Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King by rights, but I do love it by heart (a/n: just for a change)
Author's note: Hi there! It's been a fortnight or so since I've last seen (?) you guys, by the way, belated happy valentines! I really love the reviews that you gave me for the last chapter. You don't know how much or how happy I am to see the reviews and how flattered I am that some of you have added this to your favorites and alerts. Those are the things that really make my day. I'm sorry if I'm just updating this every fortnight or sometimes even longer, because I have so many things to do and sometimes I experience what they call as writers block.
But before we proceed to the story lets go first to my not so freedom wall (a/n: not so freedom because I am the only one who can write here:P)
~Not So Freedom Wall~
A big THANK YOU for those who reviewed, added this to their favorites, alerts and to those who cared enough to read this especially:
Elpatolocosisi - Thanks for reviewing! It's alright actually sometimes I'm also guilty of doing that .^_^.V
Know what, I really liked your reviews because they're lengthy and they really made me think. And yeah maybe Yoh always tend to be slapped is because he likes to tease Anna which is so cute, one of the reasons why YohAnna fans loves them so much! Sorry for the careless mistakes, bear with me next time, I'll make it a point to lower it down or never commit it. This chapter I think will explain why Yoh wants Anna to be by his side 24/7
Nightglider - Thanks, I'm glad that find this chapter way Too cute. Hope to see you in the next chapters, by the way, if you don't mind, are you related to nightglider-star? Just asking .^_^.V
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Psychobubbles - I'm more than flattered when you called me awesome; I think that I don't deserve it, hahaha, thank you also for opening my eyes that I've misspelled Jun's name as 'June', after I've read your review it just dawned on me that I misspelled her it!
Complicatedmind21 - I didn't know we where schoolmates, it's cute that we are, you know we didn't have a clue that we be passing into each other, promise natutuwa tlaga ako na school mates tayo. And you are my most very special reviewer for the last chapter! I hope you already got your prize on Farmville, sorry I you don't like my gift, bear with me I don't really play Farmville and don't know what to give you. In facebook what I only play is pet society. By the way I am the one who had given you the cherry tree.^_^.V
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~majrocks~
Strange is our situation here on earth, each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however there is one thing we do not know: That we are here for the sake of others – for countless unknown souls with whose faith we are connected by a bound of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in as much as I have received
--- Albert Einstein
~majrocks~
Chapter 4
It's already late but Yoh is still wide awake, he tried to close his eyes and lull himself to sleep but it just wouldn't go, maybe because he got a lot of sleep earlier. He looked at Anna who is now contently sleeping in the couch, he smiled, 'Such a beautiful and fine lady! If we could just talk without arguing, I have a lot of things to ask on her,
What's her surname?
How old is she?
Does she have a boyfriend?'
He really wanted to ask those questions to her, he just didn't have the will to do so, especially if she will glare at him like that.
Yoh chuckled inside as he remembered Anna's angry face, what can he do? It's true that her beauty stands out when she's angry. He even got slapped for informing her that!
He looked at her again thoroughly, she looked dead tired and she must've done so many things today. It's also fun to see that she wore his clothes.
She's really extraordinary
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'Rise and shine, beautiful cousin… you have an APPOINTMENT at ten'
That is Jeanne's text message that greeted Anna when she woke up because her cell phone was ringing so loud, when she checks the time, she gasped: it's already 8 am!
She's still in the hospital and her patient is still sleeping soundly. She got up and went to Yoh's side. He looks so peaceful, she remembered what old people used to say; you can see the true looks of a person if he is sleeping or has just woken up. If she would stick to that belief, then she can say that Yoh truly is handsome.
She scolded herself for thinking of those things when she didn't have enough time to ready herself up. She nudged Yoh to wake him up.
"Yoh… Yoh! Wake up, its morning already!"
At first Yoh did not budge but after several nudging, Anna decided to slap his face.
"Ouch! What was that for? Anna I'm still sleeping why are you waking me up? Don't you know that a patient needs rest?" he asked sleepily.
"I perfectly know it, but I have to wake you up because I am going away and I have to say goodbye to you properly," she answered.
Yoh snapped his eyes open and looked at her, "We already talked about this right?"
"I know, but I have some work to attend, I'll be back later"
"And how can I be sure of that?"
Anna absentmindedly touched her forehead; she really is now losing her patience on him. "I don't know!" she said exasperated, "and I don't have enough time to think of one. Look, I have an appointment at ten, and I still have to go back to the hotel to change clothes and ready myself, don't you have any consideration left?"
Yoh looked at her apologetically, "I'll let you go and attend to that meeting of yours, what I just want is a concrete proof that you will still go back here. I have a suggestion, how about leaving your expensive looking phone to me?"
