Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King. I don't own nothing ;;. Okay..whatever.

A/N:: This is a repost of the entire story. I took it down coz I just didn't want it up anymore but this is for Wusai-sama since she's done a lot and I feel I need to repay her for something at least!
No One You Can Trust
Chapter 1Prologue

Manta Oyamada. You're every day strange, extremely short, loud, gullible?, noisy, outgoing, hyper, annoying, sociable, ranting, screaming, friendly, kawaii, rageful, agitated, overexcited, hectic, lively 13 year old boy who can see ghosts. Although most 13 year old boys may not be like that…..

The school bell rang dismissing the students. It was the end of the day for school that is, as his fellow classmates poured out of the classroom joyfully to go off doing their everyday after school plans. For Manta, of course, he was going nowhere but home.

It had only been a month ago, that the violent fiancee of Yoh Asakura was taken from him. Yoh had been cutting classes since then and on several occasions, he wouldn't even show up for a week at school. Sadly, Manta felt he hadn't known his 'best' friend well enough to be there for him in his lost.

And Asakura Hao was responsible for all of this. Well…..probably, but that's what Manta thought so. He hadn't trust him ever since he had first set eyes on the powerful Shaman. And Hao's interest in Anna had seemed to be more of an interest beyond the 'just friends' boundary.

Not to mention that Tamao to have also cut classes more often around the same time as Yoh had. He knew he felt the absence of Yoh's friendship. Yoh seemed to have turned to Tamao and Ren much more often than Yoh asking Manta for advice.

Or maybe they were just trying to lighten up the depressed kid…..?

Manta laughed bitterly to himself.

'Depressed? Now that's something that I probably would never had described Yoh as.' Manta thought sadly. Everyone's moods have fallen to depression hill. No one had seemed to be as alive or cheery anymore. Not even Horohoro. Was there something he probably didn't know?

"Manta-sama!" hearing the faint voice, Manta turned around at first response.

"Tamao-chan?" Manta replied, surprised to see Tamao running up towards Manta. "What? Is there something wrong?" he asked.

"No. Not really." Tamao sighed. And Tamao seemed to have been greatly affected by Anna's disappearance as well.

It all started when the school had a whole week's break. Anna, as usual, commanded the boy to do the house chores and grocery shopping for the week. Tamao was at home doing the other housework of maintaining the kitchen. Yoh and Manta went out to go shopping for food in the morning. Of course shopping for food wasn't the only thing guys would do.

Going around in media stores trying to pick up the latest CD from those 'cool' artists and having fun and eating out. But when Yoh and Manta came home, things had completely knocked their worlds upside down.

The house was a mess, seemingly vandalized and trashed. Anna was nowhere to be found and Tamao was left lying on the floor, beaten and traumatized. The young pink-haired girl was so traumatized, she couldn't say, eat, or drink anything for two days. The only words that Tamao kept whispering were 'They tried to kill me. They tried to kill me.'

After those two days of course, Tamao could speak again, barely. She said that it happened so fast, she couldn't really tell who it was. She didn't know what happened to Anna since she was in the kitchen and Anna was setting the table for dinner, and maybe thinking of what to scream at Yoh by the time they would have came back home.

She tried picking up all of the remaining memories of that incident. But it was clear to Manta what she was trying to explain was, she heard some glass breaking and figured it Yoh trying to run away from Anna's rage. Then Tamao was attacked from behind which caused her head to hit against the marble polished counter and fall again towards the hard floor.

There was enough evidence to say that Tamao tried to fight back. She used her Love Strike but the intruder was able to destroy her Over Soul. Fingers wrapped around her neck slamming her towards the ground holding there almost choking her to death. The only words that the intruder said was if she told his/her identity, he/she would make sure she would have to be eaten alive.

And Manta wasn't sure if she had still recovered her memories. Or possibly that she was too disturbed to say who it was. But Tamao didn't know if the intruder had anything involved with Anna's disappearance.

It probably did…..

"So? Is something wrong? What's the matter?" Manta asked still concerned.

"Umm…..Yoh-sama wanted you to come over for dinner today." She replied.

"R…..really?" Manta stuttered overjoyed with his friend's invitation.

"Yeah….." Tamao sighed. "I'm really worried for Yoh-sama. I wish there was something more I could have done. Because Anna-sama isn't there anymore, he won't talk to me. I feel it's all my fault."

"Don't worry Tamao-chan." Manta said confidently. "You did everything you could. And besides, how would you have known what was going on if that person attacked you from behind?"

"I haven't fully recovered. Faust-sama said that because of my head injury when I hit the counter, I probably had not much of an idea what had happened. It's more of like…..?"

"Amnesia?" Manta suggested.

"Yes, amnesia." Tamao nodded. "But if frightens me of that..…even if I remember who it was, that person….." she trembled.

"It's okay, Tamao." Yoh assuaged. Tamao and Manta looked up.

"Yoh-kun!" Manta cheered joyfully. Yoh smiled warmly, but his eyes were sad. The laid-back Shaman rubbed his eye and sighed, still feeling miserable from the aftershock. Although Manta felt it was probably Tamao that it hit hardest.

