Amigirl: I do not own any of the characters from Shaman King or the show. The only characters that I own in this are Sakura and her two team mates. Well Either way, enjoy the story and please review.
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Sakura walked down the crowded street with Hao. Sakura looked around, hoping that no one that she knew would see her. Hao noticed this and smiled.
"Are you afraid to be seen with me," Hao asked.
"No," Sakura said, "I just don't want to have to listen to Violet when I get back to the house. She'll just ask question after question until I threaten to kill her."
"So why is it that you chose to be a human instead of a Celestial," Hao asked.
"I wanted redemption for being what I am," Sakura answered, "I wanted to be worthy of being called a Celestial. I have a question for you though, why is it that you want to destroy humans and create a world without them?"
"I consider them weak," Hao said, "and want to have a world were they are not here."
"But what did they ever do to you," Sakura asked.
"My parents loved humans," Hao said, "and thought that it was indecent that I thought that the world should have no humans left within it. So how long has it been since you last went to the Realms of the Gods?"
"I haven't gone there since I was six," Sakura said, "I've been down here training for the Shaman Tournament."
"Do you even miss their realms," Hao asked.
"I never really considered them home," Sakura said.
"I've always wanted to see them," Hao said as they walked.
"I used to live in te Realm of Angels before I came here," Sakura said, "I was forbidden from ever going to the Realms of Fire. They said that it was no place for an angel or one of angelic blood."
"You thought differently didn't you," Hao asked.
"I am not a full angel," Sakura said, "but I am not a full fire demon either. So I left looking for where I belong."
"You think that you belong in the Realm of the Living," Hao asked as they got to the edge of a cliff and sat down on the edge.
"Do you think that I am dead than Hao," Sakura asked looking at him, "Since I was born a Celestial?"
"I don't know," Hao said looking at her, "I would be considered dead to most people, since this is my third life."
"I came down here to find my place," Sakura said, "and I am beginning to think that I should have stayed up there."
"You would have never met me," Hao said leaning back a little, "and I enjoy our time together."
"You met me this morning," Sakura said, "What would have happened if I would have never told you the message?"
"I would have eventually met you within the Shaman Fights," Hao said.
"It would have been in the heat of battle," Sakura said, "not as we are now."
"What are we then," Hao asked moving closer to Sakura to where he was just inches from her face, staring into her eyes,"If we are not enemies?"
"Friends," Sakura asked looking into Hao's eyes.
"Why not more," Hao asked as he leaned in to kiss her.
Right before they kissed they heard a high pitched voice and turned to see a purple haired girl walking towards them.
"Hello Violet," Sakura said, "I left a note saying not to come looking for me."
"Yeah I know that," Violet said somewhat scared, "Someone is at the house to see you, and they don't seem to be from around here at all."
Sakura's eyes widened in shock as she got up.
"Is it who I think it is," Sakura said somewhat frightened as Hao stood up.
"Who," Hao asked.
"My brother," Sakura said looking at Hao, "He's been looking for me since I left almost 9 years ago."
"I don't know if its him," Violet said, "but I have our stuff packed so that we can run agian."
"Why are you going to run," Hao asked, "So what if he's been looking for you since you left."
"He's a full-blooded angel," Sakura said desperately, "I wasn't suppose to leave the Celestial Realms. He was sent by our mother to bring me back for trial."
"What did you do," Hao asked.
"I disobeyed the orders for me to stay in the Celestial Realms and to not interfere with the affairs of mortals," Sakura said.
"How did you affect the affairs of mortals," Hao demanded.
"I entered the Shaman Tournament didn't I," Sakura said, "and I warned you about your death didn't I?"
Hao just stared at Sakura. Sakura looked at Violet with a worried look on her face.
"Did he tell you why he was here," Sakura asked.
"No," Violet said, "but I have a pretty good guess what it is."
Sakura looked at Hao. He stared at her in confusion.
"I have to go," Sakura said.
"I'm coming with you," Hao said.
"No," Sakura said, "I don't want you to get caught up in this."
"I'm not going to leave you to do this on your own," Hao said.
"Fine," Sakura said.
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Violet entered the house and bowed at the man in front of her as Sakura and Hao came into the room.
"Hello little sister," the man said as Sakura stared at him.
"Why are you here Theaelle," Sakura said bitterly.
"Straight to the point then," Theaelle said sitting down on the couch, "Mother has sent me to bring you home."
"The two of you know why I am here," Sakura said, "I am not going back."
"How long has it been since you let your wings out free Sakura," THeaelle said, "9 years?"
"I use them when I need to," Sakura said.
"You are almost fully human now," Theaelle said with a small smile, "Are you not?"
