"Hey, Anna! I think this is for you!" called Horo Horo out, showing the itako the dozen bouquets of roses on the front door.
She felt her eyes widen. In her entire life, no one had ever given her a flower, let alone something as extravagant as this.
"Your shaman king suitor must be a gardener," snickered Horo Horo.
An old man bowed politely to the still speechless girl. "Mistress Anna, I presume?"
"Yes."
"The Prince Asakura bids you good morning with these flowers he had picked from the garden."
Everyone gaped at the courier.
"I do not know your Prince Asakura personally," she said coldly. "I can't think of any event that may warrant me these things."
"Well, the Prince thinks otherwise. Please just accept them, Mistress Anna. We don't collect service fees from recipients, don't worry."
Anna reluctantly signed the receipt, and the bunches of flowers were left in the yard.
Pirika clasped her hands together. "Wow, our yard looks like a scene from Beauty and the Beast! So many beautiful flowers!"
Horo looked at Anna suspiciously. "Why didn't you tell us that you met the Prince already? The least you could have done is invite him into my humble sixty-hectare mansion!"
She rubbed her aching temples, then looked at the flowers. She wanted to remember something – something Tamao said about how the Prince of the Asakura court looks like. She just couldn't place her finger on it.
Choco peered at the beautifully decorated bouquets. "Maybe he heard of your ads, and want to give the shaman king husband slot a shot." He grinned. "Get it? Slot? Shot?"
Everyone but Pirika sighed, annoyed. Only the girl laughed at his joke.
It was the same case for her the next day. Two dozens of flowers await her this time, and by then, the yard of Horo's mansion was starting to look like a flower shop.
The messenger was about to leave when Anna called him.
"Will you extend to him my message?" she asked.
"Of course, Mistress."
Anna stepped towards him and slapped his face, to everyone's shock.
"Wha-" The man could only stare at her in shock.
"Tell him that flowers cannot impress me. If he wants to apply for the ads, he must come here personally and show me what he can do," she said, tone dull. She turned her back on him, not even throwing the flowers a glance.
Hao cupped his face with his hand as he sat in his throne, listening to the woes Zinc was spitting out.
"Ah, Master Hao, can you imagine that a lady has such unrefined manners! And she doesn't even care if you are the prince of the Asakura court! Her tongue should be seized and sliced into pieces!"
The prince chuckled. "Typical Anna. Now I like her more." He was about to get up when he looked at the slightly flushed cheek of the priest. He grinned. "She slaps very well, doesn't she?"
"Tamao, you really should rest. You've been working too hard," said the old woman, smiling at her kindly.
The pink-haired girl shook her head. "Iie. I do not want to be a burden, so please let me help." She continued to wipe the floor with the rag.
"But your entire stay here was devoted in cleaning. I think you deserve to rest."
"Yes, obaasan. I will take my rest once my body thinks I need it. But right now, I enjoy helping you clean." She smiled cheerfully, and the old woman smiled back.
"I'm glad Horo Horo has you for his wife. I cannot ask for a better woman for him. I can feel…that you have so much love for him."
"E-Eh?" Her cheeks turned hot. "Um…" If they only knew… she wanted to tell the kind woman about the fraud of the marriage.
But there was one thing she couldn't deny in the woman's last statement.
That she has so much love for the Ainu.
Obaasan couldn't get any more right.
She was about to return to the floor she was cleaning when she suddenly felt her whole body paralyze. She collapsed against the bucket of water, startling the old woman.
"Tamao?"
She forced a smile. "Daijoubu desu." She tried to move her muscles again.
"I told you awhile ago, child. You need rest!" The old woman helped her up again as the prophetess tried to bite her tears of pain back.
No, it was happening all over again. Her sickness was manifesting again.
Horo Horo blinked. Why did he suddenly felt that something wrong just happened? He looked up from his meal and found everyone engrossed in their lunch. Everything seemed normal. So then…?
He pushed the unwelcome thought at the back of his mind and concentrated on the conversation at the table, which again, was riotous.
"I say Lyserg is male," said Ren, slapping his fists on the table.
Ryu rolled his eyes. "Can't you get any more stupid than that? Ms. Diethyl is a miss, Ren Tao! Any visually-unchallenged person can see that!"
Horo then noted the absence of Lyserg in the table. He remembered that the dowser mentioned something about attending the church mass today.
"I'm betting one hundred bucks!" said the Tao.
"Fine!" said Ryu, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "One hundred for me too."
Pirika rolled her eyes at Ren. "Haven't you learned your lesson with the last bet you entered, Ren Tao?"
He blinked, then smiled apologetically at her. "Just this once, please?"
"Ren…" She arched her eyebrow at him.
