Disclaimer: Shaman King belongs to their respective owners.

Author Notes: Thank you to all of you who have reviewed! Reviews are always accepted and appreciated greatly! Especially right now! I am really really lazy.. and I desperately need motivation to work… and any kind of feedback might *speed* up the writing process in all my fics. This is the final chapter that I'm planning on writing for this fic. (Wahhhh! School starts tomorrow!)

Dedication: To all my motivators! You know who you are! (Because I'm very lazy in naming people… and it's a long list XD) Who have tried their best to motivate me… Ehh.. maybe I'll name some.. da*mouse, hikari14, apple-chan -- and all the people who write Yona's! I may not have reviewed all of them -- YET, but they really inspired and motivated me to continue to write. (As I am very lazy.) Special dedication to by best friend, Kyrene… who helped me pretty much throughout the whole fic.

Warning: OOC… PWP, fantasy, mature events and fluffy-ness… whoo… that's a lot! Watch out! Oh and I must also apologize for possibly rushing and faulty writing. ^^;;

Frozen Ray, Ch. 3

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Soft moans filled the evening air, arousing the occupants of the room. Vows of eternal devotion were mumbled between kisses. They were bounded together by touch, by emotions and by their endless love for one another. Even anxious thoughts about forthcoming events faded slightly as the kiss prolonged. But even heavy kisses couldn't take away the weight of dinner away from Yoh's mind.

'Traditional Japanese… or… mmm… or… oh.. Ah… that feels good… Gah! Where was I? Crud.. can't remember the other choices. I hope there are enough groceries to get us through the night. I think I went shopping… a few days ago. But still… DAMN.. those tingles are starting to come back again… What do I do about dinner… dinner… dinner…'

"Dinner…" Yoh softly mumbled as soon as the kiss broke.

Anna smiled slightly at her husband's sudden outburst. "Hungry aren't we..?" Her finger traced lovingly across his cheek. Yoh shook his head vigorously, trying to show her that she misunderstood.

"Well… now that you mentioned it…"

Yoh swallowed. 'No.. no! That's not what I meant! I don't want this moment to end!'

"I am kind of famished myself…" Anna continued, raising a finger to her chin.

'No.. god please no!! Anytime… Anything but now!'

"Go make dinner," she finished. 

'Damn,' Yoh thought while mentally kicking himself for mentioning the word. Slowly he stood up, but not before releasing a groan and a sigh. He made a face to show his contempt at the chore, causing Anna to laugh melodically. Pleased with himself for making his wife laugh out loud, Yoh grinned as he kneeled down to kiss Anna once more. He stepped out of the onsen, grimacing as the cool air immediately spread throughout his body.

"Wait…" she began, "How about… we make dinner… together?"

Yoh swallowed as a few … impure images played in his mind, "T-together?"

"Yeah… You know.. I can make one part of the meal.. and you do another part."

"Oh." His thoughts instantly vanished in disappointment. His features drifted from excitement to a lightly depressed look.

Anna glanced at his abrupt facial change, "What were you thinking about?"

"Nothing… really… interesting.." Yoh cleared his throat as he put out his right hand, "Well then… shall we go make dinner then?"

Anna smiled as she grabbed his hand, allowing herself to be pulled up by her husband. When they stood face to face out of the hot spring, the couple couldn't help but embrace each other again. With new warmth surging within their bodies, they kissed once more before they began to clean up around the room. Yoh blew out the candles while Anna turned on the lights. He was about to pick up the candles when Anna told him to leave them there.

"You never know when we'll be using this again…" Her voice spoke softly while her hand fiddled with the light switch.

