Disclaimer: I do not own anything concerning Shakugan no Shana

Since this was bugging my head a bit, I decided to try this out. Of course, if I do continue this, there will be some problems I have to pass, which I will note at the end of this chapter.

Oh, and this story, if you couldn't figure it out from the first paragraph, separates from the anime after Friagne is defeated.

So, enjoy. Oh, and the slight OOC warning from everything else I write is in effect here too.

Friagne the Hunter and Margery Daw, the Chanter of Elegies. Three days had passed since they both had been defeated by Shana, the Flame-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter, who had been taking the place of the devoured Yukari Hirai. Three days since Yuji Sakai learned of the Midnight Lost Child within him. Three days since a sense of peace had returned to Misaki City. It is then that this story takes place.

Yuji Sakai, a Mystes with the Midnight Lost Child, which stopped him from burning out so long as he had a slimmer of his existence out at midnight, had just awoken and was being rushed by Shana, a Flame Haze who wielded the Nietono no Shana, to get ready for today's training. Yuji, who was somewhat perceptive, noticed that Shana put in much more energy to hurry him up than usual, asked about this particular issue.

"Hey, Shana, what's up? You're much more energetic than usual today."

"Nothing! Now hurry up and get ready!"

"All right, all right." Replied Yuji, who was still curious but decided against pursuing the matter to avoid being struck by something much more dangerous than a simple tree branch. Nietono no Shana was quite sharp, after all.

Training that day had proceeded as usual, with Yuji unable to dodge to his full potential, and being hit quite a few times by his trainer, who refused to let up in the slightest. Still, Yuji sensed aggressiveness unlike any other day from the girl, and the question of why was yet another obstacle for him to overcome to continue on the path of being able to dodge attacks decently. At the end of this session, unlike most of the others, instead of simply criticizing the Mystes for being so untrained, Shana gave Yuji some encouragement.

"Hmmm, you're getting better, but these sessions we're having aren't enough, you should work on your own for a bit." Added the Flame Haze after giving her usual critique. Yuji, who was not familiar with the concept of Shana giving a little bit of a compliment after their morning session, was a bit confused, but replied nonetheless.

"Alright, I'll work on my own until you deem me ready for your instruction once again." Why he had such determination in his voice was a fact unknown even to him, but he sensed that it had something to do with this premonition that something that he wouldn't like would happen pretty soon.

"Okay, I'll hold you to that promise then." Shana confirmed, seeming quite assured that Yuji seemed determined enough for now to improve his work on his own. Although why the girl appeared to be so happy after hearing this the Mystes could not explain, he was so determined to follow through on his statement that he didn't mind Shana turning it into a promise despite the fact that he had said no such thing.

After the early training was done, Yuji quickly ran inside to tidy up and get ready for school, leaving Shana to talk with Alastor, the Flame of Heavens.

"Hey, Alastor, are you sure we should…" Shana inquired of her Contractor, unsure if she should continue on the path she had just recently decided to take.

"Yes, we should. We do not need to stick around much longer. We will depart tonight. Be ready by then." Confirmed Alastor, with his voice unwavering during his statement.

The duo then proceeded to school, were the one teacher who still dared to challenge Yukari Hirai to a battle of the wits was promptly defeated in mere seconds and three statements. As he ran from the room, Yuji chalked up Shana's newfound determination to be the result of a burst of energy and nothing more. He was pretty far off the mark, too.

When lunchtime approached and Ogata invited everyone to come and eat lunch, with Keisaku and Eita still refusing, Kazumi was still trying to find a way to get closer to Yuji. She realized that as long as Yukari Hirai was still nearby, she needed to hurry up and approach him. If she was gone, she could slow down and take things at her own pace. Still, Kazumi realized that her own love was no reason to wish someone dead, for that would be far too much.

