Disclaimer: I do not own Shakugan no Shana, or any of it's characters.

"Its been a week since Ball Masque last attacked." Yuji thought to himself as he walked to school. "Its also been a week since that thing with Shana." Yuji thought as he glanced over at the black haired girl walking beside him. Instantly images of the week before rushed into the brown haired Mystes' mind.

---FLASH BACK---

"Yuji will come to me, I know he will." Shana said to herself as she paced around at the northern exit of Misaki city.

Yuji came running up to Shana, and he immediately wrapped his arms around her.

Shana blushed, then hugged Yuji back.

"Shana, I promise to always protect you no matter what, and I'll never leave your side." Yuji said in a whisper, smiling at Shana.

Shana looked up at Yuji, and blushed. She tilted her head down and smiled lightly.

"I'm glad." Shana said, burying her face into Yuji's chest.

---END OF FLASH BACK---

"Yuji." Shana said, looking over at the brown haired boy.

Yuji immediately snapped back into reality and looked over at Shana. "Yeah?" Yuji asked.

"You're walking away from the school." Shana said, pointing at Misaki high that was just in front of her.

Yuji looked forward and realized that his daydreaming had made him continue walking even after arriving at school. "Oh, uh thanks Shana." Yuji said as he stopped walking and ran over to Shana.

"Lets hurry and get to class." Shana said as she ran into the school.

"Right..." Yuji said as he followed Shana.

---A FEW HOURS LATER---

Yuji and Shana were underneath Misaki bridge training. They were dueling each other with wooden swords.

Yuji made a large number of furious horizontal swipes with his sword, that Shana easily blocked. Shana jumped forward and smacked Yuji in the head with her sword, sending the brown haired Mystes to the ground. Yuji hit the ground with a thud, and rubbed his head.

"Are you okay?" Shana asked, kneeling down next to the Mystes.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Yuji said as he stood up. His eyes widened as he sensed a strange presence coming closer to them. "Do you feel that?" Yuji asked shana as he pulled a small book mark out of his pocket, and it burned and materialized into a large sword. This was Yuji's weapon, Blutsauger.

Shana nodded as her long trench coat materialized on her back and she drew he Nietono no Shana. "Fuzetsu!" The red haired flame haze yelled as the surroundings turned crimson. "Its coming closer." Shana said as she turned to face the direction of the strange presence.

A young male with dark blue skin and pointed ears, wearing a long black trench coat, quite similar to Shana's came walking up to Shana and Yuji. The dark blue boy was followed by a young girl with long blue hair and the same skin tone and ears that the boy had. The young girl was riding on a large white wolf.

"Hi there." The small girl said with a smile on her face.

"Uh... hi?" Yuji said a little confused.

"Flame Haired Blazing Eyed Hunter, I challenge you." The male said as he drew a large sword that was on his back. He held it up and pointed the tip of the blade at Shana. "My name is Kanamaru Alman, and I am the flame haze of The Emperor of death, Drazor." The pointy eared flame haze said as he charged at Shana.

Shana immediately charged in when Kanamaru did. The two flame hazes' swords collided, sending sparks around them. Kanamaru pushed Shana back and swung his sword down at her while Shana was stumbling back. Shana managed to parry the attack, but was still of balance. Kanamaru took advantage of this moment, and knocked Shana's blade out of her hands. Kanamaru kicked Shana in the stomach which made the red haired girl drop to the ground. Kanamaru lifted his sword in the air, and stared down at Shana with his piercing green eyes. "I guess I'm the stronger flame haze..." Kanamaru said as he began to swing his sword down at Shana.

Just before Yuji could run in and save Shana, a large blue beam of energy flew through the air and ran into Kanamaru, sending him flying away from Shana.

"What was that?" Yuji asked, looking over at the small girl on the wolf.

The little girl had smoke coming form her hands, indicating that the energy beam came from her.

"Big brother, we didn't come here to fight. We came to ask a favor, remember?" The little girl said as the wolf took her to Kanamaru's side.

"Whatever Rayn." Kanamaru said as he stood up and walked over to Yuji. Kanamaru knelt down in front of Yuji, and tilted his head down.

"You don't have to go so far when asking a favor." A voice said coming from a black collar with a skull it that was around Kanamaru's neck.

"Shut up, Drazor." Kanamaru said, lifting his head up so that he was making eye contact with Yuji.

"Sakai Yuji, wielder of the Reiji Maigo, please.... allow me to borrow your Hougu!" Kanamaru said in a serious voice, staring at Yuji intensely.

"What?!" Yuji and Shana said at the same time.

