Lighting-Dono: Chapter 7! It's my most popular fic I have up, so I should just go with it. Yoh, Anna and the others are all hobos now. ^^
Everyone: WHHHAAAAATTTT!?
Lightning: =X There's a LOT of dialogue in this chapter. Yoh and Anna interact more and you can spot the intended couples clearly. But you must not have been reading very carefully if you can't see them already. o-O This chapter isn't very long either. Diethel Lyserg also magically has a house. =O
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Tamao and Manta were still running...Until they reached a large area of tall grass.
"Well, this is nice," Tamao said pleasantly, sitting down in the tall grass.
Meanwhile, Yoh and Anna were still trudging through the woods miserably.
"Hao is the worst..." Anna sighed.
"Don't waste your breath on hating -him-. He's not the worst person you'll meet."
"Yoh, how is he related to you?"
"To this day...I'm still not sure. I'm kind of scared, even." Yoh lowered his head to go under a low branch.
"Yoh, are you worried that something bad will happen to you?"
This was the first time Anna actually saw Yoh consider something seriously.
"Anna...You're not worried that something will happen to me, right?"
"You didn't answer my question."
Yoh hesitated a moment before saying his answer.
"Well, yeah." He squinted ahead, looking for something to say to change the subject. "Hey, I see Manta! Tamao should be with him!"
"Don't change the subject, Yoh...I'm serious. I want a straight answer from you and no lies."
"Anna, I am worried." He caught her by surprise by grabbing her by the shoulders and turning her towards him. As he looked closely at her, he saw her fear. "Anna, don't WORRY. I'll be fine. I'm getting better, remember?" This didn't sound very assuring, but atleast it would make Anna feel a little better...Or so he hoped.
"But there are tougher opponants out there."
"I know...Now let's join up with them and try and find a place to stay! We really can't really worry about that..." Yoh looked up and saw a crow. Smiling nervously at it, he rushed with Anna towards Manta's small figure standing amidst the tall grass.
When Tamao saw Anna, there was a slightly painful reunion. At first, Anna refused to look at Tamao directly. Just somewhere out of the corner of her eye. Sometimes she would see Tamao giving her shy smiles, but she didn't smile back. Just kept her cold, reserved expression on her face.
"Anna-san?" Tamao peered into Anna's dark eyes, searching for comfort.
"Hai?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Will you atleast look at me?"
"Iie."
"Please?"
Anna let out a breath that she could see.
"It's cold out here, Anna," Yoh said quietly, looking at Anna in her thin night kimono. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around her. Anna blushed, but it wasn't visible in the dark.
"Okay," Anna said quietly, turning towards the pink-haired girl, whose eyes held an unspoken question.
"What do you want to say?"
Tamao put her hands on her thighs and grasped onto her jeans tightly, turning her gaze towards the ground.
"I, ano, am sorry..."
Anna looked at Tamao, not suprised by this comment.
"I think I should be apologizing," Anna admitted, her expression softening until she didn't even look like the same person. It was just such a nervous, warm look. Tamao looked at Anna, suprised.
"I shouldn't have done what I did. I guess I was just mad. I mean...well...No one seems to know the real me."
Anna hugged herself to warm up. In a flash, Yoh was hugging her tightly.
"...What?"
"I know the real Anna," Yoh said smugly.
"You do?"
"The real Anna is the one who wants me to be Shaman King. The real Anna was the one that inspired me to work harder and found reasons to motivate me, despite her cruel ways. It was the real Anna that got me this far. And that's you," he said to her, as though Tamao and Manta weren't standing there motionlessly gaping at their little moment.
Anna allowed herself to stay in Yoh's arms. For some reason, Yoh acted as though he had just noted the two other people that were watching them.
"Nani?"
Manta gave Yoh an annoyed look.
"We've been sitting here the whole TIME watching you two."
"I don't care," Yoh replied indifferently, letting go of Anna.
