Hidden Sparkle
Chapter 6 (And probably the last… ) hehe
Note: I am very sorry this thing came in late. I wasn't able to finish it as soon as possible due to some recent clumsiness that turned into major accident. (But I'm okay, I'm okay.) I hope you guys aren't mad.. I bumped my head hard the other day when I slipped in my own jogging pants. And I was wearing them! How stupid is that? I mean, It's too long and the floor just got waxed and I was running then.. POW!!! I had to take a break and recapture my memories.. or my brain to be exact. Hehe. Anyway, on with the story!
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It has been exactly half an hour since Yoh merged left his body to save Anna from their past that's suppose to be not only forgotten but also destroyed. Mikisha sat there calmly while reading a newspaper and sipping on to some tea as if his son and his son's fiancé aren't fighting for their life in the seemingly harmless origami. He looked at the paper again and then shifted his gaze out the window where the blizzard seemed to be getting stronger every minute.
"Where am I?" Yoh asked as he found himself lying on what seems to be a pink colored ground. " Oh yuck." He twitched as he felt some sticky gel on the palm of his hand. "What the heck is this?" He asked himself. "It seems to be some kind of pink, gooey, jelly thing." Amidamaru said as he went out of Yoh's body. "Looks like it.. but what exactly is it?" Yoh asked again.
"This is the inside of my body. And you are currently in my stomach." A voice came and it was obvious that it belonged to the Oni.. Wherever he is. "GROSS!" Yoh yelled as he tried to look for a dry ground while bouncing around like a highschool girl who is afraid of mice. "YOH! This is just an illusion of his body. This is actually a portal!" Yoh heard Anna yell madly. "ANNA!" Yoh stopped and searched for her. "Over here." She shouted as Yoh followed her voice to locate her.
As soon as Yoh sees her, he quickly gave her a tight hug almost not letting go of her. "What are you doing here?" Anna asked with complete irritation in her voice. "I came to save you." Yoh replied sweetly. "BAKA! Didn't you know you could have died because of that?" Anna slapped her fiancé and tears were now flowing from here eyes. "Anna.. You're crying.." Yoh looked at her as he slowly caressed his red cheek to avoid it from getting swollen. "I know baka! Why did you go? Why? You could.." Anna chocked and knelt down for she wasn't able to hold back her tears. She was greatly worried of Yoh and even risked her life so he won't get hurt and now this. She hated herself. However, Yoh thinks the same, and that's why he is here.
"You promised." He slowly said as Anna's eyes widened with confusion and looked at him. "You promised you'd be forever by my side.." He continued as he stood up. "That's why I'm here." The shaman continued as his aura started to power up so bad, the oni shivered. "hey.. If you destroy me.. You'd be destroyed too." The oni yelled trying to cover up his fear. It wasn't expecting this at all. All that it planned of was to weaken Anna, destroy her spirit and to take over her body. In fact, what Anna did with the beads was practically nothing to it. After all, Anna is inside it and she will weaken shortly and the beads' effect will be gone.
But then Yoh came in, and he was much powerful than before…
…before .. six years ago when Yoh does not have yet the knowledge of the 'oversoul'… when matamune sacrificed himself because of that…
The Oni didn't know what to do. Yoh is there and he's powerful plus mad, and if he decides to kick his butt again there is no guarantee if there will be any portion left for him to come back. The Oni had to think and fast.
"Let's go home." Yoh said as he held on to Anna who was gradually weakened out of exhaustion. Anna looked back at Yoh and smiled then fell down. Anna finally let go of her guard and this was a perfect chance for the Oni.
"Anna!" Yoh yelled as he carried Anna away from that place. "Yoh-dono, ABUNAI!" The samurai spirit yelled. Yoh looked back but was too late. A great force made him let go of Anna that came tumbling down back on the ground. "Mine! Mine! Her body is mine!!" The Oni laughed as he slowly went inside Anna's deep thoughts to erase her completely. "NO!!!" Yoh yelled as he reached out for her.
