Married to My Brother's Fiancé

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Rating: Teens
Pairing: Hao-Anna-Yoh, Manta-Tamao
Summary: A class project binds Hao and Anna together as a married couple. Hao see this a providence from heaven while Anna prays that can live through it all, and Yoh's stuck as Ren's wife? (Hao-Anna-Yoh, Tamao-Manta)
Author's Note: This is the last chapter I'm posting before leaving for Thailand. YAY! Haven't been back there for over 13 years. I hope it'll be great fun. I'll be gone for a couple of weeks. Ok, SilverBlossom mentioned in the review that the plot of this story is a popular topic. Well, all I can say is, I haven't been reading any Shaman King fan fictions, so hopefully this one will be different from the existing stories with this same plot.

Chapter 3: Marital Blues

"So Grandmother Kino told you to come finish out high school with us?" Yoh's cheerful tone matched the nice fresh weather outside. Tamao, still as shy and timid as ever, nodded with her head down and her eyes on the ground. "That's awesome! It'll be fun having you around," he grinned broadly at her causing her cheek to burn to the same pink as her hair.

Anna watched the scene with slight annoyance. She does love Tamao like her own sister, being that they grew up together, but she really couldn't control herself. A feeling of possessiveness seemed to overwhelm her every time a girl came near or got too friendly with Yoh. Anna smoothly stepped in between the other two who were still sharing a friendly smile.

"Well I'm happy you'll be with us also, Tamao. I don't think I can take anymore of Hao's cooking." All eyes shot to the older twin. Walking a distance away from the other three, Hao clearly had his minds on something else. He eyebrows furrow in deep concentration making him look serious, a looked that rarely manifest itself on his usually smirking face.

"He's thinking hard," Anna commented. They have been staring at him for a while and Hao still doesn't seem to notice. "Must be painful." She added. Yoh stifled a laugh and Tamao giggled in agreement.

The front of the school was hectic. Booths scattered everywhere with large signs on the top reading Baseball, Auto Shop, Wood Shop, Ballroom Dancing, Home Economics and so on. The trios' eyes widen in realization when it suddenly dawned on them. The first day was school was when they had to sign up for an elective. Getting first choice in choosing electives was an incentive for students to show up early for the first day of school. Yoh groaned after seeing groups of students bunched up in front of various booths. The three learned the hard way about how students pick their electives two years ago.

During their freshmen year, they showed up before school started, early even. They had exactly 10 minutes before the first bell. That proved to be an insufficient enough time to be able to sign up for the electives they wanted. All the good ones were taken and the trios were stuck with either Ballroom Dancing or Home Economics. Luckily for them, actually unluckily for them though they wouldn't mention that to the blonde next to them, Anna made the executive decision that they take Ballroom Dancing. She figures they should learn how to dance correctly for whatever occasion they might need it for. The twins knew she was referring to her future wedding with Yoh.

"Oh great, Anna. Look at what you got us into now." Hao blurted out before thinking. Her glare shut him up on the spot.

"We wouldn't be late if your dumbass hadn't…argh! I can't get into this right now." Anna yelled and threw her hands in the air in frustration. Her outburst attracted some attention, particularly from a group of Hao and Yoh's fangirls whom have been keeping their eye out for them. Of course with Anna right there with them, they knew better to keep their distance. There was a girl who once challenged the blonde, she changed school the very next day Anna had a "private talk" with her.

From the very first day of school, Anna had made it clear that her and Yoh were together. She laced her fingers together with Yoh's the moment they stepped into the school building and noticed all eyes were on them. The trios were drawing attention from everyone in the halls, males and females alike. Hao and Yoh with their handsome facial features, perfectly sculpted physique, and charming smiles were getting shy glances and giggles from girls. Anna was also well aware of the unappreciated lustful looks from the guys. She may act oblivious to people's attention to her, but she wasn't clueless.

The 5 feet 6 inches blonde's body was still developing. She wasn't very well endowed in her chest area but those assets weren't important when Anna possessed a certain presence that demanded all eyes to be on her. She wasn't the most beautiful girl, but her brilliance would outshine any beauty queen. Her stunning face resembled those actresses of legend. Always the center of attention, always memorable, that was Anna.

"Hey Yoh, Anna!" A familiar voice called out to them from the crowd. Yoh looked around and finally saw a small figure running towards them. Manta, Yoh noticed hasn't changed a bit. Still standing no taller than the height Yoh's waist, Manta was all smiles as he came to stop in front of the group. He took a moment to catch his breath.

"Manta, what's up dude?" Yoh asked.

"Where have you guys been? Just about every electives are full." Manta gestured with his hands at all the crowded booths.

"Don't remind us." Hao groaned. He took a step forward and looked around again, checking one last time to make sure there just might be an elective that wasn't completely lame that he could take. "Argh, I don't want to take some dance class again."

"Calm down, drama queen." Anna also looked around.

