Besarki: YAAAAY! Got SK KZB yesterday! They're pretty much the exact same as the originals with a few minor differences, but the extras are awesome! Oh, and guess what? Nakaoni? Not pink--yellow. Yes, yellow. I know, wtf? But he is yellow. Unlike Naka (who is pink) Bwa! Babyish Yoh and Anna are ADORABLE! In the shaman files for 16, Anna is blushing. IT'S SOOOO CUTE! And the little spread with the volume number and the character drawn on a real picture is little Anna. She looks so sad! Oh, it's heartbreaking! And, in 15, it's little Yoh standing in the snow. OMFG IT'S SO GODDAMN CUTE! EEEEEEEEEE! I CAN'T WAIT FOR MANKIN-TRAD TO TRANSLATE THE FILES! I HAVE TO GO START! -Runs off-
I finished this several days before it was posted. I was asked to hold off on posting and was all, KAY! So Friday it is! But I have work Friday, but it'll be dead cause Prom is that night. NOOOOOOO! THE WICKED DANCEY THING! I went to Homecoming with my ex. Hated it. Dances are for squares. ARE YOU SQUARE?!
The Hana Conspiracy:
There are soooooooo many things out there about Hana that are totally wrong! Behold as squash theory after theory!
1. Hana was conceived the night before America.
-NO! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG! Hana was born when Yoh and Anna were 16. If I'm not mistaken, then they were 14 when...you know. So, unless Shaman's have longer gestation periods than elephants, then this theory is false. -Stamps with false stamp-
2. Anna was pregnant during the Shaman Fight.
-This is possible, but unlikely. Though you may not have noticed, Anna DIES in vol 27. Even though she's resurrected later, her body was subject to the severe trauma of drowning. If that didn't cause miscarriage, then nothing would.
3. Hao is Hana's father.
- -.- -Slaps you-
There are a bunch more which I will punch out later, but, go figure, I just so happen to be forgetting damn near all of them right now. Way to be, I know.
Reviewer101: To answer your double asked question--possibly. As long as no one asks me to hold off, then maybe. Though, I have gotten pretty good at ignoring death threats. I've gotten a lot of those. Ha! :)
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That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave
~Sunday Morning, Maroon 5
(This doesn't really fit the aspects of the story, but I wanted a light-hearted love song for this chapter and this worked)
Reishi?
...
Reishi?
...
Reishi?!
For the thousandth time, yes!
Reishi.... Reishi?
Dammit, Yoh! Yes, Hana has reishi.
But why? I thought it stemmed from loneliness!
Apparently, that's not always the case.
Hereditary?
That's my guess.
Wow. Poor Hana.
Don't feel bad for him just yet.
Don't feel bad? How can you say that, Anna?
How? Because my reishi and Hana's reishi have very little in comon.
...What are you trying to say?
Honestly, Yoh! Hana doesn't have the same power that Hao, Opacho, and I had.
Really? That's great! ...But I don't get it.
Ugh! I mean that he can't create onis, and his turns off.
REALLY?!
Calm down over there.
Sorry. Continue what you were saying.
Sigh. From what I've seen, Hana does in fact have reishi. However, his is unlike ours. For instance, his flickers and only activates when he feels particularly strongly about something. He reads both positive and negative emotions so it's more like a talent than a curse.
So, that's good, right?
Right. I don't think he can control it, though.
So it's like an indian gift, then.
You could call it that.
Ha! Leave it to Hana to turn something horrible into something of value. Hahaha.
Mmm...He is very lucky.
That he is. Lucky kid, that Hana.
Yeah...
Something wrong...?
Am I that obvious?
Yes.
Hmph. Figures.
Hahaha. Just say what's on your mind. Maybe I could help.
Oh? And what makes you think you'd be able to do anything about it?
U-Uh, well...nothing, I guess. I just...er...
It was a joke, Yoh.
O-O-Okay...then...?
I was thinking about Hana.
That's it? That's what you're so troubled about?
Well, more of what I said to him, or rather, what I didn't.
I don't get it.
It involves your bold little stunt from yesterday.
U-U-Uhhh...shoot. I didn't think he'd figure it out.
He didn't.
Then how--
I did.
...?
Yesterday, when I asked Hana about where he'd been, he said something about a bird with a fascination for leaves.
Ah...sorry.
Who would have thought that the tactic you used to help me tell you apart from the other birds would give you away?
Dammit. Sorry, Anna. I just wanted to see him.
I couldn't be angry over you pulling that stunt just once or twice. Of course you'd want to see him, and if you do it again, I won't hold it against you, but please try to keep it to a minimum. The last thing I need is my son getting excited every time he sees a bird with a leaf in its beak.
Okay. Sorry for breaking my promise.
I knew you would.
You know everything, don't you?
Everything about you.
Shouldn't surprise me.
No. It shouldn't. But go on, I know you're just dying to talk about your time with him.
You read me like a book.
Just shut up and talk already.
Hahaha. I can't believe how much he talks like you! I felt like I was sitting with my wife in my son's body.
It is unfortunate he inherited that.
I don't think so. He's gotta be tough to survive a journey like this.
I suppose. Still, he's like a living reflection of you.
Yeah, you've said that before, but I still see his mother in him.
