Note: There is probably not going to have any fluff in it at all. Just arguments and brother rivalry!
Chapter 19- Equal Romance
Yoh sighed when he got home. "Tadaima!" He yelled and looked around. "Kaa-San? Tou-San?" He spotted a note on the table saying that his parents were off for another business meeting and wouldn't be home until late. He sighed and walked up to his room. When he got upstairs, he saw a familiar figure standing there, arms folded in front of his chest.
"Yoh..." Hao muttered, in a low and warning tone.
"Hao..."
Both Asakura brothers stood still, neither blinking nor breathing.
"So what have you been up to Yoh?" Hao asked, his tone never changing.
"Out." Yoh mumbled, in the same tone.
"With Anna?" Hao asked. Yoh froze for a brief second or so before responding.
"With everyone." He replied calmly. Hao lifted a delicate eyebrow about 2 centermetes.
"Oh?" He asked. "Is that so... And what were you doing?"
"If I wanted another parent I'll tell you." Yoh told his brother who chuckled lightly.
"You know Ototo..." Hao said as he walked passed Yoh. "I knew you had some darkness inside you but I never thought you would get that much to have double crossed me." Yoh's eyes widened.
"What did you say?" He yelled as he turned.
"I see why they say twins are connected." Hao mumbled, ignoring Yoh's demand.
"Answer me!" Yoh yelled. Hao stopped but didn't turn around. "What do you mean by that?"
"I'm sure you know." Hao told him. "But why would Anna love you, when she already loves me?" Yoh glared at his other half.
"There is nothing between us Hao." He muttered.
"And dear daddy is as sweet as candy." Hao said laughing and turned to Yoh. "You think I don't know Yoh?"
"Know what?" Yoh asked, still glaring at his brother.
"Don't play dumb Yoh." Hao rolled his eyes. "The way you look at Anna, the way you were acting lately. I'm not dumb Yoh. I know you want her. But it's just too bad. Such a pity that I got to her first neh?"
"She doesn't deserve you anyway." Yoh growled.
"Oh? And are you any better?" Hao asked calmly. "There isn't much of a difference Yoh. We are twins. Same blood, same mind, same thing."
"I'm nothing like you." Yoh muttered angrily. "I'm better then you." Hao had an amused expression on his face but said nothing. "Get out of my room Hao..." Hao smirked before turning and walked out without a word.
The Next Day...
"Yoh! Hao! Dinner!" Keiko yelled as she placed the food on the table. There was silence and this worried her. There was a door clicking sound and minutes later, the two brothers walked downstairs in silence, each glaring at the other. Keiko was definitely worried now. Normally, Yoh and Hao would be chitter chattering all their way to the dinner table but today, there was silence followed by death glares.
Hao and Yoh sat on the opposite sides of the table and they continued to glare at each other.
"Ok, enough you two. Stop playing this starring contest and let's eat." Mikihisa said, trying to lighten up the spirit.
"Hai..." Both brother mumbled in a dead tone and started eating... rather slowly and zombie like if I might add.
"Boys, what is it? What happened?" Keiko asked in a worried tone.
"Nothing." Both twins said at the same time and glared at each other.
"Boys please." Keiko sighed.
"What is wrong? Did Hao take you allowance again?" Mikihisa asked.
"Why is everything my fault!" Hao yelled, glaring at him.
"Because it is! And you were supposed to be grounded!" Yoh yelled.
"I didn't ask you dear brother. And who gives a fuck if I was or not?" Hao sent a glare at Yoh who glared back.
"Boys, boys please." Keiko said, trying to calm the two brothers down but it didn't' seem to work.
"It's isn't good enough that you take everyone's attention away from me but now you are taking my girlfriend away form me too!" Hao yelled.
"ME!" Yoh yelled back. "I was the one who is always getting left behind ok? You are always the one who gets all the good girls and I am always left behind!"
"Well sorry if you are just not boyfriend material but you didn't have to take the very thing I actually care about!" Hao yelled, his tone getting louder and louder by the second. "What's next! The house, money and Matamune!"
"Boys, please!" Keiko said biting her lower lip. Matamune shivered a bit, scared of the rage inside the room and ran off to a safer place.
"Boys!" Mikihisa yelled. They of course ignored them since they were too into their argument.
"You always got every girl I wanted and you always get everything first!" Yoh yelled.
"Duh! I'm older! And no, I do not get everything first! Look at what the hell you got!" Hao yelled. "You got everything I wanted. I asked if I could get the things you go and I never got them. Instead, you received them instead of me! And you never asked for them!"
