time, DrakeTheDuelsit bids you farewell!)
Chibi Beginnings: Chapter 6: Annah iyn da Ofanidg
Chibi Anna sleeps in a dark, damp alley all night, next to a dumpster, with her only shelter from the cold and rain being her short black dress, which was really too short and wet to help anyway, the crude and stinking buildings that surrounded her, and the red scarf that barely covers her body entirely. She shivers as the wind races over her body.
Suddenly, a bright spotlight is shined on Anna, accompanied by a deep voice.
Voice: "Oh no! Hey, get over here! There's somebody sleeping under this red cloth over here!"
A strong and powerful hand lifts the scarf, finding a short and deathly pale little blonde-haired girl in a black dress, shivering in her sleep. Her arms are scarred and dirty, her hair is wet and messy, and her face is smudged, bleeding lightly, and is freezing cold to the touch.
Another Voice: "Oh my, you did find someone! Is she even still alive?"
Voice: "Yes, by some miracle, she's still alive, but not for long. We've got to get her to the nearest homeless shelter. Otherwise, she'll freeze to death."
(somewhere else, next morning)-----
Chibi Anna: She wakes up, lifting her heavy eyelids while groaning. She lifts her head up very lowly off the ground and looks around at her new surroundings.
Sleeping children littered the floor, almost impairing anyone unfortunate enough to have to walk around in that room.
Chibi Anna: *An owfanidj... Tamawa awweyz sed Iy'd end uwp in heew wun o deez. Nevew tawt she wuz wyt.* (*An orphanage... Tamara always said I'd end up in here one of these days. Never thought she was right.*)
A short, brown-haired boy in a sweater and blue jeans leans over Anna as she wakes up.
Chibi Seto: (A/N: Well, he's not only twelve years old, but he's highly intelligent to boot. So don't expect any chibi talk out of Seto. Sorry. But Seto falls under chibi simply because the fic is entitled "CHIBI Beginnings, not "Pre-Teen Beginnings".) "She's awake. Hey, Mokie, the new girl's awake!"
Chibi Anna: She yawns softly. "Cuwd ya pweez nawd shaut dis uwie inda mownin?" (Could you please not shout this early in the morning?) She rubs her eyes with her hands, then she stretches out. As she stretches, she reaches around her neck as her eyes shoot open. (to Seto) "Uh, hay, wewz miy stuwf?!" (Uh, hey, where's all my stuff?!) She feels around the area she woke up in, glancing around frantically "Miy nekwus an pynk dewss! An my skawf! An da smaw peeys uv paypuw!" (My necklace and pink dress! And my scarf! And the small piece of paper!) She wraps her arms around Seto's legs tightly, staring up at him with big, watery 'puppy-dog-eyes'. "Wud hawpnd tew aw uv miy stuwf?!"
Chibi Seto: Unable to stare at 'that' expression, (LOL!) He turns away from Anna. (coldly) "I'm sorry. I saw when they brought you in last night. And I saw most of the stuff you mentioned. Some of it was badly damaged."
Chibi Anna: (verging on crying) "Damidgd?" (Damaged?) Her eyes well up with tears as Seto continues.
Chibi Seto: "The pink dress was badly soiled and was ruined. The pillow was so drenched that it was virtually a sponge. That walking stick was moldy and wet. And the piece of paper..." He stares at the opposite wall, trying to avoid the subject.
Chbi Anna: She tugs on his legs. "Wud?! Dat stuwf wuz impowtand tew mee! Wud hawpind tew da paypuw?! Teww mee!" (What?! That stuff was important to me! What happened to the paper?! Tell me!)
Chibi Seto: He turns to face Anna, then kneels down to her. "That paper. It must have been very important to you, telling from your expressions. I'm so sorry. It was, uh, well... It was... drenched. Destroyed. Ruined. Totally soaked. It peeled apart at the slightest touch." He can just about see Anna's heart break as he looked into her eyes.
Chibi Anna: "Nou!" (No!) She buries her face in her hands and cries her eyes out.
