Important!!!: This is the revised/rewritten version of the fanfic Guardian Angels; Awakening.

Why rewrite it? Well it's simple I'm an anal perfectionist who is never truly satisfied, LOL. The format and original storyline is pretty much the same, but some crucial facts have been changed so unfortunately for those of you who've read this already it would be in your best interest to reread the first couple chapters. I'm truly sorry, I just wasn't happy with some things and I want it to be good for you guys.

Warnings: AU, as in complete AU. Also a slight(very slight) crossover with the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Yu-Gi-Oh GX I'm just crossing over a few characters because I love them so much that I couldn't resist and my muse is holding me hostage…

Also a warning that this fic and series will eventually become kind of dark, you know your usual violence, gore, mentions of rape, and insanity all that good stuff. Also potential yaoi (yay!).

Full Summary: Since the beginning of time Heaven and Hell have been at war with each other for the fate of humanity. Now as the apocalypse draws near the fate of the universe rests on the choices of two brothers. Will their unshakable bond withstand the trials of war, death, love, and betrayal?

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King or its characters or the borrowed characters from the shows listed above. I do however own my OCs and this storyline, so there!

Episode One: A Not so Graceful Start

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It had been a very long eleven hour flight from Japan to Los Angeles California and the teen wanted nothing more than to roll up in bed somewhere and sleep. However, his current mission would not allow such actions and for that he was already in a bad mood. Hao Asakura did not like being robbed of his sleep and jet lag was a person's worst enemy along with airplanes in general. He detested the machines all they did was cause more pollution that slowly destroyed this planet.

Hao walked through the airport terminal of LAX and went to the waiting area for new arrivals to wait for his ride to come and pick him up he really hoped that the person wouldn't be too long for he didn't think his patience would be able to handle it.

One Hour Later…

As the fifteen year old teen walked down the streets of Los Angeles he cursed in his mind every angel he could think of that might have a grudge against him who would put him in this present situation. He had a sneaking suspicion it might be his sister. She still owed him one for that time he put the hamster in her bed. As he continued to walk he took in his surroundings he figured that if this was going to be his home for now on that he might as well learn his way around.

When he got to a park he sat down on the bench and thought about his current predicament. He had absolutely no idea where he was. He thought about pulling out the map that that one of the servants had given him but thought better of it. What good would a map do when your goal is to find a place that's not supposed to exist? It also wasn't like he could call someone seeing as he didn't have a cell phone. He sighed it was moments like this that he sometimes regretted being so stubborn. He just never saw the use in a cell phone he had little use for the inventions of man.

A soccer ball soon dragged the teen from his thoughts when it hit his leg he looked down and picked it up and looked around. He soon saw a little boy who couldn't be any older then seven running up to him.

The little boy smiled "Can I have the ball back please?" he asked sweetly.

Hao gave the ball back to the boy who ran off to play with what he could assume were his siblings observing how the three seemed to resemble each other. The brunette smiled with fondness thinking about his own otouto and oneechan.

Hao stood figuring he might as well keep looking sensing that he was bound to find the place if he continued on. He just wished he didn't have the bags with him. Fifteen minutes later the boy wished he had just stayed in the park it had been peaceful unlike the busy streets of the actual city. He felt himself getting irritated from all the noises and smells and the sounds of other people's voices in his head. It was places like this that his telepathy or reishi as his grandparents called it really acted up. He hated being able to hear the vile thoughts of these people around him they were all so selfish and insignificant. They were just so…

"Chichee na" he whispered to himself.

It was then that a low grumble brought his attention to the fact that he had not eaten since the night before. He suddenly realized that he was very hungry. It was at that moment that a very delicious smell caught his attention he turned to see a hot dog vender. He suddenly felt the urge to slap himself, no way was he going to stoop so low as to eat fat stuffed in a synthetic casing, which was just disgusting! But it smelled so good…

Before he knew it he was standing in front of the hot dog stand looking at the disgusting sausages. His pride was screeching at him to pull himself together but his hunger was slowly winning.

"Hey kid if you're going to buy something then hurry up. I ain't got all day" said the vendor rudely. Hao glared at the man suddenly he wasn't that desperate with hunger.

"Hey you should really pay more attention to your bags." The vendor said. The teen was about to make a sarcastic comment when suddenly a thief came by and snatched his suitcase. Hao stood in shock for a minute stunned that his suitcase suddenly was stolen and how he didn't see that coming.

"Hey!" he yelled running after the man.

