T.One:
OK people. I've stalled it long enough. And I know there are some of you
out there who are going to strangle me for not updating for so long. But I
am a person with very little inspiration so bear with me. Anyway this is
the last chapter, so you don't have to worry about me not updating anymore!
Whoa, what a relief..BTW thanks to all those who reviewed my fic and even
more to those whom inspired me.
To show my gratitude, here's the last chapter.
Chapter 6
"Who is it going to be? Anna or Manta?" Smirked Hao, thoroughly enjoying his brother's dilemma. Yoh couldn't answer. Instead he decided to attack Hao again. Using his oversoul he used Amidamaru's Gokoujin attack to strike Hao. Seeing the attack Hao jumped from his position and landed directly in front of the door.
"Tsk tsk tsk.Yoh. You know very well that you can't defeat me yet. So, why don't you be a good little boy and tell me the answer. Or I'll be forced to resort to more drastic measures like." He didn't manage to complete the sentence when Yoh charged again "Hao! Don't you dare hurt them" he yelled. This caused Hao to laugh even more. "Apparently, otouto, I'm rather disappointed in you. I thought you'd be more assertive. But never mind. I give you to the count of five to make your choice" said Hao mockingly.
"Or else what?" asked Yoh as he tried to land at least one hit on Hao who was evading his attacks easily "Or else I would have the Spirit of Fire make a meal out of them" replied Hao
"One."
Yoh desperately jumped, trying to get past Hao to get into the shrine. But before he landed, one of Hao's shikigami caught him in the air and sent him crashing down onto the earth.
"Two.'
'This is not working!' thought Yoh. 'I need to get past Hao' as he got up and tried a different method.
"Three."
'There's not enough time!' A voice at the back of Yoh's head was yelling at him. 'Make the choice!' His attack was deflected easily by Hao as he turned his Spirit of Fire into a sword.
"Four.Make your choice Yoh before I have to kill you"
*Crash* Yoh body was sent flying into a tree. He struggled to pick himself up when he heard footsteps running towards the shrine.
"Yoh!" He the turned and saw his friends. Hurt by the Hana-gumi but nonetheless triumphant from their battle. For an instant, he felt relieved that they were OK. But there were more important things to worry about now.
"Five. that's it little bro. Game Over!" with an insane smirk on his face, Hao charged, lunging his sword at Yoh, who couldn't even defend himself anymore. However, before any of the shamans could even react, a flash of light stopped Hao's attack. As the former leaped back, he glanced at the person who dared to deny him from totally destroying his twin.
"Dare ka?" he snarled. When the dust cleared, he looked through the storm and saw the itako's unmistakable figure alongside, what looked like a tanuki and a kitsune. She was holding out her red bandana as it was the controlling medium of her two oversouls.
"ANNA!!" all of those present exclaimed.
"Che! That's not fair, Anna" Hao said with a smile on his face "When I said you'll be assisting me in this experiment, I had not meant it this way" Then he took a glance at the two spirits beside Anna and continued "But it seems that your memory has improved. You've even remembered your former spirits"
"Hao no baka!" she snapped "It doesn't matter whether I remembered being your wife or not."
"WIFE????!!!!" the whole shaman community was shocked at that fact, all except Hao and Anna. "What's going on here?" Ren demanded "Yoh! I thought she was YOUR fiancé?" Horo Horo said. All of them were staring at Yoh who looked dumbfounded as well. "I.I.I have no idea" he stuttered.
"Of course you don't otouto. Anna was my wife 1000 years ago." Hao smirked, "A person whom I couldn't let go to waste by having her soul reincarnated too. Just like mine!" That was when the sound of jaws hitting the floor amidst the storm.
"Ahem! As I was saying it doesn't matter whether I was you wife or Yoh's fiancé" She paused as she glared at them before continuing "I was, am and forever will be Itako no Anna! And I don't like being pushed around like some kind of toy that's being fought over by siblings" Glaring at both Yoh and Hao.
