An ending here. Be warned since you might hate it.
Disclaimer: Hiroyuki Takei rules this manga/anime. I don't.
-A Lost Explorer-
3 - Discovery
"Tamao, Tamao...wake up."
I opened my eyes. Yoh was staring down at me with Anna beside him.
"Ah, you're awake. Finally."
I sat up. "Where...am I? What happened?"
"You fainted." Anna said simply.
"I did?"
"Must've been the shock of so much news in one day." Said Yoh.
"Oh..." Yeah, I guess it was too much for me to absorb in one day.
"So, let's discuss more about what happened to you."
---15 minutes later---
"Well, we know what's happened, and why Tamao lost her memory." Said Yoh comfortably.
"Yeah..I guess some brain damage from falling caused me to forget." I said.
"Mikihisa said that you fell, and had sent out a search party for you, but you were never seen." Anna explained.
"So, I guess I'd better get going." I stood up, but Yoh stopped me.
"You don't have a place to stay, right? Anna, is it okay if we give a room to Tamao?"
Anna sighed. "Fine, but she'll need to work at Funbari Onsen. Nothing is free at our place when I'm still alive."
"What am I supposed to do?" I sensed something peculiar coming up.
Anna smirked. "You like to travel right? You can journey to nearby cities and introduce our magnificent hotel to everyone. I'll hand you a pile of brochures to give out but you'll still need to know a lot of facts and use your oral skills wisely so that you can attract people to our resort hotel."
Well...that's not so bad, but still, not my choice of a job.
***
"Hello, please take a look at this."
"Uhh, thanks." The visitor scanned the brochure and walked away in a hurry.
I sighed. People aren't really interested in resort hotels these days, which is kind of a disappointment.
Then, someone patted me on the shoulder. I turned and recognized Asakura Yoh.
"Yo."
"Um, hi." Somehow, Yoh's presence made me a bit nervous.
He glanced around. "Not many people interested?"
"Well, I guess I'm not an attractive person." I said, trying to brighten up the mood.
Yoh stared at me. "No, you're really beautiful, Tamao. Don't put down yourself. Encourage yourself!"
Well, that surprised me. I never expected the manager of Funbari Onsen to say that I was pretty especially since he's already married to a more attractive woman named Anna Kyouyama. Still, I swallowed my happiness and pride and muttered a thanks before I broke into a run throughout the crowd.
Somehow that night, I couldn't get to sleep easily. Obviously, I was thinking about Asakura. He is a caring man. Was he like that when we were young? Memories, memories, memories.
+Sudden flashback+
"Good on yeh, Yoh. You got guts, I must admit."
"Got a wife at this age already, ay?"
"Stop that, Conchi. You're embarassing me. I never wanted a fiancee THIS early. Besides, my stubborn grandfather arranged it for me. I don't even know how she looks like."
"Stop teasing Yoh-sama, Conchi and Ponchi! It was all arranged according to Yoh-sama's grandfather without Yoh knowing about it until now."
"So, are you jealous, little Tamao? Afraid that your wonderful Yoh-sama might immediately fall in love with his beautiful fiancee?"
"Gahahahaa....!!"
+End of flashback+
Another memory. That's right. It wasn't Yoh's choice to have to marry to Kyouyama. But I guess if he didn't love her, he wouldn have rejected stronglyto his grandfather's decision. But he never did.
But, what were those two "things"? They could talk too. What were they? Spirits, ah yes. I had two spirits of my own. Conchi and Gonchi? Mmm, I think they were Conchi and Ponchi. Conchi and Ponchi had apparently thought their jokes were funny and had burst into fits of hysteric laughter as I had stood there, almost broken-hearted when I heard that Yoh had a fiancee.
I then realized I still had feelings for Yoh. He was the same. I cannot give up my love for him although I know there will never be a result of this love. Nevertheless, I've got a stable job at Funbari Onsen, so I suppose I could stay like this for another few years, watching Yoh. If a time comes when I want to forget my feelings, I could always resign and move away to a far away land.
That night, tears slowly rolled down my cheeks as I thought sadly of the horrible memory.
***
Ch. 3 and whole story finished.
END NOTE: Real short last chapter. I had to get this done to be able to post up new fics I desperately wanted to type up. Is this ending kind of sudden? This can be counted as a "sad ending" rather than those "and they lived happily ever after" ones. That's what makes it different from some others. I rushed this a bit, since I was running out of ideas for it. If you hate it so much, please just pop me a note about it and maybe I could find some time to rewrite the whole chapter.
