Disclaimer: As always, I do not by any means own Shaman King or any of its characters.
Author's note: Look how fast time flies! It seems that just yesterday we are looking forward to New Year and now it's already February! My favourite and not so favourite month because it means that I'll have my birthday again this month and I'll be a year older. Which I don't know if I really love or hate; well right now I'm just relieved that our midterms are over and for those who are not yet finished with theirs, a big 'BREAK A LEG' guys! We can do it!
And again a big THANKYOU for those who read my story especially to those who took time to review as well as those who added this to their alerts and favourites. Okay so go on now with the story. Hope you like it .^_^.V
You lift my feet off the ground
Spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me crazier,
Crazier, crazier
Crazier, Taylor Swift
I really love her songs, really close to the heart
Anna's brow started to twitch, "W-Why? Have we met each other before?" she asked back while trying to remember where and when could she have met him.
"I'm a movie star, hello!"
That's it, he really throw the screaming truth in her face. Whether he admits it or not he really got annoyed at her seemingly genuine ignorance, "Where in Japan are you from? You seemed to be from a high pedestal that you don't even care to know who the famous neighbourhood names are in Japanese TV and movies"
"Forgive my ignorance but I really didn't know that you're a movie star. I'm not a TV and movie buff and only follow certain TV series."
Yoh surveyed her face and sees the sincerity in her words, "Its okay."
"And do you also forgive me for accidentally hitting you?"
"Do I have a choice?" he then flashed his famous grin, "I'm just thankful that you didn't just abandon in the road to die, anyways I would be asking you a favour to arrange my release here in the hospital"
"I'm afraid I cannot grant that"
"Why?"
Anna then turned her gaze to his legs which he then followed and got the shock of his life. His left leg was heavily bandaged. The smile on his lips immediately fades and Yoh freaked out, "Good Riddance!"
"You have a misaligned bone in your left leg. It's not that serious actually and it's already been taken care of by the doctor. But they said that you may not be able to walk for a few days."
"Holy cow!"
Anna watched in awe as the nice man before her turned into a seething dragon! An impossible glare found it's way on his eyes as he glared at her.
"This is a big inconvenience on my part! This can't be!"
"Mr--" she isn't sure how to call him, "Sir, don't worry, I'll be the one arranging your stay here. You won't be alone in handling this."
"How about the money that I should be earning if I'm physically fit? Can you also handle that? I think not, you don't have any idea how much I am earning a day in this movie, but you ruined it!"
Anna's patience is on the brink now; she wanted to retort back, she had counted from 1 to 10 in her mind. If she had met him before she attended the anger management class that Jeanne had begged her to attend when she almost killed a guy who is so persistent in hitting on her she might have killed him by now.
After calming herself, she still chose to be humble for she knows she is guilty of causing this inconvenience. In the most the patient way that she can manage (which we all know isn't much if it where Anna we're talking about), "Again, I'm sorry, I didn't also want to put you in this situation."
"Sorry? If everyone will say sorry then there would be no need for police (a/n: Can anyone guess where did I get this line and who said it? Come on, I dare everyone to guess!). The problem with motorists is they don't know how to drive safely!"
'Now wait a minute-' Anna's patience is now pushed to its limit. 'Who is this guy to raise his voice and imply that she is so stupid for hitting him?'
"Wait Mr-"
"Asakura, Yoh Asakura"
She acknowledged that she had heard his name somewhere, "Mr. Asakura," Anna said in a sharp voice that he didn't know why send chills in his spine, "Just like what I've told you before, I'm sorry for what happened to you and I certainly didn't wish to hit you."
"You're not paying attention on the road-"
"You are the one who is not paying attention on the road, It's not entirely my fault. The park is the only area that your movie production is occupying, not the road," she glared icily at him, "I'm not aware that you are nuts enough to cross the street when you know that there are so many cars passing by. Or it seems that you are the one who is not paying attention on the road? I should be the one suing you for jaywalking"
Yoh trembled inside at the aura that Anna is giving, 'She sure is creepy…' he thought then sighed. He moved back to his position on the bed. He looked helpless and angry because of that, "I need to call my manager."