Yoh nodded as he reached for Anna's other hand resting on her side, "You're right. And hopefully.. maybe the next time we won't have other things to worry about…" He scowled at the thought of making dinner. But at the last second before Anna could notice, he shook his head breaking out into a grin, thinking, 'At least… this time I won't be doing this alone.' 

~~~

Yoh scanned through the cupboards for the fifth time. Whizzing around to open the fridge door again, he sighed, closing the door when the same results occurred. It was almost empty. Trays and sections were filled with absolutely nothing. The cupboards were much the same… except for a few cans that were sitting in the top section. The label(s) read: Cornball's Curry Crazie Canned Culinary.

Yoh shuddered as he mumbled the words. He looked at Anna with a sickened gaze, "All we have… is… that… stuff…" He pointed at the opened cupboard's contents.

It was a Christmas gift from Horo Horo a few months ago. Yoh remembered his words when he finished unwrapping the cans.

"It's sooooooo good. You guys have to try it. A lot of people don't like canned goods but once you heat this up, you can't tell the difference!" He grinned as he pointed to the front image of the can. "It has a little bit of meat, vegetables and seafood… Can you believe that? All you need is rice and this baby and you'll have dinner out in no time!"

Yoh swallowed trying hard to fight off the nausea that made his stomach churn. "…I should have bought groceries when I still could have.."

Anna appeared beside him resting her hand on his shoulder, "Might as well eat it… since it's the only… thing to eat at this point and time."

The boy sighed in defeat. He knew she was right… there was nothing else left that could fill their empty stomachs but still… it was a disturbing thought. Yoh was sure that his stomach was completely different from Horo Horo's. What if one bite of that… Cornball stuff caused him to throw up all night?

"Heat it up. Yoh." Anna commanded as she grabbed the empty rice pot beside her. Opening the sack sitting behind it, she scooped out a handful of rice using a cup and then poured it into the pot.

Yoh threw the hand-used can opener into the sink as he poured the contents of the two cans into an empty pan. Sizzling loudly, Yoh stirred the curry around with a wooden spoon. He watched Anna from the corner of his eye, washing the rice grains before finally filling it half way with water and placing it into it's larger, electrical counterpart.

"I'm actually glad…" Anna quietly started.

Yoh looked up from the pan, meeting her silent stare.

She continued, seeing that she had his attention, "..That this snowstorm occurred.."

Yoh grinned, "Me too… I mean… this day's been great.. snowstorm or not.. Although this blizzard had been an interesting… setback.."

"…I wanted to talk … to you…" her voice still spoke quietly, as if she was afraid of their conversation being overheard. Before Yoh could reply, Anna continued, "About... something serious..."

Yoh dropped the spoon into the pan, "…What…"

"How do you feel about… having a family? I mean… Of our own.." she twiddled her thumbs, not looking at his shocked expression that he wore. "I talked to Faust… He said that my body was ready to conceive.. But Yoh.. If you think it's too early.. or.. I don't know.. what do you think?"

He picked up the spoon and began stirring again. 'A… family. Our family. Hn. Little.. miniature figures of us… running around..'

Anna looked at Yoh with a look of concern, "Yoh?" When silence responded her, she mentally kicked herself, 'I knew I shouldn't have told him so soon. It's only been a little over a year since our marriage.. But I think we're ready.. aren't we?' A sigh escaped her lips as she whispered, "This has to be something… we both want... and I think we're ready."

Yoh continued imagining a future where he and Anna became parents. 'What would we even name our kids? Wait.. too far ahead… But a child… together… A person created… by our love for each other… What am I thinking? I don't know…really.. But a kid.. wouldn't be so bad.'

"Daddy, daddy! Mommy is trying to train me! Daddy!!! You have to help me… Please hide me! I don't know what a push-up is! But it sounds like hard work! Please…!"  Yoh snickered at the thought.

Anna looked up shockingly from her twirling fingers at the sound of Yoh's laughter. "What's so funny?"

"It's.. nothing.." Yoh chuckled as he sighed contently. "I think we're also ready… to have a child.."

She couldn't believe her ears. "..You mean… that… Well.. you're not freaking out? Not even a little? I mean.. I'm talking about bringing new people in this world.. Expanding the Asakura family… You're not even a little bit… worried? I mean.. even YOU would worry… about this.. or at least you should.. a little. Any man with wits would and should freak out!"

Yoh couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Gomen. I'm not really worried… Actually.. I'm excited."

"Excited?" Anna raised an eyebrow, "How so?"

Yoh smiled as he winked at his wife, "Well… this means we're going to be doing it a lot aren't we?" His answer earned him a mumbled, "Hentai" and the classic eye-roll.

Peaking out at the window, Yoh realized that snowstorm had passed. He placed a lid over the pan and turned the stove knob to 'low', before he rushed past Anna, pulling her with him.

"--Yoh! What are you---?" She was interrupted when a jacket was tossed towards her. Clueless, Anna pulled on her coat, thinking how it was a good thing to change into their casual wear after their dip in the onsen.

"Come let's go!" he cried eagerly as he slipped on his sandals and slid the door open.

"Yoh! What are you doing? Sandals? Are you nuts?! You're going to get frostbite!" Anna quickly slipped on her shoes, trying to catch up with Yoh's sudden change in behaviour.

"That doesn't matter right now.. let's go…!"

Yoh grabbed Anna's hand and ran outside. Darkness loomed the skies but not a cloud was in sight. It was a clear evening and thousands of glimmering stars could be seen. The moon too.. was visible, hanging high above the black sky. The fullness of the white orb would have caused anyone passing the scene by to stop and look.

If the crushed snow above and below Yoh's feet froze his toes, he didn't seem to complain or even.. notice it.

"Isn't it beautiful?" The boy asked, gazing deeply into the sky.

"Ah." Anna agreed, resting her head on her husband's shoulder. She wrapped her arms around his waist, breath taken away by the elegant sight. Even the cold could not turn her back now. Suddenly, a glowing ray swept across the sky, leaving a tail of light behind it's path. "Look.." She pointed, "A shooting star."

"Ah… time to make a wish.." Yoh closed his eyes as he beamed. Anna watched him grin and couldn't help but suppress her own. She shut her eyes, wishing for her own dream to come true.

Opening their eyes, the couple stood there for a few minutes longer watching the stars before heading back inside. (Because Yoh realized that wearing sandals while your feet are buried in snow was a very freezing experience.)

