A/N: Hi you all. This is my first fanfic so please be nice. Basically, it's about 4 girls who got stuck into the Shaman King world. They had to fight hard for their own life and also found a way back to their world...Just let you know, my grammar and spelling can be really bad sometimes but I'll try my best to not making any mistakes. Hope you like the fanfic!!

Disclaimer: I SIMPLY DO NOT OWN SHAMAN KING, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERS EXCEPT HIKARI!

The Unexpected Fight

7 a.m.

"RENG!!!"

"YOH, it's time to train!" Anna yelled from downstair.

"Wakatayo ( I know)" Yoh lazily got out of bed. He brushed his teeth and changed into his practice cloth. After that, he went downstair.

"Running, running again!" He mumbled.

"Ohayo Yoh-kun" Sakura greeted him with a smile.

"Ohayo" Mikan Tomoyo and Mikan greeted him.

"Good morning! Breakfast is ready. Do you want to eat before training?" Hikari asked him from the kitchen.

"O..Ohayo mina. And yes, I do want breakfast right now. I am kind of hungry"

"Then come in now, everything is ready!"

Yoh stepped into the kitchen and saw Hikari was sitting on the table and waiting for them. The breakfast is already ready. ( It is kind of like a Japanese style breakfast.)

"Mikan can you go and get Anna?"

"OK"

"So Yoh, after eat, what do you have to do for training?" Tomoyo asked curiously.

"Uh, I have to run 30 kilometers, do 50 push-ups, and 200 sit-ups. And in the afternoon, I also have to run 30 kilometers as well, and I also have to do sword training with Amidamaru."

"You gonna run?" Sakura asked, excitedly.

"Wow, that sounds really hard!" Tomoyo said.

"Yeah, I have to do that everyday." He smiled lazily, while rubbing his head. "Usually I have Manta accompanied, but today he can't go with me because he has something else to do."

"Is he train with you?" Sakura asked.

"No. Manta always rides his bicycle while I am running. At least I got somebody to talk to so I won't get bored and will keep running all the way."

"Oh, if running then I think our Sakura can accompany you for today." Tomoyo said and was smiling brightly.

"Yeah Sakura can run with you. She really likes running and she is also a very fast runner." Hikari said.

"Oh really? But you don't have to go with me."

"That's ok Yoh-kun. I'd love to accompany you. Besides, I'm kind of miss running because it's been a long time that I didn't run, about a week I guess." Sakura smiled cheerfully.

"But it's gonna be a really long run. 30 kilometers!" Yoh said, emphasized the words '30 kilometers'

"That will be fine with me. I've used to run like that at home too."

"Ok then thank you" Yoh smiled.

"No problem." Sakura smiled. "That's mean I have to eat more, to get more energy for running." Sakura thought out loud, making everyone sweat-dropped.

After breakfast:

"Shall we get go now? Because if I don't, Anna will yell at me!" Yoh asked.

"Yeah. I'm ready." Sakura said after tighten her tennis shoes. She had also change into a sport short and a pink tank top.

"Have a good run!" Tomoyo said.

"Yoh you better train hard! Sakura, keeps an eye on him ok? If he's being lazy, just comes back and reports to me. I'll have my special punishment for him ready." Anna warned.

"YES MADAM!!!" Yoh answered immediately. "Scary!!" He thought inside.

"Don't worry Anna. I am sure they'll have a good exercise today." Tomoyo said.

"We'll see about that."

"Ok. We're going now. See you guys later." Sakura and Yoh waved good bye to Hikari, Tomoyo and Anna. Then they took of and started running.

After running 20 minutes, Sakura and Yoh took a break. They walked slowly and talking with each other.

"So how long have you guys been living with each other?" Yoh asked.

"Hmm, a year and half to be exact!"

" I see. No wonder that's you guys seem so close."

"Yoh-kun, you said that your parents still alive, but they always away right?" Sakura asked curiously.

" Uh"

"But why?"

"I..don't know. They like to travel everywhere. I guess."

"Living a life like that, aren't you feel...lonely?"

"Uh not really, I think I got used to it. Besides, I got a lot of spirits to be my friends, so I guess that's not really a big problem." Yoh said with a grin.

"And I think I should be the one who ask you that question. Your parents are pass away. Aren't you feel lonely and sad?"

"At first, I felt really sad" Sakura answered immediately. "But now, not really anymore."

"Even though that my parents are not here anymore, but I am not alone. I got my friends who always there for me." Sakura smiled. "Especially Hikari. Even though she is the youngest in us, but Hikari is like our older sister. She always protect me, Tomoyo and Mikan. I don't know how many times she saved me."