When Anna saw that he had mellowed a bit, she lowered down her tone, "Here's my cell phone, and you can use this to call your manager"
"When they heard about this, I'm sure they'll not let you pass the cameras. You would be in the headlines of Japan for hitting me."
Anna glared at him, "Are you threatening me?"
Yoh smiled at her then said, "I'm not. I'm just giving you a preview of what's going to happen next. "
"I'm not threatened at all" she retorted back.
"Fine"
Nevertheless, Yoh still got her cell phone and called his manager.
"Hello June, this is Yoh… yeah I know… I'm sorry… I'm here in a hospital… long story… I'll just tell you later. Can you come here?"
Anna is just watching him at the corner of her eyes when he turned to her, "What's the address here?"
"Just say Aomori General Hospital", she answered.
Yoh gave the information to his manager June Tao and then give Anna's cell phone back, "Thanks."
Anna just raised her eyebrows at him but didn't say a word.
Doctor Faust entered the room. He examined Yoh and gives him pain reliever.
"How is he doc? Can you see any other problems with him?" Anna asked.
"So far none, besides his bandaged leg and some minor bruises, everything's fine in a few days we can now release your boyfriend."
Yoh almost choked the water that he is drinking for he cant help a chuckle to escape his lips when he heard what the doctor has said.
"Are you okay?" Doctor Faust worriedly asked Yoh as he was coughing.
"Yes of course doc," he answered as he glanced teasingly at Anna who, all this time was avoiding his eyes. He swore he saw a faint blush at her cheeks for a second.
Yoh then moved his gaze to Faust, "Doctor Faust specifically how many days am I staying here?"
"Approximately 3-4 days Mr. Asakura" Faust answered then excused himself out of the room.
Anna followed him on the door and thanked him, when she faced Yoh again, he smiled amusingly at her which totally irked her for she knows he's up to something again.
"Look even the doctor knows who I am…"
His words struck a chord in her patience again, she give him a glare so intense it might bore a hole in his body, then replied icily and sharply, "Why is it a mortal sin to not recognize you? Your ego is getting better of you; you might have looked so highly of yourself. You cannot expect everyone to recognize you!"
Yoh gave her again that stupid grin, "It's not what I mean, it's just that it helps that you know certain people so next time you can choose who to hit. Preferably not someone from media."
Anna looked at him incredulously, then smiled bitterly, "And what now if I hit a celebrity?" she looked at him in the eye.
"Well guess there are really some people who are not afraid of publicity. Let's just wait for my manager and for sure she'll bring some media staff with her to check on me; this would sell news."
"And I'm leaving now"
But before Anna can get away from his bed, Yoh already grabbed her wrist. It was so tight that she cannot escape from his grip/
"You are not leaving, you'll stay here. I thought you're not afraid of publicity?"
"You're pushing me on a dead end."
"I'm not"
"Then what is this you're doing?"
"I'm just making sure that you'll not abandon me here and escape your responsibilities."
"It's not in my nature to abandon my responsibilities."
"How was I to know?"
She looked at him again then sighed, 'Yeah, how would you know,' she thought.
Anna then composes herself, "Alright I'm not leaving, but you should promise me that no negative news will come out of television regarding this accident."
"Is that all…?"
A vein popped in het forehead, she really is making a lot of effort to refrain herself from throwing him out of the window. She took a deep breath then said, "Alright. What are your conditions?"
He gave her his sweetest matinee idol smile then answered, "Its simple miss, give me your name."
"Is that all you only want? My name is Anna."
"That's not all Anna. You have to be here every minute of my stay here in the hospital. You put me in this situation so you would also help me out of it and care for me until I fully recover."
"Wait- I also have a life and loads to do. I can sometimes take care of you personally but not everyday, you're not the t only one that I should attend to. I don't have the luxury of time to do that." She reasoned out.
