As fun as it was revisiting one of my favorite manga through the eyes of a character that I created, I'm afraid this is the end to my story. Now I don't intend to do a sequel based on Shaman King Flowers, but I might check that manga out on my own time (assuming I can find a decent English translation of it). Thank you guys so much for supporting this fanfic and be sure to check out some of the others I have written :)

Epilogue: Settlement

Three years following the aftermath of the Shaman King Tournament I got married to Jin Koneko, the same classmate who stole the cross Pastor Hogarth gave me only to return it the following day. While we agreed to live in the house I grew up in, my parents had decided to move to a much bigger and better house a few miles away thanks to my father's poems selling well. We even had a daughter named Koishi the same year we got married, who had her father's dark brown hair but my light gray eyes. She was also good at origami folding, even as I showed her how to do it after she turned three.

Then upon turning six, her Shamanic abilities manifested when she made a Shikigami Oversoul from an origami crane. But because I told Jin everything about Shamans and my experiences with the Shaman King Tournament, he wasn't nearly as surprised as my father when my abilities manifested. In fact, my past two deaths and resurrections had increased my Mana so much that I was able to use my Shikigami to do chores around the house without fainting at all. I had even assigned Kage to be the official guardian of our home and had him placed on the front door.

"Mommy, Mommy! I made a new friend!" Koishi squealed excitedly as the origami crane few around her head. "I'm going to call her Mizu, cuz cranes live near water, right?"

"Yes, they do," I nodded.

Then the phone rang, and so I went to get it with Hoshi handing it over to me.

"Is this Shizu Rakugaki — or Koneko?" Asked a familiar voice on the other end.

"It's still Rakugaki, since I decided to keep my surname," I said in response, twirling my blue hair which I had cut down to my shoulders. "How are you doing, Tamao?"

"Fine," Tamao said. "Just thought I would call since we haven't spoken in a while."

"Are Yoh and Anna doing all right?" I asked.

"Still traveling around the world, so I'm keeping things running at Funbari Springs while taking care of their kid Hana."

"How old is he now?"

"Nine years old," replied Tamao.

"So he's three years older than Koishi," I realized.

"Is she doing all right?"

"Yes, in fact today she created her first Oversoul with a paper crane."

There was a pause on the other end. "Then I assume you'll start training her?"

"Of course, but only to help keep her Shamanic abilities in check regardless if she decides to be a full-time Shaman or not."

"That's good — Hey, Hana, get back here!"

There was a loud noise on the other end of the phone, followed by a click. Confused, I hung up and was about to head for my writing room (which happened to be the same one my father used) when the phone rang again.

"Hello?" I said upon answering it.

"Shizu, it's me," said a different voice that I also recognized.

"Oh, hi, Mom," I responded. "What's up?"

"Your grandfather, Kakuri, just passed away," my mother said solemnly on the other end.

I gasped in surprise. "How did he die?"

"I'm not sure, since I just heard about it," replied my mother. "But earlier, I got a letter from him that he instructed should only be opened if anything happened to him."

"Well, now's as good a time as any to open it," I muttered.

There was the sound of rustling paper on the other end, and then my mother recited the letter from the grandfather I never met:

Dear Reiko Rakugaki,

I apologize for the lack of communication in the years following your decision to leave the Branch Family of the Asakuras. But now there is a more pressing matter at hand that I must tell you about. If I should die, the next Head of the Branch Family will be my brother Yohkyo. While I have chosen to forgive the Main Family regarding the conflict that occurred when Hao Asakura went insane, Yohkyo has a strong hatred for them that's been building for many years now.

But for the time-being, he has isolated himself in the mountains with his two children: a daughter named Luca and a son named Yohane. Yet it would not surprise me if he's been filling them with the same hatred he has towards the Main Family, which might make these children dangerous in the years to come. If you can still communicate with the Gods, Reiko, then hear what they have to say and take the necessary steps to make sure Yohkyo and his children don't threaten the Main Family in any way.

Sincerely,

Kakuri Asakura

After a pause, I said, "Have the Gods told you anything?"

"Not since they told me you would die in the Shaman King Tournament," my mother answered.

"And that's what led you to ask Pastor Hogarth to reinforce the seal on the cross, even though it wasn't entirely true," I added.

"But last night, the Gods warned me that an event called the 'Flower of Maize' will happen seven years from now," my mother stated."And a member of the Branch Family will become an ally to the heir of the Main Family."

"They must be referring to Hana as the Main Family's heir," I figured. "But I wonder who this Branch Family member could be."

"I hope it's Koishi," my mother responded. "Because I can't imagine Yohkyo or his children Luca and Yohane aiding the Main Family in any way."

From there, I told my mother about my own writing which I was publishing in order to help pay for the rent despite my parents subsidizing it for me. Then after I hung up, Jin came back from playing with Koishi to give me a letter from England. Figuring it was from Annabelle and Lou, who had gotten married the same year I did, I opened the letter. While Lou's family had managed to obtain their land from the oil tycoon, there was much work to be done to make it viable for cattle-grazing which Uran was helping them with as he was no longer a member of the Patch.

In the meantime, Annabelle was going to college in order to become a scholar like her father thus leaving Lou to take care of their children Megan and Martin who were both the same age as Koishi. With the letter there was a picture showing Annabelle, who had also cut her hair shorter, her resurrected father and Lou who was now sporting a chin-beard along with Megan and Martin. Though they had the same blond hair and fair skin, the difference between them was that Megan's eyes were blue like her father while Martin's eyes were dark grey like his mother's. On the back of the picture, they mentioned they were planning to come to Tokyo this summer which made me smile.

The End