The Unison of Tragic
Disclaimer: Under the Australian Federal Copyright Act 1968, all fan work of novels or movies or any other publications should come along with a disclaimer that they do not own the original work. So, since I am a law student and all, I, especially should abide that… so… here goes! I do not own Shaman King or any characters in that certain publication. The original publication of Shaman King Manga was created by Takei Hiroyuki himself. Thank you, now I have not broken any law, I can start now… right?
Chapter 3 – Fading Memories
Anna sat at her office at work, going through the paper work for her case.
It was due to go to court in a few weeks.
After yesterday she could concentrate on her work.
She sipped her coffee and read the content of that file she collected last week.
She is representing the plaintiff, for the sales of classified information of their company.
Anna flipped through the file, and her eyes were caught by a yellowing newspaper clipping.
It was an article of the mass arrest of a former major crime organisation in the country four years ago.
The article also stated the release of three members of the organisation due to lack of evidence of their involvement with the organisation. No matter how many people testified against them, they were ruled as insufficient evidence and were released.
Anna felt mildly intrigued for some reason.
Someone knocked on her door.
"Douzo." She answered.
A young woman with pink hair entered.
"Aano… Kyouyama san…" the young woman said.
"Ara, Tamamura san. What's the matter?" Anna said with a faint smile.
Tamamura Tamao, the intern she has 'adopted' for the firm, Anna supervises her work, and Tamao helps Anna with some research.
"I was wondering if you need anything… or if you would like to go get lunch…"
Anna thought for a while.
She is partially done with the preparation of her case; it shouldn't be a problem up to the third hearing.
"Alright, let's go… and we'll discuss anything needed for this case over lunch."
"Hai!" Tamao answered in her usual shyness excitedly.
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Yoh sat in a daze.
The plan was set tidily into a file and it sat on the table beside the laptop.
In his mind, he thought of the time when he first met Anna…
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Flashback…
It was four years ago.
Horo Horo, Ren and Yoh were released from custody.
They were arrested for the suspicion of their involvement in one of the biggest crime organisations in Japan.
Well, duh! They were behind the organisation's biggest crimes.
But they rarely slip up on giving away their identities, only a few people in the organisation even contact with them.
Even though they slipped up big time then, they were confident that they would be released in the end with insufficient evidence.
And they were.
The news papers didn't even publish their names.
They sat in the court on the day of the trial for the rest of their organisation.
For fun, they thought.
"Would the Counsel of the plaintiff step forward." The judge said.
A young woman with shoulder length blond hair stood up from her seat.
"Kyouyama Anna, your honour. I am counsel appearing on be half of the plaintiff."
Yoh has his eyes glued on her, he even forgot to breath.
Only one word Yoh could think of… stunning.
He found her voice calm and clear and mesmerising.
And he has fallen for her that day.
He was almost disappointed when she announced the end of her presentation of the case with the simple words.
"Ijou desu."
'Kyouyama Anna… is it?' Yoh thought. 'I'll find you…'
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After the trial, Ren and Horo Horo walked down the street with Yoh.
"Yaa Hitomebore da yo na! That girl!" Horo Horo teased Yoh.
"Maybe Horo Horo is forgetting that we are not boys anymore!" Ren smirked.
"Kedo na Isn't that woman a lawyer? Wouldn't she be hard to get?" Horo Horo asked, still with that grin on his face.
"Lawyers are about as dangerous as the cops, Yoh… If you are not careful, you might pull us all down with you." Ren said.
"Ma Love is about the most unpredictable thing in the world isn't it! Yoh?"
Yoh laughed dryly and nodded.
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Yoh sat at his computer again, looking up information about this Kyouyama Anna.
The calm voice, the serious demeanour… and the sweet pretty face lingered in his mind.
Suddenly, he got a hit, and he desperately read the information on the screen.
There was the ID photo of Anna.
It's her!
The profile read:
Kyouyama Anna
Age: 23
Date of Birth: 22/7/1978
Place of Birth: Aomori Province. City unknown, presumably Osorezan
Martial status: single, living alone
(Yoh grinned widely at that fact)
Level of Education: Graduate of Tokyo University Law School.
Current occupation: Certified Lawyer specialise in Criminal Law, currently working for Morinaga Law Firm.
Biography:
Kyouyama Anna was abandoned at a very young age at Osorezan. She was adopted by an elderly Itako in Mutsu city, who gave her the name.
The rest was unknown.
That mystery of the young woman prodded at Yoh's curiosity.
He wanted to know more about this woman.
The more things are unknown to him, the more he wanted to know.
A good way to start will be… this Morinaga Law Firm…
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List of weird Japanese words and their meanings (in context):
Douzo – come in please
Anoo… - um…
Ara – expression of mild surprise、usually female speech
Ijou desu – that is all
Yaa – hey
Hitomebore – love at first sight
da yo na – that is so. Male speech
kedo na – male speech, "but"
ma – well…
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hannah-asakura: (Smile) well, the original title of this fic was going to be "Blood stained Angel"… but since I had to put what the readers would think if I don't give them enough warning about the tragic ending into consideration or else I might get flamed about it :P
YohandAnna4ever: erm, if he tells her this early… there will be nothing left for me to write about… and as I previously mentioned quite a few times and the title itself very obviously implies… the ending will be TRAGIC! In almost R+J style. And I agree that they love each other too much!
Authers words: well, I wonder how you like it… because it was somehow all over the place at times… so… please review! I need them to know how I am going etc. By the way, I made up Anna's date of birth… because it wasn't mentioned anywhere… And I posted this one in kind of hurry… because I have completed chapter 5… but I want to collect some reviews first and make some changes… Thanks see you next chapter… until then!