Chapter 1: Yoh and Manta

Five Hundred Years Ago, Within The Great Spirit…

"You WILL NOT harm the humans!"

In a split second, Sesshomaru was right in front of Hao.

Hao gave an evil sneer and replied, "Why are you, an evil demon who hates humans, trying to save them? They are the most selfish and cruel creatures the world has ever since. Isn't this what you think of them?"

Sesshomaru interrupted angrily, "That was in the past." The blade of his kyũselshu (his new sword) gleamed in the light emitted from the Great Spirit as he tightened his grip on the handle. "I am now… different…"

Hao looked at Sesshomaru with mad amusement. Such a fool… He shall die with the humans then… The burning fingers of the spirit of fire pierced through Sesshomaru. But his victory did not last. The cold hard steel sliced through his neck and all consciousness was lost. Hao was slain.

Sesshomaru put kyũselshu back into the sheath, and smiled for the longest time he had ever smiled. Everything dimmed to the eventual darkness as he left the world.

Present Time, At A Graveyard In Tokyo…

Yoh yawned loudly. He had just finished school and as usual, he was going to spend the night with his "friends".

"Hey Aku, hey Jack, how's it going?" The both of them were in the middle of a fight. "Come' on, this isn't going to get us anywhere, can it? You're both dead already – you can't hurt each other."

They paused for a moment, as if in deep thought, and then continued fighting. Yoh shook his head as he walked towards his other "friends". He sat down and began to chat with them.

Quite a distance away, a short kid was spying on them. What's the new kid doing? Man… Hold on… Are those… Ghosts?… He began to become afraid, but his curious mind was in control of his legs – he wouldn't budge. He was listening so intensely that he did not realise the earth he stood on was loose and that he was slowly slipping. (I'm sure you know what's gonna happen next) He tumbled and fell down the slope and almost hit his head on a gravestone when a silver haired man caught him.

"Oi kid, better be bit careful will ya. You nearly got yourself killed," he smirked smugly.

"Inuyasha, let's go. The last train is going off already. Hey who's this kid. He's pretty cute… Who am I kidding? He's SOOOO DARN adorable!"

The lady picked the boy up and pinched his face HARD, causing him to cry out in pain. He then looked at the man called Inuyasha and whispered thanks. The couple then rushed off quickly.

The boy wiped his sweat off, and gave a relieved sigh. He was going to leave, when he saw Yoh in front of him now. Surprised, shocked and afraid, he fell back and then got back up again.

"What's up with that??? When? What? How did you appear in front of me so quickly???"

"Huh? Oh er… I walked, of course. Hehehe." Yoh offered the boy his hand. "I'm Yoh, what's your name?"

The boy refused his help and got up. Plucking up his courage, he replied rudely, "I'm Manta, you're the new kid aren't you?"

"Oh yeah… You're in my new class!"

Manta fell back again, this time in surprise of Yoh's slow reaction.

He got up once more and asked "what the heck are you doing here?"

"With my 'Good friends' of course," Yoh replied calmly, smiling, his arms around two translucent figures. One of them did not have eyes. "Wanna know how they died? This guy here died quite gruesomely."

Manta's eyes widened in fear and without warning ran off screaming.

"Hey man! Wait up…"

But he was already too far away to hear what Yoh had to say.

The Very Next Day

"I'm telling you. That new kid talks to ghosts. I saw it with my own two eyes!"

"Yeah right, and I can talk to vampires"

The rest of them laughed mockingly, as Manta fumed. At that moment, Yoh entered the room and gave them a friendly smile. Manta began to ramble on about Yoh, but nobody was listening anymore.

Yoh tapped his shoulder and asked, "Hey why did you run away last night?"

Surprised at the question, he paused, and then replied agitatedly, "WHAT DO YOU THINK???"

This wiped the smile off Yoh's face and he went back to his seat. The lesson then begun, but Manta was not paying any attention. He was too busy thinking about the events last night. He stole a glance at Yoh and realised he was sleeping.

"WHAT??? HE'S SLEEPING???" Manta shouted loudly.

The teacher shook his head disapprovingly at him and went on with the lesson.

"Oyamada, stay back after school."

After that encounter with the teacher, he walked out of the school angrily.

"Oi Manta! Wait up!"

Yoh gasped for breath as he approached Manta.

"Hey… I'm sorry I got you into trouble. And about last night… I'm sorry for the scare I gave you. You know… People who can see spirits are not bad people…"

Manta, who obviously did not expect such words, finally smiled for the first time at him.

"Maybe we can be friends?"

"Yeah… Why not?"

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