"What the.." Mikisha was surprised as she saw Anna's body glowing red and then looked at Yoh who's body stood there still. "Something bad happened." Mikisha stood up and quickly made a phone call.
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Hao: A phone call?! What's he gonna do, call 911?
Sushi: Aw shaddup! Of course not!
Hao: Than what's with the phone?
Sushi: He's going to call Yohmei!
Hao: But why the phone? I mean, they can communicate through telepathy and spirits!
Sushi: It's because I want it that way okay? What is it with you and your spoil-the-authors-idea business?
Hao: Nothing."
Sushi: You ruined the dramatic plot!
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Without hesitation, the Oni completely took advantage of Anna fainting and went inside her body. Mikisha came back after telling Yohmei the situation and is surprised to see Anna gone and the origami in flames. Mikisha quickly grabbed the piece of paper and put out the fire that was engulfing it awhile ago. "YOH!" Mikisha yelled as he tried to communicate with Yoh through Amidamaru. "Otou-san! What the heck happened? Anna disappeared and suddenly the whole place was flaming hot!" Yoh yelled and was in panic mode. Amidamaru tried to calm him down but it was no use, Yoh kept on asking and asking for some answers. "You almost got killed!" Mikisha yelled back and again asked for Yoh and Amidamaru to synch so they can get out of there.
"I feel myself floating in this endless sea of sorrow……….How come everything is so lonely?" Anna whispered as her spirit floated in an empty space. Her eyes were emotionless and all she can do was murmur words that nobody can hear. She cannot move any part of her body, as if it wasn't hers. And she can't here anything as if she was deaf. A light came out from her side and she moved her eyes to look at it. There she saw her and Yoh from six years ago then another one came out which had a different scene but still showed Yoh in it. Soon images appear one by one in that dark space and Anna was looking at it one by one as if she was watching inside a dark room full of television tubes. However this was different, all the images showed only one person: Yoh. Anna's eyes softened as she saw every image of her Yoh. She smiled feeling content to see him even if for the last time, just so his face will remain in her memory forever.
"The Oni has taken over Anna's body." Mikisha said at the tear-stricken Yoh. "But, she's still alive.. see." He continued as he showed his son Anna's prayer beads that still had this glow on it only weaker. "Tell me dad, what am I suppose to do? I can't afford to lose her." Yoh said behind those tears that he kept on wiping and wiping away. "I.. don't know." Mikisha sadly said. "OTOU-SAN!" Yoh yelled as tears came out of his eyes again. "She's still conscious.. but I don't know how long will it last… it's up to you what to do now from here on.. all I can say is, save her." Mikisha looked at his son, he was surprised how much Yoh is crying because of Anna and he wasn't even training. He was happy to know that his son is finally serious about something however, it was not the time for him to go marrying, they have to save her or Yoh will forever lose his smile.
"I'm going then." Yoh stood up as he carried on with a determined look on his face. "Yoh-dono no matter what happens, I will always be here to support you." The spirit looked at his master then nodded. "I'll do this on my own and with Amidamaru's help this time… Matamune isn't here any longer.. but I know, he's also supporting me." An image of Matamune came out from Yoh's mind as he held on to his necklace that had cat claws on it. It was once owned by Matamune, given to him by Hao as a source of his oversoul. "Ikou!" Yoh ran off to the blizzard. He was on his way up to the mountains again just like before, but this time, it was a different situation and absolutely no one to help him but himself and Amidamaru.
