[SK] fic: Twin Stars * ch.9: The Visit
I mentioned a Japanese speech contest in the last post. I wasn't part of the top five or anything (saaaaad) but I was very lucky. I won the lucky raffle. (I was joking before the event that I'd never win anything like a raffle...but I guess I was wrong!) ^^;; Round-trip ticket from SF to Tokyo!!! Though, I'd never go by myself or anything. Hopefully I can convince someone to go with me next summer.
Also, anyone going to Fanime and want to pay together? My friend is looking for people to do group registration with so that they'd get a group discount. I've already paid though...so I couldn't help out with that.
My goal of writing miscellaneous stuff to total 50k this month isn't going so well at the moment. Only 4%... ^^;; But anyway, today's update is for Twin Stars, a Shaman King AU, idol universe. For au100.
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Twin Stars
Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King.
Notes: for au100 theme #90 'it'
Words: 1249
Archive: lj / ffnet
-----Chapter 9: the visit-----
Yoh was on his hill as usual, where he had a good view of the entire place. Off in the corner of his eye, he could see the wide expanse that the Asakura estates covered, and far to the left of that was the small school that he attended. It wasn't a large school by any means, since his town was essentially one in the countryside where few people actually settled down. On this hill of his, he was able to see far and beyond with one sweeping gaze, and that was exactly what he did as a break from admiring the clouds.
That was when he saw the black limousine pull in to stop right in front of the large gates of his home.
He shot up immediately, the quiet peace disturbed. A startled sparrow that had been hopping around near him took off into the air.
He started making his way down the hill.
Anna was here.
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"Yoh," was Anna's terse greeting the moment he stepped into the courtyard. Ryu had already parked the car and had already taken whatever gifts Anna brought this time into the house. Anna waited just outside the door. She had already gone in and saw that Yoh wasn't inside. She looked livid for some reason and was tapping her foot. Yoh was almost afraid to approach her since she was clearly in a bad mood. But Anna hadn't visited in a while. Just the thought of Anna finally visiting him put a hesitant smile over face. At his smile, Anna just rolled her eyes, though she did seem to cool down a bit.
"Anna, do you think you could sign something for a friend of mine?" asked Yoh, in case he forgot to ask later. He thought of how happy Manta would be to get something signed by Anna. Manta hadn't asked, but Yoh thought he should do something for his friend since Yoh had borrowed quite a few things from Manta already.
Anna was surprised and almost stopped fuming, but she just pursed her lips and uttered a short, "we'll see," before she nodded towards the door, indicating that they should go in.
She waited until his steps matched hers, and together they headed inside.
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"These are just simple gifts," murmured Anna as she motioned for Ryu to hand over the basket of oranges that she had brought.
Kino took the basket, all the while murmuring that Anna didn't need to bring gifts when she visited, for weren't they almost like family? Still, Anna always brought something when she visited. One time it had been a special brand of chocolate that she had gotten introduced to by one of her fans. This time she had decided on oranges over everything else because Yoh had been heavily on her mind when she was choosing her gift.
"How has school been lately?" asked Yohmei as he poured everyone a cup of warm tea.
Anna, warming her hands with her cup, gave a barely-noticeable smile to the two who were almost like parents to her.
"Hokkyokusei Academy isn't as grand as people say it is. But, it's passable, though the company there leaves much to be desired." She glanced at Yoh as she said this. Yoh gulped and looked away, for he had opted against joining Anna in her career. He liked listening to her sing, but he wasn't very big on singing himself. It took too much work, all that practicing. He'd much rather listen and enjoy what he heard than do any of the work himself, even though whenever Anna came, she drilled him with lessons. He never looked forward to that part of her visits.
Yohmei nodded. "I'm sorry you had to transfer to a specialized school for idols. I was under the impression that you'd have wanted to attend the same school as Yoh."
Anna's smile was not without bitterness, though it was so slight that no one in the room noticed. Yoh might've if only he had been looking at her then, but at that moment, his gaze was elsewhere. "Being an idol has its ups and downs," she murmured. "Normal school life is hard to maintain while being an idol. It's much more convenient this way."
Kino nodded, as if she had already expected the answer. As the financial backing behind Funbari Onsens, she had seen her fair share of the sort of life an idol led. It wasn't something that she'd have forced on anyone, but she understood that Anna was not one who liked to be in debt. Anna's choice to start singing had been her way of repaying Kino for all those years that she had looked after her.