"Demo..." Manta couldn't seem to find anything more to say.
"Shut up, Manta, it doesn't matter anymore," Tamao said playfully.
Yoh had to interrupt.
"What's wrong with liking Anna? I mean, if you're engaged, then you have to like the person you're engaged to, right?"
"SUGOI!" Manta and Tamao shouted in unison. "He admited it infront of us!"
Anna looked like she could smack Yoh, but she didn't seem to have the heart to. Yoh was radiating too much love for her to be able to hate him at all. It was a strange feeling to her. She didn't understand how she had gotten so soft, but she enjoyed it. Was this how people like Yoh or Tamao felt all of the time? Anna sighed.
Then, Yoh saw a spirit floating in the tall grass that looked awfully familiar...Then, squinting a bit harder, he saw a green-haired head bobbing up and down.
"MORPHINE!" Tamao shouted. She got up and hurled herself in the direction of the spirit.
"Wow, Lyserg, she's so pretty!" Tamao looked admiringly at Morphine.
"Um, yes," Lyserg said shyly.
"Hey, Lyserg, do you have a place to stay at?" Yoh stretched exageratedly to indicate that he was extremely tired.
Lyserg nodded.
"But there's no room left. I live in a small house, you know..."
Manta cast Lyserg a reproachful look. Lyserg caught the look and shook his head.
"But I can find something..."
Yoh cheered.
"Well, I hope you have mizu...I'M DYING for a drink..."
Anna stared at Yoh as he continued to yawn. Yoh looked back at her.
"What? I meant a drink of water. You know, mizu?"
Anna laughed. This was one of the few times Anna had ever laughed. Everyone whipped around to look at what was going on. Somehow, something had put Anna in such a cheerful mood, she insisted that everyone hurry it up to Lyserg's house.
When they arrived there, all they saw was debris and various pieces of twisted metal that probably once was a bike.
Lyserg looked shaken by this sight. Yoh walked up to Lyserg.
"What happened?"
"Hao."
"Nani?"
"It's Hao, Yoh! He must be coming after me, now!"
Everyone: WHHHAAAAATTTT!?
Lightning: =X There's a LOT of dialogue in this chapter. Yoh and Anna interact more and you can spot the intended couples clearly. But you must not have been reading very carefully if you can't see them already. o-O This chapter isn't very long either. Diethel Lyserg also magically has a house. =O
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Tamao and Manta were still running...Until they reached a large area of tall grass.
"Well, this is nice," Tamao said pleasantly, sitting down in the tall grass.
Meanwhile, Yoh and Anna were still trudging through the woods miserably.
"Hao is the worst..." Anna sighed.
"Don't waste your breath on hating -him-. He's not the worst person you'll meet."
"Yoh, how is he related to you?"
"To this day...I'm still not sure. I'm kind of scared, even." Yoh lowered his head to go under a low branch.
"Yoh, are you worried that something bad will happen to you?"
This was the first time Anna actually saw Yoh consider something seriously.
"Anna...You're not worried that something will happen to me, right?"
"You didn't answer my question."
Yoh hesitated a moment before saying his answer.
"Well, yeah." He squinted ahead, looking for something to say to change the subject. "Hey, I see Manta! Tamao should be with him!"
"Don't change the subject, Yoh...I'm serious. I want a straight answer from you and no lies."
"Anna, I am worried." He caught her by surprise by grabbing her by the shoulders and turning her towards him. As he looked closely at her, he saw her fear. "Anna, don't WORRY. I'll be fine. I'm getting better, remember?" This didn't sound very assuring, but atleast it would make Anna feel a little better...Or so he hoped.
"But there are tougher opponants out there."
"I know...Now let's join up with them and try and find a place to stay! We really can't really worry about that..." Yoh looked up and saw a crow. Smiling nervously at it, he rushed with Anna towards Manta's small figure standing amidst the tall grass.
