So uh... I decided to do another fic :D And this really is weird but I just suddenly had the idea when I was listening to echo and secret... and btw, I'm not sure if this fic would be appealing to others but I'll try anyway.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King.

"I don't understand this, Amidamaru." Yoh looked really confused. But seriously, who wouldn't?

"Neither do I, Yoh-dono."

"I mean how could this be possible?" Yoh silently observed as a silent Horo reading a book at the side with a smiling Ren. On the other side he could see Lyserg and Hao getting along well as if they're best buddies.

"Yoh-kun, are you okay?" a kind voice asked him and in normal situations, he would've smiled and said that everything's okay but right now, he could only stiffly nod. But who wouldn't? I mean, Anna is being kind to him. THE Anna is being kind and caring.

"Leave him alone, Anna. He's just being stupid." And there's a Tamao glaring at him, "What are you staring at?"

"N-nothing…" Yoh muttered, "I need to go to the comfort room, if you'll excuse me."

"Okay." Anna looked worried before she gave a bright smile. A bright smile, "Just don't take too long, class is starting in half an hour."

Yoh gave a stiff smile before running as fast as the wind towards the boy's comfort room. Once inside, Yoh sighed.

"I'm so confused." Yoh said, he went here so that he could talk with Amidamaru. He just discovered that things weren't quite the same for some reason…

"Hey, Ren. Where's Bason?" Yoh tried to make a conversation with him.

"Bason? Have you forgotten, Yoh?" Ren smiled. It was such a genuine smile but Yoh could only shiver. Ren does not smile genuinely. Heck, he wouldn't be this kind. "My butler can't follow me everywhere, and this campus is quite strict about 'no outsiders' rule, so he's back at home and he'll pick me up immediately after class."

"Wha—Bason is your butler?" Yoh was thrown off balance.

"Uh..Yoh, we've been friends for years and I'm sure you knew that." Ren raised an eyebrow before grinning, "Anyway, let's hangout this afternoon."

"Okay… How about you, Hao?" The Yoh turned to his brother who was chatting with Lyserg about burning plants(and it scared him, but he didn't show it)

"Where's the spirit of fire?"

"Spirit of? Oh! Fire! He's at home." Hao smiled then he suddenly stopped, "Crap! I forgot to feed her."

"Your mother probably did it for you." Lyserg told Hao.

"You're right."

But Yoh was still determined, "How about you, Lyserg? Where's Morphine?"

"Morphine's my father's gun." Lyserg said and then he suddenly turned serious, " One day, I'll obtain her once my father's dead."

"You're probably the only child who wants their parents dead." Hao laughed.

"Of course! They always underestimate me plus, Morphine will be mine once dad's gone."

"But I thought Morphine's your friend! How will she be yours if your father died? Won't she be angry?"

"What are you talking about, Yoh? Morphine's a gun." Lyserg stared perplexed at Yoh.

"Oh. Nevermind." Yoh left and decided to approach Horo-Horo, "Horo? Where's your spi—"

"I'll talk to you later, Yoh." Horo Horo interrupted him, "Unlike you, I'm doing something productive."

"What?"

"Shouldn't you be studying too? We have a test for the next subject."

"Oh. I was just wondering where's Kororo?"

"How did you know about her?" Horo Horo looked up from the book, his expression was shocked, "Could it be that you know?"

Yoh felt relieved that someone still had their spirit with them, "Yeah, I—"

"Please don't tell anyone. Do you want me to let you copy my answers for the test? Just don't tell anyone that I'm secretly dating my neighbor."

"Huh?"

"Please, if anyone here knows about me dating Kororo then someone might tell Pirika and then Pirika will tell my father and my father is best friends with Kororo's father and he might tell him and then our relationship will be doomed so—"

"But wait, she's not your spiri—oh, nevermind."

"Just don't tell anyone, 'kay?"

"Fine, fine." Yoh trudged away, disheartened.

"None of them have spirits. Does that mean that we're all the same?"

