Pure Snow

Author's Note: :D I'm almost done! Final chapter is here! I'm uber glad you liked this fic! =) I tried my very hardest to put as many twists as possible in here! And luckily most of them had you going! I hope you all enjoy this corny, yet sweet ending!

Disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN MANKIN OR PURE SNOW!

Chapter 14:

More torturous than romance, more truthful than love,

Hao and Anna were standing on a lake of ice surrounded by an endless grove of blooming cherry blossom trees. Anna really wished she had her beaded necklace right now. Though unfortunately it had sunken to the bottom of the lake and was shielded by the layers and layers of ice.

Anna stood her ground and glared at Hao, who was still in his dreamland. "Do you mind telling me the real reason you came here?" she asked rudely, bringing him back to earth. He brought his head back down and blinked at her. "Because of that promise we made five hundred years ago.... I don't expect you to remember things that have happened in your past life... But...I'm here now. And we can be together again." Hao reached out to grab Anna's arm but she quickly took a step back.

"What is it?" he asked her.

".... You know...I've been wondering this ever since I saw you for the first after Yoh destroyed you. I want to know....why are you still here?"

"......" Hao stood up straight. "Something kept me from moving on."

"And I'm guessing that was that promise you made back then."

"Yeah...."

Anna shook her head. "Hao.....I may've loved you five hundred years ago. And I may've fallen in love with you now.....but...."

"But....?" Somehow, Hao knew what was gonna happen next.

"My heart.....it belongs to Yoh." Anna looked straight in his eyes. She could see the pain and disappointment within him. But Hao took it like a man. He sighed. "I understand....." Anna kind of felt bad. She walked to Hao and placed a small kiss on his cheek. As soon as Anna placed her lips on Hao's skin, it began to snow. When Anna pulled herself away and felt a small snowflake land on her nose she quickly tossed her head back and starred at all of the snowflake that began to fall.

"Where the pure white snow will fall....

And your loved one from the past appears....

Then truth will be revealed....."

Whoever thought....that it was Hao and me....

Hao was starring at his feet. He was in deep thought. Finally, Hao tilted his head up a little. He spoke softly. "You know....when it's colder than usual.... it would have an unbelievable side effect on nature..."

Anna still had her head in the clouds. "I've noticed..." She brought her head back down and smiled sweetly at Hao. "It's time.....that you finally move on...." Hao didn't look at Anna's rare smile, he kept his head down. "Yeah...." Anna turned her back towards Hao and watched the snow land on the ground. Hao spoke again, even quieter than before, but loud enough for Anna to hear. "Thanks Anna....."

Anna smiled again. When she turned around to face him, everything was gone, the endless blooming cherry blossom grove, the snow, the icy lake, and Hao. Everything was back to normal again. Anna glanced down at the bottom of the lake and saw her beaded necklace. She grinned and sunk down to retrieve it.

Meanwhile at the hospital.....

"U-Ugghhh.....A-Anna....?" Yoh slowly opened his eyes. Tamao, who was sitting right by Yoh's side facing straight ahead reading a romance novel quickly, turned her head towards Yoh. "Yoh-sama?! You're awake!"

Yoh weakly turned his head towards Tamao and smiled weakly. "Tamao....."

Tamao closed her book and stood up. "W-wait here! I'll go tell a nurse you're awake!"

Yoh chuckled. "Where will I go?" Tamao smiled, completely relieved that her loved one was out of his coma. She then rushed out the door.

A little later.....

Anna was walking on the sidewalk, on her way home. The good news was she had her necklace and it was resting safely around her neck. The bad news was that the water was freezing cold and to make it worse the temperature was colder. Also, she only wore her black dress, red scarf, and wooden sandals. She hugged herself to keep her warm.

"Ugghhh.... all I wanna do when I get home is take a nice, long, boiling steam bath......" Anna shivered.

"Heeeyyy!" Shouted a very familiar voice. Anna looked straight ahead and saw a figure standing in front of the En Inn gate waving at her. Anna's eyes widened. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. The figure laughed, "What took you so long to come back?"

A smile stretched across her face. "Yoh!" Anna then forgot about the extreme cold stabbing her flesh. She ran to her beloved and jumped into his arms. Anna embraced him tightly. "Welcome back...." Yoh stroked Anna's hair. "It's good to be back...."

A week later, on Christmas morning.....

Yoh zoomed out of his room, not even bothering to fold his futon and put it away. "Presents!!!" He zoomed down the stairs and opened the front door, bringing in all the Christmas presents and setting them under the Christmas tree.

