Author's note 1: I'm feeling more nervous than when I've posted all the previous fanfics, because this time, I'm going to do a HoroHoro/OC and Hao/OC, along with the all-time favorite Yoh/Anna. I really hope that you'll give me comments on how I can improve and where I've went wrong with the story. I've planned this with a fellow author, her pen name is ade5kira, and she is also doing a similar Ren/OC and Hao/OC fic as I'm typing this. I really hope that you will, if you happen to be reading this, go and take a look at that fanfic called Destiny. Well then, go on ahead and enjoy this new fic!

Chapter 1: Meeting

School has ended, the form room of Year 1 class C was almost empty, and as Asakura Yoh turned to slouch out of the class, yawning widely, his fiancée, Kyouyama Anna, pulled him back.

"We're supposed to show Hao around the school today, Yoh." She reminded him with raised eyebrows, and Yoh sighed at the thought of having to show his 18 year old twin brother around the school when he could be taking an afternoon nap at home.

Asakura Hao, who was sitting on a desk beside Anna, grinned and pushed his long brown hair of his face. Truth was, although he'd just transferred over to the school this morning, he was already rather familiar with the buildings and routes. All he really wanted to check out right now was the lacrosse field; he'd overheard a group of boys talking about going to watch the lacrosse team training today because some rather popular girl seemed to be in that team, and of course, Hao wouldn't want to miss this chance of chatting up the girl if she really was cute.

"Bring me to the lacrosse field, Yoh," He told Yoh simply, "And after that, we can go home."

Yoh perked up. "Really? You just want to see that lacrosse field? And then we can go back?" He asked eagerly. Anna rolled her eyes. "Are you an idiot? He doesn't want to see the field; he wants to see the girls who will be playing lacrosse at the field." She said bluntly, glancing knowingly at Hao, who laughed.

"I don't care if he wants to see the field or the girls; I just want to get it over and done with so I can go home!" Yoh said quickly, and turned to HoroHoro, who had been very quiet throughout their conversation.

"Wanna join us, HoroHoro?" Yoh asked, adjusting the orange headphones that rested on his soft brown hair. HoroHoro shook his head.

"Can't," He said gloomily, "I must go to the mechanics' department to get my bicycle fixed, or I'll die walking home."

The foursome strolled slowly out of class. "Well then," Yoh said, waving as HoroHoro made his way down to get his bicycle, 'We'll see you later!" and Yoh, Anna and Hao headed for the lacrosse field together.

"Here we are, Hao,' Yoh said after a 2 minutes' stroll from the class to the wide lacrosse field beside the canteen, "The lacrosse field. Can we go home now?"

Hao glared at Yoh before leaning closer at the fence for a better look at the girls, who were warming up. "Are you serious? I haven't seen anything yet." He muttered, and continued to observe the girls, who had caught sight of him; some of them were giggling nervously and looking away, and some smiled at him.

Yoh slumped down onto the grass beside Hao and began dozing off, Anna gave an irritated sigh and stamped her feet; there were mosquitoes everywhere. After 5 minutes, Hao suddenly spoke up.

"There's a shaman in that team," He told them, pointing at a girl with shoulder length raven black hair tied into two pigtails, and dark brown eyes.

The boys whom Hao had overheard talking about the team hurried over to the field just then, and stood not far off from Hao, Yoh and Anna.

"There, Kahori's there!"

Hao heard one of the three boys said, and saw that he was pointing at the same girl he'd identified as a shaman. Yoh was awake now; he had stood up and turned to look at the girl called Kahori, and Anna shrugged, her pretty face blank.

"Takahashi Kahori," She told the twins, "She's a student who joined our class last week. She sits near the back door of the class, beside another shaman, Aihara Chitose, her best friend."

Anna glanced at Hao and Yoh, who were both staring at her, mouth slightly opened in surprise. She glared. "You two are really dense not to realize that there were two other shamans in our class besides us and HoroHoro, aren't you."

"How'd you know so much?" Yoh sputtered, amazed, "And you never told me!"

"Do you know what her spirit is like too?' Hao added with interest.

"You, of all people, should have sensed Kahori and Chitose's presence," Anna scolded Yoh, who gulped sheepishly, "Her guardian spirit is Saho, a young girl who passed away at the age of 4 in a car crash. Both Kahori and Saho have a passion for lacrosse, which is probably why Saho latched herself onto Kahori. Her furyoku is 8900."

"Only 8900?" Hao asked, looking slightly disappointed, "I thought someone like her would have more furyoku."

