lucathia

Title: Twin Stars
Chapters: 4/?

Author: lucathia_rykatu
Series: Shaman King
Genre: General / Romance
Characters: (main) Hao, Yoh, Anna, Jeanne, Ren (side) Horo Horo, Tamao, Faust, Pirika, Ryu, Lyserg, Marco, Ryu, Manta, Nichrome, Opacho, and others
Disclaimer: Shaman King is not mine.
Archive: livejournal / ffnet

Summary: A child of the streets, Hao is awarded a chance to earn some money. The catch? Crossdressing. AU world of singers and idols. Throw in Yoh who is oblivious to Hao's existence, Anna and Jeanne who are competing for the top spot in popularity, and Ren who somehow thinks that Hao would be a good edition to his fan-girl base. Eventual romance.

(prompt #33: too much)

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-chapter 4: transfer student-

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“Blah blah blah blah blah,” said the teacher, who was walking around the room with her book flipped to some random page. For all Yoh knew, the teacher could have been holding her book upside down with all the nonsense that she was spouting.

“Blah blah blah.”

Asakura Yoh sighed, laying his head on the table instead. Why did he decide to come anyway?

School was dreadfully boring and utterly useless.

He could have been outside watching the clouds. He could have been weaving the most wonderful stories about the little lives that the clouds led. See, cloud one and cloud two met each other in the sky and slowly fell in love. Together, they traveled around the world and met other cloud families. One cloud family had lots of cloud oranges that they so kindly shared. The other cloud family had lots of cloud CDs...

He sighed again.

“Blah blah blah!” screamed the teacher.

He closed his eyes, ignoring the blahs.

Whoever sat behind him poked him in the back.

“Pst, Asakura! Wake up! The teacher’s calling you!”

Groggily, he cracked open one eye, only to see the teacher slamming her book shut, almost about to chuck it at him.

“Asakura Yoh! How dare you sleep in my class!”

Who knew how many times the teacher had screeched those words before. She probably screamed the exact same words at least once every time that Yoh came to class. If, say, Yoh came to class four days a week, and school went on for ten months in all, then she most likely yelled, “Asakura Yoh! How dare you sleep in my class,” one hundred and sixty times a year. How wonderful.

Upon hearing the teacher’s complaints, Yoh slowly sat up, rubbing his cheeks where the table left its mark on him.

“Sorry,” he said, though he didn’t sound very apologetic. He folded his arms behind his head, opting to lean back in his chair since he wasn’t allowed to have his head down.

Exasperated, the teacher continued. “You didn’t hear a word I said, did you?”

“Um...nope.”

The teacher sighed. What could she possibly do to remedy Asakura-kun’s lack of interest in school? His grandparents were such a bad an influence on him. They totally spoilt the boy, making him into a monster of a student to teach. Actually, it was more problematic that the boy didn’t even seem to find anything interesting at all. Since she had started teaching at Izumo Middle School last Spring, she had not once seen Asakura-kun eat lunch with the other students or chat amiably with them during free periods. Asakura-kun clearly needed a friend his own age. Hopefully, having a friend like that would spark Asakura-kun’s interest in the rest of the world.

Since all of the other students at Izumo had formed their little groups already, it would be hard for them to let Asakura-kun into their tightly knitted groups. But...this new transfer student next to her was an entirely different case. Maybe...just maybe...

She almost smiled as she said her next words. “We have a new transfer student today. Asakura-kun, why don’t you show Oyamada-kun around campus?”

Surprised, Yoh ran what the teacher had said through his head once again. Transfer student? Who would ever want to transfer to some unknown school in Izumo? It was then that he finally noticed the extremely short boy that was standing next to the teacher. The short boy, presumably Oyamada-kun, was shuffling his feet nervously and hugging a large book of some sort close to himself.

Yoh shrugged. “Okay...I guess.”

At least it was something out of the norm. Life was getting a bit boring.

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Manta had one weird hobby.

Well...maybe weird wasn’t the right word to describe it. More like...fanatical.

When Manta heard the rumor that famous Kyoyama Anna came from Izumo...well, he had no choice but to move to Izumo!

And then...

When Manta discovered that he was put into the same class as the boy he had saw the day before, he couldn’t help but become extremely excited. Not over Kyoyama Anna, but rather over this Asakura-kun. Yesterday, Manta had been walking towards the office to finish arranging his transfer when he saw Asakura-kun for the first time. Manta almost couldn’t believe what he saw.

The boy looked almost exactly like Ha-chan, the newest female singer from Bones Entertainment. Ever since Manta heard her first song, he had felt chilled to the bones. He desperately wanted to get to know her better. It was an impossible desire, given the fact that she was famous while he was a nobody...

However, since Ha-chan was a teenager just like him, there was a slight chance that he’d be able to transfer into the same school that she went to. A very slight chance, but Manta was now wondering whether his chance had come.

Was this Asakura-kun that the teacher assigned to show him around campus really Ha-chan in disguise?

Asakura-kun’s hair wasn’t exactly short, nor was it long. It certainly wasn’t as long as Ha-chan’s hair, but a wig could easily fix that problem. Asakura-kun’s skin was also darker than Ha-chan’s. Still, Manta believed that the lighting in photos could probably contribute to the difference in skin color. These tiny differences in appearance weren’t big enough for Manta to dismiss his suspicions.

The real problem was...Ha-chan was a girl...and this Asakura-kun was not...a girl.

Manta had been so concerned about Asakura-kun’s identity that he had written Iron Maiden Jeanne for advice. She told him that the other boy’s identity didn’t matter and wouldn’t damage their friendship. Manta wouldn’t call Asakura-kun his friend yet, since they had only just met, but Manta still felt soothed by Jeanne’s words.

Even though Manta couldn’t quite quell his fear of asking Asakura-kun the truth, even though if he were wrong in his assumptions, it’d be a big embarrassment for the both of them, Manta still had to ask.

“This is where you can watch the clouds,” said Asakura-kun.

Manta blinked.

“Huh?”

He clearly had not been paying attention. They were now surrounded by blue skies and a wide expanse of grass. Since when had they finished touring the inside of the school?

Asakura-kun repeated what he had said without changing his words. “This is where you can watch the clouds.”

“Um...that’s nice,” replied Manta. Cloud-watching was far from what was on Manta’s mind.

He suddenly realized that he didn’t know the other boy’s name except that the teacher called him “Asakura-kun.” Self-introductions had totally slipped his mind. Since Asakura-kun had been spacing out during class, Manta was pretty sure that the other boy didn’t know his name either.

Manta smiled nervously. “Eto, I know I’m kind of late in saying this, but I’m Oyamada Manta. Thanks for showing me around.”

The other boy kicked a stone out of the way. “Ah, no problem. I’m Asakura Yoh.”

Manta’s eyes shot up, the gears in his head spinning at an alarming speed.

“Yoh?”

Yoh nodded. “Yoh, that’s right. Anything wrong?”

Manta was sure of it. This “Yoh” had to be Ha-chan in disguise. After all, “Yoh” was just another pronunciation for “Ha.”

Ha-chan, the master of disguise.

“Do you sing?” asked Manta hurriedly.

Yoh frowned. “Uh...I guess I practice a lot.” Anna practically forced him to practice singing everyday.

Manta laughed, feeling giddy that he was most likely the first to figure out Ha-chan’s secret.

Ha-chan stayed undercover as a boy at her school.

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