The man was pretty fast for a petty thief but one would assume that you would have to be if you were to choose such a profession. However, Hao wasn't just some ordinary theft victim. He smirked darkly as he sped up running after the man. The thief looked back shocked that the kid was actually catching up to him he sped up some more and moved onto a more crowded street hoping to lose the kid.

"Don't insult my abilities human" Hao thought out loud and with quick thinking and effortless grace jumped up in the air bouncing off the awnings to speed himself up. When he got to the last one he did a full twist layout landing in front of he man. The teen swiftly kicked the legs out from underneath the thief and grabbed his bag from the man.

The thief looked up in fear as Hao glared at him his eyes changing from a chocolate brown to gold. "You better be glad that I'm not allowed to kill you because I wouldn't full any regret taking your insignificant life here and now." He hissed at the man who was five seconds away from crapping his pants.

A crowd had by this time gathered around the scene entranced by the boy's amazing acrobatic abilities. Hao paid them no attention he could care less. Unfortunately for the brunette luck just wasn't on his side for the police soon were hauling him off to the station. Hao tried to fight back but his lack of nutrition coupled with his recent inhuman feats caught up with him and he passed out.

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Once at the station the police quickly got the young boy something to eat. By that point the proud teen didn't care what it was he was eating he just wanted food. He devoured the food quickly while answering the police officer's questions with as little detail as possible.

"So you're from Japan? What are you doing all the way in America by yourself?" asked the officer.

Hao rolled his eyes as he drunk the bottle of water given to him. "I came to see my family someone was supposed to pick me up at the airport but they never showed. So I walked I figured I would find the place on my own."

The police officer eyed the boy suspiciously not liking his arrogant way of talking. Hao laughed to himself hearing the man's thoughts. He found it amusing how easily adults were rattled by teenagers who were smarter than them.

"Umm Excuse me"

Hao and the officer turned to see a man dressed in a dark suit standing in the doorway. He was very tall and had strong chiseled features and his long silver hair was pulled back into a ponytail.

"And who might you be?" asked the officer.

"Oh yes, sorry, I'm Amidamaru and I'm here to pick up Master Hao." He said smiling sheepishly.

"You see I was supposed to pick him up from the airport but I kind of got lost and by the time I got there he was gone." The silver haired man explained. Hao sighed heavily, just great, he thought.

The police officer didn't trust this situation. "How did you know that the kid would be here we couldn't get in contact with his parents?"

Amidamaru smiled brightly "Call it intuition."

Meaning that Hao had a knack for getting in trouble so the police station was the best place to try out looking for him, or at least that was what Lady Kia told him.

"Hmm, well I would like to talk to the kid's parents first to confirm this if you wouldn't…"

"That would be hardly necessary officer." Hao cut the man off only serving to tick him off more.

"Really sir Amidamaru is more than qualified to check me out and our stories match up so clearly I'm innocent of any mischievousness that you accuse me of." Hao smiled sweetly at the officer.

"Look kid I can't let you go till I talk to your parents" countered the officer.

"Oh, but I think you can" Hao's eyes took on an eerie golden color and the officer went into a trance. After a few seconds the man blinked.

"I seem to have forgotten what I was just doing" he mumbled to himself. Hao smiled coyly at the situation.

"You were about to let me sign out because my ride is here" he stated.

"Oh yes go ahead"

With that Hao turned and walked out the room passing a very shocked Amidamaru.

"Come along Amidamaru-san" Hao called.

"Ah, yes Master Hao" Amidamaru followed quickly.

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The car ride for the most part was silent with Hao focusing his attention on the passing scenery and Amidamaru not knowing what to say. When he had met Master Hao's younger twin brother Master Yoh it hadn't been this awkward for Master Yoh tended to be very friendly and talkative the same went for Lady Haruhi. Master Hao was very different from his siblings.

"So how do you like Los Angeles so far Master Hao?" he asked trying to strike up conversation. Hao ignored him.

Amidamaru decided a different approach. "Are you excited to see your family? Master Yoh said it's been almost a year since the last time the two of you saw each other."

Again he was ignored.

"Well I for one am looking forward to this family reunion if anything for Lady Haruhi's sake she can't stop talking about you. And I know your mother Lady Kia will be so…"

"Amidamaru-san no offense but could you please stop talking" Hao interrupted.

Amidamaru quickly did as asked not wanting to get on his young master's bad side so quickly. He looked over at Hao who was still staring out the window in his own world. He had to admit that the similarities between the twins were undeniable. They both had the same chocolate brown eyes that could get lighter or darker depending on the light and their emotions. They also had the same thick dark brown hair. The only difference between the two was that Hao's hair was much longer than Yoh's. Also Hao had ears pierced and wore star shaped earrings.