Hao secretly threw her a dirty look. "If I could just get my hands around her…" He muttered in his lowest voice possible and gestured a chocking motion with his hands behind Anna. Yoh snickered while Manta and Tamao looked nervous back and forward between the blonde and the brunette. Manta feared Anna more than anything, and he sometimes suspected she even has eyes on the back of her head. He only prays that he was wrong in his assumptions right about now.

"So what classes are still available, Shorty." Shorty was Anna's nickname for the little guy. Manta was use to it enough to not take offence. Besides, who in their right mind would try to correct Anna? He had a nice summer vacation that year when he decided to go to computer camp. The summer before proved to be horrendous when Anna suggested it would be nice if he went and stayed with them. He was stupid indeed.

After arranging everything with his parents, he was going to stay with Yoh, Hao, and Anna in their mansion for the whole summer. Little did he know that Anna had several roles for him in mind while he was staying for the summer. Manta soon became their cook and cleaning lady err… person. Anna even got him to wear an apron she made especially for him. He still had the apron still somewhere in his closet; the embroidered red shrimp was prominent on the bottom corner.

"Well there's only one class left actually." He replied.

"One?" The twins exclaimed in unison.

"No more dancing please," Yoh begged.

"Yes, anything but that," Hao chipped in. "It took me months to recovery from that. You wouldn't believe what I had to go through for people to know I'm cool again."

Anna sighed and rolled her eyes in the process. "Shallow, one-dimensional, half-witted womanizer." She muttered but made a point for it to be loud and clear enough for the others to hear. They all knew exactly what he had to go through, basically just dating nearly half the girls from school, even the ones who were attached.

Anna was disgusted. She still couldn't figure out what those girls saw in him, well other than his good looks. But he was still so unattractive to her moving from girl to girl. He could never be faithful like Yoh, she figured. Anna glanced over at her fiancé then to find him looking directly at her with that so very contagious smile. Then again, Yoh didn't really have a choice. Anna made sure of that.

"Well, the dance class is actually full." Manta pointed to booth with a large crowd in the front. A large red sign with the text Dance printed on it hung right above. The twins looked at the booth skeptically. Most of the people in the crowd were guys.

"Why the hell are guys signing up for that class?" Hao took a few stepped closer to the booth. He really was curious as to why any guy in their right mind would want to be in a lame class like that.

"Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with Hao here. What gives?" Yoh was equally confused. Other than the perk of getting to hold Anna closely whenever they were paired together, he hated the dance class.

"There's a new teacher."

"Oh?" Anna feigned interest.

"Yeah and guess who it is!" Manta's excitement received a queer look from all four. "Tao Jun, Ren's sister!" He revealed finally.

"Ren's sister." Yoh repeated. "Wow, that's great."

"Was she that hot chick with the green hair that showed up with Ren for the parent and teacher conference?" Hao was walking towards the Dance booth now, excited to get a glimpse of the new popular teacher on the campus. The others followed close behind.

Anna noticed a bevy of giggly girls eyeing them, well eyeing Hao and Yoh to be exact. Annoyed, she fell into steps beside Yoh and slipped her left arm around his. She saw from the corner of her eyes that her action took him by surprise. He had a surprise for her of his own. Without any hesitation, Yoh bent slightly and pressed his lips to Anna's left temple, just hard enough to nudge her head a little to the side. Feeling heat rapidly rising on her face, she turned to look up at the boy next to her. Anna was still lost for words as she stared up at the smiling face before her. Suddenly, all their surroundings seemed to have melted away.

"Hey man, none of that PDA around here," Hao snapped them out of their daze. Equipped with a scowl on his face, Hao was clearly not happy.

What's your problem?" Anna challenged, crossing her arms like Hao. He opened his mouth, but closed it after realizing he didn't have a response. Well he did have one, but he really wasn't in the position to say. Who was he to tell an engaged couple what they can or can't do?

"Yoh? Anna?" Out of the crowd stepped a tall clearly Chinese origin woman in her dragon embellished brocade dress. Her hair was held up with two huge clips on the back.

"Jun, what a pleasant surprise." Hao took her hand with both of his and held it tightly.

"Ahem" Someone was clearly unhappy with his Hao's move. "Hello everyone." The voice was unmistakable. It could only belonged to the uptight and often times arrogant Tao Ren. He quickly stepped in between his older sister and Hao.

"Ren, what's up?" Yoh asked in his cheerful mode.

"Oh nothing much. I just signed up for an elective," he answered with a shrug.

"For dance?" Hao made a face but quickly recovered when he noticed Jun eyeing him. "I mean erm…"

"Just shut up, Hao." Anna shot him a warning glare where Hao could only respond with crossing his arms, turned away and had a hint of a pout on his lips. Ren smirked at the scene. He found it amusing Anna had such control over both the twins.

