(A/N: Chapter 7 coming up now. Interesting character introduced here, but
I doubt you know the character by this name. I pretty much set up to
include this character ever since chapter 2. I'd tell you the name, but I
have found that many of you are very proficient at finding spoilers by
'accident', so I'd better not.
On another note, I was quite stunned that all TWO reviews I got last chapter supported the Anna-Seto couple. This tells me two things: 1) you all have open minds and great imaginations, and 2) I'm not getting as many reviews as I used to. Man, I sure hope I didn't ward off the Yugioh crowd already...
I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. Now, story time.)
Chibi Beginnings: Chapter 7: Giwd Twyp
(Asakura Complex)-----
Since the morning, Yoh, Yohmei, and Tamara have been looking all over for Anna. But, with Anna now at the orphanage, and the time now in the evening, the three take a sit down break. All three kneel around the dining room table.
Yohmei: "Tamara, Yoh, did yo find Anna? She didn't go to her training with Kino, nor did she wake up in sight, for that matter."
Chibi Tamara: She bites her lower lip, guilty about the trick she played on Anna. *Dys izund wud Iy pwannd. Iy ownwee wawntyd tew bee da Shawmin Kween! Iy didun'd weewie wanta eevykt Annah!* (*This isn't what I planned. I only wanted to be the Shaman Queen! I didn't really want to evict Anna!*)
Chibi Yoh: A guilty look appears on his face. *Now! Id'z twu! Iy aym wesponsowbow fow Annah weevin! Iy wowd dat nowt tew hew, pwettie muwch seyin dat Iy diduwnd cayw iyf shee wuz awownd! Iy pweddie muwch kikd hew awda heyw! Idz miy fawdt!* (*No! It's true! I am responsible for Anna leaving! I wrote that note to her, pretty much telling her that I didn't care if she was around! I pretty much kicked her out of here! It's my fault!*)
Yohmei: He stares at the twisted looks of guilt in the eyes of Yoh and Tamara. *I fear that both Yoh and Tamara know something about this. But on a different note, the now missing items include Anna's prayer beads, the red scarf that Yoh made for Anna, and one of my walking sticks, everything necessary for an Itake to run away from home. In hindsight, though, I hope that I wasn't too pressuring on her, trying to be too protective that I ended up being nosy. Because that may have driven Anna away from here.* He continues to stare into the guilty eyes of Yoh and Tamara. *And even greater yet is the fear that my grandson and apprentice would feel guilty about this to an extent where they are bothered too much to participate in the ever-approaching Shaman Tournament. Both Anna, and half a millennia of Asakura legacy is for naught, should Yoh and Tamara fail to become the Shaman King and Shaman Queen. Anna, and my ancestors, I beg of your forgiveness...*
(orphanage, that night)-----
As the night began to approach, the children begin to get tired and all flood into the nap room. But Seto does not join this crowd. Mokuba and Anna are the last ones to enter the nap room.
Chibi Mokuba: (to Anna) "Da niytz aw a byd kwamp fow spayz. Ya' pwettie muwch gawda dekwaw an awea yowz an stil wid id." (The nights are a bit cramped for space. You pretty much have to declare an area yours and stick with it.)
Chibi Anna: She follows Mokuba into the nap room. The room feels freezing cold, and a near impenetrable screen of children seep on the ground, trying to push each other over. The scene is sickening to Anna, as she looks on in despair. "Iy cawd beweev we gawda sweep iyn heew!" (I can't believe that we have to sleep in here!) She wraps her arms around herself, trying to keep warm. "Iz dew anie uddew pwayz tew sweep awownd heew?" (Is there any other place to sleep around here?)
Chibi Mokuba: He nods his head back and forth as he attempts to not step on any kids as he tries to navigate around as he walks. "Wew, Settow'z gawd dys sistum dat wuwks fow hym. Hee hydz an avoydz da kownsewow sew hee duzen'd hayv tew sweep iyn heew. An hee wukz iyn own uz an puwwz owd aniebudie dat wukz tew cowd. Settow duzen'd sweep, sez hee wiykz aztwonomee, bud Iy now beddew." (Well, Seto's got this system that works for him. He hides and avoids the counselor so he doesn't have to sleep in here. And he looks in on us and pulls out anybody that looks too cold. Seto doesn't sleep, saying that he likes astronomy, but I know better.)
Chibi Anna: "Bud wiy iz dis woom sew kowd?" (But why is this room so cold?)
Chibi Mokuba: "Da kownzewow sayvz munee fow evwee degwee da tewmowsdad geds tuwnd dauwn. Id'z aw abowd da Yin deez deyz. Settow faund da tewmowsdad, buwd id'z wokd biy da kownsewow. Bud Settow gesses dat id'z gawda bee fweezin in heew." (The counselor saves money for every degree the thermostat gets turned down. It's all about the Yen these days. Seto fund the thermostat, but it's locked by the counselor. Seto guesses that it's got to be freezing in here.)
