Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King, nor any of the characters from the original manga. Hiroyuki Takei owns Shaman King. I own myself and all of my characters. That including Sofia and Hana Horutari. I own the rights to this fanfic so bleuh!
Author's Note: Bleh, not a big fan of this chapter, a little too OCish for my liking. Hope you guys can put up with it. Please read and review so I know what you like .
"Some German girl with a ghost wants to see Amidamaru?" Yoh asked with his eyebrows furrowed together. "But how can she see ghosts... if she's blind?"
"She doesn't have to see ghosts! She just hears the-- you're missing the point!" Manta threw his arms in the air in frustration. "Look, she's waiting at Funbari Hill for us."
"Her name's Sofia…. What's her spirit's name?" Amidamaru asked, quite interested to find people trying to find him.
"Oh! Her spirit said to tell you that Hana sent me." Manta said, nearly forgetting the message. "I guess her name's Hana."
Yoh and Manta looked up to see Amidamaru's face in surprise. "Amidamaru?" Yoh questioned his name, trying to get a reaction. The samurai snapped out his trance and shook his head.
"My apologies. I-I just haven't heard that name in a long time." He explained.
"So you know her?" Manta stared up at the spirit. He nodded.
"Yes... we have... history." Yoh raised his eyebrows, then grinned slyly.
"Ooooh, sounds like you two had more than history!" The spirit flushed red and bowed his head.
"Euh, I suppose so. Yes."
"Well then what're we sitting around here for?" Yoh stood up off the hardwood deck and into his sandals. "We shouldn't keep them waiting."
Manta gave a nod of acknowledgement. "Right." He said firmly. "Guess movie night'll have to be postponed then."
"Oh well. I'm sure this is more important."
…
Yoh, Manta and Amidamaru strolled up to the top of Funbari Hill with the large, bare of leaves, oak tree standing atop to scare all who dared to stare upon it with its jagged branches.
Underneath sat Sofia, top hat in her lap and glancing in their direction.
"Manta?" She spoke the name and Manta answered.
"It's me, I brought Amidamaru and my friend Yoh." That answer put her off slightly.
"You brought a friend?" She asked, taken aback. Yoh stepped forward smiling.
"Hi, my name's Yoh." Sofia got to her feet, grasping her walking stick. He noticed her expression and bowed. "It's okay, Amidamaru is my guardian ghost. I felt I should be here."
Sofia raised an eyebrow. "Guardian Ghost?... Does that mean you're a shaman?"
There was a full group blink. Yoh was the first one to speak. "You know about shamans?" She gave a nod.
"Yes, very much so." When she nodded, Amidamaru noticed the butterfly barrette in her hair, then growled, drawing his sword.
"Where did you get that!" Yoh looked over his shoulder at the samurai and gulped. Amidamaru looked dangerous. His sword drawn to aim at the German girl's neck. "Answer me or I'll--"
"Or you'll what?" Another voice came in. Hana appeared in front of Sofia, blocking his sword from going anywhere. "Honestly Amidamaru, seeing you now makes me believe more and more of those rumors." There was a superior, all-knowing tone to her voice.
There was a pause. A very long one at that. Amidamaru had frozen at the sight of the female spirit. Her brown hair held up by the decorated barrette. Her pink kimono straying into a spirit form at the end, gold outlining the trim. Her calm, chocolate eyes staring him down.
Amidamaru slowly sheathed his sword again and looked her over. "H-Hana..." He swallowed down hard and let out a breath. "I-I... it's good to see you?" Hana gave him a questioning look.
"Over half a century I haven't seen you and you greet me li--!" Her rant was cut short by him. He'd hovered over to her and enveloped her in a hug.
"My Hana..." He mumbled, one arm around her waist and the other on her back. "Hana-chan..." Hana herself had her eyes closed, nuzzling against the samurai's bare chest.
"Amidamaru-kun..."
"... Should we go?" Manta whispered to Yoh, feeling uncomfortable to be watching such a display of affection. Yoh shrugged, sweat dropping heavily.
Amidamaru's cheeks reddened and he let go of Hana, facing his master. "Yoh-dono, this is Hana Horutari." Yoh rubbed the back of his head, laughing nervously.
"Uh, nice to meet you." He bowed, Hana did the same.
"Oh finally someone who bows!" She laughed. "I've spent my afterlife in Europe and all they do there is shake hands." Sofia sweatdropped and nodded.
"Took her two years to stop bowing." She then gasped. "Oh how rude, I haven't given a proper introduction." She then bowed to everyone. "My name is Sofia Faust."
"Faust...?" Yoh raised his eyebrows. "Faust like... Faust the eighth?" Sofia looked surprised.
"Euh, well in way. That's my father." Yoh blinked a few times before grinning.
"Really? Wow that's kinda ironic. He's my next opponent!" Sofia's expression went from surprise to shock in a nano second.
"Th-then that means you're Yoh Asa-- asa…. Oh something that ends with an 'a'..." She mumbled in annoyance.
"Asakura." He answered.
"That's the one. I-I'm sorry. All Japanese names kind of sound the same to me." She smiled sheepishly.
"No problem."
"But there is. You see... if you value your life, you will not fight my father."
Yoh was definitely taken off guard by that comment. "A-Are you threatening me?" He asked, remembering the fact that she was blind.
"No, no. Nothing of the sort!" She waved her hands lightly to show she meant nothing of what he said. "It's just... you will not win against my father."
"You seem pretty confident about that." He said, still keeping his calm exterior. In his head though he grew a little suspicious of her words.
"I am. My father is powerful. And I suggest you drop out of that match." Sofia then looked over to Hana's direction. "Hana it's getting late, we should be getting back to the hotel."
The female spirit hesitated but nodded, giving Amidamaru one last tight squeeze before hovering to Sofia's side. "It was great meeting you Manta and your friends. I hope you see me again." Manta chuckled at the joke at the end of her sentence and nodded. Though was a little frightened about the ominous warning.
"Henh, y-yeah."
And at that, she put on her top hat with the yellow ribbon and walked down the graveyard path, Hana guiding her.
"Well that was... cheery." Yoh said awkwardly, digging his hands back into his pockets. "Let's be getting back. I think it's gonna rain."