"H" Is for HoroHoro
By: Neko

Disclaimers: I don't own Shaman King. If I did, there would be no way in hell that I'd let 4Kids dub it.

Summary: Aoi Umenokouji is your average school girl except she can summon shikigamis. One day she summons a shikigami that won't leave her alone and soon falls in love with him. Can one love someone who isn't real? Can one love someone that isn't human?

Note: I got this idea from "N" Is For Niishiki. I read the very first chapter at the end of the DN Angel vol. 1 manga and I just HAD to make my own version lol. Since I only read like the first chapter of it, I don't know much about it. This first chapter might be very similar to the first chapter of that manga but that's cause I am just about dead with ideas right now. PLEASE don't report me! I promised Aoi-San I would make a story featuring her and her famous frying pan! And the story won't be that similar though... Oh yah, before I forget to tell you hehe... I'ma be in this story too! Just to join in the fun lol. My name will be Mint since everyone calls me that already... Anyway, I don't know if I will be adding any of the other SK characters in here. I know that I plan to have Yoh be Anna's Shikigami and Hao be... Muhahaha, you guessed it, MY shikigami. Hehe... What can I say? I'm a fan! Yup... By the end of this story, all you Hao-Sama fans will jump me... Even the SOF that I so happily took care of won't help... Lol, oh yah... about the fighting sense and all... Action is definitely not my thing... Although I like action more then romance... So if there are barely any action or the action scenes suck... Don't kill me!


Chapter 1- The One Called HoroHoro

It was the usual morning. The birds chirping, the wind blowing softly, the sun was shining and the usual screaming yell of Aoi Umenokouji.

"GAH! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!" As usual, Aoi has summoned yet another... Freaky shikigami that looks nothing like one... Juts some big messy blob. It was a shikigami never the less. "AHHHHH! GET AWAY!" Aoi started throwing everything at it. She picked up whatever was closest to her and smacked it down at the shikigami. As usual, it was her trusty old frying pan. "LEAVE! LEAVE! LEAVE! LEAVE!" She yelled as she smacked the shikigami with her frying pan continuously.

Finally, after like a half hour of smacking, the shikigami finally and surprisingly left. Aoi sighed and cursed under her breath. "Oh god... That was so troubling... Thank god my school uniform isn't dirty... No more shikigami summoning practiced before school..." She muttered and paused. "OH MY GOD! SCHOOL!" She yelled out as she made her way quickly downstairs, tripping on the bottom 3 steps. She took a quick look at the time and let out a frustrated yell. "Darn you shikigamis! You made me late for school!" She made a quick dash to the mirror and checked her reflection. "Ok... Zit check..." She mumbled... "It's gone! Yes!" She leaped for joy and remembered that she was still late for school. Since she was already late, she did a quick comb through it and left her hair down. After that, she ran into the kitchen, grabbed a slice of bread and rushed off to school, almost forgetting to lock the door.


"AAAAAAAAAOOOOOOIIIIIIII!" Aoi turned to see her best friend Mint run up to her. "Morning!" Mint said cheerfully. Mint was 14 just like her and in her class but is usually not as hyper. She was also a Shikigami summoner and she had already summoned a shikigami of her own to protect her from demon attacks. The tear drops tattoo below her right eye was proof that she had a guardian shikigami. Aoi had always been jealous on how quickly she was able to summon her's. They had both started learning when they were little girls but so far, Aoi has had no luck. Mint was a very strange girl to say the least. She sometimes comes in totally gothic one day and the next, an over hyper girl and she sometimes has mood swings like crazy. Never the less, she is somewhat of the daring type. She had a tattoo on her right arm that was a crescent of a moon and a star hanging below it and also one on her back by her hips that was a scorpion. Mint once told her that a scorpion stabs itself when it is stuck in a fire instead of trying to find a place to run. It just made things worse by killing itself. Mint also told her that that was the reason why she picked the scorpion in the first place. No matter what Mint does, it usual makes things worse. Not with her friends and school necessarily, but with home. She was never the best at communication with her sisters, much less her parents. The only one she actually gets along with is her youngest sister, Yume. Judging from her hyper ness, Aoi concluded that she probably got another tattoo or something somewhere. -Yes, I wish I had those tattoos for real but since I can't... I might as well dream... Hey! A girl can dream can't she?- Her hair was long and silky light brown, reaching to her hips. It matched her completion perfectly but at times, she dyes it to a different color or put streaks or highlights. -If I were to color my hair... Haha, I wouldn't have lived to write anymore stories!- Sometimes, Aoi wonders why she won't just leave it as it's natural hair color but never even bothered to ask. Her friend was a strange girl after all. One can only wonder what she plans to do next.