He grinned. "Come on, Pirika. I know I'll win this bet, then I can already take you out on a date!"
"H-Hontou?" The girl's eyes sparkled excitedly. "D-Date?"
Horo quickly cleared his throat when he suddenly sensed the intimate gazes exchanged by the two. "OK, lovebirds. Enough mooning around."
"Poor, loveless Horo Horo," chided Ryu. "So easy to get irritated with such romantic scenes."
"Well, it's not like you're getting ready to settle down anytime soon," the Ice Ainu shot back.
"I already found the love of my life!" said the Wooden Sword, Lyserg's name written all over his radiant face.
"Oh boy," groaned everyone in the table.
Lyserg knelt on the pew, hands pressed together. "Dear Lord, it's been quite a while since I last talked to You. Ever since my parents' death, I have stopped believing in You, because You allowed such thing to happen to good people. There are so many criminals that can be already taken away from the world, but why them?"
"However, when Jeanne came to my life, she taught me again the power of prayer, and gave back my reason to believe in You. So please, even just this once, will You hear my prayer out? I just want her back with me. I miss her so much already." He looked at the crucifix, smiling sadly. "You must be irritated already with the way I demand…but at least You have an idea on how desperate I am to see her again."
At the back of the church, Jeanne was watching him quietly, dressed in a nun's frock. Her scarlet eyes shook before she returned into the inner sanctum of the church.
"Keep that posture up, Amidamaru," ordered Anna as she looked at her stopwatch.
She was training Yoh's power spirit yet again, this time in sustaining his furyoku, which would be valuable in crucial moments of shaman battles.
The samurai spirit nodded and continued its defense against the spirits Anna summoned with her itako beads.
She was silently impressed by the great increase of the spirit's abilities. It was more than the training – it was the samurai's heart to become stronger to protect his master.
She looked at the indigo sky and realized that it was almost dinner. She turned to the power spirit. "Let's call it a day, Amidamaru."
The samurai staggered back when the spirits he was fighting with disappeared. He turned to her. "Let's do this again tomorrow morning."
"Of course." She silently wished that Yoh was this eager with the trainings she give him.
But she had to hand it to him – he never complains whenever she does him bodily harm when she was irritated. That was already a training all by itself.
She was about to walk home when instincts told her to turn around.
Two shikigamis were coming her way.
"Ma'am Anna!!!" yelled Amidamaru.
Nyorai was awakened by the sound of the dungeon door opening. She looked up wearily and found the priest Nichrome standing before her cell, holding a tray of food.
"Eat," he ordered, voice blank.
She shook her head. "N-No, thank you. I…a not hungry."
"I am not giving you an option," he said monotonously. "Eat."
She bit her lip when she saw him reach for the keys of her cell. The door swung open, and in he came, holding the tray. He set the tray before her. "Do not think of starving yourself to death just to escape Master Hao. I will not let you," he said menacingly. He stood up and returned to the door.
Nyorai sighed, relieved, thinking that the priest was about to leave already.
To her dismay, he only closed the door. He returned to her side.
"W-Why are you still here?"
To her shaky query, he replied impassively, "I will watch you eat. I will not go unless you touch the food."
When she didn't move, he reached for the spoon and took a spoonful of the soup, then directed it to her. "Open your mouth."
She blinked. "Iie…"
"Open it, or I'll open it for you," he snapped.
She was startled by the sudden rise of his voice. She automatically opened her mouth, and he spooned her the soup. The descent of the food down her throat suddenly awakened the hunger within her that stress nearly made her forget. She reached for the spoon. "I-I can manage…"
He hesitated a bit before he gave her the spoon. She began to eat the soup quietly, aware of his steady gaze.
After she finished, he stood up and took the tray again, empty this time except for the bowl. "Do not starve yourself again. You might get sick."
"H-Hai," she said.
He looked at her for a few more moments before locking her cell and leaving the dungeon.
Amidamaru sweatdropped when Anna calmly stepped to her left, just as the two shikigamis crashed down on the ground beside her. She pivoted, then raised her itako beads. She muttered a prayer, then threw her beads around the two creatures who still hadn't recovered from their crash. The two vaporized into pieces of paper.
"Pathetic," she said, picking up the pieces of incantation cards. She turned to the treetop. "I think these belong to you."
The familiar boy she saw in the pond was clapping amusedly. "Darn. I sent those shikigamis down, hoping that it would give me the chance to impress you with my shaman skills." He jumped down without warning. "Too bad you didn't need saving anymore."
Amidamaru was stunned. The boy…he looked like…
"Is that your way of applying for my ads?" she asked, her voice not losing its icy edge.
