Title: Shaman Christmas
Author: Yoh Asakura
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King or the characters in Shaman King, or any part of Shaman King. It belongs rightfully to the full possession and creativity of Hiroyuki Takei.
Character's Involved: Yoh, Anna, Manta, Amidamaru, Horohoro and Ren.
Warnings: OOC-ness, and scary Anna... ( though no scary Anna in this chapter )
Chapter Four: Importance of a Party
Amidamaru and Manta led Yoh to the restrooms after he'd picked up his headphones from the floor where they'd fallen at Manta's previous shoutings. "No one will think to look in here." Amidamaru noted, seeing nobody in there as they entered. Manta discouraged that a bit, "Well, someone could still come in here if they have to use the bathroom though..we'll have to be careful. Amidamaru, could you stand out front and tell us if anyone starts to come this way?" Amidamaru nodded and went about doing as Manta asked. Yoh seemed to not care much as he took a seat on the sink counter and folded his legs, then after staring at the cover for a moment and running his fingers along the edges, he opened the book and began reading.
-- This may be sudden, it may be odd. But Shiruko and I became fiancée's at an early age and we had despised one another from the start. My father and her mother set us up because for some reason they met up and fell in love with eachother and decided the same should only happen for their youths. But I protested, everyone knew I was against the idea. As time went on though, I felt that something really was occurring between us. But I was so shy, and she was so stubborn. We would both never admit to this in the least. The only thing we would confess was that we had become friends after so long. Yes, I never thought it would happen, but Shiruko and I became friends. I found out, in fact, that I simply couldn't live without her. It puzzled me so that I experienced many sleepless nights. Until I began to have visions. Visions of our future together, visions of a tragedy. I had always experienced strange dreams such as these, so I had in no way become alarmed at their existence that time. --
Yoh read on as Manta rushed back and forth and Amidamaru stood guard outside the bathroom. Since he was a ghost and no one could see him, it was easy for him to keep watch. Suddenly Manta heard, over his own shoes sounding against the tile floor, Amidamaru announcing the arrival of someone, though Manta couldn't really hear who, all he did was shout to Yoh. "YOH STOP READING!! PUT THE BOOK AWAY!! Oh, what am I gonna do!?!? We're gonna look so weird standing around in here, you sitting on the sink and me.. I'm just standing here!! Yaaarrrghh!!" Manta scurried around until he went into a stall and shut the stall door with more force than was necessary. Yoh just then decided to lift his gaze from the book, blinking at the absence of his friend. "Manta..? Where'd ya go?" Then he shrugged and continued to read. Manta heard the footsteps of the people getting closer and the frenzied boy shrieked with terror, "YOH!!!! Hurry up and put that book away and hide in a stall or something!!! They're gonna think you're CRAZY reading something that isn't there.. HOLDING something they can't see and just STARING at it!! Yoh, please!! Get in a stall!!!!" He yelled it all so fast that he got it all out before the people coming to use the restroom got there, and Yoh stared at the stall Manta was in, trying to pick out words here and there since they were jumbled up so quickly, what he did hear was the last four words, and he smiled and bounced off the counter. "Oh! Why didn't you say so in the first place, Manta?" he opened a stall door and walked in just as the two people entered the
restroom. The people saw Yoh walk in, the door shut half way, and a boy yell, "NO, YOH!! NOT IN THIS STALL!!" The two sweatdropped and stood still in their tracks. "Amidamaru, what's that all about?" One of the people asked the ghost that they 'had' seen when arriving. Amidamaru snickered. "It seems that Lord Yoh and Lord Manta are coming to a misunderstanding." Manta heard the voices and peeked out, preparing to apologize ( for what, no one knew ) when he saw the two people and gasped. "REN!! HORO HORO!!" Manta collapsed on the tile floor, then suddenly jumped up, shouting. "AHHH GERMS!! GETTEM OFF GETTEM OFF!!" he slapped himself for a couple seconds before rushing to the sink, soaping up his hands and trying to wash his arms, neck and just about everywhere in a hurry. Ren and Horohoro lifted a brow towards that display, then Horohoro laughed, "Yoh, what are ya two doing in here?" Yoh smiled and answered honestly, they had nothing to hide now that they knew their friends would be able to see the book and understand somewhat. Yoh showed them the book. "Amidamaru says it's a Phantom's book.. and that it somehow applies to my situation with Anna." Ren looked thoughtfully at the book, holding his chin in thought while Horohoro grasped it and looked it over thoroughly. "You're kidding, right?? A Phantom's book?? That's cool! So, what's it about?" he asked as he lost the excitement and tossed the book back to Yoh who caught it with his face and it slid to the floor, the boy with the headphones didn't pick it up and seemed unphazed by being hit with the book. "Well, it's about this guy and his fiancée. It could have a message in it to prevent some tragedy that might happen to Anna and I." Manta slapped his head as he heard the dim -witted conversation taking place between Horo and Yoh. "Horohoro, Yoh basically already TOLD you what it was about!! Geez!" Then he scowled toward the abandoned book left on the dirty floor. "What are you DOING YOH!?!? Don't let that book lay on that gross floor, do you have ANY idea what could be all over it by now!??" Manta showed a disgusted face and leaped off the counter ( where he was sitting because otherwise he wouldn't be able to reach the soap and water ) and picked up the book, hopped back up on the counter and grabbed a paper towel to wipe at the book. "Manta.. it's a Phantom's book, there's no way it could have picked up any germs." Yoh calmly explained. The panicky boy sweatdropped and sighed, "Well, fine then.. just don't go losing this, Yoh!" Amidamaru looked on at the four and came to a conclusion, "We're not going to have time to make arrangements for that party for Anna afterall, are we?" Manta couldn't believe they had forgotten that!! And it was all Yoh's fault.. Manta made a fist and growled. Ren snickered, "Calm down you insolent fool. Parties are a waste of time anyway." Horohoro looked let down, "A party!? Really? How come you didn't invite me!!" Manta grumbled, "Maybe we *would* have invited you, but didn't you hear us?! There may not be a party anymore!!!" Horo blinked and just said, "Oh..." Yoh smiled and gave a suggestion, "Well, we could still have a party -- I don't think anything tragic will happen to Anna and I, at least not right away. Everything will be fine." Manta sighed heavily, Amidamaru looked slightly concerned, Ren rolled his eyes and Horohoro jumped up in the air, "YEAHH! PARTY!!"
*End Chapter Three*
[[ Okay, so finally Ren and Horohoro decide to come into the story... e_e;; Well, go ahead and review if you want to! Let me know what you thought about it. And I'm open for suggestions, too. Like I said, as long as there are people reading it, I will try to get more chapters up and out. n_n ]]