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"Kino-Sensei," Anna said, her voice a surprised whisper. Kino looked at her through weary eyes, the shadow of a smile just touching the old woman's lips. After Hao had left, Keiko had led Anna into the cottage. It was so small compared to the Asakura estate she was familiar with. It was quaint with a fireplace and Patch rugs to soften the hard floor. A few lamps dimly lighted the room. Kino was in the main room, sitting in a wheelchair and just looking into the embers of the kindle. Keiko disappeared into another room, setting her broom in a corner. Anna automatically sat on her knees in front of her mentor, bowing her head.
"I should be regarding you, our Shaman Queen," Kino replied. There was a note of playful weariness to her voice. It cracked from age and sounded so dry. Anna did not reply. She just stared solemnly at Kino. Her head was throbbing painfully and her stomach was heavy and contorted. Her mind was a glass web of anger, frustration, confusion and tension that was close to shattering. Anna needed answers to all the questions that rushed in her mind and she know that Kino would give them to her. Yet, how was she to approach Kino, whose mind was like the rest, set in this nightmarish future? Keiko came back and handed Anna a cup of steaming green tea. Anna took a gentle sip, trying to figure out wait to say to Kino.
"Keiko. Doesn't Anna looked lovelier with each passing year and here we grow old," Kino said, looking at Anna with her kind old eyes. Anna would have winced but she remained stoic, staring and analyzing Kino and Keiko.
"Where is Yohmei and Mikky,' she finally asked, solemnly.
"Somewhere," Keiko said. Anna noted the weariness and sorrow in her sigh. "We have not seen them for weeks now. They come and go just like the wind. Yohmei is getting tired of all the travel but they keep moving."
"That sounds familiar," Anna thought out-loud. Her mind was turning desperately to piece it together. Like a flame against the wind, the familiarity of this future would flare but just as quickly seem like a bad memory. "They...they...."
"Anna." Kino and Keiko looked at her worried. Keiko had been the one to talk. "Are you okay?"
"No. I am not."
"Hao has been telling us you have not felt well. What is wrong with you?"
"I do not belong here," Anna replied. The two elder women looked at her with the same curious expressions. "I fell asleep a thirteen-year-old girl at Funbari with my fiancé, the Shaman King Yoh, in the room next to mine. I wake up sleeping next to a man I dislike back in Patch Village and nineteen."
"That does not make sense," Kino said, her dark eyes searching Anna's. Anna brushed a strand of her long, blonde hair and nodded.
"I know. I do not remember but there is a familiarity to some actions or words but I cannot piece them together. I do not know what happen to Yoh and no one will tell me. I do not understand anything and it is not helping that everyone is trapped in this world."
"Anna. Have you been taking that medication Faust give you?" Kino finally asked after a moment of silence.
"I do not know," Anna said slightly annoyed.
"Did you take it this morning?"
"No."
"The no wonder. Anna, you must take it. You know that. Maybe that is why you haven't been feeling so well, you been skipping on the herbal medication."
"Kino-sensei. What does that have to do with anything?" Keiko and Kino gave each other curious glances that read: "We might as well humor her."
"Anna, dear," Keiko said. "That medication is help you to keep your mind in order. After the Shaman Battle, you were a mess and it keeps you more relaxed and..."
"Docile.... Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses," Anna gave out. Kino and Keiko looked at each other again. "I still do not understand what that has to do with 'my memory loss.'"
"Well it did have a bad affect on you. Do you remember that," Keiko asked. Anna frowned and tried to search deep in her mind. Everything was blank for a while, a void of nothing and silence. She could hear the crackle of the fire and the breathing of the two other women. 'I....' Anna scowl went deeper. She could hear a tiny voice in her head. Soft, faint and hers. 'Hao...time...alive...YOH...revival... alive...' 'Patch Village...true Shaman King...the Great Spirit...time...marriage...calm...Anna...love...fire.' That was unmistakably Hao's voice, collect and factually sincere. ANNA! Anna eyes snapped open. Yoh! She stood up and looked around. She heard him! She had heard him but where was he. Kino and Keiko were looking at her.
