Disclaimer: I own nothing in this fic except my OC. Hope you like this. It's my first Shaman King fic, so be nice, please.

She had spent many a month out in the cold, on her own, alone. Her parents had forsaken her when she told them what she could do. At first, she hadn't expected them to believe her, but, well, they did. And now, little Casoria was out on her own with nothing. She was only about nine years old, but it didn't matter. She had frightened them, and now they had forgotten her.

Casoria was a beautiful child once. When her hair wasn't matted with mud and such, it was a dark, silky black color. Her eyes were once bright with happiness and joy, but now they were big and dark with fear and longing. As far as color was concerned, they were light brown. She was really too young to have a figure, but she was small and, well, she was, cute. Her clothes were all dirty and muddy and she smelt horrid, like an abandoned dog.

Her only friends were the spirits she saw wandering the streets and roadways she'd walk on. They were her lights, her friends, her family even. She could see them, touch them. That was one of her abilities, one of many. When she touched them, she saw things, felt things. Casoria knew their pain, their reason for being here on earth. She tried to help them, but honestly, what could a nine year old psychic do?

She spent her nights in ditches and days wandering streets and roads. She went wherever she felt she needed to go. Sometimes Casoria followed the sprits, just to be sure of certain things. Well…not too certain of things. She just felt a need to follow someone, to have a little sense of direction. But it was that little tendency that would bring two…rather…three destinies together…

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Believe it or not, it all started at a river. Casoria was stopping by to get a drink when she heard something moving in the trees ahead of her. She looked ahead and moved around in the direction of the sound. Whoever it was that was moving, they were really quick.

Casoria tried to follow, but it was proving difficult. Even though she was young, she didn't have as much energy as most would think. When her little legs couldn't carry her anymore, she sat down on the cool, wet grass. Casoria looked around and saw nothing but a green scaled, red eyed lizard as her one companion.

Casoria had a choker around her neck, a birthday gift from her mother. It was made of some sort of strong black thread and had seven beads on either side of a silver gecko charm. The white beads changed to purple in the sunlight. She had that necklace since she was about three years old, so it was very important to her. Right now, the silver gecko was glowing, which only meant one thing. Her little companion was a spirit.

"You can come here. I know what you are".

The lizard did nothing but look at her and then took off. Casoria shrugged. Oh well, some spirits just didn't trust people. He was just one of those kinds of spirits….

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"There you are! Why'd you take off?" Ryu asked his spirit partner when he appeared in his lizard form.

The green lizard changed shape to reveal his true form. Tokegaro was Ryu's partner in the shaman tournament, but now with it out of the way and with Yoh as the Shaman King, he stuck around Ryu to be his number one, shoulder to shoulder companion.

"We're not alone" the lizard spirit told him, "There's a little girl here. I think she can see spirits".

"She didn't see you like this did she?".

Tokegaro shook his head. "No, just in animal form. I didn't wanna risk anything".

"Where is she? Was she alone?".

"She was down by the river last I saw her. She heard me moving around and chased me around. When I heard her coming too close, I changed to the lizard. And yeah, she was all by herself. Poor kid's gotta be starving or something".

"Take me to her, we'll rescue her, maybe help her find her way back home".

"I don't know about this…but it's worth a shot! C'mon, I'll take you to her!".

Ryu followed his partner into the woods again, hoping to find what, well, who, needed to be found.

A/N: Yeah, this is corny so far, but bear with me. It's my first Shaman King fic, so yeah…Anyway, see ya next chapter.