~~~

"I told you NOT to wear sandals! But did you listen to me? No no no.. And look what happened," Anna looked at Yoh's severely reddened feet. "What were you thinking? I can't believe I let your recklessness get away like that."

"It's not that bad…" Yoh argued. His feet were soaking in a small tub of hot water Anna had run off to get when he almost collapsed on the floor.

"If we stayed out there longer… for sure you would have gotten frostbite! And then we would have to amputate your feet and… then a wheelchair… and our children.."

Yoh pulled Anna into a gentle kiss, cutting off her words. As they broke apart, Yoh placed a finger on Anna's lips, silencing her response. "…I'm fine. Besides.. all those purification ceremonies weren't done for nothing right?"

"But.."

"No buts.. besides.. I'm starving!" Yoh patted his stomach, then reached over for a towel to dry his feet.

"…Can you walk?" Anna bit her lip as Yoh began to stand up.

"Of course.. what did you think I-- " Yoh pretended that his feet were still immobile. His body was starting to fall towards his concerned wife. Anna held out her arms ready to catch and possibly break his fall when instead a pair of strong arms wrapped around her hipline. Soon after the realization that Yoh had faked it, Anna felt his warm lips leave kisses on her neck and trailing lower.

"…You're bad.. Asakura Yoh.."

"And proud of it, babe…" he finished, kissing her tenderly on her lips. 'With a treat like this… who needs dinner?'

~~~

Yoh looked down at his plate, watching the curry sink into his rice. Like a disease, it was spreading throughout the small puffy grains, tainting wherever it touched with a trace of its dark liquid. Within minutes the whole plate of plain, white rice was drenched with Cornball's Curry Crazie Canned Culinary. Yoh felt his stomach suddenly have the urge to do back flips.

"Eat it." Anna ordered, although she too was worried at their dinner's final appearance. Did regular curry even flow like that?

"Why… d-don't you eat it f-f-first?" Yoh stammered.

She glared at him before replying, "How about.. we both do it at the same time? We need to have food in our systems you know. And who knows? Maybe it'll actually be… good."

"Yeah right.." He mumbled as he took a spoonful of it and held it in front of him. "On the count of three."

Anna followed, quietly gulping in silence as the oozing liquid from her spoon fell back onto the plate of curry rice.

"Three… two.. one."

The spoons reluctantly went into their mouths… But to their surprise, they didn't immediately begin spitting out the curry as they had predicted. Slowly they chewed their bit of dinner, unexpectedly savouring the delicious flavour.

"It's.. not bad.." Anna complimented lightly.

Yoh nodded his head as he dug in another spoonful. And another. And another. Eventually, the plates in front of them were empty and their stomachs were satisfyingly full.

"I've got to hand it to Horo Horo… I guess… for once he was right..." Yoh grinned. He gazed over at Anna who seemed to at a loss for words, glancing all over the room as if hoping to find a word that matched her current mood.

Breaking the silence between them, Yoh took their dishes into the sink and turned on the tap. His hand reached for the bottle of dish detergent when a voice stopped him.

"Leave it. You can do it tomorrow… Come with me... I'm tired..." she motioned for him to follow.

"Can't blame you.." Yoh mumbled as he toddled behind her. His thoughts reviewed over the events of the day… playing over and over like a movie in his head.

'A perfect day…'

~~~

Yoh held Anna in his arms as she cuddled beside him. Their bodies were completely bare under the layers of blanket over them. After hours of lovemaking they finally decided to turn in for the night. Holding each other close, they whispered words that would complete this perfect day and imprint this memory for the many years to come.

"…Anna.." his voice was no louder than a quiet whisper.

"…What is it.." she replied, lightly panting in between words. Her eyes opened slowly to meet her lover's gaze.

"I love you…"

She smiled as she heard those words… Each time he said it… her belief in him and those words grew stronger.. Never would her ears grow tired of those words that shaped her life entirely.

"I love you too Yoh… always.. and forever."

~Owari

Note: Purification ceremonies -- seen when Yoh was sitting or when Anna stood up under a waterfall. (In the anime… Manta placed his finger in the water and it froze up. XD)