Accidentally in love
Note first: I'm a big fan of the counting crows (and Shrek 2) and so I created this story just to please me and all the other fans out there, I also dedicate this to my friends and all of those who love the RenPiri pairing …. Hope you'll like this one too.
This fanfic is edited on November 24, 2008.
Disclaimer (Thank you Setsumi-san): I don't own Shaman King or any characters related to the anime. Thank you.
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Chapter 1
"I hate it when my oniichan always interrupts my love life." The distressed blue-haired damsel cried out in front of the Chinese Shaman.
He was really uninterested about the painful love story of the Ainu but he had no choice. The moment that girl dragged him towards the newly opened branch of PatchDonalds in Funbari he had nowhere to run.
"So what do you think shall I do?" The little girl asked all wide-eyed.
"H-huh?" Ren Tao snapped.
He really thought that his role there was to listen and that's all there was to it. But apparently he was wrong.
Pirika turned into a grimace knowing that this boy is not listening to a word she said.
"So? Are you listening or not?" Pirika asked while raising her left eyebrow.
"I'm listening. I was just distracted…" Ren then blushed. He has no intention to finish his statement out loud.
"By what?"
"Nothing. Let's go back to your problem." Ren said almost shaking his head just to avoid that topic.
"OK. What do you want me to do now?" The girl asked beaming at him.
"First I think we have the same problem." The Tao started but was cut short when the Ainu gasp audibly.
"Did I surprise you?" He asked getting annoyed by her reaction.
It was as if he doesn't had any right to have a problem.
"Sorry… it was just because I didn't know you felt that way with Jun." The blue-haired girl apologized, turning the tables.
She made it seem now that Ren was the one with the problem.
Ren noticed this and so he immediately thought of a way to get out of this situation. He really hated it when he gets into these kinds of situations where he feels so helpless. .. like right now… in this particular time.
"Enough about me already!" Ren shouted in a tone of voice that made the young Ainu almost tremble.
"Okay… so what shall I do?" Pirika asked again. Not knowing that she was asking the same thing almost three times already.
"You must have something that can remove his attention away from you." Ren advised while giving off that one-in-a-million Ren Tao smirk on his face.
"Like what? Food? That's the only thing I can think of for now." Pirika said thinking hard of the favorites of his gluttonous yet overprotective older brother.
"No. You just don't get it. You need to think of something that has a much greater value." Ren said again in a very loud tone.
Pirika was starting to be embarrassed a lot. The other people inside was staring at the two of them already.
"But the only thing I know has the greatest value for my brother is ME!" Pirika answered trying to force herself to not be intimidated by the Chinese Shaman.
Silence. Their problem just went back to square one.
"How about Tamao?" A familiar voice, coming from the next table interrupted them.
The person then stood up and went towards their table. Finally the two saw who the person was.
He looks a lot like Yoh but of course you would know that it is not Yoh at once. His mere presence is nothing compared to the laid-back Yoh. He has a different smile. He also has a longer hair. He looks a bit more mature than Yoh.
There was only one person in the world who was like that.
"Hao?"
"Who do you expect? I was just passing by when I heard that obnoxious voice coming from the infamous Ren Tao." Hao said smiling nonchalantly at the two.
"Why are you here?" The Tao said through gritted teeth. He never liked Yoh's brother even a bit ever since he met him.
"How rude? And I just came here since I have heard your problem."
"And you suggested Tamao?" Pirika said as Ren continued to be alert for anything.
He knows that Hao is up to something again. He may have failed once but he's pretty determined.
"Yup." He answered smiling at the young Ainu.
Pirika blushed. Even though they both knew how mischievous Hao was he was still a man with lot of charms. Unfortunately Pirika is a girl that can easily be charmed.
Her reaction to Hao made Ren ire almost explode. Good thing Bason was there to stop his master.
"Why?" Pirika asked innocently.
Hao then stopped for a while picking his words carefully. Even though he would love to see the Chinese Shaman burn in jealousy he rather not. He does not want to disappoint his brother whom he had told that he had already changed.
"The truth of the matter is that I think your brother likes Tamao a bit. Well it's not that obvious but you should've known that since you always notice the way he stares at the girl every time she's around." Hao explained as Pirika believes every word he says like a four-year-old watching Barney.
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"And you actually believed that jerk!" Ren said almost making a scandal as the two walked home.
For some reasons he was asking himself why he was walking! He does have a bunch of limousines in Japan but the mere presence of the Ainu made the aching feeling in his feet disappear. How the hell did she do that? He just wonders.
"He's not really a jerk. Actually his advice seems to be good."
"Good? How can that be good?" Ren Tao shouted again as the Ainu started to get very annoyed.
Why does he keeps on SHOUTING! No one dares to shout at me like that! Even my Oniichan, though he's cute whenever he's angry…
Pirika bore in mind as she just stares at the boy. She was smiling for some reason unknown to her.
"It's good because… he has a point." Pirika then glanced at Ren's hair that made her giggle.
Ren raised his eyebrows knowing that the girl was making fun of him.
"So what now?" Ren asked calmly trying to control his temper. Bason might've whispered about his treatment to the young miss a while ago while Pirika was drifting on her thoughts.
