Just by looking at him, you could see that he's distressed. Yoh Asakura, the usually unwavering soul, was distressed. Or shaking with rage.
I look over to Hao and that Chinese boy. Cleared his memory? I laugh internally. I doubt it Hao. You didn't just clear his memory, you've somehow managed to control his mind. As much as I hate to lend a shoulder to that little slut, he's changed. Yoh's changed him so much. That murdering brat had disappeared. Sure, he's still a brat nonetheless, but he'd never kill anyone. Even me, whom he obviously hates.
"… Why did you do it?" a very dangerous Yoh whispers.
"Why? Are you that stupid you can't figure it out?" Hao smirks, and continues to feel around the brat. Had this been a normal person and in normal circumstances, I would have made them get a closet or something. But this is Hao, under no normal circumstance. As much as I hate to admit it, he's terrifying. Nobody in their right mind would ever try and do anything to him.
"I did it because I wanted him."
Obviously.
But that thought didn't seem obvious to anyone else, especially to Yoh. Of course, they're twins. And according to Hao (and his twisted sense of logic) they're the same person. Naturally their taste in people would be the same.
I sicken myself how indifferent I am at this stage. Maybe it is that I really couldn't give a damn what happened to that brat. Maybe it would be better if he left Yoh alone. He has no place near Yoh. It's already decided that Yoh and I will marry, and eventually have a family. There's no place for him here.
I see the little slut dreamily leaning on Hao. Yes, no place. Maybe it is better if he goes with Hao. But Ren's power on Hao' side is a horrifying thought. I'm not even too sure what it is that I feel.
"Besides, I can appreciate him much more than you ever can, Yoh." Hao seems to think along the same lines as I do. I steal a quick look at Yoh. His hair is obscuring his face, so I can't see the exact face he's wearing, but I can tell that he's trying to sort out matters in his mind.
"Why did you make him try and kill Anna?" Yoh looks up and glares at Hao. With a face set and dark that rivals his twin. Oblivious, or he just doesn't care, Hao just lets it slide.
"Oh come off it Yoh. I'm helping you as your older brother to figure out your relationship problems."
For the first time everything seems clear to me.
"Ren, kill her."
Ren snaps out of his trance, and narrows his eyes down to me. Absolute hatred burning in his eyes. It does seem that he has returned to the little murdering kid he was before he met Yoh. Before he met Yoh. I call out Zenki and Kouki. Last time I was caught off surprise, but this time I'm ready for that brat.
"Anna, no!" I hear Yoh shout. I glare at him.
"So you're telling me to let him kill me."
"No, Anna, calm down!"
Dammit Yoh, stop giving a shit about that slut! Obviously he cares about you so much that he's able to forget about you. Even upon seeing you now, he doesn't seem to remember anything. He poises, and charges down at me. With Zenki and Kouki behind me, I prepare to bitchslap him to death. Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Hao sitting there, face resting on his hand, observing the scene with amusement.
But then out of the corner of my eye…
I see Yoh…
Jump in front of me… …
and take the blow.
My mind blanks.
I can see too, that the Chinese kid's eyes are wide, surprised. He's frozen still, like the rest of us. Yoh's shoulder is bleeding. He managed to block off most of the attack, but he's taken some damage.
"Ren…" he whispers. "Don't do this to yourself, na? I know how much you regret having killed people in the past…" "…why?" Ren speaks. Not the Chinese doll that was all over Hao, but the little boy. Yoh has his back turned to me, but I know he's smiling. Weakly.
"..because I don't want to see you suffer over having killed some one…"
Ahh….
"I don't want you to have to regret again, because I know, you're a different person…"
Even now you have his heart at best interest.
It's not someone I can compete against…
But that's probably what he thought as well…
About me, and Yoh…
My mind blanked, because it was oh so clear…
That I'd never beat him.
Ever.
I close my eyes, and the shikigami melt away.
"Come back to me, Ren."
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Short chapter (with lots of gaps. ^^;), but a lot happens. I still wonder why it's from Anna's POV. (I like writing in POV form). I suppose I have an iffiness about her, because of my unhealthy Yohren loveness. I think Anna does feel some resent, and perhaps jealousy over the other guys who get to hang around Yoh, more as an equal. I read some fic that was really brilliant in it captured that…I can't remember what it was called or who it was by...*sighs* Damn my non ability to write….
Next chapter to finish things off! Nearly there…