"No, Ren signed up for Home Economics!" Horo Horo jumped out from behind Ren with his sister Pirika beside him. "Ren's gonna be house wife!"

Ren's smirk turned to a scowl as soon as Yoh, Hao, and Horo Horo started laughing uncontrollably. One of their hands held on to their stomach as they continue to laugh. Horo Horo even got to the point where he was rolling around on the ground. He finally stopped after he realized it was the only one still laughing, and the only one who was rolling on the ground. Yoh and Hao had recovered earlier after Anna threw them both warning looks. She was already in a bad mood and it wasn't wise to foul it up even more.

Everyone watched him in silence, Pirika in particular wasn't very please with the picture. Feeling rather stupid now, Horo Horo finally got back to his feet. He dusted the dirt off his clothing but failed to clean up the stubborn grass stain. Everything stood in silence as they looked at Pirika's face changing color from pink to beet red.

"Stupid, big brother with no brain!" The cerulean haired girl thundered. She took her brother by the collar and shook him vehemently. "Do you know how hard it is to get out grass stains? Why don't you ever think before you act?"

"Teh," Ren made a sound with mouth. "Dimwit."

"Welcome to Home Economics, students," the soft-spoken teacher stepped in the class. The few guys in the class stared at her in awe. Beautiful and sophisticated, the teacher was simply known as Miss Jeanne. "Please find your seats everyone," she directed when a few students came trickling in. A group of girls squealed at the sight of a pair of twins and the imported raven haired, golden-eyed millionaire. The blonde in front of them redirected the other boy's eyes to be on her.

"I can't believe we're stuck taking this class," Hao muttered. "This is worst than dance." Yoh nodded in agreement. As it turned out, Home Economics was the only elective left. But that wasn't the reason Ren signed for the class, much to everyone's surprise. As a part of his living in solitude and being independent campaign, he decided it would be best if he learned how to do house chores himself.

"Alright class, this year, I'm going to try something different. A colleague of mine inspired this project and hopefully everyone will find this an enjoyable, learning experience." Miss Jeanne paused as she looked around the class. Some seemed mildly interested, while others seemed pretty preoccupied with something else, or rather some people.

She sighed softly. Having the twins as well as Ren and the menacing Anna in her class was going to be something else. She's heard of them of course. They were, and still are, quite popular topics among students at school. Shocked and disappointed after discovering one of the twin and the blonde was engaged and already living under the same roof with no parent supervision, Miss Jeanne didn't like how other students seems to idolize them. But she can't let her personal feelings conflict with her class right now.

"Ok," She held up a bag. "Everyone on this left half of the room, please put your name on this small strip of paper and put them back into the bag please." She handed everyone on the left side of the room a small, blank strip of paper. After the last person dropped the strip in the bag, Miss Jeanne took the bag and turned to the other half of the room.

"Now, each one of you on the right side of the room will draw out a name from the bag and that's going to be your partner for this project." Anna eyed the bag intensely. Yoh happened to be on her side of room so pairing up with him wasn't going to happen. She looked around and realized Hao was on the other side.

"Dear God, no." She thought with an alarm. Then she noticed Ren was right beside him. "Ren's not bad. Please anybody but…"

After taking a deep breath, Anna went for it. Her grip tightened on the slip of paper as she brought it out slowly. Right in front of her, the slip was blank, but her heart sank for she could see the lines created by the pressure of the pen on paper.

"Can I have a do over?" Anna asked before she even flipped it over.

"I don't…"

"I haven't even seen the name yet." The blonde pressed on.

"Well ok, but just this once." Anna let out a sigh of relief. Hao was staring at her suspiciously, she could tell, but she couldn't care less. She dropped the paper back in the bag and Miss Jeanne shook the bag.

"Ok, Anna." She opened the bag up for her. With one swift move, picked one up and held it up to Miss Jeanne.

"Well alright, Anna's partner will be…" Anna held her breath. There was just no way she could pick his name twice in a row."

"Asakura Hao."

She was wrong. Life was cruel.

"And now, for your professions." Miss Jeanne dug her hand into another bag she had at her desk. Anna wasn't listening at this point. Her ears were still ringing from Miss Jeanne's announcement of her partner. The teacher did have Hao's full attention however.

"Anna, you will be a housewife with 3 children, and your partner, Hao, will be a prominent doctor. What a perfect family," Miss Jeanne added with enthusiasm.

Anna didn't quite agree. Her head was spinning and she was feeling sick to her stomach.

"This can't get any worst."

She was wrong again. Anna cringed as Hao enjoyed a hearty fit of laugher.

"I love this project. This is going to be fun. Don't you think so, hunnnnnny."

Anna shuddered.

God help me.

Author's Ending Note: The main gang's all here now. I've set myself a personal goal as to how many reviews I want for this story. I'm not going to say how many I'm looking for, but I'm just letting everyone know that I will not be updating until the reviews reach that number. Thanks for reading and let me know if you're enjoying this.