This is my SECOND Fic. My first fic was College Life if you didn't know. If you haven't yet read College Life, well, I still have ONE more chappy! The big finale! But most of u r prbly reading this due to College Life. Anyways.

WAAH! I'M SO HAPPY! College Life is finally COMPLETE! Sniff! Sniff! I'm so proud! Haven't been so proud since the day I could walk! I nearly cried when I typed the last words of College Life! Pleaz read the big finale!

College Life: Yoh is now a laid back student who has a perfect life. Right? WRONG! Life has never been harsher! Amongst the business about exams and proms, will his love for Anna continue? Will it last? (WELL OF COURSE! ITS YOHXANNA FLUFF!)

ON WITH DA CHAPPY!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own Shaman King. If I did, well, I wouldn't spend my time on FanFiction would I? Nooo, I'd be creating more episodes of it! (I do wish there were more episodes of it though…)

Title: Forbidden Love

By: ChibiAzn3

Summary: Anna Kyouyama. She's the Governor's one and only daughter. She's the one to marry the fearful Prince Hao. She's the one who fell into a forbidden love relationship with who she thought was a servant: the Prince's long lost brother? YXA

(I got the idea from nerd witch's alone in the darkness. She inspired me to write this. Hope you enjoy!)

Close Call

Anna stared at the huge fire spirit blazing before her.

Prince Hao smirked. "How do you like him, my dear?"

Anna was speechless. "L-Leave me alone, you snake!" She shrieked. (A/N Ya…I no….this from Lord of the Rings once again, spoken by Eowyn of Rohan to Grima Wormtongue.)

Prince Hao chuckled. "Hahaha. My dear, I don''t really think you ought to call me that. First of all, I am your future husband, and second of all," Prince Hao snapped his fingers. The great spirit edged closer. "I don't think the Spirit of Fire really likes insults. Especially when you're talking about the future Shaman King."

"Shaman King?" Anna asked frowning. He knew he had heard of that somewhere. Where, she was not sure.

"Yes," Prince HAo whispered, "The Shaman King. I am only eligible to become Shaman King when I have a Queen."

Anna glared at him coldly. "So you're using me." She said in a quiet but deadly tone.

Prince Hao chuckled once again, piercing the very heart and soul out of any normal human being. Then again, Anna Kyouyama had never exactly been normal.

"Of course, my dear Anna. What did you think? Well, I do like you. You're simply brilliant and very feisty. I always love a challenge. The ones so easy to get are worthless. It's the ones that are hard to achieve that are worth more…" He edged closer to Anna as he cupped her chin.

"Get away. People who use other people out of pure selfishness have no heart. And I care nothing for those with no heart." Anna said once again in her quiet but deadly tone.

This time, Prince Hao frowned. "And what do you know about it, my dear Anna? Do you tell me that you actually do care about someone? Hmph. I think not. You're Anna Kyouyama. I've been watching you since you were little. You are one rare jewel, Anna Kyouyama. And I intend to get it. Do you really think there are such things as 'friends' and 'friendship'?"

Anna was fuming.

Prince Hao laughed at the sight.

Anna tightened her fists, then released it. She punched Prince Hao.

Prince Hao held onto his cheek, a tad bit surprised, to be caught off guard by a girl, but he didn't let it show. He was a bit amused. He chuckled.

Anna was burning now. "YES THERE IS!" She screamed.

Prince Hao raised an eyebrow. "Oh? There is?"

"Yes." Anna calmed. She remembered Yoh and Tamao. "Of course there is. True friends think their friends before themselves."

"Well, if that's the case, then we'll need to change the way we think, don't we Spirit of Fire?" He nodded towards the large red spirit.

The Spirit of Fire growled.

"Hahaha! So…what were you doing so late? Were you perhaps planning on doing something behind my back, dear Anna! Because I'll have you know, Hao Asakura knows everything. Even if you ran, you'll still be trapped in my fingers." Hao thundered.

Anna backed away. And ran.

But with a snap of his fingers, the SoF appeared right in front of her.

She gasped and fell back.

"Now, Spirit of Fire, torture her." Hao said smirking.

The Spirit of Fire raised his hand, ready to strike, and-

"No!" A young boy came running up next to Prince Hao.

Prince Hao turned around. "Stupid servant boy. CAN you not SEE that I was BUSY! WHAT IS IT!"

The boy, who had been bowing extremely low not to show his face, began to spoke in a firm voice. "You Majesty, the Lady is not guilty of anything, whatsoever."

Prince Hao narrowed his eyes. "You're saying…"

The servant took a deep breath and continued. "I…I was the one who had held her back."

Prince Hao released command of the Spirit of Fire and waved him down. E walked towards the boy.

Anna sat there with her head screaming, "No! No Yoh! No! Don't take the blame! No! He'll spare me, but HE WON'T SPARE YOU!" But her mouth remained silent.

"What is your name, boy servant?" He questioned suspiciously.

The boy bowed even lower. "My name is Luke, sir,"

"Your father and mother?"

"My father is dead, sir."

"Your mother?"

"My mother is a maid at the Johnson's."

Prince Hao did not seem satisfied, but he continued to let the boy talk. "So what happened, you say?"

The boy answered calmly. "The Lady, well, there was a delay in the kitchen, and the Lady's glass of water never came to her. The Lady knew of nothing. She simply was thirsty, so she wanted to check on us."

"Strange, is it not? What can a simple glass of water take so long?" Prince Hao pretended to be thinking while really observing the boy's reaction.