Chibi Anna: (worried) "Bud, duz Settow ged anee sweep? Poow Setow..." (But, does Seto get any sleep? Poor Seto...) A spot on the floor catches her eye as being a spot where the carpet is actually visible because the children hadn't covered it entirely. She throws herself in this spot, where she could just manage to get herself on the floor. Pulling out her red scarf, she wraps the scarf around her body, trying to keep warm. She shivers violently, curling up into a ball in order to try and keep warm.
The lights go out and the door slams shut.
Chibi Seto: From outside the room, he creeps towards the door from around the corner. He jiggles the handle on the door, discovering that the door is unlocked. He cracks the door open as a cold draft rushes out the small crack. He stares into the crack, and is shocked at where Anna is sleeping: right smack dead center under the air duct! He creps into the room and tiptoes around the sleeping children, making his way to Anna. *What a crazy girl that Anna is. There's a reason she chose to sleep there, that's because nobody else was there. However, there's a reason for that. She's right under the air duct, meaning that she's getting the full force of this cold air! What could've possibly been going through her mind?!* He reaches Anna after much navigation through the crowds of kids on the floor. In one swift movement, he picks up Anna and throws her over his shoulder. *It's for your own good, Anna.* He carries Anna over his shoulder, out the door, and he sets her against the wall opposite the door that he came out of.
Chibi Anna: Resting against the wall, she lifts her heavy eyelids. (innocently) "Settow... pweez... downd... pyk mee uwp... wiyk a baybee..." *Seto... please... don't... pick me up... like a baby...*
Chibi Seto: He turns away from Anna quickly. (frustrated) "Still confused, worried that I might have feelings for you, eh? Well let me spell it out and put your mind at rest. I haven't been close to anyone since my parents died, leaving me and Mokuba in this pit. Just go to sleep, and keep dreaming."
Chibi Anna: She is not hurt by this. "Wew..." (Well...) She closes her eyes. (softly) "Guwd niyt, Settow." (Good night, Seto.) She pulls her red scarf/blanket over her body and rests her head against the wall, and soon falls asleep.
(Asakura Complex, that night)-----
Chibi Tamara: She sleeps soundlessly on a sleeping bag as a mysterious gust rushes over her body.
(Tamara's dream)-----
Similar to Yoh's nightmare from a couple nights ago, Tamara finds herself standing on the floor of an Egyptian temple, bound in place by heavy black chains.
Chibi Tamara: She jerks at the chains, realizing how unforgivably tight the chains had been wrapped around her arms.
A giant blue sparkling dragon appears in front of her. It is the same dragon that attempted to attack Yoh in his nightmare, but Tamara is unaware of this.
Chibi Tamara: "Hay, Pweezt Settow, Iy tawd wee hawd a deew!" (Hey, Priest Seto, I thougt we had a deal!)
Priest Seto: He approaches behind his dragon, carrying a golden scepter in his right hand. "And you expected an evil spirit to keep his word? You fool! Now, there's no possible way for you to be Shaman Queen, not after I sacrifice your soul to my Blue Eyes White Dragon! Blue Eyes, burst stream attack!" He points his staff at Tamara.
Chibi Tamara: "Now, Iy wuz juwzd jewwuz uv haw kwowz Annah wuz tew Yow! Iy didun's wanna kyk hew awd! Iy wawna' gow howm, Iy wawna' gow howm!" (No, I just jealous of how close Anna was to Yoh! I didn't want to kick her out! I want to go home, I want to go home!) She shakes around violently in the chains that bind her.
The Blue Eyes White Dragon opens its mouth widely, preparing to launch its energy attack at Tamara.
Chibi Tamara: While shaking in her chains, she vanishes into a mysterious white light before the Blue Eyes White Dragon can attack her.
The Blue Eyes White Dragon unleashes its attack on the ground, where Tamara once had stood before vanishing a split second earlier.
Priest Seto: "NO! What happened?! Did somebody wake her up?! I had her in the palm of my hand!" Thoroughly frustrated, he throws his Millennium Rod to the ground.
(dream ends)-----
Chibi Tamara: She almost jumps out of her sleeping bag as he wakes up screaming. She sweats heavily, with nobody around her. She is completely alone in her room.
But out of nowhere, from behind Tamara, a tall, spiky haired shadow darkens the floor.
Chibi Tamara: She can almost feel the shadow on her back, and she turns around slowly to look for what was casting the shadow, then she screams in horror at the towering ghostly figure standing in front of her. "WAAAAAAAAA!"
(Yoh's room, simultaneously)-----
Yoh sleeps in his sleeping bag, tossing, turning, and twisting his face.
Chibi Yoh: (muttering to self in sleep) "Nuh, nuw, Annah, nuw, dow'd weev..." ("No, no, Anna, no, don't leave...)