"Maybe." His tone became gallantly charming.
Her blood boiled. "If I didn't have the presence of mind to step aside, what could have happened to me?"
"I won't let anything happen to you." He raised his hands in surrender. "You didn't like the flowers I sent you, so…"
"What flowers?" Her eyes widened.
"Oh come on, sweet pet, you slapped my court priest, the poor herald." he chuckled sexily.
"You sent those….those things?!" She was shocked, to put it mildly. It could only mean that…
Tamao's words crashed into her memories.
"Does Yoh really look like that prince?" asked Anna in detached curiosity.
Tamao nodded. "Very much! Only his hair is shorter…and his eyes…they are different from Master Hao's."
He bowed to kiss her hand. "Asakura Hao, the crown prince of the Asakura Court." He smiled at her, who still couldn't find her voice. "May I begin the application now?"
She pulled her hand away from his grasp. "You will have to wait for my bodyguard. He is training right now." She couldn't meet his gaze.
"When will he be back then?" asked the prince, disappointed.
"He'll be back in two days."
Something flickered in the Prince' eyes. "Is he training alone?"
Anna paused. She noted something in his voice – one that holds too much interest. She decided to go for the safe side. "I do not know. I don't really keep a timetable for insignificant people."
"I see." He then shrugged. "Very well, but for the meantime, I will keep sending you the flowers whether you like it or not."
"Suit yourself. I'm not paying taxes, so I don't care if you spend your money on such things." She turned her back on him. "Good day, Prince Asakura."
"I would prefer that you call me by my first name."
"I would call you anything I want to."
"Strong, calm, confident, and very, very smart. Everything I want in a woman," he said, smiling. "This won't be our last meeting, I promise you that. No one refuses Asakura Hao, not even someone as lovely as you."
Her hackle rose high with the blatant flirtation in his tone. His eyes, on the other hand, roamed her face with evident interest.
She gave him a frosty glare. "Consider me then as a 'no one', Prince Asakura." She retreated back into the house, together with the samurai spirit.
Hao was still chuckling as he rode his horse out of the forest. There was something about the woman that could tickle and delight his senses so.
"How I wish I can take her home at this instant, but then victory is sweeter when fought for," he reflected.
He then noticed a figure walking ahead. His smile reverted into an insane one.
Lyserg was stunned when he saw a horseriding person come from the direction of the mansion. Even more so when the rider slowed down when they met in the road.
"You've already grown handsomely, just like your father," said the rider. "The time will come when you shall be consumed by the same fire that swallowed your parents."
Lyserg was shocked. For a few minutes, he was just standing in the middle of the dirt road, unable to think coherently. The words of the rider came to his mind repeatedly.
When he finally summoned his wits to go after the rider, the figure had already disappeared.
The dowser cursed himself repeatedly for his stupidity.
His distress however, was quickly buried underneath the usual boisterous dinner table talk. It didn't help that he was suddenly the topic of the conversation.
"Lyserg, you're male, right?" asked Ren.
Ryu stuck his tongue out at the Chinese shaman. "You're a stubborn one, aren't you? Lyserg is…"
"A hermaphrodite?" asked Horo Horo.
Lyserg wanted to faint with the conversation.
In the end, Ryu had to pay a hundred bucks, Ren was able to set a date for him and Pirika, Horo nearly got a Big Ben Attack from the dowser, and Amidamaru couldn't stop thinking of the mysterious boy that looked like his master.
Just as these events unfold, the Sacred Ground was starting to react. The Great Spirit was beginning to wake up.
Tsuzuku
I was suppose to put up the first act of shaman x shaman, but my sister and mother are going someplace else.
Anyway, I decided to put the main omake and its translation at the same time ^^
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Isang Araw s Buhay ni Master Hao
* naglalakad c Master Hao s may kalsada nang bigla cyang may natanaw s kalye*
Hao: Pishbol…iskwidbols…por 5 pesos onli… tamang-tama.. Gutom n ako.
* nang kanyang natanaw ang isang steamer*
Hao: *eyes widens* Totoo ba itong nasisight ko? *sabay haplos s mejo mamasa-masang steamer*
Tindera: Oi, mamang nakakumot, baka pwede nman pong wag nyong dumihan ung steamer nmin, Bagong punas yan.
Hao: *ignores the tindera* M-Matamune, a-anong ginawa nila s iyo? *eyes watering s hilera ng siopao s steamer* H-Hinde…mga barbaryo!!!!! Anong ginawa nyo s best prend koh!!!!!! *starts rattling the steamer with his gloved hands*
Tindera: *nag-freak out* Eeeek! Saklolo!!! Saklolo! May naghuhurmentadong mamang nakakumotttt!!!!!
