Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King, nor do I own 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: Any quotes that have around the words being said are in a different language just so yeah know. Also, this chapter WILL be edited later on. I'm just waiting for the issue of when this happens so I can do it properly.

PS: "Italics mean this is in a different language."

" Dad I'm just going out for awhile. I'll be back in a few hours or so." Sofia said in her German tongue, slipping into her shoes and grabbing a jacket. Her sunglasses as always were present.

Her father made an agreeing noise, hunched over her mother's body trying to repair her legs. They're broken off again during his third match and it seemed like he'd have to go grave robbing for a fresh batch of legs. She sighed before closing the door.

Beside her, appeared Hana looking curious.

"Where are we going?" She asked. Sofia smiled.

"To Yoh's. He's invited us to a get together at his house with his friends." The spirit looked surprised.

"We certainly haven't seen him in awhile."

"He told me he was training in a place called Izumo. He and his friends just got back from the ceremony and he wants to celebrate." Sofia explained, buttoning up her coat.

Hana furrowed her eyebrows together. "Do you know where it is?"

"There's a cab waiting for us downstairs. We just have to tell him to go to the old 'En Inn' and the driver will know where to go apparently."

The spirit furrowed her brow. "Are you sure you should be going to an Inn? They're usually… crowde—"

"I'll be fine." Sofia cut in, already starting to walk down the hallway. Hana shook her head and followed behind. "Hurry up!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

--

HoroHoro walked into the dining room with an arm slumped around Tao Ren's shoulder. Not only to be casual, but also to make sure Ren went where HoroHoro wanted him to go.

The Chinese shaman looked annoyed and impatient. But apparently to Yoh, that meant he was excited.

"Don't worry Ren, tonight's gonna be great." Yoh kneeled down at the table while Ren took the seat across from him. HoroHoro plopped down right beside the brunette.

Manta raised an eyebrow, having been sitting at the table the entire time with Tamao. "Why'd you bring him?"

"Yes that's what I'D like to know." Ren said coldly, arm on the table holding up his head. Yoh laughed at Ren's attempt to look cool. HoroHoro just grinned.

"I thought it'd be nice for him to meet everyone." Ren glanced over at Manta and smirked.

"Well I already KNOW you. And I see you might've even gotten shorter, if that's possible." Manta glared, folding his arms. And he was sitting only a mat or so away from him. This would be an enjoyable dinner.

Yoh sweat dropped and turned to HoroHoro. "So, euh, you were telling me about how you won all the rest of your matches!"

The bluenette faced Yoh and nodded. "Yeah! Without a hitch. Nothing me and Kororo had to sweat about!" The afore mentioned koropokur floated out from HoroHoro's collar, quickly making her way over to Manta.

"Oh good lord." Ren mumbled. Unfortunately, very aloud. HoroHoro fumed at the teen, making him look up. "Oh I'm sorry, did I say that out loud? My mistake." Though of course, he couldn't have meant more of the opposite.

"So uhm… Master Yoh." Tamao hesitated, turning to face him from beside HoroHoro. Yoh laughed nervously. "How were… uhm; h-how were all your matches?"

"Eh? Well let's see. I won my first match, lost my second and you know I had a tie with Ren on my last one today."

"Hmph, I'd certainly hate to meet the lower life form that got beat by your third-rate oversoul before your training."

"Ahem!" Horohoro glowered over at the purplenette, Kororo joining in with him. Manta snorted with laughter while Yoh sweat dropped yet again and scratched the back of his neck.

"Calm down HoroHoro. He's just silly."

"Silly?" Ren took on an insulted expression. "I am, in no WAY, silly." Yoh waved dismissively with a grin, turning back to HoroHoro. The snowboarder looked around, apparently his anger forgotten.

"Well… it's nice to be indoors. It's starting to get cold out there."

"You're Ainu aren't you?" Ren asked, noting the designs on his clothing and Kororo. "Well I suppose you don't really get the advantages of indoor plumbing often, do you?" HoroHoro turned to Yoh incredulously

The blue-haired teenager drew his head back in confusion and jerked his thumb over to Ren, turning to Yoh.

