Me: Whee! A Shaman King/InuYasha crossover fanfiction from me! I... really don't know where I'm going with this story. I felt like doing one after I read "When Two Worlds Collide" by Tohma's Sleepless Beauty, and this is what I came up with.

Disclaimer: "Shaman King" is property of Hiroyuki Takei, TV Tokyo, Viz, etc.
"InuYasha" is property of Rumiko Takahashi, Sunrise, Yomiuri TV, Viz, etc.

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Chapter 1: A Visit to the Shrine

"Anna, why do we have to look at all these shrines?" Yoh was griping behind his fiancée. Anna, Yoh, and Manta were walking all over Tokyo, visiting various shrines for Anna to inspect. Yoh and Manta were, needless to say, tired from all the walking, and wanted to rest already.

"I told you, I'm trying to decide which would be the most appropriate to visit after New Years," Anna answered him in her usual tone without turning around.

"But aren't we going back to Izumo for New Years? Why do you want to come to one of these shrines?"

Anna stopped suddenly in her tracks, causing Yoh and Manta to freeze in panic. They expected her to come at them, cold and icy – and scary. A brief moment of tense silence settled between them. She didn't move, but simply spoke from where she was.

"I thought you would have liked going out to a shrine with your friends after New Years," she said, her expressionless voice intact.

Yoh and Manta blinked at her.

"Eh?" Yoh still had that slightly surprised look on his face. "Anna..." His features began to soften.

"Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine with me. We can go home right now and continue your training." Anna turned on her heel to go back home when Yoh stopped her.

"N-no! It's fine, we'll keep looking with you!" Yoh put up his hands and attempted to smile at her. Anna glanced at him for a second. She turned back around to continue onwards with her shrine inspection. Yoh and Manta exchanged content expressions with one another.

After a couple of minutes of more walking, they reached their next destination – Higurashi Shrine. They passed the entranceway and went up the steps leading to the area, and through the second red tori above them.

"These shrines are beginning to look the same," Manta said as he surveyed the area. They began crossing over towards the shrine building. "Is there anyone here?"

As if on cue, an elderly man with a beard and mustache came bursting out of the house. "Oh, visitors!" he chirped as he saw the three there. "Hello, there!" he greeted as he came up to them. "Is there anything you need help with?"

Er... would you mind showing us around your shrine?" Manta asked him politely.

"Around the shrine?" the priest echoed. "Of course, follow me!" He led them over to a booth. "This is where we sell our prized charms," he said rather proudly, showing them the display. "And this..." he reached over behind the counter, "is our special exclusive charm!" He held up a keychain with a light magenta sphere hanging at the bottom. "Now this is the Shikon no Tama," he pointed at the jewel, "and it..."

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"Aaaaugh!!!" A young girl dressed in a green and white school uniform, was stomping about her room. She had just gotten home when something leaped out of her bag, scaring the wits out of her.

"How the heck did this rat youkai follow me here!?" she screeched as she watched it run around her room from atop her bed. "Grr... I've got to do something about this..." Spotting a jar on her desk nearby, she grabbed it and proceeded to chase the rat youkai around with it. "Come here, you!" She ensued, trying to trap the youkai in the bottle. It took about five minutes of running around the room ramming into things before she finally caught it. Once she got it inside, she snapped the lid over the opening.

Sighing, she collapsed onto her bed with fatigue. She brought the jar to her face so she could see the rat youkai, trying desperately to get out. "I can't just leave it here," she mused to herself. "I guess I'll have to go back and drop it off now." She sighed again, and heaved herself off her bed. Before leaving, she grabbed her bag, just in case.

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After the charms, the priest showed off the wishing area to Yoh, Anna, and Manta. He seemed quite enthusiastic for someone just illustrating the usual points of a shrine. Afterwards, he carried them around the building, showing off each section such as the main area, the storage room...

"Um... this is all very interesting Higurashi-sama, but is there anything else other than these things that set your shrine apart from others?" Manta asked him.

