Frozen Jealousy

By XxMaster-ExX

Epilouge- Feelings

Disclaimers- Shaman King is property of Hiroyuki Takei

"... I miss you... I miss you so much. All your nagging, all your yelling, and I miss seeing your face..."

White rose petals danced in the wind, and a shaking hand clenched onto the stem of the flower, snapping it in two. Asakura Yoh lifted the bouquet of roses to his pursed lips before stepping in front of the tombstone, "Kyouyama Anna, rest in peace... I'll always love you.

And the snapped white roses were lied on the stone grave.

Yoh stared at the sky and hid his face from the other. Ren placed a gentle hand on his lover's shoulder and squeezed, "Come on... we have one more stop to make before we go."

Yoh nodded and slowly followed behind the other boy to another tombstone. This time, Yoh broke into a wide smile and ran to the grave. Yoh sat before it and placed a hand on top of the stone, gently patting it, "Hao, how are you? I'm sorry but I didn't have time to bring you anything... I accidently burnt breakfast so nobody ate anything yet. Oh! Guess what! Ren came today! This is the first time he came to you since the funeral! Aren't you glad? Hao... I'm so happy right now... I'm just so happy my heart's about to burst. I miss you so much. Thank you... for everything."

Yoh stood up after placing his lips upon the headstone, and he looked back at Ren with a sullen smile.

The smaller, chinese boy stepped foreward and kneeled next to the grave, placing a hand on it, "Right, laugh at me all you want... but... just hear me out. I know you aren't going to approve of this because you're a bastard and all("REN!" -Yoh). But..." Ren twitched and placed both his hands on either side of the tombstone and attempted to shake it, "Please allow me to marry Yoh! I swear if our evil incarnate tries to stop us, I'll-"

Yoh weakly covered Ren's offense mouth with his hand and shook his head, "Now, now Ren-kun... respect the dead."

"Goodness you're so troublesome! Why are you like this?"

"I said sorry so quit nagging!"

"We're home!"

"Daddy!"

Yoh walked into the house and kicked off his shoes, and neatly set them side-by-side, "Hao-kun!"

A small child jumped into Yoh's spread arms and gave Yoh a small hug, "Welcome back Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Auntie Jun's being mean to me!"

Jun, clad in an apron and having a spatula in hand, growled at the small child in Yoh's arms and resisted the urge to throw the dough plastered spatula at the child's head, "Out of all the children you could've picked at the orphanage, you had to choose such a troublemaker! Ren is enough trouble in this house!"

Hao stuck his tongue out at the older woman. Jun glared at the child for a good 5 seconds before sighing and rubbing her head, "What a troublesome child... why can't he be much more loveable and sweet...? It's up to this Auntie Jun to teach him some manners!"

"Are you talking to yourself again nee-san?"

Ren entered the house and stood behind Yoh. Jun puffed her cheeks out at her younger brother and shook her head, "Goodness! All of you are against me!"

Hao jumped from Yoh's arms and landed before Ren's feet, "Father, welcome home."

Yoh and Jun both giggled at Ren's exasperated expression. Mouth opening and closing like that of a fish, Ren blinked wildly and tried to digest what the small child in front of his had just said, "... LIKE HELL I'M YOUR FATHER! DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

And with that Ren dashed up to his room.

Hao stared at the stairs with wide eyes, before smirking, "Man, he' s still so persistent!"

Yoh chuckled lightly and followed Ren upstairs. Entering their room and closing the door behind him, "Ren, you need to learn to accept him... he's not totally the old Hao you know."

"He's still the guy's reincarnation and that automatically makes him evil..."

Yoh crawled unto the bed with a small smile, "You're always jumping to conclusion... Hao has lived with us for four months and nothing has happened. Jun positively loves him, and if you give him a chance, you'll see Hao is a very sweet child! Why do always run away from him..."

Ren stared at his hands, reluctant on answering, "... because... it'll hurt less if I have to kill him again."

