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Chapter 9: The Truth is out...
"Breakfast, chéri." Yoh kissed Anna lightly, placing the tray of food on her lap.
Anna smiled. "You don't have to..."
"Anything for my fiancée." Yoh held a spoonful of soup towards her. "Next time, I won't let you drink anything stronger than soda."
"You worry too much. This is just a little hangover." Anna took the spoon. "Your cooking really improved."
"Thanks." Yoh frowned. "Fainting, fever all night, and nausea is something to worry about." He scooped another. "You haven't fully recovered yet."
"I just need some rest. I'm fine, really."
Yoh tucked in a wisp of her hair. "I'm just worried. I don't want something bad happening to you." He took Anna's hand and kissed it. "I love you so much, you know that."
Anna's eyes softened. "I don't know you have a rather sweet tongue, Yoh. Do you use it on every girl you meet? "
Yoh smiled. "Not to everyone, chéri. Only to the special ones. "
Anna suggested that they have a picnic that afternoon. Yoh agreed without questions, of course.
"Yoh, what made you want to marry me?"
Yoh smiled. "I love you, that's enough reason right?"
Anna fretted. "No, honestly."
"I was completely honest with you, chéri." Yoh chuckled. "Don't you believe me when I told you I love you?"
"It's not that..."
"You're the most wonderful girl I've ever met."
"Flatter me..."
Yoh grinned. "You gave my life direction."
"Direction?" Anna smiled. "What am I a compass?"
Yoh chuckled. "You have a delightful sense of humor. Never mind." He looked at her. "I love you chéri, and I want to be with you, always...." He closed in the distance between them.
Anna put a finger on her lips then grinned at him. "You're getting good at this, Yoh."
Yoh laughed. "Wanted to see a little more demonstration on my capabilities?" Anna smiled. Yoh was about to kiss her when he suddenly felt something. In fact, they both sensed it at the same time.
Yoh sighed. "I guess we have company." He stood. "I don't want to play hide and seek. Reveal yourselves now." With that several kyoshins appeared. They were surrounded. It was an ambush. No chance of escape.
Hao at once sensed something is wrong. Darn. "Amidamaru!" He called. Amidamaru eventually appeared. "Find Yoh, now, and give him this. He's in big trouble." Hao threw the spirit the Harusame. The spirit understood and left quickly.
"What do you want?" Yoh asked stiffly.
A man answered in a cold voice. "I'm sorry, Prince Asakura. I'm just following orders. I was instructed to get the girl." He turned to the kyonshis. "Go." With that order, the kyonshis advanced on them.
Yoh was immediately at his feet. He picked up a twig and held it as a sword. "You have to get past me first."
Anna frowned, pondering on the words the man had used to address Yoh. "Prince Asakura? Yoh, what's the meaning of this?"
Yoh sighed. His real identity had just been revealed and things were getting out of hand. He, however, forced a smile. "I'll explain later, chéri." He turned to the advancing kyonshis. "I'll take care of business first."
The man laughed wickedly. "I don't want to ask, Prince, how will you win..."
Yoh perfectly understood the man's point. He was armed with no less than a twig, and Amidamaru's absence didn't make it easier at all. With the number of kyonshis attacking him and their power was surprisingly great, which no doubt would only mean that these kyonshis belong to the Tao family. The question was, Why...
Next time, don't go anywhere without your power spirit....
He was too busy with his thoughts that he didn't notice a kyonshi aiming at him at his back, which succeeded in wounding his back. He lost focus, and he felt his right leg give way. He backed away at once, the cut in his back was rather deep, and it started to bleed. The kyonshis seized their chance at once, and with their combined powers advanced on Yoh. Yoh couldn't attack them, the cut in his back seemed to have poison in it, and the right leg was too much. He therefore poured his furyoku into the twig for defense. In this way, he could create a barrier. Before he could do this, however, a blond girl stepped into the fight, flung out her prayer beads, muttered some words, and in an instant, the attacking kyonshis were gone.
"No need to waste your furyoku." The blond girl coldly said.
For an instant, Yoh seemed to be seeing another girl, another kind of Anna. Her face was paler than usual, and her eyes seemed to have lost their glow. It was rather cold now and empty. He was seeing the itako, the part of Anna he knew very well existed.
Yoh forced a grin. "Thanks, chéri."
Anna didn't show a reaction or anything. Her expression was the same, cold and blank. "You won't mind if I help you, would you..." She asked sharply, looking at the remaining kyonshis. "I don't want you dead, you still have a lot of explaining to do."
