Chapter 3- Cut
Anna walked through the halls of the school, with nothing much on her mind. He old friends were back; her ex was back... everyone was back... Big deal... There was one thing that would never return and it was Hao's love for her. Anna shook her head and continued walking. She wasn't going to just stand there and wait for him to come to back her. It was over and that was that. She of course, leaned that the hard way but who cares. A lesson has to be learned some how. She walked out the doors and off someplace where she could be alone. She didn't care where, as long as she could be alone and at peace... It was lunch and she would rather walk off and skip the next class then hang out with everyone else. She didn't know where Mari was but she didn't care. She had betrayed her and therefore, their friendship was broken.
Anna sat down on the soft grass, feeling the wind blow through her hair. "It's a nice day out today..." She muttered.
"Hey, have any of you guys seen Anna?" Yoh asked walking with his friends to the lunchroom.
"Sorry. She left without saying a word." Pirika said, shaking her head.
"Sorry Yoh." Tamao muttered.
"What's with her anyway?" Horo asked, balancing his head with his arms behind it. "I mean, she was also happy go lucky and everything. Now she is just... Scary." Yoh frowned. No one really knew much about what happened. Just that Hao and Anna broke up and not soon after that, Anna moved away without warning and soon after that, everyone else moved back home as well.
"Yah... She would always smile and laugh all the time." Pirika nodded and then frowned.
"She is probably pissed off at something today." Horo shrugged.
"Maybe..." Yoh mumbled.
"Hey Ren, have you see Anna anywhere?" Yoh asked walking up to Ren's favorite spot.
"No." Ren told him quickly. "Now leave me alone. You're annoying."
"Awww come on Ren! We are buddies!" Yoh whined. Ren let out a small snort.
"Keep lying to yourself Yoh.' He mumbled. Yoh sighed.
"Well if you see Anna, tell me ok?" He said and turned to leave.
"She's over there." Ren suddenly muttered. Yoh blinked and turned around, running to where Ren was standing, holding onto the bars so that he wouldn't fall off the ceiling.
"Where!" He yelled.
"KISAMA! You could have pushed me off!" Ren yelled. Yoh ignored him and searched for Anna, finding her sitting down on the grass not too far away. He grinned.
"Thanks Ren!" He yelled as he ran off. Ren blinked, starring at Yoh as he ran off. He turned back to look at Anna and then frowned with a sigh.
Anna was sitting there in peace until Yoh interrupted her.
"There you are Anna!" He said with a smile as he walked over to her.
"What do you want Yoh?" She asked, not turning to head.
"To see if you were ok." Yoh told her, taking a seat next to her.
"I'm fine. Now go. You are annoying." Yoh chuckled.
"You know, Ren said that to be a few minutes ago." He told her.
"Whatever..." Anna muttered, trying to ignore him. Yoh frowned.
"What's wrong Anna?" He asked. "Why aren't you smiling anymore?"
"None of your business. "Anna snapped.
"Is it me?" He asked.
"No, now shut up and leave me alone." Yoh frowned again and his eyes saddened.
"What is it? Why aren't you smiling anymore?" He asked again. "I liked it better when you were smiling."
"Well no one asked you." Anna turned to him with a glare. Yoh's frown disappeared but his face expression was replaced by a worried look.
"Anna... What is that?" He asked, pointing to a cut on her arm.
"Nothing." She told him.
"Did you cut yourself?" He asked.
"No." She told him.
"You shouldn't you know." Yoh told her.
"Just leave me alone Yoh." Yoh frowned but got up.
"Just remember Anna..." He said before he left. "I'm still your friend. And so is everyone else. You aren't alone Anna." With that, he walked off leaving Anna alone.
"Whatever..." Anna mumbled, hugging her knees.
"And that is why S is shaded along with R and T." The math teacher explained as the door opened. "Oh lookie here. It's Hao! The world must be coming to an end." Hao smirked.
"Now, now." He told the teacher. "I came to class to learn."
