Hi! It's me! Thanks for the reviews! They made me very happy! In this chapter, Anna and Yoh are just talking and wondering about stuff. Well, here's that next chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 4:
"How have you been doing, brother?"
Yoh got used to wearing his head-phones, even when he wasn't listening to his CD player. And Anna was once again right, wearing the gift from Amidamaru made him feel a little better. He didn't feel completely alone when he wore them.
Yoh was getting ready to go for a long walk to think, but he heard someone just outside of his room. Yoh quickly opened the door revealing his brother, Hao.
"How have you been doing, little brother?" asked Hao.
"Don't call me that!" Yoh pouted, "We're twins!"
"Yea, but I'm older!"
"By a few minutes!" Yoh mumbled and let Hao in his room.
Hao came in and laid on Yoh's bed, "So, answer my question."
"I……I'm," Yoh thought for a second, "Hey! Since when do you care!"
"Since I found out from grandma that your friend died!" Hao sat up.
"But whenever stuff like this happens you never care."
"What are you talking about! 'Stuff like this'! Stuff like this never happens! One of our friends has never died before!"
"You know what I mean…."
"No I don't! Are you sure you're okay?"
"Look! I'm not crazy!"
"You sure acting like it!"
"You see what I mean? Whenever we try to talk about something serious you act like I'm the one who's crazy!" Yoh suddenly got the urge to talk to Anna. He knew she'd understand.
Yoh got up and started to leave, "You always run away to follow dad when he leaves, or run away to your friend's place when you think things are tough. You have no idea what I am going through. You can't even begin to know what I'm feeling!"
"Hey come back here!" Hao shouted to Yoh, "Maybe I could understand if you talked about!"
But he already started to walk in the direction of Anna's house. 3 times, only 3 times Yoh had been to her house and already the address was programmed into his feet. Just like Amidamaru's house……...
'Argh!' Hao grunted, 'Stubborn as ever! But I now know how he feels. Yoh must blame himself for the way Amidamaru died!'
Hao started to follow Yoh, 'Where is he going! I hope not to try to kill himself!'
Yoh reached the inn. He saw Mrs. Hino in her usual desk reading a newspaper, "Hello Mrs. Hino!"
"Why, hello Yoh-kun!" Mrs. Hino looked up smiled, but as soon as he left, her eyes were back on the newspaper.
'What the hell is he doing here?' Hao snuck past Mrs. Hino and quietly followed Yoh to Anna's room.
Yoh knocked on the door, "Anna? It's me Yoh!"
"Come in!" came the answer.
'Anna! Who is that chick!' Hao went to the door as soon as it was closed so he could hear them.
"So what is it this time?" Anna asked, "I'm pretty sure you gave me my clothes back, unless you took them with you on your way out last time."
"WHAT!" Hao couldn't help but yell on the other side of the door. He quickly covered his mouth, 'WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING WITH HER CLOTHES!'
"What was that?" Yoh asked and was about ready to open the door.
"Don't bother, it was probably my neighbor, he's always yelling."
Hao sighed in relief; he didn't get caught, not by them at least. Mrs. Hino came up to see what the yell was.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"I-er-I can explain?" Hao didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Hino grabbed his ear and pulled him out of the hallway, "You leave Yoh-kun and Anna-chan alone!"
"So what are you here for?" Anna asked.
"I dunno," Yoh shrugged, "I just wanted to see you…… My brother came to see how I was doing and he acted like I was crazy. I needed to get away."
"So you run here?" Anna asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Well, I," Yoh put his head down, "Dammit! Now I feel like him, running away when things get tough!"
"It's ok if you come here," Anna smiled a bit, "It's just weird, I never thought that you'd come here for no reason."
"Well, I did promise to talk to you."
"That you did," Anna sat down on the couch, "Are you ready to talk?"
"Not about his death, not yet."
"What about then?"
"What do you think about life?" Yoh sat down with her, "Hao says that life is nothing but a competition. Survival of the fittest, some people quit when they can't take it."
"That's a way of thinking about it," Anna said nodding, "The people who die early have already won."
"Well, he didn't say that," Yoh half-smiled, "but that could be possible."
"What do you think?" Anna asked.
"I used to think that it was a game," Yoh said, "I used to think that our creator was just playing with us. That we were his experiments."