"Hey Manta-chan." Yoh waved. "How's school been getting along?"

"I don't know. It..…it's kinda lonely without you and Anna-chan around right now." He slowly admitted blushing. "I mean, it's not like anyone hasn't noticed. The whole school knows about Anna's disappearance and you not showing up at school much anymore." He examined Yoh for a moment and slightly blushed a little more. "…..You've..…been..…training?" he asked.

"Yes. Yoh-sama hasn't stopped training ever since Anna-sama's absence." Tamao replied.

"I see. So this is what you do when you cut classes, right?" he asked. Yoh shrugged. Manta looked down at his own feet feeling guilty for no reason.

"Well, mother and father just called me today. Nothing so far. Yohmei hasn't found anything either. If we can't find Anna within the next month alive, then Tamao is suppose to be the next in line for my fiancee." Yoh said. "I mean, not like it's a bad thing or anything but….."

"Yoh, don't talk that way..…please. I also do care about Anna disappearing." Tamao expressed sadly. And immediately after that, her eyes lit with anger, Manta thought he had never seen before or would ever have to see. "You say as if not caring who I am is your first priority! Even though I know you care about Anna-sama, it seems as if you wouldn't mind at all if I was the one who disappeared!"

"Tamao, I didn't mean---" Tamao shoved him out of the way dashing quickly off towards the distance before Yoh got to explain. He sighed with another tear streaming down his face. He let it flow down his face and drip towards the ground.

"…..Yoh-kun..…"

"Sorry you had to see that Manta..…" Yoh turned away from him. "..…It's just…..things..…don't seem to be the same anymore. I was always hoping Anna could just leave me alone for once so I can be with other people but now..…I just can't bear the thought of what could be happening to her right now."

"Have you talked to Maiden-sama about it yet?" Manta asked.

"No. I don't want her or the X-Laws to get involved. It's none of their business anyways."

"But what if it has to do with Hao?" Manta asked.

"I don't know, Manta. I can't see why it would be Hao anyways. If he really wanted Anna that much, why doesn't he just come and take her? I mean, I know he may not be the type of person to also think about destroying the inside of the house and hurting Tamao as well." Yoh explained. Manta nodded.

"I…..I'm just worried for you also, Yoh-kun. This is making all of us worry as well too. We're your friends, Yoh, that's why we're all helping you to find her." Manta condoled.

"…..Thanks, Manta." Yoh patted the boy's head smiling cheerfully. "It's nice to know that someone cares." They began to walk back quietly.

"Do you think Tamao would be home?" Manta asked.

"Yeah. I made her upset again. Even though I seem to take it so seriously and all, I think Tamao is the one that is hit hardest by it. She respected Anna-sama a lot and to have someone threatening to consume her alive as well, she must be scared shitless." Yoh mentioned.

"This is getting nowhere, Yoh, why don't you just ask Tamao to use her Ouija board?"

"She had." Yoh replied.

"And what 't sense anything. Ponchi and Conchi have been constantly complaining that Tamao isn't concentrating at all. That she isn't even trying. I think she's too scared to search for the answer or what the answer may be."

"I see….." Manta sighed. 'If I was a Shaman, how would this affect me? Maybe I could've helped Yoh-kun then. I feel so…..useless..…'

The itako's body was slumped against the chains that cuffed around her wrists. She looked almost dead, her head dropping towards the ground. Her arms were pulled behind her as the shackles were so tight around her wrists, it made them bleed. Her hands felt lifeless and gone.

She tried recalling the images of that night it all had happened.

'I shouldn't have stood up against…And now where's Yoh, my future Shaman King…..who's suppose to save me? Does he care about me anyways? I feel so hopeless…'

The cell door opened, the heavy wooden door knocking against the metal ridges, the collision echoing throughout the dreary prison. The rats that ran across the floor winced at the sudden rays of light pouring across the cell.

"Miss Anna Kyouyama?" the hoarse voice echoed bouncing off the walls as well. She didn't respond. She couldn't respond. Not after what had happened. "Perhaps you should learn how to answer when someone asks you something." A harsh slap on her face. She gasped from the sudden movement and recoiled against the pain. She still didn't answer.

"It's hopeless. She won't listen no matter what." A different voice remarked. "She's far too faithful to Yoh to answer."

"It doesn't matter right now." The figure turned around. "I want both of you to keep an eye on Tamao. She's still seems to be quite shaken up by the fact I attacked her as well."

"Yes." The two voices answered.

The three left the prison cell one by one. Before the last one left, Anna looked slightly up at the blinding light lastly seeing the powerful shaman.

A/N:: I've written complex stories before but instead I never really got to finish them because it got so complex, I started getting confused myself, LoL. I hope it doesn't happen with this fanfic since I'm going to make it like have multiple chapters so it doesn't end right now! Any ideas on the pairings and what I should include or not include? But anywayz…PLEASE R&R!!! I'd do anything if you do so!!! (a total lie but please review! Thnx)