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"Go to sleep, Anna. It's..." Anna looked over to the left at her antique designed alarm clock on top of her wooden carved nightstand. "... 2:19 A.M. What the hell are you doing up?" she scolded herself. After forcefully squeezing her eyes shut, Anna tossed and turned, still unable to get her much needed beauty sleep. It continued on for ten minutes, until she finally gave up. Maybe a cup of milk will help. She thought as she made her way to the kitchen.
The room illuminated with a flip of the light switch. Anna scanned through her traditional Japanese inspired living room, hoping finding everything in place. Everything was in place except for her sliding glass door leading to the balcony. She realized the curtain was still tied up. With an irritated sigh, Anna walked over and began to until the sash holding up the curtain. After struggling with the tight knot for a few minutes she finally got it down.
"That's better," she said to herself with a smile. Anna began to head towards the kitchen once more when it struck her. Was the floor of the balcony... white? Slowly, she made her way back to the glass door. Anna's hands shook unconsciously as she reached for the curtain. With a quick swipe of her hand, Anna pushed the curtain to the side.
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Moments later, Anna was outside still dressed in her pajamas. She loss all her senses as soon as she saw the snow through her glass door. The coldness of the snow chilled her feet as she ran left and right searching. The snow was a few inches deep, covering the ground. At this point, the street was now invisible under all the snow. Seconds past, then minutes, still no sign of anyone. Anna started to laugh, quietly so only she could hear.
"I feel so stupid..." she said under her breath. "Why the hell would he be hear at 2:30 in the morning?" Anna started to walk in a daze, unaware of what was heading her way.
"Anna, watch out!" a voice rang in her ears. Before she could even react, Anna felt a pair of hands pushed her forward. Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion as she was falling to the ground, her face now buried in the snow. A second later came the sound of a car's tired trying to screech to a halt... then a loud thud... a shrill high pitched scream... and now silence...
Slowly but steadily, Anna forced herself to stand up. She squeezed her hand into a tight fist before finding the strength to turn around. Her eyes scanned the scene wildly.
"That idiot..." she said as her heart skip a beat when her eyes landed on the brunet laying on crimson snow. His eyes were close but the trace of his smile was still there. Anna felt her legs stepped forward, one in front of the other until she finally reached the body. Also beside him was a frantic blue-haired girl, screaming as if she has lost her mind. But Anna tuned her out, she tuned everything out. Now only the boy lying in front of her exists.
"Yoh, you idiot!" she cried and fell to her knees. Her hand slipped under his neck. Then she carefully placed his head on her lap. He managed to open his eyes and forced a grin.
"I said I would return for you," he said weakly, his face twisting in pain as he did so. Yoh's whole body was in pain, but the pain only made him want to smile even more. The dream last night was the worst. It was horrifying to see her body lying there, barely breathing. He knew he shouldn't mess with the fate, but this time, he just couldn't bear to see Anna hurt. Now she doesn't have to live through hell. The only problem was if Anna was the one injured, she would eventually heal completely. But now it's him lying on the blood covered snow. With him injured, Yoh didn't know the final outcome.
"This is not how I pictured you to return to me," Anna put an emphasis on the word 'not' as she tried to hold back more tears. She's seen Yoh no more than three times yet he's the person who caused her to shed the most tears. "Tell me, Yoh. Tell me now that you'll be ok, that everything will be ok!" Anna was nearing her breaking point.
"I... I can't..." His eyes sadden. Anna's heart sank as his reply.
"Why not?" she asked softly, afraid of his answer. This isn't supposed to happen. "No, you will be ok! I saw it, Yoh. I saw us together. That means you'll be ok." She tried to give him a reassuring smile. Yoh smiled back, but sadness still present in his eyes. He struggled to bring his hand up but failed. Anna quickly grabbed for his hand before it fell back down. She then brought his hand up and placed it on her tear covered cheek.
"The present has been altered, I don't know the future." Yoh stared straight ahead, his expression unreadable, but his smile, his warm dumb smile that annoyed Anna so much was still there. Anna pondered for a moment with his words. She felt her stomach twisted in a knot as she finally came to a realization.
"I... was the one who suppose to be hit by the car..." Anna's tears rolled down her cheek uncontrollably, dripping like little droplets of rain on Yoh's face below.
"It's ok, Anna. I'm just happy you're safe. That's all that matters..." Yoh's voice trailed off as his eyes slowly closed. He couldn't find the strength to keep them open any longer. All he do hear now was the sound of Anna sobbing softly, causing him more pain than any physical injure inflicted on him could. He wanted to hold her and comforted her so badly, but Yoh could feel his life slipping away. Now only darkness surrounds him.
I love you Anna...
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Reuploaded: October 25, 2004 - I was informed that chaoter 8 was not showing so now it's reuploaded. Ummm... it could have been because I typed it up and uploaded from work (yeah i slack off at work). So umm... hope it works now.
Awwwww ::sobs uncontrollably also:: poor Yoh. I so love that guy! Anna's being too emotional huh? lol but from reading the manga, I noticed that the only time she usually shows any type of emotions (other than annoyance) was when Yoh's life was in danger (the Ryo & Tokagero part) or when she was accusing Yoh of having an affair in vol 4 (that part was soooo cute!)
Yeah very short chapter. Ummm it would really suck if I end it now huh? hehe
elyssalyn: haha I actually find Yoh to be a very beautiful person, inside and out . But yeah maybe I should have used a better word for that part.
DarKnight5: this is actually an Alternate Universe story so anything's possible.
KristiexxNguyen: haha done! I never liked the name zeke anyway. He'll be showing up in the next chapter, along with 2 others from shaman king
Jonil Raptor: so you finally read huh? hehe thanks girl!
Yeah sorry I can reply to everyone. But please continue to review and maybe give me some suggestions on where this story should be heading. I really do appreciate everyone's comments and enjoy reading them.
