Please correct me if I have some grammatical errors… thank you! I wrote this story for whitephoenix33 (the one whose engage with her mike… mwahahaha evil laugh!) and for you SK fans!

The princess came out of the car and went towards the Japanese inn. "Here goes nothing…" Mei thought. Her heart was beating faster and faster as she reached the door of the shaman's house.

A knock was heard from inside and Yoh was the one opened the door. He stared at the girl for a while not knowing it was his childhood friend. "How may I help you Miss?" he asked.

The girl just smiled and gave him a friendly hug. "It's nice to see you again!" the girl said.

Yoh was shocked but was able to get over it right away. "Um… I'm sorry Miss but I think you got the wrong house" Yoh said with a sweat drop.

"No, no silly! It's me, Mei!" The girl said with her British accent.

"Mei, as in Mei Ling-Marino; is that really you?" Yoh asked as if he couldn't believe it.

"Yup!" Mei giggled as Yoh gave her a hug. "I missed you so much!" he said as he let go of her. "Come, Anna will be so surprised! You didn't even call! Girl, I thought you'll be leaving Europe next week!" Yoh said as he grabbed Mei's hand and led her to the dining room where Yoh's friends and Anna were.

When they had reached the dining room Mei saw 4 girls and 5 boys having a feast. The girl sitting next to the blue haired girl looked familiar to her… It was Anna, her best friend! The other girl who had pink hair looked also familiar. In fact, it was Tamao; and the rest of them looked unfamiliar to her.

"Guys, this is Mei! She's Anna's best friend and our childhood friend!" Yoh said.

"I didn't know that Anna had a BEST FRIEND!" the Ainu shaman declared.

"Neither did I" agreed the Chinese boy from the Ainu shaman's right side.

"I don't care! She's a real babe! Be my shaman queen!" a man whose hair was like Elvis' said handing Mei a bouquet of flower.

"Would you shut up Ryu and show some respect! Didn't you know that…?" Anna yelled but Mei gave her a 'don't tell them' signal from which Anna settled down and continued eating her food.

"Don't bother Anna," Mei said cheerfully as she turned to Ryu and said "Actually I'm already… um… never mind" She said remembering that Hao's not there anymore. She could have been Hao's fiancée if he hadn't been killed.

"I'm really sorry Mei!" comforted Yoh.

"What happened?" the Ainu shaman couldn't just keep quiet after all.

"Brother!" the blue haired girl warned.

"Never mind about it! We should celebrate for the presence of my beloved friend Mei! She'll be staying here with us for quite a while" Yoh said cheerfully as he and Mei settled down to dine with them.

After that, the gang presented their names to the princess. The Ainu shaman's name was Horokeu Usui and goes by the nick name of Horohoro. His sister's name was Pirika. The Chinese boy's name was Ren Tao and his older sister's name was Jun. The guy goes by the name Ryu, whose hair looked like Elvis. The joker afro boy's name was Chocolove… and last but not least Yoh's good friend Shorty… I mean Morty or Manta Oyamada.

Bedtime!

It was 10 in the evening and everybody should already be in bed.

Ren sat alone near the pond outside the inn. He was looking at the stars… "She's so beautiful, she's like a princess. But I guess she still loves Hao."

"Can't sleep" a voice of a girl was heard from behind him.

Ren turned around and was surprise by the sight of the princess. "Mei…" he said as he stared at the princess. "… Shouldn't you be sleeping already? Your trip was a direct trip from Europe to Japan, aren't you tired of your trip? You should get some sleep"

"How sweet of you my dear boy, even though we've just met" Mei said giving him a sweet, angelic smile as she sat down beside Ren.

Ren could tell that he was blushing, and really hard.

"We used to watch the same stars from Yoh's village" Mei said.

"You miss him?"

"A little… okay, maybe a lot. Hmmm; It's cold, maybe it's not a good idea to be out here in the cold" Mei said as she was trying to forget what she had just said. 'Maybe Ren's right I'm just tired' she thought as stood up and went inside, but before she could even get inside Ren grabbed her wrist, pulling her towards him.

What do you think will happen? Well, everything will be revealed on its own time! And all you have to do is to wait! Hope you like it!

Um… just to point out… the "You miss him?" part; it's Hao; and by the way, Ren knew that because Yoh told him.