The priest turned around slowly, a sharp look in his eyes. "Heh, heh, heh..." he chuckled, startling Yoh and Manta slightly. "Oh, I've got something." He led them outside, Manta still feeling uneasy. When they stopped, they found that he had taken them to the front of a great tree.

"This is Goshinboku," he told them proudly. They looked up at the towering tree. There certainly was something about it. Yoh and Anna could sense a great spiritual energy surrounding it. It was odd though... "This tree has been here for hundreds of years in this same spot, and..."

"Grandpa!"

The priest looked up to see his granddaughter run out of the house. "Eh? What is it, Kagome?"

"Mom wants you to come in and help her with something!" she replied loudly.

"What? But I've got visitors here!"

"Well you tell her that! I've got to go back and take care of some business!"

"Ahh..." Kagome's grandfather sighed dejectedly. He turned his gaze back to the three thirteen year-olds in front of him. "Um, can you wait here just a bit for me – just while I go take care of this?"

"Sure," Manta answered on their behalf.

"Alright, thanks." With that, he took off towards the Higurashi's house. They watched him leave until he went inside.

"Hey, Anna..." Yoh turned to face his fiancée, but found that she was looking in another direction. "Eh?" Yoh followed her gaze. She was watching Kagome as she entered a small shed across from them. "Anna?" Yoh questioned the girl next to him. Anna didn't say anything, but merely started walking in Kagome's direction. "Eh – Anna?" Yoh blinked at her. She continued to walk, so Yoh began to follow her. Manta too joined them when he realized that they were leaving him behind. "Anna, what are you doing?"

"Following that girl," she said evidently.

"Er – yeah, but why?"

"Didn't you feel it? A strong sense of spiritual energy is all around her."

"Eh..." Yoh thought back.

"It's true, Yoh-dono," Amidamaru said as he appeared next to the others.

"Amidamaru?" Yoh said questionly.

"But she lives at a shrine, so doesn't it make sense?" Manta chimed in.

"Her energy is different," Anna added. "Plus..." Yoh, Manta, and Amidamaru listened intently. "There's something else with her." Anna walked into the place Kagome had gone into, finding that she hadn't gone anywhere – as it should have been.

"Eh?" Kagome had a hand on the ledge of the well, about to jump in when the three walked in on her. "W-what are you kids doing here?"

"You're not that much older than us," Anna said impassively. "Don't call us kids."

Kagome blinked at her apprehensively. "Erm... well, you still shouldn't be here, so..."

"What kind of person are you?" Anna asked her abruptly.

"W-what?" Kagome had no idea what she meant by that.

"You have strong spiritual energy all around you. It's weird – are you a Miko?"

This stunned Kagome briefly. 'W-who is this girl?'

Anna began walking down the stairs. "Also, what's that thing you've got with you?" This really shocked Kagome. "It certainly doesn't seem like a human or animal." She stood in front of her. "It's too demonic."

Kagome leaned up against the well. "L-look, I don't know what you're talking about, but my grandpa should be back for you guys soon, and – ah!" She felt the rat demon jerk in her backpack, pulling her backwards. Instinctively, Kagome grabbed onto Anna's arm to try and prevent herself from falling in. Instead, she only succeeded in pulling her down with her.

"Anna!" Yoh ran down to them, grabbing onto Anna's other arm to try and stop them from plummeting. "Er..." Yoh groaned; they're combined weight being hard for him to hang on to. Manta came down to help too, but it didn't make much of a difference as all four of them plunged downwards.

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Me: Um... I think there was OOC-ness and stuff (I really don't think Anna would go and stalk Kagome)... I don't think it's that good. I had problems trying to figure out how the SK characters would react to any "spiritual energy" at the shrine and stuff too.

Er... I really just wanted to get started on this, so I don't know what'll happen next or when I'll even get back to it. [Eh heh heh...] I wanted to put the other "Shaman King" characters in somewhere, but I don't how to do that as of yet.

Well, feel free to leave a review, but no flames thanks.