"What do I have that you don't!" Yoh asked.
"Everything!" Hao yelled, his voice boomed over everyone's. "The family's love, Anna's love, when are you going to give me a chance to have a taste of that huh?"
"Boys!" Mikihisa yelled out.
"Hao, we love you..." Keiko whispered.
"Stay out of this!" Hao yelled at her.
"Hey! Don't yell at Kaa-San!" Yoh yelled.
"Shut up you dam bastard! Just shut up! You never know what it feels to be hated ok?" Hao yelled, glaring at him. "You never know anything about pain! I was the one who covered for you when you made a mistake and I was the one who always gets blamed for everything! Most of the time, I didn't even do it!"
"And that's my fault! I tried to help you, you know!" Yoh asked, his voice rising as well. By now, Keiko's eyes were watering already.
"Yah, but you were way too innocent to even hurt a fly!"
"I wish that you weren't my brother!" Yoh yelled. Keiko gasped.
"Y-Yoh... You don't mean that now do you?" She asked, as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Well it's nice to know that you feel the same way about me!" Hao yelled. "I hate you too!"
"BOYS! That's enough!" Mikihisa yelled. "Hao, apologize to your brother this instant."
"There you go again. Hao, Hao, Hao. Everything is my fault!" Hao yelled out. "I had enough of this shit!" He threw his chopstick down and stomped out.
"Where are you going young man? You are grounded!" Mikihisa yelled.
"Anywhere but here! And fuck the rules. You wouldn't care if I got hit by a car and died anyway!" Hao yelled and slammed the door as he walked out into the cool night. Mikihisa bent over to try and calm the sobbing Keiko. Yoh just glared down at his plate before slowly putting his chopsticks down.
"I'm not hungry..." He mumbled as he walked upstairs to his room, tears rolling down his cheeks.
Nichrome sighed in frustration as he walked to the door. "Someone bothering me this late at night must be Hao..." He mumbled as he opened the door. It was indeed Hao but he said nothing as he walked pass him. Nichrome blinked and sighed, still staring at the open door.
"Well hello Hao! Come on in!" He said sarcastically and made a jester to no one and closed the door. "So... I guessing another family fight?"
"No duh Sherlock..." Hao mumbled.
"Anyway, you know the routine." Nichrome told his as he sat down on the sofa. "I got dibs on the better controller."
"Whatever..." Hao mumbled.
"Must have been bad if you wouldn't even argue for the control." Nichrome said, lifting a thin eye brow.
"You think?" Hao muttered as he sat down on the carpet. "I don't feel like arguing right now." Nichrome sighed but didn't rub it in.
"So you wanna play or you wanna be left alone?" He asked.
"I don't care." Hao mumbled. Nichrome nodded and walked out. He stuck his head back into the room a few minutes later. "I'll make your bed for you then ok?" Hao nodded and failed to smirk.
"Thanks." He told him.
"Don't get use to it. Next time you come over when you are in an argument, you will make your own bed." Nichrome told him. Hao chuckled lightly and sighed. This was the usual thing. Whenever he had family problems he would go over to Nichrome. No, not Yoh. Nichrome. He felt closer to Nichrome then he did with Yoh. Somehow, it felt like Nichrome was his brother and not Yoh. Oh, how he wished it was true right now. That way, he could hurt Yoh without needing to care. He sighed before getting up and walking up to his room... well his now since he is spending the night over at Nichrome's place.
"Yo, let us in Nichrome! Open up!" Macchi yelled as she banged on the door. The door slowly opened, revealing a sleepy Hao. "Boy, what's wrong with you!" Macchi yelled, pushing Hao inside. "You could be seen!" Mari walked in, along with Ren and Pirika who was dragging his sleepy brother inside. Horo, amazingly survived Ren's fury about someone drinking his milk.
"Don't you guys ever sleep?" Hao mumbled as he rubbed his eyes.
"Yes, but apparently, the police doesn't." Macchi growled. "I get VERY grumpy when I don't get my sleep."
"Why is it that every time Hao's here, you all are here?" Nichrome asked in a sleepy tone as he walked downstairs.
"Nich-Kun was still sleeping?" Mari asked. Nichrome blushed a bit and then tripped over the last few steps.
"Well... I am now." He mumbled as he slowly and painfully got up. "Nothing like a wake up call like rolling down the stairs..." Mari giggled a bit.