Hao: Mga impakto kayohhhh!!! Nde dpat mabuhay ang mga tao!!! Dpat kayong masilaban lhattttt!!!!
*a crowd starts to gather around the snack stall*
Tindera: Awatin nyo!! Wala pa kaming benta! Nde kami makakabili ng condom ng boypren koooo!!!!
Mga tao: Uy, winasak n nya ung steamer! Cge, kanya-kanya ng kuha ng siopaaaaoooooo!!!!!
Isa pang nakigulo: Miss, san dito ung sauce?
Hao: Aaaaaargggh!!!! Matamuneeee!!! Ipaghihiganti kta!!!!
Pulis: Oi, oi, awat na yan. Ang ingay-ingay nyo! Nde naming marinig ung cnasabi ni Leo kay Yi Shin.
Hao: P*tang ina nyooooohhh!!!! *throws the lalagyan ng samalamig at the pulis*
Isa pang nakigulo: Oi, sayang ung samalamig. Bigyan nyo muna ako.
Hao: Matamuneeeeee!!!!!! Hu hu hu!!!!!!
*natigilan ang lhat ng may lumagapak n isang sapak s mukha ni Hao*
Anna: Gago. Bkit k nagwawala s kalye…nde k n nahiya. Naturingan k p nmang idolo ni Syao-chan.
Hao: Masahol p c Syao-cha kaysa s akin pag magalit. Cya naglulupasay s kalsada. Pabayaan nyo n lng akohhh! Lib me alown!!!
Anna: Alam mo, ung ayaw ko s lhat, ung nangangatwiran. *kicks Hao's arse* Tara na, uwi k n. Namimiss k n nung mga ugok mong alipin, lalo n ung Spirit of Fire mo…atungal nang atungal, daig p yung crying cow s New Year.
Hao: Paano c Matamune???
Anna: Bubuhayin nlng cya uli ni Syao next omake. Aalis pa kc ang kapatid nya at mama nya…pupuntang SM. Cge ka, pag cya, walang pasalubong, kasalanan mo.
*Hao follows Anna meekly out of the scene*
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translated
One Day in Master Hao's Life
* Master Hao was walking on the road when he noticed something by the roadside*
Hao: Fishball…squidballs…for five pesos only. Goody! I'm starving already!
*when he suddenly sees the steamer*
Hao: *eyes widens* Is what I'm seeing true? *touches the moist glass of the steamer*
Vendor: Hey, Caped Man, stop touching our steamer . we just cleaned it!
Hao: *ignores the vendor* M-Matamune, w-what did they do to you? *eyes watering as he looks at the rows of siopao (a sandwich-like bread commonly notioned to have cats for fillings, but are actually just beef or pork; of Chinese origin) in the steamer* N-No…barbarians!!!!! What did you do to my best friend!!!!!! *starts rattling the steamer with his gloved hands*
Vendor: * freaks out* Eeeek! Help!!! Help! A caped man has suddenly become violently insane!!!!
Hao: You monsters!!! Humans do not have the right to live!!! All should perish in my flames!!!!!
*a crowd starts to gather around the snack stall*
Vendor: Stop him!! Our stall has not sold anything yet! My boyfriend and I won't be able to buy condom!!!!
Crowd: Hey, Caped Man destroyed the steamer! OK, it's every man for himself with the siopaaaaoooooo!!!!!
Nuisant Man: Miss (to the Vendor), where's its sauce?
Hao: Aaaaaargggh!!!! Matamuneeee!!! I will avenge ur deathhhhh!!!!
Policeman: Hey, hey, that's enough. You are all so noisy! We can't hear what Leo is saying to Yi Shin!
Hao: Son of a b*tch!!!! *throws the juice container at the policeman*
Nuisant Man: Hey, u wasted the juice. U should have given me a glass before you did that.
Hao: Matamuneeeeee!!!!!! Hu hu hu!!!!!!
*everyone is silenced when a slap smacks Hao*
Anna: Moron. Why are you running around like a crazy idiot? Have you no shame? Syao-chan looks up to you!
Hao: Syao-cha is worse than me when she gets mad. She lies down on the road and throws her tantrums there. Just let me beeee! Leave me alonneeee!!!
Anna: U know what, what I hate most in ppl is when he tries to reason out with me *kicks Hao's arse* Go home already. Your stupid servants miss you already, esp. the Spirit of Fire…it won't stop crying, and it's even worse than a crying cow (a kind of firecracker) in new year.
Hao: But how about Matamune???
Anna: Syao would just have to reincarnate that cat next omake. Her sister and mother would have to go already…to SM (a mall). If she doesn't get a souvenir from their mall trip, it's ur fault.
