Hey peeps, sorry about the looooooooooooooooong wait, lol, I know I get pissed when my fav authors don't update, but I got grounded and my laptop was temporarily kidnapped by my parentals. I just got it back! Ok, on with the show!

Disclaimer- Would I get grounded if I owed Shaman King? No.

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Snore... snore... huh? Snore... snore... what? Zoe didn't snore.... I opened my eyes and found the roof of a tent over my head. What? I started to freak as I started to remember yesterday's occurrences. Zoe had said no, I went anyways, those guys wouldn't let me through, they drugged me... and they must have taken me with them! I swiped my head towards the snoring. Spiky blue hair and an Ainu headband met my eyes. Oh God, no. But yes. There was no doubt about it.

HoroHoro, my fiancé, had saved me from those pushy gangsters. Now I remembered. Why him of all people??? Why not Asali... or Zoe... or even Yoh Asakura? Whom I didn't even know! Zoe was right. We were bound to meet. But she didn't warn be about the circumstances. I was tucked into a sleeping bag with markings on them. His sleeping bag. He was sleeping uncomfortably next to me on the floor. He had given up his bed for me. I felt my heart lurch. I was afraid of this. Sweetness usually made me give myself over completely, so I hardened my heart again. Softness wouldn't help me now. I shook HoroHoro gently.

"Dude! Wake up!" His eyes opened slowly. He sat up when he saw me.

"You're awake!"

"Yeah... did you save me?" I asked, getting straight to the point.

"Yeah. Nice seeing you too." He sat beside me.

"Sorry." An awkward silence followed. I was in a tent with my fiancé whom I had not seen in six years and had just saved me. How much more awkward can it get.

"I saw you being bothered my those people and recognized you in an instant. It's been a while huh?"

"Sure has." Another pause.

"I've missed you." He took my hand softly. I felt my heart soften. Again.

"Me too." I put my head on his shoulder. He put his hand around my waist. I scooted closer to him and then...

"KIGALI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I jumped about a foot high as Pilika barreled into the tent and gave me a bear hug.

"PILIKA!!!!!! It's you!!!!" I screamed and hugged her back.

"Oh my god! I though I would never see you again! Sorry I couldn't visit, but I've been training my brother for the Tournament and you must be here for that too!!!"

"Yeah!"

"That's so cool! Maybe you could stay with us! We could find you a team!"

"Thanks, but I've already got a team remember? I'm teamed with the other two goddesses."

"That's awesome! Hey! Where's Zoe?" I froze. Oops. I had totally forgotten about her. "Oh there she is!" What??? I whirled around just as a very pissed Zoe walked into the tent.

"Kigali! You stupid girl! What did I tell you???" She fussed over me and asked questions without letting me answer them.

"Zoe, I'm fine! Really." She huffed and curled into an angry little heap on my lap. Pilika sat down across from HoroHoro and I. Kororo floated over my head, giving happy little squeaks.

"So, Kigali, I heard you're pretty famous!" started Pilika. She made me tell every single detail from my travels and my friends. The two siblings listened to my stories with rapt attention.

"So what do you plan to do now?" I asked them.

"Well, Pilika has to leave for a few weeks to check something in our village. I'll be staying in a buddy's house. I bet if I ask him he'll let you stay with me."

"Sounds like a plan!"

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We said goodbye to Pilika and walked out of the tent. I found myself in a forest. HoroHoro led the way through the trees.

"Where are we?"

"Neighborhood called Funbari." Ok, this was a coincidence.

"Kigali! You take your backpack! I'm tired of loading this thing around!" Zoe handed it to me.

"Ok... ok. C'mon Zoe! Don't be mad at me! Sorry!" Zoe sighed and climbed on my shoulder as a ferret and sighed.

"I'm not."

"Yes you are."

"Um... not."

"I said sorry!"

"Fine... fine..." I rolled my eyes. She couldn't be mad for more than ten minutes. We walked out of the forest and into a sidewalk. I followed HoroHoro's snowboard, which was strapped to his back.