Chibi Seto: He attempts to cradle Anna in his arms, trying to comfort her. "Now, now, just let it all go."
Chibi Anna: "Now, YEW wed gow!" (No, YOU let go!) She shoves Seto over on his back, then she continues to cry into her hands.
Chibi Mokuba: He ducks his head through the open door, into the room. "Wew, whooz da noo kyd, Settow?" (Well, who's the new kid, Seto?)
Chibi Seto: He rubs his backside as he climbs off the floor. "Ugh, she's strong. No doubt about that." He rubs the back of his head, stands up, amd walks away, leaving Anna on her knees, with her face buried in her tear- moistened hands, surrounded by many other sleeping children.
Chibi Mokuba: He stares back at the crying bonde girl in the black dress. "Bud hew iz shee? An wud'z shee kwyin abowd?" (But who is she? And what is she crying about?)
Chibi Seto: He turns Mokuba away and leads him out of the room. "Leave her alone. It's her first day here. The first days are always the worst."
(later that day)-----
Later that day, Anna sits on the swing set in the playground, completely isolated. Her hair sticks out every which way, and her black dress is stained and wrinkled. Some relatively small distance away, the other kids that were about her age are playing with a ragged and worn ut miniature soccer ball, giggling and yelling. But alone on the swings, Anna seems too distant form all that joyful energy.
Chibi Anna: She grips the cold metal chains of the swings tightly as she stares at the ground. Suddenly, through all the melancholy of the voices, she picks out two familiar voices.
Chibi Mokuba: He practically drags Seto behind him by tugging on his arms, as Seto tries to resist. "Bud Settow, Iy'm juwzt twyin ta bee fwendwee." (But Seto, I'm just trying to be friendly.)
Chibi Seto: "Mokie, she already made it clear that she wants to be left alone."
Chibi Anna: She glances up at Mokuba and Seto as they approach. "Wudda' yew dewin' awownd mee? Iy'm da noo kyd." (What're you doing around me? I'm the new kid.)
Chibi Mokuba: He takes a seat in the swing next to Anna. "Settow an I wew da noo kydz beefow. Id'z now fuwn, Iy'ul tew ya! Id wudev ben niys yf sumwun beesydz Settow wuw dew fow mee." (Seto and I were the new kids before. It's no fun, Ill tell you! It would've been nice if someone besides Seto were there for me.)
He slowly begins to swing on the swing that he sat on. He glances to Anna. "Iy'm Mowkewbah. Wudz yewr naym?" (I'm Mokuba. What's your name?) He begins to swing high into the air.
Chibi Anna: She flinches away. *Ow, Iy wawd tew shuwn hym awf, bud Iy juwzt kaynd. Hee'z sow niyz * (*Oh, I want to shun him off, but I just can't. He's so nice.*) (timidly) "Hiy... Iy'm Annah." (Hi... I'm Anna.) She slowly begins to swing, but can't seem to get high into the air like Mokuba does. She sighs deeply. Then, she feels a sleight push from behind her, allowing her to swing on the swings like Mokuba was. She giggles.
Chibi Mokuba: He glances back behind Anna, to where his big brother stood, pushing Anna on the swings. "Hay, Settow!"
Chibi Anna: She glances back behind her, at Seto. "Sew yew muzd bee Settow, wyt?" (So you must be Seto, right?)
Chibi Seto: "Yep, that's me. Mokie and I are brothers. That's why we're always together." He continues pushing Anna on the swings.
Chibi Anna: (in disbelief) "Weewie? Yew tew aw bwuddewz? Yew tew muzd bee pwiddy wukkie ta hav eech uddew awownd." (Really? You two are brothers? You two must be pretty lucky to have each other around.)
Chibi Mokuba: "Yew bedt! Settow's teechyn mee haw ta pwey Chezz wyk dat pwo giy awn TV. Wud'z 'iz naym, Settow?" (You bet! Seto's teaching me how to play chess like that pro guy on TV. What's his name, Seto?"
