This is chapter 9 folks. For all Hao X Anna fans, this chapter is for you. Don't worry Yoh X Anna fans, there are some scenes here too. Please continue to read and review! Things start to get hot real soon!

WARNING: Lemon Scenes in this chapter too.

CHAPTER 9

Hao was lazing around in his chair comfortably, raising his eyebrows as something strange or mildly interesting happened on the television in front of him from time to time. But in the whole he just stayed there, rock still, eyes drooping lower and lower by the passing minutes. His eyes opened as he heard the doorbell ring in the far distance. " Opacho," he said, obviously bored out of his skull. " Can you get that?"

There was no reply to that, and the doorbell rang once more. He turned his head and glanced at the door which was a few steps behind him, and all it would take was for him to just get up and walk over to it. He shut his eyes. Already it sounded too tedious. " Opacho!" he called out, louder this time.

Still no answer.

" OPACHO!" he said, yelling now.

" If Opacho is some sort of Mexican swearword," came an icy voice from behind the door, almost cutting through the lazy atmosphere around him like a sharp-edged knife. " I am going to personally ram down this door."

He got up, genuinely surprised of who it was at the door now. " Anna?" he asked, walking over to the door and unlocked it. He swung it open, and grinned goofily at her. " Well, what a surprise." He said, his eyes skimming her from head-to-toe, looking for something to compliment her about.

" Nice bandanna." He said good-naturedly, smart enough to not compliment her body.

He wasn't in a hurry to get slapped, in any case.

She promptly removed it, and slipped it into her bag. He sweatdropped, and stuffed his hands into his pockets. " It looks like you're in no mood for small talk." He said, unleashing an unknown sigh from his throat. " Is there anything that I can help you with?"

" Actually, now that you mention it. . ." she said, a smug grin toying on her lips, the cold attitude se always put on for him disappearing like the brief appearances of the wind. " There actually is. Can you give me something to drink?"

" Sure." He said, turning around to walk into his kitchen. " What would you like?"

" Maybe some lemon juice." She said coyly, and he almost fell over the step that he had missed. He turned around, his heart beating fast. Did she just mean that. . .in that way that girls always flirted him by? " You mean, literally, or. . .?" he asked, trying to keep that smirk on his face with a huge blush that was crossing his cheeks. If she was being her usual self she would have glared at him and slapped him.

But she crossed her legs, smiling at him.

" That depends on what you would like to hear." She said.

His eyes widened before rushing off into the kitchen. " I'll be right back." He said quickly, and disappeared into his kitchen room, and clutched the door of the refrigerator. " Oh my dear God." Hao muttered under his breath, his heart beating painfully against his ribs. Was Anna, the ice queen itako, his brother's FIANCEE, flirting with him?

He took in a deep breath and smiled to himself, taking out the small mug of lemon juice and poured it into a cup. No, he was being stupid. Maybe Anna was just playing with him. Testing his tolerance. She, after all, was angry at him for bringing Yoh to a pub, and this was most likely her way of getting back at him. There was no other possible reason for her to come all the way down to meet him, he suddenly realized, an unknown sense of sadness filling him.

He shook himself, put on a big, bright smile and walked out, holding her glass of lemon juice and walked out. " Sorry, did I keep you waiting long?" he asked.

" Not really." She said, accepting it, and he sat down on the chair facing opposite of her, crossing his legs.

" So what did you come for?" he asked. " Not that I dislike your company." He added quickly, as she looked slightly hurtful.

" I. . .I just wanted to talk to my future son's godfather, what's the big deal?" she asked.

" No. . .Nothing!" he spluttered, and inwardly slapped himself. What was going on with him? He was acting like a full-classed dork. This had never happened to him before. Not for the last six years, anyway. He took in another deep breath before managing another bright smile. Her eyes seemed to narrow, and he blinked at this sudden action.

Wait a minute. . .

Was she really testing him?

His lips twitched and he leaned back in his chair. Well, this certainly was interesting. If she wanted a seducing contest, she was going to get one. But this was going to be tricky. Munising the fact that he was in love with her and she wasn't with him and that she had a body of a Greek goddess, there was one way for women to act innocent, while men wouldn't. There was no way for a man to seduce a lady by showing her his boxers would there?

I mean, that was just plain revolting.

Oh, damn, there she was doing it now.

Her legs were parting slightly, but her black dress slid past her long, creamy thighs, and it rested there just below her thighs, and all he wanted to do was to just reach out and touch her.

