Hey everyone! Hee hee sorry for the late update but I was having some troubles with this chapter, I didn't know how to organize all of my ideas so I had to think about it for a while...well I hope that I didn't keep you all waiting for too long and I hope to get reviews that tell me what you liked/disliked about this chappie and not just "Update Soon". Enjoy chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King
Yoh and the other's all looked over to their left, out the car window, as they stared with awe at the huge amusement park that was only a mile away from the freeway that they were currently driving on.
"Well after a 2 hour drive that should have only taken us 45 minutes, we have finally arrived." Ren said as he drove off the exit and towards the park.
"It's about time." Horo Horo said as he crossed his arms on his chest.
"Well if it wasn't for your bad taste in music, we would have gotten here earlier." Ren said.
"Oh sure blame everything on me." Horo Horo responded.
"BUT IT WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Ren shouted.
"That's enough!" Pilika screamed. "We've had enough fights for today."
Ren and Horo Horo then both shut up.
"So what are we going to do when we get there?" Yoh asked as he sat up straight in his seat.
"Well first of course we have to find a parking space, and then we'll decide where to go when we go in." Ren answered.
"Oh okay." Yoh answered. Yoh then turned over and looked at Anna who was quietly staring out the window without an expression on her face. Yoh sighed and continued to stare out his window.
"AHH!" Everyone's jaw was hanging down on the ground as they saw the massive parking lot before them. There seemed to be no free parking spaces at all.
"HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIND A PARKING SPACE NOW?" Horo Horo shouted. "THEY'RE ALL TAKEN!"
Ren lowered his head. "Calm down. You're going to give yourself a heart attack."
"But look at this place! There's no parking spaces! Anywhere!" Horo Horo said as he shook his head side to side trying to look for any parking space at all.
"I guess that we should have come here earlier." Tamao said from her seat in the mid back.
"Don't worry guys, I'm sure that we can find a parking space somewhere. All we have to do is look." Manta responded.
"Oh sure like that's gonna work. Look at this place, it's a maze!" Horo Horo shouted as he pointed at the parking lot. There were numerous amounts of cars and people moving about.
"We're never gonna make it through here." He sulked.
Ren sighed. "Well I guess that we have no choice, but to drive around and start looking for spaces." He then turned and looked at everyone in the car. "Horo Horo,Tamao, Manta, Yoh. You all look towards your right. And Pilika, Anna, and I will look towards our left."
"Right!" Everyone replied and they all got to work looking for any available parking spaces.
"Ooooooohh! Ooooooohh! There's one!" Horo Horo pointed.
Ren looked over and then sighed. 'That's part of the street you dolt!"
"Oh."
The search then continued. Ren slowly drove down the many lanes of parked cars, looking around hoping to find a space, or hoping that someone would pull out soon. But for the next 15 minutes, he would have no such luck.
"Aww man, we've been driving around for 15 minutes already! Someone pull out so that we can get a freakin parking space!" Horo Horo shouted impatiently.
"Awww calm down Horo Horo. No need to get impatient. I'm sure that we're going to find a parking space anytime now." Yoh replied.
"But...You said that 10 minutes ago! DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE FOUND A PARKING SPACE YOH?"
Anna who was getting very impatient with Horo Horo's whining, took off her sandal, threw it across the car, and hit Horo Horo in the head.
"QUIET! AND STOP WHINING!" She shouted as she placed her chin back onto the palm of her hand.
Horo Horo twitched, and slowly fell to the ground.
Pilika stood up from her seat, and rushed over to her brother's aid. "Oh Horo Horo. Be careful next time. You know that Anna doesn't like whiners." She gently picked up Anna's sandal but to her surprise, Yoh came over and took it from her hands.
"I'll give that to Anna, Pilika." Yoh grinned. Yoh then slowly took the sandal from Pilika's hands.
"Oh okay." She replied. Pilika turned over to look at Anna who was silently staring out the window, as if she was completely unaware of the things that were going on around her.
Yoh then walked over back to the back seat and stretched his arm out to Anna.
"Here you go Anna. Your sandal." He said.
