A/N: This is the first story in four that I am going to write.
Story Number 1: The Itako - the first story in the Kyouyama Girls Quartet. It is the story of Anna's life and how she became so cold.
Story Number 2: The Priestess - will be about Anna's sister Sara who is older than her by two years.
Story Number 3: The X-Law - will be about Anna's sister Jeanne who is older than her by four years.
Story Number 4: Family Ties - will take place after the Shaman Fight. It shows the three sisters bonding and then having to take down an even greater threat then Zeke…their father.
Characters:
Annabelle Rose Kyouyama (Anna): She is the youngest of the three sisters and was disowned by their father at the young age of two when he found out that she was an Itako instead of a priestess. She has the most tortured past of the three and learns to build a barrier around her heart to protect herself from the world and the people in it.
Sarabeth Leigh Kyouyama (Sara): She is the second daughter of the Kyouyamas and had the most privileged life of the three. After Anna was disowned, she became their father's favorite daughter. She is a priestess, very trusting, and a big flirt.
Elizabeth Jeanne Kyouyama (Jeanne): She is the first daughter to the Kyouyamas and also the second born child. A few years after Anna was disowned she moved away to live with one of her relatives. She is the most calm and collected one of the three, most of the time anyway.
Toya Kyouyama: He is the oldest of all the Kyouyama siblings and very protective of his three younger siblings. He is a very strong shaman, but doesn't compete in the shaman tournament.
Annabelle Rose Kyouyama (Rose): She is the mother of the four Kyouyama siblings and Anna's namesake. She is married to their father against her will and manages to get out of the marriage during the shaman tournament.
Thomas Kyouyama: He is the father of the four Kyouyama siblings and Zeke's mentor in the pyromaniac's second lifetime. After the shaman tournament Anna, Sara, and Jeanne have to work together to try and bring him down.
Yoh Asakura: Anna's happy-go-lucky fiancé. He is lazy and determined to become shaman king and figure out the reasons behind Anna's mask. He is also Anna's best friend.
Zeke Asakura: He is Yoh's twin brother who is determined to take over the shaman world and get rid of all humans.
Mortimer (Morty): He is Yoh's first human friend, and also his best friend.
Trey Racer: He is also a shaman and wants to become shaman king. He is lazy and loves to eat and comes from the north where it is very cold. He is one of Yoh's close friends.
Tamara Tamao (Tammy): She is a very shy fortuneteller who starts with a crush on Yoh before falling for Trey. She is a close friend of Yoh and Anna's.
Pilica Racer: She is Trey's younger sister. Pilica is a lot like Anna - tough, hardcore, etc.- except she's a lot happier.
Len Tao: He comes from a rich Chinese family. He starts out as one of Yoh's enemies but turns into one of his best friends. He is also a shaman.
Jun Tao: Len's older sister and, seemingly, the only person who can get under his skin.
Rio: He starts out as a human but eventually winds up being a shaman. He is a close friend of Yoh's.
Keiko Asakura: She is Yoh's mother and a priestess.
Mikihisa Asakura: He is Yoh's father who secretly keeps an eye on Yoh and his friends until they begin to travel to Dobe Village when he finally shows himself.
Yohmei Asakura: He is Yoh's grandfather and also the one that trained Yoh for most of his life.
Kino Asakura: She is Yohmei's wife and Yoh's grandmother. She found Anna in the woods when the girl was still a small child and raised her trained her in the ways of an Itako. She is the one who arranged the marriage for Yoh and Anna.