omg! i am so sorry that i replaced chapter 1 with 2! but heres the real deal, sorry! i neva noticed! and I'll try something new with my writing style that was suggested by one of my reviewers, maybe it'll be less confusing.
Disclaimer: I don't own shaman king! If you read my other story you'd know that!
And the characters will be a bit out of character in this story, like Ren will be nicer then in the series, Yoh is the soon to be Shaman king of the 'only Shamans' world (the whole world is just shamans! No mortals! Hao's dream has come true! If it weren't for the fact he isn't in this story) Mikihisa is the current Shaman King, but he is really old...(like Yohmei in the series) so Yoh is taking the crown at 19. AND THIS STORY ISN'T AFTER THE SERIES! THINK OF IT AS A DIFFERENT DIMENSION, WITH THE SAME PEOPLE!
The Prince and the Servant
"Yoh, you need to rest. You're still sick!" the 5 year old navy blue haired boy stated as Yoh sat up.
"I'm find Ren, really. You don't have to be so protective" Yoh gave one of his convincing smiles to his childhood friend.
"Are you sure?"
"Would I lie to the one I love?" the memory slowly faded away as the now 18 year old Ren stood in front of the almost King, Yoh.
"Sire, are you ok?"
"Huh? Oh hi Ren! I didn't notice you there. And didn't I say that you don't have to call me that?"
"Right" Ren's cheeks flushed a brilliant red "I just came to tell you that it's that time again. Horo Horo is waiting for us in the main waiting room."Yoh snapped out of his dreamy state and stood up. He looked around for awhile before deciding to change out of his cloths.
"I'll be right there" taking this as a signal to leave, Ren left the room and walked towards where the main lobby is.
"Hey Ren!" Horo Horo cheerfully waved at Ren, who just walked into the large room that was furnished with pillows from floor to ceiling. Ren plopped down onto a nearby pillow before answering
"sigh being the Prince's head bodyguard wasn't as easy as I thought..."
"Well you made the choice, remember? You were the one that wanted to protect Yoh for the rest of his life"
"I look back at that now and hate myself for it"
"at least your closer to him now, did you tell him your true feelings to him yet?"
"I hate myself for telling you that to..." Ren glared dangerously at Horo Horo who laughed nervously.
"So, did you tell him?" Horo Horo asked after a moment of silence.
"Tell who what?" Yoh's voice traveled across the room as both boys looked up.
"Re-..."
"Nothing!"Ren shoved Horo Horo in the gut, cutting him off.
"Sure?..." Yoh looked really confused, but didn't press the matter any further. He walked over to join his friends
"Did you have to do that!" Horo Horo yelled painfully.
"It's the only way to shut you up" Ren yelled back.
"Well if you're so smart, then think of something else!"
"Ahem" Mikihisa was standing at the, surprising everyone with his presence
"didn't I tell you two not to yell in this castle?"
"Yes, sire" Horo Horo and Ren responded by bowing.
"Don't call me that, it makes me sound old..."
"Aren't you?..." Yoh mumbled under his breath, only loud enough for Ren and HoroHoro to hear. They held their laughter in as Mikihisa continued to talk.
" Yoh, remember we have some important guests coming over today. So be home before dinner time"
"Sure father" Mikihisa was already walking away as Yoh said this. After a moment of silence the boys broke out in laughter from the previous remark.
They hadn't even walked 10 steps out of the castle when they were crowded by a dozen women who wanted to see Yoh. "Prince Yoh!" they shrieked as they ran towards them. (A/N - idiots...) They were all yelling "marry me! I love you! Your so cute!...etc." (A/N - I'll repeat myself again, idiots) after almost half an hour of trying to get away, Ren called over some other bodyguards to take them away.
"glad that's over..." Horo Horo sighed out in relief "geez, how can you attract all those girls in like under 5 seconds?"
"They don't really love me" Yoh explained "all they want is a chance to be the queen"
"oh" Horo Horo answered back.