Yoh shrugged. "Not at all, chéri. It's not that fun doing something on your own." Anna caught two kyonshis with her beads, and Yoh finished them off.
In a matter of minutes, with Yoh and Anna on the arena, nearly all the kyonshis were finished off. Amidamaru arrived at the scene, fascinated with what he saw.
"You're late, Amidamaru..." grinned Yoh. " You nearly missed the fun."
"Save the best for last, Master." Amidamaru replied, throwing him the Harusame.
Yoh immediately caught it. He turned to Anna. "You wouldn't mind at all if I do the finishing touches, right?"
"Not at all." Anna crisply said, stepping away from the fight.
"Amidamaru, into the Harusame!"
Anna silently watched as Yoh used the Oversoul technique, without the least sign of fatigue. The man was obviously no match for him. "Showoff." she muttered, "You know quite well that with a power as great as yours, Spirit Ball Fussion would be enough to defeat him." Yoh turned, and grinned at her, as though hearing her remark. Just then, Amidamaru attacks hard, finally breaking the man's Oversoul, emitting huge furyoku. The sky glowed. Anna tried to look calm as the truth finally sank into her...
This furyoku could only belong to someone in particular... the Future Shaman King...
"Something is happening." Ren muttered. They all felt the strong furyoku from a distance.
Horo agreed, pointing at the pillar of light. "That surely belongs to Yoh. Still, I can sense something else."
"A power as strong as Yoh, though rather calm." Lyserg said. "Whose furyoku was it?"
Hao shrugged. "It belongs to the itako, no doubt."
"What?" They all cried, aghast.
Then, everything quieted down.
"It's over." Hao sighed. "The shaman world just witnessed two distinctive forces coming from the two most powerful beings alive. One, from their King, and the other, from their Queen."
"Master Yohmei, Mistress Kino." Keiko said, her voice confused. "It was done. Everything acted according to plan."
"Both of them defeated the strongest army of kyonshis Tao could provide." Mikihisa smirked, "Without any slightest difficulty."
Yohmei sighed. "It was expected."
"What do we do then?" Keiko asked anxously.
Kino took a while before answering. "Wait and see. The Itako is back. We sensed her presence minutes ago. Everything will act according to the Will of the Great Spirits."
Chapter 9: The Truth is out...
"Breakfast, chéri." Yoh kissed Anna lightly, placing the tray of food on her lap.
Anna smiled. "You don't have to..."
"Anything for my fiancée." Yoh held a spoonful of soup towards her. "Next time, I won't let you drink anything stronger than soda."
"You worry too much. This is just a little hangover." Anna took the spoon. "Your cooking really improved."
"Thanks." Yoh frowned. "Fainting, fever all night, and nausea is something to worry about." He scooped another. "You haven't fully recovered yet."
"I just need some rest. I'm fine, really."
Yoh tucked in a wisp of her hair. "I'm just worried. I don't want something bad happening to you." He took Anna's hand and kissed it. "I love you so much, you know that."
Anna's eyes softened. "I don't know you have a rather sweet tongue, Yoh. Do you use it on every girl you meet? "
Yoh smiled. "Not to everyone, chéri. Only to the special ones. "
Anna suggested that they have a picnic that afternoon. Yoh agreed without questions, of course.
"Yoh, what made you want to marry me?"
Yoh smiled. "I love you, that's enough reason right?"
Anna fretted. "No, honestly."
"I was completely honest with you, chéri." Yoh chuckled. "Don't you believe me when I told you I love you?"
"It's not that..."
"You're the most wonderful girl I've ever met."
"Flatter me..."
Yoh grinned. "You gave my life direction."
"Direction?" Anna smiled. "What am I a compass?"
Yoh chuckled. "You have a delightful sense of humor. Never mind." He looked at her. "I love you chéri, and I want to be with you, always...." He closed in the distance between them.
Anna put a finger on her lips then grinned at him. "You're getting good at this, Yoh."
Yoh laughed. "Wanted to see a little more demonstration on my capabilities?" Anna smiled. Yoh was about to kiss her when he suddenly felt something. In fact, they both sensed it at the same time.
Yoh sighed. "I guess we have company." He stood. "I don't want to play hide and seek. Reveal yourselves now." With that several kyoshins appeared. They were surrounded. It was an ambush. No chance of escape.
Hao at once sensed something is wrong. Darn. "Amidamaru!" He called. Amidamaru eventually appeared. "Find Yoh, now, and give him this. He's in big trouble." Hao threw the spirit the Harusame. The spirit understood and left quickly.