"You remember?"
"Yes," Anna lied, quickly. She looked at the two women. "I have not been taking it. I been very anxious." That is it. She had been anxious and reckless. Anna had a vague memory of that. She had been having dreams...what were they. They made her wake up startled, and Hao was worried. Anna stared into oblivion, blinking. Okay, she said. Okay.
"I am going back to Patch. I am going to take my medicine." She did not wait for the answer, just walked out the door into the woods. Before she left, Anna turned to the two women:" Do not tell Hao what I said. It just some stupid idea and I do not want to worry my husband." Anna had to bit her tongue when she referred to Hao as her husband and left the premises. Okay, Anna repeated. The medicine. It was some kind of sedative. Faust could make it, of course. It did not make sense though. He gave her a sedative and when she did not take it, she began to act strange. Anna kicked up some rocks, trying to figure everything out. This happen before, that is why...Hao is worried. Anna stopped dead in her tracks. He is the Shaman King, if he said Anna was acting up since the Shaman Battle and Faust's medicine calmed her, they would not question it.
Yet, what was the real purpose of the medicine? Anna continued to walk, her feet crunched on the leaf-covered ground. She was immersed in her thoughts; bits and pieces fell into place. There was still something that did not fit. Something was missing that glued everything together. Hao is Shaman King, avoid the medicine, happened before, Yoh is dead. Anna winced at this thought. Her head began to hurt again, pounding. She rubbed her temples roughly. No, I heard him. I heard him! Anna's steps began to quicken as her mind raced. This happen before...I need to remember. The chest! That chest that was well guarded. Something is in there Hao did not want her to know. Anna broke into a run, rushing through the village back to the house Hao and her lived. Bam!
"Anna. What are you doing?" Anna looked at the person she ran into. His voice sounded worried and serene. Hao.
"I am here for you," Anna answered. Hao looked at her through dark eyes. Behind him was a group of shamans. They slightly bowed to her, which made her want to smirk wickedly. Hao politely excused himself and led her aside to a secluded area.
"You are supposed to be with Keiko." Think, Anna ordered herself.
"You are not going to get rid of me that easily, Hao Asakura," she said, trying to sound monotonously playful. "I am the Shaman Queen and you are not excluding me from Patch business even if I am just a little restless."
Hao did not reply but stared at her. Anna kept her ground, the slightest glimmer of a smirk played on her lips. I am your Queen Hao, do not deny me, she thought to herself. She looked at him with a steady gaze, not defiant but bold and authoritative. Hao's mouth quirked into a soft smile, his hand reached out a stroked her cheek as his long finger fiddled with her hair. Anna turned her face into his hand and put hers over his. His features were calculating and calm. Anna knew Hao was not stupid and she had little knowledge to work on. How did she act around him? What did she do, what had changed? I will learn on my way, Anna thought. Hao pressed his lips below her ear.
"I am not stupid, Anna," he said in a rather vicious whisper. "I do not like this game you are playing."
"Hao. I am not playing." Anna replied, steady and blunt though her mind was desperate. How did he know, she asked herself. Hao chuckled softly. Then he began to laugh, which made Anna frowned. She did not like being laughed at especially by Hao. He brushed her hair away from her face and kissed her mouth. She felt him chuckle against her lips.
"What are you laughing at," Anna demanded when his lips moved from hers. Her temper was rising dangerously. She wanted to smack him hard across that grinning face but she still held back. Not because it would upset her plan, though they already to seemed to be foiled but something made her stop. How did he know?
"Anna," Hao sighed, still chuckling to himself but his voice was serious and deadly. "You are trying to play with me and do not lie. I will not be betrayed."
"I am your queen. I have no reason to betray you." Hao looked down at her, his eyes glistening with tears from his laughter. He examined her fully; capturing her eyes the moving to her lips, and her throat. He took her hand and brought her fingers to his lips, gently kissing the tips.
