Golden rain

Summery: a new threat is stalking Yoh and his friends and it turns out Hao is alive. However does the new evil have anything to do with him or is it something altogether more sinister?

Prologue

The sun was just beginning to creep over Funbari Inn. Inside one of the inns many occupants sat at his window watching the sunrise. The pink light reflected onto the impassive face of Tao Ren. He gazed, as the pink-stained clouds slowly hailed the approach of a new day. He closed his eyes and tilted his head back as his skin drank in the warmth of the suns rays, and for once he felt peaceful, as if he could forget everyone in the inn, forget his unwanted feelings as if he was the only person in the world at that moment………………

Fat chance. His peaceful moment was shattered by a loud voice right next to his ear "Reeeeeeeennnnnnnnnn" Ren jumped about a foot into the air and, pulling his folding Kwan Dao out out of nowhere, pointed it at the offending persons throat. Gold eyes met dark blue and Ren glowered at the owner, Usui Horokeu. "Horo?" he asked quietly.

"yep Renny?"came the answering chirrup from the wide-awake Ainu.

"three things. One, why the hell are you up so early? Two, what the hell are you doing in my room? And three never call me Renny again or I will personally stick this " he waved the Kwan Dao under Horos nose for emphasis" in a very painful place. Got it?"

"Sure thing Renny"

Immediately, Horo noticed the change come over the smaller boy. His bangs were casting a shadow over his eyes, his whole body was twitching violently and you could practically see the aura of death and destruction that the younger shaman was giving off. Horo realized what brought the change about and his eyes widened .

The rest of the occupants of Funbari inn were woken by a voice bellowing "Kisama" and a loud crash as Horo ran for his life through the inn, away from the furious Chinese shaman, laughing all the time.

The view inside the Orba Occultis became hazy and eventually the scene from inside the inn (where Horo had ended up falling into the large outdoor bath) disappeared from sight. The shadowy figure behind the orb stayed staring at it for a long time afterwards, and eventually leaned back. "hmmm. So that's the home of the new Shaman King and his companions." The figure stood up and covered the now black orb with a wine red velvet cloth. Gathering long, flowing robes in one pale hand the person reached over and rang the large bell that was next to the desk where they now stood by. The loud noise of the bell tolled, like a death knell throughout the many twisting corridors and soon after it faded footsteps could be heard approaching the room. The door swung open to admit a teenage girl wearing a black hooded cloak that cast a shadow, obscuring her face. "you called master" she said in a monotones voice.

"Yes, I have a mission for you. Take this file. I need you to travel to Japan, to a place named 'the Funbari Inn'. The owner is one Yoh Asakura, the current Shaman King. I want you to go there and fight the occupents. Do not try to win. I merely want to observe them. That is all. Leave."

"Yes master" the girl replied stiffly, before turning and leaving in a swirl of black material. She padded down the endless corridors, until she eventually reached her rooms. She opened the door and was immediately greeted by a spirit in Hitodama mode. "Come Yanagi" she said. "we need to pack. We are going away and we may be quite some time. Asakura Yoh," she glanced down at a photograph from the file she had been given that showed Yoh and his friends, so she could identify them easily, " we will destroy you"

Owari

So what did you think? as bit different to what i normally write.Reviews and flames are accepted. Tell me if you think I should continue. If you review plz include any coupling requests cos I am stumped with that. Thanks.