DISCLAIMER: I don't own Shaman King!

Hi there :D Rose here; before I get too far into this, let me say this: HAPPY BIRTHDAY REN! :D

Okie dokie, now that that's out of the way (I want to make a cake o.o), let's get on with this. I wrote this in one month for NaNoWriMo. So, this could seem rushed in a few places. I also wrote this with any details coming from my messed up memory, so if there are any mistakes, I apologize. The only thing I didn't really use from memory was Chocolove, I looked him up on Wikipedia 'cause, I'll admit, I don't know him that well, as I haven't completely read the manga and the anime doesn't do a good portrayal of him.

Some elements of the story are a mix of the Japanese and English dub. Just telling you: one character will be called, through most of the story, by their English name. If you don't like it, either deal with it or don't read, I honestly can't stand when I'm on youtube and read the comments about how the English "sucks." I'm not going to bring this point up again in any author note.

Okay :D now that that's settled, Happy Birthday Again Ren :D The prologue is short, but most of the chapters are at least 1.5k in length, not short but definitely not long. One last thing I'll point out right now is that this story will become really violent later on. Violent and scary, at least to me. I'll update it once or twice a week, at the same time I update "Muffled."

Enjoy :D

Prologue

It had been a simple trip to Izumo for summer break. Just enough time to enjoy one week with all of them there, minus Ryu, who was taking his own trip with his gang, and Faust, who was spending some more quality time with Eliza.

On the first day, there had been six squabbles between HoroHoro and Ren, and several times Ren had threatened to kill them all if Chocolove even thought about making one more bad joke, especially with that banana he'd put in his pocket on the chance that Ren would say 'bakana.' Over all, it had been a good day.

That was, until, Tamao came rushing into the room sobbing.

Yoh had known that there had been a recent problem with demons coming from another dimension and wreaking havoc in Izumo, but he had assumed that his family had taken control of it. He hadn't thought that they would be a danger. He hadn't thought that they would take anyone.

Now, they stood silently as Anna, Yohmei, and Mikihisa studied them. They had been told the dangers of entering the world of the monstrous demons, but they had come back all right from the Chou Senji Ryakketsu, hadn't they? They had survived the battle with Hao. They could take this world and the dangers thrown at them. After all, if they didn't go in, who would rescue Manta?

Finally, Yohmei gave a grunt of assent, and Anna turned and used her beads to open the portal. The boys looked at each other and nodded before stepping in. Yoh was last.

He was about to enter when he suddenly heard the slightest whisper from Anna.

"If you don't come back, you'll wish I would kill you."

Yoh turned and gave her a smile. "It'll all work out."

With that, he finally stepped into the portal, and for a long time, there was nothing at all.