"You are my Queen." His voice sounded wistful, amused and dangerous all at the same time as he spoken, kissing her fingers. He was not exactly giving into her, the softly sly smile against his lips told her he was playing along. Yet, the tone of his voice sounded as if he wanted to trust her but Anna know he never would. She did not know how she did but it seemed natural to her. Hao flexed his long fingers in her. "You are the Queen. Come on. We have business to take care of."
Anna stared at Hao as led her back to the group of shamans. Throughout the day, Hao did not allow Anna out of his site as he made his rounds through the village. The only time Hao let Anna wonder freely was when she excused herself to the bathroom. Even then, Anna could sense a spirit following her. Anna remained quiet; simply listening and plotting as the shamans told Hao about the domestic problems. Above all, life was peaceful and pleasant in Patch Village; all the shamans seemed happy and content with their King. Anna was amazed at how everything ran the same way although humans were gone. What worried her was the absentee of Yoh's friends. Where were they?
Around noon, Hao and Anna along with Macchi from the Hana Gumi had lunch by the lake. The food was good and homemade, which Anna reluctantly thought. The atmosphere was peaceful and serene. Hao let his feet cool off in the small waves of the beach, his cloak abandoned by his side. Anna sipped her tea as Macchi told her, in detail, about the Hana Gumi and her day. Anna did not pay attention to her, she watched Hao relax against the waves. He looked just as content as the shamans, peaceful in his Eden. Anna mind worked on a plan as she outwardly enjoyed the balmy picnic.
Night came quickly to Patch Village and everyone retired for the night. Anna was looking over at the dark village, the stars above where shining endlessly and she could see the Great Spirit in the sky. Shadows played on the rooftops and in the streets. Within them where spirits, frolicking about while the shamans slept. Anna was in her night robe, pulling it tight over herself. She was still not used to being so developed and a line of cleavage was visible above her robe. Hao came to stand beside her, his long hair in a ponytail. He was in a pair of charcoal pants without a shirt; his chest was slim and leanly muscular.
"Do you want to play your game some more, Anna," Hao asked, breaking the silence.
"I am not playing, Hao. You are paranoid," Anna replied flatly.
"I will not be betrayed again. Not even by you." This is familiar, Anna thought. Like this morning. 'You are not open with me.' Her remark still lingered in her mind. Anna frowned. It had only been that morning, which she woke up to this reality. It seemed to have lasted for days.
"Fine. Good night," Anna said, crossly. "You will sleep alone tonight then."
"What?" That got Hao's attention. Anna did not know why she said it. It seemed to be appropriate and the way Hao suddenly reacted, with humor, seem to be the key. She did not want to sleep with him, now that she thought about. To think that Hao was next to her made her want to smack someone but then it was a cause of warmth. Anna shook her head of the contradicting emotions and began to head out of the bedroom. Hao seized her unbelievably fast from behind, his arms embracing her and pinning her own down. Anna struggled against him but he was too strong. Picking her off her feet, Hao pulled Anna onto the bed with him.
"You are staying with me," he whispered in her ear, his breath ruffling the hair against her neck. Anna turned and looked squarely into Hao's eyes and almost shuddered. She could see Yoh in him, his face was a reminder and it made her heart ache just thinking about him. Hao pushed away a few strands of Anna's hair away from her face, gently. His fingers traced the curve of her cheeks and along her jaw line. Cautious, as if for the first time, Hao captured her mouth, pulling her closer to him. Anna felt so warm in his arms as if it was natural and right. She hated herself for the contraction from her mind and her heart. Her mind was screaming that this was all a fabricated lie, which she know, but her heart was familiar with it and it nearly tore at her.