"I don't know Yoh-dono." Amidamaru said, "But I have a feeling."

"What?"

"I think we're under an illusion, Yoh-dono." Amidamaru said.

"B-but how, I—wait…" Yoh stopped and tried to recall, "What happened before we got here again?"

"Uh, well… Weren't you sleeping during class and…and…"

"And there was an explosion!" Yoh said as he suddenly realized, "I remember fighting against someone…something…Oh, I can't remember! But all I know is that when I woke up, I was in the classroom, Anna was waving her hand in front of me and everyone was so different."

"Maybe this is an illusion, Yoh-dono. You could have been placed under a spell and maybe this is a dream. " Amidamaru said, "But I'm in here too…Maybe we're in a parallel wrld…."

"We can't be too sure."

"What are you going to do now?"

"I'm going to find a way out of this place," Yoh said, "But if this is a parallel universe, then where do you think the 'me' right now is?"

"I don't know…"

"But anyway, I'll just go along with the things here for now." Yoh sighed, "Let's go back to the cla—"

The door suddenly slammed and Yoh almost jumped in surprise. Almost. You stared at the door to see that nobody was in there and then he looked down.

"Hey, you!" a pair of angry eyes glared at him.

"Manta!" Yoh beamed in happiness and was about to hug him when—

"Get away from me!" He punched Yoh. Though Yoh had received stronger blows, he was still hurt that his best friend would do this to him. But he shrugged it off, thinking that it's because it's not the real Manta.

"What wrong?" Yoh smiled.

"Have you seen that coward, Ryu?" Manta said angrily.

"Ryu?" Yoh was confused. Why would Manta look for Ryu? "No, I haven't. Why?"

"That's none of your business. And you better not be helping him or else." Manta glared as he left the comfort room.

"That was…" Yoh was at lost as to what to say then he shook his head, "Maybe I should go back to class."

Then Yoh stopped when he heard a heavy breathing in one of the stalls. Yoh was stuck between approaching the source of the sound or just leaving it alone. Then, Yoh decided that if this was a parallel universe or an illusion, it probably won't change or put him into harm. He has Amidamaru with him so it's fine.

Slowly, he walked to the stall and knocked on the stall's door. Yoh could hear the breathing hitch behind the door. Whoever is inside must be so afraid so Yoh decided that it probably won't be harmless but he did not completely let his guard down.

"Hello?" He tried to talk with it. But when there was no answer he decided to pretend, "Oh, I thought something was in there. I guess not. I'll just go back to class."

Yoh then went behind a wall and waited for the 'thing' to come out. He could hear the door being unlocked and he could hear someone come out. That's when he decided to approach.

"Hey there—Ryu!" Yoh exclaimed happily but then stopped when Ryu looked so terrified.

"Y-Y-Yoh! W-What are you—"

"Ryu? What's wrong with—" Yoh stopped, "Oh, Manta was looking for you."

Ryu then visibly paled.

"Ryu? What's wrong? Are you fighting with Manta?"

"Fighting with Manta? More than that! I'm actually running away from Manta and his gang because they're picking on me for being too tall and—"

"Wait, wait. What did you say?"

"They're picking on me for being to tall?"

"No, the one before that."

"I'm running away from Manta and his gang—"

"Manta has a gang?"

"Well, yeah. They're the most feared gang in the campus. I mean shouldn't you have known since your friend, Tamao is a member of his gang, right?"

"T-tamao is a part of Manta's gang?" Yoh felt like he could collapse with the shock right there.

"B-but I thought that you kne—"

The bell suddenly rang and it cut off Ryu.

"Crap! It's five minutes before class! I still need to go upstairs!" Ryu dashed past a shocked Yoh.

"Yoh-dono…."

"Amidamaru… Don't you thing this world's too strange?"

"It is, indeed."

So that's the first chappy. I kinda rushed the last part but here it is so, uh, please review! :D
I'll be so happy to know thoughts and I'll accept criticism. :)