Chibi Seto: "You mean Gozuboro? Uh-huh. He's the world chess champion, and chess is my hobby of choice. Hey, Anna? What do you do for fun?"
Chibi Anna: "Um, wew, hm, I havynd puwd much tawt inta dat. I weewie down' now. Bud I'd pwobabwee sey, uh, miy twaynin." (Um, well, hmm, I haven't put much thought into that. I really don't know. But I'd probably say, uh, my training.)
Chibi Mokuba: (chuckling lightly) "Twaynin? Wud, aw ya pwannin awn bekumin an Owimpik twak wunnew?" (Traininng? What, are you planning on becoming an Olympic track runner?)
Chibi Seto: He glances at Mokuba. "Now, now, Mokie, don't make fun."
Chibi Anna: She freezes up. "Um, yewr seyin dat dis izund a skewul fow shawminz?" (Um, you're saying that this isn't a school for Shamans?)
Chibi Seto: He chuckles and nods his head back and forth. "No, this is an orphanage. Shamans aren't real, ya' know."
Chibi Anna: *Auw tew!* (*Are too!*) She loses her grip on the chains of the swing right as Seto pushes her, knocking her off the swing, into the dirt below. "OW!" She lands face-first on the ground.
Chibi Seto: "Anna! You okay?" He rushes over to where Anna laid on the ground, and holds out his hand. "Sorry. Didn't mean to over push you."
Chibi Anna: She slowly comes to her feet. "Iy'm owkey, bowyz. Iy'm tuffew den yew tynk." (I'm okay, boys. I'm tougher than you think.) She stands to her feet, with not a tear or a scar on her face. She paces towards the orphanage building.
(later that evening)-----
All the kids at the orphanage were gathered around several large tables. Anna sat at the table at the end of the room closet to the large exit doors.
A tall, brown-haired woman walks up behind Anna.
Woman: "Excuse me, honey." She kneels down to Anna.
Chibi Anna: She sees the woman approach her, and she glances around before pointing to herself. "Huw, mee?" (Who, me?)
Woman: "Yes, you. You've just enrolled in our facility today, but we need a record of who you are, but we don't know your name. I need you to tell me your name, and how old you are. Okay, honey?"
Chibi Anna: She stares blankly at the woman for a second. (innocently) "Dew yew hayv miy stuwf?" (Do you have my stuff?)
Woman: "Your stuff?" She chuckles lightly at the cuteness and innocence of Anna's comment. She places a finger on her chin. "Oh, your stuff! Oh, I'm so sorry, honey, but we threw a lot of it out." She shakes her head back and forth.
Chibi Anna: "Iy duwn cayw. Az woung az Iy hayv sumfin ta wemembew miy owd howm biy." (I don't care. As long as I have something to remember my old home by.)
Chibi Seto: He approaches Anna and the woman. "Hey, just give her all her things back, okay?"
Woman: She turns to Seto. "Oh, there you go again, Seto. Always sticking up for the new kid. Sorry, Seto, but you know the policy by now. I can't let every orphan that comes in here keep everything they want. Stuff has to go."
Chibi Seto: An irritated stare appears on his face. "Her name is Anna. Not 'honey', or 'new girl', or 'some other orphan'. And you're right about one thing. I do know your policy. The policy that states clearly that as long as none of your space is used up, Anna can keep whatever she wants to!" He grins as he pulls a large pamphlet out from behind his back. He held his thumb in the small booklet, holding it open for the woman to see.
Chibi Anna: She glances back over her shoulder at the triumphant Seto. *Tanks, Settow.* (*Thanks, Seto.*) She blushes lightly.
Woman: She takes the booklet from Seto, and holds it up to a light. Then, she mutters something under her breath quickly, while clearly frustrated. "Seto, do you have nothing better to do than look for the loopholes in the orphanage's rules?"
Chibi Seto: "Hey, you put my little brother and I through a living nightmare with our inductions into this pit of an orphanage. And I ALWAYS keep score!"