"Good morning to you too Mint." Aoi said with a small smile. "Aww what's wrong? Another summoning gone wrong?" Mint asked.
"What else is new?" Aoi mumbled. Mint smiled.
"Don't worry. You'll be able to summon one before you know it." Aoi sighed.
"That's what you said last week. I swear you are probably jinxing me." Mint giggled. -Yes I giggle. Got a problem!-
"Am not! But really, you will get it sooner or later." Aoi sighed.
"Easy for you to say. You already summoned your shikigami..." She muttered. "Where is Hao anyway?" Mint shrugged.
"Wandering around probably." She said in her usual carefree tone. "He always ends up popping back to protect me when needed so I don't really have to worry." Aoi frowned.
"I wish I had a shikigami..." She muttered. Mint rolled her eyes.
"You WILL!" She said shaking Aoi. "When the time comes, you will be able to summon a shikigami who will protect you ok?" Aoi didn't look convinced. It's been about 3 years since they had been learning how to summon shikigamis and Mint only took about a year and an half to summon her's. Anna, their other shikigami summoning friend was even quicker. She was able to summon her shikigami the next month or two!


"Why do I have to be left behind?" Aoi whined. -Sorry Aoi! If you don't want yourself to be so whiny, please tell me so!-

"You are NOT left behind!" Mint tried to cheer her friend up. "Come on, think positive."
"What positive ness is there to think about?" Aoi asked. Mint thought for a moment.
"I'll get back to you on that one." She said with a small smile. "But tell me, if you were to have a shikigami, what would you like him to be like?" Aoi thought for a moment.
"Definitely good looking." At this, they both giggled. "And has to have a good sense of humor."
"What element would you like him to be?" Mint asked. "Maybe that might help you to summon him easier."
"Ice. Definitely ice." Aoi answered without hesitation. Mint laughed.
"Going strait up ice heh? Hao isn't going to be so happy."


"And why not?" Both girls jumped and turned to see Hao smirking his usual playful but oh so sexy smirk. -You just gotta admire his smirk!-
"Don't do that!" Mint yelled, lifting her arm. Aoi knew what would happen next. Hao would catch her arm before she would be able to slap him... Nothing new here.
"Sorry, sorry." Hao said with a smile and released her arm. Mint rolled her eyes.
"Well, what we were saying before you rudely scared me half to death is about Aoi's shikigami." She told her shikigami. Hao lifted a thin eyebrow and looked at Aoi.
"So you have been able to summon one?" He asked her.
"I wish." Aoi muttered.
"We were just talking about what element she would want her's to be." Mint explained.
"I see..." Hao said nodding a bit. "And?"
"Ice is definitely the way to go." Aoi said proudly. Hao's eyes twitched.
"Ice?" He asked, as if he didn't' hear her correctly the first time.
"Yes ice." Aoi beamed. "What's better then ice?"
"I'll show y-"
"You to class." Mint finished his sentence and pushed Hao off.
"Don't ever break his pride like that! You know he is a fire Shikigami! Ice and water are like his worse enemies!" Mint whispered harshly to her before she ran off after Hao. -OMG! Hao is so unHao like in this fanfic! Hao-Sama will kill me for this! And so will all the fan girls! Lol, and I personally like the cold more then heat... which is why I am suffering now cause it's now summer... But I will change for Hao-Sama... Who wouldn't!- Aoi sighed as she watched the two walk off out of her sight.

"I wish I had summoned my shikigami..." She muttered to herself. "He would definitely be good looking and have a good sense of humor. He has to be nice and understandable... Easy to talk to and caring..." She blushed at the thought. "I just described the type of boyfriend I want." She giggled and rushed off to class before the bell rang.


"Yes! The final bell has ringed and we are out of prison!" Mint yelled as she walked out of class with Hao. Since Hao was her Shikigami, he had to be in every single class she was in just in case. -How was that possible... Beyond me... Connections? Treats? Who knows...- Hao smirked as usual.