" Hao?" she asked innocently, and he looked up abruptly.

" Yes?" he asked, face flushed.

" You're acting weird, are you okay?" she asked.

That was one point for her for noticing him checking her out, and another one for embarrassing him for doing that. He bit his lip. Well, THIS certainly was embarrassing. It was his first of being trashed flat in a seducing contest. Next thing he knew, she would be able to make his Spirit of Fire tap dance. He shrugged it off.

" I'm fine." He said.

She nodded and sipped her lemon juice. He shuddered as she licked her wet lips, and his hands clenching into tight fists. Damn, she was good at this. Now he REALLY felt pity for Yoh. Having one of the most beautiful women ever and not getting to do anything with her. Man, there was never a time that he felt sorry for unattractive people. Yoh at least had the dashing, handsome, unpairable (Well, expect for Hao himself) looks.

He glared at her, but shuddered as she looked at him innocently, her legs parting further. Damn it, he felt like having a shower. A cold one anyway. Turn the water on full blast. Maybe she could join if she wanted too. . .

Damn, he was starting it again. He had to get as far away from this girl as possible, or else he didn't know what the Hell he was going to do. Damn, he might even rape her if. . .

He slapped himself and got up, trying to hide the bulk in his pants as good as possible and turned his head around, meeting with her confused expression. " I'm sorry, Anna, I have to go take a shower. I'll be back in a minute or two I guess."

He walked on, hoping she didn't notice the strain in his pants.

But that was impossible.

She knew.

She always knew.

" Pants too tight, aren't they, Hao?" she asked seductively, and he could almost feel her licking her lips, getting off the couch. He gulped, and praised the Lord that the phone next to where he was standing had just rung.

" I'll get that, won't I?" he said, almost to himself and picked up the phone, unaware of Anna who was behind him, removing the beads from her neck deftly. " Hello?" he answered, almost wearily, and grinned brightly as he heard whose voice it was at the other line. " Hey, Yoh!" he said.

" Hey," came Yoh's voice from the other line. " Is Anna there?"

He was about to reply when he felt Anna's delicate finger pressing against his lips coyly. His whole body froze at the touch of her skin against his mouth. " Don't tell him anything." She said, almost flirtingly. " And whatever happens. . ." she added, her finger leaving his lips slowly. " . . .Don't stop talking. Alright?"

Hao was blushing beyond belief, but nodded numbly.

" Hao?" came Yoh's voice worriedly which brought him back to his senses. " Are you alright?"

" I'm fine." Hao said, rather impatiently and stiffened as he felt Anna's beads wrap themselves around him. One forcing the phone to be pressed against his cheek, the other wrapping his arm to the table, and both legs to the legs of the chair. " What. . .The. . .Hell?" he hissed at Anna, glaring at her, but she just smirked back.

" What was that?" Yoh's confused voice said.

" Nothing." Hao said, glaring at Anna, but he shuddered as he felt her hands on his belt buckle.

" Keep quiet," Anna said, Hao's belt buckle landing on the floor. " We don't want Yoh to know what I'm doing, don't we?"

WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT WAS HOLY?

" Anna! Damn you!" he mouthed, but she merely smiled playfully, her lips pressing against his pants, unzipping the jeans before tugging it down. A moan erupted from his throat as he felt her tongue on his hard member, still constricted by the irritating remainder of his clothing; his boxers.

" Brother?" Yoh asked, sounding more anxious. " Are you sure you're okay?"

" I'm. . .fine." he said through gritted teeth, groaning as he felt her teeth nip themselves playfully on his member, and he bucked his lips, weak in the knees. He glared at the beads that held him in place to stop him from speeding up her slow, agonizing yet pleasurable torture. He never wanted anyone so bad before. He just wanted to rip her clothes off and join her equally as one. But there was one remaining pillar of resistance he had, and that was the fact that she was his brother's fiancée. And he was supposed to help him to court her, not. . .

" Oh My God." He whimpered as she took his full, swollen member in her mouth, forcing him into an ecstasy of pleasure with every beat she took in.

" Brother, Horo Horo was talking to me about Tamao a lot lately." Yoh said, unaware of the situation that was going on at the other line.

" Is. . .that. . .so?" Hao forced out, clenching his fists, his head looking up to the heavens, hoping for death and praying to just drop dead right there and then. After all, this WAS the most glamorous way to die after all. " God. . .damn. . .it. . ." he whispered to himself, almost inaudible, but Anna heard it. She squeezed hard on him and he let out a gasp.