Hmm. Regardless, is his tongue and appearance all you have to comment on?
Kami, no. But there's so much! I couldn't say it all if I tried.
Then tell me what you two were up to yesterday. Hana won't tell me.
Ha. There's not much to tell, really. He's pretty open to animals, though, which is good.
Yes.
And he speaks his mind. He doesn't hide anything. At least, he wasn't then.
Mmmm. I don't think he likes people as much as he likes animals.
He's different from others his age and they judge him for it.
Ha.
What?
That was pretty wise, Yoh.
Um, thanks?
Pfft, don't act like I've never paid you a compliment.
You don't very often.
I can wake up anytime, you know.
Oh, right. Sorry.
And I thought I told you to stop apologizing. Ugh! Never mind. I see that it's in your nature.
Hehehe. But I am sorry. I didn't mean to be rude.
I know.
Hahahahaha.
What?
Hana is beside you. He's been there for a while, but I haven't said anything because I like talking to you.
Bullshit. You just wanted to watch him.
Nuh uh! I do like talking to you. We haven't talked as much lately.
So what's he doing now?
Jumping up and down and yelling for you to wake up.
There. Hard evidence.
Huh?
You're watching him the background. You would have just said jumping if you'd only quickly looked.
Well...
Don't lie to me, Yoh. You suck at lying.
My apologies. Hehehe.
Whatever. I'm outta here. Keep an eye on him.
I'll keep an eye on you both.
Don't fool yourself. Just do as I say or I'll send demons after you.
Your wish is my command, Anna-chan.
What did you call me?!
Nothing!
Don't mess with me, Yoh-kun.
Sorry, Anna.
You better be.
Hahaha. Don't worry. I am.
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Hana
I've heard before that it's bad to wake someone up while they're dreaming. However, I didn't know it was this bad.
I grumbled angrily as I clutched my throbbing cheek. I knew that yelling in Kaa-san's face had been a bad idea, but, darn it, why did she always have to hit me?!
After Kaa-san had abruptly woken up--and hit me--she ordered that we head west toward the Mediterranean Sea. I didn't want to get hit again so I didn't say anything about breakfast. I was starting to regret it now, but I still wasn't going to bring it up.
Unfortunately, my stomach had different plans.
My arms quickly wrapped around my torso in a sad attempt to quiet the growls, but it was too late, Kaa-san had already heard. She glanced over her shoulder and stared at me.
"Don't you have apples in your bag?" She asked. I froze mid-step.
I resisted the urge to smack myself. How could I have forgotten?!
I quickly dug through my bag and pulled one out. After staring at it for a second I pulled out another. "Want one?" I asked her. She shook her head.
"No, thank you." I shrugged and stuffed it back into my backpack. I felt kind of dumb. That was probably why she didn't get anything for us to eat--unlike me, Kaa-san remembered the food in my bag. Ugh. How lame.
I ate as we walked. Neither of us bothered starting a conversation since Kaa-san looked dead tired and I was busy chomping away at my breakfast. I had put Matamune back in his mortuary tablet and Kaa-san sent Naka back to the gates of hell for a while so there were no lectures or meaningless growls in the background, either. I didn't really mind.
Though it was kind of a pain in the butt to stop at every single road and wait to cross, I didn't have much against walking. Sure, flying was cool, but there's no much to do in the air. We can't jump around or we'll fall off, we can't speed up or slow down, in fact, we can't do much of anything that involves movement. I won't deny that I'm lazy, but I like to get up and stretch out sometimes, too.
Though we'd had some wild and outlandish experiences in Italy, I had to admit that I'd miss the place. Even if it was filled with nutcase Italians that probably had psycho fanclubs dedicated to you even though you'd never met them.
Yeah. It was a pretty cool place. Maybe I'd try to convince Mari to bring us back here some day. A native guide would probably make the place so much more enjoyable...
When we finally reached the bay that spilled into the Mediterranean, it was already dusk. The sun would set in the next few hours and turn the boot-shaped country into sparkling otherworld. One that people addressed by many names, but none more than the most infamous of all:
Bella Notte--It was one of the few phrases I remembered from Mari's little list. And although I wasn't sure why or how I remembered it, I have to say that I'm happy I did. Because it fit--perfectly and flawlessly. Undeniably and without contrast...
Bella Notte.
Beautiful Night.
Besarki: In most societies, Anna's treatment of people would be considered abuse. Lawl! (For those who are behind the times, lawl is a parody of lol)
So apparently, chan can be a term of endearment as well as a way of calling someone little. Yoh used it teasingly so Anna got mad. If he'd used it as a loving term, though, she'd have probably gotten embarrassed and left without a word. Hahaha.
I really like my divider. I can change the length just by adding hyphens. 'S pretty cool. WAHAHAHA! Lunatic laughing FTW!
Indian Gift: 'Indian giving' is giving something then taking it back. I called Hana's reishi an indian gift because it's cool for him to have, but it never works when he wants it to. To call his power an indian gift is an extreme stretch, but it sounds good so I went with it.
And we are fast approaching the Yoh chapter! Woo! Excitement! Anxiety! Happy Happy Joy Joy! Hehehe. If you liked the last chapter, you'll like the next one more. . That is such a dumb tactic. Ugh!
-Runs off singing Sunday Morning as it will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day-