Yoh and Manta walked down the sidewalk.

"So when do you leave for the Shaman tournament?" Manta asked. Yoh thought for a moment.

"Not for a wile. There's still one more shaman to go through a pulmonary fight." He replied.

"Really?"

"Yep."

"Who?"

"Don't know, a shaman named-" he wasn't able to finish his sentence.

At that moment he ran right into someone, who fell on contact. He looked down to see a boy warring a t-shirt, jacket, blue jeans, and a hat. He had black hair with a red lick in his bangs and silver eyes.

"Sorry, are you ok?" Yoh asked reaching out with a hand.

"Yah I'm fine." The boy reached out and grabbed Yoh's hand. Yoh helped him up and glanced down at the boy's wrist.

"Hey you're a shaman." He said seeing an oracle pager on the boy's wrist.

"Yep." The boy smiled.

"Hey cool, so am I. My names Yoh, Yoh Asakura." He smiled.

"Nice to meet you Yoh, I'm Lei-Ling Sito." They shook hands.

"Boy Yoh, you sure do make friends with other shamans easy." Manta said. Ling looked down to see a short boy with blond hair.

"Oh, this is Manta Oyamada." Yoh pointed out.

"Nice to meet you Manta. Are you a shaman as well?" Ling asked.

"No just one of Yoh's close friends."

"You seem to be vary clumsy of late." A voice said from behind Ling. Yoh and Manta looked to the left of Ling to see an old man.

"Yah, I know." Ling said sweatdropping as he put a hand behind his head. "Yoh, Manta this is Quan."

"Nice to meet you." Quan smiled.

"Hey now I remember." Yoh's face lit up.

"Remember what?" Manta asked.

"Where I've heard Lings name before." He looked at Manta wile pointing to Ling. Manta and Quan gave Yoh a questioning look.

"Your in the last fight of the shaman pulmonary." Yoh said smiling.

"Oh yah, I am." Ling smiled.

"So where are you headed?"

"Were looking for a hotel."

"Really? Well if you want you can stay at my place." Yoh pointed out.

"Are you sure?"

"Yah, its no problem."

Ling looked at Quan and he nodded his head.

"Yoh what about Anna?" Manta asked.

"Aw come on Manta, I'm sure Anna won't mind." He replied. Ling and Quan followed Yoh down the street.

"I hope your right." Manta whispered in a nervous tone.

They walked a little ways until they came to a stop sign.

"See you Manta." Yoh waved as Manta took a separate direction.

"See you latter."

Yoh and the others continued down the street until they came to a house that looked seemlier to a small hotel.

"This is where you live?" Ling said in surprise.

"Its not as big as you think." Yoh smiled. He walked through the front yard and to the door. He opened it.

"Hey everyone!" he yelled happily.

"Yoh dude! I'm so glad your back!"

A boy with light blue and black spiked hair with a white bandanna, warring a black t-shirt and black shorts ran up to them. He was warring a pink apron over his cloths. Ling and Quan comically glared at the boy.

"What's up Trey?" Yoh asked.

The boy named Tray sunk to the ground.

"I can't take any more of this… Anna-" he stopped as he felt a murderous ore behind him.

"Lying down on the job are we?"

The voice came from behind Trey where a girl with blond shoulder length hair warring a red bandanna and a black dress stood. Trey looked behind him as his jaw dropped with a look of horror on his face.

"ANNA!"

"I guess that means I'm not working you hard enough."

"Anna wait! Its not…"

"You can have toilet duty tonight." She tossed Trey a scrub brush.

"No Anna, anything but that." He cried comically holding the brush.

"Tough luck Trey." Yoh laughed.

"And you." Anna pointed to Yoh. He stopped laughing eminently in mid laugh. "Your late, I want a hundred push-ups before dinner!"

"But Anna it wasn't my fault!" Yoh complained looking at her in comical horror.

"No excuses and who the hell are you?" She looked a ling and Quan.

Ling was so shocked by Anna's behavior that he didn't here her question and Yoh had to step in.

"Uh Anna this is Ling and Quan. They need a place to stay so I said they could stay here." Yoh stated crying along with Trey due to their punishments.

"So another shaman." Anna glared at Ling.

"Uh I can pay for the stay." He said holding up his hands.

"No, you'll work for your stay just like board head over there." She looked at Trey and Ling followed her gaze to him.

He was still crying comically holding the scrub brush.

"Uh sure, no problem." Ling said nervously.

"Good, now that we have an understanding of etch other, I'll be in the other room watching TV." She turned and strode out of the room leaving them standing there.

Ling glanced over at Quan who shrugged his shoulders.

"So you're a shaman?" Trey asked.

