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Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King nor any of the characters presented in this piece of work.

Note: I just got the whole set of Shaman King DVD. I watched it in Japanese with English subtitles. Yoh's voice is soooooo cute! GAH! I can't believe how adorable he sounds. I love him all over again! Anyway, I just want to restate that this is a YONA fanfic. I hope that answers many of the people's concerns. The chapter will focus mainly on Hao and Anna.

Chapter 19

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The clock ticked on as the silence between the two people occupying the table continued to stare at each other. One in her cold icy glare, the other in an almost flirtatious matter. That brought only brought in even more glares from the girl.

'I…really can't stand looking at this guy.'

Her eyes widen in the slightest when he flashed her one of those smiles, the very same one Yoh usually gave her. The sides of his lips curled upwards and his eyes were closed. He looked so sincere but it only made Anna more annoyed. Despite his undeniably handsome face and, judging from looking at him with the tight red turtleneck sweater, fine toned physique, Anna still couldn't find herself being attracted to him.

Two girls, who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen, walked by but paused for a moment to meet with his gaze. Their cheeks immediately deepen to a shade of pink. Hao slowly pulled his long brown hair behind his ears, resting on his back. The ditzy duo giggled to each other before continuing to their table. Anna watched the scene with disgust.

'How can I spend the rest of my life with him? What kind of stupid, idiotic crap is this?'

Questions ran wild in her mind but she would never let her confusion show, especially not to the sitting in front of him.

He smiled sweetly at her.

Anna bit down on her teeth.

"I'm glad we are able to enjoy each other's company, even in silence." His voice finally broke the awkward, at least on Anna's end, silence between them.

"I never said I was enjoying this," the clearly irritated blonde retorted.

"I see. What a pity…" He trailed off.

"Meaning…?" Anna raised her right brow as she waited for him to respond.

"Meaning…" he leaned in on the table and looked straight into her eyes. "…you should have already figured it out."

Anna's hands squeezed her chair's armrest. "You're annoying me." She said flatly.

The brunet chuckled lightly. "You can be really charming, Anna."

She glared.

"Don't you think it is fate that you seem to know exactly where to find me?" His confidence ticked Anna off.

"I was on my way home and spotted you in this restaurant." Her monotone voice deceived her inner turmoil.

"Deny what you will, Anna, but you're here now. With me."

Anna's mouth opened to respond but found she was at lost for words.

'Why am I here?'

"You're here because you were supposed to be here. The future has been laid out, Anna. Yoh's a fool for trying to change them. Just look at where it's gotten him now." His tone slowly changed to almost anger.

'But…he's in the hospital because of me.'

Anna's eyes shifted to the side. Her mind floated to the snowy night, one of the scariest moments of her life. The hand on her shoulder snapped her back to reality. Not very pleased with being touched, she almost violently shrugged him off when his grip on her shoulder tighten.

"We're meant to be together, Anna. In the vision, you were so happy."

She froze.

'Happy..?'

"There was one particular dream where all three of us were having a picnic by the lake." Hao continued to reminisce his visions.

"Three…" it came out in neither a question nor comment.

"Us and our son," he smiled down to her. "He had my features but your personality. We ate the hearty food you prepared. Then me and our son went fishing while you watched us and ate strawberries picked from our garden. It was a beautiful dream. It's that something you would want to look forward to?" Hao's warm breath caressed her cheek, but Anna ignored it.

For the first time that day she was able to smile. Slowly but surely, stood from the wooden seat. Hao's face also beared a smile, thinking Anna had finally came to an understanding, but the smile quickly disappeared when she opened her mouth.

"Thanks… for that load of crap." She said in a mock sweet tone.

"What?" This time he was the confused fool.

Anna slapped his hand off her shoulder. "In the future, if we're to ever meet again, refrain yourself from touching me to insure your safety." Her tone frosted with ice. She grabbed her coat hanging on the back of her chair and walked towards the door.

"But, Anna." He tried to follow her, but her icy glare froze him over.

"I don't know what the hell you're trying to pull but for your information, I'm allergic to strawberries."

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"Are you sure this is what you want?"

"Yes, Anna deserves happiness. Something I can't provide. Hao loves her. He can make her happy…"

The two exited the hospital with the boy in a wheelchair and the girl pushing him out.

"Hey Toru, wasn't that the boy we took to the emergency room this morning?" Kenshin, tapped his friend's shoulder.

"Hmm, it did look like him. But he's not supposed to leave yet. With that kind of injure, he needs to reach here for at least a month." They looked at each other in puzzlement before shrugging it off and went back to work.

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Anna felt nervous as she neared the hospital. Her mouth dried and her stomach was doing flips. She suddenly stopped as when she reached the front of the hospital. Stranger's eyes turned to her as they walked past. A low chuckle escaped her mouth.

'What do you say to the person who had a hand in your parent's death? How do… how do you tell him, despite all that's said and done, you still want to be with him.'

Anna contemplated hard on the matter, then someone caught her eyes. On the other side of the hospital glass door was Pirika running with her arms thrown wildly in the air. The frantic girl was clearly running towards her yelling something incoherent.

"Anna, it's terrible! Yoh… gone… check out… gone…no sign of him…" Pirika yelled in between trying to catch her breath.

"What! Talk slowly!" Anna grew anxious. The words she was able to hear didn't settle well with her at all.

"Yoh… left… hospital … for good." Pirika spelled it out to the blonde.

Anna's face paled.

'No… Yoh…'

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Note: Short eh? It least it's updated lol. Sorry if there are grammar errors. Didn't have time to look it over. Next chapter concludes this story! . No time to respond to reviews today.

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