My first Mankin fic so criticize all you want (especially with the OOCness!!!!). I haven't watched all the episodes of the said series but…well…I know what happens (CRAAAAPPPPP!!!!!! I didn't even catch episode 63!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to see HAOOOOOO!!!!!)
Okay, so I am a Hao Asakura fan. At first, I didn't quite like him because my friends said he was "a big meanie" (that's what I refer to) and they already know the series and I haven't watched it at all. They say he was the freakin' bad guy you would absolutely hate. Then, I took this quiz in quizilla.com (duh!) about which Shaman character you are and it ALL turned out to be HAO!!!! And I kept saying to myself again and again "HOW in the world did I get HAOOOOO?!?!?!?!" like a crazy lunatic (no, it went like this "HAO in the world did I get HOW??????). I haven't watched the series yet and had only known through the taunts and discriminations of my friends so…WHY DID I GET HIM??????? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM!!!! (At that time that was true.)
Oh shoot…I'm talking about crap here. Anyway, on with the story!!!
If you're a Yoh fan and wouldn't want to see him get bullied then, read this garbage and flame me. Yup, you heard me right, flame me. I am the author who adores flames.
Also, I'm a sucker for hanging endings, endings with a twist and MORBIDSM. I love making morose stories.
So, here guys, you are warned. But I still encourage you to read (even if it sucks) so that you could flame me in the end ^_^
Disclaimer: I have different types of disclaimer and the worst I've made is something with a touch of the Old English language (you can refer to my other stories if you want). You'll see a different one on each chapter depending on how creative I feel. So, to everyone out there, HIROYUKI TAKEI OWNS SHAMAN KING (if you want to count in the publishers and those others, you can)!!!! Got that or do I have to repeat????? *looks at readers with an Anna-style stare*
Take note: It means change scene (or next day) or something like that, if you see this:
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YIN AND YANG
By: Naisho
CHAPTER ONE
Off to America!
The sound of the Oracle bell rang through the Asakura residence like an electronic alarm clock. But, unlike alarm clocks, this one had the ability to wake up the shaman known as Asakura Yoh.
The said shaman sat up and felt for the source of the sound around him. His power spirit, Amidamaru, materialized out of thin air beside his master. "Yoh-dono, it's the Oracle bell. You placed it near harusame." Said the samurai, tapping the young boy on the shoulder.
"Oh, yeah. Thanks for reminding me, Amidamaru." The dark-haired shaman put on his carefree grin and stood up, rubbing the back of his head.
"No problem, Yoh-dono." The ghost smiled back and floated beside the shaman he served.
Yoh approached the sword and quickly sat cross-legged beside it, his shoulders slacking. He grabbed the orange device and stared at it with his dark-colored eyes. Then the lights on his room turned on, causing him to involuntarily shade his eyes with his hand. "Anna." He muttered, almost mumbling, as his eyes adjusted to the sudden light.
His blonde fiancée approached in her yukata, "The Oracle bell. What does it say?" she asked in her usual strict voice.
"'The Seirei no Ou has come to a conclusion.'" Yoh read slowly like a child or like a teacher talking to a nursery or kinder student. "'The Shaman Fight will resume as before from the start. All the teams will remain and all their wins will be cancelled. The whole tournament shall start from the very beginning. Shamans prepare. Two months from now, the first fight will start. Everyone is expected to be at Patch village by that time.'" He ended, sighing. His eyes turned to the itako. He sweat dropped.
Anna Kyouyama raised both of her eye brows. "You know what that means, Yoh."
"I was afraid of this…." He whispered to himself as his eye flinched.
"Your training starts tomorrow. 100 kilometers, of course, with 200-hudred pound weights then 500 sit-ups and same with the push-ups; I'll tell you the rest of your new training program tomorrow. You've been slacking since the end of the Shaman Fight and with that kind of strength; you have no chance of becoming the Shaman King." She crossed her arms.
"But Anna!!!!" he whined, "That's more than twice from last time!!!!!!" but the glare of the young itako stopped him from complaining more. He nodded helplessly with tears streaming from his eyes.
Amidamaru descended down to Yoh's level. "Yoh-dono, I regret not being able to help you in this type of situation."
Anna ignored the whimpers of the two and turned her back at them. She walked away but stopped one step before the door. She rested one of her hands on the frame and said, "Start sleeping now or you'll regret it tomorrow." She closed the door behind her, leaving to her room.
"Hai, hai." Yoh nodded, going back to his futon and slipping into the warmth of his thick blanket. In no time, the shaman was sound asleep.