"Therefore, I've made up my mind" she paused again as everyone waited with bated breath to see what the itako has in mind. But Hao being Hao just had to something to say "That is you're giving up Yoh and returning back to me?" he said hopefully.
"No. It is that I love and hate both of you all at the same time" she finished. There was a silence for a moment before the shamans fell down anime-style.
"What sort of answer if that!!??" yelled Horo Horo and Chocolove.
"Ohkami (*)! Don't tell me you're leaving Master Yoh" Ryu cried.
"Kisama!" yelled Ren as he was being trampled by all of them excluding Yoh, Hao and Anna.
"Minna! Anna must have an explanation for that!" Yoh said calming down the shamans. They looked expectantly at Anna waiting for her explanation.
"Sigh! Why must I live in a world full of idiots!" she ranted "Look. I love both of them because they have the audacity to do such an imbecilic and infantile experiment just to show their possession of me. But I hate them because they had to blow the whole thing out of proportion, in front of all you morons. And to add salt to the wound, it was performed right in the middle of a stupid storm!"
"Oh.I see" they nodded in agreement.
"Ah, and one more thing" she said. She walked in front of Yoh and Hao. They both looked at her and that was when it came. Her hand.
(Twack!) That one resounded even in Izumo. Anna then left them all standing there dumbfounded at the shrine in the storm looking at her fading figure.
"Unbelievable!" said Hao holding his cheek.
"After all that, this is what we get?" Yoh muttered doing the same as his twin.
Then they simply smiled at each other and said "That's Anna all right." And they burst out laughing. By that time, the rest of the shaman group was already too tired and suffered too much shock to stay any longer. So they left the siblings in the laughter.
"After a 1000 years and she's still the same" chuckled Hao.
"Who dares to change her?" Yoh added in and their laughter renewed. Until, they heard
"Yoh-kun? Why are you and Hao laughing together?" Manta had just woken up and was astounded that the Asakura twins were not only, not trying to kill each other but laughing as well.
Yoh smiled at his chibi sized friend and said "It's a long and weird story"
(Close in on Manta)
"Was there something I missed?.."
THE END..
(*) Ohkami = the name Ryu calls Anna in the anime.
To show my gratitude, here's the last chapter.
Chapter 6
"Who is it going to be? Anna or Manta?" Smirked Hao, thoroughly enjoying his brother's dilemma. Yoh couldn't answer. Instead he decided to attack Hao again. Using his oversoul he used Amidamaru's Gokoujin attack to strike Hao. Seeing the attack Hao jumped from his position and landed directly in front of the door.
"Tsk tsk tsk.Yoh. You know very well that you can't defeat me yet. So, why don't you be a good little boy and tell me the answer. Or I'll be forced to resort to more drastic measures like." He didn't manage to complete the sentence when Yoh charged again "Hao! Don't you dare hurt them" he yelled. This caused Hao to laugh even more. "Apparently, otouto, I'm rather disappointed in you. I thought you'd be more assertive. But never mind. I give you to the count of five to make your choice" said Hao mockingly.
"Or else what?" asked Yoh as he tried to land at least one hit on Hao who was evading his attacks easily "Or else I would have the Spirit of Fire make a meal out of them" replied Hao
"One."
Yoh desperately jumped, trying to get past Hao to get into the shrine. But before he landed, one of Hao's shikigami caught him in the air and sent him crashing down onto the earth.
"Two.'
'This is not working!' thought Yoh. 'I need to get past Hao' as he got up and tried a different method.
"Three."
'There's not enough time!' A voice at the back of Yoh's head was yelling at him. 'Make the choice!' His attack was deflected easily by Hao as he turned his Spirit of Fire into a sword.
"Four.Make your choice Yoh before I have to kill you"
*Crash* Yoh body was sent flying into a tree. He struggled to pick himself up when he heard footsteps running towards the shrine.
"Yoh!" He the turned and saw his friends. Hurt by the Hana-gumi but nonetheless triumphant from their battle. For an instant, he felt relieved that they were OK. But there were more important things to worry about now.