As far as auras went Hao's aura was very similar to that of his adopted mother's very serious yet calm like the ocean. However, Hao's had a strong touch of darkness to it. It was almost frightening.

Hao suddenly laughed lightly to himself. Amidamaru turned to look at the boy wondering what he was laughing at.

"So you find me frightening Amidamaru-san?" asked the teen with out of place mirth dancing in his eyes. Amidamaru stumbled over his words trying to explain himself. He had forgotten about the boy's powerful telepathic abilities.

"Well you see, I uh, I didn't mean it like that, you're actually not scary at all Master."

"You are lying" Hao stated frowning causing Amidamaru who was focusing very hard on the road currently to start to sweat from fear. Hao sighed, so typical, he thought.

"Whatever, I'm use to such thing being thought about me it's nothing new" with that he went back to staring out the window.

He really didn't care what anyone thought about him, why should he? They were all ignorant only his little brother knew the truth about him. Only Yoh saw the real Hao. Thee rest of the ride was silent until they came to a clearing in a forest. Hao looked around not seeing anything but his psychic abilities allowed him to know that there was something there.

Amidamaru got out the car and walked a little ways forward before stopping. He took out what looked like a huge key on a long silver chain. He stuck his arm out straight forward and turned the key to the right. After a second a giant key hole lit up the sky and then what looked like an invisible wall shined brightly before a portal opened.

Hao was awestruck having not seen anything like it before. Amidamaru got back inside the car and drove forward. Looking back Hao saw the portal closing as if nothing happened.

"So I'm assuming that was a cloaking barrier?" asked the brunette catching the silver haired man off guard.

"Yes, normally Guardians and other authorized celestial beings such as I could just freely move in and out of the barrier. However, since you are not yet a Guardian I had to use the Crystal Key to allow you through."

Hao nodded in understanding. "What about humans who happen to find their way to this area?" he asked out of general curiosity.

"Like anything that is of angelic or demonic nature Master Hao it's solely contingent on belief."

Hao raised a delicate eyebrow "Come again?"

"It's a known fact that the only ones who can see angels, demons, and spirits are the ones who believe in them correct?"

"Correct"

"Well the same goes for the barrier if a human has no idea it's here then they won't believe it's here therefore they'll just pass right by it as if nothing is there. Only those who either know its here or believe that it may be here will see the Crystal Barrier."

Hao nodded again in understanding "Makes sense I guess"

He looked out the window noticing that the scenery changed drastically. There were numerous trees and beautiful mountains covering the landscape.

"No we're not in California anymore" stated Amidamaru. Hao turned around confused as to how he guessed what he was thinking.

"I could tell by the confused look on your face" stated the silver haired man who laughed lightly. Hao glared at him not liking being read so easily.

"When we passed through the barrier we were transported to the true location of The Order. It is said that the Order of Light exists along a plain in between the mortal realm and Heaven. There are only a few portals on earth where you can freely pass through."

They continued to drive until finally they came to a large cave entrance with steel doors. The doors began to pull apart revealing a massive base on the inside.

"Welcome Master Hao to the Order of Light" announced Amidamaru. Hao smiled his first genuine smile since arriving.

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Just so you know this fic is only part one of a three part trilogy (or season one of three seasons). I label the chapters as episodes because when I see them in my head that's how I think of them, as episodes.

Preview: Hao is reunited with his siblings Yoh and Haruhi, but the fun is short lived as he must pass the Guardian Examination. It should be a piece of cake if not for one small secret.

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Author Notes: I'll post character profiles and answer any questions about the story down here.

Hao Asakura:

Age: 15 years old

The second oldest of the Asakura siblings. His parents (legal guardians) are Cameron and Kia Asakura an Arch Angel and Dark Angel respectively. He and his twin brother Yoh were raised in the Asakura estate up until the infamous Asakura Manor Massacre. After that he and Yoh were placed under the custody of their cousins Cameron and Kia. It would seem that at some point Hao was sent to Japan to live with his grandparents for an unknown reason. A number of traumatic events in his life have made Hao into a very cynical and untrusting person. The only people he shows any form of affection to are his younger twin brother Yoh and his adopted older sister Haruhi.

Amidamaru:

Age: unknown

Status: Servant Angel

Amidamaru was assigned by Kia Asakura to watch over (or as Hao puts it baby-sit) the Asakura twins. He quickly forms a strong bond with Yoh and is tolerated by Hao. He is very dedicated to his job and would do anything to protect the twins.