Hidden Sparkle
Note: There! I am soo happy for all the reviews I got! Thank you Saturn-san.. if I can call you that.. and some more thanks and thanks and thanks. I'm glad you liked what's finally going on around chapter 4 and here's the continuation of it. I'll add some fluff don't worry.. if I don't mess up my head again or bang it into some invisible wall that keeps on popping whenever I'm going insane. Here you go, enjoy.. OH! Wait, on chapter 2, I recall that there was this question/comment about Yoh's sweater that Anna made for him. In where there's a marijuana embroidery on the sweater.. Well, you see here's the explanation for that. When Takei-sama created Shaman King, he made that 'leaf' sort of Yoh's trademark. Not that Yoh really uses it though.. it was just a design.. something to remember Yoh of when you see that sign.. And also, I recall the name 'yoh' means 'leaf' which pertains to marijuana… not directly though.. I hope I made it clear. I'm not asking anyone to use that.. Marijuana is waay baaaad! And it can kill that's why yoh just uses it for fashion purposes.. It's not something to be used.. Oh, darn… ignore me here… just go on… Please don't sue me.. I'm not doing anything bad or persuading you to do bad…
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The wind continued to blow outside as Yoh sat there with expressionless eyes and Anna's head resting on his lap. Tears flowed from Yoh's eyes as if it was infinite. A few minutes had passed since Anna charged the Oni inside the origami and then went unconscious. Yoh wasn't able to do anything as he gently picked up his fiancé's body gently placing her head on his lap and he cried again. How useless he thought he was. "Yoh-dono.." Amidamaru came but the boy acted as if he didn't hear a thing and kept on stroking Anna's blond hair. Amidamaru looked at his master with pity and worry in his eyes, he too felt that he was so useless as a power spirit.
"We shouldn't have gone here…" Yoh spoke to himself. "Me and my stupid, silly ideas.." He continued as he looked at Anna's face and his tears dripping on top of it. "I just wanted to make tomorrow special for the both of us.. especially you.." He gave her a warm embrace but she didn't return it back this time. Yoh wanted to die right there. If he can't have Anna back, he might as well disappear too. However, it was too late. Anna is gone and he wasn't even able to help her, much more to his dismay, it was his entire fault.
Yoh wanted to make tomorrow special that's why he took her here. That's why he had to reject his Father's proposal for a sparring session and spend the day alone with Anna. He planned it all perfectly for that day…
….. The day he and Anna first met.
But it disappeared right before his eyes together with his fiancé.. his beautiful Anna.
"Yoh-Dono! Someone's here!" Amidamaru yelled as he flew on top of Yoh and changing to his appearance from a chibi type to the normal type. Yoh didn't move but instead slowly looked at the one who is approaching them, his eyes still expressionless and filled with tears.
"Yoh." The voice came. Amidamaru and Yoh recognized it right away, but still the boy didn't move. "Look at you." The figure continued as it slowly revelealed its form. It was Mikisha and he finally came after everything is too late.
"Otou-san…" Yoh weakly said as more tears came down from his eyes. "Anna.. is.. I lost her.. forever.." He said weakly as he tightened his grip on the lifeless body of Anna. "Yoh, get a hold of yourself.. you're a shaman for pete's sake." His Father held on to his shoulders but Yoh still didn't budge and gave his father a blank face. He kept on murmuring things that Mikisha did not understand. But it was so clear that Yoh was blaming himself and that this event struck him so hard that Mikisha didn't know what to do on how he is going to put some senses into Yoh's head. Mikisha held on to Anna's hand and checked her pulse.
"She's not yet dead." Mikisha continued and gave his son a serious look. This is his first time to see Yoh so shocked and tear stricken that he can't compare it to the son he had that almost cared about nothing but bliss in life. Yoh moved a bit. "Don't try to cheer me up dad…" "I'm not." Mikisha took off his mask.
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Sushi: EEEEAAAAAGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Mikisha: Hey! You don't have to exaggerate about it, I'm not that bad looking.
Sushi: Sorry, just wanted to scream out about it.. to make it more exciting. ;
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"What do you mean?" Yoh said weakly as his body finally gave in and fell down. Yoh just lost all his energy from crying that there was none left to protect him from the cold. Mikisha decided to take home the two and try to find a solution to all of this before things get out of hand and they might end up losing Anna completely.
"Where am I?" Anna asked herself as she looked around to find anything that seems familiar. But to her disappointment, there in none. "It seems like I'm in an empty space.. more of like a portal but where?" She continued as she walked around trying to look for a hole or some sort to get out of there. Suddenly, the Oni appeared right in front of her. Anna positioned herself for any attacks the Oni is going to give her. "You have succeeded in entering my realm.. which is my mind. You have such powerful beads indeed. But how are you going to survive without it?" The Oni laughed. Anna cursed under her breath and placed her hand on her waist. "So, what do you plan to do?" She asked coolly but cold sweat started to trickle down her body. "Of course, I'll destroy you completely and take over your body. Since you're still alive, I can't do that." The Oni laughed real hard this time. Anna wished she had her prayer beads to at least protect her. If the Oni tries to attack now, it will be a case of mismatch.