Yoh almost nodded off as they continued chatting about this and that. His grades. Tamao's training. Anna's new albums. He might have even started dreaming, since he saw oranges drift by in front of his eyes...but oranges couldn't really float around in the sky, could they? Not unless they were clouds of course, but he wasn't even outside...
"Is Yoh an only child?" asked Anna.
Suddenly, he was wide awake and staring at Anna, whose expression gave nothing away. She seemed almost unconcerned about her question, except Yoh knew otherwise. If she had been unconcerned, she wouldn't have guarded her expression as closely as she did now.
He glanced towards his grandparents and was shocked to see that they, on the other hand, had paled considerably. Yohmei looked like he was about to say something but didn't quite know how to put it into words.
"Yoh doesn't have a sister, does he?" Anna's second question seemed to bring back the color in Yohmei and Kino's face.
Yohmei shook a little, as if amused by the question, though it might have been from nervousness or maybe even relief. "No, no he doesn't. What makes you ask that?"
"Then does he have any female cousins near his age, by any chance?" pressed Anna.
This time Kino answered.
"No, he doesn't. Not that we know of. From this side of the family he only has two male cousins. They're currently residing in America, and they're not anywhere near Yoh's age."
Anna blew on her tea, though it had cooled a long time ago. It merely gave her time to put together her thoughts. She glanced up at Kino and Yohmei and then at Yoh.
"So...it's possible that Yoh might have cousins that we don't know of on his father's side?"
"It's not impossible..." ventured Yohmei, not quite sure where Anna was taking the conversation.
Anna nodded, as if reassured.
"Then it's quite possible then," Anna paused and took out a magazine from her bag, "that this girl is related to the Asakuras?"
She placed the magazine on the table. Three pairs of eyes widened, though for different reasons.
"Where-" began Yoh, for the magazine looked awfully familiar. He had a bad feeling about all of this.
Anna turned towards him fiercely and smiled a scary smile. "From your room, where else? Care to tell me exactly why you have this? And who," Anna stabbed her finger at the girl on the front of the magazine, "she is?"
Maybe that was why Anna had looked so livid when he spotted her at the entrance right before they headed inside together. She had found it. The magazine. It was the magazine with Ha-chan on the cover. It was the only magazine that he had borrowed from Manta, along with two CD recordings of Ha-chan's singles.
He didn't understand why Anna was so angry though. All he knew was that anything he managed to say now would be considered wrong by Anna.
-----tbc-----
a/n: Now I'm getting to the fun part. >:D
*Hokkyokusei Academy = North Star Academy
Also, anyone going to Fanime and want to pay together? My friend is looking for people to do group registration with so that they'd get a group discount. I've already paid though...so I couldn't help out with that.
My goal of writing miscellaneous stuff to total 50k this month isn't going so well at the moment. Only 4%... ^^;; But anyway, today's update is for Twin Stars, a Shaman King AU, idol universe. For au100.
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Twin Stars
Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King.
Notes: for au100 theme #90 'it'
Words: 1249
Archive: lj / ffnet
-----Chapter 9: the visit-----
Yoh was on his hill as usual, where he had a good view of the entire place. Off in the corner of his eye, he could see the wide expanse that the Asakura estates covered, and far to the left of that was the small school that he attended. It wasn't a large school by any means, since his town was essentially one in the countryside where few people actually settled down. On this hill of his, he was able to see far and beyond with one sweeping gaze, and that was exactly what he did as a break from admiring the clouds.
That was when he saw the black limousine pull in to stop right in front of the large gates of his home.
He shot up immediately, the quiet peace disturbed. A startled sparrow that had been hopping around near him took off into the air.
He started making his way down the hill.
Anna was here.
-----
"Yoh," was Anna's terse greeting the moment he stepped into the courtyard. Ryu had already parked the car and had already taken whatever gifts Anna brought this time into the house. Anna waited just outside the door. She had already gone in and saw that Yoh wasn't inside. She looked livid for some reason and was tapping her foot. Yoh was almost afraid to approach her since she was clearly in a bad mood. But Anna hadn't visited in a while. Just the thought of Anna finally visiting him put a hesitant smile over face. At his smile, Anna just rolled her eyes, though she did seem to cool down a bit.
"Anna, do you think you could sign something for a friend of mine?" asked Yoh, in case he forgot to ask later. He thought of how happy Manta would be to get something signed by Anna. Manta hadn't asked, but Yoh thought he should do something for his friend since Yoh had borrowed quite a few things from Manta already.
Anna was surprised and almost stopped fuming, but she just pursed her lips and uttered a short, "we'll see," before she nodded towards the door, indicating that they should go in.