'You know, I can buy even 10 of that' she wants to say but just decided to keep her mouth shut, then finally said, "Okay if that's your condition, here" she gave him her cell phone.
"And I have another condition…"
"What again?" she barked.
"I'm feeling sticky; I haven't taken a bath since yesterday. Could you bathe me first?"
She rolled her eyes and tries to control herself, "You can't take a bath because your bandages will get soaked."
"I didn't literally mean that I need a shower, a sponge bath will do. I just need to feel refreshed so when you leave me here I'd still smell and look good." He explained.
For a while she thought it was easy, all she has to do is quicken her pace; she helped him to go to the bathroom, but as she readying his towel, she remembered something.
"Wait – who will assist you in getting dressed?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
Yoh grinned, the kind of smile that really annoys her, "Do I really have to answer that question? Who is the one giving me a bath?"
"No!"
"Why? I can't see any reason why you can't do it."
Anna could feel her cheeks burning that time, "Hello!, we are in no way related to each other, you can't just let me see your private parts!"
"Well, you have no choice but to do it. You have to give me a bath that is my last condition. Besides you should be getting used to this, we have a relationship right?"
Even without a mirror she knows she's blushing, Curse this man for always catching her off guard!
"Are you just going to stand there? Remember time is running…"
"Darn it! Darn it!"
Yoh can't help but chuckle as he heard Anna curse, Anna just closed her mouth shut but inside she is revolting and just contented herself by giving him a deathly glare that, to her satisfaction wiped the smirk off his face and made him shudder inside.
She just focused herself on undressing him, but she was just halfway in taking his shirt off and her hands were already trembling, she can't look him in the eyes.
She'd never done this before and was now sweating cold; when it's time to take his pants off, she just gave him the towel and turned on her back, "You can take that off yourself"
"What if I couldn't?"
"For Pete's sake I know you can do it on your own!"
"Anna don't curse, your pretty yet your tongue's too sharp"
His last comment made her stop.
"Are you finished now?" she asked.
"Yup!"
When she faced him, he's just wrapped in a towel, even though how awkward this seems to be, she managed to clean his face with the wet face towel, next she cleaned his arms , torso and she even cleaned his legs; the one with no bandage on it.
"You seem to be tensed, relax Anna" Yoh reminded her.
"Bastard! I'm not affected by your body if that's what you're implying!" she angrily snapped.
"That's not what I mean," he laughed, "What I mean is, don't be tensed, it's still early."
That's it! Her last attempt to hold her temper were in vain as she stood from her position, glared at him then slapped him so hard on the cheek before marching out of the bathroom and out of the room.
She slammed the door behind her!
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In Yoh's lifestyle as a celebrity, rest is a must. The types of rest wherein all you have to do is eat, sleep then eat again. But now, just barely a day resting, Yoh felt bored, he wanted to go out, to face his fans, to live his matinee idol life. But he has no choice; he needs to stay here for two more days, from his feelings now, he knows that the next two days would be boring especially if Anna is not around. He won't have someone to play with.
When the door finally opened, he thought he heard "hallelujah" in the background. It was the doctor.
"Good morning Mr. Asakura"
"Good morning doctor Faust"
The doctor went closely to his bed, "How are feeling today? I see that you've already cleaned yourself even if Ms. Kyouyama weren't here."
"Miss Kyouyama?"
"Yes, your girlfriend"
"Ah, yeah. She has an appointment so she left early."
"It's a good sign that only means that your body is now recovering, you can walk sooner than we have expected."
"Thanks doc," Yoh answered, not really listening to the doctor. His mind is wandering, 'So, Kyouyama is her surname, a very nice one. I must've heard somewhere, 'he thought
His thoughts were interrupted when Faust spoke again," In a while your nurse would be here to bring your food and medicine. Then after that I suggest that it is better for you to sleep. It will speed up your recovery. "
And then there was silence as Faust excused himself and Yoh again was left on her own.
Out of boredom, he decided to check on Anna's cell phone while waiting for the nurse to arrive. There are a lot of contacts on her phonebook, as check on further; he found a group which is labeled "Cuzin". When he opened it he saw familiar names in her phonebook:
Jeanne
Lyserg
Horo-horo
Redseb
Seyram
And a lot more!
Since he didn't know how to kill the boredom seeping in his body, he playfully texted all of them. 'Hi! I'm Yoh, Anna's boyfriend. I am looking forward to meeting you soon!' he bravely sent the text message on all of the contacts under that group; he has a feeling that these are the people closest to Anna.
