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She was his friend. She was his best friend. She was his everything. She was his partner. She was his challenger. She was his opponent. She was his enemy. She was dead. Now she's back again. HaoOC, Rated M.


A/N: No I'm not holding on Crossroads, but I am putting a hold on my other fics. The only one I will probably be updating on is Crossroads, my ItachiOC and KibaOC story. This just came to me one day when I was thinking about Hao. He is definitely my favourite character. Like Yoh said, he's just misunderstood and went the wrong way. There is nothing else wrong with him. So enjoy this story and expect a long wait for the chapters but long chapters. My mark is on about 3000+ words each chapter.


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''Asaha-chan! Asaha-chan!'' a sweet giggle.

Asakura Hao awoke abruptly, the voice still echoing in his mind. He glanced over at the small dark figure huddled in it's cloak besides him. Hao rolled back on his back and put his arms behind his head, staring up at the stars. The fire in front of him slowly flickered once and then died.

*T O D A Y*

''How many times do I have to tell you, Manta-san.'' a girl huffed and groaned loudly as she put her head in her arms. ''I wo-wo.'' she muttered, her voice muffled.

''I'm sorry Yuri-chan, but I'm afraid I didn't quite catch that.'' the small boy with straw coloured hair said firmly.

''I said, I don't know.'' the girl huffed, her blond hair swinging over her shoulder as she looked up at him.

''Well you should know!'' Manta cried out in a desperate tone, ''We've been over this for months!''

''Actually only for at least a week. You've only been tutoring me for two weeks.'' Yuri mumbled.

''That's not the point!'' Manta exclaimed.

''I don't care! This is boring! Tell me something interesting! Like that new guy in your class-the one you saw talking with ghosts and fighting! He beat you up didn't he! I bet he did! He did didn't he!'' Yuri blabbered flapping her hands excitedly.

''…,'' Manta stared at her.

''Tell me! No never mind-I'm sure I'm right. Don't worry Manta-san! I'll get him back for you! Tomorrow- when he comes out of school, I'll be waiting on the bench outside and then I'll stand up from my seat-I'll be on time for once, I won't forget- and then I'll go-'' Yuri tried to jump to her feet to show Manta what she was going to do but stood on her shoe lace and tripped rather comically, face planting into the ground.

Manta sweat dropped. ''No offence Yuri-chan. But I don't think you will be able to beat him up…''

''…,'' Yuri just groaned and scrambled to her feet, her face bright red in embarrassment. ''Shut up, Manta-san. Just cause I'm clumsy doesn't mean I couldn't lay a hit on him!'' she hissed and quickly sat back down on her seat, hiding her red face behind the maths book.

*T O D A Y*

''Nothing.'' Zanchin Han grumbled. ''We've been looking all over.''

''You better not let Hao-sama hear you doubting him.'' Tabarusui 'Turbine' Mohamedo said warningly.

''I never said I was doubting Hao-sama!'' Han snapped, ''Come on. Let's continue the search for her.''

*T O D A Y*

''Hey Manta.'' Yuri called after the smaller boy.

''Yes, Yuri-chan?'' he turned around to look at her.

''Do you think you could point him out to me?'' she asked him as she caught up with him at the entrance of the library.

''Why?'' Manta asked warily, ''So you can 'beat' him up?''

''No… I'm just curious to what he looks like. That's all.'' Yuri grinned at him and hooked her foot around his ankle, giving him a push so he face planted into the ground hard, ''Last one at the traffic lights is a big looooser~!'' she shouted and ran out of the library where they had been studying.

''Hey! That's not fair Yuri-chan!'' Manta yelled, ''I should get a head start, I'm smaller!''

''Exactly! This is pay back for me having to be tutored by a midget!'' Yuri yelled back, glancing over her shoulder and sticking her tongue out at him.

''Yuri! Watch out-!'' Manta winced as Yuri ran straight into a huge guy.

''Jesus-'' Yuri's breath hitched as she stared over the guys shoulder, her eyes wide.

''…,'' the guy grunted and she realized that she was staring and her neck snapped up to look at him.

''Urhm, Gomenasai mister! I wasn't looking where I was going!'' she apologized, bowing quickly a few times.

''She's sorry, it was her bad. Urm, we've got to go now!'' Manta grabbed Yuri's arm and pulled her away from the guy.

They ran on until they reached the traffic lights and Yuri bent over with her hands on her knees to catch her breath. Her eyes were wide in fear and sweat dripped down her face.