(Yoh's dream)-----
Yoh stands at the open door of the Asakura Complex, with the only other piece of scenery being pitch-black darkness. A tall figure in a long, black, hooded raincoat walks out of the abyssal darkness, carrying something with both his arms. But even though Yoh can't quite see the man's face, or what the man carries, Yoh almost immediately determines that this man doesn't have any good news for him, nor should he have reason to be happy to see the man.
Hooded Man: He stops at Yoh's feet and lowers the object he carries. To little surprise to Yoh, the object is Anna, or to be more precise, her clammy, pale, dead body. (deaathly sorrowful and deep) "She's dead, Yoh..."
Chibi Yoh: His eyes begin to water up as he stares at the twisted and frightened expression that was supposedly frozen onto Anna's face when she died. (morbidly) "Yeh, Iy cun see dat..." (Yeah, I can see that...) He kneels down at Anna's side, letting the tears flow down his face. He touches Anna's deathly cold face with his hand, half cradling her body.
Hooded Man: "She supposedly froze to death in a rainy alley that she tried to take shelter in. This wouldn't have happened if she had somewhere warm to sleep..."
Chibi Yoh: (yelling at the hooded man) "SHADDUP! Dew wuz nufin Iy kuwd dew fow hew!" (SHUT UP! There was nothing I could do for her!)
Hooded Man: (muttering under his breath) "Oh really..." He reaches to pull something out from under his raincoat, but Yoh doesn't notice.
Chibi Yoh: He hangs his head over Anna's body, cradling her while mourning with a face full of tears. He holds up Anna's right hand in his own hand, and lifts it near his face.
Dead Chibi Anna (that's a lot of prefixes!): In one swift motion, she opens her eyes, wraps her raised hand around Yoh's neck, and stands up, lifting Yoh off his feet with superhuman strength. She speaks with a supernatural undertone in her voice. "Yew kiwd mee, Yow, yew now idt." (You killed me, Yoh, you know it.) She tightens her hand around Yoh's neck, threatening to choke Yoh to death. A look of malicious bloodthirstiness appears on hr face.
Chibi Yoh: He tries to squirm free of the choking hold that the undead Anna locked onto his neck. (gagging) "Annah, GAAK, wiy GAAK auw yew GAAK dewin diyz?" (Anna (GAAK), why (GAAK) are you (GAAK) doing this?)
Dead Chibi Anna: She stares down for a second, then lifts her head, now replacing her deathly expression with one of pure innocence. (dropping the supernatural undertone) "Yow... Wiy'd yew dew dyz tew mee? Iy tawd yew wuvd mee..." (Yoh... Why dod you do this to me? I thought you loved me...) She lowers her face again.
Chibi Yoh: He slowly runs out of breath as his struggling diminishes. His feet hang limply from his body.
Dead Chibi Anna: She drops the limp Yoh to the ground. She lowers her hands to her sides and stands stiffly like a statue.
Chibi Yoh: His motionless body lays face down on the dark ground.
Hooded Man: He throws off his cape-like raincoat, revealing himself to be Priest Seto.
Priest Seto: He raises his Millennium Rod into the air. "Ahahahahaha! I did it! Yoh Asakura is dead at last!" He kicks at Yoh. "Yep, a dead corpse. And it wasn't even my illusion that killed Yoh, but something in Yoh's own dreams!" He turns over Yoh's body, but a shocked look crosses his face as he sees the expression that Yoh has.
Chibi Yoh: Being turned over by Priest Seto, he snickers calmly. "Sew, dat Annah-wuk-awiyk idn'd weew, iyz shee?" (So, the Anna-look-alike isn't real, is she?) He comes to his feet.
Priest Seto: He steps back. "What? What are you snickering about? What's so funny?!"
Dead Chibi Anna: She turns around to face Yoh.
Chibi Yoh: He glares at the Anna- resembling frozen zombie. "Haw, yew caw'd huwd mee-GAAK!" (Ha, you can't hurt me-(GAAK)!) His taunting is interrupted as Dead Chibi Anna tries to choke out Yoh again. "GAAK!"
Priest Seto: "DIE, YOH!" He points at Dead Chibi Anna with his Millennium Rod.
Chibi Yoh: His snickering continues. (taunting Seto) "Hehehe. Miy gwampa sez dat anguw maykz wun wez efektiv iyn a fiyt." (Hehehe. My grandpa says the anger makes one less effective in a fight.) (to Dead Chibi Anna) "Dowd wuwee, Annah. Iy'w fiynd yew befow yew diy fow weew. Iy pwomiz." (Don't worry, Anna. I'll find you before you die for real. I promise.) Dead Chibi Anna's choking hold has no effect on Yoh. Yoh holds up one of Dead Chibi Anna's hand to his face and kisses the back of her hand.
