My Name, My Life, My Blood, My family

By: [email protected]

------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: Shaman King belongs to Hiroyuki Takei Non-Yaoi, Non-Yuri : Romance/General (Slight Angst) : PG-13

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Yoh and Manta walked along-side Anna down a busy street in Tokyo. "Anna, are you sure about this?" Yoh asked meekly, looking at her. "Yes Yoh, I've told you at least twelve times already." 'Well, at least she didn't attempt double homicide this time,' Yoh thought to himself and shrugged. Anna coughed into her hand again and shivered, trying her best to hide the fact that she was sick at all. They reached the store that they were headed to and Anna pulled the door open, faltering lightly in her step as she walked it. Manta and Yoh looked at her with concern, "You sure you're up to this?" Yoh asked again. "Yes, Yoh, yes!" Anna growled. Manta and Yoh followed Anna around the women's clothing department, eyes cast down to the floor. "Wait here," Anna commanded in her usual cold, almost monotone voice. Yoh just smiled lightly, quickly looking up at her and nodded, he could see straight through her facade despite how concrete she seemed to think it was, after all he had known her for the majority of his life. His eyes followed her as she walked into the Fitting Room; he had this eerie feeling in the pit of his stomach, like there was something wrong, what he didn't know. He tried his best to shrug the feeling off, as he leaned up against a pillar. He slowly went into a trance as he stared at the pattern on the floor, following each of the tiles with his eyes. "Yoh? Yoh..." Manta asked, shaking Yoh's arm, trying to get his attention, but he was obviously lost deep in thought.

Anna looked at herself in the mirror, brushing her hair behind her ear, sighing tiredly. Her eyes began to blur slightly. She started to sit down but stood up straight with determination. "No Anna, you've got to snap out of it," she scolded herself, rubbing her left temple lightly. She couldn't be sick, she had to be strong or no doubt Yoh would get himself killed or worse. And even if he was strong enough to keep that from happening he would no doubt go right back into his slacking ways and undo all her hard work. She continued thinking as she debated between the two articles of clothing she had in her hand. She decided on one and started to walk out of Fitting Room, only to stumble, nearly falling to the floor, but catching herself on the door facing. She shook her head forcefully trying to make her vision better and walked as quickly as she could to find Yoh and Manta, buy her clothes and get out of there. When she found Yoh and Manta she grabbed Yoh's wrist, causing him to come out of his trance quickly. "Come on, let's go." Yoh nodded and followed her, Manta following Yoh as usual. Shortly before they reached the front of the store Anna felt her face get hot, and her entire body begin to shiver, then her vision blurred, and then faded as she felt herself fall onto the concrete tile floor. "Anna!" she heard Yoh nearly shriek, just as she lost consciousness.

Yoh felt panic grip his entire body, he knew something bad was going to happen, why on earth didn't he stop her? "Anna..." he repeated desperately, pulling her head into his lap, trying to wake her, "Manta, go call an ambulance," he instructed as his small friend ran towards the telephone."One step ahead of you," he replied.

So... here is my Prologue. It's the first story I've ever done that I can remember that wasn't strictly romance so I don't know how well it'll turn out. But come back when I update and see what's wrong with Anna, and why it matters. Read and Review!