Another fanfic of Shaman King. I'll keep doing them until I'm bored of it. XD Anyway, this is supposed to be a humorous one! ^_^ BTW, if you don't know Matamune, it actually comes out in volume 19-20 of Shaman King. If you don't know what it is, you just need to know that it is...a cat spirit who was Yoh's first spirit before.
-SmilBe

Brand New Start---Day 1:

"...Anna."
"Hmmm..?" Anna glanced at Yoh from her dishes.
Yoh looked at Anna straight in the eyes. "I want a pet."
Anna stopped, and stared at him. Then she bursted into laughters. "What the heck?! You want a pet? Isn't Amidamaru and the other spirits enough for you?!"
Yoh shook his head. "Nope."
She paused. "You're serious?"
"Yep."
"..."
"..."
"Fine."
"Really?" Yoh jumped up and down excitedly.
"But only one."
"Of course. I don't need two."
"Well, then...what sort of pet do you want?" Anna asked.
"Ehh? ...well..." Yoh stammered a bit, "I kinda wanna try a pet kitty first."
Anna pretended to barf. "Don't say that awful word. Say "cat". Simple, isn't it? Are you wanting one because it makes you think of Matamune?"
Yoh hesitated, with his memories flowing through his head. "Yeah. Kinda."
"Well, then, let's hurry along." Anna put away her apron and grabbed her handbag, heading out the door. Yoh followed quickly.
***
"Waii! So cute...!" Yoh poked against all the cat cages.
Anna tapped her foot. "Are you gonna spend all your time here poking the cages? If that's the case, I'll just buy a cage for you, with a fake cat in it."
"Aww...Anna. I want ALL of them!"
Anna gave Yoh a glare. "No."
"Hmmm...which one looks like Matamune then?" Yoh looked over the kittens.
"You want a kitten or cat?"
"Kitten! They're so cute!"
"Bah! Quick. Choose your favorite and then we go. Don't forget, you have to take care of then yourself. Oh, and it can't cost more than 1000 yen. We're on a budget right now."
"Awww...fine.." Yoh sighed as he looked at every kitten, suddenly he stopped at one cage. "This one looks exactly like Matamune!!" Yoh was right. The kitten he pointed at was light brown, with beady eyes. And it had some black stripes on it.
Anna glanced at it and almost fell. "Ohmigosh. For a second, I thought it really was it..."
"Wuehehe! We can't forget it, can't we? Right! I'll have this one!" Yoh looked for the price tag. "999 yen."
Anna gave Yoh a look but paid the money to the shopkeeper of the pet shop.
Yoh quickly held up the kitten, which was meowing. "I think I'll call you Matamune!"
Anna shook her head. The kitten kept meowing.
***
"Matamune! Don't run! Come here!" Yoh cried as he ran after the kitten.
Anna watched the two figures, interested.
The kitten kept running. And Yoh kept running.
All of a sudden, there was a crash. Anna looked at where the sound was from and stared angrily. On the floor, were pieces of broken glass from a vase, with wet flowers.
"YOH!"
"Uh-oh..."
"Meow~.."
***
"That was my favorite vase!! You idiot!! How are you gonna repay me?!!" Anna shouted pointing at the mess.
"Err...sorry Anna. I'm really sorry. But I don't know how to repay you."
"Why...I'll think for you. Why not take that animal outside and never let it come in again. How's that? A good deal?" Anna replied calmly, eyes looking very dangerous.
Yoh patted the kitten sadly and went out the door.
"Meow..."
"I know...Matamune..but since you broke the glass...this is your punishment."
Matamune looked at Yoh with very sad eyes. Yoh looked back sympathetically, and then sighed.
"Have fun for the night. I'm sorry..." And Yoh closed the door behind him.
"I know it's not nice, but it's for the good of it. It has to learn."
"But that's too cruel Anna..."
"If you don't punish it, these situations will be repeated several times!"
Yoh was at loss for words. "I guess so..." And he went to his room.
Anna closed her eyes. "It has to learn...Yoh..."
