Disclaimer: I do not own SK characters, the only things I own is my story and my original characters.

This story happens few months after the end of SK anime. I have no clue what the manga is about so.... Please stick with the anime story line!

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Blablabla: narration

Blablabla: (Italic) thinking or (spirit's voice--- rare)

(...): my notes

winner-loser: You are the first one on my list! Thank you for reading it!

wingweaver22: Elwynn is a Shaman, a very special and powerful one!

Nakashima-Michiyo (Are you called 'Muichi?): I didn't start reading all the other fanfic yet, but I'll go check yours out later (Busy studying...Cegep just started). But I'll try to update really fast (I write fast, I just type slow.)

pinkdreamer122: Oh, it's hard to understand Elwynn's thoughts? I usually like that type of things... But I'll try to make them clearer next time! I think I'll put something (next chapter) of those two together!

LadyDragonfly23: Elwynn is very pretty (Like Hao is handsome!). I had a longer description, but I figured that it i'll be too boring to add a too long description, hehehe!

...---Chapter 2---...

Hao's return

I thought it was the end for this live, but I was wrong. Now here I am alive, and never better. Now my faithful army, come back to me, and let me grant you the power you lack...

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When Elwynn arrived to Patch, Gorudoba and eight of the priests came to her. They all had a nasty face on them. She turned back to her beautiful form.

"That do you wish to do with me??asked Elwynn. I do not remember having anything matter with you."

"Elwynn Eleanor!"

"That is my name. What do you wish for me to do for you?"

"We are going to seal you once again!"

"Sl me? Elwynn let go a laugh. How are you able to do that? You only have eight of the ten priests."

"It doesn't concern you! We will seal you, like the way we did before!"

"Please do not waste any of your strength for something this useless. Last time, it was out of my own will to be sealed. Now, I have no will to be sealed. Go away from me, or else I will strike. You know the extend of my power, do you?"

"Let me go to the Pillar of Ilviraka in peace. I will not take the Great Spirit and claim myself as Shaman King. After that, I will let you seal me, even to kill me, if what I seek isn;t there."

"What makes you think that we are going to trust you?"

"I can't lie, that's all there is to it. If the Great Spirit doesn't want me to see it, I will not be able to go in."

"We still can't let you."

"Then I shall go by force. Pardon me if I hurt you."

She turned back in her spirit mode and flew up. Gorudoba immediately summoned her spirits like all other eight priests. She shined more than usual and disappeared before their eyes.

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They are here, my most faithful servants. The only thing I require is the requirement of a new power soul to feed my Spirit of Fire...

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Elwynn arrived to the Sacred Path of the Stars. A guardian bird came to her. She reappeared in her normal form, flew up, and hugged that bird.

"It's been so long since I last met you. Please, let me go see the Great Spirit."

That bird leaded her to the Pillar of Ilviraka and disappeared. Elwynn flew up and up until she reached to the Great Spirit.

"Great Spirit, I am already greatly in your debt, but please let me engrave it, for I need to know the whereabouts of the only thing in my heart."

A harmonious melody echoed, but no words were out. Nobody would understand it, but, somehow, Elwynn did. She bowed to the tree and set back to fin Yoh to warn him that...

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On her way, she saw a boy with a weird haircut. His purple hair had a strange pike. His golden eyes were fixing on a much taller man with the most ugly black haircut in world. They seemed to be arguing about something. Their spirits were very different. The green one was encouraging the taller one to fight while the warrior was trying to call off the fight. Just curious, she went to them to see about what they were arguing. As soon as she approached, the ugly one ran to her at high speed with flowers. She forcely smiled back at him and intended to go away from him.

"My name is Ryu. My hobby is to find the perfect place."

"Hum... My name is Elwynn Eleanor."

"Elwynn? So you are Ely-chan!"

"Please, do not call me that... I dislike to be called in such weird way."

Ryu was stoned. Ren looked at Elwynn in a distanced way. It seemed that he didn't trust her. As if she could read his mind, she turned her head and smiled at him. He blushed but turned his head elsewhere.

"What is your name?"She asked.

"Why should I answer you?"

"REN!" Ryu held Ren's neck with his arm. Please forgive him of his impoliteness. He has no manner!"

"Bason!"

Ren called his spirit and oversouled. He held his lance formed weapon and attacked Ryu. Then, the taller one oversouled too. They were fighting and fighting. Elwynn looked at them with a confused look. Are the Shamans of these days so...unmannered? She took no further notice of those two people until Ren's attack almost got her.

"Are you alright?"said Ryu.

"Yes"

"Ren, apologize!"

"Like I will."

"Do you know that an oversoul can kill a normal person INSTANTLY?"

"Of course, I am no idiot like you."

"HEY!"

"I will not get hurt by such feeble attack, so please do not argue because of me."

"Feeble?" Ren's pike rose higher."Did you just say that my attack is FEEBLE?"

"I believe that is what I said. Did I offence you in any sense? If I did, I am sorry."

"Too late! Show your weapon!"

"Are you sure that you wish to fight me? Even if you will get terribly hurt?"

"Elwynn-san... Please don't... Don't provoke him..."

"Provoking him? I am?"

"Yes..."

"Say no more!"

Ren's first attack was Chuuku Zanmai. Weapons were all coming up from the ground, but Elwynn dodged them almost too easy.

"Your furyoko is only at this level?"

"Why you!?"

"Wait, Elwynn-san, you can see spirits?"

"You are a little bit slow in getting information. It is best if you train it to a better level. And you, Ren, I believe, you need to concentrate on your furyoko, like this."

A small ball of furyoko appeared at her left hand. It first shined blue, then red, green, and yellow, and finally white.

"This is a small portion of my furyoko. It will be best if you two could stand a little bit further from me as I demonstrate this."

She let it fall down steadily and slowly onto the ground. As soon as it made contact, its surrounding exploded into a ten meter depth hole. The two boys remained speechless.

"I try not to use too much of my power. But this gives a small idea of my power, I should say.?"

"That... that's a small portion? But... but it's absurd!" Ryu said.

"Oh... Sorry if I scared you."

"SCARED? Impossible! I am Tao Ren! So are you going to fight me or not?"

"Oh! So you are named Tao Ren! It is such a nice time meeting you.?"

"Are you trying to ignore me?"

"What makes your think that?"

Elwynn gave her the same innocent smile that she always had. Ren just couldn't stand her smile; it was too similar to his old sister although Elwynn was the same age as him. He ignored her and pulled Ryu to go away with him as Ryu cried out loud for Elwynn, the love of one minute of his life.

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What is it that I feel? That power, that scent, that light... It's so familiar... This feeling, this sensation, this emotion... Wait... Can it be... Elwynn... It must be she! So she is back. It will just be another enemy to confront. Yes, this is it, just another enemy... All those who stand in my path are my enemies, including him, Yoh, my ototo.

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Ok! The end of Chapter 2. I was about to talk more about Hao... but I got lazy. By the way, Elwynn is not snobbish or anything. She is just very frank and true to herself, well, to almost everybody. She is a little bit outdate with her weird way of speaking and acting. She is a very powerful Shaman, that's why she said Ren was weak. (Sorry, Ren's fans!) But I will make sure that he'll become strong, VERY strong. Hehehe!