Me: I am back peoples! (again)

Horohoro: ALI!

Me: Hey Horo!

Lyserg: Ali-sama!

Me: Hey! Will u guys do the discailmer?

Pirika: I will! Ali doesn't own Shaman King!

Tuara sighed she was sitting on top of the Asakura roof.

"Wha you doing out here?" She smirked.

"Anna." She said nodding not turning around.

"Tuara...what are you doing up?" She asked.

"Couldn't sleep, in two days we leave for Patch...I don't know what awaits me there...ghosts of my past. Visions of the future...I ca't tell."

"It hurts doesn't it? The mark Yoh didn't shut it down did he?" Anna said.

Tuara closed her eyes. "No he didn't...guess I should have expected it shouldn't I? Oh well...at least Ren will be arriving tomorrow." She nodded.

"You've changed you know...when we first met you remember it?" Anna asked.

Tuara chuckled.

"Hard not to, I was a brat. Angry and too powerful for my own good. I hated you and Yoh." She said.

"The look in your eye back then, it scared Yoh I could tell when we met you in the forest. That wild look. It was certainly something."

"You weren't though..." Tuara smirked.

"I was...I was just scared for you..."

"I'm still like that you know, when I'm mad I still get rebelous and impulsive and it costs me greatly..." She sighed then stood up.

"I guess it's late I'll see you tomorrow." She said leaving.

Anna stared after her.

"Tuara what are you hiding?" She whispered.

Next day Ren arrived but Tuara was not there to meet him with the others.

"We don't know where she is..." Anna sighed.

Ren couldn't help but be disappointed in her disappearance.

"Excuse me but are you Tao Ren?" A girl came over with a letter in hand.

"Yes and you are?"

"A friend of Tuara." She smiled.

"I have a letter from Tuara." She said.

She was a nice enough girl with blond hair in two fluffy tails a scruffy seelved blue shirt and pants.

"Thanks." He said the girl nodded and left.

He opened the letter.

"Dear Ren." He read aloud.

"I'm sorry to say some friends showed up this morning and I had to set off early to Patch Village." He frowned.

"She left?" Yoh frowned.

"I wouldn't have gone if it not been a serious probelm I hope to see you on the way to Patch...good luck stay strong and hold on tight the road ahead is long and hard and..."

He sighed.

"I want to thank you guys for unlocing my heart and showing me you can be strong with the help of friendship. I'll see you in Patch thank you, thank you for everything Tuara."

"She left..." Horohoro frowned.

"She was forced...I know Tuara she'd never leave without something or someone making her." Ren said.

"This is not good." Yoh sighed.

"We'll see her we can't afford to worry about her! We need to get ready!" Anna decided.

"I guess..." Ren nodded.

Tuara what are you up too...

-TwO WeEkS lAtEr-

"We can't hold them off! They're too strong!" Chocolove procailmed.

They were, a group of shamans from the China were attacking them.

"Where is she!" They yelled.

"Who?" Ren asked.

"Tuara! Where is that traitors bitch! Who the fuck does she think she is! Going to the Forbidden Alter and getting her mark removed!" He growled.

So thats where she went...

"Where is she!" They yelled.

"Look up." Everyone did.

"Tuara..." Ren gasped.

She jumped down from the ledge neatly onto her feet.

"You traitors underseving BITCH!" They yelled at her.

She smirked. "Say what you will...in order to lead a rebellion I must first stand out. And having my mark removed at the Forbidden Alter of the Pheonix well no one will forget my name. Now stop bothering my friends. Your fight is with me." She said.

The gang stared at the calm girl in front of them.

Tuara wore a baby blue sevless white lined Chinese shirt that ended just above her navel, baby blue short shorts and white knee high socks.

Her oracle bell now hung from a clip on one of the hooks of the shorts.

Her katana was as always slung across her back but now along with it a large metal fan.

Her aurburn hair was up in bun on the back of her head while the rest of it fluttered past her shoulders. Across her fringe was two streaks of light blue.

"Fine...we'll drag your dead body through the streets but maybe we'll have some fun with you first. You really have your mothers beauty." One smirked.

Sick bastards. Ren growled.

"Whatever. My heart belongs to another." She said smirking eyes shifting briefly to Ren then back to the boys.

She reached back and unhooked the fan it was large and dark blue.

"Aura Oversoul." She said.

It glowed with her power.

"Now...Kōngzhōng kāi qiāng attack!" (Air shot attack.) Using her strength she shot a miniture torando at the boyts knocking them back into the rocks.

"Now...LEAVE!" She growled aiming for another hit.