***
The next morning, everything seemed peaceful.
Yoh and Anna ate breakfast quietly.
Yoh looked up. "Hey Anna, can I let it in now?"
Anna nodded slowly, not bothering to look at him.
Yoh smiled and quickly ran out to find the kitten. He found it at his feet as he opened the door. It meowed at him so sweetly that he scooped it up into his arms and gave it a hug.
"Aww....you're so sweet!" But Yoh noticed some marks on their front door, and then he froze. The door was full of scratches. He could guess that Matamune had spent some time making this one of his hobbies for the night. "Hope that Anna doesn't see this..." He muttered.
Too late. Anna was right behind him and had noticed it too.
This time she didn't bother to say anything. Her eyes flashed and she pointed out the door.
Yoh hung his head and closed the door behind the kitten again.
"Anna...I can explain."
"That. It explains it itself already. If I see something of that happening again, it will GO."
"I promise it won't do that anymore..." Yoh begged desperately.
"A rule's a rule. You gotta teach it." And Anna strolled back to the kitchen.
***
"Now Matamune, you have to be a very good cat."
Matamune purred softly and leaned against Yoh's knees.
Yoh sighed. "This will never work."
"Perhaps I can help you Yoh-dono."
Yoh's eyes lit up. "Amidamaru!" The spirit appeared at his side.
"Try to communicate with the cat!"
The spirit bowed and tried to talk to the cat.
After a while, Amidamaru turned back to Yoh. "Yoh-dono. It's successful. It seems to be able to understand me. And I can understand it too."
"Yatta! This will be great!" Yoh grinned. "Can you tell it not to do things without my permission?"
Amidamaru nodded and told the cat. The cat purred and nodded its head.
Yoh patted it on its head and went inside the house.
***
(The next morning)
"Ohayou, Anna!"
"Idiot. Don't say useless things. Gimme some breakfast."
"Yes!" And Yoh boiled some eggs for her.
"This isn;t good enough stupid. Looks like I'll have to do it myself again." Anna commented, frowning when she took a bit of it.
Yoh sweatdropped but still was in a good mood. "I'll go call Matamune."
Anna ignored the reply as she made breakfast.
Yoh opened the door and saw the cat on the grass.
"Ohayou Matamu--" He saw the cat shivering. "What's wrong?!"
Amidamaru quickly appeared and talked to the cat. Matamune answered weakly.
Amidamaru chuckled and said some more. Suddenly, the kitten stopped shivering and started wetting the grass.
"?!"
"Yoh-dono. it seems that it didn't quite understand your orders. It did obey, but it resisted all this the whole night."
Yoh's jaw dropped open. "You poor kitten. Don't worry. If you can't bear it, then you can do it, okay?" He patted the kitten with purred happily.
Amidamaru translated what Yoh said to Matamune. The kitten meowed again, even louder.
"Heh! I like it. It's so cute! Come inside now!"
The kitten gratefully followed Yoh inside their house.
***
"Here you go." Yoh put a small bowl of milk on the ground.
The cat paused and looked at it suspiciously. Then it did an unexpected thing. It pounced on the plate, which made it all spill onto the ground. Yoh gasped. Anna bursted angrily.
"OUT.OF.HERE.NOW!"
Yoh looked at her pleadingly, but Anna's eyes were firm.
He carried the poor puzzled kitten out of the house and went to the pet shop again.
***
When Yoh came home, Anna sat in her chair, expecting Yoh to start crying. But he didn't. Instead, he had a grin on his face, holding a small piece of paper.
"What's up?" She asked curiously.
Yoh smiled at her which made her shiver.
"The shopkeeper said that using this little coupon, I can exchange Matamune for another pet of my choice!" Yoh said excitedly. Anna fell out of her chair.
"What in the world?!"
"Wuehehe! I wonder what I'll get? Help me decide, Anna!"
Anna buried her face in her hands.
***
Note: Err..this is not the end. Still more chapters of course. But do you like this? R+R please. XD