Dead Chibi Anna: Her hands begin to vaporize, centering around where Yoh had kissed her hand. She quickly drops Yoh as her hands turn to steam. Soon, her entire body turns to nothing more than a cloud of steam as her clothes and prayer beads fall to the ground. (think Wicked Witch of the West)
Chibi Yoh: He glares up at Priest Seto. "Nau weev mee an Annah awown!" (Now leave me and Anna alone!)
Prist Seto: He runs off, with a stare of shock on his face. "Rrr, no, I'll get you! You and Anna WILL die, and your souls will be grafted to my ever-expanding power!" He vanishes into the void.
Chibi Yoh: He grins as he watches Priest Seto run off like a scared animal.
Voice: A soft and innocent voice flows in the form of a soft gust of wind. The voice sounds like Chibi Anna, half crying and half shivering. "Y-y- yow... Y-y-yow..." (Y-y-yoh... Y-y-yoh...)
Chibi Yoh: He darts his head around, searching for the source of the voice. "Annah! Iz dat yew?" (Anna! Is that you?)
Voice: "Y-y-yow... W-w-wew aw-w-w y-y-yew?... Iy'm-m-m s-s-skawd..." (Y- y-yoh... W-w-where ar-r-re y-y-you?... I'm-m-m s-s-scared...) The voice breaks down into a sob.
Chibi Yoh: "Annah! Wew aw yew? Iy'm kuwm fow yew! Iy pwomiss!" (Anna! Where are you? I'm coming for you! I promise!) He shoots glances around everywhere.
Voice: "Y-y-yow... Pw-w-weez k-k-kum f-f-fow m-m-mee... I-i-iym iyn d-d- da... S-s-sow k-k-kouwd..." (Y-y-yoh... Pl-l-lease c-c-come f-f-for m-m- me... I-i-i'm in th-th-the... S-s-so c-c-cold...) The voice breaks into a softer sob.
Chibi Yoh: He stares up and yells. "Annah! Yur in da were? Were, Annah?!" (Anna! You're in the where? Where, Anna?)
Voice: "S-s-sow k-k-kowd-d-d... Iyn-n-n d-d-da..." (S-s-so c-c-cold-d- d... In-n-n th-th-the...)
Chibi Yoh: (Shouting at the top of his lungs) "Da wew?! WEW?! ANNAH?!" (The where?! WHERE?! ANNA!)
Voice: "...iyn-n-n d-d-da-" (...in-n-n th-th-the-) The voice is cut off as Yoh wakes up from the dream.
(end of Yoh's dream)-----
Chibi Tamara: She shakes Yoh violently. "Yow, Yow, wayk uwp! Iy now wew Annah iz! Iy now wew Annah iz!" (Yoh, Yoh, wake up! I know where Anna is! I know where Anna is!)
Chibi Yoh: He jolts out of his sleeping bag as Tamara shakes him awake. "Hay, hay, Iym uwp! Wuza wakit?!" (Hey, hey, I'm up! That's the racket?!)
Chibi Tamara: She folds her hands, trying to contain her excitement. (perky) "Yow, diz spewid caym tew mee an showd mee wew Annah iz! Iy now wew Annah iz!" (Yoh, this spirit came to me and showed me where Anna is! I know where Anna is!)
Chibi Yoh: (sarcastically) "Wew, guwd fow yew; dat mayks wun uv uws!" (Well good for you; that makes one of us!) His eyes widen as he begins to comprehend all that Tamara had said. (skeptically) "Uw, wud spewid?" (Uh, what spirit?)
(A/N: Hmph, way to go, Tamara! Yoh was having his first vision! Oh well, things are coming around. The ends will all be tied up soon, but this chapter got a bit long, so I cut it here, at the climactic point.
And seven pages is a climactic point in my book, uh, pardon the pun. Well, if it were any longer and I'd warn you to pull up a comfy chair, some popcorn, and a jumbo pretzel.
But I hope you found the new character I chose to include. Like "spiky- haired spirit" doesn't just spell it out for you! And for those who wonder where this spirit came from, it's a combination of some other things:
1. End of Chapter 5: Chibi Anna calls on some random spirit to protect Yoh. But, unfortunately for Priest Seto, as a tradition of Yugioh, 'random' is synonymous with 'exactly what one needs to get the job done'.
2. End of Chapter 1: Oh, and that line is supposed to be "hikari". Sorry, got a little ambitious with my Japanese knowledge. "Aibou" is "companion", "hikari" is "light side". And back to the line, the Pharaoh's spirit was speaking, showing that his powers were coming back together again, allowing his spirit to be called out by Anna.
...and, last but not least...
3. Cuz' DrakeTheDuelist said so!: Yeah, how's that one line go: "And that's the bottom line, because... uh, somebody-or-other... said so!" Need I say more? Didn't think so...
