Hello everybody! This is my first fanfic. English is not my native language (I'm Greek) and I still take English classes. So please, forgive me for my grammar and spelling mistakes. This story takes place after the Shaman Fight. Yoh has defeated Hao and he has become the Shaman King. I hope you all enjoy my story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King or its characters (unfortunatelly!)

Chapter 1

Rebirth

It was a beautiful and silent night. Stars had inundated the dark sky, glistening and sparkling under the moonlight. A gentle breeze was blowing, making the leaves of the trees dance rhythmical. But the most amazing this night, was the moon. It was standing there, among the stars, giving the sky a special, eerie light and beauty.

A young blonde girl at the age of sixteen, was sitting at the balcony of her room and was watching the night sky with a look full of sorrow. The breeze made the red bandana on her head flapping, but she didn't care. She continued looking at the night sky. She was pretty busy that day, and now that she had some time to stay by herself and think, she wouldn't be annoyed by something like that.

Nights like this one, reminded Anna Kyouyama that she was all alone. She had only herself to rely on. She was alone her whole life, and that wouldn't change in the future. Although she had a fiance, he didn't love her. He was with her only by obligation.Only because his grandparents had chosen his wife long time ago. They had chosen her to be his wife, to lead him to the throne of the Shaman King. And she had achieve. He was now the Shaman King, and she was his Queen.

Anna used to be really cold with everyone. She never trusted anyone and she never let somebody in. That's why she never had friends. Her first and only friend was him. Yoh Asakura. Her fiance. When she first met him, she thought that he would be like everyone else. Rude and nasty to her. But no. Even though she was really cold towards him, he always grinned at her with his own silly way. Even when she yelled or slapped him, he always had that grin on his face. And that was what she loved and hated about him at the same time. He was always so optimistic, even at the most difficult conditions. She wanted to be like him, but she was the exactly opposite.

And that was probably why he never loved her and never will. She was cold, insensitive,bossy and the most times, rude. But she loved him. She trully loved him. She first realized her feelings for him, when he saved her from the oni she had created. And she knew that her feelings were deep. Very deep. If only she could tell him how she feels! But she knew that he didn't feel the same way as her, and if she told him how she feels, the only thing she would achieve, would be to have her heart broken. And that was the last thing Anna wanted.

"Anna." came a familiar voice behind her, distracting her from her thoughts. Her heart hammered at the sound of this voice, but she tried to stay indifferent. It was Yoh's voice.

Yoh crossed her room and got near her.

"What are you doing here?" he asked her with his usual grin, sitting beside her.

Anna embraced her knees and muttered "I'm just looking at the night sky."

Yoh looked at her puzzled, trying to understand what she had just said. After a few seconds, he replied "Yeah... It's really beautiful tonight." He turned his gaze at the sky, too. And they sat there in awkward silence, looking at the stars and the moon. Although none of them talked, it was a precious moment they had all alone. But this moment was spoiled, by a knock at the door. None of them answered. So, after a couple of seconds the door slid open and a pink-haired girl appeared.

"Umm... E-excuse me Yoh-sama, Anna-sama. I c-came to tell you that the dinner is r-ready." she stammered as a smooth pink color made its way to her cheeks.

Yoh turned to face her and he gave her a small smile. To that, the color of the girl's cheeks became a deep red.

"OK, Tamao. We're coming. Thank you." he said cheerfully.

Tamao Tamamura just nodded and left the room silently. She had a big crush on Yoh, since they were little. Yoh didn't know about that and he didn't seem to notice it. But Anna knew about Tamao's feelings.

Yoh stood up and stretched. Then, he noticed Anna. She was still sitting down, embracing her knees, without moving. He stared at her for a while.

"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked her, still staring at her. "You're not hungry?"

Anna looked at him. "Of course I am." she said as she stood up. He grinned at her. She just gazed at him. And they went downstairs to have their dinner.

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Eight hours later

A spark of fire flickered outside Anna's bedroom and the next moment a giant red creature appeared, holding a boy with long, chocolate hair, in its hand. The boy had a smirk on his face. The creature's hand reached the window of Anna's room and with only one look from the chocolate-haired boy, it opened. The boy jumped inside the room, and snapped his fingers. With that the red creature disappeared in a small eddy.

Anna felt the presence of someone inside her room. She was laid down on her futon, her eyes closed. She was supposed to be sleeping, but she couldn't. She had so many things in her mind that it was impossible to get some sleep. The chocolate-haired boy got near her with gentle steps and the smirk he had on his face became a big smile. He kneeled beside her futon and looked at her peaceful face.

Anna knew that this person who was in her room was sitting beside her, and probably he was looking at her. She knew it wasn't Yoh. He was never coming at her room to peek at her while she was sleeping. And of course it couldn't be Tamao! She had a really strange feeling about this person. Strange in a bad way. She didn't know why she was pretending to be asleep, when she should have kicked this person out of her room. It was really really strange.

She's so beautiful and sweet when she's sleeping, the chocolate-haired boy thought. Maybe I should think of it again. God, I just can't resist.

Now Anna could feel this person's breath, tickling her ear. Oh, God, she thought. He's so close to me! I have to do something. And she did.

Anna suddenly opened her eyes, just the time the chocolate-haired boy kissed her cheek. Her eyes widened when she saw the white cloak this boy was wearing. It can't be!

She moved away from him and stood up quickly, only to face her worst nightmare.

"Hao!" she said surprised as she looked at the boy in front of her, who was looking at her straight into the eyes. His smile was still on his face.

Hao stood up without removing his eyes from Anna. "Hi, Anna. I'm happy to see you, too. Long time, no see." he said still smiling.

The surprised look on Anna's face was now gone, to be replaced by her usual cold glare. She crossed her arms in front of her chest. How can Hao be here? He is dead!

"What are you doing here?" she asked him as much cold as she could.

"You could at least ask me how I'm doing,first." he said, pretending to be disappointed. "But it's OK. I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Anna ignored him."Answer to my question."

"OK. I'll be honest. I came here just to talk to you."

Anna raised her eyebrows. "To talk to me?" she asked distrustfully.

"Yeah..." he replied, scratching the back of his head. "What's so odd about it?"

Anna gave him one of her coldest glares. "Nothing. I just think that normal people don't talk at 4:00 am. But I forgot that you're not 'normal people'. " she said. "Not to take into account that you're supposed to be dead." she added, emphasizing the last word.

"As I can see, you haven't changed at all dear Anna. You're still the most polite person I know." he said, while sitting on a chair behind him.

Anna said nothing, just continued to glare at him."What do you want?"

"I' ve already told you. I just want to talk to you." he answered, while he was leaning on the back of his chair.

"How did you come back? Yoh killed you two years ago." she said with a calm voice.

Hao smiled again. "I'm the most powerful shaman in the world Anna, remember?"

"Not anymore Hao. Yoh is the Shaman King now, so he is the most powerful shaman." Anna said with a smirk.

"Oh, yes! My loving little bother!" Hao said with a fake sweetness in his voice. "That's exactly why I came to talk to you, dear Anna."

Anna looked at him, an inquisitive look on her face. Hao smirked.

"I came to tell you a secret about my little brother."

END OF CHAPTER 1

Phew! I finally finished this. I must have rewritten this chapter more than three times! Really tiring job! Well, I wanted to make it as much well-written as I could. I hope you liked it. Please read and review. You can flame me if it sucked. All kind of reviews are accepted! If you have any questions, you can e-mail me and I'll answer you. You know, I love receiving e-mails! If that chapter was a kind of boring, I promise you that the next ones are going to be much more interesting! Don't forget to review...