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"Ohayo, Yoh-kun, Anna-san." Manta greeted as he entered the Asakura residence, but there was no one there to greet him back. Only silence and solidarity reigned inside the usually lively house. He entered; eyes full of surprise and intrigue.
"Yoh-kun? Anna-san? Amidamaru?" he asked, taking a peek in the room where they usually dine. He went and sat in his standard place in that room but it changed nothing.
"I wonder what happened to Yoh-kun and the others." He muttered and at that same time, a pink head popped from behind the screen door. "Tamao!!!" Manta exclaimed. Never was he so glad to see Tamao in all his life.
"Oh, Manta? What are you doing here? Yoh-sama and the others are outside. Anna-san is training Yoh-sama again because the Shaman Fight has started once again." She explained, quickly running inside then to the kitchen. She grabbed a glass and poured it with cold water. The dwarfish young blonde needed only common sense to know whom that glass was for.
Manta stood up, "I'll come with you." He pulled his backpack closer to his back and looked at Tamao with an expectant smile.
Tamao blinked, "Uh…sure."
"NANDA'TO?!?!?!?!?!?!" the voice of the Chinese shaman resonated from the backyard.
"Why?" Anna replied back in her cold voice, "Do you have a problem with it?" she stared.
Ren Tao scowled and started to shake his head but Yoh and Faust zoomed beside him and forced his head to nod.
Tamao and Manta appeared but everyone failed to notice their presence.
"Good." The itako waved a piece of paper in front of the raven-haired boy. "Buy these from the market. Be back in exactly twenty minutes or…" she gave him her meanest and most scary look. "Now go!"
But Ren stood there with Yoh putting the paper in his hand. "What about the money?" he asked, grumbling and grinding his teeth to control the outburst of his temper.
"You're rich. Go and buy that stuff right now before I get mad." She replied, turning her back at Ren.
"WHAAAATTT~?!?!?!?!?!?!" Ren yelled, struggling from the clutches of Yoh and Faust, who were trying to stop him from attacking Anna. "Yoh should be the one doing this! Not me!" he shouted.
"Because Yoh is gonna train for the Shaman Fight." Anna replied simply, "Go get those now. You're running out of time. I told you to be back in twenty minutes and you've already wasted three."
"Why you~!!!"
"Trust me, Ren. You're luckier to be doing this. You don't know how angry Anna can be." Yoh muttered, pushing Ren's elbow away from his face.
Faust nodded, trying to keep Ren still. "I guess from the weeks you've been staying here, you haven't seen Anna-san get really angry."
Then Anna stopped, turned around and approached Ren.
"Anna." Yoh said. All three of them remained still, especially Ren.
Then, THWACKKK!!!!
Ren Tao, yes, the one and only Ren Tao got hit by the itako's infamous slap, leaving a glowing red mark on his face. Face vaulted, the Chinese shaman stood there as if frozen by time.
"BOCCHAMAAAA!!!!" Bason exclaimed in horror.
"Uh…Anna-san, the water you asked for." Tamao gave the glass to the itako who drank it in one gulp.
"Give me one more." Anna ordered as pink-haired girl turned back to the house.
"Manta!" Yoh greeted.
Manta smiled and gave a wave to his friend, "Yoh-kun, Tamao said the Shaman Fight is reinstated."
"So, Manta, since you're here already then you could go with that guy over there to the market. Be sure to be back in exactly fifteen minutes." Anna pointed to Ren then approached Yoh. "Yoh and I will go back to training." She pulled the collar of Yoh's white shirt, dragging the owner along with her.
"But-!" the smart, yet extremely small blonde, cut but he knew it was useless. He turned to Ren and pushed him outside, "Let's go before the 'queen of darkness' comes back and devours us." He commented sarcastically.
"Here's your change!" greeted the male salesperson, giving Ren his groceries. "Say hi to your girlfriend for me!" He said as though out of breath. He faced his back at the customer, stifling obvious laughter.
"My girlfriend????" The Chinese shaman stared then turned around. He can feel numerous eyes looking at him as he passed by. "What the heck is the problem with these people?!" he whispered just enough for Manta to hear.
Manta shrugged his shoulders and pushed open the glass door of the store, "I don't know. We better get back soon. Anna might get angrier." As soon as the door behind them closed, the whole market burst into laughter. The small blonde glanced at the shop as he tried to keep up with the sudden increase of Ren's velocity.
"I wonder…what's the problem with those people? They're not laughing at us, are they?" said the smart lad, looking up at the Chinese shaman for the first time since they left Yoh and Anna. He finally discovered what the people in the market were laughing about.