'No. No way. Impossible. FUCK!'

Man! Did you see those bad ass football players! a voice echoed through her head unbelieving.

''Yuri? Yuri-chan?'' Manta asked timidly, catching the tenseness of her shoulders.

''Huh, what?'' Yuri straightened and looked down at her friend.

''Are you alright? You look like you saw a ghost-'' Manta cut off and his jaw dropped. ''Did you see them!'' he hissed in a low voice.

''See them? What are you talking about, Manta-san?'' Yuri giggled at him, ''I only bumped into one guy. Not six. Don't be so silly.''

''But-but-'' Manta stammered confused.

''Psh, I'll see you after school tomorrow, Manta-san. We're having another study session, right? I'll be waiting outside the gates!'' Yuri raised a hand in greeting and quickly ran on down the streets, soon disappearing in the crowd.

''…,'' Manta stared after her disbelievingly. ''Man. She is one good liar.'' he breathed out and crossed the street once the lights turned green.

*T O D A Y*

''Billy! Did you find anything?'' Turbine called as 'Big guy' Bill Burton joined them again on the roof tops.

''Nothing.'' he grunted, rememorizing the blond girl who had stared at his football team in complete utter terror.

''Kuso.'' Han swore, ''If we keep on coming up with nothing, Hao-sama is gonne be mad.''

''Maybe the others have more luck.'' Turbine mumbled, more to himself then his team mates.

''I did get bumped into by a girl who seemed to be able to see my team.'' Bill spoke up.

''What? Why did you say 'nothing' then!'' Han snapped.

''Because she was a blonde. Hao-sama is looking for a red head.'' Bill snapped back. ''Besides, lots of young girls can see ghosts.'' he added, again the look of sheer terror in her eyes flashing through his mind.

''Hn. I guess you're right.'' Han muttered, ''Come on. Let's meet up with the others.''

*T O D A Y*

''I'm back!'' Yuri called as she opened her apartment door and slammed it shut behind her. Careful to put the latch on it as well.

''Psh. As if he can't get through a latched door. He doesn't tend to use doors, remember?'' a voice scoffed and Yuri's form went hazy.

A slightly see through replica of Yuri appeared besides her and the real Yuri's hair turned a dark red and her eyes changed from blue to brown. The blonde see through 'Yuri' watched as the girl in front of her actually shrunk slightly and her hair started growing back into her head, leaving shoulder length messy dark red hair.

''Yeah, yeah. It's an old habit I guess.'' the new Yuri muttered and kicked off her shoes, padding through the hallway on her socks, ''This is too big.'' she sighed, gesturing to the uniform she was wearing.

''You're the one who forced me to enter you so you wouldn't look like yourself.'' the blonde Yuri grumbled.

''Yeah well if you'd be so kind to remember, Yuri. There is someone out there who is apparently looking for me even though he shouldn't know I'm back.'' the red head snapped.

''Hana…'' the blonde Yuri sighed.

''I don't go by Hana anymore, baka!'' the red head exclaimed looking around as if someone was there that could of heard that, ''My name is Asanoha.''

''Yeah right, Asanoha.'' Yuri snorted, ''As if that wouldn't catch his attention when someone has his mothers name.''

''Shut up.'' Asanoha rolled her eyes.

''Hey! Don't tell me to shut up! You shut up!'' Yuri exclaimed.

''Yuri. I'm the living one here.'' Asanoha remarked dryly, ''I'm not sure what you are planning on doing if I don't shut up.''

''I'll kill you. You can't kill me cause I'm already dead.'' Yuri retorted smugly.

''I'm your Shaman. You're not allowed to kill me.'' Asanoha sighed and sat down on her couch.

''We'll just see about that-'' Yuri snapped as Asanoha gave her a pointed look. ''-fine, fine. I didn't mean it.'' she muttered and walked over to her.

Yuri was slightly transparent, her face pale and with a white kimono on with a dark patch on the right side of her chest. She was barefooted and had a belt strapped around her shoulder with a katana in a sheath on her back.

Her hair was long and blonde and tied back with a simple white ribbon and her eyes were bright blue. Yuri was-to put it simply… Dead.

''Hey, Yuri. That guy…'' Asanoha spoke softly.

''He was one of those followers, wasn't he?'' Yuri asked and Asanoha nodded.