"I made my choice a long time ago," Sakura said bitterly, "and mother and you should respect my wishes."
"I don't see why mother made you the hier," Theaelle said, "You act far too human."
"You act like a demon," Sakura said angrily, "now stop talking about my past in front of my friends or else."
"Or else what Sakura," Theaelle said leaning forward, angel wings coming out of his back as he leaned forward, "Ah that's much better."
"You know of the destruction that I am capable of," Sakura said.
"For being a hanyou (half- demon)," Theaelle said, "You act more half human, than half angel- half demon."
"I would rather be a human than like you," Sakura said bitterly.
"Do they even know about the full extent of your powers," Theaelle said.
"I will tell them when I have to," Sakura said.
"How about now then," Theaelle said putting on a golden ring with a pure black stone on it, "You
remember what this ring does right little sister?"
Sakura took a step back into the doorframe as she stared at the ring in horror. Hao looked at Sakura with a concerned look on his face.
"Sakura what is it," Hao asked.
"I have to get away from it," Sakura said.
Sakura gripped her hair with her hands as she fell to the ground screaming. She fell onto her knees
as she pressed her head to the ground. The ring glowed with a white light as Sakura cntinued to scream. Hao moved to touch her when Violet stopped him.
"Do not touch her yet," Violet said, "That little ring has more powers than you can even imagine."
White angel wings sprouted from Sakura's back as she screamed in pain.
"Stop it," Hao said desperately, "You're hurting her!"
"And what would you do Hi shaman," Theaelle said, "Burn me with the Spirit of Fire?"
Hao just stared at him as the Spirit of Fire appeared behind him.
"Don't do anything Hao," Sakura said as she stopped screaming, "This is between him and I alone."
"Why not have things your way little sister," Theaelle said, "a shaman battle between two Celestials with thier own spirit. You win, I leave and never bother you again. I win and you must return with me and never come back to the Human Realms again."
"Sakura don't do this," Hao said.
"Don't forget that his promises don't mean anything," Violet said.
"It's a deal," Sakura said, "Three weeks from now we shall have our duel."
"Glad that you are being responsible for once little sister," Theaelle said, "In three weeks we will duel. I suggest that you prepare for it."
Theaelle looks at Hao with a smirk on his face.
"And not get distracted with the one whose fate is already seal," Theaelle said.
Theaelle got up and left the room as Lieta came into the room with a somewhat shocked expression on her face.
"Why did I just see Theaelle leaving the house," Lieta asked before she looked down at Sakura.
"He came for me," Sakura said, "We do battle in three weeks."
"A three on one battle," Lieta asked with confusion.
"No you baka (idiot)," Violet said hitting Lieta upside the head with herhand, "Sakura is going up against him alone, as a Celestial."
"Sakura you can't do that," Lieta said looking at Sakura as her eyes widened in shock, "You can't become a Celestial again. Don't you remember the destruction that you caused when you were one willingly?"
"Yes I do Lieta," Sakura said sadly as she looked at Lieta, "Do you think that I could forget something like that?"
"No," Lieta said, "just like everyone that was there."
"Can I talk to Sakura alone," Hao asked as he stared at Sakura.
Violet and Lieta looked at Hao and then at Sakura.
"Let him," Sakura said, "he has his right to."
Violet and Lieta looked at Hao before leaving the house. Hao sat down in front of Sakura and put his hands on her shoulders.
"You think that they are aweful," Sakura said as her wings rose a little, "don't you?"
Hao stared at her wings and then helped her into a sitting position in front of him.
"I think that they are extraodinary," Hao said looking at Sakura in the eyes, "just like the woman that they belong to."
"I don't want to fight him," Sakura said looking away from him.
"Then don't," Hao said, "Run away with me, away from here."
"He will find us," Sakura said, "No matter where we go. This fight is about more than the deal that you heard of. Its about who is the heir to the Angelic Realms."
"You can't do this," Hao said desperately trying to reason with Sakura.
"I can," Sakura said looking at him, "It is my right as the heir."
"I may not have known you for long Sakura," Hao said looking at her with a worried expression upon his face, "but at least I can tell when you are lying to me."
"You will see a side of me," Sakura said looking at the window as a butterfly landed on the window sill, "that very few people have ever seen of me."
"I will still be cheering for you," Hao said, "even if you become a full demon."
"I have only one favor to ask of you Hao," Sakura said.
"And what is that," Hao asked smiling at her.
"Help me train," Sakura said, "Help me to get stronger so that I can beat him."
Hao just stared at Sakura.
'I feel as though I'm losing her,' Hao thought to himself, 'and she's moving farther and farther away from me with each passing second.'
"Yes," Hao said, "I will help you train."