Disclaimer: Shaman King is not mine! (I wish it is…)
"The reflection of Light & Darkness"
---Chapter IV---
My Fiancées' Fiancées?
If I have to say something weird about this school, it has to be the way the students view each others. The five stars students praised the one star students like they were Gods. Sure, they are "better" in terms of abilities, but how defined them to be the boss of everyone? Every time a higher star rank student that passes by, we need to "bow to the majesty". How fair is that?
Classes are about to start, but I don't care much about what they are doing anymore. All I want to do now is to get out of here. Why must I endure those proud and arrogant students? I barely listen to my parents anyways. Why must I listen to them?
And this afternoon, it's parents' meeting day. I highly doubt that either my father or my mother will show up for me. They will probably come for Jeanne and Anna only. After all, my father cannot show affection towards me and my mother is just plain cold. My stepfather? If he even looks at me, it'll be a miracle. Not to mention to go see how I'm doing academically.
Still, since this is my first week, I've decided not to skip classes 'that' much. Well, we had Language, Clan Study, Shaman Art, and Combat. What can be worst than that?
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I had to jinx myself. History Class, wow, the 'joy' of going to school. Well, between all the classes that I have, I guess history and combat are the easiest ones for me. After all, I'm best in 'normal classes' and quite well trained in combat. All I have to do is to remember everything that the teacher teaches us.
When I walk into the class, I realize that half of it was empty. The people who are attending to this class are mostly Light Elne. It seems that lots of people skipped class.
"Welcome…" A soft trembling voice said. "I… I… hope… that you… will… enjoy… this…. Class…… I am… your professor… Miss Peastruck…"
"Nice to meet you." I answer politely.
Now that is weird. How can a person teach when she can barely put out words? I guess that I have to rely on books instead of the teacher.
Two minutes after the class started, the teacher faints out of fear to stand in front of the class. Like it is a usual case, the students just walk out of the class without even caring the state of the teacher. Before I head out of the class, a girl stops me from going. She has blond hair, is wearing a red scarf, and is wearing a Dark Lore uniform.
"Stop moving." She orders me. "I have some questions to ask you."
"What do you want?" I ask annoyingly.
"Are you the one seen with Yoh before yesterday?"
"Yoh? Oh, Asakura Yoh. Yes I was with him."
"You knew who is he and yet you stand with him?"
"Why are you questioning me? What gives you this right? And who cares about who he is or what I do? This is none of your concern!"
"It is when you are messing up with MY fiancée!"
"Your fiancée?" My mouth drops open. So basically, Asakura Yoh is Anna's fiancée… but also mine? He has two fiancées just like me?
"I am the next Shaman King's wife. And since no other than my Yoh will become Shaman King, I am destined to marry him."
"I hope that you and Yoh will live happily ever after." I say sincerely.
If Yoh already has a fiancée, I don't even have to think about forcing him to refuse the marriage. After all, if Yoh turns down the marriage between this girl and him, he'll die before he finishes the sentence. Life is good! Wait… Didn't Yoh say that he is very afraid of Anna? My half sister? If that's the case, then this girl should be…
"Just out of curiosity," I ask again, "Are you Anna?"
"Yes I am. It's time that you notice this already, Yufi."
"Anna!"
I jump and hug her while she just dodges me. I've never actually met with Anna. I've heard about her from my father. Unlike with Jeanne, I actually keep contact with Anna. Even though she seems bossy, rude, and mean, she is actually a very caring person. She is my only friend who knows about my family situation, well, besides the fact that she's actually my half sister.
"Why did you come here? I thought that you know nothing about Shaman Art. The only thing that you can do is to see spirits, which makes you completely useless here."
"Well… Hum… I am here on a mission. Anna, don't be mad when you here this, ok?"
"What did you do again?"
"Not me. My stupid parents got me fiancées."
"Don't tell me that…"
"Yes, Yoh is one of THEM."
"That unfaithful guy! I'll kill him!"
"Wait Anna!" I hold her as strong as I could to prevent her from going to kill Yoh. "He doesn't even know who I am, let alone knowing that he is my fiancée. Besides, that's why I am here. I want to live a peaceful life so that I will not be forced to marry people that I don't like, or facing my parents. You know how I hate shamans."
"But why would the noble families of Light Elne, Asakura and Loxelanne, want an interclan marriage? Shouldn't it be Light Elne marrying Dark Lore?"
"I don't know. You know how my parents are. They barely know how old I am, let alone telling me why I have two fiancées."
"Two of them? Who is the other one? Is it a member of the Dark Lore noble family Tao?"
"No. Asakura Hao."
