Note:
My gosh! How long has it been since i stopped making this fic? I've been so busy with friendster that
i forgot the fanfiction thingy! Oh well, since i'm here i might as well get on with it. I'm very sorry to
those who waited for the next chapters. This is gonna be pretty long.. Beside the fact that i have so
many things to do! waaaahhh (Gets dragged outside and on with the story)
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Yoh woke up with a splitting headache. He wasn't sure how long he has been sleeping but he's not interested in finding out. All he wants to know is where he is now and where the heck is anna. And just as he was about to stand up from his futon, his lovely fiancé came in with a cup of hot choco on her hand. "You're awake finally." She coldly said as she rolled up her eyes criticizing the pathetic look on her fiancé's face. "Oh, Hi Anna. Guess I slept too much ne?" He laughed as he scratched the back of his head and sweat dropped as he saw her frown and come towards him. He was thinking that Anna would smash the cup on his head that he would be put to sleep again. But to his dismay, she did not but instead placed the cup on the floor and sat down. "Drink it. That way you're pathetic body would be warm and you won't go fainting all over again. Yoh smiled like he always does and obeyed his fiancé's order.
"So, you finally decided to get off the train of slumber." Mikisha came in, still in his usual masked face. "naa Otou-san.. That's a good one.. hehe… train of slumber." Yoh laughed in a gentle way that nobody knew how to distinguish it from a laugh or yoh was having a hard time breathing. "He's just about to get up right Yoh?" Anna said coldly as a sign to Yoh that he should get off his butt and start working those muscles. "Hai!" Yoh smiled but he was trembling hard inside. Yoh knew inside him that Anna was trying to impress his father. But he forgives her for that, after all his father and his mother did entrust him to his fiancé.
As soon as Yoh stood up, anna left for Mikisha and his son to talk. She gently slid the door close as she trailed the hallways and onto to the living room. "So.. how's your training?" Mikisha asked his pathetic but cute looking son. "Okay." Was Yoh's sole reply. Mikisha was surprised at what Yoh just said. He was expecting some protest about it but there was none. Instead, Yoh just gave out a smile and no signs that he was being forced to say that is seen. "Really?" He asked again making sure if his son hit his head hard on the ice or maybe he wasn't paying attention at what his father just asked him. "Really." He smiled again but this time, it was wider and weirder. Mikisha accepted the answer. Maybe he's getting used to it. Mikisha thought. "At long last I can finally fight seriously with Yoh this time. I think by now he can take me on." He smiled.. I guess.. under that bird mask of his. (A/N: Wow, am finally using 'A/N' in my fics! Anyway.. I'm the author here so I guess I have the right to know whether he smiled under that silly mask of his.)
"So Anna… what now?" She asked herself as she looked at the bathroom mirror. "Yoh's not feeling well and you don't have any idea why he took you here." She continued as she brushed the strands of her hair with her soft hands. "This is silly. I'll just go back there and demand that we go back home tomorrow. There's nothing fun around here anyway.. And this place… This place.." She murmured as she gave the mirror a fake punch and then quietly left the bathroom..
"So, yoh.. Want to spar tomorrow?" Mikisha asked. "I don't know dad.. I kinda took anna here for a very special reason.. and I want to spend some time with her tomorrow." Yoh blurted out and had no idea why he said that to his yearning-for-a-father-and-son-bonding dad. Come to think of it, when his Dad asked him about his training, he knew deep inside that he wanted to protest about it. But when he tried to blurt out the words of protest, the opposite came out. There was nothing wrong with him really… except that he doesn't seem to say the things he wants to say and so on and so forth. "Does this have something to do with him falling asleep on the snow? I mean, I didn't swallow some didn't I?" He asked himself. "But you're always with your fiancé.. I mean, you live with her!" Mikisha shouted. Yoh's eyes widened not in shock but in fright. Something is definitely wrong around here. Now his father is being too emotional with him not spending time around him. "Dad.. I know… but just for tomorrow? And then we can Spar." Yoh laughed again in a manner that he seemed to be having asthma attack or maybe he really is having an attack. (I love yoh!)
Anna was feeling dizzy. It's not that she hated this place it's just that it reminded her a lot about her past. After all, she did grow up here and come to think of it, Osorezan can also be read Kyouyama (I learned about this from a friend online.) which is her surname. (A/N: Kyouyama Anna is an orphan. And Yoh's grandmother took her in and trained her. That's why Yoh's grandmother and Anna are so much alike. Since she is orphaned, she does not have a surname and thus Kyouyama was born which in kanji can also be read Osorezan, the place where she was found. Am I redundant or what?)
Anna sat down on the floor to at least give time for her mind to relax and stop showing her kaleidoscopic views. She became like this as soon as she left Yoh's room and started thinking about every inch of memory she had within the place. Demons, hate, power, yoh. Each and every one of those came inside her mind as if it was an endless cycle or just like one of those film-a-thon cycle that little kids play with. (A/N: You know, toys in telescope forms where you peek and click on some button and projector films are shown?) She was breathing hard and it seems that this is more than a case of memory lane. It was killing her.
Outside, the wind roared furiously and this time, there is no doubt that it wants to freeze all the people around. Actually, now that Anna thought of it, this is the exactly the same weather when that happened. She curled up some more from where she is sitting. Her head was aching again. She cursed at herself for trying to remember those events. It may not be as gruesome as her abandonment; but it is still one of the most hateful things that she encountered. And it was partially her fault she thought again.
"Why oh why must Yoh bring me here?" She cursed under her breath and gently closed her eyes giving in to the cold and the pain in her head.
