Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King or any of the characters related to it. I'm also very sorry if I have made any typographical errors or any errors relating to it that you have noticed upon reading my story… I'm just a human please accept my sincerest apologies… anyway thank you for sparing me a couple of your time and actually reading this and if you could please make a review.

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Prologue:

It was almost midnight, the sky was dark for there was no moon in sight, the night breeze was cool and almost every soul was asleep… everything was just quiet.

But what's this? From the door of the Funbari onsen there was a blue-haired girl that was shaking while unlocking the door. When she had finally succeeded in opening it she cautiously entered and slowly closed the door again making sure that no sound can be hard from it. After that she finally had the chance to breathe easy again thinking that her plight was over.

However…

"And what time do you think it is little lady? Is this the appropriate time to go home?" accused a familiar voice of a man.

Pirika's heart almost leaped upon hearing the voice.

Pirika looked at the one where the voice came from only to see the friend of her oniichan –Ren Tao!

"Why do you care you're not my brother." Pirika said angrily.

"How dare you? You brat!" Ren barked back raising his voice even higher than the girl's, "What do you think of yourself… beautiful? You should even thank me for noticing you!"

Pirika's temper rose even more because even if this man in front of her is a friend of her brother it still doesn't mean that he has the right to treat her like that… he doesn't give him any right to insult the Ainu's bloodline.

"And you? Not just because you have grown a bit higher than me you could act so mature and manly. I don't care if you're the richest man on earth or if you're the heir to the dumpling factory in Beijing! You're just nothing for me." The girl shouted.

The two stared at each other intensely with anger in their eyes… as if no one would want to blink or be inferior to the other.

"GOODNIGHT!" The girl ended as she twirls around to go.

Pirika's light blue hair brushed on Ren's face accidentally… Ren can't help to close his eyes and smell the fragrant smell of Pirika's conditioner-treated hair. It was tickling Ren's nose and it seemed that he liked it a lot. He never knew how much enjoyable it is to smell someone's hair… particularly Pirika's hair.

'Her hair is even sweeter than a jasmine's odor… how much more her whole body.' He thought making his lips smirk a little bit. Thinking about it made his heart skip a beat for a little while as if saying that he is already anxious for that day to come.

Ren's eyes suddenly opened when his nose told him that the scent was already fading. When he noticed that Pirika is already leaving he didn't had any control on what happened next.

"Wait!" Ren heard himself cry out as his feet were already following her.

Piri on the other hand acted as if she didn't hear anything.

"I said…" Ren said through gritted teeth while grabbing Pirika by the arm, "Wait!" and so with all his force he tried to pull Pirika to him.

Pirika tried to fight him but he's just too strong and so in the end Pirika just started to turn to him.

Their faces meet at once while their eyes stared exactly at each other.

'Here I am again... I can't breathe easily again. What is this? But oh… Ren's eyes are so marvelous. Even if he's really obnoxious nobody could deny the fact that… that he's so handsome. It's really amusing to stare at his eyes.' Pirika's thought wander while seeing her reflection on his golden orbs.

Little by little the distance just melted between the two. Ren went closer and closer to Pirika as time flies gradually. Pirika, then again, has no clue on what she should do. The sound of her pounding heart was deafening her as if her chest was going to explode any minute now.

'Is this a dream… then I don't want to wake.' She thought as she felt the gentle tickling touch of Ren's hand on her cheeks.

It is also not an enigma for the young Ainu the fact that Ren's strong arms were enveloping her making her succumb to his power. The Ainu wanted to collapse in his mercy… his piercing gaze and warm touches was sending shivers down her spine. Ren's face went closer and closer until finally Pirika felt his lips touching hers. Finally Pirika forgot about her pride and all that crap… she learned how to surrender to the desire of her heart.

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As soon as they have touched the sooner they parted. The two looked stunned at each other. Ren grinned a bit as if telling the girl that he enjoyed that a lot.

"Don't you dare forget that?" Ren reprimanded.

Instead of telling him off, Pirika just looked at him with some kind of sparkle in her eyes. It seemed that there are many things that Pirika wanted to say but she just doesn't know where to start. She suddenly went off without any warning and ran towards her room in the bathhouse.

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Pirika just wanted to run away from it all especially from that scene. She just doesn't know why on earth did she didn't have the courage to tell Ren what she felt for him. Why does she want to retreat rather than face the truth? Isn't it because she is afraid? But why?

These questions burdened Pirika a lot, as soon as she closed the door of her room she just let her back slide down.

She was just sitting there embracing herself inside her dark room. He then raised her arms and touched her lips, curving into a smile.

"Of course I wouldn't forget that… Ren." She murmured to herself with so much fondness.

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So this is the first part… what can you say? I hope you liked this one please send your reviews I just love hearing from you… thank you!