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I went to eat lunch with Anna. Apparently, a Light Elne and a Dark Lore eating together is like a crime; everyone is staring at us.
"Anna… Are you sure that this is alright?"
"Why not?"
"Everyone is looking at us. They are chatting about how weird are we, sitting and eating together."
Anna coldly stares at our surrounding and they all drop their heads and shut their mouth.
"I don't hear or see anything. I want to send you this package but it would be too expensive. So here it is."
She takes out an enormously large binder and hands it to me. Sigh… Anna is still the same I guess. She wouldn't befriend with someone without a reason behind it.
"Here is the plan for my Funbari Hotspring. Read all of this and find all the mistakes that the other people did."
"So you want me to proofread all of that?"
"Yes."
"Well, it might take a little while…"
"What did you say?"
"I'll get it done by tomorrow. After all, I've the whole afternoon to read this."
"Your parents are not coming to see you today?"
"If they come for me, it'll be a miracle. You know how my father is. If he walks ten feet near me, it'll already be like the greatest gift. And as for my mother, she is very cold. I highly doubt that she will even come. My father will probably come for Jeanne only."
"You still call them 'father' and 'mother'. I guess that you will never call them mom or dad."
"You know how stubborn I am, Anna. For people who don't even care for what I do, I don't have the slightest concern. They are just my parents, nothing more than that. This is why I don't want them to mess up my life. This is my life, and only I can tell myself how to live it."
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I guess that with Anna as Yoh's fiancée, I'll be fine. Now, all I have to do is to make Hao ditching me and I can go back to become a normal student. I really don't understand why Anna showed such a fearful expression when she heard that my other fiancée is Hao. I mean he is a bit controlling but he doesn't seem to be bad.
I was walking alone in the hallway when suddenly someone calls me.
"Yufi! I knew that that was you!"
I turn around and see my other half sister, Jeanne.
"Jeanne, why are you talking to me? If father sees this, he will be very mad."
"You are part of our family. I really want us to be able to talk to each other all the time. After all, we are sisters."
"But father is coming today. If he sees you with me, he'll force you to go into that iron cast thing to punish you."
"He won't be here until the end. He has a lot of work to do today."
I look at her innocent smile. She seems just too peaceful and fearless. The first time that father puts her in the Iron Maiden was when she was four. He saw me giving a candy to her and punished Jeanne instead of me. Apparently, I'm not even worthy enough to be punished. But, that punishment was strong enough to persuade me not to talk to Jeanne. I rather see myself getting hurt than her getting into that Iron Maiden at a near-death state. I'm a quite protective of my little sister. She is too pure to see the horror of the world.
"Where are your followers? Don't you usually have seven guardians who protect you?"
"I told them to wait for me elsewhere. I really want to talk to you."
"What is it? Is there something wrong?"
"No no… Just that dad got me a fiancée."
"What? Why did he do that?"
"Dark Lore and Light Elne clans must choose two from each clan to marry with the other clan. So he chose someone for me…"
"Is it Dark Lore family Tao?"
"No… It is Asakura Hao…"
"Do you want to be married to him?"
"No. but I heard that mom is making him your fiancée too… and I don't want any conflict or misunderstanding between us."
"It's ok Jeanne. I won't marry Asakura Hao. In fact, this is the reason why I came here: to break off the marriages between us. But that crazy father! How can he force you to marry someone that you don't want to?"
"It's the clan's decision. It is not just their own."
"You don't want to marry Hao, do you?"
"No, I don't want to marry him. He is too evil and sinister."
"So if I step up and become Hao's fiancée. You don't have to marry him."
"But I don't want to force you to…"
"It's ok. If this is something that I can do to protect you, I will."
Sigh… Why is my weakness Jeanne? I guess that I'll try to force Hao to break off both marriages… Or at least Jeanne's one. Still, I really don't want to find myself marrying to Hao! I will do everything in my power to destroy this marriage!
Next Chapter: My spirit… Is that really a Spirit?
(With Yoh and Hao appearing!)
I know that it had been a long time since I've written any fanfics, but…. I'm back! Well, only if you want me to. If I don't get enough reviews, I might just discontinue this.
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Yufina's class schedule:
Monday: Language, Clan Study
Tuesday: Shaman Art, Combat
Wednesday: History, afternoon off
Thursday: Mathematics, Spirit Hunting
Friday: Shaman Art---Clan, Club activity
Saturday: Team fight (one battle only)
Sunday: Off
The clans' noble families
Light Elne: Loxelanne, Asakura
Dark Lore: Kyouyama, Tao
Ze Lumar: Diethel, Usui