''It's impossible to miss. That much furyoku… Hao's recruited him. He was searching for something too. So that means he's aware of me walking around.. Plus I had a dream last night.'' Asanoha murmured thoughtfully. ''I wonder for how long he's been looking for me…''

''We shouldn't of came to Japan!'' Yuri growled, ''It's all your fault! He'll find us again and send me back to the Spirit World again and kill you again. You dobe! We've got to go back to England!''

''He would of found us anyway. We're participating in the Shaman Tournament.'' Asanoha said firmly.

Yuki's jaw dropped.

''You're crazy. It's official. You've gone mad.'' she groaned, waving her arms around.

''No I have not!'' Asanoha snapped, ''I'm not mad! I've been fucking reborn with another damn chance to compete in the Shaman Tournament again! I'm not letting this opportunity slip by!''

''Hana- Asanoha I mean..'' Yuri sat down besides her, ''Have you thought about… that there is a possibility you were reborn for something else?'' she asked softly.

''What the hell do you mean?'' Asanoha said sharply, ''There is no other reason. Why else would I be reborn and you be brought back from the Spirit World?''

Yuri sighed. ''Never mind.'' she murmured, looking down at her feet.

''Jeez, Yuri. Don't you understand?'' Asanoha groaned, ''I been reborn after one fucking thousand and five hundred years. During the Shaman Tournament. This has to mean the Spirit King is giving us another chance to be Shaman King.''

''I guess so..'' Yuri mumbled as suddenly a knocking sounded at the door.

''Shit. Yuri!'' Asanoha hissed and Yuri jumped up alarmed. Asanoha also got up and Yuri let herself sink back into Asanoha's body.

Slowly Asanoha started changing, her hair growing longer and the red turning blond. Her eyes turned blue and she glanced down to check that she was still wearing the school uniform which she was.

There was another impatient knock at the door.

''Coming!'' Yuri called and hurried to the door. She opened it, leaving the latch on and peeked through the crack.

Manta was staring at his shoes and shuffled them around before raising his hand to knock again.

Do you think it's a trick? Yuri asked in Asanoha's mind.

It was Yuri's voice and body, but Asanoha still controlled the mind as the dead couldn't have their own mind in a real living body.

'No… I don't think so.' Asanoha answered and unlatched the door, pulling it open before Manta's fist could rat at the door again.

''Yuri-chan!'' Manta's face brightened.

''Hey, Manta-ku-san..'' Yuri choked out.

Hey! Don't call him -kun! Yuri protested in her mind.

'Jeez, Yuri. We're friends. He calls me -chan.' Asanoha grumbled.

No. He calls me -chan. Yuri's voice sounded grossed out.

'Chill, Yur. It might be your body, but it's me he calls -chan. He's talking to me, not to you.' Asanoha reassured her.

''Yuri-chan?'' Manta looked at her confused, ''Are you alright?''

''What? Oh of course.'' Yuri grinned at him. ''Spiffy.''

''S…spiffy?'' Manta repeated to himself confused.

''So what are you here for?'' Yuri asked, leaning against the door post.

''Oh- oh well… you wanted to meet Yoh right?'' Manta asked.

Yuri's eyes widened and she accidentally swallowed her own spit and started choking on it.

MY BODY! Yuri shrieked.

'Dammit! Shut up! It's my body and your appearance! I'm going to fucking die before I get to fight even once!' Asanoha screamed.

''Yuri-chan!'' Manta cried out.

''I'm-'' coughcough ''-fine.'' coughcough ''Did you just-'' coughcough ''-say Yoh?'' she breathed between fits of coughing and swallowing.

''Umm.. Yes..'' Manta nodded with wide eyes.

''Is that short for Yohmi?'' she hissed and grabbed Manta's tie and yanked him into her apartment, slamming the door closed with her back.

''Yuri!'' Manta squeaked in shock and slight fright at Yuri's fiery eyes.

''Yoh. Are you talking about Asakura Yohmi?'' Yuri demanded.

''Urhm- No… Asakura Yoh.. Do you know him?'' Manta asked with wide eyes.

''Take me to him!'' Yuri screeched and flung the door open, running down the hallway.

''…,'' Manta gaped at her disappearing back.

Asanoha… You don't have any shoes on…

Yuri ran back to Manta and slipped her shoes on. This time she grabbed him under her arm and kicked the door shut behind her as she raced out of the apartment.

*T O D A Y*

''Anything?'' Turbine asked the long man standing on a roof top.

''Nothing. Hao-sama will not be pleased.'' Lasso Luchist muttered.

''Billy saw a girl this afternoon. She bumped into him and instead of staring at him she stared at his football team.'' Han informed him.

