A/N- Ok this is the end of the Tokageroh scene and continuing with the story... --

Chapter 9- Turnaround

Recap

Tokageroh entered Yoh and the force knocked him to the floor.

When Yoh got up he looked different. And not in a good way.

"He he. This guy is much better." Tokageroh smirked. Then he got hold of the latter half of the sword and held it to his neck.

"Chapter Eight; wherein Tokageroh pulls off another great score. The great one, surprises all and steals the life of a young shaman."

This is just great, I thought to myself, the first guy I fall in love with and he's gonna be dead!

"Yoh!" Morty shouted.

I couldn't say anything, I was too shocked.

"Your friend Yoh isn't taking any calls right now but you can leave a message. I'll be sure he gets it in the great beyond." Tokageroh/Yoh grinned.

End of Recap

Then Anna fell her knees. And were those tears?

"He was always too trusting," she said, more to herself than anyone else.

"Wow. Anna can actually cry?" Morty said, then almost had a nervous breakdown, "This is too much!" he shouted and almost pulled his hair out.

But then Tokageroh lowered the sword, "I…I can't do it. Yoh was right. I've never hurt anyone in my life. But still, how could he know that?"

Then Amidamaru appeared, "Because Yoh has a talent that is very rare in this world. He knows how to find the good in people."

"You ok up there?" Yoh asked looking up as Tokageroh appeared above him.

"Chapter Nine; Tokageroh turns his life around…no wait, Tokageroh decides to turn his afterlife around and start again!" Tokageroh said.

"Cool."

"And it's all thanks to you Yoh! In fact, I'll mention you in my book when it gets published!"

"That's great!"

"Yeh, right on the back page in the fine print."

"Uh, thanks."

"Oh Karuri!" Yolei said flinging her arms around me as I got up, almost knocking me over again, "I'm so glad you're ok.!"

"You ok Karuri?" Yoh asked.

"Yeh I'm fine."

"This is Anna my-"

"Wife." Anna finished.

I was a bit taken aback. I just blinked with my mouth open. Did I just hear what I thought I heard?

"Uh…wife?"

"Its all your freaks fault!" Yolei suddenly shouted at Yoh and Anna, "My sister almost got killed and it's all your fault! Come on Karuri! And I don't want to see you near that boy or his…his…wife again!" then she took hold of my arm and dragged me out of the gates and across the road. Yolei thanked Mitsume for coming along as she headed home.

"Wait! Yolei!" I pleaded, trying to free my arm. In the end I gave up trying.

At home Yolei gave me one huge lecture about how I should stay away from Yoh and how I shouldn't hang around with those freaks.

But Yoh wasn't a freak! Dreamboat more like. I had to wonder though, what all the ghosts were doing there. I had an idea what he was. The way he merged with the spirit. I've heard about them. My dad was one. Shaman they're called.

While Yolei was talking, I was thinking about what I would say to Yoh tomorrow.

"Karuri are you listening to me!" I heard Yolei's voice break through my thoughts.

"Uh…yeh of course. I'll never speak to him again." I said, with my most truthful face.

She sighed, "That's good. I don't want you hanging around with ghosts and start hanging around with that guy and his...his…wait… did she say WIFE!"

"I think she means girlfriend. Probably wishes she was his wife." I said, my heart sinking with the realization he was taken.

Yolei saw my face and her face softened.

"Forget about him Karuri. There are plenty more guys and he's a freak anyway. How about that guy you hang around? What's his name? Trey? Or Horo Horo or whatever his name is. He's cute."

"Yeh I guess so." I said, not totally convinced.

The next day at school I met up with Yoh after English.

"I'm so sorry about yesterday Yoh. Its all my fault." I said.

"Hey don't worry about it," he reassured me with a friendly smile.

"So you're a shaman." I said.

"Yeh…how about you?"

"My dad is. Or...was. but he's on a world tour right now with my mum"

"Ah. So that's why you're with your sister. You should enter the shaman tournament anyway."

"I'm not really a shaman. I haven't got a guardian ghost."

Yoh smiled, "There's still time. I know a couple of ghosts who wouldn't mind a human companion."

"Cool!" I said, getting excited.

We arranged to meet at the top of Memorial Hill at 7:00pm to find me a guardian ghost. I told my sister I was on a date with Trey.

I couldn't believe I was about to get a guardian ghost!

A/N- Phew! (wipes forehead) Glad Yoh got out of that one! But what about Karuri? I wonder who her guardian ghost will be? I don't think her sister would be too happy about that! Find out what happens next in the subsequent chapter of… First Encounter! (cue cheesy theme song)