Resurfacing by Strawberry'd

Chapter Three: Reunited?


"Anna! Anna, it is you!" Yoh's frantic voice came through the phone. Only to be met by silence. "Anna! Anna?"

Anna's eyes were wide and full of shock. Just this morning she was thinking about him and now she was sitting next to this replica, only a girl.

She felt a tug on her skirt.

"Um, I think oji-san is talking to you."

Suddenly, her words penetrated Anna's shocked mind.

Oji-san? Anna smiled a bit. And here I thought that she was Yoh's daughter. But she's not. She's… HAO'S?

"Tell me, what's your father's name?" she asked Ayame, quite forgetting about Yoh on the phone.

"Anna? I think you know my father's name." Yoh said.

"Not you!" she snapped.

Yoh grinned. It was Anna. His Anna. Yoh shook his head. She wasn't his. Not anymore. He smiled ruefully. I don't think she ever was.

"My otou-san is Asakura Hao." Ayame-chan said proudly.

Anna grinned. She was so proud to have him as a father. But I guess he's not like that anymore.

Now calm and in control of her shock, she spoke to Yoh as if they hadn't been a day apart. It had beeneight years.

"Yoh, the subway is going to Yokohama so meet us there, ok?" Anna said briskly.

"Ok, Anna." Yoh answered meekly, just as he always did. Anna smiled softly.

"Say good bye to…" Frowning she turned to Ayame. "What's your name?" she asked.

"Asakura Ayame."

"Ok. Say bye to Ayame-chan, Yoh." Anna talked back into the phone.

She gave the phone back to Ayame.

"Ok, oji-san! Ja ne (1)!" Ayame pushed a button and snapped the phone shut.

"He's going to meet us in Yokohama." Ayame told Anna.

"Ok, my name is Kyouyama Anna." Anna replied.

"Dozo yoroshiku (2)." Ayame smiled.

Anna couldn't help smiling back, she was so kawaii (3)!

"I have an idea." She whispered to Ayame. "How about we get Yoh to take us shopping?"

Anna wasn't about to give up a day's shopping just because of this found.

Ayame giggled. "And we can get oji-san to carry all our bags!"

Anna grinned and they waited for the train to stop in Yokohama.

As the train neared the station, Anna couldn't help but feel excited and apprehensive.

What if he changed? What if he doesn't like me anymore? What if he… Anna shook her head. I shouldn't be thinking this. It won't do me any good.

And yet… Anna couldn't wait till they stopped.

Likewise, Ayame was bouncing in her seat. She had figured out that Anna was a long time friend of oji-san and wanted to see how he would react. She had told him he needed a girlfriend and Anna was pretty.

They two girls couldn't help the big grins on their faces and they only grew wider when the conductor said, "Nearing Yokohama, gather possessions and make your way to the exit."

With her heart in her throat, Anna stepped off the subway, with Ayame in tow.


Yoh couldn't help but be excited. His long time love ofeight years was coming back!

Yoh saw the train approaching, and with a quickly beating heart, he walked up to it.

His eyes searched the passengers that came off it, looking for Anna and Ayame. And then, there they were. He felt his breath catch in his throat. She was here. It was her. A couple of meters away, the one he loved, the one he hadn't seen foreight years, right… in front of him?

"Hello Yoh." Anna said, nodding at him. For all her calm appearance, her heart was beating so fast she knew he could hear.

"Oji-san! Oji-san! Guess what me and Anna-chan…" Yoh watched as his former fiancée shook her head at his niece and his niece stifling her giggles.

His eyes narrowed and then shrugged. It must be a girl thing.

"Let's get out of here, shall we?" Yoh took Ayame's hand and slung an arm over Anna's shoulder. To his surprise, she left it there, without shrugging it off. She just took his hand in hers and held it. He looked at her and saw a faint blush on her cheeks.

"I don't want to hold your hand, oji-san! I want to hold Anna-chan's!" Ayame said.

Chuckling, he did as she wanted. He took his arm from around Anna and put her on the other side of her, so Anna was in the middle. Putting one hand in this pocket, and the other in Anna's hand, he felt strongly at peace.

Outside, Yoh called for a taxi. Once they had one, they all piled in the back.

"Where to?" asked the taxi diver.

Yoh opened his mouth but Anna beat him to it. "To the main mall in Yokohama please."

While Yoh was looking at her strangely, she just leaned back and began to talk to Ayame.

A little while after that, Yoh felt a pressure on his shoulder. It was Anna, she was leaning her head against him.

"I missed you," he whispered to her.

"I missed you, too," she replied. Yoh wove his fingers through hers.

"Don't ever leave me again." He said hoarsely.

She just cuddled up to him more and said, "Don't worry, I won't."


Note:(1): bye, see you soon
(2): nice to meet you.
(3): cute

End of Chapter Three