"Whatever... Why are you guys here again?" Hao asked, yarning.
"Why don't we show you instead?" Macchi muttered angrily as she clicked on the TV with the remote.
"The teenage son of Keiko Asakura has ran off last night and has not been seen since." The reporter said. A picture of Hao was on the screen and then Keiko's face popped into the screen.
"Hao, please come home. We all love you very much. Please just come home now." She said sobbing. Everyone sweat dropped.
"It's sad when you have famous parents." Hao mumbled and sighed.
"How many times do we have to keep covering for you!" Macchi yelled. "The police woke me up this morning at 6 and searched my whole house for you! Of course, you weren't in my house! Kanna was getting really tight."
"You know how Kanna can be without her sleep." Pirika told him. "And they woke us up too." "Every time you run off to Nichrome's place, we get woken up and get our house checked." Macchi mumbled and yarned. "When exactly are you going to stop?"
"Don't know." Hao said with a shrug.
"Well this better stop soon because I am getting tired of this." Ren said, folding his arms across his chest.
"Dude, what was your argument about this time? Money problems, food, privacy problems?" Horo asked with another yarn. "And where is Yoh? I thought he'd be the first to come over." Hao frowned but said nothing.
"Hello? You can answer me at least." Ren rolled his eyes and smacked him in the back of the head.
"Baka, he had an argument with Yoh." He told him.
"Well next time just tell me and not smack me on the head!" Horo yelled. There was a knock on the Horo and everyone froze. Hao sighed.
"Here we go again..." He mumbled as he rushed off and out the back door.
"I got dibs on the bed!" Horo yelled as he ran upstairs to the room Hao was sleeping in. He plopped down on the bed and fell asleep.
"Is this thing already plugged in?" Macchi asked as she grabbed the Play Station 2 remote controls on the floor and tossed one to Mari. Nichrome nodded.
"Always." He told her. Since Hao randomly comes over to his house, he had to be ready for anything. Ren rolled his eyes and went into the kitchen with Pirika close behind him. Someone knocked the door again and Nichrome sighed.
"Yes?" He asked as he opened the door.
"Hello there Nichrome. Have you seen Hao?" It was Silva. He was always the one who comes and searches the place whenever Hao was missing.
"He was supposed to come over last night but he didn't." Nichrome told him and turned to walked back inside, leaving to door opened so that Silva could walk inside. Silva walked inside to find Mari beating Macchi at Super Smash Bothers and Nichrome sitting down next to them watching them play.
"NOOOOOOO!" Macchi yelled in horror. "I can't believe it! That little pink blob just kicked my poor Pikachu off the cliff too! I didn't even have a chance to use his thunder bolt!"
"He is not a pink blob. His name is Kirby." Mari corrected her and grabbed the sword before Macchi was able to reach it. "And this is for calling Kirby names." She pressed her jump and attack button, stabbing Pikachu on the head and winning the game. Macchi growled in frustration.
"Excuse me Macchi but weren't you just back at your house a few minutes ago?" Silva asked.
"Yah, but since you woke me up, I might as well go wake all my friends up too." Macchi said smiling. "And Nichrome never let me borrow his Super Smash Brother game."
"The last time I let you borrow my Spider Man game, you never returned it." Nichrome told her.
"I did!" Macchi yelled.
"Ahem." Silva cleared his throat.
"Look, Hao isn't here ok?" Macchi said sighing. "You ask us that every time and we haven't seen him! All we know is that he was grounded."
"And that he was suppose to come over last night but since he was grounded, he couldn't." Nichrome added in.
"I know you guys are trying to help your friend but it's my job to find him." Silva told them.
"Look, we don't know where he is!" Macchi yelled. "I'm not kidding!"
"But all jokes aside, we really don't know where Hao is right now." Nichrome said, backing her up.
"Mari does not know either." Mari said quietly as she took this chance to attack Macchi.
"Hey! No fair!" Macchi yelled as she plopped back down to play. She pressed an attack button and Kirby got eaten up by Yoshi. "Ha! How you like me now!" Macchi yelled. "Lucky me took Yoshi instead of Pikachu this turn."
Silva sighed. "Are you sure Hao isn't here?" He asked for the last time.
"Positive. He would have showed up if he was." Nichrome told him. "You know how Hao is."
"We'll tell you if we see him." Macchi told him, never taking her eyes off the game. Again, Mari won, regardless if Macchi used Yoshi or not.
"Oh god I give up!" Macchi yelled, throwing the remote control at Nichrome. "You play in my place while I get something to eat. Kanna ate the last cereal bar."