"Five. that's it little bro. Game Over!" with an insane smirk on his face, Hao charged, lunging his sword at Yoh, who couldn't even defend himself anymore. However, before any of the shamans could even react, a flash of light stopped Hao's attack. As the former leaped back, he glanced at the person who dared to deny him from totally destroying his twin.
"Dare ka?" he snarled. When the dust cleared, he looked through the storm and saw the itako's unmistakable figure alongside, what looked like a tanuki and a kitsune. She was holding out her red bandana as it was the controlling medium of her two oversouls.
"ANNA!!" all of those present exclaimed.
"Che! That's not fair, Anna" Hao said with a smile on his face "When I said you'll be assisting me in this experiment, I had not meant it this way" Then he took a glance at the two spirits beside Anna and continued "But it seems that your memory has improved. You've even remembered your former spirits"
"Hao no baka!" she snapped "It doesn't matter whether I remembered being your wife or not."
"WIFE????!!!!" the whole shaman community was shocked at that fact, all except Hao and Anna. "What's going on here?" Ren demanded "Yoh! I thought she was YOUR fiancé?" Horo Horo said. All of them were staring at Yoh who looked dumbfounded as well. "I.I.I have no idea" he stuttered.
"Of course you don't otouto. Anna was my wife 1000 years ago." Hao smirked, "A person whom I couldn't let go to waste by having her soul reincarnated too. Just like mine!" That was when the sound of jaws hitting the floor amidst the storm.
"Ahem! As I was saying it doesn't matter whether I was you wife or Yoh's fiancé" She paused as she glared at them before continuing "I was, am and forever will be Itako no Anna! And I don't like being pushed around like some kind of toy that's being fought over by siblings" Glaring at both Yoh and Hao.
"Therefore, I've made up my mind" she paused again as everyone waited with bated breath to see what the itako has in mind. But Hao being Hao just had to something to say "That is you're giving up Yoh and returning back to me?" he said hopefully.
"No. It is that I love and hate both of you all at the same time" she finished. There was a silence for a moment before the shamans fell down anime-style.
"What sort of answer if that!!??" yelled Horo Horo and Chocolove.
"Ohkami (*)! Don't tell me you're leaving Master Yoh" Ryu cried.
"Kisama!" yelled Ren as he was being trampled by all of them excluding Yoh, Hao and Anna.
"Minna! Anna must have an explanation for that!" Yoh said calming down the shamans. They looked expectantly at Anna waiting for her explanation.
"Sigh! Why must I live in a world full of idiots!" she ranted "Look. I love both of them because they have the audacity to do such an imbecilic and infantile experiment just to show their possession of me. But I hate them because they had to blow the whole thing out of proportion, in front of all you morons. And to add salt to the wound, it was performed right in the middle of a stupid storm!"
"Oh.I see" they nodded in agreement.
"Ah, and one more thing" she said. She walked in front of Yoh and Hao. They both looked at her and that was when it came. Her hand.
(Twack!) That one resounded even in Izumo. Anna then left them all standing there dumbfounded at the shrine in the storm looking at her fading figure.
"Unbelievable!" said Hao holding his cheek.
"After all that, this is what we get?" Yoh muttered doing the same as his twin.
Then they simply smiled at each other and said "That's Anna all right." And they burst out laughing. By that time, the rest of the shaman group was already too tired and suffered too much shock to stay any longer. So they left the siblings in the laughter.
"After a 1000 years and she's still the same" chuckled Hao.
"Who dares to change her?" Yoh added in and their laughter renewed. Until, they heard
"Yoh-kun? Why are you and Hao laughing together?" Manta had just woken up and was astounded that the Asakura twins were not only, not trying to kill each other but laughing as well.
Yoh smiled at his chibi sized friend and said "It's a long and weird story"
(Close in on Manta)
"Was there something I missed?.."
THE END..
(*) Ohkami = the name Ryu calls Anna in the anime.