Anna kissed Hao back, part because her body and her heart wanted it but mostly because her mind was overpowering and said to give it so not to rouse suspicion. Anna's eyes went warm with confused, unshed tears. Damn, she cursed. The only thing they both can agree on and I cannot tell if I am doing something wrong or right. Hao moved his mouth to her jaw, planting trail of butterfly kisses that led down her throat. Anna closed her eyes and bit her bottom lip. Warm and firm hands kneaded into the arch of her back as Hao kiss the flesh at the opening of her robe. Long strands of his soft hair tickled her skin as he dominated over, tasting her lips with a long, heated kiss. Anna automatically wrapped her arms around his neck, her fingers in his hair as she surrendered into it. A million things raced throw her head, arguing with her heart.
This is not right, her head screamed. You are betraying your first love, your fiancé. Yoh! Do you not remember him? Her heart retaliated fiercely. This is right. Can you not feel it deep down? No. You love Yoh. Yoh is the only one for you. I do love Yoh but this is right to. It feels like it. No it is not right and does not lie to you. This feeling is just something fabricated; something implanted to make you forget about Yoh. Anna snapped out her thoughts quickly. She felt Hao's deft fingers fiddled with the sash around her waist. The robe loosened around her shoulder and waist. Hao's hand slid underneath her robe, warm against her skin as he touched her sides of her chest.
"No. Get off," Anna ordered, pushing Hao off her with a heavy shove. Hao obeyed, nearly falling to the floor as he got up, watching her intensely as she fixed her robe. "None of that tonight."
"I know Anna. I would never go farther than you wanted," Hao said, sincerely. Anna raised an eyebrow and nearly laughed in relief. Therefore, nothing has happened between them. Anna shook her head and tied the sash tightly around her waist. She was actually rather surprised at Hao's understanding sincerity. She must have warned him before to watch what he did and that made her relieved not to go through any surprises. Finishing fixing herself, Anna climbed into the bed and under the covers. Hao followed besides her, laying a kiss against her cheek then her mouth.
"Good-night, my Shaman Queen." He nestled down in the covers, hugging her waist and spooning her close to his chest. She felt his heart and each breath he took as a warm feeling swept through her. This is not right, her mind said weekly.
"Good-night."
This is a bit of filler for the next chapter. I might have OOCed a few times.
"Kino-Sensei," Anna said, her voice a surprised whisper. Kino looked at her through weary eyes, the shadow of a smile just touching the old woman's lips. After Hao had left, Keiko had led Anna into the cottage. It was so small compared to the Asakura estate she was familiar with. It was quaint with a fireplace and Patch rugs to soften the hard floor. A few lamps dimly lighted the room. Kino was in the main room, sitting in a wheelchair and just looking into the embers of the kindle. Keiko disappeared into another room, setting her broom in a corner. Anna automatically sat on her knees in front of her mentor, bowing her head.
"I should be regarding you, our Shaman Queen," Kino replied. There was a note of playful weariness to her voice. It cracked from age and sounded so dry. Anna did not reply. She just stared solemnly at Kino. Her head was throbbing painfully and her stomach was heavy and contorted. Her mind was a glass web of anger, frustration, confusion and tension that was close to shattering. Anna needed answers to all the questions that rushed in her mind and she know that Kino would give them to her. Yet, how was she to approach Kino, whose mind was like the rest, set in this nightmarish future? Keiko came back and handed Anna a cup of steaming green tea. Anna took a gentle sip, trying to figure out wait to say to Kino.
"Keiko. Doesn't Anna looked lovelier with each passing year and here we grow old," Kino said, looking at Anna with her kind old eyes. Anna would have winced but she remained stoic, staring and analyzing Kino and Keiko.
"Where is Yohmei and Mikky,' she finally asked, solemnly.
"Somewhere," Keiko said. Anna noted the weariness and sorrow in her sigh. "We have not seen them for weeks now. They come and go just like the wind. Yohmei is getting tired of all the travel but they keep moving."
"That sounds familiar," Anna thought out-loud. Her mind was turning desperately to piece it together. Like a flame against the wind, the familiarity of this future would flare but just as quickly seem like a bad memory. "They...they...."
"Anna." Kino and Keiko looked at her worried. Keiko had been the one to talk. "Are you okay?"
"No. I am not."
