I know, I know. I should be working on Similarities. But, I was reading my collection of Shaman King manga, and I found out what Manta's mother's name is.

KEIKO. Her name is Keiko.

And, I thought…'Hmmm…there's a Keiko in Yu Yu Hakusho…there's a Keiko in Shaman King…CROSSOVER!'

Soooo….yeah. Here ya go. And the next chapter of Similarities will be out shortly.

Keiko Oyamanda, formerly Yukimura, sat in the waiting room of the hospital, waiting for her son to get out of physical therapy. She was worried, exasperated, and a little angry. This was exactly why she had married Mansumi. To keep her children safe. Her old life was just too dangerous. That was why she had broken up with-

"Keiko-chan?"

Keiko looked up, to see a handsome man, with striking green eyes and short, red hair. It had been longer when she'd known him, but it had to be…

"Kurama-san?"

He didn't smile. "It's been quite a while." she said, feeling rather awkward. "Nineteen years." he replied. "You cut your hair." she commented. "When Mother died." he said. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know." she murmured.

"Of course you didn't." he said coldly. "You weren't there. You left."

Manta walked out of physical therapy, to see his mother talking with an unfamiliar, red-headed man. The man's emerald gaze flickered over him, and Manta shuddered. He couldn't be a ghost- as evidenced by the fact that his mother could obviously see him- but the short, hysterical boy's sixth sense was registering an overwhelming feeling of…otherness.

"He's yours?" the man asked. Manta's mother gave a curt nod. "The eldest." "And yet…he's probably more similar to Yusuke, than to that ningen you call 'husband'" The red-head's expression grew disgusted at the frightened look that crossed Keiko's face. "Oh, don't worry, he's the ningen's. And if you haven't realized what I meant about your child, I certainly won't be the one to tell you….And I won't tell him I saw you, if that's what you were scared of."

Keiko looked relieved. "Kurama, thank-" "Don't." the man, now identified as Kurama, spat. "I'm not doing it for you."

Before she could reply, he turned and walked away. Brushing by Manta, he glanced down, and Manta could swear that his eyes flashed gold.

"Kurama!" Keiko called after him. "What are you doing here?"

Kurama didn't even turn around. "Because Shizuru's here. And because I don't abandon those I care for." He continued on his way, until he was out of sight.

"Mother…who was that?" Manta asked. When she finally answered, her reply seemed to come from far away.

"Hmmmm?…Oh, no one."

Soooo. Read. Review. Tell me how much you love it. Tell me how much you hate it. Tell me what I can do to make it better. Tell me what you want to see in this fic.

Oh, and it's going to be a multi-chapter, maybe...hmmm...five?...at the most.

Goth Lolita