But the boy neither stirred nor moved nor seemed to react at all. He remained firmly planted at the spot.

"Yes. It was my fault, you see, sire. The other two servants said the Lady wanted cold water, but I, I said she would want warmer water."

"That is no business of yours whatsoever."

"Yes, sir."

Prince Hao now sat down on a chair next to the SoF. "Continue."

"The Lady came into the kitchen, and, well, I don't know what came over me, and, I well, forced her to drink wine. Forgive me, sire, please."

"You forced her?" Prince Hao asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. Yes I did. I do not know what came over me. And…I forced her to stay, and…a great deal of many things I am guilty of."

Prince Hao chuckled. "You dare do that to Lady Anna? You dare do such a thing, TO THE PRINCE'S FIANCE!" Hao thundered.

The boy did not answer…and then…"No, but I did. I just ask that you not harm Lady Anna."

Prince HAo chuckled again. "How adorable. A servant falling in love with a Lady who is already engaged to the Prince!" He laughed coldly, Icey knives piercing into the soft tender flesh.

Ana winced. Why is he doing that? Why is he doing that for her? Why! She was about to cry. The boy was so brave, so handsome, so kindhearted, and yet what life is he getting? A servant. A servant to a person unfit to be king.

"Well, thank you for telling me the truth, younh Luke. Now, goodbye. Spirit of Fire?" He turned to the large spirit behind him.

There was a red blaze and a scream.

Anna watched in horror as this happened.

"Now, Spirit of Fire, finish him! Make him pay for his wrongdoing!" Prince Hao laughed.

And then, Anna finally came to senses. "STOP!" She screamed and dropped to the floor sobbing.

Prince Hao stopped and raised an eyebrow. "Stop? Why, my dear? Are you not enjoying this? This man did things unspeakable to you, and yet you help him?" Prince Hao egged her into telling the truth in order to help the boy.

Anna opened her mouth. "I…I…I was taught that killing isn't a way. It is my beliefs." She finished coldly.

Prince Hao laughed. Anna winced. She hated that laugh. "Alright, fine then, my dear." He turned to the boy who was barely conscious and was now lying on the ground. "I will spare you this time, young Luke, seeing as it is in The Lady's opinion. But beware…" The he turned to leave. "Good night, my dear."

The SoF followed behind him.

Anna stared at him coldly, as if she wouldn't have really cared about the boy, until he was out of site.

Then she ran down to the boy. "Yoh!" She cried as she kneeled down next to him.

"D-Don't…"Hw weakly muttered.

Anna took no notice of this and started tearing up her dress to use as bandages to wrap up his injuries.

Yoh winced and slowly opened his eyes. He smiled. "Th-Thank you, A-Anna…" He weakly muttered again.

Anna was now on the verge of crying. Before her lay a boy who took the blame and pain that rightfully should have been hers. And yet….there he was…thanking her.

"No…No! You…You shouldn't thank me…I should thank you…I've never met anyone like you." She said as tears began to cloud her vision. "Must not cry, must not cry!" Her head screamed, but she did.

Tears fell.

Yoh felt them. He slowly used his strength to reach up to Anna and wipe away the tears. "D-Don't c-cry…" He stammered before falling into unconciousness…

Anna stood in horror. What if he died? No! He couldn't! She's never felt such feeling towards anyone like this before. She lo-. Did she? She shook her head. This was not the time to think such thoughts.

Yoh groaned.

Anna sighed with relief. He wasn't dead! She thanked almost every god she could think of.

It was a while before she snapped back from reality.

She clapped twice. About a minute or so, two young girl servants came up, rubbing their eyes.

"Milady?" They asked in unision.

Anna ignored this. "Here. Help me with this boy. He is gravely injured. Be careful with him."

The two girls stood gaping at the limp figure.

"Y-Yoh-sama!" The blue-haired girl cried.

Ana looked up. "What did you say?"

The silver haired girl immediately covered her friend's mouth, "Shh…"

Anna looked away, still suspicious. She continued with Yoh's bandaging.

Together, they carried Yoh all the way up to Anna's room. Where they set him down on a couch.

Then Anna resumed looking out the window.

"Y-Yoh-sama!" the blue haired girl had cried.

"How can it be? –Sama means master…how is a boy servant their master?" She questioned the stars.

Anna looked over to the limp figure. It turned. Anna sighed. Oh how she wished she could be of more help!

"He didn't coward into the corner, he didn't even try to defend himself! He only thought of defending me…" She thought as tears swelled up again.

"Why did he have to do it!" She thought as she began to sob.

That night, she cried and cried till she fell asleep.

OOO

The next morning…

"Yoh!" she cried as she saw that the boy servant had gone. There was a note left in the place where he slept.

She picked it up.

Lady Anna,

I am sorry to have to leave without telling you. It is for your safety. If Prince Hao finds out that you've helped me, he will torture you as well. I thank you for last night. I thank you for stopping him, and I thank you for not leaving me. Do not worry about me, I am fine. Please do not visit me soon, a thousand thanks and so on.

-Yoh

Anna looked over the note again. No. How can he be so stupid? He can never survive Prince Hao by himself! No. She must visit him. She must. Regardless of what he said.

She got dressed, and headed down to the kitchens…

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So? Good? I dno…its getting late…time to crash….YAWNS

WELL…PLEAZ R AND R! And College Life is finally finished! WAAHH! I'm so PROUD!