Luchist turned to look at Billy, ''Is this true?'' he asked.

''Yes Luchist-san. It is. But she was not the girl we are looking for.'' Billy answered, ''She had blond hair and blue eyes.''

A whoosh and striking hot warmth behind Billy, Han and Turbine alerted them and they turned around swiftly. Before anyone could utter a word Billy's arm shot out and he pointed at something on the streets.

''There! That's her!'' he cried out.

*T O D A Y*

''HELP~! HELP ME~!'' Manta yelled in fear.

''Now. Show me where he is!'' Yuri demanded and set him down outside the apartment.

''The graveyard…'' Manta pointed in the direction of the graveyard shakily.

''Okay, quick. Let's go.'' Yuri said and grabbed his arm firmly, marching off towards the cemetery.

''Um… Yuri-chan… Do you know Yoh?'' Manta asked timidly.

''Yes.'' she answered shortly, ''I think I do.''

''Then… you must know he is the guy that speaks to ghosts.'' Manta said, looking up at her with big eyes.

Yuri grinned down at him, ''Don't worry. You're freaked out. If it is him… you'll be freaked out even more soon.'' she answered.

''…,'' Manta gulped and looked forwards at the cemetery gates looming up in front of them.

''Where is he?'' Yuri asked as she shoved Manta through the gates.

''Um… Usually on that cliff there.'' Manta pointed up at a higher part of the cemetery.

''Let's go then.'' Yuri said cheerfully and dragged Manta with her for the climb.

''Oh no~'' Manta groaned as he stumbled over things in the dark as he got almost literally dragged up the small hill.

''Oi. Asakura, right?'' Yuri called.

''Hm?'' a guy sitting at a grave looked over at her. Next to him something shimmied and a samurai appeared besides him.

''Amidamaru. Wow, this generation has done it's self good.'' Yuri whistled through her teeth.

''YOU CAN SEE HIM!'' Manta shrieked at her.

''Ah. Yes…'' she admitted guiltily.

''Who are you?'' Yoh asked curiously.

''Asakura Yoh… Of course you're not Yohmi.'' Yuri chuckled sheepishly, ''He was already half old one thousand and five hundred years ago-'' she broke off and laughed loudly.

IDIOT! Yuri screamed.

''One thousand- what are you talking about Yuri-chan!'' Manta exclaimed. This was getting way too much.

''Nothing. I was joking…'' Yuri said lamely.

''How do you know the Asakura family? Are you a Shaman too?'' Yoh asked her.

''Oh- yeah we go back a long way.'' Yuri waved a limp hand at him, ''And yeah. I am.'' she nodded.

''WHAT!'' Manta almost fainted.

''How come I don't know of you then?'' Yoh asked curiously again, ''And where is your Guardian Ghost?''

''Oh, this is my Guardian Ghost.'' Yuri said vaguely gesturing at herself. ''I'm in disguise.''

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! Yuri screamed over and over again.

''Huh?'' Yoh was confused and Amidamaru looked at her suspiciously.

''Oh. It won't hurt. Hey- Amidamaru?'' Yuri looked at him.

''Yes?'' he asked slowly.

''Could you maybe check if there is anyone around here? Apart from us five?'' she smiled sweetly at him.

''Yoh-dono?'' Amidamaru looked at him.

''Go ahead! She's got my attention now!'' Yoh grinned at him.

Amidamaru gave Yuri another suspicious look at then faded away. There was a quiet moment that Yoh and Yuri spent gazing at each other.

Yuri had shivers going down her spine every time she caught his eye.

He looks too much like Hao. Yuri commented, I don't like him.

'Oh hush. He's not Hao. Don't worry. I'm sure.' Asanoha assured her.

Hn. was the only reply from Yuri as Amidamaru appeared again.

''There is no one around. It is midnight so I wouldn't expect anyone to be around anyway.'' he said curtly, looking suspiciously at her again.

''Well then.'' Yuri grinned, ''Yuri?''

Manta gawked at her in complete confusion and then his eyes almost popped out of their sockets as a light shimmied around her and it seemed as if another Yuri stepped out from inside her.

''Fool.'' the new Yuri snapped and Manta's eyes-if possible widened even further as the original Yuri's hair shot back into her scalp and turned a dark red, ending messily at her shoulders and her eyes changed from blue into honey brown.

''Oh shush, Yuri. It's an Asakura.'' the red head scoffed.