Anna knew she had her beads with her before she became unconscious, so where is it now? The Oni decided to talk first before killing Anna. It was as if he's just playing around her knowing that she was so defenseless and that killing her would be just a walk in the park. That thought made Anna scowl at herself and the Oni. "When you first created me and the others without knowing it, we relied on you so much because I was still weak then.. Of course, your powers, your anger.. we wanted that and you gave them.. You were our Mother. But seeing you this way now, well.. I thought I don't need you anymore.. That's why taking over your body was such a perfect plan." The Oni laughed real hard again as if he has taken over the world.
"Funny you still have such humors inside that rotten brain of yours." Anna snickered which made the Oni frown. "Since you don't understand anyway, I'll just get rid of you now." The Oni readied itself and flew its way towards Anna attempting to give her one heck of a punch.
Anna remained her composure and just decided to close her eyes as images of Yoh appeared on her mind. However, a large crashing sound made her open her eyes again to look.
The Oni was on the ground and an incredible force cut off his arm. The Oni wailed like mad and looked at Anna in fiery eyes. "DAMN YOU!" it yelled. A large barrier was protecting Anna and she quickly remembered her beads. "Of course! I used the beads to seal off the Oni's power in the origami. That's why I don't have it here. It's still wrapped around the paper." She mentally whispered and gave out a sign of relief. However, she can't relax thoroughly since she still has no idea on how she can get out of there. All she knows is she has to keep on concentrating her powers on the beads to keep the Oni from doing anything. She just wished that she could communicate with Yoh so that he can do something about it from the outside by the time the seal wears off.
"That Anna sure is wise." Mikisha examined the origami. He took it home as soon as he got hold of the whole story as told by Amidamaru and that he also felt that it's energy is sealed off by the Itako's beads. "No wonder she remained alive. A part of her is still outside.." Mikisha looked at Yoh who is still sleeping on a futon but tears still haunted his eyes. "Now, you better wake up fast and do your part." Mikisha approached his son and tried to shake him awake. "ANNA!" Yoh jolted with his right hand reaching to who knows where. "Great, you're awake.. Now ready yourself so you can save her on time." Mikisha looked at his tear-stricken but confused son.
"Now listen carefully.. This is something that involved you two long ago and I have no idea about this.." Mikisha took out a cup of hot tea for his dumbfounded son. "That's why it's up to you to settle this.. And if you want her back, you better stop crying and hurry up." He continued and patted his boy's head. "Now, don't make a fool of yourself. Prove to me that you're worthy for this… and for her." He looked at him and placed his mask back where it belongs.
Yoh finally understood what his father meant. If it wasn't for that flashback that he had a while ago, he won't get up and ready himself.
"You must enter the Oni's realm and get rid of its spirit." Mikisha explained as Yoh tried to jot down every detail inside his cob-infested brain. (A/n: hehe.. just love it when I tease Yoh that way.) "However in order to do that and also defeat the Oni, you must be in synch with Amidamaru." Mikisha continued as he gently placed the origami in the middle of a circle made out of candles. "Hai!" Amidamaru replied with such enthusiasm in his voice while Yoh, still jotted down what his father is saying.
Of course, he is serious about getting Anna back that he would do anything including giving his own life just for her. However all this things that his father is telling him gives him one heck of a headache.
"YOH! Listen carefully. You must succeed in this or else you will lose your own life too since you're entering the oni's realm.." Mikisha looked at his son. "You actually care?" yoh looked back with sad puppy eyes. "Of course you idiot, I'm your father! But that won't excuse you from getting all the training you lazy boy." Mikisha continued. Deep inside he knows he is so proud with his son. Defeating Hao was such an honor and he admits he just keep on getting stronger.
"Now Amidamaru, are you ready?" Mikisha asked the samurai spirit. "Hai, Mikisha-dono." The spirit replied as a strong aura came out of him. "Yoh?" Mikisha looked at his son who now displays the same amount of aura as his power spirit. "Good." Mikisha smiled. (I guess) He then chanted some words that who-knows-what it means and then a portal popped out from the middle of the circle shaped candles.
Amidamaru and Yoh went into "hyou gattai" mode and then their fused spirits went inside the portal.
Yoh's body lay there lifeless while Mikisha stood there and took out a cup of tea as if nothing happened. He entrust this situation to Yoh and he knows deep inside he can do it. Outside, the wind still roared like mad and the snow covering everything in white as if it was an endless winterfall.
From six years ago…… a promise was made…
….and it should never be broken.
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waaaaahhhh!!!! I updated again! Thanks again to the reviews even if I sound sooo redundant. I'm just so grateful for them. To keiko and the others… Saturn etc.. I'm not online… I can't remember the names of the others! GOOOMMMMEEEENNNN!!! I made the ending of chapter 5 a little dramatic with that 'from six years…' stuff and it was italicized too!! Hahahahahaha!!!!!!! Anyway, hope you like this chapter and watch out for the next.. I really don't know how long this would take but I have this nagging feeling that it should/would end at the next chapter! I really, really hope you like this guys.