Anna continued to stare out her window and said nothing. She slowly stretched out her arm, keeping her glance out the window and not turning to face Yoh, and retrieved the sandal from Yoh's hands.
Yoh who was saddened by the fact that Anna wouldn't even look at him, just sighed and turned to face the other way.
Pilika who saw the whole ordeal, was puzzled by Anna and Yoh's strange behavior.
Whoa. Why is Anna being so cold towards Yoh all of a sudden? I mean the other day at the beach they were inseparable. What happened to them? She thought.
Just then, Tamao saw a free parking space at the very end of the parking lot.
"Oh there's a space!" She cried.
Ren and the others looked over at the direction in which Tamao was pointing and saw a tiny parking space really far away at the very end of the lot.
"What?" Ren shouted."The one waaaaayyyyyy over there?" Manta pointed.
Tamao nodded. Ren sighed.
"Well I guess that, that will have to do." He then turned the car around and headed towards the parking space as fast as he could to avoid it from being taken.
"Well it seems that we have finally found a parking space everyone." Ren said with content just as he was about to park.
"Fiiinnnaallllllyyy." Horo Horo replied.
"Oh shut up." Ren replied.
"What did you say POINTY HEAD!" Horo Horo shouted.
"Oh stop fighting already!" Pilika interfered. "Just be happy that we found a parking space."
"Ugh, fine." Horo Horo said in defeat.
Just then, a white car cut in front of Ren and took the space that he was going to park in. Ren's eyes widened and his jaw fell in disbelief.
"What does he think he's doing? That's my space!" He shouted. Ren stuck his head out the car window.
"Hey you!" He shouted.
The tall man in the white car looked out his car window. "What?"
"Get out of my parking space now!" Ren continued.
"You're parking space?" The man scoffed. "Sorry to disappoint you kiddo, but this is my parking space." He said as he opened the door and got out of his car.
"No it's not! It's mine!" Ren shouted.
"Oh yeah! If it's yours, then why is my car parked in it?" The man argued
Ren gritted his teeth. "Because you cut in front of me right before I was going to park!" he argued.
"Whatever, you were just stalling their like an idiot, how was I supposed to know that you were going to park in this space!" The man yelled.
"I..di..ot?" Ren twitched. "THAT'S IT!" Ren took off his seatbelt, jumped out of the car and took out his 5 foot Quan Dao out from under his seat.
"Whoa, you carry that thing around Ren?" Horo Horo said trembling.
"Of course I do. I always bring it with me as a precautionary measure." He said as he turned over to the man. "Now are you going to hand over that parking space or not?" Ren said as he tightened his grip on his Quan Dao.
By then, Yoh and the other's had all crammed over to the front of the car to see what the commotion was about.
"Whoa what's Renny gonna do?" Yoh wondered.
"I don't know, but something tells me that Ren isn't afraid to use violence to get that parking space." Manta gulped.
The man scoffed and looked over at Ren. "Oh yeah like some fake toy of yours is going to scare me." The man laughed.
Ren then lifted his Quan Dao and sliced the man's antenna off of his car. "Fake is it?" Ren said evilly.
The man began to tremble and tripped backwards onto the pavement as Ren approached him. The man's eyes widened and he began to tremble even more as he lay on the ground as Ren walked over to him. Ren then took his Quan Dao and pointed it right at the man's space.
"Now. I will ask you one more time. Are you going to hand over that parking space, or am I going to have to dice you up into sections along with your car and move you out of the way myself?" Ren threatened.
"Whoa." Yoh gasped. "Ren doesn't play around does he?"
"Yeah I know, look how tight his muscles are getting!" Pilika grinned.
Everyone arched their eyebrows and looked over at Pilika.
(Silence)
"Oh, uh I mean...uh look at how angry he's getting!" She corrected.
The boys then shrugged and returned to looking at Ren, while Tamao and Anna chuckled silently causing Pilika to blush furiously.
"Alright, alright, take the space, just don't hurt me!" The man cried. He quickly stood up, got into his car, and drove it out of the parking space.
"Better." Ren replied.
The man then proceeded to drive away. "Crazy lunatic!" He shouted.
Enough said, Ren placed his Quan Dao back under his seat, jumped back into the car, and parked into his space.