"Same here. I also have a life of my own and I also have loads to do. But now, my schedule is in great chaos and I have a lot of inconvenience because you hit me."
"From the way you talked, it's as if I did that on purpose!" she snapped.
"I know you didn't," he looked at her apologetically, "But you have two choices, stay here and this matter would be a secret or be an overnight star in the news tomorrow."
Anna's self is revolting inside, he is pushing here on a dead end. She still has to protect the name of her family and business. If she was ever broad casted to get into this mess, all the hard work that she in the past would turn into dust.
"My manager could come up here anytime…" Yoh reminded her.
She glared at him, "Alright! Alright! You win I'll stay here!"
Anna muttered grudgingly, "But remember this Asakura once you recover here, I wont think twice of hitting you again; and this time for good!"
Out of the blue, Yoh laughed.
"Now what?" she angrily snapped.
"Nothing, I just remembered what the doctor said a while ago."
"The doctor said what?" asked Anna.
"That we have a relationship"
"Dream on. They just misunderstand the situation; don't make much out of it."
Yoh laughed again, "Why? I'm still single!"
"I don't care!" she replied frowning.
"Anna don't frown, you're becoming more beautiful." Yoh teased.
Anna blushed then slapped Yoh square on the face.
"Ouch! What's that for?"
"Say something stupid again and I might forget you still need rest and throw you out of the window!" threatened Anna as she now escapes from his grip.
Yoh shivered at the thought, but still amused at her feistiness. He liked to see how blood would come to her cheeks when he teased her. One better thing about her the more she got angry, the more she her beauty stands out. And if a slap is what he would only get for infuriating her, he might consider the bargain. He was about to start asking her when the door opens and there comes June Tao in her signature green coloured dragon Chinese dress.
Upon seeing his condition, June gasped then run to his side, "Oh my God! Yoh! What happened to you?"
Yoh steal a glance first at Anna, the latter just waited for his next move, "N-Nothing June. I just have a fracture; this is what I got from running away from the set this morning."
June put her hands in her forehead, "Why did you run away? Oyamada's been torturing everyone because of you! Can you understand what you have done? Running away like that!"
Yoh put on his puppy dog eyes, then said, "I really am sorry June. I-I just did that because I wanted to see my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend? You have a girlfriend here in Aomori?" June's eyebrow rose at his reason.
"Yup, she's right behind you."
Anna steals a glance at her surroundings, checking if someone entered the room and she just didn't notice. She felt her ears twitch when she saw that there are only three of them in the room. She has a bad feeling about this...
June then faced her and for the first time acknowledges her presence, as for Anna, she was so stunned and seemed to be nailed at her chair. Yoh chuckled inside, how he enjoyed teasing her!
"Hi! You are-?" June greeted her and waited for her to answer. Yoh had a feeling that she wouldn't answer June so he filled in for her.
"Her name is Anna, we are on our second month of romance now. We met in Tokyo; actually she's the reason why i am excited to go here in Aomori so I can see her again." Yoh explained.
"I'm really impressed at your charm Yoh," June said meaningfully while eyeing Anna.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm June Tao. Yoh's manager" she extended her hand to Anna, which she timidly accepts to Yoh's relief.
"Uhmm... June did you bring my things with you?" asked Yoh.
"Yes I did, its in the car. I'll just get it okay?" In less than a minute June was instantly out of the room.
Yoh felt a dark presence on his side, and felt Goosebumps on his skin, when he looked at his side he saw Anna like a volcano on the verge of erupting; red with fury and her eyes went into slits as she approached him. Yoh sweat dropped. He had an intuition of what she would do to him and he isn't wrong though...
Anna slapped and pummelled him, "How dare you bastard! What are thinking? You boastful little monkey! What kind of vengeful spirit possessed you to tell her that! Thinking so highly of yourself aren't you? d3% you! Why did you tell her that I am your girlfriend?"
"Ouch! Sorry, but can you blame me for doing that? I didn't have time to think of an excuse. I'm not yet prepared when she entered the door. I just made that up to reason out why you're here with me. What do you want me to do, tell her the truth about us?" Yoh reasoned between each blow.
