Wow, I actually predicted something…with the other fiction of course…one reviewed…Wellsix reviewed this one and that's a big surprise for me—seriously.

Ranna-kun: Lyserg didn't run into a bus; he entered it.

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Holy Girl: Yeah…Anna died…

sakuraXx: Of course this story is sad…and I don't know; you find out…

Dark Angel-Nerissa: I've certainly hurried up since I have five for one chapter…

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I thank these guys so here's the next chapter…and I don't own Shaman King.

Chapter Two: Deal With the Overlord

In the depths of his mind, Yoh walked in the darkness, searching for something, or perhaps, someone. He then saw a girl with short blond hair in a black dress.

"Anna? Anna is that you?" he asked the girl. When she didn't answer he started walking towards her. As he came to her, she disappeared without a trace.

"Where'd she…" Yoh began as he looked to the side and saw her. She immediately ran away.

"Anna…Please, don't go now…" Yoh called out, running after her.

Horohoro stared blankly into space, Manta fiddled with his fingers, Lyserg wrote down on a paycheck, Ren paced back and forth and Amidamaru watched over them outside as Yoh was in a hospital bed with a mask placed on him, breathing deeply and slowly.

"Anna…Please, don't go now…" Horohoro, Ren, Lyserg and Manta heard Yoh mumble. Ren walked to Yoh and reached to his forehead but stopped before he even touched it.

"What's wrong, Ren?" Horohoro asked.

"He's burning up even more; I felt the heat before I even touched his forehead. Lyserg, get the doctor," Ren immediately said as Lyserg quickly exited the room. After a few minutes the doctor, along with the nurse, arrived with Lyserg. The nurse immediately checked Yoh's temperature and his pulse. When she was done she looked at the doctor with worried eyes.

"Doctor, he needs to be brought to the ICU," she said. The doctor told her to call more nurses as he rushed to Yoh who was now breathing shallow and fast. Soon a team of nurses rushed into the room gathering around Yoh as they rushed him in his bed to another room, Horohoro, Ren, Lyserg and Manta following them and stopped in front of the other room. Bason appeared beside them, making Manta faint.

"Should I go in and watch Yoh, bocchama?" he questioned. Ren just nodded as Bason went through the door.

Yoh's POV

I ran faster, trying to find Anna. I soon stopped running and panted hard, trying to catch my breath. I looked up and saw millions of people walking slowly. Each of the people had obvious signs that they had perished…but does that mean I died too? One of them who looked familiar spotted me and approached me with speed.

"Is that really you Yoh-sama?" the spirit asked. I recognized that voice: this was Ashil. I was too surprised to see him here. He tried to touch me but his hand went through my body.

"You…you are a…" he whispered in horror.

"I am a what, Ashil?" I asked him. Even I feared what I am now. I could even be lower than an earthbound spirit.

"You are…a shade…one who can travel to the realm of the dead and the realm of the living…" he finally said, catching the other spirits' attention. They rushed to me as fast as Ashil did.

"Please, shade, send a message to my family…" one wailed.

"Shade, please tell me what's happening on earth…" another one despaired. The torments of these unfortunate souls started to haunt my mind. It wasn't long before my mind shattered into many pieces.

"Stop…Please…Stop…I SAID STOP!" I clutched my head in pain and confusion as I ran past the souls, not caring where I went.

It wasn't long before they all entered the room where Yoh was kept. Wires and tubes were hooked onto his body, one of them hooked to a machine that was beeping slowly. The nurse was surprised that they entered.

"I'm sorry…I didn't see you there…he's fine for now…" the nurse said, leaving the room. Ren and the rest sighed.

"Well that's good to know- don't play with those, you baka!" Ren hissed at Horohoro who was playing with most of the wires that were hooked to Yoh's body. Horohoro slowly backed away from it and Ren, sitting down on the floor staying quiet. Ren sighed and sat down as well, the rest following suit.

"All we can do is to wait for him to wake up now," Manta said.

By the time I realized what I did I was wandering into a graveyard. Usually I would feel a bit happy here but this case was different. The remains of old tombstones were surrounding me; some lying on their face and some shattered. I walked to the center of the graveyard to see an ancient-looking mausoleum with a plaque above the door reading 'Ramius' and a sinister-looking gargoyle adorned on the apex of its roof. The gargoyle's eyes seemed to drill into my eyes.