"Hao has been telling us you have not felt well. What is wrong with you?"
"I do not belong here," Anna replied. The two elder women looked at her with the same curious expressions. "I fell asleep a thirteen-year-old girl at Funbari with my fiancé, the Shaman King Yoh, in the room next to mine. I wake up sleeping next to a man I dislike back in Patch Village and nineteen."
"That does not make sense," Kino said, her dark eyes searching Anna's. Anna brushed a strand of her long, blonde hair and nodded.
"I know. I do not remember but there is a familiarity to some actions or words but I cannot piece them together. I do not know what happen to Yoh and no one will tell me. I do not understand anything and it is not helping that everyone is trapped in this world."
"Anna. Have you been taking that medication Faust give you?" Kino finally asked after a moment of silence.
"I do not know," Anna said slightly annoyed.
"Did you take it this morning?"
"No."
"The no wonder. Anna, you must take it. You know that. Maybe that is why you haven't been feeling so well, you been skipping on the herbal medication."
"Kino-sensei. What does that have to do with anything?" Keiko and Kino gave each other curious glances that read: "We might as well humor her."
"Anna, dear," Keiko said. "That medication is help you to keep your mind in order. After the Shaman Battle, you were a mess and it keeps you more relaxed and..."
"Docile.... Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses," Anna gave out. Kino and Keiko looked at each other again. "I still do not understand what that has to do with 'my memory loss.'"
"Well it did have a bad affect on you. Do you remember that," Keiko asked. Anna frowned and tried to search deep in her mind. Everything was blank for a while, a void of nothing and silence. She could hear the crackle of the fire and the breathing of the two other women. 'I....' Anna scowl went deeper. She could hear a tiny voice in her head. Soft, faint and hers. 'Hao...time...alive...YOH...revival... alive...' 'Patch Village...true Shaman King...the Great Spirit...time...marriage...calm...Anna...love...fire.' That was unmistakably Hao's voice, collect and factually sincere. ANNA! Anna eyes snapped open. Yoh! She stood up and looked around. She heard him! She had heard him but where was he. Kino and Keiko were looking at her.
"You remember?"
"Yes," Anna lied, quickly. She looked at the two women. "I have not been taking it. I been very anxious." That is it. She had been anxious and reckless. Anna had a vague memory of that. She had been having dreams...what were they. They made her wake up startled, and Hao was worried. Anna stared into oblivion, blinking. Okay, she said. Okay.
"I am going back to Patch. I am going to take my medicine." She did not wait for the answer, just walked out the door into the woods. Before she left, Anna turned to the two women:" Do not tell Hao what I said. It just some stupid idea and I do not want to worry my husband." Anna had to bit her tongue when she referred to Hao as her husband and left the premises. Okay, Anna repeated. The medicine. It was some kind of sedative. Faust could make it, of course. It did not make sense though. He gave her a sedative and when she did not take it, she began to act strange. Anna kicked up some rocks, trying to figure everything out. This happen before, that is why...Hao is worried. Anna stopped dead in her tracks. He is the Shaman King, if he said Anna was acting up since the Shaman Battle and Faust's medicine calmed her, they would not question it.
Yet, what was the real purpose of the medicine? Anna continued to walk, her feet crunched on the leaf-covered ground. She was immersed in her thoughts; bits and pieces fell into place. There was still something that did not fit. Something was missing that glued everything together. Hao is Shaman King, avoid the medicine, happened before, Yoh is dead. Anna winced at this thought. Her head began to hurt again, pounding. She rubbed her temples roughly. No, I heard him. I heard him! Anna's steps began to quicken as her mind raced. This happen before...I need to remember. The chest! That chest that was well guarded. Something is in there Hao did not want her to know. Anna broke into a run, rushing through the village back to the house Hao and her lived. Bam!
"Anna. What are you doing?" Anna looked at the person she ran into. His voice sounded worried and serene. Hao.
