It was a week after a Shaman Tournament...
Or defeting of Hao...
Anna was standing in a balcony of her room. It was about a midnight and the sky was filled whit stars and the full moon shined bright, making the back yard of Asakura house to like a ghost's gathering place. For Anna it was everynight's ritual to stand in the balcony and whach the sky. She's been having hard time sleeping since she came home from tournamen...since she saw hao's death. Or was it just a trick? This question keeps echoing in Anna's head for a long time and the girl didn't understand why. It wasn't like it should be...For Anna it should be just a worry if Hao's gonna couse more destruction, but now she was worryed if he's alright, if he wasn't hurt...
Anna shoke her head. „No!" she said to herself. Anna couldn't understand what was wrong whit her. She was thinking about Hao almost every step she took. And that was horrible to her! She was suposted to hate him. He was an enemy. But she couldn't. She cared for him…
A small tear crossed Annas cheek. She couldn't hate Hao. She couldn't …
Anna wiped the tear and gone back to her room. When she fell on bed and finally fell asleep, the last thought of her was "Hope you're safe, Hao…". The same as every night…
The days passed… And no sign of continue of the Shaman Tournament wasn't been seen. Anna, Yoh and Morty were going to school as before. Sometimes they were visited by Ren or Horo. Ryu was somewhere on the road. Liserg was in London, studying and, what is unexpected, having fun. Chocolove still didn't give up to his future as a joker. Oh well, let's wish him good luck… Ren's sister Jun got a place in university, so she was very happy. Tamara continued her training in master's Yomey school. Faust and Eliza were trying to live like a normal couple… I don't know… Maybe there will be something good from it… So let's say everything was back to normal…
But Yoh noticed something anyway. He saw something wrong in Anna. Although she always was cold and whit no emotions, but now she seemed to be far away from this world. Yoh noticed this long ago. So that Saturday morning he decided to figure out what was wrong whit her. When they both sat by their breakfast, Yoh asked her:
"Anna, is there something wrong?" Yoh didn't expected a straight answer. Anna just looked at him whit no emotions in her face.
"Why there would be?"
"Well… You've been acting very strange lately, so I thought that maybe something's came up…"
"No, Yoh, there's nothing to worry about. And even if there were, you would be the last person to know it!" Anna stood up and gone upstairs. Yoh looked to her while she was gone. He sighted and shook his head. "You're lieing Anna. There's something wrong whit you and I'm going to find out what". Than he stood up and went upstairs to Anna room. He found her sitting in front of the mirror. Her head was lowered, hands in the hair. Girls eyes were closed. A warm wind, coming from the opened balcony, was gently playing whit her hair. Yoh found this sight very beautiful, but sad too. He silently crossed the room and stopped behind her. Yoh wasn't sure, but her still put his hand on Annas shoulder. When there was no reaction, like slapping or screaming, Yoh hugged her and put his head on her shoulder. A warm smell of wild flowers touched his nose. He smiled a little. That was a pleasure to him. A surprise was Annas reaction. She didn't move, only opened her dark onyx eyes.
"Anna" said Yoh silently "please trust me. I really care for you and I know something's wrong. If you don't want to than don't tell me. But don't say no to my help. I really wanna help you." Anna was silent for some time. She was a little bit shocked about what Yoh said. She never thought that Yoh Asakura could talk like that. But despite that, she didn't want to tell him what's bothering her.
"I know you do." She said " But I have to deal whit my problems myself." Yoh was expecting this kind of answer. He hugged her stronger. "Alright, if you don't want to talk, we won't. Just know that you can trust me." Anna didn't answered to this. First time in her life she felt that somebody really cares for her. That someone is concerned about her. She completely rested in Yoh's embrace. Her eyes meet whit the eyes of her mirror self. And for a very short second in Yoh's place she saw the one who plagued her thoughts. A small tear crossed her face…