Shaman King Fan Fiction ❯ Ivy, Shaman Runaway ❯ Intersecting Love Triangles ( Chapter 33 )

 

Intersecting Love Triangles

“Well…” He started. I waited with baited breath for his answer. I was dying to know for some strange reason.

 

I continued kneeling, but placed my hand on his knee and nudged him a little to help him along. “Yes?” I whispered.

 

He stood up and looked down at me. “I love you Ivy. I really do. With all my heart, and with all my soul I need you. I have to know if you feel the same way, because if you don't—I don't know what I'll do. Anna could never make me feel the same way as I do for you. Ivy, I'm overrun with joy every morning just to see you wake up at lunchtime. It makes me smile every time you laugh. The sound of your voice is enough to make me jump for joy. I know I'm using so many clichés to express how I feel for you, but I don't know any other way! I wish I could offer you more, but before I give too much of myself to you, Ivy, do you love me back?”

 

I stared at him, smiling gently. He was so young, so awkward, so in love. His first time. I knew I couldn't have him, but that didn't stop me from wanting him anyway. I knew I couldn't break my sister's heart just for my own selfish wants. The ultimate betrayal is a betrayal of your own flesh and blood. That thought kept repeating in my head, ringing as clearly as a gong in the early morning. Coupled along with the fact that I would break his heart in the end it should have stopped me. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

 

“I love you too, Yoh. I've been waiting so long to hear those words.” I finally answered.

 

“Ivy…” He sunk to his knees in front of me. “Thank God. Every night, in my sleep, you've been torturing me, but now I can finally rest at ease knowing that you feel the same for me.” He softly stroked my cheek.

 

`Kiss me already!! Don't leave me hanging!' I wanted to scream. Then I remembered that Yoh was nothing like his brother, and had relatively no experience in love. I slowly leaned in to kiss him.

 

He put a finger to my lips, “Wait. I still have something to ask you.”

 

“What is it?” I asked, already having a pretty good idea of what he would say.

 

He smiled and gazed lovingly at me. “When I become Shaman King, Anna wants to be beside me as Shaman Queen. Ivy, I'd give up the title if it meant that I could have you as my wife instead.”

 

I was speechless. It was one of the only times in my life that I didn't have something smart to say. “W-wha-what?”

 

“Ivy, I'm asking you to marry me. Will you be my wife?” He smiled sweetly.

 

I could feel my heart breaking as I looked at him. I knew I was crying. To mask the tears, I pressed my lips to his in a gentle kiss. He kissed back and the kiss got deeper and more passionate. Yoh pressed me up against the fountain, and started work on my neck.

 

“I love you, Ivy…” He sighed.

 

“I love you more.” Another kiss.

 

It seemed to go for hours, but soon we were both out of breath. “You never did say yes or no to my question.” Yoh realized.

 

`Time to break both of our hearts…I'm so sorry Yoh. I can't…I can't kill Anna like that.' “No.” I whispered softly, mournfully. I stood up and started to walk away.

 

“`No'?!” Yoh yelped. “Why not?! You said you loved me!” He tried to put two and two together, but he still wasn't getting four.

 

“I do love you.” I agreed with out turning back to face him, incase he saw my waterfall of tears.

 

He grabbed me by my shoulders and spun me around to face him, gripping me a little harder than he should. “Then why won't you marry me?!”

 

I looked up into his eyes; I wasn't the only one crying. “I can't. You're already engaged. To my sister.”

 

“Forget her.” He commanded. “I don't want to hear it. You're like a broken record! You're always thinking about Anna! Anna this, and Anna that! Don't you ever think about yourself? And what about me!? You say you love me, but then you refuse to marry me because your sister loves me, but I could never love her!” He spat bitterly. I knew he didn't mean to sound harsh, but he couldn't help it. Yoh pulled me into a forced kiss. It kind of scared me because it was exactly how Hao used to bully me into making out. I let him though. He needed to just let out some frustration, and I needed to know how strongly he felt about me.