''Exactly. We've got one deadly one after us.'' Yuri muttered under her breath.

''What the heck!'' Manta squeaked disbelievingly, looking at the slightly transparent new Yuri. She was wearing her white kimono with the dark patch on the right side of her chest and her long blond hair tied back with a white ribbon.

''This is… cool!'' Yoh exclaimed and got to his feet.

''Hmm?'' the new Yuri raised an eyebrow.

''Y-Yuri-chan!'' Manta breathed.

''Don't call me -chan!'' the blond Yuri snapped at him and he shrunk back in terror.

''No, no, no, Manta-kun. That is Yuri. My name is Asanoha.'' Asanoha chuckled, ''Yuri is my Guardian Ghost.''

That was too much for Manta, and he dropped backwards into a dead faint.

''Oh shit.'' Asanoha's eyes widened. ''I didn't mean for that to happen!''

''Oh please. He's just a nuisance like you.'' Yuri snapped at her.

''Oh shut up.'' Asanoha rolled her brown eyes.

''Don't tell me to shut up! I'm already dead and can throw you off this cliff easily and kill you!'' Yuri snipped.

Yoh and Amidamaru sweat dropped and watched them throw insults at each other in disbelief.

''I… thought she was the girls Guardian Ghost…'' Amidamaru breathed.

''Yeah… I think she is…'' Yoh murmured.

''What a disrespect.'' Amidamaru shook his head with a frown.

''Coming from both of them...'' Yoh agreed.

''Oh go die!'' Asanoha growled.

''I ALREADY AM DEAD!'' Yuri shrieked.

''Um… girls?'' Yoh carefully interrupted them. ''Why did you have Manta bring you here?'' he asked.

''Oh god. I almost forgot…'' Asanoha exclaimed, ''Well... Do you by any chance know a Hao?'' she asked him slowly.

''Um… no… not really.'' Yoh frowned, racking his brain, ''Should I?''

''Ye-'' Yuri got broke off by Asanoha thrushing her hand through her head. ''GAAH! DON'T DO THAT!'' Yuri screamed in irritation. ''I can't feel it!''

''No. You shouldn't.'' Asanoha shook her head cheerfully, ''He's a bastard.'' she added under her breath.

''Was that it?'' Amidamaru asked them sharply, ''Yoh-dono should be getting home now.'' he said with a look towards Yuri at the -dono part.

''Well no, we just came here to see if you were Yohmi, but you aren't, so… we're chill!'' Asanoha grinned at Yoh.

''Yeah and Asanoha-dobe should be getting home too.'' Yuri snipped, returning to look to Amidamaru who's jaw dropped.

''Oi! Don't call me that!'' Asanoha protested.

''Come on, Asanoha. We need to go now.'' Yuri glared at her, stepping towards her.

''Fine. Hey, see you around Yoh. I hope to fight you at the Shaman Tournament.'' Asanoha winked at him.

''Sure! May the best man win.'' he grinned back at her. ''Oh and I'll take Manta home for you.''

''That would be me.'' Asanoha said cockily, ''And thank you. We really need to return.''

Yuri rolled her eyes and stepped into Asanoha. The red head transforming back into the slightly taller, blond haired and blue eyed girl.

''See you guys around!'' Yuri called and ran off with a broad grin.

Dobe. Yuri grumbled.

'I was just making a friend.' Asanoha chuckled.

Psh. Friend. Yuri sighed, I guess that's alright. If he's an Asakura, a good one since he doesn't know Hao, then that's good.

The apartment wasn't that far off from the cemetery and Yuri made it there quickly. She ran up the steps with a smile on her face. She hadn't locked her door so she opened it and slipped the latch back on.

Yuri didn't wait around and left Asanoha's body as she kicked off her shoes.

''Serious though. That Amidamaru is an arrogant jerk.'' Yuri grumbled, waiting for Asanoha's eyes to turn back to her original honey brown.

''Heh. I'd say you're crushing on him.'' Asanoha giggled and made her way to the living room.

''Hey! That is so not true!'' Yuri cried out and rushed after Asanoha.

The red head laughed and burst through her living room, coming to an abrupt halt as she saw the figure on her cough.

''Fuck.'' the word slipped out of her mouth before she could stop it and Yuri walked straight through her by accident and gaped at the figure.

''Nice to see you two again.'' Asakura Hao drawled with a smirk on his face. ''You know. I do know what Yuri looks like, it's rather foolish to prance around in Japan as her if you were trying to hide from me.''