(Note: This happened when they're 25. They don't use their powers unless it is needed. Their spirits are also there and always with them.)
Yoh walked home from his Shaman Shop, a store that sells medicinal herbs, talismans, books about shamans, and other magic stuff. It wasn't a very good business but Anna agreed to the idea.
One day, Yoh asked, "Can I have my own store which sells stuff that shamans usually needs?"
"As long as I manage the hot spring, I don't care what kind of store you make." Anna said that day.
Yoh and Anna lived in the hot spring. Anna, with some help from Tamao, managed the Funbari Hot Spring that Ren financed after facing Anna's glares and Yoh's pleading when Anna's not looking. Ren would regularly visit and stay at the hot spring for free. Sometimes, Jun comes along with him.
Faust was the spring's physician. Eliza was still there, helping Faust with his work. Since Anna revived Eliza, she's not a ghost anymore. Often, Faust would sit on the rooftop with Eliza looking at the stars.
Manta was a regular visitor at the hot springs. He goes there to see Yoh, and sometimes, Anna makes him worked there.
Horo Horo was also a regular visitor there. Pirika decided to work there to help Anna and Tamao.
Lyserg and Chocolove visited them once in a while. Chocolove became a famous comedian in Las Vegas after a few years of hard work and determination. Lyserg became a detective and a dowsing expert like his father.
Ryu was always there to help Anna and the others. Sometimes, he travels and doesn't come back for a long time, which makes Anna angry.
As Yoh walked home, he saw Manta along the way.
"Hey, Manta." Yoh said. "Going to the hot spring?"
Manta nodded. "Yeah. I really need to relax. There's so much work in the office lately."
(Note: Manta managed his family's business.)
Yoh smiled and nodded. "That's one reason why I choose that job of selling some shaman stuff. No one comes there so I could relax. But sometimes, I have customers."
Manta nodded. "You're so easy going, Yoh. Does Anna notice that you don't earn anything?"
Yoh shook his head. "Nah. Anna doesn't care really and hot spring business is a success so I guess we'll live that way."
Manta smiled and changed the subject. "Um… Yoh?"
Yoh looked at his friend. He smiled and said, "Yes?"
Manta hesitated a little but still, he continued, "I don't know if I should ask this but are you and Anna will ever get married?"
Yoh was surprised. Then, he laughed. "Manta, that was the first time you asked me about that matter. What made you ask me anyway?"
"Nothing." Manta answered. "It's just that both of you have been living together for quite some time and both of you are engaged to be married. She wanted to be the wife of the Shaman King, and you're not, no one became one anyway, will she still marry you?"
Yoh looked at the horizon. "Well, I don't know if she still wants to. But I do know one thing. I know that I love her and I can feel that she loves me back, even if she doesn't show it. Maybe someday, I'll ask her to marry me. But that someday is still far away."
Manta nodded. "I see. I hope that someday will be soon enough. Both of you look good together."
Yoh laughed and hurriedly entered the house/hot spring together. When they got in, Ryu was there, gushing over Millie. (Millie's the little girl in Sharona's gang, the Lily Five, during the shaman fight) Millie had grown to be a beautiful lady. She had long legs and a pretty face. Ryu kept gushing over her just like before.
Millie screamed, "Ah! Get away from me, old man."
Ryu's hair fell and his jaw dropped. "Millie, how can you do this to me?"
Millie answered with all her respect: "You're really just too old for me." Then, she changed the subject. "Is Lyserg here? I was wondering if you knew where he lived."
Yoh waved and said, "Hi Millie."
Millie smiled. "Hi, Yoh. Is Lyserg here?"
Yoh answered, "I'm not sure. But do come in. We mustn't stand here all day." Then he noticed Ryu. "Hi Ryu."
Ryu didn't answered so Yoh and Millie continued to go inside. Manta stopped for a moment.
"Ryu," Manta said. "Are you alright?"
Ryu didn't answer again so Tokagero, his spirit, answered for him. "Another girl broke his heart again. I told him he's too old to do such things but he still did."
Manta smiled. "I see. Try to wake him up. He'll scare the customers away and Anna doesn't like that."
Tokagero nodded and he fused with Ryu without notice. It woke up Ryu surprisingly.
"Tokagero, what do you think you're doing?"
Manta walked on. Ryu and Tokagero started arguing.
Anna, Pirika, and Tamao were cooking dinner for their customers, which were mostly shamans. Horo Horo, Lyserg and Ren were in the dining room, relaxing and talking to each other.
Yoh saw them and said, "Hi!"
They looked up. "Yoh." Horo Horo said. "You're just in time. Your wife's cooking is splendid."
'That joke is pretty dangerous. What if Anna heard it? Anna might show up with a knife and point it right in front of Horo Horo. I just wish she didn't heard his remark.' Yoh said to himself.
Millie saw Lyserg and went to him. "Hi, Lyserg. Did you miss me?"
Lyserg answered, "Um…. Who are you?"
Millie was shocked and turned into stone. Then she shouted, "You don't remember me? I'm Millie, the little girl with Sharona during the Shaman Fight. Do you remember me now?"
Lyserg shook his head and Millie started crying. Manta came inside.
"Hi Manta." Horo Horo said. "I haven't seen you in a while."
Manta answered, "I've been busy lately with work. How about you?"
Ryu entered the noisy dining room and sat by Ren. "Hi Ren."
"Don't speak to me." Ren answered angrily.
Ryu just kept quiet but he screamed when he saw Millie crying. Ryu walked up to Lyserg and said, "Why did you made my Millie cry?"
Millie retorted, "I am not your Millie. I'm Lyserg's Millie." Then, she hugged Lyserg.
Lyserg got off Millie's arms and sat beside Ren. He just watched as Millie and Ryu argue about him.
The noise continued on. Yoh smiled. Inside he was afraid that Anna might show up, with a very annoyed and angry expression, because it was so noisy. But when she came out, she was smiling. Yoh finally relaxed.
"Here you go. Its what we call Funbari Special. Please enjoy the meal." Anna said. (Funbari Special composed of different types of sushi that Anna and the others especially made.)
Lyserg said, "Anna. You shouldn't be formal with us. We're friends remember?"
Anna smiled and laughed. "I guess I got used to it."
Yoh smiled and looked at her. 'I guess people change, even Anna. She's not that tough like 12 years ago.' He reminisced those times Anna trained him during the Shaman Fights.
Anna smiled back when she caught Yoh looking at her. Horo Horo saw that moment between them.
He looked at them suspiciously. "Hmm. It seems like you two are getting along pretty well. Anna, you're Yoh's fiancée, right? So when do you intend to get married anyway?"
Anna and Yoh looked at Horo Horo. Then, they looked at each other.
Ren said, "That's right. So when will it be? You've been living together for quite some time. And I think its just time that both of you get married."
Lyserg answered, "They're right, you know."
Anna answered, "Well, we don't know for certain when. Even if he's not Shaman King, I'm still engaged to him."
Horo Horo asked, "If he ever asks, will you agree?"
Anna answered, "Agree to what?"
"TO GET MARRIED!" All three of them said.
Yoh smiled. "If I were you guys, I wont ask about those things. Anna and I have been happy just living together with no strings attached."
Anna replied, "I can't do anything about that engagement. So if he asks, I'll just agree with him."
Lyserg nodded. "I see. Just remember that we'll support you all the way, okay?"
They all nodded and Anna excused herself. Anna left the room and thought about the events. Then, she smiled. 'I guess it would be good if we did get married. But I wont be the one to ask.'
Unknowing the shamans in the hot spring, someone was watching them from a short distance.