"Our creator isn't that cruel," Anna smiled, "When I was little I to think that each life was a book, and whoever created us, was just reading us. Each day was a page."
Yoh smiled, "What do you think life is now?"
"Exactly what it is," Anna said plainly, "Life is about loving and dying. But we add so much drama to it."
"What do you think about death?"
"Death is," Anna said calmly, "The High Cost of Living." (a/n: sorry I just had to put that in capitials!)
Yoh stayed silent for a bit and then asked "Do you think there is a perfect world?" Yoh leaned his head on the back of the couch.
"Yes, this world's pretty close don't you think?"
"What!" Yoh lifted his head right back up, "This world is FAR from close!"
"Well if you think about it, there is death and hatred and all this drama," Anna now leaned her head back, "but isn't that what makes life fun? All you have to do is take away the murderers."
"Say what you want, but I still think we are far from being perfect," Yoh leaned his head back.
"Perhaps," Anna shrugged, "The only perfect world is heaven."
"If there is one."
"There has to be," Anna said in a far away voice, "There has to be a perfect world out there."
"You never know."
"Maybe," Anna said wincing a bit, "We're the ones that are dead."
"Then what happens when we die?"
"I don't know," Anna lifted her head up, "I'm just wondering. Do you think your brother is worried?"
"No, why would he?" Yoh spat out.
"Maybe, it's because nothing like this has happened, or has it?"
"How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"That thing you do!"
"Yoh, What are you talking about?" Anna lifted an eyebrow.
"You know exactly what to say!" Yoh was a little angry, "My brother and I fought, and he said almost the same thing! He said, 'One of our friends has never died before!' Which is kinda the same!"
Anna shrugged, "I don't know, but maybe your brother is worried, you should go back."
Yoh looked away, "You're just trying to kick me out."
"Well, kinda," Yoh looked at her confused and she smiled, "I need to go to the cemetery."
"I'm just curious, if I died, would you visit me?"
"Oh, you need to die so I could visit you?"
"No, I just wanted to know, if for some reason I died, would any one be there?"
"There is a saying that you could tell a person's worth by how many people there were at their funeral."
Yoh looked down in sadness, "I guess I won't be worth much."
"Not true. Whoever said that was wrong. It's not the people that represent the worth, it's the tears. I say that you can tell a person's worth by how many tears are shed when they die. And let me tell you Yoh, you're worth a lot. You may not know it, but your family cares. And, yes, I would visit you at your grave, when you die an old man, if you still wish to know me."
"Of course I will!" Yoh took her hands in his, "You're the only friend I've got right now!"
"Yoh," Anna said sadly and took her hands out of his and looked away, "You'll find other friends…….."
"I don't want another friend! I want you!"
Anna looked confused, "I thought you didn't like me!"
"Only because I thought you were teasing me!"
She looked at his hopeful face, "Alright, I'll be your friend."
"Just my friend?"
Anna lifted an eyebrow, "What?"
"Nothing," Yoh got up, "Well you better get to that cemetery."
"Be nice to your brother," Anna said getting up, "You better not kill each other."
"Tell that to him!" Yoh smiled as he reached the door, "Bye!"
Anna waved, "Bye!"
Yoh walked out, "Bye, Mrs. Hino!"
"Bye Yoh-kun!"
Yoh started to walk home. Yoh was happy that he got a new friend and for once he felt good. Not 'better than before', he felt good.
Yoh failed to notice his brother waiting outside of the inn. He just kept walking.
'Is that Yoh, with a SMILE?' Hao thought to himself, 'I gotta find out who this Anna chick is!'
Hao ran in and heard Mrs. Hino, "You again?"
"Look, I just want to talk to Anna," Hao said politely, "Yoh is my brother, I just want to talk!"
Mrs. Hino sighed, "Alright, but if Anna doesn't want you there you get out!"
"Or you'll come get me?" Hao asked curiously.
"No, Anna will chase you out!"
Hao nodded and started to go to Anna's room.
Once he was there he barged in, "What's your game? What are you doing alone in this room with Yoh!"
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Sorry, cliffhanger. I didn't want to make this chapter too long though, even though you like it long. I'll try to update soon so that you won't fall of your chair. So hold tight and review! And thanks to those who reviewed before: ((bold is for signed-in reviews))
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