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Chapter One: When It Happened

"Come on Lenny. It'll be fun." June coached.
"No, June. I don't think I want to have fun right now." Lenny said.
"Don't be a stiff. Just come this once."
"Fine, I'll go." Lenny gave in sighing. June grabbed him before he
had time to change his mind, led him to the car, and slammed him into the
seat. Lenny sighed, because June tricked him into going shopping again. He
buckled up as June started the car and sped off. His thoughts went back to
becoming Shaman King.

(Lenny's POV)

"I'm kind of glad that I didn't win the Shaman tournament?" I thought and
reflected about the past. It has been three years since then and I am now
19. I was taller. My hair now went down to my back in spikes. Thanks to
training, not only did I become tan, but I also had many muscles. I also
thought about how Yoh defended me and showed what friendship was. However,
Yoh and I were so different that I did not understand why Yoh would want to
be my friend. Yoh has friends like Morty, a girlfriend, and a great spirit.
My spirit is not bad, but the only thing I had was my family and nothing
else. I sighed again. "Maybe I'm destined to be alone...maybe forever."
I was shook out of my thoughts when June slammed on the brakes and slid to
the side of the road.
"What happened June?" I asked.
"I was driving and a girl just walked in front of the car. I knew she saw
me. She looked straight at me and smiled." June said shakily, unbuckled her
belt, and got out of the car. I followed her and was about to scold June,
when I saw something that astounded me. There was a beautiful girl standing
there with the wind blowing her hair. It made her look like an angel
without wings. I lost my breath for a while. My heart felt funny.
"What's this feeling?" I thought. "I've never felt this before..."
"Are you ok?" June asked the girl who was still standing where she was when
June swerved out of the way. The girl just fell to her knees and began to
cry. June started panicking and looking at me for answers. I stepped closer
to her and was about to ask her a question, but she fainted. I caught her
before her head hit the ground and picked her up bridal style.
"What are we going to do with her?" June asked still panicking.
"We take her home." I stated. June looked at me as if I lost my mind.
I had to admit I did not know why I said that either. "We have to ask her
questions." I added quickly. June just nodded. We walked to the car. I put
her in the back seat and got in the front. It was a quiet drive home, while
almost. June keep tapping the steering wheel and mumbling to herself.
I smirked. Most of the time, it seems that I am older than June is. She is
24 and acts less mature than I do. We arrived home about 15 minutes later,
because June was driving slowly. We decided that since Mom was not home we
take the girl into her room. For some reason, I held her a minute longer
and took extra time making sure she was comfortable. Before I could help
it, my hands traced her face and the word 'beautiful' pasted my lips. I
scowled at myself and left to go train.
"Why did I do that?" I asked myself looking down at my hand.

(Ayuma's POV)

"Ugh..." I groaned as I sat up in a bed...a bed, "Where am I?" I thought back
to the events that were parallel to this and remembered.

Flashback

"I'm so tired...I just need somewhere to rest." I thought as I walked on,
until I saw a bright light. "That looks warm." I walked out into the road.
I knew I could hurt or/and get the person who was driving into trouble, but
I was tired of living and I needed an easy way out. I smiled and closed my
eyes waiting for the numbness, but it never came.
I heard a screech and opened my eyes to see that the car had missed me. The
people that were in the car got out. It was a young woman who looked to be
in her early 20's and a young man. He was mysteriously handsome. I blushed
lightly; he seemed to draw me through his eyes. They walked over to where I
was, the man standing slightly behind the woman.
"Are you ok?" The woman asked. I did not say anything.
"Of course I'm not ok...I tried to kill myself. I'm such a coward." I thought
to myself, fell to my knees, and cried. Through the tears, I saw that the
woman looked at the man in a panicky sort of way. The man stepped forward
as if to say something, but if he did, I did not hear it because blackness
consumed my vision.