Anna glared at him and smiled bitterly, "So I should be thankful for that huh? Bastard, so you're not yet prepared huh? That's why you told her that we are, how did you say it? On our second month of romance? Hahaha and that we've met in Tokyo!"
"That was just spontaneous, to make her believe us."
"Spontaneous your face!"
"Come on! Don't be so mad at me, it's as if you want to eat me in one serving. I really am sorry Anna"
"How do you expect me to react? Jump in joy? Know what, I really really wanted throw you out of the window now! You're a big liar!"
"I really am sorry. Compose yourself, June might enter the room anytime and if she sees us in this condition she might not believe my story and I might be force to tell her the truth."
"Dirty blackmailer!"
Yoh smiled coyly at her, "Admit it you're also enjoying our little show."
"I'm not a tramp like those girls who are so crazy about you. If they only know that you are ugly in person. I'm sure they'll be ashamed of themselves for liking you" retorted Anna while lying on the last part.
"Actually you are the only one who saw me in person and told me that. You might really be angry at me because they are singing as different tune when they saw me. Anyways you have to admit that I have the best card in our situation."
Anna just closed her eyes; she was trying really hard to control herself and her temper which at any point will now explode to the fullest.
'Stay calm Anna, have a little more patience! Just 3 days and it would be over. Persevere a little more' she grudgingly console herself.
When June came back, Anna was now ready to face her and be civil to Yoh.
"Well, Anna I'm leaving Yoh in your hands. I've brought everything that he might need even toothbrush and toothpaste."
"Thanks June." Anna casually said.
June held her hand, "I should be the one thanking you. It's good that Yoh had a beautiful and kind girlfriend; at least I won't be the one suffering in situations like this. If you're not here I'm sure I wouldn't know how to juggle all of this."
"It's nothing" she replied.
"I'll be on my way now. I need to call the director first to let him know about the accident so we could reschedule filming the movie. I'll be back tomorrow."
"O-Okay" said Yoh.
When June excited the room, Anna remembered that she didn't have any clothes to change with and she cannot stay there wearing her dress.
"Yoh?"
"Yes?"
"Look I need to change clothes, I'll just go back to the ho-"
"You will not leave," Yoh cut her in mid sentence, "No one will look after me tonight. If you need to change, just find anything to wear in my clothes in the bag."
Anna's temper started to rose again, "And how about my under- never mind!" she angrily rummaged his travelling bag and came up with a pair of oversized jeans and t-shirt.
Yoh: Wow! I love this chapter, thanks (jumps up and down while holding the author's hands) I wish I could be like that always. You made my character so cool!
Author: Really? (Has hearts for eyes) I'm glad you liked it!
Both of them suddenly felt a dark presence on their back...
Yoh: A-anna!! You know I-I think this story's not cool at all; you should have made my character weak and stupid than ever. Ja ne, I still have to practice. Good luck!
(In less than a second he's gone. Leaving the author of this fic to deal with the mistress from hell herself)
Anna: Who is the author of this fic?
Author: O-okay g-guys bye for now. Please read and review. See yah all in the next chapter. I need to run and hide now before she kills me! Bye! Paalam! See yah!
Before I forgot, I'll just thank some of the people that are really nice to leave review over this chapter
psychobubbles – thanks for the review and I am grateful that you think this is a good chapter!
Yehey – Thanks for wishing me goodwill! Hahaha Anna is really a bit OOC here, and thanks for the review also!
DF14-BLACK SNOW- I'm glad that you really think that this is cool! Sorry if you can't take cliff hangers, I also don't like it that might be the reason why I do it sometimes, hahaha, my teacher once told us before that you become what you hate the most... hahaha...
Note: Sorry for grammar lapses, I hope that it's lesser than the second chapter, and sorry also if I can't reply to some reviews because I'm really busy now... Good luck with all of us! Advance Kung Hei Fat Choi!
-----Majrocks .^_^.V