Anna opened her door and yawned rubbing her eyes. She walked to the stairway and slowly made her way down. Yoh zoomed to Anna who was taking her good old time. He grabbed her hand. "Come on slowpoke! We got presents!" He zoomed into the living room; Anna was practically flying since Yoh was pulling her so fast.

When the two reached the colorful tree with all nicely wrapped gifts under it they sat down. Yoh turned his head towards Anna and smiled brightly. "You open the first gift!"

Anna, who was still half asleep pulled out a small, wide package wrapped in blue wrapping paper and was tied together with a little pink ribbon. She plucked the ribbon off and carefully unwrapped the gift. Opening the little box Anna pulled out a small carved wooden stick. Anna starred at it and blinked.

Yoh examined it. "An ikupasui." Anna fiddled with it. "I'm guessing this is from Horo Horo and Pirica...." Yoh took the ikupasui and examined it more. "Awww, this is so cool!" He set it aside. Anna dug through the small pile and pulled out another gift. She placed it on Yoh's lap.

Yoh read the card. "It's from Faust!" Anna raised an eyebrow. "What do you think Faust sent us? I hope it's not an old, rotten skeleton." Yoh tore the box apart like it was swiss cheese. He held up a little voodoo kit. Anna took the kit from Yoh and set it on her lap. "Hehe, this could be quite useful." Yoh only gulped.

"U-Uhhhh....lets open another gift!" Yoh pulled out a present wrapped in sparkly green wrapping paper. "Hmmm.....this one is from Lyserg." Anna read the tag. Yoh destroyed the box and held up a pendulum. "WOW! I've always wanted one of those gizmos!!!"

Anna made a mixed face. "Just don't use that in the house...." Yoh had not listened to her. He slapped the thing on his arm and started shooting the thing like crazy. Anna just shrugged, she'd get him later. While Yoh was going insane with his new pendulum, Anna picked up a gift sent by Jeanne and Marco. She pulled the little ribbon off and opened the box, revealing to little pistols. Anna's eye twitched. "She sent us....Angels..." she glanced over at Yoh who was at the brink of destroying the house with the pendulum. "I'll just hide Yoh's...." she whispered.

Yoh came back and sat down with Anna. Yoh pulled out a present from Chocolove. He unwrapped it and held up a really big joke book. Anna glared at the book. "That is so typical... Maybe these jokes will be funnier then the ones Chocolove tell...." Yoh had a sweatdrop. "Awww, but I love Chocolove's jokes!" Anna just glared at Yoh, not saying a word.

She lifted up another gift, wrapped in pink. Opening it, it was a fortune telling board. Yoh smiled at it. "So cute. From Tamao right?" Anna nodded. She starred at the board.

If only I had something like this a long time ago....

Yoh blinked at Anna who was still starring at the fortune telling board. "Hey, you ok?" Anna snapped out of it and nodded. "Yeah...." Yoh did his famous goofy smile. "Ok then!" He pulled out his last gift and read who it was from. "Jun and....Ren?!"

"Ren? I never thought he was the giving type. He usually just takes..... Jun probably made him."

Yoh opened it up and the two flinched. Yoh was the first to speak. "It's a.....fruitcake." Anna just shook her head.

After Yoh and Anna finished opening presents Anna stood up. She told Yoh she was going to her room to get dressed. Yoh nodded and cleaned up all the wrapping paper. Anna walked upstairs and strolled to her bedroom door. Slowly opening it she saw a sparkly gift box in the middle of the room.

"What? This wasn't here before...." Anna closed her door and walked to the gift. The box was wrapped in beautiful glittery pearl white wrapping paper and was tied together with Hao's pant suspenders on each side. There was a tag on the bow. Anna reached for the tag and read it.

"I planned to say something more romantic than this. But I really couldn't think of anything romantic to say. But you know that I'll always love you. Someday I really hope we could be together like we were five hundred years ago."

"......." She slowly began to unwrap the shiny paper and opened the box revealing that pink cherry blossom dress she admired at the wedding boutique. Anna picked up the little perfume bottle that rested safely on top of the soft dress. She set it aside and slowly lifted up the delicate wedding gown. Her eyes began to sparkle. Anna then held the gown close to her and closed her eyes. The scent of cherry blossoms went into Anna's nose. She then embraced the dress tighter.

"I'll never forget you......Hao Asakura...."

After Christmas vacation, a new semester begins....

Yoh and Anna walked to school together. When they walked into their classroom they took their seats. Anna was reading the instruction manual for making her voodoo dolls. Yoh sat quietly, totally bored.

"Hey! Yoh-kun!" Came a familiar voice. "Huh?" Yoh looked around. Eventually he glanced down at a small boy with a huge head standing right beside him. He smiled. "Hey Manta! How was your vacation?"

"It was actually pretty good! How was your Christmas?"

