An Unusual Pair

An Unusual Pair

A Shaman King Fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King. Sorry mates.

Author Note: Hey yall! I decided to try one of those alternate universe fics. Hope you enjoy ). This is a side story from Return of Hao. I'm doing it from Yoh's POV.

"Asakura Yoh! Have you suddenly gained the ability to learn when you sleep?!" A loud, obnoxious voice interrupted the wonderful nap I'd been having. I groaned, sleepily rubbing my dark-brown eyes. I looked up to see the teacher glaring at me, and I smiled weakly.

"Hai." I said automatically, and the class roared with laughter. The teacher turned in interesting prune color, in my opinion, and stormed off, muttering about insolent boys.

I shrugged, not really phased, school was no big deal anyways, get my drift? Not when you've got big plans like me. I adjusted my gaudy orange headphones and almost immediately went back too sleep.

Yeah, I'm Asakura Yoh. You've probably heard of me. You haven't? Well, that's beside the point. I'm pretty much your everyday, average fifteen-year-old shaman. My friends are Manta, Horo Horo, and Tamao. I really like SOULBOB, and think the person who invented school should be given a slow death.

I'm normally a nice guy, but school? Come on, all it is a big torture chamber. I've got a twin brother, Hao, although technically he must be older then me, because he's the one inheriting our fathers huge estate.

I know this is the part were I'm supposed to admit I have evil thoughts of trying to murder Hao and take over and all that crap, but seriously, I'm cool with everything. Well, almost everything, but that's a different story.

Frankly, I'm rather glad Hao's getting the estate. This way, I can just freeload off my brother and not have to do any work. I'm a big fan of not doing any work.

By now you've probably realized I'm a dork and an idiot, and are planning to go to some other crappy fanfic that has me portrayed as a superhero or whatever. But I have my flaws, and I'm not afraid to admit it.

Like maybe the fact that Anna Kyoyouma is gorgeous and I've been crushing on her forever. Since third grade if my calculations are correct.

Well, I've said it. Happy now? I like Anna, the most popular and cute girl in tenth grade. No, not cute, bea-U-tiful. Ok, that was gay, but whatever. You may think I'm crazy; for one thing, she most likely doesn't even now my name, for another, Anna can be dangerous.

But I know, somewhere very, very deep, deep down inside that cold heart, Anna finds it in her to cuddle fuzzy animals and care about slackers like myself. Very deep. Of course, also the fact that my brother just happens to be dating her right now doesn't help, but I'm sure it'll all work out, eventually.

BRRRRRRRING! The bell's strident cry jerked me from my sleep, and I slowly forced myself up, not even I could avoid the call of lunch.

"Hey there little brother," Came a cheerful voice "How's it going?" I looked up to see my brother Hao grinning at me, dark eyes full of good humor. I slowly swallowed my noodles, and glanced at him.

"I'm not younger then you," I finally spoke up. "We're twins." Hao shrugged carelessly, looking slightly annoyed.

"Whatever." He said distantly, already beginning to move away.

"Hao! Will you hurry up?!" A harsh voice demanded, and I choked on my food. There stood Anna, in all her terrifying glory, glaring at Hao with narrowed, pale gold eyes. Did I ever mention that Anna's gorgeous?

Horo gave me a sympathetic look, while Tamao seemed slightly sad for some reason.

"Tough luck mate, chances are the likes of us will never get to hear someone like her talk to us. Unless it's to give her a tissue." Horo told me, and I couldn't help but grin at him. Manta shrugged in my direction.

"Look on the bright side, Yoh-kun. At least you're not three times smaller then natural." Manta pointed out, and I conceded to this point. Tamao spoke hesitantly.

"Maybe… maybe Anna's not the right person. Maybe you really like some one else." She suggested, and I cocked my head at her. Tamao and I had grown up together, but lately she'd been acting funny, and it made me nervous for some reason.

"Mmmhmmm, maybe." I told her, unconvinced, and Tamao looked slightly crestfallen. Horo grinned at me.

"Come on Yoh, let's go get seconds." He said, standing up. I followed obediently and while we walked, Horo gave me a serious look.

"Be careful around Tamao man, I think she's in one of those weird, delicate stages women go through." Horo told me, and I winced.

"We're not having another sex talk, right?" I asked, and someone made a gagging noise behind me. We both turned to see Tao Ren, who'd, in his surprise, spilled milk all over his shirt. He glared at Horo.

"What's your problem!? You should be a bit more careful!" Ren demanded, and Horo smirked.

"What's wrong, you mad that Yoh said-"He faltered, then blushed. I gave them both a weird look. Ren smirked, looking pleased.

"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" Ren said bitingly, and I felt a flicker of annoyance. Last year, the two had been enemies, and had what could only be described as a war. Horo and all us geeks against Ren and all the rest, while Hao and Anna watched and laughed.

I really didn't want to be dragged into Horo's little vendetta, and decided to put a stop before it all started.

"You two Ok? If you're going to flirt, I want no part of it." I said impatiently, and Ren spilled more milk, while Horo looked dumbstruck.

"Hahaha, my little brothers all grown up," Came a voice, and I saw my brother, grinning broadly. "Come on Ren, let's go." Hao said, and Ren shot us both vehement looks. Horo punched the air, looking mutinous.

"I'm not taking any crap from that bastard this year, He snarled. "And I mean it, Ren's going down."

"He's not that bad, Onii-chan, in fact, he can be quite caring once you get to know him." The voice was of a higher register, and we both saw Horo's little sister, Pirikia. She was actually two years younger then our lot, but was smart enough to skip ahead. Popular and pretty, it was hard to think the two were related.

Horo scowled at Pirikia, looking annoyed.

"How can you back him up?!" He exclaimed. "He's a spoiled rich brat!" Horo caught my expression and hurriedly revised what he'd said.

"Not that there's anything wrong with spoiled rich brats." He told me, and I smiled wryly.

"Thanks man." I said dryly, and Horo, not catching the sarcasm, waved his hand.

"Not a problem." He said airily, but Pirikia gave me a strange look.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, and she shook her head.

"No, just a dumb thought." She said, then began to talk very fast and heatedly with her brother in the Ainu dialect.

I wasn't very good at languages, so I didn't bother listening, and went back before realizing I'd forgotten my second helping.

I jumped off the bus and raced down the street to our mansion of a house. I breathed in a lungful of freedom.

"A, such a nice day!" I exclaimed happily. "Amidamaru, why don't you come out?" I called, and my samurai spirit instantly appeared.

"Yoh-dono, how was your day?" He asked, and a grinned at him.

"Not bad Amidamaru, but let's not talk about school. I'd much rather stare at clouds, don't you agree?" I told him, and Amidamaru smiled softly.

"You're so carefree, Yoh-dono. Part of me wants to cry, while the other feels rather jealous." He admitted, and I blinked, touched.

"Don't worry about it. Come on, I wanna listen to this awesome new SOULBOB cd I got." I said as we arrived to my favorite spot, a little hill with one large shady tree, perfect for cloud gazing, napping, and listening to music.

I flopped down majestically, while Amidamaru hovered beside me. I stared at the clouds for awhile, then dozed off. Unbeknownst to me, Amidamaru gave me a gentle, fatherly gaze.

"Good night, Yoh-dono." He said softly.

Neither of us realized it'd be awhile before I could sleep peacefully like this again.

Author Note: Hope you liked it! Please R&R!