"Yoh.." Anna whispered behind the warmth his images are giving her. Suddenly, the images suddenly disappear one by one. "What.." Anna's eyes widened as she reached out for one of the images that just went through her hand. "What's going on?" She asked herself. A voice came from behind her and she quickly turned around to see who was it. "I finally got hold of your body.. But you are one tough lady." The Oni snickered in such a big voice that could give you shivers in the summer. "…" was Anna's sole reply. "I'll be taking away your memory to get rid of you.. but that boy is so hard to erase." The Oni continued as its voice echoed around the space. "But that won't be hard anymore. I got your body, I got hold of some of your furyoku." It added as it showed itself to Anna and clicked his fingers. As he did that, the images of Yoh disappeared one by one. "NOO!" Anna exclaimed. "Anything but that!" She continued as she looked back at the Oni cursing it. Come to think of it, she doesn't remember anything much anymore, the Oni really did take care of her other memories. But Yoh… He was the only thing that kept her alive, and losing him even if just an image is pure torture. The Oni clicked his fingers again and another image was slashed out of the image board. "NOOOO!!!!!!" Anna could not help but yell as her tears made its way again to her eyes in full force. She was an image of a helpless itako, filled with tears in the eyes and her face. She embraced herself as she wailed some more while hearing the Oni's clicking of fingers and laughter. "Yoh… Yoh…" Anna cried and cried as she tightened her grip on herself. "I love you.." She whispered behind the puddle of tears she made and one last image of Yoh was left. As the Oni was about to click its fingers, Yoh came out yelling at him. "Get out of Anna's body now!!" He ordered as he held on to his sword that just went into oversoul mode with Amidamaru.
"You think I'd be scared of you? Look at me, I am your fiancé now.." The Oni laughed. Yoh took a few second to shiver at the thought then became serious again. "I told you, get out!" He ordered again with fierce in his eyes, same as Amidamaru's. "You can't hurt me!" The Oni laughed again and attacked Yoh. To be honest, the Oni was right he did have the advantage. Yoh could not hurt him because it's Anna's body it's using, and he can't possible hurt much more, KILL ANNA right? "Anna! Are you in there? Can you hear me? Anna!" Yoh yelled as he tried his best to just defend and defend at all the Oni's attacks.
Anna still floated there in kneeling position as she cried and cried. Suddenly, Anna heard Yoh's voice. "No! It's just an illusion!" Anna covered her ears and tried not to listen. Being in an empty space and having someone important to you taken away in front of your eyes may cause you to be insane or paranoid at the same time. "ANNA!" Yoh yelled agin as he tumbled down on the floor with the Oni's attack. "ANNA!!!" Yoh yelled again. The Oni just laughed at him real hard and kept on attacking him. "ANNA PLEASE! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN HELP ME HERE!" Yoh finally said as the Oni stabbed him on his arm. Anna's eyes widened. This wasn't an illusion or anything, it was Yoh and he was still in her memory because there was still one image left. Anna stood up and concentrated on what's left of her furyoku. She was able to recover from the time she was looking at Yoh's images that she was able to give out more from what was left of her strength. "Yoh's right, I'm the only one who can help him.. I'll show you damn Oni.. I am not weak as you think I am!" Anna yelled and light enveloped her making the dark space bright.
The Oni stopped in its tracks as soon as it felt Anna awaken inside him. "What's going on?" Yoh asked Amidamaru as soon as the Oni went yelling as if it was in pain. "HOT! HOT!" The Oni yelled some more and was slowly leaving Anna's body. Inside, Anna was chanting out some prayer and was trying extremely hard to keep herself intact. "Yoh-dono, the Oni.. it's leaving Anna-okami's body!" Amidamaru alerted his master. As soon as the Oni yelled in pain and went out of Anna, he quickly looked for something to posses. There wasn't anything or anyone around except Yoh and the others that it had no choice but to go inside a big boulder. "Yoh! Quick, destroy it while it's merging with the rock.." Anna weakly said as she finally got hold of her body, Yoh nodded and went his way to the Oni. "AMIDAMARU!" Yoh yelled as he jumped on top of the Oni preparing to attack. "NOW YOH-DONO!!!!" Amidamaru yelled back and Yoh made his way to the Oni, slicing it for good.
The Oni screamed in pain as it finally burst into pieces never returning again….
