Asuka02RedEva
serenitymoon@lycos.com
Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King or any of the characters used in this
story.
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Hey, sorry about dropping off the face of the earth for a while (as far as writing goes). Been WAY busy! @-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anna looked down at Yoh who was sound asleep and had his head rested on the side of her bed, his hand in hers. She took a deep breath and then her eyes made it to her leg, which she tried to move but it only made her wince.
'...What happened? Oh, the construction site...I pushed Manta out of the way.'
She reached up with her free hand and touched the bandage just above her eye. She sighed quietly, wondering what she was going to do.
'...I can't keep hiding this from Yoh, but if I am to tell him the truth then his mind will not be clear for the shaman tournament,' her thoughts were broken as she heard a voice.
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Yoh was now awake and watching her, "Anna, you're finally awake. How do you feel?"
Anna tried not to be sarcastic, "I'm fine," she replied quietly.
"Are you sure you're fine? If you need something I can call the doctor," he stated, standing up and starting for the door.
"No..." she whispered, grabbing his hand before he could leave her.
This of course came as a surprise to Yoh and to Anna as well for that matter. Yoh looked down at his hand in hers as that familiar smile appeared on his face.
"I won't leave if you don't want me to Anna; I just thought that you might want something for the pain is all," he explained as he sat back down on the chair next to her bed.
Amidamaru suddenly appeared, "Mistress Anna, I am glad to see that you are alright."
"...Thank you, Amidamaru...but you shouldn't be wasting your concern on me."
"Anna? Amidamaru was just worried about you he—
"You should be training; you have more important things to worry about then me," she whispered, trying not to show that she was grateful to have someone who cared for her.
"Anna, training can wait. I'm just relieved that you're ok and all. Plus, you're going to need some help when we go home. The doctor says you'll be on crutches for a while," explained Yoh, looking to Amidamaru who confirmed what he had said.
"I'm sure that Ryu can help me with some things. Now, I want you to continue the training program that I made for you the other day," she stated, looking at Yoh with a 'Don't argue with me' look.
"...Fine Anna...I'll go train, but you have to promise me something, that you'll rest and that you'll wait for me to come back to get you later on."
"I wouldn't dream of leaving, what do you expect me to do? Run away?" she asked a smirk appearing on her face.
Yoh and Amidamaru both sweatdropped...
"And how did you get me out so early anyways?" she arched an eyebrow, as she questioned Yoh.
"Oh...well...that's not important," he began and then sighed, "What's important is that I'll be back to pick you up..." he sweatdropped and got a less than impressed expression, "...just as soon as my training is done."
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Later that afternoon Yoh came slowly walking into Anna's room. Her new training session had really thrown him for a loop and he could barely make it in the door without having to drag his feet.
"You're. Later," stated Anna, her arms crossed over her chest as she sat on the side of the bed.
"...Sorry...Anna...I came...as...fast as...I could..."
"Well you're here now, let's get going," replied Anna as she took the crutches next to the bed and slowly began to stand up.
"You need any help?" asked Yoh cautiously. God only knows what Anna could have done to him with those crutches.
"No, I'm fine," she began as she used the crutches to walk past him, "...thank you though..."
Both Yoh and Amidamaru (who had been eavesdropping) sweatdropped. Anna. Said. Thank you???
But a familiar voice interrupted their thoughts...
"Are you two coming?! We don't have all day ya know!"
Yoh got that familiar look of horror on his face as he started to run out of the room. "Coming Anna!"
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As the "loving" couple made their way to the hospital exit, two elderly men sweatdropped hearing "Don't walk so close!" "You almost knocked me over!" "Get the door!" "You're cooking dinner tonight for that!" "Your training schedule just got harder mister!"
"Kids today..." stated one of the men quietly, shaking his head.
"Problem is they just don't know how to express themselves...back in my day..."
He was cut short as Anna tripped over his cane. Yoh suddenly froze in place, while visions of Anna pounding the crap out of a poor elderly man ran through his head. @-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anna caught herself, holding onto a chair and turned around.
"I'm very sorry miss!" cried the man.
"Oh, please don't worry about it. After all it wasn't your fault...it was his for walking too close..." she replied as she swung her crutch in Yoh's direction.
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The two men winced as they watched Yoh slide down the wall. They both sweatdropped as they watched Anna continue toward the exit.