"What's his deal!" Yoh laughed a little.

"Forget him. He's nervous about meeting new people." The Tao teen scoffed.

"Ohh yes because I'm just so nervous about being around all these strong shaman!" Ren's sentence practically dripped with sarcasm.

Yoh smiled with a shake of his head. "Oh quit acting so tough Ren." Ren opened one eye and managed a glare with it.

"Just WHO is acting?"

…

Sofia stepped out of the cab with Hana to help her and brushed herself off. The car drove off into the night, leaving the blonde with a shiver up her skirt.

"Let's go, let's go!" The ghost asked, wanting the poor girl out of the October chill. Sofia traced her way up the path with her walking stick.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Anna glanced out the window at the noise and saw Sofia coming up the path to the porch. 'I suppose I should help her.' Though the Itako did nothing of the sort. Instead she looked back down at the book she was reading and continued to do so.

She heard Sofia step into the house and ask aloud if anyone was here. Anna sighed and looked up.

"Corridor to your left. The shouting shouldn't be hard to miss... and take off your shoes."

Sofia gasped and gave a nod. "Oh yes! Th-the slipper thing."

She took off her shoes and Hana pulled out a pair of guest slippers for her. The female spirit took off Sofia's coat and hung it up with the others, guiding her down the corridor.

"I know! Let's play, tip the REN!" Came to their ears as soon as they got three steps within the dining room. Sofia raised an eyebrow in surprise and slid open the door.

"Hallo?" She cautiously greeted. Sofia relied on her ears and heard a pause of voices. She heard Yoh greet her in and when she took one step in, she felt a great wash over of sympathy and awkwardness.

"Hey Sofia, come on in and just pick a seat." Hana guided her to the right and she brushed her fingers against the wall before having Hana tug on her shirt for her to sit down.

She suddenly felt someone enjoying themselves close to her, though trying to hide it.

"Horohoro, Ren, Tamao, this is Sofia. Sofia, on your left is Ren." She held out her hand to greet Ren but he didn't accept it. All she heard was a 'hmph.' "... To your right is Tamao." She turned to face Tamao and shook her hand. Albeit she was rather hesitant at first.

" Uhm- h-hi Sofia-san." She said. Sofia bit her lip and smiled awkwardly. She felt nervous now.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you Tamai." Out of the corner of her ear she heard Ren snort.

"Err--." Tamao sweat dropped at the mispronunciation of her name. "It's nice to meet you too." Sofia felt a glare coming on, most likely directed at Ren. She managed to keep her face calm.

"And in front of you is Horohoro." Yoh continued on with the introductions

"Hey there." Horohoro bowed, and seeing as Sofia couldn't reach over the table, she gave a nod.

"It's nice to meet you all, thank you for having me." She greeted politely, taking off her top hat and placing it behind her.

"So tell me Yoh, are you going to complete this whole happy family of your opponents by bringing in Faust next. Lord knows it couldn't be a party without him." Ren said, sarcasm no-where near from going away.

Yoh blinked then smiled. "Well actually, we kinda have completed the happy family. You're sitting next to his daughter."

Ren was finally caught off guard. His eyes widened and he looked over to Sofia, looking her up and down. She turned her head to face him with a smile.

Now that he looked at her, she did share a resemblance. True, Ren had only taken a glance at Faust and his wife. But it was there. The blonde hair and pale skin were dead giveaways really. An all around dead look to her.

She wore a black, button-up shirt with long sleeves and a collar that went around her shoulders. Underneath was a spaghetti strap shirt that poked on her bare shoulders. On her lower half she wore a black skirt that went down to her calves and at the end, the trim was frilled. The dark sunglasses and black lipstick topped off the whole outfit.

So unlike her parents, Sofia was extremely gothic.

Sofia smiled with her dark lips and held out her hand again. "Hallo, my name is Sofia Faust. It's nice to meet you Ren."