"Gold rosary beads show that she's an elite Itako.  She must be really good since she can't be but around 15," Yoh explained while nibbling on a skull shaped chocolate chip cookie.

            "What if she stole it?" Manta asked.

            "Ha!  Look at this place.  It's huge!  She's rich, Manta, why would she steal something stupid like that?"

            "Okay, then maybe she just got one made for a fashion thing."

            Yoh shrugged.  "Maybe."

            "My Lord, I believe she knows how to use the golden necklace," Amidamaru said.  "Kentaro wouldn't be afraid of something that didn't possess great power."

            "But if she's got Kentaro as a personal ghost, wouldn't she be a fighting shaman?" Manta asked.  "If the samurai ghost's afraid of it, then she's an Itako, right?  Well, can a Shaman be two different types?"

            "Yeah, but I only heard from Grandmother that people who are able to do that are pretty old since it takes years to perfect just one kind of Shamanic abilities.  It'll take just the old person's lifetime to perfect being a fighting shaman and an Itako." 

            "Then, that's not good?"

            "Who cares?  She's so cool!  Not to mention hot and she's way nicer than Anna!"

            Manta narrowed his eyes.  "You're engaged, Yoh Asakura!" he practically screamed.  "Don't get all sentimental over her!  Don't forget that we came here to ask her to help with Anna's condition."

            "I didn't forget."  Yoh finished his cookie and soda.  He walked back to Tami.  "Tami?" he asked.

            "Yes, what is it?"

            "Uh, why exactly do you have a gold necklace," Manta asked suddenly.

            "I'm an Itako.  Kino Asakura trained me as one," Tami replied, fingering it.

            "So it's real?"

            "Of course.  She made it for me especially since I surpassed her favorite student.  Some girl named Anna Kyoyama.  I don't know what she saw in her.  Kyoyama was always full of herself."  Tami flipped a pigtail over her shoulder.  "She managed to be almost as good as me but she didn't want gold rosary beads.  She was foolish to not want the extra power a gold rosary bead can generate."

            "So, you're an Itako.  How do you have a ghost?"

            "Because, I'm also a fighting Shaman.  I went to train under someone else.  The Tao family is a long line of very powerful Shamans and I learn quickly."

            "Kino is my grandmother and Anna's my fiancée," Yoh said angrily.  "You can't talk about the two of them like they're worthless and unimportant!"

            Tami smiled.  "Do you plan to fight for you loved ones?  I don't see why you would.  I can steal your soul and lock it away just as Anna has had done to her.  Don't you agree that it's so much better with her mouth shut?"

            "That's what the gold rosary beads do?" Manta gasped.

            "Yes, if used by one who is capable of handling it, it can do much more than take a living person's soul.  It can kill if I want to."  Tami shrugged and gestured to Kentaro who hovered beside her.  "But what good is it when I have him to assist me?  It's so much fun when I'm in battle myself."

            "Why the hell did you do that to Anna?  What's she ever done to you?" Yoh demanded.  His voice shook with anger that he was struggling to control.

            "Because, she was going to tell you of my little plan to steal your samurai away from you.  I knew that you were going to join this little club of mine."  She smirked.  "You look so cute when you're angry."

            "Why do you want Amidamaru?!"

            "The Tao family has done a lot of things for me.  They taught me everything I know and their youngest son Ren has been very nice to me.  He even helped me to find Kentaro.  I promised to repay his kindness by getting Amidamaru since both he and his sister were unsuccessful in getting him.  How about this, you win against me and you'll get the soul of your worthless fiancée."  Tami undid her ponytails and tied them into one.  She arranged them on her head to fall to her shoulders.  "I think that you could have chosen someone better than Kyoyama.  From the way Jun and Ren were talking about you, you are a very powerful Shaman.  You deserve someone who can match your power or at least go beyond."

            Yoh smirked.  "Yeah, like you can do that?"

            Tami nodded.  "That, and more." 

            "SHAMAN FIGHT!" someone yelled.  Soon a crowd gathered around the two.

            "Clear the center of the room!" Tami demanded and walked to the center with Yoh beside her.  "Yoh Asakura, lets see how you do against me: Tami Koyoshima, Itako and fighting Shaman!"