"...Those two must REALLY like each other," commented one of the men, rubbing his beard.
"By gum! I remember the first time that happened to me. Pretty girl said I was walking too close to her," replied the other man, taking off his hat.
"What happened?" asked his friend, sliding down his bifocals.
"...I married her..." replied the man with a solemn look on his face holding his hat to his chest.
"...So that's why you come in here so often..."
"...I'm afraid so..."
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Manta and Ryu could hear the young couple coming into the driveway and heading toward the doorstep.
"Allow me, Anna," stated Yoh as he opened the door quickly, a nervous smile on his face.
Anna walked in the front door to see Manta and Ryu standing in front of a big welcome home dinner with all of her favorite foods.
"Welcome home Anna!" both exclaimed as she sat down at the table, putting her crutches to her side.
"Wow you guys sure went to a lot of trouble," commented Yoh as he took a seat at the table next to Anna.
"You act as though I've been gone for a few weeks. It was only a day," replied Anna, taking a bowl of rice and grabbing her chopsticks.
"Anna..." Manta began, looking down at the plate in front of him, "I'm really..."
Anna set her bowl of rice on the table and looked sternly at Manta. "Don't you dare apologize, shortie."
"...But I...well...it was because..." Manta tried to explain to her.
"You have no reason to feel responsible. It happened. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to eat my meal before it becomes cold."
Manta sighed watching Anna start to eat once more. Yoh nudged him with his elbow.
"Look, she's fine. Don't worry about it so much," he whispered, as he dove into his own plate, Anna's training for the day had made him extremely hungry.
"I'll have some more please," stated Anna, holding out her empty rice bowl.
"Right away Miss Anna!" cried Ryu as he dashed into the kitchen.
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As she waited for Ryu to return to the table, her thoughts suddenly went to her visions.
'...What am I to do? Yesterday was a scare, but today was too close, it could have been my life instead of my leg. Manta could have been killed...perhaps it's not safe for me to stay here? No, that's ridiculous...isn't it?'
Her thoughts were broken as Ryu returned with the rice and filled her bowl to the rim.
"There you are Miss Anna. Can I get you anything else?"
"No, that will be all Ryu...thanks..." Again she found herself receiving odd glances, "What are you looking at?"
All returned their attention to their meals, finding it best not to look in Anna's direction for the moment.
Anna slowly too another bite of her meal, when her mind was taken over by the dream she had had in the hospital. She suddenly felt as though someone were strangling the life out of her. She reached her hand up to her neck and started to choke.
"...Yoh...Manta...Ryu..." she looked around the table to find the three still eating. "...Why...don't they...look up?" she asked, gasping for air.
"They don't look up, Anna..." came an eerie voice in her mind, "...because they don't care about you..."
"That's...not...true!" she gasped, grabbing her neck as if trying to remove an invisible hand.
"Of course it's true. If they cared about you, they would help you. Since the day you came they have never wanted you around. I'm doing you a favor."
"...No...it's not true..." she stated feeling herself grow weaker.
"Yoh doesn't care for you. All you do is boss him around and use him. You make his live miserable. Did you know that?"
"...I...do???"
Images of Yoh as a child appeared in her mind. Sure she had always picked on him, but wasn't he the kid who said that he loved her? Wasn't he the boy who she had played with and grown up with? And wasn't he the young man who said that he does worry about her and not to scare him again?
"Now...please stop this nonsense...it's time to go, Anna."
"It's...not true...it's not..true..." she gasped and finally with all her strength, "It's NOT true!!!!!" @-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suddenly, the rice bowl she had been holding dropped to the floor and shattered. Her eyes widened as she sat in shock for a moment to find Yoh, Manta, and Ryu looking over at her.
"Miss Anna?"
"Anna?"
"Hey, Anna, are you alright?"
She looked down at the pieces of glass now resting on the carpet, mixed in with remaining rice that had once resided in it.
"...I...I...Gomen Nasai..." she whispered looking down.
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As Ryu began to clean up the broken glass and assure her that it was no big deal, she suddenly coughed into her hand. When she moved her hand away from her mouth she noticed red droplets in the palm of her hand...
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"I'll lay off for now, Anna...after all, I wouldn't want anyone to become too suspicious...but just you wait..."
