Disclaimer: If you think I own Shaman King and/or 4Kids, I have some beachfront property in Nevada to sell ya…and to that one reviewer, kitsunes are fox-demons. And "chibi" means "small". Small fox demons. Yep. There ya go.

Chapter 7: Insert desired chapter title here.

Previously on this fanfic….

"Its….its…."

And now back to our show.

"Its….PINK!!" they all exclaim in unison. And indeed it was. Different shades and hues of pink decorated what was assumed to be some sort of waiting room, due to the uncomfortable chairs, outdated magazines, and that acrid smell of antiseptic.

Anna then started convulsing and twitching, falling to the floor. "GAH!! I've gone BLIND—" "Not another one!" RT interrupts. Suddenly, Anna's skin starts to burn and melt something horrible. "—THE COLOR!! IT BUUURNS!!"

"What is happening to Lady Anna?!" Amidamaru exclaims in horror and disgust.

"QUICK!! GET HER SUNGLASSES!!"

"You mean shes not always like that?" RT asks.

Yoh stares at him. "What the hell kind of mushrooms did you stick into yourself today??"

"Found em!" Manta calls, triumphantly. He pulls them out and slaps them onto Anna's face.

The burning and melting ceases as quickly as it started. "I feel better now." ^_^

(A/N: ::stares at screen:: …….why'd I do that? Oh Lord, why? ::buries head in hands:: )

……….Aaanyway…..as they made their way further into the pit of unspeakable horror, they couldn't help but notice that there wasn't a living soul aside from themselves around.

"HEY!! Is anyone here?! SHOW YOURSELF!!" Yoh calls, his voice echoing through the deserted corridors.

Loudspeaker "Ohhh, but I caaaan't show myself……yet. (singsong) Yoooou have to fiiind meeeeeee!"

"Who is that?!" Manta exclaims.

"Its obviously a sinister, disembodied voice!" Yoh deducts.

"Wow, how did you ever guess?" An awed Manta gasps.

"Elementary!" ^_^

As their footsteps thunder across the pale pink linoleum, a small, swift shadow darts behind them, crossing corridors but getting inevitably closer and closer.

"Pick up the pace, small fry, you're slowing us down." Anna calls back snidely.

"I'm doing the best I can, Anna!" he snarls. He opens his mouth again to add a rather rude comment when two small hands identical to his clamp over it. "mmph!"

He tries to break free but the figure has a deathgrip on him. All he can do is watch his friends—and the hippie--disappear as he's dragged back into the darkness….

Yoh turns around, getting a sudden bad feeling. "Manta? You ok back there?"

"Yeah, I'm just peachy." Says a voice that sounds almost but not quite unlike Manta's.

'Just peachy'? That doesn't sound like Manta…And he looks…off. I can't put my finger on it, but something is definitely wrong. "Um…ok Manta, whatever you say…" He faces forward again, only to be confronted with several corridors, each branching off in a different direction. The rest of the group has stopped too.

"Now what, genius?" Ren (or is it Len? Fook…) mutters.

"Ok, Ok, I KNOW THIS ONE!!" Rainbow Trout roars happily, his voice thundering down the hall.

"Shhhhh!" they all hiss.

"But I really really know this one!" RT whispers, waving his arms excitedly.

"….Okay, you have one minute." Anna grants, which is quite generous for her.

"Alright dig this, cats….we caaaaalm ourselves…loosen up…then we get all quiet, open our souls and listen….we listen for the Mother vibe to tell us which direction to go in. 'Cos the Mother vibe sees all, knows all."

Anna stares at RT. She stares at him for a long looong time. Then she looks over at Ryu (We haven't forgotten about him! And I think I finally got the name right.) "You hold him down, I'll punch his face in."

^_^; "So it wasn't a good idea?" He meekly asks.

"Oh it was fine. Just stupid."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Really REALLY?"

"Really REALLY."

"Really really RE—" Anna glares. "I'll shut up now." "Thank you."

Yoh sighs. "Look, pounding each other isn't really gonna make the situation improve any. So how about this? We split up, one per passage. We'll cover a LOT more ground that way."

"Agreed." They chorus.

"Ok. Hopefully we'll meet somewhere at the end of this nightmare."

They all take off in separate directions down separate tunnels.

Somewhere in the dank, smelly bowels of 4Kids….

"Ohhh bad move, 'Lord' Yoh……eeheehee…..with all of you split from your little group, it will only make it that much easier for my eeeevil dubbie clones to abduct you all and take over as the PRIME anime WORLDWIDE!! Geheheheh…..AAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!….As long as that meddling hippie doesn't interfere….isn't that right….Manta?" The owner of the wicked, rather annoying voice pats a bound and gagged Manta on the head.

Manta whimpers. ;_;

"Now GO! GO MY EVIL DUBBIES! WREAK HAVOC ON DECENT ANIME AS WE KNOW IT!! AAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!"

A small fleet of shadowy figures snicker in poorly-dubbed voices, vanishing into thin air.

Down corridor one, Anna cautiously yet purposefully blazes a trail. She doesn't get far when a second set of footsteps can be heard close behind her. "Whuh?" She stops. So does the stranger. She turns around. The figure ducks behind her. She glances to the left, the figure ducks to the right. She glances to the right, the figure is back on the left. (Hard to explain. Just picture it, ok?) "Hmmm…." She continues walking, and hasn't gone more than a few steps when it starts following her again. Now Anna's getting pissed. "Alright, whoever you are, stop being such a coward and show yourself!" Turning around fully now, she pulls out her prayer beads, ready to open a can of whoop-ass on so many levels on her stalker.

But she's not fast enough, as the stalker vanishes and re-appears behind her, grabbing her in a headlock before dragging her—in a similar fashion as Manta—into oblivion. All that can be heard is a grating, high-pitched laugh and Anna's muffled cry of protest before they both disappear.

TO BE CONTINUED!! Well, it's a little longer at least. Sorry for the long update, I had two projects for the purgatory known as school that I procrastinated WAAY too long and I had to put the fic on the back burner. Sorry it isn't longer, I DO have ideas for the storyline, its just that I didn't wanna keep you guys waiting any longer. (I thought you might forget meeee….;_; ) Anyway, thanks again for more great reviews, I look forward to more (hopefully I didn't mess up on this chappie in any way shape or form. If I did, gomen gomen gomen!! And this IS a humor fic so screw miniscule details! ….heh, sorry I'm prone to random outbursts.) and flames will be used to cook ramen and burn incense and small mammals. Read and review! See you on the shuttle back to Earth! I'll make another chapter when the aliens are done poking at my brain! ^____^ it tickles!