*Hao follows Anna meekly out of the scene*
She felt her eyes widen. In her entire life, no one had ever given her a flower, let alone something as extravagant as this.
"Your shaman king suitor must be a gardener," snickered Horo Horo.
An old man bowed politely to the still speechless girl. "Mistress Anna, I presume?"
"Yes."
"The Prince Asakura bids you good morning with these flowers he had picked from the garden."
Everyone gaped at the courier.
"I do not know your Prince Asakura personally," she said coldly. "I can't think of any event that may warrant me these things."
"Well, the Prince thinks otherwise. Please just accept them, Mistress Anna. We don't collect service fees from recipients, don't worry."
Anna reluctantly signed the receipt, and the bunches of flowers were left in the yard.
Pirika clasped her hands together. "Wow, our yard looks like a scene from Beauty and the Beast! So many beautiful flowers!"
Horo looked at Anna suspiciously. "Why didn't you tell us that you met the Prince already? The least you could have done is invite him into my humble sixty-hectare mansion!"
She rubbed her aching temples, then looked at the flowers. She wanted to remember something – something Tamao said about how the Prince of the Asakura court looks like. She just couldn't place her finger on it.
Choco peered at the beautifully decorated bouquets. "Maybe he heard of your ads, and want to give the shaman king husband slot a shot." He grinned. "Get it? Slot? Shot?"
Everyone but Pirika sighed, annoyed. Only the girl laughed at his joke.
It was the same case for her the next day. Two dozens of flowers await her this time, and by then, the yard of Horo's mansion was starting to look like a flower shop.
The messenger was about to leave when Anna called him.
"Will you extend to him my message?" she asked.
"Of course, Mistress."
Anna stepped towards him and slapped his face, to everyone's shock.
"Wha-" The man could only stare at her in shock.
"Tell him that flowers cannot impress me. If he wants to apply for the ads, he must come here personally and show me what he can do," she said, tone dull. She turned her back on him, not even throwing the flowers a glance.
Hao cupped his face with his hand as he sat in his throne, listening to the woes Zinc was spitting out.
"Ah, Master Hao, can you imagine that a lady has such unrefined manners! And she doesn't even care if you are the prince of the Asakura court! Her tongue should be seized and sliced into pieces!"
The prince chuckled. "Typical Anna. Now I like her more." He was about to get up when he looked at the slightly flushed cheek of the priest. He grinned. "She slaps very well, doesn't she?"
"Tamao, you really should rest. You've been working too hard," said the old woman, smiling at her kindly.
The pink-haired girl shook her head. "Iie. I do not want to be a burden, so please let me help." She continued to wipe the floor with the rag.
"But your entire stay here was devoted in cleaning. I think you deserve to rest."
"Yes, obaasan. I will take my rest once my body thinks I need it. But right now, I enjoy helping you clean." She smiled cheerfully, and the old woman smiled back.
"I'm glad Horo Horo has you for his wife. I cannot ask for a better woman for him. I can feel…that you have so much love for him."
"E-Eh?" Her cheeks turned hot. "Um…" If they only knew… she wanted to tell the kind woman about the fraud of the marriage.
But there was one thing she couldn't deny in the woman's last statement.
That she has so much love for the Ainu.
Obaasan couldn't get any more right.
She was about to return to the floor she was cleaning when she suddenly felt her whole body paralyze. She collapsed against the bucket of water, startling the old woman.
"Tamao?"
She forced a smile. "Daijoubu desu." She tried to move her muscles again.
"I told you awhile ago, child. You need rest!" The old woman helped her up again as the prophetess tried to bite her tears of pain back.
No, it was happening all over again. Her sickness was manifesting again.
Horo Horo blinked. Why did he suddenly felt that something wrong just happened? He looked up from his meal and found everyone engrossed in their lunch. Everything seemed normal. So then…?
He pushed the unwelcome thought at the back of his mind and concentrated on the conversation at the table, which again, was riotous.
"I say Lyserg is male," said Ren, slapping his fists on the table.
Ryu rolled his eyes. "Can't you get any more stupid than that? Ms. Diethyl is a miss, Ren Tao! Any visually-unchallenged person can see that!"
Horo then noted the absence of Lyserg in the table. He remembered that the dowser mentioned something about attending the church mass today.
"I'm betting one hundred bucks!" said the Tao.
"Fine!" said Ryu, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "One hundred for me too."
Pirika rolled her eyes at Ren. "Haven't you learned your lesson with the last bet you entered, Ren Tao?"
He blinked, then smiled apologetically at her. "Just this once, please?"
"Ren…" She arched her eyebrow at him.