"Well now that that's settled, let's go and try to have some fun." Ren said.
Everyone jumped right out of the car and proceeded to walk across the parking lot. Yoh, who was walking beside Anna, tried to reach over and grab Anna's hand, but Anna crossed her arms before Yoh got the chance. Yoh sighed but looked up at the numerous tall rides that were waiting for him to ride. He grinned and looked over at Anna who had a serious look on her face as they walked across the parking lot.
"So which ride do you want to ride first Anna?" Yoh asked.
Anna continued to stare ahead. "I don't really care." she replied.
"Oh...Well come on, you should have at least one ride in mind." Yoh grinned.
"Yoh." Anna said as she turned her glance over to him. Yoh stopped in his tracks.
"I've never been to an amusement park before, so how do you expect me to have a ride in mind!" She grunted.
"Oh.. I'm sorry. I forgot." Yoh said. The two continued to walk, neither of them saying a word until they reached the entrance.
Ren quickly paid at the ticket counter and the gang then proceeded to enter the amusement park.
"Whoa, look at all of these awesome rides dude!" Horo Horo gasped as he saw the towering roller coasters and water rides.
"I wanna go on that giant roller coaster!" Horo Horo pointed.
"You're obviously delusional. We're going to ride that "Tower of Doom" over there." Ren pointed. (A/N: For those of you who aren't familiar with the Six Flags Elitch Garden's amusement park, the "Tower of Doom" Is a tall tower that carries it's passengers up about 100 feet into the air and then let's them drop at an alarming speed. It's pretty fun and scary)
"What? No way am I gonna ride that death trap!" Horo Horo shouted.
"Come on guys, I'm sure that we can all agree on something." Manta said.
"Hmph. There's no point in reasoning with you people." Anna interrupted. "There's only one thing to do."
Everyone turned and looked over at Anna.
"What?" They all asked.
"Separate into groups of two." She answered.
"What? Groups of two? How are we supposed to do that?" Everyone shouted.
"Simple." Anna replied.
"Huh?"
Anna turned and looked over at Tamao. "Tamao. You're going to pair up with Horo Horo." Tamao and Horo Horo both looked at each other. Tamao turned red and Horo Horo simply scratched the back of his head.
Anna then turned and looked over at Pilika. "Pilika. You'll pair up with Ren." Pilika gasped and so did Ren.
Anna then turned over to Manta. "Manta...uh you can go ahead and join Tamao and Horo Horo."
"And that leaves me and Yoh." Anna finished. "Now that that's settled..." Anna was then interrupted by Pilika.
"Um Anna. Can you please reconsider these pairings? I mean can't I just go with Tamao and then Horo Horo, Manta, and Re..."
"These pairings are final." Anna explained to the whole group. "And anyone who tries to argue with me will being doing 1,000 push ups in public."
Everyone's jaw dropped. But they knew that there was no arguing with Anna. They would just have to accept her decision.
"As I was saying, we will all meet back here every half hour and after 3 hours hours we will come back for lunch." Anna continued. "Now, you may all go." She finished.
The two groups then walked off and headed further into the park. That left Yoh and Anna standing alone in the entrance.
Anna's arm crossed and Yoh scratching the back of his head.
"Uh so Anna, where do you want to g.."
"We'll ride that small roller coaster over there first." Anna interrupted.
"Oh...okay." Yoh said.
The two then walked off over to the ride and stood in line.
Author's Note:
Hee hee this chapter was longer than I expected. I hope that you guys liked it. I'm saving all of the pairing fluff for the next chapters so that explains the lack of fluff in this chapter. Um I have a question. Does anyone know what a C2 Community is? Because I looked at my stats and it said that "Love at Last" Was in a C2 community. I really appreciate anyone that can provide me with an answer. And I'm looking forward to seeing you all in chapter 11! Love you all! Bye!
Reviews from Chapter 9:
Prime Objective: Hee hee that was my favorite part of the chapter to. What's your favorite part in this chapter?Thanx a lot for the review!