End of Flashback

"But how did I get here?" I asked myself. I got up out of the bed and
decided to explore. I walked down the hallway looking at pictures of
people.
"Must be family..." I sighed as I keep walking until I saw a picture of the
person that was in the car and the woman next to him. I stared at it for a
long time before deciding to go on. "I wonder who he is..." I shook the
thought out of my head.
I was walking when I felt the need to open one certain door.
I do not know why I felt compiled to open the door, but I did. I slowly
stuck my head into the room and I saw HIM. He had weights while flipping
and fighting with what looked like to be zombies. He wore nothing, but
black baggy pants, which left his top half fully apposed.
His muscles were wrinkling and swaying with every movement.
"Wow! Now I've seen six packs, but I've never seen a twelve pack before." I
blushed at the perverted thought that pasted thought that pasted through my
head. I looked down at the floor and then back at him. I took in my breath
when I saw that he was looking at me. I panicked, closed the door, and ran
down the hall.

(Lenny's POV)

"Crap!" I said to myself after she was not in the room I had just checked.
I kept on checking and finally gave up and started calling June.
"What is it?" June asked coming from her room.
"I can't find the girl."
"You lost her." She said annoyed "Wasn't she asleep?"
"Yes, she was, but she woke up. I saw her looking at me through the door on
the first floor of the training rooms. We have to find her." I said
panicking for some reason. June seemed to notice and raised her eyebrow
curiously. Together June and I found her. She was in the room she woke up
in sitting down on the bed with her knees pulled onto her chest and her
arms wrapped around them.
"You didn't check the room that she woke up in." June said smirking at me.
"Oh, shut up June." I said blushing slightly. I looked at the girl who was
looking at us.
"Are you ok?" June asked walking towards the girl and sat on the edge of
the bed. The girl nodded her head. "Are you hungry?" the girl nodded her
head again.
"I'll go and get something to eat. Len come here." June commanded. I walked
over to the bed. "Watch her until I get her something to eat." I shrugged
as she got up and I sat down. I felt nervous around her for some reason. I
decided to play it cool and lay down on the bed. After all the bed felt
comfortable, why not lay.
I looked at the girl who was now blushing and looking at me. I was
confused, so I looked down. I still had no shirt on. I smirked. "So that's why she's blushing." I thought.
"Are you from a nearby town?" I asked and she shook her head no.
"Are you just visiting?" She nodded her head.
"Do you have any relatives near here?" She shook her head no.
"Can you speak?" She blushed and nodded.
"What's your name?"
"It's Ayuma..." She finally said.
"She has a beautiful voice." I thought.
"Thank goodness you talked." I said, "I was beginning to feel like it was a
one-sided conversation." She smiled and blushed deeper.
"And she has a nice smile" I told myself.
"Is yours Len?" She asked.
"It's Lenny, but you can call me Len. Lenny sounds nerdish." I replied.
"Why were you in the road? Where you headed somewhere?"
"Yes, I was. I was in the road, because I wanted to escape..." She said
soberly looking at the floor then back at me.
"Escape, why and from whom?" I asked sitting up. She blushed again. "At
this rate I think I should not move at all." I thought smirking on the
inside.

(Ayuma's POV)

"I have to learn to control my blushing." I thought to myself. "Why did I
tell him that? That is all the information I should give him. After all,
I'm leaving tomorrow."

(Normal POV)

"Nothing..." Ayuma stated quietly. Len shrugged his shoulders sighing.
"You're a Shaman aren't you?" Ayuma asked which made Len eyes widen in
surprise.
"How did you know?" He asked confused.
"I'm a Spirit Medium." She said proudly. "I can sense it."
"Oh..." Len realized. "Are your parents Mediums too?"
"They were...," she said spacing off at the end.
"Were, what happened to them?"
"They're died." Ayuma whispered sadly.
"I'm sorry." Len apologized admittedly. "Do you miss them?"
"Yes, I do. They died three years ago."
"How did they die?" Len asked. He saw a pain look on her face and added
quickly. "It helps to talk about things sometime." He surprised himself.
"I'm beginning to sound more and more like Yoh." Len thought to himself.
"I was only fourteen when it happened..." Ayuma started.









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