Although Kazumi was trying to sort herself out, aside from that nothing eventful happened during lunchtime, as Yuji still didn't expect Shana to leave. As events would have it, both of the Flame Haze planned to get out of town today, although this was just coincidence, nothing more.

As they returned home to handle some more training, Shana opted that the two instead try and see how Yuji could do in things besides dodging so she could tell him a bit more of what to focus on in his training. Being swiftly defeated, Shana suggested to the boy that he find some kind of instructor so that he could learn the basics to everything before just practicing those basics much more. Then he would be able to defend himself from regular humans at least, although the people that weren't human would be far harder to handle.

At the same time this was happening, Keisaku was busy cleaning up all the liquor bottles that Margery had left lying on the floor. Surprisingly, her Contractor had been gracious enough today that he cast the purifying flames on the woman and cured her hangover in seconds. Although he had his own theories as to why this was, none of them were correct and he cursed Eita for being occupied, leaving him to handle the Chanter of Elegies by himself. Unknown to him, Margery was planning to take off soon, leaving only a note to bid farewell to the two of them.

The other Flame Haze, however, was much more emotional at the moment and decided that she would say goodbye in person. A couple hours after the sun had set, Shana jumped into Yuji's room from the rooftop, startling him.

"Whoa! Hey! Why are you in my room so early!" The Mystes shouted after jumping back a bit out of pure reflex.

"Shut up and get dressed, I want to show you something."

After stumbling to get on his clothes, Yuji followed Shana next to the river, while it was so dark that he would not have been able to see if it weren't for the lamppost right next to him.

"So? What did you want to show me?" Inquired Yuji, confused at what exactly was going on here.

"Just shut up and look around." Shana spoke out, her voice wavering slightly.

"What's so important about- ohhhh" As Yuji scanned the surrounding area, he came to the realization that there were still some people walking around, and he saw a flame in every one of them. Suddenly, one of them disappeared, and his flames scattered.

"Now then, does that remind you of anything?"

"How can it not?" Although it wasn't said outright, there was one name that was generally understood and implied at the moment, Yukari Hirai.

"I can see that you understand what I mean. Do you recognize this place?" Shana asked, her voice wavering more and more every minute. Glancing around, Yuji realized something else, this was where Shana had replaced Yukari Hirai, the girl in question, and truly entered his life. Noticing the look of realization on his face, Shana quickly continued before she could let her eyes get watery. "Yes, this is where I truly became Yukari Hirai and entered your life, you could say this is where the prologue to this whole mess ended, and where it truly began." After hesitating for a moment and wondering if she should continue, Shana decided that it would be best to do so and continued."It's also... where it all ends." The words took a bit of time to register with the Mystes, who, after noticing what she really meant, looked up from the ground and saw nothing, only a single piece of paper. Picking it up and looking at it, Yuji saw quite clearly what it was. A picture, the one they had taken on the day after he had learned the truth of the world, what was going on behind the scenes. Only, instead of an emotionless girl in the middle, it held the image of the Flaming-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter. Scribbled in messy handwriting in the bottom right corner was a note, reading "Goodbye, Yuji." Collapsing to the ground, Yuji let out a cry of anguish and blamed himself for not thinking about it earlier. Walking home, Yuji could only hope that it was all just a bad joke, and that Shana would return the next day. His hopes were crushed, however, when the teacher happily announced that Yukari Hirai was forced to move and had transferred out of school.

The ending has been rewritten, so it should be a bit better. Now then, for those problems I mentioned earlier.

1. Which terms to use.

While I tried to stay away from as many of the terms that have faced changes through the process of dubbing, like Fuzetsu and Seal, I know that they're going to come up eventually, so I must ask all that care to tell me what they would prefer I use.

2. The Kazumi/Yuji/Shana triangle

While I do have a good idea of what i want to do for it, I'm not sure if I should add a conclusion to it or keep it in the air like Season 1 did. Either way, it will be appearing in this story.

Anyways, please review and tell me how I did.