Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King, nor any of the characters from the original manga. Hiroyuki Takei DOES. I own myself and all of my characters, that including Sofia Faust, Hana Horutari, Team Potmos and Frankensteiny's oversoul. I drew them so NEH. Art Copy rights go with writing copy rights! Take THAT.

Author's Note: If you would like to see a picture of Sofia, all whacked out and such, go here ((http/ I'm such a shameless advertiser xD. Translations! 'Unten' means 'down', 'klinge' means 'sword', 'wie' means 'eh', 'fluch' means 'damn'

"Sofia!" The blonde perked her head. Her eyes were wide with awareness of what went on around her, despite the blood still trailing down her face and neck. "Sofia, get DOWN here!" Sofia's eye twitched into a glare, but she quickly wiped it away with a smirk.

"Unten, Frankensteiny." She quipped by his ears. The Hell Hound lowered his head and allowed her to slide off, back onto the sandy road. "What is it, Ren?" The Tao teen clenched at his kwan dao and sprinted up to her. Yoh and HoroHoro sweat dropped, soon trailing after him. "Did you have something to say?" She asked, her voice dripped with fake innocence.

"Dammit Ren! Give a little warning when you do stuff like that!" HoroHoro snapped. He glanced over at Sofia and flinched. She had to have been the epitome of scary right then. Especially with Darian's body just a few feet behind her. Ren stared at her for a few moments, suddenly wondering just WHO he was talking to. She arched a brow at the silence.

"Well? If you've got nothing for me to hear, I'll go back to my business."

"No!" He barked. "I--I don't even know where to BEGIN! What the hell happened? Why would you do this? What's WRONG with you!" Her pale blue eyes narrowed, pointed just between him and Yoh.

"You don't approve?"

"No I don't APPROVE. This isn't right Sofia, you've got to stop this-!" He grabbed her wrist pulling her away a bit. She scowled up at him.

"YOU? YOU want to tell ME what's right? Tao REN?" She tugged her arm, bringing him closer. "Your whole FAMILY killed thousands for sport. YOU yourself used to laugh at the death of another and you're telling ME what's right?" She threw her head back and slapped Ren across the face."What right do you have to tell me what's right?" She spat, turning back to her Hell Hound.

His hand released hers out of pure shock. His cheek reddened and his eyes wide. Yoh and HoroHoro stared, dumbstruck at the scene. Finally, Yoh looked back at her.

"So what reason do YOU have to kill? Just because it's only person doesn't make it any better then a thousand." The blonde bombshell stopped at the foot of Darian's body. She glanced over her shoulder with a sadistic grin.

"Who says it's only one?" Both Yoh and HoroHoro took in a quick breath. Her arms shivered, taking in the frightened reactions. She then turned back to Darian. "Well, well. How ARE we, Darian?" No answer. Breath still seeped in shallow gasps. The American teen was on the brink of life. Sofia's foot poked his head. "Oh Ren! You were wrong, by the way." She called out. Ren's hands twitched. "I DO have a reason to kill."

Sofia kicked full force at Darian's head, making the rest of the crowd flinch. "I have EVERY reason to kill!" She shouted, another kick. "You know full well, how I feel about being judged for being blind. Don't you Ren!" Another kick, Darian was bleeding from his nose and mouth. "How I feel about being called weak for being blind!" Sofia rose her hand up. "Klinge!" She yelled. Frankensteiny picked Sofia's walking stick out from the ground with his teeth. He brushed the handle by her outstretched hand, letting her grip it. "And you know how much I HATE that, don't you Ren!"

"That's enough!" Whatever Sofia had planned to do with her walking stick, the crowd never found out. Darian's team members, Tammy and Hunker had finally made their appearance into the fight. Tammy had Sofia held tightly between her giant, mechanical fingers and palm. Hunker was currently trying to keep Frankensteiny at a safe distance, his head adorned with a large OX helm. "He's down, you win!" Tammy shouted, glaring up at the German girl. "So leave him be!"

The thumb to the metal fist tipped Sofia's head back and the fingers kept her arms and walking stick against her body. The only things free were legs, barely able to reach Tammy's neck. It was just then that Faust ran back into the crowd, suitcase in his hand. His eyes widened at the new scene playing out. The crowd began to cheer for the joining team members.

"There's no reason for you to keep fighting."

Hunker charged against the dog, knocking heads together and pushing against each other. Ren, Yoh and HoroHoro stood together, watching as the crowd started to disperse. The fight was over. No one had really won the battle. Darian would be brought to one of the nursing stations in the Pache Village.