After wandering for awhile, some people stopping them on the way to greet Yoh. They finally made it to their one favorite place. Everyone else was already there, Lyserg, Ryu, Faust, Chocolove, and all the girls. They were all workers from the palace, Faust was the King and Queen's personal doctor, Chocolove and Ryu were the best chiefs in the world, Lyserg was a traveling dowser that worked for the king, Horo Horo was the hardly working jester (A/N - I didn't know what job to give him), Ren was the captain of the bodyguards, Tamao was a great fortune teller, Pirka and Jun helped in the kitchen, Eliza was Faust's Nurse and wife, and Anna was the castle Itako. They became great friends because of Yoh, and decided to meet here under a huge oak tree when they wanted to meet.
"Hi guys!" Yoh waved at them, catching their attention. They decided to meet once every month, to catch up, because working in the castle almost never gave them any spare time. They would meet for fun, or even sometimes to escape from problems in the castle.
"Hey Ren!" Jun waved "its been so long since we saw each other!"
"Hi Jun I mi-"
"Oh, guess what everyone!" Jun cut Ren of before he could continue "Me and Ryu are getting married!" Ren's jaw dropped.
"Congratulation!" Tamao and Pirka chimed.
"Ryu proposed to me yesterday!" Jun grabbed Ryu in a loving embrace "and look at the ring he gave me!" she stuck her finger out to the others, they ohhhhed and awwed at the sapphire and diamond ring on Jun's hand.
"Your so lucky Jun!" Pirka was giddy...
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Ren suddenly yelled, silencing everyone's excited chatter.
"what's wrong little brother?"
"You...him..." Ren was lost for words... "marry...me and Ryu...brothers!"
"Yup, short pants. Me and you are going to be brothers-in-law" Ren fainted
"He must be in shock" everyone agreed with Jun, not noticing the obvious. After varies attempts to rouse Ren everyone gave up, and decided to go flower picking! (A/N -I'm just letting my imagination wander..) But they couldn't carry Ren around with them, so Yoh volunteered to stay behind and keep an eye on him.
"Ren...Ren wake up" it was Yoh, he was shaking him awake.
"What happened?" Ren looked around, then remembered what had happened "OMG! I'm gonna be brothers with Ryu! Tell me its just a dream! Not true! not true!"
"Awe, come on Ren, don't be such a sour apple.(A/N - like I said...I'm just letting my imagination wander...) Maybe being Ryu's brother will be fun!"
"For you maybe! But I don't really want to be brothers with a lunatic!" Yoh looked hurt when Ren said this
"Ryu isn't a lunatic, just...unique!" he said with cheerful eyes.
"Sure, like that's easy to believe" Ren scoffed
"Ren, you shouldn't be so mean" Yoh punched him playfully
"I'm not being mean! I'm just being myself"
"Are you sure?" Yoh was disappearing, then reappearing all around Ren. Actually more like popping in and out of view
"Would I lie to the one I love?" Ren blurted out before he could stop himself. Yoh froze
"love...really?" Yoh looked at Ren sincerely.
"Uh, I mean...what I meant was..." Ren stammered out
"Because if you really do...I like you a lot to."Yoh looked Ren straight in the eyes, making Ren blush and look away.
"You...you do?"
"I always loved you Ren, ever since we were little..." This time it was Yoh's turn to blush. They heard some silent snickering behind them, then it burst out as full on laughter. Horo Horo was standing behind them (A/N - rotten timing...) they looked around worriedly, it was a good thing that only Horo Horo knew about their love towards each other, but if the others found out...
"it's ok, it's only me" he reassured them.
"When 'd you get back?" Yoh asked looking sort of annoyed, but cheerful at the same time.
"I got back when Ren said 'would I lie to the one I love'" he snickered out, mouth forming a grin. Both the boys flushed red.
"I just might have to kill you Horo Horo..." Ren pulled out his qwan Dou(A/N– ty for telling me Bonnie Mizuhara Asakura!) And playfully pointed it at Horo Horo's neck.
"Ok ok! I won't tell!" Horo Horo grinned back, putting his hands up in defeat.
