A/N : I was inspired to right this while randomly researching the Internet. Not sure if I'll be continuing this story since I'm pretty busy with other subjects. Review if you'd like to see a continuation of this story.
Summary : HaoxAnnaxYoh Anna starts to think about her relationship with Yoh and finds herself doubting if Yoh really considered her anymore than a friend. Hoping to sort out her feelings, she only finds herself face to face with his twin.
Disclaimer : I do not own Shaman King
Deep Desires
Chapter I : Prologue
Anna stood quietly at the entrance of the Patch Village hotel as she waved Yoh and his friends off to do some extra training before the tournament continues. Leaning against the cool wall she let go of a soft sigh. It had been days since she met up with Yoh and his gang and although Yoh was grateful to have her around, he still acted just the same.
Fingering the beads that lay strung around her neck, her eyes started blurring up with tears that couldn't stop from coming to her eyes. "No. I can't cry over this, Yoh does love me."
Looking over at a small clearing, she walked over towards it as she sat herself down at the edge of a forestry that seemed to stretch on for miles. The shade the trees provided scattered the sunlight across her skin as she tried to calm her heart that seemed to be tightening, she found it hard to breathe as tears fell onto her lap.
She was confused, her thoughts were empty, she couldn't think. The way Yoh last looked at her, it wasn't of the emotions she felt for him. Why was she so concerned about this?
Bringing her hands to her face she quickly wiped the tears that stained her cheeks as she stood up shakily. "A good walk would do me some good," through a soft sigh she walked into the forestry, not caring where she was going as the scenery passed by.
All she needed was a little time to rethink some things and then she'll be her normal self… right?
Entering a clearing that revealed a beautiful waterfall that fell into a clean pool of water, Anna walked over and looked into the reflection that revealed an itako with blonde hair in a black dress with a red scarf that encircled her neck.
Sighing, she plotted herself onto the grass that seemed to calm her restless spirits. It felt so nice to release these feelings that she had kept so closed up once in a while, even though she never told anyone.
"Looks like an itako is a little on the depressed side."
Anna swung her head around to catch a glimpse of Hao sitting above from where she sat in the braches of a tree with his teasing smile. Her eyes narrowed as she quickly closed up all emotions that seemed to be pouring out of her mind.
"What are you doing here," she snapped angrily at someone catching her off guard, not to mention it was their arch-enemy.
"Come now, is that how you greet someone that's concerned about a friend?"
She returned his comment with a silent stare that seemed to be raging with anger that she held towards him. Getting up from the floor, she folded her arms silently across her chest as she stared back up at Hao who quickly joined her on the floor.
"Why such a long a face?" His mahogany hair seemed to echo his movements as he stepped closer towards Anna who only took another step back still glaring at him in return.
"It doesn't concern you so you don't have any need in knowing. Now what do you want?" Anna replied spitefully hoping to end this conversation just as it had arisen.
Hao's eyes stared into her own blank stare almost as if he could see straight through her. She couldn't help but start feeling awkward under the stare and how he was now only a few centimeters from her own face.
"Is it so much of an excuse to get to see you?" Seeing how Anna wasn't going to respond he continued in his casual voice, but his eyes told her that he was letting on less of what he already knew. "I just thought I'd take you away from all this confusion, just like you wished."
Anna took a step back a little shocked as to how he had acquired that information, but she quickly pushed it aside as she continued to stare at him as if she wasn't registering what he had just said. "I don't know what you're talking about."
His mouth broke into a small smile as he noticed how she was trying desperately to avoid the subject and be out of his presence as soon as possible. "That's not what I see." His taunting voice seemed to fill the air with an awkward silence as Anna was trying desperately not to reveal any more of her thoughts to him.
"I'm afraid my time is running short and I think, I'd like to take you away from all this for a while if that's okay." His simple smile crossed his face again as she opened her mouth to say something she found the wind knocked out of her.
Falling gracefully into his outstretched arms, Hao quickly placed her in a more comfortable position so that he could carry her more easily. Blowing some of his bangs that had fallen lazily in front of his face he smiled pleased as his eyes looked over Anna's face.
Her blonde hair was strung about her face almost as if creating a perfect angel.
