Me: (is depressed)
Kaylin: What's wrong? ...Your birthday, huh? (smiles) Cheer up! You're still 12.You're not even 13 yet...you're not that old, right?
Me: (still depressed) I'M OOOLD!sniff
Kaylin: sweatdrops
Me: ...Oh forget it... (smiles weakly) Well, here's the next chapter! Thanks a lot for your reviews and comments...I really didn't think i would get any D
The two girls stood stock still facing each other, neither able to believe what they were seeing. Then, Anna smiled. "Kaylin...I never thought I'd be able to see you again! Come in." With that she took Kaylin's forearm and led her into the house. They went into Anna's room, went inside, and sat down. "So, what brings you here? I haven't seen you for two years, at least. Before you left Japan, I mean. What's happened?"
"I heard the shaman tournament was going to start here, so I came," Kaylin replied.
Anna noted the mix of emotions on Kaylin's face- sadness, disapointment, anger. "I know there's more to it then that Kaylin. What's wrong?"
Kaylin smiled. Anna wasn't always like this to everybody; she didn't always show her care even though she did. "I...uh..." She sighed and continued. "I ran away from home." There was a silence that followed, Kaylin looked at the floor the whole time and Anna studied her old friend's face.
"Why did you do that?" she asked.
"Well, it's kind of a long story," Kaylin admmitted, "You see, it pretty much started when I got back home in China two years ago. My parents didn't exactly mistreat me or anything, but...ugh...they made me do triple the chores that I used to do, on top of my shaman training with Skye." Anna smiled in her mind- it reminded her of all the chores and training she made Yoh do. "Well, I guess they weren't so bad, the real trouble came later on. You see, my parents arranged a marriage for me and another shaman. I overheard them talking about it the night I left, two weeks ago. They wanted me to, you know, practically give up my life to my fiancce! I'd have to do the housework, take care of his organizing battles, so on. I don't want to have to do that. I want to live my own life, to live it the way I wish to, freely, without anyone ordering me around like how I had been when I was younger, before coming here for school. Hah, I bet that shaman's really weak anyways! I could easily beat him, with all the training I've been doing for the past I-don't-know-how-long. I left because the marriage was already set, and so that I could compete in the Shaman King Tournament. If I won, then I wouldn't have to marry that freakin' kisama that I've been arrangedto marry right now. I've never hated my parents or anything, but now I do, or, at least I hate what they've just done to me." Kaylin drew a deep breath after finishing talking. Anna didn't say anything for the whole time, listening to her every word. Kaylin's situation resembled her own, except that she didn't want to marry, unlike Anna, who acutally loved and cared about Yoh.
Then, as if coming out of a trance, Kaylin shook her head and looked around. "This place is pretty big for just one person to be living in, Anna. Does anyone else live in here, Anna?"
She nodded. "Yeah. My fiance Yoh does."
"WHAAAT! YOU'RE ENGAGED! ALREADY?" Kaylin stared, gaping at Anna.
Anna stared back. "Look who's talking, Kaylin... You're engaged too, remember? We're in the same boat, both of us are engaged."
"But...you...don't... care about your engagement?"
Anna shook her head. "Yoh is a nice guy, not that I'd ever tell him that..." she narrowed her eyes at Kaylin. "So don't tell him about that, okay?" Kaylin sweatdropped. Then there was a noise coming from the front door.
"Aaah, I'm so tired...Anna why must you torture me so!" A voice moaned out into the house.
"That must be Yoh, right?" Kaylin lookedat Anna questioningly.
"Yeah, that's him alright."
"...Uh...you torture him?...Ahahahaha! What do you do to him!"
"Training. He needs it. He's weak right now. And he's a lazy bum too. He needs to be stronger." Anna said matter-of-factly. "You want to meet him?"
Kaylin shrugged. "Well, I guess I might as well." They went out of the room and went to the kitchen to see Yoh, where he was raiding the kitchen of it's food before Anna found out about it...
Me: Hah! Yoh! You're gonna get in trouble!
Yoh: NNNOOOO! WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU TO MAKE ME DESERVE SUCH TORTURE!
MeBetter start running Yoh. Look behind you...
Anna: Raiding the kitchen, eh? (Yoh starts to run but...)
SMACK
Anna walks away leaving a bruised Yoh laying on the ground half-dead.
Everyone else: sweatdrops
Hey. Hope this chapter was long enough...I mean...the last one was so short! Not to mention about the cliffie evil laughter! Thanks to devilicious-jo, soccer-cutie67, and XxMist-GliderxX (really, why don't you write some stories too?) for reviewing! Don't forget to review! >winks
