Pure Snow

Author's Note: Chapter 8! HAHAHAHA!!! This is when things get really complicated for poor Anna. All of that suffering she'll go through. tsk, tsk, tsk. But she wouldn't have to suffer if she knew where her loyalties lied. And, by the time you read this chapter, I have already finished the story! :D Hehehe! So this IS one of those rare fics that I actually finish! (because I have a bad habit of abandoning fics :( )

Disclaimer: YES! I DO own Shaman King! I DO I DO I DO!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! ::gets carried away in a straight jacket::

Yoh: No, no, she doesn't own us. So don't worry about it. :3
Chapter 8:

This mask of friendship weighs heavily upon me.

Anna stood by the school gate, waiting for her fiancé and his brother. She breathed on her palms to keep herself warm. "Damn, how much long must I wait for them? Do they know how cold it is?" Anna asked herself. She rubbed her mittened hands together. She turned her head and saw Hao who was carrying his back and something behind him.

Anna walked over to the long haired twin. "What took you two so long?" Hao looked behind him.

"We sort of had some trouble on the way...."

Anna raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "Where's Yoh?"

"That's the problem..." Hao lifted up his left hand revealing Yoh's ankle. Anna looked behind Hao and saw the out cold Yoh. Anna looked at him and blinked, starting to get really pissed off. She walked over to Yoh and stomped on his stomach. "Wake up Yoh!!" She shouted.

Yoh flung his eyes open and screamed in pain. He looked around his current surrounding. Yoh saw that he was outside, in the cold, being dragged by Hao, and glared at by Anna. He quickly jumped to his dusted himself off. "Man.....stomped on twice in one day." Anna and Hao only sighed.

"Come on, it's getting colder by the moment." Anna turned towards the school and walked through the gates. Yoh and Hao soon followed. As the three walked inside the temperature suddenly changed, from extremely cold to unbearably hot. Hao fanned himself with his hand. "It wasn't this hot a few days ago..."

"......." Anna kept on walking. Yoh walked right beside his fiancé. The three walked in silence. As the walked up some stairs there were many school girls whispering about Hao and all the guys checking him out, thinking he was a tomboy girl with really flat chest.

Hao glared at everybody whispering about him. "Ok, what is their problem?" Hao whispered to Yoh and Anna. Anna looked back at him and smirked. "It's the hair..." Hao blinked and flipped his hair over his shoulder, causing some nearby schoolgirls to faint.

"Really? Wow, people are really shallow these days!" Hao played with his hair.

"I know....it's really annoying..." Anna snorted. Yoh only smiled brightly. "I don't know I find it funny!" Anna only grinned at Yoh. When they approached the classroom, Anna opened the door and the two went inside while Hao had some unfinished business.

A few minutes later Hao walked in with a big grin across his face. Anna sat on her desk and blinked at Hao's mighty grin. She raised an eyebrow. "What did you do?" Hao kept his grin. "Just prove to him that I was a male."

Anna raised another eyebrow. "How?"

Yoh, who sat in Hao's desk, looked Anna, shaking his head. "I don't think you want to know."

Brrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg!!!! After the school bell rang everyone took their seats. The teacher walked in and set his briefcase down on his desk. "Good morning class." he greeted his class.

The only response he got was a loud groan. The teacher raised an eyebrow. "I see.....looks like you all took advantage of your weekend." The teacher snickered as he started his lesson.

A little later.....

Yoh was long asleep. Anna was out there in her own world and Hao was paying tons of attention. There was so much history he didn't know about and he found it so interesting. Sometimes when Anna came back down to Earth she would glance at Hao and wonder.

'How is he able to put up with this?'

Finally the school bell rang again, dismissing the class. As Anna stood up, out of her desk, Hao stood right behind her. After Anna packed up all of her supplies she turned around and saw that she and Hao were only inches away.

"Can I help you?" Anna raised an eyebrow. Hao only smiled. "I'm taking you out tonight."

"You do know that I'm already taken, right?"

"I wasn't asking." Hao grabbed his schoolbag and headed for the door. "Be ready by eight."

Yoh walked to Anna, ready to go. "What was that about?" He tilted his head. "I'm not sure....but I think I just got a date with Hao...."

The two walked out together. "I see, so are you gonna go?" Yoh gave Anna his goofy smile. Anna shrugged. "Probably not."

Yoh blinked. "Why?"

"Because, I don't belong to anybody else but you."

This caused Yoh to blush. "Y-You should go! You do need to leave the house more than you already do."

"....if you really want me too. Then ok, I'll go."

Yoh smiled brightly. "Good."

Later around eight o'clock.....

Anna was brushing her hair. She didn't really dress up. Anna thought it wasn't necessary to dress up if she was going out with Hao. She walked downstairs and was greeted by Yoh. When he saw her he laughed. "So I'm guessing you're not taking this seriously."

"Of course not. This is Hao after all, he won't care." Anna walked over and slipped her feet in her sandals. She grabbed her scarf and tied it on her head. "Where is he anyway?"

"I'm still here. And I see you didn't dress up either." Anna turned around and saw Hao, who looked rather casual. He smiled at her and pointed to the door. "Well, shall we?" Anna nodded. The two grabbed their coats and hats and went out the door. Yoh walked out with them and waved to them goodbye until they left his sight.

Yoh went back inside and looked around. "Well, looks like I have the house all to myself! I wonder what I'll do first? ......TV!" Yoh ran into the lounging room and took comfort in the kotatsu. He relaxed and watched the TV. He had no worries.

After all, Yoh trusts Anna.
ChibiLaryla: :D Yaaay! At first I didn't know how to finish this chapter! YAAYYY!!!! now on to Chapter 9!!! (yes, I know this one has no ending lyrics but I need that for the next chapter.... ::sweatdrop::)