They ran. "Wait to see how strong you are in Patch with you're brother to fear!" One shouted.

"Can't wait." She said.

She closed the fan and placed it back into it's holder she smiled at the boys.

"You going to stand there or are you going to hug me?" She asked.

"TUARA! We missed you so much!" Horohoro wrapped his pale arms around the Chinese girl and shook her while anima tears rolllled down his face.

Ryuu soon joined him.

"OKAY GET THE HELL OFF ME!" She said feeling dizzy.

"Welcome back." She shook Yohs hand.

She then gulped and faced Ren.

"Well good..." He was vut off by her throwing her arms around him.

"I'm sorry...I'm so, so so, sorry." She said starting to cry.

Slowly his arms came up around her and he held her tightly.

She seemed so broken now.

"It's okay Tuara..."

"No it's not..." She shook her head.

"Who's that?" Chocolovve asked Horo.

"Her names Tuara Shadow...she used to be putting it bluntly Rens shadow, where he went as did she, they were closer then anything. But she's got this curse makr thingy and well she left to get it taken off her, guess she's back." Horohoro said.

"Shadow...well she looks a little shady to me!" Chocolove started to laugh.

"Excuse me?" She said detaching herself from Ren.

"What that was funny!" He pressed.

"No it really wasn't it was tragic and a mock to my name." She said looking him straight in the eyes.

He took a step back. "Jeez sorry." He said.

"Hn." She muttered.

"So you got your mark removed. Can we see?" Yoh asked.

"Well it was removed it was sealed into my skin and another seal placed over it." She said.

She turned around and they saw a mark of the Wolf on her back.

"Thats the tattoo of the Guardians of the Princess of the South." Ren said recongising it.

"Thats where the alter is. I'm a general now." She said.

"You're a what!" Horohoro shouted.

"I'm now General Tuara, protector of the shaman Princess of the South. Which reminds me, I gotta get going..." Tuara sighed.

"But you just showed up!" Ryuu whined.

"Don't worry you'll see me again!" She promised.

"But we just got you back!" Ren said.

"You never lost me...I'm just doing my job to pay off the debt I owe the land for sealing my mark." She said smiling.

"But..."

"Here." She took off her necklace and handed it too him.

"I have another. If you're ever in trouble or if you need me hold onto that and I'll be there." She said.

"Okay. Bye Tuara." He said still frowning.

"Oh and..." She kissed him on the cheek.

"Well don't get yourselves killed."

She dissappeared leaving Ren holding his cheek mouth open.

"Wow..." He gulped.

"What are you looking at!" He yelled at Horohoro.

"We have to keep moving." He said turning.

They smirked and shurgged and kept walking.

Ren smirked.

Tuara...

-A WeEk lAtEr-

The gang was now fighting three boys sent by Hao and were sturggling.

"I don't think..." Horo was crippling under the pressure by the boys fire spirit.

Chocolove who was helping Horo wasn't coping welll either.

"Oto~tsu furaito!" (Inferior Flight) The boy was knocked back by a redish pink light.

A girl landed in front of them.

She smirked at them.

"Hi! Names Kejiura. And this is my ally Lièshì, goddess of the Inferior Ones." Horohoro took in the girls features.

She had black hair like silk going past her shoulders and matching eyes.

Her clothes looked like Tuara's had the week previous expect it was black and not blue and there was three quarter length seelves on her shirt.

But the shorts were the same style and length just a different colour. Black. Two small fans were strapped to her thighs.

"Uh Horohoro." He said dumbly.

"Chocolove." He nodded.

"Pleasure. Now. Let's finish him." She pointed at the boy who had gotten up.

"Off." Two long ribbons appeared in her hands. Each with a dagger ending.

"Battle Ribbons good for aim." She said catching Horo looking at them.

"Oh okay."

They turned to face the boy.

Ryuu and Ren were up against a guy that had the 'God Of Weapons' on his side and seriously packed a punch.

"Kasai no tanjō burasuto!" Fire sent him flying into the rocks behind.

A girl appeared out of the dust holding a spear.

Ren recongised her clothes as the same as Tuara's was expect they were red. Two small fans were strapped to her thighs.

Her hair was a very pale brown that hung in two low tails at the back of her head.

Her pink eyes glinted.

"Jiaohua the name. And this is my firey friend here is Shukufuku." She said.

"Now, I don't know who these guys are but I know they're special to my friend and leader. So prepare to fall to the heat." She said spining the spear around until a circle of fire appeared spining in the air.

"Shoot!" The fire shot right at the boy.