"eh?" Yoh looked outside as soon as he heard the wind roar and banging onto the window as if it wants to break in and freeze him to death. "hehe.. The wind is in a bad mood today. Well, if Horo Horo is here, he'd cry in delight seeing all that snow around him. After all, Ice and snow is Horo Horo's specialty. Yoh took out his boblove cds and player out of the bag. "There you go, smell the atmosphere of this house. Because we my fateful friend, are going to stay here for about two days and so." Yoh stupidly talked to his player. Just as he was about to press the 'play' button on his trusty friend, he heard a loud shriek that quickly caught his attention and he dropped the player on the floor.
"What the.." He hurriedly went outside his room to check it out. He ran downstairs and saw Anna on the floor with her hands covering her ears as if she doesn't want to hear anything from her surroundings. "ANNA!" Yoh yelled and pinned down Anna for she was already violently turning around and around the floor with her slim body. "What's wrong?" Yoh asked behind all those kicks and punches he's receiving from her. "LET GO!!" Anna furiously yelled as her eyes beamed at Yoh demanding that he leave her alone. "I WON'T LET GO UNTIL YOU TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!" For the first time in history, Yoh finally raised his voice to Anna and pinned her down some more. To tell you frankly, Anna is pretty strong behind that frail body of hers. But Yoh isn't going to sit there and let her declare it to the world, after all Yoh is quite strong himself for a laid back guy. "LET GO!!!" She shouted some more but this time, accompanied by some tears that went down from her dark almond eyes. Yoh looked at her in pain. Pain, probably because Anna continued hitting and hitting him or because he just saw her cry as if she was in pain or both. Yoh's dad was nowhere to be found. "Great, he had to pick this exact time to leave for who-knows-what. I really need help here." Yoh thought as he slowly lightened his grip from the itako who is now panting and sobbing away after seeing that she cannot let go from her beloved fiancé's grip.
Anna cried some more, but this time the thing that's making her violent seemed to have left already. Yoh sighed and looked at his fiancé who remained lying down on the floor with her right arm covering her eyes while she sobbed. "Anna.. don't worry, I'm here. Now, tell me what happened?" Yoh asked as she slowly picked up Anna and tried to make her stand up. The Itako followed, but her Arm still remained on top of her eyes accompanied by constant rubbing. "Don't do that. You're eyes will get red." Yoh grabbed her arm so she would stop rubbing it. "Leave me alone." She barely made out those words behind those tears. "Now stop acting so tough because this isn't the time for that." Yoh looked serious and it was obvious from the tone of his voice. "Nothing. She stubbornly said as she tried to stand up under those weak knees and endless trembling. "Is it this place?" Yoh asked. Anna's eyes widened as she heard Yoh ask such a question. "He's too dense.. how could he possibly know?" Anna asked herself. "No." She finally blurted out. "I'm just not feeling well. And the pain in the head made me shriek." She continued as she walked down the hallway while swerving from side to side. "Anna…" Yoh continued but Anna turned around to look at him with rage in her eyes. "Urusai." She slowly said and turned back again.
Yoh didn't know what to do. He wished his friends were here to help, but they aren't. And much more to his dismay, his father left him to handle such a situation. He stood up and headed back to his room with disappointment in his eyes.
"you've come back.. free me.. " A voice came from Anna's head. Anna stopped at her tracks and her eyes widened in fear. No, she wasn't afraid that a voice came in suddenly and whispering at her. She was afraid because every time that voice come in repeating the exact words, her head felt like it was going to split. And to add more to that, images of her past came in again as if it was an endless projector just like in science class where they show stages of birth and so on and she has no choice but to watch it. "Urusai.. urusai.." She whispered as she held on to her head. She attempted to cover her ears but she realized it was of no use since the thing is coming from inside her head. As to how, she doesn't know.
Yoh's dad hasn't come back yet. Come to think of it his grandmother, who is suppose to be the one watching the house in Osorezan is not around. "What's going on around here anyway?" Yoh asked himself dumbly. "It's as if I'm the only one who doesn't have any idea on what's going on.. Which is of course true.." Yoh sobbed with 'TT' eyes.
Yoh wasn't in the mood to listen to his boblove cds, which is of course an unbelievable sight. He stood up to check up on Anna who was quiet for the remainder of the afternoon. Before he did that, he made a quick trip to the kitchen to whip something for Anna in case she is hungry or thirsty from all that crying.
"I'll make you shut up now." Anna frowned as she put on her coat to keep her warm. "You dare enter my mind." She continued as she held on to the sliding door's handle and slowly opening it so it wouldn't make any noise. "That's it.. free me.." The voice continued. Anna did not answer but instead gritted her teeth. The memories stopped now but the annoying voice just won't leave her alone. And through all that, it managed to say something other than it's first sentence. After succeeding at closing the door without any noise, she made her way to the front door and out to the raging cold.
Yoh happily whipped out something from the kitchen while humming a few lyrics from his boblove cd. Amidamaru, who finally showed himself watched his master at work and was glaring at him proudly. The two didn't notice that Anna left out in the blistering cold to settle something that should have been settled long ago.
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There you have it, Chapter 3. I hope you like it… I tried my best to make it long as possible to make up for the months.. er years that I didn't update!!! Waaahhh!!! I also uploaded some more chapters from other anime titles (Cyborg009, slam dunk etc..) There's more coming up. I'm quite in the mood to make fanfics these days that I practically stopped drawing!! Harhar!!! I just can't seem to balance those two.. plus housework.. and when schooltime comes, I'll be buried with guess what? SCHOOLWORK! I wish I have this time stopper or something so that I can do things without wasting time. Please review!!!!! Thank you, thank you to all of you readers and those who liked my work. Um, I'm very sorry of there are errors and stuff… I don't have time to double check them once I finish typing them.. (So excited to upload them! Hehe) So, please tell me also if there's any error. Thank you!!! MUAH! MUAH!!
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