Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King
Author note: Wow, thank you for all the wonderful reviews. This is my highest rated story. Lol, to me it sounds like a soap opera.
Half Time Anna
"Don't lie to me!"
"Who is Yoh's 'girlfriend'?" Horo asked. Yoh and Anna then realized that they had been fighting right of them.
"And Yoh, didn't you tell me once you were going on a date with some other girl?" Manta asked as he thought back to a couple of weeks ago.
Yoh felt cornered. He bit his bottom lip and looked around the room. Anna was standing a few feet away from him looking very angry. Horo looked guilty and confused. Manta looked like he had it all figured out.
"Why's everyone pointing the finger at me? What's Horo to you, Anna?" Yoh shouted.
"Horo is someone who will listen to me. A friend if you will," Anna said calmly.
"A friend, with benefits," Yoh continued.
"Is that what you call your girlfriend?" Anna asked.
"I don't have a damn girlfriend!" Yoh shouted as he left. Manta snuck out behind him.
"I think I've figured it all out…" Manta whispered to Yoh.
"You don't know anything," Yoh replied with a very hurt look on his face.
Manta let out a big yawn and after a few minutes began to wonder where it was Yoh was walking to. He'd never been to this part of town before. It was a very dismal, gray place.
"Where are we going?" Manta asked as they walked by a building that looked like it use to be a fashion boutique.
"We're visiting someone," Yoh said breathlessly as he stopped and looked up at a red brick building covered in vines. Yoh gulped and rang the doorbell as Manta stood behind him wondering whose house they were at. They heard footsteps, and slowly the door creaked open. In front of them stood a young girl with bright pink hair.
"Tamao…" Yoh stated in a barely audible whisper.
"Y-oh… c-come in," Tamao stuttered as she moved aside to allow them in. The inside of the building was far worse than it appeared on the outside. She had few pieces of furniture which were scattered aimlessly throughout the room. Her lack of lighting made the room so dark; she opened a raggedy curtain so they could see each other.
"Tamao, Anna said you stopped by last week," Yoh began as Manta took a seat in what he thought might be a chair.
"I stopped by to show you my new drawing, that's all," said Tamao as she refused to look at Yoh and just started out the window.
"What did you tell Anna?" Yoh questioned her as he too looked out the window onto the dead road in front of the house.
"I told her to tell you that I stopped by."
"And…"
"And that was all."
"Don't lie to me."
Tamao looked as though she was trying to find the right word and hold back from crying. Manta held his hands tightly together as his eyes kept moving from Yoh to Tamao. After a few seconds of awkward silence, Tamao burst into tears.
"I told her we went on that date! I felt jealous; I wanted to feel like I had some power over her. She can be very intimidating; she dragged all the details out of me!" Tamao shouted to the ceiling.
Yoh moved towards the door with an expression on his face that Manta had never seen before. Manta hurried to get ahead of him to block the front door so to prevent Yoh from leaving.
"We're leaving, Manta," Yoh said with his head down so Manta couldn't read his expression.
"I-I want to know. I want to know if I'm right," Manta said with every ounce of courage he possessed at that moment.