 

“Why are you doing this to me? Why are you doing this to yourself? Is Anna really worth us both being unhappy?” He looked into my eyes sorrowfully, begging me to reconsider.

 

“I…don't…know…” I couldn't make any sense of anything he was saying. I didn't know what I wanted. I didn't know why I couldn't bare to break Anna's heart. I didn't know anything. “I love you more than you can know, but I can't do that to Anna. I love my sister, and it would kill me to know that I hurt her so badly. But I don't want to hurt you…but I have to hurt you to save Anna. Either way I hurt myself, and someone probably commits suicide. I'm just so confused. I don't know what I'm saying. I'm so sorry, Yoh.”

 

“Shhhh…It's okay.” He picked me up and sat down on the fountain with me in his lap. I sat there and cried. And cried. And cried. “It'll be okay, Ivy. Everything will work out. You don't have to give me your final answer yet. I can wait until you sort things out.” He kissed me softly on the forehead, and I snuggled into his shirt and cried some more.

 

“I'm so sorry, Yoh…I feel badly making you suffer just because I have no idea what I want. I'm so selfish…” I sobbed into his shirt.

 

“No. Don't say that. You're not selfish at all. You try to give up so much for your sister, and I'm not making it easier on you. I'm the one that should be apologizing. I didn't mean to spring this on you like that…” He tried to comfort me.

 

“It's okay, I don't mind. I'm actually really glad that you asked me…I just wish I had an answer…” I sighed as I dried my eyes. “I love you…” I smiled up at him.

 

“I love you too. Don't leave me hanging too long; promise?” His eyes begged.

 

“I'll try…God knows I'll try. Let's go home. I need to relax.” I sighed.

 

“Can I hold your hand until we come into view of the house? No chance of anyone seeing us.” Yoh asked seemingly innocently.

 

“By `anyone' you mean Anna.” I chuckled.

 

“Yep.” He admitted cheerfully.

 

“Sure. I'd like that.” I smiled brightly at the love of my life as he took my hand and walked me home with his arm possessively wrapped around my waist.

 

When we got into viewing distance of the house he reluctantly let go of me. I sighed sadly, and he smiled playfully back at me. We made it back into the house, and found everyone waiting in the living room doing various random things. Example: juggling, snowboarding on the walls, doing card tricks, chasing guardian ghosts trying to retrieve blackmail photos of Tomao sleeping with a teddy bear, playing tidily winks, performing surgery, composing love letters, drinking milk, and laying on the floor watching soap operas.

 

Everybody rushed Yoh and me as we walked in the door with `how did it go' `what did she say' `Yoh you playa you' and so on. That was until Anna stood up and shouted, “What is going on here?!”

 

The room fell silent, and no one said a word, fearing Anna's wrath. I alone stepped forward and stood up to my sister. “Nothing. I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm going to go relax now; it's been a stressful day.” I started to ascend the stair well, but a voice from behind stopped me.

 

“Wait…Ivy.” Anna reached out and grabbed my shoulder.

 

Everyone remained in shocked silence, waiting to hear my fate.

 

“I was thinking that we got off on the wrong foot, and that maybe…you and I could start over again?” Anna swallowed her pride and asked for a chance to redeem herself.

 

I smiled broadly at my older sister. “I'd love that!”

 

The others all fell over. They couldn't believe that Anna and I could get through a single sentence, much less conversation, without yelling and screaming at each other. They were speechless at the fact that Anna and I were going to try to be friends.

 

“Great!” Anna smiled. Let me repeat that for all of those who are a bit slow on uptake (aka: anyone reading this including myself): ANNA smiled!! “Do you want to go shopping and out to eat after you rest for awhile?”

 

“Sure! I want to take a nap first, but how does four o'clock sound to you?” I asked.

 

“Perfect! We can go shopping after we eat. I found this cute little shop on the outskirts of town, I've just been dying to show it to you!” Anna planned.

 

“Awesome!” I went upstairs joyously and took a nice power nap, not suspecting a thing. While I slept, I had no way of knowing what injustice was about to be done to me.