A Fool's Bet

By: CrYsTaLxAnGeL

Disclaimer: Nothing owned, nothing stolen.

My story is a bit like… in Norse mythology. I'm not quite sure. But I had the sudden thought of Yoh and Hao as gods. So that's a bit like my plot.

The Tour of Tokyo

Yoh and Anna started to move more until Anna was stopped by another field of flowers. She looked at them with such sparkling eyes and smiled. Yoh couldn't help but stare at her. She was so beautiful to gaze at and her eyes always seemed to sparkle in his direction.

Anna leaned on the railings of the bridge and looked over once again at the flowers of on the other side. She sighed and mumbled, "You know Yoh, Tokyo is such a beautiful place…" Yoh only looked at her and answered to himself, 'Yes…'

Anna turned around and immediately looked at Yoh with a contented face and said, "So? Where do you want to go?"

Hao sat up and once more looked at the girl. The girl had woken up to his sudden movement and asked wearily, "W-Where are you going, Hao?" He turned his head over at the bed and just smirked at her. She blushed and nodded.

But before he could leave the door, he asked her, "What's your name, anyway?" The girl smiled and answered, "The name starts with M and ends with ari."

Anna dragged Yoh once more and they finally stopped as they reached their destination. "Here it is Yoh! The heart of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace!" Yoh gazed at the palace and was in awe.

Anna looked at him and giggled. She grabbed his hand once more and dashed off to south. Anna let go, signaling them to race. Yoh noticed the challenge and accepted it. Yoh sped off in the lead. Anna saw that he finally accepted the challenge, willingly. She and smirked and hurriedly also did her part.

Yoh was smiling as he was in the lead. He went forth and didn't dare look back. He stopped as he saw that he was somehow lost. He looked back saying, "Uh… Anna-" But when he completely turned his back, he saw that Anna was no longer behind him. He sighed and snapped his fingers. But nothing happened.

"Wait a minute… Didn't Hao say – no powers! DAMN HIM!" he shouted. Random people looked at him with questioning faces and he just waved goodbye and walked away. He walked more and finally saw a girl with a short golden hair waving to him and showing a grin. "Anna!"

He ran fast, trying to catch up to her. "She cheated! She went in an alley and exited through a shortcut!" Yoh ran faster and faster and finally was behind her already. "Hey cheater!" Anna looked at him and smirked.

Yoh wanted to beat her so badly. They were now passing through a park. Yoh had a plan in mind. He ran faster to be at her side. Suddenly, he bumped into her and they fell. Since the park they passed had a certain hill on the edge of it, they came rolling down. And finally they landed on a field of flowers. Anna was on top of Yoh as he saved her. Anna realized their situation and furiously blushed. But she didn't push away until Yoh noticed their situation too.

"S-Sorry, Yoh!" Anna jumped out of his lap. Yoh winced in pain as he chuckled to her saying, "No, I'm sorry. I was the one who bumped you! I'm sorry!" Anna looked at him and only found a cut on his arm.

She quickly took a bandage out from her bag and peeled the paper that was attached to it. Yoh was a bit surprised by this. Anna placed the bandage on the cut of his arm and he blushed. She didn't notice it though – lucky for him.

"Are you feeling any better now?" she asked worriedly. He was a bit shock from the matter but was able to nod. She sighed in relief and said, "Do you want to see more sights or do you want to rest now?"

He stood up and helped her too. He answered, "How about we take a break? My treat!" She looked at him lovingly and nodded with a smile.

Hao looked down from a great building and smiled evilly. "My, my. My brother sure has chosen a perfect lady." He snapped his fingers and magically, he disappeared once more on a swirling wind.

"Hey, Yoh," Anna started. Yoh looked at her with a stain of burger from a corner of his mouth. He looked with a questioning face and suddenly Anna laughed out hysterically. Yoh's eyes widened and asked, "What? What is it?"

Anna still laughed as she pointed to the corner of his mouth. He touched it and felt something messy. "Stain from the ketchup…" Anna nodded and continued to laugh. Yoh groaned and cleaned it up. When he finally wept it away, he asked Anna, "Better?"

She nodded, still holding back her laugh. "Pfft! HAHA! M-Much b-better! Haha!" Yoh shrugged and continued to eat his burger. Anna finally stopped laughing and continued her question earlier. "Uh, Yoh…"

He stopped once more and asked, "What, Anna?" She was a bit embarrassed and nervous. So she suddenly asked, "Um, am I bothering your day or something? 'Cause it seems like that I've been in your nerves for quite sometime now…"

Yoh was surprised by her remark. He shook his head and she looked at him now with soft eyes. And he answered her, "No. I'm not bothered at all! Actually, thanks to you, I had the greatest of all my life!" Her eyes lit up and looked at him with hope.

"Really, Yoh?" she asked. He nodded and smiled. She blushed and mumbled to him, "You know… I've dated a lot of guys and everything was the same. They just wanted me. They never wanted to know me. But you're the only guy that has ever said the nicest thing to me."

Yoh had a questioning look on his and she just giggled at him. "Thanks Yoh!"

Yoh had felt his heart skipped. He dropped his burger and excused himself to the comfort room. Anna nodded for the approval and he hurriedly left her. But on the way there, he had kept holding his chest. 'It burns…' he whispered.

Hao smirked as he saw his brother in pain, "Finally."

End of Chapter 3