" Don't use the Lord's name in vain, Hao." She said, grinning.

He strained a glare at her, and was about to yell at her once more before she dipped her head again, and plugged at him more forcefully and faster now.

" . . .Ren's drinking more and more milk, of course. . ." said Yoh, but Hao barely heard him.

" Are you. . .almost coming?" she hissed into him, smirking up at him.

" Yes. . ." he moaned. " Oh God yes. . ."

" Do you want me?" she asked him tauntingly.

" Oh dear God, yes. . ." he hissed.

" Hao?" Yoh said abruptly. " Are you okay?"

" Don't stop. . ." he muttered, and she smirked, getting back to what she was doing.

' Was he dreaming?' he suddenly thought to himself. If he was, he might never get in this sort of contact with her ever again. Might as well enjoy it as much as he could.

" Oi. . ." he said, and she stopped, looking up. " I want to see you."

" What?" Yoh's voice came, puzzled, ruining the entire scene. " Do you want me to come over now?"

She smiled, rather drunkenly, and got to her feet. Her hands rose to the back of her dress, and in one swift motion, it was at a pool at her feet, and she let him take in the sight of her, wearing nothing but a black brassiere and silky black panties. " You're so beautiful." He mouthed out.

" And there's more." She said, removing the bra from her chest, and bit her lip as he licked his lips, almost drooling with desire. Her hands reached to pull down her panties before she stopped, and knelt down, ready to continue where she stopped, and he moaned in frustration. " Don't unwrap all your presents before Christmas Day, right?" she said.

" Damn you. . ." he panted, ignoring Yoh, who was yelling into the receiver now.

She smirked and licked the head of his member teasingly, enjoying the sight of the world's biggest playboy gasping and yelling at her for more. But she knew that it was enough already. Time to solve her own fantasies. Her mouth covered his member fully this time and he let out a cry of pleasure, thrusting himself towards her, hearing her whimper and wince at the sudden forceful contact.

But she satisfied her craving and his, both of them ignoring Yoh, who was yelling louder into the mouthpiece, wondering what was wrong with his older brother. She moaned as she felt him get harder and harder into her mouth, and at the point when his member met with the tip of her tongue and he let out a moan, yelling out her name.

" ANNA!" he yelled as he felt himself ejaculate, exploding his fluids into her open mouth and she drew away, gasping for breath.

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Hao opened his eyes.

He looked at the area around him.

He was in his living room, the television was still blaring, and this time there was a little person lying down on the sofa opposite from him, eyes shut. " Opacho?" he called out, raising his eyebrows. That was funny, Opacho wasn't supposed to be here, and Anna was. . .

His eyes dawned to the thought and he sighed, lying back down again.

In all things that were damned, it really was a dream.

What a perverted, idiotic brother he was being. He got to his feet, before noticing the incredible strain in his pants. He scratched his head and walked over to his bathroom, not bothering to switch on the heater.

He didn't get Anna.

He wasn't getting Anna, and he never was going to.

Oh well.

It was fun while it lasted anyway.

He would just have to settle with a cold shower after all.

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Horo Horo knocked on the door, and not before long the door opened, and Yoh answered it, rubbing his eyes sleepily. " Horo?" Yoh called out, yawning. " My, you're early today."

" That's the whole point, my friend." Horo said cheekily. " I knew that you were one of the lightest sleepers in the world, and Anna was. . .yeah. I wanted to give you the videos before Anna woke up. She'll KILL you if she finds out. And it'll be no picnic for me either."

" About that. . ." Yoh said, although he accepted the package of tapes. " I think I'll pass. Hao helped me out yesterday night, and I figured I'd just. . ."

" Yeah, I heard about it." Horo said, grinning. " It's a pity I wasn't there to see the whole thing, I would have brought my video camera. It would have been hilarious. Not that much for you anyway, receiving all that. . .yeah. . .from Anna. Anyway, Hao asked me to tell you that he'd only help you next time in the most dire of consequences. He said something that if you use it too much then you would. . .get all weird or something."

" Oh." Yoh said, sounding somewhat downtrodden. " I thought that that would be the end of all my problems, but. . ." he ended it with another sigh and walked back into the house. Horo hurriedly removed his shoes and followed him into the house. " So how are you and Anna?" Horo asked. " Is she still mad with you?"