Before anyone could say anything else a barrage of blue beams flew through the air towards Kanamaru and Yuji. Shana jumped over to Yuji and pushed him out of the way, and Kanamaru stood still. The beams rammed straight into Kanamaru, and when the smoke cleared, Kanamaru was completely fine.

A girl wearing white priest robes with teal hair was hovering in the air, holding a staff up.

"Supreme Throne, Hecate." The pendant around Shana's neck said, sounding a little irritated.

"Aster!" Hecate yelled as more blue beams emerged from her staff, trigon.

Kanamaru dodged the beams and jumped into the air up to Hecate.

"Cover me Yuji." Shana said as she sprouted flaming wings and flew into the air after Kanamaru.

Kanamaru was furiously swinging his sword at Hecate, but the teal haired Tomogara blocked all of the attacks with her staff.

Shana came from behind Hecate and swung her horizontally, but Hecate teleported away.

Kanamaru was swing his sword down when Hecate disappeared, but he didn't stop when he saw that his blade was going to Shana. Shana quickly jumped back so that she didn't take a hit from Kanamaru, and then looked up to see Hecate above them.

"Aster!" Hecate yelled, casting her unrestricted method from her staff.

Kanamaru flew straight through the beams and kicked Hecate in the chest, sending her to the ground.

"Well, that seemed to be pretty easy." Yuji said as he walked over to Shana who had landed next to Hecate.

Hecate looked up at Shana, and saw that she had no chance of winning any fights at the moment. With a flash of light, Hecate had teleported back to the Seireden.

"Since thats all over, back to Kanamaru's request." Alastor said as Shana turned to face the strange flame haze.

"What do you need the Reiji Maigo for?" Yuji asked, raising an eyebrow at the white haired flame haze.

"I..." Kanamaru said as he dropped to his knees. He got down on all fours and coughed up some blood. "I don't have much time left, my power of existence has almost depleted completely." Kanamaru said weakly, looking up at Yuji.

Yuji knelt down next to Kanamaru, and drove his hands into his chest. Yuji pulled the Reiji Maigo out and pushed it into Kanamaru's chest.

Just then, a large clock struck midnight, and Kanamaru's power of existence was immediately replenished.

"Thank you." Kanamaru said as he removed the Reiji Maigo from his body and gave it back to Yuji.

"You did pretty much just save Shana and me from Hecate." Yuji said, smiling at the white haired flame haze.

The young girl on the wolf came next to Kanamaru, and get off of her mount. She hugged her brother, and smiled. "Thank you, Sakai Yuji, you saved Kana's life." She said happily.

"It was nothing, but why did you fight Shana when you first showed up?" Yuji asked, staring at Kanamaru with a confused expression.

"Kana is really competetive, so he always fights every flame haze he comes across, my name is Rayn by the way." The blue haired girl said as she let go of her brother.

"Well, as long as you guys are around, do you have a place to stay for the night?" Yuji asked, smiling at Rayn.

Shana stepped on Yuji's foot. "No way in hell are you letting either of them stay at your house!" Shana said angrily, glaring at Kanamaru.

"Ow.... I didn't mean my house, I meant your house. That way you can keep an eye on them." Yuji said in a whisper as he rubbed his foot.

Shana scoffed then crossed her arms.

"That sounds like a good idea." Alastor said.

Shana stared down at her pendant with wide eyes. She didn't think it was a very good idea.

"Then is settled, We'll sleep at Shana-san's house for the night." Rayn said with a smile on her face.

Shana sighed, then nodded. She then began walking home, followed by the flame haze and his sister.

"I'll see you tomorrow Shana." Yuji said as he ran home.

"Okay!" Shana yelled back, smiling and waving at Yuji.

---30 MINUTES LATER---

Shana, Kanamaru, and Rayn, were all at Shana's home. Wilhelmina was sitting in the middle of the living room, analizing data that was sent from Outlaw about recent attacks by Bael Masque.

"Guests?" The pink haired flame haze said as she noticed that Shana had come into the room with company.

"Sort of." Shana said, glancing back at Kanamaru. "They'll be staying for the night, then after that my guess is that they're leaving Misaki City." Shana said, walking to her room. Shana went in her room, and laid down on her bed, quickly falling asleep.

Kanamaru looked around the room, then walked out of the apartment. He sat down outside the door, and leaned up against it as he fell asleep.

"I guess I'll just go sleep next to my brother. Good night." Rayn said cheerfully as her wolf carried her to the door.

"Good night." Wilhelmina said, standing up and getting a glass of water.

Rayn went outside the apartment and cuddled up against her brother, falling asleep quickly.