Acceptance
Summary: Hao finds himself back in Funbari a year after he left. Yoh decides it's time he let Hao join him and the others in their peaceful Shamanic lives, but will Hao accept that?
Genre: General/Angst
Written By: Sevetenks, the Ultimate Fusion
Sevetenks: Yup. Still don't own it. Not a HUGE ton of Angst, but Dreams didn't have that much either… This is kinda the sequel to Dreams. You don't have to read it, but it would work a lot better and make a bit more sense if you did. Or at least the last 2 sections…
Acceptance
Asakura Hao stared at the stars as he laid back in the grass and vines. His torn, worn out cloak was being used as a pillow, and he, for one of those rare moments, smiled at the night sky.
"A full moon…" said the young man thoughtfully, scratching his bare chest normally covered by his cloak. He sighed and looked next to him, and smiled softly. A pumpkin. He ran his hand across it for a moment, and saw an orange haired girl instead of the plant, smiling at him and her eyes shining. He shook his head and went back to his stargazing, but the smile was gone, and a lost look had replaced the almost happy one, as he ran his hand across a broom he normally had strapped to his back.
Asakura Yoh stared out the window of his second floor room in the inn he had recently bought as his home. His wife of, so far, two months, walked up next to him.
"Something wrong Yoh?" asked Anna with a raised eyebrow. Her husband had been staring out the window for some time now.
"I have a strange feeling, that's all…" said Yoh, still staring intently out of the window. "Something… Familiar. Not evil though."
"I see…" said Anna. She shook her head and sighed. "Well, dinner's almost ready, so come down in a few minutes, alright?"
"Yeah…" said Yoh absentmindedly. Anna sighed in defeat and walked away, while Yoh stared worriedly out the window. 'Whatever it is… It's strong. In a strange way though…'
Amidamaru appeared behind Yoh, hovering behind his partner.
"Do you have any idea as to what it might be Yoh-dono?" questioned the samurai spirit.
"Nope…" said Yoh with a sigh. He stood up. "Well, I'm going to go for a walk. Tell Anna I'll be late for dinner, alright?"
"Hai, Yoh-dono…" replied Amidamaru, floating down the stairs behind his master.
Cloak on, broom strapped to his back, Hao was sure an odd sigh to see. He had a bag under his arm of fresh food. He was standing on the outskirts of Funbari. He stared up at the cemetery, watching all the spirits interact as if they were living people.
"Well… Is this truly how I will spend my final life?" wondered Hao as he walked into the cemetery and up to the tree where, unbeknownst to him, his twin brother enjoyed sitting under. "Wandering in misery, my Spirit of Fire abandoned me, returning to the Great Spirit? Defenseless against other shaman, my only weapon a broom I refuse to damage?"
Hao sighed and stopped walking and sat down, right under the shade of the tree. He pulled a small apple-sized pumpkin out of his bag and looked at it. He smiled sadly at it and set it down in front of him, before pulling out an orange. He too, like his twin, had a love for the fruit. Looking up at the setting sun, he continued to muse out loud.
"And now I find myself near the humble abode of my little twin…" said Hao, stopping to put a portion of orange in his mouth. "Mmm… I'll probably leave again… This is a pretty comfy tree…"
Hao closed his eyes, and saw an orange haired girl grinning at him, chasing a pumpkin headed spirit. With a sad smile, Hao fell to sleep.
Sevetenks: If you like this, you might want to read Dreams, because the dream is mentioned in the future. Also, this is not over. I hope you like it, and Hao is going to be very OOC, and Anna slightly OOC. And this is just the prologue, but still… Chapters might not be too long… At any rate, read and review folks!
Sevetenks, the Ultimate Fusion