Yoh's eyes widened and he was struck speechless for a moment. The awkward silence drifted in the air and Yoh smiled. His hand gently brushed against his cheek then over the black eye-patch that hid his wound. Yoh lifted it and stared at the scar on Ren's face, then he went over to kiss it. Ren was startled and he forcefully pushed Yoh back, "D-don't look at it..."

"Ren... look at me."

Ren looked up into stern brown eyes that seemed to look right through him. Yoh leaned towards his lover and took his face in his hands, "Ren... don't hide it... don't hide from me. Even your scar is beautiful... it is part of you..."

Ren smiled lightly and nodded. He's heard this line from many sappy dramas and it was funny hearing it from Yoh.

However, Yoh did not smile, he only held the serious gaze and his grip did not loosen at all, "... today... you talked to Hao. And... were you scared?"

Ren shook his head. No... he was not scared. He was much more relieved than frightened. Yoh nodded in understanding, "Then... why are you afraid of a mere shadow? Isn't Hao-kun the shadow of Hao? Are they the same people? No. Hao-kun might be the reincarnation of Hao... but Hao-kun is not Hao. Understand that. Because I trust him... I trust YOU."

Ren looked up into Yoh's eyes and practically melted in the sincere, chocolate warmth. Their lips met in a simple lip-to-lip contact and they pulled apart just as quickly. Ren smiled lightly and pulled Yoh into his arms for an embrace, but what was unexpected was that the door chose to open at this moment and Hao poked his head in.

The young child, no matter who's reincarnation he was he was still a young child, found his fathers in a compromising position. Hao flustered madly and shut the door behind him with a cry of 'Sorry!'.

Ren and Yoh looked at each other for a split second, before rushing off to catch their son, "HAO! IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING!"

Can you hear it? The sound of happiness...

It's getting louder and louder and louder.

Drifting each and every one of our dreams to the far away stars... we can catch it if we run.

We can catch it if we love.

Nothing is impossible with the two of us.

So take my hand, you can't do this alone.

Take my hand and let's go get our happiness...

...together...

-END-

Yea... this epilouge didn't turn out as I wanted it to... ;; It was supposed to be bright and happy... not stupid and humourous. /sigh/ I'm glad some of you enjoyed sticking with me 'til the end.

To some of you, No Yoh is NOT engaged to Ren YET. They are meerly living together.

Hao came to be because, Yoh had adopted him from the orphanage since he looked like Hao and it is believed that he is Hao's reincarnation. Hao-kun is simply a pet name, the child's birth name is Karasuke.(Karasu crow... Kara originated from Elli's petname for curry Suke used at the end of a male's name often.)

SPECIAL THANK YOU

I want to thank each and every one of you. This fiction has been quite a challenge for me, and I am truly grateful for all the support you have given me. I wish I could thank all of you in a different way other than this, but I can't seem to find anything to do.

If I hadn't reposted this fic 3 times, I would've ended up with 145 reviews. o.O Um... yay? Because that's the highest number of reviews I would've recieved! But right now I'm at 30... didn't I say that's I'd tell my true name if I got more than 30?... Bwahaha! You people have failed! But I'll be nice and tell you my FIRST name(only).

My true name is Skye. ë˜ê€ì›Œ! .

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REVIEW REPLIES

A

Yay! First review for Chapter 13! This epilouge... I'm ashamed of it...

Kyoyama Kita

Hao is just so nice! Giving up his life to save his brother/cousin. /hugs Hao/ You sweet thing! (Hao: ... kill me now... ... ... again...)

KimBob

But didn't they already confess(sorta) in chapter 12? "He then placed his lips on my temple, and to my cheek, my nose, and he placed his lips over mine. It was gentle, simple lip-to-lip contact. But still it made my heart thump like mad." This line. It's Ren and Yoh kissing and in this epilouge it is Ren and Yoh... well... they're happy together.

titangirl161

Hoped you like this piece of pidgeon poop of an epilouge! And YES I have chocolate... but it's all gone now... I ate it all... Ohohohohohoho!

limpet666

/runs away/ Waaaah, it was only for more dramatic events! ;ã…