"Right..." The teacher mumbled. "Well take your seat. And I trust that you didn't do your homework?" Hao smiled.
"Why how could you ever have know!" He asked in a sweet voice.
"I have my sources." The teacher told him in an ever so sweet voice much like his. "Now please, take your seat. There are those who actually want to learn something unlike you." Hao made a hurt face.
"But-"
"Enough chit-chat. To your seat now Hao." The teacher cut him off. Hao shrugged and walked over to his desk...
The sad thing was... Anna sat right next to him. Anna watched him walked over to his seat with calm eyes, a face showing no emotions what so ever; similar to the one she wore when she first arrived.
"Well hello." Hao said in a low voice. Anna ignored him. Instead she continued copying notes on the board.
The bell for last period rang and everyone got up and get ready to leave. Hao got up, dusted himself off, although there was no dust around him and turned to look at Anna who was packing her things.
"You know, when I told you to stop smiling, I didn't mean forever you know." He told her. Anna glared at him.
"Go away Hao." She told him. Hao looked at her.
"Look I'm sorry ok?" Hao muttered.
"Whatever..." Anna wasn't listening anymore. She had done enough of that. "Now leave me alone." Hao studied her for a minute before turning away.
"This is how you want it?" He asked. Anna didn't reply. She just walked away, ignoring him.
"Anna! Welcome back." Mrs. Kyoyama greeted her daughter as she returned home. "How was school today?"
"Ok." Anna simply muttered.
"I just ordered pizza. Would you like some?" She tried again.
"I'm not hungry..." Anna mumbled and walked upstairs without another word. Mrs. Kyoyama frowned.
"Poor Anna... You use to be so cheerful..." She whispered. "Now... You won't ever smile anymore... Not even for me..."
Anna walked into her room and walked over to her desk. A small boy who looked around 6 or 7 and had dirty blond hair poked his head into the room.
"Anna-Onee-Chan!" He yelled running in. Anna turned around with a frown.
"What is it?" She asked him in a strict voice.
"Want to come out and play with me?" He asked.
"No, now leave me alone." Anna turned around and took her book out from her bag. The little boy frowned.
"But Anna!" He whined.
"I said no! Now leave me alone!" Anna yelled. The little boy shook a bit back backing away.
"A-Anna-Onee-Chan is mean!" He yelled and ran out of the room in tears. Anna frowned, watching him run off. She sighed and turned back to her desk, switching on the radio for comfort. Kids should let it all out before they move on to their next stage... They should be strong and be able to hide and control their emotions... If they can't they are just weak...
Minutes later, Mrs. Kyoyama walked into the room.
"Anna..." She said quietly.
"What?" Anna asked, annoyed.
"You know you should yell at Manta like that." She told her as she walked over to her.
"Well he was bothering me." Anna told her. "He's annoying. Always asking me if I could play when he knows very well that I can't and that I am busy." Mrs. Kyoyama frowned.
"Anna, come on." She told her. "What's really bothering you?"
"Why is everyone asking me what's wrong for?" Anna yelled. "First my friends, then Yoh, now you!" Mrs. Kyoyama's eyes widened a bit.
"You saw Yoh again? Why that nice." She said with a small smile. Anna rolled her eyes and muttered something under her breath.
"No mother, it is not great." She muttered. "Whatever... Is that all you are here for?" Mrs. Kyoyama sighed and nodded.
"I'll be downstairs if you need me." She told her and left. Anna turned back to her piece of art... It wasn't much anyway... Just a girl crying in a corner while everyone else was laughing and smiling. That girl was her... That girl's emotions were her emotions. This was how she shows off her emotions... By drawing... There was another method, but she couldn't do it until her mother was gone... Or at least away from the kitchen.
"Anna! Dinner!" Anna sighed.
"In a minute!" She yelled and slowly walked out the room. She stopped by the mirror and looked at her reflection with a frown. She walked out of her room slowly. When she reached the dining room, she spotted Manta still crying. She sighed and walked over to him.
