Well, this is chapter one of this story. You will learn about two of the main characters in this chapter and how they do not get along at first glance. I do not own any of the characters. Review!

The rest of the gang walks into the room.

Me: Yay! No more waiting with the angry morons!

Ren and HoroHoro: Hey!

Anna: Quit yelling your mouths off or I'll tie you two to a chair, gag you, take away your ghosts and weapons and throw you in a cellar where you can spend some time getting to know mice!

Everybody gulps fearfully at the glaring itako. Nobody wanted to upset Anna.

Me: Well, that was uh, interesting! Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 1

One brisk, windy day in a small island called Song, at the Felrook train station, stood an anxious 14 year old boy with his father waiting for the train that his fiancée was on with his mother. The boy's name was Daichi Asakura. He had sandy-tan blonde hair with sea-green eyes. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt with a red collared short-sleeved shirt on top and dark blue jeans. He wore white shoes and had a bear talons necklace around his neck. He carried a sword around his shoulder. He was told at the age of 10 that he was engaged to a student of his mother's and in a few years or so; they will meet when she is complete with her training.

He was trained by his father and grandfather to become a shaman while his mother and grandmother trained his fiancée to become an itako. There are many types of shamans, such as an itako. Shamans are people who can communicate with spirits from the afterlife or in this case, ghosts. His mother rarely trains anybody so this girl must be pretty special. He had been reminded his whole life that since he was born at the time of The Spirit Tournament, which happens every 1500 years, he, accompanied by his fiancée, must go in search of the five pieces that are located in the five regions in order to create his Oracle Bell which will earn him his spot in The Spirit Tournament. There, he will fight against other competitors and the one who wins will become the Spirit Master.

He turned his head towards the left because that was where the train will come in. His father, Hana Asakura, set a firm hand on his shoulder. "Quit worrying, Dai. Relax, is what your grandfather would say." Daichi nodded.

His grandfather, Yoh Asakura, was always calm. You rarely see him getting angry or frustrated. His grandmother, Anna Kyoyama, was somewhat different. She was known as the ice queen. She never opened up to anybody easily, not even Yoh. She almost never smiles; getting her to be cheerful was like making a miracle. His grandparents were engaged at the age of 10 by his great-grandparents. His mother and father were engaged at the age of 13 by his grandparents; you can see that being engaged at a young age runs in the Asakura family. His great great-grandfather wanted the bloodline of shamans to grow, which was why only talented females are married into the Asakura family.

"They will be here soon, Daichi," said Amidamaru. Amidamaru was Daichi's guardian ghost. He inherits from his father and Hana got him from Yoh. Amidamaru was a Japanese Samurai. He had long silver hair that was tied behind his head. He wears a white cloak and always carries two swords at his side.

Choo! Choo! Daichi quickly turn his head to see a black train coming closer and closer into the station. Big puffs of smoke shot out of the train. Choo! Choo! The train finally came to a sudden stop right in front of them. The big metal doors opened and a rush of people came out.

"Do you see them?" Hana asked his son, looking around for his wife, Alumi Niumbirch; also known as Anna the Third because she was trained by Anna.

"How can I? I haven't seen mom in years and you never would tell me what my fiancée looks like! Mom says that grandma might come home too." Daichi whined to his father.

Hana ruffled Daichi's hair. "Hey, I never knew what your mother looks like either and I didn't mind, much anyway."

Amidamaru laughed. "Didn't Alumi save you from your battle with two members of the Asakura branch family? And didn't she also challenge you to fight her in order to prove you were worthy of being her husband?" Hana scowl and Daichi laugh.

"You never change," a voice behind them said. They turned around to find Anna; with her ice-cold graze, Alumi giving a small smile and was wearing her red bandana around her neck like a scarf, and a pretty dark-blonde haired girl with brown colored strands at the tips of her hair stood next to them. She wore a short black dress and a red bandana hang around her head; just like Anna and Alumi in their childhoods. There was a single braid near her right ear. She had white leggings under the dress that reached to her thigh and around her neck hang a red-colored bead necklace with a matching bracelet. She had white flats with a hint of red around the edges and her chocolate-brown eyes graze into Daichi's sea-green eyes.