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Please review! Hope you enjoyed! ^.^ Ja Ne
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Hey, sorry about dropping off the face of the earth for a while (as far as writing goes). Been WAY busy! @-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anna looked down at Yoh who was sound asleep and had his head rested on the side of her bed, his hand in hers. She took a deep breath and then her eyes made it to her leg, which she tried to move but it only made her wince.
'...What happened? Oh, the construction site...I pushed Manta out of the way.'
She reached up with her free hand and touched the bandage just above her eye. She sighed quietly, wondering what she was going to do.
'...I can't keep hiding this from Yoh, but if I am to tell him the truth then his mind will not be clear for the shaman tournament,' her thoughts were broken as she heard a voice.
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Yoh was now awake and watching her, "Anna, you're finally awake. How do you feel?"
Anna tried not to be sarcastic, "I'm fine," she replied quietly.
"Are you sure you're fine? If you need something I can call the doctor," he stated, standing up and starting for the door.
"No..." she whispered, grabbing his hand before he could leave her.
This of course came as a surprise to Yoh and to Anna as well for that matter. Yoh looked down at his hand in hers as that familiar smile appeared on his face.
"I won't leave if you don't want me to Anna; I just thought that you might want something for the pain is all," he explained as he sat back down on the chair next to her bed.
Amidamaru suddenly appeared, "Mistress Anna, I am glad to see that you are alright."
"...Thank you, Amidamaru...but you shouldn't be wasting your concern on me."
"Anna? Amidamaru was just worried about you he—
"You should be training; you have more important things to worry about then me," she whispered, trying not to show that she was grateful to have someone who cared for her.
"Anna, training can wait. I'm just relieved that you're ok and all. Plus, you're going to need some help when we go home. The doctor says you'll be on crutches for a while," explained Yoh, looking to Amidamaru who confirmed what he had said.
"I'm sure that Ryu can help me with some things. Now, I want you to continue the training program that I made for you the other day," she stated, looking at Yoh with a 'Don't argue with me' look.
"...Fine Anna...I'll go train, but you have to promise me something, that you'll rest and that you'll wait for me to come back to get you later on."
"I wouldn't dream of leaving, what do you expect me to do? Run away?" she asked a smirk appearing on her face.
Yoh and Amidamaru both sweatdropped...
"And how did you get me out so early anyways?" she arched an eyebrow, as she questioned Yoh.
"Oh...well...that's not important," he began and then sighed, "What's important is that I'll be back to pick you up..." he sweatdropped and got a less than impressed expression, "...just as soon as my training is done."
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Later that afternoon Yoh came slowly walking into Anna's room. Her new training session had really thrown him for a loop and he could barely make it in the door without having to drag his feet.
"You're. Later," stated Anna, her arms crossed over her chest as she sat on the side of the bed.
"...Sorry...Anna...I came...as...fast as...I could..."
"Well you're here now, let's get going," replied Anna as she took the crutches next to the bed and slowly began to stand up.
"You need any help?" asked Yoh cautiously. God only knows what Anna could have done to him with those crutches.
"No, I'm fine," she began as she used the crutches to walk past him, "...thank you though..."
Both Yoh and Amidamaru (who had been eavesdropping) sweatdropped. Anna. Said. Thank you???
But a familiar voice interrupted their thoughts...
"Are you two coming?! We don't have all day ya know!"
Yoh got that familiar look of horror on his face as he started to run out of the room. "Coming Anna!"
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As the "loving" couple made their way to the hospital exit, two elderly men sweatdropped hearing "Don't walk so close!" "You almost knocked me over!" "Get the door!" "You're cooking dinner tonight for that!" "Your training schedule just got harder mister!"
"Kids today..." stated one of the men quietly, shaking his head.
"Problem is they just don't know how to express themselves...back in my day..."
He was cut short as Anna tripped over his cane. Yoh suddenly froze in place, while visions of Anna pounding the crap out of a poor elderly man ran through his head. @-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anna caught herself, holding onto a chair and turned around.
"I'm very sorry miss!" cried the man.
"Oh, please don't worry about it. After all it wasn't your fault...it was his for walking too close..." she replied as she swung her crutch in Yoh's direction.
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The two men winced as they watched Yoh slide down the wall. They both sweatdropped as they watched Anna continue toward the exit.