He grinned. "Come on, Pirika. I know I'll win this bet, then I can already take you out on a date!"
"H-Hontou?" The girl's eyes sparkled excitedly. "D-Date?"
Horo quickly cleared his throat when he suddenly sensed the intimate gazes exchanged by the two. "OK, lovebirds. Enough mooning around."
"Poor, loveless Horo Horo," chided Ryu. "So easy to get irritated with such romantic scenes."
"Well, it's not like you're getting ready to settle down anytime soon," the Ice Ainu shot back.
"I already found the love of my life!" said the Wooden Sword, Lyserg's name written all over his radiant face.
"Oh boy," groaned everyone in the table.
Lyserg knelt on the pew, hands pressed together. "Dear Lord, it's been quite a while since I last talked to You. Ever since my parents' death, I have stopped believing in You, because You allowed such thing to happen to good people. There are so many criminals that can be already taken away from the world, but why them?"
"However, when Jeanne came to my life, she taught me again the power of prayer, and gave back my reason to believe in You. So please, even just this once, will You hear my prayer out? I just want her back with me. I miss her so much already." He looked at the crucifix, smiling sadly. "You must be irritated already with the way I demand…but at least You have an idea on how desperate I am to see her again."
At the back of the church, Jeanne was watching him quietly, dressed in a nun's frock. Her scarlet eyes shook before she returned into the inner sanctum of the church.
"Keep that posture up, Amidamaru," ordered Anna as she looked at her stopwatch.
She was training Yoh's power spirit yet again, this time in sustaining his furyoku, which would be valuable in crucial moments of shaman battles.
The samurai spirit nodded and continued its defense against the spirits Anna summoned with her itako beads.
She was silently impressed by the great increase of the spirit's abilities. It was more than the training – it was the samurai's heart to become stronger to protect his master.
She looked at the indigo sky and realized that it was almost dinner. She turned to the power spirit. "Let's call it a day, Amidamaru."
The samurai staggered back when the spirits he was fighting with disappeared. He turned to her. "Let's do this again tomorrow morning."
"Of course." She silently wished that Yoh was this eager with the trainings she give him.
But she had to hand it to him – he never complains whenever she does him bodily harm when she was irritated. That was already a training all by itself.
She was about to walk home when instincts told her to turn around.
Two shikigamis were coming her way.
"Ma'am Anna!!!" yelled Amidamaru.
Nyorai was awakened by the sound of the dungeon door opening. She looked up wearily and found the priest Nichrome standing before her cell, holding a tray of food.
"Eat," he ordered, voice blank.
She shook her head. "N-No, thank you. I…a not hungry."
"I am not giving you an option," he said monotonously. "Eat."
She bit her lip when she saw him reach for the keys of her cell. The door swung open, and in he came, holding the tray. He set the tray before her. "Do not think of starving yourself to death just to escape Master Hao. I will not let you," he said menacingly. He stood up and returned to the door.
Nyorai sighed, relieved, thinking that the priest was about to leave already.
To her dismay, he only closed the door. He returned to her side.
"W-Why are you still here?"
To her shaky query, he replied impassively, "I will watch you eat. I will not go unless you touch the food."
When she didn't move, he reached for the spoon and took a spoonful of the soup, then directed it to her. "Open your mouth."
She blinked. "Iie…"
"Open it, or I'll open it for you," he snapped.
She was startled by the sudden rise of his voice. She automatically opened her mouth, and he spooned her the soup. The descent of the food down her throat suddenly awakened the hunger within her that stress nearly made her forget. She reached for the spoon. "I-I can manage…"
He hesitated a bit before he gave her the spoon. She began to eat the soup quietly, aware of his steady gaze.
After she finished, he stood up and took the tray again, empty this time except for the bowl. "Do not starve yourself again. You might get sick."
"H-Hai," she said.
He looked at her for a few more moments before locking her cell and leaving the dungeon.
Amidamaru sweatdropped when Anna calmly stepped to her left, just as the two shikigamis crashed down on the ground beside her. She pivoted, then raised her itako beads. She muttered a prayer, then threw her beads around the two creatures who still hadn't recovered from their crash. The two vaporized into pieces of paper.
"Pathetic," she said, picking up the pieces of incantation cards. She turned to the treetop. "I think these belong to you."
The familiar boy she saw in the pond was clapping amusedly. "Darn. I sent those shikigamis down, hoping that it would give me the chance to impress you with my shaman skills." He jumped down without warning. "Too bad you didn't need saving anymore."
Amidamaru was stunned. The boy…he looked like…
"Is that your way of applying for my ads?" she asked, her voice not losing its icy edge.
"Maybe." His tone became gallantly charming.
