Fan Fiction ❯ That voice ❯ Awakening ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimers: I don't own Shaman King so don't sue me. Just trying to write a fanfiction here so I'm borrowing the storyline of the series for a moment to alter it to my way of thinking, kinda a what if this could happen thing. Based on after ep 64 of the anime since I haven't gotten the manga or read the manga yet.

© April 2003

Chapter 2 - Awakening

Hao opened his eyes only to meet the darkness that filled the room. He sat up and looked around. A smiled formed on his lips as he realized that he was back. He was alive again though his surroundings were unfamiliar to him. He knew that the place must be where Yoh resided.

Hao got up and carefully dressed himself so that he would keep the appearance of Yoh in hopes that no one would notice who he was just yet. He began to explore the house until he found Anna's room. He slides the door open slightly to peer inside where Anna's form laid out asleep. Hao grinned at the figured sprawled out on the bed. Anna was truly his now he thought, but decided to leave his reunion with her until later. He closed the door softly and began to head outside. He had some other things that he wanted to take care of first. He disappeared into the night, eager to continue with his original plans that Yoh had thwarted before.

Amidamaru sat on the roof and watched Yoh's figure disappear into the distance. An unsettling feeling came over him as he had watched Yoh leave. Where was Yoh-dono going off to he wondered and what was this feeling that he was experiencing, this sense of unknown danger that was approaching. He wanted to share what he was feeling with Yoh, but Yoh had wandered off on his own which was uncommon of him. Perhaps to investigate something Amidamaru wondered and why had he been left behind. Maybe Anna would know, but when Amidamaru went down into Anna's room. She sat in the windowsill looking out into the night's sky.

"Anna-dono?" She took a moment before she replied and did not spare a glance at the samurai spirit.

"Something has happened." Amidamaru stared at his mistress hoping that she would elaborate, but no explanation came so he went back to his own musings about what was happening that even Anna-dono would notice.

Anna's hand began to tremble after Amidamaru had left and she clenched her hand into a fist as to stop it from shaking so much. Something was happening though she could not exactly put her finger on it. She had been unable to read Yoh's thoughts as he had left the house, but she had sensed his presence when he had came to her room. One moment it felt as if it was Yoh, the next it felt as if it was someone else and with Yoh's sudden departure of the house. She didn't understand what was going on though it was uncommon for Yoh to run out on like that on his own. Something else was going on. She could feel it and it wasn't a good feeling.