Disclaimer- The characters within my stories are not my own. Some of the characters are that in, which I have come up with on my own and, hope that they are not copying the originals, along with their "shaman powers." Because honestly I have yet to finish reading the originals so please bear with me.

Hope you enjoy the stories!
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Chapter 2- New Shaman on the Block!?

After weeks of traveling Ren has finally arrived back in Tokyo and is currently visiting Yoh and friends.

"Ren, it's nice to have you back. It was really dull without you around picking fights. It was a time of rest and relaxation," said Yoh as he leaned against a wall and yawned.

"That is if you can call Anna's new truing program rest and relaxation," replied Manta with a laugh. Ren just sat there thinking of how those two hadn't changed a bit.

"So Ren what have you been up to lately? I mean I'm surprised you didn't tell us you were coming. Then again, that is your style isn't it?" asked Yoh with a note of concern in his voice. It was a while before Ren had realized Yoh had been talking to him.

"Well, to tell you the truth I've been up to nothing lately. Sure a bit of truing here and there but, nothing much. My whole family's been bugging me about who I'm going to marry when I turn twenty-one. In fact, the night I received your letter, Yoh, my mom had started up again how I should start looking for a girl to be my wife now otherwise, it will be too "late." Then Jun started up about how no girl with half a brain would even consider going out with me, not even if it was for my money. Especially with my "snotty arrogance"," said Ren. Yoh and Manta just sat there with their eyes wide open and mouths hanging to the ground in total awe.

"Marriage, wife?" said Yoh and Manta at the same time.

"After swallowing a bite of a cookie Ren started to say, "It's family tradition. Each member of the Tao family is to marry on his or her twenty- first birthday or be cut-off from all family ties."

"Understandable," said Yoh while nodding his head.

*** The next day Yoh, Manta and, Anna run into Ren after their trip to see a new movie.

"It nice to see you again Ren," said Anna. Ren just nodded his head in response. It was quite a while the four of them were walking down the street. That is of course if you were to ignore Yoh and Manta reciting lines from the movie. Little did the four of them know they were being followed?

"W-W-W-Where are we?" asked Manta.

"I don't know," replied Yoh. Anna and Ren just shook their heads in confusion. The followers started to circle round them making sure there was no escape. A shadowy figure came in to view in front of them.

"Sir or Mame might you be able to tell us were we are? Please we lost," said Manta in his politest voice. The stranger didn't reply but just kept walking closer and closer and closer.

"Hello-o-o, can you hear me?" asked Manta.

"Shut up, you little runt. I'm hear for your friend with the headphones ghost," said the strange man.

"I'm not letting you take Amidamaru. Not even if you fight me for him," shouted Yoh.

"Well actually, you have to let me because I have you surrounded," said the stranger. More and more shadowy figures started to appear around them. Soon they were surrounded in a tightly packed little circle.

"So, you still not going to fight me for your ghost," said the stranger. The circle thinned in front of them and, they started to make there way forward to leave.

As they started to walk away Yoh said, "I told you already you can't have my ghost. So just forget about it."

"How can such a supposed strong shaman be such a chicken," shouted a voice from the corner of an alleyway. Everyone turned only to see a girl standing there with on foot raised against the wall.

"Tell us who you are!" shouted the strange man. The girl took her leg off the wall and appeared to take a step forward but didn't.

"Heaven fears me and, hells afraid I'll take over, so where do I go when I die. Reincarnation I tell you," said the girl.

"Stop talking nonsense and tell us who you are or I swear I'll kill you," replied the stranger.

"Oh, didn't your mommy teach you not to swear? Or threaten a girl? Tell me weaklings. Have you ever danced with the devil in a pale moon light?" said the girl. Ren, Yoh and Anna for some reason couldn't hear the last sentence she had said. Manta started to shake. The stranger and his friends just looked puzzledly at each other.

Suddenly all of the strangers burst into bright blue flames. There shrieks of pain echoed throughout the darkness of the sky. Ren, Yoh and, Anna just spun there heads round and round trying to figure out what was going on. Soon the flames died down and only the three of them other than the girl were still standing.

"Where's Manta what did you do to him?" screamed Yoh at the girl.

"Oh, touchy aren't we. You friend was weak and didn't disserve to live. Just like those other weaklings so, I put them out of their misery," replied the girl with a note of arrogance.

"Who gave you the right to choice who lives and dies?" said Anna angrily. Yoh and Ren stood there in awe that Anna actually care. A sudden wind blew past them, making the perfect battle scene.

"Kitty," said a voice that came from a corner of a building.

"Yes, brother?" said the girl.

"What do you think you were doing?" said the voice. A silhouette of a man could be seen in the light on the moon.

"Entertaining myself. Sense everyone else has failed to entertain me," replied the girl.

"Well, it's time to go now," said the man with a more serious tone of voice.

"Okay, whatever," said the girl.

"Where do you think your going?" said Ren after finally regaining his voice.

"Don't worry I'll kill you three sooner or later. Wish it could be sooner," said the girl. Then she jumped up in the air and disappeared. Next thing they new she was standing next to the man on the building. They then disappeared into the night. Manta came running up to the three of them standing there looking for the two.

"Manta, we thought you were dead," said Yoh as he grabbed Manta and hugged him.

"No, she for some reason didn't kill me. I felt it coming though," said Manta.

"She must be a very powerful shaman to have killed al those men," said Anna. The other three just nodded their heads in agreement.

"Alright then, I guess it's time to be heading home," said Anna forgetting that they were lost.

"Will you be coming with us Ren?" asked Anna. Ren just shook his head then, watched them walk into the darkness.

"Kitty," said Ren with a grin then started to walk off.

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The line: "have you ever danced with the devil in a pale moon light," is not mine. It is from a Batman movie. The joker says it. I just thought it was the coolest line ever and had to use it in the way he does, just because it is the best ever.

Hope you enjoyed it. Guess what Ren was thinking at the end (that caused him to grin.) Te-He-He-He-He.