"I better not find you guys covering for Hao." Silva said as he walked out. Mari and Nichrome sighed.
"Coast is clear!" Nichrome yelled. Pirika walked out with Ren behind her, a glass of milk in his hand. Moments later, Macchi walked inside with a cereal bar.
"That was exhausted." She muttered as she bit into it. "And these are really good. Where did you get these?"
"The store?" Nichrome said sarcastically.
"Haha." Macchi muttered.
"Where is Hao anyway?" Pirika asked.
"Don't know. He is always popping around, here and there." Nichrome said with a shrug. "If he was in his pajamas, he wouldn't but since he wasn't, then he is probably out getting breakfast or something... Who's knows?"
Hao sighed as he walked down the street, making sure that no one saw him. He was doing perfectly fine until someone spotted him.
"Hao!" Hao froze.
"Oh shit." He muttered as he started running.
"Hao wait up! It's me!" Hao turned and noticed that it was Anna. He slowed down to let Anna catch up to him.
"What happened? The police searched our house and everything for you." Anna said in a worried voice. "It was very annoying, not to mention it was very disturbing." Hao simply shrugged.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." He muttered. Anan sighed.
"Another family argument?" She asked.
"You can say that..." Hao mumbled.
"Want to talk about it?" She asked.
"Best not to..." Hao mumbled. Anna stayed silent for a while.
"Well... are you ever going to go home?" She asked.
"Don't know. Probably not for a week or so." He mumbled, not wanting to think about home or Yoh. There was silence between the two as they continued walking. "Anna..." Hao finally broke the silence. Anna looked at him. "I think we should... just cool off for a while." Anna blinked with confusion on her face.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I need time to think right now." Hao muttered.
"We're... Breaking up?" She asked.
"I don't know..." Hao mumbled. "I'm too confused right now to even know what to do."
"But Hao..." Anna reached over to touch his arm. "Why? You know I love you." Hao looked at her.
"Do you Anna? Do you really?" He asked. Anna blinked at his reaction. "I'll give you some time to think about it..." With that, Hao walked off, leaving Anna alone.
Anna watched her... Well Ex-Boyfriend walk off in silence. She was very confused on what just happened. Why did Hao just say that to her? Did he know that she and Yoh... How? And who does she love more? Yoh or Hao? Anna bit her lower lip and turned, slowly walking back to her place, thinking hard on what to do. She loves both Yoh and Hao. She is caught in between, not knowing which to choose. She liked both boys... She didn't like Yoh more then Hao and she didn't like Hao more then Yoh. They were equal... How can you choose from Equal Romance?
FINALLY! Some arguing! Yay! And all you YohXAnna fans are probably like Yay! She and Hao are finally broken up! -Sobs- My poor Hao-Sama. Hs is be very disappointed at me and be very mad at me as well... Forgive me Hao-Sama! Yes, it's sad when you have famous parents and you are missing or you ran away. They will do everything to get you back... Even embarrass you on the news!
How'd you like this chapter? The title of this chapter is actually the ending song of Digi Charat Nyo! Yah, I'm a Koge Donbo fan so I love Digi Charat, Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar and Pita Ten. Shaman king is going to forever be my #1 Anime but I still like them too!
Anywayz, there will be more brother arguments and glares in the next few chapters. So to clear this up, Anna is now single, Hao is now single, Yoh is STILL single and they gotta fight each other to get to Anna. Well not really fight physically or maybe they do... I don't know. Vote on which is better. Argument or punches lol.
God! I need a break form writing this now! Maybe a week off without updates will do... Or maybe a month! Or a year! Muhahaha, suffer peoples! Without an update for my fanfic, you will all suffer and have to wait and wait for my update! Muhahahahaha!
ana-chan: Lol, yah. TwinsXAnna. Muhahaha... Make everyone confused with the spiral love too! Muhahaha. Testings over! Yay!