Yoh laughed, and Anna stared sternly at Hao. "Kahori is not someone even you can manage, Hao."

Hao stared back. "And when have I ever failed to charm anyone, Anna?"

"Yes you did," Anna retorted flatly, "You haven't charmed me."

"Ah, but you're different, aren't you?"

"What are you talking about, everyone is different, we can't have two Annas walking around; that would be pretty scary, don't you think?" Yoh interrupted stupidly. Anna ignored him, and continued, "What I'm saying is, Kahori is not a powerful shaman, but you mustn't look down on her, because although it is kind of stupid to see oversoul performed by letting Saho possess the lacrosse stick, her punch packs a lot more power than you can ever imagine."

'And?" Hao pressed on, listening intently.

"And if she and Chitose do a combination attack, well, let's just say things won't be pretty, ok? Kahori isn't as simple as you think she is either. Half the time you don't know what is really going through her head. It isn't very advisable to chat her up; she's difficult to get." Anna finished bluntly.

She bit her lip and Yoh shook his head the moment the words spilled from her mouth; she'd forgotten that the harder it was for Hao to get something, the more he would desire it. And when Hao replied, "So what do you think I am going to do now?" , Yoh and Anna knew instantly that he wasn't going to let go of Kahori so easily.

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HoroHoro knocked on the mahogany door of the school's mechanics' department, which was labeled, "3 mechanics on duty; 2 at work." , which meant that there was still one mechanic free to repair his bicycle, which was parked behind him. He fervently hoped that it would be fixed by today; HoroHoro didn't like the idea of having to walk all the way back to the En Inn.

The door creaked open, and a girl with bluish black hair poked her head out curiously. The longer lock of hair on her right fell past her shoulder, and HoroHoro recognized her as Aihara Chitose, a fellow classmate and shaman skilled in repairing and adjusting all sorts of machines and tools. Her self created nanotech pet, Elysia, a squirrel-like animal with rabbit-like ears, rested on her left shoulder, its ruby red eyes fixated upon HoroHoro.

"HoroHoro?" Chitose asked, "Why are you here? Is there anything I can help you with?"

She stood upright, and her body emerged from behind the door.

"Well," HoroHoro began, unsure if he should be asking a girl for help, "That is… My bike… The pedal's stuck, and the chain seems to be loose…"

He beckoned hesitantly at the blue bike behind him, and Chitose grinned.

"Leave it to me! Just hang on a minute; I need to get my toolbox…"

She muttered, disappearing into the room again.

There was a great deal of noise the moment she entered; HoroHoro heard a fellow mechanic ask her what was wrong, but Chitose answered him with a loud "OUCH!" followed by what sounded like a mountain of spanners, screwdrivers and knuts crashing onto the floor, and possibly, crashing onto Chitose. There was a surprised cry, and her friends asked her if she was ok, which confirmed HoroHoro's suspicion of Chitose being showered by screwdrivers and what-knows, but after laughing stupidly and assuring her friends that she was fine, Chitose pulled open the door again, and stood in front of HoroHoro, her hair slightly messy, face dirtied, and uniform stained with black spots.

As she strolled over with a smile to his bike, HoroHoro couldn't help but laugh at the state she was in. He knew it was rude; after all, she was helping to fix his bike, but it was all too funny… Elysia slid off Chitose's shoulder as she bent down, a spanner in hand, to inspect the bicycle.

"Erm, err…" HoroHoro began, trying to stop his laughter, "What…What type of a pet is that…squirrel, rabbit-like thing?"

"Ah, you mean Elysia?" Chitose asked, laughing as she began to tug at something stuck in HoroHoro's chain, "It's a nanotech pet. I took two months to install the necessary programs, and it has a human intelligence program, as well as a priority command program, which is designed such that Elysia only recognize me as its creator."

"And why would you want to create something like that?" HoroHoro asked, finally sobering down.

"Because I like creating things that has to do with machines!" Chitose replied happily, still tugging fiercely at whatever was stuck at the chain, "Elysia is made up of a total of 17 nanomachines, and 3 programs."

With a final, aggressive pull, Chitose fell backwards as the knut stuck at the chain gave way, and she landed hard on her back. Alarmed, HoroHoro hurried forward to help her up, Elysia nuzzling against his ankle.

"Are you ok?" He asked as she sat up, rubbing her back painfully, but grinning all the same.

Again, HoroHoro started to laugh at her clumsiness, and looking offended, Chitose said, "What are you laughing at?"

"Y-You…You looked so funny!" HoroHoro gasped out, clutching the wall to keep himself from falling over from laughter.

