So Close, So Far

A collection of Pyron/Jun vignettes by JSF

    Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King in any way, shape, or form. All I own is the plot.

    Quotable quotes: "Of course, Tao Jun. I became your mochirei with my own free will," Lee Pyron, Shaman King Ep. # 23

                                              Vignette # 1: Flutter

    I'm only four years old. Why is this happening to me? I just had to talk back to my father. I just had to have a big mouth. Now I'm going to be punished by being thrown in there.

    "NO!!" I roar at the top of my lungs. Two cold, lifeless devils carry me to a stinking concrete hell as I kick and thrash for all it's worth. In a way I'm proud of myself. It takes two kyonshi to hold me down. Take that Father. I'll never stop. They will have to crack my skull into itsy bitsy pieces to make me stop because I am strong. I will have to hear it crackle.

    Jingle, jingle, clink! My ivory wrists are chained to the dungeon walls. I'm beginning to regret being strong. I'm four. When most girls are four they know everything. I am too dumb to know when not to be sassy. Since I was dumb I'll be left in here to starve for two whole days. I pull away. Maybe I can pull the chains off of the walls if I try hard enough.

    No…it's hopeless. What was I thinking? Tired and hungry, I being to bawl like a puppy. Wait…what's this? My chains are changing. They are…

    IT CAN'T BE!

    Oh…Oh merciful God! The chains are turning into snakes! The yellow beasts strangle my hands, and coil their heads around my arms. I'll die! Help! I'll die!!

    "Tao Jun!" they rasp in inhuman voices. How can they speak?! "Die!! Die and roast! Roast in hell with us! Burn, you little bitch!"  I wail like a police car siren. I don't want to go to hell!

    "Please!!  * hic *  I'm sorrryyyy!!!" I wail.

    "Tao Jun!"  they hiss again. The snakes say it over and over and wriggle themselves; shaking me along with them. Suddenly, their voices become familiar. No…more than familiar…gentle.

    "Tao Jun!"  My eyelids flutter open. The shaking of the two snakes was nothing more than the arms of my beloved Lee Pyron rocking me back and forth. I'm not in the dungeon. He's protecting me. Halfway dazed, I look up at Pyron's handsome, caring face.

    "You were having a nightmare," he explains.

    "Y-Yes… I know. Please stay with me," I beg. I must sound pathetic. I don't like to be scared. That is not who I am. Yet my darling knight just kisses me, runs his fingers through my hair, and whispers how he loves me so. I sigh happily.

    Mmm…my eyes are starting to flutter again. I hear Pyron softly tell me he will be standing right outside my door if I need him again. He is so good to me.

    I have a feeling that I'll have pleasant dreams for the rest of the night.

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    (End of vignette #1)  There you have it.  ^_^  Please review and tell me what you think so far.