"Why ask me?!" Ren snapped back but his companion's giggles reached his ears. He stopped and looked down. "Now…" he started, "What is your problem?!" he demanded. He couldn't take it anymore. People around him were snickering as they passed; if only he could, he would've beaten up those folks to death.
Manta pointed at his face. "Anna." He managed to say in between his laughs, "Face." He added, holding his stomach, "Look!" he now pointed to the glass window beside them, falling on his knees.
Irritated, the pale-eyed boy looked at his reflection. His jaw-dropped…
"See?" Manta stood up, wiping tears from his eyes.
"THAT BITCH~!!!!" Ren screamed, "Her slap marked on my face!!!!!"
The smaller boy shook his head, "Don't let Anna hear you say that or you'll be adding another one to that!" he warned, gaining his composure back.
But the younger – but fortunately, taller – boy wasn't listening to him. "Damn that – that – that witch!!!!!" he cursed, waving the bag of groceries in front of him. "Of course, I have to admit that her slap hurt much but she didn't have to do that BECAUSE in the first place, I'm NOT one of her servants!!!!"
"Uh…Ren?" Manta called the shaman's attention, "Everyone is a servant in Anna's eyes." He explained; sweat dropped.
"K'SO!!!!!" he cursed once more, creating more attention towards him. He punched the air with the plastic bag in his hands.
At that instant, all their groceries went flying out of the bag, scattering here and there.
And on the next second, both Manta and Ren were on their knees picking up the spilled goods.
"Ren, now look what you did! Anna's gonna kill us!!!" Manta whined.
"I'll handle that!" Ren answered back.
Let's see you do that! You really don't know how Anna is!
"What took you so long?!" Anna sneered, her arms crossed.
"Welcome back, Bocchama!" Bason greeted cheerfully despite the fact that Anna's itako beads were binding and stopping him from doing anything at all.
The two stuttered, still with the groceries in their arms. Manta elbowed Ren. "I thought you said you'll handle this?!" he whispered but the Chinese shaman couldn't say anything in return.
"I told you to get back in twenty minutes!!!! And you're ten seconds late!!!!" she demanded.
"What?! Just ten seconds late?! How pathetic!!!!" Ren blurted out but he soon regretted it when another slap came down his face.
"Put those in the kitchen then start cleaning the bathrooms." She ordered, going upstairs.
Manta side glanced at Ren. "Now you know you can't defy Anna."
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"Tadaima!" Yoh exclaimed in the most cheerful voice he can produce at that hour.
"Have you finished your laps?" Anna appeared in front of her fiancé, still with the same look in her eyes.
Yoh nodded, taking off his wooden sandals.
"Your push-ups? Sit-ups?"
"Hai, Anna! I've finished the whole training program already." He answered, taking off the weights on his wrists and ankles.
"Good. Only two weeks before the start of the Shaman Fight and we're leaving tomorrow." She explained, a small smile entering her lips.
Yoh grinned back.
"YOH-DANNA!!!!!!" shouted a familiar voice. It was no other than Umemiya Ryunosuke a.k.a Bokuto no Ryu. He quickly jumped beside Yoh and slung his arm across his shoulders, leaning on him.
"Yoh! Hisashi buri dane!" greeted the voice of the blue-haired Ainu as he bounded up to Yoh and copied Ryu's gesture.
"Hisashi buri, origami!!!!!" Chocolove appeared after the two, jumping on Yoh's back.
"You're jokes still stink, Chocolove!!!" Horo horo snapped at the African-looking American.
"Jokes? Stink?" he repeated then flashed a cup of coffee in front of the Ainu, "Want a drink?" he sneered but before Horo horo had a chance to fight back, the three of them fell on the ground, flatting Yoh with their combined weight.
"YOH-SAMMMMAAAAAA!!!!" Tamao shrieked. She had just come back from shopping groceries and the sight of the three shamans piling up upon her 'beloved Yoh-sama' horrified her to death.
Instantly, the trio went off Yoh.
"Hey, Yoh? You alright, ne?" Horo horo asked, poking the dark-haired shaman.
"Yoh-danna!!!! Gomen nasai!!!" Ryu bowed.
"Yoh…?"
Pirika suddenly gasped loud. "Onii-chan killed Yoh-kun!!!!!!!" she put a shaking hand over her mouth.
"Pirika!!!!" Horo horo complained; sweat dropped.
Faust and Eliza appeared along with Manta and Ren.
"What are you so noisy about?!" Ren complained but then he stopped, staring at the fainted body of his friend.
"Yoh? What happened to you?" Manta asked, poking him a couple of times.
Soon, everyone was trying to wake the dark-haired shaman up.