"If she wasn't there to save me that day, I think I probably died already."

"What happened?" Yoh asked. Sakura closed her eyes for a moment, then she began...

"About 9 months ago...

Flash Back

I was walking carelessly under the rain. People keep passing in front of my eyes, running away, like scared from whatever the god from the skies has in store for them. And they keep running, as rain keeps falling, and the sky keeps getting darker and darker.

'Where am I going?' I asked myself. I just sold my house because I didn't have enough money to pay for the debts. 'I have no where to go, no where to return.' The mist getting deeper and the rain falling harder. The road getting darker and darker every second, like how my life was..

At the end of the road, I saw the penguin park that I usually played at when I was young. Without any hesitates, I went into the park. As I sat down on swing, I started to think about everything that happened. 'Why did all happened to me? Why everybody is leaving me??? Mom, dad, onii-chan...all gone! Now, I don't even have a house to return! I..I lost everything!!!"

'Mom, you said I should always keep my smile and never give up no matter circumstance it is, but I don't think I can't do that anymore. I am sorry!!' At that moment, the world began to darken in my eyes. My head ached like hell and I felt my body starting to lose its balance...Before I lost my conscious, I saw someone was coming toward me. That person called my name really loud and then I...collapsed.

'Hmm...'

'Hmm..' I slowly opened my eyes. The bright sun made my eyes blinked many times. I looked at my surrounding. 'This is not my house. But everything here looks so familiar!' 'Where am I?' I tried to move my body and sat up, but something was holding my hands back. I looked down and stunned...

'Tomoyo!!!Mikan!!' They were sleeping peacefully. They were my best friends in the world. Tomoyo were on my left side, her head was on the bed and she hold my left hand tightly. Mikan did the same, but on my right side. I opened my mouth to speak but no word came out. I...I don't know what to say.

Then I felt Tomoyo and Mikan stirred. 'They're waking up!' Tomoyo slowly opened her eyes and stared straight at me. She gapsed then yelled.

"SAKURA! You're waking up already. I'm so glad!!! Are you feeling ok? Are you hurt anywhere?" She said, tighten her hand around my wrist.

"Mikan! Wake up! Sakura is awake!!!" Mikan opened her eyes and widen when she saw me.

"Sakura! You're waking up. Yokata! We were so worry!!" She cried happily.

"Just wait a minute! I'll go and get Hikari. She was worry to death about you." Mikan said then she opened the door and left. Tomoyo helped me sat up. Then I started to talk.

"Where and why am I here?" Was my first question.

"This is Hikari house. When we came to your house, they said you already sold it. Hikari went to look for you right the way and she found you lying on the penguin park, unconsciously with a very high fever. So she carried all the way back here."

'So the person that calling my name before I faint unconscious was Hikari'

"You already slept over 2 days so we were starting to get worry. But now everything is alright" Tomoyo smiled release, didn't let go of my hand.

"What happened Sakura? Why did you sell your house? Why didn't you tell us anything? Aren't we best friends?" Tomoyo said, her voice sounded hurtful. 'Since when did her face getting so serious?' I wondered. And now she's looking straight at me for an answer.

"I...I just don't want to bother you guy." I whispered silently.

"That's not a very good reason, isn't it?" A voice came from the door. Then the door opened, revealed Mikan and Hikari. Hikari's aquamarine eyes no longer sparkled beautifully, they now fulled of exhausted and tiredness.

'I guess she hadn't sleep since I faint.' Hikari and Mikan were heading toward me. Hikari placed herself on a seat near my bed while Mikan sat next to Tomoyo. Hikari coughed, clearing her voice and started to speak.

"If you still see us as your friends, please tell us what happened."

I guess there was not point for hiding so I told them what happened.

"...At the end I have to sell the house, to have money and pay for the debts."

We all quieted, until Hikari broke the silence.

"Why didn't you tell us? You know that if you just have say to us, we will help you. Why didn't you say anything?"

"I...I am sorry!!!" I didn't know what to say. The only thing that I can do right now was apologize to them.

Hikari just sat there and staring at me for a moment. She made a deep sigh, then stood up, slowly approached and embraced me into a hug.

"Baka, why do you have to say sorry. It's not your fault"

"Sakura...cry" She whispered in my ears. I stunned as what she said. It's been a long time since the last time I cried. It was the day my dad and brother died because of the car accident.