Chapter 7 done at last! But the next chapter could take quite a while. Until then, I don't own Shaman King or Yugioh.)
On another note, I was quite stunned that all TWO reviews I got last chapter supported the Anna-Seto couple. This tells me two things: 1) you all have open minds and great imaginations, and 2) I'm not getting as many reviews as I used to. Man, I sure hope I didn't ward off the Yugioh crowd already...
I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. Now, story time.)
Chibi Beginnings: Chapter 7: Giwd Twyp
(Asakura Complex)-----
Since the morning, Yoh, Yohmei, and Tamara have been looking all over for Anna. But, with Anna now at the orphanage, and the time now in the evening, the three take a sit down break. All three kneel around the dining room table.
Yohmei: "Tamara, Yoh, did yo find Anna? She didn't go to her training with Kino, nor did she wake up in sight, for that matter."
Chibi Tamara: She bites her lower lip, guilty about the trick she played on Anna. *Dys izund wud Iy pwannd. Iy ownwee wawntyd tew bee da Shawmin Kween! Iy didun'd weewie wanta eevykt Annah!* (*This isn't what I planned. I only wanted to be the Shaman Queen! I didn't really want to evict Anna!*)
Chibi Yoh: A guilty look appears on his face. *Now! Id'z twu! Iy aym wesponsowbow fow Annah weevin! Iy wowd dat nowt tew hew, pwettie muwch seyin dat Iy diduwnd cayw iyf shee wuz awownd! Iy pweddie muwch kikd hew awda heyw! Idz miy fawdt!* (*No! It's true! I am responsible for Anna leaving! I wrote that note to her, pretty much telling her that I didn't care if she was around! I pretty much kicked her out of here! It's my fault!*)
Yohmei: He stares at the twisted looks of guilt in the eyes of Yoh and Tamara. *I fear that both Yoh and Tamara know something about this. But on a different note, the now missing items include Anna's prayer beads, the red scarf that Yoh made for Anna, and one of my walking sticks, everything necessary for an Itake to run away from home. In hindsight, though, I hope that I wasn't too pressuring on her, trying to be too protective that I ended up being nosy. Because that may have driven Anna away from here.* He continues to stare into the guilty eyes of Yoh and Tamara. *And even greater yet is the fear that my grandson and apprentice would feel guilty about this to an extent where they are bothered too much to participate in the ever-approaching Shaman Tournament. Both Anna, and half a millennia of Asakura legacy is for naught, should Yoh and Tamara fail to become the Shaman King and Shaman Queen. Anna, and my ancestors, I beg of your forgiveness...*
(orphanage, that night)-----
As the night began to approach, the children begin to get tired and all flood into the nap room. But Seto does not join this crowd. Mokuba and Anna are the last ones to enter the nap room.
Chibi Mokuba: (to Anna) "Da niytz aw a byd kwamp fow spayz. Ya' pwettie muwch gawda dekwaw an awea yowz an stil wid id." (The nights are a bit cramped for space. You pretty much have to declare an area yours and stick with it.)
Chibi Anna: She follows Mokuba into the nap room. The room feels freezing cold, and a near impenetrable screen of children seep on the ground, trying to push each other over. The scene is sickening to Anna, as she looks on in despair. "Iy cawd beweev we gawda sweep iyn heew!" (I can't believe that we have to sleep in here!) She wraps her arms around herself, trying to keep warm. "Iz dew anie uddew pwayz tew sweep awownd heew?" (Is there any other place to sleep around here?)
Chibi Mokuba: He nods his head back and forth as he attempts to not step on any kids as he tries to navigate around as he walks. "Wew, Settow'z gawd dys sistum dat wuwks fow hym. Hee hydz an avoydz da kownsewow sew hee duzen'd hayv tew sweep iyn heew. An hee wukz iyn own uz an puwwz owd aniebudie dat wukz tew cowd. Settow duzen'd sweep, sez hee wiykz aztwonomee, bud Iy now beddew." (Well, Seto's got this system that works for him. He hides and avoids the counselor so he doesn't have to sleep in here. And he looks in on us and pulls out anybody that looks too cold. Seto doesn't sleep, saying that he likes astronomy, but I know better.)
Chibi Anna: "Bud wiy iz dis woom sew kowd?" (But why is this room so cold?)
Chibi Mokuba: "Da kownzewow sayvz munee fow evwee degwee da tewmowsdad geds tuwnd dauwn. Id'z aw abowd da Yin deez deyz. Settow faund da tewmowsdad, buwd id'z wokd biy da kownsewow. Bud Settow gesses dat id'z gawda bee fweezin in heew." (The counselor saves money for every degree the thermostat gets turned down. It's all about the Yen these days. Seto fund the thermostat, but it's locked by the counselor. Seto guesses that it's got to be freezing in here.)