crazy4padfoot: Lol, yup! It's called Spiral Love! Many confused relationships mixed up together. Muhahaha. And none taken about the complicated mind comment lol. Yah, Horo likes Tamao but Macchi just accidentally kissed him. Will feelings develop? I'll think about that question later. Muhahahaha. -puts you in a trance- Love Hao-Sama! Love Hao-Sama! Dump Ren for Hao-Sama! I know I did and look at me now! I am now helping Hao-Sama take care of the SOF! You can have great power too! If you dump Ren for Hao-Sama. No need to think my friend. It's a fact. Hao-Sama is HOTT, HOTT, HOTT! Yah lol. I still wonder how Ren knows to but you know what? It's Ren ok? No one can explain him. Wait! You are Ren's fan! You should know! lol. Nah, there was nothing in the anime that paired them up. It's just meant to be! lol j/k. I really don't know. Everyone in paired him up with Pirika. Well most did. And too many people liking Anna would confuse me even more then this story so I don't want to pair him up with Anna. Wow! Long response to your review neh? Oh yah, I don't mind long reviews either. The longer the better. I get to know how you really think of it and all.
pixi3: Well I don't know. Hao isn't the type of person to let people talk... I like it better with action lol. Right now, Hao is so mad at Yoh, he wouldn't even care if he hurts Yoh or not but deep down inside, he really doesn't want to hurt him. Lol, everyone who reviews will get a personal comment back. Even if you just type in lol and nothing else, you will get a personal response to it. I suggest you not just write lol because it is hard to think of something to respond to that lol.
kura: Sorry! I can't tell you! It would not be fair for the other readers lol. So I guess you will just have to keep reading!
YamiandAnzu4ever: Well argue it out yah. Fighting? Probably not yet lol. Vote! Fight or just plain brotherly argument?
lost princ3ss: This don't really contain much humor in here, I know. More of the arguing... Hope you still love the story!
Vash: I didn't really add any moments here, sorry! But here's an update!
Sean Asakura: -gasps- You hate HaoxAnna! -runs to everyone yelling- Sean doesn't like Hao-Sama!
Hana Gumi... Me included- DIE!
half vamp: Well my writer's block kinda didn't go away. I only wrote this one because well... Making the twins argue isn't so hard. Now if only I had some ideas for my other fics... Well actually I got Prom Night down but To See you Smile... Might need some work... Or maybe I am just lazy lol.
Pearl Sisters: Muhahaha, yes! I love writing Cliffies! Here's the end of the cliffy though.
pendulum-swing: Dun, dun! His consequence for kissing Anna? He and Hao argue to death! Muhahaha! God I am mean! lol
sweet-but-evil: Lol, well lucky for Horo, I spared him lol.
Wild Stallion: Lol, Well love you for loving the story! here's an update and the continuation of the cliffy!
Anna231: Haha, no, you suffer! I am the one writing the cliff hangers and making you suffer so I can't suffer. Muhahahahahaha.
The nystery of yonnas: I didn't say he will be! Maybe, maybe not is all I can say. And please keep to yourself and not spoil it for everyone else lol. Once people know the ending, they will no longer be interested in the story! If your ending theory is right that is.
wayupi: Lol, this chapter will answer all your questions lol. -gasp- You were one of them who was yelling at me! -sobs- Lol, I don't blame you though. If I was a reader of this fanfic I would be yelling too lol.
Winn: Lol, don't ask. I don't know myself lol. It was just funny to write.
Potato-Person: A... Potato neh? Well thanks for the comment but I'm hungry. -snatches the potato away from you and throws it in a pot of bowling water- Want some Potato soup? lol, j/k.
hannami08: Wow! That was the longest review ever! But that's ok. The longer they are, the better. Your friends are allowed to review as well if they wish to lol. I can get more ideas and opinions and all. So nice of you to introduce my story to them. Arigato Gozaimasu! YES! You are a HaoxAnna fan too! So many people are YohxAnna... -sobs- Poor Hao-Sama is left out! Let's go and kill at the YohxAnna fans! Excluding you since you are actually neutral lol. We will be the HanaGumi! Muhahaha. I take the role of Mari! I like her the most and I love Chuck. Find him especially adorable lol. I don't know about the ending yet though. Maybe, maybe not as I have said to others who have asked me how the ending would end. Don't forget! Hao has a Four Leaf Clover mark as well! No fighting scenes just yet. Maybe I might. I don't know. I am asking people to vote lol. So vote now or forever hold your peace lol.
XxtsuriaixX: Lol, I kept checking and checking and I'm like, didn't I read this chapter before? Lol I know, I am soooo dumb! Lol. Yup! I made my story SUPER spirally! Muhahaha, everyone is so confused right now lol. The ending is pretty twisty. I think... Well hope it will be lol. I need to add some funny twist to Macchi though. She might stay single and I don't want her being left out. She is after all, my second fav. female character in the anime. Who's my first? Why do you even ask! It's Mari of course! lol anywayz, I updated my story now go update your's! lol