Here's the next part of the story folks, so even though I had just put up the Prologue of it today, I just can't bring myself to stop right now, so here it is guys. Enjoy.
Ch: 1
At the Asakura residence, Yoh & his companions were all enjoying one another's company as they didn't want to waste their last day before the real part of the Shaman Fight began & they would have to once again head for Dobi Village; too bad they had already forgotten where the village is exactly so it'll be like what happened last year all over again...Almost getting lost as they find their way once more within only two months. Simple, yes? Not hardly. Many Shaman never even make it to the Village in time or was even able to find it.
As the afternoon rolls in though, one of the members of the little group, everyone favorite boardhead, Trey Racer speaks. "Hey Yoh. What do you think we should do on our last day before we gotta leave?" Trey was sitting on a boulder with his legs spread out & bent while his hands rested between them on the rock. His brown eyes showed curiosity for what his friend would have in mind, but he also had the hint of him being bored out of his mind. Yoh opened up one of his eyes from his layed on his back position on the porch with his hands resting behind his head as a pillow & glances over at the one who spoke. "I was thinking we should just relax. After all, there won't be hardly any time to do that for when we have to make our way to Dobi Village again."
At hearing his laid-back friend say this, Trey groaned slightly in complaint to this. "Relaaaax? Don't you wanna do anything fun?" Yoh just laughed & finally grinned at him as he pushed himself into a leaned back sitting position. "But relaxing is fun Trey. I guess you just haven't taken the time to relax very much so you don't know how it could be fun." Len glanced over at his companions out of the corners of his piercing, always narrowed yellow eyes & 'hmphed' while his arms were crossed over his chest. "Well, I don't care what any of you do to waste away this day, but I'd like to do some intense training. What I need is a worthy opponent." As if those had been the magic words, a bright & happy laugh danced in the air causing the group to get up from their places & look around them, trying to find the source of the laughter.
"A worthy opponent, huh? Then why don't you try your skills out on me? I'm sure that you won't be disappointed in the least Len-Len." Len's face grew red with both anger & embarrassment as the mysterious owner of the spunky, girlish voice called him 'Len-Len'. "Who do you think you are?! I refuse to have anyone call me that! Now show yourself you coward!" Upon hearing this, a young girl appeared before them from her hiding spot. It was none other than Kichi. At the very sight of her, Ryu had hearts in his eyes as he stared at her love sickly. "It's a girl!...And a very cute one at that!" Len stared at her for a moment, but then closed his eyes, tilting his head downward slightly as he smirked with his hands now resting on his waist. "A girl wishes to challenge me? You must be joking. A mere girl cannot hope to defeat me."
Kichi closed her eyes gently for a moment as she shook her head, chuckling to herself. When she opened up her eyes again, their silvery blue depths seemed like they were the very portal to the realm of spirits, yet they held much beauty & stood out against her lightly tanned complexion & her dark silver colored hair. "Is that so Tao Len? Then why don't you put your spear where your mouth is?" Len's yellow eyes blazed with fury at this statement & he took a step towards her as he clenched his fists. "It's a Kwan Dao little girl! You're truly pushing your luck with me so why don't you go home to your mommy where you belong? I don't have time to babysit." The small girl just stood there staring at him with now an almost emotionless gaze. "...Home?...Mother?...I don't know such words anymore."
Now this was what caught Yoh's attention & he started to walk towards her. "What do you mean? Just who are you exactly anyways?" Kichi remained silent in this as she did not answer the questions right away...Or rather, she didn't answer his second question right away for she didn't answer his first at all. "If you truly wish to know what my name is then beat me if you can...Unless you're scared that is?" Both Trey & Yoh were about to agree to have one of them fight her, but Len took this offensively & stepped forward with weapon at hand. "Scared?! I'm not afraid of anything! Especially, not of a weak little girl such as yourself! Bason! Into the Kwan Dao!" Len's spirit ally, a Chinese Warlord, appeared behind him only to disappear into the teen boy's weapon of choice, which changed in shape some when Bason fused with it.
Kichi watched as this happened, but then closed her eyes gently as she reached behind her & grasped the handle to her own weapon, a crimson bladed scythe. She then held it out at her side with the curved bladed end pointing downward. "Cerebus, into the scythe." Just then a large dark red furred three-headed dog with a long tail & the size of Yoh's home in height appeared behind her growling fiercely before all three heads suddenly let out a menacing bark at once & disappeared into his human's own weapon of choice causing two more curved crimson blades to appear on it right under the first. The small girl then opened up her eyes in a narrowed fashion as she got into a fighting stance. "...We'll see who's weak Len-Len."
With this declaration, the fight between these two powerful Shaman commenced even though it wasn't a real fight so neither would have to worry about losing their chance to continue on into the tournament. As they leaped up into the air at one another, their weapons clashed, & they knocked each other back with a hard forward thrust against the opposing weapon. When the two landed on the ground, they skidded back some from the impact, but that didn't stop Len as he came at the girl with his Kwan Dao. "Take this! Rapid Tempo!" Len then thrusted his weapon in blurring strikes at his opponent, who managed to dodge most, but then parried the last, though the one before it had grazed her cheek, giving it a nice cut there. This only made Len's eyes widen in surprise, but then narrow once more in aggravation.
