Disclaimer: Shaman King isn't mine!
Author's Notes: *movie trailer voice* This summer comes a horror you will never believe...Hao on PMS!!! It was so friggin funny I just had to throw it in there. Uggh...I hate my period. Feels like everybody in the world is against me for some reason or another. Let Hao deal with it for a while! (Thank God 4Kids hasn't done their horrible dubbing process on him yet, tho!!)
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A Dream Come True?
Chapter Four
~***~
I haven't laughed so hard in my entire life before or since then. Neither had anyone else- -even Ren was laughing! Even Hao's fangirls have got to admit that it's funny.
Yoh had fallen over on the tatami floor and we both lay there laughing our heads off. Anna was giggling a little too insanely- -I guess she saw it as a form of revenge. Horo was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe, while Ren was holding his side in pain.
Eventually Horo began making these scary gasping sounds so I had to get up and whallop him on the back a few times. The laugh fest was officially over. I helped Yoh to his feet, still snickering a little.
"Okay, okay," Anna snapped. "Enough." She started shoving Ren and Horo towards the door. "It's time for Yoh to fix dinner, so OUT."
Yoh looked at me and grinned. "So, have you had to pee yet?"
I shot him the most typical Hao-glare I could. "Don't push it. I had to go through THAT horror at the train station."
~***~
"Can I have another bowl, please?"
Anna stared at me as she handed over the fried rice. "Good God! Where do you put it all?!"
"Give me a break," I shot back. "I'm going through the worst day of my life. Or the best day, I'm not exactly sure."
She looked at me funny, but said nothing.
We ate in silence for a few minutes. After a while Anna lay her chopsticks down and watched both Yoh and I eat. A smile touched her face.
I blinked. "What's wrong?"
"Look."
We did, and I started laughing. Both Yoh and I had been doing synchronized eating the whole time! Yoh shook his head and caught a piece of tempura shrimp in his chopsticks.
"That's freaky."
"So," Anna continued. "How old are you in your real body?"
"Me?" I asked, pointing to my chest.
She gave me a "duh" look and nodded.
Right then I felt like smacking that look off her face. But I held back my temper.
"Seventeen. I'll be graduating this year. Hopefully, anyway."
"A second-year senior, huh?"
I glared at her. "You don't have to be so blunt."
She blinked and gave me another funny look. "I didn't say anything."
"C'mon, Anna. I heard you loud and clear." She was making me so frustrated I felt a migraine coming on.
Yoh paled and gripped my arm. "Are you telling us you still have Hao's powers?!"
My headache was getting worse. Then it hit, and I started to panic. "That's right...his empathy! I don't want that...I don't want to feel that!"
"Calm down."
"Calm down?! I can't calm down! Not when I'm about to feel every damn evil thought in the world!"
"Just calm down!" Anna snapped. "It's acting up because you're stressed! Relax and it'll back off."
I took a few deep breaths. To my surprise the headache began fading. "It worked..."
"Exactly." She stood and began to pile up the dishes. "When that happens you should always try to relax."
"How do YOU know so much about it?" I asked.
"Hao told me once."
"Oh."
She turned and smirked at me. "And since you decided to be so rude, you can wash the dishes."
I rolled my eyes. "Do 'em yourself. I'm not your slave. Neither is Yoh."
And with that I grabbed Yoh by the arm and left the room. I wasn't about to wait around for Anna to make up a good threat. Let HER do the menial labor for once.
"So what do you do for fun around here?" I asked Yoh.
He shrugged. "When I CAN have fun? Hang around Funbari Hill, mostly. But since you're not used to ghosts..."
I shook my head. "No, I'm not."
"I also have a PS2."
"Really??"
"Yup. It's in my room."
I looked up. "Thank you God."
"Huh?"
"At home I only had a Game Boy Pocket."
Yoh didn't have very many games for the PS2, but the ones he did have were cool. Devil May Cry, Soul Caliber 2... And some others that I can't even pronounce. We decided on Soul Caliber since it was for two players.
You may think it's weird, but I have NEVER played either of these games before. My grandmother won't even let me buy a Game Boy XP. That, and I was playing against Yoh Asakura of all people! And beating him!
Yoh sighed as I delivered the final blow. "Jeez! For somebody just pushing buttons you're pretty good!"
I gave him a grin. "The best there is back home."
A scream interrupted us. Apparently Manta had come for a visit and Anna hadn't told him "Hao" was there.
