Hi everybody! This is my first Shaman King fanfic, so I hope you will all enjoy reading it.

I got the idea when watching episode 57…and I decided to do a re-make of the episode of the Yoh-Anna part. May sound too OOC, but well, hope you won't mind that much.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King…if I do I won't be writing this.

'Hao has no intention in becoming Shaman King…right?' A girl said simply.

'Yeah.' A young shaman walked to stand beside her. 'I realized it when I heard Hao's voice in the Gate of Babylon. He's already had enough power. Now, he doesn't have to go through the task of winning Shaman Tournament. He can obtain the Great Spirit already.'

'I see'.

Amidamaru, the shaman's spirit, and Manta, his short human friend, were standing behind them, trying to understand what their master and friend were talking about. The blonde and the brunette, however, kept on whispering to each other.

'You two,' Anna glared coldly at the ghost and shorty behind her, 'go and find the others.'

A simple command that they did not dare to disobey, and they left quickly. For Manta who had been staying with them before, he knew of all kinds of torture Anna would give him if he dare to disobey. For Amidamaru…well he might have wished to die for a second time.

'I came all the way to become the Shaman King,' Yoh said in a surprisingly serious tone, 'but now, there's something even more important that I have to do.' This is harder thatI thought…'I …I don't want him to kill anybody. Anymore.' What will Anna think of me…will she hate me for betraying the promise I made to her back when I was ten…?

Anna just glanced at him without muttering a word.

This is something I must do…but…

'If he's not going to participate in the Shaman Tournament, then I don't have to either.'

She wants to be Shaman Queen right? If I'm going to be the Shaman King…will she leave me?

Asakura Yoh wasn trying hard to suppress his tears.

'I'm sorry.'

I failed you.

SLAP!

He couldn't say he had not expected the slap, but even after months of 'training' he still was not immune to her smack.

'Baka'.

He blinked.

Anna in a split second threw her arms around Yoh.

Yoh blinked again. All of a sudden, he seemed to know why his fiancée sent his friends away a minute ago.

'Even so…I am still Asakura Yoh's wife.' She said firmly, yet with something more. Yoh just smiled and laughed at his stupidity. What a fool he was to doubt Anna's love for him. He hugged her back. For a brief moment he could truly relax. He forgot about his going-to-be fight with his twin brother. He forgot about the hope and pressure people put on him to destroy Hao. At the moment all he wanted to do was to cherish his love one's presence.

'I have faith in you, Yoh.' The blonde broke the silence and looked into his eyes. Yoh noticed something in hers. There were loves, hopes, yet also worries. 'I believe you can kill that bastard.

'If you fail, I won't forgive you.' She hissed. He startled, but then just smirked and placed a kiss on Anna's cheek. 'Don't worry. Everything's going to be alright.' He held her closer to his body, a hint of uncertainty and fear in his voice. She noticed.

'Say it only when you mean it.' She demanded in her icy yet warm tone. 'I understand you don't want to fight your own brother, and you are afraid that his power is far greater than we ever imagined, that you will lose.' The brunette gulped. Their relationship had been in a state that they could undersand each other with mere words.

'But don't you forget your promise to Matamune? (*)' Yoh raised his eyebrows.

'You promised that you will be strong enough to revive him….' Anna lowered her head, not daring to look into his brown eyes. 'A samurai should not take back his won words.

'So you must defeat Hao, then you will be strong enough to see your first friend again.'

Yoh looked at her, shocked. Yes, he still had to fulfill his promise to the cat spirit. Matamune was the first one to know exactly how he felt. The first one he considered 'a friend' although he had known him just for a few days. He suddenly remembered the poem Matamune wrote for him.

At least...the person who is waiting for you surely won't let you feel lonely.

He smiled livingly at his fiancée.

But now he also had Anna, who stood by him everytime he needed her.

'Thank you Anna.' His fingers were now playing with her short hair.

'For everything…if not for you I wouldn't have made this far.' Anna felt his face leaning closer to hers, feeling his warm breath. Yet she didn't resist.

'I love you.'

As if the moment was lasting forever, their lips met, their eyes closed, their tongues knot. To them they were the only two people that exist on the world. Yoh was tasting her lips with great passion. He was worried he would not be able to see her again. So was Anna. Her love for Yoh was undeniable by anyone, but the thought of losing her fiancé forever, that Hao might win and take his soul…was truly something she dare to even think about.

The blonde gave a soft moan when Yoh kissed her neck. 'I will miss you,' he said plainly. 'You bet' came the reply. Time seemed to freeze just for the two of them. They looked again passionately into each others' eyes.