Her blood boiled. "If I didn't have the presence of mind to step aside, what could have happened to me?"
"I won't let anything happen to you." He raised his hands in surrender. "You didn't like the flowers I sent you, so…"
"What flowers?" Her eyes widened.
"Oh come on, sweet pet, you slapped my court priest, the poor herald." he chuckled sexily.
"You sent those….those things?!" She was shocked, to put it mildly. It could only mean that…
Tamao's words crashed into her memories.
"Does Yoh really look like that prince?" asked Anna in detached curiosity.
Tamao nodded. "Very much! Only his hair is shorter…and his eyes…they are different from Master Hao's."
He bowed to kiss her hand. "Asakura Hao, the crown prince of the Asakura Court." He smiled at her, who still couldn't find her voice. "May I begin the application now?"
She pulled her hand away from his grasp. "You will have to wait for my bodyguard. He is training right now." She couldn't meet his gaze.
"When will he be back then?" asked the prince, disappointed.
"He'll be back in two days."
Something flickered in the Prince' eyes. "Is he training alone?"
Anna paused. She noted something in his voice – one that holds too much interest. She decided to go for the safe side. "I do not know. I don't really keep a timetable for insignificant people."
"I see." He then shrugged. "Very well, but for the meantime, I will keep sending you the flowers whether you like it or not."
"Suit yourself. I'm not paying taxes, so I don't care if you spend your money on such things." She turned her back on him. "Good day, Prince Asakura."
"I would prefer that you call me by my first name."
"I would call you anything I want to."
"Strong, calm, confident, and very, very smart. Everything I want in a woman," he said, smiling. "This won't be our last meeting, I promise you that. No one refuses Asakura Hao, not even someone as lovely as you."
Her hackle rose high with the blatant flirtation in his tone. His eyes, on the other hand, roamed her face with evident interest.
She gave him a frosty glare. "Consider me then as a 'no one', Prince Asakura." She retreated back into the house, together with the samurai spirit.
Hao was still chuckling as he rode his horse out of the forest. There was something about the woman that could tickle and delight his senses so.
"How I wish I can take her home at this instant, but then victory is sweeter when fought for," he reflected.
He then noticed a figure walking ahead. His smile reverted into an insane one.
Lyserg was stunned when he saw a horseriding person come from the direction of the mansion. Even more so when the rider slowed down when they met in the road.
"You've already grown handsomely, just like your father," said the rider. "The time will come when you shall be consumed by the same fire that swallowed your parents."
Lyserg was shocked. For a few minutes, he was just standing in the middle of the dirt road, unable to think coherently. The words of the rider came to his mind repeatedly.
When he finally summoned his wits to go after the rider, the figure had already disappeared.
The dowser cursed himself repeatedly for his stupidity.
His distress however, was quickly buried underneath the usual boisterous dinner table talk. It didn't help that he was suddenly the topic of the conversation.
"Lyserg, you're male, right?" asked Ren.
Ryu stuck his tongue out at the Chinese shaman. "You're a stubborn one, aren't you? Lyserg is…"
"A hermaphrodite?" asked Horo Horo.
Lyserg wanted to faint with the conversation.
In the end, Ryu had to pay a hundred bucks, Ren was able to set a date for him and Pirika, Horo nearly got a Big Ben Attack from the dowser, and Amidamaru couldn't stop thinking of the mysterious boy that looked like his master.
Just as these events unfold, the Sacred Ground was starting to react. The Great Spirit was beginning to wake up.
Tsuzuku
I was suppose to put up the first act of shaman x shaman, but my sister and mother are going someplace else.
Anyway, I decided to put the main omake and its translation at the same time ^^
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Isang Araw s Buhay ni Master Hao
* naglalakad c Master Hao s may kalsada nang bigla cyang may natanaw s kalye*
Hao: Pishbol…iskwidbols…por 5 pesos onli… tamang-tama.. Gutom n ako.
* nang kanyang natanaw ang isang steamer*
Hao: *eyes widens* Totoo ba itong nasisight ko? *sabay haplos s mejo mamasa-masang steamer*
Tindera: Oi, mamang nakakumot, baka pwede nman pong wag nyong dumihan ung steamer nmin, Bagong punas yan.
Hao: *ignores the tindera* M-Matamune, a-anong ginawa nila s iyo? *eyes watering s hilera ng siopao s steamer* H-Hinde…mga barbaryo!!!!! Anong ginawa nyo s best prend koh!!!!!! *starts rattling the steamer with his gloved hands*
Tindera: *nag-freak out* Eeeek! Saklolo!!! Saklolo! May naghuhurmentadong mamang nakakumotttt!!!!!