It's no wonder my brother loves her so much.
Her eyelids felt as heavy as rocks as she tried to pry them open. Blinking a couple times in order to straighten out her vision, she found herself looking up a white ceiling, or so it seemed since the room was dark. Was it already night? She had the strangest dream of weeping her heart out only to find Hao, and then she seemed to have blacked out.
Giving a few grunts, she slowly pulled herself into a sitting position. As she placed her hand against her aching head, trying to get her thoughts to clear up. Looking around the room another time since her vision was now accustomed to the darkness she found that it was wooden flooring rather then the carpet back at the hotel.
This wasn't her room…
So she hadn't dreamed up that Hao had knocked her out! Shifting under the covers hurriedly trying to get out of the bed she only managed to get the sheets more tangled around her feet as she collided onto the cold wooden floor still strung up in sheets.
Kicking them away from her she rubbed the part of her head that seemed to be growing a bruise from contact with the wooden flooring. It was then that she noticed that she wasn't in her normal clothing, instead she was in a white robe and her beads were missing.
Pushing herself off from the floor she started working her way around the room touching various objects seeing if they had been placed carelessly nearby until laughter seemed to cut across the dark and silent room.
Her head darted about, as he eyes tried to pin the object that was mocking her in the darkness until fire seemed to be lighted out of nowhere in the fireplace and there leaning against the wall with a smile across his face was Hao.
"Where am I?" Anna wasn't in any moods for playing around, she wanted to leave this place and get as far away from HIM as possible!
He smiled even more when he found that he had gotten her even more frustrated then before. "You know you look so cute when you're mad. And isn't it obvious enough? You're my prisoner for the time being."
Anna kept a straight face as she was registering what he had just spoke of, she wanted so much as to march right up to him and give him one cold hard slap, but she seemed to be stuck against the floor.
Why couldn't she smack him?!
Before she could react, Hao appeared in front of her with the same smile as before as his hand reached up to move one of her blond strands that had fallen into her face. His hands skimmed lightly against her skin causing her to almost moan at the touch.
What was she thinking?! She shouldn't be having these feelings for anyone but Yoh and here she was finding herself turned on by the slightest touch by his twin!
Her eyes stared back at his dark ones as his face inched closer. She could practically feel his warm breath against her cheeks. Why didn't she pull away? It was almost as if she were drawn to him. These feelings for him frightened her! Wasn't she suppose to be in love with Yoh?!
Anna's mind seemed to scream at her to pull away and snap out of it, but her body responded otherwise as his left hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer to him. His long bangs brushed lightly against her face as she seemed almost entranced by his eyes that seemed to stare back at her own.
What was happening to her?!
Hao slowly tilted her head up with his other hand as his face came down as their lips brushed against each others. He slowly came back down and deepened the kiss as his hands seemed to lock her in place.
After a few seconds, her body finally responded as she shoved him away, breaking their embrace. "What do you think you're doing?!" Anna practically spat out in fear as she turned to look at Hao trying to hid the blush that was slowly building in her cheeks.
There was his smile again, it seemed that every time he did that she wanted so much as to smack him. "Well it didn't seem like you weren't enjoying it so I don't see the problem."
He was right, she had enjoyed even though her mind utterly denied it with every ounce of blood in her body. How could she betray her future fiancé like that?
Hao turned and walked towards the door and the light from the fire place etched the darkened walls of the room, he looked over at her, he wanted so much as to have pinned her against that wall and made her his, but he couldn't. He couldn't do that to her. "You should sleep, I'll wake you when morning comes… Good night."
Walking towards the doors, he quickly opened them and closed them softly behind him.
Anna continued to stare dumbstruck as she backed away from where she stood and flopped onto the bed. Her fingers came up to touch her lips, the area that Hao had kissed her. She enjoyed it, and… she couldn't deny it even though she knew it was so very wrong.
Shaking her head she decided to take his advice and get some sleep.
Pulling back the covers, she quickly crawled under the sheets, as her head touched the softness of the pillow her mind began to start racing with the scene that had just occurred. Bringing her fingers to her lips a shade of red appeared on her cheeks.
Did she have feelings for Hao?