Woman: She stares down at Seto, realizing she had lost Yet another argument to the strategic, quick-thinking Seto. "Okay, Seto. Her name is Anna, and she gets her stuff back. You win."
Chibi Anna: She stares at Seto in awe of how he stood up to that woman who came up to her. "Settow, haw'd ya' dew dat?" (Seto, how did you do that?)
Chibi Seto: "Don't thank me, Anna. Just watch out for her!" He points to the woman he had just confronted.
Woman: She walked towards a closet, with the label "Storage" above it.
Chibi Seto: "That witch is the worst. But if we all stick together, she won't boss us around just to line her own pockets. But she can't, or at least not as long as I'm around."
Chibi Anna: She grabs onto Seto's hand for protection.
Chibi Seto: "Just remember, there's no 'I' in 'orphanage'."
Chibi Anna: *Weewie? Now 'I' iyn 'owfanidj'? Senz wen? Aw wew, nevvuw mynd.* (*Really? There's no 'I' in 'orphanage'? Since when? Oh well, never mind.*) (shyly) "Tanks, Settow."
Voice: A young boy's voice echoes from across the room. "Aw man, how come Seto gets all the cute ones?"
Chibi Anna: She quickly withdraws away from Seto. "Um, sowee. Iy meen, uw, wew, yowr weewy niyz an aw, bud... Iy..." (Um, sorry. I mean, uh, well, you're really nice and all, but... I...) She blushes brightly.
Chibi Seto: He shrugs his shoulders, not disturbed by what Anna had said to him. "Nobody's forcing you to do anything, or like anybody, Anna." He turns away, staring at the ceiling. "Well, personally, I stick up or the orphans for the thrill of thumbing my nose at the counselor, to be honest. Next to Chess, that's my favorite past time."
Chibi Anna: She leaves the table and paces towards the closet, where the woman had disappeared to. (timidly, to Seto) "Tankz. Fuw unduwstandyn." (Thanks. For understanding.)
Voice: That sniping voice, from the same young boy as before, piped up again. "Aha, so ya' can't win 'em all, can you Seto?"
Chibi Seto: He turns his attention to that irritating voice across the room. (frustrated) "Rrr, shut up, kid!"
Chibi Anna: She enters the closet marked "Storage", following the woman.
Woman: She pulled out a small box from a shelf. She pulls out a blue beaded necklace and a bright red scarf.
Chibi Anna: "Ow, yayyayyay, ya didun' twow aud aw uv miy stuwf!" (Oh, yay, yay, yay, you didn't throw out all my stuff!) She jumps up and down in ecstatic joy as she runs up to the woman and snatches the blue necklace and scarf from her. She quickly prances in the opposite direction, out of the closet.
Woman: She knelt down at the box, having had Anna's blue necklace and red scarf snagged out of her hands. She remains frozen in place, totally dumfounded. *Was that the same timid girl I talked to before?*
(A/N: Yay, yay, yay, I'm finally done rewriting this chapter! I think I'll join Chibi Anna in a happy dance right about now! (LOL)
And that 'thing' between Chibi Seto and Chibi Anna, how many of you actually saw that coming? Honestly. Even I didn't, and I'm the author! Hey, I said I was gonna' be sympathetic towards Anna. Didn't necessarily say how.
I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. And there's more Yugioh stuff coming up. Meaning that I'm not done yet!
But just out of curiosity, do you think Chibi Seto and Chibi Anna make a cute couple? Forget stuff in the present for just a second, just Anna and Seto. No future problems with irritating stepparents and stepbrothers, no engagements to any future Shaman Kings, no Egyptian God Monsters. Would they make a good couple had they met under different circumstances? You decide!
And I'm closing in on my TENTH review, that's right, the big 1-0, the landmark of all reviews, so keep it up, all my adoring fans! And, if my math is correct, then by the time this is posted, I'll already have ten reviews! Though just remember: quality over quantity. Don't review just for the sake of it. Be honest.
Going on Chapter 7, so, until next time, DrakeTheDuelsit bids you farewell!)