Ling looked to his left to see Trey standing there. He seemed to be a lot better now that Anna was out of the room.

"Uh… Yah." Ling replied.

"Sweet."

"Oh yah. Ling, Quan that's Trey." Yoh said introducing him. Ling smiled.

"Nice to meet you Trey."

"You too." They shook hands.

"Master Yoh I'm glad to see your back."

A ghost appeared next Yoh. He had long grey hair pulled back into a pointy tail, had two swords and wore a samurai outfit.

"I'm glad to see you too. So did Anna put you to work as well?" Yoh asked.

"No I… master Yoh we have guests?"

"Yep, this is Quan and Ling. Guys this is Amidamaru my guardian ghosts."

Ling bowed.

"Pleased to meet you Amidamaru."

"You as well." He bowed.

"And this is Korie, she's my guardian ghost." Trey said introducing a small ghost with short black hair warring a kimono. She held a lily pad. "She's a minution."

"AW! She's cute." Ling said with a smile.

"What about your guardian ghost ling?" Yoh asked.

"Oh!" Ling fiddled with something in his pocket. He pulled out a memorial tablet. "Hey Drake come on out and meet are new friends." He held the memorial tablet into the air.

A young man with long black hair tied up in a pony tail at the base of his neck, red bangs, a brown leather jacket buttoned low to show his muscular chest, leather no fingered gloves, and pants appeared.

"You called master?" he said happily.

"I wanted you to meet are new friends. This is Yoh, Trey, Amidamaru, and Korie." She pointed them out.

"Pleased to meet you." Drake bowed.

"Drakes a dragon from Japan." Ling explained. Yoh and Trey looked surprised.

"But he looks human." Trey said pointing to Drake. Ling laughed.

"That's because he's in his human form."

"If I were to transform I'm afraid I might not fit in this room." Drake said placing a hand behind his head. Yoh smiled.

"That's pretty cool. So when is your last fight?"

Ling fought for a moment.

"Two days from now."

Trey laughed.

"So you're the one with the last one with the fight."

"Yah, you caught me." Ling laughed.

"Yoh! Trey! You better be working!" Anna Yelled from the other room.

"Yes Anna!" Yoh and Trey replied in unison.

"Oh and new boy, as your first job you can start dinner!"

Ling glanced over at Yoh and Trey then through the doorway at Anna.

"Uh…"

"What?" Anna asked.

"What do you want?"

"Just cook!"

Ling sweatdropped and quickly moved to the stove wile Trey ran to the bathroom with the scrub brush and Yoh began his push-ups.

"Is she always like this?" Ling whispered to Amidamaru.

"No, some times she's worse." He replied. Ling gave a blank stare.

"Well good luck." Quan stated heading for the living room. Ling spun around.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"To get a room."

"Aren't you going to help?"

"You're a fine cook, you can handle it." He smiled.

"I hate you."

"Good luck." Quan left leaving Ling at the stove.

"I'll help you master." Drake said standing by her side.

"So will I. Just tell us what to do?" Amidamaru stated. Ling sighed.

"Alright here we go… I have help but what should I cook?" she comically staired the pan in front of him.

Amidamaru and Drake went back and forth through the kitchen handing Ling spices and items.

"ALRIGHT, DINNERS SERVED!" Ling shouted standing in the kitchen doorway with a white apron on and a white bandanna around his head. He also had flower on his face.

"Finaly." Anna stated getting up. Yoh collapsed on the floor.

"Alright!"

"Did someone say dinner!" Tray called as he ran into the room.

Yoh, Trey, And Anna entered the kitchen.

"Wow!" Yoh stated wide-eyed as he looked at the table.

"I think I'm in heaven." Trey said as he began to drool from the mouth due to the smell of the food. They all sat down.

"I hope you like it." Ling said taking a seat. They all dished up there plates.

"Wow, this is fantastic." Yoh stated through a mouth full of sweet and sour chicken. Trey nodded in agreement and Ling smiled.

"I'm glad you like it."

"Huh? Ling you have long hair?" Yoh asked seeing the long black brad with red tips.

Ling looked up from his plate.

"Huh? Oh yeah I do." He laughed nervously. "I was warring it up in a hat." He pointed. "Any way um I'm going to go take a plate to master Quan." He said changing the subject.

He went up stairs and found Quan in the last room at the end of the hall.

"How did I guess?" Ling said entering the room. Quan smiled.

"You know me, always like the privacy."

"I brought you dinner." Ling handed him a plate.

"Ah thank you." He took a bite. "Wonderful, you defiantly got your cooking skills from your mother."

Ling looked away, and for two days Ling helped Yoh train, thanks to Anna and did what Anna told him until the day of his fight.