"This is ridiculous! I refuse to let a little girl get the upper hand with me." Len was about to strike again, but Kichi leaped up into the air to avoid the attack. "Not bad Len-Len, but I think I'm going to end this now. Whirling Hell Flames!" Kichi then whipped her weapon around in front of her in a powerful lashing circle, creating a whirling cyclone blast of black flames hurtling towards Len. The boy tried to dodge out of the way, but was still caught in part of the attack. When the flames died down, Len was slowly pushing himself up into a sitting position as he rested a hand against the side of his head; his Kwan Dao was no longer in its transformed state & Bason was once again floating at his master's side. "There must be some mistake. No way could I have lost to a girl. Her win was just fluke." Len was refusing to admit to his loss in their little fight.
Kichi's weapon returned back to its unchanged form as she slipped it back into place behind he back & her spirit ally, Cerebus appeared at her side once again. "I guess I'm not as weak as you thought Len-Len. Never underestimate your opponent just because of their gender or that they don't look strong...They'll only surprise you." The young girl watched as Yoh & the others hurried over to Len's side to help him back up onto his feet. Once he was, Yoh lifted his brown gaze to stare at the mysterious girl before them & stepped toward her only to receive a threatening growl from her spirit, but the girl held up a hand to silence him. That gave Yoh the cue to speak himself. "Lenny didn't beat you, but we still have to know. Just who are you? Also, how do you have the Underworld Dog of myth, Cerebus as your spirit ally?"
The girl was silent as she contemplated on whether she should tell them or not, but then decided to do so since the one that spoke to her insisted upon it. "...My name is Yomi Kichi. I'm from the Yomi Clan, but you also know it well as the Dark Shaman Clan." When this was mentioned Len made an outburst of this. "That's impossible girl! That Clan was wiped out years ago! How could there possibly be a survivor?!" The younger Shaman glanced over at Len with half-lidded eyes upon hearing this.
"...Do you not believe me?" Len 'hmphed' & crossed his arms as he glared at the smaller girl before them menacingly. "Of course not! Only someone stupid & ignorant would believe such blatant lies. Hm?" Len soon saw Trey at Kichi's side in a flash & he had an awe struck, but excited look on his face. "Seriously?! Dude, that is so cool! So that must mean that Cerebus is one of the legendary Underworld Spirits, right?! Aw man, I'm so totally jealous now."
An annoyed look appeared on Len's face as Trey bantered on about how amazing the girl & her spirit ally were. "The boardhead is the prime example to my point." Kichi smiled a bit up at Trey since she stood at only 4'8 in height while Trey was 5'7, making him practically a foot taller than her, but then brought her gaze away from him & back over towards Len. "You must be blind then Len-Len because with Cerebus being one of the Underworld Spirits, only a member of the Yomi Clan has the power to command & control him. He would refuse any other & would ultimately go on a rampage because a Shaman that isn't from the Yomi Clan is unable to control him even the slightest bit. Also, you're almost right earlier. I'm actually the sole survivor of my Clan & unless I achieve my goal, I too will perish soon, leaving this plane without anymore Dark Shamans."
As she spoke, her spirit ally coughed slightly to get her attention, which also drew the attention of the others as well. "Princess, we must leave now." "You need your rest for we have a long journey ahead of us starting tomorrow." "We cannot waste time since your own time is lessening." Kichi released a sigh at this, but then nodded her head in understanding. "Alright Cerebus. Well, I best be off now. I'm in the Shaman Fight too so we'll meet again eventually." Kichi then smiled a bit as she waved to them & turned to leave, but a hand quickly grabbed her wrist, stopping the young girl in her tracks. When she turned around to see who it was, she found that it had been Trey who had done so. The slightly confused look on her face as she stared up at him caused the 15 almost 16yr old boy to blush slightly & quickly pull his hand away. "Um...sorry about that. It's just that well,..."
"What Trey is trying to say is, why don't you stay here with us for the night? There's more than enough room & you're more than welcome to join us on our journey to Dobi Village too. In fact, we'd be happy if you did." Yoh grinned widely at the girl before him as he said this. Len on the other hand just scoffed at this as he crossed his arms stubbornly & turned his head away. "Speak for yourself Yoh." Kichi glanced from one Shaman to the next as she thought hard about the offers that have been given to her & after a moment, she smiled a bit & nodded her head. "Alright, sounds alright to me. I guess I could use some human company so why not? I'll take you up on those offers Yoh Asakura." Yoh's grin grew at this if that was even possible & he even laughed a bit. "Great! Looks like we have a new friend joining us guys." Ryu seemed very pleased to have a girl traveling with them besides Anna. Especially, a cute, young girl. Trey was pleased himself & even slung an arm around her shoulders as he smiled. Len was just annoyed by this & the look on his face clearly said just that.
As day finally turned to dusk, the end of an interesting day had come & upon the new day when dawn would arrive, so would Yoh & his companions adventure begin once again. What events lie ahead for group this time & will their be any evil arrive to try & destroy them like Hao had a year ago? Time will tell, but for one cursed Shaman, time is slowly running out for her.
To be Continued.
Yay! Chapter one is up folks! I personally like how this story is gonna go so far & I hope that all of you agree with me. Truthfully, there is mainly Adventure & Romance in this fanfic, but there's also Humor, some Angst, Friendship, & maybe Family if I decide to delve into Kichi's past to before her family passed on to Heaven. You can tell me your thought on whether I should or not in your review if you'd like. It'd help me make my decision better. Well, see ya soon! I'll have the next chapter up today.
