Prologue:
This is the new version of New Blood originally made by Firebane5, now taken over by me with his consent, all characters of Shaman King belong to their owner/creator and the main oc in the story is Firebane5's oc but has undergone slight changes with Firebane5's permission. Some ocs are belonging to me though, but they arn't featured till later on. The story will begin as Firebane5 had made it but later on its all my original works. Enjoy
Chapter 1
It was dull grey day; you know the type. The air is hot and humid making it impossible to go anywhere without getting drenched despite the fact it's not raining. Even though it's only 1pm the streets are deserted and only the vague illuminations from office windows show that there are actually people in the town.
A man suddenly exits one of the buildings and starts on a brisk walk, but soon slows down due to the humidity. He is wearing a grey suit which is beginning to turn black due the moisture in the air and he is carrying a black briefcase, which he keeps glancing at every few seconds as if to check that it's still there.
A roll of thunder is heard in the clouds and it begins rain, the man starts running seeking any kind of shelter, eventually he spots a bus stop and rushes over to get out of the rain. He sits down and places his briefcase on his lap and starts to open it┘
"You're not helping."
The man looks round startled because he had thought the bus stop to be empty, but in the corner was a figure in a dark grey rain coat.
"I beg your pardon?" said the man but the figure just ignored him.
Curious the man turned round for a closer look at the figure and was surprised to see that it was a boy who looked to be around 15 years old, with jet black hair which was soaking wet and covered most of his face because it was so long, but the man could also see that the boy had ice blue eyes that seemed to focused on some point on the ceiling. The man glanced at the ceiling but saw nothing. He glanced back at the boy and was just thinking that he could use a haircut when the boy spoke suddenly, his voice full of venom.
"When I want your opinion I'll ask for it."
The man was shocked, he was sure he hadn't said anything and was about to offer an apology when he realised that the boy had not addressed him but seemed to talking to a patch of space near the ceiling.
The boy twisted his head suddenly as if he had only just realized that the man was there and gave him a cold glare until he got up and left.
"Really master if you had wanted to get wet we could have just stayed home, I don't see why we had to pay all this money to come and get wet in Japan." The voice belonged to a creature that could only be seen by its master and a few others. It was a spirit. It was standing behind the back of the bench barely even moving.
In appearance it would be described as a crow. A very big crow. But it had some very interesting attributes.
It had the usual features of the birds of its kind: black feathers, a black beak. But it had some very strange add-ons. On its head from under the feathers were what looked like long, swept back dread lock-like spines. Its feet were taloned, and it had a long black tail with two long feathers almost as long as its tail flowing down. Its eyes had no color and were like mirrors of white mercury.
The crow beast's eyes suddenly twitched into curves at his master's response.
"You're not helping." Replied the ghost's master in a dull monotone. A boy who appeared to be around 15 but could have easily been mistaken for much older, his eyes were ice blue and had a dark quality to them which seemed to suggest that the boy had seen too much of the darker things in life.
"Sorry master I just thought that I should inform you that this is not the wisest form of action you have taken. I humbly request that we go and seek a better form of shelter, preferably one where you may get the rest that you require."
"When I want your opinion I'll ask for it." was the boys reply, his voice full of venom. He suddenly heard a movement to his left and noticed a man had entered the bus stop presumably seeking shelter just as he had. At the moment however the boy did not feel like sharing the small space the bus stop provided and gave the man a cold glare; the kind he had used so many times in the past. The man shifted uncomfortably under the boys gaze and eventually got up collected his briefcase and walked back out into the rain.
"That was not very polite, you could have easily shared the space with him." he heard his ghost say, the boy scowled and seemed about to reply but he paused and seemed to take a moment to collect himself and when he spoke his voice had returned to the calm tone he had used earlier.
"Nice try Weiss but you won't make me angry that easily so enough of your mind games, lets go and find some place to rest."
"I thought you didn't need to rest."
" I don't, but I have no doubt that the man I just sent out into the rain will go inform the local authorities that there is a boy at this bus stop who is delirious and is muttering to himself, so lets go."
Earlier that day:
"Aww come on guys it's the coolest film this year" cried Horo jumping around the room in excitement.
"I'll go with you Trey," Manta announced "I've been wanting to see this movie for ages, what about you Rio?"
"I think not little man, I have better things to do that sit in a little theatre and watch an oversized TV." said Rio.
"Like what?" muttered his green guardian ghost the ex-thief Tokageroh.
"I have lots of important things to do!" cried Rio jumping up from his seat "First I have to-"
"But Rio it's got biker girls in it." said Manta slyly.
"On second thought maybe I could make room in my busy schedule."said Rio causing everyone in the room to sweat drop anime style.
"Awesome, Rio's in, how about you Ren?" asked Horohoro.
"I'd rather not waste my time watching you buffoons throw popcorn at each other." Ren said with his usual skepticism.
"But there are some really cool fight scenes and main character uses a weapon that's almost exactly like your Kwan-do, you might learn some new moves." said Horo trying to persuade Ren.
"I doubt I'd ever learn anything from a movie." muttered Ren darkly, although he now seemed quite interested.
Just then Yoh opens the front door; he is panting heavily and is carrying an armful of grocery's that Anna had ordered him to get within the next 20 minutes or there would be dire consequences.
"How'd I do?" Yoh gasped.
"Not bad Yoh you actually did it with 4 minutes to spare." replied Manta checking his watch.
"Oh thank god I thought I was done for." said Yoh dropping onto a couch.
"But Manta isn't your watch 5 minutes slow." said Horo.
"Oh yeah." replied Manta now looking slightly worried.
"Yoh you're one minute late so why are you lying down on the couch when I need that food to cook dinner?" It was Anna, Yoh's fiance her voice had a cold and deadly edge to it.
"Well you see Anna I just-"
SLAP
"How do you expect to me cook dinner without any food? Do you want our guests to go hungry?" Said Anna indicating to everyone in the room (Ren, Manta, Horohoro, Rio, Jun, Pilika, Tamao.)
"You're right Anna you do way too much around the house you should have a night off." said Manta quickly trying to get Yoh out of trouble, "We could all go and see this movie, it'll be nice and relaxing what do you say?"
"No." replied Anna flatly.
"Come on Anna you'll enjoy it," pleaded Yoh picking up on Manta's ploy "and how about after the movie we all go out for dinner my treat, you won't have to cook or clean, come on Anna please."
Anna was silent for a while but in the end agreed. So just as the gang were getting all ready to go Anna told Yoh "This is a very nice thing your doing Yoh."
"Well I thought you deserved a day off after a all your hard work."
"Thanks Yoh but you still owe me 8000 push ups, 5000 sit ups and 6000 laps around the block for coming back late and don't forget to lock the door."