A/N: Ewo peeps! T'is me! Shinzo! (tkari) , hope ya like the story so far, sorry its taken me so long to update, but I don't know how and my sis had to show me how to do it in chapters... again.. plus I don't think many people like this story cries. ï Anways, if you DO like it, review and prove me weong! PLEASE!! I BEG OF YOU!! I NEED SUPPORT AT A TIME LIKE THIS!!! R&R PLEASE!
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Never-ending Sadness
Chapter 3
Friend or foe?
Anna stayed with the boy all that day, she transferred him into some hospital clothes of Yoh's, they were a bit too big for him but at least they were cleaner than the others he was wearing.
That day she had discovered a secret of the boy's, it was something she wished she hadn't, but she had.
She'd asked Yoh to go to a clothes repair department and get his trousers and shirt fixed, she decided to get him some new gloves since in her judgement they were beyond repair.
With Morty's help she'd managed to get him out of the danger zone and now he was just in a peaceful sleep. His fore head was now bandaged due to cuts and bruises and his right upper arm also had a bandage due to a rather large gash.
The only way they knew the boy was alive was the gentle rhythm of his breathing and the odd twitch of a finger or a slight moan.
Anna could feel the lad's tension even though he was asleep,
Its like he lives his whole life in fear, she thought.
Yoh returned with the gloves and clothing a few hours later, Anna had asked him to leave the room while she put his new gloves on.
"Why?" He had asked, but Anna only had to remind him that she could easily make him do more training while the boy healed and he was out of the room within seconds.
After about two days the boy was showing more signs of life, a little more twitching of the finger, the odd batter of an eyelid as if trying to wake, even turning in his sleep.
Anna was certain he would wake any day now, and she could ask him about what lay hidden beneath his gloves and shirt.
A light hurt my eyes as I tried to open them. It was painful and hard but I knew that it had to be done. I could see the outline of a table which I was facing, on it stood a bowl full of water and a damp cloth, also a clock with a date on it, I had been unconscious for nearly three days.
As my surroundings became clearer I managed to lift my head a little bit, then realised I wasn't in the rosebush I had hid in, but was in a soft bed like the one back home before the evil had come.. before it had destroyed my life.
I forced myself not to think about it and studied the room once more.
There was a wooden chair on the other side of the bed which seemed recently used considering the fact that it still had a dint in the cushion where whoever it was had been sitting.
Suddenly a breeze through the slightly open window made my hands feel cold, almost at once I realised I hadn't my gloves on, at least not the ones I had had on before. I looked at the alien gloves on my hands, they were the same as the ones before only new and without the scars of past battles. I jumped as I heard footsteps approaching.
Have to hide! I thought franticly, quickly and silently I scrambled out of the bed and into the shadows beneath it.
I soon saw my mistake of acting to soon after battle when a horrid pain rushed through my head, a wave of dizziness rushed through me and I had to close my eyes for a second.
When I opened them again there was someone in the room, they were standing just inches from my face so I crawled deeper under the bed, careful not to make a sound.
Whoever it was walked around the other side of the bed, stopped, then called "Anna have you seen our guest?" He sounded like a boy, his trousers looked like the boy kind too, but the sandals I wasn't so sure of.
"No, so I guess he's awake then?" Came a girl's voice,
"Yup," came the reply.
Slowly the boy bent down as if ready to peer under the bed, but instead he just picked up a piece of paper that was on the floor.
A nearly silent sigh escaped my throat,
"Hello?" Asked the boy, "come on out, don't be afraid."
His voice was gentle and kind but I had learnt that looks could be deceiving.
"I wont hurt you," he slowly bent down and peered under the bed, I squished my body into the corner and hoped that he would make some sort of mistake so I could run.
"Hi there," he smiled a warm smile but I just stayed silent, "why don't you come on out?" I shuck my head shakily and got ready to make a run for it.
I dashed out from under the bed with him yelling 'come back' behind me, I ran through what appeared to be a living room and past a girl with some sort of long bandanna round her head.
"Wait!" She called; I could see the door and the greenness of the grass outside when suddenly a ghostly figure appeared in front of me, I didn't know why but when I saw him I fell to the ground with a thud and just looked at him with a blank expression on my face.
"Hello.." Said the ghost what appeared to be a samurai,
I didn't reply. My head hurt but I learned to ignore the pain, after a few seconds I heard footsteps swiftly approaching and I was ready to run once more, then I remembered.
"Noyble!" I said out loud, avoiding my captures I rushed back into the room from which I had come and started searching for my only weapon.
"Here ya go," said the girl's voice, she handed me my red stick and I was having second thoughts about the place and people in it.
"Wanna try again?" Asked the boy with the sandals on, I nodded and listened as they introduced themselves.
It appeared that the boy who had found me was called Yoh Asakura and he wanted to be Shaman King.
The girl was called Anna and was Yoh's training teacher and his fiancé.
"So what's your name kid?" Asked Yoh with a smile.
"..Shinzo," I said uneasily.
Without warning the spirit appeared again but no one seemed to introduce him until Yoh realised I was staring at him.
"Um.. This may sound strange, but can you see anyone else in the room?"
I nodded and pointed to the floating spirit beside him.
"O..k..Well this is Amidamaru, he's my guardian ghost. Can I ask you something?" Asked Yoh, I nodded and listened as he asked, "Are you a Shaman?"
"..Why?" I asked, wanting to be careful of my new found 'friends'.
"Because if you are you might be here to eliminate Yoh from the rounds of the upcoming tournament." Anna spoke up calmly.
"Why would I do that?" I asked,
"Then you are a shaman!" Said Yoh with a smile, I backed away, "No, don't be afraid, I didn't mean to frighten you."
"Its not you, I'm just wary of strangers." I gestured to behind them where another boy stood, he panted and looked like he'd been dragged backwards through the forest.
"Tray?" Asked Yoh,
"Help.. me.. evil sister.. after me.." Then he noticed I was awake and stopped his dramatic scene, "So who's the kid?"
"WERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Yelled Pilica appearing at the window, "ITS TWELVE OCLOCK AND DINNER AINT EVEN STARTED YET!! AND IVE TOLD YOU NOT TO HANG AROUND WITH THE ENEMY!!"
"But.. but.."
"NO BUTS!" Shouted his sister as she started to drag him away.
"Pilica?" Asked Yoh, "why not introduce him to our new friend first.. THEN you can torture him."
"Fine!" She shouted, then it was Anna's turn to step in.
"Shinzo this is Horo-horo, Horo-horo Shinzo there! NOW GO!!"
"Please, call me Tray," he said as he was dragged away, after a minute of silence Anna got bored and decided to see if she could find a slave to cook dinner, soon it was just me, Yoh and Amidamaru.
"So how come you were in that rosebush?" Asked Yoh as he fiddled with his thumbs.
"I don't wanna talk 'bout it.." I looked to the ground and stared at Noyble's red outline.
"Noyble huh? That some sort of code name or something?"
"No, its just his name, Noyble is the last gift my parents gave me before they went away."
"Went away?" Asked Amidamaru eyeing me cautiously.
"Never mind," I mumbled, "and yes, I guess I am kind of a shaman."
"Kind of?"
"You talk to much." I said cheekily,
"And you don't seem to talk at all," he deadpanned.
I laughed half-heartedly and turnt to look out of the small window on the other side of the bedroom.
The sky was now a pale grey and it looked like it was about to rain. I don't really know why, but I felt at home there, I felt like I belonged in that house with those people, but I knew that I could never permanently stay, I could never stay in the same town as the people I was trying to get away from.
No matter how much I liked Yoh and his friends I decided I would be gone by dawn.
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