"I am here for you," Anna answered. Hao looked at her through dark eyes. Behind him was a group of shamans. They slightly bowed to her, which made her want to smirk wickedly. Hao politely excused himself and led her aside to a secluded area.
"You are supposed to be with Keiko." Think, Anna ordered herself.
"You are not going to get rid of me that easily, Hao Asakura," she said, trying to sound monotonously playful. "I am the Shaman Queen and you are not excluding me from Patch business even if I am just a little restless."
Hao did not reply but stared at her. Anna kept her ground, the slightest glimmer of a smirk played on her lips. I am your Queen Hao, do not deny me, she thought to herself. She looked at him with a steady gaze, not defiant but bold and authoritative. Hao's mouth quirked into a soft smile, his hand reached out a stroked her cheek as his long finger fiddled with her hair. Anna turned her face into his hand and put hers over his. His features were calculating and calm. Anna knew Hao was not stupid and she had little knowledge to work on. How did she act around him? What did she do, what had changed? I will learn on my way, Anna thought. Hao pressed his lips below her ear.
"I am not stupid, Anna," he said in a rather vicious whisper. "I do not like this game you are playing."
"Hao. I am not playing." Anna replied, steady and blunt though her mind was desperate. How did he know, she asked herself. Hao chuckled softly. Then he began to laugh, which made Anna frowned. She did not like being laughed at especially by Hao. He brushed her hair away from her face and kissed her mouth. She felt him chuckle against her lips.
"What are you laughing at," Anna demanded when his lips moved from hers. Her temper was rising dangerously. She wanted to smack him hard across that grinning face but she still held back. Not because it would upset her plan, though they already to seemed to be foiled but something made her stop. How did he know?
"Anna," Hao sighed, still chuckling to himself but his voice was serious and deadly. "You are trying to play with me and do not lie. I will not be betrayed."
"I am your queen. I have no reason to betray you." Hao looked down at her, his eyes glistening with tears from his laughter. He examined her fully; capturing her eyes the moving to her lips, and her throat. He took her hand and brought her fingers to his lips, gently kissing the tips.
"You are my Queen." His voice sounded wistful, amused and dangerous all at the same time as he spoken, kissing her fingers. He was not exactly giving into her, the softly sly smile against his lips told her he was playing along. Yet, the tone of his voice sounded as if he wanted to trust her but Anna know he never would. She did not know how she did but it seemed natural to her. Hao flexed his long fingers in her. "You are the Queen. Come on. We have business to take care of."
Anna stared at Hao as led her back to the group of shamans. Throughout the day, Hao did not allow Anna out of his site as he made his rounds through the village. The only time Hao let Anna wonder freely was when she excused herself to the bathroom. Even then, Anna could sense a spirit following her. Anna remained quiet; simply listening and plotting as the shamans told Hao about the domestic problems. Above all, life was peaceful and pleasant in Patch Village; all the shamans seemed happy and content with their King. Anna was amazed at how everything ran the same way although humans were gone. What worried her was the absentee of Yoh's friends. Where were they?
Around noon, Hao and Anna along with Macchi from the Hana Gumi had lunch by the lake. The food was good and homemade, which Anna reluctantly thought. The atmosphere was peaceful and serene. Hao let his feet cool off in the small waves of the beach, his cloak abandoned by his side. Anna sipped her tea as Macchi told her, in detail, about the Hana Gumi and her day. Anna did not pay attention to her, she watched Hao relax against the waves. He looked just as content as the shamans, peaceful in his Eden. Anna mind worked on a plan as she outwardly enjoyed the balmy picnic.
Night came quickly to Patch Village and everyone retired for the night. Anna was looking over at the dark village, the stars above where shining endlessly and she could see the Great Spirit in the sky. Shadows played on the rooftops and in the streets. Within them where spirits, frolicking about while the shamans slept. Anna was in her night robe, pulling it tight over herself. She was still not used to being so developed and a line of cleavage was visible above her robe. Hao came to stand beside her, his long hair in a ponytail. He was in a pair of charcoal pants without a shirt; his chest was slim and leanly muscular.
