by Mafaldyna
Chapter 2
"Quirks of fate"
Yoh went out after asking to Manta to clean the glass on the floor. He was totally covered by his raincoat. He opened the front door to find a rather unpleasant surprise… There, in front of him, was a harmless-looking man, in his arms a lump he recognized immediately.
"Anna!"
He quickly hurried to take her from that person's arms by picking her from them himself. He tried to cover her as much as possible, trying not to drop or hit her. His struggling was interrupted by the man's voice.
"Better take her inside, don't you think?"
Yoh did not doubt in doing it, nevertheless he could not leave the stranger outside, so he offered him to come inside.
Without taking his gaze away from Anna, Yoh made his way towards the inside of the house with the youth following him. The screams and growls of his friends were heard; it seemed they had continued fighting.
"Nooo!"
"Yeeees!"
"Hey! Shut up already!"
"Noooooo!" Shouted Horo and Ren at the same time. They listened to the coming steps in the entrance and, as quickly as they turned expecting to see Yoh and Anna, they also shut up.
"Anna! It's good that you returned! Tell them..."
Pilika stopped when she turns the head and saw an Anna unconscious. Tamao who was at her side had a face of worry.
Without saying a word, Yoh went upstairs and into the bedroom. He entered the room and put Anna in her futon.
"Yoh, what happened?!" He heard Manta say. An uncomfortable silence came after the question.
"I don't know ^^"
Manta fell on his back, anime-style.
"How -how can you not know Yoh?"
He said, coming quickly to his feet and looking at him with worried eyes. Yoh's smile dissolved and he set his gaze in the unconscious itako. The truth was that he had no idea of what had happened. He examined her for a moment and then put his hand to her forehead, to make sure she didn't have a fever. All indicated that she was just unconscious, as strange as this was coming from her. Then he recalled the young man who had brought her home.
"Manta, please tell the man downstairs to come here."
Manta expected an extensive answer of his friend, but he just nodded and left the room thinking of the man Yoh had mentioned.
In the living room everybody had been stunned to see the shaman come in with her fiancée in his arms, at the point that they hadn't paid a great deal of attention to the person that observed them with fascinated eyes. 'It's amusing to see humans, but it's also a shame I have to do my work', he thought and a look of sadness crossed his grayish eyes for a brief moment.
"Hey you!" Ren had been the one that reacted first and now aimed at him with his spear.
"Yes?" He asked without even blinking.
"Who the hell are you?"
Now all the eyes lay upon him.
"Well, my name is Ikuko." He answered simply.
"See!! And you make fun of my name!" Commented Horo Horo, who only won a glare from Ren, and a poke in the ribs from Pilika.
"Do not be rude." She whispered.
"Excuse me, Ikuko-san, but what are you doing here?" Asked Tamao timidly.
"Your friend Yoh invited me to come in." He did a small reverence as he had done with Anna, but this time he also kissed Tamao's hand. The Pink girl blushed fiercely.
"Hey! Who do you think you are to kiss Tamao?" An SD Horo demanded. Even so, Ikuko continued and kissed Pilika's hand. The girl blushed also, but not as much as Tamao had. This time Ren complained.
"Argh! What are you doing!!? Get out of here if you don't want me to take you out hanging from my blade..."
"Eh!? Excuse me, are you the man that came with Yoh?" Interrupted Manta.
"Yes, I am."
"Yoh wants you to please go upstairs. I'll show you."
Ikuko began to go for the stairs. Just when Manta was going to follow him, something sharp on his back made him stop.
"Now, tell us where Yoh met that guy and what is happening."
Manta smiled nervously, trying to escape from the expectant looks of the others.
Back in the room, Anna hadn't awakened yet. She was soaked and the clothes were glued to her as if they were a second skin, sight that caused a light blush in the cheeks of her fiancé. Yoh thought about changing her clothes so that she would not catch a cold, but imagining her waking up while he was doing it gave him chills. He did not intend to see Anna angry. It is not as if he didn't like her, it was just that he was somewhat frightened of her, he had to admit it. But the sweet fragrance of her body, the serene face she had, the smooth skin and the young and luscious lips she had… It was all so tempting. 'A short kiss would not harm anyone'. He approached slowly, the accelerated beatings of his heart pouding in his ear.
'This can ruin all my struggle'.
Ikuko's shadow appeared in the hallway. He had observed them for a moment, but when he saw Yoh's reaction to his… enticing… fiancé, he hurried to them.
"You called me?"
Yoh's eyes widened in surprise, as well as his mouth. He turned crimson.
"Ehh...yes...I..." He tried to be reasonable and calm down. Ikuko smiled.
"You want to know what happened to her, right? Or Am I wrong?"
"Yes." He recovered his composure.
"I'm afraid that I cannot be of use here. When I saw her, she was about to fall unconscious, I only caught her at time for her not to hit the ground."
"Mmm... where did you find her?"
"Outside a house… seems to me like she was looking for the owner, but he was not at home." Ikuko remarked the word 'he' so that Yoh would believe she was looking for a man. Ikuko's smile was more than evident, what he did not expect was that Yoh would smile; nevertheless in the depth of his gaze he could see a hint of……. jealousy?
"Yoh." Anna's voice spoke from below; making him forget his current situation.
"Hello Anna ^^"
Anna began to rise slowly and Yoh placed his hand in her back to help her.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine." She answered drily.
"That's good." She turned to see him with her usual indifference and subsequently move her view to the young man at Yoh's side. She analyzed him for a moment, until her fiancé interrupted her.
"He is..." He hesitated. He realized he didn't ask for his name.
"Ikuko. At your service."
Anna continued observing him and Yoh noticed her uneasiness.
"He brought you home when you fainted."
"Yes."
"Anna, what..."
"Leave me alone, Yoh."
"But Anna…" He couldn't finish due to the itako's dominant look.
"Leave." Yoh and Ikuko were leaving when the itako called the latter.
"You, stay." Yoh gazed at Anna in confusion. 'Perhaps Anna knows him?' He doubted for a brief instant, but even so, he left.
"Yes?"
"As the storm is very strong you can remain here as much time as you want to. Tell Tamao, the pink haired girl, to show you your room."
Ikuko nodded and left. Outside of the room, he leaned against the door with a wide smile of delight.
"By an instant I thought she had recalled… too bad for them."
TBC...
× Autor notes: as some of you may know this is a translation, the original version is written in spanish, just in case someone is interested. If not well: =P eejejeeje
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