"Hehe" Yoh smiled back "but one question, when should we tell the others?" that made the other two freeze in thought.
"When it's time to tell" Ren said after 10 seconds of awkward silence. (A/N - if your thinking the same thing I am...)
When the others got back, Yoh, Ren and Horo Horo acted as if there was nothing wrong. They all walked back to the castle and went their separate ways. Yoh went back to his room, and as his bodyguard, Ren followed like an obedient dog. "I don't even know why I need a bodyguard." Yoh solemnly looked down at the floor as they almost reached his room.
"Think of it as a way for us to be together" Yoh smiled as Ren said this
"maybe you're right" they went into the brightly lite room that was just as comfortable as the main waiting room. "sigh I hate dressing up for guests..." Yoh took his shirt off, baring his chest.
"Isn't it the meeting of the Shaman tribes today? To renew the old peace treaties, so we wouldn't fight each other?"
"Um..sounds just about right to me" Yoh was flipping through his closet for something formal. He found a silk button up blouse, black pressed pants and he put his favorite talon necklace over the whole attire. Ren looked at the ensemble uncertainly .
"It's not formal, but it's fine!" Yoh said before Ren could say anything.
"Master Yoh" a servant that worked for Mikihisa poked his head into Yoh's room "your father told me to bring you to the dinning room, everyone is waiting"
"oh, it's already started?"
"Yes, and we should hurry, Sire is getting impatient" Ren and Yoh burst out laughing at this remark, the servant looked at them strangely as he lead them to the dinning hall. There were 12 people that Yoh didn't see before sitting at the dinning table, presumably the tribe leaders. They stared at Yoh as he and Ren entered.
"Here's my son Yoh, who's going to take the throne in 4 months. Yoh! Come here and sit next to me!" Mikihisa's voice boomed. There were two empty chairs on one side of Mikihisa and Keiko (Yoh's mom) Yoh and Ren hastily walked over, and sat down. They saw Faust, Lyserg, Horo Horo, Tamao and Anna sitting across from them. Then Jun and Pirka lightly tapped them on the shoulder as they were seated. Yoh smiled at all of them, Ren just looking straight at Horo Horo, making Horo Horo nervous. The banquet was great, if it weren't for the fact that 5 of the tribe leaders were constantly glancing at Yoh nervously, making Yoh notice the weird look in their eyes. Ren noticed this to
"they look sort of suspicious..." he whispered, Yoh nodded in agreement.
After dinner, the tribe leaders were given different room and everyone split up again. Yoh was leaning on Ren, who in turn was leaning on the wall as they groggily walked back to their room. Mikihisa let them drink sake, and Ren, Yoh, Lyserg, and Horo Horo willingly obliged. But they went overboard, and were now hiccuping like crazy. Faust was dragging a drunk Horo Horo and Lyserg who were in the same condition as Yoh and Ren back to their rooms.
"hic hehe...Ren how'd you spilt up?"
"What the hic are you talking about?"
"There's three of you..."
"You're crazy..." they argued about if there were three Rens or one for the whole time they were walking back to Yoh's room.
"Ren...don't leave me...I'm lonely..." Yoh unwillingly let go of Ren whining as Ren was about to leave.
"sigh and why should I stay?"
"Well...if you really love me, then you would stay!" before Ren could react, Yoh jumped onto his back, and pulled him down. They tumbled on the floor playfully. Then they finally stopped at the foot of Yoh's bed, kissing passionately. Ren's hand pressed on top of Yoh's chest, his other hand tangled in Yoh's locks. They tumbled to the other side of the room into a pile of pillows.(Yoh's room is not that big) Both of them getting dizzier and dizzier. They eventually decided to climb onto the bed and take their cloths off. "I wish this night will last forever..." Yoh purred, his head rested on Ren's shoulder.
"I do to..." Ren looked into Yoh's endless eyes that seemed to be pools of black water. Yoh snuggled closer as they fell asleep.
Chapter over! Please review! I'll post up chapter 2 when I can! But it might be sort of hard cause my parents think I'm spending to much time on the com...