Disclaimer: Hiroyuki Takei rules this manga/anime. I don't.
-A Lost Explorer-
3 - Discovery
"Tamao, Tamao...wake up."
I opened my eyes. Yoh was staring down at me with Anna beside him.
"Ah, you're awake. Finally."
I sat up. "Where...am I? What happened?"
"You fainted." Anna said simply.
"I did?"
"Must've been the shock of so much news in one day." Said Yoh.
"Oh..." Yeah, I guess it was too much for me to absorb in one day.
"So, let's discuss more about what happened to you."
---15 minutes later---
"Well, we know what's happened, and why Tamao lost her memory." Said Yoh comfortably.
"Yeah..I guess some brain damage from falling caused me to forget." I said.
"Mikihisa said that you fell, and had sent out a search party for you, but you were never seen." Anna explained.
"So, I guess I'd better get going." I stood up, but Yoh stopped me.
"You don't have a place to stay, right? Anna, is it okay if we give a room to Tamao?"
Anna sighed. "Fine, but she'll need to work at Funbari Onsen. Nothing is free at our place when I'm still alive."
"What am I supposed to do?" I sensed something peculiar coming up.
Anna smirked. "You like to travel right? You can journey to nearby cities and introduce our magnificent hotel to everyone. I'll hand you a pile of brochures to give out but you'll still need to know a lot of facts and use your oral skills wisely so that you can attract people to our resort hotel."
Well...that's not so bad, but still, not my choice of a job.
***
"Hello, please take a look at this."
"Uhh, thanks." The visitor scanned the brochure and walked away in a hurry.
I sighed. People aren't really interested in resort hotels these days, which is kind of a disappointment.
Then, someone patted me on the shoulder. I turned and recognized Asakura Yoh.
"Yo."
"Um, hi." Somehow, Yoh's presence made me a bit nervous.
He glanced around. "Not many people interested?"
"Well, I guess I'm not an attractive person." I said, trying to brighten up the mood.
Yoh stared at me. "No, you're really beautiful, Tamao. Don't put down yourself. Encourage yourself!"
Well, that surprised me. I never expected the manager of Funbari Onsen to say that I was pretty especially since he's already married to a more attractive woman named Anna Kyouyama. Still, I swallowed my happiness and pride and muttered a thanks before I broke into a run throughout the crowd.
Somehow that night, I couldn't get to sleep easily. Obviously, I was thinking about Asakura. He is a caring man. Was he like that when we were young? Memories, memories, memories.
+Sudden flashback+
"Good on yeh, Yoh. You got guts, I must admit."
"Got a wife at this age already, ay?"
"Stop that, Conchi. You're embarassing me. I never wanted a fiancee THIS early. Besides, my stubborn grandfather arranged it for me. I don't even know how she looks like."
"Stop teasing Yoh-sama, Conchi and Ponchi! It was all arranged according to Yoh-sama's grandfather without Yoh knowing about it until now."
"So, are you jealous, little Tamao? Afraid that your wonderful Yoh-sama might immediately fall in love with his beautiful fiancee?"
"Gahahahaa....!!"
+End of flashback+
Another memory. That's right. It wasn't Yoh's choice to have to marry to Kyouyama. But I guess if he didn't love her, he wouldn have rejected stronglyto his grandfather's decision. But he never did.
But, what were those two "things"? They could talk too. What were they? Spirits, ah yes. I had two spirits of my own. Conchi and Gonchi? Mmm, I think they were Conchi and Ponchi. Conchi and Ponchi had apparently thought their jokes were funny and had burst into fits of hysteric laughter as I had stood there, almost broken-hearted when I heard that Yoh had a fiancee.
I then realized I still had feelings for Yoh. He was the same. I cannot give up my love for him although I know there will never be a result of this love. Nevertheless, I've got a stable job at Funbari Onsen, so I suppose I could stay like this for another few years, watching Yoh. If a time comes when I want to forget my feelings, I could always resign and move away to a far away land.
That night, tears slowly rolled down my cheeks as I thought sadly of the horrible memory.
***
Ch. 3 and whole story finished.
END NOTE: Real short last chapter. I had to get this done to be able to post up new fics I desperately wanted to type up. Is this ending kind of sudden? This can be counted as a "sad ending" rather than those "and they lived happily ever after" ones. That's what makes it different from some others. I rushed this a bit, since I was running out of ideas for it. If you hate it so much, please just pop me a note about it and maybe I could find some time to rewrite the whole chapter.