Rose: I'm so happy!

Hao: (puzzled) Why?

Rose: Five words: Shaman King original Japanese Dub.

Hao: Oh! The DVDs finally came in?

Rose: Yup! Sue Death toll count: 22 Sues down.

Hao: Disclaimer: Rose-Sempai does not own Shaman King. She does, however, own a Zero Kiryuu plushie (for those of you who know Vampire Knight).

Rose: ON WITH LE FIC!

Silent doom reigned over the group. Tenshi's team was supposed to fight that day, which put everyone in a sour mood. The extremely humid weather didn't help either.

Hao fanned himself with his hand. "This sucks."

Lyserg sighed. "Agreed."

Three things happened after that:

Horo fell over in his chair, Chocolove screamed, and Ren calmly took a sip of his milk after declaring that the Apocalypse was upon them.

Hao blinked. "What gives? Why did you lose it?"

"Lyserg just agreed with you." Ren gazed at Hao and Lyserg before huffing: "It's because Lyserg hates you. We never would've guessed that he was going to agree with you."

Lyserg nodded. "I see." He paused. "But that's still no reason to freak out!"

Suddenly, a shadow cast over the group. They looked over to the window to see a figure leaning there. She had long, dark blue hair and brown eyes. "Hey everyone! I hope you'll come to see my team fight today! I know that Tenshi would love to see all of you cheering her on! Well, I gotta go. Bye!" She hopped off the window, humming a simple tune.

Everyone sat in stunned silence before Ren spoke up. "No doubt she's one of Tenshi's teammates. I think it would be to our advantage if we went to see the fight."

Anna nodded. "It would be a good time to observe their fighting abilities without actually fighting them. Yoh, your training ends here today."

There was a cheer from Yoh outside, but it was quickly silenced by: "We'll just have you do double training tomorrow."

Sagittarius tagged along with them as they walked to the arena. "I'm nervous about this. What if Tenshi tries to attack us while she's fighting?" Sagittarius fidgeted.

Hao blew a piece of his hair out of his face with a simple puff of breath. "There is an impenetrable barrier around the arena. Only the Patch officials and the contestants are allowed to pass through it."

"FYI Hao, Tenshi is a contestant." Lyserg said coolly.

Hao frowned. "Yes, but a contestant can't step outside the barrier once they've stepped in. If contestants could step in and out of the barrier any time they wished, that would sort of defeat the purpose."

Anna listened to Lyserg and Hao bicker. "That's true. But still, with Tenshi's powers, she can do just about anything. We'll just have to wait and see."

The group split up once they reached the arena, Hao branching off to sit with his followers, Lyserg branching off to sit with the X-LAWS. (Rose: Must it be in all caps? Lyserg: Yes, it must.) To avoid confusion, Sagittarius sat with Yoh and the others.

"I'm not even in the tournament!" The Sue-Hunter said in a loud whisper. "I can only see spirits, not control them." Manta nodded in agreement.

Ren was attached firmly to the railing, shaking slightly. He could feel the power in the air, and was pretty sure that the others could feel it, too. Tenshi and her teammates stood in the middle of the arena, one with blue hair (probably the one who had "invited" them to see the match) wearing a long black cloak splashed with silvery-pink fabric paint and tight jeans. Her back was to Ren, but he could see a quiver of arrows on her back and a bow attached to her hip. The other girl had long, silver hair and red eyes. She was facing Ren, and waved to him. Black fishnets crisscrossed her dark red shirt, and was matched with black leggings. Ren could see her spirit, some sort of gargoyle. Her medium was a set of daggers attached to her hip. Ren wondered if they were laced with poison.

Hao had said that the members of Tenshi's team weren't totally Mary-Sues. So why was there such an aura of power in the air?

The other team never stood a chance. All guys, they wore brown leather jackets, brown pants, and black boots. One of them was short, with brown hair. Another was tall, with black hair, and still another was about Hao's height, with blonde hair. Ren said a prayer for them.

Horo came over to stand with him. "You feel that?" Horo blinked and looked over at his purple-haired companion. "That pressure of power in the air?" The Ainu nodded solemly. "Who could miss it? The team against Tenshi is in for it."

Sagittarius closed his eyes. He looked...not agitated, but uneasy. Ren said a prayer for him, just for good measure.