When Tamao saw Anna, there was a slightly painful reunion. At first, Anna refused to look at Tamao directly. Just somewhere out of the corner of her eye. Sometimes she would see Tamao giving her shy smiles, but she didn't smile back. Just kept her cold, reserved expression on her face.
"Anna-san?" Tamao peered into Anna's dark eyes, searching for comfort.
"Hai?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Will you atleast look at me?"
"Iie."
"Please?"
Anna let out a breath that she could see.
"It's cold out here, Anna," Yoh said quietly, looking at Anna in her thin night kimono. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around her. Anna blushed, but it wasn't visible in the dark.
"Okay," Anna said quietly, turning towards the pink-haired girl, whose eyes held an unspoken question.
"What do you want to say?"
Tamao put her hands on her thighs and grasped onto her jeans tightly, turning her gaze towards the ground.
"I, ano, am sorry..."
Anna looked at Tamao, not suprised by this comment.
"I think I should be apologizing," Anna admitted, her expression softening until she didn't even look like the same person. It was just such a nervous, warm look. Tamao looked at Anna, suprised.
"I shouldn't have done what I did. I guess I was just mad. I mean...well...No one seems to know the real me."
Anna hugged herself to warm up. In a flash, Yoh was hugging her tightly.
"...What?"
"I know the real Anna," Yoh said smugly.
"You do?"
"The real Anna is the one who wants me to be Shaman King. The real Anna was the one that inspired me to work harder and found reasons to motivate me, despite her cruel ways. It was the real Anna that got me this far. And that's you," he said to her, as though Tamao and Manta weren't standing there motionlessly gaping at their little moment.
Anna allowed herself to stay in Yoh's arms. For some reason, Yoh acted as though he had just noted the two other people that were watching them.
"Nani?"
Manta gave Yoh an annoyed look.
"We've been sitting here the whole TIME watching you two."
"I don't care," Yoh replied indifferently, letting go of Anna.
"Demo..." Manta couldn't seem to find anything more to say.
"Shut up, Manta, it doesn't matter anymore," Tamao said playfully.
Yoh had to interrupt.
"What's wrong with liking Anna? I mean, if you're engaged, then you have to like the person you're engaged to, right?"
"SUGOI!" Manta and Tamao shouted in unison. "He admited it infront of us!"
Anna looked like she could smack Yoh, but she didn't seem to have the heart to. Yoh was radiating too much love for her to be able to hate him at all. It was a strange feeling to her. She didn't understand how she had gotten so soft, but she enjoyed it. Was this how people like Yoh or Tamao felt all of the time? Anna sighed.
Then, Yoh saw a spirit floating in the tall grass that looked awfully familiar...Then, squinting a bit harder, he saw a green-haired head bobbing up and down.
"MORPHINE!" Tamao shouted. She got up and hurled herself in the direction of the spirit.
"Wow, Lyserg, she's so pretty!" Tamao looked admiringly at Morphine.
"Um, yes," Lyserg said shyly.
"Hey, Lyserg, do you have a place to stay at?" Yoh stretched exageratedly to indicate that he was extremely tired.
Lyserg nodded.
"But there's no room left. I live in a small house, you know..."
Manta cast Lyserg a reproachful look. Lyserg caught the look and shook his head.
"But I can find something..."
Yoh cheered.
"Well, I hope you have mizu...I'M DYING for a drink..."
Anna stared at Yoh as he continued to yawn. Yoh looked back at her.
"What? I meant a drink of water. You know, mizu?"
Anna laughed. This was one of the few times Anna had ever laughed. Everyone whipped around to look at what was going on. Somehow, something had put Anna in such a cheerful mood, she insisted that everyone hurry it up to Lyserg's house.
When they arrived there, all they saw was debris and various pieces of twisted metal that probably once was a bike.
Lyserg looked shaken by this sight. Yoh walked up to Lyserg.
"What happened?"
"Hao."
"Nani?"
"It's Hao, Yoh! He must be coming after me, now!"