"...Those two must REALLY like each other," commented one of the men, rubbing his beard.
"By gum! I remember the first time that happened to me. Pretty girl said I was walking too close to her," replied the other man, taking off his hat.
"What happened?" asked his friend, sliding down his bifocals.
"...I married her..." replied the man with a solemn look on his face holding his hat to his chest.
"...So that's why you come in here so often..."
"...I'm afraid so..."
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Manta and Ryu could hear the young couple coming into the driveway and heading toward the doorstep.
"Allow me, Anna," stated Yoh as he opened the door quickly, a nervous smile on his face.
Anna walked in the front door to see Manta and Ryu standing in front of a big welcome home dinner with all of her favorite foods.
"Welcome home Anna!" both exclaimed as she sat down at the table, putting her crutches to her side.
"Wow you guys sure went to a lot of trouble," commented Yoh as he took a seat at the table next to Anna.
"You act as though I've been gone for a few weeks. It was only a day," replied Anna, taking a bowl of rice and grabbing her chopsticks.
"Anna..." Manta began, looking down at the plate in front of him, "I'm really..."
Anna set her bowl of rice on the table and looked sternly at Manta. "Don't you dare apologize, shortie."
"...But I...well...it was because..." Manta tried to explain to her.
"You have no reason to feel responsible. It happened. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to eat my meal before it becomes cold."
Manta sighed watching Anna start to eat once more. Yoh nudged him with his elbow.
"Look, she's fine. Don't worry about it so much," he whispered, as he dove into his own plate, Anna's training for the day had made him extremely hungry.
"I'll have some more please," stated Anna, holding out her empty rice bowl.
"Right away Miss Anna!" cried Ryu as he dashed into the kitchen.
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As she waited for Ryu to return to the table, her thoughts suddenly went to her visions.
'...What am I to do? Yesterday was a scare, but today was too close, it could have been my life instead of my leg. Manta could have been killed...perhaps it's not safe for me to stay here? No, that's ridiculous...isn't it?'
Her thoughts were broken as Ryu returned with the rice and filled her bowl to the rim.
"There you are Miss Anna. Can I get you anything else?"
"No, that will be all Ryu...thanks..." Again she found herself receiving odd glances, "What are you looking at?"
All returned their attention to their meals, finding it best not to look in Anna's direction for the moment.
Anna slowly too another bite of her meal, when her mind was taken over by the dream she had had in the hospital. She suddenly felt as though someone were strangling the life out of her. She reached her hand up to her neck and started to choke.
"...Yoh...Manta...Ryu..." she looked around the table to find the three still eating. "...Why...don't they...look up?" she asked, gasping for air.
"They don't look up, Anna..." came an eerie voice in her mind, "...because they don't care about you..."
"That's...not...true!" she gasped, grabbing her neck as if trying to remove an invisible hand.
"Of course it's true. If they cared about you, they would help you. Since the day you came they have never wanted you around. I'm doing you a favor."
"...No...it's not true..." she stated feeling herself grow weaker.
"Yoh doesn't care for you. All you do is boss him around and use him. You make his live miserable. Did you know that?"
"...I...do???"
Images of Yoh as a child appeared in her mind. Sure she had always picked on him, but wasn't he the kid who said that he loved her? Wasn't he the boy who she had played with and grown up with? And wasn't he the young man who said that he does worry about her and not to scare him again?
"Now...please stop this nonsense...it's time to go, Anna."
"It's...not true...it's not..true..." she gasped and finally with all her strength, "It's NOT true!!!!!" @-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suddenly, the rice bowl she had been holding dropped to the floor and shattered. Her eyes widened as she sat in shock for a moment to find Yoh, Manta, and Ryu looking over at her.
"Miss Anna?"
"Anna?"
"Hey, Anna, are you alright?"
She looked down at the pieces of glass now resting on the carpet, mixed in with remaining rice that had once resided in it.
"...I...I...Gomen Nasai..." she whispered looking down.
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As Ryu began to clean up the broken glass and assure her that it was no big deal, she suddenly coughed into her hand. When she moved her hand away from her mouth she noticed red droplets in the palm of her hand...
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"I'll lay off for now, Anna...after all, I wouldn't want anyone to become too suspicious...but just you wait..."
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Please review! Hope you enjoyed! ^.^ Ja Ne