First off: MAJOR AU. Warning given. Most likely Naru/Mai later on. I do not own Ghost Hunt or the Shaman King elements I am borrowing- notice I said ELEMENTS and not plot.
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Mai Taniyama stared blankly at the wall of her apartment.
He was gone.
He thought she was in love with his dead twin and he was gone back to England.
She didn't really know what to do. Ever since she had accidently broken that camera and taken Lin down while she was at it she had done so much- discovered an entirely new different dangerous world.
For years since her parents had died in that fire Mai had felt out of place. She had felt like she was missing something that should be there. Not just her parents- but something that was a part of her intimately that had been ripped away by the flames.
Mai still didn't know how she had gotten out of that alive. By all accounts she should have been killed in the flames, but something had pulled her out the third story window and placed her on the ground well away from the flames. She says 'something' because even now she knows she could not see whatever had pulled her out though she can vaguely remember a male voice telling her to hold her breath and count to ten.
Mai fights off the tears that want to fall. She had finally found something that had dulled that void in her heart. Something that seemed to fill some of the missing part in her soul.
And now it was gone.
"It's all over." she whispered the realization into her empty apartment.
"Not quite little one."
Mai jerked from her place falling off of her chair, her eyes darting sharply from place to place in her apartment looking for the voice. (If she had learned one thing in all her time at Shibuya Psychic Research it was voices without a person to go with them were generally bad news) "Hello?" she brought her hands up into the Seal of the Immovable One instinctively.
"Oh don't do that Mai. I'm not going to hurt you silly child. I've been looking for you for years. It is only now that the other spirit is gone that I have found you."
Mai felt her hands drop from their place as she watched in shocked disbelief as a man seemed to fade into view. He was tall towering over her 5'2" and standing at a solid 6'3". He had shaggy black hair and the brightest green eyes she had ever seen. He was wearing what looked like sturdy tight fitting black pants, a pair of hiking boots, and a long sleeved navy colored shirt with a long black hooded coat with the hood down. She could see a chain-scythe hanging at his side and she knew even though she couldn't see them that there were quite a few hidden weapons on his person. "Who…who are you?"
"My name is Satoru. I am a spirit that has watched over you since you were born."
"What?"
Satoru stared hard at the little woman in front of him. "Do you know nothing of your past? Of what the Taniyama family has done for generations? What you can do?"
She shook her head slowly, her eyes wide. "No. What do you mean?" She watched those bright green eyes close a pained look on Satoru's face.
"I suppose you wouldn't know. The fire took your parents before they could tell you anything and then destroyed any records that we had."
Mai was getting a bit annoyed. "Tell me what? What did my family do?"
Satoru lowered himself onto the floor. "The Taniyama family has been a family of Shamans since the beginning. A Shaman is a rare kind of person who has Spirit Energy inside of them that allows them to interact with, sense, see, and form partnerships with spirits in ways no one else can. In Japan right now there are probably only five families that are Shamans. The Taniyama- you- are one of them. A Shaman can see all spirits, can interact with spirits as if the spirit is alive and solid, can sense when spirits are present even if they are hiding and a Shaman can form partnerships with a spirit." Satoru paused before continuing "A Shaman's job is to help spirits stuck here to move on from the world. Occasionally and very rarely a Shaman will be forced seal away a very dangerous spirit though usually a Shaman can get through to the spirit and prevent that from happening. If all else fails a Shaman has the ability to fight and defeat a spirit. As a Shaman you have the ability to work with a spirit in various ways but that will take time and trust on both your part and my own."
Mai knew she was gaping at the man in her living room but she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her a Shaman? What? "You've got the wrong girl Satoru-san."
"No I do not. I have been looking for you since a few days after I pulled you from the third story of your home as it burned around you. I am a spirit that has willingly and whole heartedly served your family since very close to its beginning though I will admit to changing with the times. I was there when you were born, I sensed how powerful you would be when your abilities began to activate. I was there for your first words, your first steps. I was there for all your major accomplishments and your little happenings. I was there the day your home was attacked and set aflame, I know your soul Mai Taniyama and I know who you can be."
Mai felt her breath catch. "Attacked?"
Satoru's eyes saddened and darkened as he spoke. "Shamans are very rare Mai. They are sought out and coveted and sometimes people are jealous and angry of the gifts Shamans are given. Your family was attacked for refusing to use their gifts to bind a group of spirits to a very powerful very greedy evil man."
Mai wobbled in place, her vision darkening at the edges. "No, no, no, nonono. Too much, this is too much."
She couldn't get enough air as she began to collapse backwards. She barely caught the blur of movement as Satoru rose and rushed to her side his ghostly hands feeling very warm and solid as they gently lowered her down and she could hear him whisper "I've got you Mai" before her vision went black.