Chapter 12
I found a lawyer… But now I need to find Takei-sensei… Until then, Shaman King is not mine… For now!
Oh! A reminder: I have been trying to keep her out of the spot light, but there was a reason why I used Kanka in this fanfic… Someone had to see what Anna was doing and needed to tell the others. You'll see what I mean this chapter.
Yoh was sitting by Anna's bed, at the Patch Hospital. He hadn't left her side since the battle. He promised himself that. I will not leave her side! Not until she wakes up! That's what he said when they took her there.
Anna lost the battle. When the smoke got less dense, Anna fell unconscious. And she didn't wake up. It's been five days since the battle, and Anna's still there unconscious. Yoh had been delaying his battle against his brother.
"Yoh…" Lyserg called from the door "Chief Goldva said he could delay the battle no longer. You'll have to fight tomorrow."
"But… Anna…" Yoh then looked at Anna's face, holding her hand "She is not awake yet…"
"I know but…" Lyserg came closer to his friends, also looking at Anna "Chief Goldva said that if you don't fight tomorrow, Hao will be the new Shaman King."
Yoh only continued to stare at Anna's face, without saying anything. He didn't want to leave her side. He really didn't. He wanted to be there if something happened. What if her condition got worse? What if she woke up? He wanted to be there for her.
But he couldn't let Hao become the new Shaman King. No, if he did that, humans would die and… And Anna would forever be his servant.
"Alright…" Yoh said, in a low voice, looking at Anna's face. "I'll fight him tomorrow."
"I'm going to tell Chief Goldva that." Said Lyserg, leaving the room.
"Kanka." Yoh called, not moving.
"Yes…?" the ghost of the girl appeared with a sad look in her face.
"During the fight Anna only used weak attacks. But even so she got really tired." He finally looked at the ghost. "Why?"
"Do you remember that lunch after your fight against Ren? Anna left early. She wanted to study before the battle."
"Study?"
Flash Back
"Anna? Why are you still awake? You should go to bed, you'll have to fight Master Hao tomorrow." Kanka said as she entered the room, finding Anna wide awake, looking at some old books.
"I'm studying so I can survive the battle against that jerk!" she then looked up "And don't call him 'master'!"
"Why studying? Wouldn't training be better?"
"No Kanka." Anna answered as she closed the book she was reading and showing the cover to Kanka, which had the words Shaman Magic in big fancy letters "Hao cast that Shaman Spell that made me his servant. I have to obey his every order."
"Yes, I know." She blinked "But why study?"
"Many shamans used that spell before, wanting servants. And there are only two people who can free the Ryoshuu."
"The what?"
"The Servant. Or prisoner. Whatever you prefer to call it, Ryoshuu is the correct term." She opened the book again to the page she was reading "In this case, that's me. And the only two people who can free me are the Shaman King and the Shukun, in this case, Hao."
"Ok…. But why study?" she asked once again, earning an annoyed look from Anna.
"I'm getting there." Her tone carried no patience at all "Like I said, many shamans used this spell before. About 700 years ago, a Ryoshuu used some sort of potion to free herself from master temporally."
"How is that possible? How was she able to free herself without the Shaman King or without her masters permission? Is it really possible?!"
"No."
"But you said she did it!"
"Were you listening? I said temporally! That means that for a short period of time she could disobey his orders." Anna explained, turning the page of the book "She created some sort of potion and spilled in the chains, leaving it weakened, so she could disobey his orders."
"I get it now! You want to create the potion so you can disobey Hao's orders and fight against him!" Kanka smiled, finally understanding. "That's why you're studying!"
"Unfortunately is not that simple." Anna said "Like I said, the chain is only weaker than before. It doesn't disappear, completely freeing the Ryoshuu, it only allows him to disobey the Shukun."
"Ok…"
"Every order the Ryoshuu disobeys, the chain will suck the equivalent amount of furyoku to repair itself. In other words, if I disobey a small demand, the amount of furyoku that I will lose will be small. If I disobey a big demand, like killing someone, the amount furyoku I'll lose will be big."
"So… Every time you attack Hao in the fight you will lose the amount of furyoku needed for the attack and the amount the chain will drain out of you."
"That's right." Anna nodded "This will go on until the chain goes back to the way it was originally."
"But Hao is really strong! If you waste that much furyoku, you'll die!"
"That's exactly why I'm not going to attack him many times." She answered "Knowing Hao he will try to end the battle quickly. If I only evade the attacks, I won't be disobeying any orders, so I'll save energy. I'll also observe how he attacks, so I can figure out his weak point."
"In other words: You will save energy, wait until Hao is tired and attack him on his weak point." Kanka repeated, in a simpler way "That's a bit hard… What if it doesn't work?"
"That's why I'm going to find out Hao's weakness."
"But you said you would do that during the battle!"
"Yes, but I meant in a battle, a spot he couldn't defend very well, an attack that he would have more difficulty with." Anna explained "What I mean by his weakness, is something that will make him hesitate. Or that will make him lose control. Either way, something that will help me during the battle. I know he hesitates when he sees children and parents together. But that's too general… I need to know more, so I can use it against him… And with luck, survive. With even more luck, win."
"But how will you be able to do all that in time for tomorrow's battle?"
"That's where you help me." Anna looked at Kanka and handed her a list of ingredients' "Find this. There should be a few things here in Mu… If not just go to the land and bring it here in time for the battle."
"But… You still haven't explained to me how you'll find out Hao's weakness."
"Simple." She smiled sadly "I'll just ask help from an old friend."
"So… Anna already expected to lose the battle." Yoh said as he finished hearing the story "Her plan was incredible… Too bad Hao was too strong."
"Yes…"
"But how did she know about this potion?" Yoh asked, looking at Kanka.
"By her bed there was this small piece of paper, probably from an old book. She ripped off I think… I don't know where she got it from though."
But Yoh did. Of course, the missing part from that book from three years ago. The one that Anna first used for research, while Yoh was with Hao. She probably read that there was a way to be temporally free and, knowing she couldn't do all the research at that moment, took that small piece of information with her.
Incredible. She has been planning everything since that time.
But she lost… Even so, she gave Yoh great clues to how to defeat Hao. He would have to do that tomorrow. Even though Hao was much stronger than Yoh, he would have to win. He would have to use what Anna found out and defeat his twin. Somehow…
"But I don't know all that!" Yoh said, suddenly panicking "Anna gave me clues, but I still don't know them! Hao has a weakness, but I don't know many details about his mother! And I know he has a weak point during battle, but I don't know what it is! How can I win?! "
"Relax Yoh. Everything will be alright." Kanka said, smiling.
"Yeah but… I still don't know how to get that information in time for tomorrow…"
"And that's why we are here, Yoh-san." Said a voice very familiar to Yoh.
Ok, sorry if this chapter was confusing! But here it is! Some explanation! Next chapter is the battle between the twins! Yay!!! And guess what? Four more chapters and this fanfic is over!!! Actually, just three and an epilogue. I hope you liked it! ^^ And now you see why I needed Kanka. I needed someone to explain what happened to Anna and all those details about Hao's spell. But to do that it needed to be someone who would always be with Anna, and no one else fitted that description, that's why I used her… Though from now on she will go back to the shadows! Reviews!