" No, Thank Goodness for that." Yoh said, opening the fridge, getting ready to cook breakfast. " We're like ordinary friends once again." He added, with a depressed sigh.

" And that's bad, why?" Horo asked.

" I was just wondering. . .Horo Horo. . ." Yoh said hesitatingly. " Do you think that Anna even loves me?"

Horo's eyes widened. " What kind of question is that?" he asked.

" It's just. . .she never showed any form of love towards me." He said. This was something that was concealed in his heart for years long, and finally he was pouring his heart out. " She doesn't care when I get hurt, she doesn't buy me presents on Christmas or anything. . .my birthday's coming soon, damn it!"

Horo sighed and nodded. " It's just her character, Yoh." He said sensibly.

" That's right, Yoh-donno." Amidamaru said, nodding his head too.

" That's what I thought of in the beginning too," Yoh said, ignoring the food that he had prepared and looked depressingly at the two of them. " But even Ren showed some acts of friendship towards to me too, and HE'S no jolly jolly Santa Clause. That's what Hao pointed out before anyway. I'm wondering if. . .Anna even loves me."

Silence followed that.

" Yoh-donno. . ." Amidamaru said softly, but he jerked his head and came face-to-face with a sleepy-looking Anna, rubbing her eyes. " Yoh, where's breakfast?" she mumbled.

" Coming right up." He said depressingly.

Horo looked at him, then Amidamaru, then at Anna.

" I'm going to take off." He said, and Anna blinked.

" You aren't planning to freeload today?" she asked.

He just grinned wirily at her before nodding at Yoh. " See you later, Yoh." He said. " And good luck."

" Yep." Yoh said.

' Good luck?' Anna wondered.

Horo walked out the door, and shut it behind him.

She turned around and surveyed Yoh. " Good luck for what?" she asked.

" Nothing." He said, avoiding her eye contact. " I'm going to the washroom for a moment."

She watched him until he was out of sight before her eyes noticed an envelope on the table. She picked it up and peered inside. " Video tapes." She muttered to herself, surprised. She looked at the front cover of the envelope and it was scribbled on rather hastily, " For Yoh eyes only." She rolled her eyes. This must be the work of Horo Horo or Chocolove. Something inside her piqued with curiosity, while the other half of her wanted to just respect her fiancee's belongings.

It was Yoh's bad luck on which one she chose to listen to, too.

She nicked one of the video tapes inside the envelope silently, and stuffed it into her pocket swiftly.

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" What? You want that as your birthday present?" Hao asked, bewildered.

" Yup." Yoh said, eyes sparkling.

" It's a pretty good idea, actually." Horo said, grinning.

Ren remained silent.

The three of them sat there in Yoh's room, all eyes on Hao at the moment, waiting for his answer. Then he shook his head, and Yoh sighed, flopping back on the chair behind him, the tense moment fading away within seconds.

" Why?" Horo asked. " Why not?"

" I'm sorry, Yoh." Hao said. " Doing to Anna what I did for you last night would not work because of three things. The first thing is that it would be a terribly sexist thing to do, even if she's your fiancée, your wife at every bit but still. It's kind of against of her own will, in any case. The second thing is that in order for her to picture the two of you. . .cuddling. . .in her mind, it would have to be the fact that she had those thoughts in the first place. You see, my voodoo only increases the amount of feelings inside a person. If she hates you, I might make her torture you in her mind."

The others shuddered at the mere thought.

" And the last reason?" Ren asked.

Hao smirked. " She's too powerful."

Their eyes widened.

" I may be a powerful shaman," Hao said, in which the others were forced to admit. " But her skills are almost on par with me both in duels in the ring and seducing. Adding in the fact that she has a much cooler mind than Yoh and the possibility that she has no sexual desires in the first place, the chances of me risking this is positively nil."

Yoh let out a sigh.

" It was a good try, though." Hao said, smiling comfortingly at his brother. " It might have been a very good way to make her totally crazy for you like you are to her now, but. . ."

" I know." Yoh interrupted, clearly telling his brother to stop.

They fell silent.

" Let's go out for dinner," Horo said, getting to his feet. " A guy's night out. It would be the fine time for the guys to have one blast of a night together, and the others can help solve Yoh's problems."

" That's a good idea." Hao said good-naturedly.

" I'm alright." Ren said.

" Before we go, I just wanted to ask you, where are the videos I lent you?" Horo asked Yoh.

" Under my bed." Yoh said. " Anna never looks there."