"It was fine!" Yoh replied. "Hey Yoh..." Yoh turned his head and looked up at Anna. "Yes?" She smiled at him. "I forgot to mention....I'll be cooking tonight." she walked back to her seat and continued to read. Yoh smiled, relieved that he didn't have to cook.

Manta blinked. "Hey...did I miss something while I was gone?"

Yoh kept his eyes on Anna, he still had his smile. "It's a long story...."

Manta just gave Yoh a confused look.

After school....

Manta rushed on home. He promised his parents that he'd be home right after school. Yoh waved at Manta until he was out of sight. Then the engaged couple walked off in the opposite direction.

"I'm glad things are back to normal again....." said Anna, keeping her eyes forward. Yoh nodded. The two avoided eye contact and there was a long silence. Anna then stopped in her tracks. Yoh noticed Anna not beside him from the corner of his eye. He stopped and turned around and blinked at Anna. "What is it?"

Anna had her head down, starring at sidewalk covering her face with her bangs that hung low. "Yoh....the things that happened.......I'm....I'm.....sorry...."

Yoh smiled, "There's nothing to apologize for. From now on, I'll protect you with my life! Until the day you die! ....No...." Yoh then tilted his head down. Anna then gasped softly, lifting her head up a tiny bit.

N-No....?

Yoh lifted his head up giving Anna a warm, loving expression. Anna blushed. "I'll protect you.....forever..."

Anna was now in the brink of tears. She walked closer to Yoh, tilting her head down again. "Promise?"

"I prom-" Yoh was then cut off when Anna's pinky was shoved up in Yoh's face. Yoh raised an eyebrow. "Pinky promise?" Anna was silent, keeping her head down, hiding her blush. "......"

Yoh smiled widely again. He then wrapped his pinky finger around hers. "Alright! Pinky promise!" Anna formed a small smile. Even though it was practually invisible for the human eye to see, Yoh was able to indicate it easily. The two then continue to walk on. Then, little white specks fell from the sky. The two stopped and looked up. "Snow!" Anna exclaimed.

"Wow...." Yoh glanced at Anna, who had a bright smile on her face. Yoh was happy when Anna was happy. The two continued on walking. Yoh glanced at Anna who was looking straight ahead. He slowly started to move his hand towards hers. Anna caught his hand from the corner of her eye. When Yoh saw this he quickly drew his hand away. Anna smiled and closed her eyes, beginning to blush. She moved her hand to his and gently grabbed it. Yoh blushed also and gripped on Anna's hand. She did the same. And they kept on walking towards home.

And as the snow fell, so did a single cherry blossom.....

Do you feel a destiny for us?

Five hundred years ago.....

I've fallen in love with Hao Asakura....

We made a promise that when I've been reincarnated and he has been reborn we would be together again.

Five hundred years later....

I kept my promise....

I fell in love with Hao....

But....

It was a part of Hao he doesn't have anymore....

A part of Hao who I've probably fell in love with five hundred years ago.....

A part of Hao who I've made my promise with....

A part of Hao who I've waited five hundred years for....

A part of Hao who I finally have now....

A part of Hao who is.....

My Yoh.....

xXx The End xXx

ChibiLaryla: Whhheeee!!!! It's completed!!! Sorry if the ending was kinda corny. But I tried to make it as sweet as possible! Well, now that I've finished this....I'll need to decide which project I'll work on next! You guys choose what you want me to type next!

First choice:

Title:My Twilight Serenade

Genre:Humor and Romance

Summary:[AU?] Jeanne enrolls in a private academy in England. But things get sticky when her roommate is none other than Asakura Hao! What happens when an angel and a demon share the same room? The answer: sheer chaos! [Hao x Jeanne]

Second Choice:

Title:Things Left Unsaid

Genre:General and Romance (and maybe Humor)

Summary:[AU?] Ren Tao is the most popular boy in Shinra High. And Pirica is the most popular girl in Shinra High. Ren and Pirica soon become a couple. But when Pirica brings her boyfriend home for dinner, her big brother tries to tear them apart. What's worse for Ren is he soon falls for Pirica's brother Horo Horo! There's also Horo's girlfriend, Tamao Ren has to worry about. Can Ren decide who he truly belongs with? [Pirica x Ren x Horo x Tamao]

Oh yes! And on chapter 12, I asked you a question. Now here's the answer!

Question from chapter 12:What do the snow and cherry blossoms symbolize?

Answer:The snow symbolizes Yoh and Anna's purity while the cherry blossoms symbolize Anna's first love, Hao.

I guess that means ChibiQueen Anna-chan was correct! I hope you really enjoyed this ficcy! :) ::bows:: Ja ne!