After a few minutes almost all of them text back, some of their replies are:
"Really???" Redseb.
"I didn't know that my cousin has a boyfriend. Wow! That's great!" Lyserg
"Same here!" Marco
The most interesting was Seyram's answer:"hi! I'm Seyram, Anna's cousin. We live in the same palace, nice texting you!"
Yoh laughed, "We live in the same palace?" as if Anna was living in a palace. He just shrugged it off as an error in typing, "You mean, we live in the same place."
He's going to sent another text message when the nurse, which is Eliza cam in with his food and medicine.
He had asked her stay and have a chat with him, good thing she said yes.
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Jun was walking outside the office of Mr. Oyamada, the director of Yoh's latest movie when she spotted Pirika dreamily walking away from the production crew without the makeup palette in her hands.
"Hi Pirika!"
"Oh hi Jun! its been ages since I last saw you! You're from the director's office?" Pirika asked as she led the older girl in a corner.
"Yes, were just talking about Yoh.."
"Talking? You call that talking? I thought you were having a declamation contest, his voice is raised ten times"
"Ah you know him Pirika," Jun just shrugged,
"By the way, how is Yoh?"
"Don't worry about him, he just had some minor accident but he's okay now, in two days he should be able to go back to work"
"Oh, that's good news. Just give my love to Yoh, okay? I'll see you later." Pirika said as she kissed Jun on the cheek, when Jun asked, "Where are you going?"
"To the mall, im going to buy a new dress," she said, "I have a date tonight"
"Really? Who's the lucky guy?"
"Well, I don't really know his name, his real name rather…"
Jun's eyebrow rose"You're going out with someone you don't know personally, most of all his name?"
Pirika just brush her comments off, "I mean, what I just know is his username"
"Username?"
"I've just met him through online chatting and tonight we've decided to meet" she answered smiling
"You're participating in online chatting? Pirika that's childish! And do you have any idea who that person on the other line is? What if he's a serial killer? A rapist? A person who just escaped a sanitarium? Haven't you known the risk of meeting a stranger?"
Pirika shakes her head, "Come on, Jun don't scare me with those things. You're overreacting! Besides we would be meeting at a public place."
"I don't know with you, why don't you just date anyone from here? Why do you have to look far?"
"I'm not comfortable seeing someone from work. I don't like dating a colleague" Pirika reasoned out.
"Whatever. Just be careful okay?" Jun patted her head before going on her feet.
"Thanks, bye! And don't forget to give my love to Yoh!"
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"I'm very pleased with our meeting today Mr. Lasso, I promise you Funbari Lending and Realty will live up to your expectations. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your company." Said Anna as she shakes her hands with Mr. Luchist Lasso, she also noticed that his grip what rather firm.
"I am glad to be in business with you too. Who can resist the charm of someone as pretty as you Ms. Kyouyama" he even fluttered his eyelashes to her.
Anna forced a smile on her lips, and then carefully snatched her hand from his grip. She doesn't like how he flirts with her but she knows its part of the package: a beautiful smile and meaningful handshake.
Sometimes its not just brains and skills that you need to close a deal, you also need a little patience, charm, and make them believe that you are also attracted to them. That is the most effective in her case, in both Jeanne's and Anna's case.
She's just glad that she was able to close the deal even if she was an hour late, she left the restaurant light-hearted and content.
Anna was about to go back to the hotel when she remembered that Yoh is waiting for her so she decided to just go back to the hospital.
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When she entered the room, she found Yoh talking and laughing with his nurse. She didn't know why but she felt irritated seeing both of them.
"Ma'am you're here" Eliza greeted her.
"Yes, nurse. And if you have other things to do, you can leave us now." She directly shoved her out of the room.
After the nurse exited the room she turned to Yoh.
"You're back!" he greeted her.
"Yeah, because you have my cell phone right?"
"Ouch!" Yoh wailed, he even touched his chest for emphasis, "It hurts, it's as if you've said that you didn't come her out of your will, that you just have no choice."
"Exactly!"
"Ouch! It hurts again!"
She wanted to laugh at his actions but refrain from doing so; she needs to put a distance between them.
"Now, can I have my cell phone back?"
"S-sure" Yoh said uneasily as he handed her cell phone back.
When she got here cell phone back, she texted Jeanne right away: Another good news for us. I closed the deal!
She expected Jeanne to text back right away, but what she didn't expect is her reply: Anna, can you explain to me the rumor here that you have a boyfriend?
She looked sharply at Yoh, who seemed to be nailed in his bed and was avoiding her eyes.
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"What's the meaning of this?" she angrily turned to Yoh, she showed him the record of sent messages wherein she read the text message that he sent to her cousins.