"Hey," Chitose began indignantly, "Don't make me hurt you…"

Fired up by her threat, HoroHoro jumped back and taunted her, "Well, why don't you try?"

Chitose glared. "I just fixed your stupid bike and now you're irritating me?" She muttered, and Elysia jumped onto her shoulder obediently as she beckoned it over, "Would you like to see what my nanotech pet can do to you and your bike?"

HoroHoro glanced at Elysia, and it looked different; its eyes were no longer red, instead, they've turned frightfully golden, and he decided that it was best not to taunt Chitose anymore. Instead, he hurried towards his bike, and mounting on it, he pedaled quickly away, Leaving Chitose and Elysia staring after him.

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It was already 6pm when lacrosse training finally ended, and Hao was glad he'd asked Yoh and Anna to head back to the En Inn first; Anna would murder him if he'd made them wait till now, and as for Yoh, well, grudge over sleep was scary.

As he made his way over to where Kahori was, the other girls nudged the perplexed girl playfully and Hao grinned when he saw her innocent, blank look. The guardian spirit, Saho, appeared, hovering behind her, invisible to all but Hao and Kahori.

"It's Asakura Hao, Yoh's twin brother! That person almost became Shaman King, big sister Kahori!"

Hao heard Saho tell Kahori, and smirked. Kahori gave an inaudible gasp, and took a step back, gripping her lacrosse stick tightly. Hao stopped in front of her, bending down slightly and smiling at her.

"You played well although it was just practice, Kahori." He said pleasantly, reaching out to touch her hair.

Kahori immediately turned a deep shade of red, and without thinking, she raised her lacrosse stick, and clubbed it onto Hao's head.

Many girls gasped, and Saho's jaw dropped.

"Big sis Kahori!" She squeaked nervously, "What did you do that for!"

Hao, who heard Saho, grinned as he rubbed his head painfully.

"Yeah, she's right, what did you do that for?"

"Y-You were embarrassing me!" Kahori retorted defensively, still clutching her lacrosse stick tightly, "That's the only way I know how to react, alright?"

Hao laughed as the other girls giggled. "I get it." He reached out again, and grabbed her hand. "Come on, let's go."

"W-Where are we going?" Kahori asked quickly as Hao began pulling her away; Saho hurriedly grabbed Kahori's bag and floated off after them, causing the team, who couldn't see her, to gasp. Hao didn't answer, and continued to lead her, and, embarrassed by the fact that other students were staring at Hao holding her hand, She hastened her pace and started walking beside Hao, glaring at him. "Let me go! Where are we going? Hello, I'm talking to you, you know?"

Instead of answering, Hao spoke to Saho. "Let me carry her stuff, you're attracting too much attention because no one else can see you and they think the bag is floating in mid air."

Afraid, Saho handed the bag to Hao, and they continued to walk.

"Let's go to my place," He said finally when they were out of school, and Kahori glared.

"Whatever for?" She demanded.

"For dinner," Hao replied, and, catching the suspicious look on her face, he added, "Don't worry, Yoh, Anna and HoroHoro are also at home. We stay together, you know."

"Well then, I want to bring a friend." Kahori said quickly, catching sight of Chitose walking out of school.

"Sure." Hao shrugged, and Kahori immediately turned to Chitose's direction and yelled, "YO, CHITOSE!"

Chitose turned, and hurried over when she saw Saho and Kahori.

"What's up?" She asked, glancing at Hao and Kahori's hands, which were still interlocked. Kahori saw her gaze falter, and tried to pry Hao's hand off. It didn't work.

"Well, this weirdo here invited me for dinner with Yoh, and some other classmates. Let's go together!" She said quickly, glaring at Hao before flashing Chitose a strained smile, which totally meant, "I don't wanna be stuck with HIM all alone! Please say you'll come, Chitose!"

Chitose grinned and nodded. "Sure, as long as Hao doesn't mind." She glanced at Hao, who grinned back. "I don't, and that's a very cute pet you have, Chitose."

"Thank you." Chitose replied shortly, still staring at Hao and Kahori's hands.

"Let's go now." Hao suggested, and, pulling Kahori along, the threesome made their way to the En Inn, where more surprises await…

Author's note 2: I have a feeling this is too long, but what do you guys think? Is the story ok? Plausible? I really hope so. I should mention that Chitose's nanotech pet was modelled on the nanotech pet that Vanilla from Galaxy Angel has. Please remember to review, and do check out a similar story by ade5kira, Destiny. Thank You!