Hao: Mga impakto kayohhhh!!! Nde dpat mabuhay ang mga tao!!! Dpat kayong masilaban lhattttt!!!!
*a crowd starts to gather around the snack stall*
Tindera: Awatin nyo!! Wala pa kaming benta! Nde kami makakabili ng condom ng boypren koooo!!!!
Mga tao: Uy, winasak n nya ung steamer! Cge, kanya-kanya ng kuha ng siopaaaaoooooo!!!!!
Isa pang nakigulo: Miss, san dito ung sauce?
Hao: Aaaaaargggh!!!! Matamuneeee!!! Ipaghihiganti kta!!!!
Pulis: Oi, oi, awat na yan. Ang ingay-ingay nyo! Nde naming marinig ung cnasabi ni Leo kay Yi Shin.
Hao: P*tang ina nyooooohhh!!!! *throws the lalagyan ng samalamig at the pulis*
Isa pang nakigulo: Oi, sayang ung samalamig. Bigyan nyo muna ako.
Hao: Matamuneeeeee!!!!!! Hu hu hu!!!!!!
*natigilan ang lhat ng may lumagapak n isang sapak s mukha ni Hao*
Anna: Gago. Bkit k nagwawala s kalye…nde k n nahiya. Naturingan k p nmang idolo ni Syao-chan.
Hao: Masahol p c Syao-cha kaysa s akin pag magalit. Cya naglulupasay s kalsada. Pabayaan nyo n lng akohhh! Lib me alown!!!
Anna: Alam mo, ung ayaw ko s lhat, ung nangangatwiran. *kicks Hao's arse* Tara na, uwi k n. Namimiss k n nung mga ugok mong alipin, lalo n ung Spirit of Fire mo…atungal nang atungal, daig p yung crying cow s New Year.
Hao: Paano c Matamune???
Anna: Bubuhayin nlng cya uli ni Syao next omake. Aalis pa kc ang kapatid nya at mama nya…pupuntang SM. Cge ka, pag cya, walang pasalubong, kasalanan mo.
*Hao follows Anna meekly out of the scene*
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translated
One Day in Master Hao's Life
* Master Hao was walking on the road when he noticed something by the roadside*
Hao: Fishball…squidballs…for five pesos only. Goody! I'm starving already!
*when he suddenly sees the steamer*
Hao: *eyes widens* Is what I'm seeing true? *touches the moist glass of the steamer*
Vendor: Hey, Caped Man, stop touching our steamer . we just cleaned it!
Hao: *ignores the vendor* M-Matamune, w-what did they do to you? *eyes watering as he looks at the rows of siopao (a sandwich-like bread commonly notioned to have cats for fillings, but are actually just beef or pork; of Chinese origin) in the steamer* N-No…barbarians!!!!! What did you do to my best friend!!!!!! *starts rattling the steamer with his gloved hands*
Vendor: * freaks out* Eeeek! Help!!! Help! A caped man has suddenly become violently insane!!!!
Hao: You monsters!!! Humans do not have the right to live!!! All should perish in my flames!!!!!
*a crowd starts to gather around the snack stall*
Vendor: Stop him!! Our stall has not sold anything yet! My boyfriend and I won't be able to buy condom!!!!
Crowd: Hey, Caped Man destroyed the steamer! OK, it's every man for himself with the siopaaaaoooooo!!!!!
Nuisant Man: Miss (to the Vendor), where's its sauce?
Hao: Aaaaaargggh!!!! Matamuneeee!!! I will avenge ur deathhhhh!!!!
Policeman: Hey, hey, that's enough. You are all so noisy! We can't hear what Leo is saying to Yi Shin!
Hao: Son of a b*tch!!!! *throws the juice container at the policeman*
Nuisant Man: Hey, u wasted the juice. U should have given me a glass before you did that.
Hao: Matamuneeeeee!!!!!! Hu hu hu!!!!!!
*everyone is silenced when a slap smacks Hao*
Anna: Moron. Why are you running around like a crazy idiot? Have you no shame? Syao-chan looks up to you!
Hao: Syao-cha is worse than me when she gets mad. She lies down on the road and throws her tantrums there. Just let me beeee! Leave me alonneeee!!!
Anna: U know what, what I hate most in ppl is when he tries to reason out with me *kicks Hao's arse* Go home already. Your stupid servants miss you already, esp. the Spirit of Fire…it won't stop crying, and it's even worse than a crying cow (a kind of firecracker) in new year.
Hao: But how about Matamune???
Anna: Syao would just have to reincarnate that cat next omake. Her sister and mother would have to go already…to SM (a mall). If she doesn't get a souvenir from their mall trip, it's ur fault.
*Hao follows Anna meekly out of the scene*