"YOH-SAMMMMAAAAAA!!!!!" Tamao screamed at his ear but he remained asleep.
"Why don't you wake up now, Yoh?!?!?!?" Ren conjured up his glaive at raised it up high, preparing for a strike.
"Uh…I don't think that's necessary." Manta muttered as everyone went out of the Chinese shaman's way, except Horo horo who has holding Yoh up by his collar.
"Yoh!" Anna called; her voice stern.
Everyone stopped and looked at Anna.
Yoh blinked a couple of times. Horo horo dropped him. "Ouch!" he exclaimed, hitting his head on the ground.
"Is it just me or did Anna just wake Yoh up by just calling his name." Horo horo asked, looking at his companions who were all flabbergasted.
Yoh stood up and dusted off his pants. He smiled then greeted, "Horo horo! Ryu! Chocolove! Pirika! How's it going?" he patted Horo horo's shoulder.
"Yoh, go and cook dinner now. Tamao, give the groceries to Yoh." Anna ordered then left the scene.
The shaman nodded, grinning, "Hai!" he took the groceries from Tamao and headed to the kitchen.
A moment of silence encountered the whole group.
"I'll go help Yoh-danna cook dinner." Ryu muttered.
"Uh, me too." Tamao followed Ryu.
"Oh yeah, I need to do something!" Manta scurried away right after Tamao
"Let's go to the dining table. I'm getting hungry." Horo horo rubbed his stomach, looking at his sister.
Ren smirked, "You should've seen your faces there. You all look like jerks!" he crossed his arms with his weapon in his hands.
Chocolove put on a horrified face, he gasped, copying Pirika, "Ren Tao's a clerk???????"
In no time at all, the dark-skinned shaman lay on the wooden floor of the Asakura residence with a big bump on his head.
"Ren Tao? Clerk?" Pirika repeated after a short pause. Then she started laughing like a maniac. "That was sooooo funneeeee!!!!!"
Yoh sat up and made his way upstairs then settled on the roof. He looked up at the stars.
"Yoh?" asked the most familiar female voice in the world.
The shaman looked at the itako, "Anna? What are you doing here? It's past midnight already." He asked as his fiancée sat beside him.
"I should be the one asking you that." She stared at Yoh who was now looking back at the sky. "You can't sleep." She stated – not asked, following his gaze.
Yoh nodded. "The stars are beautiful tonight, ne?"
The itako nodded. "Yes, they are." Now, being alone with Yoh, she smiled a true smile.
"Good." He answered back.
She looked at his face and stared, "What do you mean? Of course I have a right to like stars too." She said, her voice becoming strict once again.
Yoh shook his head. "No, not that." He gazed into Anna's eyes. "It's good, don't you think? That this time, you'll be coming with us to Patch village, ne? Unlike before; I had to leave you here." He explained turning back to the stars.
The same genuine smile entered her face once again but she didn't reply. She just looked up at the stars like Yoh, knowing that he understood the silence she had given him.
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"WHERE THE HECK DID YOH DISAPPEAR TO?!?!?!?!?!" Ren shouted impatiently. He was the one providing the vehicle towards the airport and the plane towards. And it just so happens, he had never been late his whole life and he doesn't intend to start.
"We've checked everywhere!" Horo horo complained, waving his arms in the air because of frustration.
"Not everywhere though. We haven't checked at the rooftop yet!" Chocolove joked, laughing a bit.
Ren and Horo horo looked at each other then zoomed towards the rooftop, passing Faust and Eliza who were clinging onto each others arms.
"WAAAAKKEEEE UUUUUPPPPP!!!!" both shamans said in chorus.
Yoh sat up and rubbed his head, making the blanket covering him fall off. "Anna?" he asked, blinking a bit.
"This is no time to daydream!!!!" Ren shouted, "We're gonna be late for the flight!!!"
The dark-haired shaman eyes opened wide. He quickly stood up and rushed off the roof.
"Good. Now we can leave." The Chinese smirked.
"Anna!"
Yoh opened the door in Anna's room but she wasn't there. He quickly rushed down and saw the itako finish eating her breakfast. "Anna!" he said in relief, "I thought you had fallen off the roof or something!" he approached.
Anna stretched out her hand, holding up her bowl. "Give me another serving of rice." She ordered.
He refilled the bowl and sat across his fiancée. "I was so worried because I knew you were still there on the roof when I fell asleep! Good thing you're still fine!" he explained, flashing his ever-famous grin.
"Who do you think was stupid enough to sleep outside in that cold without a blanket?" she snapped, sipping the tea that accompanied her meal.