"I knew you were going to say that..." Mint rolled her eyes.
"And I know that I will kill you if you keep it up." Hao chuckled. "Come on, let's just go find Aoi..." Mint walked through the halls trying to find her friend. She smiled at a few of her friends in her other classes and continued walked, Hao following not far behind. Mint, usually being very clueless and dumbfounded, winked at a few boys as she walked by. Boys smirked and winked back, flirting. Hao's eye twitched. -Yup... All you Hao-Sama Fan girls are definitely going to kill me now...-

Mint giggled at something one of the boys said, making Hao's eyes twitch even more... -Yup... I'm dead now... All you fan girls are probably thinking or ways to murder me right now...- One of the boys gave Mint their number and Mint in return gave them a number to call. She flashed the boy a smile and walked off. Hao sighed and shook his head.

"Wait till the boy calls that number..." He mumbled. He knew that the number Mint gave the boy wasn't her own. He knew her way too well. She had most likely given him the rejection number. -Yes, there is such a number, I called it to see if it was true and it is true. So now, if you need to number to give it to some annoying boy, ask me! I'm not sure if the number can be used out of some other state besides NY... I am never good at these things anyway... But give it a try... It's very funny lol and it's free! lol... Ok, I'll shut up now.-


"There you are!" Mint ran over to Aoi who just walked out of her classroom. "Where have you been? Do you know that the last bell has ringed? Why do you still want to hang around prison camp for?" Aoi smiled sadly at her friend.
"Sorry Mint but I got cleaning duty today." Mint's mouth dropped.
"Oh you poor thing! You will be so lonely!" She said with a frown. "Oh well, see you later then!" This time, it was Aoi's turn to have her mouth hanging. Some friend neh? Aoi sighed. She was used to these mood swings anyway.
"Well bye." She said with a smile.
"Coming over later?" Mint asked. Aoi shrugged.
"I'll see." Mint nodded and walked off. Hao gave her a small nod and walked off after Mint.

Aoi sighed. She was once again, alone. It's nothing normal actually. She has been alone for as long as she could remember. Living with her grandparents wasn't such a good thing. She told them that she wanted to be independent so once she was old enough, she was able to move out and live in a small apartment. So she didn't pay the rent, so what? She wasn't allowed to work because she wasn't "old enough" as her grandparents put it so they paid the rent for her. Kind of them but they don't know how lonely it can get to live alone. She sighed once more.

"I'd better start cleaning up or I'll never be finished." She said, rolling her sleeves up. -I make you sound so lonely too Aoi-San! Gomen neh! If you want me to change that, I will!-


Finally, after a half hour or so, she was finished and was finally able to leave school. She said good bye to the teachers and walked home. "I don't think I will be going over to Mint's place..." She mumbled as she walked home and looked at her watch. It was already 5 and she had a lot of things to do at home. When she reached home, she threw her books and bag by her bed and walked off to get a quick snack before starting her homework. She ran off to the mini kitchen of her's without noticing that something was creeping by her bed. When she ran back into her room, she noticed that it was a lot darker and the air around her seem to have thickened. She gulped. This meant one thing.

"Oh please, oh please let it just be the AC being broken..." She prayed as she took a cautious step into her room. Something slimy and wet curled around her foot and she let out a scream, jumping to the other side of the room. "What the!" Across from her was a giant... Errr clear jelly fish. -So it's very corny and lame... sue me! I was never the best at fantasy stuff ok?-

The jellyfish wrapped its slimy tentacles around her foot and she smacked it away with anything she could grab her hands with.

"Get away from me!" Aoi shrieked. -Yup... I'm sure you want me to change this right Aoi-San?- The jellyfish wrapped it's other tentacles around her, making it hard to move. "Let go you jelly freak! Before I eat you for desert!" That threat didn't seem to work so she just tried to get herself untangled instead.


The struggling didn't help because she only got deeper into the jellyfish. Yes deeper, she just sinks in lol... Anywayz, back to the story... She tried to call for help but she was sinking in fast. 'Damn it! I wish I had a Shikigami...' She thought to herself as she prepared to be submerged by the jelly substance. 'He would be able to help me and I wouldn't be dying right about now...' She was now completely submerged and can only hold her breath for so long. 'I should have gone over to Mint's place instead...' She would cry if she could but in this jelly substance, she can't really do anything but choke and die... Which was definitely an option she doesn't want to choose. 'Anyone... Please... Help me...' She begged silently. 'I don't care what shikigami you are... Just help me! Please...' There was no response... 'Great... I'm a shikigami summoner and I can't even summon a simple shikigami to defend me... I'm useless...'

