Let's Make This Last - Chapter 4

Let's Make This Last

~MNH

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Summary: Shaman fight finally ended and the gang decided to celebrate the victory of Yoh Asakura as the new Shaman king. However, there is another fight hat should be won: LOVE.

Will Yoh and Anna try to make it last or will they just let it end and let it pass...?

Recap: "Here," finally showing a gold band of ring in a small box to her. "Kekkon shite kurer?" he asked nervously.

"Yoh…" Anna was now close to tears but being the ice queen she is, she managed to hold it back and yelled at him. "Are you kidding? We're already engaged."

"Yeah, I know, but I want to do this properly," knees bent down, he looked at her and said, "Marry me…"



A/N: Hi! Everyone! Sorry for the long wait! I finally got to type the fourth installment of LMTL. The boss is nowhere in sight. Yay! While the cat's away, the mouse will play! Yeepee!

Let's Make This Last

Chapter 4

Dreams do come true

"Yeah, I know, but I want to do this properly," knees bent down, he looked at her and said, "Marry me…"

Anna didn't know what to do or what to answer to his question. It's not for the reason that she does not want to marry him but because her whole body does not know how to react to this sudden proposal. His eyes look at her as if measuring the depth of her thoughts. Silly girl, he's waiting for your response. Are you going to make him wait while his on his knees?

"Anna?"

It's just us anyway so why not say yes already? 'Shut up!' The voice won't just stop pestering me. Come on, you want him too. You know that. 'Ugh!' Her battle with the voice stopped when she realized that the confident, loving look Yoh was giving her awhile ago was now replaced with nervous and unfocused eyes. Answer him…

"Y-ye…"

"I am very sorry to interrupt you dears but mother wants to see Anna-chan for a moment…" Keiko said, not looking at her son and Anna. She sense some worry in her and was about to ask when Yoh spoke, "Why oka-san? Did something happen?"

"No dear," she said, still not looking at them, "please hurry dear. They are in the receiving room."

Anna faced Yoh once more and gave him something. It's all wrapped up so Yoh couldn't guess what's inside. "Let's open it together later, and then I'll tell you my answer…" she whispered. "Let's go, Keiko-sama."

The two ladies walked out of the room and left Yoh standing alone with a worried frown.

"Too bad, man! That was close!" Horo exclaimed and patted him. "Don't worry, she'll say yes."

"Yeah, Oni-chan's right. Anna-sama will say yes. She does not show it but she sure is in love with you."

"Yeah… I know." He said still staring at the package.

"So what are you sulking for, baka. It's not like you are not going to see each other anymore." Ren mumbled. He sat down and turned the radio off and watched a TV show instead.

"Well, I kind of have a bad feeling…," Yoh sat beside Ren and put the package on the floor. "I do not know what I am being worried about but…"

Tamao, Pilika and Horo joined them. "Well you just have to wait 'till Anna comes back. She'll tell you if something's wrong."

"I have no other choice…"

AaAaA

"Why are they asking for me Keiko-sama?" Anna asked. They marched up the stairs of the Inn and followed the path of the straight hallway. The Receiving room is the room at the end of the hallway.

The ghosts of the Inn looked at Keiko and Anna curiously before Anna glared at them. They glided away from them and the two continued to walk towards the room.

"Where is Mikihisa-sama?"

"He's somewhere here. You'll see him later."

They reached the room. Anna sensed Yoh's grandparents inside the room. If Kino-sensei's here, I have nothing to worry about. The sliding door opened revealing a spacious room, twice as big as Yoh's room which is the master's bed room. At the far end of the room is the ancestral altar while in front of it is a small table. Kino-sensei and Yohmei-sama was sitting, quite stiffly.

"Please come in." Kino-sama said.

"Keiko-sama said you were asking for me, sensei." Anna walked in the room and sat down in front of the two elders while Keiko sat behind her mom.

"Yes, I have something to tell you. But before I do that please be open-minded and I also want some trust, Anna. That's all I ask of you. Do you promise to do whatever I tell you?"

"I trust you…"

"Well, thank you but how about being open-minded?"

"Uhmmm… Well…"

"Just say yes, dear. You said you trust us." Keiko added her face was slightly covered by her long hair, making it hard for Anna to see her emotions.

"Yes. I'll be." Yohmei sighed and looked at his wife.

"Tell her now so if she has questions she can ask before…" he looked like he stopped himself from saying something. Suspicious… 'shut up!'

"You have been with us for so long now since I trained you to be an itako. I've always been fond of you and I know ho much you care for my grandson. I am very thankful. The whole family is. We know how much you've sacrificed for our Yoh but we cannot impose on you anymore Anna."

I know where this is heading. And I do not like it one bit. Anna just stared at them not even uttering a single word. She just sat and stared at them with cold blank face.

"Anna, I know we that we forced you and our grandson in a tight situation, but you already know the reason. But now there are some things that need to be considered. It'll be hard for you and Yoh but I think it would be better if…"

"Kin-sensei, if you are telling me that you want to break the engagement, I do not want to hear it. I know you asked me to be open minded and to trust you but this is mine and Yoh's life. You already put us together with this engagement. We obeyed and trusted your judgment and I think we made the right decision. We already accepted the fact that we are going to marry each other in the future so if you are…"

"No Anna. We are not breaking the engagement." Kino-sensei said.

"So what is this all about? Jus tell right away and stop beating around the bush, Kino…-sensei."

"Anna!" Keiko exclaimed. "Please watch what you are saying…" Kino raised her hand to silence her daughter and chuckled.