"I know that you must had a really hard time to endure these pains all by yourself." As she said, I felt once again my body started to weaken and tears began to fall from my eyes.

"Let all the pains go out at once Sakura. Cry at much as you can!" At that moment, I finally broke down. I cried as hard as I could on Hikari's shoulder. I felt she tighten her hand around my back. Tomoyo and Mikan soon joined into a group hug. They both began to cry as they said

"Sakura...we'll be here for you...to laugh with you...to cry with you...to share feeling with you...Sakura...you're not alone..you have us as your family!" They sobbed.

"Sakura, from now on, you will stay here with us. So don't worry! You're not alone anymore!" Hikari whispered. I raised my hand to wipe away some tears, and then nodded.

"Everything will surely be alright!" She said.

"You're right. Everything surely be alright!"

End of flashback

Sakura opened her eyes. Yoh looked at her, didn't know what to say. Sakura just smile and said.

"I moved in and lived with Hikari, Mikan and Tomoyo since that day. Thanks to them, I got my smile back. I became more confident with myself because I know that I'm not alone. I have my friends always there for me and they'll protect me no matter what."

"Right now, we are in a very difficult situation, but we'll not give up no matter how hard it is. We will definitely find a way to come back, back to our world!" Sakura said, her emerald eyes were full with determine.

"Don't worry. Everything will work out somehow." Yoh said with a grin.

"HEY! That's familiar to my line." Sakura exclaimed. "Everything will surely be alright." Yoh and Sakura stared at each other and they both bursted out laughing.

"Erkkk! That was very good exercise nee?" Yoh said as he stretched his shoulder.

"Yup but I think we should go back right now. It's probably late alrea...WHAT? IT'S ALMOST 11 A.M!!!" Sakura sweat-dropped as she looked at her watch.

"WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING?? OH GOD I AM IN DEEP TROUBLE!!! ANNA GONNA YELL AT ME FOR TAKING TO LONG!!" Yoh cried and tears were streaming down from his face.

"Then we should hurry up and go back" Sakura suggested, still sweat-dropped.

"Uh, let's go" And they started to ran back to the house.

When they arrived back to the house, Yoh got a heavy punishment by Anna for taking to long for the running (poor boy!) while Sakura helped Tomoyo and Mikan clean up the house. The rest of the day passed by fast. In the afternoon, Sakura went with Yoh to finish his running. After they finished, it's already almost 6 p.m so they decided to take short cut to get home before the sun down. On the way, they were having a really good chatting, suddenly a voice came from behind them.

"Don't be in such a hurry, babe!" They turned back and saw 2 thugs. They were young-about 16 or 17 and they both had shaved heads.

"Why such a baby like you hang out with a loser? Come on! Come and have some fun with us" Thugs 1 said with a disgusting tone, making Sakura shivered. She hold Yoh's hand tightly (kawaii desu!!)

"Don't worry Sakura. AMIDAMARU!!!"

"AMIDAMARU!!!" No one appeared.

"Oh damn it! Amidamaru is with Anna!" Yoh sweat-dropped as he realized it.

"Sakura come on! We have to run!" Yoh said as he started to speed up, pulling Sakura along with him.

"Not so fast!" Another thug appeared, stopping them from running. He brandished a razor blade.

"You has such a pretty face baby." Thug 2 raised his hand, trying to reach Sakura's cheek, but Yoh slammed his hand away.

"Don't touch her!" Yoh yelled, making all the thugs laughed.

"Trying to be tough huh?" Thug 3 smirked. "Too bad that won't work" Thug 3 said as he punched Yoh with full force, making him fall on the pavement.

"YOH-KUN!" Sakura yelled, trying to reach Yoh. But she was stop by thug 2. He was holding her wrist and slammed her to the cold wall. Blood started to ooze from her forehead

"Where do you plan to go babe? Have some fun with us first!" Thug 2 grinned as his hands began to travel around Sakura's creamy legs.

"No" Sakura yelled. Suddenly Yoh approached thug 2 and blocked him from the back. He yelled.

"Sakura! Run! Get out of here right now!" But thug 2 turned back and smacked Yoh really hard, making him collide with the street. Yoh moaned hurtfully.

"You son of a bitch!" Thug 2 shrieked as he starting to move closer to Yoh. He cracked his fingers and below his head.

This is sad. Yoh thought sadly. He will die here. He won't complete his dream of becoming the Shaman King. Instead, he's going to die here because of this stupid reason. And what will Anna gonna do if she know that he dies here?