"What do you want?" Yoh asked stiffly.
A man answered in a cold voice. "I'm sorry, Prince Asakura. I'm just following orders. I was instructed to get the girl." He turned to the kyonshis. "Go." With that order, the kyonshis advanced on them.
Yoh was immediately at his feet. He picked up a twig and held it as a sword. "You have to get past me first."
Anna frowned, pondering on the words the man had used to address Yoh. "Prince Asakura? Yoh, what's the meaning of this?"
Yoh sighed. His real identity had just been revealed and things were getting out of hand. He, however, forced a smile. "I'll explain later, chéri." He turned to the advancing kyonshis. "I'll take care of business first."
The man laughed wickedly. "I don't want to ask, Prince, how will you win..."
Yoh perfectly understood the man's point. He was armed with no less than a twig, and Amidamaru's absence didn't make it easier at all. With the number of kyonshis attacking him and their power was surprisingly great, which no doubt would only mean that these kyonshis belong to the Tao family. The question was, Why...
Next time, don't go anywhere without your power spirit....
He was too busy with his thoughts that he didn't notice a kyonshi aiming at him at his back, which succeeded in wounding his back. He lost focus, and he felt his right leg give way. He backed away at once, the cut in his back was rather deep, and it started to bleed. The kyonshis seized their chance at once, and with their combined powers advanced on Yoh. Yoh couldn't attack them, the cut in his back seemed to have poison in it, and the right leg was too much. He therefore poured his furyoku into the twig for defense. In this way, he could create a barrier. Before he could do this, however, a blond girl stepped into the fight, flung out her prayer beads, muttered some words, and in an instant, the attacking kyonshis were gone.
"No need to waste your furyoku." The blond girl coldly said.
For an instant, Yoh seemed to be seeing another girl, another kind of Anna. Her face was paler than usual, and her eyes seemed to have lost their glow. It was rather cold now and empty. He was seeing the itako, the part of Anna he knew very well existed.
Yoh forced a grin. "Thanks, chéri."
Anna didn't show a reaction or anything. Her expression was the same, cold and blank. "You won't mind if I help you, would you..." She asked sharply, looking at the remaining kyonshis. "I don't want you dead, you still have a lot of explaining to do."
Yoh shrugged. "Not at all, chéri. It's not that fun doing something on your own." Anna caught two kyonshis with her beads, and Yoh finished them off.
In a matter of minutes, with Yoh and Anna on the arena, nearly all the kyonshis were finished off. Amidamaru arrived at the scene, fascinated with what he saw.
"You're late, Amidamaru..." grinned Yoh. " You nearly missed the fun."
"Save the best for last, Master." Amidamaru replied, throwing him the Harusame.
Yoh immediately caught it. He turned to Anna. "You wouldn't mind at all if I do the finishing touches, right?"
"Not at all." Anna crisply said, stepping away from the fight.
"Amidamaru, into the Harusame!"
Anna silently watched as Yoh used the Oversoul technique, without the least sign of fatigue. The man was obviously no match for him. "Showoff." she muttered, "You know quite well that with a power as great as yours, Spirit Ball Fussion would be enough to defeat him." Yoh turned, and grinned at her, as though hearing her remark. Just then, Amidamaru attacks hard, finally breaking the man's Oversoul, emitting huge furyoku. The sky glowed. Anna tried to look calm as the truth finally sank into her...
This furyoku could only belong to someone in particular... the Future Shaman King...
"Something is happening." Ren muttered. They all felt the strong furyoku from a distance.
Horo agreed, pointing at the pillar of light. "That surely belongs to Yoh. Still, I can sense something else."
"A power as strong as Yoh, though rather calm." Lyserg said. "Whose furyoku was it?"
Hao shrugged. "It belongs to the itako, no doubt."
"What?" They all cried, aghast.
Then, everything quieted down.
"It's over." Hao sighed. "The shaman world just witnessed two distinctive forces coming from the two most powerful beings alive. One, from their King, and the other, from their Queen."
"Master Yohmei, Mistress Kino." Keiko said, her voice confused. "It was done. Everything acted according to plan."
"Both of them defeated the strongest army of kyonshis Tao could provide." Mikihisa smirked, "Without any slightest difficulty."
Yohmei sighed. "It was expected."
"What do we do then?" Keiko asked anxously.
Kino took a while before answering. "Wait and see. The Itako is back. We sensed her presence minutes ago. Everything will act according to the Will of the Great Spirits."