"Uhmm… what does that mean to you?" Yoh tried hard to give an innocent look.
"You are the one who sent this right?" she was now fuming with anger.
"I guess so. I am the only who used your cell phone…"
"You're crazy!" Now Anna lost her poised as she pummeled him and really have the urge to break his bones again, "What on earth has got into you? Why did you do this?"
Yoh just sighed, "It's simple; I just want your family to know that you already have a boyfriend!"
"For your information, I don't have a boyfriend!"
"How about me? What would you call me then? Just last night you told my manager that we have a relationship. I think it's unfair on my part that your family doesn't know about us."
"Oh my! Heaven forbid, help me before I kill this guy!" she wanted to wring his neck now, but before she could put those things into action, the door burst open and Jun entered the room.
"Good afternoon!" she greeted them.
"Jun! Thank heavens you're here!" Yoh felt relief as Jun came just in time to save him.
Anna cursed under her breath before turning around and put on a social smile that she didn't know she has.
"Yeah and I have some treats for both of you. I know you must be sick of hospital food so I bought some fruits and takeout."
"Wow, that's great! I suddenly felt hungry now…"
"By the way Yoh, I've already talked to director Oyamada"
"And how did he take it?" ask Yoh as grabbed an orange from the basket that Jun bought.
"As usual, you know how he's like, I really thought that I can't leave his office alive, but all in all he gave in, saying that they'll just take some scenes wherein you're not included then on the last taping day we will cover all your scenes."
"That's what I like about my manager, ever so reliable! Beauty, brains and reliability in one package! That's why I can't leave her sweetheart" Yoh said to Anna, she almost fell on her chair, she still isn't used to their little play in front of Jun.
Anna just smiled at him then when Jun wasn't looking, glared and made face with him.
"And I've also told your parents about what happened to you, they said you should get well soon." Jun added.
"You should have told them that I am being taken care off by their future daughter in law"
At this time Anna knew she was blushing, a fact that didn't go unnoticed by Yoh.
"Sweetheart, until now you're not yet used to my compliments, you still blush whenever I gave you one. Come here, I think I wanted to hold you" Yoh looked at her teasingly.
"Later, shame on you, Jun's still here" retorted Anna to escape his request.
'Perverted bastard!' she wants to shout then give him a look which says 'Eat your heart out!'
But it seems that fate isn't her best bud when Jun chipped in, "No, don't worry about me, those kind of intimacies are okay with me. Go and embrace!"
"You heard that" Yoh murmured to her as he winked at her, Jun even pushed her a little to his side, enabling Yoh to get hod of her waist.
Anna's heartbeat was deafening as he hold her.
"Nervous?" Yoh softly uttered at her ear, "Don't be, just enjoy the feeling."
"Boastful swine!" she hissed back as she elbowed his ribs and instantly fled from his embrace.
Yoh thought he heard some bones cracked in his ribs but was too shy to let Jun saw it, when he looked at Anna, her right eyebrow is raised and was looking triumphantly at him. And softly muttered in his ear, "Do that again one more time and the last thing you'll say before you die is ouch!"
Anna smiled mockingly at him, "Why don't we eat Jun's takeout food?"
"Yeah you should" Jun agreed to her.
"Okay!" Yoh finally agreed, "I'm hungry myself. Sweetheart could you help me with the food?" Yoh sweetly asked her.
Anna doesn't know what brushed into her as she found herself saying, "Sure Sweetheart," without a hint of sarcasm or mockery.
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Chapter 4's done! And I've posted this on the very special day of my life. Hope that you like it! I admit Anna and Yoh are a bit OOc here, but I personally don't call it OOC, I refer to it ads merely peeling off their façade, we all know that Anna, when you took off her ice queen covering is a very caring person and Yoh when given some guts will be glad to tease Anna and get even some times. And besides I really love to think about what will happen if we reversed their situations and give Yoh the longer end of the stick. And I also find that situation funny. So for once let's spare Anna of her ice queen personality and Yoh a chance to be 'legally' annoying. Do you guys know that according to wikia their wedding anniversary is March 20? I don't know if that's true, but I really find that information sweet, I just hope that they also included the date. By the way I love to hear from you, your comments and suggestions on the story so I could improve it and clear out the next chapters. And also, I know this is shameless flagging and awkward but I just also want to thank everyone who read, reviewed, and added my other one shot : I never Forget; I really loved your reviews there guys, that story is my most favorite work at this time. Anyways, see you in the next chapter!
Have a great day everyone!
(posting this while listening to the theme song of FATED TO LOVE YOU tagalog version!)