"Don't scold her Keiko. I know this young girl too much. And she does not like what I am doing. Okay. I'll tell you. You have visitors who wanted to see you. We already talked to them. They want to have some time with you, just to catch up and all."

"Who?" frowning a little, Anna asked curiously.

"They asked us to let you live with them for some time so…"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Your parents, your family." Yohmei stood and walked towards the door. "Mikihisa." He called out. Mikihisa went in and sat beside his father. Yohmei whispered quietly to his son while Anna answered.

"I do not have parents. I do not have a family aside from the Asakura. Forget about it, Kino-sensei."

"You promised to be open-minded. They already repented and would like to be with you even for a few weeks, Anna. I also asked you to trust in us."

"Yes but this is different! They abandoned me! They abandoned me like an animal. They did not even see me as their child. They see me as a demon. But you know what? I am more human than them" tears flowed freely from Anna's eyes. Flashbacks of what she had been through kept repeating in her mind and all the painful and tearful sufferings she managed to hide with the help of the Asakuras came rushing back to her.

Keiko stood and took small strides towards Anna. She put her hands around her, as she's trying to comfort her. The young lady looked up at her future mother's face only to see that she, too, was crying.

This time Mikihisa stood and walked towards the door. Anna sensed his anger. I looked at Master Kino but she just looked back at me with sorrowful eyes.

"Does he know about this?" the ice queen asked. But then the wooden door suddenly slid open and Mikihisa entered the room.

"I've brought them here, Oka-san." A couple entered the room but Anna did not look at them. I am shaking. I am afraid. I don't want to see them.

"Sensei! Does Yoh know about this?"

"Anna, please greet your parents. I don't want them to say that we raised you without instilling respect for the elders." Kino said, ignoring her questions.

The Itako moved her eyes to look at the couple. She does not want Kino-sensei to think that she wasted her time on her and that she grew up to be disrespectful to others. She felt Keiko's hand helped her get on her feet and guided her towards the couple.

"Anna…" the man with blonde hair just like Anna's moved towards the young blonde. "Gomen, we just…"

"Don't. I don't want to hear your lies. I don't want to go with you!" Anna squirmed from Keiko's hold. She managed to get away from her but Mikihisa blocked the doorway.

"Anna, please listen to them first. Please give them a chance."

"No! I don't want to live with them! No."

"Anna!" Mikihisa hold her firmly. "Please listen…"

"No! Yoh!" Yoh! I need you please… please… then all went black.

AaAaA

Yoh opened his eyes and turned his head on the doorway of the living room.

"What is it Yoh?" Horo asked his friend, eyes glued on TV.

"Did you guys hear Anna call me just now?"

"No. Maybe it's just your imagination. Ha. And besides even if she called we won't probably hear her because of the volume of that TV show. Oi! Ainu. Turn the volume down!"

"Don't want to! The kissing scene's next!"

"You… hentai"

"It's okay Ren. It does not matter." He slumped back on the floor. "Wake me up once Anna's back, kay? She's been there for a while. I am quite curious about the reason oba-san's sudden call."

"Maybe you should go and check it out."

"Yeah, maybe I should." Yoh rolled on his back and got up. "Tamao, can you heat the food, Anna did not eat much for dinner. Maybe she'd want some snack."

"Hai, Yoh-sama."

"Thanks!"

AaAaA

"Yoh-dono! Miss Anna needs you!" Amidamaru appeared suddenly making Yoh jump.

"Amidamaru! You startled me!"

"Master, faster! They- Miss Anna - away." The ghost said in between pants.

"What are you saying? Anna? Away?"

"They are about to send Miss Anna away." Amidamaru managed to blurt it out.

Yoh did not waste anytime and run up the stairs towards… where did oka-san say oba-san was waiting? "They are in the receiving room." Yeah. Receiving room.

Yoh ran as fast as he can and reached the end of the hallway in a jiffy. "Anna!" he shouted but only his grandparents were there. "Oba-san, where's Anna?"

"She went on a vacation, dear. Only for a month."

"A month? What for? Where is she staying? I'll go too."

"No Yoh. She needs to spend some time with her family."

"Family? What do you mean?"

"Her parents went here and asked if they can meet Anna. They wanted to apologize and maybe have some bonding time. They had been separated for a while."

"Oba-san, you know that Anna would never want to talk to them ever. Why did you allow such thing? It will just give her more pain! Please get her back."

"Would you like Anna to live her life hating her parents? They already repented and were asking for forgiveness. Are you so numb that you won't allow your future wife to feel the love and care of her parents?"

"I do. I do want her to be reunited with her parents but did you even ask her if this is what she wants?" Yoh shouted. The two elders looked away from him. "No, right? You did not even know what pain she would feel seeing those people who abandoned her. You.."

SLAP! "I did not raise you to talk back and shout to your oba-san, Yoh." Keiko said. Yoh did not realize his parents' arrival in the room. He's too angry.

"Where's Anna, oka-san? Please tell me. I'll bring her home."

"She'll be back at home after a month Yoh. So just wait. Kay?"

Yoh sighed and glared at his family. "I never thought that you would be the one who'd betray us." With he stalked out of he room and run out of the house.

"Hey, Yoh! Zup?" Chocolove yelled when Yoh passed him. "Are you training again?" he scratched the back of his head and murmured "I thought we will have a celebration?"

AaAaA

A set of dark eyes followed the brown haired guy running out of the house, a smile slowly forming on her beautiful but cold face; her long blonde tresses playfully dance with the gentle breeze.

The girl smirked ever so sweetly and said, "Let the game begin…"

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I checked the blog and realized that I did not post chapters 4 and five here. >.<