" I'll take your word for it." Horo said. " Shall we leave?"

" Yeah." Yoh said, following them out. " Just let me tell Anna first."

Hao felt a pang at that but shook himself. Ignore these feelings, you idiot. Hao thought. There's no hope for you and her getting together.

Ren noticed his rather pained look as Yoh entered Anna's room.

" What's wrong?" he asked, and Hao jumped uncharacteristically.

Hao forced a smile. " I'm okay." He said.

I'm such a pathetic little liar. Hao scolded himself.

Ren frowned.

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" You're going out with the guys?" Anna asked.

" Yeah." Yoh said, fingering his hair nervously. " Is that alright?"

Anna frowned, but shrugged. " Alright." She said. " If that's what you want. I wouldn't force you to take me out again."

He bit his lip. " It's not that much of a chore to be with you, Anna." He said quietly.

A thin blush appeared across her cheeks. " What?" she asked, her heart thumping against her chest.

" N. . .Nothing!" Yoh stammered, and turned to go, when he stopped. " Anna," he started, turning around. " Is it okay if I take you out to dinner this Friday?"

She raised her eyebrows.

" What's the occasion?" she asked.

His heart sank.

It's my birthday.

" Nothing." He said cheerfully. " Just felt like it. Can you make it."

She looked at him thoughtfully before smiling. " Alright. The food better taste good though."

Yoh gave her a rather forced smile before walking out. " Goodnight, Anna." He said.

She blinked. What the Hell was that. . .?

She shook herself. Oh well. Men were strange. Her fingers edged themselves on the edge of his tape. " I wonder what this strange feeling is?" she muttered to herself. It was something small and almost useless, but something inside was telling her that there was something more to this.

Almost impassively, she stuffed the tape into the VCR, and pressed the PLAY button.

END CHAPTER 9

Whoa, this spells disaster. Please read and review. How's the Hao scene? Due to popular demand of the lemon scenes, I guess I'll add another one in the next chapter, if not in the next. Thanks to all you fantastic reviewers and readers out there!

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yohxanna4ever- - - -I think just answered your answer, didn't I?

azimataiji- - - Lolz, looks like I just have to work harder, don't I? Still an almost, anyway. Hahaha. . .

xxmoonlight-angelxx- - - -Thanks.

LittLetriXta- - -Yep. Maybe some day I should just make Anna be able to hear Yoh's every thought. Shudders How many times would Yoh be slapped by Anna on that day anyway? Maybe I would. . .Hmm. . .

Iriairiavanessayahoo.es- - -grins If you insist, I could embarrass Yoh more in the next chapter. It's inevitable anyway.

ValleyGurl369- - - -Thank you.

blackyuki- - -Thanks again.

candee- - -Mmm? Really? Wow, thanks. At first I thought it was really bad and wanted to write it again, but since you all liked that, I'm relieved! I'll try my best to improve in the hopefully following lemons to come.

Peacemaker- - -Interesting. But some limes along the way wouldn't harm anyone, would they?

utterbliss- - -Great! Thanks for the support!

Anna- - - -Yep yep.

Tone- - - -Nope, it's not the big one yet. Lolz. Hint hint. . . .

Hao Kyouyama- - - -Grins As I said, it would be cool if she still could. For you readers, anyway.

Anna The Ice Queen Itako- - - -Thank you, I think I will. Broad grin

pendulumxswing- - - -Lucky for you, I'm not. Yes, he can be a loser at times, with his wallowing self-pity constantly, but he turns out nice in the end when he returns to Yoh's side. The part when he ditched Morphine made me SOOOO pissed.  But he's a nice person, on the whole.

Dream Parfait- - - Aren't all of us guys jealous too? Lolz. Yep, I would definitely add one more.

Satori-chan- - -Yep, 18 IS 18, in any case, no matter how laid-back he is.

BabyKaoru-Sama- - - -Thanks. Smiles cheerfully

Orphen27- - - -Thanks. And er. . .thanks again for the last sentence. . .I think.

Frank S- - -Awww, thanks!

hannami08- - - -Yep. But he's a nice brother, all the same. And thanks for the compliment.

Exploded toilet bowl- - - -Yep. Jubilation!

King of Chaos- - - -Eh? King of Chaos? Wasn't it from the Matrix? " Everything that has a beginning has an ending." It's kind of obvious, in any way. Lolz.

D3m0n Slay3r- - - -Okay then. . . .Is that a good thing or a bad thing?