Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King nor any of the characters presented in this piece of work.
Note: Sorry I took so long to update. It was pretty hard to continue from where chapter 16 left off.
Chapter 17
"Lunch was great, Manta. Thanks for taking to such a nice place." Tamao looked over at the timid boy walking beside her. They reached the elevator and stepped in together.
"Oh it was nothing. I eat there pretty often, most of the time to entertain clients." He say shy. Manta's fingers brushed against Tamaos causing every single strand of hair on his arm to stand.
'If I hold her hand… will she get mad?'
Manta's hand suddenly found Tamao's and he held on tightly. For moment neither of them moved nor made a sound. The only thing that could be heard was the low rhythmic sound of their breathing. The sudden ding of the elevator caused them both to look up.
"Looks like our stop." Tamao turned around to Manta will a smile.
'She didn't pull her hand away!'
Manta was too excited that he walked right into the elevator door with a "Oof!" escaping his mouth. He rubbed his face wearily. The boy couldn't believe his luck.
'Why does these things always happen to me while I'm with her?'
Then he heard a small giggle. It didn't take long for him to realize it came from the girl he was holding. Her eyes were closed and her free hand unsuccessfully covered her mouth as she continued to giggle. Manta couldn't help but smile at her. She was very cute when she laughed, and if it took him getting hurt to bring on that smile Manta didn't mind walking into the door or wall several times more.
"Hey, Manta." He finally saw her mouth moving.
"Huh?"
"The elevator, it's open." She pointed to it with an amuse look on her face.
"Oh ok. Let's go then." He lead them both out the elevator and headed towards Yoh's room. "Hey, Tamao?" His sounded nervous.
"Yes?" She turned to look at him detecting his nervous tone.
"I was wondering, if you're not busy this weekend, my parents would really like to…" The sudden burst of a door startled both the them. Two nurses wheeled a patient out of the room with a doctor running right behind them.
"We have to hurry, he's losing too much blood!" The woman said with urgency. They soon disappeared around the corner leaving Manta and Tamao staring wide eyed.
"Manta?" Tamao's voice was weak like how her whole body felt at that moment.
"Y…yes?" came Manta's shaky voice.
"They just came out of Yoh's room…"
Hearing those words left Tamao's mouth made Manta's heart sank. He was hoping he misunderstood and that those people had came of someone else's room.
"My God, Yoh…"
After a long while of walking, Anna found herself sitting alone at the shop. Tamao was gone and it was way past her time to be back from lunch.
'This is unlike Tamao. She would never leave the shop unattended for so long. Could something have happened?'
Anna decided to go out and search. She figured her being at the shop wasn't going to do any good especially in her state. After slipping on her winter coat, the shop's door suddenly slammed opened.
"Miss Anna, I've come back for you!" The familiar yet annoying voice yelled excitedly from the door. Anna cringed as the guy walked swiftly closer to her while her back was still turned to him. The guy's arm spread widely ready to embrace the blonde when she suddenly turned around in time to swing her hand and slapped him across the face. The guy practically flew to the wall, landing with his face on the wall and his butt stuck in the air.
"Ryu," Anna said his name in disgust. "What did I tell you about touching me?" She towered over him with her arms crossed. "I guess you haven't learned since last time."
Ryu managed to look up at her with tears in his eyes. His brain told him to run for his life because this time it just might cause him just that, but the other part of him, the one that always seem win in the battle told him to stay.
'Damn my romantic heart!'
He cursed himself mentally before getting up on his feet. "But, Miss Anna, I was merely showing you how happy I am to see you after such a long time recuperating." He grinned at her showing half of his front teeth missing.
Both of Anna's eyebrows lifted. She couldn't believe the guy was back after the verbal and physical abuse she gave him. His once ridiculously large pompadour was chopped down to almost nothing by herself when they first met and Ryu decided she was his happy place and suddenly hugged her. That took several days from him to get over, but still Ryu came back and claimed that his love for her was greater than anything, even his trademark hair.
'What a moron.'
She had thought, but he was there following her to and from work daily. He even threatened any guys who came near her, but Anna didn't mind that part at all. It saved her the hassle of having to do it herself.
