Disclaimer: I don't own the normal characters on Shaman King, but I own whoever you never heard of.
Special thanks to Chibi Team Rocket for helping me with the idea of the ghost!
CHAPTER FIVE: Lady Kite
Note: Before you start reading, Kite in this story is pronounced Kee-teh.
"What does it say?!" Manta exclaimed. "TELL ME!"
"I told you, I don't know because the ink is smudged!" Yoh said. "Or maybe this is some strange language I don't know."
Amidamaru looked at it. "It is an old form of writing. It states that the ghost Manta has is some sort of person that's lived from almost the time I was in. Perhaps I could talk to him?"
Manta held up the flame and peeked at it. "Could you please take shape like Amidamaru?" he asked it.
The flame looked at him, blinked slowly bounced out of his hands onto the bed cover. The flame turned into a female shape. The female had long black falling past her slender shoulders. She wore a light blue kimono with a royal blue sash. She bowed to them all. The corners of her lips pulled upwards in a mix of a smile and a smirk. "Hello," she said. Her green eyes looked appealingly at Amidamaru.
"This ghost is . . .a babe!" Yoh said under his breath.
"Yoh, you said this ghost was ugly," Manta said, elbowing him.
"The flame thingy did look pretty ugly!" Yoh said defensively.
The ghost looked at him, smiling her odd smile. "That is quite all right. I have gotten that before." She continued to look at Amidamaru.
Yoh and Manta looked at Amidamaru who was sweating . . .if ghosts could sweat . . . They looked at each other and shrugged.
"Uh, Amidamaru, you okay?" Yoh asked.
Amidamaru swallowed. "Lady Kite, I thought that your soul had passed onto the world beyond!"
Yoh and Manta fell off of the bed in surprise. Yoh recovered first. "You know this lady?"
Amidamaru nodded slowly. "Yes. We . . .we were once very close. I was sent to protect her from harm. I was killed while trying to protect her. There were far too many warriors and I was already wounded from a previous battle. My lady, why did you not pass on?"
Kite cocked her head slightly to think. "I do not know what you mean. They did not kill me. They took me into this house and starved me, but I was still alive. It was a young girl who saved me. She said she was a Shaman. That's all I know until now. The next thing I know, I am in the house of two young boys with very strange clothing." She frowned slightly. "Young children have very odd taste. Young man, what is that metal object on your head?"
Yoh lifted his headphones. "This?"
Kite nodded.
"They're called headphones. We use it to listen to music."
Kite looked curiously at them. "That is very strange." She looked around the room. "This is a strange room as well filled with stranger things." She touched her forehead. "I do not believe I have slept for that long. Why don't I know of this location?"
"Lady, it might be hard to accept, but you are . . .you have perished long ago as I have. This is the year 2003. Both of us are ghosts now. That is why I wanted to know why you are one. Were you not satisfied in your life?" Amidamaru said.
Kite shook her head. "I do not know of this. Perhaps it is because I had a feeling you were still alive . . .I didn't want to believe that you had died."
Amidamaru slowly smiled. "Now the two of us can be together again. I am glad that you have been chosen to be Manta's partner in Shamanism."
Manta blinked. "Oh geez, that's right! I have to integrate with her. I have to integrate . . .with a girl?!" His head felt like it was going to explode. "That's going to feel so weird integrating with a girl, isn't it?"
Yoh shrugged. "Not that I know. Ask Anna; she can channel all kinds of spirits. I'm not an expert or anything."
Manta looked up at Kite. "What sort of abilities do you have? I mean Amidamaru is a samurai and he's a really good integration partner."
"Integration?" Kite asked. "What is that? Is that some strange way of greeting people?"
Anime sweat fell down Manta's face. "Amidamaru, please tell her."
"Lady Kite, integration is when your spirit merges with that of Manta's and your powers are used through his body," Amidamaru explained.
Kite wrinkled her nose. "It sounds painful."
Manta sighed. "Could you just please answer my question?"
Kite nodded and raised her hands in front of her. She gestured with her hands. Manta and Yoh were lifted into the air and were twirled around like a top for a second or two. She dropped them gently on the ground. "I supposed that is what you mean, is it not?" she asked tentatively.
Manta gasped. "WOW! You've got telekinetic powers! That's so cool!"
Yoh grinned. "That's really rare. Too bad you couldn't integrate with me."
Amidamaru frowned. "Lord Yoh--"
"Don't worry, you're my friend. I'm never going to replace you for any reason or for anyone," Yoh said. He smiled at him. "Don't worry, buddy. Kite is cool, but I enjoy you being my ghost. You know how many people kicked my butt just to try and get you."
Amidamaru nodded. "True, that is true. Could you and Manta refer to Lady Kite as Lady or something of that sort? She was the daughter of the emperor at the time."
"Wow, Manta, royalty on top of being a babe and psychic powers!" Yoh said.
"It is all right, I prefer to be called Kite. Lady Kite makes me feel as though I am too weak to fend for myself. Amidamaru, you may call me as you will, but I prefer Kite," Kite said.
"Yes, M'lady."
"Lets go show Anna!" Manta said.
"I don't know what she's doing right now. She said she had to talk to my grandmother about what she fears is going to happen," Yoh explained.
Manta was quite for a while. "Maybe we can get her tomorrow. I was hoping she could help me train some."
"WHAT?!" Yoh yelled. "She's going to treat you so bad you'll wish you were dead!"
"I know, but she made you stronger so she can help me be better! I can put up with it."
Yoh shrugged. "Oh well. I'd better get home. I still have a little homework to finish up. I'll show you the basics later, okay?"
"Okay. See ya," Manta said.
Amidamaru bowed to Kite and returned to his memorial tablet. Yoh dug threw the box Manta had and pulled out a memorial tablet. "I think this is to keep Kite from scaring the sensitive people. Remember to leave offerings, okay?" Yoh left out the door.