"Look... I'm sorry ok?" She told him. Manta looked up at her and sniffed a few more times.
"Will Anna-Onee-San play with me?" He asked.
"When I have time." She told her and turned to her mother. "Happy?" Mrs. Kyoyama smiled.
"I'd be happier if you smiled but forget that right now." She said with a smile. "Let's eat."
After dinner, Anna volunteered to do the dishes. Her mother nodded and smiled.
"It's about time you decided to do it." She told her and walked out into the living room. Manta bounced into the kitchen and looked up at Anna.
"Need help?" He asked with a wide smile.
"No." Anna told him as she rinsed one of the bowls.
"Are you sure?" Manta asked again.
"Yes, now go away so I can hurry up and finish this." Anna told him. Manta frowned but walked out of the room. Anna sighed and turned the water off. She whipped her hands dry and walked over to the drawers. She slowly and silently pulled it out, revealing different knives. A fruit knife, a cutting knife, switch blade... etc. She grabbed a random one and hid it in her sleeve. She closed the drawer again and walked out of the kitchen.
"You done already?" Mrs. Kyoyama asked looking up from the TV. "Aren't you fast, I should make you wash all the dishes from now on."
"Whatever..." Anna muttered. "I'm going up to my room now." Manta watched her walked upstairs and then looked up at his mother.
"Mommy, is 'Whatever' Anna-Onee-Chan's favorite word?" He asked. Mrs. Kyoyama laughed. Manta smiled and mocked Anna.
"Whatever." He said in a stuck up girlish voice.
Yoh walked around, obviously lost.
"Where was it again?" He asked quietly. "I know it's around here somewhere..." He sighed and gave up. "I see why they say ask for directions next time..." He mumbled and walked to the closest house. He walked up to the front door and knocked on it.
"I'll get it!" He heard a little boy yell. In a few seconds, the door swung open, revealing Manta. He looked up at Yoh with a blank stare.
"Hi!" Yoh said with a smile. "I'm Yoh. Is your mom or dad home?" Manta blinked and then yelled.
"MOM! THERE IS A ROBBER IN THE HOUSE!"
"What! Wait! I'm not a robber!" Yoh yelled trying to hush the boy down.
"Manta! Be quiet!" Mrs. Kyoyama scolded at him. She looked up and smiled.
"I am sorry. He is always like this. He watched 'Home Alone' too many times." She told him and then stopped. "You look familiar." Yoh smiled.
"You too. Long time no see Mrs. Kyoyama." He told her.
"Yoh!" Mrs. Kyoyama gasped and gave him a hug. "Long time indeed. Please, come in." Yoh nodded and stepped inside.
"You really Yoh-Onii-Chan?" He asked. Yoh grinned and nodded. Manta studied him for a while and walked off. Only to later on, tackle Yoh to the ground. Yoh laughed and rolled over tickling Manta.
"Tickle, tickle!" He said as he tickled Manta who burst out with laughter.
"Manta! Why did you tackle Yoh?" Mrs. Kyoyama asked.
"He just wanted to check if it was really me." Yoh told her with a grin and stopped tickling Manta who gasped for air.
"It is you Yoh-Onii-Chan!" Manta yelled, jumping on Yoh and clinging onto him tightly. "I missed you soooooooooooo much!" Yoh laughed.
"Me too little buddy." He said giving Manta a quick hug. "Now... Can you please let go of me?"
"Password!" Manta yelled. Yoh laughed.
"Oranges!" Yoh shouted. Like himself, Manta was in love with oranges.
"Nope!" Manta shook his head.
"What! You changed the password without telling me! No fair!" Yoh whined. Now who looks like the 7 year old kid?
"Yup!" Manta nodded. "But the pass word is real easy. I promise!" Yoh thought for a moment.
"Manta?" He asked. Manta shook his head.
"Boo! It's wrong!" He yelled.
"Hmm... Hints please." Manta smiled.
"It's you!" He yelled. Yoh laughed.
"Ok. Yoh." He told him. Manta cheered and released Yoh.