Yoh had of course the captain.

"Kōngzhōng kāi qiāng!" The captain was blown back by a gust of wind.

"No way...Tuara..." He gasped.

But there she was in all her baby blue glory.

"You're late." Yoh turned to see a black haired girl walking towards her.

Her oppunent defeated.

"Sorry, took a de-tour." She said.

"So we get stuck saving your friends asses, lovely." Another girl said walking towards the two.

Rens eyes widdened as he saw Tuara.

"We're not over yet!" The two boys that the girls were fighting plus Yohs ex-oppunent.

"Looks like we're going to formation C." Jiaohua said.

"Are you sure?" Tuara asked.

"You seriously need to learn that killing people in front of your old friends isn't that bad." Kejiura said.

"Redy to...as you put it die?" Rens old oppunent cracked his knuckles.

"Could ask you the same question." Jiaohua said.

Tuara bent down to unstrap two small fans that were strapped to her thighs that she hadn't worn th last time they'd seen her.

She snapped them out.

The other girls did the same with theirs.

"By Inferior. Over soul!" Kejiura's fans glowed red/pink.

"My fire." Jiaohua's glowed scarlet.

"By wind." Tuara's glowed light blue.

"Attack as one." They shot the beams of light from the fans which joined together going fast at the boys.

"Enough." Their attack was stopped.

"You know I hate that." Tuara looked up. "Hao." She breathed.

There he was in all his glory standing ona cliff.

Yoh saw something in both their eyes a flash of something...understanding? Maybe even more.

"Tuara. You know I don't like you killing my followers." He said casually he jumped down and Tuara's teammates jumped back.

She felt his breath in her ear. She tensed. She snapped out her small fans again.

He found it under his neck.

"Try that again and I swear you'll never again see the light of day." She growled.

"You're in a bad mood." He hummered.

"Get lost." She growled.

"Make me."

She placed one hand on the large fan.

He took a step back.

"Okay take it easy..." He said gulping.

Yoh looked from Tuara to Hao.

Was HAO scared of Tuara's fans?

"Look around you Asakura. Do you feel that." Tuara asked Hao her hand never leaving the big fan.

"I do...how did you sense it before me." He frowned.

"The wind tells me secrets. Of course you already know that." She said.

"We're gonna check back with the boys. You two sort out your family probelms." Kejiura said smirking.

"You're leaving me!" Tuara gasped.

"Oh please he wouldn't touch you." Jiaohua said.

"Still..." Tuara pressed.

"Tuara you can handle him." Kejiura sighed.

"You have a lot of faith." Tuara hummered.

"We just make up for you." She smirked.

"Besides you said you're gonna stay on with these guys until Patch so we'll see you there!" Kejiura smiled

"Well we gotta go have fun." They left.

"Desert me why don't you." She muttered.

"Now you." She pointed at Hao.

"Leave now." She said staring right into his eyes.

Brown met emerald.

Something sparked between the two.

He smirked she felt the temperate.

"Or what?"

"Or I'll do something I'll regert." She told him.

"I can take you depite what your girls say."

He stepped closer. "Mess with me you mess with us all, are you really that strong?" She got in closer to his face.

"Do you consider us you're equals. Do you consider me, your equal. After all..." She leaned into his ear.

"Fire needs Air to burn." She whispered.

"Agreed...well then I'll be taking my leave." He disappeared.

She let out a breath. "You have to explain yourself and whats this about going to Patch with us?" Chocolove frowned.

"Well if you don't want me..."

"No we do." Ren said quickly.

He blushed. "I mean if Hao is uneasy around you it means your power must have grown strong but..." He walked toward her looking right into her emerald eyes.

"You're eyes have changed. They're back to that unfeeling way it was in the poolhall. You." He pointed at her.

"Need to loosen up again Shadow." He decided.

"Ren..." She said eyes flashing.

He turned "Welcome back Tuara...-chan." He smirked. He started to walk away from her.

"HEY!" She shouted.

He stopped "Oh and Tuara you are still my resonsblity. You know what to do." He said not turning.

She smiled and ran up behind him.

"Sometimes I wonder why you keep me around." She grinned hugging him from behind.

Chocolove saw the smirk on Rens face. This was the guy that always hurt him when it came to his jokes...

Ren sighed and breathed in.

Her scent had changed.

She now bore a light smell that reminded him of his favourite flower...a lotus.

"Okay you can let go now..." He said.

She did.

"Now remember. Where I go, you go got that." He said crossing his arms.

"Hai Ren!" She smiled.

It's good to be home...

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