Chibi Anna: (worried) "Bud, duz Settow ged anee sweep? Poow Setow..." (But, does Seto get any sleep? Poor Seto...) A spot on the floor catches her eye as being a spot where the carpet is actually visible because the children hadn't covered it entirely. She throws herself in this spot, where she could just manage to get herself on the floor. Pulling out her red scarf, she wraps the scarf around her body, trying to keep warm. She shivers violently, curling up into a ball in order to try and keep warm.
The lights go out and the door slams shut.
Chibi Seto: From outside the room, he creeps towards the door from around the corner. He jiggles the handle on the door, discovering that the door is unlocked. He cracks the door open as a cold draft rushes out the small crack. He stares into the crack, and is shocked at where Anna is sleeping: right smack dead center under the air duct! He creps into the room and tiptoes around the sleeping children, making his way to Anna. *What a crazy girl that Anna is. There's a reason she chose to sleep there, that's because nobody else was there. However, there's a reason for that. She's right under the air duct, meaning that she's getting the full force of this cold air! What could've possibly been going through her mind?!* He reaches Anna after much navigation through the crowds of kids on the floor. In one swift movement, he picks up Anna and throws her over his shoulder. *It's for your own good, Anna.* He carries Anna over his shoulder, out the door, and he sets her against the wall opposite the door that he came out of.
Chibi Anna: Resting against the wall, she lifts her heavy eyelids. (innocently) "Settow... pweez... downd... pyk mee uwp... wiyk a baybee..." *Seto... please... don't... pick me up... like a baby...*
Chibi Seto: He turns away from Anna quickly. (frustrated) "Still confused, worried that I might have feelings for you, eh? Well let me spell it out and put your mind at rest. I haven't been close to anyone since my parents died, leaving me and Mokuba in this pit. Just go to sleep, and keep dreaming."
Chibi Anna: She is not hurt by this. "Wew..." (Well...) She closes her eyes. (softly) "Guwd niyt, Settow." (Good night, Seto.) She pulls her red scarf/blanket over her body and rests her head against the wall, and soon falls asleep.
(Asakura Complex, that night)-----
Chibi Tamara: She sleeps soundlessly on a sleeping bag as a mysterious gust rushes over her body.
(Tamara's dream)-----
Similar to Yoh's nightmare from a couple nights ago, Tamara finds herself standing on the floor of an Egyptian temple, bound in place by heavy black chains.
Chibi Tamara: She jerks at the chains, realizing how unforgivably tight the chains had been wrapped around her arms.
A giant blue sparkling dragon appears in front of her. It is the same dragon that attempted to attack Yoh in his nightmare, but Tamara is unaware of this.
Chibi Tamara: "Hay, Pweezt Settow, Iy tawd wee hawd a deew!" (Hey, Priest Seto, I thougt we had a deal!)
Priest Seto: He approaches behind his dragon, carrying a golden scepter in his right hand. "And you expected an evil spirit to keep his word? You fool! Now, there's no possible way for you to be Shaman Queen, not after I sacrifice your soul to my Blue Eyes White Dragon! Blue Eyes, burst stream attack!" He points his staff at Tamara.
Chibi Tamara: "Now, Iy wuz juwzd jewwuz uv haw kwowz Annah wuz tew Yow! Iy didun's wanna kyk hew awd! Iy wawna' gow howm, Iy wawna' gow howm!" (No, I just jealous of how close Anna was to Yoh! I didn't want to kick her out! I want to go home, I want to go home!) She shakes around violently in the chains that bind her.
The Blue Eyes White Dragon opens its mouth widely, preparing to launch its energy attack at Tamara.
Chibi Tamara: While shaking in her chains, she vanishes into a mysterious white light before the Blue Eyes White Dragon can attack her.
The Blue Eyes White Dragon unleashes its attack on the ground, where Tamara once had stood before vanishing a split second earlier.
Priest Seto: "NO! What happened?! Did somebody wake her up?! I had her in the palm of my hand!" Thoroughly frustrated, he throws his Millennium Rod to the ground.
(dream ends)-----
Chibi Tamara: She almost jumps out of her sleeping bag as he wakes up screaming. She sweats heavily, with nobody around her. She is completely alone in her room.
But out of nowhere, from behind Tamara, a tall, spiky haired shadow darkens the floor.
Chibi Tamara: She can almost feel the shadow on her back, and she turns around slowly to look for what was casting the shadow, then she screams in horror at the towering ghostly figure standing in front of her. "WAAAAAAAAA!"
(Yoh's room, simultaneously)-----
Yoh sleeps in his sleeping bag, tossing, turning, and twisting his face.
Chibi Yoh: (muttering to self in sleep) "Nuh, nuw, Annah, nuw, dow'd weev..." ("No, no, Anna, no, don't leave...)