Just as she was about to run out of breath, someone spoke up.

"Hey, Why'd you wait so long to call me! Seriously!" Aoi opened her eyes to see a guy standing in front of her. Her vision was blurry from the gel like substance and for losing air. She finally ran out of air and the last thing she remembered was that the boy helped saved her somehow. That was all she could remember before everything went black.


"Aoi... Aoiiiiiii." Aoi's eyes slowly opened as she slowly woke up. Her vision was still pretty blurry and she was clueless on whether she was alive or not. "Hey, you're awake!" Aoi blinked and when her vision finally cleared up, she noticed that the boy that saved her was still there. She was actually resting her head on his lap! She let out a yelp and jerked back, blushing.

"W-Who are you?" She asked, backing away.
"Who am I?" The boy gave her a puzzled look. "I'm HoroHoro. Just HoroHoro. You can call me Horo for short."
"How did you get in here?" Aoi demanded, still blushing.
"How did I get here?" Horo echoed.
"Yes, now stop repeating my question and answer me!" Aoi yelled. Horo gave her an unsure smile.
"You summoned me here." He asked.
"What?" Aoi was completely confused.
"I'm your shikigami." Horo informed her. "I come in 3 sizes. Or forms if you like to call it tha-"
"WHAT!" Aoi screamed. "I don't understand! Why are you here?" Horo laughed.
"You summoned me didn't you?" Horo took her hand and brought it up to his lips. Aoi froze. His lips felt cool... Not necessarily like ice but he reminded her of ice... She suddenly froze when she felt something burning. She jerked her hand back and yelled out in pain.


"It's hurts! What did you do!" She yelled.
"Calm down, it's normal." Horo told her.
" Normal! You burned my hand!" Aoi yelled.
"It's nothing. It's just to seal the deal." Horo explained.
"Deal!" Aoi asked as the pain finally slowly dissolved. Horo nodded.
"To seal out bond and to show that you have a shikigami now." He explained.
"WHAT!" Aoi yelled.
"From now on, we can always be together!" Horo said with a grin. Aoi's eyes widened as her face turned warm.

SLAP

"OW!"


Morning finally came and Aoi slowly woke up with a yawn.

"Another typical morning..." She mumbled. She yawned once more and sat up. She bumped into something and when she turned, she found Horo still fast asleep next to her. She let out a loud scream which woke him.
"What happened!" Horo yelled, jumping out of bed... Well her bed. "Where's the demon?"
"YOU ARE THE DEMON!" Aoi yelled in rage. Her face was flushed. "Why are you still here!"
"Why am I still here?" Horo gave her a puzzled look. "I'm your shikigami. I'm supposed to stay with you and protect you from demon attacks."
"I never summoned you!" Aoi yelled, pointing a finger at him. "And how dare you sleep in my bed!" Horo shrugged.
"There was no other place to sleep in." He told her. Aoi's face turned even redder as she dug into the covers to hide her flushed face.
"I'm dreaming, I'm just dreaming." She said, repeating it over and over again. "I just obviously don't get enough sleep is all." Horo watched her with a puzzled look.
"What are you doing in there?" He walked over and lifted the cover over his head, in attempt to get under the covers with her. Aoi let out a shriek.
"Go away you pervert!" She yelled and kicked him off the bed.

Yup... Another typical morning eh? Now, thanks to Horo, Aoi will never again have another typical normal morning...


Ah! What do you think? What do YOU think Aoi-San? Like or no? It's definitely better then the first version... And I know it sucks and it's corny and you probably want to change just about everything in there lol but it's not my fault! I hate the heat! It's like 90 degrees here and I can barely think strait! But I promised you your fanfic and here it is. If you need me to change anything, tell me right away! Speak now or forever hold your peace! Oh and Hao-Sama fans... DON'T KILL ME! We are all crazy fan girls and we all deserve to dream, sometimes... neh?


Next Chapter: Never The Same

This chapter is where Anna and Yoh gets mentioned... I forgot to mention them in this chapter so next chapter will feature Anna and Yoh.