The Unison of Tragic
Disclaimer: uh… I am sick of psycho long disclaimers… so, I'll try to be simple. I DON'T OWN SHAMAN KING!
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Chapter 4 – Shadow of the past
Standing outside the Morigana building in Shinjuku, Yoh felt excited.
Anna's image burned a hole in his mind, and her voice lingered like a CD player set to repeat the same song over and over and over again.
This love at first sight was an intense one.
What should he do?
'You are my angel…'
That thought replayed in his mind a lot as well.
Yoh wandered into the lobby of the building, and looked up at the big sign that showed the visitors where they should go in category for legal advice.
Morinaga is the top law firm in Tokyo too.
Kyouyama Anna was one of the top lawyers.
From the information he could gather, he found that Anna had never lost her cases.
She literally corners the opposing lawyer and beat them to a pulp with words.
Suddenly, Yoh spotted Anna's name on the sign. He swallowed and moved towards the elegant and modern looking elevator.
When the elevator arrived, a figure with quite a few files in her arms tripped, fell against Yoh, and dropped them all over the floor in front of the elevator.
"Ah! Gomennsa!"
Yoh's heart strung like a string on a violin at that voice.
The blond hair, the face… that voice!
'Lucky…'
Yoh smiled and bent down to help her pick up her folders.
"Gomennasai." The young blond woman repeated.
"Aa, daijoubu desu yo." Yoh said.
Soon, Yoh had gathered all the folders and its contents and put them back in Anna's arms.
"There."
"Arigatougozaimasu…" Anna said, with a flush of pink on her cheeks even though her cold expression remained.
"If I really messed up that file, I'll be troubled." Said Anna.
"It would be... I could see that." Yoh answered.
"We are in other people's way… let's move… ah, thank you a lot for what you just did… I would like to treat you a cup of coffee or something if you don't mind."
"Really? Well, it wasn't that much of trouble…"
"I'll sue you for sexual harassment then." Anna said with a stern face.
"EH?" Yoh exclaimed.
"I am just kidding… come, I know a good coffee shop…"
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- back to present -
Yoh's flashback was interrupted by a phone call.
Yoh fished his cell phone out of the pocket of his jacket, pulled out the antenna and opened the folded device.
"Moshi moshi…" Yoh said into the phone mindlessly.
Ren's voice carried clearly out of the receiver.
"Remember that case we got away with four years ago?" Ren asked.
"Yeah, who'll forget that?" Yoh answered.
"Well, your lady checked against the police records, trying to find out our names!"
Yoh's eyes widened in shock.
ANNA!
"Yoh, what do you think we should do? Having her on our tail is not good… considering her reputation as a criminal lawyer; she could even dig out dirt from couple of decades ago! You gotta do something!"
Ren's voice hid a sign of panic, which worried Yoh, because Ren never panic.
"Wakatta… I'll do something, trust me."
"Well, you better, or else we are all goners. You know what our last resort will be, if you can't find another way… we'll just have to do it… I am hanging up."
"Ja na…" Yoh said, and closed his phone to hang up.
Yoh breathed out a big sigh, and left the room.
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Tamao handed Anna the information she wanted from that morning.
Anna said thanks and set her another research task.
When she read the file's first page she looked at the paper in shock.
It was a copy of the police records of the mass arrest of the Crime Organisation case she worked on four years ago.
Asakura Yoh's name was on the list.
He was released with another two men on insufficient evidence, therefore never turned up in the case she worked before.
He was suspected of plan construction behind the crimes in the country.
Anna rubbed her temples and breathed out a sigh.
That's why Yoh wouldn't tell her what he does for a living.
Criminals and lawyers don't mix. Like water and oil, they should be kept apart.
But this Asakura Yoh somehow broke that barrier and entered her life.
She took out a book with a black cover and golden edges of the pages.
It was her office journal.
She wrote most of her thoughts of the cases in this journal, especially the ones she could not bear.
Anna pulled a fountain pen out of her pen pot and began to write.
14/62005
I found the answer that plagued me for such a long time.
I never thought that my life at home would mix with my life in the office.
Today, I found out that Yoh is one of the best criminal masterminds of the country.
As a lawyer, I can not let this matter settle so easily once I found a lead. I must find more support for the case on behalf of my client even though a part of me wants to bury this information so that it'll never be raised again.
It was the reason why he never told me.
Now I know… and wished I haven't, because the truth shocked me beyond belief.
I love this man more than anything I know in this world.
He is everything to me… and I don't want to lose him…
Anna stopped there, and rested the end of her pen against her chin in deep thought.
She scanned the office, which was not a small one. The walls lined with volumes of books on criminal law.
A small pink and red pinwheel in a wooden base rested on her desk beside her name plate.
It was the symbol of Osorezan, a small souvenir given to her by the elderly Itako that brought her up when she left for Tokyo to study.
Kino obaasan…
I wonder how you are doing…
She was violently shaken out of her daze by the thrill sound of her ringing office phone.
"Hai." Anna said mindlessly.
"Yo Anna!" Yoh's soothing voice came through the phone so clear as if he was hiding in the office somewhere. It made Anna's hear skip a beat.
"Yoh… what's the matter, you never used to call me at work."
"Sorry, just saying that… I am home early today to cook you dinner… I saw a good recipe today and I think you'll like it!"
"Really? Good on you… I'll be home soon too…" Anna said, trying to sound normal.
"I am going to hang up now, Anna, see you when you come home!"
"Looking forwards to the lovely dinner then…"
"Ja."
Anna put down the receiver back, leaned back on her chair, and breathed out another sigh.
What am I going to do… Yoh?
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List of weird Japanese words and their meaning: (in context)
Moshi moshi – equivalent to English "Hello" when starting a phone conversation.
Gomennasai – I am sorry
Daijoubu desu yo – It's alright
Arigatougozaimasu – thank you
Wakatta – I understand… to be more contextual, it'll be "ok"
Ja na – male speech, "See you"
Hai: yes?
Note: Sometimes Japanese people say that they are hanging up, and phone conversations often end with "Ja", which means "see you".
Hannah-asakura: I am glad I am helping someone with something useful. And… Anna was doing the presentation of her case to the judge at the time, and since this is set in Japan, the opening to her presentation was a mixture of Western and Japanese court language format. Hope you like this chapter! I look forwards to your next review!
Prizz: Thank you for your support! I look forward to your reviews in the future.
Author's note: Well, constructing this chapter was kind of hard… and I realised that I put in more Japanese than I originally intend to… maybe it's because of the story's background and such… and this story will be in Japanese style thinking, so if there were to be any confusion, you are welcome to leave me a review, and I will answer any questions at the end of the next chapter… until then Mata ne!