(Yoh's dream)-----
Yoh stands at the open door of the Asakura Complex, with the only other piece of scenery being pitch-black darkness. A tall figure in a long, black, hooded raincoat walks out of the abyssal darkness, carrying something with both his arms. But even though Yoh can't quite see the man's face, or what the man carries, Yoh almost immediately determines that this man doesn't have any good news for him, nor should he have reason to be happy to see the man.
Hooded Man: He stops at Yoh's feet and lowers the object he carries. To little surprise to Yoh, the object is Anna, or to be more precise, her clammy, pale, dead body. (deaathly sorrowful and deep) "She's dead, Yoh..."
Chibi Yoh: His eyes begin to water up as he stares at the twisted and frightened expression that was supposedly frozen onto Anna's face when she died. (morbidly) "Yeh, Iy cun see dat..." (Yeah, I can see that...) He kneels down at Anna's side, letting the tears flow down his face. He touches Anna's deathly cold face with his hand, half cradling her body.
Hooded Man: "She supposedly froze to death in a rainy alley that she tried to take shelter in. This wouldn't have happened if she had somewhere warm to sleep..."
Chibi Yoh: (yelling at the hooded man) "SHADDUP! Dew wuz nufin Iy kuwd dew fow hew!" (SHUT UP! There was nothing I could do for her!)
Hooded Man: (muttering under his breath) "Oh really..." He reaches to pull something out from under his raincoat, but Yoh doesn't notice.
Chibi Yoh: He hangs his head over Anna's body, cradling her while mourning with a face full of tears. He holds up Anna's right hand in his own hand, and lifts it near his face.
Dead Chibi Anna (that's a lot of prefixes!): In one swift motion, she opens her eyes, wraps her raised hand around Yoh's neck, and stands up, lifting Yoh off his feet with superhuman strength. She speaks with a supernatural undertone in her voice. "Yew kiwd mee, Yow, yew now idt." (You killed me, Yoh, you know it.) She tightens her hand around Yoh's neck, threatening to choke Yoh to death. A look of malicious bloodthirstiness appears on hr face.
Chibi Yoh: He tries to squirm free of the choking hold that the undead Anna locked onto his neck. (gagging) "Annah, GAAK, wiy GAAK auw yew GAAK dewin diyz?" (Anna (GAAK), why (GAAK) are you (GAAK) doing this?)
Dead Chibi Anna: She stares down for a second, then lifts her head, now replacing her deathly expression with one of pure innocence. (dropping the supernatural undertone) "Yow... Wiy'd yew dew dyz tew mee? Iy tawd yew wuvd mee..." (Yoh... Why dod you do this to me? I thought you loved me...) She lowers her face again.
Chibi Yoh: He slowly runs out of breath as his struggling diminishes. His feet hang limply from his body.
Dead Chibi Anna: She drops the limp Yoh to the ground. She lowers her hands to her sides and stands stiffly like a statue.
Chibi Yoh: His motionless body lays face down on the dark ground.
Hooded Man: He throws off his cape-like raincoat, revealing himself to be Priest Seto.
Priest Seto: He raises his Millennium Rod into the air. "Ahahahahaha! I did it! Yoh Asakura is dead at last!" He kicks at Yoh. "Yep, a dead corpse. And it wasn't even my illusion that killed Yoh, but something in Yoh's own dreams!" He turns over Yoh's body, but a shocked look crosses his face as he sees the expression that Yoh has.
Chibi Yoh: Being turned over by Priest Seto, he snickers calmly. "Sew, dat Annah-wuk-awiyk idn'd weew, iyz shee?" (So, the Anna-look-alike isn't real, is she?) He comes to his feet.
Priest Seto: He steps back. "What? What are you snickering about? What's so funny?!"
Dead Chibi Anna: She turns around to face Yoh.
Chibi Yoh: He glares at the Anna- resembling frozen zombie. "Haw, yew caw'd huwd mee-GAAK!" (Ha, you can't hurt me-(GAAK)!) His taunting is interrupted as Dead Chibi Anna tries to choke out Yoh again. "GAAK!"
Priest Seto: "DIE, YOH!" He points at Dead Chibi Anna with his Millennium Rod.
Chibi Yoh: His snickering continues. (taunting Seto) "Hehehe. Miy gwampa sez dat anguw maykz wun wez efektiv iyn a fiyt." (Hehehe. My grandpa says the anger makes one less effective in a fight.) (to Dead Chibi Anna) "Dowd wuwee, Annah. Iy'w fiynd yew befow yew diy fow weew. Iy pwomiz." (Don't worry, Anna. I'll find you before you die for real. I promise.) Dead Chibi Anna's choking hold has no effect on Yoh. Yoh holds up one of Dead Chibi Anna's hand to his face and kisses the back of her hand.