Ren furrowed his brows. What would they do with Sofia? Would she end up like the villains in most stories? Punished? Banished from the village? His eyes dimmed. Maybe... maybe that would be best.

"Aagh!" The others looked up. Sofia had raised her feet up and dug her heels into Tammy's face. "STOP it!" She screamed. Hunker looked over to see what the commotion was about, giving Frankensteiny the chance to jump over him. After shaking Sofia around a bit to get her feet away, Tammy dropped the blonde to cover her eyes. She fell, only to drop down onto the head of her Hell Hound.

"Thought I was done, WIE?" Sofia called, sliding down to rest her back against the first spike at Frankensteiny's neck. She smiled, clinging to the fur in front of her and striking the air above her with her walking stick. "How silly we all are."

"Fluch!" Faust cursed, rushing out into the street. "Oi! Ren!" The Tao teen whirled around at the voice. His amber eyes narrowed to slits.

"Where the hell have you been!" He barked, marching up to the doctor. Yoh and HoroHoro jogged up to them. "When we actually NEED you, you decide to disappear! How could you just desert her!" Faust kneeled down and unclipped his suitcase.

"I LEFT to get this." He held up a syringe needle, full of an orangey yellow liquid. He tapped the siding gently. "It's a sedative. In her state, it's the only sure fire thing that'll take her out." Yoh nodded.

"That's great, but how 'bout an explanation?" Faust shook his head.

"Later, there's no time. Right now we have to inject this into her." He offered it to the trio, Ren being the only one to snatch it from the German's hand.

"Where do I put it?" He asked, throwing aside his kwan dao to the ground. Faust closed up the suitcase and got back to his feet.

"The arm is the best place. If not there, the stomach. It'll take about 30 seconds to knock her out completely. That's if she puts up a fight." Faust added quickly. HoroHoro 'tched' at the last part.

"I think we can count on that." Yoh turned to Ren with concern.

"Ren, are you sure you--" Before the brunette could finish, Tammy flew above them, skidding across the sandy road. Ren took off. Yoh sweat dropped. "Guess that's a yes. Faust, I think there's a guy you should take a look at." He jerked his thumb over to Darian, who was trying to stand with the help of some of the other Shamans.

Ren bounced from the ground to the auning of a Patch Souvenire shop. From there, he could see Sofia. She had retaken her spot upon Frankensteiny's head, smiling wickedly to no one in particular. He glared, his cheek throbbed, his hand tightened, and his knees bent.

He didn't want to do this. He didn't want in any part of this. Sofia was the last person he wanted to cause any harm to. Despite her abusive words. Despite her insults, her slap across his face, despite the fact that she might've changed from the person he had... admitted himself to. Despite everything she had done, he didn't want to hurt her.

But then again, he was probably the only one who could take her down.

"Sofia!"

The blonde's fingers tapped against her walking stick. Frankensteiny came to a halt, allowing her to move freely without the risk of wobbling over. Slowly, she pouted. "What now, Ren?" Ren stood upon the tip of Frankensteiny's long snout. "You seem much more confident this time." His glare slipped onto her face for a moment, before disappearing behind her smirk. "Have you come to kill me?"

"Oh I wish." She was right. He was more confident this time. He knew exactly what he had to do. Therefore, sarcastic remarks were allowed. "However, your father brought me something just as good." A blonde brow arched. Ren took two steps forward.

"My Father...? Oh." The perterbed expression smoothed out into a smirk. "You don't have the guts."

"I'm a Tao." He quipped, taking another step forward. "All I HAVE are guts." Sofia laughed. It was nothing like the sniggers or giggles she used to make with him around. "I don't know what made you this way, Sofia." He almost felt foreign, calling the name he'd become so fond of for a girl so evil. "Nor do I really care. But I assure you, you need this."

"Ahh and I assure YOU Ren." Sofia whipped out her walking stick, pulling back to the plastic shell sheath to fold down at the handle. "This will hurt you, more then it hurts me." She pursed her lips with a kiss, before sliding one foot back to gain stance. Ren sighed, closed his eyes and said,

"I'm sorry." Before launching towards her.

The two collided, both wincing at the impact. Sofia took the syringe just below her ribs. Ren took the sword just above his heart. Ren cried out, clutching the fabric of her shirt at her back to hang on. He willed himself to press down on the plunger, injecting the fluid into her stomach.

"Fluch." She cursed, leaning her forehead against his chest. Though she managed a smile. "I wish I could die with you Ren." She whispered. He gulped down. He didn't want to look down. Feeling the needle like sword inside him was bad enough. Seeing it would probably make him sick. "I'll bring you..." Her words trailed off. He watched her eyes close. She fell against him.

And he felt them both fall together.