"HEY! HOROHORO!" He whirled around. I did too. Zoe gasped. I followed suit. A boy with short brown hair ran up to us. He punched HoroHoro in the arm. He was the mirror image of someone I didn't want to be reminded of. He had orange headphones behind his ears and wore a white unbuttoned shirt and green cargos. He had a necklace made of what Zoe suspected to be bear claws.

"Key!" whispered Zoe. "That must be Yoh! That means..." Yes. We had found Yoh Asakura. And Anna.

The boy didn't notice me yet. He had a laid back attitude and an easy-going voice. But he looked the same as Hao. Only with short hair and different clothes and different attitude and... ok so maybe not THAT much alike... but...

"So, are you coming over?'

"Sure am! Hey let me present you to someone." He pivoted to the side, revealing me to the Yoh. "This is—"

"Hey! Aren't you one of The Angels?" He asked. I nodded silently. "Wow! That's so cool. I heard so much about you. Kigali right? I love your songs." I blushed.

"Err... thanks..."

"So, how did you meet HoroHoro?" he asked. HoroHoro immediately jumped to answer the question.

"She's my fia—OW!" I stepped hard on his foot.

"Friend." I ended, giving him a warning look. "I'm a childhood friend from a nearby tribe."

"You're from the north?"

"Yeah, she is. And she's got no place to stay, do you think she could stay with us?" HoroHoro asked.

"Err... that's no problem with me, I'd be glad to have you, but you'll have to ask Anna. She's the one with the power of final word."

"Anna?" I asked, just to be sure.

"Yeah... she's sorta my fiancé." He scratched the back of his neck. My mouth dropped open. So that's what Kino meant by 'becoming Shaman Queen without fighting'. She would marry someone who could BECOME the Shaman King. I had always known that Anna was ambitious, but I hadn't known that she would break our never-marry agreement for that.

"Hey, you broke the agreement too, so you're even." Whispered Zoe, reading my mind. I regained my composure quickly. I smiled at Yoh and winked.

"No big, let's go ask her." My stomach flipped in excitement. I would find Anna after six years.

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We arrived at Yoh's house a few minutes after. It was a huge house.

"So you and your fiancé live here alone?" I asked him.

"Not quite alone." He dodged the question. The door slid open before we could even knock and the shortest guy I have ever seen in my life stumbled out in an apron. He had nerdy flat hair and a humongous head.

Zoe stifled a light ferret laugh. I snorted as the boy ran up to Yoh.

"HELP ME!!! Anna's gone ballistic!" Then he caught sight of me. "Oh, hello. I'm Manta" He looked at Yoh in question.

"This is Kigali. She'll be taking Anna's test to see if she can stay with us." Yoh explained. Manta smiled sadly.

"Good luck, Kigali. Let's hope you can cook." He said sympathetically as we walked in. At the door, Yoh took me aside.

"Hey, don't let Anna scare you. She can be nice... every once in a while."

"Don't worry Yoh. Anna won't scare me." I walked past him and into the living room, where a girl was ordering HoroHoro around. She was my age with shoulder length blondish hair and a black dress. She had a red bandana around her head and a bracelet identical to mine in her right hand. She wore electric blue Itako beads.

"Hey Anna! There's someone here that would like to stay with us." Yoh pushed me forwards. Anna whirled around with an angry sigh.

"Another one??? Yoh this is too..." she trailed off when she caught sight of me. Her angry pose fell to disbelief. Her hand flew to her mouth. "Oh my God! KIGALI???" I laughed.

"IT'S ME ANNA!" She ran to me and gave me a huge hug. I hugged her back. "Sorry I took so long!"

"I can't believe it's you! I thought I would never see you again." She pulled back and held me at arm's length. "It's really you!" I hugged her again. I felt her sob softly. I shot a look at the boys. They were staring at us with their mouths to the ground. Their eyes were popping out in disbelief. I pulled back from Anna.

"So, what's this about a test."

"Oh that, yeah, you passed. Let's go to your room." We ran upstairs like two little kids in Christmas and deposited my stuff in a room that was mostly empty except for a folded-up mat (you know, Japanese beds!) and closed the door.