"..I did it Anna, you're safe now..uh.." Yoh turned around only to see Anna on the floor lifeless. "Anna!" Yoh ran to her and held her in his arms. "Anna! Wake up! Speak to me! I did it already… how come you're like this?" Yoh shook Anna for her to wake up but to no avail. She wasn't breathing and Yoh didn't know why nor what to do. Amidamaru distanced himself with a sad face as he looked at Anna, who is pale and all. Tears started to flow from Yoh's eyes again as he embraced Anna tighter while snow came down slowly on the both of them.
"It was a promise… I wanted to keep it… Why?" Yoh sobbed and buried his face under Anna's golden locks. "We would be together.. You said that yourself… You said you.." Yoh was beginning to grow weak and was slowly letting go of Anna. His eyes didn't show any light while tears flooded it. He had bruises all over but he didn't care. He just wanted Anna to wake up and give him a slap, a punch anything that makes her move. He finally gave in to the cold and did not care if he freezes to death. At least… he was with someone special to him up to the end.
The sun rose up from behind the mountains. It was snowing softly and the blizzard had stopped. Yoh opened his eyes slowly to look at the sun but instead gave out more tears. "Look Anna, today's the day…that's why I brought you here…." Yoh choked and then again buried his face on Anna's hair while closing his eyes.
Suddenly, a cough was heard. Yoh's eyes widened, it sure wasn't him. "Amidamaru?" He asked and looked around for the spirit but was nowhere to be found. He looked at Anna again and to his surprise, it was her who coughed and she was slowly gasping for air. "Anna!" Yoh screamed in delight and gave her yet, another hug. "Let go of me Baka!" She yelled and gave Yoh a slap. Yoh looked at her in a surprised look. "Can't you see I'm having a hard time breathing here? Are you trying to suffocate me or something?" Anna yelled and tried to stand up but failed. She looked at Yoh. "What's wrong with you? Why do you have tears all over?" She asked. Yoh didn't answer her but instead leaned on to her and smiled. "I'm so glad.. you decided to keep the promise." He sweetly said as he wiped his tears. Anna looked at him and finally understood. "Why would I forget that? I'm the one who made it remember?" She turned around as she felt herself blush like mad.
"That's exactly why I brought you here." Yoh gently said as he looked at the sun rising. "This is the day we met and made that promise." He continued. Anna can't help herself blushing with Yoh's sweet words. "Yoh.." Anna whispered. "Thank you." He looked back at him, smiling. Yoh smiled back and went near Anna. "Let's go back.." Anna said. "Okay.." Yoh agreed with him leading the way. "Oh.. before all that, I forgot something." He stopped in his tracks and Anna wondered what it was. "I was supposed to do this." He smiled at her and gently gave her a kiss. Anna's eyes widened in surprise, but also gave in to the kiss.
Mikisha stood there with Yohmei behind him. "I think everything is fine now.." Mikisha said behind his bird mask. "I agree." Yohmei replied.
The snow gently fell down from the sky touching people…..
……….and people's lives…….
……….. And this time, It gently fell upon two lovers sealing another promise to each other.
owari
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Manta: You know, it's crazy to think you made a love story.. since you don't even know the meaning of love.
Sushi: I should burn you in a stake
Anna: Crap.
Sushi: I'm sorry….
Ren: Hey, how come were not in the story?
Horo-horo: Yeah, were the popular ones in the show.
Hao: That would be ME.
Ren: You?! Come on, you died.
Hao: I cannot die! I'm invincible! Hahaha!
Horo-horo: Yeah right, lunatic.
Anna: Urusai.
Hao: Hey, why don't you make a AnnaxHao fic? That would be soo nice..
Yoh: HEY!
Anna: Kill him Yoh.
Hao: I told you, I can't die.
Sushi: Will you guys quit it? I have tons of things to do..so shut up and go to some gay bar or something.
Ren: Are you insulting my gender woman?
Sushi: ……..
There you have it final chapter! I told you this would be final…But I'm working on something right now…. Watch out for it.. I'll be placing the others there too!
(Ren, Horo2.. etc..)