Epilogue
It has been a week and Anna was thankful that peace has finally returned. Yoh's friends had managed to leave them alone at Funbari and she wished that it would stay that way, well she sometimes welcome Manta and Ryu's visit because she needed someone to order around the house.
It was already twilight and Yoh still hasn't returned. Anna was getting anxious but she'll be dammed if she showed it to him.
Eversince they had return to their home, at Funbari, Yoh had changed…well he might be stupid and naïve sometimes but he had definitely changed. Everyday he was open to her about his feelings. He also freely showed her how much she had loved her. It was embarrassing and it usually ended up with him lying unconscious on the tatami floor but she was very happy.
She was jolted out of her reverie when she felt his presence at the room. She pretended to be engrossed with the TV show that she was watching. He went straight to the kitchen and heard him placed the groceries on the table then there was silence. Anna got curious as to why he became silent so she turned her head and received the great surprise of her life.
Her lips were connected to his own. She never knew how did in the world he got to her side but that really surprised her. As if on instinct, her left hand suddenly connected to his cheek but that wasn't enough to send him reeling to the floor. She realized that she too has also changed, or maybe not, or maybe because the lack of practice her force weakened. She brushed that idea away because just yesterday she had made Ryu flying on to the air for slacking off.
"I'm back, Anna!" Yoh gave her a grin and sat beside her. "What are you watching?"
"I don't know." She looked around then faced Yoh. "Where is Amidamaru?"
"He went out to party with his friends at the cemetery." Yoh laid his head on the table and faced her. He started to tell her about his day at the market with a smile while Anna just listened intently at him. Anna suddenly stood up and glared at him.
"Disturb me today and I will kill you." Anna darkly said. Yoh's face brightened because that meant that Anna was going to cook their dinner today. He followed her to the kitchen and watched her prepare all the ingredients in the sink.
While watching her busy back Yoh smiled at the things that were happening to them. "Hey Anna, we have been together for so long right?"
"Hmmm…"
"How long would it take for you to turn 18?" Anna stopped on chopping the vegetables and glared at him. Yoh paled and tried to pacify her. "Never mind, I was just wondering that's all."
"Ask me another stupid question again and this knife won't be cutting these vegetables." Yoh gulped and saw that Anna returned to her work.
"Are you happy with the way things are right now?" Yoh asked again. Anna thought that Yoh was weird before but right now he was downright annoying and noisy.
"What is with these 1000 questions? Did you eat something bad on the way home?" Yoh laughed and looked away. Anna knew that unconscious movement of his, it was a sign of nervousness and something that would clearly blow her mind off.
"I just wanted to know because I never got to talk to you about this before." Yoh pouted.
"If I answer would you leave me alone?" Yoh nodded excitedly and she sighed. "I have always been happy, you are just too dense." Anna quickly returned to her work and started chopping like mad. Yoh smiled clearly satisfied with her answer.
"You know if I haven't seen you personally back then at the realm, I think we wouldn't be here right now. I'm glad I remembered…but it is just too weird because after all that fighting and stuff about returning your memory…everything just seemed too easy."
"Why do you want to complicate things further? I think it was better that way because you sure wouldn't handle…with the way you are."
Yoh frowned and grinned. He stood up and silently went over to her. "I think my punishment had already ended the moment we return." He suddenly hugged Anna from behind.
"Take your hands off me." Anna darkly warned him. That only made his grip tighter on her. "What is wrong with you today?"
"I guess you are right about making it far too easy for me because there are things that are far too complicated for me to do." He rested his chin on her shoulders and inhaled her scent.
"Hug me even tighter and I would be joining Amidamaru on his drinking spree…although that would be a nice idea." Her voice turned into a mere whisper but Yoh still heard her.
"Why would you say that?" He released his hold on her and frowned. Her demeanor changed from happy to the girl he saw at the lake.
"How could you act like that when we both know that I am a stained woman…I have killed a lot of people?" Yoh was surprised at her outburst and smiled gently at her.
"It wasn't your fault…" Anna frowned at his words. Yoh sighed and looked at the sky. "Did you know that I had a talk with Loki and Hao today? I asked them about stuff like that and they told me that what had happened or the lives that were lost eventually came back." Anna still wasn't convinced in fact she was even more confused. "Sure you had done a lot of things in the past but as long as you learn something from it and made sure to make up for it I know that everything would be fine. One more thing, it was my fault too because I somehow…left you at that time. So I told to myself that I wouldn't make the same mistake by leaving you again." Yoh stared blankly onto space and frowned. "Hmmm…something is missing. Ah I know, so in conclusion, Anna is not a cold blooded killer and she is not evil…just dark and gloomy." Anna glared at him and hit him on his head.
Anna gave him the vegetables that needed to be washed. Yoh set out the work he was given with delight because he knew that Anna was relieved.
"Anna, if you were happy right now…would you like to stay that way forever with me?" Anna stopped from what she was doing and looked at Yoh with wide eyes. Yoh was blushing from his roots and his hands were shaking. "I know that this is not the right time and I still have no money to buy you a ring…so give me three months to buy you a ring and propose the right way…so just forget what I said!" Yoh was blabbing nervously while Anna's eyebrow rose.
"Yoh Asakura, get down on your knee and do it right! How do you expect me to give you a proper answer to that blabbing?" Now it was time for Yoh to be shocked. He gulped and shakily went down on his knee and took her hand.
"Anna, will you marry me? If you answer me now, I would work hard for that ring I but…if not I would still work for it and ask you again."
"Stupid Yoh, we are already engaged but it was fun to see you like that."
Yoh was so happy that he unconsciously crushed his lips on her own. Anna was happy to hear those words from him and felt herself blessed to have a wonderful guy to have a husband.
Far from their place, the unaware couple has an audience. Every scene was shown on her mini pink computer while the owner squealed in delight.
"NOW THAT IS A PERFECT ENDING! A KISS AT EVERY END OF THE STORY!"
"So this is where you run off to." Ai flinched when she heard the voice of the guy she was hiding from for weeks. She smiled brightly at Hao and run off to leaving our two main characters alone in their own world.
OWARI