'I want to give you this.' The brunette took out something out of his pocket. Anna just looked curiously at his action, then gasped.

It was a ring.

'This,' he pointed out, 'was the Asakura family ring. My dad gave this to me the night before. A symbol of being an Asakura, as he told me.' He slowly shifted his gaze back to Anna, who looked shocked.

'And I want you to have it.'

Anna was just too stunned to think of anything. 'I…I don't know what to say Yoh.'

'I don't know what will happen after fighting Hao, so I want to give you this, symbolizing your position as an Asakura.' He smirked playfully. 'Asakura Anna.'

Two simple words meant the world to her.

'You baka.

'We are now in a desert, standing beyond the cliff. You are going to fight against your own blood, you could die, and you choose this moment to propose? What kind of idiot are you?'

Yoh would have jumped off the cliff right at that moment if he had not seen Anna smiling and flushing madly.

'So… is that a "yes" ' ?

'This,' Yoh gently slipped the ring onto her finger while Anna spoke, 'is probably the most hopelessly romantic thing you've ever done.' She smiled at him, then leaned forward to place a kiss on his lips. Yoh's arms were wrapping her think waist, pulling her closer.

'Seriously, don't you have enough of all kissing already?'

The couple quickly broke off to see Tao Ren walking towards them. The Chinese shaman was trying hard to keep a poker face, but it was quite difficult for him not to laugh at his friend's boldness.

Yoh and Anna, on the other hand, were blushing furiously and suddenly found their feet quite an interesting object to look at. 'Ren…you heard everything?'

'Not really. I was trying to find you guys and the others, walking aimlessly in this damn place, and hah! Then I find you two snogging. I have to admit I never expect to see such drama, especially when we are going to fight your stupid brother.'

'Right… so let's go now shall we?' He nodded and started to leave. 'And Ren?' 'What?' The boy with sharply pointed purple hair turned to look at the lovebird. 'Don't tell anyone about this…alright?' Yoh was smiling nervously at him.

'The kissing part or the proposing part? He smirked.

Yoh paled.

'Don't worry. I am not like that Ainu baka who will tell the whole country about everything. You can count on me on this.'

'Ah…arigato.'

'Hmm…and by the way, I visited your place the night before we left for America. I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to know if I could find someone to accompany me.' He paused for a while, enjoying the horrifying look on his friend's face. 'Then when I walked near your room, I heard some…soft sound that I thought only married couple would give at night.'

Yoh wished Hao could just appear and kill him at that instinct.

'So come to think about it, I can't really say I don't expect to see you two that busy a minute ago.'

'That's it.'

SLAP!

Anna, who had kept silent for the moment, slapped the Chinese shaman. Hard.

'As much as I can trust you Ren, I don't enjoy hearing people talking about our private life. So shut up and let's get going.'

Anna will always be Anna, no matter what. Both Yoh and Ren mentally reminded themselves.

'Yoh,' she turned to his fiancé, with hint of worry in her voice. Ren noticed and decided to go first.

She walked to him and hugged him. 'Promise me you will come back.' Yoh was actually quite surprised to see Anna feeling worried, but he just chuckled. 'Don't worry, I promise.' 'Yoh,' 'Hmm?' Anna stayed silent for a while. Maybe it's not the right time to inform him. 'I love you.' She kissed him for the last time. Then the couple started following Ren's direction, walking hand in hand.

Anna peeked at Yoh then looked at her stomach, smiling lovingly. She whispered mentally.

'Don't worry. Your father will be fine.'

-The End-

Hoah! This took longer than I originally thought.

So what do you think of this story? Is it good? Bad? Any suggestions to make this or the following chapter better?

(*) For those who haven't read the manga before, Matamune was the cat spirit of the Asakura. He was once Hao's servant (and his only friend, and Hao himself said) 500 years ago but when Hao turned evil, Matamune helped the Asakuras to defeat Hao.

In the manga vol.19-20 'the Osorezan revoir', Matamune died in order to save 10 years old Anna who was possessed by an Oni. Yoh promised that he would be strong enough one day to summon him againI strongly suggest everyone to read this part. It is my favourite part in the whole manga series.

(Matamune hadn't appeared in the anime, sadly.)

I was planning to write another one, based on the last episode of the anime. And again , it will be a re-make instead of following fully the episode. But since I am going to take exams the following week, it may be released around a month later.

Ah, and also, reviews are always welcome… at any time. =]