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Chapter 1
"Hey Anna" a voice floated in through the open door of the inn, reaching the ears of a teenage girl, with shoulder length honey colored hair. The Itako ignored her fiancé who was training in the garden next to the well, wearing a new set of heavy weight bands, tears running down his face. "Anna" Yoh whined again. "What Yoh?" she snapped looking away from the screen.
"The tournaments' been over for three years now Anna. Why do I need to keep training? Can't I take a break?"
"No Yoh, you cant. You need to keep training. What would happen if another shaman challenged you to a match for the crown? Then my position as shaman queen would be under threat. And I will not stand for that. Now do the squatting dog for another half hour as punishment for interrupting my show." Yohs face dropped and the tears running down his face became a waterfall. With a cry, he reluctantly hauled himself into the position and settled down for another 30 minutes of excruciating pain.
"Yoh! Anna!" a small boy dragged himself through the door. "The dishes are done, the floors are clean, the beds have been remade and the bathroom is now sparkling" that being said, boy collapsed in a heap onto the floor."
"Thanks Shorty" was the only reply that the boy received. But he was passed out from all the work.
"Mistress Anna." The dinner you requested is ready. A tall man with a pompadour hairstyle announced.
Immediately Yoh was inside, his training forgotten at the prospect of food. Everyone took their places at the table, and some newcomers appeared, enticed out of their rooms by the delicious smell of Ryus cooking. Manta looked around at the people sitting with him. There was (from Mantas left) Lyserg, Faust, Eliza, Ren, Horo, Pirika, Chocolove and various guardian ghosts in hitodama mode. They all dug into the food appreciatively and began to talk and laugh. Soon all that was left were empty dishes.
Everyone sat back, warm, full and happy. They all gathered round the TV and watched the third Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, while Ren read a book and Anna read a magazine. After the film finished, the all trudged up to bed, tired but happy.
Horo couldn't sleep. The film had finished hours ago but he just couldn't seem to be able to drift off. With a reluctant sigh, he swung himself out of bed and quietly walked out of his room, to the garden. There, he was easily able to access the roof to indulge in his usual late night past time; stargazing. It reminded his of his village back in Hokkaido where he and his sister had grown up. However, he was surprised to find that the roof was already occupied. Ren was lying there gazing up at the countless stars above him. He glanced over at Horo, who simply hauled himself up onto the roof and took a place beside Ren. There weren't any streetlights near Funbari inn so they could see each star shining brightly above them. They didn't speak. They didn't need to. The tranquility washed over them both giving the boys a feeling of pure happiness.
Under that same starry sky a plane had just landed. It was unmarked and was immediately driven into a private hanger. A teenage girl alighted and walked into the cool night. She stretched; her muscles were cramped after the long flight. She looked up as Yanagi floated beside her. "beautiful isn't it Ojou-sama" breathed the guardian. " yes, I suppose it is" came the reply, before the girl made her way to the terminal where a car was waiting to pick her up.
Her driver led her to the waiting car, not needing her to tell him where to go. She settled comfortably into the back of the car and nestled sleeply into the back seat "driver" the words came from the back seat.
"yes?"
"hurry up" and with that, the girl dropped off into a fitful sleep.
The driver looked back at his passenger sadly. "Yes Erisa-sama" he whispered before starting the car engine.
The black car pulled smoothly away from the terminal, and was quickly swallowed up in the ever-deepening darkness.