The Patch official stepped out into the ring. "The fight between...Team Sweet Maidens and the Wild Westerns will begin. You all know the rules. You lose if someone steps outside the ring during a fight, or if all members of your team exhaust their oversoul. I expect a clean fight from everyone." The two teams nodded. The official brought his arm up, and brought it down. "Begin!"

The brunette of the Wild Westerns charged at the bluenette on Tenshi's team. She merely smiled and shot an arrow at him, slicing his cheek.

"Ugh!" He knelt on the ground. Ren cautiously peered over the railing. What was that? Too fast!

The girl simply smiled. "I am Ananara of the Valley. My spirit is this wind dragon." Ananara held up her bow and arrow. "You can't escape my arrows. You can't even see them!"

Chocolove grinned. "Ananara! Say that ten times fast! Ananara, Ananara..."

Horo and Ren didn't try to stop him. They were too focused on the battle below.

"You'd better say your prayers! This fight'll be over in a snap!" She stepped back and was about to charge at him again, but she was stopped by Tenshi. "That's enough, Ananara. Now it's my turn."

Ananara stepped back and let Tenshi take control. Suddenly, the blacknette of the Wild Westerns charged at Tenshi and caught her with a length of rope.

"You idiot!" Ren hissed between his teeth.

Tenshi smiled. "Nishayako, it's your turn." The white-haired girl smiled and shot a knife at the rope, slicing it in two and cutting off the furiyoku supply. " My name is Nishayako of the Volcano. This is my spirit. Dark Gargoyle." She held up more of her knives, and a black gargoyle appeared by her side. "You'd better give up now and save your skins."

Tenshi politely dismissed her. "Nishayako, it's my turn." Pulling out her hand fans, she summoned her spirit. Out again came that giant tree.

"This is my spirit, Flores." Tenshi started spinning her fans and threw them into the air. "Fleur De Li!"

Hao blinked. "She changes from Spanish to French, and we're in Japan. What...?"

Winds swirled around the arena, and the spirit started blooming. Flower petals enveloped the other team.

"What effect does this attack have? Tickle the opponent to death?" Horo exclaimed. "I was expecting something to blow up the whole arena." Ren deadpanned.

Tenshi jumped from petal to petal on tiptoe until she was a good forty feet into the air. "I'll show you what true power means!" Unsheathing the needles on her fans, she shot blasts of wind at the opponents.

Beautiful, but terrifying. To those with a knowledge of Sues, just terrifying.

Ren gripped the railing, his knuckles turning white. "Those idiots." The dust lifted....

Tenshi's attack had killed the brunette of the Wild Westerns.

Panting slightly, she sat down and put away her fans. "Nishayako, Ananara, I've exhausted much of my furiyoku. Could you finish up for me?"

The other girls nodded. "Oh, absolutely Tenshi! Don't worry, you just rest and leave us to finish!" Nishayako smiled cheerfully.

Lyserg was aghast. Their teammate just killed someone, and they just pretend like nothing's happened?

Sagittarius noted the others watching with astonished expressions. "Mary Sues remain cheerful no matter what, unless their object of affection has died."

Nishayako pulled out more of her knives. "You guys don't know what it's like to be us. I had everything I wanted. Money, family, power, beauty....it was all handed to me on a silver platter. When I fell in love, I was rejected horribly. I wandered aimlessly until I met Tenshi and Kiri. They understood me, and groomed me to who I am today!"

And that is a whiny, angsty little bug. Ren thought, correct.

Ananara nodded. "I have no memories, only of Tenshi and Kiri. To attack us is to insult us." She pulled out more arrows and aimed.

"Return to the spirit world from whence you came!" Arrows were shot, knives were flung.

All three members lay on the ground, dead.

"Winner: Team Sweet Maidens!"

Some people applauded, but all others were silent until a ringing noise came from Sagittarius' pocket.

He pulled out a pager and pressed a button. "Hello? Yes, I understand. Okay, bye." He hung up. "Let's go catch us some semi-Sues!"

Rose: I uploaded my first tribute!

Hao: YEAH!

Rose: Tao Ren Tribute-Transformation day. Watch it on YouTube from SasoriSempai!

Hao: And when Sagittarius says "Let's go catch us some semi-Sues", he means Nishayako and Ananara.

Rose: I was going to make this three chapters, but I decided not to. Please review..... (yawns)

Hao: It's nap time for her...Please review and kill the Sues!