Author's Notes: *movie trailer voice* This summer comes a horror you will never believe...Hao on PMS!!! It was so friggin funny I just had to throw it in there. Uggh...I hate my period. Feels like everybody in the world is against me for some reason or another. Let Hao deal with it for a while! (Thank God 4Kids hasn't done their horrible dubbing process on him yet, tho!!)
~***~
A Dream Come True?
Chapter Four
~***~
I haven't laughed so hard in my entire life before or since then. Neither had anyone else- -even Ren was laughing! Even Hao's fangirls have got to admit that it's funny.
Yoh had fallen over on the tatami floor and we both lay there laughing our heads off. Anna was giggling a little too insanely- -I guess she saw it as a form of revenge. Horo was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe, while Ren was holding his side in pain.
Eventually Horo began making these scary gasping sounds so I had to get up and whallop him on the back a few times. The laugh fest was officially over. I helped Yoh to his feet, still snickering a little.
"Okay, okay," Anna snapped. "Enough." She started shoving Ren and Horo towards the door. "It's time for Yoh to fix dinner, so OUT."
Yoh looked at me and grinned. "So, have you had to pee yet?"
I shot him the most typical Hao-glare I could. "Don't push it. I had to go through THAT horror at the train station."
~***~
"Can I have another bowl, please?"
Anna stared at me as she handed over the fried rice. "Good God! Where do you put it all?!"
"Give me a break," I shot back. "I'm going through the worst day of my life. Or the best day, I'm not exactly sure."
She looked at me funny, but said nothing.
We ate in silence for a few minutes. After a while Anna lay her chopsticks down and watched both Yoh and I eat. A smile touched her face.
I blinked. "What's wrong?"
"Look."
We did, and I started laughing. Both Yoh and I had been doing synchronized eating the whole time! Yoh shook his head and caught a piece of tempura shrimp in his chopsticks.
"That's freaky."
"So," Anna continued. "How old are you in your real body?"
"Me?" I asked, pointing to my chest.
She gave me a "duh" look and nodded.
Right then I felt like smacking that look off her face. But I held back my temper.
"Seventeen. I'll be graduating this year. Hopefully, anyway."
"A second-year senior, huh?"
I glared at her. "You don't have to be so blunt."
She blinked and gave me another funny look. "I didn't say anything."
"C'mon, Anna. I heard you loud and clear." She was making me so frustrated I felt a migraine coming on.
Yoh paled and gripped my arm. "Are you telling us you still have Hao's powers?!"
My headache was getting worse. Then it hit, and I started to panic. "That's right...his empathy! I don't want that...I don't want to feel that!"
"Calm down."
"Calm down?! I can't calm down! Not when I'm about to feel every damn evil thought in the world!"
"Just calm down!" Anna snapped. "It's acting up because you're stressed! Relax and it'll back off."
I took a few deep breaths. To my surprise the headache began fading. "It worked..."
"Exactly." She stood and began to pile up the dishes. "When that happens you should always try to relax."
"How do YOU know so much about it?" I asked.
"Hao told me once."
"Oh."
She turned and smirked at me. "And since you decided to be so rude, you can wash the dishes."
I rolled my eyes. "Do 'em yourself. I'm not your slave. Neither is Yoh."
And with that I grabbed Yoh by the arm and left the room. I wasn't about to wait around for Anna to make up a good threat. Let HER do the menial labor for once.
"So what do you do for fun around here?" I asked Yoh.
He shrugged. "When I CAN have fun? Hang around Funbari Hill, mostly. But since you're not used to ghosts..."
I shook my head. "No, I'm not."
"I also have a PS2."
"Really??"
"Yup. It's in my room."
I looked up. "Thank you God."
"Huh?"
"At home I only had a Game Boy Pocket."
Yoh didn't have very many games for the PS2, but the ones he did have were cool. Devil May Cry, Soul Caliber 2... And some others that I can't even pronounce. We decided on Soul Caliber since it was for two players.
You may think it's weird, but I have NEVER played either of these games before. My grandmother won't even let me buy a Game Boy XP. That, and I was playing against Yoh Asakura of all people! And beating him!
Yoh sighed as I delivered the final blow. "Jeez! For somebody just pushing buttons you're pretty good!"
I gave him a grin. "The best there is back home."
A scream interrupted us. Apparently Manta had come for a visit and Anna hadn't told him "Hao" was there.