Anna yelled at him to leave her alone. That didn't work. Anna called him names such as stupid, moronic, idiot, yes even dork. That didn't work either. Soon she resorted to physical violence hoping the pain would bring some sense to the hopeless guy. Still didn't work. Finally she gave up. At least he was keeping his distance until one day...
Anna wasn't sure what came over him but he tried to kiss her. Anna shuddered at the thought. That resulted in Anna punching him in the mouth before his lips even touched her. After several minutes of her spewing insults at him, Ryu ran away from the scene crying and have disappeared for weeks, way longer than any other times he fled from her in tears.
Yes the big moronic dork cried like a baby making Anna almost feel sorry for him... almost.
Now he's back standing in front of her with the stupid grin on his face.
Grin...
Anna's thoughts suddenly floated back to the one person she refused to think about. Still she couldn't help being concern about her well being.
I really hope he's ok…
"Argh! What am I saying? I don't care about him!" She blurted out loud.
The startled Ryu scratched his head. "I am sorry, but who is this him you are talking about?"
Anna looked up at him but looked away suddenly. She blushed slightly, embarrassed with her sudden outburst. "Leave me alone, Ryu. I don't have the energy to inflict any bodily harm to you right now."
"Not even enough to insult me!" He shrieked. That was uncommon, very uncommon, of Anna. He came to see her half expecting her to either break the rest of his teeth of anything along those lines. " Miss, Anna, are you ok? Are you sick. Let me feel your head." Ryu reached for Anna's head but she slapped his hand away.
"It's none of your business, moron." She turned to leave the store. "Get out, I'm closing the shop early today."
"Something really is wrong! Tell me your problems, Miss Anna. Maybe it would make you feel better." Ryu clasped his hands together and leaned towards Anna with a hopeful look on his face.
"I said it's none of your…" Anna stopped in mid-sentence. She thought for a moment about Ryu's offer.
Why not? Maybe talking to this moron would make me feel better. I just want someone to listen, and Tamao's not here…
"Ok." She said and turned to him. "But only on one condition."
"Yes, anything for you, Miss Anna!" He was clearly overjoyed.
"Only I talk and you say nothing. I'm getting hungry anyway."
"Deal!"
Anna walked out the the shop and Ryu followed. She locked the door after he was out. They soon begin walking with Anna in the lead and Ryu trailing like a love sick puppy behind her.
"Oh, and one more thing." She stopped and said without turning back. "You're paying."
Not far in the distance a brunet sit alone on the bench overlooking a long haired blonde and a much taller brunet following closely behind. A smirk formed on her face.
"Just a matter of time before you come to me, Anna. I will be waiting…"
Note: That's a pretty strange chapter but oh wells. Ryu finally shows up! I actually like that idiot also . Aren't Manta and Tamao cute? Lol I know very few people will agree with me on that. Doesn't matter. My Shaman King website… it's coming along very slowly lol. Aside from the Shaman King website, there will also be a Yona website. My crazy love and obsession!
Jonil: Yay you're back! Girl I thought you lost interest many chapters back haha. Thanks for still reading
cherri-chan: Apology accepted! And thank your for your wonderful compliments. Makes me want to update often, but sorry that isn't the case here lol. As for Anna and Yoh, well she's obviously mad at him but that doesn't change the fact she still loves the guy. As for Hao and Anna, who knows (except for me haha). You'll just have to wait and find out.
unicorn13564 Yay! Please do tell your friends. That would be greatly appreciated.
Wat3ry-ch4n Will she return? Well, gotta read on to find out right? Hehe
YamiandAnzu4ever Geez lol. Everyone wants her to return to him. That's understandable. I would want the same thing.
anangelslife Eh, I guess I didn't fulfill your demand…
Keyo-Red Angel of Hope Lol you refuse to? It would suck if it does turn out that way huh?
sweet-but-evil Yes my poor Yoh is suffering greatly both physically and emotionally. cries
anitaking3 : Haha, well there will be a sequel. Do I still need to make them longer?
Koneko-Koneko Writing cliffies makes you mean? Hmmm… maybe I should write more of those lol. I'm not sure if this one's a cliffy or not.
lady shelina: I love your for reading it!
lovebaby Yes I'd love to touch Yoh… No wait… that's not what you're talking about are you?... runs away and hide from Anna
uncertainty This story will be 20 chapters long. At least that's my plan as of right now.
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