Chapter Three: A Twist of Fate

-Present time Funbari-

15 year old Sukira Toshi walked down the busy Funbari streets. She Shaman fights had ended a year ago. An Asakura won, but it wasn't her Hao-kun. She still hadn't found him, but she wouldn't give up. She had promised him....

She bumped into someone.

"Oops! Gomen." Sukira apologised.

"Whatever." A blonde girl said. Sukira blinked.

"You're a spirit medium." She said.

"I am." the girl replied cooly, "Who are you?"

"Toshi Sukira. I am also a shaman."

"I'm Kyoyama Anna. Come on. I live in the old En Inn but my fiancèe, his brother and their friends are away for some thing at their friend Ren's house." Anna said. "You can stay there for a while. I take it you have nowhere to live?"

Sukira knodded and followed Anna to her house.

"I live with some of the best shaman around, but I'm not exactly as you would say 'tight' with them. They're pretty close knit but I keep my distance."

"I know what you mean." Suki half-smiled.

"Yeah... they should be back in a day or two. Let's see, there's Ren, Manta, Jun, Pirika, Horohoro, Tamao, Chocolove, Lyserg, Jeanne, My fiancèe, his brother, his brother's sidekick thing Opacho, Faust, Eliza, And Ryu."

"Wow... that's alot of people." Sukira said.

"Come on. We don't have any completely spare rooms but for now you can stay in my soon-to-be brother-in-law's room. He won't mind."

Sukira knodded. She took her small amount of things up into the room.

Anna left to go change her clothes. Suki looked in the mirror. She looked pretty much the same as in her past life, brown hair brushing about an inch past her shoulders, hazel eyes, an okay figure and a beautiful smile. She wore a black strapless shirt with long fishnet 'gloves' that reached up to a few inches away from her shoulder. She wore a black mini-skirt with striped purple and black socks that reached past her knees. She wore black lace-up army boots. Her style had changed, but she was the same.

Anna came in and asked if she was hungry. She knodded and followed Anna to the kitchen.

"So, what are your house-mates like, Anna-san?" Suki asked.

"Horohoro is a complete slob. He's goofy and never serious. His sister Pirika tries to keep him in line. I think she tries to act like me sometimes. Chocolove thinks he's a comedian. He's not funny but he still thinks he is. Ren is pushy and stubborn. His sister Jun is a bit more serious and tries to help him out when he needs it, not that he wants her to. Manta isn't a shaman but he can see ghosts. He was my fiancèe's first friend. Tamao is shy. She likes my fiancèe and she kinda idolizes me, but she'd never let anyone know that. Ryu used to not be a shaman. He only gained powers after being possessed by the spirit that is now his gaurdian ghost. He's a good cook, but he's a loser. Lyserg absolutely hates my soon-to-be brother-in-law for killing his parents. He likes Jeanne, who also hates my soon-to-be. Lyserg is an X-Law and Jeanne is the X-Law's leader. Faust VII is a necromancer and a docter, his wife Eliza died and I brought her back with my 1080 beads. My soon-to-be brother-in-law is a pyromaniac and a murderer but that's okay I guess. Opacho follows him around like a lost puppy. My fiancèe is lazy and likes to listen to music and neglects his training and sleeps too much but that's okay." Anna said.

"Wow." Suki said.

In the next two days, Suki and Anna became best friends.

Suki was upstairs and Anna was downstairs reading when Yoh and his friends returned. They made A LOT of noise.

"SHUT UP YOU BAKAS! Our new guest is asleep in Hao's room. You'll wake her up, then I'll have to kill you." Anna warned.

"There's a girl sleeping in my bed?" Hao asked.

"Yea, got a problem with that?" Anna glared.

Apparently, (Sp?) Suki wasn't asleep. She came downstairs to see what the noise was. She stopped.

"Hao-kun!" She called. Everyone looked to the steps.

"SUKI-CHAN!" Hao smiled. He ran up and hugged her. "You found me! ...I lost the tournament... again." Hao said.

"Yeah I know. Oh well. Wait... Anna-chan when you were talking about pyromaniac killer, you meant Hao?"

Anna knodded.

"ASAKURA HAO, NO WONDER YOU LOST YOU BAKA! YOU LOST SIGHT OF YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS!" Suki yelled.

Hao flinched.

"Would it help if I said I did it for you?" Hao grinned sheepishly. (A very Yoh-like thing of him to do.)

"Hao-sama, who is she?" Opacho asked.

"Ah, yes. Sorry about that everyone. Let me explain, 500 years ago I met her, we were twelve and she hadn't spoken or smiled in a year. I made her talk and smile and in the next 5 years wo got closer-- even after I lost the Shaman Tournament. Anyway, one night I asked her to marry me, she said yes, but right after was shot and killed by some HUMANS and she promised she'd find me in 500 years. I killed the humans and swore that when I cleansed the world I would destroy all humans for twice ruining her life. After that I burried her and Threw myself off of a cliff. The End." Hao smiled.

"......WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUMP OFF OF A CLIFF FOR?!?" Suki screamed.

"Oh I dunno, it just seemed like a good idea at the time, you know, the whole dramatic 'fiancèe dies, my life is over so I guess I'll just die too after crying for a few minutes' thing?"

"Yep. You're still Asakura Hao."

"The one and only." Hao grinned.

"Hao-sama!!!" a red-head ran in and hugged Hao's arm.

"What, Macchi?" Hao sighed, brushing her off.

"Mari wants to go see Nichrome." A blonde pouted.

"Go then, I'm not stopping you. Kanna, please take Mari and Macchi back to Nichrome's villege please? Thanks." Hao ordered. Kanna knodded and they left.

"Hao-sama, don't the Hana-gumi bother you?" Opacho asked.

"Hai Opacho, that's why I sent them back to the villege, but you're welcome to stay with me." Hao smiled. The little guy smiled.

"Okay Hao-sama. I promise not to bug you."

"Aww, Hao-kun how cute." Suki said. "Come on Anna-chan, let's go watch T.V."

Suki and Anna went to watch T.V., the Asakura twins following with Opacho and the others went to sleep, although Ren couldn't help but think about the beautiful new girl downstairs.