"Whoa! Don't tell me you guys actually slept on the rooftop alone?!" Horo horo suddenly popped in but the two didn't answer. Anna just stood up and left the two alone.
"Be sure to clean that before you leave." She ordered then went up to her room.
The ice shaman sneered and swung his arm on his friend's shoulder. Instantly, everyone appeared out of nowhere.
"You are the man, Yoh!!!" the blue-haired Ainu gave him a thumbs-up, "But you lack creativity! Why in the roof top?! There are lots of places to go! Like Anna's room for example!!!" he whined, creating a square frame in the air with his hands.
Yoh blinked, not getting the point of this sudden fuss.
"You finally did it, Yoh-danna! I'm so proud of you! And to think that you're this young!" Ryu gave Yoh a high five. "I better start jotting down advices for your next encounter!" he conjured up a notebook and started scribbling with a weird smile on his face.
"What???" the dark-haired shaman looked at the different expression looking at him.
Ren had his arms crossed and a smirk was on his face. "Pathetic! We had to wait for you just because you enjoyed yourself with that?!" he said, pertaining to the sudden change of schedule he had to make because of Yoh.
"Yoh-kun…I'm sure….you….and…Anna-san…will be….will be…very happy!!!!" Tamao gave her message, eyes full of tears and voice full of sobs.
"I can't believe you, Yoh! And I thought you were somebody more decent!!!!" Manta exclaimed in disbelief.
"Believe it or not! The one and only Asakura Yoh is IN-decent!!!!" Chocolove flashed a cent in front of the audience. (Naisho: for those who didn't get this joke, what Choco meant was 'IN THE CENT' but you pronounce it as 'indecent')
A minute of silence passed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!!" Pirika laughed, kicking her legs in the air, "You are SOOOOO funny, Chocolove!!!!!!"
"Yoh-sama, let me be the godfather!" said Faust, taking his gaze away from Eliza for the first time in hours.
"What are you talking about?!" Yoh exclaimed, "We were just -"
"We know, Yoh. We know. You don't have to keep it a secret." The Ainu nodded in a way that implies 'I know everything'.
"Watching -"
"Of course you were."
"Stars -"
"Yes, you must've seen many."
Yoh stood up, shrugging away the hands of his friends. "I don't know what you're talking about." He turned around and went upstairs to fix his things.
"No need to lie about it, Yoh!" Horo horo called when Yoh was already leaving.
The shamans and their friends approached the big plane parked in the exact place it had been on their first trip to America.
"Exactly the same! All we need now is for Hao to appear!" Horo horo joked. The others laughed along with him.
Each of them boarded the plane. Yoh was the last one to go up the stairway and into the plane.
He kept staring at the place where they had encountered Hao, his twin who was now dead. At least they believed he was. Just when he was halfway through, he saw a sudden flicker of a flame in that memorable place. He stopped and leaned forward, trying to get a better look at it but he never saw it again.
"Yoh! What are you doing? If you don't get in now, the plane's gonna leave you behind." Ren called.
Yoh nodded. "Okay. I'll be coming now." He turned his head to the plane, shaking it a bit. Must've been my imagination.
"Now, off to America!"
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Added notes: Seirei no Ou = Great Spirits; Umemiya Ryunosuke = Ryu's real name
Does anyone know the English translation (it was 'version' before ^_^;; Sorry for the confusion and thanks to the anonymous reviewer Kaori-san for making me notice it and for pointing out a couple of things ^_^) of Inyou no Chigiri??? If you do, then please mail it to me (pleeeeeaaaaasseeee)! I really need it!
So? What do you think? It sucked didn't it but, anyway, for the sake of my readers (and flames ^_^), I'll be continuing it.
I was too kind in this chap. I didn't make anyone suffer yet. Don't worry I will in the next chappies (probably next week or tomorrow, depending on how inspired I am)!!!! Mind you, I'm an Anna fan. (GO!!!!! ANNA~!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!) But not an ecstatic Yona fan (Yes, I like that pairing too but…) I just write what I write so sue me if you want.
And speaking of chapters? This is the longest chapter I've made! It reached seven pages!!!! (Yup, font size ten, Arial, Top and Bottom margin: 1", Left and Right margin: 1.25", Gutter: 0") But of course this changes in ff.net.
I think I neglected the power spirits a little too much, ne? I'll make up for it in the next chapter.
My idea's too common! Too cliché!!!! If I have a similar story somewhere out there then I give a million of my apologies!!!!
Ren was OOC, ne? Ne? Ne? And so is everybody else!!!! *gets hit by lightning*
Complain all you want please and review!!!! I don't have a beta reader so there might be lots of grammatical errors!!!