"Now, now Manta." Mrs. Kyoyama laughed. "Behave yourself." She gave Yoh a warm smile. "Anna is upstairs in her room dear. You can go up to see her if you like." Yoh smiled and nodded.
"Thanks." He said as he walked upstairs.
Anna sat down on with a small sigh. She took out the small knife from under her sleeve and placed it on the table, staring at it for a while. She heard yelling and what seems to be Yoh's voice. She shook her head.
"Couldn't be." She mumbled and picked up the knife. He lifted it over her palm and slowly pressed it against it, watching as blood started appearing from the cut. She let out a small sigh. Then suddenly, someone reached out for the knife and took it out of her grasp.
"You shouldn't do that you know." Anna turned to see Yoh with a worried look on his face.
"What are you? A stalker?" Anna asked angrily. "What are you doing in my room?"
"No and I am here because I wanted to check to see if you were ok or not." Yoh told her. "And it looks like you weren't. Lucky I came by neh?" He grinned at her. Anna glared at him.
"Give me that and get out of my room!" She yelled. Yoh shook his head.
"No way. You will try to cut yourself again!" He told her.
"So? It's not like you care. It's not your skin I'm cutting now give it to me!" Anna yelled.
"No! I don't care if it's me or not." Yoh shook his head. "It's not right. And I do care. That's why I took it away from you in the first place."
"Whatever... Give it to me now!" Anna grabbed the knife from him but Yoh would let go, and as a result, Yoh got cut.
"You stupid idiot, I told you to give it to me." Anna muttered putting the knife on the table.
"But you were going to cut yourself and I can't let you do that again." Yoh told her.
"Well now look what you have done. If you did as I told you to, you wouldn't have cut yourself." She told him.
"It's not that bad." Yoh lifted his hand to look at his wound. "Just a small cut. It's ok." He grinned at her and Anna blinked, remembering what Hao had said to her the day they broke up.
You know how stupid you look when you smile sometimes?
Anna stared at Yoh as that replayed in her head. She shook her head.
"Stupid..." She muttered walking out.
"Where are you going Anna? Not to get another knife I hope." Yoh said with a worried look.
"No you idiot. I'm going to get something for your cut." Anna told him and left. Minutes later, she came in with a bowl of water and bandages. "Now hold still." She told him as she examined his wound. Yoh whimpered and Anna looked up at him with a confused look. "What?"
"I'm afraid it hurts!" He whined. Anna rolled her eyes.
"You've done more painful training than this so calm down." She told him. "Stop whining like a baby. I didn't even touch it yet." Yoh let out another small whimper.
Anna wet the towel in her hand and wiped away the blood. Yoh made a face and Anna paused.
"What is it now?" She asked.
"Nothing." Yoh told her. She sighed and continued wiping the blood away.
"You missed a spot." Yoh told her. Anna glared at him.
"You want to do this then?" She asked him. He smiled sheepishly.
"You may continue." He told her. Anna removed the towel and put the bandage over the cut.
"This should help it heal faster." She told him and got up.
"Sank-You!" Yoh said with a grin.
"Whatever..." Anna mumbled.
"You seem to use that word a lot." Yoh told her.
"Ana?" Anna asked, looking at him. Yoh shrugged.
"Just saying." Anna rolled her eyes and walked out, returning to her room moments later.
"So watcha doing?" Yoh asked, sitting on the side of her bed.
"Cutting myself until you came." Anna told him in a low voice. Yoh frowned.
"You really shouldn't do that though." He told her.
"And why not? It's my body." Anna snapped back.
"But Anna!" Yoh whined.
"Why are you here anyway?" Anna cut him off.
"I already told you." Yoh said looking around her room. "I came to see if you were ok."
"I'm fine. Now leave." She told him.
"But I just got here!" Yoh whined, turning back to Anna.
"So?" Yoh sighed.
"Ok, ok. I'll leave..." He said getting up. "Under one condition." Anna folded her arms.