"Anna, please forgive me. I cannot become the Shaman King because I am going to die here right now" He muttered. He looked at the stripe of night sky between the old-cast iron buildings, waiting for the first blow. He put his hand over his face for protection.

SLAM! Yoh heard a sound of a foot connecting with hard flesh and a deep moan. Was that him? Was he making that noise. Yoh heard another searing blow. He then heard a groan and barking shout. Strange? Yoh was pretty sure that his mouth was shut. Had he gone to cardiac arrest and die already? God, that was quick! Wasn't it suppose to be really painful? He didn't feel the pain yet.

Maybe Yoh just simply could not see what he though he would. Yeah, he was dead, or half humiliating. Maybe when he opened his eyes, he already in the other world, joining the other spirits. Yeah that was it. He was dead. Now he just have to open his eyes and...his eyes widen and his mouth dropped open.

Right now, in front of him, none other than the beautiful blond hair girl Sukinami Hikari stood. She crushed the jaw of thug 1 with a roundhouse kick. She struck thug 2 in the chest with such violence, now he was gasping for breath. Now there was only thug 3 left. Hikari turned back and found thug 3 was grinning at her as he pulled out a long shining knife.

"Oh my god. A knife! He has a knife!" Yoh screamed inside his mind. Did Hikari see the knife? Did she realize of what coming. Yoh certainly could not tell by her expression. Her eyes didn't even reveal the tiniest bit of fear. Jesus, this girl is tough!!

"Hikari/Hikari!" Yoh heard his voice and Sakura voice in the other side bellowing at the same time. "He got a knife!"

"You bitch!" Thug 3 shrieked angrily as he was heading toward Hikari. Her gaze didn't flicker. She stood there motionless as thug 3 went after her. She looked as if she was in some kind of meditation.

When thug 3 approach Hikari, she delivered a powerful kick and almost simultaneously struck thug 3 in the side of the neck with her hand. Thug 3 rolled over, unconscious. His knife skidded along the stones.

Unbelievable! She was a super hero. Hair flying,limbs whirling, she was the most graceful and powerful martial artist he had ever known, except Li Pailong. Her every move was a mesmerizing combination of ballet and Kung fu. And not only she was magical, she also was lethal. Thug 1 was writhing on the ground. Thug 2 was ready to flee. Although thug 3 appeared to be rallying, Yoh almost pitied him.

"You sons of a bitch. Touch my friends again and I swear myself that you'll be roll in hell" She cursed as she scooped the knife and stepped over the prone body of thug 3. And suddenly, thug 1 and thug 2 seemed to forget their pain and sprint for safely like jackrabbits in traffic, leaving Hikari, Sakura and Yoh staring at each other in silence. And this time, Hikari once again was the person who made the first move. She was heading toward Sakura.

"Are you ok Sakura?" She asked, her voice sounded gently.

"Uh, I am ok now. Thank you for saving me and Yoh." Sakura said weakly. Hikari helped her stand up. And she now heading toward Yoh.

"Are you ok Yoh? You don't look so fine" Hikari asked as she helped Yoh standing balance on his feet. Yoh answer.

"I am ok. I can still walk. But why are you here Hikari? Weren't you suppose to be at home and cooking dinner?" Yoh felt like that was the most stupid question that he ever asked. If Hikari wasn't here, he and Sakura would have been died and now he probably on his way straight to heaven already.

"Yeah, I was supposed to. But during cooking, I found out that's no more salt and there's not enough oil left, so I told Anna to show me the way to go to the nearest supermarket. She even drawed me a map. I was just on the way back. But when I passed by here, I heard somebody was yelling in this route. Curiously, I came in and guess what I found?" Hikari explained as she showed us the cooking supplies that she bought.

"Hmm, if you weren't here, we could have die already!" Yoh said with admiration.

"So that's why you're lucky!" She used her left hand to helped Sakura and the other hand to help Yoh. "Let's go back. We have to treat all you bruises and cuts before they getting worst" They all nodded in reply and started walking home.

"HOLY FREAKING JESUS!!! What the hell happened?" Mikan panicked as she saw Hikari, Sakura and Yoh stepped into the house. Yoh got a really big bruise in his face and some scratches, while Sakura's forehead still dripping blood. Tomoyo and Anna also came out. Tomoyo gasped and was running toward Yoh and Sakura, while Anna just stood there.

"What happened?" She asked, her voice sounded a little bit better than normal.

"We just finished running and were about to walk back, but suddenly there were some thugs stood in our way and harassing us." Sakura explained.

"Luckily, Hikari was there on time to stop them." Sakura said as she smiled at Hikari. She apprached Hikari, hold her hands and said.