"Do you want to play your game some more, Anna," Hao asked, breaking the silence.
"I am not playing, Hao. You are paranoid," Anna replied flatly.
"I will not be betrayed again. Not even by you." This is familiar, Anna thought. Like this morning. 'You are not open with me.' Her remark still lingered in her mind. Anna frowned. It had only been that morning, which she woke up to this reality. It seemed to have lasted for days.
"Fine. Good night," Anna said, crossly. "You will sleep alone tonight then."
"What?" That got Hao's attention. Anna did not know why she said it. It seemed to be appropriate and the way Hao suddenly reacted, with humor, seem to be the key. She did not want to sleep with him, now that she thought about. To think that Hao was next to her made her want to smack someone but then it was a cause of warmth. Anna shook her head of the contradicting emotions and began to head out of the bedroom. Hao seized her unbelievably fast from behind, his arms embracing her and pinning her own down. Anna struggled against him but he was too strong. Picking her off her feet, Hao pulled Anna onto the bed with him.
"You are staying with me," he whispered in her ear, his breath ruffling the hair against her neck. Anna turned and looked squarely into Hao's eyes and almost shuddered. She could see Yoh in him, his face was a reminder and it made her heart ache just thinking about him. Hao pushed away a few strands of Anna's hair away from her face, gently. His fingers traced the curve of her cheeks and along her jaw line. Cautious, as if for the first time, Hao captured her mouth, pulling her closer to him. Anna felt so warm in his arms as if it was natural and right. She hated herself for the contraction from her mind and her heart. Her mind was screaming that this was all a fabricated lie, which she know, but her heart was familiar with it and it nearly tore at her.
Anna kissed Hao back, part because her body and her heart wanted it but mostly because her mind was overpowering and said to give it so not to rouse suspicion. Anna's eyes went warm with confused, unshed tears. Damn, she cursed. The only thing they both can agree on and I cannot tell if I am doing something wrong or right. Hao moved his mouth to her jaw, planting trail of butterfly kisses that led down her throat. Anna closed her eyes and bit her bottom lip. Warm and firm hands kneaded into the arch of her back as Hao kiss the flesh at the opening of her robe. Long strands of his soft hair tickled her skin as he dominated over, tasting her lips with a long, heated kiss. Anna automatically wrapped her arms around his neck, her fingers in his hair as she surrendered into it. A million things raced throw her head, arguing with her heart.
This is not right, her head screamed. You are betraying your first love, your fiancé. Yoh! Do you not remember him? Her heart retaliated fiercely. This is right. Can you not feel it deep down? No. You love Yoh. Yoh is the only one for you. I do love Yoh but this is right to. It feels like it. No it is not right and does not lie to you. This feeling is just something fabricated; something implanted to make you forget about Yoh. Anna snapped out her thoughts quickly. She felt Hao's deft fingers fiddled with the sash around her waist. The robe loosened around her shoulder and waist. Hao's hand slid underneath her robe, warm against her skin as he touched her sides of her chest.
"No. Get off," Anna ordered, pushing Hao off her with a heavy shove. Hao obeyed, nearly falling to the floor as he got up, watching her intensely as she fixed her robe. "None of that tonight."
"I know Anna. I would never go farther than you wanted," Hao said, sincerely. Anna raised an eyebrow and nearly laughed in relief. Therefore, nothing has happened between them. Anna shook her head and tied the sash tightly around her waist. She was actually rather surprised at Hao's understanding sincerity. She must have warned him before to watch what he did and that made her relieved not to go through any surprises. Finishing fixing herself, Anna climbed into the bed and under the covers. Hao followed besides her, laying a kiss against her cheek then her mouth.
"Good-night, my Shaman Queen." He nestled down in the covers, hugging her waist and spooning her close to his chest. She felt his heart and each breath he took as a warm feeling swept through her. This is not right, her mind said weekly.
"Good-night."
This is a bit of filler for the next chapter. I might have OOCed a few times.