Dead Chibi Anna: Her hands begin to vaporize, centering around where Yoh had kissed her hand. She quickly drops Yoh as her hands turn to steam. Soon, her entire body turns to nothing more than a cloud of steam as her clothes and prayer beads fall to the ground. (think Wicked Witch of the West)
Chibi Yoh: He glares up at Priest Seto. "Nau weev mee an Annah awown!" (Now leave me and Anna alone!)
Prist Seto: He runs off, with a stare of shock on his face. "Rrr, no, I'll get you! You and Anna WILL die, and your souls will be grafted to my ever-expanding power!" He vanishes into the void.
Chibi Yoh: He grins as he watches Priest Seto run off like a scared animal.
Voice: A soft and innocent voice flows in the form of a soft gust of wind. The voice sounds like Chibi Anna, half crying and half shivering. "Y-y- yow... Y-y-yow..." (Y-y-yoh... Y-y-yoh...)
Chibi Yoh: He darts his head around, searching for the source of the voice. "Annah! Iz dat yew?" (Anna! Is that you?)
Voice: "Y-y-yow... W-w-wew aw-w-w y-y-yew?... Iy'm-m-m s-s-skawd..." (Y- y-yoh... W-w-where ar-r-re y-y-you?... I'm-m-m s-s-scared...) The voice breaks down into a sob.
Chibi Yoh: "Annah! Wew aw yew? Iy'm kuwm fow yew! Iy pwomiss!" (Anna! Where are you? I'm coming for you! I promise!) He shoots glances around everywhere.
Voice: "Y-y-yow... Pw-w-weez k-k-kum f-f-fow m-m-mee... I-i-iym iyn d-d- da... S-s-sow k-k-kouwd..." (Y-y-yoh... Pl-l-lease c-c-come f-f-for m-m- me... I-i-i'm in th-th-the... S-s-so c-c-cold...) The voice breaks into a softer sob.
Chibi Yoh: He stares up and yells. "Annah! Yur in da were? Were, Annah?!" (Anna! You're in the where? Where, Anna?)
Voice: "S-s-sow k-k-kowd-d-d... Iyn-n-n d-d-da..." (S-s-so c-c-cold-d- d... In-n-n th-th-the...)
Chibi Yoh: (Shouting at the top of his lungs) "Da wew?! WEW?! ANNAH?!" (The where?! WHERE?! ANNA!)
Voice: "...iyn-n-n d-d-da-" (...in-n-n th-th-the-) The voice is cut off as Yoh wakes up from the dream.
(end of Yoh's dream)-----
Chibi Tamara: She shakes Yoh violently. "Yow, Yow, wayk uwp! Iy now wew Annah iz! Iy now wew Annah iz!" (Yoh, Yoh, wake up! I know where Anna is! I know where Anna is!)
Chibi Yoh: He jolts out of his sleeping bag as Tamara shakes him awake. "Hay, hay, Iym uwp! Wuza wakit?!" (Hey, hey, I'm up! That's the racket?!)
Chibi Tamara: She folds her hands, trying to contain her excitement. (perky) "Yow, diz spewid caym tew mee an showd mee wew Annah iz! Iy now wew Annah iz!" (Yoh, this spirit came to me and showed me where Anna is! I know where Anna is!)
Chibi Yoh: (sarcastically) "Wew, guwd fow yew; dat mayks wun uv uws!" (Well good for you; that makes one of us!) His eyes widen as he begins to comprehend all that Tamara had said. (skeptically) "Uw, wud spewid?" (Uh, what spirit?)
(A/N: Hmph, way to go, Tamara! Yoh was having his first vision! Oh well, things are coming around. The ends will all be tied up soon, but this chapter got a bit long, so I cut it here, at the climactic point.
And seven pages is a climactic point in my book, uh, pardon the pun. Well, if it were any longer and I'd warn you to pull up a comfy chair, some popcorn, and a jumbo pretzel.
But I hope you found the new character I chose to include. Like "spiky- haired spirit" doesn't just spell it out for you! And for those who wonder where this spirit came from, it's a combination of some other things:
1. End of Chapter 5: Chibi Anna calls on some random spirit to protect Yoh. But, unfortunately for Priest Seto, as a tradition of Yugioh, 'random' is synonymous with 'exactly what one needs to get the job done'.
2. End of Chapter 1: Oh, and that line is supposed to be "hikari". Sorry, got a little ambitious with my Japanese knowledge. "Aibou" is "companion", "hikari" is "light side". And back to the line, the Pharaoh's spirit was speaking, showing that his powers were coming back together again, allowing his spirit to be called out by Anna.
...and, last but not least...
3. Cuz' DrakeTheDuelist said so!: Yeah, how's that one line go: "And that's the bottom line, because... uh, somebody-or-other... said so!" Need I say more? Didn't think so...
Chapter 7 done at last! But the next chapter could take quite a while. Until then, I don't own Shaman King or Yugioh.)