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Pirika then sought the help of Ren and the rest just to get the two hooked together. She may not be destiny but she's pretending to be… good thing her brother loves the girl from the heart, thus making her job a little lighter. The only problem is –Tamao.
"Please Yoh… have a heart…" Manta started to beg as Pirika just watches behind the midget.
"But I dunno about this you guys… I think we should really leave this to them. I mean they are old enough to notice that they actually like each other." Yoh answered lazily as he stares at the clouds.
"But Yoh…"
"Yoh Asakura! If you don't want to help then don't! We all know that when it comes to you Tamao just can't say no. It's as if my oniichan is not your friend." Pirika scorned.
"Horo-horo is my friend that's why I'm wishing the best for those two. I hope you understand." Yoh answered which was now smiling sheepishly at the two.
Upon hearing this Ren can't take it anymore. He was with Pirika along every step of her plan. He was silently watching the Ainu as she gracefully strives to pretend to be Cupid.
"You know what you're problem is Yoh? You don't know what you should know and you know what you shouldn't. If you don't want to help then DON'T!" Ren then glared at Prika grabbing her by the hand.
"Let's go." And with that the two walked away.
Manta and Yoh were just agape.
"What's his problem?" Manta finally asked.
Yoh, on the other hand didn't answered he was just laughing happily for his friend.
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The next morning Ren and Pirika, together with Chocolove, Lyserg, Ryu and Faust, set up the Usui's condominium for Tamao and Horo's date.
"How did they know they have a date in the first place?" Faust asked curiously.
"Yoh convinced Tamao to come here today while Pirika talked to her brother." Ren answered since Pirika is busy with the curtains.
After Faust understood all what the Chinese Shaman narrated he finally left the young man alone. Although he was in a distance the necromancer saw the way Ren looked at Pirika.
"Look my love. It seems that Ren found his destiny." Faust uttered to a lady who suddenly appeared beside him.
"I remember when we were young. You used to look at me that way too." The beautiful golden-haired spirit uttered at her beloved's ear.
"I still look at you the way that I do." Faust answered with all gentleness.
Chocolove was telling jokes to Pirika as the beautiful Ainu laughs hysterically after a few seconds. At least she was improving… the last time Chocolove remember it took her five minutes to laugh at his jokes.
"What do you call an egg-laying Chinese?" Chocolove started again while Pirika and he were fixing the curtains.
"What?" the girl asked, as she was making sure that the light blue and baby pink curtains were balanced.
"HEN Tao! Get it Ren… HEN."
Pirika then stared blankly at the boy then after a few seconds she suddenly burst into laughter.
"That was so funny!" she shouted out.
Chocolove sighed for relief… he thought she'd never laugh.
She laughed and laughed like crazy until she absent-mindedly lost her balance. Instantly she fell down from the seven feet ladder she was sitting in.
Thug!
Good thing Ren was there to catch her.
"Ren?" Pirika uttered with a hint of surprise in her voice.
Ren noticed that he had failed to speak. There was just something that made him stop saying anything and just stare.
A few minutes of silence fall between the two of them. The next thing they both knew was that they were looking into each others eyes as if mesmerized and hypnotized by the stare.
The people around them however were just smiling for the two. It seems that they are enjoying what they are watching now. Though they are not in the cinema, this was for them the most romantic movie they ever saw.
"You could put me down now…" Pirika whispered as she avoided his gaze.
It was she who broke the silence and their connection.
Ren suddenly turned red A LOT!
He slowly and cautiously put the delicate Ainu down, but of course Ren was not the only one whose heart goes beating very fast. Pirika's chest was about to explode with the sudden contact that happened between them.
What's happening to me? Why am I feeling this way?
Pirika asked herself as her feet started to support her weight. She was tense all over… and she can't let the image of Ren Tao's eyes gazing at her eyes disappear. It was as if his eyes were looking directly to her soul.
She shook her head… this mustn't be!
Ren Tao was like her clan's enemy. He was one of her brother's adversaries for the Shaman King throne.
"What were you thinking? You're so clumsy! What if I wasn't here then all of us will carry this incident on our consciences!" The Tao shouted at the girl.
Not to mention the most obnoxious man aside from Hao Asakura that ever walked on earth. The girl continued thinking as she noticed that his eyes turned fierce again… as if those of a tiger's.
"But at least Hao knows how to treat a lady." She murmured with a sigh.
"What are you saying?" Ren inquired demanding an answer at once.
"Nothing!" Pirika answered defensively and immediately turned her back at the boy.
"I'm never going to fall in love with someone like Ren Tao!" she swore to herself with so much conviction in her eyes.
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Lyrics of the title:
By: Counting Crows
Album : Shrek 2 Soundtrack
So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking 'bout it
How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Cause everybody's after love
So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love
Melting under blue skies
Belting out sunlight
Shimmering love
Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love
These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no
Come on, Come on
Move a little closer
Come on, Come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
Settle down inside my love
Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
Upon a time in love
We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love (x7)
Accidentally
I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally (X 2)
Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her
Love ...I'm in love
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Hope you like it… second chapter will be out as soon as I finish my projects.