ShamanBlade is back. Sorry about the long wait. The holidays took some of my writing time away. Here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King.


Inside the spirit realm, there was a bright light surrounding them. Vibrant colors flashed everywhere, and there appears to be no floor. Everyone was standing on air.

"Like I said, no rules here." He walked on the invisible path like he'd seen it before.

"So, this is the Spirit Realm." Yoh said. He gazed around at the infinite abyss of color around him.

As they continued to walk down the non-existent path, Exile froze.

"Everyone get back." he said. Everyone was confused with what he said. Right then, a giant spirit dropped from above. It had a completely lurid appearance, having weak, straggling arms and wearing a torn red cape. Its face was just horrific; its eyes shooting out of its face and having the other facial features completely out of place.

"What is that thing?" Ryu said, stepping back. Exile flared his oversoul.

"That is a spirit, but not just any spirit." Exile said. "Remember that realm between heaven and hell I told you about? Well, that is the result of being sent to that area and never coming out. You become an irregular being, or as I call it, a Distorted Spirit." Tamao, Pirika, and Kirol were struck with total fear. Exile leaped up and slammed his gigantic weapon into the spirit. The creature howled in pain. Exile landed in front of it. The monster was crying in complete pain, but it immediately began to attack everyone. The shamans activated their oversouls and rushed at the monster. Bursts of furyoku burned the Distorted Spirit. It continued to reap in pain. Yoh jumped down from the monster.

"Everyone! Get back!" Yoh yelled. Exile and the others leaped away from the monster. "Shinkuu Buddhagiri!" Yoh slashed his oversoul sword and a wave of air tore into the creature, causing it to disappear.

"Nice work, Yoh!" Horo Horo said.

"Yes, Chief. Well done!" Ryu said. Ren scoffed at Yoh.

"Very good, Yoh!" Lyserg said.

"What was that?" Exile asked.

"My Shinkuu Buddhagiri, or should I say Amidamaru's Shinkuu Buddhagiri. Quite powerful, don't you think?" Yoh smiled.

"Yes, it was powerful. Those things usually take much more than a few attacks to bring down."

"But, how do creatures like that become so horrific in the first place?" Lyserg asked.

"Simple." Anna joined the conversation. "Exile said that the area between heaven and hell is complete darkness. That spirit was obviously completely shocked at the insane amount of strain in that area. It's spiritual figure was also strained as well."

"Correct, Miss Anna." Exile said. "These monsters are not like this by choice. The insane amount of pressure manipulated their spiritual structure. That thing was once human, and the realm between heaven and hell changed its spirit from its normal state to that thing."

"That's terrible!" Pirika said.

"I know. But, there is nothing we can do about that now. Right now, we must save the human and spirit realms." Exile said, as he began to walk on. Kirol and Suke continued to follow, and so did the rest of the group. "If we encounter any more of those, we must finish them quickly. There is no time to hang around fighting." Everyone nodded and walked along with him.

After what seemed like hours, Exile stopped. He did not activate his oversoul like he did with the many Distorted Spirits they encountered. He just froze.

"What is it?" Yoh asked.

"We're here." he replied.

"This is it? It looks like everything else in this place." Horo Horo said. Exile just stood there, completely focused on the unknown in front of them.

"I don't see it." Ren said. A giant pillar then rose from the ground, as if to counter their thoughts. Everyone was wide-eyed, except Exile. He rose his hand to the pillar.

"This pillar is made up of furyoku." Anna calmly said.

"It's so much furyoku. It's hard to believe it could all be concentrated into this one area." Yoh said. Exile's hand began to glow and the furyoku from the pillar drew a thin stream of it into his palm. The pillar then broke the stream, disappeared, and was replaced with another portal.

"What happened?" Tamao asked. Exile didn't answer. He just signaled everyone to follow him into the portal, which they did.

Inside was much brighter. The sky was visible, as if it was the real world again. But, everyone knew where they were.

"Heaven?" Lyserg asked. Exile nodded.

"Correct. This is heaven." he replied..


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