Chapter 7: Numb

By: Princess Sango

Anna…

I awoke to see Manta sitting next to me, holding a baby. Looking at him I smiled and he showed me the baby boy. I sat myself up and held my arms out. Manta smiled and held him out to me, and I cradled him to my chest. The only thing Yoh left me, besides Manta and a bunch of friends, but I mean related by blood.

Looking at him I started to think of a name and I looked at Manta and asked him. "I think Yori, Yoshiko, or Yoshiro."

"Ah, those are good names that I need to think about, for now call him Nanashi okay?"

"Hai, I understand."

I smiled at him and kissed his cheek, "You're so good to me!"

Manta blushed and walked out of the room with out saying anything, and then June came in. She looked down cast and then I remembered-Yoh wouldn't be coming back. I let a few tears drop but looked up at June, "I'm glad for your brother."

June kneeled down to me and hugged me careful not to disturb Nanashi, "I'm sorry Anna-chan, I wish Yoh weren't so foolish. Maybe if my brother hadn't won, just maybe he would be here right now."

Then when she got up to leave I looked at June, "What do you mean by that?"

"I'm not supposed to tell you."

"I need to know, I have his child and I just need to know what happened."

June gave a sad smile, "He decided that you wouldn't take him back if he didn't make Shaman King, so he stayed behind. I think he's afraid to see what would happen."

"That's stupid, I would take him back!"

"Hai but Yoh didn't know that, did he?"

I closed my eyes and by the time I looked back up, June was gone. Looking at Nanashi I hugged him close, Maybe Yoh will see how much of a baka he is being, just maybe, he will come back. All I can do is hope-but until then I only have Tamao, Manta, and Rio to rely on. You and them are the only pieces I can rely on now…

I sighed and got up, still dressed in a nightgown and made my way to the kitchen, where Manta had already set up a small cradle for me to put Nanashi in. Manta came next to me and smiled, "Anna we need to talk about somethings later."

I just didn't know what he would say, but for now, I felt numb, and when you're numb, you can't feel anything…