She waited until his steps matched hers, and together they headed inside.
-----
"These are just simple gifts," murmured Anna as she motioned for Ryu to hand over the basket of oranges that she had brought.
Kino took the basket, all the while murmuring that Anna didn't need to bring gifts when she visited, for weren't they almost like family? Still, Anna always brought something when she visited. One time it had been a special brand of chocolate that she had gotten introduced to by one of her fans. This time she had decided on oranges over everything else because Yoh had been heavily on her mind when she was choosing her gift.
"How has school been lately?" asked Yohmei as he poured everyone a cup of warm tea.
Anna, warming her hands with her cup, gave a barely-noticeable smile to the two who were almost like parents to her.
"Hokkyokusei Academy isn't as grand as people say it is. But, it's passable, though the company there leaves much to be desired." She glanced at Yoh as she said this. Yoh gulped and looked away, for he had opted against joining Anna in her career. He liked listening to her sing, but he wasn't very big on singing himself. It took too much work, all that practicing. He'd much rather listen and enjoy what he heard than do any of the work himself, even though whenever Anna came, she drilled him with lessons. He never looked forward to that part of her visits.
Yohmei nodded. "I'm sorry you had to transfer to a specialized school for idols. I was under the impression that you'd have wanted to attend the same school as Yoh."
Anna's smile was not without bitterness, though it was so slight that no one in the room noticed. Yoh might've if only he had been looking at her then, but at that moment, his gaze was elsewhere. "Being an idol has its ups and downs," she murmured. "Normal school life is hard to maintain while being an idol. It's much more convenient this way."
Kino nodded, as if she had already expected the answer. As the financial backing behind Funbari Onsens, she had seen her fair share of the sort of life an idol led. It wasn't something that she'd have forced on anyone, but she understood that Anna was not one who liked to be in debt. Anna's choice to start singing had been her way of repaying Kino for all those years that she had looked after her.
Yoh almost nodded off as they continued chatting about this and that. His grades. Tamao's training. Anna's new albums. He might have even started dreaming, since he saw oranges drift by in front of his eyes...but oranges couldn't really float around in the sky, could they? Not unless they were clouds of course, but he wasn't even outside...
"Is Yoh an only child?" asked Anna.
Suddenly, he was wide awake and staring at Anna, whose expression gave nothing away. She seemed almost unconcerned about her question, except Yoh knew otherwise. If she had been unconcerned, she wouldn't have guarded her expression as closely as she did now.
He glanced towards his grandparents and was shocked to see that they, on the other hand, had paled considerably. Yohmei looked like he was about to say something but didn't quite know how to put it into words.
"Yoh doesn't have a sister, does he?" Anna's second question seemed to bring back the color in Yohmei and Kino's face.
Yohmei shook a little, as if amused by the question, though it might have been from nervousness or maybe even relief. "No, no he doesn't. What makes you ask that?"
"Then does he have any female cousins near his age, by any chance?" pressed Anna.
This time Kino answered.
"No, he doesn't. Not that we know of. From this side of the family he only has two male cousins. They're currently residing in America, and they're not anywhere near Yoh's age."
Anna blew on her tea, though it had cooled a long time ago. It merely gave her time to put together her thoughts. She glanced up at Kino and Yohmei and then at Yoh.
"So...it's possible that Yoh might have cousins that we don't know of on his father's side?"
"It's not impossible..." ventured Yohmei, not quite sure where Anna was taking the conversation.
Anna nodded, as if reassured.
"Then it's quite possible then," Anna paused and took out a magazine from her bag, "that this girl is related to the Asakuras?"
She placed the magazine on the table. Three pairs of eyes widened, though for different reasons.
"Where-" began Yoh, for the magazine looked awfully familiar. He had a bad feeling about all of this.
Anna turned towards him fiercely and smiled a scary smile. "From your room, where else? Care to tell me exactly why you have this? And who," Anna stabbed her finger at the girl on the front of the magazine, "she is?"
Maybe that was why Anna had looked so livid when he spotted her at the entrance right before they headed inside together. She had found it. The magazine. It was the magazine with Ha-chan on the cover. It was the only magazine that he had borrowed from Manta, along with two CD recordings of Ha-chan's singles.
He didn't understand why Anna was so angry though. All he knew was that anything he managed to say now would be considered wrong by Anna.
-----tbc-----
a/n: Now I'm getting to the fun part. >:D
*Hokkyokusei Academy = North Star Academy