She pointed a finger at him and raised an eyebrow. "You're the one I'm going to marry?" she asked him.

Daichi raised his own eyebrow. "Yeah, so? You're not so great either." he shot back while smirking at her face when he said that. She quickly recovered and narrowed her eyes at him at the comment.

"Daichi, I don't think you should say that to your fiancée." Amidamaru pointed out.

Daichi pointed an accusing finger at the girl. "She started it!"

"Well, I'm sure you two will get along just fine later on," Hana said nervously; he was trying to lighten up the mood but it wasn't working.

"Daichi, this is Annie Heartfilia. She will be going with you on your journey tomorrow. You two are going to have to learn to get along with each other. She's younger than you by a year and I expect you to protect her, understand?" Alumi said.

He nodded, but only because he didn't want his parents to be mad and by making his grandmother angry; he would never see light again. They began to walk out of the train station to go to Celestine Angel; the inn where the Asakura family lives.

Before he knew it, he was soon walking side by side with Annie. Amidamaru floated above the two. He slipped his hands into his pockets; trying to act calm. Though he never would admit it, he really didn't like girls too much. He feared his grandmother and mother and the girls at school are so annoying; they were always trying to win his attention. He smirked to himself. This could actually be fun because he never met a girl around his age that didn't like him yet she didn't seem to care.

"Pervert," Annie said without looking at him. He glared at her.

"What gives you the right to say that?" he raised his voice. She ignored him. They continued to walk in silence. Meanwhile, Amidamaru kept looking between the two, anxiously.

At long last, they reached Celestine Angel. The inn was a traditional Japanese inn. The main house was bigger than the rest. The houses were connected by open hallways. The forest was around the whole inn. Hot springs were found near the back of the house. Plant life was trim neatly around the inn. There was a gravel road that went to the front steps. There was many rooms because the inn use to be fill with students that wanted to become shamans, but soon less and less people believe in spirits and so there were very less students left.

Anna walked straight to Yoh's room where she found him listening to his favorite music. "Yoh," her ice-cold voice came down on him hard. Slowly, Yoh turned around fearfully to see a very angry Anna.

"Anna! You're um, back. I didn't know. Heh, heh." he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

She walked up to him and brought down her Legendary Left; leaving him to rubbed his sore cheek. He smiled his goofy smile at her; she was still the same as ever. They both walk down the stairs to find Daichi and Annie in a heated argument.

Serena Usui; Tamao Tamamura and Horokeu Usui's granddaughter was trying to break up the fight between the shaman and the itako. Serena had long blue hair with black strands at the tips. She wore a simple pale pink kimono with a light blue slash. Her pale pink eyes look worried.

Tamao was married to Horokeu, also known as HoroHoro, and they were both friends of Anna and Yoh. They went traveling 10 years ago, leaving their daughter, granddaughter and grandson with the Asakura family. Tamao was very loyal to the Asakuras since she had studied with them since she was four years old so she had always serve them which was why the Asakuras think of her as one of their own. Their grandson went on a trip and would be back soon.

"Look, I don't care what you say! What I do is none of your concern!" Daichi shouted as he putted his hands down on the table firmly. "I am not getting rid of my headphones!" Like Yoh and Hana, Daichi also wears orange with black edges headphones on his head all the time (well not ALL the time, but you get it).

"And I say that with those headphones, you won't focus at all!" Annie shot back; her hands were on her hips.

"Um, you guys. Why don't we all get along, huh?" Serena stared anxiously at the two, who were glaring at each other.

"Miss Anna, please do something!" Amidamaru cried when he saw Yoh and Anna come down the stairs.

"Enough!" Anna shouted. "This is ridiculous! If I hear you two argue again, you both owe me a thousand push-ups!"

They both quickly shut up, but they still were glaring daggers at each other. And that was how the whole day and night went; both were refusing to talk at each other and even stop looking at each other. Hana, Yoh, and Amidamaru were really starting to doubt this engagement. Anna and Alumi just waved it off.

Like teacher, like student. Annie is based on both Anna and Alumi. Poor Daichi, he has to suffer the same thing as Yoh and Hana!