Disclaimer: I don't own anyone but Kite and Tami so far that I know of.  Anyone else introduced that you don't see in the Manga or cartoon is MINE!

A/N: Some of you may have been watching the Shaman King cartoon.  I prefer for Manta's name to be MANTA.  On the cartoon, his name is Mortimer, Morty for short, but I like Manta because Mortimer sound too dorky.  On with this fanfic!!!

~~~~~~Manta lay fast asleep in a chair.  Yoh sat wide-awake in a chair across from Manta with his back towards him.  He was facing the door of the waiting room with a grim look on his face. Amidamaru hovered above Yoh.  He looked from the dark window to Yoh's face.

            "Lord Yoh," Amidamaru said finally, wondering if it was wrong of him to break the dead silence.

            "What?"

            "The sky beyond this glass barrier is dark, meaning that it the night.  You should rest."

            "I'm too worried about Anna to fall asleep.  It'd not like her to faint; you know she's not wimpy like most girls.  It's not normal.  I mean it's bad enough that she broke the dress code but fainting?

            "Calm down at least, My Lord.  You will worry yourself into the afterlife."

            "I'll try to calm it down."

            The door to the waiting room opened.  "Yoh Asakura?"  It was a female doctor with short brown hair and piercing eyes.  "Which one of you children is Yoh Asakura?" she asked.  Her piercing eyes squinted at them.

            Yoh stood up.  "That's me."

            The doctor held a hand up for Yoh to shake.  "I am Dr. Takoyaki."  After they shook hands, Dr. Takoyaki looked down at Manta who was snoring away.  "Is this a friend of yours?"

            "Yeah, so how's Anna doing?"

            "Anna?  You must mean Mrs. Kyoyama.  Um, I think you should come with me."

            Yoh frowned and began to follow.  Amidamaru gripped Yoh's shoulder.  "My Lord, I believe I should awaken Manta," he offered.  "He might know more about Lady Anna's condition in case it is something that he has read about in his scrolls."

            "They're books, not scrolls, but okay.  I really don't want to wake him up but he'll probably get mad if I don't," Yoh said.

            Dr. Takoyaki glanced at Yoh.  "Who are you talking to?"

            Yoh looked at her, remembering that a lot of normal people didn't have the sixth sense like he, Manta and Anna did.  "Uh, I was humming!  Didn't you hear me singing the latest song from Samurai Zombies?"

            "Is that even a group?"

            Why not, I just made it up and I bet some weirdo's will come up with a group named this some day, Yoh thought.  "Um, yeah.  You must not have kids around my age."

            "No.  I guess you're right."

            Manta woke up with a screech.  "ACK!  Amidamaru, I don't like the sleep paralysis thing!  Just scream at me or something, you don't know how scary it is not to be able to move!"

            Dr. Takoyaki looked behind Yoh.  "Is your friend alright?"

            "Uh, he takes creative writing classes and his dreams inspire him.  He's got a really good imagination."

            Manta stood up and yawned.  "What is it, Yoh?""

            Yoh turned.  "Dr. Takoyaki is going to show us how Anna is."

            Manta nodded.  "Good. But, Doc, your name is so weird!  Your last name is a food, you know that, right?"

            Dr. Takoyaki scowled.  "Shut up.  I don't need to hear your sass at one in the morning!  I hadn't even had my energizing ginseng tea just yet."

            Manta shrugged.  "I hadn't done my homework either.  Oh crap!  I've got the advanced physics test tomorrow!  The professor said that if I don't pass it, I won't be able to take the actual class when I'm supposed to.  I'm going to be a senior by then!  I can't not pass the test!"

            "Don't spaz, Manta! You and I can figure out something as soon as we find out what made Anna pass out."

            "You're taking that?" Dr. Takoyaki asked.  "You look like you're only about in the eighth grade at most."

            "I'm advanced, lady.  Can we get going?" Manta scoffed.

            Anna lay on the hospital bed attached to a heart rate monitor, IV's and everything.  Yoh looked at her.  "What's wrong with her?" he asked quickly.

            Manta studied the monitors and everything.  "Heart rate seems normal and her breathing is shallower than usual but she's asleep, right?  Everything seems to be in perfect working condition."

            Dr. Takoyaki beamed.  "Wow, you have been studying your sciences, haven't you?  That's just the problem.  She's in a comatose state but her heart rate is normal but there's no brain damage or anything to speak of that could cause it.  Her spinal cord is intact and nothing's clogging the veins to her brains.  She's in perfect health."

            "She's just in a coma?" Manta thought over it.

            "Is that a really bad thing?" Yoh asked.

            Amidamaru hovered above Anna.  "My Lord, I sense something strange about her."

            "She's in a coma with all signs being perfect, of course it's strange!" Manta hissed.

            Amidamaru shook his head.  "You may not be able to feel it but there is a coldness coming from her soul."

            Manta jerked his head up in Amidamaru's direction.  "What?!"

            Dr. Takoyaki jumped.  "What?  What is it?!"

            "Can we have a few minutes alone with Anna?  You can drink your tea while we try to talk to her."

            "Okay, I don't know what good it'll do but I really need the tea."

            Manta looked up at Amidamaru.  "What do you mean exactly?"

            "I cannot explain it.  I have never had enough senses to explain this now.  There were rumors of Lady Kite being sensitive to the spirits who have left the living."

            "Then we need her!  I can't get her to get out of her memorial tablet, you have to try and get her."

            Amidamaru shuddered.  "That is her memorial stone! I cannot bear to disturb the holy memorial of another spirit."

            Yoh sighed.  "I can do it.  I'm more experienced at doing this kind of stuff.  Hand me the tablet, will ya?"

            He held it up. "Lady Kite!  I summon you to be with us!  We need your services!"  A flame burst out of it.

            "IT'S ON FIRE!" Manta hissed.

            "Look closer, it hasn't turned into it's true form just yet," Yoh scolded. 

            Kite took shape.  "Have I been summoned?"
            Yoh nodded.  "Yeah, I wanna know why you don't come when Manta tries to call you out."

            "I do not know.  I do not like small places but for some reason, I am unable to walk among you as Amidamaru is.  Perhaps there is something keeping me from entering this realm."  Kite's eyes began to fill with tears.  "Forgive me!  It isn't entirely my fault!"

            Amidamaru smiled reassuringly.  "Do not worry, my Lady.  We forgive you.  We would like you to help us do something."

            "Anything!  I've been stuck for so long."

            Manta pointed to Anna.  "Something's wrong with her and it's nothing us living people can see or feel.  Amidamaru can feel it but can't explain it.  Can you help with it?"

            "I suppose I can," Kite said. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sorry I have to end this with a cliffie but what the heck.  I made this chapter long to make up for the amount of time it took for me to update.  Read, review and FORGIVE ME! You know my policy of flames being allowed so REVIEW!