Hannah Asakura: I'm really sorry that I haven't replied to your email yet, but I've spent most of this week working on this chapter and I didn't really get to reply to my emails. But I will try and email you back soon. Aww thank you so much for the kind review in the last chapter. Yeah Pilika really cares about her brother, unlike me, I can't stand my little brother sometimes! XD Hee hee I'll try and put some Yohna fluff in the next chapter, but Anna is mad right now, and for a reason (it's because Yoh is acting like he never told her that he loved her the other night 'chapter 6')
But thank you so much for the kind review my best friend! Luv ya!
Nightstalker Outlaw: Well another new name huh? But I do gotta say that out of all of your names, I liked Edgecutioner and Gallant Edge the best. But this one's really good to. Wow thanx a lot for that comment that you gave me. Sorry if that last note I wrote you was too long, but I'm known for writing long notes. You think that I'm a rising author? Awww that's really nice of you to say. Thanx a lot. And yeah I love your writing style. You always manage to add a little seriousness to your fics and when ppl least expect it, there's a little humor in there that really cracks me up. I saw that you're rewriting "Reflections Between Light and Darkness" although I really liked that fic, I'm sure that I'm gonna like the new one even better. And man you deleted "Battle Against Destiny"? Aww that suxs...i really loved that story and I wanted to print it out. Um if it's not too much trouble do you think that you can send it to me? Cause I really wanna read it again. Again if it's not too much trouble.
Hee hee looks like a wrote too much again. Sorry about that. Well thanx again for all of the sweet comments make sure to keep up the great work! (I dunno why you're getting flamers for your stories. Cause the ppl that are flaming you probably can't write fics at all)
Vash: Well I'm glad that you liked the last chapter, and I'm not sure if there was a cliff hanger in this one. What do you think? Well anyways, thanx a lot for the review!
justashaman: Wow thanx a lot for the comment about Anna. A lot of ppl think that she's really OC in this story, but I'm really glad that you like the way that I portray her. Sorry about the Manta stuff, I guess that i am being a little mean to him. So I'll try to stop. Thanx a lot for reviewing!
Mew Mew Raspberry: Wow thanx for the kind comments!
spaleween: yeah I knew that you were a girl (giggles) Thanx a lot for the comment! yeah I'm not that big of a Ren X Pilika fan either, but there's gotta be someone for Ren, so why not Pilika? Sorry that I didn't send you an email but I'm a really lazy person so I'm not really hyped up about sending emails. Thanx a lot for reviewing! I really appreciate it!
Itako no Shaman: I haven't heard from you in a long time my friend. I hope that you're alright because I really miss you. Thank you so much for yet another nice review! you're so nice to me and I thank you for that my friend.
Shadowj: A little short? A little short? Excuse you, but your fics are probably shorter than mind. And do you know how hard it is to write a decent Yoh X Anna fic? It's pretty hard ya know. Well I'm glad that you liked the last chapter and thanx a lot for the review. See ya later Jam (winks)
Soul of the Xcalibar: Hey Jennie! Wazz up gurl? well I'm glad that you really liked the reply that I gave to Jam, you practically took up the whole review only talkin about that! But no, you're the better fic writer, although that may not be true anymore cause your quitting! QUITTER! But hey that's your decision. I just hope that you'll come back soon cause FF just wouldn't be the same without you. I'll cry of you don't come back. Anyways thanx a lot for the review!
Trey Racer: Well if it isn't my buddy from Deviantart! (hugs) Thanx a lot for saying that you liked my fic and for the comment that you gave me on DA. But in reality, you're the one that was born to make fics! Your suicide fic really made me cry and I really like stories like that. So no, you're the better fic writer. Thanx a lot for the kind comments my friend!
Shaman of Dreams: Aw wow really? Wow you're so nice! Thanx a lot for the review!
bla: Tao Ren means "hate" in chinese? Whoa I never knew that (hee hee I only speak Spanish and English) Thank you for the nice comment! Sorry about Manta, I'll try and make the fic better.
D3mon Slay3r: Thanx a lot for the comments! I'm really glad that you like this fic! I hope that you'll continue reading it.
open-your-eyes101: Yay another Yoh X Anna fan! Woot woot! Thanx a lot for the kind comment! And don't worry, I'll keep writing, after all this is one of my favorite fics :D Thanx a lot for reviewing!