"Once again, thank you so much Hikari!"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say thank you. So..thank you for saving my life." Yoh grinned.

"Nah, that's ok. Just next times, bring Amidamaru with you."

"Yeah, I surely will next time. Those thugs taught me a really painful lesson." Yoh rubbed his cheek. "AW!!! It hurts" He yelled in pain, making everyone laughed.

"Hey it's not funny!"

"So..sorry Yoh-kun!" Tomoyo choked during laughing.

"If you're ok, then go to rest because you have to train tomorrow too!" Anna said, her face is cold as always.

"Yes, I know" Yoh answered boringly. Then everybody went inside the house. Hikari continued cooking dinner, Mikan and Tomoyo helped Sakura and Yoh with their wounds. Anna just watching TV. After finished dinner, everybody went to sleep because it's already 10 p.m.

Yoh couldn't sleep, he just rolling and rolling around the bed. Every time he closed his eyes, he thought about the fight that happened in the afternoon. Hikari angry face appeared. She stood there emotionless and waiting for the thugs went after her. Yoh thought about that for a long time. How could she do that? Those thugs were like about 4 times bigger than her, and then she beaten the crap out of them all. Now Yoh could understand how Sakura said that Hikari always protects her, Tomoyo and Mikan. Who would dare to touch the friends of a powerful martial artist like that, right?

Yoh decided to go to the back of the garden to take a look at the night sky. Tonight the stars were shining beautifully too. Yoh closed his eyes for a moment but then Hikari's face once again appeared. Yoh sweat-dropped.

"Why the hell that I could not get her out of my mind?" Yoh said to himself.

"Get who out of mind?" Yoh turned back. His eyes popped out when he saw Hikari was standing behind him.

"ERKKK!!!"

"OH GOD HIKARI! You almost gave me a heart attack!"

"Sorry but you shouldn't scream to loud, you will wake everybody up."

"Ok" Yoh whispered back. Hikari nodded. Then she sat down next to Yoh. "Couldn't sleep?" She asked.

"Yeah" Yoh answered. 'Because your face always appeared every time I closed my eyes.'

She cleared her voice and said. "About before...did I scare you?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I mean about the drugs fight"

"Oh"

"Hmm...no. I didn't scare. I'm just a bit surprised!" Yoh rubbed the back of his hand as he answered giving his 'famous' smile.

"I see" Hikari nodded. "I just wonder if something wrong because you've been staring at me the all evening." She said straightly, making Yoh turn red as a tomato.

"So she noticed." Yoh thought, his face still red.

"But maybe I'm just too provident." She said. "Just forget about it."

"The sky tonight is so beautiful!" Hikari said as she looked up to the sky.

"Hmm"

"Hikari?"

"Yes?"

"Since when did you start to learn martial art?" Yoh asked curiously.

"When I was 6 years-old."

"And who taught you?"

"My dad" Hikari looked at Yoh. "Can we talk about something else? I don't like to talk to the other about my past."

"Oh sorry."

"It's alright."

"But I have to say that I never a powerful martial artist like you in my life." "Except for Li Pailong"

"I have to be strong so that I can protect my friends"

"As you know, we don't have a family, so we live leaning on each other. Hikari said. "Sakura, Mikan and Tomoyo are not strong enough to protect themselves, so I have to protect them.

"I'm pretty sure that this girl also had a horrible past. She's also different from her friends. She enclosed herself with everybody around."

"I think I will go to sleep now. It's midnight already and it's not very good if you sleep too late." Hikari said as she stood up.

"I think I will as well" Yoh agreed.

"So..good night"

"Good night" Hikari nodded, then started to walk away.

"Hikari!!!"

She turned back "Hmm?"

"I...I don't want to be too troublesome and I don't know what happened to you before. But a past is a past, you should let it go. What you should think about is what will happen in the future. I'm sure that something good will happen to you."

Hikari stunned for a moment. Suddenly a smile bloomed in her face, then she said. "Thank you."

"No problem!" Yoh replied with a grin.

"Oyasumi" (goodnight)

"Oyasumi"

On the way back to her room, Hikari thought about what happened.

"Let the past go?" She said to herself. "Can I do that?"

She then thought about Yoh. Even though that she only known him for a few days, but she could tell that he really thoughtful, kind-hearted and cared about his friends. When we first came here, he helped us and let us stay in his house, even though we totally were strangers.

"He's a good guy!" She told herself.

"Maybe stranded in this world wasn't so bad after all."