"Enter, Asakura…" it said in a gruffly voice as its eyes started to glow. That's weird…aren't gargoyles made of stone? And how did it know my name? Oh well…yawn…I'm starting to feel a bit sleepy…but how's that possible when I'm already sleeping? I looked in front of me…Hey, it's Anna!

"Hey, Anna!" I called out. She started running away from me again.

"H-hey, wait Anna!" I chased after her again. After some time, she just disappeared again. Something seemed to snap within me, making me feel weak as I fell to my knees. I panted fast from running and from…whatever that was that drained my energy.

I slowly got up to my feet and looked around, seeing that I just entered the mausoleum and now was in a cold stark marble chamber. This place was so creepy that the air in this place carried death itself. I slowly walked into the darkness, still thinking of Anna. Then from in front of me two black eyes stared so intently at my eyes that looking at them made my eyes feel like they were glowing. Something seemed to grasp my mind. It flooded my instincts that this was Ramius. I fell down on my knees just because of the sight.

Yoh Asakura… your mortal coil has forsaken you. Now you come to me. Please, tell me of your life on earth, he growled. I gulped and hesitantly started to tell him what I had done.

"One of you call the doctor!" the nurse cried out. Manta quickly went out the door as three more nurses rushed in. Yoh's life was at the end of its limit and the monitor showed it; it was beeping like hell. The doctor came into the room within seconds, telling the rest to stay back. He was going to give Yoh a jolt.

"Static," he said charging the two pads.

"Clear!" He immediately put them on Yoh's chest. One. Yoh received the jolt but the monitor beeped faster.

Ramius listened to my story intently. When I finished, I suddenly felt like I was losing my breath.

Now Asakura…there is a reason besides the fact that your mortal coil has abandoned you. Please, what is it that you ask of me? He questioned me.

"Static," he repeated charging the two pads again.

"Clear!" Two. Yoh received the jolt again. The monitor showed that the doctor was slowly losing him. The boys and their ghosts looked worried.

"Ramius…My love Anna has disappeared from the face of the earth and probably walks the place above you. I ask that you please bring her back for I miss her so!" I said tears starting to come down on my cheeks.

Do you know that your life on earth is nearly done? He asked as he summoned an hourglass that was almost done with the sand. My name was engraved on the bottom of it.

"This…this is…" I couldn't talk anymore.

Yes, this is your lifeline. Though unlike this one, he said summoning another hourglass. This one seemed to flow on forever and I understood why, for engraved on the hourglass was my beloved Aniki.

It runs forever until such time, he said putting Aniki's lifeline to one side.

"Static," He repeated it again.

"Clear!" Three. The monitor slowly beeped the same endless tune. He was dead. The doctor and nurses looked away as Ren, Horohoro, Lyserg, Manta and their ghosts closed their eyes.

"I'm sorry, but that was the best we could do," the doctor said sadly.

Very well. I will bring your beloved back, Ramius said as the sand in my lifeline was all at the bottom.

But it seems your lifeline just ended, Ramius continued, smirking. Right there I lost all hope of seeing Anna. I heard Ramius sigh.

Ah…I will regret this…look, Asakura, I can only bring back one person on earth and I have decided that would be you. Now if you want you love back, you will have to find my mausoleum and bring your guardian ghost there once you have recovered. Only then will I tell you the instructions. Ramius instructed.

"But…how will I find you? How can I know that what I'm seeing now isn't an illusion? " I asked. Ramius smiled.

Don't worry; you will know, he said taking my hourglass and putting it upside-down, the sand slowly going down. I felt something moving in my system that pained me. I slowly slumped to the floor, loosing consciousness.

End POV

Ren, Horohoro, Lyserg, Manta, the doctor and nurses heard something shift as the monitor suddenly started to beep regularly again. They all turned around and saw Yoh, who was putting his hand on his left shoulder.

"Yoh!" the boys chorused. Yoh smiled sheepishly as the nurses took Yoh back to his room, the boys and ghosts following him.

Author's notes: Sorry for the long wait…please review!

-LazyShamaness