Chapter 4: The Exchange Student

Despite winning the title as Shaman King, Yoh did not get what he wanted. He still had to go to school and attend his classes, though who would stop him from cutting? "Anna's not even here," he thought sadly, but his eyes were still shimmering with hope. Yoh knew that Anna would be coming back home soon. If he didn't trust her, what kind of person would he be? No less he was her fiance.

As his first class for the day began, Yoh drifted to sleep with his eyes still opened. He was abruptly awaken when he felt a swift hit on his upper arm. His best friend, Horohoro, said to him, "Yoh, the period ended already."

"What?" the said person questioned. He blinked several times and rub his eyes before he realized what was said to him. "Oh, okay. Let's go."

In the hallway as the two friends walked towards their next class, Horohoro stopped on his tracks and took hold of his friend's wrist. "Is something wrong?" he asked, his eyes reflecting some uncertainty. Yoh smiled at his friend. He didn't want to make his friends worry about him, but he was happy that Horohoro had asked.

"No, nothing's wrong. I just miss Anna... that's all."

"Seriously, man?! It's been so quiet since she left. Er... a bit too q-quiet," he choked, noticing the glare Yoh was giving him.

Horohoro's POV:

Yoh giving his friend a glare. Ahaha... this might be more serious than I thought. I did notice that he was less cheerful since the day Anna left, but I thought it was normal. Anna was like a friend to him and was part of his life since they did live together, so I thought that Yoh just needed to adjust to his new daily routine: no more pushups, no more running around, no more Anna! I would be happy for sure, but I guess I'm not Yoh, so I asked Ren since um... he seems to be better at these things, sort of. And I couldn't believe what he said saying that Yoh might actually have feelings for Anna and if that wasn't it, he suspects that Anna was not going to come back. Ahahaha... maybe the first is more plausible, but come on! Since I've met Yoh, I've met Anna and anyone can see that Anna was sticking on Yoh like a leech using the excuse that they were fiances. If I didn't know better, I would say that it was Anna who have the feelings, not Yoh. Though it doesn't take one to notice that maybe she doesn't have feelings. If you just look into her eyes, you'll just feel cold all over and shiver, wanting to run away from her. Well, those were what I thought in the beginning. Anyway, I have always seen Yoh with Anna and Anna with Yoh. It does feel weird now that Anna's not around to bug Yoh and force him to listen to her. I've always had this feeling that Fate ties them together.

"Yeah," he solemnly replied, walking away to our math class. Oh boy. I hope Anna will be coming home soon.

Third POV:

The class settled down in their homeroom during third period when the teacher called for attention with a cough. Horohoro glanced at You worrily before giving his divided attention to his teacher.

"Class, please welcome our new student, Kara Lui," the teacher introduced. The door to the room opened and a girl around five feet tall stepped out. She had black hair reaching down her hips and bangs reaching to her eyebrows. She was wearing the girl's school uniform: white blouse, red collar, and a green skirt.

Most of the students smiled at the new student. Some of the boys started whispering at one another about how slender and pretty she was. "Why don't you introduce yourself Miss Lui?" the teacher asked.

Kara nodded at the teacher before turning to the class and bowing, lowering her head a bit. "Hi, as you know, my name is Kara and I'm excited to be at this new school. I lived in this town when I was little but due to certain circumstances I had to temporarily move but as you can see I'm here now." She gave the class a smile, earning herself some glares from the girls and some affectionate eyeings from the boys.

There was a free seat next to Horohoro so Kara was told to sit next to him. For a moment, Horohoro thought he saw an unpleasant glare coming from the new student but he brushed it off as his imagination.

After some futile cheering from Horohoro for Yoh, the icy, blue-haired Shaman was lightly tapped on the shoulder. He turned around to find that it was the new student that wanted something from him. He could not help the aura that she gave. It was so serene and the way she was standing there made him want to protect her because she had a fragile and innocent look going on.

"M-may I help you?" he stuttered, surprised at how the words came out harder than he expected.

Kara gave a timid nod, looking down on the floor before settling on looking straight into his eyes. "I heard from the other girls that our seats are not assigned... so I was wondering if I could s-switch seats with you, hmm?"

"OF CORSE!" he was screaming in his head, though some tiny part of his brain was questioning her desire to switch seats with him. "Y-yeah, sure. That's... cool."

"Thank you!" She gave him a sweet smile before settling down in her new seat.

Author's Note:

I know my previous chapters were short... :[