"We've got TONS of catching up to do! Tell me EVERYTHING." She demanded, smiling widely. It was unusual to see Anna smile. I DID tell her everything. The dream, Zoe, the trip to the Kovu Village, the goddess tests, Blizzard, Asali and Ramissa, The Sisterhood, and the trip here. I kept my mouth shut about Hao, even though she probably knew. She listened with full attention.

"So you're here for the Tournament?" I nodded. "Where's your spirit? Zoe right?"

"Here." I held up Zoe's ferret form.

"A ferret?" Anna raised an eyebrow. I shook my head and put Zoe down. She immediately went into her regular shape.

"A shapeshifter! Like you! Is her regular shape a blue wolf with wings?" She asked, scratching Zoe behind the ears. I nodded "Fits you! But this isn't a normal spirit. I can sense a difference in her."

"Yeah, I'm not a regular spirit." Explained Zoe. As usual, Anna jerked her hand away at hearing her talk. "If I want to, I can be seen by regular humans, and I can't go through walls, or into a memorial tablet like a regular ghost."

"And she can eat. Too much if you ask me." I added.

"Her element is water and ice. Like you. Wow, Kigali, I never expected you to be the reincarnation of a goddess, and I've studied about that too. So, when should I be expecting the other two freeloaders?"

"Two days. Are you sure you don't mind them staying Anna?'

"I'm sure. Hey Kigali... you knew HoroHoro before now... am I right?"

"Yeah, he lived in a nearby village."

"He seems peculiarly fond of you. Anything special between you two?" I sighed. Anna always knows.

"No. Well... actually... yes. He's my fiancé." There was a bump outside the door, as if someone had tripped. Anna stood up and headed for the door.

"I'm sorry. He'll make a horrible husband, just like mine." She opened the door with a frown. Yoh, Manta, HoroHoro, and a tall guy with huge hair like Elvis poured into my room. They looked nervously up at Anna.

"Yoh, were you eavesdropping on our conversation? That's not very polite, but I guess it will save the hassle of telling you about it. But I will also add 500 pushups for this afternoon. Yoh, stop gawking at Kigali. If you want to say something just say it." Yoh apologized at Anna turned to me.

"Are you really a shaman?"

"Umm... yes?"

"And are you really HoroHoro's fiancé?"

"I'm not HIS ok? I don't belong to anyone. Yes, we're bound to marry, but that doesn't mean anything." HoroHoro fell to the ground and clutched his chest in an exaggerated fashion. Manta was asking Zoe all sorts of random questions and flipping through a humongous dictionary. Elvis guy stepped up to me, knelt and took my hand as if proposing to me.

"Excuse me fair lady, but allow me to present myself; I am Ryu the wooden sword, the leader of the Dead Enders, a local gang. We have heard a lot about your quest in music making and admire you profoundly." I took my hand away and wiped it in my skirt.

"Yes... that's very... nice... umm... Ryu..."

"Ok, that's enough everyone! You all have work to do so go at it! Kigali needs her rest." Everyone scrammed out of my room with one last curious look at me. Anna was the last to go.

"Kigali, you should rest, you look very tired."

"I'll be fine."

"Ok, I'll be downstairs if you need me. I'll wake you up tomorrow for school. You'll be going with Yoh, Manta, and I to Shinra Jr High, even though it's close to the end of the year. I suppose you wouldn't want to stay here with SOME people." She closed the door softly. I looked around the room for the second time. The first was just a gaze across it, but this one was more detailed. Zoe sighed.

"Well this is... quaint..." She said, looking around at the empty room.

"Zoe... Anna was nice enough to give us our own room, don't make us look bad." I took off my clothes and spread my bed.

"I'm gonna take a nap Zoe. Why don't you go check on Blizzard?" As soon as I entered the warm bed, I was asleep.

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So yeah, that's pretty much it for now, but Anna's back in the plot! Yay! And HoroHoro , and Yoh, Manta, Pilika... yeah...

Next Chapter- School Days