"What?" She asked. Yoh took her hands and looked into her eyes.
"No more cutting yourself ok?" Yoh told her with a concerned face. "I don't want you to hurt yourself. I don't want to see you hurt anymore." With that, he turned and left the room, leaving Anna with a small blush rising to her cheeks. Minutes later, she heard Yoh's voice again.
"Well, see you later Manta! Nice to see you again Mrs. Kyoyama!"
"Yoh-Onii-Chan! Come back so we can play!" Manta yelled.
"Ah, promise." She heard Yoh say.
"Dear god, what happened to your hand?" Anna heard her mother gasp and then Yoh laughing nervously.
"I kinda got cut in class today. No biggie. Anyway, it's getting late. I should get going now."
"Come back anytime." Mrs. Kyoyama told him.
"Ah... Good Night." Soon, Anna heard the door close and then sighed.
She walked over to her window. From outside, Yoh turned and looked up to see Anna staring at him from her window. He smiled at her before walking off.
"Baka..." Anna mumbled before turning away to watch TV.
I bet all you Yona fans are cheering right now because there is YohxAnna fluff! All you YohxAnna fans happy now! T.T Hao-Sama won't be pleased about this. He is so going to kill me for betraying him. Gomen nasai Hao-Sama! Everyone will jump me if I don't write some YohxAnna and the SOF can do so much before he returns to you... And I always leave him home so when I get jumps... T.T He is no where close to coming to protect me... T.T And I can't always asked for you to protect me because you are always busy and planning your next attack on Yoh and the gang... HanaGumi is always away or busy so there goes all my protection. T.T Hao-Sama! Taskete! Onegai!
Anywayz... Back to the fanfic... Yes, yes, I turned Manta into a 7 years old boy and Anna's baby brother... And yes, Anna cuts herself... Next chapter will be the winter break and all and when the SK gang plans to go back up North to visit Horo and Pirika's family.
half vamp: And I love you for reviewing! Here's an update!
pendulum-swing: Well I'm still trying new things in the fanfic... But the ending will definitely be YohxAnna since this fanfic is meant to be YohxAnna fanfic. And since everyone is yelling at me for not having YohxAnna lol.
Nadia D: One thing I wont and I quote, WON'T do is make Mari into a bitch. Why? Lol, cause Mari is my favorite character in Shaman King!
Hao-Sama: "WHAT did you say?" -fire ball in his hand-
Me: H-Hao-Sama! Y-You're my favorite character in Shaman King.
Hao-Sama: I thought so.
Lol well, Mari is my fav. female character and Hao-Sama is OF COURSE my fav. male character. Anywayz, here's an update.
Vash: Here's an update!
Ren0bsesser: Thankx! I love Pita Ten too! And Ren too! But the great Hao-Sama has caught my attention and I dumped Ren for Hao-Sama... -sobs- Gomen neh Ren!
Ren: Kisama! Die!
Me: Gah! -runs away- Hao-Sama! Taskete!
Lol anyway, thanks for the plushie though! I will sleep with it every night!
Hao-Sama: What are you sleeping with everyday?
Me: H-Hao-Sama! I-I said I will be sleeping with your plushie!
Hao-Sama: Thought so...
Lol, Anyway 3 glasses of milk! I drink 4! And if you don't believe me ask my cousin and mom lol.
Nyago: well here's an update!
wayupi: Even more interesting for this chapter right?
Sean Asakura: -gasp- How dare you! I cried for splitting them up! T.T You are so mean!
EmeraldeAvenger: well here's an update!
lost spirit: Yup... Not only funny but scary for Anna to smile all the time. Well here's an update!
crazy4padfoot: lol and I love you for reading and reviewing. Anywayz, awww poor you. Well in this fanfic, it's PirikaxRen... If you want, I can make a fanfic of you and Ren but I don't know how many people would read it if it features a character outside of the anime... Well not in a anime at all... Not that you are bad or nothing but most people prefer to just read fanfics with only the characters in the anime. Anywayz, here's an update.