Authors Notes: Hey hi there! I have decided to turn this one-shot into a double one-shot. This is the first and the second is in progress, at the moment. Anyways, this Shaman King one-shot takes place from Anna's POV during the 4th and 3rd to last episodes of the entire series. So far warning: MAJOR SPIOLERS! Please review when you are done; I like to know how my work turns out. Constructive critisism is always welcome, but please do not flame me.

This is for BabyKaoru-sama. (She had requested a Shaman King fanfic.) I hope you enjoy it! .

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King. Nor does anyone else except for the people it's licensed to. But don't we all wish we could own it?


Giving-up Hope

He's gone. That's it. Hao has won.

Hao took away the person I cared for the most. He took Yoh's soul away, right in front of my eyes. I hadn't been quick enough. I hadn't been able to save him. I was too late...

I could only watch in horror as Yoh's limp body hung from Hao's hands. I saw Yoh's headphones lying on the ground. The moment I saw them, my heart broke and fell to pieces.

I felt a piece of my dying along with my fiance.

My usually indifferent demeanor snapped and as my heart ripped open, a cry of terror and anguish was wrenched from my lips as I screamed out Yoh's name with the pain that had seized ahold of my body. It echoed in the still air and ears of those who heard it, chilling them to the bone...

...I had placed Yoh's headphones on my own head. And I tried to seek revenge. I tried to save humanity. I tried to stop Hao from taking away the world from everyone else...

...he had already taken away mine...

But...

The 1080 beads hadn't worked. The last thing that could have stopped Hao had failed.

I had failed.

Now there is no hope left.

All hope is gone.

Just like...

...Yoh...