I was bored, had finished homework, had no interesting books to read, had no interesting anime to watch, had no interesting things to DO, so I decided to write the fourth chapter of Changes. (Not that writing is boring. ;;) My writing has been rejuvenated ever since I wrote "Best Nightmare"'s prelude. Ahahaha. What really surprises me, though, is that more people want Hana than Yohna. O.O I'll...just go and write the fic now. x.x Shall be...-raises eyebrow- cheesy, fluffy, stereotypical, full of Yohna, you name it. And perhaps short. Yes, short. FORGIVE ME.
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Disclaimer: I am not in the form of owning Shaman King. I am in the form of owning various fanfictions. BUT, I might be Hiroyuki Takei's long-lost granddaughter or something! "Melodies of Life" belongs to SquareSoft. It's from Final Fantasy IX, by the way.
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Changes
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Chapter Three: Day One: Mysterious Melodies From Memory
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Yoh looked into the glistening river. Moonbeams sparkled off of it and created a beautiful effect: silver rainbows. "Like Anna's eyes," he muttered without thinking, not noticing large booming noises and red clouds in the distance (which meant Hao was probably destroying more of the city), or the small footfalls of a person coming up in back of him.
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"What are my eyes like?" a voice said behind him. A voice he treasured. Spinning around quickly, Yoh smiled at the blond itako. "...Oh, nothing."
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Nodding a response--the normal Anna would never let him go without an answer, Yoh pondered--Anna came over to stand next to him, leaning on the guardrail, just like him, and stared out into the water, unbeknownst of the Japanese shaman's thoughtful gaze.
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A slight wind picked up, ruffling Anna's hair and tossing it carelessly into her face. Yoh automatically reached over to brush it from her eyes. The normal Anna would never let him do that, he mused again.
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Abruptly the itako began softly under her breath. As if nature obeyed the girl's orders, it picked up wind as her voice crescendo-ed. Yoh could only stare at her, spellbound, as the grass bent under the wind's force and the water even flowed faster in the river.
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A voice from the past, joining yours and mine.
Adding the layers of harmony.
And so it goes, on and on.
Melodies of life.
To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond.
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And, as suddenly as Anna had begun, she stopped, frowning delicately in a very un-Anna fashion. Of course, she wasn't Anna right now. "What?" Yoh persisted. "Go on!"
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She continued to frown and turned away, now leaning with her back to the river. "I...don't remember," she confessed. "Only now...after the accident...I thought of it."
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Yoh folded his arms and stared at the ground silently. Something more happened in the accident, he thought.
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"But that's only a small part of the song...but maybe I'll remember as life goes on," Anna whispered.
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Out of the blue, Yoh's watch beeped loudly, announcing the hour as ten o' clock. Anna jumped, slid on the slick grass, and (once again) fell into Yoh's arms. She laughed nervously. "...We've gotta stop making this a habit."
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Yoh nodded, not really listening, just looking into her eyes. He leaned closer to her, and closer, and--
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"What are you guys doing out here?" a voice asked dazedly. "Where am I?"
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Quickly letting go of Anna, Yoh embarrassedly stepped away from the trembling itako--and she wasn't trembling from the cold.
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"P-Pirika?" Anna called out, coming over her initial shock.
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"In person," the Ainu said coldly. Way too coldly for someone like her. Yoh blinked. Had she switched too...? If so, with who?
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"You two shouldn't be out here so late. It's too cold, too. Tomorrow I might not be able to tortu--er, train you, Yoh, if you get a cold. So don't get a cold on me," the blue-haired girl glared evilly, then stomped back inside.
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Yoh stepped backwards nervously. Looked like the spirit of Anna was back, in Pirika-form.
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End Chapter
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Was it just me or was that shorter than usual? Dunno. Keep voting for who Jeanne should go with. So, Anna's in Pirika, Tamao's in Anna, then where's Pirika's personality? You'll find out soon. I think. Finally, I updated! REVIEW! Read Best Nightmare or something! Ja ne!
PS. Shall be going away for the weekend. Won't be able to update. -bows- Apologies. I'll make the next chapter extra long or something to make up for it and update sooner. Sorry!!!!