Author: Arcnine
Genre: Romantic drama
Rated: T for Teen - contains some mature language and themes.
Summary: Sequal to When It Snows. Anna belonged to him in his dreams and Hao intends to turn them to realities...but then a new girl appears in his life. - Hao and ? - Ren and Pirka - Yoh and Anna
Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King, but I do own my original character presented in this piece of work.
Author's Note: Here goes part 2. Yeah it does focus more on Hao since this is his story, but there will still be some Yona goodness as well as Ren & Pirka. Oh yeah, I changed the spelling of Pirka's name from Pirika to Pirka, since in the manga it was spelled Pirka. Yeah... that was almost pointless. Look for appearances from other Shaman King characters. Also, if the page is displaying the story strangely, that's because I tried uploading in html format to see how it will turn out. If it's weird, I will fix it shortly. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys!
Chapter 1: Rain Rain... Go Away
"Wow it's really coming down."
Hao looked out the window at the rapid droplets of rain as they descended from the cloudy, dim sky to the muddy ground. Lightning flashed illuminating Hao's face in the otherwise dark house. Aside from the pitter patter of the rain and the occassional thunder here and there, the house was completely quiet, almost eerily so. The two other occupants of the Asakura estate were out doing whatever it was they usually do when they were out together.
Hao used to know whatever it was they do, but after witnessing too many of the painstakingly sweet scenes shared by his other half and the only girl he's ever felt anything substantial towards, he decided it was better to stay as far away from them as possible. At least whenever those two were together. Then, not far in the distance, Hao spotted 2 figures running past the front gate. They didn't have to be clearly visible for him to know who they were.
The two were attached by their hands as they ran towards the house, holding onto each other pretty tightly, Hao noted. The shorter figure's blonde hair hung longer than usual with it being soaking wet. Even in it's soaked state, her hair still managed to emit a certain goddess-like glow. Her signature black dress hugged tightly to her curvy body. If you looked close enough, you could make out every single curves of her lovely body. Hao stared mesmorized as they were now close enough for him to get a clear view.
The long-haired brunet have met and dated a considerable amount of beautiful women in his life, but none of them had ever managed to take his breath away...none except for Kyouyama Anna that is. His younger twin, Yoh, and Anna entered the house just then. They stopped right when both were inside, hidden from the battering rain. Their eyes gazed deeply into the other's with a silent smile dancing around their lips. The older twin's eyes narrowed as he bite his own bottom lip. The scene was more painful than the cut he just inflicted on his lip, but he continued to watch as if he couldn't pulled his eyes away.
After a heartwretching, at least to Hao, eternity of staring and smiling at each other. Yoh finally made a move. His hand went for the strand of hair the hung in front of her face. Anna's pupils followed his hand has it took hold of the strand and pushed it back behind her ears. His hand stayed there and was soon joined but his other hand. Both hands wrapped around all her hair. While one stayed in it's place, the other slid down the length of her hair, forcing most of the rain water to drip to the wooden floor.
"You're soaking wet," Yoh stated the obvious. He placed his hands on her waist and felt her shuddered. Slowly, Yoh's hands crawled up her back, over her shoulder, and to the side ending at the edge of her shoulders. He rubbed up and down roughly on Anna's forearm as if trying to give her warm. But both his hands and her forearms were too wet to cause any friction.
"I'm not the only one," the blonde motioned towards Yoh's still dripping clothes.
He had on a button up shirt but none of the buttons were done with dark green pants, his favorite outfit. Yoh chuckled lightly and scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah, I guess we both should take a nice, warm bath. Wouldn't want to catch a cold."
Anna's right brow lifted.
"Well I don't mean together!" He blurted out after noticing the queer look she gave him. They were quite affectionate towards each other, but they've never elevated to a physically intimate level yet, even though Yoh's body was almost fully healed from the accident.
Anna's eyes narrowed as she cocked her head slightly to the side. "Why not?" She asked in a low voice that Yoh could have sworn she was trying to seduce him, though that really wasn't necessary. Her lips covered his then, and all the thoughts in his head flew out the window. A swift click of a closed door broke their kiss. Yoh turned over to the direction of the sound.
"Hao's home." He realized.
"And the light's out," Anna pointed out.
"Yeah, we better find some candles. Yoh headed towards the kitchen, his hands still holding on to Anna's. The blonde merely smiled as she followed him to wherever he lead her.
Inside his room, Hao laid in bed. His shirt was stripped off and thrown somewhere on his otherwise clean floor showing off his well toned upper body. His head rested on his hands as he stared up at the ceiling. The recent scenes replayed in his head repeatedly. He envied his brother so much at that moment. Envied he could hold her hand. Envied he could stare so deeply into her eyes and feel completely lost in them. Envied that he could touch her, kiss her. Oh he envied him so...
Turning to the side, Hao looked out the window to find the rain didn't let up at all.
"It's your fault." He blamed the lifeless act of mother nature. "Your fault that they had to hold hands while running and trying to escape you. Your fault that I had to see Anna in such a state and know I can't even touch her." He felt a strange tightening in his chest. He sighed loudly. "Your fault that I can't leave his house right now just to avoid the painful view and sound of their affection towards each other."
Hao flipped himself to face the other way, his back facing the window.
"Rain, rain, go away... I hate rain..."
Author's End Note: Look I'm back to writing short chapters. Yeah I know you guys hate it but can't be helped. I'll try to extend the following chapters. Reviews would be nice. Reviews would be real nice .